Wednesday, 3 February 1993
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the numbers employed in the coal industry in Scotland in (a) 1980, (b) 1990 and (c) currently.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to review the finances and value-for-money record of Scottish local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a further statement on proposals to assist the local authorities that lost money in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the ability of emergency services under his control to deal with any potential situation involving hazardous materials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland for what reasons nicotine patches are not prescribable in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received regarding the Lanarkshire economy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many farmers eligible for the hill livestock compensatory allowances there are within each district authority in the Strathclyde region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to publish the results of his house conditions survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations were conducted prior to the announcement that he was ring-fencing section 94 capital consents for water and sewerage; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had from lawyers in Scotland with regard to fees charged for legal aid work; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make it his policy to introduce devolution of decision taking in Scotland to the lowest possible level.
With permission, Madam Speaker, I should like to make a statement about Army manpower. My right hon. Friend the Member for Bridgwater (Mr. King) set out our plans for Britain's Army for the...
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Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 01(3) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.),
That the Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Oil and Chemical Pollution of Fish) (No. 2) Order 1993 (S.I., 1993, No. 143) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments,...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 98(5) (Matter relating exclusively to Wales),
That the Matter of unemployment in Wales, being a Matter relating exclusively to Wales, be referred to the Welsh Grand Committee for its consideration.—[Mr. Patnick.]
That the Matter of the structure of government in Wales, being a Matter relating exclusively to Wales, be referred to the Welsh Grand Committee for its consideration.—[Mr. Patnick.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to apply the National Insurance Fund to provide an allowance for widowed fathers with dependent children equal to that provided for widowed...
Mrs. Judith Chaplin accordingly presented a Bill to apply the National Insurance Fund to provide an allowance for widowed fathers with dependent children equal to that provided for widowed...
I beg to move, That the Local Government Finance Report (England) 1993–94 (House of Commons Paper No. 422), which was laid before this House on 28th January, be approved.
I beg to move, That the draft Criminal Justice Act 1991 (Contracted Out Prisons) (No. 2) Order 1992, which was laid before this House on 16th December, be approved. The order extends the powers...
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Patnick.]
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