Commons Sitting of 14 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 960

    c883
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c883
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. c883
  5. ROYAL ASSENT 66 words
  6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. cc884-5
      2. Vineyards 282 words
      3. cc885-6
      4. European Community (Cereal Import Levies) 408 words
      5. cc886-7
      6. European Community (Export Support Policy) 428 words
      7. cc887-9
      8. Animals (Exports) 855 words
      9. cc889-91
      10. European Unit of Account 487 words
      11. cc891-3
      12. Marginal Land (Food Production) 604 words
      13. cc893-5
      14. Food and Drink Industries 621 words
      15. c895
      16. Bread-making 299 words
      17. cc895-6
      18. River Thames (Flooding) 198 words
      19. cc896-9
      20. Council of Fisheries Ministers 972 words
      21. cc899-900
      22. Potato Marketing Board 471 words
      23. cc900-2
      24. National Farmers' Union 606 words
      cc902-3
    2. WALKER 259 words
    3. cc903-4
    4. FIFE 332 words
    5. cc904-8
    6. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,494 words
    cc909-13
  7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,340 words
  8. BILL PRESENTED
    1. c913
    2. COUNTRYSIDE 95 words
    3. cc913-9
    4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,502 words, 2 divisions
    5. cc920-1051
    6. GOVERNMENT POLICY 50,275 words, 3 divisions
    7. cc1051-143
    8. RATE SUPPORT GRANT 34,440 words, 4 divisions
    9. cc1143-74
    10. ST. LUCIA 11,794 words
    11. c1174
    12. WATER CHARGES 21 words
    13. cc1174-82
    14. FIREMEN (RHYL) 3,025 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 960

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc261-2W
    2. Milk Supplies 364 words
      c262W
    3. European Commission 97 words
      cc262-3W
    4. Common Agricultural Policy 98 words
      c263W
    5. Food Costs 58 words
      c263W
    6. Green Pound 44 words
      c263W
    7. Farm Workers (Productivity and Pay) 122 words
      cc263-4W
    8. Food and Drink Additives 74 words
      c264W
    9. National Farmers' Unions 114 words
      c264W
    10. White Fish Authority 40 words
      cc264-5W
    11. European Community (Butter Sales) 130 words
      c265W
    12. Marginal Land 112 words
      cc265-6W
    13. Tied Cottages 164 words
      c266W
    14. Pig Breeding Herd 82 words
      c266W
    15. Exotic Vegetable Growing (Grants to Horticulturalists) 58 words
      c266W
    16. Fishing (Distant Water Fleet) 114 words
      cc266-7W
    17. European Community (Food Surpluses) 147 words
      c267W
    18. Bacon and Meat Manufacturers Association 50 words
      c267W
    19. Sheepmeat 65 words
      cc267-8W
    20. Agricultural Workers 80 words
      c268W
    21. Canned Food (Lead Content) 127 words
      cc268-9W
    22. Brucellosis 130 words
      c269W
    23. Milk Marketing Board 41 words
      c269W
    24. Pigmeat Monetary Compensatory Amounts 71 words
      c269W
    25. Food Manufacturers Federation 55 words
      cc269-70W
    26. Council of Fisheries Ministers 73 words
      c270W
    27. Warren House Farm, Rother Valley (Fluorine Poisoning) 152 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. cc270-5W
    2. Helsinki Final Act 1,656 words
      cc275-6W
    3. OTHER RELEVANT CSCE FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES 226 words
      c276W
    4. Belize 92 words
      cc276-7W
    5. Cyprus 86 words
      cc277-8W
    6. European Community (Members of Parliament) 409 words
  3. WALES
    1. c278W
    2. Rate Support Grant 118 words
      cc278-9W
    3. Consolidated Fund 144 words
      cc279-80W
    4. Leasehold Enfranchisement 244 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c280W
    2. Security 138 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. cc280-1W
    2. School Meals 126 words
      cc281-2W
    3. Teachers (Unemployment Level) 623 words
      cc282-3W
    4. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 234 words
      c283W
    5. Private Education (Subscribers) 99 words
