Thursday, 20 February 1997
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the Government's policy in respect of an EU-wide police force. [15277]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning West Midlands fire and civil defence authority. [15278]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many samples there are on the national DNA database; and how many matches have been made between suspects and samples. [15280]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people claimed asylum in (a) 1995 and (b) 1996; and if he will make a statement. [15281]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) establishing and (b) running for 12 months the proposed agency for recording and divulging...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the European Court of Human Rights and Ms Alison Halford, former assistant chief constable of Merseyside....
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the establishment of police forces in Wales; and which forces are employing police officers up to their establishment. [15285]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to increase the number of police officers serving in the Metropolitan police. [15289]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review his policy on the detention of asylum applicants. [15290]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what strategies the Prison Service has in place for combating drug abuse in prisons. [15291]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 20 February. [15307]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will discuss with President Clinton the consequences for (a) the imposition of sanctions on Libya and (b) the case against Libyan nationals of the dismissal of...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 20 February. [15311]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will introduce proposals to encourage registration on supplementary lists of those missing from electoral registers before the announcement of the date of the...
May I ask the Leader of the House for details of future business?
Mr. Tony Benn, supported by Mr. Peter Shore, Sir Teddy Taylor, Ms Mildred Gordon, Mr. Austin Mitchell, Mr. Jeremy Corbyn, Mr. Dennis Skinner and Mrs. Teresa Gorman, presented a Bill to amend...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Knapman.]
Ordered, That, in respect of the Town and County Planning (Scotland) Bill [Lords] and the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [Lords], if the Bill is committed to a...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mrs. Lait.]
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