Monday, 26 October 1981
Mr. Morgan asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the current annual remuneration of the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue.
Mr. Cook asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total amount of revenue forgone as a result of the exemption from capital transfer tax of gifts and bequests to political...
Mr. Beith asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why cut flowers and plants sold in food shops, street markets, supermarkets and garden centers are not subject to value added tax while cut flowers...
Mr. Knox asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of personal disposable income was saved in each of the past 10 years.
Mr. Knox asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been raised by Customs and Excise over the past year; and what proportion of Government revenue this accounts for.
Sir William Clark asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost in a full year if the investment income surcharge in the case of taxpayers over 65 years were abolished.
Mr. Gwilym Roberts asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy in the planned negotiations with other Finance Ministers of the European Economic Community to resist any...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the £16 million aid offered by the EEC Commission for housing projects in Northern Ireland will have the effect of reducing further...
Mr. Abse asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he can make of the likely reduction in revenue in the financial year 1982–83 arising from the proposed changes in the rates of...
Mr. O'Halloran asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations have been made 221 to him regarding the granting of a licence to broadcast by London Open Radio; what...
Mr. David Atkinson asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his plans for a prison building programme.
Mr. John Fraser asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the report of the Scarman inquiry.
Mr. John Fraser asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will make a further statement about the police raid on 11 premises in Railton Road on 16 July.
Mr. John Fraser asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consult the Gaming Board about press bingo.
Miss Richardson asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what are the safeguards against the disclosure of confidential personal information stored on the police national computer...
Mr. Knox asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought to date under the Race Relations Act 1976; and how many of these have been successful.
Sir Timothy Kitson asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he hopes to introduce legislation to incorporate some of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Gambling; and...
Mr. Gwilym Roberts asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what study he has made of the increased use of firearms, shotguns, crossbows and other dangerous weapons in criminal and...
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received, and from whom, regarding the spread of glue sniffing; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Ray Powell asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department where shelters for civil defence purposes in the event of a nuclear attack are located in Mid-Glamorgan; and who will be...
Mr. Woolmer asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for each decade since 1945, how many charges have been brought, and how many convictions secured, in England and Wales under...
Mr. Stan Thorne asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take up the option offered by the European Economic Community and ensure that the subsidy for school milk is not...
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will announce the rate for the hill and livestock compensatory allowances for the 1981–82 marketing year; and if...
Mr. Christopher Price asked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will set out in the Official Report those Government Departments that have separate library and information services,...
Mr. Philip Holland asked the Minister for the Civil Service whether she will make "Non-departmental Public Bodies: A Guide for Departments" available in the Vote Office for the information of...
Mr. Anderson asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will consider abolishing housing action areas and 226 general improvement areas in favour of housing renewal areas with greater scope and...
Sir Timothy Kitson asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out the amount of money granted to each of the national parks and national park boards in Wales over the last three years...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number of specialist paediatric surgeons in each area health authority per 1,000 births; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class and in the following age ranges (a) to mothers under 16...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many community and hospital-based midwives Area Year align="right"Number of midwives per 10,000 population (1) Number of midwives...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many health visitors per 10,000 population there were in each area health authority in the last year for which figures are available;...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the number and percentage of (a) all births and (b) births in National Health Service hospitals in Wales that were induced...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the numbers of pregnancies terminated in 1980 because of (a) maternal rubella disease (b) maternal rubella contact and (c)...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many cases of rubella were reported in 1980; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Alec Jones asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure and numbers enrolled in adult education classes in Wales by local education authorities, the University of...
Mr. Gordon Wilson asked the Lord President of the Council if he will publish figures to show the total number of minutes per year spent on the Floor of the House for each of the years 1960 to...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Lord Privy Seal if the Foreign Ministers of the EEC nations are in agreement that the proposals of the Venice declaration should be pursued.
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Lord Privy Seal if, in his endeavours to seek a Middle East settlement, he has ascertained any recent change in the attitude of the Palestine Liberation Organisation to...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech made by his right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary to the European Democratic Union in July.
