Sitting of 19 December 1984

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Commons Sitting of 19 December 1984 Series 6 Vol. 70

c277
1. Preamble 7 words
c277
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c277
1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) (No. 2) BILL 42 words
4. Oral Answers to Questions
1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
cc277-8
1. COCOM 392 words
cc278-9
2. British Leyland (Future Models) 473 words
c279
3. Grain Exports 195 words
cc279-80
4. Small Firms 624 words
cc280-1
5. Libya 484 words
cc281-2
6. European Community (Internal Market) 430 words
cc282-4
7. Liverpool 667 words
cc284-5
8. British Industry (Shareholdings) 598 words
cc285-6
9. Small Businesses 442 words
c286
10. Power Engineering Industry 391 words
cc286-8
11. Multi-fibre Arrangement 686 words
c288
12. Child Pushchairs 150 words
cc288-9
13. Insurance Market 443 words
cc289-90
14. Small Firms (Government Contracts) 610 words
cc290-1
15. Telecommunications Equipment 432 words
cc291-3
16. Manufactured Goods 852 words
c293
17. Nationalised Industries (Accounting Practices) 165 words
cc293-4
18. Manufactured Goods 165 words
c294
19. Soviet Union 302 words
cc294-6
20. Share Ownership 278 words
cc297-8
5. RAF Basic Trainer 789 words
cc299-300
6. Teachers (Independent Pay Review) (Scotland) 933 words
c300
1. TEACHERS (INDEPENDENT PAY REVIEW) (SCOTLAND) 60 words
cc301-43
7. Local Authority Capital Expenditure 23,490 words, 1 division
cc344-82
8. Adjournment (Christmas) 22,868 words
9. Orders of the Day
c383
1. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 57 words
cc383-8
10. Nuclear Weapons (Tests) 3,443 words
cc389-98
11. Nuclear Weapons (Tests) 5,681 words
cc399-412
12. Regional Development 7,411 words
cc412-47
13. National Union of Mineworkers (Sequestration) 20,826 words
cc448-57
14. Water Charges 5,390 words
cc458-72
15. Miss Hilda Murrell (Murder) 8,405 words
cc473-509
16. BBC (Financing) 21,437 words
cc510-20
17. Maltby Common 6,401 words
cc521-4
18. Dairy Industry (South-West Wales) 1,863 words
19. PETITIONS
c525
1. Human Embryos 493 words
cc526-32
20. Glasgow Health Board (Housing) 3,999 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 December 1984 Series 6 Vol. 70

1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
c157W
1. Security Forces, Northern Ireland 110 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
cc157-8W
1. Police Surveillance Equipment 605 words
c158W
2. Yasser Arafat 63 words
cc158-9W
3. Detained Persons 221 words
c159W
4. Metropolitan Police 449 words
cc159-60W
5. Coal Industry Dispute 87 words
c160W
6. Attacks on Women (Statistics) 251 words
c160W
7. Animal Experimentation 88 words
c160W
8. Guernsey 48 words
3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
c161W
1. Open University 73 words
c161W
2. Vandalism 149 words
c161W
3. Private Contractors 82 words
cc161-2W
4. Youth Provision (Finance) 132 words
c162W
5. Students (Financial Support) 69 words
c162W
6. Non-human Primates 115 words
4. ENERGY
cc162-3W
1. Coal Industry 357 words
c163W
2. Coalfields (Ministerial Visits) 62 words
c163W
3. Combined Heat and Power Scheme (Belfast) 82 words
cc163-4W
4. Gas Industry 132 words
c164W
5. Oil Exploration and Development 210 words
c164W
6. Electricity Industry 96 words
c164W
7. Nuclear Repositories 74 words
