Commons Sitting of 3 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

    c1407
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1407
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL
      1. c1407
      2. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL 4 words
      3. c1407
      4. GREAT NORTHERN LONDON CEMETERY BILL [Lords] 40 words
      5. c1407
      6. CROMARTY PETROLEUM ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 8 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      1. cc1408-9
      2. School Transport 583 words
      3. cc1409-10
      4. GCE O-level Passes 339 words
      5. cc1410-2
      6. Numeracy 707 words
      7. cc1412-4
      8. Comprehensive Schools (Parental Choice) 547 words
      9. cc1414-7
      10. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 1,009 words
      11. cc1417-8
      12. Unemployed School Leavers (Training) 245 words
      13. c1418
      14. Young People 179 words
      15. cc1418-21
      16. Examinations (Schools Council's Proposals) 928 words
      17. cc1421-2
      18. Schools (Administrative Posts) 323 words
      19. cc1422-4
      20. Schools Council 458 words
      21. cc1424-5
      22. Old Primary Schools 413 words
      23. cc1425-6
      24. Comprehensive Education 524 words
      cc1426-30
    2. CROYDON 1,107 words
    3. cc1430-2
    4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 811 words
    5. cc1432-5
    6. TAMESIDE (SECONDARY EDUCATION) 1,040 words
    cc1435-40
  6. LASSA FEVER 1,924 words
  7. cc1440-55
  8. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 5,405 words
  9. cc1455-71
  10. DEVOLUTION (SCOTLAND AND WALES) 5,954 words
  11. cc1471-3
  12. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 425 words
  13. cc1473-4
  14. ADJOURNMENT (SUMMER) 387 words
  15. BILL PRESENTED
    1. c1474
    2. EDUCATION (No. 2) 47 words
    cc1475-84
  16. NATIONAL BUS COMPANY (DENATIONALISATION) 3,193 words, 1 division
    1. cc1483-4
    2. HEALTH SERVICES BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 45 words
  17. ORDERS OF THE DAY
  18. cc1485-550
  19. BAIL BILL [Lords] 7 words
    1. New Clause 2
      1. cc1485-8
      2. RIGHT OF PROSECUTION TO APPLY FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF BAIL 1,072 words
    2. Clause 10
      1. c1488
      2. EXTENSION AND EXERCISE OF CORONERS' POWERS TO GRANT BAIL 141 words
    3. Schedule 1
      1. cc1488-538
      2. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BAIL: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 18,804 words, 1 division
    4. Schedule 3
      1. cc1538-50
      2. REPEALS 4,456 words
    c1550
  20. RATING (CHARITY SHOPS) BILL [Lords] 43 words
  21. cc1551-60
  22. POLICE BILL 3 words
    1. Clause 6
      1. c1551
      2. COMPLAINTS REGULATIONS 232 words
    2. Clause 7
      1. cc1551-7
      2. CONSTABULARIES MAINTAINED BY AUTHORITIES OTHER THAN POLICE AUTHORITIES 2,012 words
    3. Clause 11
      1. cc1557-60
      2. DISCIPLINARY CHARGES IN CRIMINAL CASES 1,350 words
    cc1561-6
  23. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 3 words
    1. Clause 1
      1. c1561
      2. POWER TO ERECT FLAGPOLES ETC. ON HIGHWAYS 125 words
    2. New Clause A
      1. cc1561-6
      2. TRADING NEAR HIGHWAYS 2,141 words
    c1566
  24. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 42 words
  25. cc1567-600
  26. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 1,448 words
    1. Clause 15
      1. cc1572-6
      2. POWER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO OBTAIN PARTICULARS OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN LAND 1,525 words
    2. New Clause B
      1. cc1576-82
      2. POWER OF CERTAIN COUNCILS WITH RESPECT TO DANGEROUS EXCAVATIONS 2,624 words
    3. Clause 22
      1. cc1582-3
