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Commons Sitting of 25 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 971

c573
1. Preamble 7 words
c573
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c573
1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL 4 words
c573
2. CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL (By Order) 10 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENVIRONMENT
cc573-5
1. Water Rates 631 words
cc575-7
2. Homes Insulation 590 words
cc577-8
3. Planning Inquiries (Financial Assistance) 317 words
cc578-9
4. Housing 413 words
cc579-80
5. Housing Stress Areas 486 words
cc580-2
6. Building Societies Association 515 words
cc582-4
7. Local Authorities (Manpower) 537 words
cc584-6
8. Development Land 658 words
cc586-7
9. Rating System 433 words
cc587-9
10. Water Rates 710 words
cc589-90
11. Inner Cities Programme 552 words
cc590-2
12. Homes Insulation 394 words
cc592-3
13. Water Supply (Metering) 598 words
cc593-4
14. British Waterways Board 260 words
cc594-6
15. Urban Aid Programme 678 words
cc596-8
16. Commission for the New Towns 473 words
cc598-9
17. Councillors (Personal Liability) 370 words
cc599-600
18. Public Sector Housing 358 words
c600
5. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL (DEBATE) 150 words
c600
6. CORRESPONDENCE WITH MINISTERS 128 words
cc601-4
7. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 1,082 words
cc605-7
8. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS UP-RATING ORDER 838 words
c607
9. PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTIONS 230 words
cc608-11
10. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 1,201 words
c611
11. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 45 words
cc612-9
12. CLERK OF THE HOUSE (RETIREMENT) 2,887 words
cc620-736
13. SOUTHERN AFRICA 44,202 words
cc737-40
14. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 1,482 words, 1 division
cc741-70
15. NORTHERN IRELAND (IRISH NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY) 10,771 words
c770
16. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM 33 words
cc771-82
17. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (IRON AND STEEL EMPLOYEES) 4,045 words
cc783-801
18. BRITISH RAILWAYS BOARD (BORROWING POWERS) 6,859 words
cc802-30
19. BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS (BORROWING POWERS) 10,813 words
cc831-43
20. HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS SHIPPING SERVICES 4,544 words
21. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c844
1. SELECT COMMITTEES RELATED TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 240 words
c845
2. MEMBERS' INTERESTS 75 words
cc845-54
3. BENEFIT PAYMENTS (DELAY) 3,690 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 971

c235W
1. CARS (OFFICIAL PURCHASING POLICY) 46 words
cc235-6W
2. OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS 502 words
cc236-7W
3. IDENTIFICATION CASES (GUIDELINES) 318 words
4. ENERGY
cc237-8W
1. North Sea Oil 107 words
c238W
2. Liquefied Natural Gas 81 words
c238W
3. Petroleum and Submarine Pipe-lines Act (Oil Development) 130 words
cc238-9W
4. Electricity 106 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
cc239-40W
1. Local Radio Stations 308 words
c240W
2. Television Broadcasts (Welsh Language) 248 words
6. Elections
cc240-1W
1. (United Kingdom Citizens Overseas) 88 words
c241W
2. Community Projects Foundation 151 words
c241W
3. Junior Detention Centres 39 words
cc241-2W
4. Detention Centres and Borstals 174 words
c242W
5. Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities (Penal Institutions) 97 words
cc242-3W
6. Juveniles (Penal Institutions) 90 words
c243W
7. Harmondsworth and Gatwick Detention Centres 100 words
c243W
8. Immigrants (Suicide Statistics) 59 words
cc243-6W
