Commons Sitting of 8 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 959

    c1727
  1. Preamble 6 words
    2. c1727
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. cc1727-34
  3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,644 words
    4. cc1734-5
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS (PICKETING) 542 words
    5. cc1735-8
  5. WALLASEY (PRIVATE MEMBER'S MOTION 625 words
    6. cc1738-833
  6. SOUTH AFRICA 35,800 words
    7. c1833
  7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 43 words
    8. c1833
  8. DIPLOMATIC AND INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES 45 words
    9. c1833
  9. SEA FISHERIES 82 words
    10. cc1833-44
  10. EGGINGTON SCHOOL, BEDFORDSHIRE 3,677 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 959

  1. EMPLOYMENT
      2. c95W
    1. Newspaper Industry 85 words
      cc95-6W
    2. Unemployed Persons 242 words
      c96W
    3. Dangerous Substances (Transportation and Storage) 103 words
      c96W
    4. Job Creation Projects 105 words
      cc96-7W
    5. Wages Councils (Chairmen) 33 words
      c97W
    6. Birmingham 125 words
      c97W
    7. Industrial Relations 89 words
      cc97-8W
    8. Wombwell and Mexborough 82 words
      c98W
    9. Industrial Accidents and Diseases (Deaths) 89 words
      c98W
    10. Armaments Industry 121 words
      cc98-9W
    11. Southend 37 words
      c99W
    12. Special Temporary Employment Programme 106 words
      c99W
    13. Job Creation 106 words
      cc99-100W
    14. Working Week 116 words
      c100W
    15. Distant-water Fishermen 50 words
      c100W
    16. Pay Settlements 73 words
      c100W
    17. Merseyside 61 words
      cc100-1W
    18. Temporary Employment Schemes 112 words
      c101W
    19. Youth Opportunities Scheme 165 words
      c101W
    20. Press Charter 33 words
      cc101-2W
    21. Trade Unions (Postal Facilities) 83 words
      c102W
    22. Home Workers 94 words
      c102W
    23. Manufacturing Industry 58 words
      cc102-3W
    24. Closed Shop Legislation 75 words
      c103W
    25. Industrial Disputes 139 words
      c103W
    26. Industrial Tribunals 64 words
      cc103-4W
    27. Employment Protection Act 217 words
      c104W
    28. European Community 146 words
      cc104-5W
    29. School Leavers 179 words
      c105W
    30. Early Retirement 64 words
      cc105-6W
    31. Disabled Persons 75 words
      c106W
    32. Over 60s 123 words
      c106W
    33. Job Release Scheme 36 words
      c106W
    34. Wages Inspectorate 82 words
      cc106-7W
    35. Kilburn Skills 229 words
      c107W
    36. Unemployment Benefit Payments 93 words
      cc107-8W
    37. Work Experience Scheme 96 words
      cc108-9W
    38. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 383 words
      cc109-10W
    39. EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM 105 words
      cc110-1W
    40. TUC AND CBI 299 words
      c111W
    41. PRIME MINISTER (SPEECH) 66 words
      c111W
    42. DEINIOLEN 26 words
      cc111-2W
    43. BUILDING SOCIETIES 49 words
      c112W
    44. LUANDA 28 words
      c112W
    45. VIENNA 34 words
      c112W
    46. HAMMERSMITH 26 words
      c112W
    47. EYE 26 words
      c112W
    48. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT 85 words
  2. TRANSPORT
      3. cc113-4W
    1. London Underground Railway (Silica) 357 words
    c114W
  3. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Accidents) 132 words
    c114W
  4. Public Inquiries 108 words
    cc114-5W
  5. Speed Restriction Signs 96 words
    c115W
  6. Trent Road Bridge and Scunthorpe Bypass 89 words
    c115W
  7. Driving Tests 136 words
    cc115-6W
  8. Road Haulage 72 words
    c116W
  9. Vehicle Excise Duty 167 words
    cc116-7W
  10. Trunk Road Assessment 219 words
    c117W
  11. Driving Instructors 66 words
    cc117-8W
  12. National Ports Council (Chairman) 192 words
    c118W
  13. Motor Cycle Helmets 170 words
  14. HOME DEPARTMENT
      15. c118W
    1. Alcoholics (Imprisonment) 54 words
      cc118-9W
    2. Police Stations (Avon) 90 words
      cc119-20W
    3. Acquitted Defendants (Trial Costs) 328 words
      c120W
    4. Prison Security 154 words
      c120W
    5. Day Centres 149 words
      cc120-1W
    6. Magistrates' Courts' Proceedings (Reporting Restrictions) 92 words
      cc121-6W
    7. Young Persons (Custodial Remands) 1,729 words
      cc126-7W
    8. Prisoners 60 words
      c127W
    9. Prison Services (Inquiry) 90 words
