Wednesday, 20 February 2008
The Secretary of State was asked—
What recent assessment he has made of the activities of paramilitary organisations in Northern Ireland.
If he will make a statement on the prospects for the economy of Northern Ireland.
What provision is being made for long-term and life prisoners in Northern Ireland.
How much the Saville inquiry has cost to date; and what proportion of that expenditure has been on legal services.
What assessment he has made of the security situation in south Armagh.
The Prime Minister was asked—
If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 20 February.
With permission, Mr. Speaker—[ Interruption]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 powers in relation to illegal raves. Last July, I had an Adjournment debate on...
Mr. Christopher Fraser accordingly presented a Bill to amend the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 powers in relation to illegal raves: And the same was read the First time; and ordered...
Motion made and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Order [ 28 January], That the Order of 28th January be further amended as follows: in the Table, in the entry for Allotted Day 5, in the third...
[Relevant document: Third Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2007-08, Foreign Policy Aspects of the Lisbon Treaty, HC 120-I.]
I now have to announce the result of the Division deferred from the previous day. On the draft Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, the Ayes were 257, the Noes were 164, so the motion was...
Question again proposed.
(Any selected amendments to clause 2 relating to foreign, security and defence policy) Further considered in Committee. [Sir Michael Lord in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 258, page 1, line 12, after 'excluding', insert— '(i) Article 1, paragraph 16, inserted Article 9B TEU, paragraph 6 so far as it relates to the role of the...
We now come to motions 5 and 6. Motion made, and Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118(6) (Delegated Legislation Committees),
That the draft Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, which were laid before this House on 14th January, be approved.
That the draft Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (Duty to Share Information and Disclosure of Information for Security Purposes) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 10th...
Ordered, That— (1) the matter of the Budget Statement and its implications for Wales, being a matter relating exclusively to Wales, be referred to the Welsh Grand Committee for its...
This evening I have two petitions to present, one from the campaign for a sustainable Harlington and one from the campaign for a sustainable Toddington, both of which are in my constituency. Both...
With your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to present a petition with several hundred signatures. May I declare an interest first? When I went along to meet the residents to talk...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Liz Blackman.]
That the draft Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008, which was laid before this House on 8th January, be approved. The House divided: Ayes 257, Noes 164.
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