Tuesday, 26 February 1980
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Orders for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied that the indexation of benefits assists in the minimisation of the poverty trap.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recent representations he has received requesting an increase in child benefit.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average length of life after receiving the State retirement pension of (a) women and (b) men.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the proposed closure of the Shawbury community school in Coleshill.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations he has received about the closure of hospitals in Derbyshire by the area health authority.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services why Mr. A. J. Gardham, a constituent of the hon. Member for St. Helens. has been refused benefit by the local staff of his Department in spite of...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received about the frequency of payments to those in receipt of the State retirement pension.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give an assurance that he will make good any local authority cuts in support for voluntary work.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were awaiting admission to hospitals in Staffordshire at the most recent count.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration he has given to the Flowers report on London medical schools in his examination of the pattern of health care in the London area.
asked the Prime Minister whether she will list her official engagements for 26 February.
asked the Prime Minister if she will transfer responsibility for medical education from the Department of Education and Science to the Department of Health and Social Security.
asked the Prime Minister what her official engagements are for 26 February.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement on yesterday's judgment on the appointment of commissioners in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. In August 1979 I gave directions under...
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,...
Ordered,That the matter of the review of policy in the private rented housing sector in Northern Ireland, being a matter relating exclusively to Northern Ireland, be referred to the Northern...
I beg to move: That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to continue to use the Post Office for payment of long-term social security benefits, except where a payee...
Dr. Edmund Marshall accordingly presented a Bill to require the Secretary of State to continue to use the Post Office for payment of long-term social security benefits, except where a payee...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'(1) The repeal by the Banking Act 1979 (the "1979 Act") of the Protection of Depositors Act 1963 (the "1963 Act") shall not affect, and shall be deemed never to have affected, the application of...
Section 435 of and Schedule 14 to the 1948 Act (which provide for the application of certain provisions of that Act to unregistered companies) shall have effect as if sections 54 to 58 and 60 to...
`(1) In subsection (1) of section 26 of the 1967 Act (disclosure of director's service contract with company) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (b)— (c) in the case...
'If in the case of any group or other accounts of a company the requirements of section 54 or 56 above are not complied with, it shall be the duty of the auditors of the company by whom the...
'.—(1) Section 65 above shall not by virtue of section 67 above prohibit an individual from doing anything in relation to any debenture if— (a) that thing is clone by him in good...
'In any company with a paid up capital of £100,000 or more the shareholders shall at the Annual General Meeting appoint a Special Audit Committee on the following terms:— (a) all...
"(1) If at an annual general meeting of a major public company it is resolved in accordance with the provisions of section (audit committees) to appoint an audit committee, such a committee shall...
(1) In section 18(1) of the Companies Act 1967 there shall be inserted the following: "(c) the members joining and leaving the company during the year and there shall be separately classified the...
'There shall be added to section 157(1) of the Companies Act 1948 the following: A public company shall also distribute to each of its employees the balance sheet and report described...
'(1) Subject to subsection (3) below, if any sum required by any judgment or order to be paid by a company which is a subsidiary of a holding company is not paid by the company concerned within...
'Any person who contravenes the provisions of sections 65 or 66 of the Act shall be deemed to be a trustee of the company in respect of any profit which he may take as a result of such...
'(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State that there are circumstances suggesting that there may have been a contravention of sections 65, 66 or 67 above, he may appoint one or more competent...
'(1) There shall be a Committee appointed by the Secretary of State to keep company law under review and to make recommendations to the Secretary of State as to any changes in company law that...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Wakeham.]
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