Sitting of 23 January 1980

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Commons Sitting of 23 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 977

c403
1. Preamble 7 words
c403
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c403
1. ARDVEENISH HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 53 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
cc404-8
1. British Railways 1,593 words
cc408-10
2. Trunk Road Schemes 502 words
cc410-1
3. British Railways 398 words
cc411-2
4. M40 (Oxford-Birmingham) 267 words
cc412-3
5. Heavy Lorries 539 words
cc413-4
6. M11 (Service Area Site) 208 words
cc414-6
7. Channel Tunnel 560 words
cc416-7
8. Motorways 436 words
cc417-8
9. Railways (Disabled Persons Facilities) 358 words
cc418-9
10. M25 423 words
cc419-21
11. Public Transport (Government Support) 416 words
cc421-2
12. Road Accidents 434 words
cc422-3
13. Railways (Main Line Electrification) 431 words
cc423-4
14. Street and Motorway Lighting 296 words
cc424-6
15. Competition 364 words
2. CIVIL SERVICE
cc426-7
1. Efficiency 357 words
cc427-8
2. Pay Research Unit 409 words
cc428-9
3. Manpower 427 words
cc429-30
4. Pay 337 words
cc430-1
5. Manpower 175 words
cc431-40
5. RHODESIA 3,051 words
c440
6. FRIDAY SITTINGS (PRIVATE NOTICE QUESTIONS) 173 words
cc441-52
7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE MINISTERS' MEETING) 4,274 words
cc452-3
8. BILL PRESENTED 99 words
cc454-580
9. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 46,991 words, 1 division
cc581-610
10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TRADE TREATIES) 10,617 words
cc610-8
11. ORDNANCE SURVEY 3,212 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 977

