Thursday, 28 February 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for further consideration, as amended, read.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [21 February], That the Bill, as amended, be now considered.
Order for Second Reading read.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect changes in private borrowing have had on the economy during the past five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the success of TESSAs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the level of interest rates and the value of the pound from Mr. Timothy Congdon over the last few weeks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters he has received from small businesses about the high level of interest rates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the revenue cost to date of the reduction of pools betting tax from 42·5 to 40 per cent.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his policy on promoting share ownership.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest OECD forecasts for growth in the United Kingdom and Germany in 1991.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his forecast for the rate of inflation for October 1991.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current bank base rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest trend in the balance of trade in manufactured goods.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the taxation of businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the medium-term interest rates in the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States of America and Japan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the cumulative total of all taxes from North sea oil since 1979 in 1989–90 prices.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the latest forecast for the year-on-year rate of inflation at the end of 1991.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 28 February.
To ask the Prime Minister when he next expects to visit Dover, Deal and south- east Kent.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 28 February.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the latest developments in the Gulf. In the early hours of this morning, after consulting us and other coalition partners,...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the business for next week.
I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Namibia Act 1991.Ministerial and other Pensions and...
Ordered,That the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Neil Hamilton.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Nicholas Baker.]
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