5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c165W
1. Divisions 76 words
6. THE ARTS
c165W
1. Arts Council 92 words
7. WALES
c165W
1. Tourism 332 words
cc165-6W
2. Population Projections 63 words
c166W
3. Forestry Commission 121 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
cc166-71W
1. Skillcentres 3,403 words
cc171-2W
2. Tobacco and Cigarettes 366 words
c172W
3. Enterprise Allowance 54 words
c172W
4. Youth Training Scheme 81 words
cc172-7W
5. Wages Councils 1,735 words
c177W
6. Departmental Information Service 67 words
cc177-8W
7. Industrial Tribunals 176 words
9. TRANSPORT
c179W
1. Members' Correspondence 412 words
cc179-80W
2. Transport Supplementary Grant 177 words
c180W
3. Road Communications (Birmingham—East Coast) 119 words
c180W
4. Buses (Deregulation) 90 words
cc180-1W
5. Road Accident Statistics 179 words
c181W
6. Taxis and Minicabs (Accidents) 209 words
cc181-2W
7. Forum Hope (Lost Cargo) 291 words
c182W
8. Road Accident Statistics 75 words
c182W
9. Vehicle Testing 91 words
c182W
10. GLC (Transport Surveys) 94 words
cc182-3W
11. Car Test Centres 62 words
c183W
12. Stay Low Campaign 70 words
c183W
13. Drink-Driving Campaigns 309 words
cc183-4W
14. Local Government Reform 74 words
10. NATIONAL FINANCE
c184W
1. Capital Gains Tax 183 words
cc184-5W
2. Customs and Excise Staff (Weymouth Port) 619 words
c185W
3. VAT 104 words
cc185-6W
4. Tax Yields 115 words
cc186-7W
5. Excise Products 355 words
cc187-8W
6. Cigarettes 617 words
cc188-9W
7. Sterling Exchange Rate 103 words
c189W
8. Savings Ratio (Statistics) 156 words
c189W
9. Tobacco and Related Industries (Taxation) 110 words
c189W
10. Royal Mint 35 words
cc189-90W
11. Bank Interest 234 words
c190W
12. Civil Service Dispute (Cost) 142 words
c190W
13. Mr. Jack Lacey 63 words
cc190-1W
14. Oil Taxation 93 words
c191W
15. EC (Payments) 104 words
11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
cc191-2W
1. Law of the Sea Convention 515 words
c192W
2. Treaties and Conventions (Ratification) 83 words
cc192-3W
3. Namibia 222 words
c193W
4. Yasser Arafat 68 words
c193W
5. BBC External Services 61 words
cc193-4W
6. Foreign Affairs Council 592 words
12. PRIME MINISTER
c194W
1. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 101 words
cc194-5W
2. Stansted Airport 130 words
13. ENVIRONMENT
c195W
1. Local Authorities (Staff) 75 words
cc195-6W
2. Housing Associations 429 words
c196W
3. Housing Action Areas 222 words
cc196-7W
4. International Garden Festival Site, Liverpool 156 words
c197W
5. Local Government Elections (Candidates) 81 words
c197W
6. Housing Improvement (Rugby) 127 words
c197W
7. Liverpool Philharmonic Hall 98 words
cc197-8W
8. Corby 139 words
c198W
9. GLC (Rate Expenditure) 108 words
c198W
10. GLC (Housing Stock) 80 words
c198W
11. GLC Seaside and Country Homes 62 words
cc198-9W
12. Cleanaway Ltd. (Waste Disposal) 91 words
c199W
13. Woodlands 149 words
c199W
14. Northern Ireland (Prefabricated Housing) 160 words
cc199-200W
15. Asbestos Cement 357 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c200W
1. Sheep 156 words
cc200-1W
2. Food and Environment Bill 114 words
cc201-4W
3. Intervention Stores 1,202 words
c204W
4. Milk 344 words
15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
cc204-5W
1. Namibia 120 words
16. DEFENCE
cc205-6W
1. Independent European Programme Group 639 words
