Thursday, 14 March 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for further consideration, as amended, read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Orders for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many acres of school playing fields have been sold in the past year; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many small businesses have been created in Northern Ireland in the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on his most recent discussions with the Government of the Republic of Ireland about a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on his plans to encourage the churches to promote community relations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the progress towards eradicating terrorism in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what further discussions he has had with leaders of the political parties about a measure of self-government for the Province.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last had discussions with the representatives of the Government of the Republic of Ireland about political progress in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the security of civilians in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action the Government intend to take to safeguard jobs in the first decade of the single European market.
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 14 March.
Will the Leader of the House tell us the business for next week?
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the Government's response to the decision earlier this afternoon by the Court of Appeal to quash the convictions for murder...
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Order for Second Reading read.
I want to speak this evening on the important subject of choice and competition and the British telecommunications industry. This is not the first time on which I have been fortunate enough to...
This debate is important, not because I have anything to do with it but because it deals with world affairs and the relationship between this country and the Soviet Union. Any breakdown in world...
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise once again the need for a national lottery in Great Britain. Lotteries have existed for centuries. They can be traced from the ancient Romans to the...
I am pleased to be able to air this vital issue of national health service hospitals this evening, although I could certainly have wished that the business of the House had been so organised as...
This debate takes place in what we deem to be today, while the rest of the world considers it to be tomorrow. When we reach what will be accepted by them as being today, I think that our...
For many months, the nation's imagination has been focused on its armed services. Ever since the outbreak of hostilities in the Gulf, on every news bulletin there has been news film of our...
It is an appropriate time to discuss the path of denationalisation, particularly when manufacturing exports have increased by almost half since 1979. Furthermore, United Kingdom economic growth...
The rules of the House preclude me from taking part in more than one debate, so the comments of the Minister and of the hon. Member for York (Mr. Gregory) were sadly misplaced. I am sorry that...
By convention, I should say that I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise the question of the use of police cells for remand prisoners in Greater Manchester. I am not pleased, because it...
It is appropriate for us to discuss political developments in Northern Ireland because in parliamentary terms it is still Thursday, so today we have seen the release of the Birmingham Six and an...
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise the important issue of some of the possible consequences of the financial crisis currently facing the Science and Engineering Research Council. May I...
Ordered, That—(1) the provisions of the Order [8th November] relating to Business of the House shall be further modified, as follows: (a) in paragraph (1) shall be inserted the words 'and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. John M. Taylor.]
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