      2. ALTERATIONS OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS 159 words
    4. Clause 23
      1. cc1583-4
      2. FUNDS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES ETC. 423 words
    5. Clause 24
      1. cc1584-5
      2. REPAYMENT OF UNCLAIMED COMPENSATION ETC. PAID INTO COURT 219 words
    6. New Clause D
      1. cc1585-6
      2. INDEMNITIES FOR OFFICERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES APPOINTED AS RECEIVERS OR ADMINISTRATORS 531 words
    7. New Clause E
      1. cc1586-90
      2. RESTORATION OF SUPPLY OF WATER, GAS OR ELECTRICITY 1,534 words
    8. New Clause G
      1. cc1590-3
      2. REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS FROM PRIVATE SEWERS 1,275 words
    9. New Clause H
      1. cc1593-7
      2. CONTROL OF PARKING ON AREAS USED FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING GOODS VEHICLES 1,792 words
    10. Clause 30
      1. cc1597-8
      2. USE OF SPARE CAPACITY OF COMPUTERS AND PRINTING EQUIPMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES 413 words
    11. Clause 41
      1. cc1598-600
      2. PROVISIONS AS TO PROPRIETORS 813 words
    cc1601-33
  27. BRITISH LEYLAND (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 12,039 words
  28. cc1634-79
  29. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE (BROADCASTING) 16,532 words, 1 division
  30. c1679
  31. DROUGHT BILL [Lords] 41 words
  32. cc1679-90
  33. MORTGAGE FUNDS (URBAN AREAS) 3,788 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

    c653W
  1. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 66 words
    c653W
  2. POLITICAL PARTIES (PUBLIC FUNDS) 84 words
    cc653-4W
  3. HAMPSTEAD ESTATE 169 words
    c654W
  4. THE ARTS 92 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c654W
    2. Departmental Staff 102 words
      cc654-5W
    3. Birdsnesting 64 words
      c655W
    4. Driving Offences (Macclesfield) 52 words
      c655W
    5. Human Rights (Jersey and Guernsey) 169 words
      c655W
    6. Dual Citizenship 31 words
      cc655-6W
    7. Air Guns 132 words
      c656W
    8. Prisoners and Remanded Persons 61 words
      c656W
    9. Bigamy 93 words
      cc656-7W
    10. Mercenaries 82 words
      c657W
    11. Juvenile Offenders (Certificates of Unruliness) 193 words
  6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. cc657-8W
    2. 11-Plus Examination 56 words
      c658W
    3. Trade Unions (Education and Training) 112 words
      c658W
    4. Illiterates 74 words
      cc658-9W
    5. Examinations (Schools Council's Proposals) 253 words
      c659W
    6. Vandalism 85 words
      cc659-60W
    7. Careers Counselling 45 words
      c660W
    8. Infant Schools (Derbyshire) 69 words
      c660W
    9. School Inspections 55 words
      c660W
    10. Comprehensive Education (Kingswood) 33 words
      cc660-1W
    11. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 89 words
      c661W
    12. William Tyndale School (Report) 101 words
      c661W
    13. Truancy 81 words
      cc661-2W
    14. School Meals 163 words
      c662W
    15. Secondary Reorganisation (West Yorkshire) 56 words
      cc662-3W
    16. Overseas Students 208 words
      c663W
    17. GCE A-level Examinations 153 words
      c663W
    18. Teacher Training (Cost) 65 words
      cc663-4W
    19. Careers Advice 43 words
      c664W
    20. Public Schools 41 words
      cc664-5W
    21. Teachers (Employment) 248 words
      c665W
    22. Inner London Education Authority 25 words
      c665W
    23. Teaching Methods 42 words
      c665W
    24. School Transport 293 words
      cc665-6W
    25. Postgraduate Students 109 words
      cc666-7W
    26. Teachers (Stoke-on-Trent) 153 words
      c667W
    27. Victoria and Albert Museum 178 words
      c667W