c206W
2. RAF Basic Trainer 60 words
c206W
3. Over-the-horizon Radar System 36 words
c206W
4. Glory Hole, Portsmouth (Dumping) 134 words
cc206-7W
5. Defence Budget 42 words
c207W
6. Libyans (Training) 73 words
c207W
7. Technical Ceramics 62 words
c207W
8. FH70 Ammunition 77 words
c207W
9. Northern Ireland 141 words
cc207-8W
10. Messrs. Danny Doherty and William Fleming 94 words
c208W
11. General Belgrano 72 words
c208W
12. Messrs. Aish and Co. 40 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
c208W
1. Seat Belts 115 words
cc208-9W
2. Housing Executive 79 words
c209W
3. Rates 68 words
c209W
4. Social Security Benefits 152 words
cc209-11W
5. Salmon 1,004 words
c211W
6. Civil Service (Information System) 226 words
cc211-2W
7. Fishery Station, Bushmills 80 words
c212W
8. Rivers (Acidity) 52 words
cc212-3W
9. Roads 300 words
c213W
10. River Bush (Angling Permits) 169 words
c213W
11. Births (Registration) 81 words
cc213-4W
12. Irish Language 169 words
c214W
13. Legislation (Repeal) 87 words
cc214-5W
14. Mentally Handicapped Persons 555 words
c215W
15. Gas Supplies 63 words
cc215-6W
16. Plastic Bullets 129 words
c216W
17. Lear Fan Ltd. 315 words
c216W
18. Airports (Privatisation) 45 words
cc216-7W
19. Flags and Emblems Act 1954 105 words
c217W
20. Prisoners (Statistics) 97 words
c217W
21. Trials 111 words
c217W
22. Detained Persons 47 words
c217W
23. Strip Searches 39 words
cc217-8W
24. Messrs Danny Doherty and William Fleming 40 words
c218W
25. Housing 186 words
18. SOCIAL SERVICES
c218W
1. Dental Services 194 words
cc218-9W
2. Supplementary Benefit 577 words
cc219-20W
3. Limited List Prescribing 175 words
cc220-2W
4. Health Expenditure 658 words
c222W
5. Sickness Benefit 229 words
cc222-3W
6. Sick Pay 164 words
c223W
7. Benefit Applicants 230 words
c223W
8. Blind and Partially Sighted Persons 129 words
cc223-4W
9. NHS Expenditure 87 words
c224W
10. Supplementary Benefit (Postal Procedures) 69 words
c224W
11. Hip Replacement Operation 154 words
c224W
12. Measles Immunisation 80 words
cc224-5W
13. Hospital Building 176 words
c225W
14. Hospitals (Energy Consumption) 111 words
c225W
15. "Underused and Surplus Property in the National Health Service" 295 words
cc225-6W
16. Income Tax (Single Person's Allowance) 77 words
c226W
17. Heating Allowance 77 words
c226W
18. Furniture Grants 46 words
cc226-8W
19. Child Benefit 1,627 words
cc228-9W
20. Nursing Homes (Lambeth) 70 words
c229W
21. Aspirin and Paracetamol 34 words
c229W
22. EC (Drugs Costs) 43 words
c229W
23. Harrow Health Centre 40 words
c229W
24. Heating Additions 90 words
c229W
25. Invalidity Pensions 52 words
cc229-30W
26. Housing Benefit 136 words
c230W
27. Mr. Michael Martin 185 words
cc230-4W
28. RHAs (Appointments) 1,341 words
cc234-5W
29. Paediatric Medicines (Sweeteners) 277 words
cc235-6W
30. Postgraduate Hospitals 534 words
19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
c236W
1. Printing Industry 85 words
c236W
2. British Telecom 151 words
c236W
3. Share Ownership 179 words
cc236-7W
4. Manufacturing Output 160 words
c237W
5. Manned Space Station Programme 128 words
c237W
6. Electronics Industry (Labour) 122 words
cc237-8W
7. Better Business Service 64 words
c238W
8. New Technology (Applications) 89 words
c238W
9. Invisible Exports 112 words
c238W
10. Travel Agents (Failure) 87 words
c238W
