Commons Sitting of 17 December 1987 Series 6 Vol. 124

    c1215
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1215
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
      4. c1215
    1. COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL 42 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      5. c1215
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL 4 words
      2. c1215
    2. CITY OF WESTMINSTER BILL (By Order) 7 words
    3. GREATER MANCHESTER (LIGHT RAPID TRANSITSYSTEM) BILL [Lords] (By Order)
      4. c1215
    4. GREATER MANCHESTER (LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM) (No. 2) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 14 words
      5. c1215
    5. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 24 words
    6. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL (By Order)
    7. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
    8. HAMPSHIRE (LYNDHURST BYPASS) BILL [Lords](By Order)
      9. c1215
    9. BRITISH RAILWAYS (LONDON) BILL [Lords](By Order) 16 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
        2. cc1216-8
      1. Common Agricultural Policy 1,209 words
        2. cc1218-9
      2. Dairy Industry 649 words
        3. cc1219-20
      3. Food (Radioactivity) 279 words
        4. c1220
      4. Butter 280 words
        5. cc1220-1
      5. Surplus Food 503 words
        6. cc1221-2
      6. Venison 271 words
        7. cc1222-3
      7. Fish Farms 607 words
        8. cc1223-4
      8. Agricultural Stabilisers 379 words
        9. cc1224-5
      9. Milk Quotas 571 words
        10. cc1225-6
      10. Sheepmeat 445 words
        11. cc1226-7
      11. Fishing Industry 963 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc1227-8
      1. Cabinet (Collective Responsibility) 283 words
        2. cc1228-32
      2. Engagements 1,540 words
    cc1233-43
  6. Business of the House 5,541 words
    7. c1244
  7. Tullyally Estate, Londonderry (Bombing) 326 words
  8. BILL PRESENTED
      9. c1244
    1. FIREARMS (AMENDMENT) 82 words
      2. c1244
    2. Royal Assent 53 words
    cc1245-342
  9. Local Government Finance Bill 56,639 words, 3 divisions
    10. cc1342-6
  10. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE BILL [MONEY] 2,023 words, 1 division
    11. c1347
  11. LIAISON COMMITTEE 72 words
    12. cc1347-8
  12. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 18 words
      13. c1347
    1. SEX DISCRIMINATION 19 words
      2. c1347
    2. INTERNATIONAL IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES 24 words
      3. c1347
    3. ANIMALS 26 words
      4. c1347
    4. ANIMALS 24 words
      5. c1347
    5. AGRICULTURE 29 words
      6. c1348
    6. MERCHANT SHIPPING 29 words
  13. PETITIONS
      14. c1348
    1. Shopworkers 234 words
    cc1349-54
  14. Daisy Hill Opencast Coal Site 2,933 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 December 1987 Series 6 Vol. 124

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      2. c605W
    1. Licensed Conveyancers 367 words
      2. cc605-6W
    2. Conveyancing 127 words
      3. c606W
    3. Sale of Land 147 words
      4. cc606-9W
    4. Official Secrets Act 1,437 words
      5. c609W
    5. Press and Public Relations 168 words
      6. c609W
    6. Advertising 139 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
      3. cc609-10W
    1. Registered Homes Tribunal 464 words
  3. THE ARTS
      4. c611W
    1. Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme 151 words
      2. c611W
    2. Financing 120 words
  4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      5. c611W
    1. Regional Aid 62 words
