Tuesday, 18 July 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission a study to determine the advantages of a floating exchange rate for sterling.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he is taking to reduce the level of private United Kingdom investment overseas.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what studies he is making of the simplification of the tax system.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from organisations and individuals asking for additional tax relief to the parents of spastic children, and what reply...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will vary the provision of Purchase Tax under Group 11(a) of the First Schedule of the Purchase Tax Act, 1963, so as to exempt school desks from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action he has now taken to curtail public expenditure in 1968–69.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what directions were given to district valuers of the Inland Revenue as to the effect on valuations prior to 5th April, 1967, of the coming into operation on...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the effect of the Selective Employment Tax on the cost of living.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what improvement in the liability for taxation of British war widows resident in Australia is expected to result under the new double taxation agreement now...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what decision he has reached concerning the participation of Her Majesty's Customs in the proposed Scheme for the installation of electrical data...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the present annual cost of collecting all forms of tax revenue.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are Her Majesty's Government's proposals, after the introduction of decimal currency, for the printing of Scottish banknotes by the Scottish banks; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now publish a revised short-term economic forecast in the light of the failure of exports to rise and unemployment to stabilise as previously forecast.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the overall balance of payments surplus in 1967 after allowing for the year-end payments in respect of the post-war United...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has decided to retain the limit of £50 for the foreign travel allowance for 1967–68.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated total cost direct and indirect to the British economy of the campaign of sanctions since Rhodesia's declaration of independence.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will bring up to date the figure of £100,000, which at 22nd November, 1966, represented sales of gold coins under Statutory Instrument 1966,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will cause a survey to be made of localities suffering from acute economic difficulties, with a view to seeking to vary the rate of payment of regional...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will issue general directions to the nationalised industries for which he is responsible to finance capital developments in those in- dustries in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, having regard to his estimated revenue from all oil taxation of £877 million in 1967–68, of which approximately £600 million derives from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the £26·3 million worth of purchases made by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in the financial year 1965–66 was incurred in Scotland.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take action, under exchange control, to prevent the sending of money out of the country to pay for Ian Smith sterling silver medallions.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now instruct the directors of the Bank of Rhodesia appointed by the British Government to pay the dividends due to holders of Rhodesia...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect on the public revenue of reducing all direct rates of taxation by 3d. and 6d., respectively.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to exempt the forthcoming increases in the retirement age pension from Income Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what criteria the payment of compensation will be made in special circumstances with respect to expenditure or losses incurred arising from machine...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will expedite his consideration of the possible introduction of a value added tax in the United Kingdom.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is his policy towards the payment by divorced persons resident in this country of money for the maintenance of their children resident in Rhodesia;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what decision he has reached with regard to amending Section 408 of the Income Tax Act, 1952, in view of the comments in the Bates case.
asked the Prime Minister what further consultations he is having with heads of Governments and the United Nations Secretary General over the future of Aden and the South Arabian Federation.
asked the Prime Minister what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government, as distinct from their obligations under specific agreements, in regard to coming to the assistance of a Commonwealth...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the present effects on Great Britain, including the petroleum position, of recent events in the Middle East.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now set up a body draw from scientists and businessmen and chaired by a person outside Parliament urgently to recommend to him the outlines of a national...
asked the Prime Minister whether the speech by the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs at Birmingham on 25th June on the extension of public ownership represents...
asked the Prime Minister when his hot line to Premier Kosygin became operational; and when, and in what circumstances, it has been used.
Mr. Arthur Lewis (by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Technology whether he is aware of the concern felt by the public at large and the hospital authorities in particular at the...
3.45 p.m.
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. John Silkin.]
[27TH ALLOTTED DAY] [2nd Series],—considered.
3.46 p.m.
Ordered, That the proceedings on the Road Traffic Regulation Bill [Lords] may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting al any hour, though opposed.—[Mr. Crossman.]
Order for Second Reading read.
The Minister of Power (Mr. Richard Marsh) rose—
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Armstrong.]
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