Monday, 1 July 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. John P. Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will meet the chairman of British Rail to discuss the reopening of the Vale of Glamorgan railway line to passenger transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the implementation of his objective of transferring more freight traffic from road to rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the case for a channel tunnel freight terminal in Greater Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians are killed or injured each day; and what steps he is taking to reduce the numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the latest estimate he has as to the current level of debt being carried by the Humber bridge board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on British Rail's proposals for a high-speed rail link through Kent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to meet representatives of the catching sector of the fishing industry in order to discuss matters relating to the occupational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that plans for freight movement on the channel tunnel rail link will be on United Kingdom wagons which are compatible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement concerning the future of the West Yorkshire rail electrification scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to permit new railway operations.
To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will consider funding the building of a new opera house in London.
To ask the Minister for the Arts how many symphony concerts by symphony orchestras or sinfoniettas receiving publicly funded support took place in London in June.
To ask the Minister for the Arts what progress has been made in setting up the new regional arts boards.
To ask the Minister for the Arts what measures he intends to take to promote amateur theatre in the regions.
To ask the Minister for the Arts what proportion of the Arts Council grant in 1991–92 has been allocated to the north-west of England; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will meet the chairman of the Arts Council to discuss support for poetry.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many manuscripts of books have been submitted for vetting by the head of the civil service in the last two years; and if he will list the authors.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what improvements in customer service have been brought about by the creation of next steps agencies.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what steps he is taking to increase the number of United Kingdom secondees to European Community institutions.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service when he last met representatives of the civil service trade unions to discuss opportunities for people with disabilities.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what is the number of press secretaries currently working for Her Majesty's Government.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement about the European Council in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary and I represented the United Kingdom....
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Today, after 12 o'clock—so I was not able to raise this matter under Standing Order No. 20—British Steel announced the strategic decision to close...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(3) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.),
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Patnick.]
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. After the Prime Minister's understandably long statement this afternoon, you expressed the hope that, given that 35 right hon. and hon. Members wanted to speak...
Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.
I beg to move, That the Diocesan Boards of Education Measure, passed by the General Synod of the Church of England, be presented to Her Majesty for her Royal Assent in the form in which the said...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Patnick.]
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