Mercher, 22 Mai 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
Order for Third Reading read.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [13 May], That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Orders for Second Reading read.
Read the Third time, and passed
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to say a few words about the death of Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. It would be wrong to begin Foreign and Commonwealth questions without doing so. I know that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on further progress in the intergovernmental conference in the European Community on economic unity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what international measures are being taken to tackle the drugs trade in the Caribbean.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is on the agenda of the European Council of 28 and 29 June; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent meeting with other Foreign Ministers from other EC member states on progress...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had any recent discussions with the Government of Yugoslavia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress to date in resolving the Arab-Israel dispute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next intends to meet representatives of political groups within Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support those Cypriot politicians who are working for a peaceful solution to the problem of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made in the dialogue between the European Community and Latin America.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in talks on the future development of the port and airport in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with other Governments and the United Nations to review the mechanisms and structures of the United...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet the Foreign Secretary of Israel to discuss the future of the occupied territories.
Mr. Adlley: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's relations with the Lebanon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by Her Majesty's Government to the current Government in the republic of Burma.
Will the Leader of the House tell us the business for the first week after the recess?
With permission, I would like to make a statement about dangerous dogs. As we are all aware, there have been a number of recent attacks by dogs which have left their victims very badly injured....
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make new provision for the health care of prisoners in England and Wales; and for connected purposes. The main purpose of the Bill is to...
Mr. John Battle accordingly presented a Bill to make new provision for the health care of prisoners in England and Wales; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
'.— (1) The Secretary of State shall in respect of each calendar year lay before Parliament a report— (a) stating the number of concession agreements entered into by him during that...
'. In section 105A of the Highways Act 1980 (environmental assessment of certain highway projects), after subsection (2) (cases in which environmental statement must be published) insert—...
'() (1) Before entering into a concession agreement a highway authority shall satisfy itself in accordance with this section that the special road provided for in the agreement is in accordance...
'In section 105A of the Highways Act 1980 (environmental assessment of certain highways projects), after subsection (2) (cases in which environmental statement must be published) insert—...
'.—(1) Before making a toll order a highway authority shall publish a concession statement.
I beg to move amendment No. 2, in page 2, line 15, at end insert— '(5A) The Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice giving guidance on the matters to be dealt with in the...
Amendment made: No. 28, in page 97, line 2, at end insert— '(3) Where the special road to which the toll order relates is to be subject to a concession, the Secretary of State or the local...
I beg to move amendment No. 3, in page 5, line 41, leave out from 'if' to end of line 43 and insert— '(a) the road to which the order relates consists of or includes a major crossing to...
Amendment made: No. 40, in page 7, line 38, at end insert '; and a toll order which does not authorise the charging of tolls in respect of the whole length of the special road to which it relates...
Amendments made: No. 29, in page 8, line 28, leave out 'and'.
I beg to move amendment No. 31, in page 8, line 44, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 9 and insert— '(a) a police vehicle, identifiable as such by writing or markings on...
Amendments made: No. 32, in page 10, line 29, at end insert— '() Those responsible for the design and construction of facilities for the collection of tolls, and those responsible for the...
'.—(1) In any calendar year in which there occurs an event to which this section applies, the Secretary of State shall in respect of that year lay before Parliament a report informing...
'.—(1) In section 20A of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (environmental assessment of certain road construction projects), after subsection (2) (cases in which environmental statement must be...
Amendments made: No. 72, in page 16, line 11, leave out 'and paragraphs 15 and 18 of Part III' and insert ',paragraphs 15 and 18 of Part III and Part IV". No. 73, in page 16, line 45, leave out...
Amendments made: No. 75, in page 18, line 39, leave out 'and'. No. 76, in page 18, line 40 at end insert ', and () section (Report on toll roads and toll orders in Scotland) (report by Secretary...
Amendment made: No. 108, in page 20, line 37, at end insert— '() A toll order which does not authorise the charging of tolls in respect of he whole length of the special road to which it...
I beg to move amendment No. 77, in page 21, line 38, at end insert— '(6) References in this Part to the termination of an assignation are references to the termination of the rights...
Amendments made: No. 78, in page 21, line 46, leave out from beginning to end of line 3 on page 22 and insert— '(a) a police vehicle, identifiable as such by writing or markings on it or...
'.—(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring an undertaker executing street works in a maintainable highway to pay a charge to the highway authority...
Amendment made: No. 41, in page 99, line 18, leave out first 'the' and insert 'any'.—[Mr. Freeman.]
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I beg to move amendment No. 43, in page 32, line 5, leave out 'which consists of or includes a carriageway'.
I beg to move amendment No. 47, in page 33, line 26, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
Amendment made: No. 48, in page 34, line 10, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.—[Mr. Chope.]
Amendments made: No. 49, in page 34, line 22, leave out subsection (1) and insert— '() The consent of the street authority is required for the placing of apparatus by an undertaker in a...
Amendment made: No. 51, in page 101, line 22, leave out
I beg to move amendment No. 52, in page 38, leave out lines 24 to 34 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the person to whom the apparatus belongs reasonable...
