Commons Sitting of 20 July 1987 Series 6 Vol. 120

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  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
        2. cc1-3
      1. Road Safety Publicity 535 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Drink-Driving Campaign 623 words
        3. c4
      3. North Devon Link Road 219 words
        4. cc4-5
      4. Children's Fares 433 words
        5. cc5-6
      5. Bus Deregulation 602 words
        6. cc6-7
      6. Channel Tunnel 384 words
        7. cc7-8
      7. Heavy Traffic (London) 681 words
        8. cc8-10
      8. Air Fares and Routes (Deregulation) 737 words
        9. cc10-1
      9. Local Authority Airports 557 words
        10. c11
      10. Uninsured Drivers 204 words
        11. cc11-3
      11. Roads Programme 693 words
        12. c13
      12. Routes and Road Improvement 126 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
        3. cc13-4
      1. State Security 441 words
        2. cc14-5
      2. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 401 words
        3. cc15-6
      3. Official Secrets Act 783 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
        4. c17
      1. Aid-Trade Provision 397 words
        2. cc17-8
      2. Refugees (UN Aid) 309 words
        3. cc18-9
      3. UN Children's Fund 263 words
        4. c19
      4. Developing Countries (Aid) 379 words
        5. cc19-20
      5. Aid Statistics 290 words
        6. c20
      6. African Agriculture 204 words
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  4. Mr. Peter Wright (Memoirs) 617 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. c23
    1. Finance Bill 3 words
  6. New Clause 1
      7. cc23-42
    1. TRANSFER PAYMENTS AND PRESERVED BENEFITS 12,178 words
  7. New Clause 3
      8. cc42-113
    1. PERMITTED EXCESS OF THE FUND 41,555 words, 1 division
      2. cc114-36
    2. Rate Support Grant (Scotland) 12,899 words, 1 division
      3. cc137-61
    3. Rate Reduction (Lothian Region) 13,612 words, 1 division
      4. cc162-82
    4. Rate Reduction (Edinburgh District) 11,311 words, 1 division
      5. cc183-8
    5. Opren 2,581 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 July 1987 Series 6 Vol. 120

  1. PRIME MINISTER
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    1. Middle East 119 words
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    2. Blowpipe Missiles 58 words
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    3. Europe (Department of State) 30 words
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    4. Mr. David Walker 50 words
      5. cc1-2W
    5. Telecommunications 202 words
      6. cc2-3W
    6. Research Development 395 words
  2. EMPLOYMENT
      3. c3W
    1. Expats International Ltd. (Correspondence) 154 words
      2. cc3-5W
    2. Small Businesses 998 words
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    3. Jobstart 88 words
      4. cc5-6W
    4. YTS (Chelmsford) 142 words
      5. cc6-8W
    5. Labour Statistics 1,070 words
      6. cc8-9W
    6. Disabled Employees (Adaptation of Premises) 126 words
      7. c9W
    7. Disabled Persons (Training) 166 words
      8. c9W
    8. Construction Workers (Training) 120 words
      9. cc9-10W
    9. National Dock Labour Scheme 69 words
      10. c10W
    10. Job Vacancies 84 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      4. c10W
    1. Payroll Giving 179 words
      2. cc10-1W
    2. Widows' Pensions 234 words
  4. WALES
      5. c11W
    1. Mentally Disabled Persons 232 words
      2. c11W
    2. Elderly Persons (Accommodation) 86 words
      3. cc11-2W
    3. Nursing and Residential Homes 350 words
      4. cc12-3W
    4. Disabled Persons (Higher Education) 269 words
      5. c13W
    5. Schools (Financial Delegation) 79 words
      6. c13W
    6. Open Enrolment 101 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      6. c13W
    1. EC Treaties 115 words
      2. cc13-6W
    2. UNESCO 1,321 words
      3. cc16-7W
    3. Middle East 53 words
      4. c17W
    4. Zambia 115 words
      5. c17W
    5. Mr. David Walker 110 words
      6. c17W
    6. Mohammad Jamail Khan 56 words
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    7. Pankajbhai Bhagubhai Patel 65 words
  6. THE ARTS
      7. c18W
    1. North West Arts Association 49 words
      2. c18W
    2. Museums and Galleries 157 words
  7. CIVIL SERVICE
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    1. Recruitment 121 words
      2. cc18-9W
    2. Departmental Staff (Statistics) 68 words
  8. ENERGY
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    1. Hinkley Point (Reactor) 83 words
      2. c19W
    2. Sellafield Reprocessing Plant 114 words
      3. cc19-20W
    3. Nuclear Safety 479 words
      4. c20W
    4. Magnox Nuclear Reactors 143 words
      5. cc20-1W
    5. Electricity Industry Staff (South Africa) 54 words
  9. VERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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    1. Developing Countries (Debt Repayment) 43 words
