Tuesday, 10 June 1980
The House met at half-past
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Orders for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Orders for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered ; to be read the Third time upon Thursday.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to establish, in addition to the normal public examinations, a documentary record of a school leaver's achievements.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether surplus primary school accommodation can be converted to nursery education use ; and what allowance, if any, has been made in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if any area outside inner London has an education authority similar to the Inner London Education Authority.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will hold an inquiry into the nutritional value of schools meals.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has about the current levels of truancy in schools in England.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received from Strathclyde university on overseas student fees and public expenditure cuts.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether measures are to be taken to establish a direct link between future negotiations on teachers' pay and the conditions and contracts...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools have had their applications to take part in the assisted places scheme approved.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he last discussed with the chairman of the University Grants Committee the future financing of British universities.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he now has the figures for spring 1980 of the numbers of pupils in secondary schools which (a) have free school lunches, (b) pay for...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what evidence he has of difficulties currently being experienced by local authorities in financing the provision of books and equipment in...
asked the Prime Minister if she wll list her official engagements for Tuesday 10 June.
asked the Prime Minister whether she will visit Grunty Fen.
asked the Prime Minister if she will state when she next intends to visit Wales.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 10 June.
I have a brief statement to make. On 24 March, the last occasion on which EEC documents were debated, points of order were raised about the nonavailability of a certain document that had been...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a further statement on the Tenerife air crash. As the House is aware, the accidents investigation branch of my Department has been actively...
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,...
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,...
The following motion stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. Stanbrook :That leave be given to bring in a Bill to create a Commission to examine the divergencies between the law in Northern...
As amended (in the standing Committee), considered.
'(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, sections 24, 29 and 30 of the 1971 Act, all of which relate to increase of recoverable rent on account of improvements, shall cease to have effect.(2) Where...
'(1) Section 5A of the 1971 Act (no protected tenancy where landlord's interest belongs to resident landlord) shall, in relation to a tenancy granted before or after the commencement of this...
'Section 21(2)(b) of the 1971 Act shall be amended by substituting for the words "section 7 of the Housing Rents and Subsidies (Scotland) Act 1975 "the words" section 36 of the Tenants' Rights,...
'Section SO of the 1971 Act shall be amended as follows— (a) in subsection (2) the words "(whether a controlled or a regulated tenancy)" shall cease to have effect;(b) at the end there...
' The definition of "prescribed" in section 49(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 shall be amended by inserting before "in relation to" the words "means prescribed by the Secretary of State...
'After section 91 of the 1971 Act there shall be inserted the following section— 91A.—(1) Where a rent has been registered under section 89 of this Act but the dwelling-house has...
' The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 shall be amended as follows— (a) in section 17 (power to make closing orders with respect to underground rooms), in subsections (2)(b) and (3), the words...
'In fulfilling the duty imposed on it by section 177 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 a local authority shall no longer require to have regard to directions made by the Secretary of State and...
'Section 21(1)(b) of the 1972 Act shall be amended by inserting after the word "relates" the words "or for board".'.—[Mr. Rifkind.]
' In relation to tenancies granted after the commencement of this section section 5A(1) of the 1971 Act (no protected tenancy where landlord's interest belongs to resident landlord) shall have...
'(1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 1966 shall be amended as follows— (a) in section 100(3) for "ten pounds" substitute "fifty pounds" ;(b) in section 102(3) for "ten pounds "substitute" fifty...
' (1) Section 5 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971 shall be amended as follows— (a) in subsection (4) the words from the beginning to "fulfilled," are repealed ; and(b) subsection (5) is repealed.
'(1) For section 44 of the 1971 Act (effect of registration of rent) there shall be substituted the following section—
' Part II of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 (Rent rebates and allowances) shall be amended as follows— (a) in subsection (4) of section 16 (rent allowances) by...
' In the definition of "housing association" in section 78 (interpretation) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1972 there shall be added at the end the words— where under...
( ).—In this section— registered association "means a registered housing association within the meaning of the Housing Act 1974; andregistered society" means a housing association...
'.—(1) Notwithstanding section 4 of this Act, where a dwelling-house purchased by exercise of a right under Part I of this Act is situated in an area legislated by order of the Secretary of...
'In the Rent (Scotland) Act 1971, section 2(1)(bbb), and section 85(4) shall cease to have effect.'.—[Air. Maxton.]
' In section 1(6) of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978 after the word "considerations", there shall be inserted the words "including the estimates used in subsection (3)(b)...
' The tenant's right to purchase under section 1 of this Act shall not apply where a dwelling-house is in the area of a district or islands council where the Secretary of State, on the...
Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, the Tenants' Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Bill may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour, and that the motion relating to European Community...
Question again proposed, That the clause be read a Second time.
' Section 10A(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 is hereby repealed.'—[Mr. Cook.]
Where prior to this Act a landlord has invited a public sector tenant to purchase the dwelling house of which he is tenant and where the tenant has made a formal application to purchase the...
I beg to move, That this House takes note of the Report of the Committee of Three on European Community Institutions.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Cope.]
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