Thursday, 11 February 1993
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [8 February], That the Bill be now read a Second time.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made in extending contracting out in the prison service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which organisations he has had recent discussions about the local organisation and local accountability of the police force.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to attend a further meeting of the Trevi group on immigration and related issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to seek to alter the law on evidence in cases of cruelty to, or murder of, children.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for further and higher education for prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further powers he intends to give the courts to deal with the incidence of burglary, theft and mugging.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the draft fire regulations resulting from EC directive 89/391/EEC.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures are being taken to reduce car crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set up an inquiry into disturbances at the Wolds prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding Section 48 of the Gaming Act 1968 and the Bingo Act 1992 relating to the promotion and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met his counterparts in the European Community to discuss penalties for violent crime.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 11 February.
With permission, Madam Speaker, I should like to make a statement about my further discussions with Her Majesty the Queen about taxation and Civil List payments. On 26 November, I told the House...
With permission, I should like to make a business statement. The business for next week will be as follows: MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY—Until seven o'clock, private Members' motions. Proceedings...
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. It has been a tradition of the House that on Thursday afternoons, after Prime Minister's Question Time, we automatically have the business statement for the...
Mr. Harry Cohen, supported by Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, presented a Bill to make new provision regarding marriages; to provide for marriages to be solemnised in any place and at any time by a duly...
Mr. Bill Walker presented a Bill to increase the penalties for certain offences under the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a...
I beg to move, That the Special Grant Report (No. 6) (House of Commons Paper No. 404), which was laid before this House on 8th February, be approved. The report sets out the proposed allocation...
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. John M. Taylor): I beg to move, That the draft Maximum Number of Judges Order 1993, which was laid before this House on 21st...
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. John M. Taylor): I beg to move, That the draft Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1993, which was laid...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.).
That the draft Defence Research Agency Trading Fund Order 1993, which was laid before the House on 22nd January, be approved.—[Mr. Robert G. Hughes.]
The petition has been signed by 19,676 people from Pembrokeshire and the rest of Wales. They are outraged because the Ministry of Defence intends to end search and rescue helicopter operations at...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Robert G. Hughes.]
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