Tuesday, 13 March 1984
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the latest estimate of the cost of the Trident programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the current Government funding for the experimental aircraft project.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the amount of money spent, in the past 10 years, on (a) missiles and (b) the platforms which launch them.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the proposed modernisation of the Queen's Flight of aircraft; and what is the estimated total cost of this proposal.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he intends to carry out a major review of the United Kingdom's defence spending and commitments.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence by what proportion he envisages the Falklands garrison will be reduced once the airport is completed.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence by what date the next flight of 16 cruise missiles will be operational in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will ensure that there is no diminution of the legal and trade union rights of any employee working for or in the royal ordnance factories.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost of his Department's facility trips to the Falkland Islands (a) for the journalists working on national newspapers, (b) journalists...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on plans for co-operation with Italy for future helicopter production for defence purposes.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on security at the Greenham common base.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to increase the number of escort vessels in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's east Atlantic area.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he now expects to make a decision on procurement of a ship-to-ship missile for the Royal Navy.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will describe the command structure and to whom the United States military personnel are accountable in regard to the defence of the cruise missiles...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the united Kingdom Government have been consulted about the United States air-land battle plan.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the defence White Paper a list of major weapons systems separately classified as strategic, intermediate and conventional.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the average tour of duty for an infantry regiment in the Falkland Islands.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 13 March.
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for concessionary television licences for state retirement pensioners and others. I am aware of the importance of our later...
I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified Her Royal Assent to the following Acts: 1. Consolidated Fund Act 1984.2. Restrictive Trade...
Before I call the Chancellor of the Exchequer, it may be for the convenience of hon. Members if I remind them that, at the end of the Chancellor's speech, as in past years, copies of the Budget...
This Budget will set the Government's course for this Parliament. There will be no letting up in our determination to defeat inflation. We shall continue the policies that we have followed...
I start with the economic background.
For the United Kingdom, the medium-term financial strategy has been the cornerstone of such policies. It will continue to play that role—to provide a framework and discipline for Government...
Monetary policy will continue to play a central role. Further reductions in monetary growth are needed to achieve still lower inflation.
I turn now to public borrowing. Just as the classical formula for financial discipline—the gold standard and the balanced budget—had both a monetary and a fiscal component, so, too,...
The public expenditure White Paper setting out our spending plans for the next three years was approved by the House last week. Today I want to consider the important issue of Government spending...
I indicated at the outset that this will be a radical, tax-reforming Budget. It will also significantly reduce the overall burden of tax over the next two years taken together. And I hope to have...
First, the taxation of savings and investment. The proposals I am about to make should improve the direction and quality of both. And they will contribute further to the creation of a...
I now turn to business taxation. Here the Government have two responsibilities towards British business and industry. The first is to ensure that they do not have to bear an excessive burden of...
Having announced major reforms of both the taxation of savings and investment and the taxation of business, I turn now to third and final area in which I propose to make progress on tax reform....
Since we took office in 1979, we have cut the basic rate of income tax from 33 per cent. to 30 per cent. and sharply reduced the confiscatory higher rates inherited from the last Labour...
I have, Mr. Deputy Speaker, completed the course I charted at the outset this afternoon. I have described the recovery and how the Government plan to sustain it and assist the creation of new...
Motion made, and Question,That pursuant to section 5 of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 provisional statutory effect shall be given to the following motions— (a) Spirits...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance; but this...
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Thompson.]
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