Wednesday, 4 December 1996
The House met at half-past Nine o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Knapman.]
11 am
If one asks Members of Parliament which aspect of the political agenda gives them the greatest trouble when they visit schools, the reply will almost certainly be, "the environment." That is a...
I am grateful for the opportunity to take half an hour of the House's time to follow a debate about preserving the rain forests with one about preserving small businesses in Dorset. I am grateful...
I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this subject, which is obviously very important to many people in my constituency. East Lothian is literally the powerhouse of Scotland. It has the...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what legislation he intends to bring forward to implement the working time directive. [5779]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the representations he has received about the Green Paper "Industrial Action and Trade Unions". [5780]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next expects to meet the regulators of privatised utilities to discuss profit levels. [5782]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many items of legislation relating to his Department have been repealed since the beginning of the deregulation initiative in January 1994; and how...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what consultations he has had over health and safety aspects of the working time directive. [5784]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the impact of privatisation on the performance of the utilities. [5786]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next expects to visit business links in East Anglia to discuss measures to encourage small firms. [5787]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from trading standards officers about the activities of companies selling advice on access by traders to business...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what his priorities are for the World Trade Organisation summit in Singapore in December. [5792]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what responses he has received to the White Paper, "Industrial Action and Trade Unions". [5793]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps he has taken to promote the further development of clean coal technology. [5794]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many business failures there have been since April 1992. [5795]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce further proposals to improve firework safety. [5796]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what legislation he intends to bring forward to implement the working time directive. [5798]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the percentage change in total Government spending on research and development since 1985. [5799]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent discussions he has had with the Trades Union Congress and the Scottish TUC in relation to the privatisation of the nuclear industry. [5800]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade which countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development invest more per person than the United Kingdom. [5801]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to ensure that the United Kingdom is no longer required to implement the working time directive.[5802]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received on the Green Paper, "Industrial Action and Trade Unions". [5803]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit partial-birth abortions. Partial-birth abortion is defined in the Bill as an abortion in which the person performing the abortion...
Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock accordingly presented a Bill to prohibit partial-birth abortions: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 14 February, and...
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. The House noted with concern the demonstration that occurred yesterday, but it was with far greater concern that we noted another factor. We have seen...
Ordered,
[ALLOTTED DAY]
'. Section l(3)(b) of the 1968 Act (which exempts air weapons from the requirements of that section unless declared specially dangerous) shall be amended by substituting for the words "declared...
'(1) The Secretary of State shall, in accordance with a scheme made by him, make payments to persons who incur any loss as a result of this Act and to whom subsection (2) below applies.
'. After section 15 of the 1988 Act there shall be inserted the following section—"Coterminous pistol club licences and rifle club approvals15A.—(1) Where an application is made on...
'.—(I) The 1968 Act shall be amended as follows.(2) After section 5A there shall be inserted the following section—"Prohibition of small firearms in Scotland5B.—(l) A person...
Amendments made: No. 90, in page 2, line 21, after 'have' insert 'the instrument'.
Amendments made: No. 92, in page 2, line 29, after 'have' insert 'the firearm'.
Amendments made: No. 94, in page 2, line 38, after 'have' insert 'the firearm'.
I beg to move amendment No. 58, in page 3, line 18, at end insert 'or (d) the slide assembly or cylinder has been removed and stored according to the conditions specified in subsection (2A)...
I beg to move amendment No. 59, in page 4, line 15, after 'exceptional', insert 'or subsection (2A) below applies.'.
Amendment proposed: No. 69, in page 5, line 24, after 'firearms', insert 'or ammunition'.—[Miss Widdecombe.]
Amendments made: No. 73, in page 5, line 31, leave out from 'payments' to end of line 41 and insert 'in respect of firearms and ammunition surrendered at designated police stations in accordance...
Amendments made: No. 96, in page 6, line 6, leave out 'Part' and insert 'Act'.
Amendment made: No. 113, in page 7, transfer lines 1 to 10 to end of line 6 on page 9.—[Mr. Ottaway.]
Amendment made: No. 114, in page 7, line 29, at end insert— '(6) In this Part "the responsible officer", in relation to a licensed pistol club, means the officer of the club to whom the...
Amendments made: No. 87, in page 8, line 13, leave out 'five' and insert 'six'.
Amendments made: No. 98, in page 9, line 18, at end insert '(ab) a description of the pistol;'. No. 99, in page 9, leave out lines 26 and 27 and insert 'and any entry relating to the date on...
Amendments made: No. 117, in page 11, line 3, leave out from the beginning to end of line 4 and insert— '(1) Section 5A of the 1968 Act (exemptions from requirement of authority under...
Amendment made: No. 116, in page 13, line 14, after 'statement' insert 'in the prescribed form.'.—[Mr. Ottaway.]
I beg to move amendment No. 18, in page 14, line 6, at end insert— 'Provided that a chief officer of police shall not grant a certificate for a small-calibre pistol where, by doing so, he...
Amendment made: No. 100, in page 15, line 5, leave out 'refusal' and insert 'partial revocation'.—[Mr. Ottaway.]
Amendment made: No. 101, in page 16, line 29, leave out 'books' and insert 'records'.—[Mr. Ottaway.]
Amendments made: No. 102. in page 18, line 4, leave out 'may'. No. 103, in page 18, line 5, after '(a)' insert 'may'. No. 89, in page 18, line 28, after 'section' insert 'and section 15A...
Amendments made: No. 104, in page 19, line 1, at end insert— '"licence", "licensed pistol club" and "licensed premises" have the meanings given by section 12 above;'. No. 82, in page 19,...
Amendments made: No. 105, in page 20, line 5, after 'who' insert '(a)'.
Amendments made: No. 83, in page 22, line 27, after '23(2) insert32(2)'.
Ordered,
Mr. Deputy Speaker: With permission, I shall put together the motions relating to delegated legislation. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(6) (Standing...
That the draft African Development Fund (Seventh Replenishment) Order 1996. which was laid before this House on 11th November, he approved.That the draft International Development Association...
That the draft Deregulation (Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 (Repeal)) Order 1996, which was laid before this House on 4th November, be approved.—[Mr. Coe.]
Mr. Deputy Speaker: With permission, I shall put together the motions relating to European Community documents. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(9)...
That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 7208/95, relating to drinking water; and endorses the Government's objective of amending the proposal so that it is more in line with...
That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 7312/96, on aid for reconstruction and rehabilitation in the former Yugoslavia, and endorses the Government's view that it provides a...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Coe.]
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