Wednesday, 23 February 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he is yet able to announce when he expects to make a statement on his review of the future of domestic rates and possible alternative sources...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how water workers' pay has compared with that of local authority manual workers over the past 10 years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he is satisfied with the speed with which planning applications are being dealt with.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will now seek to require unused and vacant public land under one acre to be included in the vacant land registers.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimates for the rate of inflation were used in calculating the recent rate support grant levels.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, of the 61,000 acres of vacant and derelict land in local authority ownership and included in the vacant land registers at 1 July 1982, how many...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made in privatisation within local authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sheltered housing starts he expects in 1983.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what public funds were given to the Sports Council in 1982–83 and 1981–82; and what is his estimate of the sums available in 1983–84.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will arrange to meet trade union representatives to discuss the problems of the civil engineering industry.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any plans to assist housing development in the inner city areas, such as Leeds; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce legislation to permit as of right private tenants to purchase the accommodation they live in.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the practical effect of the work of the financial institutions group established by his Department; how many members there are; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek to convene a conference of Commonwealth Ministers of Sport to discuss the effect on sport in member countries of differing...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has of the percentage of houses in the private sector that are empty and treated as voids; and what have been the corresponding...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make additional resources available to local authorities in areas which are the centres of large conurbations to assist them with the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the progress of shared ownership housing schemes.
Mr. Conlon: asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what further consideration has been given to the future structure of the Property Services Agency; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities and other public bodies holding vacant and underused land dispose of land for private...
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received concerning the abolition of the Greater London council.
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment on how many occasions he has met the chairmen of the regional water authorities during the present wages dispute; and if he will make a statement.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement to the House about the water industry dispute. The House will note that, following the findings of the chairman of the committee of...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement on the general aspects of the Foreign Affairs Council which met in Brussels on 21 and 22 February, at which my right hon. and noble Friend...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement on the trade aspects discussed at the same Foreign Affairs Council on 21 and 22 February. The council endorsed the agreement reached with...
Members successful in the ballot were:Sir Victor GoodhewMr. Harold WalkerMr. Edwin Wainwright
I beg to move: That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the residential qualifications necessary for inclusion on an electoral register. The motion relates to the reform of the...
Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson accordingly presented a Bill to amend the residential qualifications necessary for inclusion on an electoral register: And the same was read the First time; and ordered...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'(1) It shall be the duty of British Shipbuilders, after consulting any relevant trade union to formulate from time to time when it considers appropriate, or the Secretary of State so requires,...
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 21, at end insert: `and such other activities as may from time to time appear to them to be desirable and which can be carried...
I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 3, line 8, leave out 'the national interest' and insert 'national defence and security, and a draft of the direction has been approved by resolution of the...
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. For a three-clause Bill to have had 16 sittings in Committee must be a record. It shows the interest in and strong feelings about it....
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Lang.]
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