    28. Shipwrecks (Licensed Excavations) 128 words
      cc667-8W
    29. Teachers (Social Priority Schools) 229 words
      cc668-9W
    30. Disabled Students 168 words
      c669W
    31. GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 21 words
      c669W
    32. NATIONALISED INDUSTRY PRICES 34 words
      c669W
    33. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY 30 words
      c669W
    34. CYPRUS 23 words
      cc669-70W
    35. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 115 words
      c670W
    36. SERVICE SECTOR 53 words
      c670W
    37. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 41 words
      c670W
    38. BIRMINGHAM 24 words
      cc670-1W
    39. MINISTERIAL BROADCASTS 46 words
      c671W
    40. TUC AND CBI 66 words
      c671W
    41. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (SPEECH) 34 words
      c671W
    42. LIVERPOOL 23 words
      c671W
    43. MALTA 27 words
      cc671-2W
    44. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE (EMPLOYMENT) 37 words
      c672W
    45. ITALY (LOANS) 73 words
      c672W
    46. CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY 39 words
      cc672-3W
    47. INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR WOMEN 156 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. c673W
    2. Poultry Hygiene Regulations 61 words
      c673W
    3. Rent (Agriculture) Bill 70 words
      c673W
    4. Irrigation 112 words
      cc673-4W
    5. Rainham Creek (Flood Barrier) 84 words
      c674W
    6. Field Drainage Pipes 130 words
      cc674-5W
    7. Wild Oats 194 words
      c675W
    8. Beef Marketing 57 words
  8. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. cc675-6W
    2. Pensions 427 words
      c676W
    3. Travel Security (Former Prime Ministers) 56 words
      cc676-7W
    4. Pay 301 words
      cc677-8W
    5. Civil Servants 132 words
  9. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. c678W
    2. Children's Earned Income (Tax Allowance) 107 words
      c678W
    3. Sex Discrimination (Taxation) 68 words
      cc678-9W
    4. Inland Revenue Staff 126 words
      cc679-80W
    5. Ashfield House, Liverpool (Rating Appeals) 270 words
      c680W
    6. Income Tax Allowances 87 words
      cc680-1W
    7. Social Security Benefits and Allowances 466 words
      c681W
    8. Corrupt Practices 50 words
      cc681-2W
    9. Vehicle Excise Duty 44 words
      c682W
    10. Low-Income Families 96 words
      c682W
    11. National Debt 70 words
      cc682-3W
    12. Wealth Tax 151 words
      c683W
    13. Balance of Payments 138 words
      c683W
    14. Invisible Exports 169 words
      cc683-4W
    15. Coinage 119 words
      cc684-6W
    16. Child Tax Allowances 676 words
      cc686-7W
    17. Value Added Tax 216 words
      c687W
    18. Local Government Grants 62 words
      cc687-8W
    19. Credit Unions 688 words
      cc688-9W
    20. Tax Yields (European Community) 189 words
      c689W
    21. Works of Art 33 words
      c689W
    22. Inflation 62 words
      c689W
    23. Banks (Licensing and Supervision) 39 words
      cc689-90W
    24. War Widows 87 words
      c690W
    25. Public Expenditure 87 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. c690W
    2. Vietnam 118 words
  11. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. c691W
    2. Electrical Goods (Advertising Costs) 76 words
      c691W
    3. Telephones (Promotional Activity) 80 words
      cc691-2W
    4. Petrol Retailing 384 words
      cc692-3W
    5. Nationalised Industries 229 words
  12. ENERGY
    1. c693W
    2. North Sea Oil 129 words
      cc693-4W
    3. Oil Extraction (Method) 96 words
      c694W
    4. Ethane 79 words
      c694W
    5. Natural Gas Liquids 167 words
      cc694-5W
    6. Pipelines 36 words
      c695W
