Tuesday, 26 June 1990
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what plans there are for increasing the number of specialist construction inspectors within the Health and Safety Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total work force in employment in (a) the second quarter of 1979 and (b) the second quarter of 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what benefits he estimates have accrued from the changes in employment legislation over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment by how much unemployment has fallen (a) as a percentage of the total and (b) in numbers since June 1987.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about employment of safety representatives on building sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about unemployment benefit claims by travelling people at his Department's Salisbury office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give the total unemployment figures and the rate of unemployment in May 1990, and May 1980.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many representations he has received concerning low pay for people under the age of 25 years following the publication of the last edition of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how he intends to increase the numbers receiving training in work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the progress towards the privatisation of skill centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will review the arrangements for the funding of training schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the availability of youth training places in each local labour market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what assessment has been made by his Department of the implications for job creation in the United Kingdom of the implementation of the measures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement about the progress of the training credits initiative.
To ask the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 26 June.
With permission, Mr. Speaker. I should like to make a statement about the explosion at the Carlton club, St. James's street last night. In view of the fact that that matter was raised on the...
Mr. Menzies Campbell presented a Bill to provide for the licensing of ticket sales for sporting events and entertainments and to make further provision with respect to the powers exercisable by...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish non-metropolitan county councils; to transfer their functions to the other local authorities in their areas and, in some cases, to...
Mr. Phillip Oppenheim accordingly presented a Bill to abolish non-metropolitan county councils; to transfer their functions to the other local authorities in their areas and, in some cases, to...
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I beg to move, That this House condemns the Government's failure to produce a co-ordinated transport policy which would allow British Rail to provide a more reliable, safer, more efficient and...
I beg to move, That this House condemns the Government for its lack of commitment to solving the environmental problems of developing countries; deplores the totally inadequate level of British...
Ordered, That, at this day's sitting, the Pakistan Bill [Lords] may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Lightbown.]
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Lightbown.]
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