Commons Sitting of 25 March 1985 Series 6 Vol. 76

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. WALES
    1. cc1-3
    2. Energy Policy 755 words
    3. cc3-4
    4. A55 Northop Bypass 436 words
    5. c4
    6. A465 (Glynneath-Aberdulais) 166 words
    7. cc4-6
    8. Labour Statistics 919 words
    9. cc6-7
    10. Private Schools 561 words
    11. cc7-8
    12. Voluntary Organisations 566 words
    13. cc8-10
    14. Labour Statistics 752 words
    15. c10
    16. Education Expenditure 315 words
    17. cc10-1
    18. Labour Statistics 278 words
    19. cc11-2
    20. Measles, Whooping Cough and Poliomyelitis 397 words
    21. cc12-3
    22. Teachers (Pay Dispute) 497 words
    23. c13
    24. NHS Patient Records 265 words
    25. cc13-4
    26. Coal Industry Dispute (Consequences) 278 words
    27. c14
    28. Labour Statistics 174 words
    29. cc14-5
    30. Departmental Policies (Job Creation) 237 words
    31. THE ARTS
      1. cc15-6
      2. Private Funding 570 words
      3. c16
      4. Arts Council Drama Panel 309 words
      5. cc16-7
      6. Arts Performances (Funding) 229 words
      7. cc17-8
      8. Northern Arts 383 words
      9. c18
      10. Europa Nostra (Departmental Co-operation) 169 words
    c19
  5. Questions to Ministers 376 words
  6. cc20-5
  7. South Africa (Shootings) 2,629 words
  8. cc26-31
  9. Foreign Affairs Council 2,778 words
    1. c31
    2. ENDURING POWERS OF ATTORNEY BILL [Lords] 18 words
    3. c31
    4. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BILL [Lords] 16 words
    5. c31
    6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 68 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. c32
    2. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
      1. c32
      2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 126 words
      cc32-174
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 48,578 words, 1 division
      1. c116
      2. 2. SPIRITS 94 words
      3. c116
      4. 3. BEER 109 words
      5. cc116-7
      6. 4. WINE AND MADE-WINE 257 words
      7. cc117-8
      8. 5. BLENDING OF WINES SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT DUTY RATES 369 words
      9. c118
      10. 6. CIDER 83 words
      11. c118
      12. 7. TOBACCO PRODUCTS 117 words
      13. cc118-22
      14. 8. HYDROCARBON OIL 2,290 words, 1 division
      15. c122
      16. 9. HYDROCARBON OIL (MIXING) 49 words
      17. cc122-41
      18. 10. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY 6,274 words, 1 division
      19. c141
      20. 11. GAMING MACHINE LICENCE DUTY 45 words
      21. c141
      22. 12. VALUE ADDED TAX (NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS) 120 words
      23. c141
      24. 13. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1985–86) 233 words
      25. cc141-2
      26. 14. INCOME TAX (PERSONAL RELIEFS) 189 words
      27. c142
      28. 15. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1985–86) 93 words
      29. c142
      30. 16. ADVANCE CORPORATION TAX (RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1985) 35 words
      31. c142
      32. 17. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (MACHINERY AND PLANT) 44 words
      33. c142
      34. 18. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (DREDGING, AGRICULTURAL LAND AND HOTELS) 91 words
      35. c142
      36. 19. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH) 44 words
      37. c143
      38. 20. INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS WITH BANKS ETC. 33 words
      39. c143
      40. 21. SECURITIES 49 words
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      42. 22. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES 169 words
      43. c143
      44. 23. OFFSHORE LIFE ASSURANCE 36 words
      45. c143
      46. 24. BUSINESS EXPANSION SCHEME 51 words
      47. c143
