Sitting of 2 May 1977

• Skip to Commons Sitting
• Skip to Written Answers (Commons)
• Skip to Lords Sitting

Commons Sitting of 2 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 931

c1
1. Preamble 7 words
c1
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
cc1-5
1. Price Commission Bill 1,331 words
cc5-11
2. Retail Prices 1,881 words
cc11-2
3. Estate Agents 369 words
cc12-4
4. Food Prices 912 words
cc14-7
5. Nationalised Industry Prices 712 words
c17
6. Consumer Protection Advisory Committee 253 words
cc17-8
7. Licensed Premises (Soft Mixer Drinks) 250 words
cc18-9
8. Value Added Tax-inclusive Pricing 149 words
cc19-20
9. National Consumer Council 407 words
cc20-1
10. Price Commission Recommendations 492 words
cc21-2
11. Price Display 347 words
cc22-4
12. Electric Plugs 439 words
cc24-5
13. Common Agricultural Policy 675 words
cc25-6
14. Consumer Safety 221 words
cc26-8
15. Consumer Advice Centres 694 words
cc28-9
16. Brewing Industry 309 words
cc29-30
17. Capital Returns 416 words
cc30-1
18. Firework Injuries 211 words
cc32-7
4. NORTHERN IRELAND 1,998 words
c37
5. NEW MEMBERS 20 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c38
1. SUPPLY 3 words
c38
2. CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1977–78 70 words
cc38-113
3. TRANSPORT (RURAL AREAS) 28,780 words, 1 division
cc113-76
4. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 22,987 words, 1 division
c177
5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 20 words
c177
6. REDUNDANCY REBATES BILL 7 words
1. Clause 1
cc177-85
1. POWER TO VARY REBATES 3,572 words, 1 division
c185
7. PASSENGER VEHICLES (EXPERIMENTAL AREAS) BILL [Lords] 55 words
c185
8. PRICE COMMISSION BILL 30 words
c185
9. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 34 words
cc186-96
10. FISHERY PROTECTION 3,823 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 931