      2. cc611-2W
    2. Steel Industry 169 words
      3. c612W
    3. Matthew Brown (Insider Dealing) 53 words
      4. c612W
    4. Regional Aid 260 words
      5. cc612-3W
    5. MANWEB Report 88 words
      6. c613W
    6. Origin Marking 65 words
      7. c613W
    7. Post Office (Procurement Policy) 285 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
      6. c614W
    1. Channel Tunnel 202 words
      2. c614W
    2. Planning Appeal (Lichfield) 286 words
      3. cc614-5W
    3. Water Rates 106 words
      4. c615W
    4. Land Disposal 63 words
      5. c615W
    5. Publicity 81 words
      6. c615W
    6. Rates 170 words
      7. cc615-6W
    7. Richmond Terrace 197 words
      8. c616W
    8. House Building 238 words
      9. cc616-7W
    9. Council House Sales 150 words
      10. c617W
    10. Lambeth (Direct Labour Organisation) 161 words
      11. c617W
    11. Severe Weather 144 words
      12. cc617-8W
    12. Local Authorities (Building Control) 381 words
      13. cc618-9W
    13. Enterprise Zones 605 words
      14. cc619-21W
    14. National Rivers Authority 799 words
      15. c621W
    15. Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 120 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. c621W
    1. North of England 26 words
      2. c621W
    2. Crown Estate Commissioners 45 words
      3. c621W
    3. Brownsover, Rugby 29 words
      4. cc621-2W
    4. World Peace 156 words
      5. c622W
    5. Publicity 328 words
      6. c622W
    6. London Transport 55 words
      7. cc622-3W
    7. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty 83 words
      8. c623W
    8. Engagements 103 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
      8. c623W
    1. Patrick John Elwood 55 words
      2. c623W
    2. Prisoners (Complaints) 82 words
      3. cc623-4W
    3. Firearms Certificates 226 words
      4. c624W
    4. Sex Discrimination 106 words
      5. cc624-5W
    5. Publicity 387 words
      6. c625W
    6. Coal Industry Dispute 142 words
      7. cc625-6W
    7. Greater Manchester (Chief Constable) 125 words
      8. c626W
    8. Police Authorities (Surplus Arms) 60 words
      9. c626W
    9. Childrens Television Programmes (Imports) 95 words
      10. c626W
    10. Independent Television Production Quotas 82 words
      11. c626W
    11. Haverigg prison, Cumbria 61 words
      12. cc626-7W
    12. Shops Act 1950 116 words
      13. c627W
    13. Guildford and Woolwich Pub Bombings 102 words
      14. c627W
    14. Publicity 152 words
      15. cc627-8W
    15. Foreign Visitors 384 words
      16. c628W
    16. Anabolic Steroids 70 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      9. cc628-30W
    1. Publicity 527 words
      2. c630W
    2. Diego Garcia 166 words
      3. cc630-1W
    3. Falkland Islands (Fisheries) 674 words
      4. cc631-2W
    4. Workers Educational Association 198 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      10. c632W
    1. Open University 109 words
      2. cc632-3W
    2. Nursery Schools 243 words
      3. c633W
    3. Publicity 258 words
      4. cc633-4W
    4. Rock Ferry School, Birkenhead 47 words
      5. c634W
    5. European University, Florence 83 words
      6. c634W
    6. CERN 130 words
      7. c634W
    7. ESRF 76 words
      8. c634W
    8. Agriculture and Food Research Council 130 words
      9. cc634-5W
    9. Geological Surveying 60 words
      10. c635W
    10. National Curriculum Mathematics Working Group (Report) 103 words
      11. c635W
    11. Education Expenditure 277 words
  10. ENERGY
      11. cc635-7W
    1. Electricity Transmission (Costs) 779 words
      2. cc637-8W
