Commons Sitting of 12 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 122

    c535
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c535
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c535
      1. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 13 words
      2. LONDON DOCK LANDS RAILWAY (BECKTON) BILL (By Order)
        1. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL (By Order)
          1. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
            1. KEBLE COLLEGE OXFORD BILL [Lords] (By Order)
              1. SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords] (By Order)
                1. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order)
                  1. HAMPSHIRE (LYNDHURST BYPASS) BILL [Lords] (By Order)
                      2. c535
                    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (LONDON) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
      3. HIGHLAND REGION HARBOURS (MISCELLANEOUS POWERS) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL
          4. c535
        1. LERWICK HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 10 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
        2. cc535-7
      1. Equal Opportunity 850 words
        2. cc537-8
      2. Abortion 443 words
        3. cc538-41
      3. Security 1,584 words
        4. cc541-2
      4. ACE Funding 548 words
        5. cc542-3
      5. International Fund 387 words
        6. cc543-6
      6. Anglo-Irish Agreement 1,606 words
        7. c546
      7. Administration (Reform) 283 words
        8. cc546-7
      8. Northern Ireland Economic Council (Report) 267 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc547-52
      1. Engagements 2,150 words
    cc553-70
  4. Business of the House 9,252 words, 1 division
    5. cc571-84
  5. European Space Agency 7,726 words
    6. c585
  6. Nursing Staff (Intensive Care) 429 words
    7. cc586-8
  7. Points of Order 1,296 words
  8. BILLS PRESENTED
      9. c589
    1. WELSH DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 76 words
      2. c589
    2. SCOTLAND 98 words
    cc590-651
  9. Social Security Benefits 36,209 words
    10. cc651-4
  10. INCOME SUPPORT 1,742 words, 1 division
    11. c654
  11. SOCIAL SECURITY (CLAIMS AND PAYMENTS) 23 words
    12. c654
  12. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
    13. cc655-74
  13. Supplementary Estimates 1987–88 4 words
      14. cc655-64
    1. BP Share Issue 5,295 words
        2. c664
      1. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 50 words
        2. c664
      2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 125 words
      3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c.
          4. c664
        1. EDUCATION 43 words
          2. c664
        2. BUILDING SOCIETIES 46 words
    2. PETITION
        3. c665
      1. Rating Reform 194 words
      cc666-74
    3. Disabled People (Transport) 4,477 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 November 1987 Series 6 Vol. 122

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      2. c173W
    1. Mr. Duncan Campbell 98 words
      c173W
    2. Action for Account of Profits 98 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
      3. c173W
    1. EC Budget 53 words
      c173W
    2. South Africa 25 words
      cc173-4W
    3. Civil Servants 204 words
      c174W
    4. Stoneleigh 28 words
      c174W
    5. Brighton 23 words
      c174W
    6. Disabled Persons 158 words
      c174W
    7. MI5 (Counsellor) 33 words
      cc174-5W
    8. Regional Aid 72 words
      c175W
    9. Nuclear Waste 80 words
      c175W
    10. "Spycatcher" 32 words
      c175W
    11. Engagements 171 words
  3. WALES
      4. cc175-6W
    1. Schizophrenia 86 words
      c176W
    2. Advance Factories 80 words
      c176W
    3. National Museum of Wales 46 words
