Mawrth, 7 Ebrill 1964
The House—after the Adjournment on 26th March, 1964, for the Easter Recess—met at half-past Two o'clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Percy Lawrence Wells, esquire, Member for Faversham, and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of the loss we have sustained...
SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA BILL
As amended, considered, to be read the Third time.
CHESHIRE BRINE PUMPING (COMPENSA- TION FOR SUBSIDENCE) BILL [Lords]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Wednesday 15th April.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he considers it inappropriate to include in Government contracts a condition that the private firms fulfilling them should make no inquiry into the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what agreement has been reached with the Federal Government of Germany on the subject of support costs.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give the various Surtax rates operating in 1951 which resulted in a Treasury revenue of £124,900,000 in 1951; what were the Surtax rates in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of income was the Income Tax paid in 1951 and 1963 by a single man, a man with a wife and one child of school age, and a man with a wife and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the interest rate charged by the Public Works Loan Board to local council authorities in 1950 and 1960, respectively; and what effect the changed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Purchase Tax on anglers' umbrellas is fixed at different rates; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the administrative cost to his Department in distinguishing for taxation purposes between unearned and earned income.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many computers are available to his Department; and in which departments they are in use.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are earning incomes which are tax-free although above the level at which incomes normally become taxable; and if he will ensure that such...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will enumerate the difficulties which are preventing the taxation of incomes derived from tax-free toll bridges.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the annual percentage rise or fall in all forms of taxation since 1951, taking that year as being equal to 100 and allowing for the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information is given to emigrants to South Africa about restrictions on the repatriation of their capital should they wish to return to this country.
asked the Postmaster-General when the Magherafelt telephone exchange will be converted to subscriber trunk dialling.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give the average cost of installation and maintenance of a single telephone kiosk.
asked the Postmaster-General what decision he has reached on the introduction of colour television in Great Britain; and when colour television broadcasting will commence.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement on the activities and broadcasts of the radio station Radio "Caroline"; if he is aware of the inherent dangers of allowing such a station...
asked the Postmaster-General what representations he has now received from the Civil Service Clerical Association regarding the proposed location of the Post Office Savings Bank.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs on what date the Essex County Council first communicated with his Department in reply to Circular No. 6/62 of 8th...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many local authorities have failed to comply with the Public Lavatories (Turnstiles) Act, 1963; and how many...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what arrangements he has now made for consultation with local planning authorities and other local authorities on...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will arrange for the Vincent Report on Ipswich which is now only obtainable from his Department at the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he has yet completed his consultations about amending the law relating to burial and cremation; and when the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action he proposes to take regarding the letter sent him by the hon. Member for Salford, East, regarding a...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what was the average cost of interest charges per week for each council dwelling in 1951 and in 1963 for the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will define the relative responsibilities to Parliament of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister of Transport in making decisions about the provision...
asked the Prime Minister to what extent it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to place her nuclear deterrent forces irrevocably in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation pool.
asked the Prime Minister what reply he has sent to the letter sent to him by the hon. Member for Tynemouth forwarding to him correspondence from the Town Clerk of Newcastle-on-Tyne on the subject...
asked the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the Solicitor-General for Scotland.
asked the Prime Minister what arrangements he is making to co-ordinate the activities of the Minister of Health, the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Education and...
Dr. Dickson Matron: asked the Prime Minister what Ministerial arrangements are now being made to fulfil the obligation of the universities of Scotland to report to the Secretary of State for...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
3.40 p.m.
Bill to provide for leave to amend the law relating to the remunerations and fees of solicitors and others in the sale of houses and land in order to simplify the procedure and reduce the costs...
As amended (in Standing Committee D and in the Scottish Standing Committee), further considered.
3.50 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 62, in page 49, line 35, column 2, at the beginning to insert: Throughout the Act for the words 'police authority' there shall be substituted the words 'compensation...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 66, in page 52, line 42, at the end to insert: 15 Vict. c. cx. The Tyne Improvement Act 1852. In section 28, the words from "and every such Police Constable" to...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Nothing in this Act shall be taken to restrict the powers of the Parliament of Northern Ireland to make laws; and any laws made by that Parliament with respect to any matter with respect to which...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 3, at the end to insert: (4) Model clauses prescribed under section 6 of the Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 as applied by the preceding subsection shall include...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 29, at the end to insert unless he proves that the prohibition imposed by the order was not, and would not on reasonable inquiry have become, known to the master"....
I beg to move, in page 3, line 9, at the end to insert: (3) It shall be the duty of the Minister to attach to any licence granted under section 1 of this Act a direction specifying, in accordance...
7.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 6, line 21, after "by", to insert "or under". This is a drafting Amendment with the details of which I need not worry the House. There is some doubt if the Wireless...
Not amended (in the standing Committee), considered.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
9.8 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 12, line 5, at the end to insert: The General or Special Commissioner giving leave to make such an assessment shall take no part in the proceedings, and shall not be...
I beg to move, in page 21, line 26, to leave out "or in accordance with their instructions". The mischief which the Amendment is designed to avert is the passing of files between the inspector...
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered; read the Third time and passed.
10.44 p.m.
Resolved,That the Faculty Jurisdiction Measure, 1964, passed by the National Assembly of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for Her Royal Assent in the form in which the said...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. MacArthur.]
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