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Commons Sitting of 1 April 1980 Series 5 Vol. 982

c179
1. Preamble 7 words
c179
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c179
4. CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE BILL 6 words
5. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL (By Order)
c179
6. DARTMOOR COMMONS BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
7. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc179-80
1. Educational Arrangements (Wandsworth) 459 words
cc180-2
2. Mathematics Teachers 383 words
cc182-4
3. Overseas Students 819 words
cc184-6
4. School Leaving Dates 710 words
cc186-8
5. Clegg Commission Awards 520 words
cc188-9
6. Professional Association of Teachers (Burnham Committee) 409 words
cc189-91
7. Handicapped Children (School Admissions) 794 words
cc191-2
8. "A Framework for the School Curriculum" 319 words
cc192-4
9. Truancy 668 words
cc194-5
10. Handicapped Children (Special Education) 299 words
cc195-6
11. Village Schools 412 words
cc196-7
12. Higher Education (18 to 19-year-olds) 433 words
cc197-8
13. "Frederick Russell" (Refit) 231 words
cc198-204
14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,114 words
cc205-20
8. TELEPHONE CALLS (INTERCEPTION) 6,014 words
cc221-2
9. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS UNION 405 words
c222
10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c.— 24 words
cc223-7
11. FISHERY LIMITS (AMENDMENT) 1,432 words
cc226-7
1. FISHERY LIMITS (AMENDMENT) 172 words
12. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c228
1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
c228
1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 141 words
cc228-367
13. BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION 52,633 words, 3 divisions
cc367-8
14. PROCEDURE (NATIONAL SAVINGS BANK) 62 words
c368
15. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 152 words
c368
16. FINANCE (No. 2) [MONEY] 117 words
c369
17. FINANCE (No. 2) [MONEY] 45 words
c370
18. FINANCE 56 words
c371
19. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 25 words
c371
20. COMPETITION BILL 3 words
cc371-9
21. Clause 2 3,143 words
cc379-90
22. FREEDOM OF WORSHIP (EASTERN EUROPE) 3,779 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 April 1980 Series 5 Vol. 982