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    2. Aid Programme 108 words
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    3. India 45 words
      4. c21W
    4. Aid (Voluntary Agencies) 80 words
      5. cc21-2W
    5. Tanzania 87 words
      6. c22W
    6. Women (Third World) 75 words
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    7. Overseas Civil Service (Pensions) 88 words
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    8. UNICEF (Immunisation Programme). 151 words
      9. cc22-3W
    9. Health Care and Community Rehabilitation (Third World) 70 words
      10. c23W
    10. Homeless Persons 229 words
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    11. Education Projects 95 words
      12. cc23-4W
    12. Minister's Speech (Printing Costs) 73 words
      13. cc24-5W
    13. Overseas Aid 651 words
      14. cc25-6W
    14. Agricultural Development 279 words
      15. cc26-9W
    15. UNICEF 1,150 words
  10. TRANSPORT
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    1. Waterloo Station (Channel Tunnel) 107 words
      2. c29W
    2. British Rail (Fares Policy) 164 words
      3. cc29-30W
    3. Drink-Driving 69 words
      4. c30W
    4. British Airports Authority 117 words
      5. c30W
    5. Lorry Ban (London) 61 words
      6. c30W
    6. London Underground 93 words
      7. c30W
    7. British Rail (Procurement Policy) 57 words
      8. cc30-1W
    8. Ardley (Motorway Services Area) 86 words
      9. c31W
    9. London Boroughs (TSG) 44 words
      10. c31W
    10. West Yorkshire PTA 57 words
      11. cc31-2W
    11. Dornoch Firth (Rail Crossing) 444 words
      12. c32W
    12. Air Transport (Europe) 104 words
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    13. Lighthouse Services (United Kingdom) 81 words
      14. cc32-3W
    14. Road Casualties (London) 353 words
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    15. Bradford-Leeds (Electrification) 45 words
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    16. A1 (Doncaster-Scotch Corner) 103 words
      17. c33W
    17. Taxi and Private-hire Drivers (Safety) 70 words
      18. cc33-4W
    18. Traffic Congestion (London) 114 words
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    19. Bypasses 63 words
      20. c34W
    20. Air Fares Policy (Europe) 59 words
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    21. BR (Electrification) 52 words
      22. cc34-5W
    22. Air Fares (Deregulation) 78 words
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    23. New Road Schemes 50 words
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    24. British Rail (Trackside Environment) 58 words
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    25. Light Dues 98 words
      26. cc35-6W
    26. Settle-Carlisle Railway 163 words
      27. c36W
    27. Air Traffic Controllers (Staffing Levels) 27 words
      28. c36W
    28. Channel Tunnel 201 words
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    29. DVLC 26 words
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    30. Passenger Services (Privatisation) 53 words
      31. cc36-7W
    31. Pensioners' Travel Passes (London) 65 words
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    32. Concessionary Bus Travel 126 words
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    33. Maritime Safety 62 words
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    34. BR (Policy Directives) 63 words
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    35. Eurotunnel 156 words
      36. cc37-8W
    36. British Rail 206 words
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    37. Orange Badge Scheme 42 words
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    38. Vehicles (Window Signs) 64 words
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    39. Pavement Parking 79 words
      40. cc38-9W
    40. Traffic Projections 180 words
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    41. Transport Expertise 102 words
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    42. Driving Tests 89 words
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    43. Motorists (Eyesight Requirement) 82 words
      44. cc39-40W
    44. Motor Cyclists (Leg Injuries) 291 words
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    45. Car Registrations 56 words
      46. cc40-1W
    46. CAA (Occurrence Report) 273 words
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    47. Railway Line Management 143 words
      48. cc41-2W
    48. Light Aircraft Crash (Inquest) 219 words
      49. c42W
    49. Civil Aviation Regulations 123 words
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    50. Ormskirk-Southport Road (Bypass) 67 words
      51. c42W
    51. Mersey Barrage 89 words
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    52. A30 92 words
      53. cc42-3W
    53. Contaminated Soil (Storage) 54 words
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    54. Casualty Costs 84 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