11. Shipping Orders 75 words
cc238-9W
12. Companies Registration Office, Cardiff 81 words
c239W
13. Steel Pipes (United States Government Talks) 80 words
cc239-40W
14. Small Firms Service 351 words
c240W
15. Northern Region 63 words
cc240-1W
16. Small Firms 431 words
c241W
17. Copyright 153 words
c241W
18. Research and Development Assistance 96 words
cc241-2W
19. Industrial Building Allowance 132 words
c242W
20. British Telecom (Tenders) 62 words
c242W
21. Local Authorities (Trading Standards) 94 words
c242W
22. Brazil 60 words
c242W
23. Small Firms (Purchasing Contracts) 103 words
cc242-3W
24. Amble 113 words
cc243-4W
25. Regional Development Grant 368 words
c244W
26. Local Enterprise Agencies 110 words
c244W
27. Leicester 55 words
c244W
28. Knitted Goods (Imports) 158 words
cc244-5W
29. Small Businesses 80 words
c245W
30. Manufacturers' Products (Register) 46 words
c245W
31. Fraud 51 words
c245W
32. Information Technology (R and D) 213 words
cc245-6W
33. Hire Purchase Act 1964 34 words
c246W
34. Loan Guarantee Scheme 53 words
c246W
35. Patents Office (Green Paper) 97 words
c246W
36. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 70 words
cc246-7W
37. Manufactured Exports 555 words
c247W
38. Tourism (Merseyside) 72 words
c247W
39. Net Book Agreement 100 words
cc247-9W
40. Imported Electrical Goods 474 words
c249W
41. Ferrous Scrap 77 words
c249W
42. Steel Industry (Joint Ventures) 81 words
c249W
43. EC (Trade Statistics) 82 words
cc249-50W
44. Technical Ceramics 90 words
c250W
45. Manufactured Goods 52 words
c250W
46. Israel (Common External Tariff) 79 words
cc250-1W
47. Export Credits Guarantee Department 364 words
c251W
48. Commercial Bills 64 words
cc251-2W
49. Spain (Motor Vehicles) 408 words
c252W
50. Loan Guarantee Scheme 191 words
cc252-3W
51. Trafalgar House 262 words
20. SCOTLAND
c253W
1. Tourism 121 words
c253W
2. Police (Pay) 63 words
cc253-4W
3. Dental Services 265 words
c254W
4. Public Sector Industies (Capital Assets) 97 words
c254W
5. Rent and Rebate Schemes 79 words
cc254-5W
6. School Books and Equipment 217 words
c255W
7. Forestry 291 words
cc255-6W
8. Fines (Enforcement) 209 words
c256W
9. Housing Revenue (Dundee) 71 words
cc256-7W
10. Shipping Services 126 words
cc257-8W
11. Septic Tanks 77 words

Lords Sitting of 19 December 1984 Series 5 Vol. 458

c641
1. Preamble 22 words
cc641-4
2. Sewers: Maintenance 1,743 words
cc644-6
3. North Sea Gas: Purchase and Export 940 words
cc646-8
4. Lear Fan Ltd.: Financing 809 words
cc648-52
5. Mr. Ian MacGregor: Payments for Services 1,861 words
c652
6. Business 296 words
c652
7. Administration of Justice Bill [H.L.] 129 words
c653
8. Business of the House 130 words
cc653-5
9. House of Lords Offices: First Report of Select Committee 1,237 words
cc656-85
10. Parliamentary Role of the House of Lords 16,945 words
c685
11. Business 170 words
cc686-718
12. Film Policy 18,575 words
c718
13. Greater London Council (Money) (No. 2) Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 December 1984 Series 5 Vol. 458

cc718-20WA
1. POLICE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT 593 words
c720WA
2. DRUGS: GENERIC EQUIVALENTS FROM BRITISH SOURCES 44 words
cc720-1WA
3. PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES 373 words
cc721-2WA
4. RAF BASIC TRAINER 128 words
c722WA
5. DRAINAGE SCHEMES: GRANTS 182 words