Monday, 23 July 1990
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Michael Carr esquire, Member for Bootle, and I desire, on behalf of the House, to express our sense of the loss we have sustained and our...
Order for Consideration of Lords amendments read. To be considered tomorrow.
Lords amendments agreed to.
Read the Third time, and passed.
Considered.
Order for consideration read.
We now come to questions to the Department of Energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he next expects to meet Friends of the Earth to discuss energy-related issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what programmes his Energy Efficiency Office operates to disseminate advice on energy efficiency to consumers of electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he last met the chairman of British Gas to discuss the level of gas prices for industrial consumers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much the Government have invested in British Coal since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he next expects to meet Neighbourhood Energy Action to discuss the home energy efficiency scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what proposals he has to amend the Gas Act 1986.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he proposes to have discussions with the European Commission about alternative sources of energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy when he next expects to meet the chairman of the area distribution companies to discuss privatisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his most up-to-date estimate of the United Kingdom requirement for flue gas desulphurisation in (a) National Power and (b) PowerGen coal-fired...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what resources his Department devotes to improved energy conservation; what recent measures he has introduced to improve energy conservation; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much public money has been spent on Sizewell B to date, how much is committed currently, and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has met the chairman of the Council of Regional Arts Associations to discuss the regional arts associations' future policy towards, and financing of,...
To ask the Minister for the Arts what plans he has to bring into force a European convention on heritage and culture by the end of 1992.
To ask the Minister for the Arts how many public museums and galleries currently sponsor candidates for curatorial training; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he last met representatives of the civil service trade unions to discuss conditions of work.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many appointments have been made at grades 1 to 3 since 1979.
To ask the Minister for file Civil Service if he will make a statement on his meeting with the IPMS to discuss the future of personnel at the natural history museum.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement regarding his office's implementation of its ethnic monitoring policy.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he has recently reviewed the civil service disciplinary code.
3 pm
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to inform the House that I have been approached by Hanson plc which has expressed a firm and serious interest in making an offer for PowerGen plc. I...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about my proposals for local government finance in Wales for 1991–92 and about the review of the community charge. The...
Before we come on to the motion for the summer Adjournment, I have a short statement to make on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill topics which will follow the passing of the Bill. As...
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Order for Second Reading read.
I am grateful for this opportunity to raise a matter about which I feel strongly. I applied for this debate for the simple purpose of enabling the House to discuss the Civil Aviation Authority...
11 pm
I am pleased to have won an early place in the ballot for the Consolidated Fund debate, particularly to discuss the regulation of the insurance industry. I express my thanks to the hon. Member...
In discussing electoral registration, I should first make it clear that we in Britain have a right to vote but that that right is heavily qualified by the need to register. I think that it is...
Two weeks ago an international conference on self-determination for Tibet was held at the London business school. It was sponsored by the all-party human rights group and the all-party Tibet...
I, too, offer my congratulations to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad) on his appointment as Government Deputy Chief Whip. I wish him well and I know that he will do well in his job. I...
Even at this late—or early—hour of the morning, I am grateful for the opportunity to open a short debate on global warming, a subject which has received, or is receiving, a great deal...
Earlier this month, a meeting here in London of the heads of the NATO member states took stock of the historic changes that have taken place in central and eastern Europe. In its communique, it...
Before referring to the subject of the debate, I should like to record my appreciation of the presence of the Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Hove (Mr. Sainsbury). As we know from today's...
I congratulate the Minister of State, Welsh Office on avoiding all the shuffling that has gone on over the past 24 hours and coming out on top. I also congratulate him on the sympathetic ear he...
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chapman.]
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