Sitting of 21 March 1983

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Commons Sitting of 21 March 1983 Series 6 Vol. 39

c519
1. Preamble 7 words
c519
2. PRAYERS 5 words
c519
3. DEATH OF A MEMBER 51 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRADE
cc519-20
1. Exchange Rates 267 words
c520
2. Video Tape Recorders 379 words
cc520-2
3. Merchant Fleet 1,066 words
cc522-3
4. "Think British" Campaign 381 words
cc523-5
5. Tourism 969 words
cc525-6
6. Balance of Trade 654 words
cc526-7
7. Film Industry 350 words
cc527-9
8. Car Exports (Spain) 990 words
cc529-30
9. London (Tourism and Infrastructure) 698 words
cc530-1
10. Oil Prices 304 words
c531
11. Common Agricultural Policy 418 words
cc531-2
12. Quality Mark System 223 words
cc532-3
13. Merchant Fleet 368 words
c533
14. Merchant Fleet (Representations) 251 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
cc533-4
1. Blankets 244 words
c534
2. Commonwealth Development Corporation (Philippines) 285 words
cc534-5
3. Gibraltar 443 words
cc535-6
4. Afghan Refugees 288 words
cc536-8
5. "Common Crisis" 323 words
c539
5. Tributes to Staff 108 words
cc540-6
6. Teaching Quality 3,220 words
cc547-8
7. Senator Kennedy (Senate Motion) 513 words
c548
8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 21 words
9. Orders of the Day
c549
1. WAYS AND MEANS 9 words
c549
1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 223 words
cc549-674
10. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 62,947 words, 3 divisions
c674
11. FINANCE [MONEY] 239 words
c675
12. FINANCE 56 words
c675
1. SOCIAL SECURITY 24 words
cc676-95
13. Court of Auditors (Report) 11,267 words
c695
14. DENTISTS BILL [Lords] 53 words
cc695-7
15. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 18 words
cc696-7
1. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 485 words
c697
16. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 59 words
17. Petitions
c697
1. Telecommunications Bill 1982 418 words
cc698-704
18. M1-A1 Link Road 3,707 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 March 1983 Series 6 Vol. 39

