Monday, 15 January 1996
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action he is taking to resolve matters relating to his Department concerning the destruction of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. [7442]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his assessment of the adequacy of local transport provision. [7443]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects new trains to be introduced on the Northern line. [7444]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his plan to privatise the Fenchurch Street line. [7445]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on investment levels in public transport. [7446]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement about the provision of new rolling stock for Kent commuters. [7447]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the current United Kingdom policy on ferry safety. [7448]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his assessment of the progress of the Government's rail privatisation programme; and if he will make a statement. [7449]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve the transport system in London. [7450]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the progress of the Central Railway project. [7451]
To ask the Chairman of the Finance and Services Committee what is his latest estimate of the cost of the new accommodation to be provided in phase 2 of the new parliamentary building. [7472]
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent provisions have been made in the past two financial years for acquisitions of works...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what representations he has had about facilities for disabled constituents visiting and lobbying...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the Commission will introduce a smoking policy into the office areas of the parliamentary...
To ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what representations he has received on the privatisation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. [7479]
To ask the Lord President of the Council what assessment he has made of the operation of the Standing Orders governing composition of Committees. [7481]
To ask the Lord President of the Council what arrangements are currently in place to announce the dates for all parliamentary business for 1996. [7482]
To ask the Lord President of the Council what representations he has had regarding the importance of access by parliamentarians to EU institutions and to other European Union parliaments. [7484]
On Tuesday last—9 January—I answered a private notice question from the hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw) about the handcuffing of prisoners who attend hospital. It was in...
Order for Second Reading read.
Ordered,That Ms Jean Corston and Mr. George Stevenson be discharged from the Agriculture Committee and Mr. Robin Corbett and Mr. Martyn Jones be added to the Committee.—[Sir Fergus...
Ordered,That Mr. Giles Radice be discharged from the Treasury Committee and Mr. Stephen Timms be added to the Committee.—[Sir Fergus Montgomery, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Ordered,That Mr. David Hanson be discharged from the Welsh Affairs Committee and Mr. Don Touhig be added to the Committee.—[Sir Fergus Montgomery, on behalf of the Committee of Selection.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. McLoughlin.]
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