      c176W
    4. Pupil Statistics 255 words
      cc176-7W
    5. Further and Higher Education 411 words
      cc177-8W
    6. Class Sizes 379 words
      c178W
    7. Road Accidents 75 words
      cc178-9W
    8. Labour Statistics 71 words
      c179W
    9. A5104 40 words
      c179W
    10. Education Act 1981 111 words
      c179W
    11. Private Nursing Homes 184 words
      c179W
    12. National Library of Wales 46 words
      cc179-80W
    13. Dyfed Bridge 84 words
      c180W
    14. Bridge Safety 130 words
      cc180-1W
    15. Welsh Language 382 words
      c181W
    16. Deeside Waterfronts Scheme 83 words
      cc181-2W
    17. Education Statistics 141 words
      c182W
    18. Hip Replacement Operations 65 words
      c182W
    19. Industrial Support and Development 251 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      5. c183W
    1. Education Reform 86 words
      c183W
    2. School Days (Duration) 88 words
      c183W
    3. Examination Statistics 173 words
      cc183-4W
    4. Primary Schools 318 words
      cc184-5W
    5. Information Services 237 words
      c185W
    6. Deaf Children 120 words
      c185W
    7. Science Budget (Research) 144 words
      c185W
    8. Joint Research Centre 83 words
      c185W
    9. Teaching Facilities, Dewsbury 49 words
      cc185-6W
    10. Sheffield University 80 words
      c186W
    11. Advanced Further Education 131 words
      c186W
    12. School Governors (Training) 66 words
      c186W
    13. Religious Education 106 words
      cc186-7W
    14. Institute of Hearing Research 53 words
      c187W
    15. Education Bill 391 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
      6. cc187-8W
    1. Local Income Tax 177 words
      c188W
    2. Women in Universities 284 words
      cc188-9W
    3. Acid Rain 374 words
      c189W
    4. Audit Commission 72 words
      c189W
    5. London City Airport 26 words
      cc189-90W
    6. Rate Capping 269 words
      c190W
    7. PRC Homes Ltd. 80 words
      cc190-1W
    8. Mobile Homes 149 words
      cc191-2W
    9. London Docklands Development Corporation 671 words
      c192W
    10. Sheffield 62 words
      c192W
    11. Storm Damage 76 words
      c192W
    12. Cemeteries (Sale) 59 words
      cc192-4W
    13. Rating Reform 801 words
      c194W
    14. Council House Sales 170 words
      cc194-5W
    15. Homeless Persons 189 words
      cc195-6W
    16. Housing (London) 800 words
      c196W
    17. Housing 72 words
      cc196-7W
    18. London Residuary Body 45 words
      c197W
    19. Nuclear Waste 105 words
      c197W
    20. Estuaries 128 words
      c197W
    21. Unleaded Petrol 102 words
      cc197-8W
    22. Hazardous Waste 71 words
      c198W
    23. Polluted Seawater 65 words
      c198W
    24. Ministerial Cars 95 words
      c198W
    25. "Tenants' Choice" 108 words
      c198W
    26. Radioactive Waste 99 words
      cc198-9W
    27. Caravan and Tent Site Licensing 141 words
      cc199-203W
    28. Green and White Papers 1,962 words
      cc203-4W
    29. Caring Institutions 146 words
      c204W
    30. Sport and Leisure Facilities 134 words
      c204W
    31. Cricket (Ministerial Visit) 75 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
      7. cc204-5W
    1. Civil Defence 500 words
      cc205-6W
    2. Firearms 296 words
      c206W
    3. Court Buildings (Vandalism) 78 words
      c206W
    4. Prostitution 227 words
      cc206-7W
    5. Police National Computer 100 words
      c207W
    6. Street Lighting (Crime) 133 words
      c207W
    7. Electoral Registration 77 words
      c207W
    8. Immigration 115 words
      cc207-8W
    9. Prisoners (Racial Discrimination) 74 words
      c208W
    10. Advertising 83 words
      c208W
    11. Taxi Drivers (Tests) 159 words
      c208W
    12. Identity Parades 84 words
      cc208-9W
