Llun, 15 Gorffennaf 1946
The House met at Half past two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
As amended, considered; an Amendment made; Bill to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that at the recent sale of surplus Government vehicles at Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, 25 amphibious ducks were taken out of the public auction...
asked the Minister of Supply why he has withdrawn the licence for cultivation from Southdown Farm. Wallop, Hampshire.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that donors of binoculars in 1940 are being refused replacement or the opportunity of purchase from Government surplus stocks; and if he will take...
asked the Minister of Supply the monthly output of spectacle lenses in this country for the last six months; and what proportion of such output was for export.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will explain the shortage of joiners' and carpenters' tools.
asked the Minister of Supply what were the facts which formed the basis that home consumption of steel will be 13,000,000 tons and exports 3,000,000 tons in 1955, considering that the mean curve...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he expects to reach his target figures for the production of 370,000 private motor cars and 150,000 commercial vehicles for the year 1946.
asked the Minister of Supply what steps he is taking to make additional reconditioned ex-service motorcars available for disabled ex-servicemen, in view of the fact that there are over 800 men...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will provide in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number and location of Royal Ordnance Factories; and whether he will state the progress achieved in...
asked the Minister of Supply by what percentages the present overall costs of labour and materials used in the manufacture and assembly of private motorcars has increased above the 1938 level.
asked the Minister of Supply what advice or recommendations he has received from the Motor Advisory Council; and whether he will publish the same.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is satisfied that steel manufacturers are delivering the maximum of strip steel for conversion into perambulator springs and not withholding any...
asked the Minister of Supply what quantity of iron and aluminium sheet is lying at the ex-L.A.P. depot at Watford by-pass.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will substitute the manufacture of agricultural forks, etc., for the manufacture of bayonets at the royal ordnance factory, Creekmoor, Dorset.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that new motorcars which have only been run a few miles are being resold at exorbitant prices; and whether he will take steps to prevent this by...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reasons led to the refusal by his Department to allow the Co-operative Wholesale Society to build a mantle factory on ground that was purchased at...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now consider reducing the points required for the lower-priced ranges of shoes, since productive capacity in these ranges is in danger of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the price of the No. 45 volt battery, which is used almost exclusively in ear-aids for deaf people, has recently risen from 5s. to 7s. 6d.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Messrs. Cussons, Sons and Company, Limited, of Kersal Vale, Manchester, have been granted a licence to export £100,000 value of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he is taking on the recommendation of the County Councils Association that standard measures should be used for selling gin and whisky in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what negotiations have been commenced with the U.S.S.R. for the import to the United Kingdom of Soviet soft woods; for how long have these trade talks...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the respective values of new and second-hand textile machinery which have been exported in the last six months; to what countries such exports have been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will authorise an official ballot, on the usual democratic lines, of all the cotton spinners to ascertain how many are in favour of making...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if any of the 1944 and 1945 flax crops grown under contract for his Department still remain on farms; and if he will state the tonnages of fibre and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, with regard to the condition imposed by his Department for the granting of a licence to import up to £2,000,000 of timber from Poland that the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the forthcoming trade negotiations with the U.S.S.R., he will make the necessary arrangements for an annual export of cured herring from this...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether increased imports of wood pulp for paper-making will be obtainable from Norway and Sweden during the next 12 months.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the fact that the period of notice to the cotton trade is extended until 30th September, he will state, in order to relieve anxiety in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has received the report of the working party of the boot and shoe industry; and at what date may publication be expected.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the adverse comment in South Wales about the waste of paper by Little-wood's and Sherman's pools, who have flooded the area with...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the decline in the output per person employed in the export trade as compared with 1938.
asked the President of the Board of Trade in view of the fact that the removal of price controls in America has caused cotton prices to rise there, what steps he has taken to secure supplies of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it is the intention of the Government to give early effect to the recommendations of the Cohen Report on Company Law Amendment.
asked the President of of the Board of Trade the number of tons of prepared poultry food exported to France during the last three months.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the export of steel tubes has been recently, or is now, hindered by any withholding or limiting of export allocations of steel.
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent an increase in the price of leather is contemplated by his Department.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he proposes to take in order to ensure that, with the reduction on the overseas requirements of the Services, further quantities of cigarettes...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he is not using timber available in the British zone in Germany to prevent continued suspension of licences for special occasional furniture.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the high cost of footwear repairs; and whether he will bring to an end, at an early date, the present arrangements...
asked the Prime Minister under what authority His Majesty's Government, or any statutory corporation established on its behalf, are proposing compulsorily to acquire the assets and undertakings...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that education is being hampered or prevented by the shortage of suitable books; what organ of Government decides on the allocation of foreign...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what quantities of potash have been produced in the British zone of Germany since the occupation; what quantities have been exported; and to what...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the total number of books passed for publication in the British zone in Germany; and the number actually published.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to his refusal to agree to the Soviet claim for reparations from Germany of...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster the approximate stocks of bread grains in the British zone in Austria, other than those held by U.N.R.R.A; and the steps which have been taken to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply has been sent, or will be sent, by His Majesty's Government to the demand of the Soviet Government to take over and control all former...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he intends to extend the ploughing grant on three-year leys beyond 31st July.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will take steps to institute a scheme of mutual insurance, whereby farmers and smallholders may obtain some recompense for storm damage to their crops as...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the large number of unthreshed grain stacks now standing in south-east Essex and of the damage being done to them by vermin; and what steps he...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that there are sufficient sacks for use in tie threshing of home-grown wheat this harvest.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the production of rotary hoes in this country during the last three months; and what percentage of these implements were exported.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has now completed the selection of nominees to form the new county agricultural committees in succession to the W.A.E.C.s; on what date will they take...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is satisfied that in South Northamptonshire there is an adequate amount of prisoner of war labour to meet the requirements of farmers at the present...