      c127W
    10. Young Persons (Detention) 121 words
      cc127-8W
    11. Police Recruits (Height Requirements) 164 words
      c128W
    12. Electoral Arrangement (Cornwall) 95 words
      cc128-9W
    13. Metropolitan Police Area (Arrests) 136 words
      c129W
    14. Public Record Office (Withdrawal of Files) 115 words
      c129W
    15. House of Commons (Committee Room Meetings) 90 words
      cc129-30W
    16. SCOTTISH COURTS (WITNESSES) 66 words
      c130W
    17. JURORS 69 words
      cc130-1W
    18. LEGAL AID 227 words
      c131W
    19. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE (DISAPPEARANCE OF FILE) 62 words
  15. CIVIL SERVICE
      16. c131W
    1. Scientists' Pay 65 words
  16. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
      17. cc131-2W
    1. Consumer Councils (Chairmen) 266 words
      cc132-3W
    2. Retail Food Prices 241 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. c133W
    1. Perishable Foodstuffs (Intervention Surpluses) 144 words
    cc133-4W
  18. Deer Farming 97 words
    c134W
  19. Central Council for Agriculture and Horticultural Co-operation (Chairman) 192 words
    c134W
  20. Sea Fishing (Licensing) 64 words
    cc134-5W
  21. European Monetary System 146 words
  22. EMPLOYMENT
      23. c135W
    1. Unemployed Persons (Cost) 104 words
      cc135-6W
    2. Caernarfon / Bangor Area (Sheltered Workshops) 143 words
      cc136-7W
    3. Manpower Services Commission (Work Experience Scheme) 283 words
      c137W
    4. Temporary Employment Schemes (Bristol) 188 words
      cc137-8W
    5. Bury and Radcliffe 350 words
      cc138-9W
    6. Jobcentres 108 words
      c139W
    7. Redundancies 306 words
      cc139-40W
    8. Training Opportunities Scheme (Grants and Allowances) 214 words
      cc140-1W
    9. Transferred Employees (Lodging Allowance) 182 words
      c141W
    10. National Dock Labour Board (Chairman) 197 words
      c141W
    11. Building and Construction Projects 55 words
      cc141-2W
    12. Safety Representatives 49 words
      c142W
    13. Employment Protection Legislation (Small Firms) 42 words
      c142W
    14. Unemployment (Figures) 82 words
      cc142-3W
    15. Pay Settlements (Departmental Monitoring Staff) 132 words
  23. ENVIRONMENT
      24. c143W
    1. Rate Rebates 53 words
      c143W
    2. Community Land 70 words
      c143W
    3. House Building (Suffolk) 117 words
      cc143-4W
    4. Anti-Litter Campaign 86 words
      c144W
    5. Housing Corporation (Chairman) 226 words
      cc144-5W
    6. Airports (Congestion) 113 words
      cc145-6W
    7. Home Buyers (Interest Payments) 284 words
      cc146-51W
    8. Rate Support Grant 1,618 words
      cc151-2W
    9. Sports Council (Chairman) 230 words
      c152W
    10. Dwelling Houses (Power Circuits) 211 words
      cc152-3W
    11. Secretary of State (Correspondence) 83 words
      c153W
    12. Councillors (Expenses) 97 words
      cc153-4W
    13. Regional Water Authorities 351 words
      c154W
    14. Waste Management Advisory Committee 132 words
  24. SOCIAL SERVICES
      25. cc154-5W
    1. Benefit Payment (Employed Plasterer) 230 words
      c155W
    2. One-Parent Families 174 words
      cc155-6W
    3. Retirement Pensioners (Supplementary Benefit) 119 words
      cc156-9W
    4. Mental Illness Care 1,003 words
      c159W
    5. Royal Gloucester Hospital 67 words
      c159W
    6. Mr. Roger Heath (Appeal) 82 words
      cc159-60W
    7. Prescription Charges 193 words
      c160W
    8. Oxytocin Drugs 124 words
      cc160-1W
    9. Benefit Payments (Weekly Limit) 112 words
      c161W
    10. Family Income Supplement 135 words
      cc161-2W
    11. Normansfield Hospital 82 words
      c162W
    12. Family Income 138 words
      cc162-3W
    13. Infant Mortality, Childbirth and Rubella 553 words
      cc163-4W
    14. Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup 138 words
      c164W
    15. Benefits (Publicity) 84 words
      cc164-6W
    16. Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards 461 words
      cc166-7W
    17. Nursing and Residential Homes (Beds) 156 words
      c167W
    18. Health Services Board 133 words
      cc167-8W
    19. Occupational Deafness 133 words
      cc168-73W
    20. Finer Report 1,483 words
  25. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      26. c173W
    1. Polytechnic Teachers (Pensions) 172 words
      cc173-4W
    2. Arts Council (Grant) 137 words
      cc174-5W
