Mr. Richard Shepherd, supported by Mr. Jonathan Aitken, Sir Nicholas Bonsor, Mr. Nicholas Fairbairn, Sir Ian Gilmour, Mr. Robin Squire, Mr. Teddy Taylor, Mr. Michael Foot, Mr. Merlyn Rees, Mr. Chris Smith, Dr. David Owen and Mr. Archy Kirkwood, presented a Bill to repeal section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 and to make new provision for the protection of official information and articles, for the publication of certain documents, and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 15 January and to be printed. [Bill 20].

Mr. Bill Walker, supported by Mr. Allan Stewart, Mr. John McFall, Mr. Henry McLeish, Mr. James Wallace, Mr. Alex Salmond, Sir Hector Monro, Mr. Roger Sims, and Mr. Nicholas Fairbairn, presented a Bill to make provision as to the definition of Scotch Whisky and as to the manufacture and sale of whisky, and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 11 December and to be printed. [Bill 21].

Mr. David Alton, supported by Mr. A. J. Beith, Sir Bernard Braine, Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours, Miss Janet Fookes, Mrs. Elaine Kellett Bowman, Dame Jill Knight, Mr. Seamus Mallon, Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock, Mr. Cyril Smith, Rev. Martin Smyth, and Mrs. Ann Winterton, presented a Bill to limit the period within pregnancy during which an abortion may be performed, subject to certain exceptions: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 22 January and to be printed. [Bill 22].

Mr. James Pawsey, supported by Sir Rhodes Boyson, Mr, Archy Kirkwood, Mr. Richard Page, Mr. Gerald Bowden, Mr. Robert N. Wareing, Mr. Frank Field, Mr. Phillip Oppenheim, Mr. Kenneth Hind, Mr. Edward Leigh, and Mr. David Ashby, presented a Bill to extend to consumers certain rights as regards agreements to refer future differences to arbitration and for purposes connected therewith: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 29 January and to be printed. [Bill 23].

Mr. Stephen Day, supported by Mr. Barry Sheerman, Mr. David Knox, Mr. Archy Kirkwood, Mr. Roger Moate, Mr. George Robertson, Sir Philip Goodhart, Mr. Eric Martlew, Mr. David Marshall and Mr. Ronnie Fearn, presented a Bill to make provision for the wearing of rear seat belts by children; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 5 February and to be printed. [Bill 24].

Mr. Andrew Stewart, supported by Mr. David Hams, Mr. Michael Lord, Mrs. Gillian Shephard, Mr. Greg Knight. Ms. Clare Short and Mr. Tim Boswell, presented a Bill to make provision for the punishment of persons who send or deliver letters or other articles for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 12 February and to be printed. [Bill 25].

Mr. Nicholas Soames, supported by Mr. Denis Howell, Mr. George Robertson, Mr. Archy Kirkwood, Sir Eldon Griffiths, Mr. Charles Morrison, Mr. Richard Holt, Mr. John Carlisle and Mr. Andrew MacKay, presented a Bill to exempt races, athletic sports and other sporting events from the entertainments and amusements to which the Sunday Observance Act 1780 applies and to allow betting to take place on Sunday afternoons on tracks and on certain Sunday afternoons in betting offices: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 29 January and to be printed. [Bill 26].

Miss Emma Nicholson, supported by Sir Richard Body, Mr. Menzies Campbell, Miss Janet Fookes, Mr. Michael Jopling, Mr. Charles Kennedy, Mr. Gerard Neale and Mr. Tony Speller, presented a Bill to regulate slaughterhouses and knackers' yards in connection with the slaughter of deer; to make provision for the welfare of deer at slaughter; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 11 December and to be printed. [Bill 27].

Mr. Chris Smith, supported by Mr. John Battle, Sir Richard Body, Mr. Sydney Chapman, Mr. Peter Hardy, Mr. Archy Kirkwood, Mr. Norman Miscampbell, Mr. Peter Pike, Mr. Allan Roberts, Mr. Dafydd Elis Thomas and Joan Walley, presented a Bill to establish public registers of certain notices served concerning health, safety and environmental protection; and for related purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 5 February and to be printed. [Bill 28].

Mr. Archy Kirkwood, supported by Mr. Jonathan Aitken, Mr. Jack Ashley, Mr. Frank Field, Mr. Charles Kennedy, Mr. Austin Mitchell, Mr. Chris Smith, Mr. Robin Squire and Mr. Dafydd Wigley, presented a Bill to establish a right of access by individuals to reports relating to themselves provided by medical practitioners for employment or insurance purposes and to make provision for related matters: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 12 February and to be printed. [Bill 29].