      cc283-4W
    6. Teachers 221 words
  6. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. c284W
    2. Provincial Newspapers 201 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. c285W
    2. European Social Fund 144 words
      c285W
    3. Job Release Scheme 97 words
      cc285-6W
    4. Professional Association of Teachers 213 words
      cc286-7W
    5. Sandwell 284 words
      c287W
    6. Basic Wages 106 words
      cc287-8W
    7. Productivity Schemes 261 words
      cc288-9W
    8. Working Population 269 words
      cc289-91W
    9. European Community (Unemployment Comparisons) 1,415 words
      cc291-3W
    10. Woolwich (Job Vacancies) 357 words
      c293W
    11. Unemployment 86 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc293-4W
    2. Overseas Trade Unionists 453 words
  9. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. cc294-5W
    2. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Reports) 63 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. c295W
    2. Trades Union Congress 27 words
      c295W
    3. Pensions 103 words
  11. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. c295W
    2. Information Officer Group 58 words
      cc295-6W
    3. Press and Information Officers 229 words
      c296W
    4. Commissioner for Local Administration (Reports) 100 words
      cc296-8W
    5. Pensions 387 words
  12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. c298W
    2. CBI 45 words
  13. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. c298W
    2. Pensions (Unestablished Service) 155 words
      cc298-9W
    3. POPULATION FORECASTS 63 words
      cc299-300W
    4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 351 words
      c300W
    5. WASHINGTON 48 words
      cc300-1W
    6. TUC AND CBI 248 words
      cc301-2W
    7. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 46 words
      c302W
    8. ST. MARTIN'S WITHOUT 29 words
      c302W
    9. CHESHIRE 24 words
      c302W
    10. COMMISSIONER TUGENDHAT 21 words
      c302W
    11. TREASURY DOCUMENT (INVESTIGATION) 84 words
      cc302-3W
    12. ALTRINCHAM 26 words
      c303W
    13. EUXTON 24 words
      c303W
    14. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS (REPORTS) 113 words
  14. TRADE
    1. c303W
    2. Store Cattle (Imports) 45 words
      cc303-4W
    3. British Overseas Trade Board 78 words
      cc304-5W
    4. Hurn Airport 399 words
      cc305-6W
    5. Air Fares (United Kingdom-Republic of Ireland) 245 words
      c306W
    6. Professional Consultants (Reports) 162 words
      cc306-7W
    7. Publishing Companies (Foreign Take-overs) 169 words
      c307W
    8. Terms of Trade 39 words
      c307W
    9. Alcohol (Uganda) 61 words
      cc307-8W
    10. Tankers (Chartering) 130 words
      c308W
    11. English Channel (Navigation) 113 words
      c308W
    12. European Community Trade Mark Office 109 words
      cc308-9W
    13. Aviation Security Levy 162 words
      c309W
    14. Cost Escalation Scheme 76 words
      cc309-10W
    15. Agreements (Overseas Countries) 156 words
  15. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc310-1W
    2. Young Adult Offenders 260 words
      c311W
    3. Citizens' Band Radio 140 words
      cc311-2W
    4. Housebreaking (Convictions) 178 words
      c312W
    5. Local Radio Stations 119 words
      cc312-4W
    6. Immigrants (Local Authority Finance) 570 words
      c314W
    7. Prison Service (Cost) 102 words
      c314W
    8. Prisoners 63 words
      cc314-6W
    9. Firearms 375 words
      c316W
    10. Young Persons (Mental Health Act Detentions) 188 words
      cc316-7W
    11. Deportation 388 words
      cc317-8W
    12. Rate Support Grant 122 words
      c318W
    13. Taxi Cabs (Passenger Behaviour) 32 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. c318W
    2. Post-neonatal Mortality 86 words
      cc318-9W
    3. Flood Prevention and Repair 65 words
      c319W
    4. List D Schools 250 words
      cc319-20W
    5. Drilling Technology Centre 87 words
      c320W
    6. Police (Special Branch) 68 words
      c320W
    7. Otters 33 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. cc320-1W
