Commons Sitting of 12 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 973

    c879
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c879
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
      4. cc879-906
    1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 50 words
      1. INDUSTRY
          2. cc879-80
        1. Black Country 306 words
          2. cc880-2
        2. British Steel Corporation 571 words
          3. cc882-3
        3. Co-operative Development Agency 336 words
          4. cc883-5
        4. British Leyland 684 words
          5. cc885-7
        5. Public Bodies 577 words
          6. c887
        6. Industrial Competitiveness 166 words
          7. cc887-8
        7. Commissioner Davignon 375 words
          8. cc888-90
        8. Wool Textile Industry 493 words
          9. cc890-1
        9. National Enterprise Board 419 words
          10. cc891-3
        10. Nationalised Industries (Pay) 754 words
          11. c894
        11. Biddulph, Staffordshire 147 words
          12. cc894-5
        12. Small Businesses 342 words
          13. cc895-6
        13. Engineering Industry (Finniston Report) 243 words
          14. cc896-8
        14. British Leyland 581 words
          15. cc898-9
        15. Titanium 305 words
          16. c899
        16. South Yorkshire 260 words
          17. cc899-901
        17. Engineering Industry 365 words
          18. cc901-2
        18. LEGAL SERVICES 397 words
          19. cc902-3
        19. COURT RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS 253 words
          20. cc903-4
        20. LAW OF CONTEMPT 536 words
          21. cc904-6
        21. JURY VETTING 616 words
          22. c906
        22. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 91 words
  4. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      5. c907
    1. SOUTHERN RHODESIA BILL 12 words
  5. Clause 1
      6. cc907-1021
    1. POWER TO PROVIDE CONSTITUTION FOR ZIMBABWE 43,508 words, 2 divisions
  6. Clause 2
      7. cc1021-32
    1. POWER TO BRING PARTICULAR PROVISIONS OF NEW CONSTITUTION INTO FORCE BEFORE APOINTED DAY 3,937 words
      2. cc1032-51
    2. SOUTHERN RHODESIA BILL 7,346 words, 1 division
  7. Clause 3
      8. cc1051-105
    1. OTHER POWERS WITH RESPECT TO SOUTHERN RHODESIA 20,945 words, 2 divisions
  8. New Clause No. 1
      9. cc1105-19
    1. DURATION 4,960 words, 1 division
      2. cc1119-30
    2. MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL, NORTHWOOD 4,159 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 973

    c385W
  1. DEPARTMENTAL FILES 55 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      3. cc385-6W
    1. Overseas Development Agency 263 words
      c386W
    2. Kampuchea 173 words
      c386W
    3. Vietnam (Food Aid) 64 words
      cc386-7W
    4. Development Education Fund 142 words
      c387W
    5. DEPARTMENTAL FILES 152 words
      cc387-8W
    6. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 17 words
      c388W
    7. JURY SELECTION 87 words
      c388W
    8. JURY VETTING 44 words
      c388W
    9. ILLEGITIMACY 53 words
      cc388-9W
    10. DEPARTMENTAL FILES 67 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
      4. c389W
    1. Press Council Report (Witness Contracts) 93 words
      c389W
    2. Departmental Files 123 words
      cc389-90W
    3. Oil Rig Platforms (Television Interference) 171 words
      c390W
    4. Police Forces 89 words
      cc390-1W
    5. Chief Constables 236 words
      c391W
    6. Shoplifting 86 words
      cc391-2W
    7. Elections (Irish Citizens) 91 words
      c392W
    8. Postal Voting 85 words
      c392W
    9. Schoolchildren (Prison Remand) 75 words
      c392W
    10. Casinos 68 words
      cc392-3W
    11. Equal Opportunities Commission 56 words
      c393W
    12. Immigration 355 words
      cc393-4W
    13. Prison Service 62 words
      c394W
    14. Child Access Orders (Non-conformance) 60 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      5. c394W
    1. Liquid Milk 99 words
      cc394-5W
    2. Sugar Beet 308 words
      c395W
    3. Departmental Files 114 words
      c395W
    4. Cows (Slaughter) 25 words
      cc395-6W
    5. Suckling Cows 216 words
