Monday, 13 July 1981
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
HUMBERSIDE BILL [Lords]
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he is satisfied with the extent to which the provisions of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 are being carried out by local authorities...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he considers that the existing legislation governing tenancy of Welsh farmland is satisfactory; and whether he has any proposals for new legislation.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were unemployed in Wales, Mid-Glamorgan and Aberdare in May 1979 and at the latest available date; and what action is proposed to deal with...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he proposes to take before the end of 1981 to increase employment in West Glamorgan.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what assistance has been given by his Department and the Welsh Development Agency to the Datsun company in its assessment of South Wales, and the Newport...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales to what extent male unemployment has risen in West Glamorgan from May 1979 in numerical and percentage terms.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the total increase in the unemployment figures in Wales since May 1979.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many manufacturing firms in Wales have notified his Department of expansion plans in 1981; how many new jobs they will create; and how this number...
Mr. Tom Ellis: asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has for improving communications between the Wrexham area and the M6 motorway.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the latest figures he has for the staffing levels at Gwynedd county council and compare them with those of one year ago.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales when he next plans to meet the chairman of the Welsh Development Agency.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement about the state of the Welsh fishing industry.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of the total unemployment figures published for mid-June 1981 were categorised as being long-term unemployed; and what specific measures are...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of those unemployed in Wales is under 25 years; and what are the comparable figures for the United Kingdom and for other European Economic...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will ensure, following a Government decision in relation to the report of the Select Committee on the national heritage and capital...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the recent visit to Woodhams, Barry, of representatives of the National Railway Museum, the Association of...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how money was given by the Arts Council to support the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House in the last full year for which figures...
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,...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 2, line 2, leave out 'a Scottish firm'. This is not the most important of the amendments that I have tabled, but I realise that the selection cannot take...
I beg to move amendment No. 3, in page 3, line 10, leave out 'subsection (4)' and insert 'subsections (4) and (4A)'.
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 5, line 22, at end add 'or(iv) to avoid a conflict with any obligation of the United Kingdom arising out of any international agreement in force for the...
I beg to move amendment No. 15, in page 6, line 22 leave out 'or molybdenum' and insert 'molybdenum or any other metal'. Clause 9 refers to the particular minerals that can be extracted from the...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'Schedule 7, which amends the law relating to the protection of certain mammals, shall have effecef—[Mr. Monro.]
'It shall be a duty of the Natural Environment Research Council and the Nature Conservancy Council to make an annual report to the Secretary of State for Scotland and to the Secretary of State...
'It shall not be lawful during the months of March, April, May, June or July to sell or expose for sale in any part of Great Britain any hare or leverets imported into Great Britain.'—[Mr....
'(1) If any person sets, or causes or procures to be set, any snare which is of such a nature and so placed as to be calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild animal coming into contact...
If a constable suspects with reasonable cause that any person in committing or has committed any offence under section 2 of the Night Poaching Act 1828, or section 31 of the Game Laws (Amendment)...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 3, after first 'any', insert 'live or dead'.
I beg to move amendment No. 5, in page 3, line 11, leave out sub-paragraph (b).
I beg to move amendment No. 8, in page 4, line 41, leave out 'or'.
I beg to move amendment No. 11, in page 6, line 26 after second 'bird', insert 'or other animal'.
I beg to move amendment No. 216, in page 10, line 26, at end insert 'or (c) While that bird is either in the process of being conveyed or exhibited at an exhibition or show.'. I do not wish to...
I beg to move amendment No. 12, in page 60, leave out line 18. I confess that, unlike most of the amendments that I have tabled and those which I supported in Committee, I do not recommend the...
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 61, leave out line 14.
Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, the Wildlife and Countryside Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Gummer.]
Amendments made: No. 18, in page 10, line 41, after 'any', insert 'live or dead'. No. 19, in page 11, leave out lines 2 to 4. No. 20, in page 11, line 5, at end insert— '(2A) A person...
I beg to move Amendment No. 21, in page 11, line 34, leave out 'and' and insert '(1A)'.
I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 63, line 31, at end insert— 'Butterfly, Purple Emperor'. 'Apatura iris'.
Amendment made: No. 28, in page 12, line 37, after 'mammal', insert 'or bird'.—[Mr. Heseltine.]
Amendment made: No. 29, in page 13, line 33, leave out 'wild birds or'.—[Mr. King.]
Amendment made: No. 197, page 13, line 37, leave out clause 12.—[Mr. King.]
Amendments made: No. 198, in page 65, leave out lines 14 to 16 and insert—
I beg to move amendment No. 30, in page 70, line 2, at end insert, 'Calamint, Wood—Calamintha Sylvatica'. I move the amendment on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Mr....
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I beg to move amendment No. 193, in page 71, leave out line 23.
I beg to move amendment No. 32, in. page 15, line 17, leave out 'person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise' and insert 'officer commissioned or other person appointed or...
I beg to move amendment No. 242, in page 73, line 12, at end insert— '(ac.) shall only he issued for species to which Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act apply, or items to which Schedule 3 to...
Amendment made: No. 176, in page 16, line 24, after 'livestock', insert 'foodstuffs for livestock'.—[Mr. Monro.]
Amendments made:
I beg to move amendment No. 231, in page 23, line 2, at end insert '(5) The Council shall produce an annual report, to be presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State, detailing loss and...
Amendments made: No. 64, in page 23, leave out lines 23 to 26.
I beg to move amendment No. 66, in page 24, line 18, after 'undertakers', insert 'a district board for a fishery district within the meaning or the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862'.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 73A (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.)That the draft Aviation Security Fund (Third Amendment)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn—[Mr. Brooke.]
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