Mawrth, 23 Gorffennaf 1991
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
Ordered,That so much of the Lords Messages [16th July and 18th July] as relates to the Avon Weir Bill [Lords], the British Waterways Bill [Lords], the City of Bristol (Portishead Docks) Bill...
Ordered,That the Promoters of the Hook Island (Poole Bay) Bill shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session of...
Motion made,That the Promoters of the British Railways (No. 3) Bill [Lords] shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill, if they think fit, in the next...
Motion made,That the Promoters of the King's Cross Railways Bill shall have leave to suspend proceedings thereon in order to proceed with the Bill, if they think fit, in the next Session of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list Her Majesty's Government's new measures centrally to fund nursery education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consideration he is giving to the structure and size of education authorities concomitant on their proposed reorganisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to increase Government funding of scientific research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has to encourage teacher training to have greater practical content.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the steps he is taking to make good deficits facing schools moving towards responsibility for their own budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will bring forward proposals to limit the amount of money an individual local education authority can spend in a campaign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many secondary schools currently manage their own budgets under the system of local management of schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the average amount of money being held back by local education authorities in England and Wales, per pupil, under the system of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will meet representative teachers of seven-year-olds to discuss appropriate assessment procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many schools in Essex have applied for grant-maintained status; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what communications he has received from the directors of further education colleges concerning his statement on 21 March; and if he will...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Tuesday 23 July.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the restructuring of the Army. For more than 40 years the British Army has stood in the front line in Europe with our NATO...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the Government's proposals for the local authority finance settlement for England for 1992–93, and about our proposals...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about my proposals for local government finance in Wales for 1992–93. First, however, I would like to refer to the council...
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Resolved, That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Ports Bill, it is expedient to authorise a levy in respect of gains accruing to any company to which the undertaking of a harbour...
Lords amendments considered.
Lords amendment: No. 1, in page 2, line 23, leave out "statutory provision of local application" and insert "local statutory provision".
Lords amendment: No. 2, in page 3, line 7, leave out "In consideration of" and insert "Following".
Lords amendment: No. 3, in page 4, line 13, leave out from "disposal" to end of line 14 and insert— of the whole or a substantial part of the equity share capital of the successor company...
Lords amendment: No. 4, in page 7, line 1, after "authority" insert who have not formed a company in pursuance of section 1 above and
Lords Amendment: 7, in page 13, line 2, leave out land or any interest in land belonging to a relevant port authority is and insert property, rights, liabilities and functions of a relevant port...
Lords amendment: No. 19, in page 16, line 4, leave out from second "to" to end of line 5 and insert have a reasonable prospect of securing that the objective of the proposal is achieved.
Lords amendment: No. 31, in page 29, line 44, at end insert— ("(3) For the purposes of any provision of this Act to which this subsection applies a person employed by a company which is a...
Lords amendment: No. 35, in page 37, line 50, at end insert— ("Transfer of rights and liabilities relating to employment 9A.—(1) For the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings...
New clause proposed by the Commons in lieu of a Lords amendment to which they have disagreed:
'.—(1) A life prisoner is a discretionary life prisoner for the purposes of this Part if— (a) his sentence was imposed for a violent or sexual offence the sentence for which is not...
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I beg to move, That the draft Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Regulations 1991, which were laid before this House on 18th June, be approved. Again I feel privileged to introduce these...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Sackville]
I should like to convey through you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, my thanks to Mr. Speaker for allowing me this second Adjournment debate, which was a pleasant surprise. I also thank the Minister, who is...
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