    2. Government Buildings (Lighting) 85 words
      3. c638W
    3. Publicity 327 words
      4. cc638-9W
    4. Opencast Executive 103 words
      5. cc639-40W
    5. Nuclear Power 571 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. c640W
    1. "Prosecuting Sexual Assault" 70 words
      2. c640W
    2. Prisons (Damage) 77 words
      3. c640W
    3. Prisons (Disturbances) 126 words
      4. cc640-1W
    4. Scottish Transport Group 291 words
      5. c641W
    5. Armed Forces (Casualties) 77 words
      6. cc641-2W
    6. Nursery Schools 158 words
      7. c642W
    7. Nurseries and Playgroups 216 words
      8. cc642-3W
    8. Publicity 240 words
      9. c643W
    9. Rating Reform 256 words
      10. cc643-4W
    10. NHS (Expenditure) 177 words
      11. cc644-5W
    11. Heroin 425 words
      12. c645W
    12. Scottish Development Agency 151 words
      13. c645W
    13. Parole 52 words
      14. cc645-6W
    14. General Practitioners (Ancillary Staff) 188 words
      15. c646W
    15. General Practitioners 155 words
      16. c646W
    16. Cold-related Deaths 130 words
      17. cc646-7W
    17. Housing Statistics 185 words
      18. cc647-8W
    18. Rents 414 words
      19. c648W
    19. Earnings 167 words
      20. c648W
    20. Springhill Farm Sewage Station 103 words
      21. cc648-9W
    21. Sea Transport Services 151 words
      22. c649W
    22. Education Statistics 64 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
      13. cc649-50W
    1. Nationalised Industries 479 words
      2. cc650-1W
    2. Britoil 126 words
      3. cc651-2W
    3. Value Added Tax (Report) 317 words
      4. c652W
    4. Coinage (Consultation) 354 words
      5. c652W
    5. Government Manpower 47 words
      6. cc652-3W
    6. Rating Reform 128 words
      7. c653W
    7. Taxation 311 words
      8. c653W
    8. Profit-related Pay 66 words
      9. cc653-4W
    9. Privatisation 54 words
      10. c654W
    10. British Telecom 96 words
      11. c654W
    11. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 186 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. cc654-5W
    1. Housing (BAOR) 111 words
      2. c655W
    2. Munster Garrison 147 words
      3. cc655-6W
    3. Service Hospitals 277 words
      4. c656W
    4. Publicity 336 words
      5. cc656-7W
    5. Nuclear Weapons 152 words
      6. c657W
    6. Conventional Forces 62 words
      7. c657W
    7. Gateway Motor Auctions (Stirling) Ltd. 199 words
      8. cc657-8W
    8. Benefits 100 words
      9. c658W
    9. Mr. Frank McGrath 137 words
  14. EMPLOYMENT
      15. c658W
    1. Food and Agriculture Industries 148 words
      2. cc658-9W
    2. Textile and Knitwear Industry 104 words
      3. c659W
    3. Agricultural Machinery 74 words
      4. c659W
    4. Rhymney Benefit Office 91 words
      5. c659W
    5. Miss Ira Celia Utieyione (Work Permit) 112 words
      6. cc659-60W
    6. Women and Young People 403 words
      7. cc660-1W
    7. Steel Industry 352 words
      8. c661W
    8. Labour and Social Affairs Council 268 words
  15. WALES
      16. c662W
    1. Mentally Handicapped People 168 words
      2. cc662-3W
    2. Health Authorities (Expenditure) 459 words
      3. c663W
    3. Welsh Office Staff 109 words
      4. c663W
    4. Regional Aid 451 words
      5. cc663-4W
    5. Dyfed (Traffic Volumes) 86 words
      6. c664W
    6. Health Authorities (Wage Awards) 219 words
      7. cc664-5W
    7. Health Authorities (Staff) 215 words
      8. c665W
    8. Dyfed (Approved Projects) 115 words
      9. c665W
    9. Gwynedd Health Authority 96 words
      10. c665W
    10. Steelworkers 51 words
      11. cc665-6W
    11. Public Bodies (Appointments) 142 words