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Lord Privy Seal who represented Her Majesty's Government at the funeral of 232 the late General Dayan of Israel; and if he has information on the representation by the...
Mr. Arnold asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he intends to purchase the D5 Trident system; and what is his latest estimate of the cost.
Mr. David Atkinson asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied that the Soviet Union is abiding by the 1967 outer space treaty concerning the deployment of nuclear weapon carrying...
Sir Patrick Wall asked the Secretary of State for Defence what progress is being made with the development of the Sea Wolf VM40; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Christopher Price asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will prefer charges against Lieutenant-Colonel Seward of 1st Signals Regiment at Ayios Nikolaos, Cyprus, for improper...
Mr. Frank Allaun asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether, and for what reasons, he is negotiating to sell increased quantities of plutonium from the Calder Hall plant to the United States...
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Energy what constitutes an oifield for the purpose of his statement of 19 October 1981, Official Report, c. 21; and whether it is determined be a high...
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many participation agreements have been negotiated between companies operating in the North Sea and his Department.
Mr. Pawsey asked the Secretary of State for Energy if, following the report on the Severn barrage published in July 1981 and his subsequent statement, he intends to set up a combined...
Mr. Mudd asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he has yet received the report of the Government's Policy 234 Studies Institute into the incidence of gas and electricity consumer...
Mr. Skinner asked the Prime Minister whether, and for what reasons, she authorised the expenditure of £12,069 on a flat constructed in the Welsh Office in Cardiff for the use of the...
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Prime Minister what is the percentage range of assistance for industrial incentives in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Great Britain, in the following aspects: (i) building...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Prime Minister if she will recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate and report on the effect on the United Kingdom economy of membership of the EEC.
Mr. Wm. Ross asked the Prime Minister if she will list the proposals put forward by Her Majesty's Government at the Mexico summit on world poverty.
24. Mr. Faulds asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he anticipates that the Office of Arts and Libraries will be in a position to issue to the public explanatory literature...
25. Sir David Price asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the first report of the National Heritage Memorial Fund; and what action he proposes to take.
26. Mr. Durant asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress he is making in his campaign to encourage the business sponsorship of the arts.
27. Mr. Blackburn asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he expects to reply to the report from the Education, Science and Arts Committee on private and public funding of the...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of specialist paediatric surgeons in each area health authority per 1,000 births; and if he will make...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number of neonatal intensive care cots available by hospital and region per 1,000 births in 1980; and if he...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class and in the following age ranges (a) to...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many community and hospital-based midwives per 10,000 population and per 1,000 births there were in the years 1978, 1979 and...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many health visitors per 10,000 population there were in each area health authority in the last year for which figures are...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the number and percentage of (a) all births and (b) births in National Health Service hospitals in Northern...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will give the percentage of babies weighing 2,500 grams or less by area and region in Northern Ireland in 1980 and state...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the number of pregnancies terminated in 1980 because of (a) maternal rubella disease, (b) maternal rubella...
Mr. Molyneaux asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to announce the appointment of the chief executive of the Industrial Development Board and make known the...
Mr. Knox asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many young people in the Leek parliamentary constituency who left school in 1980 have not yet obtained their first job.
Mr. Knox asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many industrial accidents were reported in the Leek parliamentary constituency in 1980 and in each of the previous five years.
Mr. Richard Wainwright asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many jobs in (a) the West Yorkshire metropolitan county council area and (b) the Greater Manchester metropolitan county...
Mr. Knox asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people were employed in the textile industry in the United Kingdom during each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many officials in his Department are engaged full-time in the compiling, distribution and analysis of the "Census of Employment Return:...
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is satisfied with the usefulness of and the response to the statistical surveys carried out by his Department; and if he will...
Mr. Marlow asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will extend the tabulations given in reply to the hon. Member for Colne Valley, (Mr. Wainwright) on 10 July, Official Report, columns...
Mr. Cryer asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the number of qualified health and safety inspectors who are occupying administrative posts in the Health and Safety Executive...
