Commons Sitting of 17 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 976

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TRADE
        2. cc1-3
      1. British Airports Authority 558 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Airports Policy 100 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Soviet Bloc Ships (Freight Rates) 323 words
        4. cc5-7
      4. Inflation 675 words
        5. cc7-8
      5. Passenger and Commercial Vehicles 309 words
        6. c8
      6. Textiles (Origin Marking) 224 words
        7. cc8-9
      7. Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 163 words
        8. cc9-11
      8. Prices 664 words
        9. cc11-2
      9. Scotch Whisky 487 words
        10. cc12-3
      10. Foreign Airlines 313 words
        11. cc13-4
      11. European Community (Council of Ministers) 381 words
        12. cc14-5
      12. Coal Imports 456 words
        13. cc15-7
      13. Exports 387 words
        14. cc17-8
      14. USSR 480 words
        15. cc18-20
      15. Imports (Origin Marking) 683 words
        16. cc20-4
      16. Imports (Synthetic Fibres) 1,234 words
        17. cc24-5
      17. Manufacturers' Guarantees 310 words
        18. c25
      18. Value Added Tax Inclusive Pricing 192 words
        19. cc25-6
      19. Petrol Sales (Unit Prices) 257 words
        20. cc26-8
      20. Multi-fibre Arrangement 694 words
    cc29-34
  4. FISHING VESSEL "OCEAN MONARCH" 1,839 words
    5. cc35-55
  5. AIRPORTS POLICY 7,502 words
    6. cc55-7
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND (TERRORIST ACTIVITIES) 856 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      8. cc58-174
    1. EMPLOYMENT BILL 44,470 words, 1 division
      2. cc175-6
    2. EMPLOYMENT [MONEY] 128 words
      3. cc177-209
    3. PNEUMOCONIOSIS (WORKERS' COMPENSATION) 12,348 words
      4. cc210-41
    4. WATER CHARGES 11,844 words, 1 division
      5. cc241-2
    5. CONCESSIONARY TRAVEL FOR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS (SCOTLAND) [MONEY]. 313 words
      6. cc242-3
    6. STANDING ORDER No. 5 (FRIDAY SITTINGS) 393 words
      7. c243
    7. WELSH AFFAIRS 18 words
      8. cc244-56
    8. MG SPORTS CAR 4,298 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 976

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      2. c1W
    1. Potatoes 110 words
      c1W
    2. Green Pound 47 words
      c1W
    3. BINGHAM REPORT 48 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
      3. cc1-2W
    1. Payments (Departmental Guidance) 96 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
      4. c2W
    1. Runnymede Trust 64 words
      cc2-3W
    2. Prisoners (Suicide and Attempted Suicide) 560 words
      cc3-5W
    3. Immigration 290 words
      c5W
    4. Demonstrations (London) 119 words
      cc5-6W
    5. Maintenance Payments (Committals) 201 words
      c6W
    6. Northern Ireland (Ex-Prisoners) 72 words
      c6W
    7. Criminal Injuries Compensation 80 words
      cc6-7W
    8. Wormwood Scrubs Prison 205 words
      c7W
    9. Pucklechurch Remand Centre 99 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      5. c7W
    1. International Development Association 79 words
      cc7-8W
    2. MRS. KHASHOGGI 51 words
      c8W
    3. SECURITY BREACHES (JOINT CENTRIFUGE PROJECT) 106 words
      cc8-9W
    4. NATIONAL SECURITY 149 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      6. cc9-10W
    1. Overseas Medical Students 470 words
      cc10-1W
    2. University Grants and Loans 226 words
      c11W
    3. Overseas Students 108 words
      cc11-2W
    4. Canine Distemper and Multiple Sclerosis 165 words
      c12W
    5. Non-advanced Further Education 101 words
      cc12-3W
    6. Overseas Students 256 words
      c13W
    7. Inspectors of Education 104 words
      c13W
    8. Certificate of Extended Education 68 words
      c13W
    9. Student Unions 46 words
      cc13-4W
    10. University Grants (Medical Institutions) 73 words
      c14W
    11. Medical Research 154 words
      cc14-5W
    12. University of London (Specialised Institutions) 125 words
