| Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department |
| *1 |
Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): When he last visited a prison establishment to discuss overcrowding. |
| (48393) |
| *2 |
Mr David Amess (Southend West): What recent representations he has received on the levels of crimes against the person in the United Kingdom. |
| (48394) |
| *3 |
Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey): If he will make a statement on the Government's plans for the penal system. |
| (48395) |
| *4 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): What steps he is taking to tackle the international crime syndicates currently involved in smuggling illegal immigrants into the United Kingdom. |
| (48396) |
| *5 |
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough): What progress has been made on extending restorative justice to new police areas. |
| (48397) |
| *6 |
Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): If he will list the proposed changes to the Dublin convention on the treatment of refugees which he has made to the European Union. |
| (48398) |
| *7 |
Paul Flynn (Newport West): What plans he has to reduce levels of hepatitis in prisons. |
| (48401) |
| *8 |
Mr John Bercow (Buckingham): When resources will be available to implement mandatory minimum sentences for burglars convicted of a third offence as set out in section 4 of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. |
| (48402) |
| *9 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): What assessment his Department has made of the benefits of the present system of elections to the House. |
| (48403) |
| *10 |
Mr Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs): If he will make a statement on the number of prisoners taking drugs. |
| (48404) |
| *11 |
Tom Cox (Tooting): What assessment he has made of the pilot tagging schemes. |
| (48405) |
| *12 |
Mr Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton North East): What proportion of people arrested by the police are addicted to heroin and other opiates. |
| (48406) |
| *13 |
Alice Mahon (Halifax): What plans he has to encourage offender behaviour programmes run by the Probation Service. |
| (48407) |
| *14 |
Mr Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What plans he has to change fire and police pension arrangements. |
| (48408) |
| *15 |
Angela Smith (Basildon): What assessment he has made of the community safety audits undertaken to date by local authorities. |
| (48409) |
| *16 |
Dr Brian Iddon (Bolton South East): What assessment he has made of the results of random drug tests in prisons. |
| (48410) |
| *17 |
Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome): If he will make a statement on his policy in relation to the future of the Tote. |
| (48411) |
| *18 |
Mr David Hanson (Delyn): When he expects to reach a conclusion following the consultation on the banning of butane gas lighter refill sales to under 16 year olds. |
| (48412) |
| *19 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): If he will make a statement on the latest manpower and funding levels of the Metropolitan Police. |
| (48413) |
| *20 |
Mr Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh West): If he will make a statement on arrangements for the post-release supervision of offenders who have been convicted abroad and have been released back to the United Kingdom. |
| (48414) |
| *21 |
Mr Peter L. Pike (Burnley): What further sanctions people convicted of causing trouble at this year's World Cup face under British law. |
| (48415) |
| *22 |
Mr Bill Rammell (Harlow): What representations he has received concerning the purchase of alcohol by persons under 18 years old. |
| (48416) |
| *23 |
Mr Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath): If he will make a statement on his Department's handling of relations with the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. |
| (48418) |
| *24 |
Mr Bob Blizzard (Waveney): What is his timescale for the introduction of new legislation to deal with neighbourhood nuisance. |
| (48420) |
| *25 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): When he expects the review of immigration detention procedures to be complete. |
| (48421) |
| *26 |
Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): If he will make a statement on the extent to which illegal immigration into this country is by way of other member countries of the European Union. |
| (48422) |
| *27 |
Mr Bill O'Brien (Normanton): If he will make a statement on the effects of his initiatives to reduce paedophile activity. |
| (48423) |
| *28 |
Mr David Borrow (South Ribble): If he will make a statement on the current number of inmates in Her Majesty's prisons and the forecast change over the next 12 months. |
| (48425) |
| *29 |
Mr Ross Cranston (Dudley North): What plans he has to review the contents of current regimes in young offender institutions. |
| (48426) |
| *30 |
Mr Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley): What representations he has received on the number of beat policemen in Lancashire. |
| (48427) |
| *31 |
Helen Jones (Warrington North): What representations he has received concerning links between under-age drinking and violent and loutish behaviour in town centres. |
| (48428) |
| *32 |
Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston): What recent discussions he has had about reforming police disciplinary procedures; and when he proposes to implement changes. |
| (48429) |
| *33 |
Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby): What plans he has to reform fire and police pension arrangements. |
| (48430) |
| *34 |
Mr Don Touhig (Islwyn): By what mechanisms he compares the performance of different police forces. |
| (48431) |
| *35 |
Dr Ian Gibson (Norwich North): What studies he has evaluated on the suicide rates in Her Majesty's prisons. |
| (48432) |
|
| Main
Business |
| 1 |
OPPOSITION DAY [17th allotted
day] [Until 10.00 p.m.] |
| | MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
|
| | Mr William Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr Michael
Howard
Mr John Redwood
Mr Tim Boswell
Mr James
Arbuthnot |
| | That this House views with alarm the Government's
creation of a boom and bust economy in the UK, with industry
being badly damaged by high sterling and rising interest rates
whilst wage and price inflation accelerates; expresses concern
at the growth of industrial unrest in several sectors of the
economy; and urges the Government to rethink its approach both
to manufacturing and employee relations before more damage is
done.
