Sitting of 12 May 1981

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Commons Sitting of 12 May 1981 Series 6 Vol. 4

c601
1. Preamble 7 words
c601
2. PRAYERS 5 words
1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c601
1. BARNSLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL 4 words
c601
2. WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR BILL 9 words
c601
3. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL 13 words
c601
4. COUNTY OF KENT BILL [Lords] (By Order) 6 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc601-3
1. Overseas Students 843 words
cc603-4
2. Polytechnic Teachers 473 words
cc604-5
3. Speaking Difficulties (Special facilities) 730 words
cc605-6
4. Polytechnic Teachers 311 words
cc606-7
5. Expenditure Cuts (Scotland) 817 words
cc607-8
6. Assisted Places Scheme 518 words
cc608-10
7. Pupil-Teacher Ratio 709 words
cc610-1
8. Temporary Employment Schemes (Further Education) 484 words
c611
9. School Discipline 184 words
cc611-2
10. Education Authorities (Investigation) 300 words
c612
11. Schools Information (Publication) 215 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
cc612-3
1. President of France 487 words
cc613-4
2. Engagements 616 words
cc614-6
3. Factory Closures 689 words
c616
4. Engagements 243 words
cc617-27
4. Social Security Benefits (Payments) 5,902 words
c627
1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 25 words
cc628-32
5. House of Lords (Elections) 2,256 words, 1 division
6. Orders of the Day
cc633-740
1. Finance Bill 30 words
1. Clause 88
cc633-65
1. REDUCTION OF LIFETIME RATES 19,561 words, 2 divisions
2. Schedule 11
cc665-7
1. LIFETIME RATES OF CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX 1,247 words, 1 division
3. Clause 89
cc667-83
1. TEN-YEAR CUMULATION PERIOD 9,455 words, 1 division
4. Clause 122
cc683-740
1. SPECIAL TAX ON BANKING DEPOSITS. 33,452 words, 1 division
cc741-8
2. Marches and Processions (London) 3,967 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 May 1981 Series 6 Vol. 4

