Mercher, 19 Mehefin 1991
The House met at hall-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of the elderly in long-term hospital care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what extra financial resources he has now decided to allocate Lothian health board for elective coronary surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had about the governance of Scotland and about local government reorganisation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his discussions with Mr. Kit Martin about the future of Mar Lodge; and what proposals he now has to restrict deer on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made on the provision of facilities in the community for those suffering from mental illness and the development of community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy towards hospitals opting out of health board control; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are on health service waiting lists in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what further assistance he proposes to make available to those share fishermen currently prevented from fishing by the eight-day tie-up rule.
Mr. John D. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on present European Commission proposals for rail transport in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hospitals in Forth Valley health board's area have applied for trust status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has on how many people are awaiting angiogram examinations within the Greater Glasgow health board area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the sale of Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the present state of the implementation of the proposals for the provision of magnetic resonance imager scanning equipment for hospitals in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of the 1990–91 community charge in Scotland has been collected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives of Strathclyde regional council to discuss rural transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the total funds allocated by the Scottish Home and Health Department to health units seeking to investigate trust status.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about a further substantial increase in the measures the Government are taking to help unemployed people back to work. The...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I seek your guidance on a procedural matter relating to amendments to the Natural Heritage (Scotland) Bill? I served on the Standing Committee considering...
Mr. Menzies Campbell presented a Bill to provide for the licensing of ticket sales for sporting events and entertainments; and to make further provision with respect to the powers exercisable by...
Mr. Harry Cohen, supported by Ms. Mildred Gordon, presented a Bill to amend the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976; to make further provision in respect of the offences of rape and sexual...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Pet Animals Act 1951. The inspiration for the Bill comes from a song that my children are often heard singing: How much is that...
Mr. David Amess accordingly presented a Bill to amend the Pet Animals Act 1951: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 28 June, and to be printed....
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I want to inform you, as briefly as I can, of the circumstances in which I escorted around Parliament today blind and partially sighted students from...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
`. At the end of Part II of the principal Act there is inserted—
54A. Where, in making any determination under the planning Acts, regard is to be had to the development plan, the determination shall be made in accordance with the plan unless material...
`At the end of Part II of the 1972 Act (development plans) there is inserted—
`—After section 59(3) of the principal Act (Development orders) there is inserted—(4) No development order may grant permission for the erection of a building for the purposes of...
`.—After section 27 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (Execution of works etc. in connection with public works) there is inserted—"27A.—(1) The Secretary of State may compensate...
1.—(1) Any person who is an owner of any land to which an old mining permission relates, or is entitled to an interest in a mineral to which such a permission relates, may apply to the...
2.—(1) The conditions to which an old mining permission is to be subject—(a) may include any conditions which may be imposed on a grant of planning permission for development...
3.—(1) Where an application for the registration of an old mining permission is granted, the permission must be entered in the appropriate part of the register kept under section 69 of the...
4.—(1) An application under paragraph 1 or 2 above is an application which is—(a) made on an official form, and(b) accompanied by an appropriate certificate.(2) The applicant must, so...
5.—(1) Where the mineral planning authority— (a) refuse an application under paragraph 1 above, or(b) in granting such an application, ascertain an area of land, or conditions, which...
6.—(1) On an appeal under paragraph 5 above the Secretary of State may— (a) allow or dismiss the appeal, or(b) reverse or vary any part of the decision of the mineral planning...
7.—(1) The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications under this Schedule to any mineral planning authority to be referred to him for determination instead of being dealt...
8.—(1) Where a person has served an application under paragraph 1 or 2 above in respect of an old mining permission—(a) he may not serve any further application under the paragraph in...
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph 3 above, section 69 of the principal Act (registers of applications, etc.), and any provision of a development order made by virtue of that section, shall have...
10.—(1) In this Schedule— official form" means, in relation to an application or appeal, a document supplied by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for use for the purpose in...
The following Schedule shall be inserted as Schedule 10A to the 1972 Act—
1.—(1) Any person who is an owner of any land to which an old mining permission relates, or is entitled to an interest in a mineral to which such a permission relates, may apply to the...
