Sitting of 24 March 1980

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Commons Sitting of 24 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 981

c915
1. Preamble 7 words
c915
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. INDUSTRY
cc915-6
1. South-West Durham 361 words
cc916-8
2. British Steel Corporation 727 words
cc918-20
3. Manufacturing Industry 587 words
cc920-1
4. National Enterprise Board 373 words
cc921-3
5. Trades Union Congress 788 words
cc923-5
6. Finniston Report 649 words
cc925-7
7. Investment in Industry 776 words
cc927-9
8. Concorde 317 words
cc929-30
9. North-East Lancashire Development Association 418 words
cc930-2
10. Post Office Corporation 805 words
cc932-4
11. Manufacturing Industry 690 words
cc934-5
12. Nationalisation (Compensation) 367 words
cc935-7
13. SHOPLIFTING 622 words
cc937-9
14. PICKETING 510 words
cc939-40
15. POLICE CONDUCT (COMPLAINTS) 465 words
c940
16. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 32 words
c941
4. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 32 words
c941
1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 57 words
5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
cc942-1066
1. TRANSPORT BILL 7 words
1. New Clause 1
cc942-53
1. OBLIGATORY TEST CERTIFICATES FOR PASSENGER-CARRYING VEHICLES 4,175 words
2. New Clause 6
cc953-93
1. CARRIAGE SERVICES COMPETING WITH OPERATORS HOLDING ROAD SERVICE LICENCES 14,001 words
3. New Clause 7
cc993-1033
1. EXEMPTION FROM DUTY TO CO-OPERATE IN TRIAL AREAS 16,775 words, 2 divisions
4. New Clause 8
cc1033-7
1. ANNUAL INSPECTION OF PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES 1,294 words, 1 division
5. New Clause 9
cc1037-55
1. DUTY TO EXHIBIT OPERATOR'S DISC 7,735 words, 1 division
6. New Clause 5
cc1055-66
1. SIGNS ON PRIVATE HIRE. CARS AND CARS GIVING LIFTS FOR PAYMENT 3,581 words
cc1066-8
6. COAL INDUSTRY 371 words
cc1069-135
7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (CONVERGENCE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS) 24,778 words, 1 division
cc1135-46
8. NUCLEAR WASTE (TRANSPORT) 4,121 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 981

