Tuesday, 16 December 1986
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords amendments agreed to.
asked the Paymaster General why the Manpower Services Commission does not conduct follow-up exercises after six months to ascertain what progress has been made for those involved in the restart...
asked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the progress made in the application of the new availability-for-work test.
asked the Paymaster General what is the Government's best estimate of the displacement and substitution effect of the enterprise allowance scheme.
asked the Paymaster General how many long-term unemployed people are in receipt of the jobstart allowance.
asked the Paymaster General what increase in employment he estimates to have followed from the recent reform of wages councils.
asked the Paymaster General what measures he considers necessary to increase the volume and quality of training in engineering skills.
asked the Paymaster General why he has changed the community programme eligibility rules for 18 to 25-year-olds in the nine pilot areas chosen for the job training scheme.
asked the Paymaster General how he plans to strengthen the links between the small firms service and local enterprise agencies.
asked the Paymaster General how many people have so far participated in restart courses; how long they last; and how many have got permanent jobs as a result.
asked the Paymaster General if he will make a statement on the progress of the new training initiative.
Mr. John Mark Taylor: asked the Paymaster General if he will indicate the rate of take-up of the restart scheme in the west midlands.
asked the Paymaster General what new initiatives he plans to move obstacles to self-employment.
I remind both sides of the House that questions to the Prime Minister are in order only if they refer to her responsibilities.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 16 December.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the calculation of expenditure for rate support grant purposes. Relevant and total expenditure are two key concepts that are...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the Welsh rate support grant. I will deal first with the implications for Wales of the statement which has just been made to the...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 20, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,...
Yesterday, in column 793 of Hansard the hon. Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours) cast an inadmissible reflection upon the honour of the Attorney-General. At the time I did not notice it,...
Another point of order altogether, Sir. One of your prime concerns, Mr. Speaker, is to safeguard the rights and privileges of hon. Members. The matter that I wish to raise lies very much within...
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams, supported by Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mr. Hugh Dykes, Mr. Robert Edwards, Sir Anthony Grant, Mr. Jeremy Hanley, Mr. Robert McCrindle, Mr. Tom Normanton, Sir David Price, Mr....
Mr. Richard Ottaway, supported by Mr. Patrick Nicholls, Mr. Andrew Rowe, Mr. Michael Grylls, Mr. Michael Fallon, Mr. Michael Forsyth, Mr. Michael Knowles and Mr. Alan Stewart, presented a Bill to...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made and Question put,That the draft Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Continuance) (No. 3) Order 1986, which was laid before this House on 18th November, be...
I beg to move, That the draft Supplementary Benefit (Housing Requirements and Resources) Amendment Regulations 1986, which were laid before this House on 10th December, be approved. I understand...
I beg to move, That this House takes note of the proposals by the Commission of the European Communities set out in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food's two unnumbered explanatory...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.).
That the draft General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Hyperbolic Systems) Order 1986, which was laid before this House on 17th November, be approved.
That the draft Asian Development Bank (Fourth Replenishment of the Asian Development Fund) Order 1987, which was laid before this House on 21st November, be approved.
That the draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1986, which was laid before this House on 2nd December, be approved.—[Mr. Boscawen.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Boscawen.]
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