    13. Superintendent Ganley 230 words
      c209W
    14. Stonebridge Estate 58 words
      cc209-10W
    15. Trials (Police Information) 356 words
      c210W
    16. National Drugs Intelligence Unit 205 words
      cc210-1W
    17. Football Matches 309 words
      c211W
    18. Exclusion Orders 76 words
      c211W
    19. Refugee Centres 67 words
      c211W
    20. South African Visitors 154 words
      cc211-2W
    21. Breath Tests 337 words
      c212W
    22. Television Licences 128 words
      cc212-3W
    23. Eksund (Arms Find) 85 words
      c213W
    24. Prisoners (Statistics) 50 words
      c213W
    25. Prison Officers (Statistics) 78 words
      c213W
    26. Prison Service (Racism) 221 words
      cc213-4W
    27. Fireworks 110 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      8. c214W
    1. Credit Facilities 235 words
      cc214-5W
    2. Post Office 423 words
      cc215-6W
    3. European Regional Development Fund 213 words
      c216W
    4. Fireworks 122 words
      c216W
    5. South Africa 233 words
      cc216-7W
    6. Exports (Latin America) 481 words
      cc217-8W
    7. Copyright 252 words
      c218W
    8. European Space Agency 44 words
      cc218-9W
    9. Thanet 90 words
      cc219-20W
    10. Property 493 words
      c220W
    11. Commercial Operations 108 words
      c220W
    12. Regional Aid 234 words
      cc220-1W
    13. Press Advertising 147 words
      c221W
    14. Eastern Bloc (Telephone Calls) 79 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENTS
      9. c221W
    1. Crown Agents 187 words
      cc221-2W
    2. Information Services 150 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      10. cc222-4W
    1. Radioactivity 916 words
      cc224-5W
    2. Poultry 310 words
  10. THE ARTS
      11. cc225-7W
    1. Scottish Arts Council 788 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
      12. c227W
    1. Income Tax 144 words
      c227W
    2. BP Shares 197 words
      cc227-8W
    3. Stamp Duty 114 words
      c228W
    4. Central Office of Information 295 words
      cc228-9W
    5. Information Services 117 words
      c229W
    6. Inland Revenue 208 words
      c229W
    7. Developing Countries (Tax Relief) 114 words
      cc229-30W
    8. Value Added Tax 364 words
      cc230-1W
    9. Government Data Network 280 words
      c231W
    10. Tax Allowances 293 words
      c231W
    11. Availability for Work 55 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
      13. c232W
    1. Labour Statistics 317 words
      cc232-3W
    2. Secret Ballots 122 words
      c233W
    3. Departmental Statistics 103 words
      cc233-5W
    4. Youth Training Schemes 896 words
      c235W
    5. Fit for Work Award 47 words
      c235W
    6. Tourism (Sports Facilities) 120 words
      c235W
    7. Miss V. A. Culnane 56 words
      cc235-6W
    8. Homeless Persons 93 words
      c236W
    9. Settle-Carlisle Corridor 210 words
      c236W
    10. Factories Inspectorate 125 words
      cc236-7W
    11. Community Programme 110 words
      c237W
    12. Information Division 77 words
      c237W
    13. Pesticides 77 words
      c237W
    14. Local Government Reform 84 words
      c237W
    15. Holiday Advertisements 139 words
      cc237-9W
    16. Child Labour 523 words
      cc239-40W
    17. Dock Labour Scheme 436 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c240W
    1. Security Conference (Vienna) 126 words
      c240W
    2. Fiji 48 words
      c240W
    3. Anglo-Irish Council 50 words
      cc240-1W
    4. Tibet 126 words
      c241W
    5. Chile 45 words
      cc241-2W
    6. African National Congress 654 words
      cc242-3W
    7. South Africa 325 words
      c243W
    8. Syria 74 words
      cc243-4W
    9. Information Services 378 words
      c244W
    10. Belau 152 words
      c244W
    11. Military Cathode Ray Tubes 56 words
