Wednesday, 14 May 1975
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the time tomorrow.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the present situation of the Scottish fishing industry.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made at the Law of the Sea Conference to conserve fish stocks and protect these stocks from being overfished in the waters round...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will pay an official visit to Edinburgh.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest estimate which he has of the total of rate arrears in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had regarding the diminishing numbers of appropriately qualified registered nurses in Scottish hospitals providing for the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will take steps to encourage the establishment of timber-based industries in Galloway.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what effect the Government's proposed reduction of £80 million at current prices in housing subsidies for the financial year 1976–77 will have...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to set up a National Development Group for the mentally handicapped.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will pay an official visit to the Island of Islay.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will convene a meeting of representatives of the new regional and district authorities to discuss the rates which they will levy in 1975–76.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average net annual rent paid by a housing authority tenant in Scotland; and how this compares with the corresponding figure for England.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish local authorities have a list of disabled persons; and if he will name them.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from political parties about the question of land ownership and the registration of land holdings.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will detail the services affected by the 1976–77 public expenditure cuts.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is satisfied with the security of public buildings and installations in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his latest estimate of the effect on the Scottish economy of British withdrawal from the EEC.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next plans to visit Glasgow.
asked the Lord Advocate if he will pay an official visit to Glasgow.
asked the Lord Advocate whether he is satisfied with the legal service offered to clients in the appeal courts.
asked the Lord Advocate what representations he has received from individual members of the legal profession, or associations of lawyers in Scotland, in support of the present Scottish divorce laws.
asked the Lord Advocate how many legally qualified staff work in the Crown Office.
asked the Lord Advocate when he next intends to meet the Law Officers of other member Governments of the EEC.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement. In August 1974 Ferranti Limited sought the Government's help to overcome the company's financial difficulties. As the House...
1. Ferranti Limited (The Company) will take steps to increase its authorised ordinary share capital so as to enable the following transactions to take place.
With permission, I should like to make a statement on the report by a group of hon. Members on conditions on the British-owned tea estates in Sri Lanka. There has been considerable public...
Ordered,That the White Fish and Herring Subsidies (United Kingdom) Scheme 1975 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments. — [Mr. Coleman.]
4.18 p.m.
Mr. Toby Jessel accordingly presented a Bill to protect the occupiers of residential boats and other craft and moorings; and the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
' —(1) in any case to which section 1 of this Act applies the District Auditor shall at the same time as he makes the certificate referred to in subsection (2) thereof make a further...
6.30 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 5, in page 2, line 29, leave out subsection (1) and insert: '(1) A council who on the 1st April 1974 held any dwellings to which a rent loss certificate relates shall...
I beg to move Amendment No. 20, in page 3, line 32, leave out Clause 4. Clause 4 raises a separate and, in a way, a more serious matter than the other clauses contained in the Bill. It is...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Harper.]
11.1 p.m.
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