Thursday, 27 June 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
Order for Third reading read.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Read a Second time, and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [13 May]. That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Orders for Second Reading read.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations about economic policy he has received from the Institute of Directors.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the increase in real take-home pay for a married man with two children on average earnings between 1979 and 1990.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the Governor of the Bank of England to discuss the Government's policy on pay.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the latest estimates for the rate of inflation in the first quarter of 1992.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the Governor of the Bank of England to discuss economic matters.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of current interest rates in Britain and other EC countries and the margins charged by banks to small businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of inward investment in the EC during 1990 was in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will outline the latest developments of his hard ecu proposal.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current level of consumer debt in Britain; and what was the comparable figure for 1979.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will revise his estimate of the likely deficit in the current year to take account of the Central Statistical Office's recently published figures of...
Mr. John P. Smith: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how many months since June 1987 United Kingdom inflation has been below the average inflation rate in the European Community.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any plans to change the rules that relate to value added tax on education establishments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 27 June.
(by private notice): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current situation in Yugoslavia and Her Majesty's Government's policy...
Will the Leader of the House tell us the business for next week?
A number of important reforms to our procedures and working practices this year are already in place or under way. First, the changes to the management of the House, following the report by Sir...
Ordered,That the draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Boswell.]
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: The Motor Vehicles (Safety Equipment for Children)...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Boswell.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Nicholas Baker.]
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