2,535 ingested motions from United Kingdom. Year filters use the introduced date shown on each card. Walk years back as far as this source still publishes.
That this House strongly condemns the action of Barratt Homes Limited in retaining ú18,000 in non-refundable deposits from prospective home-buyers at the Chamberlayne Walk development at Preston Road in Brent North without advising them that they themselves had no legally registered title to the land and that this would make it impossible to secure a mortgage on the property, thereby forfeiting the deposit; regards such sharp practice as contrary to the basic principles laid down in Section 110 of the Land Registry Act 1925, and as a scam perpetrated on people who paid deposits in good faith; and urges Barratt Homes to refund the deposits forthwith.
That this House, noting the publication of OECD guidelines on multinational investment on 13th January, and the commitment of the EU, Japan and the USA to restart the WTO Millennium Round, urges the governments of the world to learn from the Seattle debacle and ensure that all governments, not just those of developed countries but also those of developing countries, are fully involved in any new agreement; and therefore looks forward to the 10th meeting of UNCTAD in Bangkok in February 2000 as the key negotiating point to ensure there is a government-driven, not company-driven, policy on multinational corporation investment.
That this House expresses concern that the Government's proposals to increase duty on draft beer by 1 per cent. will particularly hit rural pubs and traditional British family brewers, such as the Hook Norton Brewery.
That this House congratulates the farmers of Wales and the Agriculture Secretary on securing a ú3 million annual contract to supply Welsh beef to the Netherlands; acknowledges the benefits that this deal will bring to the farming industry in Wales; and recognises the efforts the present Government has taken to ensure that British beef is the best and safest in the world.
That this House welcomes the Coalfield Communities Campaign report on the Miners Pension Funds and notes that every year the Treasury receives a multi-million pound windfall from the funds, which have an asset value in excess of £23 billion, under arrangements which were put in place by the Tory Government when the coal industry was privatised in 1994; and, in view of the modest risk that is now involved, asks Her Majesty's Government to adjust the division of the surpluses in a fairer way, leaving more for the 300,000 plus pensioners, 28,000 of whom receive less than £10 per week, and to plough back a larger proportion of what has been received into coalfield communities.
That this House welcomes the long-awaited publication of the Report by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease; congratulates the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus on its sustained campaign; recognises that COMA's recommendation of a fortification of 240 microgrammes of folic acid in every 100 grammes of flour would reduce the incidence of spina bifida pregnancies by 41 per cent.; but draws attention to the lengthy delay already experienced; and calls on the Public Health Minister to ensure that the forthcoming consultation period is as short, and the eventual fortification level as high, as is consistent with the health of the population in general, whilst being of maximum benefit to the 50 per cent. of women whose pregnancies are unplanned.
That this House notes that the leaders of Turkey's governing coalition have agreed to put the proposed execution of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan on hold until the European Court of Human Rights has issued a ruling on the case, thereby avoiding a damaging dispute with the European Union; welcomes the PKK'S cessation of its armed struggle and proposals for a peace process; believes this provides an opportunity for dialogue between the Turkish government and the Kurdish community to resolve the long-running dispute and denial of basic human rights to Kurds in Turkey; regrets that despite the positive attitude of the PKK, the Turkish government's harassment of Kurds continues; notes that teachers continue to be prosecuted for teaching the Kurdish language and that many offices of the political party, HADEP, have been raided, as well as the offices of the trade union confederation KESK, the Dicle Women's Cultural Centre and the newspapers Ozgur Bakis and Yeni Evrensel; regrets that staff of the newspapers and HADEP have been detained together with the President of HADEP for Diyarbakir province; welcomes the call by the former Head of the CIA (Middle East Department) for the US administration to encourage the Turkish Government to give civil rights to the Kurdish people in Turkey; and similarly calls on Her Majesty's Government to urge the Turkish Prime Minister to adopt the path of peace and reconciliation by entering into immediate discussions with leaders of the Kurdish community with a view to establishing full civil and human rights as a pre-condition of further consideration of Turkey's candidature for EU membership.
That this House is deeply concerned that the planned July 2000 United Nations referendum enabling the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination may be postponed again due to the problem posed by over 70,000 appeals presented by Morocco; believes that this could result in the referendum being delayed beyond the United Nations deadline; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to ensure that the parties in the conflict strictly abide by the terms of the signed Houston and UN Appeals agreements.
after 'country', insert 'and in particular congratulates those who are brave enough to defy the dress code for women and to campaign for fairer laws concerning women's health, education, civil rights and custody of children.'.
That this House congratulates all involved with the National Forest project; looks forward to the opening of the visitor centre and millennium discovery centre; and urges all honourable and Right honourable Members to support the Westminster Woodland by purchasing a tree to be planted within it.