9. Immigration Act 1971 1,255 words
c246W
10. Prisons 254 words
cc246-8W
11. Scientology 794 words
cc248-9W
12. Fire Precautions Act 1971 (Statistics) 544 words
cc249-50W
13. Vietnamese Refugees 209 words
cc250-1W
14. Walsall (Boundary Commission Report) 56 words
c251W
15. Data Protection 61 words
c251W
16. Independent Broadcasting Authority 96 words
7. ENVIRONMENT
c251W
1. Local Government (Public Expenditure) 50 words
cc251-2W
2. Third London Airport 73 words
c252W
3. New Town Housing 64 words
c252W
4. Planning Procedures 57 words
c252W
5. Severn-Trent Water Authority 56 words
cc252-3W
6. Housing Stress Areas 62 words
c253W
7. Wandsworth 36 words
c253W
8. Homes Insulation 54 words
c253W
9. Local Authority Tenants (Assistance) 94 words
c253W
10. Rating System 43 words
cc253-4W
11. Thermal Insulation 66 words
c254W
12. Council Houses (Shared Purchasing) 91 words
c254W
13. Housing Corporation 38 words
c254W
14. Urban Aid Programme 77 words
cc254-5W
15. Construction Starts 82 words
c255W
16. Dobry Report 25 words
c255W
17. Value Added Tax 52 words
c255W
18. Gipsies 123 words
cc255-6W
19. ARTS EXPENDITURE (INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS) 76 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c256W
1. Corsica 64 words
cc256-7W
2. Catholic Institute for International Relations 171 words
c257W
3. Gibraltar (Chief Minister) 130 words
c257W
4. Namibia 122 words
cc257-8W
5. Rev. Arthur Lewis and Pastor Musan 88 words
c258W
6. Mrs. Damm 93 words
c258W
7. PASSPORTS 95 words
9. DEFENCE
cc258-9W
1. Defence White Paper 141 words
cc259-60W
2. Service Personnel (Discharge) 623 words
cc260-1W
3. Climatology (Research Programme) 96 words
10. INDUSTRY
c261W
1. Corby (Special Area Status) 44 words
c261W
2. Aberdeen 86 words
cc261-2W
3. International Telegram Services 81 words
c262W
4. Telephones (Special Coins) 85 words
c262W
5. Industrial Fasteners 88 words
cc262-3W
6. Local Authorities (Car Purchasing Policy) 100 words
c263W
7. European Community (Grants and Loans) 62 words
c263W
8. Small Businesses (European Community Directives) 109 words
cc263-4W
9. Glass Bottle Bank 182 words
cc264-5W
10. Maritime Radio Services 205 words
c265W
11. British Shipbuilders 57 words
c265W
12. Public Expenditure (Wales) 90 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
c265W
1. Unemployed School Leavers 104 words
cc265-6W
2. Youth Opportunities Programme 109 words
c266W
3. Manpower Services Commission 58 words
cc266-7W
4. Youth Opportunities Programme 175 words
c267W
5. Industrial Tribunals 56 words
cc267-70W
6. Industrial Workers 1,624 words
12. CIVIL SERVICE
c271W
1. Royal Naval Auxiliary Service 108 words
13. TRADE
cc271-2W
1. Motor Cars (Imports) 499 words
c272W
2. Aircraft Noise (Gatwick) 98 words
cc272-3W
3. Night Flights (Heathrow and Gatwick) 116 words
c273W
4. Doors (Imports) 147 words
c273W
5. Third London Airport 55 words
cc273-4W
6. Alginate Industries Limited 234 words
c274W
7. Motor Car Spares (Price Commission's Report) 61 words
cc274-5W
8. Imports (Origin Marking) 132 words
14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c275W
1. Doctors (Training Costs) 116 words
cc275-6W
2. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 86 words
c276W
3. Psychologist Services 65 words
c276W
4. Independent Schools 132 words
cc276-7W
5. Deaf Persons 126 words
c277W
6. School Leavers 96 words
15. WALES
c277W
1. Regional Industrial Policy 54 words
cc277-8W
2. Mid-Glamorgan Health Authority 137 words
c278W
3. Caerphilly District Miners' Hospital 60 words
c278W
4. Railway Sidings (Grants) 96 words
16. SCOTLAND
c278W
1. Retailers (Turnover) 61 words
cc278-9W
2. Local Government 227 words
c279W
3. Archaeology 51 words
cc279-80W
4. Barlinnie Prison 277 words
cc280-2W
5. Sheriff Courts 533 words
cc282-3W
6. Road Accidents (Drivers' Blood Tests) 127 words
