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Lord Melchett asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why an accident sign was placed on the B6232 near Darwen, opposite the Grey Horse public house, between 23rd July and 25th July 1980 when no accident had occurred.
Lord Belstead : I understand from the Chief Constable of Lancashire that road signs were used by his officer... | S5LV0415P0_94a273c49519e497 | null | POP FESTIVAL, DARWEN: ROAD SIGNS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 78} |
Lord Melchett asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will confirm that a number of uniform police officers involved in clearing a group of people from Shawforth Tip, Whitworth, Lancashire on 24th July 1980 were not displaying their numbers on their epaulettes.
Lord Belstead : I understand from the Chief Constab... | S5LV0415P0_be58eaceda579b23 | null | POLICE OFFICERS: WEARING OF NUMBERS ON EPAULETTES | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether consideration is being given to the use of empty houses belonging to the Ministry of Defence and to local authorities as bail hostels for persons of no fixed address who are awaiting trial, thus relieving some of the pressures on the prisons, and if so, with what res... | S5LV0415P0_63b03ff1ce8a1d0e | null | BAIL HOSTELS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 109} |
The Earl of Longford asked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will approve the arbitration award for probation officers made by ACAS on 24th October 1980.
Lord Belstead : My right honourable friend hopes to be able to announce his decision before the House rises for Christmas. | S5LV0415P0_bc752ad67d6c19ef | null | PROBATION OFFICERS: ARBITRATION AWARD | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 46} |
Baroness Airey of Abingdon asked Her Majesty's Government:
When it is proposed to make an appointment of someone to harness volunteer effort in the Civil 969 Defence field, in England and Wales, as announced in the Home Defence Review statement of 7th August 1980.
Lord Belstead : The person appointed will have terms ... | S5LV0415P0_d145dffbe6624d5f | null | CIVIL DEFENCE: HARNESSING OF VOLUNTARY EFFORT | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 222} |
Lord Young of Dartington asked Her Majesty's Government: ( i ) on how many occasions since 1970 have members of building societies had access to the register of members of their society and what building societies were involved in each case; ( ii ) on how many occasions since 1970 has access to the register of sharehol... | S5LV0415P0_cdb8c2271ad9cef3 | null | BUILDING SOCIETIES: INSPECTION OF REGISTERS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 362} |
Lord Underhill asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether, in view of the Written Answer given on 12th November 1980 that the financial cost to the Government of an unemployed family man with two children is on average £500 per month, or £6,000 a year, consideration has been given to the economic effect of devoting £3 bi... | S5LV0415P0_8831a69312a2850b | null | THE UNEMPLOYED: DIVERSION TO CONSTRUCTIVE WORK | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 197} |
Lord Brockway asked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the result of the vote at the United Nations General Assembly on a motion condemning the Government of Chile for a "deterioration of human rights" following a report by the United Nations Human Rights Commission that the security agencies "use torture during their... | S5LV0415P0_50a9188cbc828e00 | null | CHILE: U.N. VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 120} |
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they invited Dr. Martinez de Hoz to visit the United Kingdom at the beginning of June 1980, and whether he then met the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister of Agriculture and the Secretary of State for Trade or any of... | S5LV0415P0_0850bfdb9e029116 | null | THE FALKLAND ISLANDS: VISIT OF DR. MARTINEZ DE HOZ | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 215} |
Lord Avebury asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have reached any agreement with the Government of Argentina on the demarcation of the boundary between the exclusive economic zones of the Falkland Islands and Argentina; whether they are aware that the Argentina state petroleum company (YPF) advertised in the ... | S5LV0415P0_b9873c778e321533 | null | MAGALLANES ESTE BLOCK: YPF ADVERTISEMENT | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 229} |
Lord Avebury asked the Leader of the House:
What he will do to give greater publicity to the facilities available to Members of this House for giving blood; and in particular, whether he will arrange to give details of these arrangements on the Peers' notice board.