      48. 25. PARTNERSHIPS (BASIS OF ASSESSMENT) 34 words
      49. c143
      50. 26. LIMITED PARTNERS (RELIEFS) 41 words
      51. c144
      52. 27. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT 76 words
      53. c144
      54. 28. VALUATION OF OIL (INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 54 words
      55. c144
      56. 29. COMMODITY FUTURES, FINANCIAL FUTURES AND TRADED OPTIONS 52 words
      57. c144
      58. 30. CAPITAL GAINS (RETIREMENT RELIEF) 67 words
      59. c144
      60. 31. CAPITAL GAINS (SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS) 44 words
      61. c144
      62. 32. CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX (CONDITIONAL EXEMPTION) 35 words
      63. cc144-5
      64. 33. STAMP DUTY (TAKEOVERS) 806 words
      65. cc145-6
      66. 34. STAMP DUTY (VOLUNTARY WINDING UP: TRANSFER OF SHARS) 781 words
      67. c147
      68. 5. STAMP DUTY (GIFTS INTER VIVOS) 377 words
      69. cc147-8
      70. 36. STAMP DUTY (TRANSFERS IN CONNECTION WITH DIVORCE ETC.) 295 words
      71. c148
      72. 37. STAMP DUTY (DEATH: VARYING DISPOSIIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS) 376 words
      73. cc148-9
      74. 38. STAMP DUTY (REPEAL OF CERTAIN FIXED DUTIES) 435 words
      75. c149
      76. 39. STAMP DUTY (ABOLITION OF DUTY ON CONTRACT NOTES) 127 words
      77. c149
      78. 40. STAMP DUTY (EXCHANGE RATES) 48 words
      79. c149
      80. 41. OIL TAXATION (LIMIT ON TAX PAYABLE) 46 words
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      82. 42. OIL TAXATION (EXPLORATION AND APPRAISAL EXPENDITURE) 77 words
      83. c150
      84. 43. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHRGES) 54 words
      85. c150
      86. PROCEDURE RESOLUTION 263 words
      87. c150
      88. FINANCE 56 words
      89. cc151-74
      90. National Health Service (Charges) 13,560 words, 1 division
      cc175-86
    4. Mineworkers Pension Scheme 6,459 words
    5. cc187-94
    6. Nurses and Midwives (Pay) 4,076 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 March 1985 Series 6 Vol. 76

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc1-2W
    2. Common Agricultural Policy 935 words
      cc2-3W
    3. European Community (Food and Wine Exports) 366 words
      c3W
    4. European Community (Surplus Foodstuffs) 90 words
      c3W
    5. Farmers (Diversification) 53 words
  2. THE ARTS
    1. cc3-4W
    2. Budget Implications 120 words
      c4W
    3. Arts Council (Administration) 33 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. cc4-5W
    2. Local Authorities (Capital Receipts) 540 words
      cc5-6W
    3. Environment Ministers Council 456 words
      c6W
    4. Housing 150 words
      cc6-7W
    5. Local Authorities (Housing Revenue) 111 words
      c7W
    6. Local Authority Expenditure 90 words
      c7W
    7. Lead Shot 85 words
      cc7-8W
    8. Rivers (Pollution Control) 282 words
      c8W
    9. Housing Corporation and Housing Associations 127 words
      c8W
    10. Conservation (Management Agreements) 56 words
      cc8-10W
    11. Birds of Prey 569 words
      c10W
    12. Local Government Finance 39 words
      c10W
    13. Homeless Persons (Voluntary Organisations) 359 words
      cc10-1W
    14. Litter Act 1983 65 words
      c11W
    15. Housing (Hyndburn) 222 words
      c11W
    16. Building Act 1984 54 words
      c11W
    17. Nitrates 73 words
      cc11-2W
    18. Football 34 words
      c12W
    19. Marsham Street (Repairs) 83 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c12W
    2. Official Business 110 words
      c12W
    3. Chief Scientific Adviser 129 words
      cc12-3W
    4. United States Navy 75 words
      c13W
    5. Falkland Islands 117 words
      c13W
    6. MI5 149 words
      c13W
    7. Local Revenue 70 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c14W
    2. Crimes of Violence and Vandalism (Convictions) 66 words
