Sitting of 18 March 1980

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Commons Sitting of 18 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 981

c183
1. Preamble 7 words
c183
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c183
4. WESLEY'S CHAPEL, CITY ROAD BILL 6 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
cc183-4
1. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Small Firms) 281 words
cc184-5
2. Working Population (Trade Union Membership) 407 words
cc185-7
3. School Leavers (Employment Prospects) 641 words
cc187-8
4. Stockport (Redundancies) 409 words
cc188-90
5. Departmental Efficiency and Productivity 474 words
cc190-2
6. Textile and Footwear Industries 744 words
cc192-3
7. Job Vacancies (Recording) 311 words
cc193-4
8. Preston (Unemployment) 148 words
cc194-5
9. Electrical Equipment (Certification) 423 words
cc195-6
10. Employment Bill 486 words
cc196-7
11. Thatchers (Training) 234 words
cc197-8
12. North-East Lancashire (Unemployment) 283 words
cc198-9
13. Iron and Steel Trades Confederation 501 words
cc199-200
14. Open University 246 words
cc200-2
15. Manpower Services Commission (Training Services) 520 words
cc202-6
16. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,331 words
cc206-8
17. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (UNEMPLOYMENT) 996 words
cc209-17
6. SCHOOL TRANSPORT 2,989 words
cc217-8
7. MOTIONS AND BILLS (AMENDMENTS) 400 words
cc218-9
8. DEFENCE SUB-COMMITTEE 461 words
c220
9. DIVISION No. 230 129 words
c220
10. NEW MEMBER 15 words
c220
11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 25 words
cc221-374
12. DEVELOPMENT LAND TAX (AMENDMENT) 1,221 words
c224
1. DEVELOPMENT LAND TAX (AMENDMENT) 91 words
cc225-6
2. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 245 words
3. ORDERS OF THE DAY
c227
1. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 10 words
4. New Clause 1
cc227-79
1. DEATH GRANT 20,629 words, 1 division
5. New Clause 9
cc279-321
1. RATE OF CHILD BENEFIT (No. 2) 16,809 words, 1 division
6. Clause 1
cc321-74
1. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO UP-RATING 19,412 words, 1 division
cc375-86
13. LAND USE 3,745 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 981

