Commons Sitting of 26 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

    c853
  1. Preamble 12 words
  2. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
      3. c853
    1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 23 words
    2. ENERGY
        3. cc853-4
      1. Departmental Staff (Technical Qualifications) 334 words
        2. cc854-5
      2. Energy Saving 313 words
        3. cc855-6
      3. Oil from Coal 409 words
        4. cc856-8
      4. Fuel Supplies 378 words
        5. cc858-60
      5. Nuclear Safety 878 words
        6. cc860-2
      6. Alternative Energy Sources (Research) 544 words
        7. c862
      7. Mr. Alan Blackshaw 308 words
        8. cc862-4
      8. Energy Policy (Franco-British Co-operation) 513 words
        9. cc864-5
      9. Solar Energy 262 words
        10. cc865-6
      10. European Community (Energy Policy) 413 words
        11. cc866-7
      11. Oil 249 words
        12. cc867-70
      12. Mining Industry (New Entrants) 890 words
        13. cc870-1
      13. Depletion Policy 488 words
        14. cc871-3
      14. Nuclear Industry 600 words
    3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
        4. cc873-4
      1. Procedural Motions 306 words
        2. cc874-5
      2. European Community Legislation 421 words
        3. cc875-6
      3. Bottomley Report (Implementation) 295 words
        4. cc876-7
      4. Catering 435 words
        5. cc877-8
      5. CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION 122 words
        6. cc878-9
      6. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 565 words
    cc880-5
  3. POLITICAL HONOURS 1,984 words
    4. cc885-8
  4. COUNCIL HOUSE SALES (WRITTEN QUESTIONS) 1,145 words
    5. c889
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 142 words
    6. c889
  6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 28 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      8. cc890-1080
    1. SUPPLY 3 words
        2. cc890-966
      1. MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES 28,356 words, 2 divisions
        2. cc967-1028
      2. NATIONAL ENTERPRISE BOARD 23,271 words, 2 divisions
        3. c1028
      3. LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 16 words
        4. cc1029-65
      4. SELECT COMMITTEES 13,618 words, 2 divisions
        5. c1065
      5. DEFENCE 44 words
        6. c1065
      6. EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ARTS 41 words
        7. c1065
      7. EMPLOYMENT 38 words
        8. c1066
      8. ENERGY 45 words
        9. c1066
      9. ENVIRONMENT 44 words
        10. c1066
      10. FOREIGN AFFAIRS 45 words
        11. c1066
      11. HOME AFFAIRS 46 words
        12. cc1066-7
      12. INDUSTRY AND TRADE 49 words
        13. c1067
      13. SOCIAL SERVICES 57 words
        14. c1067
      14. TRANSPORT 476 words, 1 division
        15. c1068
      15. TREASURY AND CIVIL SERVICE 49 words
        16. c1068
      16. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS 53 words
        17. cc1068-9
      17. WELSH AFFAIRS 266 words, 1 division
        18. cc1069-80
      18. PSYCHO-GERIATRIC SERVICES (EAST SURREY) 4,020 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      2. c415W
    1. Firearms and Shotguns 56 words
      c415W
    2. Animals (Experiments) 69 words
      c415W
    3. Private Security Industry 79 words
      cc415-6W
    4. Self-confessed Criminals (Departmental Communications) 137 words
      c416W
    5. Prevention of Terrorism 80 words
      c416W
    6. Prison Officers 58 words
      cc416-7W
    7. Immigration 226 words
      c417W
    8. Juvenile Crime (Merseyside) 163 words
      cc417-8W
    9. Nationality 30 words
      c418W
    10. Telephone Tapping 57 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
      3. cc418-9W
    1. Royal Commissions 563 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      4. cc419-20W
    1. British Council 225 words
      cc420-1W
    2. "Food for Peace" Programme 117 words
      c421W
    3. Third World (Tobacco Industry) 71 words
      c421W
    4. MR ANTHONY BLUNT 54 words
      cc421-2W
