Thursday, 4 July 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
Orders for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for Second Reading read.
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 Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has to introduce a progressive method of charging for television licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures his Department is currently taking to encourage greater respect for the law in young people and to reduce juvenile crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any proposals to repeal the primary purpose rule; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on staffing levels in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is planning any review of the new system of dealing with independent television franchise applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many telephone lines on the same number an interception can be made when he authorises a warrant under the Interception of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to give local authorities greater powers to deal with unauthorised occupation of high street properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for naturalisation are currently being processed; and what is the average time taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many policemen there were in post in 1979 and in 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were in prison at the most recent count.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the chief constable of Essex to discuss police resources in Basildon.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures the Government are using to engage further public support for crime prevention schemes.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 4 July.
Will the Leader of the House tell us the business for next week?
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on Hong Kong. The British and Chinese Governments this morning issued a joint statement about the result of intensive discussions...
Mr. Secretary Rifkind, supported by Mr. Secretary Hunt, Mr. Secretary Lilley, Mr. Secretary Lang, Mr. David Mellor and Mr. Roger Freeman, presented a Bill to alter the limits under section 42(6)...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(3) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.).
That the draft Companies House Trading Fund Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Patnicki.]
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY]
[Relevant documents: The Second Report from the Trade and Industry Committee of Session 1990–91 on British Steel—Ravenscraig and Clydesdale ( House of Commons Paper No. 63), and the...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a further sum, not exceeding £81,404,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges that will come in course of...
[Relevant documents: The First Report from the Health Committee of Session 1990–91 on Public Expenditure on Health Services: Waiting Lists ( House of Commons Paper No. 429–1): the...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a further sum, not exceeding £9,962,627,000, and including a Supplementary Sum of £162,196,000 be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated...
Resolved,That a further sum, not exceeding £81,404,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges that will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved,That a further sum, not exceeding £421,137,000, and including a Supplementary Sum of £161,194,000, be granted to Her Majesty our of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges...
Resolved,That a further sum, not exceeding £9,962,627,000, and including a Supplementary Sum of £162,196,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the...
Resolved,That a further sum, not exceeding £697,400,000, and including a Supplementary Sum of £ 10,291,000, be granted to Her Majesty out of the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges...
Mrs. Gillian Shephard accordingly presented a Bill to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on 31 March 1992, to appropriate the supplies granted in this...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Boswell.]
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