      12. c666W
    12. National Museum of Wales 62 words
      13. c666W
    13. Cancer 223 words
      14. c666W
    14. Land Disposal 60 words
      15. cc666-7W
    15. Nursery Schools 161 words
      16. c667W
    16. Publicity 269 words
      17. cc667-8W
    17. Hospital Eye Service 243 words
      18. c668W
    18. Eye Disease 65 words
      19. c668W
    19. University Grants Committee 34 words
      20. c668W
    20. St. David's Forum 71 words
      21. cc668-9W
    21. Privately Owned Housing 75 words
      22. c669W
    22. Clwyd Health Authority (Headquarters Extension) 51 words
      23. c669W
    23. Cancer Patients, Clwyd 207 words
      24. c669W
    24. Children with Special Needs 80 words
      25. cc669-70W
    25. Speech Therapy 138 words
      26. c670W
    26. Lluesty Hospital, Holywell 67 words
      27. c670W
    27. Physiotherapy (Clwyd) 62 words
      28. c670W
    28. Deeside Community Hospital 107 words
      29. cc670-1W
    29. Welsh Language 89 words
      30. c671W
    30. Children's Play 223 words
      31. c671W
    31. Radioactive Waste 139 words
      32. cc671-2W
    32. Press and Public Relations 60 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
      17. c672W
    1. Social Fund 217 words
      2. cc672-3W
    2. Equal Opportunities (Northern Ireland) 391 words
      3. c673W
    3. Job Release Scheme 156 words
      4. cc673-5W
    4. Heart Operations 746 words
      5. cc675-6W
    5. Heart Disease 545 words
      6. c676W
    6. "Change of Heart" Campaign 125 words
      7. cc676-7W
    7. Youth Organisations (Grants) 506 words
      8. c677W
    8. Equal Opportunity Unit 79 words
      9. cc677-8W
    9. Youth Training Scheme 266 words
      10. cc678-9W
    10. Schemes (Relationship) 100 words
      11. c679W
    11. Community Care 75 words
      12. cc679-82W
    12. Action for Community Employment 1,623 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
      18. cc682-3W
    1. NHS Charges 168 words
      2. c683W
    2. Moss Side Special Hospital 276 words
      3. cc683-4W
    3. Operations (Cost) 198 words
      4. cc684-6W
    4. Nurses 1,093 words
      5. c686W
    5. Laboratory Scientific Officers 129 words
      6. c686W
    6. Housing Benefit Supplement 48 words
      7. cc686-8W
    7. AIDS 684 words
      8. c688W
    8. Consultancy Advice 69 words
      9. c688W
    9. Agency Nurses 104 words
      10. c688W
    10. Operating Theatres 45 words
      11. cc688-9W
    11. NHS (Stolen Property) 195 words
      12. c689W
    12. NHS (Security) 194 words
      13. cc689-95W
    13. Waiting Lists 3,361 words
      14. cc695-9W
    14. Hospital Closures 1,149 words
      15. cc699-703W
    15. Hospital Beds 2,409 words
      16. c703W
    16. Smoking 152 words
      17. c703W
    17. Solihull Hospital 82 words
      18. cc703-4W
    18. Residential Care 226 words
      19. c704W
    19. District Nurses (Easington) 161 words
      20. c704W
    20. Chiropodists (Easington) 156 words
      21. cc704-5W
    21. Care in the Community (Easington) 70 words
      22. c705W
    22. Mentally Handicapped Children 105 words
      23. c705W
    23. National Insurance Credits 339 words
      24. cc705-6W
    24. Social Security Reform 174 words
      25. cc706-7W
    25. NHS Employees 426 words
      26. cc707-8W
    26. Single Payments 255 words
      27. c708W
    27. Defibrillators 118 words
      28. c708W
    28. Acute Services 103 words
      29. c708W
    29. Blackpool District (Funding) 159 words
      30. cc708-9W
    30. Statistical Reports 85 words
      31. c709W
    31. National Performance Indicators 48 words
      32. c709W
