Thursday, 7 November 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what impact recent changes to the conditions of special constables have had on recruiting; and what plans he has further to increase numbers...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide open air work camps for younger offenders serving custodial sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from Cumbria county council on the question of policing in the county.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on sentencing policy towards sex offenders who have molested children.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received urging him to take new action to combat racist attacks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning the access to advice of asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now introduce free television licences for pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the recent allocation of regional television franchises by the Independent Television Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present level of those seeking political asylum; and what were the comparable figures in 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to close or amalgamate rural magistrates courts in England and Wales during the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his Department's plans to maximise the number of people on the 1992–93 electoral register; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 7 November.
Will the Leader of the House tell us the business for next week, please?
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Is it within your power to draw the Prime Minister's attention to the fact that his first responsibility is to the House of Commons, that there is a Prime...
With permission, I will put together the Questions on the statutory instruments.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [31 October].
I have selected the amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition and also, for a Division only, the amendment in the name of the leader of the Liberal Democrat party. In view of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Wood.]
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