1. SOLICITOR GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
c299W
1. Marine Joseph Paterson 44 words
2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
c299W
1. Advisory Board for Redundant Churches 173 words
cc299-300W
2. Redundant Churches 372 words
3. NORTHERN IRELAND
c300W
1. Community Psychiatric Nurses 147 words
cc300-1W
2. Mentally-ill Persons 239 words
c301W
3. Ulster Museum 149 words
cc301-2W
4. Further Education (Londonderry) 425 words
4. ENERGY
cc302-3W
1. Electricity Supply and Demand 326 words
c303W
2. Oil Use 93 words
cc303-4W
3. Oil Production 263 words
5. TRADE
c304W
1. Laker Airways 59 words
c304W
2. Glass 80 words
c304W
3. Film Industry 100 words
cc304-5W
4. European Community (Manufactured Goods) 68 words
c305W
5. Radmark Engineering 64 words
c305W
6. Visible Trade (Balance) 59 words
c305W
7. British Airways 77 words
c305W
8. Computers (Imports) 78 words
c305W
9. Doorstep Selling 43 words
cc305-6W
10. Germany and Japan 71 words
c306W
11. Insolvencies (Liability of Directors) 70 words
c306W
12. Hairdressers 82 words
c306W
13. Cambridge Heath Press Ltd. 101 words
c306W
14. Cars (Selling Prices) 78 words
cc306-7W
15. Companies Acts (Orders) 92 words
c307W
16. Manufactured Goods 54 words
c307W
17. Brewery Industry 109 words
c307W
18. Merchant Fleet (Earnings) 129 words
cc307-8W
19. Manufactured Goods 122 words
c308W
20. Merchant Fleet 68 words
c308W
21. Mechanical Engineering (Exports) 62 words
c308W
22. Protectionism 92 words
cc308-9W
23. Microlight Aircraft 194 words
c309W
24. Budget Statement (Trade Prospects) 90 words
c309W
25. African States 78 words
c309W
26. USSR 48 words
cc309-10W
27. Airways 361 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
c310W
1. Falkland Islands 186 words
cc310-1W
2. Club Mediterranée 90 words
c311W
3. African Countries (Aid) 372 words
cc311-2W
4. Tanzania 137 words
c312W
5. Africa (Commonwealth Countries) 83 words
c312W
6. Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference 34 words
cc312-3W
7. Third World (Disabled Persons) 308 words
c313W
8. British Goods and Services 89 words
7. PRIME MINISTER
c313W
1. Thule (Argentine Flag) 52 words
cc313-4W
2. Sewerage 132 words
c314W
3. Police and Criminal Evidence Bill 110 words
8. WALES
cc314-6W
1. Mentally Handicapped Persons 922 words
c316W
2. Motorways 77 words
c316W
3. Departmental Communications (Bilingual Format) 56 words
cc316-7W
4. School Closures 509 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
cc317-9W
1. Mortgage Interest (Tax Relief) 590 words
cc319-21W
2. Trading Profits 1,239 words
cc321-3W
3. House of Lords (Members' Travel Expenses) 86 words
c323W
4. Pound Sterling 52 words
c323W
5. Stamp Duty 170 words
c323W
6. Financial Statement and Budget Report (Selling Price) 60 words
cc323-4W
7. Income Comparisons 365 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c324W
1. Meat Product Regulations 73 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
cc324-5W
1. Wages Councils 197 words
c325W
2. Vietnamese Refugees 214 words
cc325-6W
3. Wages Inspectorate 326 words
c326W
4. Accident Statistics 56 words
c326W
5. Unemployment Benefit 81 words
c326W
6. Licensed Trade 95 words
12. INDUSTRY
cc326-7W
1. Invest in Britain Bureau 76 words
c327W
2. Metal Scrap (Exports) 84 words
c327W
3. Biotechnology (Industrial Aid) 82 words
c327W
4. Textile Industry 66 words
c327W
5. Celltech and Speywood Laboratories 81 words
cc327-9W
6. Small Firms (Assistance) 542 words
13. ENVIRONMENT
c329W
1. Macclesfield (Local Authority Dwellings) 136 words
cc329-30W
2. Manufacturing Industry (Rates) 69 words
c330W
3. Departmental Committees (Tenants' Representatives) 76 words
c330W
4. Water Authorities 68 words
c330W
5. Improvement Grants 138 words
c330W
6. Boundary Commission for England 52 words
cc330-1W
7. Rent and Rates 209 words
cc331-2W
8. Sewerage 327 words
c332W
9. Sewerage and Water Systems 179 words
c332W
10. Water Loss 173 words
cc332-3W
11. Local Authority Construction Work (Tendering) 254 words
cc333-4W
12. Islington 420 words
c334W
13. Fort Brockhurst, Gosport 75 words
c334W
14. Part-time Workers (Superannuation Scheme) 39 words
cc334-5W
15. Radioactive Waste 233 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
c335W
1. Metropolitan Police (Plastic Bullets) 170 words
c335W
2. Number Plates 118 words
cc335-7W
3. Police National Computer 609 words
c337W
4. Deportation 48 words
c337W
5. Vietnamese Refugees 162 words
c337W
6. Argentine Citizens (Entry Permits) 72 words
c337W
7. Metropolitan Police (Firearms) 151 words
cc337-8W
8. Metropolitan Police (E District) 42 words
c338W
9. Rape 199 words
15. DEFENCE
cc338-9W
1. Defence Programme (Jobs) 195 words
c339W
2. Vauxhall Cavalier and Astra Motor Cars 148 words
c339W
3. Aircraft Carrier (Sale to Australia) 57 words
c339W
4. Port Stanley 34 words
c339W
5. Hospitals (Services) 141 words
cc339-40W
6. Falklands Campaign (Radiation Casualties) 38 words
c340W
7. Cruise Missiles 120 words
16. SCOTLAND
c340W
1. Crofts 90 words
c340W
2. Motorway (Construction) 59 words
c340W
3. Diabetics (Dietary Recommendations) 80 words
cc340-1W
4. Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) 51 words
c341W
5. Mr. Matthew Lygate 71 words
c341W
6. Housing (Dampness) 115 words
c341W
7. Domestic Insulation Grants 100 words
cc341-2W
8. Scottish Development Agency (Factory Building) 98 words
c342W
9. A9 (Caithness) 109 words
c342W
10. Nurses (Accommodation Charges) 53 words
c342W
11. New Towns 248 words
cc342-3W
12. New Town Development Corporations (Chairmen) 82 words
c343W
13. Loft Insulation 151 words
17. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c343W
1. Pressure Groups (Literature Distribution) 70 words
c343W
2. Universities (Income) 55 words
cc343-4W
3. School Closures 314 words
c344W
4. Pupil Numbers 55 words
cc344-5W
5. Warnock Recommendations 233 words
18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
cc345-6W
1. Vietnamese Refugees 526 words
c346W
2. Albania (Gold) 94 words
c346W
3. Pakistan 55 words
c346W
4. Hong Kong 139 words
cc346-7W
5. Donald Maclean 119 words
c347W
6. South West Africa People's Organisation 126 words
c347W
7. Argentina (Arms Sales) 94 words
cc347-8W
8. Falkland Islands 162 words
c348W
9. Rana Ravdeet Singh 162 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc348-9W
1. Radiation Monitoring 240 words
c349W
2. Uranium Dust 488 words
c349W
3. Disabled Persons (Discrimination) 147 words
cc349-50W
4. Drugs (Prices) 74 words
c350W
5. NHS (Hospital Waiting Lists) 152 words
c350W
6. Special Health Authorities 49 words
cc350-1W
7. National Health Service (Charges) 80 words
c351W
8. Dentists Act 1957 52 words
c351W
9. Seasonal Workers 184 words
c351W
10. Heating Allowance 84 words
cc351-2W
11. National Health Service (Reorganisation) 123 words
c352W
12. National Health Service (Medical Staff) 271 words
cc352-3W
13. National Health Service (Capital Expenditure) 162 words
20. TRANSPORT
c353W
1. Speed Governors 138 words
c353W
2. Road Accidents 142 words
cc353-4W
3. Vehicle Journeys (Distances) 80 words
c354W
4. Motorways 116 words
c354W
5. M25 (Essex) 128 words
c354W
6. Pavements (Repair Costs) 81 words
cc354-5W
7. Roads 112 words
c355W
8. Seat Belts 100 words
cc355-6W
9. Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners (Report) 133 words
c356W
10. Vehicle Licensing 148 words

