Sitting of 26 October 1976

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Commons Sitting of 26 October 1976 Series 5 Vol. 918

c249
1. Preamble 7 words
c249
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c249
1. COUNTY OF SOUTH GLAMORGAN BILL [Lords](By Order) 11 words
c249
2. CROMARTY PETROLEUM ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 11 words
cc249-74
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 28 words
1. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc249-51
1. Occupational Pension Schemes (Management) 444 words
cc251-2
2. Analgesics (Sale) 434 words
cc252-4
3. National Health Service (Resources Allocation) 681 words
cc254-5
4. Health Education Council 459 words
cc255-8
5. Poverty 854 words
cc258-9
6. Clinical Expenditure 499 words
cc259-62
7. Disabled Persons (Mobility) 982 words
cc262-3
8. Prescription Pricing Authority 285 words
cc263-6
9. Fraudulent Claims 1,009 words
c266
10. Shotley Bridge General Hospital, Consett 204 words
cc266-7
11. Supplementary Benefit (European Community Country Citizens) 135 words
c267
12. Hospitals (Expenditure Economies) 123 words
cc267-70
2. SCOTTISH TRADES UNION CONGRESS 738 words
cc270-1
3. HARROW 589 words
cc271-3
4. CITY OF LONDON 518 words
cc273-4
5. SELECT COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 321 words
cc274-6
5. BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE 407 words
c276
1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 25 words
c276
2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 58 words
cc277-85
6. NATIONAL FREIGHT CORPORATION (DENATIONALISATION) 3,212 words, 1 division
cc285-6
7. ROYAL ASSENT 82 words
8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
cc287-356
1. INSOLVENCY BILL [Lords] 7 words
1. New Clause 1
cc287-98
1. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING UP RULES 4,124 words
2. New Clause 2
cc298-302
1. OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT ADMINISTRATION ORDERS. 1,675 words
3. New Clause 3
cc302-12
1. FEES CHARGED FOR WINDING-UP COMPANIES 3,519 words
4. Clause 1
cc312-4
1. INCREASE OF MONETARY LIMITS RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING UP 755 words
5. Clause 6
cc314-8
1. POWER TO DISPENSE WITH PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF DEBTORS 1,448 words
6. Clause 7
cc318-20
1. AUTOMATIC DISCHARGE OF BANKRUPT 796 words
7. Clause 9
cc320-32
1. DISQUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS OF INSOLVENT COMPANIES 4,564 words
8. Clause 10
cc332-46
1. EXTENSION OF POWER TO MAKE ADMINISTRATION ORDER 5,380 words
9. Clause 12
c346
1. ADMINISTRATION ORDER RULES 98 words
10. Schedule 1
cc347-50
1. MONETARY LIMITS RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING UP 1,247 words
11. Schedule 2
c350
1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO INSOLVENCY SERVICES ACCOUNT 14 words
12. Schedule 3
cc350-6
1. REPEALS 2,088 words
cc356-68
2. NORTHERN IRELAND (FIREARMS) 4,291 words
cc368-430
3. NORTHERN IRELAND (HOUSING) 22,960 words
cc431-40
4. SCHOOL UNIFORM (GRANTS) 3,048 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1976 Series 5 Vol. 918

