| *1 |
Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce mandatory minimum sentences. |
| 914 |
| *2 |
Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has to address the circumstances that lead to criminal activity. |
| 915 |
| *3 |
Mr Tim Boswell (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to curb the rate of growth in the prison population. |
| 916 |
| *4 |
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the changes which the Government proposes to make to immigration policy as regards the primary purpose rule and the admission of elderly relatives. |
| 917 |
| *5 |
Dr Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions have been held with representatives of the Scottish Prison Service concerning the circumstances surrounding the detention of persons awaiting deportation. |
| 918 |
| *6 |
Mr Tony Clarke (Northampton South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of crime he estimates to be linked to drug abuse. |
| 919 |
| *7 |
Mr David Lidington (Aylesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to implement the mandatory sentencing provisions of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. |
| 920 |
| *8 |
Mr Michael Colvin (Romsey): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many pistol clubs there are in the United Kingdom; how many there were a year ago; and what was their total membership. |
| 921 |
| *9 |
Mr Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to give asylum detainees access to the judicial process. |
| 922 |
| *10 |
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he plans to take to ensure the continuing provision of an adequate number of prison places. |
| 924 |
| *11 |
Jean Corston (Bristol East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of convicted women prisoners in England and Wales are serving sentences for non-payment of fines. |
| 925 |
| *12 |
Mr Robert Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the future of the Young Offenders Institution at Colchester Military Corrective Training Centre. |
| 926 |
| *13 |
Mr Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money his Department plans to set aside over the next five years to provide for CCTV schemes. |
| 927 |
| *14 |
Mr Peter Viggers (Gosport): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the Probation Service. |
| 928 |
| *15 |
Mr William O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of violent crime resulted in prosecution in (a) 1979 and (b) the latest period for which figures are available. |
| 929 |
| *16 |
Mr David Hinchliffe (Wakefield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proposals he has for the future of the Probation and After Care Service. |
| 930 |
| *17 |
Mr Hugh Bayley (City of York): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the Government's proposals for considering a new voting system for parliamentary elections. |
| 931 |
| *18 |
Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what new proposals he has to reduce illegal drugs use in prisons. |
| 932 |
| *19 |
Mr Ian Bruce (Dorset South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the use of HM Prison, Weare, based in Portland. |
| 933 |
| *20 |
Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to meet the Association of Chief Police Officers to discuss youth-led urban disturbances. |
| 934 |
| *21 |
Mr Norman Baker (Lewes): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to introduce changes to the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. |
| 936 |
| *22 |
Mr Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list the OECD countries in which there has been a rise in violent crime equivalent to that in England and Wales in the last 10 years. |
| 937 |
| *23 |
Mr David Drew (Stroud): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to incorporate the European Convention on Human Rights into domestic law. |
| 935 |
| *24 |
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to deal with drink related crime. |
| 938 |
| *25 |
Mr Bernard Jenkin (North Essex): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action he intends to take to prevent children turning to crime; and if he will make a statement. |
| 939 |
| *26 |
Mr Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce the current backlog of asylum applications awaiting determination. |
| 940 |
| *27 |
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to restrict the availability of illegal drugs in prisons. |
| 941 |
| *28 |
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to increase the number of police constables in England and Wales. |
| 942 |
| *29 |
Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for the management of the Prison Service. |
| 943 |
| *30 |
Mr Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of heroin addicts among all those who are arrested. |
| 944 |
| *31 |
Mr Tony Baldry (Banbury): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to review the method by which money is allocated to police authorities. |
| 945 |
| *32 |
Anne Campbell (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to shorten the period between arrest and sentencing for young offenders. |
| 946 |
| *33 |
Mr Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to strengthen the rights of victims of crime; and if he will make a statement. |
| 947 |
| *34 |
