Commons Sitting of 16 October 1973 Series 5 Vol. 861

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. c1
  3. DEATHS OF MEMBERS 55 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. DEFENCE
        2. cc1-2
      1. Gibraltar 242 words
        2. cc2-5
      2. Northern Ireland 788 words
        3. cc5-6
      3. Western Europe 317 words
        4. cc6-7
      4. V/STOL Aircraft (Royal Navy) 335 words
        5. cc7-8
      5. British Army of the Rhine 378 words
        6. cc8-9
      6. Robbery Suspects 420 words
        7. cc9-10
      7. Icelandic Fisheries 386 words
        8. cc10-1
      8. Royal Yacht 255 words
        9. cc11-2
      9. Littlejohn Case 441 words
        10. cc12-3
      10. Cadet Forces (Vehicle Supply) 348 words
        11. cc13-5
      11. Low-Flying Exercises 370 words
        12. c15
      12. Photic Drive Equipment 227 words
    2. EMPLOYMENT
        3. cc15-6
      1. Industrial Noise 344 words
    3. SOCIAL SERVICES
        4. c17
      1. Audley Health Centre 289 words
        2. cc17-8
      2. Broadmoor Hospital (Suicides) 240 words
        3. cc18-9
      3. Scientology 234 words
        4. cc19-20
      4. Supplementary Professions 390 words
        5. cc20-1
      5. Medical and Dental Services (Schoolchildren) 207 words
        6. cc21-2
      6. Speech Therapists 294 words
      c22
    4. LEICESTER 120 words
      5. cc22-4
    5. COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE 570 words
      6. cc24-7
    6. CBI AND TUC (TALKS) 914 words
      7. cc27-8
    7. DEFENCE LAND 527 words
      8. cc28-9
    8. COUNTER-INFLATION POLICIES 239 words
      9. c29
    9. SOCIAL POLICIES (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 164 words
    cc30-41
  5. MIDDLE EAST 4,381 words
    6. cc41-2
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 411 words
    7. c42
  7. NEW MEMBERS 23 words
    8. c43
  8. MINISTER FOR AEROSPACE AND SHIPPING 119 words
    9. cc43-4
  9. MIDDLE EAST (ADJOURNMENT MOTION) 404 words
    10. cc44-161
  10. GOVERNMENT WORK (DISPERSAL) 43,758 words
    11. c161
  11. ADJOURNMENT 13 words
    12. cc161-72
  12. SCOTTISH AREA HEALTH BOARDS 4,130 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 October 1973 Series 5 Vol. 861

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c1W
    1. Land 98 words
      c1W
    2. Rubber Bullets 69 words
      cc1-3W
    3. Ulster Defence Regiment 485 words
      c3W
    4. Battlefield Command and Control 34 words
      c3W
    5. Computer Projects 219 words
      c3W
    6. Low-flying Aircraft 46 words
      cc3-4W
    7. Air-to-Air Missiles 46 words
      c4W
    8. Unidentified Flying Objects 186 words
      cc4-5W
    9. Royal Radar Establishment 228 words
      cc5-6W
    10. Catering (Donaldson Report) 178 words
  2. SOCIAL SERVICES
      3. c6W
    1. Pensions 110 words
      cc6-7W
    2. National Insurance (EEC Reciprocity) 127 words
      c7W
    3. Family Allowances 280 words
      cc7-8W
    4. Attendance Allowance 129 words
      c8W
    5. "Portsmouth Bug" 162 words
      cc8-9W
    6. Butter Tokens 234 words
      cc9-10W
    7. Accidental Poisoning 356 words
      cc10-5W
    8. Health Authorities (Appointments) 1,801 words
      cc15-6W
    9. Hospital Secretaries (Pay) 102 words
      cc16-7W
    10. Paraquat 350 words
      cc17-8W
    11. Industrial Disputes (Benefit) 308 words
      cc18-9W
    12. Immunisations (Charges) 101 words
      c19W
    13. Prescription Charges 87 words
      c19W
    14. Support Tights 38 words
      cc19-22W
    15. NHS Superannuation Scheme 1,246 words
      cc22-5W
    16. Children (Drowning) 1,008 words
      c25W
    17. Elderly and Handicapped Persons (Residential Accommodation) 124 words
      cc25-6W
    18. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 301 words
      cc26-7W
    19. Abortions 189 words
      c27W
    20. Dieticians 114 words
      c27W
    21. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 69 words
      c27W
    22. Medicines (Sale) 90 words
      cc27-8W
    23. Fluoridation 213 words
