Sitting of 13 July 1977

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Commons Sitting of 13 July 1977 Series 5 Vol. 935

c401
1. Preamble 7 words
c401
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL [Lords]
c401
1. NORTH WEST WATER AUTHORITY BILL [Lords] 9 words
c401
4. BRITISH RAILWAYS ORDER CONFIRMATION 48 words
c401
5. EVENTS AT HER MAJESTY'S PRISON, HULL 40 words
6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
cc401-3
1. Middle East 636 words
cc403-5
2. China (Foreign Minister) 443 words
c405
3. Chemical Warfare (Disarmament Treaty) 140 words
cc405-10
4. Falkland Islands 1,656 words
cc410-2
5. Mozambique 488 words
cc412-3
6. Ankara 425 words
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7. Rhodesia 1,055 words
cc416-8
8. Belize 822 words
9. JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ
cc418-9
1. UK/GUATEMALA TALKS ON BELIZE 248 words
cc419-20
2. Chile 403 words
2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
cc420-2
1. Middle East 709 words
cc422-4
2. Foreign Ministers 750 words
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3. Helsinki Final Act (Belgrade Meeting) 498 words
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4. European Co-operation 2,577 words
cc432-3
5. BRITISH WATERWAYS BOARD 114 words
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7. INFLATION (INFORMATION) 995 words
c436
8. >INFLATION (INFORMATION) 38 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c437
10. CRIMINAL LAW BILL [Lords') 203 words
11. New Clause 1
cc437-48
1. ALTERATION OF MAXIMUM PERIODS OF IMPRISONMENT IN DEFAULT OF PAYMENT OF FINES, ETC. 3,913 words
12. New Clause 2
c448
1. POWER TO ORDER SEARCH OF PERSONS BEFORE CROWN COURT 233 words
13. New Clause 3
cc448-59
1. AMENDMENTS OF OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS ACT 1959 WITH RESPECT TO CINEMA TOGRAPH EXHIBITIONS 4,372 words
14. New Clause 4
cc460-96
1. PRISON SENTENCE PARTLY SERVED AND PARTLY SUSPENDED 14,261 words
15. New Clause 5
cc496-533
1. RIGHT TO HAVE SOMEONE INFORMED WHEN ARRESTED 14,424 words, 2 divisions
16. New Clause 6
cc533-42
1. RIGHT OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION ON THE HIGHWAY 3,382 words
17. New Clause 12
cc542-66
1. AMENDMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS ACT 1969 9,047 words, 2 divisions
18. New Clause 14
cc567-75
1. MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1971: ALTERA TION OF PENALTIES AND OTHER AMENDMENTS 3,380 words
19. New Clause 16
cc576-81
1. NOTICE OF CHOICE OF COURT 2,165 words
20. New Clause 17
cc581-604
1. PROTECTION FROM EVICTION WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. 9,183 words
21. New Clause 18
cc605-45
1. DETERMINATION OF DEFENDANT'S TITLE 15,103 words
22. New Clause 19
cc645-59
1. SOLICITATION BY A MAN 5,378 words
23. SCHEDULE 10
cc659-65
1. AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1975". 2,085 words
24. New Clause 21
cc665-9
1. THEFT OF LESS THAN£20 1,581 words
25. Clause 1
cc669-75
1. THE OFFENCE OF CONSPIRACY 2,106 words
26. Clause 3
c675
1. PENALTIES FOR CONSPIRACY 259 words
27. Clause 4
cc675-6
1. RESTRICTIONS ON THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS FOR CONSPIRACY 134 words
28. Clause 5
cc676-9
1. ABOLITIONS, SAVINGS, TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMEND MENT AND REPEALS 1,178 words
29. Clause 6
cc679-706
1. VIOLENCE FOR SECURING ENTRY 10,102 words
30. Clause 7
cc706-10
1. ADVERSE OCCUPATION OF RESIDENTIAL PREMISES 1,213 words
31. Clause 8
cc710-1
1. TRESPASSING WITH A WEAPON OF OFFENCE 414 words
32. Clause 9
cc711-4
1. TRESPASSING ON PREMISES OF FOREIGN MISSIONS, ETC. 1,246 words
33. Clause 10
c714
1. OBSTRUCTION OF COURT OFFICERS EXECUTING PROCESS FOR POSSESSION AGAINST UNAUTHORISED OCCUPIERS 17 words
34. Clause 11
cc715-7
1. POWER OF ENTRY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PART OF THIS ACT 755 words
35. Clause 12
c717
1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 136 words
36. Clause 15
cc717-9
1. OFFENCES WHICH ARE TO BECOME TRIABLE ONLY SUMMARILY 824 words
37. Clause 30
c720
1. PENALTIES (AND MODE OF TRIAL) FOR OFFENCES MADE TRIABLE ONLY SUM MARILY 131 words
38. Clause 31
c720
1. INCREASE OF FINES FOR CERTAIN SUMMARY OFFENCES 123 words
39. Clause 32
cc720-1
1. OTHER PROVISIONS AS TO MAXIMUM FINES 75 words
40. Clause 37
c721
1. SUPERVISION ORDERS 204 words
41. Clause 39
c721
1. SERVICE OF SUMMONSES AND CITATION THROUGHOUT UNITED KINGDOM 72 words
42. Clause 49
c722
1. BOMB HOAXES 307 words
43. Clause 57
cc722-4
1. POWER TO ALTER SUMS SPECIFIED IN CERTAIN PROVISIONS 572 words
44. Clause 58
cc724-5
1. PROVISIONS APPLYING TO SCOTLAND 319 words
45. Clause 60
cc725-6
1. CITATION, ETC. 187 words
46. New Schedule
cc726-9
1. MATTERS ANCILLARY TO SECTION 46A 1,432 words
47. Schedule 2
c729
1. OFFENCES TRIABLE EITHER WAY INSTEAD OF ONLY ON INDICTMENT 228 words
48. Schedule 3
c730
1. OFFENCES TRIABLE EITHER WAY BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 16(1) OR (2) 14 words
49. Schedule 6
cc730-1
1. INCREASE OF FINES FOR CERTAIN SUMMARY OFFENCES 282 words
50. Schedule 7
c731
1. TRANSFER OF FINE ORDERS 20 words
51. Schedule 8
c731
1. TRANSFER OF REMAND HEARINGS 68 words
52. Schedule 9
cc731-2
1. NEW SECTION TO TIE SUBSTITUTED FOR S.20 OF CORONERS (AMENDMENT) ACT 1926 102 words
53. Schedule 10
cc732-3
1. AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (SCOTLAND) ACT 1975 138 words
54. Schedule 11
c733
1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 12 words
c733
2. 'NIGHT POACHING ACT 1828 (c. 69) 107 words
c733
3. 'REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT 1949 (c. 68) 63 words
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4. 'BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACT 1953 (c. 20) 145 words
cc734-5
5. 'ADOPTION ACT 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz.2.c.5) 570 words
cc735-6
6. ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1972 (c.20) 400 words
cc736-8
7. ADOPTION ACT 1976 (c.36) 836 words
55. Schedule 12
cc738-43
1. REPEALS 1,800 words, 1 division
56. Schedule 13
cc743-6
1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 634 words
c746
2. ADJOURNMENT 19 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 July 1977 Series 5 Vol. 935