1. TRADE
c99W
1. Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils) 74 words
c99W
2. Consumer Protection Advisory Committee 36 words
cc99-100W
3. Manufactured Goods (Imports) 249 words
c100W
4. Herbicide 2, 4, 5-T 69 words
cc100-1W
5. Information Officers 138 words
c101W
6. Woolworth's Store, Piccadilly, Manchester (Fire) 219 words
cc101-2W
7. Takeovers 143 words
c102W
8. Car Radios (Imports) 87 words
c102W
9. London-Peking (Scheduled Air Services) 88 words
2. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
cc102-3W
1. Fluoride 66 words
cc103-4W
2. Norfolk Broads 579 words
cc104-5W
3. Drainage Grants 128 words
c105W
4. Countryside (Conservation) 172 words
cc105-6W
5. Information Officers 74 words
c106W
6. Whales 34 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c106W
1. Rhodesia 72 words
4. SCOTLAND
cc106-8W
1. Colleges of Education 554 words
cc108-9W
2. Manpower Services Commission (Fife Survey) 104 words
c109W
3. Bellshill Skillcentre 30 words
c109W
4. Unemployment (Greenock and Port Glasgow) 58 words
cc109-10W
5. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Manpower) 73 words
c110W
6. Primary and Secondary Schools 264 words
cc110-1W
7. Births 83 words
c111W
8. Social Workers 70 words
c111W
9. Local Authority Services 70 words
c111W
10. Police Officers (Dismissal) 117 words
cc111-2W
11. Scottish Islands Sea Transport (Government Assistance) 110 words
5. CIVIL SERVICE
c112W
1. "Members of Public Boards of a Commercial Character" 67 words
cc112-3W
2. Central Office of Information (Export Promotion) 108 words
c113W
3. Pensions 137 words
6. HOME DEPARTMENT
c113W
1. Prison Governors 118 words
cc113-4W
2. Civil Defence 61 words
c114W
3. Advisory Committee on Radio Interference 30 words
c114W
4. Poisons Board 61 words
cc114-5W
5. Prisons (Overcrowding) 143 words
c115W
6. Special Constables 242 words
cc115-6W
7. Data Banks 101 words
c116W
8. Prisons 130 words
c116W
9. Illegal Immigrants 66 words
cc116-7W
10. "Athina B" (Indian Seamen) 176 words
cc117-21W
11. Seamen 1,393 words
c121W
12. Coloured Doctors (Alleged Discrimination) 78 words
cc121-2W
13. Hong Kong (Refugees) 123 words
c122W
14. Metal Detecting Devices 155 words
cc122-3W
15. Children and Young Persons Act 98 words
c123W
16. Special Patrol Group 35 words
c123W
17. Commission for Racial Equality 136 words
cc123-4W
18. Prisoners' Wives and Families (Financial Assistance) 91 words
c124W
19. Obscenity and Film Censorship 124 words
cc124-6W
20. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 612 words
cc126-7W
21. SCHOOL LEAVERS (SOCIAL SECURITY ENTITLEMENT) 84 words
c127W
22. NORTH POWYS 22 words
c127W
23. BIRMINGHAM 25 words
c127W
24. AIREY NEAVE MEMORIAL LECTURE 32 words
cc127-8W
25. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES (EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP) 75 words
c128W
26. ECONOMIC ADVISERS 43 words
c128W
27. TUC 22 words
c128W
28. ZIMBABWE 24 words
c128W
29. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 26 words
7. ENERGY
cc128-9W
1. Nuclear Waste 87 words
c129W
2. Offshore Safety Committee 53 words
8. INDUSTRY
c129W
1. Information Industry (Public Procurement) 51 words
cc129-30W
2. Chemical Industry (Capital Investment) 179 words
c130W
3. Telematics Industry 75 words
cc130-1W
4. Companies and Manufacturing Industry (Bank Advances) 676 words
cc131-3W
5. Carpet Industry 700 words
c133W
6. Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act (Compensation Payments) 14 words
cc133-5W
7. Motor Vehicle Imports 224 words
c135W
8. British Shipbuilders 203 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
cc136-8W
1. Rhodesia 583 words
c138W
2. Esperanto 120 words
c138W
3. Czechoslovakia 110 words
cc138-9W
4. Boarding School Allowances 177 words
10. SOCIAL SERVICES
c139W
1. National Health Service (Volunteer Help) 72 words
cc139-40W
2. Prescriptions 144 words
c140W
3. Alcoholism 43 words
cc140-2W
4. Heart Surgery (Waiting List) 705 words
cc142-3W
5. National Health Service Reorganisation (Staff Appeals) 136 words
c143W
6. National Radiological Protection Board Advisory Committee 123 words
cc143-4W
7. Personal Social Services Council 106 words
c144W
8. London Health Planning Consortium 127 words
cc144-5W
9. Rural Dispensing 240 words
c145W
10. Tobacco Sales 100 words
cc145-6W
11. Juvenile Offenders 92 words
c146W
12. Heart Operations 95 words
cc146-7W
13. Nursery Schoolchildren (Health Surveillance) 225 words
c147W
14. Self-employed persons 75 words
c147W
15. Pharmaceutical Services 100 words
c147W
16. Prisoners' Wives (Financial Assistance) 85 words
cc147-8W
17. Mobility Allowance 87 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
c148W
1. Citizens Band Radio 144 words
cc148-9W
2. Parliamentary Questions 140 words
c149W
3. Public Expenditure 81 words
c149W
4. Independent Schools (Endowments and Covenants) 207 words
c149W
5. Short-term Benefits (Taxation) 43 words
cc149-50W
6. Capital Stock and Plant Machinery 45 words
c150W
7. Radio and Television Advertising (Tax Relief) 58 words
cc150-1W
8. Mortgage Interest and Life Insurance Premiums (Tax Relief) 185 words
c151W
9. Value Added Tax Appeals Tribunals 272 words
cc151-2W
10. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement (Unemployment Benefit Element) 88 words
c152W
11. American-based Banks 155 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
c152W
1. Fauld (Government Housing) 48 words
cc152-3W
2. Rate Support Grant 399 words
cc153-4W
3. Local Authorities (Recreation and Amenities) 181 words
cc154-5W
4. Norfolk Broads 246 words
c155W
5. Land Reclamation 85 words
c155W
6. Phosphate Plants (Norfolk) 108 words
cc155-6W
7. Agricultural Land (Building) 179 words
c156W
8. Recreation Management Training Committee 39 words
c156W
9. Independent Schools (Rate Relief) 40 words
cc156-7W
10. Homes Insulation 69 words
c157W
11. Housing Expenditure 336 words
cc157-60W
12. House Building 528 words
cc160-1W
13. Rent Allowance and Rent Rebate Schemes 139 words
cc161-2W
14. Fire-fighting Equipment (Water Connection Charges) 207 words
13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c162W
1. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 115 words
c162W
2. School Rolls 72 words
cc162-3W
3. Independent School Pupils 169 words
c163W
4. Primary, Secondary and Nursery School Teachers 87 words
c163W
5. Kent County Council (Classroom Cleaners) 120 words
cc163-4W
6. Independent School Teachers 37 words
c164W
7. National Children's Bureau (Report) 200 words
14. WALES
c164W
1. Industrial Closures and Redundancies (European Community Benefit) 56 words
15. TRANSPORT
c165W
1. A30 90 words
c165W
2. Motorists (Insurance) 205 words
cc165-6W
3. Tachographs 142 words
c166W
4. Motoring (Traffic Information) 94 words
16. DEFENCE
c166W
1. Rhodesia 44 words
cc166-7W
2. Boarding School Allowances 187 words
cc167-8W
3. South Dorset Hunt Ball 223 words
c168W
4. Recruits (Medical Examination) 138 words
cc168-9W
5. Buccaneer Aircraft 425 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
cc169-70W
1. Unemployed Persons 140 words
c170W
2. Small Firms (Lost Working Days) 83 words
cc170-1W
3. Flexible Retirement Schemes 230 words
c171W
4. Unemployed Persons 141 words
cc171-2W
5. Construction Projects 79 words
c172W
6. Trade Union Membership (Protection from Dismissal) 57 words
c172W
7. Mexborough (Training Facilities) 84 words
cc172-3W
8. Job Vacancies 106 words
c173W
9. Employment and Training Act 1973 48 words
c173W
10. West Durham (Job Creation) 66 words
cc173-4W
11. Manpower Services Commission 181 words
c174W
12. Industrial Relations 143 words
cc174-5W
13. Small Firms (Closed Shop Agreements) 167 words
c175W
14. Small Firms (Work Experience Programmes) 72 words
c175W
15. Redundancy Payments 117 words
cc175-6W
16. Sandwell 35 words
c176W
17. Redundancies and Job Creation 86 words
c176W
18. Clegg Commission 124 words
cc176-7W
19. Small Firms Employment Subsidy 80 words
c177W
20. 35-hour Working Week 95 words
cc177-8W
21. Unemployment 304 words
cc178-9W
22. Disabled Persons 229 words
c179W
23. School Leavers 97 words
c179W
24. Secret Ballot 55 words
cc179-80W
25. Engineering Apprentices (Northern Ireland) 167 words
c180W
26. Steel Industry (Dispute) 64 words
c180W
27. Secondary Industrial Action 57 words
c180W
28. TUC (General Secretary) 62 words
cc180-1W
29. Skillcentres 165 words
cc181-2W
30. Careers Service (Leicestershire) 142 words
c182W
31. Industrial Tribunals 48 words
c182W
32. Northern Region 173 words
cc182-3W
33. Unfair Dismissal Claims 60 words
c183W
34. Crawley 318 words
cc183-4W
35. Chemicals (Safety) 200 words
c184W
36. Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurants Wages Council Order 87 words
cc184-5W
37. Job Training and Retraining (Brent) 346 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
cc185-6W
1. Housing Executive 76 words
cc186-7W
2. Industrial Training Boards 292 words
cc187-8W
3. Consumer Councils 84 words
c188W
4. Constitutional Conference 172 words

