Monday, 12 January 1987
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the deaths of David Charles Penhaligon Esquire, Member for Truro, and Nicolas Guy Barnett Esquire, Member for Greenwich, and I desire, on behalf of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Merseyside to consider at first hand the results of bus deregulation in the area.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what steps beyond those announced on 28 November he is taking to respond to and implement the recommendations in the report "Crime on the London...
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, when he next meets the chairman of London Regional Transport, he will raise with him the improvement of bus and Underground services.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has received representations about the speed of traffic upon motorways.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has taken any action to end the practice whereby vehicles which have been written off are allowed to re-appear on the market.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what consultations he has had with the London Docklands Development Corporation concerning the funding of the Beckton extension of the docklands light...
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what sites are being considered for the construction of service areas on the M25.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce his decision concerning the application by British Rail for the closure of the Settle to Carlisle line.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what further action after the Christmas drink drive campaign he proposes on road safety publicity.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the public inquiry on the Waterstock to Wendlebury section of the M40 to begin; how long he expects it to last; and when he expects to...
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what progress was made during the United Kingdom presidency to secure the liberalisation of air transport within the European Community.
asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in the light of the Mackay Consultants report "The Social and Economic Case for the Dornoch Firth Rail Bridge", he will meet a deputation of local...
asked the Attorney-General how many prosecutions under the Official Secrets Act there have been since 1979.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the current overseas aid programme and budget is channelled through multilateral agencies and bilateral...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the votes cast by the representative of Her Majesty's Government concerning recent loans to Chile...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met the aid Ministers of other EEC countries; and what issues were discussed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will expand schemes for the provision of administrative and technical services to developing countries.
Since we last met, and in addition to the other sorrows that you have reported to us today, Mr. Speaker, we heard the sad news of the death of Harold Macmillan, the Earl of Stockton. We mourn his...
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,...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. If Harold Macmillan were here today, he would be surprised, as large numbers of the British public must be, that no statement is being made on what arrangements...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I rise on a point of order to seek your guidance following allegations made by the hon. Member for Workington (Mr. Campbell-Savours) in a debate on the security...
Ordered,That the Trafford Park Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1986 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Malone.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—Resolved.That, for the purpose of any Act resulting from the Local Government Finance Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Peter Lloyd.]
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