Thursday, 21 February 1985
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order. As all the private Bills have blocking motions, I shall, with the leave of the House, deal with them in a single group.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to achieve his targets as regards sustainable growth and jobs, as set out in the medium-term financial strategy.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any estimate of the impact of (a) tax cuts and (b) public sector construction spending on imports.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received concerning the need for more public spending on the infrastructure.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest figures available for the levels of capital investment in the United Kingdom.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any estimate of the effect of a £1·5 billion income tax cut on the level of unemployment.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any revisions to the estimates for the overshoot of public spending above targets contained in the recent public expenditure White Paper.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is satisfied with the growth rate of the economy in the last 12 months.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest statistics for United Kingdom manufacturing output; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has recently received from disability organisations on the imposition of value added tax on building alterations.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any calculation of the impact of the recent public expenditure White Paper on unemployment.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has revised his forecast of the total tax take from North sea oil in the light of exchange rate and oil price movements that have occurred since the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received regarding the imposition of value added tax on newspapers.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Thursday 21 February.
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the mining dispute following the decision of the National Union of Mineworkers' executive yesterday.
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will state the business of next week?
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I gave you notice that I wished to raise a point of order arising out of Prime Minister's Question Time today. Prime Minister's questions today, as on virtually...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement on the limited list of National Health Service drugs. I told the House on 8 November that the Government intended to introduce a system...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about skillcentres. I advised the House on 29 November of the Skillcentre Training Agency's proposals to the Manpower Services...
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,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Neubert.]
10 pm
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a petition to Parliament that supports Amnesty International's Campaign Against Torture. It contains 1,300 signatures,...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a petition to Parliament on behalf of approximately 250 of my constituents in the Division of Teignbridge. The first...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Garel-Jones.]
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