Tuesday, 25 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 Social Security what plans he has to reduce discrimination against couples in the benefit system. [15737]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Sir A. Bowden) of 5 February, Official Report, columns 637–38, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the future of the state retirement pension. [15739]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what recent assessment his Department has made of the operation of the habitual residence test. [15740]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps he is taking to ensure that pensioners claim the income support to which they are entitled. [15741]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment he has made of the impact of denial of benefits on asylum seekers and their families awaiting (a) a decision or (b) the result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what criteria are used by the CSA to decide which parent has care of the children when parents have separated but are still living in the same...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment his Department has made of the availability of child care for lone parents. [15745]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps the Government are taking to prevent discrimination against disabled persons. [15746]
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received about the provision of information on the child benefit register to other Government Departments and local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents who will be eligible for the parent plus scheme. [15748]
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 25 February. [15767]
Statement—Sir George Young.
Mr. Tony Banks, supported by Mr. Elliot Morley, Mr. Gerald Bermingham, Mr. Jim Cunningham, Mr. John McWilliam, Mr. Tony Benn, Mr. Matthew Taylor, Mr. Roger Gale, Mr. Phil Gallie, Dr. Norman A....
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 90(1) (Second reading committees),
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to enhance the independence and professional status of senior local government officers by providing for a statutory code of conduct...
Mr. Chris Davies accordingly presented a Bill to enhance the independence and professional status of senior local government officers by providing for a statutory code of conduct requiring that...
[Relevant documents: Fourth report from the Social Security Committee of Session 1994–95 (HC 196) on compensation recovery and the Government's response thereto (Cm 2997.]
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
Read a second time.
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
Amendment proposed: No. 1, in page 184, line 34, leave out subsection (5).—[Mr. Peter Ainsworth.]
Read a Second time.
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
Amendment made: No. 1, in clause 83, page 49, line 24, leave out subsection (4).—[Mr. Peter Ainsworth.]
Read a Second time.
Read a Second time.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 1, line 10, after 'aesthetic', insert 'anthropological, sociological,'. Clause 1 extends the list of bodies eligible to receive lottery funds. My amendment...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered. Order for Third Reading read.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to maintain a register of the information supplied to the police under this Act, whether on the Police National Computer or...
'.—(1) The Secretary of State shall, following consultation, make regulations in respect of— (a) the means whereby information notified to the police under this Act is to be...
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 3, line 22, leave out 'before' and insert 'as soon as is practicable and in any event no later than'.
I beg to move amendment No. 8, in page 5, line 18, at end insert— '(1A) Subject to subsection (1B) below, this Part does not apply to a person who is under 16 on the relevant date.(1B) In...
Amendment made: No. 9, in page 10, line 1, leave out 'proving his' and insert 'setting out the'.—[Mr. Maclean.]
I beg to move amendment No. 22, in page 12, leave out line 32 and insert— '(a) Where the offender was under 20—(i)paragraph (a)(v) and (vi) does not apply;(ii)paragraph (a)(vii) and...
I beg to move amendment No. 24, in page 15, line 37, at end insert— '(ia) section 4 (Administering drugs to obtain or facilitate intercourse);'.
Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 102(9) (European Standing Committees).
That this House takes note of European Community Document No. 11419/96, the Commission Green Paper on future noise policy; and endorses the Government's objective of opposing a number of the...
I have two petitions to present—one on the Lever Park Bill and one, most appropriately, on the Sex Offenders Bill that we have been debating tonight. Even more appropriately, the latter...
The second petition bears 5,807 signatures and concerns the Lever Park Bill. It says: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brandreth.]
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