17. Mr. Wrigglesworth asked the Secretary of State for Industry what consultations he has had with the board of British Leyland about the possibility of putting the company into liquidation; and...
19. Mr. Garel Jones asked the Secretary of State for Industry how productivity in the steel industry in Wales has changed since January 1980.
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what is the area of the ore body affected by the tungsten prospect at Hemerdom near Plymouth and the anticipated life of the mine;
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Industry of the £50 million granted in the budget for conversion of factories from oil to coal burning, how many applications have been received...
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Industry, if he will identify the strategic metals that are not produced in the United Kingdom and thus have to be imported (a) from either the Union of...
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is the annual consumption of the United Kingdom in the following minerals: chromium, cobalt, manganese, niobium, molybdenum, the platinum...
Mr. Woolmer asked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what plans he has to implement any of the points raised in the Werner report on the woollen and worsted sector of the textile and garment...
Mr. Hardy asked the Secretary of State for Industry what is his role in the appointment of members to the board of the British Steel Corporation.
Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Industry what funding is to be given to the new Engineering Council; and what responsibilities the council will have for training engineers.
Sir Hector Monro asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state for each housing authority the number of council houses sold in the last convenient 12 months and the number of...
Mr. Skeet asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce regulations in the new Session to control the opening of sex shops in Scotland.
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will establish a school of chiropody in Dundee.
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received a letter from the Association 251 of Scottish Local Health Councils on responsibility for general medical practioner...
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will be able to announce the number of places provided at each school participating in the assisted places scheme; and how many...
Sir Timothy Kitson asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the amount of money granted to each of the national parks and national park boards in Scotland over the last three...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of specialist paediatric surgeons in each area health authority per 1,000 births; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of neonatal intensive care cots available by hospital and region per 1,000 births in 1980; and if he will...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the perinatal, neonatal and infant mortality rates by social class and in the following age ranges (a) to mothers under...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many community and hospital-based midwives per 10,000 population and per 1,000 births in the years 1978, 1979 and 1980 there were...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many health visitors per 10,000 population there were in each area health authority in the last year for which figures are...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number and percentage of (a) all births and (b) births in National Health Service 256 hospitals in Scotland that...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the pecentage of babies weighing 2,500 grams or less by area and region in Scotland in 1980 and state the number and...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of pregnancies terminated in 1980 because of (a) maternal rubella disease (b) maternal rubella contact and...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases of rubella were reported in 1980; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Woolmer asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, for each decade since 1945, how many charges have been brought, and how many convictions secured in Scotland, under section 7 of the...
Sir Hector Monro asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the location and size of factories constructed in Dumfriesshire by the Scottish Development Agency or otherwise with...
Sir Hector Monro asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the timetable for major road improvements on the A75 Gretna-Stranraer trunk road.
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will express the expenditure on education in the area represented at the time by Dundee corporation in each year from 1973 to the...
Mr. Gordon Wilson asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has any intention to withdraw or restrict grant for the first year of art degree courses in Scotland.
Mr. Craigen asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, following the continuing number of fatalities from the practice of solvent abuse, he will consider legislation to make it an offence to...
Mr. McQuarrie asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what amount of money has been paid to Scottish farmers for the annual ewe premium for the 1980–81 marketing year; what was the...
Mr. Home Robertson asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he proposes to make any changes to the allocation of funds on his Department's Vote following the removal of £30 million...
Mr. John Garrett asked the Minister for the Civil Service what arrangements have been made to reduce the work of Her Majesty's Stationery Office for the Department of the Environment; and what...
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will provide a breakdown by sex of the percentage of university graduates entering the following sectors of employment...
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the projects associated with research into Down's syndrome which his Department is sponsoring; what has been...
Mr. Ernie Ross asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what funds his Department is granting to sponsor research work into the causes and treatment of epilepsy; and if he intends...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Schools inspects the provision of school education in those community homes operated by...
Mr. Marks asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the number and percentage of qualified applicants failing to obtain admission to universities in 1978,...
Mr. Eastham asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he intends to announce his decision on the Manchester local education authority's reorganisation proposals, in view of the...