      c15W
    13. Clive Ramscar and Claire Deale 126 words
      cc15-7W
    14. Adult and Continuing Education 685 words
      c17W
    15. Teachers (Employment) 67 words
      cc17-8W
    16. Medical Teaching and Research 156 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      7. c18W
    1. Departmental Staff (Private Telephone Calls) 74 words
      c18W
    2. Iran (British Citizens) 112 words
      cc18-9W
    3. Zimbabwe 148 words
      c19W
    4. Antigua 44 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. c19W
    1. New Towns 130 words
      cc19-20W
    2. Housing Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 1979 322 words
      cc20-1W
    3. Burnthill Helicopters 94 words
      c21W
    4. Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1979 158 words
      c21W
    5. Rate Support Grant 61 words
      cc21-2W
    6. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 55 words
      c22W
    7. School Meals, Milk and Transport 191 words
      cc22-6W
    8. Local Authority Expenditure 948 words
  8. ENERGY
      9. cc27-8W
    1. North Sea Oil 530 words
      cc28-9W
    2. Aviation Gasoline 252 words
      c29W
    3. Oil Supplies (Rural Areas) 124 words
      cc29-30W
    4. Liquid Fuels (Biomass) 93 words
      c30W
    5. Anthracite 81 words
      c30W
    6. Wind Power Projects 113 words
      cc30-1W
    7. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate 359 words
      c31W
    8. Petrol (Selling Prices) 54 words
      cc31-2W
    9. Renewable Energy Resources 151 words
      cc32-3W
    10. International Energy Ministers (Meeting) 347 words
  9. TRADE
      10. c33W
    1. Imports (Origin Marking) 100 words
      c33W
    2. Price Commission 35 words
      cc33-4W
    3. Departmental Notices 81 words
      c34W
    4. Prices 50 words
      c34W
    5. Merchantable Quality (Definition) 48 words
      cc34-5W
    6. Inflation 258 words
      c35W
    7. Consumer Protection 62 words
      c35W
    8. Moneylenders Acts 72 words
      cc35-6W
    9. Conglomerates 99 words
      c36W
    10. World Commodity Centre 36 words
      c36W
    11. Trade Descriptions Act 1968 139 words
      cc36-7W
    12. Exports 105 words
      c37W
    13. Car Components 71 words
      c37W
    14. Exports (Electronic Surveillance Equipment) 88 words
      c37W
    15. Departmental Expenditure 56 words
      cc37-8W
    16. Carpets 109 words
      c38W
    17. Sumburgh and Grimsetter Airports 92 words
      cc38-9W
    18. Textile Imports 361 words
      c39W
    19. Store Lambs 41 words
      cc39-40W
    20. European Community (Price Controls) 282 words
      cc40-1W
    21. Textile Imports (Manufactured Goods) 578 words
      cc41-2W
    22. Film Industry 133 words
      cc42-3W
    23. Scotch Whisky 234 words
      c43W
    24. Parent Companies (Subsidiaries' Debts) 90 words
      c43W
    25. Steel (Imports) 88 words
  10. INDUSTRY
      11. cc43-4W
    1. Commodity Prices 92 words
      c44W
    2. Post Office 74 words
      c44W
    3. National Maritime Institute 107 words
      cc44-5W
    4. Industrial Management 62 words
      c45W
    5. Microprocessors 98 words
      cc45-6W
    6. Meccano Ltd. 325 words
      c46W
    7. Financial Aid (County Durham) 53 words
      cc46-50W
    8. National Enterprise Board 801 words
      cc50-2W
    9. Departmental Services 552 words
      cc52-3W
    10. Steel Industry 695 words
      cc53-5W
    11. Post Office Board (Industrial Democracy) 420 words
      c55W
    12. Airfix Ltd. 146 words
      cc55-6W
    13. Rolls-Royce 198 words
      c56W
    14. National Maritime Institute 88 words
      cc56-7W
    15. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 317 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
      12. cc57-8W
    1. Procurement Policy 86 words
      c58W
    2. British Ships (Foreign Taxation) 69 words
      c58W
    3. Wholesale Price Index 75 words
      c58W
    4. Personal Incomes 74 words
      cc58-9W
    5. PAYE 121 words
      c59W
    6. Public Expenditure Cuts 55 words
      c59W
    7. Secret Service (Expenditure) 50 words
