Thursday, 5 May 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Third Reading read.
Orders for Second Reading read.
Orders for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria he takes into consideration when deciding whether to accede to any request to ban a march or demonstration in the metropolis.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the new edition of "Protect and Survive" will be made available to the public; and whether free copies will be provided for training...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether instructions have been issued to chief executives of local authorities to be based within a certain radius of a nuclear shelter.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will issue guidance to local authorities concerning eligibility for concessionary television licences for pensioners.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the size of the prison population; and how many people are currently being held in police and court cells.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects Radio Amateurs Emergency Network—Raynet—operators to be allowed to participate in local civil defence exercises...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he is giving to possible changes in the law relating to bingo clubs.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to introduce legislation concerning the taping of interrogations of suspects in police stations.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to bring forward his proposals for the amendment of animal welfare legislation.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the civil defence arrangements for the London borough of Hillingdon.
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to reduce the overcrowding in Winchester prison.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Consett on 31 March, Official Report, c. 266, when he expects to have completed his...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times over the most recent 12-month period paraldehyde has been administered to prisoners in England and Wales.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to reduce the number of firearms held illegally in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions he intends to make within the Metropolitan police district to obviate the necessity for prisoners on remand to stay for long...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to complete the work on revising the calculations of the likely number of casualties arising from the effects of a nuclear bomb.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of Metropolitan police officers engaged in fraud squad work and how this compares with one and five years earlier, respectively.
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Prime Minister whether she will list her official engagements for Thursday 5 May.
Will the Leader of the House state the business for next week?
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, supported by Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mr. Robert Edwards, Sir Anthony Grant, Mr. Michael Grylls, Mr. Robert McCrindle, Mr. Tom Normanton, Mr. Cyril Smith, and Mr. Mark...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered .
'(1) This Act applies to any agreement under which a person ("the occupier") is entitled (a) to station a mobile home on land forming part of a protected site; and(b) to occupy the mobile home as...
'(1) In any agreement to which this Act applies there shall be implied the terms set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act; and this subsection shall have effect notwithstanding any express...
Amendment made: No. 1, in page 1, line 5, leave out Clause 1.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
Amendment made: No. 6, in page 2, line 23, leave out Clause 2.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
Amendments made: No. 7, line 6, leave out 'under this Act' and insert `to which this Act applies'.
Amendment made: No. 15, in page 3, line 34, leave out `made under it' and insert `to which it applies'.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
Amendments made: No. 16, in page 4, line 2, leave out `made under it' and insert `to which it applies'.
Amendment made: No. 22, in page 5, leave out lines 1 to 3.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
Amendment made: No. 25, in page 6, leave out lines 6 to 16.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) With the consent of the Secretary of State and subject to any conditions he may impose, the Board may form or take part in forming one or more bodies corporate which (or each of which) has as...
'(1) With the consent of the Secretary of State and subject to any conditions he may impose, the Board may form or take part in forming one or more bodies corporate which (or each of which) has...
'(1) With the consent of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and subject to any conditions he may impose, the Board may form or take part in forrning one or more bodies corporate...
'(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land in England for the purpose of inspecting it with a view to obtaining inforrnation for...
`(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that the Commission shall have such functions as— (a) he thinks appropriate (having regard to their functions in relation to monuments,...
'(1) The Commission may form or take part in forming one or more bodies corporate which (or each of which) has as its main object or objects one or more of those mentioned in subsection (2).(2)...
' .—(1) The Secretary of State, the Commission and the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) shall consult together as to the desirability, or otherwise, of some or all of the...
`(1) The Secretary of State shall afford the Secretary of State for the Environment all reasonable facilities such that the commission may from time to time carry out inspections of, and advise...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 8, at end insert— '(e) satisfy the national interest in the Victoria and Albert Museum's activities and in its provincial responsibilities'.
I beg to move amendment No. 8, in page 5, leave out lines 2 to 4 and insert `and the Tate Gallery Trustees'.
I beg to move amendment No. 9, in page 5, line 28, leave out 'trust or'.
Amendment made: No. 18, in page 9, line 4, leave out from 'Trustees' to end of line 8 and insert `and the Tate Gallery Trustees'.—[Mr. Channon]
Amendments made: No. 19, in page 9, line 31, leave out 'trust or'.
I beg to move amendment No. 22, in page 11, line 13, at end insert— '(8) The Board may allow premises occupied or managed by them to be used by other persons (for payment or otherwise) for...
I beg to move amendment No. 23, in page 11, line 14, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (3A)'.
Amendments made: No. 27, in page 12, line 23, leave out from '1954' to end of line 25 and insert '(ignoring the words "The Armouries"), the National Gallery Trustees and the Tate Gallery Trustees'.
I beg to move amendment No. 33, in page 18, line 35, at end insert— '(5A) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of State the Commission may acquire any group of listed buildings for the...
I beg to move amendment No. 35, in page 20, line 2, after 'Parliament', insert `(a)'.
I beg to move amendment No. 37, in page 20, line 6, leave out clause 33. This is another of the two or three not so much contentious as important aspects of the Bill. Clause 33, which would...
Amendment made: No. 38, in page 20, line 32 after `(6),' insert '17(3A) and (3B),'. — [Mr. Archie Hamilton.]
Amendment made: No. 40 in page 20, line 40 at end insert and except so far as section (Monuments etc. partly situated in England) gives power to amend any enactment which extends to...
I beg to move amendment No. 41, in page 21, line 9 at beginning insert 'Subject to subparagraph (1B;),'.
Amendment made: No. 73, in page 36, line 12, at end insert— '(7) An industrial tribunal shall not consider a complaint whereby a dispute mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) is referred to it...
Amendment made: No. 74, in page 36, line 25, at beginning insert— 'Subject to sub-paragraph (1B),'.
Amendments made: No. 83, in page 43, line 36, leave out 'situated in Scotland or Wales' and insert 'not situated in England'.
Amendments made: No. 122, in page 67, line 41, at end insert— ' 1A. In Schedule 1 to that Act (Institutions to which certain transfers may be made) the following entries shall he inserted...
Amendment made: No. 127, in line 11, leave out 'repeal section 4(2) of the National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954' and insert `amend certain enactments relating to the heritage'. —[Mr....
I beg to move, That the draft Saint Christopher and Nevis Termination of Association Order 1983, which was laid before this House on 22nd April, be approved. Although the hour is late, which...
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Major.]
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