1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
c1W
1. Retail Prices 86 words
c1W
2. Consumer Protection (Leicester) 54 words
c1W
3. Weights and Measures Act 1963 58 words
cc1-2W
4. One-day Sales 82 words
c2W
5. Consumer Credit Act 1974 98 words
c2W
6. Recommended Prices 40 words
c2W
7. Inflation 83 words
cc2-3W
8. Packaged Food 75 words
c3W
9. Petrol Duty Increase 65 words
c3W
10. Trade Descriptions Act 1968 62 words
c3W
11. Hair Transplants 37 words
cc3-4W
12. Advertising 80 words
c4W
13. Caravan Sites 162 words
c4W
14. Price Control 80 words
cc4-5W
15. Air Fares 65 words
c5W
16. Beer 92 words
c5W
17. Oil 83 words
cc5-6W
18. Bread 134 words
c6W
19. Fireworks 67 words
c6W
20. Manufactures 152 words
2. TRADE
cc6-7W
1. Cutlery 111 words
c7W
2. Fishing Vessels (Rafts) 184 words
cc7-8W
3. Civil Aviation 91 words
c8W
4. Kerosene 177 words
cc8-9W
5. Oil Pollution (Ekofisk Production Well) 261 words
c9W
6. Medical Defence (Insurance) 130 words
cc9-10W
7. Helicopters (Safety) 181 words
c10W
8. Nationalised Industries 94 words
cc10-1W
9. Yarn and Cloth (Imports) 256 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
cc11-2W
1. Disabled Persons 158 words
c12W
2. Special Advisers 73 words
c12W
3. Immigration (Irregularities) 85 words
4. ENVIRONMENT
c12W
1. Otters 87 words
cc12-3W
2. Water Abstraction 61 words
c13W
3. Property Service Agency (Euston) 95 words
c13W
4. Rents 26 words
c13W
5. Wandsworth (Housing Action Area) 60 words
cc13-4W
6. Housing Grants 141 words
c14W
7. Community Land Act 54 words
cc14-5W
8. Liverpool 207 words
c15W
9. Angling (Reservoirs) 116 words
c15W
10. No. 1 Bridge Street, Westminster 104 words
cc15-6W
11. Inner Cities 206 words
c16W
12. Bypasses 127 words
5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
cc16-7W
1. Treaty of Rome 157 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c17W
1. Bilderberg Conference (Torquay) 36 words
c17W
2. Diplomats (Cars) 96 words
7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
cc17-8W
1. Members' Life Expectation 79 words
c18W
2. Members' Pensions 72 words
c18W
3. Telephone Directory 109 words
c18W
4. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (SPEECH) 109 words
8. SCOTLAND
c19W
1. Fishing Industry 91 words
c19W
2. Agricultural Holdings 50 words
c19W
3. Terrorism Prevention 171 words
cc19-21W
4. Health Services (Building Programme) 377 words
9. MAJOR BUILDING PROGRAMME
cc21-2W
1. BAND A 383 words
cc22-4W
2. BAND B 465 words
cc24-5W
3. BAND C 351 words
cc25-6W
4. HEALTH CENTRES 136 words
cc26-7W
5. PROVISIONAL LIST 107 words
10. SOCIAL SERVICES
c27W
1. One-parent Families 63 words
c27W
2. Low-income Group 53 words
cc27-8W
3. Aflatoxin 146 words
c28W
4. Cost of Living 140 words
cc28-9W
5. Pensioners 272 words
c29W
6. Doctors 35 words
c29W
7. Wheelchairs 55 words
cc29-30W
8. Family Incomes 141 words
c30W
9. Saudi Arabia (Minister's Visit) 78 words
c30W
10. Junior Hospital Doctors 142 words
cc30-1W
11. Health Centres 154 words
c31W
12. National Insurance (Married Women) 154 words
cc31-2W
13. Dependency Increases 87 words
c32W
14. Doctors and Dentists (Pay) 53 words
11. TRANSPORT
c32W
1. Lorries 144 words
cc32-3W
2. M25 (Beaconsfield) 137 words
c33W
3. Motorways (Safety) 108 words
c33W
4. Hogarth Roundabout, Chiswick 80 words
cc33-4W
5. M27 (Chilworth) 129 words
c34W
6. Railways (Rolling Stock) 67 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
c34W
1. Associations (Inquiry) 98 words
cc34-5W
2. Hull Prison 46 words
c35W
3. Immigration Control 232 words
cc35-6W
4. Firemen (Accidents) 82 words
c36W
5. Police (Cambridgeshire) 195 words
c36W
6. Exclusion Orders 130 words
cc36-7W
7. Fireworks 53 words
cc37-41W
8. Terrorism Prevention 1,724 words
cc41-2W
9. Community Service 301 words
cc42-3W
10. Bilderberg Conference (Torquay) 61 words
c43W
11. Zohair Yousif Akache 92 words
cc43-4W
12. Prison Department (Purchasing Policy) 223 words
c44W
13. Migrant Workers 52 words
13. INDUSTRY
cc44-5W
1. Regional Aid 341 words
c45W
2. Shipbuilding 78 words
c45W
3. Advance Factories 68 words
cc45-6W
4. Kirkby Workers' Co-operative 311 words
cc46-7W
5. Oil Recovery International 203 words
c47W
6. Power Plant Manufacturing 72 words
cc47-8W
7. Industrial Returns (Method of Calculation) 50 words
c48W
8. Telecommunications 69 words
c48W
9. British Steel Corporation 46 words
14. ENERGY
c48W
1. Fuel Prices 88 words
cc48-9W
2. Oil Recovery International 220 words
cc49-50W
3. Conservation (Energy Auditing) 209 words
15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c50W
1. Bolivia 58 words
c50W
2. Bangladesh 103 words
16. DEFENCE
c50W
1. Pay 47 words
cc50-1W
2. Tanks 76 words
c51W
3. Lands 87 words
c51W
4. Secretarial Services 116 words
cc51-2W
5. Recruitment Costs 181 words
c52W
6. Northern Ireland 71 words
c52W
7. Rank Distinctions 129 words
cc52-3W
8. Trade Unions 109 words
c53W
9. Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps 134 words
cc53-4W
10. Computers 98 words
c54W
11. Destroyers 52 words
c54W
12. Aircraft 217 words
cc54-5W
13. Civil Personnel (Northern Ireland) 162 words
c55W
14. ECONOMIC POLICY (MINISTERIAL SPEECH) 37 words
c55W
15. INFLATION 151 words
cc55-6W
16. TRUST HOUSE FORTE LTD. 75 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
c56W
1. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 69 words
c56W
2. Wales 51 words
cc56-8W
3. Wages 558 words
c58W
4. Temporary Employment Subsidy 92 words
cc58-9W
5. Redundancy Fund 317 words
cc59-60W
6. Unemployed Persons 362 words
cc60-1W
7. Job Creation 75 words
c61W
8. SCOTLAND, WEST 83 words
c61W
9. SCOTLAND (EAST AND NORTH) 81 words
cc61-2W
10. NORTHERN 79 words
c62W
11. YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE 107 words
cc62-3W
12. LONDON AND SOUTH-EAST 110 words
c63W
13. SOUTH WEST 99 words
c63W
14. WALES 108 words
cc63-4W
15. MIDLANDS 86 words
c64W
16. MERSEYSIDE 112 words
cc64-7W
17. NORTH-WEST 810 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
c67W
1. 11-plus Examination 114 words
cc67-8W
2. Lurgan Town Hall 209 words
c68W
3. Police Recruits (Training) 68 words
c68W
4. Gough Barracks, Armagh 83 words
cc68-9W
5. Lurgan Police Station 69 words
cc69-70W
6. Excluded Persons 352 words
cc70-1W
7. Terrorism Prevention 304 words
c71W
8. Computers 66 words
cc71-2W
9. Carbines 278 words
c72W
10. Pigs and Pigmeat 177 words
19. WALES
c73W
1. A470 (Sheep Deaths) 47 words
c73W
2. Land Authority 200 words
cc73-4W
3. Land Reclamation (Allt Ddu) 136 words
20. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c74W
1. Health Education 117 words
cc74-5W
2. Dyslexic Children 296 words
cc75-6W
3. Migrant Workers' Children 184 words
21. NATIONAL FINANCE
c76W
1. Pensions 90 words
cc76-7W
2. Social Security Benefits 257 words
c77W
3. Charitable Covenants 145 words
cc77-8W
4. Widows 84 words
c78W
5. Luncheon Vouchers 62 words
cc78-9W
6. Value Added Tax 349 words
c79W
7. Construction Industry (Tax Exemption Certificates) 81 words
cc79-80W
8. Ministers of the Crown 100 words
c80W
9. National Savings 70 words
c80W
10. National Land Fund 110 words
cc80-1W
11. Earnings 221 words
c81W
12. Personal Incomes 103 words
cc81-2W
13. Oil-Exporting Countries 368 words
cc82-3W
14. Members of Parliament 158 words
c83W
15. Age Allowance 58 words
c83W
16. Alimony 66 words
cc83-4W
17. Income Tax 318 words
22. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c84W
1. Meat Canning 43 words
cc84-5W
2. Frozen Fish 94 words
c85W
3. Meat Consumption 159 words
c85W
4. Marine Life and Dispersants 128 words
cc85-6W
5. Research 218 words
c86W
6. Butter 158 words
cc86-8W
7. Food Prices 181 words

