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Business of the House
Mr. Bruce Grocott (The Wrekin): May I ask the Leader of the House what is the business for next week?
The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Sir Geoffrey Howe): Yes. Sir. The business of the House for next week will be as follows:
MONDAY 23 JULY-Motion for the
summer
Adjournment.
Proceedings оп (Appropriation) Bill.
the
Consolidated
Fund
TUESDAY 24 JULY-Opposition day (18th allotted day, 2nd part). There will be a debate on an Opposition motion entitled "Government mismanagement of the economy“.
Remaining stages of the Contracts (Applicable Law) Bill Lords.
Motion on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Orders.
Motion on the EEC Merger Control (Consequential Provisions) Regulations.
The Chairman of Ways and Means has named opposed private business for consideration at seven o'clock.
WEDNESDAY 25 JULY-Remaining stages of the Courts and Legal Services Bill (Lords).
THURSDAY 26 JULY-Debates on the motion for the Adjournment.
The House may also be asked to consider any Lords amendments which may be received.
It may also be for the convenience of the House to know that the business of the House for the first week after the summer adjournment will be as follows:
MONDAY 15 OCTOBER-Debate on financial services and the single European market on a motion for the Adjournment of the House.
The Chairman of Ways and Means is expected to name opposed private business for consideration at seven o'clock.
TUESDAY 16 OCTOBER-Progress on remaining stages of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Bill (Lords].
Motion relating to health authorities regulations. WEDNESDAY 17 October-Completion of remaining stages of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Bill (Lords).
Remaining stages of the Caldey Island Bill.
The Chairman of Ways and Means is expected to name opposed private business for consideration at o'clock.
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THURSDAY 18 October-Debate on a motion to take note of the outstanding reports of the Public Accounts Committee to which the Government have replied.
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER-There will be a debate on a motion for the Adjournment of the House, subject for debate to be announced.
Mr. Bob Cryer (Bradford. South): May we have a debate next week before the House rises on the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty? The Leader of the House will be aware that the Government signed that treaty. Yet they are blatantly in breach of clause 6. by embarking on the £10 billion Trident nuclear missile programme. In a review conference, non-nuclear nation after non-nuclear nation wiil denounce this country for breaching the treaty while at the same time expecting non-nuclear countries to remain non-nuclear. Is not that pure hypocrisy and outrageous? Is it not time that we had a debate on that?
Sir Geoffrey Howe: I do not accept any of the hon. Gentleman's points. I am surprised that he advanced them this afternoon as he is likely to have a debate on that subject in the proceedings on the Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill.
Mr. Tony Banks (Newham. North-West): I draw the attention of the Leader of the House to early-day motion 1275, signed by 91 hon. Members:
[That this House expresses is extreme concern at the apparent intention of the Hong Kong authorities to continue trading in elephant ivory after the reservation ends at midnight on 17th July: recalls the many undertakings given by Ministers that the trade wouid end on the appointed dav; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to keep their promises to the House by instructing the Hong Kong authorities to cease all trade and not to defy the CITES ban.]
The right hon. and learned Gentleman will recall the concern expressed by hon. Members about the loophole that the Hong Kong authorities were clearly intending to exploit, whereby the trade in ivory could continue under the guise of personal effects after the reservation ended at midnight on 17 July. Is the Leader of the House able to say whether that loophole has been closed? If it has not, may we have an early debate on that important subject?
Sir Geoffrey Howe: The hon. Gentleman's interest in that topic is strong, so I am not surprised that he has returned to that theme. As was made clear by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a parliamentary answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans),
"The Hong Kong Government have already enacted legislation to implement the CITES ban on international commercial trade in ivory. The legislation will come into effect when our reservation is withdrawn on 18 July 1990 ... Hong Kong legislation now fully reflects the CITES convention.
Official Report, 18 Jyly 1990: Vol. 176, c. 553.)
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Rev. William McCrea (Mid-Ulster): Will the Leader of the House find time for a debate on the statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, that any alternative to the Anglo-Irish Agreement must have the consent of the vast majority of the people of Northern Ireland? Bearing in mind that criterion and the fact that the Anglo-Irish Agreement as at present enforced does not have the consent of the vast majority of the people of Northern Ireland, is not it about time that the House had a full-scale debate on the agreement.
Sir Geoffrey Howe: The House had an opportunity to consider closely related questions during the full-day's debate on Northern Ireland the week before last.
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