Tuesday, 25 July 1978
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords amendments agreed to.
Order for Third Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what additional tasks are likely to fall upon the Hydrographer to the Royal Navy in the light of the discovery of oil west of the Shetlands.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what action is being taken to provide alternative forms of domestic heating in Royal Air Force married quarters.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what savings would be achieved if his current defence expenditure was at the average level of European North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with the operation of the pay and records unit of the Royal Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will give the figures for recruitment to the Armed Forces in each of the first lour months for 1978 and the comparable figures for resignation...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the latest figures available for the cost of recruiting soldiers, sailors and airmen.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to meet the South African Defence Minister.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with the results of the recent Purple Oyster exercise; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is satisfied with the ground attack—air-to-surface—capability of the Royal Air Force in support of ground forces, particularly in...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has yet authorised expenditure upon further instrument landing systems for Royal Air Force airfields.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the number of warships currently under construction for the Royal Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will visit the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had about the rate of local overseas allowance to be paid to the Armed Forces in Germany; and what changes in the rates will be...
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what action is taken to recover the cost to public funds when the Royal Air Force provides transport and other facilities at the...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he accepts the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Committee on the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve that the Service should revert to...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now put an end to the sale of armaments by the British Government and British arms manufacturers to the Government of Iran.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much money will be spent in each of the regions of the United Kingdom on repairs and refits to Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels.
asked the Prime Minister what recent communications he has had with President Brezhnev.
asked the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 25th July.
asked the Prime Minister when he last met the TUC.
Mr. Banks (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the worsening situation arising from the blacklisting of three Polaris submarines.
Mr. Dennis Canavan presented a Bill to provide for the abolition of the House of Lords: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow end to be printed [Bill...
Mr. Dennis Canavan presented a Bill to take into public ownership Buccleuch Estates Ltd. and Pirelli General Cable Works Ltd.: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a...
3.38 p.m.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The House is in some difficulty with regard to the Dividends Bill, which is the last motion on the Order Paper for today. Yesterday, when the motion...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In a ruling yesterday you apparently laid down a definition for the benefit of the House relating to who is and who is not a member of the Royal Family. However,...
4.7 p.m.
Ordered,That in respect of the Dividends Bill, notices of Amendments, new Clauses, and new Schedules to be moved in Committee may be accepted by the Clerks at the Table before the Bill has been...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Tinn.]
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