    7. Insulation 76 words
      c695W
    8. British National Oil Corporation 42 words
      cc695-6W
    9. Concessionary Fuel Allowance 135 words
      cc696-7W
    10. Opencast Coal Mining 378 words
      c697W
    11. Nuclear Reactors 161 words
      c697W
    12. Continental Shelf (Area Designation) 63 words
  13. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. cc698-9W
    2. Homeless Persons (Report) 314 words
      c699W
    3. Family Income Supplement 77 words
      c699W
    4. Newham (Hospital Services) 222 words
      c699W
    5. Liverpool Teaching Hospital 63 words
      cc699-700W
    6. Supplementary Benefit 74 words
      cc700-1W
    7. Cheshire (Health Service Employees) 251 words
      c701W
    8. Crewe Hospitals 160 words
      c701W
    9. Community Health Councils (West Midlands) 86 words
      cc701-2W
    10. Drugs (Costs) 270 words
      cc702-4W
    11. Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Liverpool 518 words
      c704W
    12. National Health Service Staffs 70 words
      cc704-5W
    13. Maternity Services (Liverpool) 142 words
      cc705-6W
    14. Mobility Allowance 430 words
      c706W
    15. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 78 words
      c706W
    16. Invalid Vehicles (Petrol Allowance) 66 words
      cc706-8W
    17. Doctors (Designated Area Allowance) 696 words
      cc708-9W
    18. Personal Social Services (Expenditure) 617 words
      cc709-11W
    19. Doctors (Pay) 570 words
      cc711-2W
    20. Oakmere Rehabilitation Centre, Cheshire 74 words
      c712W
    21. Benefit Repayments 128 words
      c712W
    22. National Health Service (Administrative Staff) 106 words
      cc712-3W
    23. National Insurance Contributions 93 words
      c713W
    24. Fluoridation 71 words
      cc713-6W
    25. Area Health Authorities (Expenditure) 1,384 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. c717W
    2. Clothing (Member's Correspondence) 57 words
      c717W
    3. Coastal Survey Vessels 51 words
      c717W
    4. Harrier Aircraft and Sea Wolf Weapon System (Sale) 94 words
      c717W
    5. Multi-rôle Combat Aircraft 54 words
      cc717-8W
    6. Kenya 53 words
      c718W
    7. German Federal Republic 88 words
      c718W
    8. Chaplains 66 words
      cc718-9W
    9. Army Chaplains' Department Centre 148 words
      c719W
    10. Civil Servants—Service Personnel (Ratios) 120 words
      cc719-20W
    11. Meteor Tank Engine 97 words
      c720W
    12. Unexploded Objects (Beaches) 87 words
      c720W
    13. Expenditure 55 words
  15. INDUSTRY
    1. c720W
    2. Lonrho Limited 118 words
      cc720-1W
    3. Advance Factories 330 words
      cc721-2W
    4. Post Office 120 words
      c722W
    5. International Telegraph and Telecommunications Consultative Committee 73 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. c722W
    2. Scottish Assembly 48 words
      cc722-3W
    3. Foxes 169 words
      c723W
    4. Doctors (Pay) 362 words
      cc723-4W
    5. Killearn (Hospital) 65 words
      c724W
    6. Scottish Development Agency 56 words
  17. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. cc724-5W
    2. Direct Elections 176 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c725W
    2. Immigrants (Statistics) 139 words
      cc725-6W
    3. Gilbert Islands 162 words
      c726W
    4. South Africa (Mental Patients) 70 words
      cc726-7W
    5. Gibraltar 274 words
      c727W
    6. East-West Co-operative Activities 171 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT
    1. c727W
    2. National Water Council 88 words
      cc727-8W
    3. Railways (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 72 words
      c728W
    4. National Freight Corporation (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 81 words
      c728W