Lord Soames : Facilities available to Members of thi... | S5LV0415P0_0ab92bfb2f381470 | null | BLOOD DONORS: PUBLICISING FACILITIES | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 198} |
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
What is standing in the way of the full application of port state jurisdiction over service vessels operating from British ports to British licensed installations on the United Kingdom continental shelf, or, alternatively, of their requiring licensee companies operating on t... | S5LV0415P0_1e623481a2481b2d | null | FOREIGN FLAG SERVICE VESSELS IN UK WATERS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 335} |
Lord Kennet asked Her Majesty's Government:
What information they have solicited or received from the Greek Government concerning any inquiry that may have been held in Greece concerning the "Christos Bitas" pollution incident, whether charges have been brought, and if so, with what result.
Lord Trefgarne : The Greek... | S5LV0415P0_6c1e47b8a8b8480a | null | THE "CHRISTOS BITAS" | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 162} |
Lord Tweedsmuir asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will state their policy regarding the production and use of DDT, dieldrin and allied compounds in view of their known toxic effects.
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Earl Ferrers) : The Advisory Committee on Pesticides rec... | S5LV0415P0_00ef7863ad9c3a6c | null | DDT, DIELDRIN AND ALLIED COMPOUNDS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 217} |
Lord Vaizey asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many economists are employed in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and its associated bodies.
Earl Ferrers : My department employs 25 economists, members of the Economist Group, in a professional capacity. A considerable number of staff in other occupationa... | S5LV0415P0_ddca85fb10c10a68 | null | ECONOMISTS EMPLOYED IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES & FOOD | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 72} |
Lord Vaizey asled Her Majesty's Government:
Whether estimates are ever prepared of the future demand for any variety, sort or kind of British agricultural produce by the economists employed by them, and whether these estimates allow for any possible change in relative price.
Earl Ferrers : Estimates of the possible d... | S5LV0415P0_a15f78fac11dc0a0 | null | ESTIMATES OF DEMAND FOR FOODSTUFFS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 106} |
Lord Vaizey asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether any estimates were made by their economists or otherwise of the likely effect on prices and receipts of the recent alterations in the price of admission to Kew Gardens.
Earl Ferrers : The admission charge to Kew Gardens was kept at the nominal rate of 1p for many ye... | S5LV0415P0_f946a38b97e38373 | null | KEW GARDENS: RECEIPTS FROM ADMISSIONS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 100} |
Lord Vaizey asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have any comment to make on the appointment of Mr. David Evans, Under-Secretary at the Ministery of Agriculture, as economic and policy adviser to the National Farmers' Union, and if not, why not.
Earl Ferrers : Yes. We have already commented on Mr. Evans's app... | S5LV0415P0_752ccde3851940ec | null | MR. DAVID EVANS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 131} |
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone) : My Lords, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Act: Anguilla Act. | S5LV0415P0_4596dd97aa830036 | null | Royal Assent | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 39} |
The Earl of Lauderdale : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that indigenous United Kingdom coal prices are yet low enough (and likely to remain so) relative to those of crude oil to ma... | S5LV0415P0_6ebac6ca9df64bc1 | null | Liquefaction Plant: NCB Proposal | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 782} |
Lord Hylton : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the Central Policy Review staff to examine and report on matters affecting personal housing finance for both renting and house-purchase... | S5LV0415P0_3c085f200e43a63e | null | Housing Finance | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1169} |
Lord Auckland : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to increase the volume of exports from the United Kingdom to Finland.
Lord Trefgarne : My Lords, conscious of the growing importa... | S5LV0415P0_0c1c71ff28ccef15 | null | Exports to Finland | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 561} |
Lord Orr-Ewing : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Japanese Government about delays imposed at Japanese ports of entry against United Kingdom food and other imports.... | S5LV0415P0_37d99d36bf1e4395 | null | Japan/UK Trade: Delays at Ports of Entry | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 268} |
Lord Denham : My Lords, with the leave of the House, at a convenient moment after 3.30 p.m., my noble friend Lord Bellwin will repeat a Statement being made in another place on rate support grant. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales is also making a Statement in another place on housing and rate... | S5LV0415P0_e3063718fda8411c | null | Business of the House | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 98} |
Lord Inglewood : My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to make provision with respect to the sale of intoxicating liquor in off-licenced premises; to attach conditions to the grant or renewal of certain justices' off-licences; to prohibit the employment of persons under 18 where intoxicating liquor is sold; and for conne... | S5LV0415P0_ba41a9d8dcdd9f6f | null | Licensing Amendment (Off-Licences) Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 93} |
Lord Bellwin : My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. I believe that it is something of a break with tradition for the Government to introduce legislation of this kind on subjects which have been well cared for in the past by Private Member's Bills. The cause of nature conservation has been w... | S5LV0415P0_adf925b113b0306c | null | Wildlife and Countryside Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 6994} |
Lord Bellwin : My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Environment. The Statement is as follows:
"Local government is responsible for about a quarter of public expenditure and employs more than 2½ million p... | S5LV0415P0_b6b41680ead897be | null | Rate Support Grants | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 4849} |
Following is the Statement, referred to earlier, made by the Secretary of State for Wales:
RATE SUPPORT GRANT AND HOUSING (WALES)
"Mr. Speaker, with permission I wish to make a Statement about the Welsh Rate Support Grant Settlement for next year and about housing finance.
