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Commons Sitting of 4 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 975

c207
1. Preamble 7 words
c207
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c207
1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL 12 words
c207
4. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 4 words
c207
5. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] 31 words
6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
cc208-9
1. Job Release Scheme 394 words
cc209-11
2. North-West 875 words
cc212-3
3. Pneumoconiosis 595 words
cc213-7
4. Unemployed Persons 1,142 words
cc217-8
5. Industrial Management (Participation) 369 words
cc218-9
6. Unfilled Vacancies 311 words
cc219-21
7. Ex-British Railways Employees (Human Rights) 636 words
cc221-2
8. Unemployed Persons 449 words
cc222-3
9. Training Opportunities Programme 322 words
cc223-5
10. West Midlands 561 words
c225
11. National Union of Local Government Officers 202 words
cc225-6
12. Unfair Dismissal 203 words
cc226-7
13. TOBACCO INDUSTRY (THIRD WORLD) 313 words
cc227-33
14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,914 words
c233
15. IMMIGRATION (DEBATE) 88 words
cc234-42
7. HOUSE OF COMMONS (REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT) 2,709 words
c242
8. STEEL INDUSTRY 102 words
cc243-50
9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (COUNCIL OF FISHERIES MINISTERS' MEETING) 2,480 words
c250
10. WELSH AFFAIRS 28 words
cc251-2
11. MAPS 607 words
c252
12. MAPS 57 words
cc253-382
13. IMMIGRATION 49,043 words, 2 divisions
c383
14. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
c383
15. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL [Lords] 53 words
16. Clause 72
cc383-5
1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 639 words
cc385-94
2. SWEDEN (UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTATION) 2,954 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 975