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c101W
1. Museums 117 words
c101W
2. German Language (Examination Passes) 97 words
cc101-2W
3. Works of Art 133 words
cc102-7W
4. Examinations 2,565 words
c107W
5. Education Standards 124 words
cc107-8W
6. "The Staffing of Public Libraries" 147 words
c108W
7. Scotland 58 words
c108W
8. Edinburgh University (Commission Report) 74 words
c108W
9. Children (Employment) 48 words
2. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc108-9W
1. Spectacles 82 words
c109W
2. Hospitals 108 words
cc109-10W
3. Retirement Age 238 words
c110W
4. Breast Cancer 122 words
c110W
5. Earnings Rule 33 words
cc110-1W
6. Children (Observation and Assessment Centres) 107 words
c111W
7. Trade Unionists (Health Authorities) 121 words
cc111-2W
8. One-Parent Families 187 words
c112W
9. Junior Hospital Doctors (Pay) 107 words
cc112-4W
10. Child Benefit 1,136 words
cc114-5W
11. National Insurance Records 88 words
c115W
12. Supplementary Benefit (Foreign Citizens) 69 words
cc115-6W
13. Mentally Handicapped Persons 159 words
c116W
14. Northfield, Birmingham, Departmental Office 44 words
c116W
15. Invalid Vehicles 139 words
3. SOCIAL SERVICES
c117W
1. Supplementary Benefit (Personal Claimants) 53 words
cc117-8W
2. Kidney Donors 395 words
cc118-9W
3. Child Care 159 words
c119W
4. Unemployed Persons 223 words
cc119-20W
5. Young Persons (Case Investigations) 112 words
c120W
6. Influenza Vaccine 90 words
c120W
7. Supplementary Benefit (European Community Countries) 79 words
cc120-1W
8. Handicapped Children 198 words
c121W
9. Christmas Bonus 63 words
c121W
10. Medical and Hospital Equipment 114 words
cc121-2W
11. Consultants (Pay) 60 words
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12. Medical Journals (Advertising) 158 words
c122W
13. Psychiatric Rehabilitation (Industrial Disputes) 65 words
cc122-3W
14. Hospitals for Children 106 words
c123W
15. Occupational Pension Funds (Management) 74 words
cc123-4W
16. Public Expenditure (Health Services) 183 words
c124W
17. Fraudulent Claims (Investigations) 163 words
c124W
18. National Health Service (Resources Allocation) 58 words
cc124-5W
19. International Medical Credit Cards 83 words
c125W
20. Inflation 29 words
c125W
21. Maternity Services (Northallerton) 72 words
cc125-7W
22. Housewives (Invalidity Pension) 573 words
c127W
23. Pensions 69 words
cc127-8W
24. Departmental Correspondence 138 words
c128W
25. Runcorn (Health Services) 113 words
c128W
26. National Hospital for Nervous Diseases 102 words
cc128-9W
27. Willesden General Hospital 72 words
c129W
28. Reciprocal Agreements 124 words
c129W
29. Disabled Persons (Job Creation Programme) 114 words
cc129-30W
30. Benefits 138 words
c130W
31. Disabled Persons (Equipment Research) 74 words
cc130-1W
32. Marginal Tax Rates and Personal Incomes 197 words
c131W
33. British Deaf Association 100 words
cc131-2W
34. Psychotherapy 284 words
cc132-3W
35. Mobility Allowance 227 words
cc133-4W
36. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons 581 words
cc134-5W
37. Disabled Persons (Aids) 192 words
c135W
38. Cotton Cellular Blankets 99 words
c135W
39. Homeless Persons 112 words
cc135-6W
40. Family Practitioner Committees (Complaints) 151 words
cc136-7W
41. Southampton (Hospital Operations) 431 words
c137W
42. Youth Treatment Centres 78 words
cc137-8W
43. Eye Tests (Leek) 66 words
c138W
44. Family Income Supplement 206 words
cc138-9W
45. Cults 133 words
c139W
46. Heating Allowances 86 words
c139W
47. Scotland 71 words
cc139-40W
48. Kidney Failure 158 words
c140W
49. Earnings Rule 63 words
cc140-1W
50. Supplementary Benefits (Discretionary Powers) 154 words
c141W
51. Mentally Handicapped Persons 193 words
cc141-3W
52. Neurology 603 words
c143W
53. Sheffield (Health Services) 333 words
cc143-4W
54. Retinitis Pigmentosa 65 words
cc144-5W
55. Darlington Memorial Hospital 170 words
c145W
56. Prescriptions (Leek) 195 words
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57. Deaf and Blind Persons 174 words
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58. War Pensions 62 words
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59. Children (Employment) 215 words
cc146-7W
60. Dentists 108 words
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61. Paddington Day Hospital (Inquiry) 208 words
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62. Disabled Persons 71 words
cc147-8W
63. Mobility Allowance 109 words
cc148-9W
64. Sickness and Unemployment Benefit 173 words
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65. Elderly Persons (Bus Journeys) 79 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 91 words
c149W
5. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (INQUIRY) 33 words
cc149-50W
6. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 105 words
c150W
7. GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 64 words
c150W
8. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 42 words
cc150-1W
9. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (CHANCELLOR) 36 words
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10. RHODESIA 26 words
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11. GLASGOW 30 words
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12. CARDIFF 18 words
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13. SCOTLAND 33 words
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14. DR. KISSINGER 58 words
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15. ROAD CONSTRUCTION 73 words
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16. WOOLER 25 words
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17. MINISTER FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT (SPEECH) 65 words
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18. LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES 31 words
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19. POLITICAL LIFE (ALLEGATIONS) 70 words
c153W
20. LEGAL SERVICES (ROYAL COMMISSION) 55 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. National Health Service (Staff) 135 words
cc153-4W
2. Unemployment 102 words
c154W
3. Transmission Line Towers 103 words
cc154-5W
4. Dr. W. M. Thomson v. Lothian Health Board 538 words
22. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Water Supply 77 words
cc156-7W
2. Sugar 645 words
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3. Local Authority Smallholdings 123 words
cc158-9W
4. Beef and Lamb 184 words
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5. Tractors 207 words
cc159-60W
6. Butter and Cheese 120 words
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7. Fishing Nets 142 words
23. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Baldwin Steering Group 74 words
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2. Ministerial Responsibilities 86 words
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3. Rates 69 words
cc161-2W
4. South East Joint Planning Team 194 words
24. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Ranby Prison 51 words
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2. Bugging Devices 60 words
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3. Squatting 65 words
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4. Magistrates' Courts (Expenditure) 146 words
c163W
5. Czech Refugee Trust Fund 131 words
25. TRANSPORT
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1. A52, Leek (Road Casualties) 89 words
c164W
2. Kelsall Bypass 36 words
cc164-5W
3. London Outer Orbital Road 502 words
cc165-6W
4. Roads (Hertfordshire) 83 words
c166W
5. Motorways 67 words
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6. Tachographs 59 words
cc166-7W
7. Speed Limits 116 words
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8. Bus Fares (Children) 126 words
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9. Homosexual Conduct 87 words
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10. Armaments Manufacture (Work Force) 75 words
26. DEFENCE
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1. Equipment Sales 112 words
cc168-9W
2. HMS "Fittleton" (Sinking) 275 words
27. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Hong Kong 193 words
cc169-70W
2. Belize 104 words
cc170-2W
3. New Hebrides 992 words
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4. Ethiopia 57 words
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5. Dominica 111 words
28. WALES
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1. A4086, Llanrug (Pedestrian Crossing) 63 words
cc173-4W
2. Welsh Assembly 182 words
29. EMPLOYMENT
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1. "Sunday Telegraph" 89 words
cc174-7W
2. Regional Aid 912 words
cc177-8W
3. Scotland 307 words
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4. Temporary Employment Subsidy 44 words
c178W
5. Wages 49 words
c178W
6. Alloa, Falkirk and Stirling 55 words
cc178-80W
7. Manufacturing 552 words
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8. Jobcentres 97 words
30. INDUSTRY
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1. National Enterprise Board 47 words
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2. Small Businesses 165 words
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3. Shareholdings (Inquiry) 446 words
c183W
4. Raw Materials 99 words
31. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Government Offices (Cleaning Contracts) 493 words
c185W
2. Civil Servants 81 words
cc185-6W
3. Members of Parliament (Pay and Allowances) 115 words
32. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Disconnections 252 words
cc186-7W
2. Uranium 159 words
33. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Government Papers (Members of Parliament) 136 words
cc187-8W
2. Land Registration Act 1970 113 words
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3. Police (Londonderry Residences) 73 words
c188W
4. Land Law Reform 103 words
cc188-90W
5. Western Health and Social Services Board 375 words
cc190-1W
6. Office of Law Reform 61 words
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7. Queen's Visit (1977) 99 words
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8. Police Station, Coleraine 64 words
cc191-2W
9. Health Authorities (Staff) 141 words
34. TRADE
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1. Regional Aid 264 words
c193W
2. United Kingdom—EEC Trade 111 words
c193W
3. Export Credits 107 words
cc193-4W
4. Balance of Trade 142 words
cc194-6W
5. British Overseas Trade Board 681 words
c196W
6. Co-operative Development Agency 80 words
cc196-8W
7. British Overseas Trade Advisory Council 685 words
cc198-9W
8. British Tourist Authority 91 words
35. NATIONAL FINANCE
c199W
1. International Monetary Fund 40 words
c199W
2. National Insurance Contributions 48 words
c199W
3. Perquisites 87 words
cc199-203W
4. Public Sector Borrowing 1,563 words
c203W
5. Exports 140 words
cc203-5W
6. PAYE (Computerised Records) 163 words
c205W
7. Sterling Balances 171 words
c205W
8. Employment 117 words
cc205-6W
9. Cars (Fuel Consumption) 40 words
c206W
10. Taxes Outstanding 143 words
cc206-7W
11. National Savings 157 words
c207W
12. Public Sector Debt Interest 218 words
c207W
13. Taxation (Personal Incomes) 129 words
cc207-8W
14. Manufacturers (Exports) 161 words
cc208-9W
15. £ Sterling 397 words
cc209-10W
16. Mortgages (Tax Relief) 93 words
c210W
17. Trade Union Services and Benefits 85 words

Lords Sitting of 26 October 1976 Series 5 Vol. 376

c261
1. Preamble 22 words
cc261-4
2. UNESCO: FUNDS AND OPERATIONS 1,086 words
cc265-7
3. RHODESIAN DETAINEES 932 words
cc267-71
4. MUSEUM ADMISSION FEES 1,187 words
cc271-4
5. IMMIGRANT'S CHILDBIRTH AT LONDON AIRPORT 963 words
c274
6. TEES TUNNEL BILL 15 words
cc274-6
7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 779 words
cc276-317
8. THE PARLIAMENTARY TIMETABLE 16,110 words, 1 division
c317
9. ROYAL ASSENT 77 words
c317
10. ROYAL COUNTY OF BERKSHIRE (PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT) PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 12 words
cc318-42
11. EDUCATION BILL 9,569 words
cc343-406
12. DOCK WORK REGULATION BILL 24,747 words
13. SCHEDULE
cc406-9
1. PUBLIC INQUIRIES (NOTICES AND PROCEDURES) 1,167 words
cc409-18
14. ELECTRICITY (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL 3,421 words
cc418-20
15. BRITISH AIRWAYS BOARD (GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT) ORDER 1976 629 words