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    1. Arts 55 words
      2. c43W
    2. Devolution 95 words
      3. cc43-4W
    3. Maghaberry Prison (Strip Searches) 330 words
      4. c44W
    4. Security Statistics 49 words
      5. c44W
    5. Emergency Legislation 153 words
      6. c44W
    6. Private Security Business 107 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
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    1. Peter Wright 103 words
      2. c45W
    2. Judges 316 words
      3. cc45-6W
    3. Polling Registers 329 words
      4. cc46-7W
    4. Publicity (Departmental Expenditure) 123 words
      5. cc47-52W
    5. Crown Prosecution Service 2,076 words
      6. c52W
    6. Solicitors and Barristers (Training Courses) 131 words
      7. c52W
    7. Committal Papers 140 words
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    8. Magistrates' Courts (Agents) 102 words
      9. cc52-3W
    9. Case Papers 82 words
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    10. Land Registry 51 words
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    11. Mr. David Walker 61 words
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    12. Family Law Reform Act 1987 108 words
      13. cc53-4W
    13. Offences against the Person Act 1861 156 words
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    14. Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 58 words
  13. HOME DEPARTMENT
      14. c54W
    1. Extradition 92 words
      2. c54W
    2. Official Secrets Act 33 words
      3. cc54-5W
    3. Electoral Registration 341 words
      4. c55W
    4. Economic League 77 words
      5. cc55-6W
    5. Prevention of Terrorism 507 words
      6. c56W
    6. Durham Prison 190 words
      7. cc56-7W
    7. Passports 268 words
      8. cc57-8W
    8. Prisoners (Police Cells) 292 words
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    9. Terrorism 94 words
      10. c58W
    10. South African Embassy 140 words
      11. cc58-9W
    11. Prisons (Pregnant Women) 208 words
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    12. Animal Welfare 156 words
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    13. Police Stations (Leicestershire) 122 words
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    14. Police Forces (Exchange of Information) 145 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      15. c60W
    1. Cold Water Fibrosis 142 words
      2. c60W
    2. Seagoing Commercial Fishing Vessels 293 words
      3. cc60-1W
    3. Agricultural Policy 62 words
      4. c61W
    4. Shellfish 95 words
      5. cc61-2W
    5. EC Food Statistics 296 words
      6. c62W
    6. Food Labelling 112 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
      16. c62W
    1. Divorce 72 words
      2. cc62-3W
    2. Health Authorities 500 words
      3. c63W
    3. Multiple Sclerosis (Exhibition) 72 words
      4. c63W
    4. Mr. Ben Rose 67 words
      5. cc63-4W
    5. Data Network (Departmental Integration) 135 words
      6. c64W
    6. Government Data Network 128 words
      7. c64W
    7. Departmental Staff 153 words
      8. c64W
    8. Terrence Higgins Trust 77 words
      9. cc64-5W
    9. Repetitive Strain Injury 140 words
      10. c65W
    10. AIDS 74 words
      11. c65W
    11. Fraudulent Claims 53 words
      12. c65W
    12. In-patients (Treatment Waiting Time) 76 words
      13. cc65-6W
    13. Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers 333 words
      14. c66W
    14. Edinburgh Social Security Appeals Tribunal 124 words
      15. cc66-7W
    15. Mixed Sex Wards 67 words
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    16. Invalid Care Allowance 150 words
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    17. Clinical Waste 91 words
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    18. Overseas Pensioners 114 words
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    19. Consultant Contracts 39 words
      20. cc67-8W
    20. Liverpool Royal Infirmary 45 words
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    21. Benefits 269 words
      22. c68W
    22. Derriford Hospital, Plymouth 72 words
      23. cc68-9W
    23. Pathologists, Torbay 89 words
      24. c69W
    24. Single Payments 203 words
      25. c69W
    25. Transplant Surgery 102 words
      26. cc69-70W
    26. Hospitals (Manchester) 293 words
      27. c70W
    27. Elderly People (London) 111 words
      28. cc70-1W
    28. London 267 words
      29. c71W
    29. Motor Cyclists (Injuries) 73 words
      30. c71W
    30. Child Benefit 128 words
  16. NATIONAL FINANCE
      17. cc71-2W
    1. VAT 306 words
      2. cc72-3W
    2. Small Businesses 452 words
      3. c73W
    3. Intestacy 186 words
      4. cc73-4W
    4. Civil Servants (Hours of Work) 148 words
      5. c74W
    5. Economic and Finance Council Meeting 162 words
      6. c74W
    6. Child Minding (Tax Relief) 68 words
      7. c74W
    7. Members' Income 64 words
      8. cc74-5W
    8. Income Tax 180 words
      9. c75W
    9. Coinage 140 words
