Wednesday, 17 February 1982
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKERin the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has now received the results of the national survey on river water quality carried out in 1980 by the National Water Council; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to monitor population changes which affect the number of children and adults moving from Liverpool or other parts of...
Dean asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many council houses were started in 1981.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will advise local urban authorities to give priority to utilising existing vacant land within cities rather than develop green field sites.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will make a statement about his last meeting with the football authorities to discuss the arrangements for the World Cup.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from local authorities and their associations following his announcement of the 1982–83 rate support...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received over the proposed increase in council rents.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is satisfied with the progress made so far with the sale of council houses to sitting tenants.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment by what criteria he assesses the need for public sector housing; and what assessment he has made of such need in England and Wales for the years...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in order to ensure a good response from the public to his invitation to let him have their views on his Green Paper"Alternative to Domestic...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to require that vacant and derelict local authority land should be sold at auction if not fully utilised.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any plans to increase the level of consumer representation on regional water authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, further to his answer of 20 January 1982, Official Report, column 145, he proposes to make additional resources available for the...
Mr. David: Atkinson asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will review the statutory responsibilities of local authorities.
Mr. Steven: asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce new measures to make green belts more effectively subject to planning control.
Mr. R. C.: Mitchell asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will hold a public planning inquiry into the proposal to build a private hospital in Southampton adjacent to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take further steps to encourage local authorities to investigate the introduction of private competitive enterprise in place of...
asked the Secretary of Stale for the Environment whether he is considering the abolition of the Consultative Council on Local Government Finance.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement about the average time taken by local planning authorities to determine applications and by his Department to...
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Sir John Langford-Holt, supported by Sir Anthony Fell, Mr. George Gardiner, Mr. Warren Hawksley, Mr. Ralph Howell, Mr. Ray Mawby and Mr. Barry Porter, presented a Bill to amend the Shops Acts...
3. 32 pm
Mr. Frank: Mr. Frank Allaun accordingly presented a Bill to give members of the public the right to reply to allegations made against them in the press or on radio or television; and for...
On Thursday of last week, the hon. Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Cunningham) and the hon. Member for Hackney, Central (Mr. Davis), and yesterday the right hon. Member for Norwich,...
Order for Second Reading read.
Ordered,
10. 14 pm
10. 17 pm
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