Sitting of 25 November 1970

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Commons Sitting of 25 November 1970 Series 5 Vol. 807

c385
1. Preamble 7 words
c385
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. GLOUCESTER CORPORATION BILL [Lords]
c385
1. ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 10 words
c385
2. DUNDEE CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 6 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENVIRONMENT
cc385-6
1. Smoke-Control Orders 357 words
cc386-7
2. Public Buildings, London (Cleaning) 175 words
cc387-8
3. Royal Parks (Admission Fee) 264 words
cc388-9
4. Planning Issues (Decisions) 281 words
2. TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES
c389
1. Road Traffic Act, 1960 (Prosecutions) 141 words
cc389-90
2. Vehicles (Exhaust Systems) 155 words
c390
3. Airports (Rail Links) 230 words
cc390-2
4. Channel Tunnel 404 words
cc392-3
5. Reflective Strips 373 words
c393
6. Road Accidents 113 words
cc393-4
7. National Freight Corporation 439 words
cc394-5
8. Vehicle Corrosion 183 words
cc395-6
9. Drivers (Hours of Work) 253 words
3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
cc396-7
1. Proposed Property Developments 405 words
cc397-8
2. Public Transport (Rural and Semi-rural Areas) 378 words
cc398-400
3. Concessionary Fares 409 words
c400
4. Private Land (Fencing) 182 words
cc400-1
5. Local Government Reform 398 words
cc401-2
6. Humber Bridge 293 words
cc402-3
7. Gatwick Airport (River Mole Drainage System) 214 words
cc403-4
8. Local Authorities (Expenditure of Sixpenny Rate) 181 words
4. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
c404
1. Housing Completions 255 words
cc404-7
2. Housing Finance 665 words
cc407-8
3. House-Building Programmes 312 words
c408
4. Council House Waiting Lists 280 words
cc408-9
5. Selective Employment Tax (Construction Industry) 191 words
cc409-10
6. Building Firms (Bankruptcies) 324 words
cc410-1
7. Building Contractors (Departmental Forms) 158 words
cc411-2
8. Housebuilding Output 312 words
cc412-3
9. Council House Sales 615 words
cc413-5
10. Slum Clearance, Hull 506 words
cc415-27
5. POST OFFICE CORPORATION (CHAIRMAN) 4,259 words
cc428-42
6. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 5,175 words
cc442-9
7. DEFENCE (DONALDSON REPORT) 2,527 words
cc449-50
8. MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS 439 words
cc450-2
9. ESSEX UNIVERSITY STUDENTS (FIRE BRIGADE) 698 words
10. BILLS PRESENTED
cc452-3
1. COAL INDUSTRY BILL 160 words
c453
2. SHOPS (WEEKDAY TRADING) BILL 91 words
c453
3. UNSOLICITED GOODS AND SERVICES BILL 86 words
c453
4. DIVORCE (SCOTLAND) BILL 89 words
c454
5. LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 174 words
c454
6. MOTOR VEHICLES (PASSENGER INSURANCE) BILL 85 words
cc454-5
7. EMPLOYED PERSONS (SAFETY) BILL 87 words
c455
8. NULLITY OF MARRIAGE BILL 111 words
c455
9. TRAVEL AGENTS AND TOUR AND CHARTER OPERATORS REGISTRATION BILL 92 words
c455
10. REPORTING OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES BILL 61 words
cc455-6
11. URBAN AND RURAL ENVIRONMENT BILL 123 words
c456
12. MINEWORKERS' PROTECTION BILL 133 words
cc456-7
13. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES BILL 159 words
c457
14. OWNER-OCCUPATION (HELP FOR PRIVATE LANDLORDS' TENANTS TO PURCHASE) BILL, 141 words
c457
15. ATTACHMENT OF EARNINGS (No. 2) BILL 41 words
c457
16. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS (CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) BILL 84 words
c458
17. INTEREST ON DAMAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL 68 words
c458
18. PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS BILL 107 words
c458
19. DANGEROUS LITTER BILL 84 words
cc458-9
20. BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES BILL 83 words
c459
21. CAB BILL 94 words
cc460-1
11. ST. VINCENT (GIFT OF A PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY) 454 words
c461
12. MAURITIUS (GIFT OF A MACE) 65 words
13. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c462
1. EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE BILL 9 words
1. Clause 1
cc462-561
1. ENACTMENTS CONTINUED IN FORCE 37,801 words
c561
2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 27 words
cc561-72
3. EXPIRING LAWS CONTINUANCE BILL 3,715 words
cc573-4
4. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 356 words
c574
5. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 269 words
cc575-84
6. NORTH HUMBERSIDE 3,518 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 November 1970 Series 5 Vol. 807

