That this House welcomes the decision of the United Nations general assembly to repeal the notorious U.N.G.A. Resolution 3379/75 of 10th November 1975, normally known as the 'Zionism is Racism' resolution; congratulates Her Majesty's Government for ensuring that that the United Kingdom voted for repeal, just as it originally voted against the 1975 resolution; thanks President Bush for leading the diplomatic activity which produced the repeal of that infamous slur on the Jewish people; but notes with regret that 25 nations voted against repeal, including such totalitarian dictatorships as Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea and Syria.

That this House welcomes the decision of the United Nations general assembly to repeal the notorious U.N.G.A. Resolution 3379/75 of 10th November 1975, normally known as the 'Zionism is Racism' resolution; congratulates Her Majesty's Government for ensuring that that the United Kingdom voted for repeal, just as it originally voted...

That this House notes with interest the re-election of President Hafez Al-Assad in an election in which he was unopposed and 6,727,992 citizens voted, being 99.14 per cent. of the electorate; notes that he received 6,726,843 votes, being 99.98 per cent. of the poll, with 396 votes against him and 753 spoilt papers; and hopes that the Syrian propaganda machine will hesitate before it lectures the West or Israel about democracy or liberty.

That this House notes with interest the re-election of President Hafez Al-Assad in an election in which he was unopposed and 6,727,992 citizens voted, being 99.14 per cent. of the electorate; notes that he received 6,726,843 votes, being 99.98 per cent. of the poll, with 396 votes against him and...

That this House notes with sadness the untimely death at the age of 35 on 5th December 1791 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose brilliant and beautiful music has given immense pleasure and spiritual refreshment to untold millions of people over two hundred years.

That this House notes with sadness the untimely death at the age of 35 on 5th December 1791 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose brilliant and beautiful music has given immense pleasure and spiritual refreshment to untold millions of people over two hundred years.

That this House deplores the abolition of Rutland County Council in 1974; welcomes the fact that boundary notices for the historic little county of Rutland proudly exist on roads coming into it and on the A1 road which goes through it; is glad that the existence of Rutland District Council, exactly coterminous with the boundaries of the county, means that the name Rutland is very much alive and in continuous daily use; hopes that any letter sent to an address in the little county will have the name Rutland on the envelope in large capital letters, accompanied temporarily if necessary by the name Leicestershire in much smaller letters, or better still by a post code only; and welcomes the prospect, under the new Local Government Bill (H.L), that Rutland will again be established as a unitary authority, to be called, naturally, Rutland County Council.

That this House deplores the abolition of Rutland County Council in 1974; welcomes the fact that boundary notices for the historic little county of Rutland proudly exist on roads coming into it and on the A1 road which goes through it; is glad that the existence of Rutland District Council,...

That this House notes that the Bolshevik revolution took place 74 years ago, representing the aspirations of Russian workers and peasants; recognises that this important historical event was subsequently betrayed by the Stalinist bureaucracy who executed most of the revolution's original leadership; and, learning the lessons of the Soviet experience, supports oppressed people everywhere who are fighting back against class injustice - especially in Britain.

That this House notes that the Bolshevik revolution took place 74 years ago, representing the aspirations of Russian workers and peasants; recognises that this important historical event was subsequently betrayed by the Stalinist bureaucracy who executed most of the revolution's original leadership; and, learning the lessons of the Soviet experience,...

That this House takes notes of the continued commitment and devotion shown by the people of the historic county of Rutland to their little county, despite its enforced incorporation within Leicestershire in 1974; welcomes the decision of the Secretary of State for the Environment to re-open this whole issue; believes that the most natural structure for the area would comprise a unitary authority for Leicester City within its existing boundaries, a unitary authority for Rutland, and a two-tier system for the rest of Leicestershire, involving the re-creation of Leicestershire County Council within its old boundaries and the retention of the district councils set up by the Local Government Act 1972; and looks forward to the day when the flag goes up at Catmose, Oakham, to celebrate the return of a unitary authority for Rutland, to be called, appropriately, Rutland County Council.

