Monday, 18 March 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his estimate for the current year of the value of tourism to Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next expects to meet the chairman of the South Glamorgan health authority to discuss hospital reorganisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next intends to meet the chairmen of the training and enterprise councils in Wales to discuss the numbers of people requiring youth training places...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information he has regarding the number of open-heart operations for adults that is needed to be carried out for people in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the increase in unemployed 16 to 18-year-olds and males and females over 18 years has been since he last answered oral questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many inquiries the Welsh Office have answered during the current financial year from overseas companies interested in developing new manufacturing jobs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he has any plans to provide additional resources to the NHS in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next expects to meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss investment in rail services in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he next expects to meet the board and management of Welsh National Opera to discuss their financial and artistic plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the development of the Welsh tourism industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total number of persons self-employed in Wales at the latest available date; and what it was in 1979.
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received about the impact of the community charge in Wales.
To ask the Attorney-General what recent representations he has received concerning the implications of the House of Fraser report for the work of the Serious Fraud Office.
To ask the Attorney-General when he last authorised any prosecution for the publication of anti-Semitic literature.
To ask the Attorney-General, pursuant to his oral answer of 25 February, Official Report, column 640, if he will give further consideration to the degree to which the use of napalm on civilian...
To ask the Attorney-General whether a decision has been made on the reorganisation of the taxing function of courts in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Attorney-General what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the mechanism for the prosecution of fraud relating to the City of London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what extra emergency relief is being given to alleviate the famine in Africa, over the amount planned at the beginning of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has for humanitarian and development aid to Somalia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Minister for Overseas Development had during her visit to the Caribbean.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the Government are giving to help the people of Cambodia with humanitarian needs; and if he will make a statement.
With the leave of the House, I will put together the Questions on the 17 motions relating to statutory instruments.
Ordered,That the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Bill [Lords] be referred to a Second Reading Committee.—[Mr. John M. Taylor.]
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. This gesture that we are being asked to enact has been presented by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary—
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.),
That the draft Vehicle Inspectorate Trading Fund Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 18th February, be approved.
That the draft Agricultural, Fishery and Aquaculture Products (Improvement Grant) Regulations 1991, which were laid before this House on 1st February, be approved.
That the draft Department of Transport (Fees) (Amendment) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 1st February, be approved.
That the draft Motor Vehicles (International Circulation) (Amendment) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 6th February, be approved.
That the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 1991, which were laid before this House on 4th March, be approved.
That the draft Financial Provisions (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 27th February, be approved.—[Mr. Chapman.]
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(9) (European Standing Committees),
I have selected the amendments to motions Nos. 10, 12 and 15 for debate. I remind the House that this is a narrow debate and should be confined to whether hon. Members should be removed from...
Ordered,That Mr. Malcom Moss be discharged from the Energy Committee and Mr. Cecil Franks be added to the Committee.—[ Sir Marcus Fox, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Motion made, and Question proposed,
Ordered,That Mr. Ivor Stanbrook be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Mr. David Sumberg be added to the Committee.—[Sir Marcus Fox, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Ordered,That Mr. Charles Wardle be discharged from the Treasury and Civil Service Committee and Sir Richard Luce be added to the Committee.—[Sir Marcus Fox, on behalf of the Committee of...
Ordered,That Mr. Jonathan Sayeed be discharged from the Defence Committee and Mr. Michael Knowles be added to the Committee.—[Sir Marcus Fox, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Ordered,That Mr. William Powell be discharged from the Home Affairs Committee and Mr. David Harris be added to the Committee.—[Sir Marcus Fox, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Sackville.]
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And sometimes to shout at each other.
