Tuesday, 27 March 1984
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received concerning the proposed closure of 21 beds at the Women's hospital, Liverpool.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he plans to meet the British Medical Association to discuss its inquiry into alternative medicines.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that the nurse staffing levels of the Queen Elizabeth and the General hospital in Birmingham are improved.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations have now been received by his inquiry into personal portable pensions.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what subjects he discussed at his last meeting with trade union representatives of National Health Service employees; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received following his recent statement on increased health and prescription charges.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what value the Government attach to the work of local community hospitals.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is satisified with the operation of the Mental Health Act 1982; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the progress on health authority recognition for negotiating purposes of the Association of Professional Ambulance...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were treated for cattle-attributed leptospirosis in the National Health Service in the last year for which figures are available;...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recent representations he has received about a system of opting out for donation of organs for transplant.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from the British Medical Association on parallel imports.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many hospitals were closed upon the decision of the Secretary of State between May 1979 and March 1984; and what were the comparable figures...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average length of time between a person registering a claim for supplementary benefit and a decision being reached on that claim in...
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 27 March.
asked the Prime Minister if she is satisfied with the progress being made by local authorities to privatise services.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 27 March.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I wish to inform you and the House of a matter of concern to me as Chairman of the Special Standing Committee set up to take evidence under the Matrimonial and...
With the leave of the House, I will put together the three motions relating to statutory instruments.
With the leave of the House, I will put together the two motions relating to European Community documents.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. It goes to the heart of the integrity of this House. You will be aware, Mr. Speaker, that it is a convention that when Select Committees report to the House,...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the maintenance of standards of service where local athorities place public services out to competitive tender. The Bill does...
Mr. Nicholas Brown accordingly presented a Bill to provide for the maintenance of standards of service where local authorities place public services out to competitive tender: And the same was...
Ordered,That the Report [26th March] of the Business Committee be now considered.—[Mr. Neubert.]
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'Where the Secretary of State has— (a) determined the grant related expenditure (as defined in section 56(8) of the local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980) for an authority pursuant...
`(1) A designated authority may at any time make representations to the Secretary of State in connection with expenditure levels which may be or may have been determined or any maximum rate or...
'This Act shall be inoperative in a financial year if, over the period of the previous five financial years, the rate of growth in the total of local authority spending has not exceeded the rate...
'The Secretary of State shall be required to bring before both Houses of Parliament in each financial year a report showing the effect on total public expenditure in the previous financial year...
`Before the Secretary of State shall exercise the powers conferred upon him by section 2(4) and section 3(2) of this Act, he shall determine the principles specified in consultation with, and...
I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 1, line 12, at end insert— '(lA) For the purpose of this part of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not designate more than twenty authorities in...
I beg to move amendment No. 26, in page 2, line 23, after 'report', insert 'or reports'.
I beg to move amendment No. 11, in page 4, leave out lines 35 and 36. The amendment is tabled to draw attention to the extremely detailed powers of interference which the Secretary of State will...
Motion made and Question proposed,That the draft Public Records (Commission for the New Towns) Order 1984, which was laid before this House on 5th March, be approved.—[The Solicitor-General.]
Ordered,That Standing Order No. 103 (Select Committee on House of Commons (Services)) be amended, in line 7, by leaving out the word 'nineteen' and inserting the word 'twenty'.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. David Hunt.]
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