Commons Sitting of 9 December 1968 Series 5 Vol. 775

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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. Breathalysers (Random Tests) 407 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Cars (Design) 238 words
        3. c4
      3. Speed Limits 119 words
        4. cc4-5
      4. London Transport (Local Government Control) 215 words
        5. c5
      5. Commercial Vehicles (Testing and Plating) 226 words
        6. cc5-6
      6. Bus Fares (North-East Essex) 151 words
        7. cc6-7
      7. Foreign Lorries (Insurance and Licensing) 196 words
        8. cc7-8
      8. National Freight Corporation 459 words
        9. cc8-9
      9. British Waterways Employees (Conditions of Employment) 209 words
        10. cc9-11
      10. British Standard Time Act 819 words
    2. ROADS
        3. cc11-2
      1. Portsmouth (North-South Road) 138 words
        2. c12
      2. South Coast Road 140 words
        3. cc12-3
      3. Merseyside Area (Land Use/Transportation Study) 265 words
        4. cc13-4
      4. Channel Bridge 350 words
        5. cc14-6
      5. Channel Tunnel 684 words
        6. cc16-9
      6. Tolls 852 words
        7. c19
      7. Motorways (Crash Barriers and Anti-Dazzle Screens) 247 words
        8. cc19-21
      8. M6 Motorway 541 words
        9. cc21-2
      9. Bridge Building Plans 337 words
        10. cc22-3
      10. Hull (Road Communications) 194 words
        11. cc23-4
      11. Humber Bridge 285 words
        12. cc24-5
      12. Property, Greater London (Proposed Motorway Box) 344 words
        13. c25
      13. Tibbets Corner, Putney Heath 149 words
        14. cc25-6
      14. Trunk Roads (London) 225 words
        15. c26
      15. London-Portsmouth Road 173 words
        16. cc26-7
      16. Traffic Signs 273 words
        17. cc27-8
      17. Greater London (Christmas Parking Arrangements) 159 words
        18. cc28-9
      18. Mersey (Wallasey-Liverpool Tunnel) 288 words
    3. RAILWAYS
        4. c29
      1. Towns (Barrier Crossings) 169 words
        2. cc29-30
      2. Public Highways (Level Crossings) 156 words
        3. cc30-1
      3. Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool Areas 262 words
        4. cc31-2
      4. Football Special Trains (Damage) 320 words
        5. cc32-3
      5. South-East Transport Users' Consultative Committee 462 words
        6. cc33-4
      6. Public Roads (Unmanned Crossings) 218 words
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      7. Cambridge-St. Ives Line 200 words
    4. PORTS
        5. cc34-5
      1. Nationalisation (White Paper) 326 words
    cc35-8
  4. CURRENCY SPECULATION (WRITTEN ANSWERS) 868 words
    5. cc38-9
  5. GENOCIDE BILL [Lords] 50 words
    6. cc39-155
  6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (RATE SUPPORT GRANT) 44,127 words
    7. cc156-67
  7. SPECIAL ROADS (CLASSES OF TRAFFIC) 4,323 words
    8. cc167-74
  8. WATER SUPPLIES (CANTERBURY) 2,540 words
    9. cc175-80
  9. NARBOROUGH RAILWAY STATION 2,072 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 December 1968 Series 5 Vol. 775

  1. TRANSPORT
      2. c1W
    1. Power-Operated Wheel-Chairs 49 words
      c1W
    2. Vehicles (Carbon Monoxide Emissions) 181 words
      c1W
    3. Lower Peak Forest Canal 95 words
      cc1-2W
    4. Motor Vehicles (Mud Flaps) 74 words
      c2W
    5. Accident Statistics 81 words
      cc2-3W
    6. Vehicle Licensing, Sunderland 104 words
      cc3-4W
    7. Continental Goods Vehicles (Quality and Quantity Licensing) 291 words
      c4W
    8. Motor Car Seat Belts 116 words
      c4W
    9. Driving Test Fees (Refunds) 94 words
      c4W
    10. Driving Tests (Scope) 48 words
      cc4-5W
    11. Liverpool and Leeds Canal 323 words
      cc5-6W
    12. National Freight Corporation (Headquarters) 57 words
  2. ROADS
      3. c6W
    1. A4 (Fatal Accidents) 82 words
      c6W
    2. Expenditure 62 words
      cc6-7W
    3. A19, Durham (Improvement Programme) 104 words
      c7W
    4. Great Yarmouth (Road Programme) 86 words
      c7W
    5. Lewes Relief Road 177 words
      cc7-8W
    6. Humber-Doncaster By-pass 60 words
      c8W
    7. Winchester (Improvement Schemes) 73 words
      c8W
    8. Hampsthwaite-Leathley Road 151 words
      cc8-9W
    9. Dawes Green and Leigh, Surrey (Speed Limit) 90 words
      c9W
    10. North Relief Road, Waltham Abbey 88 words
      c9W
    11. School Crossing Patrol Signs 105 words
      cc9-10W
    12. Warning Signs (Distances) 80 words
      c10W
    13. Lutterworth Road, Blaby, Leicestershire 76 words