Lords Sitting of 2 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 382

c795
1. Preamble 22 words
cc795-8
2. UNEMPLOYMENT 1,091 words
cc798-801
3. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS: RETENTION 1,007 words
cc801-2
4. CEMENT PRICES 406 words
cc802-5
5. NHS: NURSING PROBLEMS 874 words
cc805-7
6. THE DUKE OF MONTROSE: PROPOSED VISIT 589 words
c807
7. WHITSUN RECESS 42 words
cc807-8
8. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS 339 words
c808
9. ROAD TRAFFIC (SEAT BELTS) (NO. 2) BILL [H.L.] 58 words
c808
10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 57 words
cc808-16
11. INCUMBENTS (VACATION OF BENEFICES) MEASURE 2,922 words
cc816-23
12. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [H.L.] 2,917 words
cc823-6
13. NORTHERN IRELAND: STRIKE CALL 1,105 words
cc827-41
14. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE BILL [H.L.] 5,969 words
c841
15. CONTROL OF FOOD PREMISES (SCOTLAND) BILL 10 words
c841
16. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (AMENDMENT) BILL 10 words
cc842-5
17. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL CO-OPERATION (VARIATION) SCHEME 1977 1,328 words
cc845-9
18. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACT 1973 (TEMPORARY POWERS CONTINUATION) ORDER 1977 1,333 words
cc849-68
19. CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS (TIME LIMIT) BILL [H.L.] 7,845 words
cc868-79
20. SOUTHERN RHODESIA (UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS) ORDER 1977 3,907 words
cc879-83
21. INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) ORDER 1977 1,418 words
cc883-4
22. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) ORDER 1977 346 words
cc884-6
23. SOCIAL SECURITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 789 words