That this House takes notes of the continued commitment and devotion shown by the people of the historic county of Rutland to their little county, despite its enforced incorporation within Leicestershire in 1974; welcomes the decision of the Secretary of State for the Environment to re-open this whole issue; believes...

That this House warmly congratulates the BBC Monitoring Service at Caversham Park, whose daily summaries of world broadcasts have been an absolutely vital resource for studying and analysing the innumerable broadcasts in foreign languages relating to the Gulf war; and thanks all the staff for their efficient, professional and scrupulously factual work over many years and covering all parts of the world.

That this House warmly congratulates the BBC Monitoring Service at Caversham Park, whose daily summaries of world broadcasts have been an absolutely vital resource for studying and analysing the innumerable broadcasts in foreign languages relating to the Gulf war; and thanks all the staff for their efficient, professional and scrupulously...

That this House notes that on 5th February, an Israeli air attack on the Lebanon resulted in more deaths then the cumulative total of those killed by Scud attacks on Israel; and further notes that human life in the Lebanon is as sacred as human life in Israel.

That this House notes that on 5th February, an Israeli air attack on the Lebanon resulted in more deaths then the cumulative total of those killed by Scud attacks on Israel; and further notes that human life in the Lebanon is as sacred as human life in Israel.

That this House, if not Her Majesty's Government, is aware that the misguided rush to war in the Persian Gulf has created an almost impossible situation for Palestinians in the occupied territories subject to UN Resolutions 242 and 338; is embarrassed by the persistent justification of the new imperialism of this war as a fight for freedom and democracy whilst Palestinians are deprived of their elementary human rights by the Israeli occupying forces and subjected to 24 hour curfew with all the terrible consequences this implies for them and their children; will not accept as champions of a new international order and human rights those violators of international law in Grenada and Panama, who are also the protectors of Pol Pot, now embarked in a renewed attack on the long-suffering Cambodian people; demands that Her Majesty's Government and the European Community immediately take action to effectively protect the Palestinian people from further Israeli repression and to stop a war which only benefits the arms dealers, the Israeli extreme right and the energy wasteful in the world; demands also action against the murderous Pol Pot and his allies in Cambodia; and apologises to Arab and Muslim peoples and the caring Christians and Jews for the terrible consequences which will result from this war.

That this House, if not Her Majesty's Government, is aware that the misguided rush to war in the Persian Gulf has created an almost impossible situation for Palestinians in the occupied territories subject to UN Resolutions 242 and 338; is embarrassed by the persistent justification of the new imperialism of...

That this House awaits with interest the immediate summoning of the United Nations Security Council for the purpose of condemning the the Government of India for the violence and killings at Ayodhya during religious clashes between Hindus wishing to storm a Muslim mosque and police, who tried to prevent them with guns; and notes the total lack of interest displayed by the United Nations over the appalling deaths of large numbers of people recently arising out of the Indian Government's attempts to improve employment prospects for those of the lowest caste.

That this House awaits with interest the immediate summoning of the United Nations Security Council for the purpose of condemning the the Government of India for the violence and killings at Ayodhya during religious clashes between Hindus wishing to storm a Muslim mosque and police, who tried to prevent them...

That this House, deeply shocked by the massacre of more than 20 unarmed Palestinian demonstrators on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, conscious that a great many other Palestinians were wounded and maimed in the incident, aware that in the more than 1,000 days of the Intifada the Israeli Defence Forces have killed almost 1,000 Palestinians, mainly children and young teenagers and have wounded and maimed tens of thousands, again mainly children and young people, unreservedly condemns the killings in Jerusalem; deplores the continuing 'iron fist' policy of the Israeli occupiers; demands the release of the Palestinian leaders, including Feisal Husseini, held in prison after the massacre; and demands the United Nations Security Council convene itself as the International Peace Conference awaited so long and start the process of Israeli withdrawal from the territories acquired by force, the foundation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, and thus demobilise this the greatest threat to peace and stability in the Middle East.

