House of Commons debates

Monday, 16 December 1974

  • Preamble

    The House met at half-past Two o'clock

  • Prayers

    [Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Prices and Consumer Protection

    • National Consumers' Agency

      6 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether it is her present intention to ask the TUC and the CBI to nominate members of the National Consumers' Agency; and whether...

    • Food Subsidies

      24 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what plans she has for the further subsidisation of bread and other basic foods.

      Local Authorities (Chief Officers' Salaries)

      4 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether the study she is undertaking of penalties which might be imposed on employers who are in breach of guidelines laid down in...

      Packaging

      12 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she can estimate the average percentage of the retail prices of those commodities carrying a Government subsidy which relates to...

      Cost of Living

      11 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what was the increase in the cost of living over the past three months.

      Petrol Retailers

      4 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether she has yet received the report of the Price Commission on petrol retailers' margins; and whether she will make a statement.

      Local Consumer Protection Services

      10 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection how many local authorities now offer some form of consumer protection service to their own ratepayers.

      Food Manufacture (Small Companies)

      8 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what monitoring of the effect of the cash flow position of smaller food manufacturing companies caused by price controls is...

      Sale of Goods (Prescribed Quantities)

      8 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what progress she is making with the extension to a wide variety of goods of the provision to sell them in prescribed standardised...

      Special Offers

      10 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether she will take measures to stop the abuses in pricing policy on certain goods currently caused by "special offers "which in...

      Milk Subsidies

      10 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what is now the total annual cost of subsidies to milk.

      Sugar

      6 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what effect the recently announced arrangements for purchasing sugar will have on the food price index.

      CBI (Price Code)

      6 speeches

      asked the Secre-tar of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what form her invitation took, to the CBI, to become participants in the social contract in relation to the Price Code.

      Price Code

      6 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will make a statement on her plans for implementing paragraph 13 of the Price Code.

      Food Subsidies (Cost)

      8 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection what is the latest estimate of the total cost of food subsidies for the current financial year.

      Advertising

      4 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if she will make a statement on her proposals to test advertising claims and to control false, misleading and wasteful advertising.

      Diabetic Foods

      4 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection if any considerations of medical necessity are taken into account when her Department is considering price increases on diabetic foods.

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Trade

    • Court Line (Holiday Payments)

      10 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Trade when those who lost advance payments on holidays as a result of the collapse of Court Line will be recompensed; and whether he will make a statement.

    • Agricultural Imports (EEC Countries)

      8 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Trade what was the total value of agricultural imports from the EEC in the first nine months of this year and the percentage increase this represents over the...

      Tariffs

      10 speeches

      Mr. Tom Ellis: asked the Secretary of State for Trade whether he will give an estimate of the overall effect of the changes in United Kingdom tariffs due on 1st January next designed to bring...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Energy

    • Romanian Oil

      4 speeches

      asked the Sec-retary of State for Energy, in view of the shortage of oil, whether he will now reconsider the refusal of his predecessors to allow imports of Romanian oil until compensation has...

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Social Services

    • Beef Subsidy

      5 speeches

      asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps her Department is taking to publicise the EEC's social beef consumer subsidy.

  • Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

    • Dressed Poultry

      8 speeches

      asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations from the Consumers Association he has received about the continuing sale of New York dressed poultry.

  • Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance

    • Nationalised Industry Prices

      9 speeches

      asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect he estimates the proposed increases in nationalised industries' prices will have on the retail prices index.

    • Questions to Ministers

      4 speeches

      On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. During Question Time you ruled on a point of order raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. McCrindle) about a supplementary question...

  • Eec (Heads of Government Meeting)

    31 speeches

    With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement about last week's meeting in Paris, which I regret I was not able to make last Thursday as I had hoped. On the invitation of the...

  • Fires (London and Nottingham)

    10 speeches

    With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about two tragic fires that occurred in the last few days. The first occurred at the Grand Metropolitan Hotels staff hostel at 9–17...

  • Business of the House

    Ordered,That at this day's Sitting, Mr. Speaker shall put forthwith any Question necessary to dispose of proceedings on the Motion relating to the Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts...

  • Defence

    127 speeches

    Before I call the Secretary of State for Defence I ought to inform the House that I have selected the Opposition amendment.

  • Defence

    Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Order this day,That the Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1974, a draft of which was laid before this House on...

  • Milk (Price Control)

    30 speeches

    11.54 p.m.

  • Adjournment

    Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mr. Pavitt.]

  • Bakerloo Line

    7 speeches

    12.47 a.m.

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Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.

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