cc89-91W
1. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 512 words
c91W
2. TUC 56 words
c91W
3. LOCAL AUTHORITIES 57 words
cc91-2W
4. THIRD LONDON AIRPORT 69 words
c92W
5. MERSEYSIDE 37 words
c92W
6. BUILDING SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION 30 words
c92W
7. MINISTERIAL BROADCAST 19 words
c92W
8. ST. FERGUS (GAS TERMINALS) 27 words
cc92-3W
9. RHODESIA 74 words
c93W
10. EUROPEAN COUNCIL (DUBLIN) 53 words
c93W
11. EASINGTON 23 words
c93W
12. OFFICIAL INFORMATION (PUBLIC ACCESS) 47 words
cc93-4W
13. HONG KONG 99 words
c94W
14. MINISTER OF STATE, TREASURY 34 words
c94W
15. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY 38 words
c94W
16. GLENEAGLES AGREEMENT 27 words
17. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc94-5W
1. Youth Organisations 79 words
c95W
2. Students 88 words
c95W
3. Trades Union Congress 96 words
cc95-6W
4. Teachers in Medicine 67 words
c96W
5. University Teachers (Pay) 59 words
18. HOME DEPARTMENT
c96W
1. Borstal 131 words
cc96-7W
2. Immigration 348 words
cc97-8W
3. Young Offenders 239 words
c98W
4. Rugby Match (Disruption) 74 words
cc98-9W
5. Iranian Nationals 364 words
cc99-100W
6. Vietnamese Boat People 187 words
c100W
7. Prison Department 35 words
c100W
8. Detention Centres (Inmates) 82 words
c100W
9. "Prison Medical Journal" 79 words
cc100-1W
10. Fire Services (Merseyside) 237 words
cc101-2W
11. Animals (Experiments) 86 words
cc102-3W
12. Prisoners (Sedation) 382 words
cc103-4W
13. Fire Services (Nottinghamshire) 279 words
c104W
14. Iran 275 words
cc104-5W
15. Parliamentary Boundaries 58 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
c105W
1. East Midlands 45 words
c105W
2. Northern Region 145 words
cc105-6W
3. Unemployed Persons 96 words
c106W
4. Departmental Studies 49 words
c106W
5. Baking Industry (Night Work) 52 words
c106W
6. Unemployed Adults 95 words
cc106-7W
7. Careers Service and Jobcentres 88 words
c107W
8. Trade Union Legislation 150 words
cc107-8W
9. Manpower Services Commission 237 words
c108W
10. Industrial Disputes (Lost Days) 69 words
cc108-9W
11. Statistical Services 142 words
c109W
12. Employment Protection Act 50 words
c109W
13. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 43 words
c109W
14. Hunterston (Dock Scheme) 62 words
cc109-10W
15. Engineering Dispute 112 words
c110W
16. Closed Shop Agreements 60 words
cc110-1W
17. Overtime Working and Night Work 202 words
c111W
18. Working Week 84 words
c111W
19. Youth Unemployment 51 words
c111W
20. Greater London Area 55 words
cc111-2W
21. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Training Facilities) 79 words
c112W
22. Voluntarily Unemployed Persons 161 words
c112W
23. Industrial Relations 31 words
cc112-3W
24. Electrical Equipment (Approval Service) 188 words
c113W
25. Rural Areas 65 words
c113W
26. Trades Union Congress 69 words
cc113-4W
27. Youth Opportunities Programme 83 words
c114W
28. Job Release Scheme 195 words
cc114-5W
29. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 98 words
c115W
30. Employee Participation 65 words
c115W
31. Secondary Picketing 76 words
cc115-6W
32. Scotland 67 words
c116W
33. Trade Unions (Political Levy) 85 words
c116W
34. Preston 137 words
cc116-7W
35. Technicians and Technical Engineers 224 words
c117W
36. Special Temporary Employment Programme 52 words
cc117-8W
37. Health and Safety at Work 70 words
c118W
38. Disabled Persons 54 words
c118W
39. Unemployment Benefit Offices and Jobcentres 72 words
cc118-9W
40. Training Programmes 177 words
cc119-20W
41. "Fit for Work" Campaign 312 words
c120W
42. Pay Bargaining 70 words
c120W
43. Computers and Microelectronics Industries 157 words
cc120-1W
44. School Leavers 111 words
c121W
45. Health and Safety Executive 56 words
c121W
46. Professional and Executive Register 102 words
cc121-2W
47. Pneumoconiosis 146 words
20. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c122W
1. Afghanistan 115 words
cc122-3W
2. Kampuchea 102 words
cc123-4W
3. Overseas Development Adminstration 453 words
c124W
4. Southern Tanzania (Roadworks) 90 words
c124W
5. Aid Projects (Staffing) 148 words
21. DEFENCE
c125W
1. Nuclear Explosions (USSR) 228 words
22. ENERGY
c125W
1. British Gas Corporation 74 words
cc125-6W
2. Research 76 words
c126W
3. Research 147 words
cc126-7W
4. Power Stations (Coal Costs) 114 words
c127W
5. Coal (Imports) 269 words
23. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
c127W
1. Latin America 29 words
cc127-8W
2. Hong Kong 67 words
cc128-9W
3. Fuel Costs 303 words
24. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c129W
1. Members' Pensions 148 words
cc129-30W
2. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE 158 words
c130W
3. ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 206 words
25. TRANSPORT
cc130-1W
1. School Transport 75 words
c131W
2. M18 (A15 Ermine Street Link) 61 words
c131W
3. Roads and Transport Budget 117 words
cc131-2W
4. Roads (Expenditure) 390 words
cc132-3W
5. Road Schemes 317 words
cc133-4W
6. Motoring Information (Broadcasts) 76 words
c134W
7. Traffic Management (Plastic Cones) 72 words
c134W
8. Trunk Road Contracts 225 words
cc134-5W
9. Armitage Inquiry 75 words
cc135-7W
10. Toll Bridges and Tunnels 659 words
c137W
11. Heavy Lorries 234 words
26. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
cc137-8W
1. Horticulture 121 words
c138W
2. Fish Stocks 204 words
cc138-9W
3. Farm Animal Welfare Council 154 words
c139W
4. FEOGA 153 words
cc139-40W
5. Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation 180 words
27. SCOTLAND
c140W
1. Boatbuilding Firms 119 words
cc140-1W
2. Employment (Oban) 136 words
cc141-2W
3. Electricity Generating Capacity 525 words
cc142-3W
4. Teacher Training Colleges 404 words
c143W
5. Building Industry (Manpower) 107 words
cc143-4W
6. Colleges of Education 107 words
c144W
7. Unemployment Forecasts 71 words
cc144-5W
8. Nuclear Waste 153 words
c145W
9. Knitwear Industry 94 words
c145W
10. United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 86 words
28. INDUSTRY
cc145-6W
1. Carpet Manufacturing Industry 90 words
c146W
2. A310 Airbus 95 words
c146W
3. Clothing (Material Content) 85 words
cc146-7W
4. Research 257 words
cc147-8W
5. Loan Guarantee Scheme 380 words
cc148-9W
6. Profitability and Productivity 285 words
c149W
7. British Steel Corporation 33 words
29. ENVIRONMENT
c149W
1. Almshouses (Tenants' Charter) 120 words
cc149-50W
2. Northumberland County Council 127 words
c150W
3. Mortgage Repayments 71 words
cc150-1W
4. Council Houses (Sale) 512 words
c151W
5. Dogs 60 words
cc151-2W
6. Local Government Employees 219 words
cc152-3W
7. Rent and Rate Allowances 63 words
c153W
8. Greater Manchester 73 words
c153W
9. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports 65 words
c153W
10. Mortgages and Housing Revenue Accounts 61 words
cc153-4W
11. Housing Action Areas (Report) 150 words
c154W
12. Housing Subsidies 69 words
c154W
13. Rate Support Grant 66 words
cc154-5W
14. Fine Rooms, Somerset House 107 words
c155W
15. Houses, Building Costs (New Towns) 76 words
c155W
16. Laxton Village 92 words
30. WALES
cc155-6W
1. Employment Prospects 66 words
c156W
2. Locum Tenens 64 words
cc156-7W
3. Welsh Language 173 words
c157W
4. Council House Building 133 words
c157W
5. Road Traffic (Ruthin) 106 words
cc157-8W
6. National Health Service (Structure) 162 words
c158W
7. Geriatric Care 80 words
c158W
8. Unemployed Persons 37 words
cc158-9W
9. British Steel Corporation 132 words
c159W
10. Land Bank 47 words
cc159-60W
11. Housing Cost Limits 278 words
c160W
12. Agriculture (Profitability) 98 words
c160W
13. Toll Bridges and Tunnels 109 words
cc160-1W
14. Housing Association Schemes 248 words
31. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc161-2W
1. Detoxification Centres 395 words
cc162-3W
2. General Practitioners 43 words
c163W
3. Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester 220 words
cc163-4W
4. Elastic Support Hose 105 words
c164W
5. White Hart Training Centre, Harrogate 200 words
cc164-5W
6. Abortion 175 words
c165W
7. Mobility Allowance 123 words
cc165-6W
8. Medical Practitioners (Emigration) 264 words
cc166-7W
9. Children in Care 340 words
c167W
10. Supplementary Benefit 110 words
cc167-8W
11. Child Benefit 224 words
c168W
12. Fostering 104 words
cc168-9W
13. Organ Transplants 300 words
cc169-70W
14. Departmental Staff (Powers of Entry) 164 words
c170W
15. Vibration White Finger 97 words
cc170-3W
16. Welfare Milk and Vitamins 696 words
c173W
17. Benefits (Unemployed Persons) 196 words
32. TRADE
cc173-4W
1. Departmental Staffing Levels 102 words
c174W
2. Multiple Directorships 115 words
cc174-5W
3. Clothing (Imports) 267 words
c175W
4. Multi-fibre Arrangement 62 words
cc175-6W
5. Knitwear 361 words
cc176-7W
6. Furness Withy (Eurocanadian Holding) 126 words
cc177-8W
7. DC10 Aircraft 308 words
c178W
8. Air Safety 85 words
cc178-9W
9. Aircraft (Accidents) 225 words
c179W
10. Protection of Trading Interests Bill 61 words
33. NATIONAL FINANCE
cc179-80W
1. Personal Taxation (Married Women) 289 words
c180W
2. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 61 words
cc180-1W
3. Tax Refunds 233 words
c181W
4. Adult Tax Allowance 65 words
c181W
5. Expenditure 152 words
cc181-2W
6. Value Added Tax 226 words
c182W
7. Diesel Oil 39 words
c182W
8. European Community (United Kingdom Contribution) 53 words
cc182-4W
9. Research 372 words
cc184-5W
10. Profit Sharing Schemes 192 words
c185W
11. Authors (Taxation) 40 words
cc185-6W
12. Income Tax Allowances 180 words
c186W
13. European Community (Budget) 134 words
c186W
14. The Arts 41 words
cc186-7W
15. Oil Companies (Taxation) 177 words
c187W
16. Benefits in Kind (Cars) 90 words
34. NORTHERN IRELAND
c187W
1. Short Brothers Ltd. 59 words
cc187-8W
2. Twinbrook Estate 203 words
c188W
3. De Lorean Motor Cars Limited 75 words
c188W
4. Government Assets (Sale) 54 words