      c10W
    14. Road Accidents (Excessive Drinking) 111 words
      c10W
    15. Morpeth By-Pass 77 words
      cc10-1W
    16. Toll Bridge Approach Roads (Capital Cost) 83 words
  3. RAILWAYS
      4. c11W
    1. Socially Desirable Services (Criteria) 100 words
      cc11-2W
    2. Passenger Services, Nottingham Area 103 words
      c12W
    3. Non-Standard Containers 114 words
      c12W
    4. Mid-Wales Service (Closure Proposal) 111 words
      cc12-3W
    5. Exeter-Okehampton Service 107 words
      c13W
    6. British Railways Administrative Offices (Proposed Reorganisation) 92 words
      c13W
    7. Managerial Appointments 79 words
      cc13-4W
    8. Mid-Hampshire Line (Proposed Passenger Census) 66 words
      c14W
    9. Electrification (Wales) 21 words
      c14W
    10. Railways Stations (Taxis) 52 words
      c14W
    11. Hull-Bridlington-Filey-Scarborough Line 74 words
      c14W
    12. Freight Train Derailments 74 words
      cc14-5W
    13. Electrification 60 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      5. c15W
    1. Passport Details (Colour of Hair) 106 words
      c15W
    2. Gibraltar 76 words
      cc15-6W
    3. Falkland Islands 138 words
      c16W
    4. Rhodesia 110 words
      cc16-7W
    5. Dependent Territories 223 words
      c17W
    6. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Letter 121 words
      cc17-8W
    7. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Public Discussion) 91 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY
      6. c18W
    1. Supermarkets (Prices) 108 words
      c18W
    2. Arley and Kingsbury Collieries (Closure) 56 words
      cc18-9W
    3. Employment (Scotland) 364 words
      cc19-20W
    4. Unemployment (Gainsborough) 297 words
      cc20-1W
    5. Wages (Scotland) 109 words
      c21W
    6. Wages and Salaries (Incomes Policy) 164 words
      cc21-2W
    7. Agricultural Training Board 111 words
      c22W
    8. Government Training Centres 216 words
      cc22-3W
    9. Unemployment (Numbers) 149 words
      cc23-4W
    10. Industrial Safety (Joint Consultation) 252 words
      c24W
    11. Gas Industry (Salaries) 114 words
      cc24-5W
    12. Unemployment (Batley and Morley) 213 words
      c25W
    13. Equal Pay (Scotland) 33 words
      c25W
    14. British Standard Time 45 words
      cc25-6W
    15. Statutory Appointments 165 words
      c26W
    16. Development Commission and N.E.D. Office (Staffs) 39 words
      c26W
    17. Commonwealth Immigrants 85 words
  6. SOCIAL SERVICES
      7. c26W
    1. Disablement (1971 Census) 80 words
      cc26-7W
    2. Retirement Pensioners (Television Licences) 72 words
      c27W
    3. Retirement Pension and Supplementary Benefits 137 words
      cc27-8W
    4. Supplementary Benefits and Social Welfare Benefits (Entitlement) 116 words
      c28W
    5. KH3 Capsules (Procaine Hydrochloride) 120 words
      c28W
    6. Aids for the Disabled 66 words
      cc28-9W
    7. Prescription Charges 177 words
      c29W
    8. Seamless Surgical Footwear (Research) 72 words
      c29W
    9. Part-Time Nurses (Superannuation) 57 words
      cc29-30W
    10. Surgical Shoes (Supply) 73 words
      c30W
    11. Strikes (Supplementary Benefit Payments) 51 words
      c30W
    12. War Pensions (Unemployability Supplements) 94 words
      cc30-1W
    13. National Insurance and Selective Employment Tax Contributions (Adhesive Stamps) 97 words
      c31W
    14. Social Security (White Paper) 65 words
      c31W
    15. Occupational Pensioners (Unemployment Benefit) 136 words
  7. HOSPITALS
      8. cc31-2W
    1. New Building (South-East Metropolitan Regional Board) 98 words
      c32W
    2. Coventry Hospital, Wallsgrave 94 words
      c32W
    3. Nuneaton 88 words
      cc32-3W
    4. Consultants (Distinction Awards) 166 words
      c33W
    5. Consultant Posts 68 words
      c33W
    6. Nursing Staff (Working Conditions) 74 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
      9. cc33-4W
    1. Plain Clothes Police (Powers) 80 words
      c34W
    2. Excessive Drinking (Offences) 39 words
  9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      10. c34W
    1. Racehorse Sales (Purchase Tax) 29 words
      c34W
    2. Foreign Exchange Offences 93 words
      cc34-5W
    3. Salaried Appointments 55 words
      cc35-7W
    4. United States and Canadian Loans 721 words
      c37W
    5. Post-War Dollar Loans (Service Payments) 36 words
      c37W
    6. Public Investment 120 words
  10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      11. cc37-8W
    1. Guildford College of Design 60 words