"This is the first time that there has been... | S5LV0415P0_8f6c9c56ec332234 | null | Rate Support Grant and Housing (Wales) | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1148} |
Second Reading debate resumed.
Lord Beaumont of Whitley : My Lords, in reverting to the Bill, it is a pleasant duty to be able to thank the noble Lord, Lord Bellwin, wholeheartedly for his exposition of it. We particularly look forward today to two maiden speeches. I suppose it must be rare that in this House we get s... | S5LV0415P0_6d3c7d648b549b8a | null | Wildlife and Countryside Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 51411} |
The Earl of Lauderdale asked Her Majesty's Government:
How much energy per unit of output has been used in manufacturing industry in each year since 1973 (1973=100) in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Federal Republic of Germany, France and Japan.
The Earl of Gowrie : The following figures have been calc... | S5LV0415P0_9434a5c0e2a283eb | null | ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 183} |
Baroness Faithfull asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether increases in supplementary benefits for 1979 and 1980 have matched the prices for these years.
Lord Cullen of Ashbourne : In November 1979 the ordinary supplementary benefit scale rates were increased by about 17·5 per cent., and the long-term scale rates by ... | S5LV0415P0_8b77cb99d623ab29 | null | SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS AND PRICES | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 180} |
Lord Brockway asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will institute a public inquiry regarding allegations that armed police raided hostels at Swansea University College before dawn on 29th November 1980, ill-treating and handcuffing students and destroying property, without finding evidence to make any arrests.... | S5LV0415P0_f15c2f7391e439e9 | null | SWANSEA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE: POLICE RAID ALLEGATIONS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 113} |
Lord Brockway asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have received from the Soviet Government the information requested by them and by the Swedish and United States Governments for information regarding the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved many Hungarian-Jewish lives in 1945, reported to ... | S5LV0415P0_5cbf750f0ab9767e | null | MR. RAOUL WALLENBERG: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 126} |
Lord Chelwood asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will stand by their commitment to continue giving support to the Falkland islanders, particularly if the latter decide that they want no change in the present situation.
Lord Carrington : There is no doubt of the Government's commitment to the Falkland island... | S5LV0415P0_4de22b27c9e076a0 | null | THE FALKLAND ISLANDS: DISPUTE | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 94} |
Viscount Simon asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the reply given on 11th November in another place by the Minister for Local Government to the hon. Member for Dorking ( Official Report, Commons; col. 430) means that the Government now agree that Part X of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 was not ... | S5LV0415P0_50c701ae52126799 | null | LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION AND STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 264} |
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone) : My Lords, I have to acquaint the House that the Clerk of the Parliaments has received a letter from Mr. K. Boothroyd, Chief Clerk of the Leeds Crown Court, informing him that Lord Kagan was on 12th December 1980 convicted and sentenced as follows. On each of fou... | S5LV0415P0_74373698e4b3f2eb | null | The Lord Kagan | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 123} |
The Earl of Lauderdale : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they expect exploration and appraisal drilling on the United Kingdom continental shelf to develop over the years 1981, 1982 and 1983 respectiv... | S5LV0415P0_c89fdce58abb98b6 | null | UK Continental Shelf: Oil Well Starts in 1981–83 | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 618} |
Baroness Trumpington : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to involve local and private sector employers in the sponsorship of projects under the new Community Enterprise Programme.
