That this House notes that a recent BBC2 nature programme, Secrets in the Sands, and the visit of a delegation of Maralinga Aborigines to London have drawn attention to the effects of the British atomic test programme in Australia at Maralinga and Emu between 1953 and 1963 on the Maralinga Aborigines; is seriously concerned about the deterioration of their health and cultural heritage as a result of being kept away from their traditional lands for 30 years after the commencement of the test programme and that a portion of their lands will remain dangerously contaminated by plutonium for the next 250,000 years; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to accept joint responsibility with the Australian Government for decontaminating the Maralinga lands so that they are in a fit state for Aboriginal habitation and further to compensate the Aborigines for the loss of any land which, on environmental grounds, cannot be safely decontaminated.

That this House notes that a recent BBC2 nature programme, Secrets in the Sands, and the visit of a delegation of Maralinga Aborigines to London have drawn attention to the effects of the British atomic test programme in Australia at Maralinga and Emu between 1953 and 1963 on the Maralinga...

That this House condemns the fact that the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the brutal military junta in Burma, has still not handed over power to the democratically-elected National League for Democracy who won 82 per cent. of the vote in the general election in Burma on 27th May 1990, that criticism of SLORC is an imprisonable offence and that the ex-Secretary of the NLD, Aung San Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, has now been under house arrest for more than two years; and further calls on Her Majesty's Government to continue to condemn SLORC, to support the Swedish-sponsored resolution at this year's United Nations General Assembly criticising Burma's human rights record and to call for the free and unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi.

That this House condemns the fact that the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the brutal military junta in Burma, has still not handed over power to the democratically-elected National League for Democracy who won 82 per cent. of the vote in the general election in Burma on 27th May...

That this House expresses its concern at the inadequacy of the A470 and A483 trunk roads through Mid-Wales; regrets the Welsh Office's lack of strategy for the development of these roads; deplores the failure to announce a starting date for the construction of the Welshpool relief road; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Wales to bring forward immediate plans to relieve the growing congestion caused by through traffic which is choking Newtown.

That this House expresses its concern at the inadequacy of the A470 and A483 trunk roads through Mid-Wales; regrets the Welsh Office's lack of strategy for the development of these roads; deplores the failure to announce a starting date for the construction of the Welshpool relief road; and calls upon...

That this House congratulates the Scotch whisky industry on its contribution to the United Kingdom economy, through export earnings abroad and Exchequer revenue at home; recognises the considerable employment provided by the industry in Scotland, particularly in rural areas; expresses serious concern at the discriminatory nature of excise duties on spirit drinks, whose present structure places Scotch whisky at a distinct competitive disadvantage, most notably with imported table wines and beer; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to commit itself to the gradual equalisation of excise duties on all alcoholic drinks on the basis of their alcoholic strength in order to eliminate damaging discrimination against the world's best-known spirit in its home market.

That this House congratulates the Scotch whisky industry on its contribution to the United Kingdom economy, through export earnings abroad and Exchequer revenue at home; recognises the considerable employment provided by the industry in Scotland, particularly in rural areas; expresses serious concern at the discriminatory nature of excise duties on...