Tuesday, 21 July 1987
The House met at half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords amendments agreed to.
Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.
Read the Third time, and passed.
To be read a Second time tomorrow.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of people gain a job on leaving YTS, JTS and the community programme.
Mr. Thomas: asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on regional differences in the changes in numbers employed in the service industries since 1979.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the recent labour market statistics.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what measures he is taking to ensure that YTS training is of a high quality.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what information he has on the progress of the programme for introducing a new system for signposting sites of tourist interest.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the reduction in the underlying unemployment figures is due to the Government's restart programme and other similar measures; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people are employed in the tourist industry in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what contribution his Department will make to Her Majesty's Government's strategy towards inner-city areas.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the number of tourist visits made to the United Kingdom in 1986.
asked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 21 July.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about yesterday's Security Council resolution 598 on the Iran-Iraq conflict. My attendance at yesterday's Security Council...
I beg to move, That, in respect of the Channel Tunnel Bill, notwithstanding the Resolution of the Standing Orders Committee of 16th July, the Standing Orders relating to Private Business, so far...
Lords amendments considered.
Lords amendment: No. 1, in page 2, line 5, leave out "and its supplementary protocols and arrangements"
Lords amendments: No. 6, in page 3, line 17, at beginning insert Subject to subsection (2A) below,".
Lords amendment: No. 8, in page 6, line 47, at end insert— (1A) The Secretary of State is authorised by this section to acquire by agreement any land which he is not otherwise authorised to...
Lords amendment: No. 9, in page 7, line 29, leave out , vehicles or" and insertor of vehicles or other".
Lords amendment: No. 10, in page 9, line 36, at end insert— (aa) for the transfer to, and the vesting by virtue of the order in, any person or persons specified in the order (referred to...
Lords amendment: No. 29, in page 12, line 47, after first "notice" insert and(b) any Concession agreement other than one so specified shall be taken to be valid and effective at any time on or...
Lords amendment: No. 39, in page 14, line 35, after "time" insert
Lords amendment: No. 44, in page 15, leave out lines 39 and 40.
Lords Amendment: No. 63, in page 17, line 37, leave out "3" and insert "4".
Lords amendment: No. 67, in page 22, line 14, leave out from "make" to end of line 25 and insert in relation to any land on which work has been done under this Act a scheme for putting it into...
Lords amendment: No. 68, in page 23, line 34, leave out from "shall" to "and" in line 36 and insert be deemed to be interconnected bodies corporate for the purposes of the Act of 1976 in relation...
Insert the following new Clause after clause 38—
Lords amendment No. 78 agreed to. [Special Entry.]
Lords amendment: No. 79, in page 30, line 12, at beginning insert
Lords amendment: No. 82. in page 32, line 13, after "sections" insert
Lords amendment: No. 103, in page 43, line 25, leave out, ", water or" and insert "or water pipes,".
Lords amendment: No. 143, in page 59, line 43, at end insert—
Lords amendment: No. 157, in page 67, line 29, after "with" insert "the"
Lords amendment: No. 173, in page 77, line 46, leave out from beginning to "the" in line 1 on page 78.
Lords amendment: No. 175, in page 85, line 41, leave out constructing or carrying out works of maintenance on
I beg to move, That, in the opinion of this House, the following provision should be made with respect to the salaries of Members of this House—(a) the salaries of Members not falling...
Ordered,That, at this day's sitting, the Motion relating to the Motions relating to Members' Salaries and the Motion relating to Office Costs etc. Allowances may be proceeded with, though...
Question again proposed.
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Resolved, That the draft Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987, which was laid before this House on 16th July, be approved. —[Mr. Wakeham.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kenneth Carlisle.]
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