§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Lord Privy Seal if he will list in full those substantive motions arising from reports of departmental Select Committees which have been agreed to by the House.
§ Mr. WakehamThe following is the information
On 5 June 1980 it was resolved, "That this House welcomes the important contribution made by the Report of the Home Affairs Committee relating to section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, accepts the need for a change in the law, and looks forward to the imminent publication of the Law Commission's Report on Attempt and to the public response to these reports, as providing the basis for an early decision as to the best way of reforming the law while ensuring adequate protection for the public." (The motion was amended.)On 5 December 1980 it was resolved, "That this House takes note of the Second Report from the Social Services Committee, Session 1979–80, on perinatal and neonatal mortality (House of Commons Paper No. 663) and the relevant Government Observations (Cmnd. 8084).702WOn 6 June 1985 it was resolved, "That this House notes that the period for consultation on the consultative document wages councils is only just ending and representations are still being received; and asks the Government to take into account the views of the Employment Committee, together with very many other responses from interested organisations and individuals." (The motion was amended.)On 13 May 1986 it was resolved, "That this House welcomes the steps taken by the Government to keep the House and the public informed of the consequences for the United Kingdom of the accident at the nuclear plant at Chernobyl in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; endorses the Government's commitment to the safety of the complete nuclear fuel cycle in the United Kingdom; and in that context approves the Government's first stage response on 2 May to the Environment Committee's report on radioactive waste (House of Commons Paper No. 191), setting out as it does the principles against which current proposals to dispose of low-level radioactive waste can be considered." (An amendment was moved to the motion.)On 7 July 1986 it was resolved, "That this House endorses the Government's response (HC 457) to the Second Report from the Trade and Industry Committee on the Tin Crisis (HC 305–1); regrets the difficulties brought upon the Cornish tin industry, the International Tin Council's creditors and others as a result of the failure of the International Tin Council to reach agreement with its creditors, despite the considerable efforts made by the Government, and welcomes the Government's package of measures to help employment in Cornwall." (An amendment was moved to the motion.)
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Lord Privy Seal, for each of the years since the establishment of the new Select Committees, if he will list the number of reports published, the number debated on the Floor of the House, and the number voted upon.
§ Mr. WakehamA total of 565 reports have been published by the departmental Select Committees since 1979. During the same period, 60 reports from departmental Select Committees have been referred to on the Order Paper as relevant to debates in the House in accordance with the views expressed by the Liaison Committee. Sixteen reports have been debated in relation to the consideration of the Estimates; four on motions for the Adjournment; and six reports have been named in substantive motions. Votes were taken on four of these substantive motions.