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British Nationality Bill (H.L. )
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Debate on the Address (Fourth Day)
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British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill
[H.L.]
The Bill should also implement the voluntary principle for students' unions) It is intended to limit the provision of public funds to students' unions, to specified services, and to require universities and colleges to establish codes of practice goveming the
Land Ronham-Carter: My Lords. I beg to introduce a Bill to provide for the acquisition of British cinzenship-conduct of student wivas“ by certain of the British nationals of Hong Kong. Fieg to move that the Bill be now read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.-Lord Bordwn-Center.)
On Question, Rill lead a first time, and to be printed.
Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Bill (H.L.]
Lord Campbell of Choy: My Lords. I beg to inueduce a Bill mo amend the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 to make provision for the control of fishing in Scottish inshore waters by vehicles or equipment, i deg to move that this Bill be flow read a first time.
Moved, That the Bill be now read a first time.—(Lord Campbell of Croy.)
On Question, Bill read a first time, and to be printed.
Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech
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"Most Gracious Sovereign-We. Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, beg leave to thank Your viajesty ku de pasi zidit: Spasok nchinh Vour Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament. “
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The Minister of State, Scottish Office (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie): My Lords, we will today be debating the important issues of local government, the environment
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high priority in the Government's coming legislative programme and I have no doubt that the House will have many interesting discussions on them in the coming year. Indeed, I suspect that our debate today will be fairly wide ranging.
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Perhaps I may begin by saying suwing visi about the Education Bill which was introduced to this House yesterday. The
Siver affam Government's proposals on student union reform which were published in July and carries forward our proposals in respect of teacher training in England and Wales, announced in Sepismber.
ly on both topics.
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It is intended that the Education Bill should, through the creation of a teacher training agency in England and by extending the powers of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, secure greater co- ordination and more effective deployment of existing resources for the training of leachers; for related higher education and research; and for the proviion of icacling as a career,
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So far as Concerns the enviament. Government's main piece of legislation will be a Bill providing for work to begin on the setting up of Akvirnment avencies for Erkeland and Wales and also for Scotland The 1990 Environmental Protection AÇI introduced integrated pollution control for a range of industrial processes. Instead of different bodies regulating the discharges of waste to each environmen- tal medium-air, land and water-IPC brings all of those together. This marks a significant change in our method of controlling poiipuun. By integrating our regulatory approach we hovshow established a coherent framework for controlling releases from our most potentially polluting industries and for minimising their effects on the environment as a whole.
Nevertheless, the organisations responsible for large extent organised so pollution coamal are still in that they are primarily concerned with control of only one medium and thus are significantly limited in the way that they can take that holistic approach forward. The Government now plan to bring together the main organisations responsible for regulating mdustriai allution to form a sing, integrated environmen agency for England and Wales and a similar body for Scotland, the Scottish enviament protection agency. Not only will that offer a more effective framework for consistent pollution control; it will also reduce the number of regulators with whom industry will have to deal, so reducing the burdens on them.
There are many other benefits which that approach would offer when compared with the existing arrangements. For example, as pollution abatement technology continues to develop, so the technical burden and cost of applying the necessary controls rises. rammirine access to the most modern and comprehensive range of specialist expertise and equipment. Those demands can put severe pressure on the existing separate regulators, but by pooling the expertise the two new agencies will be far better placed to meet the challenge.
during this Session which will allow preparatory work to take place an the exishlishment of the few agencies. We recognise the crucial role that the bodies will play in protecting our environment and we want to make sure that their introduction is properly planned. The paving provisions will give my right honourable friends and the affected organisations-the National Rivers Authority and the waste regulation authorities in England and Wales, and the river purification boards and the district and islands councils in Scotland-powers to plan for the establishment of the agencies. There is no need to make any similar provision for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution and Her Majesty's Industrial Pollution Inspectate as they are almosty pam of the Department
поре of the Environment and the Scottish Office respectively,
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