    2. Urban Aid (Sandwell) 252 words
      c321W
    3. Pennington Marshes (Gravel Extraction) 135 words
      cc321-2W
    4. Public Service Contracts 118 words
      c322W
    5. Rate Support Grant (Havering Deputation) 87 words
      c322W
    6. Council Housing (Administration) 55 words
      cc322-4W
    7. Inner Urban Areas Act (Designated Areas) 329 words
      cc324-5W
    8. Bradford University (Land Transfer) 76 words
      c325W
    9. Nomadic Families (Council House Provision) 228 words
      cc325-6W
    10. Bristol (Water) 100 words
      c326W
    11. Rate Support Grant 210 words
      cc326-7W
    12. Local Authorities (Implementation of Legislation Cost) 143 words
      c327W
    13. Departmental Organisation 198 words
      c327W
    14. Local Authority Houses (Sale) 54 words
      cc327-8W
    15. Wantage (Employment Opportunities) 98 words
      c328W
    16. House Prices 116 words
      cc328-9W
    17. County Councils 94 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. c329W
    2. Beef and Veal 195 words
      cc329-30W
    3. Butter 156 words
      c330W
    4. Mastitis 82 words
      cc330-1W
    5. Thames Flood Barrier 668 words
  19. ENERGY
    1. cc332-3W
    2. Drilling Rigs 205 words
      c333W
    3. Concessionary Coal Schemes 148 words
      cc333-4W
    4. Oil (Continental Shelf) 111 words
      c334W
    5. Scottish Coal Industry (Aid) 168 words
      c334W
    6. Fast-breeder Reactors (Cost) 101 words
      cc334-5W
    7. Electricity Generating Costs 266 words
  20. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. cc335-6W
    2. Organ Donation 72 words
      c336W
    3. Self-Employed Persons 210 words
      cc336-7W
    4. Local Authorities (Interpreters for the Deaf 144 words
      c337W
    5. Camberwell Reception Centre 81 words
      c337W
    6. Homoeopathy 172 words
      cc337-8W
    7. Housewives' Non-Contributory Invalidity Pensions 198 words
      cc338-9W
    8. Perinatal and Neonatal Regional Referral Units 381 words
      cc339-40W
    9. Hospital Buildings 116 words
      c340W
    10. Leeds Detoxification Centre 137 words
      cc340-1W
    11. Health Authority Finance 205 words
      c341W
    12. St. Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead 199 words
      c341W
    13. Hearing Aids 54 words
      cc341-2W
    14. Dentists 163 words
      c342W
    15. Matrimonial Homes (Furniture Removal) 115 words
      cc342-3W
    16. War Widows 400 words
      cc343-4W
    17. Fluoridation 183 words
  21. TRANSPORT
    1. c344W
    2. Driving Tests (Essex) 88 words
      cc344-5W
    3. Transport and Road Research Laboratory 143 words
      cc345-6W
    4. Kempley Road Bridge 235 words
      c346W
    5. Motorway Bridges 147 words
      c346W
    6. Severn Bridge 30 words
      c346W
    7. Cyclists (Lights) 74 words
      cc346-7W
    8. Motor Vehicles (Safety) 260 words
      c347W
    9. Departmental Organisation 74 words
      cc347-8W
    10. Transport Supplementary Grant 98 words
      c348W
    11. Bus Fares (Rural Areas) 69 words
  22. DEFENCE
    1. cc348-9W
    2. Portugal (Military Assistance) 106 words
      c349W
    3. Ford Motor Vehicles (Departmental Purchases) 60 words
      c349W
    4. Armed Forces (Manpower) 73 words
      c349W
    5. Officers' Cars and Drivers 67 words
      c349W
    6. Royton Assembly Hall (Talk) 87 words
      cc349-50W
    7. Press and Information Officers 107 words
      c350W
    8. Harrier Aircraft (Sale to China) 110 words
  23. INDUSTRY
    1. cc350-2W
    2. Job Creation 777 words
      cc352-3W
    3. Engineering (Specialty Polymers) 121 words
      c353W
    4. European Regional Development Fund 143 words
      cc353-4W
    5. Selective Investment Scheme 224 words
      c354W
    6. Meriden Co-operative 156 words
      cc354-5W
    7. Hitachi-GEC (Television Manufacture) 241 words
      c355W
    8. Wool Industry (Yorkshire) 91 words
      cc355-8W
    9. Professional Consultants (Reports) 681 words
      cc358-9W
    10. Inner Merseyside (Consultants' Report) 332 words
      c359W
    11. Regional Development Grants 100 words
      c359W