      c14W
    3. Government Property (Damage) 80 words
      cc14-5W
    4. Prisoners (Correspondence) 326 words
      c15W
    5. Victim Support Schemes (Funding) 96 words
      c15W
    6. Intex 85 98 words
      cc15-6W
    7. Prisoners (Segregation) 223 words
      c16W
    8. Gloucester Prison 32 words
      c16W
    9. Murder (Sentencing Recommendations) 136 words
      c16W
    10. Prisons (Food Hygiene) 73 words
      c16W
    11. Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 44 words
      cc16-7W
    12. Penal Institutions (Education Classes) 282 words
      c17W
    13. Featherstone Prison 67 words
      c17W
    14. Off-sales Licences 48 words
      c17W
    15. Security Operations 97 words
      c17W
    16. Police (Dental Treatment) 72 words
      cc17-8W
    17. Diplomatic Immunity 160 words
      c18W
    18. Women Prisoners 58 words
      cc18-9W
    19. Animal Laboratories 204 words
      c19W
    20. Strip Searches 53 words
      c19W
    21. Lynn Barlow 94 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c19W
    2. Tourism Policy 90 words
      c19W
    3. Information Technology (Small Firms) 91 words
      cc19-20W
    4. Sanitary Ware (Imports) 389 words
      cc20-1W
    5. EC (Manufactures) 525 words
      c21W
    6. EC (Steel Industries) 86 words
      cc21-2W
    7. Inner German Trade Agreement 474 words
      cc22-3W
    8. Night-clothes (Flame Resistance) 164 words
      c23W
    9. British Aerospace 73 words
      c23W
    10. Research Establishments 123 words
      cc23-4W
    11. Franchising Contracts 116 words
      c24W
    12. Trade (Departmental Promotion) 124 words
  7. WALES
    1. c24W
    2. Hospital Waiting Lists 120 words
      c24W
    3. Primary Schools (Expenditure) 65 words
      cc24-5W
    4. Personal Social Services 99 words
      c25W
    5. Mid-Wales Development 55 words
      c25W
    6. Road Improvement Programmes 91 words
      c25W
    7. Welsh Language 126 words
      c25W
    8. Livestock and Dairy Farming 90 words
      cc25-6W
    9. Highmead Home, Cardiff 85 words
      c26W
    10. Students 99 words
      c26W
    11. Job Creation 129 words
      cc26-7W
    12. Teachers (Pay Dispute) 154 words
      c27W
    13. Milk Quotas 140 words
      c27W
    14. Brynhyfryd Hospital, Forden 51 words
      c27W
    15. Pen y Ffordd Bypass 110 words
  8. TRANSPORT
    1. cc27-8W
    2. Road Construction 111 words
      c28W
    3. Rail Electrification 80 words
      c28W
    4. Passenger Transport Authorities 120 words
      cc28-9W
    5. Road Construction 194 words
      c29W
    6. Archway Road, London 52 words
      c29W
    7. East London Road Assessment Study 186 words
      c29W
    8. Helicopter Accident (Isles of Scilly) 179 words
      cc29-30W
    9. Liverpool Airport 187 words
      c30W
    10. Wharves and Inland Waterways (Grants) 66 words
      cc30-1W
    11. Motor Cyclists 232 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c31W
    2. Supergrass Trials 134 words
      cc31-2W
    3. District Councillors (Allowances and Expenses) 589 words
      cc32-3W
    4. Terrorism 198 words
      c33W
    5. Students, Apprentices and Trainees 146 words
      c33W
    6. Armagh Women's Prison 147 words
      cc33-4W
    7. Kilroot Power Station 72 words
      c34W
    8. Scheduled Offences 91 words
      c34W
    9. Contracts 67 words
      c34W
    10. Orlit Houses 41 words
      c34W
    11. Strabane (Housing) 40 words
      cc34-5W
    12. Housing (Resource Allocations) 97 words
      c35W
    13. Capital Grants Scheme 86 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c35W
    2. Televised Proceedings 74 words
  11. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c35W
    2. British Telecom 90 words
      cc35-6W
    3. Legal Aid Act 157 words
      c36W
    4. Criminal Proceedings 81 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
    1. c36W
