Wednesday, 24 May 1989
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentages of car refuellings now take place at garages which stock unleaded petrol.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment at what date members of the public were given the right to prosecute polluters of rivers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to protect playing fields from being sold for purposes other than sport and recreation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has any intention to strengthen the powers of planning authorities to deal with unauthorised development; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has any plans to introduce direct elections to the Peak park planning board.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the latest figures for homelessness arising from mortgage repossessions in the south-east and south-west of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has regarding the future use of the county hall, London SE1.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to counter the activities of bad landlords in the private rented sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of paper used in Government offices is recycled paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of each urban development corporation's budget in both 1988–89 and 1989–90 is allocated for community projects and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will introduce environmental measures to stop the excessive use of paper so as to save depletion of timber resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of rivers in the United Kingdom were in good or fair condition at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he is taking to ensure that marine nature reserves are able to provide effective protection for the two remaining resident populations...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will revise and reissue his Department's planning policy guidance note number seven, dated January 1988, on rural enterprise and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he takes to ensure that his Department is making the best use of its residential property.
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,...
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,...
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. I refer to column 255 in the Official Report of 16 May in which the hon. Member for Langbaurgh (Mr. Holt) is reported as having referred to a television...
Members successful in the ballot were:Mr. Alan MealeMr. Dick DouglasMr. Michael Stern
Ordered,That the draft Set-Aside (Amendment) Regulations 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Chapman.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enhance safety in the use of telephones in cars. This Bill is a road safety measure. It addresses itself to the dangerous practice of...
Mr. Douglas French accordingly presented a Bill to enhance safety in the use of telephones in cars: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 7 July...
Ordered,That the Report [23rd May] from the Business Committee be now considered.—[Mr. Fallon.]
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
`(1) Any dock worker to whom the Scheme applied shall be entitled, on leaving employment as a dock worker, to a payment of £6,000 plus £3,000 for each complete year of employment under...
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 10, at end insert `but no such order shall be made until a body has been established which will make provision for the training and welfare of dock...
Mr Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of the hon. Member for Thanet, South (Mr. Aitken) and his hon. Friends.
Ordered,That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Estates of Deceased Persons and Inheritances and on Gifts) (Sweden) Order 1989 be...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Lightbown.]
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