The ... | S5LV0415P0_50696edffa1070ba | null | The Community Enterprise Programme | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1346} |
Lord Glenarthur : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to ensure that schemes for the unemployed include an element of constructive training to the future benefit of the individual and the... | S5LV0415P0_c6fb3c96112b5632 | null | Unemployed: Constructive Training | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 350} |
Lord Denham : My Lords, with the leave of the House, at a convenient moment after 3.30 p.m. this afternoon my noble friend Lord Mansfield will repeat a Statement that is to be made in another place on the rate support grant (Scotland). | S5LV0415P0_0468f46d8e1b9846 | null | Business of the House | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 43} |
Lord Renton : My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Colville of Culross, I beg to introduce a Bill to make fresh provision for England and Wales and Northern Ireland with respect to forgery and kindred offences; to make fresh provision for Great Britain and Northern Ireland with respect to the counterfeiting of n... | S5LV0415P0_6870557222b2dac2 | null | Forgery and Counterfeiting Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 119} |
Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran : My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to enable certain courts to consider applications for leave for marriages to take place between stepparents and their stepchildren; and for connected purposes. My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read... | S5LV0415P0_ab96663adc094b96 | null | Marriage (Stepparents and Stepchildren) Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 77} |
Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran : My Lords, I beg to introduce a Bill to require every elector to be treated for the purpose of the right to vote in parliamentary and local elections as resident at his main residence only. My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read 1 a —(... | S5LV0415P0_1baea01e59651b09 | null | Representation of the people Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 81} |
The Earl of Cromartie rose to call attention to the need to evolve a suitable plan to revert to a single tier system in Scottish local government and to return to the cities and burghs their historic responsibilities in view of the need to reduce costs and increase efficiency; and to move for Papers.
The noble Earl sa... | S5LV0415P0_c39449355ba49f9d | null | Scottish Local Government: Single Tier System | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 6141} |
The Minister of State, Scottish Office The (Earl of Mansfield) : My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement being made in another place by my honourable friend the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment at the Scottish Office. The Statement is as follows:
"My right honourable friend t... | S5LV0415P0_74db7d75649caef0 | null | Rate Support Grant, Scotland | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 3381} |
Debate resumed.
The Earl of Selkirk : My Lords, if we may revert from finance to the structure of local government, I should like to thank the noble Earl, Lord Cromartie, for raising this very important question. It is all very well to say that the system has been going for only five years, but we still can form certa... | S5LV0415P0_f2430d536179cb92 | null | Scottish Local Government: Single Tier System | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 11530} |
Lord Ritchie-Calder rose to call attention to Britain's role in the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies; and to move for Papers.
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I beg to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. This is much too big a subject for adequate treatment in a two-and-a-half hour debate,... | S5LV0415P0_162e30ed08915752 | null | United Nations: Britain's Role | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 17852} |
Lord Wigoder : My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. As your Lordships are aware, this is the second occasion upon which I have moved that this Bill should be read a second time. During the last Session this Bill passed through all its stages in your Lordships' House but there was no possibi... | S5LV0415P0_c7c86c1db9da5199 | null | Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 2547} |
Lord Sherfield rose to move, That this House takes note of the report of the European Communities Committee on biotechnology (66th Report, Session 1979–80, H.L. 350).
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I rise to move the Motion standing in my name on the Order Paper. This is the fashionable hour at which to begin a debate... | S5LV0415P0_723ada10799167ba | null | ECC Report on Biotechnology | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 7835} |
Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will make arrangements for prisoners in police custody over the Christmas period to receive Holy Communion, if they so wish.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Belstead) : I am sure that chief officers of police will do whatever is... | S5LV0415P0_dc09a954da2c88d2 | null | PRISONERS: HOLY COMMUNION | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 62} |
Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
What share of the responsibility for the care and custody of prisoners now exceptionally held in police custody devolves on police authorities.
Lord Belstead : Chief officers of police are responsible for the care and custody of prisoners held in police custody on police... | S5LV0415P0_80a38043c3b1c701 | null | PRISONERS' CARE AND CUSTODY: POLICE AUTHORITIES' RESPONSIBILITY | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 87} |
Lord Hawke asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are watching carefully to see whether specialist suppliers of essential strategic defence equipment are threatened by the Government's monetary policies; and if so whether they are doing anything to keep such suppliers in being, for instance by placing orders in ... | S5LV0415P0_03c03b091d9df417 | null | DEFENCE EQUIPMENT: SUPPLIERS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 178} |
The Lord Bishop of Rochester asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have any plans to make it possible for those proceeding westward along the long-awaited M26 to be able to turn off at Sevenoaks towards London or the coast, as it had been widely expected that drivers would have been able to do.