    5. INFORMATION SERVICES 61 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      5. c422W
    1. Register of Members' Interests 85 words
  5. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
      6. c422W
    1. External Cleaning 97 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      7. c422W
    1. Members' Allowances 44 words
      cc422-3W
    2. Refreshment Department (Apples) 49 words
      c423W
    3. Press Catering Facilities 105 words
      c423W
    4. REGIONAL REPERTORY THEATRES 88 words
      cc423-4W
    5. ROYAL COMMISSIONS 70 words
      c424W
    6. ATTLEE STATUE 94 words
      c424W
    7. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT 38 words
      c424W
    8. ARTS SPONSORSHIP 68 words
  7. ENERGY
      8. cc424-5W
    1. Crude Oil Prices 125 words
      c425W
    2. National Union of Mineworkers 49 words
      c425W
    3. Oil Companies (Profits) 50 words
      cc425-6W
    4. Oil Prices 103 words
      c426W
    5. Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors 73 words
      cc426-7W
    6. Gas Prices 318 words
      c427W
    7. Rural Petrol Stations 80 words
      cc427-8W
    8. Conservation 175 words
      c428W
    9. Oil-from-Coal Plants 54 words
      c428W
    10. Electricity Generation 113 words
      c428W
    11. Smokeless Fuel (Ancid Process) 54 words
      cc428-9W
    12. Nuclear Policy 137 words
      c429W
    13. Lasers 116 words
      c429W
    14. Offshore Oil Exploration 90 words
      cc429-30W
    15. British National Oil Corporation 76 words
      c430W
    16. Fast Breeder Reactors 146 words
      cc430-1W
    17. Offshore Oil Platforms 92 words
      c431W
    18. Offshore Gas Flaring 209 words
      c431W
    19. Combined Heat and Power Group 110 words
      cc431-2W
    20. Departmental Contractors (Cash Limits) 130 words
      c432W
    21. Industrial Action 42 words
      cc432-3W
    22. European Community (Council of Energy Ministers) 126 words
      c433W
    23. Wind Power 135 words
      c433W
    24. Windscale 68 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
      9. cc433-4W
    1. Construction Industry 156 words
      c434W
    2. Unemployment Benefit 57 words
      c434W
    3. Opencast Mining (Workers' Pay) 115 words
      cc434-5W
    4. Special Temporary Employment Programme 51 words
      c435W
    5. Secondary School Pupils (Career Advice) 130 words
      c435W
    6. Redundancies and Job Losses 68 words
      cc435-6W
    7. European Social Fund 125 words
      c436W
    8. Incomes Policy 66 words
      cc436-9W
    9. Disabled Persons 968 words
      cc439-40W
    10. Training 112 words
      c440W
    11. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 54 words
      c440W
    12. Homeworking Advisory Committee 51 words
      c440W
    13. Race Relations Employment Advisory Group 104 words
      cc440-1W
    14. Public Bodies 99 words
      c441W
    15. Special Temporary Employment Programme 38 words
      c441W
    16. General Labourers 126 words
      cc441-2W
    17. Work Permits 184 words
      c442W
    18. Retail Trades 180 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      10. cc442-3W
    1. Schools (Safety Measures) 166 words
      cc443-4W
    2. Open University 295 words
      c444W
    3. Overseas Students 156 words
      cc444-5W
    4. Curriculum Planning 160 words
      c445W
    5. Burnham Further Education Committee 67 words
      c445W
    6. University Teachers (Pay) 109 words
      cc445-6W
    7. School Building 86 words
      cc446-7W
    8. Adult Education 220 words
      c447W
    9. Education Officers (Salaries) 188 words
      c447W
    10. Further Education 105 words
      cc447-8W
    11. Local Authority Expenditure 61 words
      c448W
    12. Nursery Education (Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) 198 words
      cc448-9W
    13. Pupil-Teacher Ratio 196 words
      c449W
    14. University College, Buckingham 32 words
      c449W
    15. CABINET PAPERS (PRESS LEAKAGE) 73 words
      cc449-50W
    16. EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND 105 words
      c450W
    17. POLICY UNIT 92 words
      c450W