1. TRADE
c227W
1. Research and Development (Departmental Expenditure) 66 words
c227W
2. North Sea Oil Operations (Safety) 186 words
c227W
3. Multi-fibre Arrangement 75 words
2. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
c228W
1. Wages Councils Act (Prosecutions) 152 words
3. HOME DEPARTMENT
c228W
1. Police Helicopters (Crowd Control) 72 words
c228W
2. Telephones (Tapping and Bugging) 98 words
c228W
3. Prisoners (Detention Costs) 58 words
cc228-9W
4. Public Disturbances (Charges) 65 words
c229W
5. Controlled Drugs 264 words
c229W
6. Prisons 62 words
4. NORTHERN IRELAND
c229W
1. Civil Servants (Dispute) 36 words
5. ENERGY
c230W
1. North Sea Oil 199 words
c230W
2. Overhead Electric Cables 135 words
c230W
3. Gas-gathering System 135 words
cc230-1W
4. British Gas Corporation (Performance Objective) 65 words
6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
c231W
1. South Tyneside Magistrates' Bench (Nominations) 76 words
c231W
2. Public Trustee 80 words
c231W
3. Medical Negligence 63 words
7. PRIME MINISTER
cc231-2W
1. Engagements 431 words
c232W
2. Sea Wolf 52 words
cc232-3W
3. Chevening House 51 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
c233W
1. Disabled Persons 243 words
c233W
2. Wages Inspectors 95 words
cc233-4W
3. Wages Councils (Inspections) 66 words
c234W
4. Ashbourne (Unemployment) 54 words
cc234-5W
5. Minimum Wages 1,082 words
cc235-7W
6. Cost of Living 130 words
cc237-8W
7. Temporary Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 276 words
c238W
8. Unemployment (Northern Region) 163 words
cc238-9W
9. Redundancies 97 words
c239W
10. Unemployment (West Midlands) 91 words
9. SCOTLAND
c239W
1. Women's Aid 81 words
cc239-40W
2. Domestic Violence (Refuges) 152 words
c240W
3. Regional Aid 98 words
cc240-2W
4. Rents 834 words
c242W
5. Scottish Development Agency (Job Support) 99 words
c242W
6. Land Registration (Renfrewshire) 110 words
10. WALES
cc242-3W
1. Public Sector Housing 107 words
cc243-4W
2. Direct Labour Departments 983 words
cc244-5W
3. Roads 210 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c245W
1. School Milk 111 words
c245W
2. European Community (Catch Quotas) 108 words
12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c245W
1. Female School Leavers 42 words
c245W
2. Adult Education (Leicester) 73 words
cc245-6W
3. Secondary Education (Liverpool) 53 words
c246W
4. Multi-cultural Education 55 words
c246W
5. Further and Higher Education 56 words
cc246-7W
6. School Meals 314 words
c247W
7. Biotechnology 67 words
c247W
8. University Grants Committee and Research Councils (Funds) 153 words
c247W
9. County and Voluntary Schools 48 words
cc247-8W
10. Schools and Industry 64 words
c248W
11. Single Sex and Denominational Schools 145 words
c248W
12. Research (New Materials) 87 words
cc248-9W
13. Computer Studies 114 words
c249W
14. Polytechnic Teachers 233 words
c249W
15. Postgraduate Students (Parental Contribution) 86 words
cc249-50W
16. Comprehensive Education (Bolton) 85 words
c250W
17. Local Authorities (Education Charges) 71 words
c250W
18. Education Authorities (Holiday Cruises) 153 words
c250W
19. University Grants 99 words
cc250-1W
20. Rehabilitation Facilities 79 words
c251W
21. National Nursery Examination Board 115 words
c251W
22. Objects in Lieu of Tax (Newcastle Collection) 213 words
c251W
23. Universities (Public Expenditure) 92 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
c252W
1. Disabled Persons (Systems and Aids 245 words
cc252-3W
2. Family Incomes 470 words
c253W
3. Peers (Pensions and Allowances) 103 words
c253W
4. Retirement Pension 215 words
cc253-5W
5. Hospitals 421 words
c255W
6. Rheumatology Departments 369 words
cc255-6W
7. Hospital Treatment (Payments) 286 words
cc256-7W
8. Whooping Cough Vaccination 253 words
c257W
9. Disabled Persons (Gas and Electricity Supplies) 168 words
14. CIVIL SERVICE
c257W
1. Catering Services 87 words
c257W
2. Civil Service (Dispute) 34 words
cc257-8W
3. Civil Servants (Pension Entitlement) 85 words
15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
c258W
1. Zimbabwe 421 words
16. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
c259W
1. Civil Servants 74 words
c259W
2. European Commission (Staff) 131 words
17. NATIONAL FINANCE
c259W
1. Civil Service (Dispute) 65 words
c259W
2. Tax Collection 150 words
cc259-60W
3. Inflation 118 words
c260W
4. Taxation Changes 80 words
c260W
5. European Monetary System 59 words
cc260-1W
6. Savings 398 words
c261W
7. Mobility Allowance 68 words
c261W
8. Royal Family (Departmental Expenditure) 181 words
cc261-2W
9. Mortgage Tax Relief 139 words
18. DEFENCE
c262W
1. Overseas Students 170 words
c262W
2. Hunter-killer Submarines 63 words
cc262-3W
3. Recruitment 385 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
c263W
1. Internal Drainage Boards (Spending Cuts) 56 words
c263W
2. Water Supply Meters 178 words
cc263-4W
3. Rose Breeding 61 words
c264W
4. Ancient Monuments (Northumberland) 98 words
c264W
5. Palace of Westminster (Desk Screening) 34 words
cc264-5W
6. Wiltshire County Council (Extraordinary Audit) 153 words
20. TRANSPORT
c265W
1. Advance Payments Code 81 words
c265W
2. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 211 words
c265W
3. Heavy Goods Vehicles 136 words
cc265-6W
4. Research and Development (Departmental Expenditure) 38 words
c266W
5. Hereford and Worcester (Trial Area) 100 words
c266W
6. British Transport Hotels Ltd. 150 words
c266W
7. British Railways Investment Ltd. 102 words
cc266-8W
8. Gleneagles Group of Hotels 207 words

Lords Sitting of 12 May 1981 Series 5 Vol. 420

c437
1. Preamble 22 words
cc437-8
2. Belize: Independence Referendum 782 words
cc438-41
3. The Community Enterprise Programme 992 words
c441
4. Operation Countryman 371 words
cc441-4
5. Reading Spectacles: Sales Monopoly 1,157 words
c444
6. Business 78 words
cc444-53
7. British Telecommunications Bill 4,424 words
cc453-61
8. Social Security Payment Arrangements 4,238 words
cc461-551
9. British Telecommunications Bill 48,441 words, 3 divisions
c551
10. HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BILL 10 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 May 1981 Series 5 Vol. 420

c551WA
1. NICARAGUA: TERRORIST TRAINING IN FLORIDA 37 words
cc551-2WA
2. METROPOLITAN POLICE: NUMBER OF SUSPENSIONS 118 words
c552WA
3. COMMAND PAPERS: ECONOMIES 257 words
cc552-3WA
4. ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH: ACQUISITION POLICY 160 words
cc553-4WA
5. LABORATORY ANIMALS CENTRE AND ACCREDITATION SCHEMES 123 words
c554WA
6. IMF INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING, GABON 86 words