    5. Road Tankers (Accidents) 119 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT
    1. c729W
    2. Docks (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 162 words
      c729W
    3. Rent Arrears 81 words
      cc729-30W
    4. Inland Waterways (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 199 words
      c730W
    5. Road Haulage 103 words
      cc730-1W
    6. Road Maintenance (Hauliers) 159 words
      c731W
    7. Vehicle Excise Duty 102 words
      c731W
    8. Roads (Employment) 128 words
      cc731-2W
    9. M62 58 words
      c732W
    10. A51 (Tarporley) 99 words
      c732W
    11. Disabled Persons (House Insulation) 85 words
      cc732-3W
    12. Tied Cottages 140 words
      c733W
    13. Houses (Insulation) 79 words
      cc733-4W
    14. Government Cars (Former Prime Ministers) 136 words
      c734W
    15. Railways (Closures) 267 words
      c734W
    16. Water Authorities and District Councils 78 words
      cc734-5W
    17. Road Studs 112 words
      c735W
    18. M25 (Essex) 52 words
      c735W
    19. Local Government Staffs 87 words
      cc735-6W
    20. Mobile Homes 104 words
      c736W
    21. Rent Rebates and Allowances 74 words
      c736W
    22. Rate Rebates 47 words
      c736W
    23. Water Authorities 77 words
      cc736-7W
    24. Otters 69 words
      c737W
    25. Gipsies 149 words
      cc737-8W
    26. Toxic Waste Disposal 237 words
      cc738-9W
    27. Housing Associations 288 words
      c739W
    28. Disabled Persons' Car Badge Scheme 53 words
      c739W
    29. Buses (West Yorkshire) 87 words
      cc739-40W
    30. Motorways (Mileage) 45 words
      c740W
    31. Local Government Finance 218 words
      c740W
    32. Minibuses (Schools and Charities) 53 words
      cc740-1W
    33. Dartmoor 116 words
      c741W
    34. Local Government Staffs (Pay) 94 words
      c741W
    35. Merseyside (Construction Industry) 144 words
      cc741-2W
    36. Water Conservation (House Cisterns) 108 words
  21. TRADE
    1. c742W
    2. Supermarkets (Trolleys) 39 words
      c742W
    3. Manufacturing (Investment) 83 words
      cc742-3W
    4. Motor Cars 81 words
      c743W
    5. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 96 words
      cc743-4W
    6. Japanese Television Sets 255 words
  22. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c744W
    2. Trade Unions 105 words
      cc744-5W
    3. Rolls-Royce (Northern Ireland) Ltd. 114 words
      c745W
    4. School Leavers 106 words
      c745W
    5. Housing (Completions and Starts) 173 words
      cc745-6W
    6. Housing Contracts 137 words
      cc746-7W
    7. Cattle Slaughtering (Veterinary Charges) 244 words
      cc747-9W
    8. Sport and Recreation 695 words
      cc749-57W
    9. Terrorist Activities 3,912 words
      cc757-8W
    10. European Regional Development Grant 330 words
      cc758-9W
    11. Harbours 250 words
  23. EMPLOYMENT
    1. cc759-60W
    2. Youth Unemployment 154 words
      cc760-2W
    3. Small Businesses 1,251 words
      cc762-3W
    4. Fishing Industry 64 words
      c763W
    5. Unemployment Benefit (Holidays) 73 words
      cc763-4W
    6. Macclesfield 569 words
      cc764-5W
    7. Graduates 97 words
      c765W
    8. Unemployment 142 words
      c765W
    9. Wage Rates 113 words
      cc765-7W
    10. Earnings 1,081 words
      cc767-8W
    11. Employment Protection (Costs) 118 words
      cc768-9W
    12. Leicester 159 words
      c769W
    13. Job Creation 191 words
      c769W
    14. Ince 154 words
      cc769-70W
    15. Skelmersdale New Town 49 words
      cc770-5W
    16. Departmental Staff 1,836 words
      c775W
    17. Strikers (Swinton) 124 words
      c775W
    18. Harrow 64 words
      cc775-6W
    19. School Leavers 185 words
      c776W
    20. Disabled Persons 178 words