Wednesday, 6 February 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Second Reading read.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the availability of national health service hospitals in Scotland to be used for the treatment of casualty victims of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his latest estimates of farm incomes in Scotland; and what financial steps he is taking to ensure the future viability of the agricultural industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any proposals to sustain the rural economy in north-east Fife; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients were treated in national health service hospitals in Scotland in the most recent year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received regarding the Government subvention on the ferry services to Orkney and Shetland in 1991–92.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received about the introduction of national tests in primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what Scottish Office initiatives are planned to mark 1991 as the Year of Sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to create more law centres in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has given to the Office of Fair Trading concerning expressions of interest from potential buyers of Scottish steel plants from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has considered the proposals for constitutional reform approved by the Scottish Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met the director of the Scottish ambulance service to discuss the ambulance service in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any plans to visit the Foxbar area of Paisley to assess its housing needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the change in manufacturing output in Scotland for each of the last six years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will next attend a meeting of the European Council of Ministers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet the chairman of Scottish Homes to discuss its budget.
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.
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to render unlawful certain kinds of discrimination on grounds of disability; and for connected purposes. After years and years of endless...
Mr. John Hughes accordingly presented a Bill to render unlawful certain kinds of discrimination on grounds of disability; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and...
I must announce to the House that I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister.
I beg to move, That this House condemns the decision by Her Majesty's Government to make real cuts in the Science Budget which will terminate vital areas of research and postpone urgent new...
Ordered,That Ann Widdecombe and Mr. David Martin be discharged from the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments and that Mr. Humfrey Malins and Sir Gerrard Neale be added to the...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(5) (Standing Committees on European Community documents),That this House takes note of European Community Document No....
Motion made, and Question proposed, That his House do now adjourn.—[Mr. John M. Taylor.]
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