§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish in the Official Report a list of private Members' Bills which have been allotted extra 367W Parliamentary time by the Government in each session since 1954; what stages of these Bills received such time; and how many subsequently received the Royal Assent.
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Session Bill Stages Royal Assent 1953–54 Hire Purchase Lords Amendments Yes Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Lords Amendments Yes 1954–55 Public Libraries (Scotland) Report Yes Third Reading Public Service Vehicles (Travel Concessions) Report Yes Third Reading Lords Amemdments 1955–56 Death Penalty (Abolition) Second Reading No Committee Report Third Reading Hotel Proprietors Lords Amendments Yes Marriage (Scotland) Lords Amendments Yes Sanitary Inspectors (Change of Designation) Report Yes Third Reading 1956–57 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Lords Amendments Yes 1957–58 Divorce (Insanity and Desertion) Lords Amendments Yes Licensing of Bulls and Boars [Lords] Second Reading No Merchant Shipping (Liability of Ship Owners and others) Lords Amendments Yes Variation of Trusts Lords Amendments Yes 1958–59 Fatal Accidents Lords Amendments Yes Landlord and Tenant (Furniture and Fittings) Lords Amendments Yes Legitimacy Lords Amendments Yes Obscene Publications Lords Amendments Yes 1959–60 Adoption Committee Yes Report Third Reading Clean Rivers (Estuaries and Tidal Waters) Lords Amendments Yes Noise Abatement Lords Amendments Yes Offices Lords Amendments Yes Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Lords Amendments Yes Road Traffic (Driving of Motor Cycles) Lords Amendments Yes 1960–61 Credit-Sale Agreements (Scotland) Report Yes Third Reading Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions) Lords Amendments Yes Police Federation Lords Amendments Yes Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Lords Amendments Yes 1961–62 Local Government (Records) Lords Amendments Yes Lotteries and Gaming Lords Amendments Yes 1962–63 Animal Boarding Establishment Lords Amendments Yes Dog Racing (Betting Days) Lords Amendments Yes Limitation Lords Amendments Yes Local Government (Financial Provisions) Lords Amendments Yes Matrimonial Causes Lords Amendments Yes Performers (Protection) [Lords] Third Reading Yes Wills Lords Amendments Yes 1963–64 Betting Gaming and Lotteries Lords Amendments Yes Divorce (Scotland) [Lords] Report Third Reading Yes Episcopal Church (Scotland) Second Reading Committee Third Reading Yes Hairdressers Registration Lords Amendments Yes Local Government (Pecuniary Interests) Lords Amendments Yes New Forest [Lords]* Second Reading Yes Committee Third Reading Scrap Metal Dealers Lords Amendments Yes Riding Establishments Lords Amendments Yes Trading Stamps Lords Amendments Yes
§ Mr. BiffenThe information requested is given in the following table:
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Session Bill Stages Royal-Assent 1964–65 Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Second Reading Yes Committee Report Third Reading Lords Amendments Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries [Lords] Third Reading Yes Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Lords Amendments Yes 1965–67 Nil 1966–67 Live Hare Coursing (Abolition) Second Reading No National Health Service (Family Planning) Third Reading Yes Sexual Offences (No. 2) Report Yes Third Reading Abortion Report Yes Third Reading Lords Amendments Civic Amenities Lords Amendments Yes Road Traffic (Amendment) Lords Amendments Yes Matrimonial Homes [Lords] Lords Amendments Yes Road Traffic (Driving Instruction) Lords Amendments Yes Vessels Protection Lords Amendments Yes 1967–68 Adoption Lords Amendments Yes Caravan Sites Lords Amendments Yes Clean Air Lords Amendments Yes Design Copyright Report Yes Third Reading Domestic and Appellate Proceedings (Restriction of Publicity) Lords Amendments Yes Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Lords Amendments Yes Hearing Aid Council Lords Amendments Yes Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Lords Amendments Yes Maintenance Orders Lords Amendments Yes Theatres Lords Amendments Yes 1968–69 Divorce Reform Second Reading Yes Report Third Reading Lords Amendments Employers' Liability (Defective Equipment) Lords Amendments Yes Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Report Yes Third Reading Lords Amendments Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Lords Amendments Yes 1969–70 Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Lords Amendments Yes Indecent Advertisements (Amendment) [Lords] Second Reading Yes Committee Third Reading Trees Lords Amendments Yes 1970–71 Nil 1971–72 National Health Service (Family Planning) Amendment Lords Amendments Yes 1972–73 Nil 1973–74 Nil 1974 Nil 1974–75 Nil 1975–76 Sexual Offences (Amendment) Report Yes Third Reading 1976–77 Housing (Homeless Persons) Lords Amendments Yes Unfair Contract Terms Lords Amendments Yes 1977–78 Nil 1978–79 Nil 1979–80 Nil 1980–81 Nil
Session Bill Stages Royal Assent 1981–82 Nil 1982–83 Road Traffic (Driving licences) Committee Yes Third Reading National Audit Report Yes Third Reading Broadcasting of Parliament (Annual Review) Committee No Third Reading 1983–84 (to date) Nil Note: Reference to Committee are to Committee of the whole House.
* This was a Hybrid Bill.
§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will provide information on the pay and allowances of parliamentarians in the European Economic Community, North America and the Commonwealth in the same format as appeared in the Official Report, 5 June 1981, columns 432–36.
§ Mr. BiffenThe information is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.