That this House, deeply shocked by the massacre of more than 20 unarmed Palestinian demonstrators on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, conscious that a great many other Palestinians were wounded and maimed in the incident, aware that in the more than 1,000 days of the Intifada the Israeli Defence Forces have...

That this House notes the following news item headed 'School Stabbings' which appeared on page 10 of the Daily Telegraph of 17th July, two thirds of the way down column eight, namely 'four boys, aged six to eight, were stabbed by a woman at an Auckland Jewish school while she shouted anti-Jewish slogans. A woman of 52 was charged with attempted murder and remanded to a hospital'; notes that that incident received no mention at all in The Times, The Guardian or The Independent; and contrasts the tiny Press attention given to a brutal attack on Jewish children by an apparently deranged woman with the massive publicity given to the dreadful murder of seven Palestinians recently by an equally deranged Jew.

That this House notes the following news item headed 'School Stabbings' which appeared on page 10 of the Daily Telegraph of 17th July, two thirds of the way down column eight, namely 'four boys, aged six to eight, were stabbed by a woman at an Auckland Jewish school while she...

That this House notes and contrasts the comments of the Islamic Jihad movement, as reported on Al-Quds Palestinian Arab radio on 2nd July, calling on all heroic workers to mount operations to stab Soviet Jewish Immigrants with knives in order to confuse the enemy and sow fear in his ranks, with those of Mr Simcha Dinitz, Chairman of the Jewish Agency, as quoted on Voice of Israel on 25th June, that 65,000 immigrants had arrived in Israel since the previous April, 50,000 of them from the Soviet Union, but only 215 had settled in the administered, occupied territories; further notes the letter from Prime Minister Shamir to President Gorbachev and the speech by Housing Minister Sharon, both of which made it clear that Israel has no policy of settling immigrants outside the borders of pre-1967 Israel; and hopes that western Governments will now recognise that Arab criticism is fundamentally against any Jewish immigration to Israel proper, just as it is hostile to any such immigration of Jewish refugees from Hitler's barbarism to mandatory Palestine from 1920 to 1948.

That this House notes and contrasts the comments of the Islamic Jihad movement, as reported on Al-Quds Palestinian Arab radio on 2nd July, calling on all heroic workers to mount operations to stab Soviet Jewish Immigrants with knives in order to confuse the enemy and sow fear in his ranks,...

That this House, being aware that the Prime Minister, having achieved the status of the least active Prime Minister in the House for the last 120 years, is, nonetheless, affronted that the Right honourable Lady has failed to speak in any Commons debate, save for replies to the Gracious Speech, for over four years, has not made a speech in the Chamber of any kind since the reply to the Gracious Speech in the Autumn of 1989 and has, in the same period, continued to eschew attendance at public gatherings except on foreign soil; considers this high degree of insulation from critical scrutiny, organised by her public relations advisers, to be anti-democratic; and draws attention to this being the clearest indication yet of the lack of confidence in her leadership within the Conservative Party growing to match that of the public at large.

That this House, being aware that the Prime Minister, having achieved the status of the least active Prime Minister in the House for the last 120 years, is, nonetheless, affronted that the Right honourable Lady has failed to speak in any Commons debate, save for replies to the Gracious Speech,...

That this House notes that 5th December 1991 will be the two hundredth anniversary of the death of Mozart whose sublime musical genius has delighted and inspired millions of people; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to mark the bi-centenary of his death in some significant manner, such as directly sponsoring some concerts of his masterpieces in provincial cities throughout the United Kingdom and also pressing for wider European initiatives through the Council of Europe and the European Community such as the endowment of more musical scholarships or chairs of music at European universities, or the funding of annual Mozart festivals in European countries.

That this House notes that 5th December 1991 will be the two hundredth anniversary of the death of Mozart whose sublime musical genius has delighted and inspired millions of people; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to mark the bi-centenary of his death in some significant manner, such as directly...