1. EMPLOYMENT
c379W
1. Information Officers 221 words
cc379-80W
2. Skillcentres (Darlington) 206 words
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3. Professional Executive Register Office (North Staffordshire) 123 words
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4. Employment of Immigrants (Linguistic Skill) 213 words
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5. Audley, Staffordshire 208 words
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6. Rehabilitation Centre (North Staffordshire) 89 words
c382W
7. Pneumoconiosis 139 words
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8. Occupational Cancer 144 words
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9. Industrial Tribunals 63 words
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10. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 281 words
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11. Residential Establishment and Licensed Restaurants Wages Council Order 279 words
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12. Family Income and Expenditure 339 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
c386W
1. Shotgun Licences and Firearm Certificates 65 words
c386W
2. Television Licences (Sale) 89 words
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3. "Croham Directive" 316 words
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4. New Hall and Send Detention Centres 124 words
c388W
5. Nitroglycerine (Detection) 101 words
c388W
6. Mr. Alain-Franck Rosenberg 114 words
cc388-9W
7. Exclusion Orders (Police Questioning) 80 words
c389W
8. West Midlands County Review 60 words
c389W
9. Metropolitan Police 79 words
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10. Dangerous Drugs 554 words
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11. Detained Persons 113 words
3. SCOTLAND
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1. Blood Transfusion Service 128 words
c391W
2. Assisted Places Scheme 58 words
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3. Student Unions 29 words
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4. Future Energy Demands 81 words
c392W
5. Education (Parental Choice) 107 words
c392W
6. CIVIL DEFENCE 42 words
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7. ZIMBABWE 110 words
c393W
8. OFFICIAL INFORMATION ("CROHAM DIRECTIVE") 168 words
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9. ARTS PATRONAGE 78 words
c394W
10. PARLIAMENTARIANS (PAY AND ALLOWANCES) 63 words
c394W
11. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY ART COLLECTION 64 words
4. TRADE
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1. Comecon Countries (Manufactured Clothing Merchandise) 114 words
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2. Man-made Fibres and Carpets 377 words
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3. Textile Imports (Labelling) 127 words
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4. Tufted Carpets 152 words
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5. Multi-fibre Arrangement 47 words
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6. Imports (Counterfeit Goods) 66 words
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7. Airports Policy 142 words
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8. USSR 214 words
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9. Nigeria (British Footwear) 118 words
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10. Manchester Airport (European Community Aid) 101 words
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11. Insurance Companies 135 words
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12. National Strategy for Quality 106 words
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13. Less-Developed Countries 104 words
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14. Boats and Marine Engines (European Community Import Duty) 324 words
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15. Road Hauliers (Eire-United Kingdom) 147 words
c402W
16. Footwear Manufacturing Industry 183 words
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17. International Airports 164 words
c403W
18. European Free Trade Association (Balance of Trade) 260 words
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19. TRIAL ON INDICTMENT 196 words
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20. JURY VETTING 427 words
c405W
21. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 71 words
5. DEFENCE
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1. Armed Forces (Applicants for Commissions) 73 words
c406W
2. Quality Assurance Directorate, Woolwich 76 words
c406W
3. Gulf Region 148 words
6. INDUSTRY
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1. West Midlands 80 words
cc407-8W
2. Steel Industry 533 words
c408W
3. Microelectronics 48 words
cc408-9W
4. British Leyland 205 words
cc409-10W
5. Manufacturing Investment 281 words
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6. New Technology 103 words
c410W
7. Sub-post Offices (County Durham) 27 words
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8. West Yorkshire 47 words
c411W
9. Public Purchasing Policies 60 words
c411W
10. Robots 104 words
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11. Industrial Performance 69 words
c412W
12. Steel Production 93 words
c412W
13. Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. 90 words
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14. Inter City Areas 83 words
c413W
15. Job Creation 70 words
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16. Non-oil Industrial Investment 112 words
c413W
17. St. Helens 82 words
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18. Man-made Fibres 86 words
c414W
19. Knitwear 34 words
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20. Carlisle and Barrow 135 words
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21. English Industrial Estates Corporation 76 words
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22. British Steel Corporation Executives (Pay) 267 words
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23. British Steel Corporation (Subsidiary Companies) 348 words
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24. Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries 160 words
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25. Tobacco Industry 83 words
7. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Official Information (Croham Directive) 557 words
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2. Departmental Staff (Transfers) 181 words
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3. Pensions 219 words
8. ENERGY
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1. Fast Reactors 170 words
c421W
2. Electricity 244 words
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3. Pressurised Water Reactors 144 words
c422W
4. Trawsfynydd and Wylfa Power Stations 60 words
cc422-3W
5. Official Information (Croham Directive) 505 words
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6. Petroleum Production (Competition) 122 words
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7. Fuel Prices 117 words
c424W
8. Pig Iron Production 89 words
cc424-5W
9. Ethylene and Propylene 121 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. British Citizens (Attacks) 196 words