      cc396-7W
    6. Milk Production 203 words
  5. CIVIL SERVICE
      6. c397W
    1. Dispersal 91 words
      cc397-8W
    2. Carlisle and Cumbria 84 words
      c398W
    3. Departmental Files 91 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      7. c398W
    1. Works of Art (Display) 62 words
      c398W
    2. English Fruit Stall 37 words
      cc398-9W
    3. DEPARTMENTAL FILES 149 words
  7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      8. cc399-400W
    1. European Assembly (Members' Immunity) 262 words
      c400W
    2. WORKS OF ART (EXPORT) 202 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      9. cc400-1W
    1. Departmental Files 113 words
      c401W
    2. British Broadcasting Corporation (Overseas Service) 242 words
      cc401-2W
    3. Hong Kong 88 words
      c402W
    4. Gibraltar 200 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      10. c403W
    1. Schools (Heating Costs) 103 words
      c403W
    2. General Teaching Council 81 words
      c403W
    3. Teachers Superannuation Scheme 50 words
      cc403-4W
    4. School Transport 55 words
      c404W
    5. Departmental Files 72 words
      c404W
    6. Wandsworth 160 words
      cc404-5W
    7. University Teachers (Pay) 172 words
  10. TRADE
      11. c405W
    1. British Airports Authority 45 words
      c405W
    2. Art Auctions (Buyers Surcharge) 55 words
      cc405-6W
    3. Queen's Award for Exports 91 words
      c406W
    4. Departmental Files 177 words
      cc406-7W
    5. Fireworks 186 words
      cc407-9W
    6. Textiles 685 words
      c409W
    7. Building Societies Association 138 words
      cc409-10W
    8. Departmental Functions 81 words
      c410W
    9. Building Society Mergers 67 words
      c410W
    10. Nederland Spinnerij BV 48 words
      c410W
    11. Pilotage Commission 62 words
      cc410-1W
    12. Batteries 84 words
  11. INDUSTRY
      12. c411W
    1. Small Businesses 49 words
      c411W
    2. Post Office 46 words
      c411W
    3. Future Prospects 51 words
      c411W
    4. National Enterprise Board 46 words
      cc411-2W
    5. Consett and Stanley 47 words
      c412W
    6. Steel Industry (Rotherham) 43 words
      c412W
    7. Motor Car Prices 80 words
      c412W
    8. Steel Prices 105 words
      cc412-3W
    9. Inmos Project (Scotland) 37 words
      c413W
    10. Silicon Chip (TUC Study Trip) 163 words
      c413W
    11. Aberdeen 99 words
      cc413-4W
    12. Research 131 words
      c414W
    13. Departmental Files 119 words
      c414W
    14. Design Council 40 words
      cc414-5W
    15. Shipping Industry 168 words
      c415W
    16. Carlisle 60 words
      c415W
    17. Finniston Committee (Report) 47 words
      cc415-6W
    18. Cloth Production 144 words
      c416W
    19. Yarn Spinning Production 139 words
      cc416-7W
    20. Textile Industry 100 words
      c417W
    21. Development Areas 61 words
      c417W
    22. Cable and Wireless Ltd. 117 words
      c417W
    23. British Leyland (Corporate Plan) 83 words
      cc417-8W
    24. Nederland Spinnerij BV 228 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
      13. cc418-9W
    1. Travel Concessions 121 words
      c419W
    2. National Oil Account 61 words
      c419W
    3. Taxation 119 words
      c419W
    4. Value Added Tax 60 words
      cc419-20W
    5. Tourists (Tax Concessions) 129 words
      c420W
    6. Departmental Files 112 words
      c420W
    7. Development Land Tax Office 113 words
      cc420-1W
    8. Capital Taxes Office 124 words
      c421W
    9. Travel-to-work Costs 253 words
      cc421-2W
    10. Mortgages 92 words
      c422W
    11. Inflation 111 words
      cc422-3W
    12. European Community (Budget) 152 words
      c423W
    13. 50p Coins 113 words
      cc423-4W
    14. Expenditure 169 words
      c424W
    15. Debt Interest 72 words
      c424W
    16. Building Societies 45 words
      c424W
    17. National Land Fund 51 words
      cc424-5W
    18. Public Purchasing Contracts 165 words
      c425W
    19. "Investigation Work" (Pamphlet) 110 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. cc425-6W
    1. Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserve 234 words