That this House deplores the terrorist attack by the Palestine Liberation Front on the coast near Tel Aviv on 3rd May; notes with concern the statement to newspapers in Kuwait on 2nd June by Abu Al Abbas that that abortive terrorist attack had taken nearly three years to prepare and was the beginning of a series of operations; and finds it hard to reconcile such a violent incident, and the subsequent threats, with the stated intention of the Palestine Liberation Organisation of which the Palestine Liberation Front is part, to renounce terrorism.

That this House deplores the terrorist attack by the Palestine Liberation Front on the coast near Tel Aviv on 3rd May; notes with concern the statement to newspapers in Kuwait on 2nd June by Abu Al Abbas that that abortive terrorist attack had taken nearly three years to prepare and...

That this House notes the possibility of a visit by honourable Members to Iran, despite the disparaging comments about such a visit published in the Iranian daily newspapers Jomhuri-ye Eslami and Abrar on 27th May and by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament on 29th May; and is confident that all honourable Members who make such a visit will state unequivocally in Iran that: (a) the death threat to Mr Salman Rushdie must be totally withdrawn, (b) while Britain has every goodwill for Islam and respect for Islamic beliefs the conditions relating to Mr Rushdie imposed by the Iranian Parliament are totally unacceptable and (c) Iran should bring about the release of Mr Cooper and the British hostages in Lebanon immediately and without any pre-conditions.

That this House notes the possibility of a visit by honourable Members to Iran, despite the disparaging comments about such a visit published in the Iranian daily newspapers Jomhuri-ye Eslami and Abrar on 27th May and by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament on 29th May; and is confident that...

That this House notes that Iranian spokesmen, Government-controlled media and leading figures such as Hussein Musavian, President Ayatollah Khamene'i and President Hashemi-Rafsanjani, were reported on 16th, 27th, 30th and 31st May, and 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th June in the BBC's Summaries of World Broadcasts either as re-affirming the instruction to murder Mr Salman Rushdie, issued by the late Ayatollah Khomeini, or else as reaffirming the totally unacceptable conditions relating to Mr Rushdie of the Iranian Parliament; notes in particular the denial by Mr Musavian of the article in The Sunday Times on 3rd June, the speech by Mr Khamene'i in which he said that the decree for the execution of Salman Rushdie stands firm and cannot be altered and the punishment must be carried out, and the press conference by Mr Rafsanjani in which he said that nobody could withdraw the verdict of God on Mr Rushdie, as pronounced by the late Mr Khomeini; and insists that the threat to Mr Rushdie must be unequivocally and totally withdrawn, and the innocent British hostages released unconditionally, before there can be any question of normal relations between the United Kingdom and Iran.

That this House notes that Iranian spokesmen, Government-controlled media and leading figures such as Hussein Musavian, President Ayatollah Khamene'i and President Hashemi-Rafsanjani, were reported on 16th, 27th, 30th and 31st May, and 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th June in the BBC's Summaries of World Broadcasts either as re-affirming the instruction...

That this House notes that on 16th May The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran radio station quoted the Minister of State at the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs as having expressed his happiness about the satisfactory state of human rights in Iran; would be very surprised if the Irish Minister had said any such thing; and notes the claim on an Iranian opposition radio station on 1st June that 17 Kurdish people had been executed by the Iranian regime, after being arrested at May Day ceremonies.

That this House notes that on 16th May The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran radio station quoted the Minister of State at the Irish Ministry of Foreign Affairs as having expressed his happiness about the satisfactory state of human rights in Iran; would be very surprised if the...

That this House notes the decision of the Iranian Parliament on 16th May to approve a new law that anyone found guilty of fradulent distortion of, or tampering with, the works of the late Mr Khomeini should be sentenced to prison for six months to three years, or to corporal punishment of 35 to 74 lashes, together with a 50,000 to 500, 000 rials fine, or both; and regrets that such barbarous penalties can be contemplated in 1990.

That this House notes the decision of the Iranian Parliament on 16th May to approve a new law that anyone found guilty of fradulent distortion of, or tampering with, the works of the late Mr Khomeini should be sentenced to prison for six months to three years, or to corporal...