    32. Mrs. C. James 107 words
      33. c709W
    33. Military Hospitals 159 words
      34. cc709-10W
    34. Birmingham Hospitals 178 words
      35. cc710-1W
    35. Publicity 387 words
      36. c711W
    36. Swiss Cheese 135 words
      37. c711W
    37. NHS (Expenditure) 90 words
      38. cc711-2W
    38. Severe Weather Payments 123 words
      39. c712W
    39. Bradford Royal Infirmary 192 words
      40. c712W
    40. Maternity Pay 53 words
      41. cc712-3W
    41. Cancer Research 215 words
      42. c713W
    42. Chester District Health Authority 198 words
      43. cc713-4W
    43. Mentally Handicapped People 485 words
      44. cc714-5W
    44. Hospitals (Bed Occupancy) 285 words
      45. c715W
    45. Health Districts (Patient Treatment) 71 words
      46. c715W
    46. Housing Benefit 246 words
      47. cc715-6W
    47. Health Districts (Operations) 149 words
      48. cc716-7W
    48. Gloucester Health Authority 505 words
      49. c717W
    49. Greenwich Health District (Casualty Service) 181 words
      50. c717W
    50. Incontinence Pads 52 words
      51. cc717-8W
    51. Prescriptions 105 words
      52. c718W
    52. Heart Campaign 114 words
      53. cc718-9W
    53. Care in the Community 167 words
      54. c719W
    54. Chief Adjudication Officer 98 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. c719W
    1. Pollution 108 words
      2. c719W
    2. Olive Oil 70 words
      3. cc719-20W
    3. Pigmeat 65 words
      4. c720W
    4. Confectionery Industry 72 words
      5. cc720-1W
    5. Pesticides 394 words
      6. c721W
    6. Storm Damage 255 words
      7. cc721-2W
    7. Sheepmeat 299 words
      8. c722W
    8. Hill Land Compensatory Allowances 53 words
      9. cc722-3W
    9. Food (Radioactivity) 193 words
      10. c723W
    10. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 326 words
      11. cc723-4W
    11. Rural Employment 78 words
      12. c724W
    12. Food Prices 177 words
      13. c724W
    13. Research and Development 175 words
      14. cc724-5W
    14. Farm Woodland Scheme 232 words
      15. c725W
    15. Farmers (Diversification) 193 words
      16. cc725-6W
    16. Fisheries Protection 147 words
      17. c726W
    17. Food Aid 56 words
      18. c726W
    18. Cereals 113 words
      19. c726W
    19. Fish Farms 171 words
      20. cc726-7W
    20. Skimmed Milk Powder 52 words
      21. c727W
    21. Tied Accommodation 103 words
      22. c727W
    22. Agricultural Production 167 words
      23. cc727-8W
    23. Intervention Stocks 199 words
      24. c728W
    24. Milk Output 54 words
      25. c728W
    25. Creameries (Milk Supplies) 167 words
      26. c728W
    26. Wheat 41 words
      27. cc728-9W
    27. Budgetary Stabilisers 272 words
      28. c729W
    28. Wheat, Barley and Oats 55 words
      29. cc729-30W
    29. Dairy Industry 415 words
      30. c730W
    30. Food (Colouring Matter) 127 words
      31. cc730-1W
    31. NFU (Derbyshire) 43 words
      32. c731W
    32. Farm Workers (Wages) 175 words
      33. c731W
    33. Share Fishermen 58 words
      34. c731W
    34. Light Dues 106 words
      35. cc731-2W
    35. Food Industry (Internal Market) 66 words
      36. c732W
    36. Food Labelling 115 words
      37. c732W
    37. Council of Ministers 51 words
      38. c732W
    38. Fish 74 words
      39. c732W
    39. Single European Market 118 words
      40. cc732-3W
    40. ALURE 70 words
      41. c733W
    41. Caterers 85 words
      42. c733W
    42. Straw Burning 124 words
      43. c733W
    43. Waste Straw 125 words
      44. cc733-4W
    44. Publicity 192 words
      45. cc734-8W
    45. Sheep 2,095 words
      46. c738W