    2. Industrial Injuries (Inquiries) 83 words
      c36W
    3. EC (Social Fund) 87 words
      cc36-7W
    4. Labour Statistics 140 words
      c37W
    5. Budget (Job Creation) 105 words
      c37W
    6. Strikes 79 words
      c37W
    7. Balloting Procedures 50 words
      cc37-9W
    8. Youth Training 666 words
      c39W
    9. Mines and Quarries Act 54 words
      c39W
    10. Maternity Pay Fund 152 words
  13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. c39W
    2. UN Development Programmes 145 words
      cc39-40W
    3. Famine Victims 43 words
      c40W
    4. Ethiopia 52 words
  14. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. cc40-1W
    2. Visual Display Units (Pregnancies) 982 words
      cc41-2W
    3. Birth Defects (Research) 130 words
  15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. cc42-5W
    2. Discretionary Grants 1,119 words
      c45W
    3. General Certificate of Secondary Education 81 words
      c45W
    4. Teachers 122 words
      cc45-6W
    5. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 218 words
      cc46-7W
    6. Student-Staff Ratios 208 words
      c47W
    7. A-Level Biology (Animal Dissection) 304 words
      c47W
    8. School Leavers (Further and Higher Education) 365 words
      cc47-8W
    9. Pupil Statistics 162 words
      cc48-9W
    10. Schools (Expenditure) 634 words
      c49W
    11. English Teaching 69 words
      cc49-56W
    12. Assisted Places Scheme 3,949 words
      cc56-65W
    13. Higher Education 4,059 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c65W
    2. Santo Domingo 95 words
      c65W
    3. European Community 363 words
      cc65-6W
    4. Restored Historic Buildings, Leningrad (Exhibition) 68 words
      cc66-73W
    5. Diplomatic Representation 4,128 words
      cc73-5W
    6. Diplomatic Immunity 548 words
      c75W
    7. Gibraltar 71 words
      cc75-6W
    8. Peter Nadin 133 words
      c76W
    9. Inner German Trade Agreement 138 words
      c76W
    10. Human Rights Conference 205 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. cc76-7W
    2. EC (Agriculture Structure Plan) 75 words
      c77W
    3. Women Prisoners 128 words
      c77W
    4. Protected Areas 79 words
      cc77-8W
    5. Tranquillisers and Sedatives 411 words
      c78W
    6. Strip Searches 88 words
      cc78-9W
    7. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 173 words
      c79W
    8. Agriculture (Research and Development Funding) 54 words
      c79W
    9. Council House Sales 185 words
      cc79-80W
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists 206 words
      c80W
    11. Grampian Health Board 131 words
      cc80-1W
    12. Labour Statistics 407 words
      c81W
    13. School Meals 71 words
      c81W
    14. Tourism 202 words
      cc81-2W
    15. National Farmers Union (Meeting) 89 words
      c82W
    16. Roads Programme 199 words
      cc82-3W
    17. Teachers (Dispute) 455 words
      c83W
    18. Road Construction 120 words
      c83W
    19. Replacement Hip Operation (Cost) 67 words
      cc83-4W
    20. Teachers (Pay) 259 words
      c84W
    21. Urban Aid Programme (Glasgow) 99 words
      c84W
    22. Peterhead Prison 60 words
      cc84-5W
    23. Revaluation 86 words
  18. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. c85W
    2. Attendance Allowance 264 words
      c85W
    3. Polish Home 183 words
      cc85-7W
    4. Board and Lodging Payments 618 words
      c87W
    5. NHS (Private Patients) 58 words
      c87W
    6. NHS (Spectacles) 135 words
      c87W
    7. AIDS 60 words
      cc87-8W
    8. Inequalities in Health 180 words
      c88W
    9. Community Health Councils 126 words
      c88W
    10. Drug Misuse 38 words
      c88W
    11. Tranquillisers and Sedatives 100 words
      cc88-90W
    12. Severe Weather Payments 1,027 words
      c90W
    13. North-West RHA (Membership) 83 words