    18. CABINET COMMITTEES 82 words
      cc450-1W
    19. MR. ANTHONY BLUNT 331 words
      cc451-2W
    20. ECONOMIC POLICY 39 words
      c452W
    21. HOUSE PURCHASE 40 words
      c452W
    22. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 43 words
      c452W
    23. GOVERNMENT (INFORMATION) 70 words
  10. SCOTLAND
      11. cc452-4W
    1. Roads and Transport Budget 582 words
      cc454-5W
    2. Court Administration (Staff) 82 words
      c455W
    3. Departmental Contractors (Cash Limits) 133 words
      c455W
    4. Patients (Records) 59 words
      cc455-6W
    5. Gas Supplies 59 words
      c456W
    6. SECURITY SERVICES 42 words
  11. WALES
      12. c456W
    1. Severn-Trent Water Authority 65 words
      c456W
    2. North-East Wales (Traffic Needs) 123 words
      cc456-7W
    3. A55 131 words
      cc457-8W
    4. Unemployed Persons 336 words
      c458W
    5. Gas Supply 58 words
      cc458-9W
    6. Textile Mills 163 words
      c459W
    7. Mostyn Dock 85 words
      c459W
    8. Orange Car Badges 54 words
      c459W
    9. Triang-Pedigree Limited 36 words
      cc459-60W
    10. M4 101 words
      c460W
    11. Severn Bridge (Tolls) 66 words
      cc460-1W
    12. Patients (Records) 182 words
      c461W
    13. Deeside 49 words
  12. SOCIAL SERVICES
      13. c461W
    1. Mentally Handicapped Offenders 137 words
      cc461-2W
    2. Christmas Bonus 117 words
      cc462-3W
    3. National Insurance Commissioners (Appeals) 340 words
      c463W
    4. Widows (Pensions) 92 words
      cc463-4W
    5. St. Benedict's Hospital, Tooting 231 words
      c464W
    6. Pensions (Sexual Equality) 109 words
      c464W
    7. Mobility Allowance 77 words
      cc464-5W
    8. School Leavers 92 words
      c465W
    9. Human Tissue (Transplants) 213 words
      cc465-6W
    10. Toxocara Canis 62 words
      c466W
    11. Retail Chemists 113 words
      c466W
    12. Hospitals (Closures) 144 words
      cc466-7W
    13. Hospitals (Construction) 134 words
      c467W
    14. Day Centres 51 words
      c467W
    15. United States of America (Reciprocal Health Care) 74 words
      cc467-8W
    16. Elderly Persons (Accommodation) 142 words
      c468W
    17. Homerton Hospital, Hackney 120 words
      c468W
    18. Minister of State (Visit to Hackney) 70 words
      cc468-9W
    19. Patients (Records) 65 words
      c469W
    20. Supplementary Benefit 143 words
      cc469-70W
    21. War Pensions 392 words
      cc470-1W
    22. Iranian Nationals 131 words
      cc471-3W
    23. Attendance Allowance 1,364 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
      14. cc473-4W
    1. Housing Executive Employees 131 words
      cc474-5W
    2. Carrickmore, Crossmaglen (Security) 124 words
      c475W
    3. Electricity Demand 34 words
      c475W
    4. Licensing 53 words
      c475W
    5. Housing Executive 73 words
      cc475-6W
    6. Terrorism 192 words
      cc476-80W
    7. Publicly-Funded Bodies (Membership) 1,047 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      15. c481W
    1. United States of America—United Kingdom (Consultation) 44 words
      c481W
    2. Ugandan Asians 173 words
      cc481-2W
    3. Youth Exchange Grants 295 words
      cc482-3W
    4. British Council 335 words
      cc483-4W
    5. Immigration (International Rules) 46 words
      c484W
    6. Rhodesia 260 words
      cc484-5W
    7. British Council 52 words
      c485W
    8. African National Congress 51 words
      cc485-6W
    9. Indian Ocean (United Nations Conference) 461 words
  15. INDUSTRY
      16. cc486-7W
    1. Chemical Products 291 words
      c487W
    2. Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 134 words
      cc487-8W
    3. Courtaulds Limited 123 words
      c488W
    4. British Textile Confederation 96 words
      cc488-9W
    5. Steel Products (Prices) 165 words
      c489W
    6. Mechanical Engineering Products 582 words
      cc489-91W
    7. Finniston Committee 186 words
      c491W
    8. Microprocessors 91 words
      c491W
    9. Inmos 57 words
      cc491-2W
    10. Departmental Staff 124 words
      c492W
    11. British Steel Corporation 73 words
      c492W
