Mercher, 20 Chwefror 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Third Reading read.
Read the Third time and passed, with amendments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will state the latest figures for the output of tinplate in Wales and Great Britain, respectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will outline the progress being made by his Department in negotiating the capital adequacy revised directive with our EC counterparts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he proposes to meet the board of the Northern Development Company to discuss the company's business plan for 1991–92.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the tax burden, including employers' social security contributions and payroll taxes, on British, French and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what further representations he has made to the European Commission to ensure that legislation concerning the flammability of furniture and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is planning to enlarge the scope of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Andy Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals Her Majesty's Government have to assist independent financial advisers in the EC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the value of acquisitions and mergers by United Kingdom companies of United Kingdom companies in each year from 1984 to 1989.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the effects of the recession on industry in the north-west.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on business investment.
To the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the Government's plans to ensure that customers are better informed about credit deals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has any plans to alter the regulatory structure for the United Kingdom financial services sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he intends to visit West Yorkshire during the next three months to discuss industrial and regional development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he next plans to meet representatives of the CBI to discuss the condition of industry in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the profitability of the British steel industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what new initiatives he plans in the export of materials that can be used in the manufacture of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what protection his Department is making available to consumers who suffer loss because of retail bankruptcies during the recession.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the prospects for British exports to Kuwait and other Gulf states following the conclusion of the present...
(by private notice): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the transport problems in London today and yesterday.
Members successful in the ballot were: Mr. Dudley FishburnSir Peter EmerySir Bernard Braine
Ordered,That the draft Public Lending Right (Increase of Limit) Order 1991 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Greg Knight.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the National Audit Act 1983 to give the National Audit Office additional duties in respect of public expenditure in Scotland,...
Mr. William McKelvey accordingly presented a Bill to amend the National Audit Act 1983 to give the National Audit Office additional duties in respect of public expenditure in Scotland, including...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
`.—(1) Where, in the case of a long-term or short-term prisoner— (a) the whole or any part of his sentence was imposed for a sexual offence; and(b) the court by which he was sentenced...
'. For section 15 of the 1969 Act (variation and discharge of supervision orders) there shall be substituted the provisions set out in Schedule (Provisions substituted for sections 15 of 1969...
'Any person convicted of assault causing actual bodily harm on a police officer in the execution of his duty shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than three months, and shall...
`(1) A magistrates' court may not issue a warrant of commitment for a default in paying any sum adjudged to be paid by the conviction unless it is of the opinion that it would be— (a)...
'—(1) The Secretary of State shall in each year publish such information as he considers expedient for the purpose of enabling persons engaged in the administration of criminal justice to...
'(1) That the minimum sentence for any offender convicted under— (a) Section 37 Schedule 2 part 1 to the Sexual Offences Act 1956 shall be 10 years.(b) Sections 16, 17, 18 and 20 of the...
'A prisoner whose case has been reviewed by the Board under section (Power to release life prisoners) or section 32(4) below and who has been refused release may apply to the Board for further...
Power to release life prisoners—
Procedure of Board on review of life sentences—
'After subsection (1A) of section 67 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967 there shall be inserted the following subsection—(1B) In subsection (1) above 'relevant period' includes any period...
'In section 1(1) of the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, for the word "sentenced" there shall be substituted the word "liable".'.—[Mr. Archer.]
'(1) Subject to subsection (7) below, this section applies where a person is convicted of an offence and the court is told in good faith or has reason to suspect that the offender is suffering...
I beg to move amendment No. 86, in page 1, line 13, at end insert 'and the court passes a custodial sentence on the offender for a term of more than two years'.
Amendments made: No. 7, in page 2, leave out lines 33 to 35 and insert `which is triable either way or only summarily'.
I beg to move amendment No. 68, in page 3, line 21 insert— '(d) take into account any reparation made by the offender.'. In recent legislation, attention has rightly been given to holding...
I beg to move amendment No. 70, ill page 8, line 48, at end insert— '(2A) A court shall not make a combination Order unless it would have imposed a custodial sentence if it had not made...
I beg to move amendment No. 88, in page 9, line 10, leave out 'sixteen' and insert 'eighteen'. At this time of night, an hon. Member hopes that someone will immediately sentence him to bed! The...
I beg to move amendment No. 89, in page 13, line 9, after "above)", insert unless the court is satisfied that this would be unreasonable having regard to the circumstances of the offender". This...
Amendments made: No. 10, in page 15, line 21, leave out from `Act' to `and' in line 22. No. 11, in page 15, line 37, at end insert the following subsection—
Amendment proposed: No. 96, in page 16, line 12 at end insert— `(a) provision that, before making an application, the court shall have first obtained the agreement of the offender to the...
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in page 17, line 48 at end insert— '(3) In section 10(2) of the Badgers Act (enforcement. penalties etc.), for the words preceding the proviso there shall be...
Amendments made: No. 14, in page 18, line 29, leave out '(except sections 30, 31 and 33 to 36)'.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Greg Knight.]
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