Monday, 25 February 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on progress on the privatisation of the electricity industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the annual average level of expenditure on research and development into renewable sources of energy between 1974 and 1979 and between 1985 and 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what recent representations he has received about the adequacy of existing energy conservation schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many pits he expects will still be operating by 1993.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the level of direct employment in the offshore oil and gas industry in 1990; and what is his estimate of the number of jobs indirectly supported...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what proportion of the production of electricity in the United Kingdom is currently supplied by nuclear power.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the level of investment on the United Kingdom continental shelf in 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what discussions he has had with the Director General of Ofgas about disconnection for debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the increase since 1989 in the number of petrol-retailing outlets selling unleaded petrol; and what is the level in other EC countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what support his Department is giving to the investigation of the prospects for clean coal technology.
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is the total spent by his Department in the current financial year on promoting energy efficiency.
To ask the Attorney-General when he last met the director of the Serious Fraud Office to discuss developments in the prosecution of City fraud; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Attorney-General what is the latest date to which statutes in force are up to date.
To ask the Attorney-General when he next expects to meet the president of the Law Society to discuss matters of concern to the legal profession.
To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his oral answer to the hon. Member for Linlithgow of 4 February, Official Report, columns 14·15, what representations he has received on the extent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the discussions the Minister for Overseas Development had during her recent visit to South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has on the number of children in sub-Saharan Africa who are likely to be orphaned as a result of AIDS; and...
The final phase for the liberation of Kuwait and the achievement of the United Nations resolutions was launched in the early hours of Sunday 24 February. After more than six months of...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the report of Lord Justice Woolf's inquiry into the disturbances last April at Strangeways prison, Manchester, and other prisons. I...
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,...
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,...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20 for the purposes of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(3) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.)
That the draft Redundancy Payments (Local Government) (Modification) (Amendment) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Chapman.]
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(2) (Standing Committees on European Community Documents).
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(2) (Standing Committees on European Community Documents).
Not amended, (in the Committee) and as amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
Amendment made: No. 17, in page 19, line 30 at end insert—
I beg to move amendment No. 18, in page 19, line 42 leave out 'person' and insert 'short-term or long-term prisoner'. This is a technical amendment to correct an error in the Bill. It would...
I beg to move amendment No. 19, in page 25, line 24 after 'provide', insert— '(a) that the references in section 27(5) above to four years shall be construed as references to such other...
I beg to move amendment No. 108, in page 27, line 7, after 'alleged', insert '(i)'.
Amendments made: No. 113, in page 30, line 37, after 'alleged', insert '(i)'.
I beg to move amendment No. 82, in page 31, line 38, at end insert—
I beg to move amendment No. 114, in page 32, line 32, leave out from 'Where' to end of line 36, and insert 'a child or young person ("the relevant minor")'.
Amendment made: No. 40, in page 35, line 43, al end insert:
I beg to move amendment No. 84, in page 42, line 34, after 'wellbeing', insert to protect them as far as possible from public scrutiny and insult, and in any such conveyances as are used to...
I beg to move amendment No. 116, in page 43, leave out lines 13 and 14.
I beg to move amendment No. 104, in page 43, line 35, at end insert ('; and (c) a monitor, who shall be a crown servant, appointed by the Secretary of State.'.
I beg to move amendment No. 92, in page 50, line 16, leave out paragraph (a). The amendment would delete paragraph (a), which amends the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973. That paragraph...
Amendment made: No. 119, in page 47, leave out line 8.—[Mr. John Greenway]
I beg to move amendment No. 100, in page 51, line 10, after 'of, insert '—(a)'.
Amendments made: No. 22, in page 52, line 33, leave out '20(1)'.
Variation and discharge of supervision orders.
Amendments made: No. 23, in page 56, line 24, leave out from 'unless' to end of line 29 and insert— '(a) it has consulted a probation officer; and(b) it is satisfied that it is feasible to...
Amendments made: No. 41, in page 61, line 14, after 'him' insert— '(bb) where the relevant order is a probation order and the case is one to which section 17 of the 1982 Act applies, it may...
Amendments made: No. 42, in page 66, line 36 leave out from beginning to end of line 11 on page 66.
Amendment made: No. 120, in page 75, line 39. at end insert—
Amendments made: No. 48, in page 81, line 34, at end insert—
Amendment made: No. 54, in page 88, line 43 at end insert—
Amendments made: No. 55, in page 90, column 3 leave out lines 7 to 9 and insert— 'In section 7, in subsection (7), the words "is found guilty of homicide" and paragraph (c), and subsection...
Amendment made: No. 102, in line 6, after 'financial,', insert 'and other'.—[ Mr. John Patten.]
I beg to move, That the draft Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 29th January, be approved. The proposals before the House seek...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chapman.]
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