2.—(1) The conditions to which an old mining permission is to be subject—(a) may include any conditions which may be imposed on a grant of planning permission for development...
3.—(1) Where an application for the registration of an old mining permission is granted, the permission must be entered in the appropriate part of the register kept under section 31 of this...
4.—(1) An application under paragraph 1 or 2 above is an application which is—(a) made on an official form, and(b) accompanied by an appropriate certificate.(2) The applicant must, so...
5.—(1) Where the planning authority— (a) refuse an application under paragraph 1 above, or(b) in granting such an application, ascertain an area of land, or conditions, which differ...
6.—(1) On an appeal under paragraph 5 above the Secretary of State may— (a) allow or dismiss the appeal, or(b) reverse or vary any part of the decision of the planning authority...
7.—(1) The Secretary of State may give directions requiring applications under this Schedule to any planning authority to be referred to him for determination instead of being dealt with by...
8.—(1) Where a person has served an application under paragraph 1 or 2 above in respect of an old mining permission—(a) he may not serve any further application under the paragraph in...
9.—(1) Subject to paragraph 3 above, section 31 of this Act (registers of applications, etc.), and any provision of regulations under this Act or a development order made by virtue of that...
10.—(1) In this Schedule— official form" means, in relation to an application or appeal, a document supplied by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for use for the purpose in...
Amendments made: No. 42, in page 8, line 3, leave out 'demolition or alteration' and insert 'alteration or removal'. No. 43, in page 8, line 11, at end insert— '(5A) Where an enforcement...
Amendments made: No. 64, in page 41, line 3, leave out `demolition or alteration' and insert 'alteration or removal'. No. 65, in page 41, line 11, at end insert— '(5A) An enforcement...
Amendment made: No. 19, in page 10, line 37, at end insert— `(6) In section 303(3) of that Act (fees payable to Secretary of State in respect of deemed applications for planning permission)...
Amendment made: No. 68, in page 42, line 22, leave out from 'specified' to 'as' in line 24 and insert `in the notice'. — [Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendment made: No. 124, in page 44, line 42, leave out 'subsection (1) of.' —[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amenthrfents made: No. 142, in page 13, line 35, leave out 'building, engineering, mining or other' No. 143, in page 14, line 10 leave out from 'force' to end of line 11. No. 144, in page 14,...
Amendments made: No. 151, in page 46, line 17 leave out 'building, engineering, mining or other'. No. 152, in page 47, line 35 leave out 'building, engineering, mining or other'. No. 153, in page...
Amendment made: No. 166, in page 51, line 12, at end insert— '(3A) The provisions of section 168 of this Act shall apply in relation to compensation under subsection (3) of this section as...
I beg to move amendment No. 110, in page 19, line 24, leave out 'or otherwise' and insert 'with the authority or as specified in subsection (1B)'.
Amendment proposed: No. 20, in page 24, line 35, at end insert— '(1A) Provision shall be made by a development order for the purpose of securing that, in the case of any application for...
`(3) After section 74(1) of the principal Act (provisions that may be made by a development order for dealing with planning applications) there is inserted——1"(1A) Any development...
'(3) For section 74(1)(b) of the principal Act there is substituted— (b) for authorising the local planning authority to grant planning permission for development which does not accord with...
Amendments made: No. 167, in page 52, line 6, leave out from 'Act' to 'any' in line 9 and insert 'shall make provision— (a) as to the notice of any application for planning permission to be...
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Amendment made: No. 2, in page 28, line 31, after 'materials' insert 'and provides for altering the provisions relating to compensation for restrictions on mineral working and depositing mineral...
Amendments made: No. 3, in page 81, line 37, leave out from beginning to 'mining' in line 39 and insert 'For section 105 (duty of mineral planning authorities to review mineral workings) there is...
105.—(1) Every mineral planning authority shall undertake periodic reviews about the winning and working of minerals and the depositing of mineral waste in their area. (1A) Subject to...
