Commons Sitting of 7 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 940

    c1359
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1359
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
      4. cc1359-87
    1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 25 words
      1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
          2. cc1359-64
        1. Falkland Islands 1,568 words
          2. cc1364-5
        2. Chile 437 words
          3. cc1365-6
        3. Gibraltar 361 words
          4. cc1366-7
        4. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 369 words
          5. cc1367-8
        5. Overseas Representation (CPRS Report) 359 words
          6. cc1368-72
        6. Rhodesia 1,380 words
          7. cc1372-5
        7. Middle East 969 words
          8. cc1375-6
        8. Departmental Staff 380 words
      2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
          3. cc1377-8
        1. Political Co-operation 349 words
          2. cc1378-80
        2. European Parliament and United Kingdom Parliament 665 words
          3. cc1380-1
        3. President of the Commission 351 words
          4. cc1381-2
        4. Enlargement 440 words
          5. cc1382-4
        5. Reform 562 words
          6. cc1384-5
        6. Common Policies 420 words
          7. cc1385-7
        7. Direct Elections 679 words
        c1387
      3. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 104 words
    cc1387-401
  4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (SUMMIT) 4,965 words
    5. cc1401-9
  5. POLISH SHIPBUILDING ORDERS 436 words
    1. BILLS PRESENTED
        2. c1403
      1. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION 87 words
        2. c1403
      2. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) 111 words
        3. c1403
      3. ESTATE AGENTS 113 words
        4. c1404
      4. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN 93 words
        5. c1404
      5. POST OFFICE WORKERS (INDUSTRIAL ACTION) 88 words
        6. c1404
      6. SMALL BUSINESSES (PROTECTION OF EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) 116 words
        7. cc1404-5
      7. CONSUMER SAFETY 80 words
        8. c1405
      8. COMPANIES (QUALIFICATION OF COMPANY SECRETARIES) 81 words
        9. c1405
      9. SALE OF SALMON 81 words
        10. c1405
      10. ARMED FORCES (REPOSSESSION OF DWELLINGS) 82 words
        11. c1406
      11. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) 128 words
        12. c1406
      12. RATING 87 words
        13. c1406
      13. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT 87 words
        14. cc1406-7
      14. CIVIL LIABILITY (CONTRIBUTION) 139 words
        15. c1407
      15. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 88 words
        16. c1407
      16. CONTROL OF ENCAMPMENTS 66 words
        17. cc1407-8
      17. NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL 123 words
        18. c1408
      18. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974 (AMEND MENT) 88 words
        19. c1408
      19. DUTIES OF COMPANY DIRECTORS 74 words
        20. c1408
      20. INTERNATIONALLY PROTECTED PERSONS 68 words
        21. c1409
      21. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 49 words
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      7. cc1410-520
    1. SCOTLAND BILL 250 words
        2. cc1410-65
      1. Clause 35 20,538 words
      2. Clause 36
          3. cc1465-6
        1. POWER TO MOVE REJECTION OF CERTAIN ASSEMBLY BILLS 38 words
      3. Clause 37
          4. c1466
        1. POWER TO PREVENT OR REQUIRE ACTION 38 words
      4. Clause 38
          5. cc1466-70
        1. POWER TO REVOKE SUBORDINATE INSTRUMENTS 1,319 words
      5. Clause 39
          6. cc1470-520
        1. INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC GUIDELINES 18,068 words
      cc1521-62
    2. SCOTLAND BILL 14,411 words, 8 divisions
      1. Clause 40
          2. cc1558-9
        1. NATIONAL PAY POLICY 545 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 41
          3. cc1559-62
        1. MINISTER'S CONSENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF CERTAIN PERSONS 770 words, 2 divisions
      cc1563-606
    3. ENERGY POLICY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY 16,296 words
      4. c1606
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS (SERVICES) 36 words
      5. cc1606-18
    5. ROBERT EDMUNDS (MOBILITY ALLOWANCE) 4,314 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 940