1. CIVIL SERVICE
c205W
1. Manpower 88 words
c205W
2. Open Government 55 words
c205W
3. Civil Servants (Reciprocal Training Arrangements) 126 words
cc205-6W
4. Industrial Action (Lost Days) 57 words
c206W
5. Pensions 45 words
c206W
6. Civil Servants (Industrial and Commercial Transfers) 73 words
c206W
7. Efficiency 44 words
cc206-9W
8. Departmental Operations 1,201 words
c209W
9. Trade Unions 33 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
cc209-11W
1. Visitors' Seats 218 words
c211W
2. Estimates (Debates) 46 words
c211W
3. Foreign Affairs Questions 93 words
3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc211-2W
1. Schools (Handwriting Standards) 307 words
c212W
2. East Hardwick Cawoods County Primary School 54 words
c212W
3. School Meals 93 words
cc212-3W
4. Quangos 188 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
c213W
1. Prisoners (Life Sentences) 108 words
cc213-4W
2. Ex-Offenders 102 words
c214W
3. Parliamentary Constituencies (Luton) 60 words
c214W
4. Hare Coursing 23 words
c214W
5. Attendance Centre Orders 64 words
cc214-5W
6. Quangos 65 words
c215W
7. Detention Centres 57 words
cc215-7W
8. Firearms 570 words
c217W
9. Juvenile Offenders 88 words
cc217-8W
10. Sudbury Open Prison 53 words
5. NORTHERN IRELAND
c218W
1. Terrorism 73 words
c218W
2. County Armagh (Bomb Incidents) 173 words
cc218-20W
3. Quangos 226 words
c220W
4. Military Personnel (Complaints) 45 words
6. INDUSTRY
c220W
1. Motor Vehicles (Statistics) 63 words
cc220-1W
2. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 41 words
c221W
3. Quangos 127 words
c221W
4. Merseyside Trades Council 38 words
cc221-2W
5. Microelectronics 205 words
c222W
6. QUANGOS 87 words
cc222-3W
7. OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT (PROSECUTIONS) 273 words
c223W
8. Quangos 79 words
cc223-4W
9. Pressurised Water Reactors 121 words
7. ENERGY
cc224-5W
1. Homes Insulation 262 words
c225W
2. Gas 153 words
cc225-7W
3. Fuel Costs (International Comparisons) 975 words
8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c227W
1. Deer (Antler Velvet) 96 words
cc227-8W
2. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 100 words
cc228-30W
3. Radiation Pollution 441 words
c230W
4. Sugar 134 words
cc230-1W
5. Levies 492 words
cc231-2W
6. Quangos 221 words
c232W
7. Sheep Producers 135 words
cc232-3W
8. European Community (Council of Agriculture Ministers) 56 words
c233W
9. Farm Animal Welfare Council 175 words
cc233-4W
10. British Sugar Corporation Limited 142 words
9. DEFENCE
c234W
1. East of Suez 140 words
c234W
2. Ulster Defence Regiment 77 words
cc234-5W
3. Higher Education Establishments (Research Projects) 150 words
c235W
4. Nuclear Warheads 94 words
cc235-6W
5. Cyprus 227 words
c236W
6. Cruise Missile 49 words
cc236-7W
7. Quangos 148 words
c237W
8. Internal Memoranda 65 words
c237W
9. Royal Herbert Hospital 98 words
10. TRADE
cc237-8W
1. Cars (Country of Origin Marking) 63 words
c238W
2. Handicapped Persons (Electronic Aids) 157 words
c238W
3. Shell and BP (South Africa) 131 words
cc238-9W
4. Quangos 189 words
cc239-40W
5. Parliamentary Questions 231 words
c240W
6. Balance of Trade 186 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
cc240-2W
1. Skillcentres 511 words
c242W
2. European Community (Labour Costs) 41 words
c242W
3. Health and Safety 138 words
cc242-6W
4. Unemployed Persons 1,595 words
c246W
5. Rehabilitation Centre (North Staffordshire) 96 words
c246W
6. Chemicals (Use) 68 words
cc246-7W
7. Employment Statistics 293 words
cc247-8W
8. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate 277 words
cc248-9W
9. Burnbake Trust Workshop 145 words
c249W
10. Quangos 190 words
cc249-50W
11. Health and Safety Executive 318 words
c250W
12. Willie Clausen (Work Permit) 96 words
cc250-1W
13. Average Wage Scales 166 words
12. NATIONAL FINANCE
c251W
1. Stamp Duty 90 words
cc251-2W
2. Government Stock (Sales) 140 words
c252W
3. Income Tax 106 words
c252W
4. Personal Allowances 67 words
cc252-3W
5. Public Expenditure 273 words
c253W
6. 714 Tax Exemption Certificate 60 words
cc253-4W
7. Krugerrands 274 words
cc254-5W
8. Personal Allowances 94 words
c255W
9. Quangos 147 words
cc255-6W
10. Prices and Wages 243 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
c256W
1. Social Security Offices (Staffing) 70 words
c256W
2. Henderson Hospital 159 words
cc256-7W
3. Royal Liverpool Hospital (Security) 49 words
c257W
4. National Health Service (Employees) 94 words
c257W
5. Psychiatric Hospitals 60 words
cc257-9W
6. Special Hospitals 564 words
c259W
7. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 143 words
c259W
8. Leukaemia 48 words
cc259-60W
9. "Back to Nursing" (Campaign) 180 words
c260W
10. Radiation Workers 115 words
c260W