c127W
1. PAROCHIAL RECORDS AND REGISTERS MEASURE 126 words
c127W
2. NEW PALACE YARD 50 words
3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fishing (South Atlantic) 75 words
c128W
2. Wheat and Maize 166 words
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3. Pig Farming 114 words
c129W
4. Thames Flood Barrier 195 words
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5. Butter Subsidy 213 words
c130W
4. LEGAL AID 109 words
5. DEFENCE
cc130-4W
1. Rifle Ranges 1,137 words
c134W
2. Falkland Islands 53 words
cc134-5W
3. Royal Navy 188 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c135W
1. Departmental Grants 100 words
cc135-6W
2. Polytechnics (Student Sit-ins) 190 words
c136W
3. University of Leeds 70 words
c136W
4. University Teachers (Pay) 89 words
cc136-7W
5. Secondary Schools (Reorganisation) 173 words
c137W
6. Nursery Schools 99 words
c137W
7. Religious Instruction 120 words
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8. Education Act 1976 (Implementation) 131 words
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9. Colleges of Education 306 words
c139W
10. European Universities 80 words
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11. Disabled Students 679 words
cc141-2W
12. National Bureau for Handicapped Students 164 words
7. SOCIAL SERVICES
c142W
1. Maternity Units (Cheshire) 197 words
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2. Children in Care (Cheshire) 102 words
c143W
3. Pensions (Payment Costs) 153 words
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4. Disabled Unemployed Persons 279 words
c144W
5. Acro-osteolysis 51 words
c144W
6. Hospitals (Thanet) 105 words
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7. Doctor-patient Ratios 105 words
c145W
8. Unemployment Benefit 78 words
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9. Benefits (Giro Cheque Payments) 288 words
c146W
10. Disabled Housewives 79 words
c146W
11. Medical Students 67 words
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12. Area Health Authorities (Chairmen) 156 words
8. TRADE
cc147-8W
1. Arab Boycott 263 words
c148W
2. Air Services Agreement 73 words
9. INDUSTRY
c148W
1. Yorkshire and Humberside 67 words
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2. Shipbuilding 103 words
10. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
c149W
1. Nitrophenylesdiamine 92 words
c149W
2. Housing Maintenance 55 words
cc149-50W
3. Welsh Consumer Council 123 words
11. ENERGY
c150W
1. Oil Pollution 169 words
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2. Ardnamurchan Point (Oil Search) 48 words
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3. Oil Production 132 words
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4. Petroleum Revenue Tax 54 words
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5. Oil Stocks 112 words
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6. Coal Mining 134 words
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7. Uranium 657 words
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8. Oil Rigs 161 words
12. SCOTLAND
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1. Electro-Convulsive Therapy 387 words
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2. School Buildings 36 words
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3. Mentally III Persons 218 words
c157W
4. Teacher Training 193 words
cc157-9W
5. Finer Report Recommendations 484 words
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6. Salmon Fishing 101 words
cc159-60W
7. Thornton Bypass 209 words
c160W
8. Fishery Boards 72 words
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9. Road and Rail Transport (Fife) 199 words
13. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Water Supply and Sewerage 441 words
c162W
2. Hospital (Waste Collection) 101 words
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3. Local Councillors (Remuneration) 87 words
c163W
4. Northampton 134 words
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5. Office Buildings 98 words
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6. Community Land 132 words
c164W
7. Glass (Conservation) 115 words
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8. Teacher-pupil Ratios 92 words
14. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. European Community 284 words
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2. Wives 114 words
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3. Tax Refunds 132 words
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4. Tax Thresholds 179 words
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5. Income Tax 384 words
c168W
6. Child Allowances 53 words
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7. Farmers 67 words
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8. Trade Unions 76 words
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9. Personal Allowances 105 words
c169W
10. Gross Domestic Product 184 words
15. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Disabled Drivers 146 words
c170W
2. Chloride Plants (Dagenham and Clifton) 80 words
c170W
3. Pay 68 words
cc170-1W
4. Deaf Persons 113 words
c171W
5. National Dock Labour Board 112 words
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6. Hotels 256 words
c172W
