Monday, 18 April 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he has yet studied the report of the British Textile Confederation entitled "The United Kingdom Textile Industry: A Plan for Action", a copy of which...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will make a statement on the progress being made on the Government's review of regional policy.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he has had recent discussions with British Airways or British Aerospace regarding the possibility of an order from the airline for the Airbus A320;...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will arrange to meet the chairman of the British Steel Corporation to discuss future plans for the steel industry in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what measures have been taken for the secure storage of industrial knowledge in the event of war.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the most recent figure for output in manufacturing industry; and how this compares with the figure for the same month in 1974.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what assistance his Department presently offers to industry in Ealing and west London; and if he has any plans to extend the range of this assistance.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will discuss with the Moss Bay Enterprise Trust the regeneration of the local economy in west Cumbria.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will initiate talks with leaders of motor manufacturing companies operating in the United Kingdom with a view to impressing upon them the need to...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what estimate he has made of the proportion of public subsidies to industry which will be made available to each sector of industry in 1983–84.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the estimated value of manufacturing output in the United Kingdom for each year from 1978 to 1982 at constant prices.
asked the Secretary of State for Industry how many persons are employed in the steel industry (a) at the latest date and (b) four years previously.
asked the Minister for Trade if he will give the amount of the grants to the tourist industry of Yorkshire and Humberside and Wales in both cases for the last three years.
asked the Attorney-General in respect of how many charities he has made representations to the Charity Commission that charitable status should be withdrawn.
asked the Attorney -General whether there has been any reduction in the length of the waiting time before cases are brought to trial in the Crown courts since May 1979; and if he will make a...
asked the Attorney-General what considerations led him to decide that a prosecution for the murder of Lynn Siddons in Derby could not presently be brought; and what steps he plans to take to...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about lead in the environment. The Royal Commission on environmental pollution has today published its report on this subject, and...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I wish to seek your guidance on a matter of parliamentary etiquette. In the early part of last week I, and I imagine other west midlands Members on both sides of...
Mr. Christopher Price, supported by Mr. Andrew F. Bennett, Mr. George Cunningham and Mr. Ivan Lawrence, presented a Bill to make fresh provision with respect to the qualifications of persons...
With the permission of the House, I shall put together the Questions on the three motions.
[Relevant document: Fourth Report of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee on International Monetary Arrangements: International Lending by Banks, House of Commons Paper 21–1 of Session...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Mather.]
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