Tuesday, 18 February 1997
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 Health what new initiatives he plans to take to draw attention to the damage to health caused by smoking [14727]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a no-fault liability compensation scheme for those victims of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease caused by human-derived growth hormone and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on breast cancer mortality rates in (a) Britain and (b) other European Union countries. [14729]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the Association of Directors of Social Services to discuss services for mentally ill people. [14730]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the annual change in the number of patients in the Northern and Yorkshire region who have had operations cancelled on the day they were due...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many surgical operations were postponed in Wolverhampton during 1996; and if he will make a statement. [14732]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of organophosphate toxicity upon humans; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of NHS beds for frail elderly people in 2000. [14734]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of St. Bartholomew's hospital. [14735]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 18 February. [14757]
Mr. Gary Waller, supported by Sir Teddy Taylor, Mrs. Diana Maddock, Mr. Cynog Dafis, Sir John Hunt. Mrs. Helen Jackson, Sir David Knox, Mrs. Margaret Ewing, Mr. Matthew Taylor and Mr. Barry...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to create a new absolute defence to the crime of common assault upon a person engaged in certain offences; to require the prosecution to...
Mr. Walter Sweeney accordingly presented a Bill to create a new absolute defence to the crime of common assault upon a person engaged in certain offences; to require the prosecution to obtain the...
I beg to move, That the Order of the House [18th November], as varied by the Order of the House [25th November], be supplemented as follows:
1.—(1) The proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments shall be completed at this day's sitting.
3.—(1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the consideration forthwith of any further Message from the Lords on the Bill.
4.—(1) The Speaker shall put forthwith the Question on any Motion made by a Minister of the Crown for the appointment, nomination and quorum of a Committee to draw up Reasons and the...
Lords amendments considered.
Lords amendment: No. 8, in page 3, line 6, at end insert ("unless the pistol complies with subsection (2A) below.")
Lords amendment: No. 25, after clause 11, to insert the following new clause—Compensation scheme for firearms dealers—
Lords amendment: No. 27, insert the following new Clause—
(".—(1) The Secretary of State shall, in accordance with a scheme made by him, make payments to persons who on 16th October 1996 were operating a target shooting club or association which...
Lords amendment: No. 40, in page 10, line 16, at end insert— ("(3) A member of a licensed pistol club approved by the Secretary of State may, without holding a firearm certificate, use...
Lords amendment: No. 71, after clause 32, to insert the following new clause—Register of holders of shot gun and firearm certificates— .—(1) There shall be established a central...
Lords amendment: No. 76, in page 18, line 26, at end insert— ("(3A) The power of a constable or civilian officer under subsection (2)(b) above to seize and detain anything found on any...
Lords amendment: No. 86, in page 20, line 16, at end insert— ("(7A) The power of a constable or civilian officer under subsection (7) above to inspect anything on club premises shall...
Lords amendment: No. 95, after clause 40, to insert the following new clause— ("—(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such transitional and consequential provisions and...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brandreth.]
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