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the necessity for more agricultural labourers, he will take steps to ensure the employment of Poles available in this...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give an assurance that he will adhere to the policy of appointing an equal number of representatives of farmers and farm workers, chosen by their...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the damage being caused by basking sharks in St. Austell and adjoining bays, to fishermen's boats and equipment; and if he will consult with...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will modify the ruling under which temporary employees of the Government of India are compelled to take terminal leave due to them in India.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he is aware that Mr. Sorabjee Rustomjee was recently sentenced to three months' hard labour in Durban for making a peaceful protest by way of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will publish a statement showing the number of civilian sea passages from India to this country during May and June, and the estimated number...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma whether, in view of the urgent necessity for a Member of the Government to visit Burma in the immediate future to contact leaders of Burmese opinion...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that inspectors and sergeants of the Shanghai Police Force, who were asked by the British Government to remain at their...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why British subjects, interned in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, and whose sole means of livelihood was lost at that time, are required...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider making the necessary forms for application for a passport available, like many Inland Revenue forms, at the principal...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what consultations he has had with the U.S.A. as to how, by their united efforts, they could influence the speedy implementation of free...
The House may like to know of the publication today of a White Paper on wartime tank production, Cmd. Paper 6865. The White Paper reproduces the two secret reports on tanks made by the Select...
The House will, I am sure, share the satisfaction of His Majesty's Government that the United States Congress has approved the Loan Agreement. [HON. MEMBERS: "No."] If the Loan had not been...
The Government have given careful consideration to representations which have been made to us in regard to the scales of bread rationing, particularly in regard to the housewife. There is no...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to ask for your guidance on what may or may not be a matter of Privilege, but which at any rate has troubled some hon. Members, including myself....
As amended, considered.
Where by virtue of Subsection (2) of Section eight of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1945, customs duty is charged on light oils used in a refinery for producing gas the same rebate shall be allowed in...
Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that any yarn or tissue, containing artificial silk on which a duty of customs or excise has been paid, has been used in the manufacture...
Where, by any Act passed after the beginning of the present Session which embodies any scheme for the carrying on of any industry or part of an industry, or of any undertaking, under national...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, so much of the provisions of Subsection (4) of Section three of the Income Tax Act, 1945, as requires that balancing allowances to be made in the...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Section, if any person who carries on a trade or business makes a claim for relief under this Section and proves— (a) that a building provided by him...
There shall be deducted from the profits for the purposes of the profits tax in the accounting period in which they are incurred any rehabilitation costs as defined in Subsection (5) of Section...
There shall he deducted from the profits fox the purpose of the Income Tax Acts in the basis periods in which they are incurred all rehabilitation costs as defined in Subsection (5) of Section...
(1) For the purposes of Rule 8 of No. V of Schedule A as amended by Section thirty-two of the Income Tax Act, 1945 (which grants relief in respect of maintenance, repairs, insurance and...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 15, to leave out "7½d.," and to insert "3d." We are now dealing with that part of the Finance Bill which concerns the import of coffee essences. As the House...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 3, after "vehicles," to insert "motor." The purpose of this Amendment might not be obvious from the words employed, except to the hon. Member for Bodmin (Mr. D....
I beg to move, in page 4, line 44, at the end, to insert: (3) In subsection (3) of section one of the Finance Act, 1935, after the words "a performance of music (whether vocal or instrumental)"...
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I beg to move, in page 6, line 34, after "on," to insert: including any temporary premises in which the business was carried on by virtue of a certificate given under Section nine of the...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 15, after "Subsection," to insert "at the basic rate." I think it would be convenient, Mr. Speaker, if I dealt with this Amendment and the next two Amendments...
The following Amendment stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Sir A. GRIDLEY:
I beg to move, in page 21, line 7, to leave out from the first "the," to "as," in line 8, and to insert: Schedule (Women's Services) to this Act. With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I will discuss...
I beg to move, in page 26, line 43, at the end, to insert: or, if the circumstances so require, until such later date as the Commissioners may allow, being a date not later than the end of the...
9.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 36, line 8, to leave out "and two years." This and the succeeding Amendments deal with a point made by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Mr. Keeling) which the Chancellor of...
I beg to move, in page 47, line 39, after "authority," to insert "to which this Section applies." This Amendment, and the next two Amendments, are designed to improve the definition in Clause...
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1. Member of Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service or any reserve thereof.2. Member of the Women's Royal Naval Service.3. Woman medical or dental practitioner serving in the Royal Navy or...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Purchase Tax (Exemptions) (No. 3) Order, 1946 (S.R. & O., 1946, No. 873), dated 21st June, 1946, made by the Treasury under the Finance (No....
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Captain Michael Stewart.]
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