      cc244-5W
    12. Flexitank 55 words
      c245W
    13. BBC (External Services) 266 words
      c245W
    14. Mr. Arthur Gilbert 107 words
      cc245-6W
    15. Intermediate Nuclear Forces 51 words
      c246W
    16. Food (Radiation) 85 words
      c246W
    17. Settlers 74 words
      c246W
    18. British Embassy (South Africa) 65 words
      c246W
    19. Mr. Mustafa Natchew 47 words
      cc246-7W
    20. VAT 211 words
      c247W
    21. North Sea Pollution (Conference) 76 words
  14. ENERGY
      15. c247W
    1. Opencast Mines 114 words
      cc247-8W
    2. Plutonium 101 words
  15. TRANSPORT
      16. c248W
    1. MOT Test 55 words
      c248W
    2. Ferries (Safety) 89 words
      cc248-9W
    3. Information Services 272 words
      c249W
    4. Cambridge Park, Wanstead 126 words
      c249W
    5. Nuclear Waste 114 words
      cc249-50W
    6. Anti-Lock Brakes 142 words
      c250W
    7. National Bus Company 107 words
      c250W
    8. Abb Scott Lane, Bradford 119 words
      c250W
    9. London Buses 114 words
      cc250-1W
    10. Airline Competition Policy 433 words
      cc251-2W
    11. M1 257 words
      c252W
    12. Motorways (Repairs and Maintenance) 99 words
      c252W
    13. Stimulants (Research) 109 words
      c252W
    14. A607 (Croxton Kerrial) 86 words
      cc252-3W
    15. Cars (Registrations) 239 words
      cc253-4W
    16. Defective Tyres 472 words
      c254W
    17. Traffic Lights 125 words
  16. SCOTLAND
      17. c254W
    1. Sport (Violence) 64 words
      cc254-9W
    2. Road Safety 3,727 words
      c259W
    3. Police Establishments 182 words
      cc259-60W
    4. Radioactivity 198 words
      c260W
    5. Elections (Psychiatric Patients) 205 words
      cc260-2W
    6. Health Service 759 words
      c262W
    7. Rivers 118 words
      c262W
    8. Water and Sewerage 93 words
      cc262-3W
    9. Nuclear Waste 69 words
      c263W
    10. Cytology Services 80 words
      c263W
    11. Scottish Film Council 106 words
      c263W
    12. Private Health Services 53 words
      cc263-4W
    13. Nuclear Power Stations 159 words
      c264W
    14. Motherwell (General Hospital) 59 words
      c264W
    15. Lanarkshire (Hospitals) 72 words
      c264W
    16. Forensic Science Laboratories 90 words
      c264W
    17. Cancer Screening 34 words
      cc264-5W
    18. Prison Statistics 382 words
      cc265-6W
    19. Nursing Homes 123 words
      c266W
    20. Residential Homes 45 words
      c266W
    21. Springburn Initiative 80 words
      cc266-7W
    22. Mortality Statistics 343 words
      c267W
    23. Patients (Readmissions) 103 words
      c267W
    24. Disabled Persons 104 words
      cc267-8W
    25. Cancer Deaths 336 words
      cc268-9W
    26. Life Expectancy 314 words
      c269W
    27. Cook-chill Kitchens 79 words
      cc269-70W
    28. Community Medicine 227 words
      c270W
    29. NHS (Consultants) 266 words
      c270W
    30. Doctors (Lists) 83 words
      cc270-1W
    31. Junior Doctors 131 words
      c271W
    32. Community Care 67 words
      cc271-2W
    33. Hospital Waiting Lists 686 words
      c272W
    34. Doctors (Patients' Choice) 98 words
      cc272-5W
    35. Rents 1,743 words
      c275W
    36. School Boards 189 words
      cc275-6W
    37. Mortgage Defaulters 55 words
      c276W
    38. Nursery Education 48 words
      cc276-7W
    39. Crime Statistics 170 words
      c277W
    40. Board and Lodging 95 words
      cc277-8W
    41. Housing 395 words
      c278W
    42. Regional Assistance 132 words
      c278W
    43. Special Housing 68 words
      cc278-9W
    44. Rating Reform 156 words
      c279W
    45. Labour Statistics 148 words
      c279W
    46. MSC Schemes 143 words
      c279W
    47. Hunting 52 words
      cc279-80W
    48. Social Security Fraud 85 words
      c280W
    49. Fuel Disconnections 93 words
      c280W
