Tuesday, 19 July 1983
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords amendments agreed to.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to meet the chairman of the Manpower Services Commission to discuss the operation of the community programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the number of places presently occupied in special employment and training schemes.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if the target for the number of youth training places has been met.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has received any representations from the Trades Union Congress with regard to Her Majesty's Government's proposals for trade union reform.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what resources he devotes to the study of future patterns of employment.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what efforts are being made to ensure that those found places under the youth training scheme go into factories that are registered under the Health...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information is collected by his Department on the numbers unemployed in various sectors or by type of last employment.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment when he next intends to meet the Trades Union Congress; and what matters he proposes to raise in his discussions with it.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to introduce measures to make trade unions more accountable to their members.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what new plans he has for solving the problem of the long-term unemployed.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment which industries, professions or services or sections or sectors of such industries and services have employed more persons over the past 10 year...
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 19 July.
asked the Prime Minister whether she will pay an official visit to Gibraltar to assess the economic and constitutional problems facing the colony.
asked the Prime Minister when she next intends to attend a meeting of the National Development Council.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for 19 July.
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 10, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,...
I beg to move, That this House approves the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1983, contained in Cmnd. 8951.
Ordered,That, at this day's sitting, the Motions relating to Members' Salaries (Expression of Opinion), Members' Salaries, Office, Secretarial and Research etc. Allowances, Parliamentary Expenses...
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Battersea; Bethnal Green and Stepney; Bow and Poplar; Chelsea; The City of London and Westminster South; Dulwich; Eltham; Fulham; Greenwich; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and...
Motion made, and Question put,That, in the opinion of this House, paragraph (2)(b) of the second Resolution of this House of 22nd July 1975 (overnight expenses allowance to be 144 times the Class...
Ordered,That, as from 10th June 1983, for the Schedule in the Resolution of the House of 20th December 1971 relating to Parliamentary Expenses, as substituted by the Resolution of the House of...
Battersea; Bethnal Green and Stepney; Bow and Poplar; Chelsea; The City of London and Westminster South; Dulwich; Eltham; Fulham; Greenwich; Hackney North and Stoke Newington; Hackney South and...
Amendment (a) to motion No. 7 proposed, in line 15, at end add— 'and—(4) subject as otherwise provided for in this Resolution, the rate at which grant shall be payable in respect of...
Resolved,That, in the opinion of this House, for the period of 12 months beginning with 1st January 1984 and every subsequent period of 12 months beginning with 1st January,— (a) a journey...
Amendment (c) to motion No. 9 proposed, in line 4, at end add `except that, in recommendation (ix), the appropriate pension contribution rate should be 9 per cent. of salary.' —[Mr. du Cann.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Neubert.]
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