    12. Drop Forging 97 words
      cc492-3W
    13. Shipbuilding 119 words
      c493W
    14. National Enterprise Board 79 words
      c493W
    15. Coal Industry Act 1977 73 words
  16. DEFENCE
      17. cc493-4W
    1. Departmental Contracts 140 words
      c494W
    2. Polaris 67 words
      c494W
    3. China 89 words
      cc494-9W
    4. Land 1,521 words
      c499W
    5. Fishery Protection Vessels 98 words
      c499W
    6. Territorial Army 69 words
      cc499-501W
    7. Air Defence 418 words
      c501W
    8. Cruise Missiles 46 words
      cc501-2W
    9. Estate Duty 295 words
      c502W
    10. Nuclear Weapons 93 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. c502W
    1. Drainage 76 words
      c502W
    2. Milk Marketing Board 67 words
  18. NATIONAL FINANCE
      19. c503W
    1. Minimum Lending Rate 163 words
      c503W
    2. Cabinet Committees 56 words
      cc503-4W
    3. Monetary Policy 203 words
      c504W
    4. Small Businesses 41 words
      c504W
    5. Inflation 35 words
      cc504-5W
    6. Manufacturing Industry 96 words
      c505W
    7. Balance of Trade 293 words
      c505W
    8. Clearing Banks 79 words
      cc505-6W
    9. Gilt-edged Market 173 words
      cc506-7W
    10. Treasury Stock 133 words
      c507W
    11. National Economic Forum 78 words
      c507W
    12. "Ghost" Workers 74 words
      cc507-21W
    13. Expenditure 4,862 words
      c521W
    14. Gross Profit Margins 149 words
      cc521-2W
    15. Arts 32 words
      c522W
    16. Value Added Tax 301 words
      cc522-3W
    17. Department for National Savings 78 words
      c523W
    18. Sheepmeat 161 words
      c523W
    19. Employment Forecast 107 words
      cc523-4W
    20. Taxation (Averaging) 91 words
      c524W
    21. Family Incomes 159 words
      cc524-5W
    22. Bank Lending 106 words
  19. TRADE
      20. c525W
    1. Product Liability 72 words
      c525W
    2. Misleading Advertisements 128 words
      cc525-6W
    3. Price Marking 153 words
      c526W
    4. Trade Descriptions Act 52 words
      c526W
    5. Revolving Credit 63 words
      cc526-7W
    6. Doorstep Selling 115 words
      c527W
    7. Third London Airport 52 words
      cc527-8W
    8. British Airways 392 words
      c528W
    9. Manufactured Goods 169 words
      cc528-9W
    10. Civil Aviation Authority 68 words
      c529W
    11. American Textiles 52 words
      c529W
    12. Car Components 72 words
      c529W
    13. Study Group on South-East Airports (Report) 89 words
      cc529-30W
    14. Safety at Sea 50 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
      21. c530W
    1. Crime Prevention 113 words
  21. TRANSPORT
      22. c530W
    1. Trunk Road Network (Investment) 92 words
      cc530-1W
    2. Driving Tests 141 words
      c531W
    3. Railways (Closure Options) 212 words
      cc531-2W
    4. Hayle Bypass 242 words
      c532W
    5. British Railways (Corporate Plan) 59 words
      c532W
    6. M4 (West Drayton) 31 words
      cc532-3W
    7. Departmental Contractors (Cash Limits) 159 words
      c533W
    8. Road Construction Units 43 words
      cc533-4W
    9. M45 208 words
      c534W
    10. British Railways (Member's Correspondence) 70 words
      c534W
    11. Coaches 177 words
      cc534-5W
    12. M23 (Traffic Flows) 95 words
  22. ENVIRONMENT
      23. c535W
    1. Greater London Council (Housing Property) 144 words
      cc535-6W
    2. Local Authority Expenditure 163 words
      c536W
    3. Rate Support Grant 126 words
      cc536-7W
    4. Children (Departmental Responsibilities) 254 words
      c537W
    5. Council House Sales 133 words
      cc537-8W
    6. Newark (Parish Council Status) 93 words
      cc538-9W
    7. 15–17 Bloomsbury Square 259 words
      c539W
    8. New Construction 131 words
      c539W
    9. Local Authority Expenditure 100 words
      cc539-44W
    10. Community Land 1,597 words
      cc544-5W
    11. Council Houses (Costs) 79 words
      cc545-6W
    12. Leasehold Reform 139 words
      c546W
    13. House of Commons (Upper Committee Corridor) 54 words
      c546W
    14. House Purchase (First-time Buyers) 63 words