Mr. Maxwell-Hyslop asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science by what date he expects to be able to announce the level of tuition fees at the Open University.
Mr. Kinnock asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what recommendations he has made to local education authorities for the effective expenditure of the £60 million allocated...
Mr. Gordon Wilson asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish figures to show the number of students in England and Wales who, in the academic year 1981, were in...
Mr. Orme asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the hardships caused to a number of universities by the recent action of the University Grants Committee in...
Mr. Stan Thorne asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will issue guidance to local authorities to encourage a reduction in the amount of full fat milk consumed by...
Mr. Ian Lloyd asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will arrange for an exhibition relating to computer assisted learning to be displayed in the Upper Waiting Hall for the...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the £16 million aid offered by the EEC Commission for housing projects in Northern Ireland will be in addition to...
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received concerning the proposed closure of the P and O Liverpool to Belfast ferry; and if he will make a...
Mr. Knox asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he proposes to introduce legislation providing for different day-time and night-time speed limits on certain roads.
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Honiton (Mr. Emery) on 15 April 1981, Official Report, c. 194, if he will now initiate a...
Mr. Farr asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will give traffic flow figures on the A6 passing through Market Harborough (a) north to south and (b) south to north, for each of the...
Mr. Farr asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many towns categorised as ancient and historic were originally included in the list carried by his Department as needing bypassing; and how...
Mr. Marlow asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will institute a study into the trend of road accidents in countries which have adopted compulsory seat belt legislation...
Mr. Speed asked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the M1 motorway currently is under repair; and if he is satisfied with the safety arrangements made for traffic in the...
Mr. O'Halloran asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received concerning the "Nurses are Worth More" campaign; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hannam asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that more patients over the age of 45 years are accepted for the treatment of chronic kidney failure.
Mr. Charles Irving asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what consultations he held in Gloucestershire with local bodies, staff and union organisations concerned and the area...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the total cost of his pilot scheme to be operated in 12 hospitals to question all patients on their nationality.
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the London medical schools have teaching general practices under their control; and if he will take steps to secure that...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of the rise in prescription charges from 20 pence per item to £1 since May 1979, he will not make any further addition...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if his Department will promote a campaign to encourage immunisation against German measles, in view of the fact that it is a major...
Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what have been the results to date of the Oxford survey of childhood cancer and the research in Birmingham; and if he will...
Mr. Beith asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he now plans to make regulations governing National Health Service charges for overseas visitors.
Mr. Pawsey asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Rugby dated 30 July, why the latest available figure for the incidence of cervical cancer...
Miss Richardson asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is his policy on the proposal of the Dental Strategy Review Group that dental therapists should retrain as dental hygienists;
Mr. George asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will propose selective assistance to reduce the perinatal mortality rate in Walsall;
Mrs Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the membership of the maternity services committee.
Mr. Eggar asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is satisfied with the level of psychogeriatric care in the Enfield and Haringey area health authority: and if he will make a...
Mr. Mudd asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, when he reissues form CA(A)297D(REV), he will ensure that the second word of the second line of Note 5, on page 1 (reverse) is...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the percentage of births weighing 2,500 grams or less in each member country of the European Community and in...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the perinatal and infant mortality rates in each member country of the European
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of special paediatric surgeons in each area health authority per 1,000 births; and if he will make a...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number of neonatal intensive care cots available by hospital and region per 1,000 births in 1980; and if he...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will state the number of community and hospital-based midwives per 10,000 population and per 1,000 births in the years...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the number and percentage of (a) all births and (b) births in National Health Service hospitals in England that...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of pregnancies terminated in 1980 because of (a) maternal rubella disease (b) maternal rubella contact...
Mr. Gwilym Roberts asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to ensure that recipients of child benefit who do not complete an option as to their desired frequency of...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will make public the finding of the area health authority inquiries into Borocourt hospital and St. Lawrence's hospital...
Mr. Carter-Jones asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in view of the Green Paper "Care in the Community" and the December 1980 document "Mental Handicap—Priorities, Progress...
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what representations his Department has received in connection with discrimination in the household duties test for disabled...
