Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 November 1964.
Mr Julian Ridsdale
, Harwich
12:00,
10 November 1964
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether he will reconsider the tax position of the Clacton Town Football Club, and the present
Mr Niall MacDermot
, Derby North
Yes, certainly, that is done.
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
Will the hon. Gentleman say whether these salaries are based on Civil Service salaries or technical Civil Service salaries or whether they are specially negotiated?
Mr Niall MacDermot
, Derby North
The hon. Member will see that where there are salaries, they are set out in full in the table—
Mr Simon Digby
, West Dorset
That does not answer my question.
Mr Niall MacDermot
, Derby North
—and that in one case there is no salary at all.
Mr Nigel Fisher
, Surbiton
In view of the fact that the economic advice hitherto tendered by, for instance, Dr. Kaldor to overseas Governments has usually resulted in a situation of near riots and almost of revolution—I am thinking particularly of British Guiana—is it wise in these circumstances to pay outside economists of foreign extraction to create chaos in Britain?
Mr Willie Hamilton
, Fife West
Who is a racialist now?
Mr Niall MacDermot
, Derby North
Even if the premise of the hon. Member's question is true, I am sure that he would not want us to fall into the logical fallacy of post hoc, ergo propter hoc.
Mr Jack Diamond
, Gloucester
I am looking into this matter and will write to the hon. Member as soon as I can.
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
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