The Earl of Avo... | S5LV0415P0_321a115192b21dcd | null | THE M26: ACCESS AT SEVENOAKS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 132} |
Lord McCluskey asked Her Majesty's Government:
What timetable they have in mind for bringing into force the different provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980; and what are the likely dates for the commencement of those parts of the Act which it is proposed to bring into force within the next six months.... | S5LV0415P0_e2de195eef0e667e | null | THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND)ACT 1980 | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 396} |
Lord Trefgarne : My Lords, I should like to make a personal statement. In the course of my reply to the Unstarred Question of the noble Lord, Lord Nugent of Guildford, on 2nd December I said that the correspondence of earlier Administrations is not available to Ministers in this Government. I am now advised that what I... | S5LV0415P0_3fffe8de09a6c520 | null | Personal Statement: The Lord Trefgarne | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 132} |
Lord Boyd-Carpenter : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much butter has been provided by the EEC to the USSR this year at subsidised prices; and what has been the average margin between price and cost.... | S5LV0415P0_f70ef4cc264d1748 | null | Butter: EEC Exports to USSR | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 756} |
Lord Rhodes : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the first Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of the serious contraction of the textile industry and the threat to its future viability, they will initiate urgent consultations wit... | S5LV0415P0_7b4c1b8236f5e422 | null | The Textile Industry: Consultations | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 998} |
Lord Rhodes : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the second Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:—
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a scheme of temporary financial aid for the textile industry, based on interest-free or interest-abated loans for compani... | S5LV0415P0_70ed0fcc7100d24b | null | The Textile Industry and the Recession | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1432} |
Lord Donaldson of Kingsbridge : My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question which stands in my name on the Order Paper.
The Question was as follows:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they can confirm that approximately 25 per cent. of the 1204 400 student probation officers successfully completing courses in Engl... | S5LV0415P0_c20ce3f37c62717c | null | Probation Officers: Employment Prospects | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 962} |
Lord Brockway : My Lords, I beg to ask Her Majesty's Government a Question of which I have given Private Notice. The Question is as follows:
"To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make a Statement on the situation in Northern Ireland arising from the hunger strike of men and women prisoners, and the likely... | S5LV0415P0_f1d3ce7f10788a19 | null | Northern Ireland: Prisoners' Hunger Strike | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 2168} |
Brought from the Commons, endorsed with the Certificate from the Speaker that the Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of the Parliament Act 1911; read 1 a .
Lord Denham : My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend the Leader of the House, I beg to move the Motion standing in his name on the Order Paper.
Moved, That S... | S5LV0415P0_48ca01b899e21f8a | null | Consolidated Fund Bill | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 134} |
The Lord Chancellor (Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone] : My Lords, I rise to move the Second Reading of this important Bill and I notice that an array of legal talent from the Cross-Benches, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Elwyn-Jones, and, I believe, the noble Lord, Lord Foot, are about to illumine our discussions. ... | S5LV0415P0_4ffa45a560269ed9 | null | Supreme Court Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 12087} |
The Lord Chancellor : My Lords, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Act:
Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Act. | S5LV0415P0_188773cfdeb424d0 | null | Royal Assent | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 37} |
Lord Trefgarne : My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. The object of this short, essentially technical, Bill is to enable the United Kingdom to ratify protocols to two international conventions in the maritime field. The first of these conventions is the 1957 International Convention relatin... | S5LV0415P0_102331567939689d | null | Merchant Shipping Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1462} |
Lord Belstead rose to move, That the draft order laid before the House on 9th December be approved.
