Iau, 17 Tachwedd 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For Gateshead, West, in the room of John Thomas Hall, esquire, deceased.— [Mr. Bowden.]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Edinburgh Corporation, presented by Mr. J. Stuart; read the First time; and ordered...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the entertainments tax is causing damage to the live theatre, increasing unemployment in various aspects of that industry and interfering...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated total expenditure during the latest period of 12 months for which information is available incurred by the Government in the administration and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the increase in consumers' expenditure on food between October, 1951, and the latest available date; and how much of the increased expenditure, as compared...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give an estimate of the cost to the Treasury of restoring the purchasing power of post-war credits to their 1943 level.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what categories, and approximately how many people, are covered by the Government's present reexamination of the position of persons living on fixed incomes;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Mr. J. Le Gassicke, The Watermill, Binbrook, Lincoln, while driving at night, accidentally knocked down and killed a fox; that he had the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what new instructions he has sent in the last two or three months to the Capital Issues Committee.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the banks, and what advice he has issued to them, on the variation of their cash ratios as part of the credit squeeze.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total number of letters and protests he has received against his recent Budget; and whether he will give a summarised list of these persons and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now consider giving non-smoking old-age pensioners a similar concession to those who smoke.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is now prepared to receive proposals for helping the small fixed income groups and the family man of limited means who did not benefit in the last...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated loss to the revenue of dividend stripping operations for the financial year 1954–55, and for the first six months of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will define the duties of the Government directors on the Board of the British Petroleum Company in relation to Her Majesty's Government and the...
Commander Maitland: asked the Secretary to the Treasury how the Government account now stands in relation to the Flood Distress Fund; and what conditions were attached to Her Majesty's...
On a point of order. May I ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker, on a matter concerned with Question No. 20? In view of the confusion throughout the business world, owing to the fact that there is no...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury why the British Museum Newspaper Room in Colindale is open to the public for two hours less daily than the main Reading Room in Bloomsbury; and if he will in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has yet received a Report from the Reorganisation Commission for Pigs and Bacon.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement giving details of the progress made in respect of implementing recommendations made by the Preservatives...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date the ban on the use of agene in food becomes operative; and what precautions will be taken to ensure that nitrogen trichloride is...
Commander Maitland: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he proposes to take to implement the recommendations of the Waverley Committee on Coastal Flooding in so far...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the fact that the horticultural industry does not receive support prices, he will consider a grant towards the cost of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that the failure of the autumn herring fishing at Yarmouth and Lowestoft has been attributed by research officers of his...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of profit made by Her Majesty's Government on the sale to first-hand distributors of Danish butter and Danish bacon for the year...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what advice he takes from independent experts in deciding the rate of extraction required in flour milling for National bread; what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the proposals he made last week in Rome to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations for...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why the Commissioners of Crown Lands have allowed Faraday House, Hampton, Middlesex, to remain vacant for many years; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware that the retail price of Danish butter has risen since control was removed; and what steps he will take by price control or...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why the import of potatoes has been stopped; and what steps he is taking to secure an adequate supply for home consumption.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether imported molasses are classified by his Department as a food with medicinal properties; if he will require that all tins of this...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware that the cost-of-living index for all items is now standing at 150; and if he will take steps to maintain stability in food...
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that many problems peculiar to the fishing industry distinguish it from the agricultural and food industries; that these problems are growing in number and...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement upon his discussions with the deputation from the British shipping industry on 8th November, 1955.
asked the Prime Minister whether the official statement made in Rome on 8th November by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister if he is yet in a position to give the full membership of the Royal Commission which has been appointed to undertake a review of the law relating to common land in...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business which it is proposed to take next week?
Bill to make provision with respect to agricultural research, presented by Mr. Amory; supported by Mr. J. Stuart and Mr. H. Brooke; read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Monday next...
Proceedings on the Validation of Elections (No. 3) Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
10.4 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr.Barber.]
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