116.—(1) Regulations made by virtue of this section' No. 8, in page 82, line 20, at beginning insert— 'consisting of the winning and working of minerals or'. No. 9, in page 82, line...
Amendment made: No. 69, in page 55, line 44, after 'materials' insert— `and provides for altering the provisions relating to compensation for restrictions on mineral working and depositing...
Amendments made: No. 71, in page 139, line 8, leave out paragraph 10 and insert— '10. Sections 153A, 159A and 159B are omitted.10A. For section 167A there is substituted—
251A. —(1) Every planning authority shall undertake periodic reviews about the winning and working of minerals, and the depositing of mineral waste, in their area.(1A) Subject to...
Amendment made: No. 150, in page 30, line 35 leave out 'subsections (2) and (5)' and insert 'subsection (2)'. —[Mr. Yeo.]
Amendments made: No. 70, in page 57, line 15, leave out `and 164'.
Amendment made: No. 91, in page 159, line 27, after '(1)(c)' insert— `—(i) after "Part IV" there is inserted "other than sections 58 to 60"; and(ii)'. —[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendment proposed: No. 116, in page 32, line 11, leave out Clause 22.—[Mr. Baldry.]
214F (1) A hedgerow management order shall not take effect until it is confirmed by the local planning authority and the local planning authority may confirm any such order either without...
214G (1) If it appears to a local planning authority that a hedgerow management order proposed to be made by that authority should take effect immediately without previous confirmation, they may...
214H (1) If it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the local planning authority, to be expedient that a hedgerow management order or an order amending or revoking such an...
2141(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 214E(5) above shall be liable—(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding —20,000; and(b) on conviction on indictment, to a...
I beg to move amendment No. 61, in page 89, line 13 at end insert 'In section 76(1) of that Act after "direct", there is Inserted "(whether the building is occupied or not)" and after "section...
Amendments made: No. 174, in page 140, line 29, after 'both' insert '; and in determining the amount of any fine to be imposed on a person convicted of an offence under this section, the court...
I beg to move amendment No. 133, in page 98, line 48, at end insert— `(c) population forecasts issued by central government and by independent agencies, as well as district and county...
Amendment made: No. 35, in page 122, line 29, leave out paragraph 11.—[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendments made: No. 79, in page 149, line 37, leave out paragraph 8.
Amendments made: No. 59, in page 126, line 22, at end insert—
3A. In section 33(4) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 for the words from "section 63(2)(b)" to the end there is substituted "section 73A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990".'
73A. — (1) On an application made to a local planning authority, the planning permission which may be granted includes planning permission for development carried out before the date of the...
Amendments made: No. 80, in page 155, line 14, at end insert— '2A. In subsection (3)(a) of section 5 (preparation of structure plans), after "measures for" there is inserted "the...
29. — (1) On an application made to a planning authority, the planning permission which may be granted includes planning permission for development carried out before the date of the...
89A.—(1) Where, after the service of— (a) a copy of an enforcement notice; or(b) a breach of condition notice, planning permission is granted for any development carried out before...
I beg to move amendment No. 192, in page 66, line 6, at the beginning insert— '—.(1) Section 29(1) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (right to a home loss payment) shall be amended as...
Amendments made: No. 23, in page 172, line 33, after `management"' insert— `(aa) in subsection (2) after "shall" there is inserted "direct the acquiring authority to",(ab) after that...
Amendment made: No. 196, in page 184, line 28, leave out 'then', and insert `and'. —[Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.]
Amendment made: No. 96, in page 184, line 29, at end insert— `2A. In paragraph 11 of that Schedule (purchase of open space)— (a) in sub-paragraph (2), after "shall" there is inserted...
Amendment made: No. 62, in page 80, line 42, leave out `section' and insert `sections (Home loss payments: Northern Ireland) and'. —[Sir George Young]
Amendments made: No. 122, in page 194, line 28, leave out 'subsection' and insert 'subsections (4) and'. No. 36, in page 194, leave out from end of line 52 to end of line 2 on page 195 and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Greg Knight.]
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