Tuesday, 3 May 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Orders for Second Reading read.
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the North Atlantic Alliance has reduced the size of its short-range nuclear battlefield weapon stockpile in Europe as a result of the review to...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the organisations he consulted before making his statement to the House on 14 April about the armed forces participation in the youth...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans an early meeting with the United States Secretary of Defence to discuss cooperation in defence matters.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the United Kingdom's conventional defences of the decision to buy Trident.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what would be the extra annual cost of substituting conventional weapons for all nuclear weapons up to the level of the United Kingdom's current defence...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many military installations there are in the Greater London council area.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received concerning the deployment of cruise missiles in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many senior non-commissioned officers will be required to supervise and train the unemployed young people who are to be taken into the armed services...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost of air defences of the Falkland Islands in 1983–84.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are proposals for extending the Ministry of Defence activities at Prestwick airport.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the rate of change in the balance of nuclear intermediate range weapons between the Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic Treaty...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now revise the published figure on the number of American bases in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has so far been made in the introduction of MINIS in his Department.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with official efforts to promote the basic arguments for multilateral disarmament, both of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason he failed to include the United States base in Liverpool in his list of United States bases in the United Kingdom; and what purpose the...
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 3 May.
Ordered,That European Community Documents Nos. 9551/81 and 4714/83, concerning the supervision of credit institutions on a consolidated basis, be referred to a Standing Committee on European...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend sections 1 and 15 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911; and for connected purposes. Despite the short and long titles of the 1911...
Mr. Kevin McNamara accordingly presented a Bill to amend sections 1 and 15 of the Protection of Animals Act 1911; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to...
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Power of justice of the peace to authorise entry to search for evidence of serious arrestable offence `(1) Where, on an application made by a constable, a justice of the peace is satisfied that...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Meaning of 'excluded material' `(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, in this Act "excluded material" means— (a) items subject to legal privilege; (b) material of...
`(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, in this Part of this Act "items subject to legal privilege" means— (a) communications between a professional legal adviser and his...
Meanings of 'personal records' `In this Part of this Act "personal records" means documents and other records concerning an individual (whether living or dead) who can be identified from them,...
'(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, in this Act "journalistic material" means material acquired or created for the purposes of journalism.(2) Material is only journalistic material for the...
'10. — (1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, this section applies to evidence which is in the possession of a person who— (a) has acquired or created it in the...
`(1) Where, on application made by a constable, a justice of the peace is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing— (a) that a serious arrestable offence has been...
`(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, in this Act "excluded material" means— (a) items subject to legal privilege;(b) material of either of the following descriptions...
`(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section. in this Part of this Act "items subject to legal privilege" means— (a) communications between a professional legal adviser and his...
`In this Part of this Act "personal records" means documents and other records concerning an individual (whether living or dead) who can be identified from them, and relating— (a) to his...
'(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, in this Act "journalistic material" means material acquired or created for the purposes of journalism.(2) Material is only journalistic material for the...
'(1) In this Act "special procedure material" means— (a) material to which subsection (2) below applies; and
ACCESS TO SPECIAL PROCEDURAL MATERIAL '(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a constable may obtain access to special procedure material for the purposes of a criminal investigation by making an...
(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, a constable may obtain access to special procedure material for the purposes of a criminal investigation by making an application under Schedule [Special...
Preliminary conditions1. The power to make an order or issue a warrant under this Schedule is only exercisable if one or other of the preliminary conditions is fulfilled.2. The first preliminary...
'A police officer who is for the time being authorised to perform the duties of a particular rank is to be treated as holding that rank for the purposes— (a) of this Act; and(b) of any...
'Where— (a) a person— (i) is at a police station in consequence of that arrest; and(b) it appears to a constable that, if he were released from that arrest, he would be liable to...
'1. The following section shall be substituted for section 2 of the Police Act 1964:2. — (1) The police authority for a police area consisting of a county, including the Greater London...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 79(5) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.).
That the Customs Duties (ECSC) (Quota and Other Reliefs) (Amendment) Order 1983 (S.I., 1983, No. 501), a copy of which was laid before this House on 31st March, be approved.
That the draft Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) Order 1983, which was laid before this House on 29th March, be approved.
That the draft Supplementary Benefit (Requirements) (Longterm Rates) Amendment Regulations 1983, which were laid before this House on 29th March, be approved. — [Mr. Major.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Major.]
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