Tuesday, 18 April 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will ensure that announcements by nationalised industries of fundamental changes in investment policies and proposals, involving large sums of public...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria govern the fixing of prices by the Crown Estate Commissions when tidal land which is otherwise undeveloped and valueless is sold to local...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give details of the poster exhibited last year in post offices, inland revenue and other Government offices explaining the way in which the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now move to revise the mileage allowance rate paid to Members of Parliament using their private cars on parliamentary business.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what figures are available for public expenditure in 1966 on military defence, research, housing and environmental services, and social services; what were...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the national income in 1966 went to rent, interest and profit; what proportion went to wages and salaries; what were the corresponding...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has yet reached a decision on the siting of the new Mint which will produce the 9,000 million coins required for change to decimal currency four...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how many he expects the number of nonindustrial civil servants will increase by the end of 1967; and how this will compare numerically and as a percentage...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will withdraw Inland Revenue Stencil No. 85 issued by Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes, London Provincial 2 District, requesting details of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many rises have occurred in incomes exceeding £10,000 and between £5,000 and £10,000; how many new occupations have been created with...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will issue a White Paper giving statistics from information available to him from tax returns and other sources of the distribution of privately-owned...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations were made to him about the decision of the Ford Motor Company Limited to pay an increased dividend to its parent company out of reduced...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his intention to agree to the foreign exchange cost of British troops in Germany after the expiry of the current Anglo-German offered agreement...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he is giving to bringing the level of direct taxation into line with that ruling in the countries of the European Economic Community, in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has now considered the representations sent to him by the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames in respect of a practice adopted by certain...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the establishment strength of Inland Revenue district valuers; and how far the number employed is below strength at present.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he intends to take to ensure that in all contracts with the aircraft industry, Her Majesty's Government shall have access to the firms' accounts,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimate of central and local government expenditure, excluding debt interest, but including net lending to public corporations, for 1967–68.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the percentage of total personal income distributed as wages and salaries, mixed income and property in 1966.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what saving in foreign exchange during the year ended 5th April, 1967, resulted from the £50 foreign currency limit applied to British people travelling...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he intends to ask for an extension of the repayment period of United Kingdom borrowings from the International Monetary Fund.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will seek power to place meters on one-armed bandits which would record the amount inserted and the return payments to the users, in order that the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what authority income tax form C.T.62 is issued; and whether he is aware that this and other forms are throwing a burden on companies, which interferes...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the total revenue is obtained by taxes on inheritance.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his policy towards efforts which are being made by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other United States intelligence...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will initiate through the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation and elsewhere a campaign to reduce any emphasis upon nationalism in...
asked the Prime Minister if he will transfer the aviation functions of the Board of Trade to the Ministry of Technology.
asked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with the co-ordination between Government Departments in the matter of preventing oil pollution of British beaches; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister when he intends to publish his proposals for legislation to make changes in the composition, functions, and powers of the House of Lords.
asked the Prime Minister when he now expects to receive the reports of the Royal Commission on Local Government.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the crash of a Canberra bomber at Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, yesterday.
Resolutions reported,
Resolution reported,
That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance, so, however, that this Resolution shall...
Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance, presented...
3.46 p.m.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendments.
Lords Amendment: No. 1, in page 10, line 30, at end insert: Provided that no provision having compulsory effect shall come into force before the expiration of five years after the coming into...
Lords Amendment: No. 2, in page 15, line 31, after "calf" insert: or has, in the opinion of the appropriate Minister, been brought into a herd to replace one which has borne a calf".
Lords Amendment: No. 3, in page 19, line 14, leave out from "scheme" to "or" in line 15 and insert "knowingly".
Lords Amendment: No. 4, in page 22, line 35, at the end to insert: () Tie Chairman at any such inquiry shall be appointed by the Lord Chancellor and shall be a barrister, advocate or solicitor of...
Lords Amendment: No. 5, in page 45, line 7, at end insert new Clause "A":
Ordered,That the Proceedings on consideration of the Lords Amendments to the Agriculture Bill may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed.—[Mr....
Question again proposed, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
Lords Amendment: No. 7, in page 49, line 41, at end insert: () The overall programme referred to in the preceding subsection is one having regard, among other things, to the special economic...
Lords Amendment: No. 11, in page 52, line 28, after "acquire" to insert "by agreement".
Lords Amendment: No. 12, in page 58, line 4, at end insert: and 'National Parks planning authority' means a local planning authority whose area consists of or includes the whole or part of a...
Lords Amendment: No. 14, in page 60, line 37, leave out "to him".
Lords Amendment: No. 27, in page 70, line 15, at end insert: which recommendation and approval may be given before, or in such classes of cases as the Ministers may direct, after the carrying out...
Lords Amendment: No. 29, in page 78, line 37, at end insert new Clause "B": B. Section 73(1)(xiii) of the Settled Land Act 1925 (under which capital money arising under that Act may be applied in...
Lords Amendment: No. 31, in page 81, line 22, at end insert "in Northern Ireland".
10.27 p.m.
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. MacBride.]
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