Tuesday, 31 January 1967
The House met a half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To be read a Second time Tomorrow.
To be read a Second time upon Thursday, 9th February.
To be read a Second time Tomorrow.
Read a Second time and committed.
To be read a Second time Tomorrow.
To be read a Second time upon Tuesday next.
To be read a Second time upon Thursday, 9th February.
To be read a Second time upon Tuesday next.
To be read a Second time Tomorrow.
Read a second time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
To be read a Second time Tomorrow.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has authorised a lowering of the minimal formal qualification for entry to the examination for clerical officer grade.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the purchasing power of the £ sterling compared with 16th October, 1964.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will seek power to introduce a new type of savings certificate with one-third of the fund invested in unit trusts.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has now been made in getting a clause inserted in Government contracts that will prevent any discrimination on grounds of colour and race; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies are being made of the application of electronic data processing techniques to the handling of air freight by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will set up a Standing Committee on Social Statistics under the chairmanship of the Central Statistical Office, following the recommendation...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what net return he expects to receive from capital the Government invests in industry.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount the United Kingdom has received for invisible exports, in the last three months, respectively; and how this compares with 1964 and 1965.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the percentage of all classes of Government contracts awarded to firms in Northern Ireland so that steps may be taken where possible to...
Mr Edward M. Taylor: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what net increase in National Savings took place in the year 1966; and what were the comparable figures for 1965, 1964, and 1963,...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the total burden of taxation, central and local, will have increased in the financial year 1966–67 as compared with the...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the cost of central Government administration services will have increased in the financial year 1966–67 as compared...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost in a full year of abolishing Selective Employment Tax for the whole South-West area.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to harmonise the British system of taxation with that prevalent among the Members of the European Economic Community.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will change his policy which discriminates against service industries in taxation matters, in view of the adverse effects of this policy on large...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated percentage increase in Government expenditure for 1967–68 over 1966–67.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now make a statement on the site chosen to build the proposed new Royal Mint; and if he will give an estimate of when the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criterion he lays down as to the percentage which is reasonable for the cost of collection of a tax; and whether in his calculations he takes into...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the light of the written representations he has received from the Institute of Directors on the subject of pre-Budget tax secrecy, he will have...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many protests he has received in the last month against the use of the pound unit for decimal currency.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will grant a tax allowance in respect of a proportion of their home expenses, to disabled employees who do part of their work in their own home.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will seek to make football pool winnings liable to the Capital Gains Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now allow regional hospital boards to carry forward unspent capital allocations from one year to the next.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement of Government policy on proposals to increase the price of gold.
asked the Prime Minister if he will give further details of his proposal for an Act of Union with Rhodesia.
asked the Prime Minister if he will define Ministerial responsibility for Aden.
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the increasing tendency of the nations of the world to group on racial lines and the unique position of Great Britain and the Commonwealth in this...
asked the Prime Minister what further representations have been made to him on honours lists; and what reply he has sent.
Following the exchanges after the Private Notice Question yesterday, I should like to make a short statement about the business announced for Thursday, 2nd February. The proceedings on the Road...
I want to help the House over the debate tomorrow on the Second Reading of the Consolidated Fund Bill, which provides the money for the Supplementary Winter Estimates. I have been studying this...
3.46 p.m.
Bill to abolish live hare coursing, presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday, 14th April and to be printed. [Bill 176.]
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation having been signified]
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [30th January]:
10.34 p.m.
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