Lords Sitting of 4 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

c567
1. Preamble 42 words
cc567-70
2. HOUSING STANDARDS: INSULATION AND HEATING 1,021 words
cc570-2
3. HOME-GROWN WHEAT FOR BREAD-MAKING 764 words
cc572-6
4. THE TERRITORIAL ARMY: CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT 1,283 words
cc576-81
5. TAX EVASION 1,672 words
cc581-616
6. SHIPBUILDING BILL 13,964 words
cc617-8
7. FISHING VESSELS (ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT) (GRANTS) (VARIATION) SCHEME 1979 516 words
cc618-24
8. SOCIAL SECURITY (CONTRIBUTIONS, RE-RATING) ORDER 1979 2,356 words
cc624-79
9. PRISON SERVICES: THE MAY REPORT 22,039 words
c680
10. CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL 14 words
c680
11. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 9 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

c680WA
1. MMF TUFTED CARPETS AND POLYESTER YARN: IMPORTS 186 words
cc680-1WA
2. THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: FUNCTION 62 words
c681WA
3. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION: COST 100 words
c681WA
4. COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY: COST 98 words
c682WA
5. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE: PRISON VISITS 146 words
c682WA
6. CARPET IN PALACE OF WESTMINSTER 63 words
cc682-3WA
7. X-RAY EXAMINATION OF IMMIGRANTS: INFORMATION 113 words
c683WA
8. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT 1978: PROSECUTIONS 59 words
cc683-4WA
9. THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATION TO THE UK: DIPLOMATIC STATUS 133 words
c684WA
10. COLLABORATIVE WEAPON SYSTEMS 180 words
cc685-6WA
11. THE DUCHESS OF KENT'S MILITARY HOSPITAL, CATTERICK 149 words