    46. Milk 149 words
      47. cc738-9W
    47. Dolphins and Pilot Whales 269 words
      48. c739W
    48. Green Pound 113 words
      49. cc739-40W
    49. Beef 251 words
      50. cc740-1W
    50. Bovine Somatotropin 690 words
      51. c741W
    51. Lamb Exports 155 words
      52. cc741-2W
    52. Equines (Tethering) 87 words
  19. TRANSPORT
      20. c742W
    1. Sprinter Trains 67 words
      2. c742W
    2. Lorries (Noise) 124 words
      3. c742W
    3. Greater Manchester Light Rapid Transit System 70 words
      4. cc742-3W
    4. Publicity 282 words
      5. c743W
    5. London Underground (Safety) 88 words
      6. c743W
    6. Public Transport (London) 311 words
      7. cc743-4W
    7. Road Accident Reporting 273 words
      8. cc744-5W
    8. Road Accident Statistics 272 words
      9. c745W
    9. Air Safety 404 words
      10. c745W
    10. Pedestrian Crossing (Milton Ernest) 45 words
      11. cc745-6W
    11. Driving Test 55 words
      12. c746W
    12. Merchant Navy Reserve 85 words
      13. c746W
    13. British Rail (Season Ticket Holders) 65 words
      14. cc746-7W
    14. Severe Weather (Communications) 154 words
      15. c747W
    15. Ice Warnings 189 words
      16. cc747-8W
    16. Road Salting 401 words
      17. c748W
    17. Vehicle Excise Tax Evasion 124 words
      18. cc748-50W
    18. Road Traffic Law Review 278 words

Lords Sitting of 17 December 1987 Series 5 Vol. 491

    c823
  1. Preamble 21 words
    2. cc823-5
  2. Sports Sponsorship Policy 1,236 words
    3. cc825-8
  3. Government Bills: Drafting Scrutiny 1,372 words
    4. cc828-30
  4. Statutes: Scrutiny Proposal 617 words
    5. cc830-2
  5. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions 1,143 words
    6. c832
  6. Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 62 words
    7. cc832-7
  7. Scottish Development Agency Bill 2,645 words
    8. cc838-40
  8. Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Bill 1,184 words
    9. c840
  9. Civil Evidence (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 213 words
    10. cc840-8
  10. Farm Diversification Grant Scheme 1987 3,941 words
    11. cc848-64
  11. Farm Land and Rural Development Bill [H.L.] 8,859 words, 1 division
    12. cc865-6
  12. Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 3) Order 1987 827 words
    13. cc866-7
  13. Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) (No. 4) Order 1987 71 words
    14. cc867-9
  14. Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Order 1987 1,200 words
    15. cc869-905
  15. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 17,746 words
    16. cc905-6
  16. Royal Assent 45 words
    17. c906
  17. Local Government Bill 12 words
    18. cc906-7
  18. Motion for the Adjournment 752 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 December 1987 Series 5 Vol. 491

    cc907-8WA
  1. WORLD HERITAGE LIST: UK SITES 213 words
    c908WA
  2. WATER PRIVATISATION: US EXPERIENCE 136 words
    c908WA
  3. LAND FOR ENERGY STUDY 55 words
    cc908-9WA
  4. EDUCATION LAW: CONSOLIDATION POLICY 63 words
    c909WA
  5. MOTORISTS: INFORMATION SERVICE 100 words
    c909WA
  6. AFFORESTATION: PENSION FUNDS' OWNERSHIP 28 words
    cc909-10WA
  7. COINAGE: PUBLIC CONSULTATION 362 words
    c910WA
  8. FAMILY PRACTITIONER SERVICES 68 words
    cc910-1WA
  9. PAEDIATRICIANS: COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS 92 words
    c911WA
  10. PAEDIATRICIANS: TRAINING PROGRAMMES 148 words
    c911WA
  11. MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS: LEGISLATION 114 words
    cc911-4WA
  12. NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY 825 words