Tuesday, 7 November 1989
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made,That so much of the Lords Message (2nd November) as relates to the Penzance Albert Pier Extension Bill be now considered.That the Promoters of the Penzance Albert Pier Extension Bill...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has assessed the extent to which the formula for funding of the regional health authorities adequately reflects the needs of the West Midiands...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the implications of the proposals in the White Paper "Working for Patients" for education and training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the number of perfusionists employed by the National Health Service to reach its target.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make it his policy to remind chairmen of regional health authorities of previous ministerial assurances concerning capital expenditure plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the implications for patient care of the proposals to allow hospitals to become self-governing National Health Service trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any additional funds are being made available for the implementation of the Health Service reforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a further statement on his review of the National Health Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he intends to ensure that standards of assessment for community care services are of a national minimum quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of National Health Service prescriptions are free of charge; and what is the comparable figure for 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has any plans to reassess the way in which the financial needs of the National Health Service are determined each year.
To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 7 November.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the results of the inquiry into the Clapham junction rail disaster of December 1988. I am publishing today, as a Command...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the ambulance dispute in the National Health Service. The situation in the London ambulance service is that the trade unions have...
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. It is now one and a half hours since the Prime Minister left the Chamber. I wanted to raise a point of order about something that the Prime Minister said at...
Mr. Charles Kennedy presented a Bill to establish certain rights for people in need of health care, and to promote the involvement of patients in decision-making within the National Health...
I beg—
Mr. Ian McCartney accordingly presented a Bill to protect the general public in the purchase and application of toxic and hazardous substances within the home environment; to provide a code of...
[SECOND DAY]
Lords amendment: No. 112, in page 78, line 8, after "1926" insert— (dd) any property which— (a) with the consent of the Secretary of State given under section 417(1) of the Housing...
Lords amendment: No. 119, in page 81, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 9 on page 82 and insert— (a) any amounts which fall to be or were credited or debited to the...
Lords amendment: No. 135, in page 93, line 27, after "required" insert "(a)"
Lords amendment: No. 178, in page 98, line 39, at end insert "and (b) where an application for an HMO grant is accompanied by a certificate under section 102(7) above; and(c) where, by virtue of...
"—(1) This section applies where a landlord's common parts application has been approved by a local housing authority.
Lords amendment: No. 129, in page 87, line 14, at end insert "or".
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a short business statement about the rearranged business for tomorrow. It will be as follows: WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER—Timetable motion on...
I beg to ask leave to present a petition on behalf of Mr. Robert Bertram, the president of the University of Liverpool Guild of Undergraduates, other officers of the union and 1,562 petitioners...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chapman.]
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