  1. INDUSTRY
      2. cc703-4W
    1. Hitachi Company 324 words
      c704W
    2. British Shipbuilders (Polish Joint Venture) 168 words
      cc704-5W
    3. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (CASH REGISTERS) 75 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      3. c705W
    1. Refreshment Department (Staff) 89 words
  3. CIVIL SERVICE
      4. c705W
    1. Civil Servants 85 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      5. cc705-7W
    1. Science Research Council 538 words
      c707W
    2. Energy Research Support Unit 106 words
      cc707-8W
    3. Further Education 134 words
      c708W
    4. Science and Engineering (Postgraduates) 145 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. cc708-9W
    1. Metropolitan Police and Firemen (Pay) 326 words
      cc709-10W
    2. Firemen 384 words
      cc710-1W
    3. Police (Special Branch) 69 words
      c711W
    4. High Point Prison 44 words
      c711W
    5. Illegal Immigrants 57 words
      c711W
    6. Pay Policy 71 words
      cc711-2W
    7. Textiles (Police and Prison Uniforms) 181 words
      c712W
    8. Immigrants 224 words
      c712W
    9. Tyres (Departmental Purchases) 35 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      7. c713W
    1. African, Caribbean and Pacific States 183 words
      c713W
    2. United Nations Agencies 57 words
      cc713-4W
    3. United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund 132 words
      c714W
    4. Commonwealth Development Corporation 58 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      8. c714W
    1. Badgers 80 words
      cc714-6W
    2. Land Drainage 435 words
      c716W
    3. Potato Chips 83 words
      c716W
    4. Abattoirs 110 words
      cc716-7W
    5. Employment 73 words
      c717W
    6. Cattle Exports 164 words
      c717W
    7. Sheep Exports 139 words
  8. TRANSPORT
      9. cc717-8W
    1. Euroroutes 117 words
      c718W
    2. A38 (Branston-Fradley) 80 words
      cc718-9W
    3. Roads (Expenditure) 110 words
      c719W
    4. Cars and Motor Cycles 79 words
      c719W
    5. M1 (Junction Sign) 285 words
      cc719-20W
    6. Heavy Vehicles 65 words
      c720W
    7. Motorways (Lighting) 104 words
      cc720-1W
    8. Motor Cars 114 words
      c721W
    9. Attleborough Bypass 76 words
      c721W
    10. A590 (Meathop-Sampool Bridge) 389 words
      cc721-2W
    11. British Transport Hotels 33 words
      c722W
    12. Tolls 131 words
      cc722-3W
    13. British Railways 22 words
      c723W
    14. Lorry Drivers (Working Hours) 97 words
  9. TRADE
      10. c723W
    1. Textiles (Imports) 84 words
      cc723-4W
    2. Manchester Airport 149 words
      cc724-8W
    3. Commodities (Common Fund) 2,128 words
      cc728-9W
    4. Motor Vehicle Components 77 words
      c729W
    5. Employment 71 words
  10. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
      11. c729W
    1. Price Movements 131 words
      cc729-30W
    2. Consumer Advice Centres 159 words
  11. ENERGY
      12. c730W
    1. Uranium 46 words
      c730W
    2. Coal (Reserves) 46 words
      c730W
    3. Employment 71 words
  12. INDUSTRY
      13. c731W
    1. British Steel Corporation 55 words
      c731W
    2. Steel 199 words
      cc731-2W
    3. HS748 Aircraft 75 words
      cc732-6W
    4. Timber Trades 1,252 words
      cc736-7W
    5. Paper 60 words
      c737W
    6. Employment 71 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. cc737-8W
    1. Aircraft 290 words
      cc738-9W
    2. Pensions 479 words
      cc739-40W
    3. Greenwich Naval Hospital 129 words
      c740W
    4. Naval Pensioners 123 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
      15. cc740-1W
    1. St. Andrew's Mental Hospital, Northampton 125 words
      c741W
    2. Unemployed Persons 361 words
      cc741-2W
    3. Personal Allowances 157 words
      c742W
    4. Special Needs Payments 99 words
      cc742-3W
    5. Health Authorities (Staffs) 98 words
      c743W
    6. North Thames Regional Health Authority 128 words
      c743W
    7. Pensionable Age 130 words
      cc743-4W
    8. Tyres (Departmental Purchases) 109 words
      c744W
    9. Pharmacists (Pay) 34 words
      cc744-5W
    10. Ear, Nose and Throat Treatment 233 words
      cc745-8W
    11. Fraud 1,303 words
      c748W
    12. Unemployment Benefit 92 words
      cc748-50W
    13. Cigarettes 501 words
      cc750-1W
    14. Part-time Workers 328 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT
      16. c751W
    1. Construction Industry 82 words
      cc751-2W
    2. Ordnance Survey (Archaeology Division) 108 words
      c752W
    3. Water Charges (Direct Billing) 118 words
      cc752-3W
    4. Rate Support Grant 349 words
      c753W
    5. Water (Quality) 168 words
      cc753-4W
    6. Electricity (Home Heating) 154 words
      c754W
    7. Sub-standard Dwellings 85 words
      cc754-5W
    8. Households 113 words
      c755W
    9. Library and Museum Services 148 words
