Tuesday, 10 July 1979
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time and committed.
Lords amendments agreed to.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a further statement on the replacement of Polaris.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to meet his colleagues in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what plans Her Majesty's Government have for increasing the size and numbers of fighter squadrons available to the Royal Air Force for the air defence of...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the impact of technological developments in submarine detection on the timing and nature of the replacement of Great...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether, in view of his recent announcement that the entitlements generally of Service women should be brought into line with those of men, he will now...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with the off-duty travel facilities available to personnel of Her Majesty's Forces.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the relocation plan for the Army pay and records office at Higher Borrash, Exeter.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he has any plans to meet the Defence Minister of South Africa.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the American authorities on housing for service families at bases in East Anglia.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will permit trade unions to recruit members of the Armed Forces.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated cost of sending reinforcements from the United Kingdom to the Hong Kong garrison; and who will bear that cost.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent appraisal has been made of the effectiveness of the FV Type 710 Osprey fishery inspection vessel as now in service with the Danish Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if any commitment has been made, at NATO Defence Ministers' meetings held since 3 May, to accept the development of new medium-range nuclear missiles and...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on operations in Northern Ireland.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 10 July.
asked the Prime Minister when last she met the TUC.
asked the Prime Minister if she will visit Heaton Moor.
Q6. Mr. Ancram asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 10 July.
I have a brief statement to make to the House. At page 254 of Erskine May's " Parliamentary Practice " it is stated that: It is not in order for a Member to obtain or quote during a current...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement about the Government's policy on Rhodesia. As the House is aware, it is the Government's objective to build on the substantial progress...
With the leave of the House I shall put together the Questions on the three Motions relating to statutory instruments.
4.3 p.m.
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett accordingly presented a Bill to provide for rebates on water services charges for pensioners and low income families; And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be...
4.9 p.m.
I beg to move amend-No. 64, in page 8, line 38, leave out from " Kingdom)" to " place " in line 40 and insert: and in paragraph (b) of the definition of ' production purposes ' in section 12(1)...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
" The maximum rate of capital transfer tax for the year 1979–80 shall be 60 per cent"— [Mr. Loveridge.]
" Payments of pensions or allowances under the Social Security Act 1975 in respect of widows and their children shall not be treated as income for any purposes of the Income Tax...
(1) Where a charity (within the meaning of section 360 of the Taxes Act)— (a) was entitled, by virtue of the exemption granted under subsection (1)(c)(ii) of that section, to repayment of...
In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 1972 (liability to be registered in the provisions before the Table), for " £10,000 " (in both places) there shall be substituted "...
I beg to move amendment No. 68, in page 22, line 4, column 3, at end insert ' section 15(2)(d).'.
11.51 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Lord James Douglas Hamilton.]
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