    3. School Allocations 661 words
      cc175-6W
    4. School Meals 161 words
      cc176-7W
    5. Secondary Reorganisation (Kent) 726 words
      cc177-8W
    6. School Children 66 words
      cc178-9W
    7. University Students 311 words
      c179W
    8. School Children (Records) 143 words
      cc179-80W
    9. Truancy 96 words
      cc180-2W
    10. Workers' Educational Association (Social, Industrial and Political Studies) 611 words
      c182W
    11. Students (Weighting Allowances) 42 words
      cc182-4W
    12. Further Education 1,011 words
      cc184-5W
    13. Devonshire Infants School, Sutton-in-Ashfield 69 words
      c185W
    14. Victoria and Albert Museum 116 words
      c185W
    15. National Photographic Museum 98 words
      cc185-6W
    16. Expenditure 120 words
      c186W
    17. University Grants Committee (Chairman) 168 words
      cc186-7W
    18. Polytechnic Teachers (Superannuation) 61 words
      c187W
    19. Children's Art 60 words
  26. DEFENCE
      27. c187W
    1. Hovercraft 60 words
      cc187-8W
    2. Princess Anne (Use of Helicopter) 191 words
      c188W
    3. Queen's Flight (Ministerial Control) 90 words
  27. ENERGY
      28. c188W
    1. Opencast Mining 84 words
      cc188-9W
    2. Pennyvenie Colliery (Closure) 165 words
      c189W
    3. Electrical and Gas Industries (Planning Agreements) 90 words
      c189W
    4. Opencast Mining 97 words
      cc189-90W
    5. " Save-It"Campaign (Departmental Expenditure) 120 words
  28. NATIONAL FINANCE
      29. c190W
    1. Pay Increases and Employment 85 words
      cc190-1W
    2. TUC Staff (Pay Increase) 102 words
      c191W
    3. Investment Income 115 words
      c191W
    4. PAYE Inquiry Offices 128 words
      cc191-2W
    5. Value Added Tax 120 words
      c192W
    6. Output and Productivity 78 words
      c192W
    7. Inflation 87 words
      c192W
    8. Tax Outstanding 54 words
      cc192-3W
    9. Council of Ministers 61 words
      c193W
    10. European Community (United Kingdom Contribution) 102 words
      cc193-4W
    11. Printing Trade (Working Practices) 228 words
      c194W
    12. British Petroleum Company Ltd. 46 words
  29. INDUSTRY
      30. c194W
    1. Silicon Chip Industry 111 words
  30. HARRIER AIRCRAFT SALE
      31. c194W
    1. (USSR Representations) 29 words
  31. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      32. c195W
    1. Portugal (British Farmers' Claims) 59 words
      c195W
    2. India and Pakistan (Immigration Applications) 105 words
      c195W
    3. Tanzania 121 words
      cc195-6W
    4. Cyprus 92 words
      c196W
    5. Fort San Domingo, Taiwan 41 words
  32. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      33. c196W
    1. Belize 117 words
  33. SCOTLAND
      34. cc196-7W
    1. Prisoners (Parole) 72 words
      c197W
    2. Certificate of Sixth Year Studies 74 words
      c197W
    3. Hunterston (Oil Rigs) 53 words
      cc197-8W
    4. Universities (First Year Courses) 164 words
      c198W
    5. Rate Support Grant 195 words
  34. TRADE
      35. cc198-9W
    1. Royal Commission on the Press 80 words
    c199W
  35. British Tourist Authority (Chairman) 171 words
    cc199-200W
  36. European Community Council Meeting (Transport) 182 words
    c200W
  37. Gatwick Airport 120 words
    c200W
  38. International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 95 words
    cc200-1W
  39. Tourism 179 words
    c201W
  40. Washing Machines (Dumping) 121 words
  41. NORTHERN IRELAND
      42. cc201-2W
    1. Custodial Remand 206 words
  42. WALES
      43. c202W
    1. Bilingual Traffic Signs 73 words
    cc202-3W
  43. Schoolchildren 66 words
    c203W
  44. Women's Aid 70 words
    c203W
  45. Gwynedd and Clwyd (Training Courses) 79 words
    cc203-4W
  46. Tan-yr-Unto 83 words
    c204W
  47. Welsh Assembly (Statutory Instruments) 105 words
    c204W
  48. Employment 148 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 959

  1. EMPLOYMENT
      2. c791W
    1. Exotic Vegetables (Loughborough Project) 228 words
      cc791-2W
    2. Job Creation 164 words
      c792W
    3. Companies (Top Staff Pay) 61 words
      cc792-7W
    4. Wages Council Awards 1,275 words
      c797W
    5. Ford Motor Company Limited 46 words
      c797W
    6. Journalists (Pay Dispute) 31 words
      cc797-8W
    7. Unemployment Benefit 145 words
      cc798-800W
    8. European Community (Discussions with Commission) 635 words
      c800W
    9. Health and Safety Executive 156 words
