Monday, 4 July 1988
The House met at half past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has on the basis upon which the Central Electricity Generating Board extended the expected life span of the proposed pressurised water...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he will next meet the chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board to discuss the privatisation of the electricity supply industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent discussions he has now had with British Coal regarding coalburn in power stations in Scotland.
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has received from the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the Central Electricity Generating Board as to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has as to the level of investment, in real terms, by the Central Electricity Generating Board in (a) the years 1975 to 1980 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the Government's latest timetable for, the privatisation of the electricity industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy by what percentage energy costs for the paper manufacturing industry have risen over the past five years; and what has been the comparable increase in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he has made any response to the first report of the Environment Select Committee, HC270–1 regarding air pollution; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what assessment he has made of the level of spending in the United Kingdom on research into alternative sources of energy in the current financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the level of investment by British Coal in Scotland's mining industry in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Minister for the Arts what cultural activities he attended during his recent visit to the Soviet Union; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Arts how much Government funding has so far been given to the British Library project.
To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will visit Oxford to see the range of library services offered by the county council there.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he has any plans to expand the numbers of secondments from industry to the Civil Service and vice versa.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement regarding the CHIEF computer system as it affects his ministerial responsibilities.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service which Departments of the Civil Service have not completed ethnic monitoring exercises in accordance with the codes of the Commission for Racial Equality...
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service whether, in the light of recent leaks of correspondence between, and internal briefings for, Ministers, he proposes to issue any further guidance to the...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In view of the Prime Minister's extraordinary comments last night about the shooting down of the Iranian air liner, in advance of detailed evidence or inquiry,...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Considered in Committee
Question proposed,That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question—[22 June]—That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Ordered,That, at this day's sitting, the Electricity (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill and the Legal Aid Bill [Lords], may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Dorrell.]
Postponed proceeding on Question, That the clause be read a Second time, resumed.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'Where an application is made to the Legal Aid Board for Civil Legal Aid the Board shall have a duty to deal expeditiously with the application and if the Board have not within two months of the...
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 3, line 19, leave out 'two' and insert 'three'. This amendment will not detain us long. The Law Society has suggested that there should be three...
I beg to move amendment No. 16, in page 6, line 40, leave out subsections (3) and (4). The amendment would delete the arrangements that the Government propose for placing contracts for the...
I beg to move amendment No. 17, in page 9, line 16, leave out from `(b)' to second 'the' in line 17. We can probably deal with the amendment very briefly. The short point is that at present if...
I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 10, line 44, at end insert— `(2A) Subject to subsection (6) below, representation shall always be granted to a child who is a party to the...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 15, line 40, at end insert— `(4A) The magistrates' court inquiring into an offence as examining justices is also competent, before it decides whether...
I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 19, line 1, leave out subsection (8).
Amendment made: No. 7, in page 24, line 16, at end insert— '(1A) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(b) above, for the purpose of determining the costs of a legally...
I beg to move amendment No. 18, in page 26, line 31, leave out clause 34. This amendment brings us back to familiar arguments which took place in another place and in Committee. Although they...
I beg to move amendment No. 20, in page 38, line 24 at end insert— '7. An inquest, statutory enquiry, immigration appeal tribunal, social security commissioners, vaccine damage tribunal,...
I beg to move amendment No. 26, in page 42, line 5, leave out `4(2)(a)' and insert `4(2)'.
Amendments made: No. 8, in page 44, line 45, leave out paragraph 12.
Amendments made: No. 11, in page 47, line 48, column 3, at beginning insert 'Section 16(8).'.
I beg to move, That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 11642/83, 5124/85 and the proposals described in the un-numbered Explanatory Memorandum from the Department of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Peter Lloyd.]
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