Wednesday, 22 January 1997
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. Peter Ainsworth.]
11 am
Last week the Birmingham Evening Mail published a letter from Mr. Thornton of Weoley Castle, who is a war veteran in his seventies. He stated: At the time of writing, the temperature in the...
1 pm
Cornwall is a poor county and has several of the country's worst unemployment blackspots. In fact, Cornwall is as poor as any region in Europe, our unemployment rate is as high as that of rural...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to make a decision on the Monopolies and Mergers Commission report on the bid for Mid Kent Water by General Utilities and Saur Water...
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received regarding takeovers and mergers in the electricity industry. [10588]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the Boeing-MDD merger for the British aerospace industry. [10589]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the significance of the European Commission's first cohesion report for the regional policy of the United Kingdom. [10590]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many jobs have been created and safeguarded as a result of inward investment since (a) 1979 and (b) 1992. [10592]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what recent representations he has received about the impact of Government policies on businesses in the north-west; and if he will make a statement. [10594]
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. [10596]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the progress of the Government's prior options reviews of public sector research establishments. [10598]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the change in the level of manufacturing investment in the past 12 months. [10599]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the implications of the Budget for Government-funded scientific research. [10600]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next expects to meet the President of the Confederation of British Industry to discuss the manufacturing sector. [10601]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on recent trends in retail sales. [10602]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has to improve trade between Thames Valley businesses and the rest of Europe. [10603]
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the risk of interruptions to electricity and gas supplies in winter 1997. [10605]
With permission, Madam Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the royal yacht. Britannia has just left Portsmouth for her last voyage around the globe. Since the royal yacht was...
Mr. David Winnick presented a Bill to provide for persons employed at the Government Communications Headquarters to have the right to belong to an independent trade union of their choice; and for...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the law in respect of distribution of assets on the take-over or conversion of a building society. The Bill's aim is to remove a...
Mr. Douglas French accordingly presented a Bill to amend the law in respect of distribution of assets on the take-over or conversion of a building society: And the same was read the First time;...
(Clauses Nos. 40, 62, 68, 82 and 92 and Schedules Nos. 7 and 13.)
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 4, in page 56, line 19, at end add— '(4) The Treasury shall produce a report each year on the companies which had schemes registered under that Chapter.(5) The...
I beg to move amendment No. 6, in clause 92, page 81, line 19, at end insert— 'and(c) the public are allowed reasonable access thereto.'. This is a small amendment, but I consider it...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brandreth.]
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