Tuesday, 21 June 1988
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he now expects to publish his report on student finance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether his Department is in a position to make an assessment of the number of vacant head teacher posts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the variability of the level of nursery education provision offered by different local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recent assessment he has made of the effects of his proposals for the funding of education in London, following abolition of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has now received a copy of the inquiry report concerning events at Burnage school, Manchester; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the progress of the working parties established in relation to the national curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he plans to introduce open enrolment in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a further statement about the financing of city technology colleges.
To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 21 June.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the judgment delivered by the European Court of Justice today in the case brought by the European Commission on certain of our VAT...
With the leave of the House, I shall put together the five motions relating to statutory instruments.
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to introduce a British identity card; and for other purposes. With the British passport due to disappear in 1992, the time has come for us to...
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House take note of European Community Documents Nos. 8242/85 and 6944/86 and the supplementary explanatory memorandum of 22nd April 1988 submitted by...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
`The identification and monitoring of the additional expenditure reasonably required for the establishment and continuing support of school boards will be the subject of separate and ongoing...
I beg to move amendment No. 9, in page 2, line 9, at end insert— '(d) persons (to be known as "community members") who are representatives of community groups, and who shall be elected...
I beg to move amendment No. 44, in page 3, line 43, after 'held', insert `, subject to subsection (6A) below,'.
I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 4, line 15, leave out `A minor may be a' and insert 'A young person may be a co-opted'.
I beg to move amendment No. 48, in page 4, leave out lines 20 to 22 and insert— `(1) The Director of Education or an officer of his education authority nominated by him for the purpose...
I beg to move amendment No. 32, in page 9, line 16, at end insert 'appointing or of. The amendment involves the ceiling powers contained in the Bill. The ceiling powers were originally proposed...
I beg to move amendment No. 40, in page 11, line 30, after 'borrowing,' insert 'or levying charges'.
I beg to move amendment. No. 5, in page 11, line 40 after 'section', insert '45 and'. The purpose of the amendment is to establish whether the Minister is prepared to agree to a loss of earnings...
Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, the School Boards (Scotland) Bill and the Motion relating to Financial Assistance to Opposition Parties may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any...
As amended, again considered.
Amendment made: No. 50, in page 13, line 20, at end insert— '"electoral division" means an electoral division of a region, in terms of section 5(1)(a) of the 1973 Act;'—[Mr. Michael...
I beg to move amendment No. 23, in page 15, line 7, leave out from 'elections' to end of line 8.
Important matters are raised in amendment No. 30, but in view of the position that we have reached in tonight's business I do not intend to move the amendment. I hope to have it debated in the...
I have selected amendments (d) and (e), in the name of the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Mr. Forth), and amendment (h), in the name of the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. King)....
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn—[Mr. Garel Jones.]
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