Tuesday, 13 July 1993
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he plans to meet the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals to discuss the places available in universities for students leaving school in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to test teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received about his review of the national curriculum and testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he will make a statement on arrangements for EC students pursuing third level courses in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will review the distinction between local education authority budgets and further education funding; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he has any plans to alter arrangements for the award of discretionary student grants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what research has been undertaken by his Department into the relationship between examinations and scholarly attainment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the cost of external examiners for the current year's English and technical studies tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what has been the standard spending assessment for education for each of the Merseyside metropolitan authorities for each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to give trainee teachers more time in the classroom learning practical skills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he will give consideration to increasing the sparsity factor in future calculations of standard spending assessments.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 13 July.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will visit Bromsgrove.
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. Have you received a request for a statement to be made today about the funding of the west coast main line, a subject of enormous importance to many hon....
With permission, I shall put together the motions relating to statutory instruments.
That the Third Country Fishing (Enforcement) Order 1993 (S.I., 1993, No. 1197) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.
That the Diseases of Animals (Therapeutic Substances) (Revocation) Order 1993 (S.I., 1993, No. 1331) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Kirkhope.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to harmonise the retirement age at 60 for both women and men; to provide for the state retirement pension to be linked to average earnings...
Mr. Jeremy Corbyn accordingly presented a Bill to harmonise the retirement age at 60 for both women and men; to provide for the state retirement pension to be linked to average earnings and to be...
Not amended (in the Committee) and as amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
I beg to move amendment No. 27, in page 158, leave out lines 18 to 41. This clause brings forward by three months—from 5 August to 5 May—the date by which the Finance Bill must be...
I beg to move amendment No. 28, in page 160, line 24, leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 161. A Budget that raises taxes, extends value added tax to domestic fuel, readjusts...
Amendment made: No. 16, in page 167, line 13, leave out 'and' and insert— '(aa) in paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of that section, for the words from "have power" to the end of that...
I beg to move amendment No. 12, in page 200, line 26, leave out `6th April 1993' and insert `4th April 1994'.
Amendment made: No. 6, in page 291, line 42, at end insert—
I beg to move, That the draft Education (Assisted Places) (Amendment) Regulations 1993, which were laid before this House on 29th June, be approved. As hon. Members will know from debates in...
I beg to move, That the draft Partnerships and Unlimited Companies (Accounts) Regulations 1993, which were laid before this House on 21st June, be approved. Accounting requirements for companies...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 131 (Liaison Committee),
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kirkhope.]
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