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc113-4W
1. Overseas Students (Fees) 405 words
c114W
2. Expenditure (Leicestershire) 66 words
c114W
3. Local Education Authorities (Non-educational Expenditure) 84 words
cc114-5W
4. Microelectronics 358 words
cc115-6W
5. Student Unions 191 words
2. EMPLOYMENT
cc116-7W
1. Health and Safety at Work 97 words
c117W
2. Job Centre (Bootle) 27 words
c117W
3. Unemployed Persons 72 words
cc117-8W
4. Training Opportunity Programme Courses 145 words
c118W
5. May Bank Holiday 61 words
c118W
6. South Crofty Tin Mine 107 words
c118W
7. Redundancy Payments 111 words
3. ENERGY
c119W
1. National Oil Account 63 words
c119W
2. North Sea Gas 96 words
c119W
3. North Sea Oil (Participation Agreements) 76 words
cc119-20W
4. Household Fuel Costs 97 words
c120W
5. Coal Mines (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire) 41 words
c120W
6. Underwater Electrical Equipment 106 words
cc120-3W
7. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 573 words
c123W
8. ADVANCED PASSENGER TRAIN 54 words
c123W
9. TUC 42 words
c123W
10. BODDAM 24 words
cc123-4W
11. CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH WOOL TEXTILES 95 words
c124W
12. OSLO 25 words
c124W
13. DAILLY 21 words
c124W
14. LUTON 25 words
c124W
15. POVERTY TRAP 51 words
cc124-5W
16. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING) 66 words
c125W
17. DOUNREAY 24 words
c125W
18. OVERSEAS STUDENTS 35 words
c125W
19. CHANNEL TUNNEL 137 words
cc125-6W
20. NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS (TORNESS AND HEYSHAM) 51 words
c126W
21. NORTHERN IRELAND CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE 119 words
4. TRADE
c126W
1. Manufactured Goods 123 words
cc126-7W
2. Machinery Exports 139 words
c127W
3. Home Safety 99 words
cc127-8W
4. Doors (Unstrengthened Glass) 229 words
cc128-30W
5. Volume and Terms of Trade 388 words
cc130-1W
6. European Community Commission (Anti-Dumping Cases) 86 words
5. CIVIL SERVICE
cc131-2W
1. Pensions 337 words
c132W
2. Civil Servants (Relocation) 136 words
cc132-3W
3. Exchequer and Audit Department 370 words
6. SOCIAL SERVICES
c133W
1. Pregnancy Advisory Service (Advertisements) 56 words
cc133-4W
2. Benefit Recipients 144 words
cc134-5W
3. Benefits (Publicity) 104 words
c135W
4. Carcinoma Causes 136 words
cc135-6W
5. Radiographers (Radiation Hazard) 175 words
c136W
6. Radiotherapy Units 175 words
cc136-7W
7. Women's Aid Refuges 211 words
c137W
8. Disabled Persons 176 words
cc137-8W
9. Unclaimed Benefit 112 words
c138W
10. "Britain's Babies: Action to Prevent Deaths and Disabilities" 66 words
c138W
11. Teenagers in Care 157 words
cc138-9W
12. Medicines (Child Resistant Containers) 61 words
c139W
13. Prescriptions 49 words
cc139-40W
14. Earnings-related Supplement 576 words
cc140-1W
15. Detoxification Centres 92 words
c141W
16. Area Health Authorities (Personnel) 312 words
cc141-2W
17. Departmental Publications 70 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c142W
1. International Development Association 124 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
cc142-3W
1. Prison and Borstal Staff 226 words
c143W
2. Borstal Hostel Schemes 184 words
cc143-4W
3. Motor Cyclists (Crash Helmets) 190 words
c144W
4. Police Establishment (Luton) 84 words
cc144-5W
5. Juvenile Offenders 411 words
cc145-6W
6. Assaults on Police Officers (Penalties) 120 words
cc146-8W
7. Fire Services 687 words
cc148-9W
8. Crimes of Violence (Bedfordshire) 152 words
c149W
9. Truancy (Luton) 104 words
cc149-50W
10. Offences Against the Person (Bedfordshire) 129 words
c150W
11. Immigration 91 words
c150W
12. Edith, Baroness von Thingen-Reichenbach 57 words
cc150-1W
13. Scientologists 104 words
c151W
14. Court Cases (Witnesses' Recognisances) 111 words
c151W
15. British Broadcasting Corporation 107 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c152W
1. Overseas Visits (Cost) 141 words
c152W
2. Falkland Islands 39 words
c152W
3. Holy See (Ambassador) 33 words
10. INDUSTRY
cc152-3W
1. Steelworkers (Redundancy) 161 words
c153W
2. Shipbuilding and Steel Industries (European Community Assistance) 124 words
cc153-4W
3. Regional Selective Assistance 163 words
c154W
4. Regional Development Grants 154 words
c154W
5. Fairey Holdings Limited 78 words
cc154-5W
6. International Sports Company Limited, Liverpool 66 words
c155W
7. THE ARTS (INFLATION QUOTIENT) 118 words
cc155-6W
8. Income Tax 222 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
c156W
1. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 81 words
c156W
2. Bank of England (Staff Loans) 45 words
cc156-7W
3. Life Assurance Premiums (Tax Relief) 359 words
c157W
4. Duchy of Cornwall 48 words
cc157-8W
5. Retail Mark-ups 239 words
12. WALES
c158W
1. Houses (Heating) 65 words
cc158-9W
2. Radiographers 74 words
c159W
3. Housing Investment Programmes (Mid-Glamorgan) 443 words
13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc159-60W
1. Teachers 95 words
cc160-1W
2. Area Health Authorities (Expenditure) 121 words
c161W
3. Primary Schools 103 words
c161W
4. Secondary Schools (Mathematics) 108 words
cc161-2W
5. 16-plus (Examination) 70 words
c162W
6. Truancy 86 words
c162W
7. Assisted Places Scheme 104 words
cc162-3W
8. Sex Education 119 words
c163W
9. 16 to 18-year-old Students (Grants) 43 words
c163W
10. School Meals 103 words
cc163-4W
11. Secondary School Reorganisation 217 words
cc164-5W
12. Education Expenditure 265 words
c165W
13. Association of County Councils 76 words
cc165-6W
14. Adult Education 216 words
c166W
15. Academically Able Children (Comprehensive Schools) 89 words
c166W
16. Teaching Hours (Flexibility) 85 words
cc166-7W