That this House believes that, in support of the thrust of the Government's White Paper on Transport, car parking charges for honourable Members and staff should be introduced throughout the parliamentary estate, that charges paid should not be reclaimable by honourable Members, that revenue raised should be used to provide public transport passes for honourable Members and staff and that the Government should implement these proposals without delay.
That this House calls for the release of Mr Satpal Ram who has now served 13 years in prison for killing in self-defence a racist who, with five accomplices, attacked Mr Ram, stabbing him twice and who died because he refused medical treatment; and further calls for an inquiry into the investigation and trial which resulted in this miscarriage of justice.
That this House congratulates Elgin City and Peterhead Football clubs on their success in gaining membership of the Scottish Football League; and recognises their elevation as a tribute to the Highland League and a boost to both towns and the North East of Scotland.
That this House notes the repeated call by Government ministers including the Chancellor and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for tougher action against abuses by mortgage lenders which have been amply documented by, inter alia, the Consumers Association; notes that the Burns Committee on Financial Services called for the statutory regulation of mortgage lending; notes that the Treasury has completed a consultation exercise on mortgage lending and promised to announce its conclusions before the New Year; and calls on the Government to supplant the present system of self-regulation by those lending institutions responsible for abuses and promptly to introduce a statutory system which will stop such practices as penalties for early repayment of mortgages, cross-selling of uncompetitive insurance products and hidden fees and which will provide a remedy for inadequate and poor advice.
That this House regrets that British and American forces continue to fire over 100 missiles a month at targets inside Iraq and have done so throughout the whole of the last year; questions the moral and military value of this approach and of the ú4.5 million per month which it costs the United Kingdom to pursue it; and urges the Government to end the bombing, lift the sanctions and re-direct expenditure towards the tragedy of child mortality in Iraq which has doubled in the nine years since sanctions were imposed.
That this House welcomes the guidance of NICE that zanamivir (Relenza) should not be prescribed because it has little effect on flu symptons; deplores the crude opportunism of Glaxo Wellcome in exploiting the present flu season by attempting to pressurise the Government to reject the advice of NICE; and urges the Government to resist the covetous propaganda of the pharmaceutical lobby and to continue to make their decisions on the basis of impartial scientific evidence in the best interest of patients.
That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to reform the liquor licensing laws; notes the Better Regulation Taskforce's conclusion that licensing laws should be relaxed; acknowledges that people in residential areas should be protected from noise and disruption; and calls upon the Government to bring forward the necessary legislation for the reform of the liquor licensing laws at the earliest opportunity.
That this House notes from the recent survey of the Countryside Agency and BBC televsion's Countryfile programme that up to six rural pubs are now shutting every week; regards the village pub as an important focal point for rural community life; and urges the Government to extend 50 per cent. mandatory rate relief to village pubs on the same basis as that enjoyed by village post offices and village stores.
That this House notes with profound regret that if Senator Pinochet were to return to Chile he is unlikely ever to stand trial for the crimes against humanity committed under his regime; notes that this will be felt most of all by people like Sergio Requina-Rueda, an MSF member, who was detained and tortured under the Pinochet regime and who was not extended the same opportunity of medical advice and support that has now been given to Senator Pinochet; calls for the medical report to be made available to the relevant Spanish judicial authorities; and urges all those involved to continue to do everything within their power to ensure that the evidence of those who suffered under the Pinochet regime, including that of Sergio Requina-Rueda, is one day heard in a court of law.
That this House calls upon the Home Secretary to release all information concerning the medical condition of General Pinochet in the interests of justice.
That this House congratulates the three UK newsprint manufacturers whose use of waste paper as a proportion of their newsprint production is now over 94 per cent. and who have increased their share of the domestic market for newsprint from 6 per cent. in 1982 to nearly 40 per cent. in 1999, and looks forward to further annual increases; believes that whilst calls for mandatory recycling targets on imported newsprint would appear to be of benefit to the environment, they may in certain circumstances be damaging to the environment overseas and be environmentally counter-productive; and further believes that mandatory recycling targets should be the subject of the widest possible environmental impact assessment.
That this House pays tribute to Cecil Sharp for his unrivalled services to English folk dance and song; notes that it was on Boxing Day 1899 that he commenced saving morris dancing from oblivion through a chance encounter near Oxford with the Headington Quarry Morris Dancers; acknowledges that in the succeeding years Cecil Sharp was able to save for posterity many of England's native ceremonial dances; recognises that over the past 100 years morris dancing has grown in popularity and that today there are more participants than at any other time in its history; and on the occasion of the centenary of the event leading to the revival of morris dancing wishes all member clubs of The Morris Ring further success and enjoyment in the future.