      cc28-9W
    24. Departmental Offices (Dispersal) 124 words
      c29W
    25. Handicapped Children 109 words
      cc29-30W
    26. Disabled Persons (Residence) 215 words
      c30W
    27. Invalid Vehicles (Sharp Report) 60 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      4. c31W
    1. Women Teachers (Representation) 76 words
      c31W
    2. Unmarried Mothers 215 words
      cc31-2W
    3. Russian Language 114 words
      cc32-3W
    4. Teacher Shortage 340 words
      cc33-4W
    5. Schools (Fire Precautions) 106 words
      c34W
    6. Teacher Turnover 68 words
      c34W
    7. Handicapped Children 206 words
      cc34-5W
    8. Japanese Seaweed 134 words
      c35W
    9. School Books (Allowances) 55 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
      5. cc35-6W
    1. Employment Grant Scheme 131 words
      c36W
    2. Security 102 words
      c36W
    3. Mortgages (Housing Executive) 154 words
      cc36-7W
    4. Royal Ulster Constabulary 210 words
      c37W
    5. Civil Disturbances House Purchase Scheme 55 words
      cc37-8W
    6. Ancient Buildings (Restoration) 279 words
      c38W
    7. Rent and Rates (Non-payment) 106 words
      cc38-9W
    8. Debt Recovery 30 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      6. c39W
    1. Hovercraft 50 words
      c39W
    2. North Sea Drilling Rigs 77 words
      c39W
    3. Advance Factories 60 words
      cc39-40W
    4. Departmental Offices (Dispersal) 84 words
      c40W
    5. London Airports (Passenger Traffic) 133 words
      cc40-1W
    6. Commodity Prices 1,204 words
      cc41-3W
    7. Rolls-Royce 90 words
      c43W
    8. Kellingley Colliery and Drax Power Station (Official Visit) 62 words
      c43W
    9. EEC Regional Policy 101 words
      c43W
    10. Airport Design 99 words
      cc43-4W
    11. Airport Traffic Comparisons 262 words
      cc44-5W
    12. Turkish Airlines 68 words
      c45W
    13. BOAC 33 words
      c45W
    14. Price Commission (Accountants) 25 words
      c45W
    15. Le Bourget Airport 126 words
      cc45-6W
    16. Foreign Airlines 189 words
      c46W
    17. Steel Exports 150 words
      cc46-7W
    18. Zaprega Tyres 70 words
      cc47-8W
    19. Concorde 441 words
      c48W
    20. Patent Law 105 words
      cc48-9W
    21. Nodule Mining 92 words
      cc49-50W
    22. European Launcher 310 words
      c50W
    23. Geostationary Technology Satellite 122 words
      c50W
    24. Marine Satellite Programme 68 words
      cc50-1W
    25. International Computers Ltd. (South African Sales) 128 words
      c51W
    26. Waste Paper 65 words
      c51W
    27. Submersible Craft (Safety) 75 words
      c51W
    28. Engineers (Registration) 52 words
      cc51-2W
    29. Space Technology (Discussions) 172 words
      c52W
    30. Fuel Efficiency and Conservation 106 words
      c52W
    31. Aberystwyth (Advance Factory) 48 words
      cc52-3W
    32. Air Navigation (Eurocontrol Organisation) 63 words
      cc53-4W
    33. Low-Flying Aircraft (Windsor) 278 words
      c54W
    34. Price Commission (Report) 42 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
      7. c54W
    1. Commercial Banks (Interest Rates) 87 words
      cc54-6W
    2. Government Borrowing 935 words
      c56W
    3. Hire-Purchase Debt 92 words
      cc56-7W
    4. Budget Balances 131 words
      c57W
    5. Productive Potential 33 words
      c57W
    6. £ Sterling (Value) 66 words
      cc57-8W
    7. Capital Works 108 words
      c58W
    8. Balance of Payments 121 words
      c58W
    9. Mortgage Interest 64 words
      cc58-9W
    10. European Economic Community 398 words
      cc59-60W
    11. Inland Revenue (Public Relations) 113 words
      cc60-1W
    12. Value Added Tax 256 words
      c61W
    13. Competition and Credit Control 110 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT
      8. c61W
    1. North Orbital Road 69 words
      cc61-2W
    2. M20 94 words
      c62W
    3. Heavy Goods Vehicles 148 words
      cc62-3W
    4. Council Housing (Intermediate Areas) 159 words
      c63W