      10. c75W
    10. Unemployment (Cost) 62 words
      11. cc75-6W
    11. European Commission Budget 253 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. c76W
    1. War Criminals (Extradition) 62 words
      2. c76W
    2. Caterpillar Tractor Company Ltd. 71 words
      3. c76W
    3. Pension Fund Assets 36 words
      4. cc76-7W
    4. Museums and Galleries 683 words
      5. c77W
    5. Forfar Bypass 141 words
      6. c77W
    6. Local Authority Housebuilding 53 words
      7. c77W
    7. Nursery Education 50 words
      8. cc77-8W
    8. Western Islands Council 97 words
  18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      19. c78W
    1. ILEA (Resignations and Retirements) 73 words
      2. c78W
    2. Research 54 words
      3. cc78-9W
    3. Four-term School Year 106 words
      4. c79W
    4. League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers 83 words
      5. c79W
    5. Teachers 79 words
      6. c79W
    6. Head Teachers (Wythenshawe) 64 words
      7. c79W
    7. Marine Technology Research Unit, Bangor 96 words
      8. cc79-80W
    8. Children (Special Education Needs) 400 words
      9. cc80-1W
    9. Disabled Persons (Higher Education) 234 words
      10. c81W
    10. Curriculum 171 words
      11. c81W
    11. Schools (London) 51 words
      12. cc81-2W
    12. Education Bill (Consultation Papers) 126 words
      13. c82W
    13. School Meals (London) 95 words
      14. c82W
    14. Research Councils 222 words
      15. cc82-3W
    15. School Budgets 148 words
  19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      20. c83W
    1. Jaguar Cars 143 words
      2. c83W
    2. Consumer Protection Act 1987 99 words
      3. cc83-4W
    3. Furniture (Code of Practice) 467 words
      4. cc84-5W
    4. Furniture (Imports) 340 words
      5. c85W
    5. Postal Conventions (Soviet Violations) 75 words
      6. cc85-6W
    6. Research and Development (Funding) 210 words
      7. c86W
    7. Printing and Publishing (Exports) 107 words
      8. c86W
    8. Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America 104 words
      9. cc86-7W
    9. Pharmaceuticals 118 words
      10. c87W
    10. Japanese Investment 144 words
      11. c87W
    11. Textile and Clothing Imports 82 words
      12. cc87-8W
    12. Trade Names 81 words
      13. c88W
    13. Regional Selective Assistance (South-West) 161 words
      14. cc88-9W
    14. Semiconductors 389 words
      15. c89W
    15. Newspaper Distribution 68 words
      16. c89W
    16. British Airways (Share Dealings) 75 words
      17. cc89-90W
    17. Telecommunications Projects (Pacific Basin) 116 words
      18. c90W
    18. British Airways and British Caledonian 134 words
      19. c90W
    19. Joint Textile Committee 40 words
      20. c90W
    20. Press and Public Relations (Expenditure) 82 words
  20. DEFENCE
      21. cc90-1W
    1. Defence Exports Services Organisation 169 words
      2. cc91-2W
    2. Official Visits Abroad 866 words
      3. cc92-3W
    3. Procurement Division 107 words
      4. c93W
    4. Army Cataloguing Authority 65 words
      5. c93W
    5. Security Forces (Northern Ireland) 289 words
      6. c93W
    6. RAF Boulmer 40 words
      7. cc93-4W
    7. Exercises 182 words
      8. cc94-6W
    8. Armed Forces Training (Radioactivity) 879 words
      9. c96W
    9. Nuclear Accident Response Organisation 325 words
      10. cc96-7W
    10. Uranium 119 words
      11. c97W
    11. Nuclear Emergency Team, St. Athan 61 words
      12. c97W
    12. Exercise Senator 112 words
      13. c97W
    13. Warrant Officer Ross 61 words
      14. cc97-8W
    14. RAF Bases (Fire Service) 211 words
      15. c98W
    15. Exercise Purple Warrior 226 words
  21. ENVIRONMENT
      22. cc98-100W
    1. Small Businesses 594 words
      2. c100W
    2. Home Insulation 56 words
      3. c100W
    3. National Mobility Scheme 193 words
      4. c100W
    4. Private Rented Sector 112 words
      5. cc100-1W
    5. Water Authorities 74 words
      6. c101W
    6. Nugee Report 53 words
      7. c101W
    7. Rating Reform 88 words
      8. cc101-3W
    8. Housing Statistics 856 words
      9. c103W
    9. Homelessness 93 words
      10. c103W
    10. Smith Houses 126 words
      11. cc103-4W
    11. Bathing Areas 181 words
      12. c104W
    12. Panel System Buildings 282 words
      13. cc104-5W
    13. Thamesmead 223 words
      14. c105W
    14. Water Pollution 115 words
      15. cc105-6W
    15. Canary Wharf 212 words
      16. c106W
    16. Furniture, Fittings and Equipment 98 words
      17. c106W
    17. Ealing 75 words
      18. c106W
    18. Local Authorities (Tendering) 56 words
      19. c106W
    19. Richmond Terrace 186 words
      20. cc106-7W
    20. Direct Labour Organisations 61 words
      21. c107W
    21. Councils (Freedom of City) 108 words
      22. c107W
    22. Inner Area Programmes 116 words
      23. cc107-8W
    23. Rate Capping 39 words
      24. c108W
    24. Publicity (Departmental Expenditure) 188 words
      25. c108W
    25. Endangered Species 101 words