The noble Lord said: My Lords, I must apologise to your Lordships for not being present a few moments ago. This is the second occasion on which I have had the duty of asking the House to renew Part I of the Imprisonment... | S5LV0415P0_b80e76daea091523 | null | Imprisonment (Temporary Provisions) Act 1980 (Continuance No. 2) Order 1980 | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 6460} |
Lord Sandys rose to move, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 2nd December be approved. The noble Lord said: My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Ferrers, I beg to move that the Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1980, a draft of which was laid before this 1245 House... | S5LV0415P0_bfb70d3ff0ade27d | null | Hill Livestock (Compensatory Allowances) (Amendment) Regulations 1980 | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1198} |
The Minister of State, Department of Employment (The Earl of Gowrie) : My Lords, I beg to move that the draft Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1980, which was laid before the House on 2nd December, be approved. The draft order has been laid in accordance with Section 148 of the Employment Protection (C... | S5LV0415P0_9dcea472b0bf9daf | null | Employment Protection (Variation of Limits) Order 1980 | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 1309} |
The Earl of Halsbury : My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. In rising to do so, I should like first to assure your Lordships that down to the last comma it is identical to that which your Lordships were kind enough to pass in the Session of Parliament that has recently ended. Your Lordships... | S5LV0415P0_38d46c729e7389b1 | null | Laboratory Animals Protection Bill [H.L.] | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 16173} |
Lord Vaisey asked the Leader of the House:
Whether he would indicate to Ministers giving replies to Written Questions on Home Affairs that it would be for the convenience of the House if simple figures were given, rather than complicated references to publications possibly available in the Library.
The Lord President... | S5LV0415P0_5d96fed1e21f165e | null | WRITTEN ANSWERS: REFERENCES TO PUBLICATIONS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 118} |
Baroness Wootton of Abinger asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many offenders diagnosed as suffering from mental disorder, as defined by the Mental Health Act 1959, were sentenced to immediate imprisonment in 1975 and 1978.
Lord Belstead : Information is not available in this form, but since 1977 prison medical offi... | S5LV0415P0_efbac9dcde58bcea | null | MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS: PRISON SENTENCES | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 104} |
Lord Chelwood asked Her Majesty's Government:
If they will make a statement about the management review of the Lord Chancellor's Department.
The Lord Chancellor : In consultation with my noble friend the Lord President of the Council, I have commissioned a management review of my department. The review will study the... | S5LV0415P0_7e188cb23eae4537 | null | LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT: MANAGEMENT REVIEW | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 126} |
Lord Chelwood asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are now in a position to make an announcement about the implementation of the Law Commission's Report on Interest (Cmnd. 7229).
The Lord Chancellor : The Government have given careful consideration to the valuable work of the Law Commission on this subject. A... | S5LV0415P0_23339b7afe628fad | null | INTEREST: ACTION ON LAW COMMISSION'S REPORT | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 189} |
Lord Kilmany asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why paid local government officials in Scotland receive a more generous rate of travelling allowance than do the elected members of local councils when using their own cars for similar council business.
Lord Lyell : The allowances for officials are negotiated nationally be... | S5LV0415P0_d5691675dd1c63e3 | null | TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE: LOCAL GOVERNMENT | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 124} |
Lord Brockway asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will prepare a code of practice on advertising by British firms of baby foods in developing countries, in view of the evidence that some are contravening the recommendations of the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund resulting in t... | S5LV0415P0_45bfbcc2db576efc | null | BABY FOODS: ADVERTISING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 144} |
Lord Stanley of Alderley asked Her Majesty's Government:
What criteria were adopted by the Nature Conservancy Council in identifying destruction or serious damage to 57 of the key sites of special scientific interest, listed in A Nature Conservation Review; and how many of these sites were considered to be destroyed o... | S5LV0415P0_597cf7ec67933e16 | null | SSSI: LOSS OR DAMAGE | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 251} |
Lord Stanley of Alderley asked Her Majesty's Government:
On how many of those key sites of special scientific interest, identified by the Nature Conservancy Council as having been destroyed or seriously damaged as a direct result of agricultural and forestry operations, were Government grants payed for the purposes of... | S5LV0415P0_2ddcac1330d364a0 | null | SSSI AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 95} |
The Duke of Abercorn asked Her Majesty's Government:
When they intend to review the Northern Ireland Shops Act.
Lord Elton : A review of the Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, with particular reference to the late night opening provisions, is to be undertaken and it is hoped that it will be started within the next si... | S5LV0415P0_1168a0fd9b261011 | null | NORTHERN IRELAND: REVIEW OF SHOPS ACT | {"house": "Lords", "speaker": null, "word_count": 70} |
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