Tuesday, 11 February 1997
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors he takes into account when awarding major defence contracts. [13714]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the United States about the cost, relevance and morality of nuclear weapons. [13715]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made on the development of Eurofighter. [13716]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on future recruitment to the Royal Navy. [13718]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on the effect on maintenance of existing military equipment of reducing United Kingdom defence spending to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure his Department forecasts will be spent on assistance to the Government of Belize in the current year; and what was the figure in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the RAF's equipment budget for the next four years. [13723]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what new proposals he has to increase receipts from the sale of surplus defence equipment. [13724]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where the Royal Air Force squadrons currently stationed at Laarbruch and Bruggen are to be based in the United Kingdom upon their withdrawal from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the future of RAF Halton. [13726]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the private storage and distribution activities at RAF Burtonwood will cease. [13727]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 11 February. [13743]
On a point of order, Madam Speaker. During Defence questions, I asked a question about RAF Burtonwood. The Minister of State said that no application had been made for an operator's licence at...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(4) (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation),
That the Grants for Pre-School Education (Social Security Information) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (S.I., 1996, No. 3078) be referred to a Standing Committee on Delegated Legislation.—[Mr....
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for maternity leave for adoptive mothers and for connected persons. When a child is born, her mother is entitled to time off work,...
Ms Margaret Hodge accordingly presented a Bill to provide for maternity leave for adoptive mothers and for connected persons: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's recommendation having been signified— Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 50A(1)(a),That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the National...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(6) (Standing Committees on Delegated Legislation),
That the draft Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 14th January, be approved.—[Mr. Wells.]Question agreed to.
The petition is from members and supporters of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It addresses the present Government's position on UNESCO—the United...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Peter Ainsworth.]
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