1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
c119W
1. Northern Region (Infrastructure) 108 words
c119W
2. Urban Motorways 97 words
c119W
3. Concessionary Fares 51 words
cc119-20W
4. A41 Bypass 29 words
c120W
5. Planning Authorities (Compensation) 46 words
c120W
6. Housing Programme (Portsmouth) 66 words
cc120-1W
7. A30, Devon 116 words
c121W
8. Rate Increases 64 words
c121W
9. Statutory Authorities (Legislative Exemptions) 83 words
c121W
10. Rugby Portland Cement Company (Quarry Extension) 46 words
cc121-2W
11. Allotments 76 words
c122W
12. Coke Oven Effluent (Discharge) 59 words
c122W
13. London (Flood Defences) 63 words
c122W
14. Northern Region (Winter Works Programme) 53 words
c122W
15. Local Government (Reform) 36 words
cc122-3W
16. Humber Bridge 68 words
c123W
17. Swimming Baths, Oldham 73 words
c123W
18. A1 (Street Lights) 160 words
cc123-4W
19. Town and Country Planning Act, 1968 127 words
c124W
20. Tyneside Sewage Disposal Scheme 67 words
cc124-5W
21. Local Authorities' Finance 158 words
c125W
22. Local Authority Employees 54 words
c125W
23. South Coast Motorway 68 words
c125W
24. Rate Support Grant 55 words
cc125-6W
25. Road Construction (Compensation) 66 words
c126W
26. Independent Television Authority (Office Development) 77 words
c126W
27. A1 (Darrington Crossroads) 60 words
c126W
28. Leeds-Bradford Airport 86 words
cc126-7W
29. Thamesmead (Public Inquiry) 110 words
c127W
30. Out-of-Town Retail Developments 89 words
cc127-8W
31. Tenants (Harassment) 159 words
c128W
32. Reclamation Scheme, West Riding 79 words
c128W
33. Chester Ring Road 98 words
cc128-9W
34. Public Health Act, 1936 (Amendment) 169 words
2. ENVIRONMENT
cc129-30W
1. Pollution 389 words
cc130-1W
2. Dereliction 251 words
c131W
3. Green Belt, South Bedfordshire 73 words
c131W
4. Bogus Health Inspectors 84 words
cc131-2W
5. Land Use 102 words
c132W
6. Nuisance (Legislation) 74 words
3. HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
c132W
1. Party Walls 89 words
cc132-4W
2. Rents 699 words
cc134-5W
3. Old Houses, Lambeth 102 words
c135W
4. House Purchase Loans (Isle of Wight) 75 words
c135W
5. New Town Houses (Sales) 69 words
c135W
6. Housing Supply 46 words
c135W
7. Mortgage Interest Rates 47 words
cc135-6W
8. Rent Acts 76 words
c136W
9. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Accommodation) 24 words
c136W
10. Labour-only Sub-contracting 67 words
c136W
11. Manchester Corporation (Tenders) 76 words
cc136-7W
12. Housing Programme, Ealing 70 words
c137W
13. Newcastle-under-Lyme Council Tenants 61 words
c137W
14. Tenants (Harassment) 84 words
c137W
15. Demolished Houses, Oldham (Compensation) 64 words
cc137-8W
16. Caravan Residents (Assistance) 78 words
c138W
17. Newham 212 words
cc138-9W
18. Housing (London Boroughs) 188 words
c139W
19. Housing Starts 119 words
cc139-40W
20. Rent Rebate Scheme, Birmingham 72 words
c140W
21. Park House, Market Harborough 139 words
c140W
22. Sub-Standard Houses, Oldham 42 words
4. TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES
c140W
1. Road Accidents 57 words
cc140-1W
2. British Railways (Manufacturing Powers) 66 words
c141W
3. European Economic Community 59 words
c141W
4. Tracked Hovercraft 49 words
cc141-2W
5. Nationalised Transport Industry (Losses) 122 words
c142W
6. Mersey Docks and Harbour Board 58 words
c142W
7. Goods Transport (Drivers' Hours) 53 words
c142W
8. British Railways (Late Trains) 41 words
cc142-3W
9. Port Development Schemes (Bristol Channel) 79 words
c143W
10. National Ports Council 25 words
c143W
11. Seat Belts 86 words
c143W
12. Vehicles (Parking at Night) 50 words
c143W
13. British Rail (Employees) 54 words
cc143-4W
14. Ports (Expenditure) 86 words
c144W
15. Port Talbot 50 words
c144W
16. Schoolchildren (Road Casualties) 68 words
c144W
17. A36, Hampshire 30 words
c144W
18. Automobile Insurance Card 59 words
cc144-5W
19. Drugs and Driving 52 words
c145W
20. Motor-cycle Passenger Insurance 79 words
c145W
21. Quantity Licensing 78 words
cc145-6W
22. High-Speed Passenger Train 84 words
c146W
23. Merchant Airship Cargo Satellite System 61 words
c146W
24. Unremunerative Railway Lines, Wales 65 words
c146W
25. Cyclists (Accidents) 106 words
cc146-53W
26. Unremunerative Railway Passenger Services 2,055 words
5. SCOTLAND
c153W
1. School Books (Cost) 152 words
c153W
2. Housing Subsidies 67 words
cc153-4W
3. Fishermen (Training) 94 words
c154W
4. Employment 82 words
cc154-5W
5. Primary Schools (Expenditure) 127 words
cc155-6W
6. Pupil/Teacher Ratios 654 words
c156W
7. National Health Service 61 words
cc156-7W
8. Fee-paying Schools 66 words
c157W
9. Teacher Training Colleges (Graduates) 124 words
c157W
10. School Milk 52 words
cc157-8W
11. Fines (Recovery) 135 words
6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
c158W
1. Turnhouse Airport 129 words
cc158-9W
2. Abortion Clinics (Touting) 104 words
c159W
3. Nuclear Power Stations (Siting) 89 words
c159W
4. Government-owned Factories, Carmarthenshire 59 words
c159W
5. Special Development Areas (Investment Inducements) 65 words
cc159-60W
6. European Economic Community 139 words
c160W
7. Dover Strait (Shipping) 116 words
cc160-1W
8. Holland-Martin Report 186 words
c161W
9. Aircraft Noise 106 words
cc161-2W
10. Advance Factories, Wales 175 words
7. WALES
c162W
1. Port Talbot Hospital 34 words
c162W
2. School Building Programme 93 words
c162W
3. Council Houses (Sale) 35 words
cc162-3W
4. Road Programme 147 words
c163W
5. Rural Primary Schools (Closure) 85 words
8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c164W
1. Fowl Pest 103 words
cc164-6W
2. Farm Animals Welfare Advisory Committee 663 words
c166W
3. European Economic Community 103 words
cc166-8W
4. Food Prices 1,421 words
9. CIVIL SERVICE
c169W
1. Nationalised Industries (Chairmen's Salaries) 206 words
10. DEFENCE
c169W
1. Sidewhiskers 79 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c170W
1. Huddersfield Polytechnic 122 words
c170W
2. Conisbrough Northcliffe County High School 65 words
cc170-1W
3. Continental Shelf 344 words
c171W
4. Manganese Nodules 44 words
cc171-2W
5. Ocean Exploration 61 words
c172W
6. Teachers and Pupils, Ashton 100 words
c172W
7. Yorkshire and Humberside (Arts Expenditure) 75 words
cc172-3W
8. Art Galleries and Museums (Charges) 122 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
c173W
1. Fishermen and Seamen (Banff) 152 words
13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
cc173-4W
1. European Economic Community 103 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
c174W
1. Harassment of Tenants 109 words
c174W
2. Justices of the Peace 74 words
cc174-5W
3. Departmental Correspondence (Delay) 144 words
15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c175W
1. Members (Salaries and Working Conditions) 39 words
cc175-6W
2. Former Prime Ministers, Lord Chancellors and Members (Pensions) 482 words
16. POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
cc176-7W
1. Postage Stamps 82 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
c177W
1. Houses of Parliament (Mass X-ray Unit) 55 words
cc177-8W
2. Family Income Supplement 456 words
c178W
3. Wage-Stop 66 words
cc178-9W
4. General Medical Practitioners, Doncaster 105 words
c179W
5. Hospital Maternity Beds, Doncaster 60 words
cc179-80W
6. Income Tax 77 words
c180W
7. Members' Salaries 83 words
c180W
8. Building Society Investments (Non-residents) 42 words