Amendment made: No. 53, in page 41, line 36, leave out clause 70. —[Mr. Chope.]
I beg to move amendment No. 54, in page 45, line 34, leave out 'safety, the' and insert 'the safety and'.
I beg to move amendment No. 58, in page 46, line 18, leave out from 'any' to ', and' and insert— 'damage or loss suffered by the authority in their capacity as such'.
Amendment made: No. 62, in page 47, leave out lines 8 to 17 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the person to whom the apparatus belongs reasonable facilities for...
I beg to move amendment No. 63, in page 48, line 14, leave out from 'undertaker' to 'make' in line 28 and insert 'in such manner as may be prescribed.(2) The regulations may make provision as to...
Amendment made: No. 64, in page 50, leave out lines 13 to 24 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the bridge authority reasonable facilities for monitoring the...
Amendment made: No. 65, in page 52, line 20, at end insert— '() In proceedings for such an offence it is a defence for the undertaker to show that all reasonable care was taken by him, and...
I beg to move amendment No. 116, in page 53, line 17, at end insert— '() This section shall cease to have effect upon such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by...
'.—(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring an undertaker executing road works in a public road to pay a charge to the roads authority where— (a) the...
Amendment made: No. 81, in page 62, line 20 after 'imminent' insert '(or which the person responsible for the works believes on reasonable grounds to be existing or imminent)'.—[Mr. Freeman.]
Amendments made: No. 82, in page 65, line 17, leave out 'which consists of or includes a carriageway'.
Amendment made: No. 86, in page 66, line 39, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'. [Mr. Freeman.]
Amendment made: No 87, in page 67, line 23, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.—[Mr. Freeman.]
Amendments made: No. 88, in page 67, line 35, leave out subsection (1) and insert— '() The consent of the road works authority is required for the placing of apparatus by an undertaker in a...
Amendment made: No. 90, in page 106, line 14, leave out 'or part of a road'.—[Mr. Freeman.]
Amendment made: No. 91, in page 72, leave out lines 9 to 18 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the person to whom the apparatus belongs reasonable facilities for...
Amendment made: No. 109, in page 75, line 20, leave out Clause 129.—[Mr. Freeman.]
Amendments made: No. 92, in page 79, line 6, leave out 'safety, the' and insert 'the safety and'.
Amendments made: No. 97, in page 79, line 37, leave out from 'any' to and' and insert 'damage or loss suffered by the authority in their capacity as such'.
Amendment made: No. 101, in page 80, leave out lines 25 to 34 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the person to whom the apparatus belongs reasonable facilities...
Amendment made: No. 102, in page 81, line 31, leave out from 'undertaker' to 'make' in line 45 and insert 'in such manner as may be prescribed.
Amendment made: No. 103, in page 83, leave out: lines 22 to 33 and insert 'take all reasonably practicable steps— (a) to give the bridge authority reasonable facilities for monitoring the...
Amendment made: No. 104, in page 85, line 30, at end insert— '() In proceedings for such an offence it is a defence for the undertaker to show that all reasonable care was taken by him, and...
Amendment proposed: No. 117, in page 86, line 28, at end insert— '() This section shall cease to have effect upon such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory...
Amendments made: No. 66, in page 111, leave out lines 18 to 47 and insert—
140A.—(1) The Minister may make provision by regulations requiring the owner of a builder's skip deposited on a highway maintainable at the public expense o pay a charge to the highway...
171A.—(1) The Minister may make provision by regulations requiring a person carrying out any of the following works in a highway maintainable at the public expense (a) erecting or...
61A.—(1) The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring a person who occupies a public road by doing anything to which this section applies to pay a charge to the roads...
. In section 10 of the Roads Act 1920 (powers of Secretary of State in relation to charges for use of vehicles on roads), at the end insert— Nothing in this section applies to any sum...
.—(1) The Fire Services Act 1947 is amended as follows.
. In section 8 of the New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (acquisition of land for roads in connection with new towns), in subsection (2) for "a trunk road" substitute "a road for which he is the roads...
. In Schedule 3 to the Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (the new towns code)— (a) in paragraph 1(4)(c) for "a trunk road" substitute "a road for which the Secretary of State is the...
. In section 11 of the New Towns Act 1981 (acquisition of land for highways), in subsection (2)(a) (powers of Secretary of State) for "a trunk road" substitute "a road for which he is the highway...
.—(1) The Transport Act 1985 is amended as follows.
.—(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.
Amendments made: No. 25, in page 141, line 36, at end insert— '1985 c. 67. Transport Act 1985. In section 137(1), the definition of "trunk road".
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.),That the draft Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts in...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.),That the draft County Court Remedies Regulations 1991,...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.),That the draft Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (Schedule 3...
Motion made, and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101(5) (Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.)That the draft Broadcasting (Independent Productions) Order...
I beg to move, That in the opinion of this House, on the dissolution of the present or any future Parliament— (1) A grant should be payable to any person who is a Member of this House...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn—[Mr. Boswell.]
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