      cc59-60W
    8. Expenditure 135 words
      c60W
    9. Self-Employed (Retirement Annuities) 45 words
      c60W
    10. Inflation-Proofed Pensions 62 words
  12. DEFENCE
      13. cc60-1W
    1. Officers (Pensions) 100 words
      c61W
    2. Nuclear Alerts 53 words
      c61W
    3. Aircraft Accidents 57 words
      c61W
    4. Aircraft (Low-level Manoeuvres) 84 words
      cc61-2W
    5. Royal Navy (Manpower Shortages) 53 words
  13. WALES
      14. c62W
    1. Departmental Officials (Search and Entry Powers) 109 words
      c62W
    2. Local Authorities (Government Control) 60 words
      c62W
    3. Welsh Language 34 words
      cc62-3W
    4. Hospital Beds (Occupancy) 48 words
      c63W
    5. Domestic Rating 36 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
      15. c63W
    1. House Purchase 61 words
      c63W
    2. Donegall Pass (Redevelopment) 116 words
      cc63-4W
    3. Hartington Street-Salisbury Street Housing Association 80 words
      cc64-5W
    4. Irish Republican Army 337 words
      c65W
    5. Mount Street Clinic, South Belfast 102 words
      c65W
    6. Department of Agriculture (Pay Scales) 60 words
      cc65-6W
    7. Constitutional Talks 99 words
      c66W
    8. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT 105 words
      c66W
    9. ARTS COUNCIL 109 words
      cc66-7W
    10. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 262 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT
      16. cc67-8W
    1. Departmental Services 185 words
      c68W
    2. Pop Concerts (Safety Measures) 125 words
      c68W
    3. Local Council Elections 67 words
      cc68-9W
    4. Local Authorities (Government Control) 82 words
      c69W
    5. Palace of Westminster (Traffic Vibration) 87 words
      c69W
    6. Mentally Ill Persons (Accommodation) 60 words
      cc69-70W
    7. Property Services Agency 135 words
      c70W
    8. Countryside Commission 87 words
      cc70-1W
    9. Private and Public Sector Tenants 179 words
      c71W
    10. Central Lancashire (New Town Housing) 142 words
      c71W
    11. National Rugby Teams 35 words
      cc71-2W
    12. County and Local Government Boundaries 48 words
      c72W
    13. New Towns Commission (Lease Sales) 82 words
      c72W
    14. Vandalism 64 words
      c72W
    15. North Pennines (Designation) 85 words
      cc72-3W
    16. Domestic Rates and Water Charges 122 words
      c73W
    17. Water Authorities (Financial Target) 124 words
      c73W
    18. Countryside Commission (Designation Proposals) 68 words
      cc73-4W
    19. Orchard Street, Cambridge (Inquiry) 95 words
      c74W
    20. Housing and Planning Procedures 111 words
      c74W
    21. Department Services 96 words
  16. TRANSPORT
      17. c75W
    1. Winchester Bypass 192 words
      cc75-6W
    2. Motorways (Emergency Telephones) 258 words
      cc76-7W
    3. Local Authorities (Government Control) 352 words
      cc77-8W
    4. Motorways and Trunk Roads Expenditure (Manchester) 115 words
      c78W
    5. Road Maintenance (Manchester) 74 words
      c78W
    6. Motor Cyclists 84 words
      c78W
    7. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 127 words
      cc78-9W
    8. M1 Motorway 115 words
      c79W
    9. Heavy Lorries 72 words
      cc79-80W
    10. Roads (Construction Costs) 225 words
      c80W
    11. Wheel Loadings (Pavement Damage) 83 words
      cc80-1W
    12. Road Track Costs 261 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
      18. c81W
    1. Medical Staff (Manchester) 91 words
      cc81-2W
    2. Supplementary Benefit (Rent) 76 words
      c82W
    3. Departmental Staff (Private Telephone Calls) 53 words
      c82W
    4. Children in Care 175 words
      cc82-3W
    5. National Spinal Injuries Centre (Stoke Mandeville) 138 words
      c83W
    6. Small Pensions 160 words
      c83W
    7. Mrs. Madine 95 words
      cc83-4W
    8. Charing Cross Hospital 33 words
      c84W
    9. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 58 words
      c84W
    10. National Insurance 161 words
      cc84-5W