Lords Sitting of 25 November 1970 Series 5 Vol. 313

c117
1. Preamble 31 words
c117
2. THE LORD BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH 10 words
cc117-8
3. RACIAL HARMONY YEAR 303 words
cc118-9
4. DUTCH ELM DISEASE 441 words
cc119-20
5. SKER HOUSE, GLAMORGAN 276 words
cc120-1
6. MEMOIRS OF MINISTERS AND GOVERNMENT SERVANTS 400 words
c122
7. POST OFFICE CORPORATION: CHAIRMANSHIP 71 words
cc122-30
8. ARMED FORCES: RELEASE RIGHTS OF YOUNG SERVICEMEN 3,336 words
c131
9. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL 10 words
c131
10. DUNDEE CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 27 words
c131
11. PRIVATE BUSINESS STANDING ORDERS 255 words
cc132-44
12. THE SEABED: WORLD OCEAN REGIME PROPOSAL 4,695 words
cc144-52
13. POST OFFICE CORPORATION CHAIRMANSHIP 2,792 words
cc152-228
14. THE SEABED: WORLD OCEAN REGIME PROPOSAL 29,800 words
c228
15. CUMBERLAND RIVER AUTHORITY BILL 11 words
c228
16. HYDROCARBON OIL (CUSTOMS AND EXCISE) BILL [H.L.] 19 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 November 1970 Series 5 Vol. 313

cc229-30WA
1. NATIONAL CORPORATIONS: FINANCING OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE 112 words
c230WA
2. COURTESY TITLES OF PEERS' ELDEST SONS 54 words