Tuesday, 24 July 1979
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Orders for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to increase the resources available for community homes and schemes for the care of children in the community so that they...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated number of job losses on Merseyside following proposed spending cuts in the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the reductions in manpower and services to patients in each regional and area health authority which will flow from the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the way in which national insurance regulations affect the pay of those in the hotel and catering industry.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to protect elderly people from the risk of suffering from hypothermia in the coming winter.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects next to increase the rate of child benefit.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Service if he proposes to review the policy on the provision of health centres.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the aggregate cost to public funds to date of supplementary benefit payments made to those involved in the industrial dispute at...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on Government policy relating to the payment of a blindness allowance.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from parents of autistic children.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many Giro cheques issued by his departmental managers in local offices were lost or stolen in 1978; and what was the amount of public money...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the provision of geriatric services in the London borough of Wandsworth.
asked the Prime Minister when she expects next to visit Lady-wood.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 24 July.
asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the progress of the all-party talks on new constitutional proposals for Scotland.
I should like to draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to a question that was asked by the hon. Member for Lancaster (Mrs. Kellett-Bowman) yesterday, during questions to the Secretary of State for...
3.37 p.m.
I have selected the amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition.
10.14 p.m.
10.16 p.m.
12.1 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Standing Order (Select Committees related to Government Departments) be amended, in the Table, column 4 (Maximum numbers of Members), in respect of the...
Motion made,That Mr. Robert Adley, Mr. Joe Ashton, Mr. Andrew Bennett, Mr. R. B. Cant, Mr. Geoffrey Dodsworth, Mr. Tony Durant, Sir Nigel Fisher, Mr. Percy Grieve, Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smith, Mr....
1.42 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Wakeham.]
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