c426W
2. Mr. James Moss (Zambia) 89 words
c426W
3. Olympic Games 91 words
c426W
4. Rhodesia 51 words
cc426-7W
5. Northern Ireland (Russian Journalists) 85 words
10. SOCIAL, SERVICES
c427W
1. Childbirth (Equipment) 95 words
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2. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Assistance to Parents) 203 words
c428W
3. Social Workers 118 words
c428W
4. Mr. McDowell 66 words
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5. Smoking (Effects during Pregnancy) 103 words
c429W
6. Adoption 112 words
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7. Rampton Hospital 199 words
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8. Local Authority Personal Social Services 150 words
c430W
9. St. Faith's Hospital, Brentwood 71 words
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10. St. Margaret's Hospital, Epping 88 words
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11. Health Centres 130 words
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12. Supplementary Benefit Recipients (Home-help Charges) 270 words
c432W
13. Ratcliff Foldaway Tail-lift 139 words
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14. Official Information (Croham Directive) 175 words
c433W
15. Dental Health 67 words
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16. Pregnancy Advisory Service (Advertisements) 145 words
c434W
17. Departmental Leaflet M11 67 words
c434W
18. National Health Service Staff 93 words
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19. Social Security Organisations (Public Representation) 87 words
11. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Weekly Earnings 99 words
c435W
2. Health and Social Service Boards (Budgets) 105 words
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3. Ramoan Centre, Ballycastle 120 words
c436W
4. Northern Ireland Dousing Executive (Sale of Houses) 142 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. National Union of Students 76 words
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2. School Closures (Consultation) 134 words
c437W
3. Assisted Places Scheme 97 words
cc437-8W
4. Official Information (Croham Directive) 206 words
c438W
5. Student Unions (Finance) 46 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Bees (Foul Brood Disease) 143 words
c439W
2. Textured Vegetable Protein 152 words
c439W
3. Milk Levy 95 words
cc439-40W
4. Fisheries Grant 353 words
14. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Nationalised Industries 244 words
cc441-2W
2. Income and Wealth 126 words
c442W
3. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 172 words
cc442-3W
4. Bank Interest (Tax Relief) 190 words
c443W
5. National Health Insurance Contributions (Arrears) 75 words
c443W
6. Tax Allowances 108 words
cc443-4W
7. Personal Tax Allowances 259 words
c444W
8. Income Tax (In-depth Investigations) 90 words
cc444-5W
9. Inland Revenue (Secondment of Staff) 77 words
c445W
10. Textile and Clothing Goods (General Import Entry Form) 137 words
c445W
11. Treasury Model (Computer Runs) 71 words
cc445-6W
12. Public Expenditure—Inflation Rate 132 words
c446W
13. Charities 96 words
c446W
14. Commemorative Crown Piece 168 words
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15. Sheffield Adult and Juvenile Collecting Society 668 words
c448W
16. Inflation 37 words
c448W
17. Personal Disposable Income 73 words
cc448-9W
18. Computerised Customs Checks 66 words
c449W
19. Value Added Tax 235 words
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20. European Community Budget (United Kingdom Contribution) 450 words
c451W
21. Public Expenditure White Papers 84 words
cc451-2W
22. Child Benefit 163 words
c452W
23. Citizens Band Radio 150 words
c452W
24. £ Sterling 63 words
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25. Personal Tax Allowances 71 words
c453W
26. Coal Miners (Free Coal) 45 words
c453W
27. Supply Estimates 1980–81 39 words
c453W
28. Free Enterprise Zone (Merseyside) 58 words
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29. National Insurance Contributions 175 words
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30. Bank of England 240 words
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31. Subcontractors' Certificates 148 words
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32. Unemployment and Sickness Benefits 47 words
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33. Pensions 282 words
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34. Acting Profession (Averaging of Earnings) 56 words
c456W
35. Enterprise Zones 63 words
15. WALES
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1. Road Improvements, Tan-yr-Unto Corner, Llanbedr D.C. 68 words
c457W
2. Criminal Damage Acts (Insurance Cover) 121 words
c457W
3. Health Authorities (Local Authority Representation) 125 words
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4. Welsh Development Agency (Subsidised Loans) 79 words
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5. Directorate of Rural Affairs 107 words
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6. M4 (Development) 56 words
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7. Overseas Students 42 words
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8. Higher and Further Education (Fees) 67 words
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9. Magnox Reactors (Decommissioning) 362 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Motor Cycle Passengers (Deaths and Injuries) 202 words
cc460-1W
2. Member's Correspondence 108 words
c461W
3. British Railways (Purchasing Policy) 117 words
c461W
4. Toll Bridges 182 words
17. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Council House Sales 75 words
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2. Homes Insulation 299 words
c463W
3. Afghanistan 153 words
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4. Directorate of Rural Affairs 203 words
c464W
5. Tameside (Refuse Transfer Loading Station) 65 words
cc464-5W
6. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 181 words
c465W
7. Coastal Protection (Tyneside) 81 words
c465W
8. Official Information (Croham Directive) 80 words
cc465-6W
9. Public Sector Housing 116 words
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10. Housing Associations 92 words
c466W
11. Treasury Entrance Notice (Cost) 107 words
cc466-7W
12. Civil Engineering (Industrial Action) 60 words
c467W
13. Rental Purchase Schemes 39 words
cc467-8W
14. Enterprise Zones 89 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

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1. Preamble 22 words
cc441-3
2. THE UNITED KINGDOM: IRREDENTIST DEMANDS 580 words
cc443-6
3. EXTENDED CREDIT AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS 1,251 words
c447
4. DINNERS 66 words
c447
5. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 17 words
cc447-534
6. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL 32,776 words, 4 divisions
cc534-40
7. CONSULAR FEES BILL 2,479 words
cc540-99
8. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL 22,492 words, 3 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 March 1980 Series 5 Vol. 407

cc599-600WA
1. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 242 and the PALESTINIANS 157 words
cc600-2WA
2. INCOME TAX: OUTSTANDING ARREARS 174 words