7. Disabled Students 89 words
16. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Falkland Islands 108 words
c173W
2. Disbursements and Costs 266 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Motorways 320 words
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2. Ports 207 words
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3. Container Terminals (Charges) 89 words
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4. Transport Users' Consultative Committees 65 words
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5. Disabled Persons 149 words
c176W
6. Winchester Bypass 42 words
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7. Driving Licences 138 words
18. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police (Recruiting) 97 words
cc177-8W
2. Electorates 331 words
cc178-81W
3. European Assembly Elections 1,280 words
cc181-2W
4. Departmental Grants 204 words
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5. Obscenity and Film Censorship (Committee) 109 words
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6. Shoplifting 248 words
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7. Rape 75 words
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8. Illegal Immigrants 357 words
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9. Alvington Prison 118 words
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10. Computers 71 words
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11. Television Licence Fees (Announcements) 70 words
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12. Prisoners 98 words
19. WALES
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1. Homeless Persons 92 words
c186W
2. Tan-yr-Unto Corner, Llanbedr Dyffryn 168 words
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3. Housing Finance 189 words
20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Namibia 118 words
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2. Rhodesia 299 words
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3. United States of America 88 words
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4. Uganda 28 words
cc189-90W
5. Arab Boycott 232 words
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6. Overseas Representation 166 words
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7. British Nationality Law 93 words
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8. Chile 96 words
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9. Paraplegics (International Games) 91 words
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10. Greece (Miss Ann Chapman's Murder) 183 words
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11. Belize 62 words
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12. Helsinki Agreement (Review Conference) 115 words
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13. Somalia 169 words
c193W
14. Falkland Islands 67 words
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15. Hong Kong 173 words
21. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
c194W
1. Direct Elections 78 words
c194W
2. Council Meetings 90 words
c194W
3. Commission President 76 words
22. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
c195W
1. Membership Benefits 76 words
23. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Railway Trains (Radio Equipment) 61 words
c195W
2. Crumlin Road Prison 120 words
cc195-6W
3. Prisoners 281 words
cc196-7W
4. Londonderry (Development Scheme) 341 words
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5. Sport and Recreation 114 words
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6. Ministerial Appointments 72 words
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7. Police Protection Costs 63 words
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8. Civil Servants 100 words
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9. Stormont 104 words
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10. Hillsborough Castle 227 words
c200W
11. Government Hospitality 166 words
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12. Army and Police (Aughnacloy) 300 words
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13. Terrorist Activities 50 words
c202W
14. Ballymena (Neighbour Structure Plan) 69 words
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15. Consumers' Organisations 67 words
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16. Social Contract 55 words

Lords Sitting of 13 July 1977 Series 5 Vol. 385

c893
1. Preamble 33 words
cc893-4
2. POST OFFICE: UNDELIVERED MAIL 334 words
cc894-6
3. BROADCASTING OF PARLIAMENT 548 words
cc896-9
4. BBC: PARLIAMENTARY PROGRAMMES 943 words
cc899-900
5. THE BAC X.11 AIRCRAFT 284 words
c900
6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 93 words
cc900-60
7. UNEMPLOYED YOUNG PEOPLE 23,531 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 13 July 1977 Series 5 Vol. 385

cc960-1WA
1. PAROLE PROCEDURES 249 words
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2. WATER INDUSTRY REVIEW 442 words
c963WA
3. HOSTAGES: UN DRAFT CONVENTION 93 words
cc963-4WA
4. INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW CONFERENCE 210 words
c964WA
5. TELEVISION BROADCASTING BY SATELLITE 150 words
cc964-6WA
6. THE MOON: PROPOSED DRAFT UN TREATY 171 words