c283W
7. Crime Detection (Tayside) 147 words
cc283-5W
8. Leisure and Recreation 544 words
c285W
9. Children's Panel (Tayside) 57 words
cc285-6W
10. North Sea Oil (Related Industries) 258 words
c286W
11. Student Award Scheme 58 words
c286W
12. Urban Aid Programme 83 words
c286W
13. Housing Associations 62 words
cc286-7W
14. Tourism 73 words
c287W
15. Health and Safety 56 words
17. NATIONAL FINANCE
c287W
1. Taxation (Interest Charge) 113 words
cc287-8W
2. Tourism 131 words
c288W
3. Rail Travel Warrants 67 words
c288W
4. 714 Tax Certificates 51 words
c288W
5. Personal Incomes 42 words
c288W
6. PAYE 41 words
cc288-9W
7. Financial Institutions (Loan Guarantees) 78 words
c289W
8. Public Expenditure 189 words
c289W
9. Estate Duty 106 words
cc289-90W
10. European Monetary Co-operation Fund 52 words
c290W
11. £ Sterling 223 words
cc290-3W
12. Personal Incomes 1,011 words
cc293-4W
13. Value Added Tax 369 words
c294W
14. House Purchase (Stamp Duty) 92 words
cc294-5W
15. Retirement Bonuses (Taxation) 112 words
c295W
16. National Economic Forum 81 words
18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
cc295-8W
1. Animal Welfare 898 words
c298W
2. Rabbits 190 words
cc298-9W
3. Fish (Radioactivity Tests) 114 words
c299W
4. Turnford Brook and Ragsbrook (Flood Prevention) 95 words
cc299-300W
5. European Community (Council of Agriculture Ministers) 384 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc300-1W
1. Scientology 243 words
cc301-2W
2. Child Benefit 211 words
cc302-3W
3. Mental Illness and Mental Handicap (Wirral) 333 words
c303W
4. Mental Illness 232 words
cc303-4W
5. Secure Units 171 words
cc304-5W
6. Gas and Electricity Charges 304 words
c305W
7. Geriatric Patients 125 words
cc305-6W
8. Unemployed Persons 109 words
c306W
9. Elderly Persons (West Midlands) 103 words
cc306-7W
10. Deaf Persons 208 words
c307W
11. Mentally Handicapped Persons 198 words
cc307-8W
12. Disabled Persons 228 words
cc308-9W
13. Juvenile Offenders 150 words
c309W
14. Unemployment Benefit (School Leavers) 199 words
c309W
15. Short-term Benefits 57 words
cc309-10W
16. Benefits and Earnings 84 words
c310W
17. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 59 words
c310W
18. Supplementary Benefit 107 words
c310W
19. Expenditure 93 words
cc310-1W
20. National Insurance Contributions 111 words
c311W
21. Invalidity Pensions (Married Women) 61 words
cc311-2W
22. Unemployment Benefit 165 words
c312W
23. Invalid Care Allowance (Married Women) 67 words
c312W
24. Working Wives (European Community Directive) 123 words
cc312-9W
25. Family Incomes 3,488 words
c319W
26. Home Responsibility Benefit 81 words
20. ENVIRONMENT
cc319-20W
1. Urban Development 80 words
cc320-1W
2. Lead Pollution 142 words
c321W
3. Shire Counties (Representatives) 53 words
c321W
4. Countryside Bill 91 words
c321W
5. Inner Cities 60 words
cc321-2W
6. Housing (Villages) 67 words
c322W
7. Housing Corporation 63 words
c322W
8. County and District Councils (Expenditure) 95 words
c322W
9. Environmental Protection 31 words
cc322-3W
10. Land Use 69 words
c323W
11. Housing (Rotherham) 72 words
c323W
12. Compulsory Purchase Orders 53 words
cc323-4W
13. Rent Allowances and Rebates (Hostel Accommodation) 147 words
c324W
14. Local Authorities (Services) 90 words
c324W
15. Dean's Yard (Members' Accommodation) 74 words
c324W
16. Lyceum Theatre, Liverpool 52 words
cc324-5W
17. Energy Conservation 98 words
c325W
18. Inner Urban Areas 80 words
c325W
19. Council Estates (Blocks of Flats) 125 words
cc325-6W
20. National Anti-Waste Programme 105 words
c326W
21. Waste Management Advisory Council 51 words
c326W
22. Housing (Private Sector) 55 words
cc326-9W
23. Urban Aid Programme 983 words
c329W
24. New Towns (Sale of Houses) 168 words
cc329-30W
25. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 266 words
