Monday, 11 January 1993
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last met the chairman of British Rail to discuss rail links between Wales, the west of England and the channel tunnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road schemes will be able to start as a result of the support he is giving to local authorities by means of the transport supplementary grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received about the speed with which motorway repairs are undertaken.
Mr. William O'Brien: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many properties are to be demolished to allow the A1 to be improved to three-lane motorway from the Barnsdale Bar area to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what further steps he will take to reduce the levels of noise from motorways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that speed signs are placed beside camera signs in zoned areas for spy cameras; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has about calculations of traffic speeds in London and in Paris.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consultations he has had with the chairman of British Rail about the effect on performance of recent proposed redundancies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what targets he has set for the current year for the number of passengers using British Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received regarding the implementation of the new Networker trains on the north Kent suburban lines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the trunk road building programme for Dorset.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has decided on the future ownership of British Rail Maintenance Ltd.; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission what assessment he has made of the effect on the budgetary requirements of the National Audit Office of the introduction of citizens charters...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his oral answer of 29 June, Official Report, columns 575–76, what further...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make it his policy to permit the seconding of House of Commons Clerks to the...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Finance and Services Committee will consider proposals to establish space and...
To ask the Lord President of the Council what proposals he has for the time of sittings of the House in the light of the legislative programme for the remainder of the parliamentary year.
To ask the Lord President of the Council what assessment he has made of the physical layout of the Chamber of the House on the effectiveness of its procedures.
To ask the Lord President of the Council what plans he has for a Question Time for London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Lord President of the Council what proposals he has to change the operation of the guillotine.
To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will bring forward proposals for the reform of the points of order procedure.
To ask the Lord President of the Council when he expects to be able to nominate the Finance and Services Committee; and if he will make a statement.
With permission, Madam Speaker, I would like to make a statement. MV Braer, a fully loaded Liberian registered tanker, drifted on to rocks at Garths Ness in Quendale bay, south Shetland, and was...
With permission, Madam Speaker, I, too, would like to make a statement about the Shetland tanker incident, covering those aspects of the matter that fall within my departmental responsibility: in...
5 pm
Not amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'. During the period beginning when a person makes a claim for asylum and ending when the Secretary of State gives him notice of the decision on the claim, he may not be removed from, or required...
`Where it appears to the Secretary of State that conditions in a country outside the United Kingdom render it impracticable for a person to seek leave to enter the United Kingdom or otherwise to...
'.—(1) A person shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine of not more than level 5 on the standard scale or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or...
`.—(1) No rule made by virtue of Schedule 2 of this Act shall provide for a notice of appeal against an asylum decision to be given, unless it provides for a period of ten days after...
'Notwithstanding anything in any asylum or immigration rule, the credibility of an asylum-seeker may not be judged by reference to any of the following grounds— (a) a failure to make...
I beg to move amendment No. 4, in page 1, line 20, leave out from line 20 to line 47 on page 2.
I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 3, line 42, at end insert— '(6) "Dependant" in this section or section 5 does not include a person who has leave to be in the United Kingdom other...
I beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 5, line 7, leave out 'rejected' and insert 'given to the person notice in writing of his rejection of'.
I beg to move amendment No. 11, in page 5, line 30, leave out 'in consequence of the refusal.'.
Amendment proposed: No. 13, in page 6, line 22, after 'law' insert 'or fact'.—[Mr. Allen.]
I beg to move amendment No. 15, in page 6, line 36, leave out from line 36 to line 5 on page 7.
Amendments made: No. 36, in page 7, line 10, at end insert 'relevant'.
I beg to move amendment No. 40, in page 8, line 11, after "territory", insert but not by reference to race, colour or religion".
I beg to move amendment No. 22, in page 8, line 33, at beginning insert— `() Sections 3 to 11 above and section I so far as it relates to those sections shall not take effect until the...
I beg to move amendment No. 42, in page 13, line 34, at end insert `and the making of such a reference shall, accordingly, be regarded as disposing of the appeal'. The amendment is intended to...
Ordered,
I beg to move, That this House approves the recommendations contained in paragraphs 15 and 16 of the Fourth Report of Session 1991–92 from the Select Committee on Procedure, relating to...
I beg leave to present a petition collected by Peter Barratt's garden centre, Yarm road, Stockton-on-Tees, and signed by 1,324 people. It says simply that they want to be able to continue to shop...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Andrew Mitchell.]
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