Monday, 7 February 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the latest unemployment figures expressed numerically and as a percentage in Aberdare, mid-Glamorgan and Wales; and how they compare with those for...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many applications his office has received from the Welsh water authority for storm water overflows to be diverted into the public sewers; and how many...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many jobs were lost in Wales by redundancy or closure in each of the last four years.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he proposes to make any changes to the guidelines issued by him to the Welsh Development Agency; and if he is satisfied with the performance of that...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to provide short-term alleviation of the dangers to motorists and pedestrians arising from the configuration of the A55 Bodelwyddan.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many new factory units and how many square feet of factory space have been built by the Welsh Development Agency since its inception.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the latest figure of the number of males unemployed in Newport, Gwent; and what percentage of the male working population in Newport this represents.
Mr. Ellis: asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the Welsh Development Agency's total expenditure in each of the past three years has gone towards (i) providing business...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received from farming organisations in Wales regarding water rates; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the current level of unemployment in Wales; what percentage increase this represents since the same date in 1979; and what are the corresponding...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has as to the proportion of members of national parks authorities in Wales who are resident within the park areas; and whether this...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number employed by the Forestry Commission in Wales in 1960, 1970, 1980 and at the latest date for which figures are available.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his most recent estimate of the numbers of tenants of local authorities and of housing associations in Wales, who have purchased their dwellings...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will detail the effects of the water workers' strike in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales by what amount unemployment has increased in the Deeside travel-to-work area, Clwyd and Wales since May 1979; and if he will make a statement.
asked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will make a statement on the condition and suitability of vicarages and parsonages.
asked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, what guidelines are provided for the erection of new church buildings.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to assist the national museums and galleries in organising touring exhibitions for the benefit of the provinces.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give further details of the special financial scrutiny which he announced on 20 December 1982, Official Report, c. 665.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether any changes have been made by the Arts Council in the touring budget following his statement of 20 December 1982, Official Report,...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total Arts Council grant to theatres in the last year for which figures are available.
With permission Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement about telecommunications policy. After privatisation, British Telecommunications should be able to develop and diversify in a dynamic manner...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement. In connection with the 2,000 MW cross-channel electricity cable project, the Central Electricity Generating Board sought competitive...
Mr. Christopher Murphy, supported by Mr. Anthony Steen, Mr. John Wheeler, Mr. Denshore Dover, and Mr. David Gilroy Bevan, presented a Bill to abolish the Commission for the New Towns: And the...
With the leave of the House, I shall put together the Questions on the four motions relating to draft statutory instruments.
Ordered,That the International Transport Conventions Bill [Lords] be referred to a Second Reading Committee.—[Mr. Archie Hamilton.]
Ordered,That the Plant Varieties Bill [Lords] be referred to a Second Reading Committee.—[Mr. Archie Hamilton.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Archie Hamilton.]
In moving the debate rather abruptly from crime in the United Kingdom to the Bristol channel, I trust that the House will allow me to refer to notes rather more frequently than I would normally...
This is the first time that the House has discussed unemployment in the west midlands since December 1981. In other words, during 1982 the west midlands as a specific region was absent from our...
The Government introduced their new proposals to charge overseas visitors for National Health Service treatment at the beginning of October 1982. Those proposals followed several debates and...
I am grateful to the Minister of State for being here this evening, and I apologise for detaining him from some function that might have been of greater interest than listening to or speaking to...
Pleased though I am to be able to raise this subject, I am astonished at the failure of the Secretary of State for Defence to be present, I heard accidentally that he would not be here because he...
This debate gives the House an opportunity to examine what the Government have in store for Scotland during the next three years up to 1985–86. All the expenditure figures are given in the...
I am pleased to have the opportunity to debate the importance of the British shipbuilding industry, which is experiencing one of its most difficult periods since the 1930s. In spite of that,...
I have listened to a number of speeches today; and most have proved informative, especially those in the debate on shipbuilding initiated by my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Dixon)....
I am pleased, even at this hour, to have the opportunity to raise the issue of who really were the guilty people in Operation Major at Oxford on 2 September last year. Does the Minister accept...
This debate, timed as it is immediatedly after the publication of the White Paper on public expenditure, and just a few weeks before what could well be the present Chancellor of the Exchequer's...
The problem to which I seek to draw the attention of the House at this unearthly hour in the morning is a growing and serious one throughout the country. It is the problem of child...
It is a rare, very rare occurrence for a Consolidated Fund Bill debate to be answered by a Cabinet Minister, let alone the Leader of the House of Commons. It may not have been done since the...
First, I wish to say something about the debate that has just ended. It is always an experience to listen to the hon. Member for West Lothian (Mr. Dalyell) and to observe the resolute way in...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Berry.]
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