cc330-1W
26. Council Houses (Sale) 315 words
c331W
27. Loan Sanctions 94 words
c331W
28. Construction Starts 54 words
cc331-2W
29. Planning Procedures 137 words
c332W
30. Electoral Registration Offices 45 words
c332W
31. Building Societies (Discussions) 52 words
cc332-3W
32. Heathrow Airport 85 words
c333W
33. Local Authorities (Representatives) 38 words
c333W
34. Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley (Housing) 93 words
c333W
35. Richmond Terrace 54 words
cc333-4W
36. Water Rates 44 words
21. NORTHERN IRELAND
c334W
1. Lough Ross (Incident) 228 words
22. TRANSPORT
c334W
1. M25 (Inquiry) 49 words
cc334-6W
2. British Railways (Asbestos Stripping) 336 words
c336W
3. Motor Cycle Training 71 words
c336W
4. Whitmore Timber Yard (Bury St. Edmunds) 204 words
cc336-8W
5. Motor Cycles (Exhaust Noise) 686 words
c338W
6. Road Accidents 95 words
cc338-41W
7. Road Schemes (Public Inquiries) 917 words
c341W
8. Motorway Proposals (Public Inquiries) 227 words
c341W
9. M66 (Stockport-Denton-Middleton) 86 words
cc341-2W
10. Section 8 Grants 207 words
cc342-3W
11. Urban Roads (Pavement Parking) 131 words
c343W
12. Port of London (Police Pay) 57 words
cc343-4W
13. Docklands Relief Read 171 words
c344W
14. Trunk Road Assessment (Advisory Committee) 87 words
c344W
15. Road Haulage Operators (Licensing) 132 words

Lords Sitting of 25 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

c1917
1. Preamble 31 words
c1917
2. BARONESS JEGER 38 words
c1917
3. LORD ROSS OF MARNOCK 47 words
cc1917-9
4. OIL EXPLORATION LICENCES: ROYALTIES 560 words
cc1919-20
5. NAMIBIA: SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 368 words
cc1921-2
6. RHODESIA: POLICY AT COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE 558 words
cc1923-4
7. COMECON: UNITED KINGDOM AND OECD LOANS 603 words
cc1924-5
8. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS 82 words
cc1925-7
9. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (VARIATION OF PRESCRIBED PERCENTAGES) ORDER 1979 783 words
cc1927-34
10. HILL LIVESTOCK (COMPENSATORY ALLOWANCES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1979 2,783 words
cc1935-8
11. HOVERCRAFT (APPLICATION OF ENACTMENTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1979 1,324 words
cc1938-41
12. DOCKS AND HARBOURS (RATEABLE VALUES) (SCOTLAND) ORDER 1979 843 words
c1941
13. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS (VARIATION OF PRESCRIBED PERCENTAGES) ORDER 1979 37 words
cc1941-62
14. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (HANDLING OF REDUNDANCIES) VARIATION ORDER 1979 8,140 words
cc1962-70
15. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS 2,998 words
cc1970-84
16. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (HANDLING OF REDUNDANCIES) VARIATION ORDER 1979 5,265 words, 1 division
cc1985-7
17. UNFAIR DISMISSAL (VARIATION OF QUALIFYING PERIOD) ORDER 1979 810 words, 1 division
cc1987-98
18. GAMING (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 4,404 words
cc1998-2008
19. NATIONAL INDIAN BROTHERHOOD OF CANADA: VISIT 3,514 words
cc2008-27
20. CYPRUS POLICY 7,270 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

c2027WA
1. LEUKAEMIA AND CANCER: NORTHERN IRELAND 102 words
c2028WA
2. STATELESS PERSON DOCUMENTS: TRANSKEI CITIZENS 101 words
c2028WA
3. PRISONERS: TREATMENT OF DEPORTEES 118 words
c2029WA
4. PAROLE REVIEW: OBSERVERS 140 words
c2029WA
5. READING SPECTACLES FRANCHISE 77 words
c2030WA
6. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS 168 words
cc2030-1WA
7. BRUNEI: POLITICAL EXILES 93 words
c2031WA
8. OIL PRICES AND AGRICULTURE 74 words
c2031WA
9. HEDGEROW REMOVAL AND GRANT AID 110 words
cc2032-3WA
10. WILDLIFE: CONSOLIDATION OF LEGISLATION 269 words
cc2033-4WA
11. CHEMICAL DISCHARGES FROM SHIPS INTO SEA 117 words