Monday, 3 March 1997
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans she has to encourage more people to visit important heritage sites. [16695]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what action she is taking to encourage young people to participate in sport. [16698]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what estimate she has made of the total earnings of the British film industry. [16699]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage to what extent the revised criteria for national lottery grants will support the work of British charities providing emergency medical relief...
Mr. Robert Ainsworth: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what estimate she has made of the number of anglers in the United Kingdom. [16703]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what representations she has received in respect of the Plymouth millennium fund. [16704]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will reintroduce section 4 grants for the tourism industry in England. [16707]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what responses she has received to her strategy document "Success through Partnership: A Strategy for Tourism". [16708]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what steps she is taking to encourage private sector sponsorship of the arts. [16709]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what discussions she has had with the Office of the National Lottery regarding the introduction of additional weekly national lottery draws. [16710]
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what assessment she has made of the impact of the British popular music industry on (a) British cultural life and (b) tourism. [16713]
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what representations he has received on extending legal aid to cases before industrial tribunals. [16725]
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department when he last met the chief executive of the Legal Aid Board to discuss reform of the legal aid system. [16727]
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what assessment he has made of the per capita cost of the legal aid programme relative to those for similar programmes in other...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on his plans to control the legal aid budget. [16729]
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is his policy towards alternative dispute resolution in civil justice; and if he will make a statement. [16730]
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what plans his Department has to reduce the cost to public funds of those aspects of the criminal justice system for which his...
Last November, I laid before Parliament the Green Paper "government. direct" (Cm 3438) setting out the Government's strategy for the electronic delivery of central Government services. This...
I beg to move, That the draft Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997, which were laid before this House on 29th January, be approved. I must first apologise that...
I beg to move, That the draft Representation of the People (Variation of Limits of Candidates' Election Expenses) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 11 th February, be approved.
The Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs (Mr. John M. Taylor): I beg to move, That the draft Company Accounts (Disclosure of Directors' Emoluments) Regulations 1997, which were laid...
With permission, I shall put together the motions relating to delegated legislation. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(6) (Standing Committees on...
That the draft Jobseeker's Allowance (Workskill Courses) Pilot Regulations 1997, which were laid before this House on 28th January, be approved.
That the draft Contracting Out (Functions of the Registrar General in relation to authorising re-registration of births) Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 11th February, be approved.
That the draft British Gas plc. (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997, which was laid before this House on 11th February, be approved.
That the draft Farm Woodland (Amendment) Scheme 1997. which was laid before this House on 12th February, be approved.
That the draft Education (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, which was laid before this House on 3rd December, be approved.—[Mr. Carrington.]
I am pleased to present this petition on behalf of the members of the Cambridge Student Methodist Society and the Action for Children Campaign and other citizens of the United Kingdom. They have...
I rise to present a petition in support of the United Kingdom doorstep milk delivery service. The petition states: To the House of Commons.The Petition of Citizens of the United Kingdom,Declares...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Carrington.]
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