Lords Sitting of 18 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

c159
1. Preamble 22 words
cc159-60
2. ELECTRICITY: ESTIMATED DEMAND IN 1986–87 485 words
cc160-2
3. APPLICATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP 1970–1979 669 words
cc162-5
4. ARMY RECRUITING: ORGANISATION AND COST 1,226 words
cc165-6
5. WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO CONFERENCE 393 words
c167
6. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL: SCHOOL TRANSPORT 96 words
c167
7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 80 words
c167
8. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 24 words
cc167-8
9. RESERVE FORCES BILL [H.L.] 27 words
cc168-9
10. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 390 words
cc169-77
11. SOUTHERN RHODESIA (CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE) (ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1980 3,102 words
cc177-84
12. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (INVALID DIRECTION) BILL 2,716 words
cc184-90
13. EDUCATION (NO. 2) BILL: SCHOOL TRANSPORT 2,156 words
cc190-204
14. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (INVALID DIRECTION) BILL 5,667 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

c205WA
1. DWELLINGS: ESTIMATES OF STOCK BY TENURE 165 words
c205WA
2. DWELLINGS:MEANS OF PURCHASE 57 words
cc205-6WA
3. LOCAL AUTHORITY MORTGAGE ARREARS 88 words
c206WA
4. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER SECURITY STAFF 93 words
c206WA
5. KUALA LUMPUR CONFERENCE: CONCLUSIONS 81 words