Wednesday, 23 January 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received about the telecommunications duopoly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to reduce import penetration.
Mr. Robert Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet the president of the CBI to discuss manufacturing industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what are the latest trade figures between Britain and Germany; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the level of manufacturing output for the past year; what was the level in previous years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the progress of the Uruguay round of the GATT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to review the self-regulation of Lloyd's of London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next intends to meet the chairman of the royal mail to discuss the quality of postal services in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further steps he is considering to protect housebuyers from misleading property descriptions following his review of the Trade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to boost manufacturing output.
To ask the Secretary of Stale for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the rise in the profitability of non-North sea industrial and commercial companies during the 1980s.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of exports of aerospace products to the United States of America for the last full year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on progress in liberalising the telecommunications market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will review accounting and auditing practices in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is his current estimate of the capacity of, and employment in, the United Kingdom shipbuilding industry.
(by private notice):To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on the latest Iraqi missile attack on Israel.
Mr. Secretary Wakeham, supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine, Mr. John Selwyn Gummer, Mr. Secretary Hunt, Mr. Secretary Lang, Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory and Mr. Colin Moynihan, presented a Bill to...
Mr. Robin Squire, supported by Sir Richard Body, Mr. Peter Rost, Mr. Tony Speller, Mr. Clive Soley and Mr. Terry Davis, presented a Bill to require the insulation against heat loss of dwelling...
Ordered,That the Farm Diversification Grant (Variation) Scheme 1991 (S.I., 1991, No. 2) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. David Davis.]
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I apologise for rising when you were on your feet. Will you acknowledge that the policy of private notice questions or ministerial statements followed by plenty...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require a person seeking planning permission for a new building to send an estimate of the annual water requirement of the building to the...
Mr. Hugo Summerson accordingly presented a Bill to require a person seeking planning permission for a new building to send an estimate of the annual water requirement of the building to the area...
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
`( ) (1) The following section shall be inserted after section 35 of the 1988 Act— 35a.—(1) For the purposes of Section 35(5) above, where the Secretary of State determines to make an...
'()(1) Sections 1 to 5 below shall have effect subject to the making of an Order under section 6(1), and no such Order shall be made in respect of the first year before the fulfilment of the...
I beg to move, That the draft Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 17th December, be approved.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. John M. Taylor.]
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