    5. Covent Garden Market 107 words
      cc63-4W
    6. Channel Tunnel 509 words
      cc64-7W
    7. Ordnance Survey 914 words
      cc67-79W
    8. Water Authorities 504 words
      1. MEMBERS OF THE REGIONAL WATER AUTHORITIES
        2. cc69-70W
      2. NORTH WEST WATER AUTHORITY 351 words
        cc70-1W
      3. NORTHUMBRIAN WATER AUTHORITY 243 words
        cc71-2W
      4. SEVERN—TRENT WATER AUTHORITY 435 words
        cc72-3W
      5. YORKSHIRE WATER AUTHORITY 281 words
        cc73-4W
      6. ANGLIAN WATER AUTHORITY 417 words
        cc74-6W
      7. THAMES WATER AUTHORITY 541 words
        c76W
      8. SOUTHERN WATER AUTHORITY 242 words
        cc76-7W
      9. WESSEX WATER AUTHORITY 210 words
        cc77-8W
      10. SOUTH WEST WATER AUTHORITY 190 words
        cc78-9W
      11. MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL WATER COUNCIL 328 words
      c79W
    9. Anglian Water Authority 84 words
      c79W
    10. M1 ("Surface Noise" Signs) 65 words
      c79W
    11. Caravan Sites (Fire Precautions) 94 words
      cc79-80W
    12. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports (Development Value) 85 words
      c80W
    13. Maplin 58 words
      c80W
    14. Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) 74 words
      cc80-1W
    15. Disabled Persons, Housing 194 words
      cc81-2W
    16. House Building 200 words
      c82W
    17. Farm Minibuses 105 words
      cc82-3W
    18. Commercial Waterways 225 words
      c83W
    19. Central Water Planning Unit 63 words
      c83W
    20. Building Materials (Safety) 121 words
      c83W
    21. M62 (M6—Liverpool) 68 words
      cc83-4W
    22. Improvement Grants (Contracts and Tenders) 57 words
      c84W
    23. Empty Houses 78 words
      c84W
    24. Monuments 160 words
      cc84-5W
    25. Planning Appeals and Hearings 111 words
      c85W
    26. A3(M) (Broadmarsh Road) 65 words
      c85W
    27. Tyres (Imports) 75 words
      cc85-6W
    28. Buses (Design Factors) 127 words
      c86W
    29. Archaeology 125 words
      cc86-7W
    30. Water Space Amenities Commission 138 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      9. c87W
    1. Production Costs 123 words
      c87W
    2. Bread (Price) 117 words
      cc87-8W
    3. Butter Stocks 51 words
      cc88-9W
    4. Sugar 439 words
      c89W
    5. Bacon Prices (Inquiry) 73 words
      cc89-90W
    6. Animals (Export) 100 words
      c90W
    7. Paraquat 102 words
      c90W
    8. Veterinary Surgeons 165 words
      cc90-1W
    9. Potatoes (Eelworm) 131 words
      c91W
    10. Warble Fly 127 words
      cc91-2W
    11. Swine Fever 304 words
      c92W
    12. Hard-Top Fruits 128 words
      cc92-3W
    13. Animal Feed Compounders 76 words
      c93W
    14. Food Prices (International Comparisons) 181 words
      c93W
    15. Meat Consumption 96 words
      cc93-4W
    16. Meat Prices 156 words
      cc94-6W
    17. Feeding Stuffs (Cost) 775 words
      c96W
    18. Farm Animals 71 words
      c96W
    19. CBI AND TUC (TALKS) 86 words
      cc96-7W
    20. COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE 85 words
      c97W
    21. NURSES AND MIDWIVES WHITLEY COUNCIL 84 words
      c97W
    22. PRESIDENT OF ZAIRE (VISIT) 58 words
      cc97-8W
    23. ECONOMIC MODEL 89 words
      c98W
    24. MR. COSGRAVE (TALKS) 152 words
      c98W
    25. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 62 words
      cc98-9W
    26. ICELANDIC FISHERIES 65 words
      c99W
    27. OLDHAM 23 words
      c99W
    28. PAKISTAN 29 words
      c99W
    29. MR. CHOU EN-LAI (TALKS) 38 words
      cc99-100W
    30. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (LAW AND PRACTICE) 211 words
      c100W
    31. FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS 173 words
      cc100-1W
    32. PHILLIMORE REPORT 71 words
      c101W
    33. HEAVY LORRIES (DRIVING PROSECUTIONS) 93 words
  9. CIVIL SERVICE
      10. cc101-2W
    1. Non-industrial Civil Servants 250 words
      c102W
    2. Pay Board and Price Commission 110 words
      c102W