    12. Post Office (Bonus Scheme) 31 words
      cc359-60W
    13. Post Office (Government Pay Policy) 33 words
      c360W
    14. Inland Post Costs (International Comparisons) 246 words
      c360W
    15. Post Office (Pay Discussions) 46 words
      cc360-1W
    16. Mail (Productivity) 34 words
      c361W
    17. Post Office (Code of Practice) 55 words
      c361W
    18. National Enterprise Board 92 words
      cc361-2W
    19. Lucas Aerospace 93 words
      cc362-3W
    20. Development Boards (Membership) 612 words
      cc363-5W
    21. NORTH-WEST INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD 393 words
      cc365-6W
    22. YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD 598 words
  24. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. cc366-7W
    2. Belfast Meat Plant 102 words
  25. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. c367W
    2. Public Service Contracts 212 words
      cc367-8W
    3. Value Added Tax (Tribunal Findings) 41 words
      c368W
    4. Nationalisation 155 words
      c368W
    5. Building Contractors 72 words
      cc368-70W
    6. Agency Workers 639 words
      cc370-1W
    7. Earnings (International Comparisons) 207 words
      cc371-2W
    8. Public Expenditure 321 words
      c372W
    9. Industrial Output 189 words
      c372W
    10. Tax Revenue 123 words
      cc372-3W
    11. Benefits (Tax Exemption) 105 words
      c373W
    12. Money Supply 105 words
      cc373-4W
    13. Government Expenditure (Social Wage Content) 93 words
      c374W
    14. European Community (Grants and Loans) 134 words
      cc374-80W
    15. Industrial Production 2,093 words
      cc380-1W
    16. European Community (Court of Auditors) 186 words
      cc381-2W
    17. Male Earnings 677 words
      cc382-3W
    18. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 175 words
      c383W
    19. Wales (Devolution Expenditure) 123 words
      cc383-4W
    20. Income Tax 332 words
      cc384-5W
    21. Personal Allowances 154 words
      c385W
    22. Quasi-autonomous Non-governmental Organisations 174 words
      cc385-6W
    23. Tax Outstanding 81 words
      cc386-8W
    24. Uncollected Taxes 243 words

Lords Sitting of 14 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 397

    c709
  1. Preamble 36 words
  2. cc709-13
  3. PETROL TAX INCREASE: SUGGESTED EXEMPTIONS 1,232 words
  4. cc713-5
  5. UK/IRELAND: CURRENCY DISPARITY 852 words
  6. cc715-7
  7. CROSSROADS HOUSING AREA, SA: DEMOLITION 449 words
  8. c717
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 71 words
  10. c717
  11. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 24 words
  12. cc717-8
  13. PUBLIC RECORDS (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 163 words
  14. cc718-43
  15. CONSERVATION OF WILD CREATURES AND WILD PLANTS (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 9,730 words
  16. cc743-95
  17. SUSPECTED PERSONS (ABOLITION) BILL [H.L.] 20,877 words, 1 division
  18. c795
  19. ROYAL ASSENT 58 words
  20. cc795-812
  21. SAINT LUCIA TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATION ORDER 1978 6,348 words
  22. cc812-7
  23. SHOPS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 1,705 words
  24. cc817-26
  25. APPROPRIATION (No. 4) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 3,285 words
  26. cc826-37
  27. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT 1978 (CONTINUANCE) (No. 2) ORDER 1978 4,104 words
  28. c837
  29. PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE BILL [H.L.] 62 words
  30. cc837-9
  31. SOCIAL SECURITY (CONTRIBUTIONS) (MARINERS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1978 602 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 397

    c839WA
  1. CABORA BASSA DAM, MOZAMBIQUE 73 words
    cc839-40WA
  2. 160-SEATER AIRCRAFT 55 words
    c840WA
  3. "JET" AIRCRAFT DEVELOPMENT 97 words
    cc840-1WA
  4. TREES: RESPONSIBILITY FOR REMOVAL 111 words
    c841WA
  5. HOUSING CIRCULAR 76/77: GUIDANCE NOTES 130 words
    cc841-2WA
  6. THE HARRIER: SALE TO CHINA 54 words
    c842WA
  7. BRITISH AIRWAYS AND BOEING 757 43 words
    c842WA
  8. MEANS-TESTED BENEFICIARIES 89 words