      c426W
    2. Nuclear Weapons (Member's Correspondence) 85 words
      c426W
    3. Departmental Files 140 words
      cc426-7W
    4. British Army of the Rhine 358 words
      cc427-8W
    5. Prescribed Diseases (Payments) 156 words
      cc428-9W
    6. Ulster Defence Regiment 276 words
      c429W
    7. Northern Ireland 188 words
  14. ENERGY
      15. cc429-30W
    1. Oil (Sales) 229 words
      c430W
    2. Petrol (Additives) 133 words
      cc430-1W
    3. Gas Collection (North Sea) 65 words
      cc431-2W
    4. Electric Vehicles 341 words
      c432W
    5. Rural Areas (Gas Supplies) 51 words
      c432W
    6. Departmental Files 59 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
      16. c432W
    1. Family Life (Reports) 54 words
      cc432-3W
    2. Secure Accommodation 64 words
      c433W
    3. Cancer (Birmingham) 56 words
      c433W
    4. Family Income Supplement 135 words
      c433W
    5. Earnings-Related Supplement 72 words
      cc433-4W
    6. Paraldehyde 62 words
      c434W
    7. Kirklees and Oldham (Waiting Lists) 160 words
      cc434-7W
    8. Dust Diseases 1,088 words
      cc437-8W
    9. Disabled Persons 191 words
      c438W
    10. Departmental Files 86 words
      c438W
    11. Royal Commission on the Health Service 102 words
      cc438-9W
    12. Neural Tube Defects (Report) 41 words
      c439W
    13. Patient Care (Costs) 123 words
      c439W
    14. Children's Wards 81 words
      cc439-40W
    15. Prescriptions 167 words
      c440W
    16. Microwave Radiation 103 words
      c440W
    17. Road Accidents (Cost of Treatment) 81 words
      cc440-1W
    18. Social Security Expenditure 105 words
      c441W
    19. Abortion 99 words
      c441W
    20. Welfare Milk 76 words
      cc441-2W
    21. Stoke Mandeville 165 words
      c442W
    22. Departmental Telephone Number (Newcastle) 165 words
  16. WALES
      17. cc442-3W
    1. Jobs (Public Sector) 96 words
      c443W
    2. Trunk Road Projects 120 words
      c443W
    3. Family Planning Operations (Waiting Lists) 73 words
      cc443-4W
    4. Unemployment 106 words
      c444W
    5. Buses (Licensing) 88 words
      c444W
    6. Home Improvement Grants 84 words
      c444W
    7. Schoolchildren (Transport Costs) 61 words
      cc444-5W
    8. Departmental Files 112 words
      c445W
    9. Sub-Post Offices 155 words
      cc445-6W
    10. Departmental Correspondence 127 words
      c446W
    11. A465 (Glynneath—Aberdulais) 64 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
      18. c446W
    1. Inner Cities and Depressed Areas 109 words
      cc446-7W
    2. Council Houses (Sale) 75 words
      c447W
    3. Building, Fire and Planning Regulations 266 words
      cc447-8W
    4. Building Control 85 words
      c448W
    5. Water Authorities (Grants) 88 words
      c448W
    6. County Structure Plans 65 words
      c448W
    7. Departmental Files 89 words
      cc448-9W
    8. Atomic Waste (Test Boring) 300 words
      cc449-50W
    9. Housing Legislation 74 words
      c450W
    10. Local Authorities (Private Contracting) 73 words
      c450W
    11. Housing (Expenditure) 64 words
      cc450-1W
    12. Nuclear Waste 143 words
      c451W
    13. Works of Art 137 words
      cc451-2W
    14. Parliamentary Questions 228 words
      c452W
    15. Ordnance Survey (Report) 182 words
  18. TRANSPORT
      19. c453W
    1. Trunk Roads 155 words
      c453W
    2. Cumnor Hill 112 words
      cc453-4W
    3. Leitch Report 144 words
      c454W
    4. Hyde Bypass 127 words
      c454W
    5. Freight Grants 51 words
      cc454-5W
    6. Road Traffic 333 words
      cc455-6W
    7. Fuel Savings 154 words
      c456W
    8. M23 112 words
      c456W
    9. Dockland Southern Relief Road 95 words
      cc456-7W
    10. Road Strategy (London) 81 words
      c457W
    11. Driving Tests 105 words
      c457W
    12. Lorries (Noise and Smoke Emission) 144 words
      cc457-8W
    13. Accident Reporting (Cats) 92 words
      c458W
    14. Orange Badge Scheme 56 words
      c458W
    15. Departmental Files 91 words
      cc458-9W
    16. Commuter Services (London) 109 words
      c459W
    17. Public Transport 206 words
      c459W
