Monday, 22 July 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the annual cost of income-related benefits paid to lone parents.
to ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement about the Christmas bonus for pensioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people and their representatives are consulted on the details of the two new disability benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the forecast extra cost of SERPS into the year 2035.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment has been made of the effect on incentives to work for disabled people of the introduction of the disability working allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of pensioners have income from occupational pensions or savings; and what was the comparable position in 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether he will make a statement regarding the operation of the social fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the current value in real terms of the £1,000 widow's payment announced in June 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received about the levying of employers' NI contributions on all earnings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the progress of the social security policy initiatives in the social action programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent representations he has received on the level of the state pension.
To ask the Minister for the Arts what is the average total subsidy out of public funds paid for each seat for performances of opera in the Royal Opera house.
To ask the Minister for the Arts when he last met the Arts Council for Wales to discuss funding.
To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he will be making an official visit to the 1991 Museums Association annual conference.
To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has yet made an official visit to the new Sainsbury wing at the national gallery.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what civil service facilities, and under what circumstances, are made available to former Prime Ministers.
Mr. Robert G. Hughes: To ask the Minister for the Civil Service whether he intends to take steps to ensure that the list of those being considered for service on public bodies adequately...
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many civil servants are currently seconded to private industry.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what arrangements are now being made to ensure that women civil servants are able to maintain employment with the civil service during child-bearing years.
To ask the Minister for the Civil Service what visits he has paid to next steps agencies to assess the morale of staff.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about knowledge of, and understanding of, the operations of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International over the years before June this year.
4 pm
5 pm
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the failure of disinfection over the weekend in water supplied to the public by Three Valleys Water Services plc. The company draws...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(3) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments &c.),
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.
Motion made, and Question proposed,
With permission of the House I will put together motions Nos. 2 to 7.
That the draft Companies House Trading Fund Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 25th June, be approved.
That the draft Patent Office Trading Fund Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 25th June, be approved.
That the draft Forth Ports Authority (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 27th June, be approved.
That the draft Caledonian MacBrayne Limited (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 27th June, be approved.
That the draft Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 10th June, be approved.
That the draft Statistics (Confidentiality) (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, which was laid before this House on 4th July, be approved.—[Mr. Patnick.]
With permission of the House I will put together motions Nos. 8 and 9.
That this House takes note of European Document No. 10445/90 and the Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum submitted by the Department of Energy on 8th July 1991 relating to oil crisis measures...
That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 4658/91 and the Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum submitted by the Department of the Environment on 8th July 1991 relating to...
Order for Second Reading read.
I am especially grateful to have the opportunity to initiate this debate on relations between this country and Latin America. I express the gratitude of all of us, expecially those of us on the...
I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss a contentious subject, which has not been debated in the House for a considerable period. There can be few countries in the world which have...
I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for this opportunity to talk about the drug RU486. The purpose of the debate is to call the attention of the House and the country to this abortifacient drug, which...
No one would have anticipated that the closure of a bank would result in riots, disorder, or such anxiety, anguish and public concern as followed the decision that fateful Friday 5 July to close...
I start at this late hour by apologising to my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Mr. Hamilton), who will reply to the debate on behalf of the Government, and to the hon. Member...
I am grateful, despite the hour, for the opportunity to air this issue. I am also grateful to my hon. Friends, and to the Solicitor-General and his hon. Friends, for their long vigil. This...
First, I apologise to my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State of Employment for bringing him to the Chamber at such an unearthly hour of the morning. The topic that I wish to debate is trade...
I am always happy to have an opportunity to introduce a debate and generally happy to have one even at this hour of the day. I am returning to an old habit. I had a fallow year last year, but in...
I am pleased to be able to raise the subject of the European Community agricultural policy. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary for being here to reply to the debate. This...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Nicholas Baker.]
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