    11. Supplementary Benefit (Maintenance Payments) 220 words
      c85W
    12. Disabled Persons 84 words
      cc85-6W
    13. Unemployment Review Officers 110 words
      c86W
    14. Meccano Ltd. (Redundant Workers) 147 words
      c86W
    15. Health Authorities (Staff Illness) 66 words
      cc86-7W
    16. Tuberculosis 66 words
      c87W
    17. Regional Health Authorities (Management Costs) 80 words
      cc87-8W
    18. Lead Pollution (Working Party Report) 389 words
      cc88-9W
    19. National Health Service 366 words
      c89W
    20. Appeals Tribunals (Fees and Expenses) 69 words
      cc89-90W
    21. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 50 words
      c90W
    22. Rampton Hospital 199 words
      c90W
    23. National Health Service (Pay and Bonus Schemes) 45 words
      cc90-1W
    24. Area Health Authorities (Disciplinary Proceedings) 66 words
      cc91-2W
    25. Sickness Benefit 427 words
  18. EMPLOYMENT
      19. c92W
    1. Accidents and Dangerous Occurrences 105 words
      cc92-4W
    2. Prohibition and Improvement Notices 765 words
      cc94-5W
    3. Retail Price Index (Mortgage Interest Rates) 63 words
      c95W
    4. Working Hours 75 words
      c95W
    5. Accidents (Investigation) 70 words
      cc95-6W
    6. Farms (Safety Measures) 466 words
      cc96-8W
    7. Pneumoconiosis 806 words
      cc98-9W
    8. Bentley Colliery 314 words
      cc99-100W
    9. Factories Act 1961 175 words
      cc100-1W
    10. Quarries (Improvement and Prohibition Notices) 225 words
      c101W
    11. Heavy Weights (Manual Lifting) 65 words
      c101W
    12. Mining Equipment (Inspections) 137 words
      cc101-2W
    13. Employment Protection Act 74 words
      c102W
    14. Closures and Redundancies (County Durham) 37 words
      c102W
    15. Homeworking 97 words
      cc102-3W
    16. Unemployment (Statistics) 583 words
      cc103-4W
    17. Unemployment Benefit Offices 93 words
      c104W
    18. Meccano Ltd. 181 words
      cc104-5W
    19. Health and Safety Executive 101 words
      cc105-6W
    20. Unemployment Benefit 69 words

Lords Sitting of 17 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

    c1435
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. c1435
  2. THE BINGHAM REPORT: CONSIDERATION BY DPP 223 words
    3. cc1436-7
  3. LIQUID MILK IMPORTS 495 words
    4. cc1437-9
  4. LEGISLATIVE CONGESTION 721 words
    5. c1439
  5. AIRPORTS POLICY 29 words
    6. cc1439-40
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 50 words
    7. c1440
  7. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL 12 words
    8. cc1440-58
  8. ZIMBABWE BILL 6,892 words
    9. cc1458-70
  9. AIRPORTS POLICY 4,567 words
    10. cc1470-514
  10. ZIMBABWE BILL 16,484 words
    11. cc1514-9
  11. SOUTHERN RHODESIA CONSTITUTION (INTERIM PROVISIONS) ORDER 1979 1,825 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

    cc1519-20WA
  1. FACTORY SHIPS: OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH-WEST 201 words
    c1520WA
  2. FACTORY SHIPS: PROBLEMS OF SOUTH-WEST FISHERMEN 151 words
    cc1520-1WA
  3. INSHORE FISHING VESSELS IN THE SOUTH-WEST: GRANTS 109 words
    c1521WA
  4. EEC FISH CATCH REPORTING ARRANGEMENTS 118 words
    c1521WA
  5. LEGAL ENTITLEMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES 88 words
    c1522WA
  6. ROYAL COMMISSION REPORTS: DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT 330 words
    c1523WA
  7. IMPORTATION OF CANNED FISH 180 words
    cc1523-4WA
  8. CHILDBIRTH AND INDUCTION 240 words
    c1524WA
  9. THE ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON HOSPITAL 87 words
    cc1524-5WA
  10. ETHIOPIAN STUDENTS: GRANTS POLICY 69 words
    c1525WA
  11. ASMARA AND ADDIS ABBABA: BRITISH COUNCIL LIBRARIES 22 words
    c1525WA
  12. ZIMBABWE CITIZENS AND UK TRAVEL DOCUMENTS 62 words
    cc1525-6WA
  13. ZIMBABWE: STUDENTS' DEPENDANTS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 111 words
    cc1526-8WA
  14. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION: ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT 752 words