That this House congratulates and thanks Her Majesty the Queen on 40 years of service to this country and the Commonwealth and looks forward to celebrating the memorable occasion and to many further years of her reign.

That this House congratulates and thanks Her Majesty the Queen on 40 years of service to this country and the Commonwealth and looks forward to celebrating the memorable occasion and to many further years of her reign.

That this House notes that Mr John Smillie, the General Manager of the Refreshment Department retires at the end of 1991 after 24 years of service to this House; thanks him for his loyalty and unfailing kindness to honourable Members of this House; and wishes him well in any venture he undertakes in the future.

That this House notes that Mr John Smillie, the General Manager of the Refreshment Department retires at the end of 1991 after 24 years of service to this House; thanks him for his loyalty and unfailing kindness to honourable Members of this House; and wishes him well in any venture...

That this House takes note of the fact that the ancient geographical county of Gloucestershire still exists and its existence was in no way jeopardised by the creation of administrative counties in 1988-89, or by the re-organisation of local government in 1963 to 1965, 1972 to 1974 and 1973 to 1975; recognises that administrative authorities bearing the name county were created solely for the purpose of discharging the functions of the first tier of local government; believes that it is important to inhabitants of all geographical counties that their history and their cultural, social and sporting traditions should be enhanced and maintained; calls upon the Secretary of State for Transport to facilitate the erection of boundary posts for the county of Gloucestershire on all motorways and trunk roads for which he is responsible to indicate to motorists which geographical county they are entering, and to instruct all local authorities to do likewise on roads and highways that they are responsible for; and calls for the Ordnance Survey to be empowered and instructed to show the ancient geographical county of Gloucestershire on their maps, in addition to, or instead of the administrative areas that currently appear.

That this House takes note of the fact that the ancient geographical county of Gloucestershire still exists and its existence was in no way jeopardised by the creation of administrative counties in 1988-89, or by the re-organisation of local government in 1963 to 1965, 1972 to 1974 and 1973 to...

That this House notes the verbose obscurity of the Labour Party on the question of a single European currency and on almost every area of policy under discussion in the Inter-Governmental Conferences; notes the Labour Party's regular about-turns over Britain's membership of the Community; notes the intellectual contortions on this subject by the majority of the Shadow Cabinet; regrets that the Labour Party can agree only upon Socialist doctrines such as the imposition of a social action programme which would add billions of pounds to the costs of British employers, destroy hundreds of thousands of British jobs and undermine the economic gains brought by Conservative policies for deregulation and enterprise; notes the divisions within the Shadow Cabinet itself as evidenced by the fact that eight members of the Shadow Cabinet are also shown as members of the Labour Common Market Safeguards Committee; and calls upon the Labour Party to state its real position on Europe to the British people.

That this House notes the verbose obscurity of the Labour Party on the question of a single European currency and on almost every area of policy under discussion in the Inter-Governmental Conferences; notes the Labour Party's regular about-turns over Britain's membership of the Community; notes the intellectual contortions on this...

That this House supports the Prime Minister and the Government in their non acceptance of the Draft Treaty on Political and Economic Union recently issued by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of Ministers and now in the Library, including (a) the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates with a single currency, Article (3A), (b) a Central Bank with majority voting Article 4A, (c) supranational law-making for the European Parliament, Part 5 and (d) a common foreign and security policy Articles H to K; and believes that the ultimate power of decision over such matters must remain with the Westminster Parliament.

That this House supports the Prime Minister and the Government in their non acceptance of the Draft Treaty on Political and Economic Union recently issued by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of Ministers and now in the Library, including (a) the irrevocable fixing of exchange rates with a single...

That this House notes with deep concern the Government's intention to bow to European Community pressure demanding amendments to United Kingdom legislation, concerning pest birds; notes that this concerns the necessity for general licences for the killing and taking of the 13 pest species, including crows, magpies and woodpigeons, and which cause serious damage to property, crops and livestock as well as to the eggs and nests of song and game birds; and urges the Government to bring pressure to bear on the European Commission and Council to amend the European Community Birds Directive to permit the killing and taking of the 13 pest species throughout the year in the United Kingdom as at present.

That this House notes with deep concern the Government's intention to bow to European Community pressure demanding amendments to United Kingdom legislation, concerning pest birds; notes that this concerns the necessity for general licences for the killing and taking of the 13 pest species, including crows, magpies and woodpigeons, and...