Mr. James Lamond, supported by Mr. Alfred Morris, Mr. Jack Ashley, Sir John Farr, Mr. Dafydd Wigley, Mr. Robert N. Wareing, Mr. Tom Clarke, Mr. Andrew F. Bennett and Mr. Ernie Ross, presented a Bill to amend Schedule 12 to the National Health Service Act 1977 and sections 70 and 105 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 to enable registered blind or partially sighted persons to obtain optical devices provided under the National Health Service free of charge: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 12 February and to be printed. [Bill 30].

Mr. John Browne, supported by Mr. Harry Cohen. Mr. A. J. Beith, Sir Bernard Braine, Mr. Churchill, Mr. John Hannam, Mr. Charles Kennedy, Mr. Sydney Chapman, Mr. Eric Forth, Mr. Brian Sedgemore, Emma Nicholson and Mr. Hugh Dykes, presented a Bill to enable a court to disqualify a person from having custody of an animal on a first conviction of cruelty; and to increase the penalties for offences relating to animal fights in England and Wales and to penalise attendance at such fights in Scotland: And the same was read the First time: and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 11 December and to be printed. [Bill 31].

Mr. Andrew MacKay, supported by Mr. George Gardiner, Mr John Cartwright, Mr. Stuart Bell, Mr. Michael Colvin, Mr. James Couchman, Mr. Gerald Bermingham, Mr. Richard Page, Mr. John M. Taylor and Mr. Nicholas Baker, presented a Bill to amend the definition of 'sale by retail' in section 201 of the Licensing Act 1964; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 11 December and to be printed. [Bill 32].

Mr. Brian Wilson, supported by Mr. Sam Galbraith, Mr. Donald Anderson, Mr. Charles Irving, Mr. Dafydd Wigley, Mr Ron Leighton, Mr. Chris Smith and Mr. Tom Cox, presented a Bill to update, strengthen and simplify the law and procedures relating to houses and buildings occupied by persons who do not form a single household; to define categories of such houses and provide standards to apply to them; to clarify the duty of owners of such houses to maintain those standards; to confer duties on local housing authorities to enforce the standards and assist improvements by grants; to extend and simplify local housing authorities' powers to make control orders and compulsory purchase orders on the ground of harassment; to increase occupiers' rights to initiate improvements and to be rehoused in certain circumstances; to repeal existing provisions relating to such houses; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 12 February and to be printed. [Bill 33].

Mrs. Ann Clwyd, supported by Mr. Merlyn Rees, Mr. Michael Foot, Mr. Norman Buchan, Mr. Roland Boyes, Mr. Dafydd Elis Thomas, Mr. Paddy Ashdown, Mr. Geraint Howells, Mr. Charles Kennedy, Mr. Robin Squire, Mr. Peter Temple-Morris and Mr. Roger Gale presented a Bill to give members of the public the right of reply to allegations made against them or to misreporting or misrepresentations about them in the Press or in broadcasts; to establish a Media Complaints Commission; to extend legal aid to actions for defamation; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 5 February and to be printed. [Bill 34].

Mr. Edward Leigh, supported by Sir John Biggs-Davison, Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours, Mrs. Elaine Kellett-Bowman, Mr. David Amess, Mr. Alan Amos, Mr. Nicholas Bennett, Mr. Julian Brazier, Mr. David Evennett and Mr. John Watts, presented a Bill to require, subject to certain exceptions, a medical practitioner treating a woman not resident in the United Kingdom for the termination of pregnancy to give notice of such treatment to a medical practitioner in the country in which she is ordinarily resident: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 29 January and to be printed. [Bill 35].

Mr. Kenneth Hind, supported by Mr. Ken Hargreaves, Dame Jill Knight, Sir Bernard Braine, Mrs. Elaine Kellett-Bowman, Mr. James Pawsey, Mrs. Ann Winterton, Mr. Henry Bellingham, Mr. Robert Hayward and Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock, presented a Bill to amend the law relating to human embryos produced by in vitro fertilisation, and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 22 January and to be printed. [Bill 36].

Mr. Donald Anderson, supported by Mr. Charles Irving, Mr. Tom Cox, Mr. David Knox, Mr. Chris Smith, Mr. Dafydd Wigley, Mr. Robin Squire and Mr. Ron Leighton presented a Bill to limit restrictions that can be imposed on access to and allocation from local authority housing lists; and to establish priority for certain persons: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 29 January and to be printed. [Bill 37].

Mr. Andrew Faulds presented a Bill to provide for access by the public to meetings of, and to certain documents and information relating to, Community Health Councils and committees of those Councils and for related purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 15 January and to be printed. [Bill 38].

Mr. Nicholas Winterton, supported by Sir Bernard Braine, Dame Jill Knight, Mr. Gordon Oakes, Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours, Mr. Cyril Smith, Mr. A. J. Beith, Mr. Ken Hargreaves, Mr. David Amess, Rev. Martin Smyth and Mrs. Ann Winterton presented a Bill to amend section 2 of the Abortion Act 1967: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 11 December and to be printed. [Bill 39].