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is satisfied with the working of the Children and Young Persons Act; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Teddy Taylor asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will issue advice to local authorities that qualified teachers should be appointed to posts in charge of community homes...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to amend the Opticians Act 1958 to ensure that only a registered ophthalmic optician may own and...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will revise the fee structure divorced from the cost of materials for ophthalmic opticians so that they derive the whole of their...
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to implement the recommendation of the Dental Strategy Review Group that for adult patients practitioners should...
Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dentists were working in the National Health Service in England and Wales in 1965, 1970, 1975 and 1980.
Mrs. Renée Short asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many posterior crowns, anterior tooth crowns, full synthetic resin dentures, prolonged gum treatment and anterior tooth...
Mr. Hannam asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he now expects the invalidity benefit to be brought into taxation.
Mr. Field asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many (a) furnishd tenants, (b) unfurnished tenants and (c) licensed tenants there were at the latest available date.
Mr. Cook asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table updating the reply on housing, tax relief and subsidies, provided to the hon. Member...
Mr. Speller asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will amend the scale of planning application fees to remove the anomaly caused by basing them on land area rather than the value...
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to reduce unemployment in the construction industry on Merseyside.
Mr. O'Halloran: asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what representations he has received from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry concerning methods of raising local...
Mr. Alton asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the current cost of running the Merseyside county council.
Mr. Alton asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in view of his statement of July about the future of metropolitan county councils, whether he intends to introduce legislation to...
Mr. Pawsey asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in view of the high cost of placing notices of footpath diversions in the London Gazette, he will take steps to amend legislation...
Mr. Stephen Ross asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress has been made in drawing up a list of experts further to section 8 of the Zoo Licensing Act; and whether he intends...
Mr. Stephen Ross asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he plans to introduce a set of standards relating to zoo management and animal husbandry; at what stage he intends to invite...
Mr. Chapman asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the total amount collected in general rates in the Greater London area in respect of each of the Inland Revenue's...
Mr. Alexander asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of domestic ratepayers in the United Kingdom do not pay full general rates by reason of rate rebate relief.
Mr. Alexander asked the Secretry of State for the Environment what is the proportion of general rates in the United Kingdom which is paid by domestic ratepayers.
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when the hon. Member for Carlisle can expect a reply to his letter dated 14 July 1981.
Mr. Kilroy-Silk asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how many of the companies to which space has been let on the Merseyside enterprise zone have moved five miles or less to...
Sir Timothy Kitson asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the amount of money granted to each of the national parks and National Park Boards in England over the last...
Mr. Onslow asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what recent representations he has received from anglers concerning the implementation of part II of the Control of Pollution Act 1976;...
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will make a statement on his policy towards the rating of agricultural land and buildings; and what is the anticipated yield...
Mr. Heddle asked the Secretary of State for the Environment, further to his answer to the right hon. Member for Barnsley (Mr. Mason), Official Report, 14 May 1981, c. 330, if he will indicate...
Mr. Ron Lewis asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, for the period from May 1979 to the end of September 1981, he will publish the complete list of cases where land and buildings...
Mr. Steen asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what parts of Merseyside he visited and whom he met on Tuesday afternoon 21 October and Wednesday 22 October; and if he will make a...
Mr. Steen asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report details of his extended responsibilities with regard to Merseyside following the announcement...
Mr. Shersby asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received from the London Boroughs Association seeking new powers for local auathorities to deal with...
Mr. Shersby asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has received an application from the London borough of Hillingdon for designations under the Caravan Sites Act; and, if so, what...
Mr. Denis Howell asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many times since 1979 he has convened, under ministerial chairmanship, the football crowd behaviour working party; what...
Mr. Proctor asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of houses and flats sold by new town development corporations to sitting tenants since May 1979.
Mr. Pavitt asked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will return to the London borough of Brent the penalty he imposed of £611,000 for alleged overspending in view of the High...
Mr. Rooker asked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest numbers of unemployed persons in Birmingham; and how this figure compares with April 1979, showing a breakdown between...
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