Thursday, 1 May 1980
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Thomas McClellan McMillan, esquire, Member for Glasgow, Central, and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of the loss we...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time and committed.
Orders for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he intends to take any further steps arising from the inquest on Mr. Jimmy Kelly.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made in the review of the law of citizenship; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of present recruitment levels into the Special Constabulary, he will consider paying a bounty to special constables who...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to improve race relations.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest available figures for members of the police force who originate from coloured ethnic communities; and what percentage of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now name the senior member of the judiciary who will review the interception of communications; and when he expects to publish his...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to propose changes in legislation governing the activities of the Boundary Commissions.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up a working party into hooliganism and vandalism on the London underground.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he proposes to take to ensure that there will not be any " no-go " areas in British urban centres.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any proposals for making the councils for community relations more accountable either to Parliament or to local authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce measures to ensure that the Metropolitan Police force is democratically accountable to the people of London through...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will facilitate the granting of entry and residence facilities to a token number of Cuban refugees from the Castro dictatorship.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ask his Department's working party on local radio to give special consideration to the phasing of local radio development with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to change the constitution of the Commission for Racial Equality.
asked the Prime Minister what are her official engagements for 1 May.
Will the Leader of the House state the business for next week?
Mr. Speaker, I will, with permission, make a further statement about the events at the Iranian embassy. I undertook yesterday to keep the House informed of developments and it may be convenient...
Sir Charles Villiers, whose term of office ends in September, has tackled the difficult task of adapting the BSC to changing market conditions with energy and dedication. I am glad to pay tribute...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9, in order to—
I must apologise, Mr. Speaker, for not giving you notice of this point of order. I think you will understand why when I mention what it is. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the...
[16th ALLOTTED DAY]—considered.
Further to the point of order, Mr. Speaker—
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine): I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified Her Royal Assent to the following Acts:1....
I am grateful for being called so early in the debate.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Cope]
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