That this House recognises the damage being done to housing stock in inner city areas by the rapid growth in the number of houses in multiple occupation and other shared housing; notes the adverse effects of a high concentration of HMOs on community relations and services; and seeks the urgent introduction of legislation empowering local authority planning departments to restrict the conversion of existing family homes into HMOs, in order to maintain a balance in the use of housing stock and protect the longer term needs of the community in such matters as the availability of affordable family housing, the provision of school places, road traffic management, waste collection/street cleaning and community stability.
That this House believes that there are circumstances where older people need the support of an independent advocate to ensure that their intersts and preferences are acknowledged and addressed; calls on advocacy services to be available to all older people who are, for example, as the point of discharge from hospital, accessing care services or receiving continuing care; and commends the work of the Older People's Advocacy Alliance in pursuing these objectives.
That this House welcomes the findings of the Patients Association and Medical Women's Federation survey of health authorities and boards into local osteoporosis provision; notes with concern that 57 per cent. of health authorities do not have an osteoporosis strategy in place, 19 per cent. are not implementing the Royal College of Physicians' guidelines on osteoporosis and 56 per cent. do not include osteoporosis in their health improvement programme; and calls on the Government to give a higher profile and priority to osteoporosis, to invest more in services so that the RCP guidelines are implemented throughout the UK, to require all health authorities to offer bone densitometry screening to all patients at risk of osteoporosis, to encourage health authorities and primary care groups to include osteoporosis as a priority area for action in the local health improvement programme and to ensure that the National Service Framework on older people includes osteoporosis.
That this House welcomes the collaborative work of the various football supporter organisations; warmly welcomes the Fans Charter for the Televising of Football; congratulates them also on their constructive work in the deliberations of the Football Task Force; further welcomes the majority report of the Football Task Force on Commercial Issues concerning the game; supports its recommendations for greater supporter involvement, for a strong code of practice, for the appointment of a football audit commission to provide independent regulation and of an 'Ombudsfan' to act as the consumers' champion; accepts that the football authorities have made some progress in addressing the serious problems of financial impropiety, but regrets that the proposals contained in their minority report fall short of what is required; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government and the Football Association to implement the recommendations of the Task Force's majority report without delay.
That this House regrets the action of the Prime Minister when, facing a question about the different proposals for university fees or taxes affecting UK students at universities in the nations of the United Kingdom, he arranged for the question to be transferred to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, who was either unable or unwilling to answer for the whole United Kingdom.
That this House welcomes the European Parliament's decision to call for the EU arms embargo on Indonesia to be renewed upon its expiry on 17 January 2000; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to support the renewal of the embargo.
That this House welcomes the safe arrival in Dharamsala of the Karmapa Lama, after his flight from Chinese-occupies Tibet; calls on the Government of India to grant him political asylum and take all necessary steps to ensure his safety; and further calls on the Chinese authorities to desist from their raids on the Tsurphu Monastery near Lhasa whence he came and their continued and wholly unacceptable persecution of the Tibetan people.
That this House congratulates all involved with the BBC Songs of Praise special live service from the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on Sunday 2nd January; notes that the attendance of 66,000 is a record for a service held in a covered auditorium anywhere in the world; recognises that since Songs of Praise was launched in October 1961 it has become a national institution watched by an audience of more than five million people; and wishes the programme continued success in augmenting the work of the churches in the spiritual life of the nation.
That this House notes that Taxicard schemes are an extremely valuable resource for disabled and elderly Londoners, who are not able to utilise other forms of public transport, by providing subsidised taxi provision; recognises that more than 700,000 trips supported by such funding initiatives are made in London each year and that 45,000 Londoners are members of Taxicard schemes; expresses concern that a number of London boroughs are reducing the funding made available to Taxicard; and urges the Government to transfer responsibility for Taxicard to the Greater London Authority at the earliest opportunity, and ensure that during the interim period due consideration is given to funding mechanisms to guarantee the continuation of Taxicard schemes across London.
That this House notes that the pesticide Lindane is banned in Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, New Zealand and a range of other countries but is still widely and legally used in Britain, that Lindane is used as a pesticide on farms in Britain, that products containing Lindane are approved for sale for domestic use, including ant killer and moth killer and that Lindane is classified by the World Health Organisation as a possible human carcinogen; and calls on the Government to follow the example of several other countries and ban the use of Lindane in this country.
That this House notes with extreme concern the continuing crisis faced by Scottish agriculture, caused by factors including the strength of the pound, lack of a level regulatory playing field within Europe and falling farm incomes; welcomes the Petition for Action organised by the National Farmers' Union of Scotland; and calls on the Government to recognise the need for further assistance for Scotland's farmers and growers.