Tuesday, 1 April 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
[Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified]
Read a Second time and committed.
Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development why he will not authorise payment of half of the cost of return fares and of moving baggage for Mr. B. H. Spratt of Wargrave in respect of his service...
asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether there has now been a resumption of Government aid to Anguilla.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what percentage of Britain's aid overseas to developing countries and territories was tied to British exports in each of the last three years.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what plans he has or is negotiating in order to aid the development of industry in Nepal.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development if he will review the criteria laid down for Voluntary Service Overseas with a view to relating them more closely to the requirements of the countries...
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what financial support he has given to the Pacific Islands Producers Association; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the movement of the terms of trade between 1964 and 1968 in relation to each of the countries...
asked the Minister of Overseas Development why Messrs. Golding, Rowbottom and Saunders, who were expelled from Kenya, have not yet received full payment for their farms sold under the Kenya...
asked the Minister of Overseas Development what aid has recently been given or is proposed for the Somali Republic; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Overseas Development whether the contribution made by the Government to Nigerian/Biafran relief is to be met out of the existing aid ceiling without addition to the money...
asked the Minister for Overseas Development what aid in the form of grants for capital projects has been given in the current financial year to the Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Congo,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to improve the accuracy of assessment for tax purposes of the incomes of the self-employed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the further discussions he has had with the banks on the question of their compliance with his recommendations on total lending.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the overall balance of payments surplus to be achieved in 1969; and what is his estimate for the following five years.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the balance of payments of interest payments on central bank swaps or additional borrowings from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Government's examination into the value added tax will be completed; and whether a report will be published.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates the yield of short-term Capital Gains Tax to be in the years 1968–69 and 1969–70.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the rate of Purchase Tax on British-made tutor strip projectors purchased by educational authorities for audio-visual language teaching.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates to be the average weekly increase in motoring costs for the owner of an 1100 c.c. car costing about £760 averaging 10,000 miles a year...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an undertaking that the Import Deposits Scheme will cease on 5th December, 1969, and will not be revived, so as to enable manufacturers using...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the percentage increase in the costs of laundries and dry cleaners resulting from Selective Employment Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the size of the net Government account overseas for the year 1969.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for improving the presentation of the annual balance of payments as well as the monthly and quarterly components.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent further consultations he has had with the building societies relating to the mortgage rate of interest; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce legislation to require joint stock banks to compete amongst each other in the rates of interest they offer to their customers.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he now estimates that he will achieve the forecast rate of growth for the economy in 1969 made on 17th January, 1968.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the level of personal saving in the United Kingdom since the Budget last year; and how this compares with the level...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what amount the value of bank notes in circulation has increased in the last 12 months and in the last five years, respectively.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to remove the Purchase Tax on brass and military band instruments.
asked the Prime Minister (1) if he will state the Government's proposals for the registration of public relations firms and similar organisations engaged in, or designed for, the business of...
asked the Prime Minister what consultations has he had with the President of the United States of America over arms supplies to Greece under the North Atlantic Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange for an official history of the Government since 1964 to be written.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will seek to amalgamate the sections of the Inland Revenue Department responsible for Income Tax with those of the Department of Health and Social Security...
asked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with the co-ordination between the Department of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to safeguard the interests of the...
May I apologise, Mr. Speaker, for attempting to raise my point of order at the wrong moment. My point of order is to ask whether a Member can get any explanation why a Question put down to the...
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath.
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a personal statement. Yesterday, in the debate on agriculture, I stated erroneously in HANSARD, col. 73, that the standard...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to secure, in appropriate cases, a postponement of strike action for a limited period, in order to give time for conciliation. I read in a...
Considered in Committee.
Question again proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made, and Question put,
Again considered in Committee.
I beg to move Amendment No. 167, in page 4, line 29, at end insert: 'provided that the number of such offices does not exceed four'. This matter is to do with the voting rights of Ministers,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Concannon.]
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