      c38W
    2. Science, Engineering and Technology (Postgraduate Courses) 97 words
      c38W
    3. University Places (Failed Applicants) 74 words
      cc38-9W
    4. Nursery Schools (Teachers and Pupils) 432 words
      cc39-40W
    5. Museums (Employment) 154 words
      c40W
    6. Dental Schools (Commonwealth Students) 71 words
      c40W
    7. Uranium Survey (Wales) 97 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. cc40-1W
    1. A7 Edinburgh-Galashiels Road, Fountainhall (Improvement) 115 words
      c41W
    2. School-Crossing Patrol Attendants (Road Casualties) 71 words
      c41W
    3. Government Departments (Staff) 123 words
      cc41-2W
    4. Fire Precautions 84 words
      c42W
    5. School-Children (Fluorescent Clothing) 52 words
      c42W
    6. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Board of Management (Advertisements) 69 words
      cc42-3W
    7. Council of Europe Conference (United Kingdom Delegation) 103 words
      c43W
    8. University Entrance Examinations 83 words
      c43W
    9. Raasay (Proposed Ferry Service) 99 words
      c43W
    10. Public Authorities' Housebuilding Programme 61 words
      cc43-4W
    11. Storm Damage Repairs (Safety Harness) 69 words
      c44W
    12. Education Facilities, Hamilton 140 words
      c44W
    13. Rights of Way 121 words
      cc44-5W
    14. Hospital Doctors 47 words
      c45W
    15. Doctors (Consulting Hours) 106 words
      c45W
    16. National Health Service (Expenditure) 44 words
      c45W
    17. Medical Consultant Posts 36 words
      cc45-6W
    18. Hospital Laboratory Technicians 55 words
      c46W
    19. Regional Boards and Hospital Boards of Management (Membership) 61 words
      c46W
    20. Hospital Beds and Doctors (Statistics) 91 words
      cc46-7W
    21. Scottish Development Department (Estimates) 174 words
      c47W
    22. National Galleries, Library and Museum of Antiquities (Employment) 322 words
      cc47-8W
    23. School Building Expenditure and School Population 86 words
      cc48-9W
    24. Power Transmission Lines and Cables 186 words
      c49W
    25. Part-Time Education 35 words
      c49W
    26. Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists 150 words
  12. PUBLIC BUILDING AND WORKS
      13. cc49-50W
    1. Heatherside Crossroads, Camberley 85 words
  13. POST OFFICE
      14. c50W
    1. Delivery Service (Scotland) 36 words
      c50W
    2. Commemorative Stamps 78 words
  14. BOARD OF TRADE
      15. c50W
    1. Falkland Islands 116 words
      cc50-1W
    2. Exports (Commonwealth) 248 words
      c51W
    3. Census of Production (Reports) 93 words
      cc51-2W
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT STAFF (PAY) 83 words
    c52W
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS PROCEEDINGS (CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION TRANSMISSION) 52 words
    cc52-3W
  16. OVERSEAS PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS 342 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. c53W
    1. Foot-and-Mouth Disease 111 words
  18. CIVIL SERVICE
      19. cc53-4W
    1. Communications from the Public (Disclosure) 78 words
      c54W
    2. Government Employment (Northern Region) 57 words
  19. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
      20. c54W
    1. Malaysia (Casualties) 68 words
      c54W
    2. Reserves 93 words
      cc54-5W
    3. Fighting Arms 82 words
      c55W
    4. Officers 66 words
      c55W
    5. War Establishment Requirements 95 words
      cc55-6W
    6. Army General Reserve 64 words
      c56W
    7. Royal Navy Reserves 232 words
      c56W
    8. Air Ministry Land (Disposal) 74 words
      cc56-7W
    9. Royal Air Force Reserves 317 words
      cc57-8W
    10. R.A.F. Station, Ballykelly (Closure) 184 words
      c58W
    11. Linesman Computer Centre, West Drayton (Security) 42 words
      cc58-9W
    12. Linesman System (Expenditure) 93 words
  20. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
      21. c59W
    1. Betterment Levy, South-Western Region 99 words
  21. HOUSING
      22. c59W
    1. Council House Rents, Darlington 122 words
    cc59-60W
  22. PALATINE COURT 94 words
  23. TECHNOLOGY
      24. c60W
    1. Pleasure Boat Building (Scotland) 87 words
      c60W
    2. Hovercraft Development 63 words
  24. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      25. cc60-1W
    1. Vietnam 175 words
      cc61-2W
    2. Falkland Islands 62 words
  25. GAS
      26. c62W
    1. Research and Development (Scotland) 49 words
  26. WALES
      27. c62W
    1. Rent Assessments 86 words