    3. St. Stephen's Parliamentary Press 107 words
      cc102-3W
    4. MR. J. R. DICK (SALE OF PAINTINGS) 59 words
  10. EMPLOYMENT
      11. cc103-4W
    1. Disabled Persons 433 words
      cc104-5W
    2. Clothing Factories (Working Conditions) 257 words
      cc105-6W
    3. Vacancies 488 words
      cc106-7W
    4. School Leavers (Scotland) 35 words
      c107W
    5. Redundancies (Scotland) 114 words
      c107W
    6. Robens Report 53 words
      cc107-8W
    7. Average Earnings 263 words
      cc108-17W
    8. Unemployment Rates 4,949 words
      c117W
    9. Petersfield 60 words
      c117W
    10. Cost of Living (International Statistics) 141 words
      c117W
    11. Pay Board (Quarterly Report) 40 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      12. c118W
    1. Food Aid 230 words
      cc118-9W
    2. Indian Sub-Continent (Flood Relief) 173 words
      c119W
    3. Latin America 131 words
      cc119-20W
    4. Law of the Sea Conference 127 words
      c120W
    5. European Economic Community 184 words
      cc120-1W
    6. Political Co-operation 64 words
      cc121-8W
    7. Canada (Members' Visit) 2,115 words
      cc128-9W
    8. Commonwealth Policy 86 words
      c129W
    9. Republic of Ireland (Postage Stamps) 130 words
      cc129-31W
    10. Books Presentation Programme 1,058 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
      13. c131W
    1. Potholing (Accidents) 81 words
      cc131-2W
    2. Low-Priced Book Scheme 102 words
      c132W
    3. Heavy Lorries (Driving Prosecutions) 56 words
      cc132-3W
    4. Consumer Protection Act 1961 97 words
      c133W
    5. Mr. Yuato Npalake 70 words
      c133W
    6. South African Security Agents 59 words
      cc133-4W
    7. Police (Recruitment) 162 words
      cc134-5W
    8. Special Constabulary 476 words
      c135W
    9. Imprisonment (Non-Payment of Fines) 107 words
      cc135-6W
    10. Fire Calls 81 words
  13. POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
      14. c136W
    1. First Class Mail 93 words
      cc136-7W
    2. Television Licences 157 words
  14. SCOTLAND
      15. c137W
    1. Children (Fatal Accidents) 162 words
      c137W
    2. Farm Products (Exports) 71 words
      cc137-9W
    3. Area Health Boards 527 words
      c139W
    4. Fire Authorities (Community Relations Officers) 21 words
  15. WALES
      16. cc140-1W
    1. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 364 words
      c141W
    2. Uskmouth (Port Development) 74 words
      c141W
    3. Welsh Language 85 words
      cc141-2W
    4. Rural Improvement Schemes (Grants) 71 words
      c142W
    5. Agricultural Land 40 words
      c142W
    6. Teifi Valley Railway Line 88 words
      c142W
    7. Cardiff—Merthyr Trunk Road 72 words

Lords Sitting of 16 October 1973 Series 5 Vol. 345

    c149
  1. Preamble 34 words
    2. c149
  2. EDINBURGH AIRPORT 178 words
    3. cc150-3
  3. MR. TARIQ ALI'S BRITISH PASSPORT 1,122 words
    4. cc153-5
  4. HIJACKING OF AIRCRAFT 682 words
    5. cc155-8
  5. BULL BEEF, BOAR PORK AND RAM LAMB 948 words
    6. c158
  6. THE MIDDLE EAST 30 words
    7. c158
  7. POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS BILL [H.L.] 47 words
    8. cc158-66
  8. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL 3,175 words
    9. cc167-76
  9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL 3,236 words
    10. cc176-91
  10. THE MIDDLE EAST: THE ARAB/ISRAELI CONFLICT 5,586 words
    11. cc191-263
  11. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL 25,857 words, 2 divisions
    12. cc263-80
  12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR PARISHES) ORDER 1973 6,454 words
  13. WRITTEN ANSWERS
      14. c280
    1. AIRCRAFT ENGINE NOISE RESEARCH 205 words
      2. cc280-1
    2. NORTH SEA OIL RIGS 77 words
      3. c281
    3. BAIL: HOME OFFICE REPORT 41 words
      4. c281
    4. EASTER ACT 1928 37 words
      5. cc281-2
    5. SERVICES CATERING: DONALDSON REPORT 182 words
      6. c282
    6. E.E.C. IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVES 151 words