As an Amendment to Mr William Hague's proposed Motion
(Manufacturing and Industrial Relations): |
| | The Prime
Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr
Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary Blunkett
Secretary Margaret
Beckett |
| | Line 1 , leave out from `House' to end
and add `welcomes the measures the Government has taken to build
an economy which is healthy and sustainable in the long term,
including placing the control of interest rates with the
independent Bank of England; notes that over the last 12 months
investment has grown by 7 per cent., 14,000 manufacturing jobs
have been created and the public finances have been put in order;
welcomes the new culture of partnership in industrial relations
which is developing within the framework of measures and
proposals the Government is taking forward; urges the Government
to continue its own productive partnership with both business and
employees; and condemns the Opposition for its own record in
government of allowing manufacturing to decline within a boom and
bust economy of unprecedented proportions and actively and
sustainedly destroying partnership and democracy in the
workplace.'. |
| | DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY
|
| | Mr William
Hague
Mr Peter Lilley
Mr Michael Howard
Mr Iain Duncan Smith
Mr
Quentin Davies
Mr James Arbuthnot |
| | That this House deeply
regrets the Government's failure to meet their election pledges
to reduce social security costs; believes that this is a direct
result of incompetent leadership at the Department of Social
Security which has created confusion, contradictory policies and
delays and has wasted their first year in Government.
As
Amendments to Mr William Hague's proposed Motion (Department of
Social Security): |
| | The Prime Minister
Mr Secretary
Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr Secretary Cook
Mr
Secretary Blunkett
Secretary Harriet Harman |
| | Line
1 , leave out from `House' to end and add
`congratulates the Government for their outstanding record in
pursuing their efforts to provide opportunities for those who can
work and security for those who cannot, to cut expenditure on
economic and social failure and to modernise the welfare
system'. |
| | Mr Paddy Ashdown
Mr A. J. Beith
Mr David Rendel
Mr
Mark Oaten
Steve Webb
Mr Paul Tyler |
| | Line 1 ,
leave out from `Government's' to end and add `decision to
implement its predecessor's pledges to reduce social security
costs by targeting the poorest and most vulnerable members of
society; disagrees with the assertion of both this Government and
the last that there is a crisis in welfare spending; regrets the
Government's failure to produce lasting solutions to the problem
of pensioner poverty; and supports reforming the welfare state,
with the aim of achieving the relief of poverty, the replacement
of lost earnings, the reflection of additional costs and the
encouragement of self-reliance.'.
The selection of the
matter to be debated this day has been made by the Leader of the
Opposition (Standing Order No. 14(2)). |
| Debate may
continue until 10.00 p.m. |
|
| | At 10.00
p.m.
|
| + |
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE [No
debate] |
| | The Prime Minister
That, at this day's
sitting, the Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords ]
may be proceeded with, though opposed, until any
hour. |
| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
15). |
|
| + 2 |
TEACHING AND HIGHER EDUCATION BILL
[LORDS]: Lords Amendment in lieu of words left out of
the Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords], to be
considered. [Until any hour] |
| | For a Motion to
disagree with the Lords Amendment, see separate
Paper.
Debate may continue until any hour if the 10.00
p.m. Business Motion is agreed to. |
| + 3 |
EC PRELIMINARY
DRAFT BUDGET FOR 1999 [No debate] |
| | The Prime
Minister
Mr Secretary Prescott
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
Mr
Secretary Cook
Mr Secretary Straw
Mr Secretary
Blunkett |
| | That this House takes note of European Community
Document Nos. COM(98)300, the Preliminary Draft Budget of the
European Communities for 1999, and SEC(98)800, the Commission's
Overview of the Preliminary Draft Budget; and supports the
Government's efforts to maintain budget discipline in the
Community.
To be decided without debate (Standing
Order No. 119(9)). |
| + 4 |
INCOME TAX [No
debate] |
| | Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer
That an humble
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the draft
Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Oman) Order 1998 be
made in the form of the draft laid before this House on 2nd
June.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
118(6)). |
| + 5 |
INCOME TAX [No debate] |
| | Mr
Chancellor of the Exchequer
That an humble Address be
presented to Her Majesty, praying that the draft Double Taxation
Relief (Air Transport) (Hong Kong) Order 1998 be made in the form
of the draft laid before this House on 2nd June.
To
be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
118(6)). |
| + 6 |
INCOME TAX [No debate] |
| | Mr
Chancellor of the Exchequer
That an humble Address be
presented to Her Majesty, praying that the draft Double Taxation
Relief (Taxes on Income) (Kazakhstan) Order 1998 be made in the
form of the draft laid before this House on 2nd
June.
To be decided without debate (Standing Order No.
118(6)).
|
| Written Questions tabled on Friday 10th July for answer today++ |
1
| Mr Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Prime Minister, what action he has taken to co-ordinate Government activity in the restructuring of the European aerospace and defence industry. |
| (50646) |
2
| Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, when he expects to make Regulations for 1998-99 governing student loans made under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990. |
| (50647) |
3
| Mr Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what is his latest estimate of the cost of loans to higher education students measured in terms of cash accounting and resource accounting over the period 1999-2000 to 2001-02. |
| (50648) |
4
| Dr Vincent Cable (Twickenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, what steps his Department takes to publicise the educational benefits of the Internet. |
| (50649) |
5
| Mr Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficiency with which the Office for National Statistics delivers its statistical outputs. |
| (50672) |
|