Lords Sitting of 21 March 1983 Series 5 Vol. 440

c925
1. Preamble 22 words
cc925-7
2. Coal Mining Industry: Productivity and Investment 1,091 words
cc927-9
3. Commonwealth Citizens and British Nationality 1,035 words
cc929-32
4. Hyde Park Corner: Traffic Lights 1,174 words
cc932-3
5. Long-Life Milk: Imports and Hygiene 556 words
c933
6. Business 72 words
c933
7. Pilotage Bill [H.L.] 68 words
c933
8. Currency Bill 65 words
c934
9. Civil Aviation (Eurocontrol) Bill 65 words
c934
10. Public Records (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 2 words
cc934-44
11. Transport Bill 5,640 words, 1 division
cc944-51
12. Teaching Quality 3,866 words
cc952-81
13. Transport Bill 16,737 words, 1 division
cc981-91
14. Nuclear Material (Offences) Bill 5,717 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 March 1983 Series 5 Vol. 440

c992WA
1. BRITISH NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION: DIRECTIVE 54 words
c992WA
2. MENTAL HANDICAP SERVICES: REVIEW 79 words
c992WA
3. MENTALLY HANDICAPPED: DEVELOPMENT TEAM REPORTS 144 words
cc992-6WA
4. TERRITORIAL SEA AND OTHER MARITIME CLAIMS 1,368 words
c996WA
5. RAPE: GUIDANCE ON POLICE INVESTIGATION 192 words
cc996-8WA
6. LEGAL AID: SIMPLIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT RULES 310 words
c998WA
7. HANDICAPPED: GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 81 words