Wednesday, 26 July 1989
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Orders for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for Second Reading read.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to deal with homelessness.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is his estimate of the reduction of chlorofluorocarbons use which will be achieved in the United Kingdom by the end of the year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information his Department has on the relative sources of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will take steps to require water authorities to make public their long-term plans to improve the quality of bathing waters at coastal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he proposes to increase funding resources available for the inner area programme above the inflation rate.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek powers to enable him to override those local authorities which permit new outlets for the discharge of raw sewage into the sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the level of funding for the Housing Corporation in (a) 1987–88 and (b) 1988–89.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further steps he is taking to reduce environmental pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will increase the amount of money allocated by urban development corporations for the purpose of community projects and voluntary sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which bathing waters were identified for the purposes of the 1975 European Community bathing waters directive in (a) May 1979 and (b) May 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he has had with local authority organisations over changes in the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received about the decision by the Tyne and Wear urban development corporation to concentrate the £20 million...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about local government finance in Scotland. First, I wish to announce my decision on grant for Scottish local authorities in respect of...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement. Last December, I published the Scottish Enterprise White Paper on my proposals to integrate the functions of the Scottish...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I ask whether you have received any requests from Ministers to make a statement on the salmonella outbreak in Clwyd? There is considerable anxiety on Deeside...
Mr. Nigel Griffiths, supported by Ms. Diane Abbott, Ms. Joan Walley, Mr. Harry Barnes, Mr. Andrew Smith and Mr. Peter L. Pike, presented a Bill to ensure that the consumer is provided with full...
Mr. Nigel Griffiths, supported by Ms. Diane Abbott, Ms. Joan Walley, Mr. Harry Barnes, Mr. Andrew Smith and Mr. Peter L. Pike, presented a Bill to require the manufacturers, wholesalers and...
Ordered,That the draft Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Sackville.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to compel parties providing essential services and involved in industrial disputes to seek arbitration. The aims of this Bill are best...
Mr. Roger Knapman accordingly presented a Bill to compel parties providing essential services and involved in industrial disputes to seek arbitration; And the same was read the First time; and...
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The Press Association is reporting that the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Patnick) has been appointed a Government Whip. He is, as you know,...
I beg to move, That the draft Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989, which were laid before this House on 21st July, be approved.
Lords amendment considered.
Lords amendment: No. 1, in page 2, line 18, leave out from "be" to "by" in line 20 and insert— "(a) a President of the Industrial Tribunals and the Fair Employment Tribunal (in this Part of...
Lords amendment: No. 18, in page 7, line 28, at end insert— (2) It shall also be the duty of the Commission to keep itself informed about proceedings on complaints under Part III of the...
Lords Amendment: No. 38, in page 24, line 7, at beginning insert The Commission may from time to time require the employer to give the Commission such information held by the employer, being...
Lords amendment: No. 70, in page 44, line 26, leave out from beginning to end of line 11 on page 45 and insert— 37A.—(1) This section applies where, in pursuance of affirmative...
Ordered,That, at this day's sitting, the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Bill, the Extradition Bill [Lords], the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [Lords], and the Continental...
Question again proposed, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.
"After section 37A of the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 there is inserted—
Lords amendment: No. 78, in page 52, line 6, at end insert—
Order for Second Reading read.
Not amended (in the Standing Commmittee), considered.
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 19, after `(3)' insert— 'Except as provided for in subsection 3(A) below'.
Read a Second time.
To save the time of the House, I propose to put together the Questions on the four motions to approve the statutory instruments.
That the Leeds Development Corporation (Vesting of Land) (British Railways Board) Order 1989, dated 7th June 1989, a copy of which was laid before this House on 14th June, be approved.
Ordered,That Mr. Secretary Wakeham be discharged from the Select Committee on House of Commons (Services) and Sir Geoffrey Howe be added to the Committee.—[Mr. Patnick.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Patnick.]
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