17. Schoolchildren (Social Education) 75 words
c167W
18. Village Schools 92 words
c167W
19. Religious Education 104 words
cc167-8W
20. Comprehensive Schools (Sixth Forms) 96 words
c168W
21. Primary School Intake (Under-fives) 63 words
c168W
22. University Entrants 63 words
cc168-9W
23. Engineering Industry (Finniston Report) 175 words
c169W
24. Secondary Schools (Careers Guidance) 99 words
c169W
25. Non-advanced Further Education 71 words
c169W
26. Maintained Schools (Mathematics and Physics Teachers) 69 words
cc169-70W
27. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 78 words
c170W
28. Maintenance of School Standards 129 words
cc170-1W
29. Medical Research Council 132 words
c171W
30. Secondary Education 74 words
c171W
31. Committee of Principals and Vice-Chancellors 26 words
c171W
32. End of School Report 95 words
c171W
33. School Transport 49 words
cc171-2W
34. Inner London Education Authority 38 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c172W
1. Glasshouse Industry 115 words
cc172-3W
2. Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate 213 words
cc173-4W
3. Apples 315 words
c174W
4. Sugar 105 words
15. SCOTLAND
c174W
1. Three and Four-apartment Houses 54 words
cc174-5W
2. Unemployed Persons (Dundee) 341 words
c175W
3. Cancer and Heart Disease Deaths (Dundee) 374 words
cc175-6W
4. Short-time Working 186 words
cc176-7W
5. Mesothelioma 381 words
cc177-8W
6. Nursery Education and Day Care Provision 55 words
c178W
7. Houses (Heating) 71 words
c178W
8. Gross Domestic Product (Housing) 117 words
c178W
9. House Building (Costs) 69 words
cc178-9W
10. Prisoners (Non-payment of Fines) 74 words
c179W
11. Civil Servants (Location) 387 words
cc179-80W
12. Prison Population 228 words
cc180-3W
13. Local Authority Finance 962 words
c183W
14. Improvement Grants 250 words
cc183-4W
15. Surplus Hospital Buildings 123 words
c184W
16. Strathkelvin District Council 118 words
cc184-5W
17. Prisoners (Costs) 84 words
c185W
18. Regional and Island Authorities (Expenditure) 153 words
c185W
19. Laighstonehall, Hamilton (Environmental Improvements) 59 words
cc185-6W
20. Palace of Holyroodhouse 256 words
cc186-7W
21. Assisted Places Scheme 157 words
c187W
22. Smallholding Tenants 218 words
c187W
23. Special Air Services (Training Missions) 62 words
cc187-8W
24. International Military Services Ltd. 75 words
16. DEFENCE
cc188-9W
1. Civil Servants 256 words
c189W
2. Helicopters 72 words
c189W
3. Deserters 70 words
cc189-90W
4. British Army Exhibition 146 words
c190W
5. Departmental Manpower (Civilianisation) 145 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
cc190-2W
1. Industrial Development 525 words
c192W
2. Free Derry Corner, Londonderry 143 words
c192W
3. Kilroot Power Station 80 words
cc192-3W
4. Coal 95 words
c193W
5. Houses (Heating) 169 words
cc193-4W
6. Electricity Generation 138 words
cc194-5W
7. Public Housing 561 words
cc195-6W
8. Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Sale of Houses) 184 words
cc196-7W
9. Gaelic Athletic Association 275 words
c197W
10. Housing Executive 35 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
c197W
1. Polyurethane Foam (Fire Risk) 136 words
cc197-8W
2. New Town Corporations 97 words
c198W
3. Urban Aid Programme 200 words
cc198-9W
4. Planning Permission and Building Regulation Consents (Charges) 113 words
c199W
5. Derelict Sites (Reclamation and Development) 201 words
cc199-200W
6. Teenagers in Care 192 words
c200W
7. Waste Materials 90 words
c200W
8. Housing (Unstrengthened Glass) 97 words
cc200-1W
9. Public Sector Landlords (Temporary Lettings) 115 words
c201W
10. Free Enterprise Zones 56 words
c201W
11. New Towns (Sale of Assets) 96 words
cc201-2W
12. Urban Aid 134 words
c202W
13. Housing Corporation 126 words
c202W
14. Council House Rents 85 words
19. TRANSPORT
c203W
1. Heckington Bypass 62 words
cc203-4W
2. Road Construction Unit, Dorking 292 words
c204W
3. M25 49 words
c204W
4. Motor Cycle Noise Levels 65 words
cc204-5W
5. Vehicle Excise Duty 308 words
cc205-6W
6. Bridge and Road Construction (Financing Methods) 88 words
c206W
7. Nuclear Waste Transportation, Wolverhampton 108 words

Lords Sitting of 1 April 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

c1255
1. Preamble 30 words
cc1255-7
2. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE 738 words
cc1257-9
3. ZIMBABWE: AID AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE 769 words
cc1259-60
4. CHINA: MINISTERIAL VISIT 61 words
cc1260-1
5. THE SOVIET UNION AND THE HELSINKI AGREEMENT 310 words
c1261
6. HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS AIR SERVICES (SCOTLAND) BILL 226 words
cc1261-306
7. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 17,609 words
cc1307-11
8. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS SCHEME) (GREAT BRITAIN) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1980 1,684 words
c1311
9. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS SCHEME) (NORTHERN IRELAND) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1980 28 words
cc1311-32
10. NATIONAL SERVICE 8,235 words
c1332
11. CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.] 6 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 April 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

cc1332-3WA
1. POLLUTION CONTROL: INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON FINES 112 words
cc1333-4WA
2. CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS AND NOXIOUS CARGOES BY SEA 446 words
cc1334-5WA
3. THE "AEOLIAN SKY": OWNER'S LIABILITY 222 words
cc1335-6WA
4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:ANGLO-FRENCH COLLABORATION 83 words
c1336WA
5. DIVISION LISTS 90 words