Wednesday, 29 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. Ottaway.]
11 am
I am pleased to have this opportunity to raise an important issue of public health—the transplantation of kidneys and other organs, and the decline in the number of organ donors which is...
I am grateful for the opportunity to draw attention to the needs of people suffering from neurological conditions, and the needs of their families and carers. Early-day motion 252, in my name and...
I wish to discuss the Year of Engineering Success, which was launched by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade last Wednesday, and also to propose two changes in legislation...
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent representations she has received about the employment of disabled people; and if she will make a statement. [11724]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what monitoring of the operation of the jobseeker's allowance that she is undertaking [11726]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent representations she has received regarding arrangements for children's homework. [11727]
Mr. Alan W. Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many representations she has received (a) in support and (b) against the Government's proposed changes to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the effect of the introduction of jobseeker's allowance claimants on the unemployment figures since October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent representations she has received from Lancashire county council about education funding. [11731]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on primary school funding in Cheshire. [11732]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will introduce measures to improve educational, training and employment opportunities for young people. [11733]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much was spent per primary school pupil in Staffordshire in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will make a statement on the change in the proportion of (a) men and (b) women at work who were employed on a part-time basis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment she has made of the benefits accruing from the research assessment exercise in universities. [11736]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps she is taking to retain and recruit high-quality staff in British universities. [11737]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proposals she has to improve morale among schoolteachers. [11738]
To ask what action has been taken by the Home Secretary concerning hunger strikers at HMP Rochester.
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. I regret having to detain you and the House on a matter relating to an unanswered parliamentary question. During the Christmas recess—well before 8...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make it a criminal offence to claim, whether in writing or orally, that the policy of genocide against the Jewish people committed by Nazi...
Mr. Mike Gapes accordingly presented a Bill to make it a criminal offence to claim, whether in writing or orally, that the policy of genocide against the Jewish people committed by Nazi Germany...
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. In your considered statement yesterday at column 153–54, you expressed the hope that the investigation would be completed at the earliest possible...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
Amendment proposed [20 January]: No. 245, in page 6, line 20, to leave out the words 'of 16 years of age or more'.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
I beg to move amendment No. 22, in page 10, line 28, leave out '28' and insert '7'.
Amendments made: No. 23, in page 11, line 43, after 'officer' insert ', an officer on the staff of the hospital specified in the direction'.
Amendments made: No. 117, in page 15, line 30, leave out from 'words' to end of line 31 and insert 'from "under" to "this Act" there shall be substituted the words "in making a finding under...
I beg to move amendment No. 224, in page 17, line 8, leave out 'five' and insert 'ten'.
I beg to move amendment No. 29, in page 18, line 18, at end insert 'and, without prejudice to that generality, in relation to district courts an order under this subsection may make provision as...
Amendments made: No. 31, in page 18, line 37, after 'prisoners)' insert '— (a)'.
Amendment made: No. 33, in page 24, leave out lines 1 to 17.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendments made: No. 34, in page 24, line 29, at end insert 'and'.
Amendment made: No. 227, in page 26, leave out lines 27 and 28.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
I beg to move amendment No. 132, in page 28, leave out lines 6 and 7 and insert '"prescribed minimum standard" means an absence of proved misconduct reports'.
I beg to move amendment No. 37, in page 28, line 27, leave out 'three months or more' and insert 'more than two months'.
Amendment made: No. 39, in page 29, leave out lines 37 to 39 and insert— '(4) No award of early release days under this section shall entitle a prisoner to be released earlier than the day...
Amendments made: No. 241, in page 30, line 8, leave out from beginning to end of line 9 and insert— '(1) Section 39 of the 1989 Act (rules for the management of prisons) shall be amended in...
Amendments made: No. 40, in page 33, line 24, at beginning insert '(1)'.
Amendment made: No. 256, in page 34, line 28, leave out 'the sample contains any alcohol' and insert 'he has any alcohol in his body',—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendments made: No. 42, in page 38, line 30, after 'grant' insert 'made'.
Amendments made: No. 235, in page 40, line 47, leave out '19, 19A and 20' and insert '19 to 20'.
I beg to move amendment No. 259, in page 42, line 38, leave out 'sexual'.
I beg to move amendment No. 45, in page 45, line 1, after '(b)' insert 'subject to subsection (3A) below,'.
Amendments made: No. 68, in page 50, line 25, after 'State' insert 'may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, provide for the carrying out of a study into the feasibility of...
Amendments made: No. 74, in page 52, line 11, leave out ', or a solicitor employed by the Board by virtue of section 28A of this Act'.
Amendments made: No. 75, in page 52, line 41, after 'may' insert ', for the purpose of determining whether— (a) a solicitor or any employee of him or of his firm may be committing a...
I beg to move amendment No. 140, in page 57, line 42, after 'shall', insert 'where there is no byelaw in force prohibiting the public consumption of alcohol'.
Amendment made: No. 98, in page 59, leave out line 1.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendment made: No. 104, in page 59, line 25, leave out from '(5)' to end of line 26 and insert 'of this Act shall extend to England and Wales, and section 33(4) of this Act shall extend to...
1. (1) In this Schedule— "existing provisions" means the provisions relating to the detention or release of persons which are in force immediately prior to the date upon which Chapter 1 of...
Amendments made: No. 79, in page 60, line 40, at end insert— '( ) In section 60 (effect of hospital orders)— (a) in subsection (1)(a)—(i) after the word "officer" there shall be...
Amendment made: No. 103, in page 72, leave out from line 9 to end of line 27 on page 73.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendments made: No. 87, in page 74, line 3, column 3, at end insert— 'In section 2(2), the word "and".'.
I beg to move, That the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 1997–98 (HC 208), which was laid before this House on 27th January, be approved. I am pleased to open the debate on the...
With permission, I shall put together the following two motions relating to delegated legislation.
That the draft Executry Practitioners (Scotland) Regulations 1997, which were laid before this House on 13th January, be approved.
That the draft Potato Industry Development Council Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 13th January, be approved.—[Mr. Carrington.]
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
I am grateful for the opportunity to present to the House a petition on behalf of Sharon Jackson of Thornhill Lees in Dewsbury and 1,700 other constituents of mine. The petition has been...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Carrington.]
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