Wednesday, 16 October 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For Kincardine and Deeside, in the room of the right hon. Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith, deceased.—[Mr. Ryder].
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [13 May],
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the number of science parks that have been established since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has received any representations from business men about the impact on industry of minimum wage levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's share of world trade (a) from 1974 to 1979 and (b) since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent representations he has received calling for a Buy British campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom-Japanese trade balance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on support for the traditional industries of the east midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the number of science parks that have been established since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will next meet representatives of the north-east regional Confederation of British Industry to discuss industrial policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next expects to meet the chairman of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission to discuss merger policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will make a statement on the number of new contracts that have been won in Kuwait by British companies since the end of the Gulf war.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further action he expects to take to eliminate malpractice in the timeshare business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has recently received from the textile and clothing industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his assessment of the long-term effects of the recession in industry.
I will, with permission, make a statement about national health service trusts. On 4 December 1990, I reported to the House that I had received 66 applications from hospitals and other units...
I wish to make a short statement about applications for debates under Standing Order No. 20. It is well known that I take the view that this valued right to address me on an urgent topical...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. We have just had a lengthy statement about hospitals seeking so-called trust status in England. The Secretary of State for Scotland has not come to the Dispatch...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to disqualify from membership of the House of Commons or local authorities any person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment. That is...
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY]
I have selected the amendment in the name of the Prime Minister. Because of the late start, I regret that I shall have to impose a limit of 10 minutes on speeches made between 7 and 9 o'clock.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn —[Mr Sackville.]
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