Andrew George

That this House notes that whilst second home owners enjoy a 50 per cent. council tax discount at an annual cost to the taxpayer of ú168 million, many thousands of disadvantaged permanent occupants of mobile homes pay a council tax for a property band up to four times their marke

10 May 2000

That this House welcomes the news of the report on policing in rural areas produced by ORH Limited; notes its conclusion that it takes a police officer in a rural area three times as long to reach the scene of a crime or incident as a police officer in an urban area; further ackn

9 May 2000

That this House notes that £3.3 billion of taxpayers' money has been spent on the Jubilee Line extension to the London Underground; believes that public transport facilities should be accessible to all members of society; deplores the fact that, since its re-opening, the District

30 Mar 2000

leave out from beginning to end of line 6 and add 'recognises that some regions do not coincide with the boundaries of central government defined regions which were designed for administrative convenience rather than to reflect regional identity; and welcomes efforts to enable re

7 Mar 2000

That this House recognises that fishing has the worst industrial safety record in the United Kingdom, with proportionately more lives lost in the industry than in any other; further recognises that recent tragedies bring into sharp focus the need for more effective preventative m

7 Mar 2000

That this House notes with concern the displacement of some indigenous and other local peoples from their lands in Africa and that this has also occurred in some locations of UK Government and NGO-funded conservation initiatives; further notes that mining, tourism, poaching, hunt

29 Feb 2000

That this House deplores the unacceptable level of violence against women, and believes that a thorough review of civil and criminal law is needed to ensure that violent men are prevented from tracing their former partners and then assaulting and killing them; believes that this

24 Nov 1999

That this House supports the case being made by Gorsedd Kernow, Cussel an Tavas Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek, Agan Tavas, Dalleth, Kesva an Taves Kernewek and the Cornish Committee of the European Bureau for Lesser Used Languages, for Her Majesty's Government's recognition of the Co

8 Jul 1999

at end add 'providing that the rights and traditions of local indigenous populations are properly respected.'.

23 Jun 1999

at end add 'and elsewhere.'.

13 May 1999