  2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      3. cc800-1W
    1. European Assembly (Salaries) 126 words
      c801W
    2. Economic and Social Committee (Payments to Members) 114 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      4. cc801-2W
    1. Turkey (Mrs. E. Smith and Mrs. E. Phillips) 113 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
      5. c802W
    1. Publishing Houses (Overseas Mail) 74 words
      c802W
    2. European Community (Audit Board) 64 words
      c802W
    3. Child Tax Allowances 144 words
      cc802-3W
    4. Travelling Expenses 82 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
      6. c803W
    1. Northern Ireland Development Agency 104 words
      cc803-4W
    2. Mater Hospital, Belfast 173 words
      cc804-5W
    3. Sports Grants 279 words
      c805W
    4. Commonwealth Games, 1986 225 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      7. c806W
    1. Bilateral Aid 90 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. c806W
    1. Cod, Haddock and Whiting (Quotas) 100 words
      cc806-7W
    2. Agriculture (Pollution) 132 words
  8. WALES
      9. c807W
    1. Leasehold Enfranchisement 166 words
      cc807-8W
    2. CRIMINAL TRIALS 214 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT
      10. c808W
    1. Rivers and Canals (Pollution) 115 words
      cc808-9W
    2. Rate Expenditure 299 words
      cc809-10W
    3. Building Societies (Support Lending Scheme) 180 words
      c810W
    4. Radioactive Waste Symposium 139 words
      cc810-1W
    5. Mortgage Lending 226 words
      c811W
    6. Housing Expenditure 225 words
      cc811-2W
    7. South-East Region (Strategy) 60 words
      c812W
    8. Homeless Persons (Grants to Voluntary Bodies) 168 words
      cc812-3W
    9. Research Publications 163 words
      c813W
    10. Parliament Square (Flag Poles) 228 words
  10. TRANSPORT
      11. c813W
    1. Allestree Link Road 61 words
      cc813-4W
    2. Juggernauts 223 words
      c814W
    3. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 68 words
      cc814-5W
    4. Rail Freight Schemes 109 words
      c815W
    5. Road Accidents (Cost) 338 words
      cc815-6W
    6. Driving Test Examiners (Coventry) 116 words
      c816W
    7. Coach Accidents 86 words
  11. HOME DEPARTMENT
      12. cc816-7W
    1. Private Security Organisations 118 words
      cc817-8W
    2. Vietnamese Refugees 261 words
      c818W
    3. Police (Manpower) 265 words
      cc818-9W
    4. Drug Addicts (Prison Sentences) 110 words
      c819W
    5. Overseas Footballers 85 words
      c819W
    6. Vagrancy and Begging (Prison Sentences) 62 words
      cc819-22W
    7. Custodial Remands 901 words
      cc822-3W
    8. Prison Officers (Overtime) 75 words
      c823W
    9. Taxi Fares (London) 58 words
      cc823-4W
    10. Community Relations Workers (Pay and Expenses) 234 words
      c824W
    11. Scientology Students 61 words
      c824W
    12. Serious Crime (Bailed Persons) 77 words
  12. DEFENCE
      13. cc824-5W
    1. Sarum Airfield 111 words
      c825W
    2. Microbiological Establishment, Porton 62 words
  13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      14. cc825-6W
    1. Humberside (Pupil Transfer) 198 words
      c826W
    2. Burnham Committee 198 words
      c826W
    3. Further Education Students 100 words
  14. ENERGY
      15. c827W
    1. Chemical Companies 107 words
      c827W
    2. Severn Barrage Committee 85 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      16. cc827-8W
    1. Trees and Woodland 262 words
      c828W
    2. Fishing Quotas 64 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
      17. cc828-9W
    1. Unemployment Benefit (Computerisation) 113 words
      c829W
    2. Consultant Radiologists (North-West England) 83 words
      c829W
    3. Pensions (Over-80s) 58 words
      cc829-30W
    4. Smallpox (Birmingham) 127 words
      c830W
    5. Pharmacists (Pay) 108 words
      c830W
    6. Health and Nutrition Education Units 104 words
      cc830-3W
    7. Cystic Fibrosis 1,036 words
  17. TRADE
      18. cc833-5W
    1. Trade Missions 201 words
      c835W
    2. Air Fares (London-Scotland) 49 words
      c835W
    3. Tourism 144 words
      cc835-6W
    4. Textiles 203 words
      c836W
    5. J. Season Ltd. 75 words
  18. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
      19. c836W
    1. Water Charges 79 words
      cc836-8W
    2. Football (Televising of Matches) 170 words