Mr Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will consider the banning of alcopops. |
| 948 |
| *35 |
Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has in respect of minimum mandatory sentences for career burglars and dealers in hard drugs. |
| 949 |
| *36 |
Mr Peter Bottomley (Worthing West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will estimate the number of people convicted for the first time of a serious criminal offence since 1st May. |
| 950 |
| *37 |
Mr Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to reduce the consumption of alco-pop type drinks by those under 18 years. |
| 951 |
| *38 |
Ms Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports he has received regarding comparisons between the incidence of crime in England and Wales and that in other countries. |
| 952 |
| *39 |
Mr Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the United Kingdom's record on human rights. |
| 953 |
|
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EUROPEAN UNION |
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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 Documents Nos. SN 600/97 (C101), consolidated draft Treaty texts; 6946/97, on the strengthening of the surveillance and co-ordination of budgetary policies; 6947/97, on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure; 10867/96, on the legal framework for the introduction of the euro; 7766/97, on the Commission's recommendation for the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States and the Community; 7767/97, on a progress report on the implementation of the 1996 broad economic policy guidelines; the draft Resolution on the European Council on the stability and growth pact; and the unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum submitted by HM Treasury on 30th May on a draft resolution of the European Council on the establishment of an exchange rate mechanism in the third stage of economic and monetary union; and welcomes the determination of Her Majesty's Government to focus the agenda of the European Union on policies of direct benefit to the peoples of Europe through its initiatives on employment and competitiveness, and to obtain the best deal for Britain at the Amsterdam Summit through constructive negotiations in the Intergovernmental Conference.
As Amendments to the Prime Minister's proposed Motion (European Union): |
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Mr William Cash
Mr Iain Duncan Smith |
| (a) |
| Line1,after 'note', insert 'with the deepest objection'. |
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Mr William Cash
Sir Peter Tapsell
Mr Richard Shepherd
Sir Teddy Taylor
Mr Gerald Howarth
Mr Piers Merchant |
| (b) |
| Line8,leave out from 'guidelines' to second 'and' in line 12. |
|
Mr William Cash
Mr Iain Duncan Smith |
| (c) |
| Line12,leave out from 'union' to end and add 'has no confidence in Her Majesty's Government's policy on European Affairs or capacity to negotiate on behalf of the United Kingdom in the national interest; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to renegotiate constructively at Amsterdam that part of the Treaty on European Union in the light of the evidence of its failure, which was made at Maastricht, the Common Fisheries Policy, the Common Agricultural Policy, the role of the Court of Justice and the acquis communantaire and to place forthwith the issue of economic and monetary union and the single currency on the formal agenda of the IGC at Amsterdam in the interests of employment, in the national interest and in the interests of Europe as a whole.'. |
|
Mr John Major
Mr Michael Heseltine
Mr Kenneth Clarke
Mr Michael Howard
Mr David Davis
Mr Alastair Goodlad |
| (d) |
| Line12,leave out from 'union' to end and add 'and warns Her Majesty's Government against signing up to the third stage of economic and monetary union based on fudged criteria and against proposals at the forthcoming Amsterdam summit which threaten British national interests, namely: surrendering the United Kingdom's veto in social policy, industry policy, environment policy and regional policy; signing the Social Chapter and supporting a new Treaty Chapter on Employment; and, instead, recommends that the Government adhere to the approach outlined in the White Paper "A Partnership of Nations" (Cm 3181).'.
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| The Thirteenth Report from the Select Committee on European Legislation of session 1996-97, HC36-xiii, on the Draft Protocol on The Role of National Parliaments, is relevant. |
| The Speaker will put the Questions necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motion not later than Ten o'clock, pursuant to Order [6th June]. |
| 2 |
FIREARMS |
|
Mr Secretary Straw
That the draft Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme, which was laid before this House on 3rd June, be approved.
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| The Speaker will put the Question necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motion not later than one and a half hours after their commencement, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16 (1). |
| On the Motion for the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 Mr Ken Livingstone proposes to raise the subject of the public sector borrowing requirement. |