    18. West Cumbria 45 words
      cc459-60W
    19. Tachograph 81 words
      c460W
    20. Rail Network (Reductions) 79 words
      c460W
    21. Roads and Transport (Expenditure) 107 words
      cc460-1W
    22. Ayr—Stranraer Railway Link 109 words
      c461W
    23. Travel Concessions 114 words
      c461W
    24. FUEL RESOURCES (DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATION) 74 words
      cc461-2W
    25. DEPARTMENTAL FILES 117 words
  19. SCOTLAND
      20. c462W
    1. Public Sector Housing 195 words
      cc462-3W
    2. Mental Illness 126 words
      c463W
    3. Households (Statistics) 125 words
      c463W
    4. Value Added Tax (Health Boards) 71 words
      cc463-4W
    5. Consumer Protection (Tayside) 106 words
      c464W
    6. Value Added Tax (Health Boards) 81 words
      c464W
    7. House Building (Statistics) 127 words
      cc464-5W
    8. Direct Labour Organisations 96 words
      c465W
    9. Rents 251 words
      c465W
    10. Council Houses (Sale) 90 words
      cc465-6W
    11. District Councils (Housing Costs) 49 words
      c466W
    12. Nursery Schools 131 words
      c466W
    13. Indictable Offences 62 words
      cc466-7W
    14. Home Ownership (Working Party) 46 words
      c467W
    15. Housing (Demolition) 90 words
      c467W
    16. Tenants' Charter 38 words
      cc467-8W
    17. Porterfield Prison 240 words
      c468W
    18. Departmental Files 111 words
      c468W
    19. Aberdeen-Perth Road 39 words
      cc468-9W
    20. Building Regulations 83 words
      c469W
    21. Suckling Cows 182 words
      c469W
    22. Altnabreac (Test Boring) 70 words
      cc469-70W
    23. Milk Production 357 words
      cc470-1W
    24. Foundation Courses (Pilot Scheme) 133 words
      c471W
    25. Secondary Schools (Organisation) 118 words
      cc471-2W
    26. Justices of the Peace 201 words
      c472W
    27. Sheepmeat (French Imports) 127 words
      c472W
    28. Timbury Report 75 words
      cc472-3W
    29. Alcoholism 170 words
      c473W
    30. Elderly Persons (Accommodation) 140 words
      cc473-4W
    31. Geriatric Hospital Accommodation 170 words
      c474W
    32. Teaching Posts (Applications) 144 words
  20. NORTHERN IRELAND
      21. cc474-5W
    1. Ulster College 224 words
      c475W
    2. Cross-Border Security 87 words
      cc475-6W
    3. Departmental Files 61 words
      c476W
    4. Violence (Statistics) 75 words
      c476W
    5. Patrols 128 words
      cc476-7W
    6. Publicly Funded Bodies (Membership) 105 words
      c477W
    7. Cross-Border Co-operation 48 words
      c477W
    8. Royal Ulster Constabulary 203 words
      cc477-8W
    9. Housing Executive 222 words
      c478W
    10. Punishment Shootings 45 words
      cc478-9W
    11. Farmers (Income) 87 words
      c479W
    12. Suckling Calves 69 words
      c479W
    13. Schools 174 words
      cc479-80W
    14. Births 176 words
      c480W
    15. Education Boards (Administration) 63 words
      c480W
    16. Health and Social Services Boards (Administration) 65 words
      cc480-1W
    17. Agricultural Wages 90 words
      c481W
    18. Gransha Hospital 53 words
      c481W
    19. Suckling Cows 69 words
      c481W
    20. School Leavers (Employment) 51 words
      cc481-2W
    21. Agricultural Land (Prices) 65 words
      c482W
    22. Farm Sales and Capital Investment 71 words
      c482W
    23. Special Care Schools 110 words
      c482W
    24. Strikes 64 words
      cc482-3W
    25. Alcohol (Sales to Minors) 40 words
      c483W
    26. Terrorism 225 words
  21. EMPLOYMENT
      22. cc483-4W
    1. Oil and Gas Industries 139 words
      c484W
    2. Departmental Files 56 words
      c484W
    3. Purchasing Contracts 41 words
      cc484-97W
    4. Disabled Persons 4,956 words
      cc497-500W
    5. Employment Transfer Scheme 604 words
      c500W
    6. Cotton and Allied Textiles 183 words
      cc500-1W
    7. Job Creation 206 words
      c501W
    8. Departmental Costs (Administration) 78 words
      c501W
    9. Nationalised Industries (Race Relations) 87 words
      cc501-2W
    10. Departmental Stall 83 words
      c502W
    11. Family Expenditure Survey 93 words
      c502W
    12. Trade Union Reform 120 words