That this House whilst noting the persistent and consistent pro-Labour bias as shown in regular news bulletins broadcast by Classic FM, expresses its astonishment at the statement made last Friday morning, 13th December 1996, that the Barnsley East by-election result was a Conservativedefeat; and urges the radio station to adopt an impartial line, to report the facts not opinion and to drop 'Labour-speak' forthwith.

That this House whilst noting the persistent and consistent pro-Labour bias as shown in regular news bulletins broadcast by Classic FM, expresses its astonishment at the statement made last Friday morning, 13th December 1996, that the Barnsley East by-election result was a Conservativedefeat; and urges the radio station to adopt...

That this House notes with the utmost alarm that the constitutional implications of a single currency are not the principal concern of the Leader of the Opposition, as he made clear in a speech to the conference of the BDI in Germany; further expresses intense regret that a parliamentarian who has ambitions for the highest elected office in the United Kingdom is prepared to minimise the importance of the democratic process with regard to economic and monetary policy in the context of parliamentary accountability; and urges the British people to take note of the Leader of the Opposition's cavalier dismissal of their historic rights to set monetary policy and to determine levels of taxation through the agency of the national parliament.

That this House notes with the utmost alarm that the constitutional implications of a single currency are not the principal concern of the Leader of the Opposition, as he made clear in a speech to the conference of the BDI in Germany; further expresses intense regret that a parliamentarian who...

That this House notes the commitment of the Labour Party to the imposition of regional government on England; anticipates that the M25 would be the new boundary for regional government for London which would have the effect of splitting the community of Dartford into two, the western half being run from London and the eastern half from Guildford; further notes that regional government would create six levels of government for the tax payer to finance, namely, parish councils, regional government, the Westminster Parliament and the European Parliament; and registers the opposition of the honourable Member for Dartford to regional government as being against the interests of the people of Dartford in particular and the rest of England in general.

That this House notes the commitment of the Labour Party to the imposition of regional government on England; anticipates that the M25 would be the new boundary for regional government for London which would have the effect of splitting the community of Dartford into two, the western half being run...

That this House expresses great concern at the misleading, inaccurate and incorrect statement made by the honourable Member for Sheffield, Brightside during the recent Opposition day debate on education funding, that Kent County Council, when Conservative in the 1970s, spent ??9 million of public money on an experimental voucher system for nursery education; notes that no such experiment took place; and urges the honourable Member to withdraw his statement on the floor of the House.

That this House expresses great concern at the misleading, inaccurate and incorrect statement made by the honourable Member for Sheffield, Brightside during the recent Opposition day debate on education funding, that Kent County Council, when Conservative in the 1970s, spent ??9 million of public money on an experimental voucher system...

That this House congratulates the parents of the Gravesend Grammar School for Boys on their 70 per cent. in favour of the school achieving grant maintained status; recognises the leading role taken in the successful campaign by the Chairman of the Governors, Mr Eric Hammond; notes the negative campaign against the school by the Labour-Liberal Democrat-controlled Kent County Council at the expense of council taxpayers; and wishes the school further success in the future.

That this House congratulates the parents of the Gravesend Grammar School for Boys on their 70 per cent. in favour of the school achieving grant maintained status; recognises the leading role taken in the successful campaign by the Chairman of the Governors, Mr Eric Hammond; notes the negative campaign against...

That this House likes double-decker buses.

That this House likes double-decker buses.

That this House notes the correlation between the loss of council seats by the Liberal Democrats in Tower Hamlets and Richmond upon Thames, and the public's recent experience of the failure of Liberal Democrat administration of those councils.

That this House notes the correlation between the loss of council seats by the Liberal Democrats in Tower Hamlets and Richmond upon Thames, and the public's recent experience of the failure of Liberal Democrat administration of those councils.

That this House notes with concern that one of the first acts of the new Lab-Lib controlled Kent Education Committee at its first meeting on Friday 18th June was to change policy on grant maintained schools, from one of adopting a neutral stance towards schools seeking to opt out of County Council control to vigorously encouraging them to stay within it; further notes that Lab-Lib 'members also voted to object to applications to opt out'; regards this change of policy as an attack upon parental rights and school based democracy; and urges all schools in Kent, whether within or outside LEA control, to be alert to this new hostile policy.

That this House notes with concern that one of the first acts of the new Lab-Lib controlled Kent Education Committee at its first meeting on Friday 18th June was to change policy on grant maintained schools, from one of adopting a neutral stance towards schools seeking to opt out of...

That this House congratulates the health service in the South East Thames region on its achievements since the commencement of the Government's National Health Service reforms, including 5 per cent. more patients treated in hospital compared with last year, 18 per cent. more day cases, twice the number of heart by-pass operations, extra cataract and hip operations and a cut of 42 per cent. between March and December 1991 in the number of people waiting more than two years for hospital treatment; further congratulates the Guy's and Lewisham NHS Trust on a cut of 5 per cent. in waiting lists and 3,500 more patients treated than projected; welcomes the initiatives by general practioners' fundholding practices in the region, including consultant run outpatient clinics at a practice near Rochester; believes these achievements to be a tribute to National Health Service staff in the region working within the better management framework of the reforms; and believes that patients do not want the disruption of the health service threatened by the Labour Party.

That this House congratulates the health service in the South East Thames region on its achievements since the commencement of the Government's National Health Service reforms, including 5 per cent. more patients treated in hospital compared with last year, 18 per cent. more day cases, twice the number of heart...

That this House notes that community charge payers in the Borough of Dartford are each having to pay over ??14 extra on their current community charge bills, largely as a result of the 'can't pay, won't pay' campaign led by the left-wing member of the Dartford Borough Council, Councillor Mike Crosby, of 31 The Grove, Swanscombe, Kent DA10 OAD; notes that the Director of Finance for Dartford Borough Council has estimated the ultimate shortfall as a result of non-payment to be ??600,000, which has to be borne by those who paid on time; urges Councillor Crosby to apologise to the people of Dartford and to resign immediately from public life; and further, urgently requests the National Executive of the Labour Party to hold an inquiry into Councillor Crosby's political and public conduct with a view to his expulsion from the Labour Party.

That this House notes that community charge payers in the Borough of Dartford are each having to pay over ??14 extra on their current community charge bills, largely as a result of the 'can't pay, won't pay' campaign led by the left-wing member of the Dartford Borough Council, Councillor Mike...

That this House notes the recording of the first ever programme link-up between the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union on Monday 3rd June and its broadcast by Thames Television on Wednesday 5th June; notes the importance of television in developing and maintaining the principles of democratic participation throughout the world; and acknowledges that the programme is illustrative of the outstanding contribution made by Thames Television and other ITV companies to the development of innovative quality television for which Britain is renowned the world over.

That this House notes the recording of the first ever programme link-up between the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union on Monday 3rd June and its broadcast by Thames Television on Wednesday 5th June; notes the importance of television in developing and maintaining the principles of democratic...

That this House, whilst accepting the reluctance of the Leader of the Opposition to make his policies known, wishes to know what the standard rate of income tax would be under Labour.

That this House, whilst accepting the reluctance of the Leader of the Opposition to make his policies known, wishes to know what the standard rate of income tax would be under Labour.