      c755W
    10. National Library 60 words
  16. EMPLOYMENT
      17. c756W
    1. Cheshire 45 words
      cc756-7W
    2. Luton Campaign for Homosexual Equality 285 words
      cc757-9W
    3. Scotland 1,052 words
      cc759-60W
    4. Apprentices 237 words
      cc760-1W
    5. Highlands and Islands Development Board 85 words
      c761W
    6. Temporary Employment Subsidy 168 words
      cc761-2W
    7. Torrington 214 words
      cc762-3W
    8. Pay Settlements 166 words
      c763W
    9. Tyres 107 words
      c763W
    10. Walsall 148 words
      cc763-4W
    11. Unfair Dismissals 34 words
      c764W
    12. Wages 114 words
  17. WALES
      18. c764W
    1. Snowdonia National Park (Access Orders) 117 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      19. cc764-5W
    1. Immigration (Indian Sub-continent) 83 words
    c765W
  19. COCOM 115 words
    c765W
  20. Imperial Bank of India 71 words
    cc765-6W
  21. United Nations 120 words
    c766W
  22. Mrs. Lystra Downs 136 words
    c766W
  23. China 72 words
    cc766-7W
  24. Morocco 49 words
    cc767-8W
  25. Rhodesia 399 words
    c768W
  26. Mozambique 30 words
    cc768-9W
  27. Middle East 173 words
    c769W
  28. Falkland Islands 212 words
    cc769-70W
  29. South Africa 79 words
    c770W
  30. Yuri Orlov 131 words
    c770W
  31. Chile 30 words
    cc770-1W
  32. BBC External Services 76 words
    c771W
  33. Human Rights 182 words
    cc771-3W
  34. Helsinki Final Act (Belgrade Meeting) 810 words
    cc773-4W
  35. Belgrade 77 words
    c774W
  36. Hong Kong (Police) 109 words
    c774W
  37. Diplomatic Service 70 words
    c774W
  38. Dependent Territories 73 words
    cc774-5W
  39. Namibia 60 words
    c775W
  40. Refugees (South-East Asia) 109 words
    cc775-6W
  41. Indian Ocean 148 words
    c776W
  42. New Hebrides 115 words
  43. SCOTLAND
      44. cc776-7W
    1. Scottish Development Agency 207 words
      cc777-8W
    2. Highlands and Islands Development Board 361 words
      c778W
    3. Student Grants 46 words
      c778W
    4. A94 and A92 68 words
      cc778-9W
    5. Local Government Staff (Pay) 364 words
      cc779-80W
    6. Unemployed Persons 142 words
      c780W
    7. Tolls 204 words
      cc780-1W
    8. Public Expenditure 134 words
      c781W
    9. Oil-related Industry 129 words
  44. NORTHERN IRELAND
      45. c781W
    1. Pensioners 80 words
      cc781-3W
    2. Prisoners (Christmas Release) 390 words
      c783W
    3. Lorry Drivers 277 words
      cc783-5W
    4. Public Expenditure 316 words
      c785W
    5. Departmental Staff (Housing) 79 words
      c785W
    6. Concessionary Fares 52 words
      c785W
    7. Clubs 75 words
      cc785-6W
    8. Licensing Laws 152 words
      c786W
    9. Disabled Persons 206 words
  45. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      46. c787W
    1. Direct Elections 363 words
      c787W
    2. South Africa 87 words
      cc787-8W
    3. Foreign Ministers (Meeting) 93 words
      c788W
    4. Broadcasting 45 words
  46. NATIONAL FINANCE
      47. cc788-9W
    1. European Community Budget 180 words
      c789W
    2. Public Expenditure 65 words
      cc789-90W
    3. Mortgages 114 words
      c790W
    4. £ Sterling 50 words
      c790W
    5. Estate Settlement 97 words
      c790W
    6. Departmental Correspondence 45 words
      cc790-2W
    7. Customs and Excise Revenue 549 words
      cc792-3W
    8. Revenue and Expenditure 302 words
      c793W
    9. Economic Planning 114 words
      cc793-4W
    10. Reflation 179 words
      c794W
    11. British Shipbuilders (Polish Joint Venture) 42 words
      cc794-5W
    12. Pay Policy 336 words
      c795W
    13. Beer, Wines and Spirits 145 words
      c795W
    14. Coinage 71 words
      cc795-6W
    15. Low-income Employees 138 words
      cc796-7W
    16. SCOTLAND 122 words
      c797W
    17. FIRE BRIGADES UNION 47 words
      cc797-8W
    18. TUC 36 words
      c798W
    19. FOOD PRICES 159 words

Lords Sitting of 7 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

    c1611
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. c1611
  2. THE LORD BISHOP OF GUILDFORD 24 words
    3. cc1611-4
  3. COAL: UNDERGROUND GASIFICATION 985 words
    4. cc1614-6
  4. COAL RESERVES 884 words
    5. cc1617-9
  5. LUNCHEON VOUCHER CONCESSION 794 words
    6. cc1619-20
  6. AGRICULTURAL CREDIT RATES 383 words
    7. cc1620-733
  7. DEFENCE 43,808 words, 2 divisions
    8. c1733
  8. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

    cc1733-5WA
  1. APPOINTMENTS BY LORD CHANCELLOR AND LORD PRIVY SEAL 166 words
    c1735WA
  2. LIVESTOCK SHIPMENTS: INCLEMENT WEATHER 87 words
    cc1735-6WA
  3. MR. SEAN O'CONAILL 326 words
    cc1736-7WA
  4. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW: LAW COMMISSION'S REPORT 231 words
    c1737WA
  5. MERCHANT SHIPPING: PROPOSED LEGISLATION 55 words
    cc1737-8WA
  6. WATER AUTHORITIES: COSTINGS 86 words
    c1738WA
  7. THE BROAD SANCTUARY SITE 54 words