Tuesday, 12 July 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
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asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on any recent changes in the balance of nuclear intermediate range warheads between the Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic Treaty...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many times each year it is envisaged that cruise missile trailers will leave Greerham Common for training exercises.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what matters he discussed with General Matthei and other representatives of the Chilean Government during their recent visit to London.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he expects the delivery of the cruise missiles to begin.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received about the proposal to locate the Trident nuclear weapon in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will review the arrangements by which firms tender for contracts with the Ministry of Defence for the first time.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the agile combat aircraft and the plans for its development.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what response he has made to the latest Soviet proposals regarding deployment of INF missiles in Europe.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received recently from British Aerospace about the servicing and refitting of Nimrod aircraft.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the strength of the Territorial Army in each of the last three years.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy ships are currently deployed in the south Atlantic; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the current arrangements for discontinuing work at the dockyard at Gibraltar by the Royal Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make public his decision on an anti-radar missile to be purchased for the Royal Air Force.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied with the existing arrangements for the defence of the British dependent territories against external attack.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the royal ordnance factories.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 12 July.
asked the Prime Minister whether she will seek to negotiate with President Reagan an agreement on joint control of United States nuclear weapons on British soil.
asked the Prime Minister if she will consider reviewing the arrangements for the administration of matters affecting Government Departments in Scotland.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 12 July.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement on proposals for legislation on democracy in trade unions. I am now able to announce the Government's conclusions following the...
Ordered,That the matter of the future policy for the administration of salmon and inland fisheries in Northern Ireland, being a matter relating exclusively to Northern Ireland, be referred to the...
Ordered,That the draft Sheep and Goats (Removal to Northern Ireland) Regulations 1983 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.That the Students Allowances...
Considered in Committee.
Mr. Cook: I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 1, line 17, leave out `f14,600' and insert '£12.800'.
I beg to move amendment No. 5, in page 2, line 18, leave out `£500,000' and insert `£250,000'. Clause 2 deals with the tapering of the reduced rate of corporation tax. I appreciate, as...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 6, in page 3, line 13, leave out from 'above', to the end of line 16.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 12, line 11, leave out sub-paragraph (a). This is a probing amendment. It sets out to establish what the words in paragraph 3(a) mean. There is a...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, That the draft International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1979 Additional Increase in Capital Stock) Order 1983, which was laid before this House on 3rd May, in the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Boscawen]
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