      cc90-1W
    14. Private Nursing Homes 259 words
      c91W
    15. Dental Treatment 77 words
      c91W
    16. Therapists 77 words
      c91W
    17. Limited List Prescribing 78 words
      c91W
    18. Legal Aid 168 words
      cc91-2W
    19. Earnings-related Pension 44 words
      c92W
    20. Child Benefit 76 words
      c92W
    21. Supplementary Benefit (Young Persons) 92 words
      c92W
    22. Youth Training 58 words
      cc92-3W
    23. NHS (Pay Scales) 940 words
      cc93-5W
    24. Cohort Studies (Funding) 248 words
      cc95-6W
    25. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 796 words
      cc96-7W
    26. General Practitioners (Income and Expenses) 376 words
      c97W
    27. VDUs (Health Hazards) 149 words
  19. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. c98W
    2. EC (Shipping Investment) 145 words
      c98W
    3. Shipping Industry 94 words
      c98W
    4. Technological Equipment (Tax Concessions) 53 words
      cc98-9W
    5. Civil Servants (Pensions) 233 words
      c99W
    6. EC (Contributions and Receipts) 144 words
      c99W
    7. Whisky and Fuel (Duty) 220 words
      cc99-100W
    8. Development Land Tax 267 words
      c100W
    9. Civil Servants (Pay) 47 words
      c100W
    10. Tax Exemption 40 words
      c100W
    11. MIRAS 63 words
      c100W
    12. Youth Training 57 words
      cc100-1W
    13. Revaluation 49 words
      c101W
    14. Johnson Matthey 67 words
  20. DEFENCE
    1. c101W
    2. West Midlands 33 words
      c101W
    3. Royal Artillery Units 53 words
      c101W
    4. Artillery Ammunition 64 words
      c101W
    5. Royal Artillery Guns 44 words
      cc101-2W
    6. Dassault Falcon 125 words
      c102W
    7. Forkhill Military Base, Armagh 107 words
      cc102-3W
    8. Insurance Business 299 words
      c103W
    9. Nuclear Weapon Testing (Cavanagh Report) 64 words
      c103W
    10. Claims Commission (Contract) 78 words
      c103W
    11. Animals (Experiments) 144 words
      cc103-4W
    12. Departmental Scientific Staff 147 words
      c104W
    13. Atomic Control Office (London) 95 words
      c104W
    14. Nuclear Bases 61 words
      cc104-6W
    15. Drug Misuse 372 words
      c106W
    16. Chief of Defence Procurement 61 words

Lords Sitting of 25 March 1985 Series 5 Vol. 461

    c759
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. cc759-60
  3. Civil Defence Film 542 words
  4. cc760-1
  5. Transport Bill: Consultation 391 words
  6. cc761-2
  7. Luncheon Voucher Allowance 679 words
  8. cc763-5
  9. Guy's Hospital: Heart Surgery Unit 1,397 words
  10. cc765-6
  11. Business 93 words
  12. cc766-74
  13. Essex Bill [H.L.] 4,553 words
  14. cc774-9
  15. Education and Training for New Technologies 2,941 words
  16. cc779-83
  17. South Africa: Shootings at Uitenhage 2,221 words
  18. cc784-7
  19. Foreign Affairs Council 1,649 words
  20. cc787-838
  21. Education and Training for New Technologies 28,194 words
  22. cc838-60
  23. Parental Leave and Leave for Family Reasons: ECC Report 12,137 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 March 1985 Series 5 Vol. 461

    c860WA
  1. ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE SCHEME 201 words
    cc860-1WA
  2. SALMON CATCHES IN NORTHUMBRIA 115 words
    c861WA
  3. EC TRADE MARKS OFFICE 138 words
    cc861-2WA
  4. TOUR OPERATORS' PRACTICES: INVESTIGATION 185 words
    c862WA
  5. TOUR OPERATORS: CONSUMER PROTECTION 165 words
    cc862-3WA
  6. EC CONSUMER POLICY 252 words
    c863WA
  7. ATMOSPHERIC CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR EXCHANGES 102 words
    c863WA
  8. MR. IAN BRADY 58 words
    cc863-4WA
  9. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND LOCAL INTEREST GROUPS 56 words
    c864WA
  10. CONSOLIDATION OF ENACTMENTS 86 words
    c864WA
  11. WOMEN REPRESENTATIVES IN NATIONAL LEGISLATURES 182 words