Wednesday, 16 March 1977
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will pay a visit to Garston for the purpose of investigating the problems of inner city areas.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money was lent out by local authorities for mortgages in 1974–75; and how much has been allocated for 1977–78 at 1976 survey...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will ensure that public funds committed to helping house purchasers are distributed evenly as between prospective or recent purchasers and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take action to see that when local authorities are able to dispose of office accommodation they are free to dispose of it at the best...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now seek to amend the law in regard to housing to permit owners of vacant property to enter into leases for fixed periods, with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what evidence he has that building societies are withholding mortgages from properties in the inner areas of towns and cities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to charge for the use of water in domestic households by the introduction of meters.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has for increasing the rateable value means test limit of £175 per annum, both for improvement grants and for grants to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what consideration he will give to increasing the allocation of funds for house purchase and improvement loans to Leeds City Council for the year...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the extent to which the 1972 reorganisation of local government has achieved its objectives up to the present.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what response he proposes to make to the submission by Sheffield and five other major provincial cities on the inner cities problem.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if it remains the overall policy of his Department to eliminate the private landlord.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many housing starts took place in (a) the public sector and (b) the private sector in Exeter in each of the years 1968 to 1976; and how many...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the percentage increase in rate support grant payable to Cambridgeshire over the past three years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the percentage increase in rate support grant payable to West Sussex over the past three years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of current council housing costs it is currently estimated will be met by rebated rents in 1976–77 and 1977–78.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In view of the fact that last December the Government themselves slit the throat of their own Community Land Act, may I ask whether you have had a request from...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. It will have come to your notice that, due to the action of my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield (Mr. Winterton) in tabling a whole series of amendments to...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a further statement about capital investment in the steel industry in Wales. As I informed the House on 19th July last, I asked the British Steel...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the meeting of the EEC Council of Agriculture Ministers in Brussels on 14th and 15th March. There was further discussion of...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. A matter of real difficulty has arisen in connection with tomorrow's debate. At Business Questions last Thursday, the Lord President announced that tomorrow we...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,...
Members successful in the Ballot were:
4.29 p.m.
Mr. Patrick Cormack accordingly presented a Bill to make provision for the protection of skylines of historic interest or outstanding natural beauty; and for connected purposes: And the same was...
4.39 p.m.
Ordered,That the Water Charges Equalisation Bill and the Nuclear Industry (Finance) Bill may be proceeded with at this day's sitting, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Tinn.]
Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
I beg to move Amendment No. 7, in page 2, line 41 at end insert— '(2) Subject to section 3(3) below, in giving a direction under this section for any year the Secretary of State shall have...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Snape.]
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