11. Hospital Waiting Lists 49 words
cc260-1W
12. Royal Liverpool Teaching Hospital 113 words
c261W
13. Quangos 576 words
cc261-2W
14. Rayner Inquiry (Benefit Payments) 195 words
cc262-3W
15. Rubella 39 words
c263W
16. Maternity Grant 92 words
c263W
17. Lead 55 words
cc263-5W
18. Children Act 1975 505 words
c265W
19. Intermediate Treatment Programmes 401 words
cc265-6W
20. British Steel Corporation (Sickness Claims) 88 words
cc266-7W
21. Hospital Closures 299 words
c267W
22. Family Income 128 words
cc267-9W
23. Supplementary Benefit Commission (Rent Assistance) 376 words
14. ENVIRONMENT
c269W
1. Taxi-cabs (Advertisements) 92 words
c269W
2. Rent Rebates 160 words
cc269-70W
3. Gipsy Caravan Site (Tweedmouth) 57 words
c270W
4. Allotments 118 words
c270W
5. Olympic Games 57 words
c270W
6. Rate Support Grant 54 words
cc270-1W
7. Defective Houses (Newton Aycliffe) 93 words
c271W
8. Quangos 458 words
cc271-3W
9. Fair Rents 294 words
cc273-4W
10. Homes Insulation 640 words
cc274-5W
11. Housing Investment Programme 79 words
c275W
12. Local Authorities (Government Control) 171 words
15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c275W
1. Rhodesia 66 words
16. WALES
c276W
1. Local Government and Planning 69 words
cc276-7W
2. Quangos 222 words
c277W
3. Quangos 271 words
cc277-8W
4. Diplomatic Service (Expenditure) 108 words
c278W
5. SALT II 136 words
cc278-9W
6. Cyprus 160 words
17. SCOTLAND
c279W
1. Civil Servants (Transfers) 88 words
cc279-80W
2. Defence Posts (Glasgow) 104 words
c280W
3. Fish Processing 72 words
c280W
4. Fishing Industry (Levies) 112 words
cc280-1W
5. Kidney Transplants and Dialysis 152 words
c281W
6. Telephones (Disabled Persons) 69 words
c281W
7. Lothian Region (Traffic Survey) 80 words
c281W
8. Dundee Skillcentre 76 words
cc281-2W
9. Special Employment Measures (Dundee) 155 words
c282W
10. Self-employed Persons 120 words
cc282-3W
11. Professional and Executive Register (Dundee) 93 words
c283W
12. Nuclear Waste 112 words
c283W
13. Recidivism (Statistics) 129 words
cc283-4W
14. Stevens Committee 78 words
c284W
15. Quangos 105 words
c284W
16. Medical Research 97 words
cc284-5W
17. Small Firms 97 words
c285W
18. Social Security Benefits 44 words
18. TRANSPORT
c285W
1. M180 51 words
c285W
2. Section 8 Grants 68 words
cc285-6W
3. British Railways 96 words
cc286-7W
4. Manpower 268 words
c287W
5. Tyre Safety 48 words
c287W
6. Motor Cyclists (Training) 59 words
c287W
7. Road Programme 122 words
cc287-8W
8. M3-M27 Link 73 words
c288W
9. Port of London Authority 37 words
c288W
10. Railways (Main Line Electrification) 47 words
cc288-9W
11. European Community (Railway Passenger and Freight Systems) 321 words
c289W
12. Fuel Costs 109 words
cc289-90W
13. Motorways 272 words
cc290-1W
14. Road Building Schemes (North-West) 127 words
c291W
15. Wisbech Bypass 62 words
c291W
16. Road Condition Survey 52 words
c291W
17. Coaches (Accidents) 74 words
cc291-2W
18. Heavy Lorries 44 words
c292W
19. National Freight Corporation 22 words
c292W
20. Vehicle Excise Duty 89 words
c292W
21. Road Construction (Statutory Procedures) 54 words
cc292-3W
22. Trunk Road Schemes 130 words
c293W
23. Rail Exports 128 words
c293W
24. Vehicle Registration Marks 58 words
cc293-4W
25. British Railways (Investment Plans) 144 words
c294W
26. Channel Tunnel 43 words
c294W
27. M25 (Swanley-Sevenoaks) 72 words
cc294-5W
28. Energy Conservation 91 words
c295W
29. Transport Infrastructure 66 words
c295W
30. A642 102 words
cc295-6W
31. A2 (Barham Crossroads) 118 words
c296W
32. High-speed Train Service (London-Sheffield) 121 words
c296W
33. Irradiated Fuel (Transportation) 61 words
c296W
34. Berthing Facilities (Barrow) 40 words
cc296-7W
35. Quangos 228 words
c297W
36. Television Receivers (Motor Vehicles) 45 words
cc297-8W
37. Dipped Headlights 229 words
c298W
38. Trains (One-man Operation) 56 words
c298W
39. European Community (Ministerial Meetings) 56 words
cc298-300W
40. Road Construction Units 80 words

Lords Sitting of 23 January 1980 Series 5 Vol. 404

c431
1. Preamble 30 words
cc431-4
2. DISARMAMENT:GENEVA COMMITTEE 1,061 words
cc434-6
3. SCHOOL FUND-RAISING SCHEMES: CONTRIBUTIONS 744 words
cc436-40
4. THE RHINOCEROS IN AFRICA 1,358 words
c441
5. RHODESIA: ASSASSINATION OF MR. OLIVER SAUNYAMA 90 words
c441
6. NEW HEBRIDES BILL [H.L.] 57 words
c441
7. COMPETITION BILL 10 words
c441
8. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 36 words
cc442-54
9. SMALL BUSINESSES: CURRENT PROBLEMS 4,716 words
cc454-6
10. RHODESIA: ASSASSINATION OF MR. OLIVER SAUNYAMA 718 words
cc456-93
11. SMALL BUSINESSES: CURRENT PROBLEMS 14,235 words
cc493-524
12. SCOTTISH FRESHWATER FISHERIES: LEGISLATION 12,026 words
c524
13. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 19 words