Includes: an essay by NK for the 1992 Parliamentary Desk Diary on the role of Parliament; speech in response to a NATO summit on co-operative European security; speeches on the negotiations for the Maastricht Treaty, particularly on economic and monetary union and the Social Charter; speeches on the build-up to the General Election, including the London campaign; speech in tribute to [Bruce] Bernard Weatherill on his retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons; statement for a debate on the Gulf War; statement for a no confidence motion on the Poll Tax. Other subjects include: community care; the recession.