Monday, 5 July 1971
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much is being spent during this year by his Department to aid British firms wishing to exhibit at trade fairs abroad; and how much of this...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is now in a position to make a further statement on the Rolls-Royce RB211 engine.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, in view of the decline in employment in the textile and coal industries, and the threatened closure of Irlam Steel Works, he will now...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further support he proposes to give the machine tool industry in substitution for the assistance given to it by the Industrial...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the industries which he expects to benefit from British membership of an enlarged European Economic Community.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many missing persons have been reported from the liners "Southern Cross" and "Northern Star" during the period January, 1970 to June, 1971.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will seek powers to prevent shopkeepers from making a separate charge for paper bags without informing customers that this is their...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what correspondence he has had recently with the Shirt, Collar and Tie Manufacturers' Federation; what was the substance of their...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he can give an assurance that the expansion of the British steel industry will not be limited by the European Steel and Coal Community...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many industrial development certificates have been applied for within the city of Birmingham since 1st July, 1970; how many were granted;...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to be in a position to make a further statement on the price to be paid for the acquisition of Rolls-Royce Limited assets by...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is now in a position to consider a review of the miners' over-55 redundancy agreement to take account of inflation.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will now make a further statement about Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Limited.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if Her Majesty's Government has reached a decision on future special development area status for new towns in Scotland that are at present excluded.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of British exports to Australia in 1968, 1969 and 1970, respectively; and what proportion of this is represented by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give details of the total value of credits sanctioned by the Shipbuilding Industry Board for shipowners in the period October 1970...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will pay an official visit to Glasgow.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will now refer the manufacture of mercury cell batteries used in post-aural hearing aids to the Monopolies Commission because of...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he hopes to be able to announce further proposals for dealing with the bank cartel.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will seek powers to compensate the Central Electricity Generating Board for the additional cost of out-of-merit running of generating...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new firms have been established in Scotland in the last nine months; how many have been closed; and what has been or will be the net...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the Committee on Marine Technology was first established; how much it has cost to maintain during its existence; and what have been the...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a further statement on Concorde.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has had from the Lanarkshire Development Council for a meeting to discuss unemployment in the county; what reply he has...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to seek to give evidence before the Banking Committee of the United States House of Representatives currently investigating...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement regarding the extent of imports into the United Kingdom of furs and skins of the jaguar, leopard, cheetah and...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if, in view of the continued failure of the British nuclear industry to export reactors and the inability of the generating authorities to...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement about his recent change of policy on charter flights from the United Kingdom in larger aircraft by fifth...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of Australian purchases of the products of the British aircraft industry in 1968, 1969 and 1970, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress is being made with his review of company law.
Sir J. Foster (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement on the railway accident which occurred at Waverton, Cheshire, on 2nd July.
3.38 p.m.
Not amended (in the Committee) and as amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) A person chargeable to surtax for the year 1972–73 may claim to be allowed to defer payment of two-thirds of that surtax or, if his income includes income which has borne tax by...
The functions conferred on the Commissioners of Customs and Excise by section 6 of the Purchase Tax Act 1963 (registration, etc., of wholesalers, manufacturers and others) shall be exercisable,...
(1) Part XVIII of the Taxes Act (double taxation relief) shall be amended as follows.
Schedule 3 to the Import Duties Act 1958 (which lists descriptions of goods in respect of which, subject to certain specified conditions, orders may be made providing for relief from import duty)...
The Board shall publish an annual report on the operation of the system of allowances and charges in respect of machinery and plant set out in sections 30 to 44 of this Act.—[Mr. Dell.]
The Board shall publish an annual report on the distribution of privately-owned wealth in the United Kingdom and the impact thereon of the taxes on capital.—[Mr. Marquand.]
The expenditure of any person taxable under Schedule E in respect of purchase of overalls, tools of trade, books, professional journals and courses of study, up to a total value of £50 in...
As from 2nd August 1971 (1) the rate of duty on any on-course bet made on or after that date shall (in lieu of the rate of 5 per cent. specified in section 1 (1)(a) of the Finance Act 1970) be...
Where, pursuant to the National Health Service (Superannuation) Regulations 1961 or any statutory modification thereof for the time being in force, the Secretary of State for Social Services in...
Subsection (1) and (2) of section 35 of the Finance Act 1968 shall be repealed and the provisions of subsection 1 of section 64 of the Finance Act 1960 shall be revived.—[Mr. William Clark.]
Exemption shall be granted from income tax chargeable by virtue of section 156 of the Income Tax Act, 1952, in respect of any allowances awarded or other payments made, by the Royal National...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hawkins.]
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