    50. Population Statistics 149 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
      18. c281W
    1. Blood Products 93 words
      c281W
    2. Civil Defence 135 words
      c281W
    3. Housing Benefit 54 words
      c281W
    4. Whipps Cross Hospital 50 words
      cc281-2W
    5. Storm Damage 105 words
      c282W
    6. Residential and Nursing Homes 208 words
      cc282-3W
    7. Smoking 613 words
      cc283-4W
    8. Industrial Diseases 137 words
      c284W
    9. Elections (Psychiatric Patients) 345 words
      cc284-5W
    10. War Widows (Pension) 348 words
      cc285-6W
    11. Abortions 217 words
      cc286-8W
    12. Hospital Waiting Lists 1,551 words
      cc288-9W
    13. Attendance Allowance 274 words
      c289W
    14. Social Fund 95 words
      cc289-90W
    15. Income Support 248 words
      c290W
    16. Elderly People (Residential Care) 150 words
      c290W
    17. Speech Therapist 110 words
      cc290-1W
    18. Health and Community Services (Expenditure) 55 words
      c291W
    19. Disabled Persons 81 words
      c291W
    20. Doctors (Career Structure) 336 words
      cc291-2W
    21. Single Payments 257 words
      cc292-4W
    22. Benefit Claims 347 words
      cc294-5W
    23. Pensioners 85 words
      c295W
    24. Trainee Social Workers 179 words
      c295W
    25. Social Work Students 118 words
      cc295-6W
    26. Children's Hospital, Birmingham 136 words
      c296W
    27. Sick Children's Nurses 71 words
      c296W
    28. Maternity and Funeral Payments 59 words
      cc296-7W
    29. Supplementary Budget 207 words
      c297W
    30. Invalid Care Allowance 154 words
      c297W
    31. Homeless Persons 76 words
      c297W
    32. Regional Health Authorities 102 words
      cc297-8W
    33. Heating Allowances 150 words
      c298W
    34. Rating Reform 263 words
      c298W
    35. Wakefield District Health Authority 125 words
      cc298-9W
    36. Tax Benefit Model Tables 34 words
      cc299-300W
    37. Cash Limits 557 words
      c300W
    38. Psychiatric Hospitals (Deaths) 99 words
  18. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      19. c300W
    1. Members (Salaries) 63 words
      cc300-1W
    2. Select Committee on Welsh Affairs 464 words
      c301W
    3. Security Vetting 86 words
      cc301-2W
    4. Recycled paper 106 words
  19. DEFENCE
      20. c302W
    1. NFR 90 Frigate 92 words
      c302W
    2. Low-flying Aircraft 26 words
      cc302-3W
    3. Departmental Statistics 228 words
      c303W
    4. AIDS 59 words
      cc303-5W
    5. Arms and Ammunition (Security) 1,174 words
      c305W
    6. Search and Rescue Service 129 words
      cc305-6W
    7. Noise Insulation (Leuchars) 148 words
      c306W
    8. Foxhunter Radar 108 words
      cc306-7W
    9. Trident 47 words
      c307W
    10. Aldermaston 194 words
      cc307-8W
    11. RNAD Milford Haven and RAF Trecwn 346 words
      c308W
    12. Military Personnel (Private Activities) 151 words
      c308W
    13. Harrier Aircraft 203 words
      cc308-9W
    14. Hunting and Polo 163 words
      c309W
    15. Gulf 56 words
      c309W
    16. BP Flotation 79 words
      c309W
    17. Nuclear Weapons 113 words
      cc309-10W
    18. Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System 114 words
      c310W
    19. Civilian Workers 193 words
      c310W
    20. European Fighter Aircraft 50 words
  20. NORTHERN IRELAND
      21. cc310-1W
    1. Intergovernmental Conference 271 words
      c311W
    2. "Elected Representatives and the Democratic Process" 136 words
      cc311-2W
    3. Equal Opportunity 95 words
      cc312-3W
    4. Security 520 words
      c313W
    5. Abortion 182 words
      cc313-4W
    6. Extradition 394 words
      c314W
    7. Employees (Religious Beliefs) 108 words
      c314W
    8. Maguire Family 24 words
      c314W
    9. Kincora Boys' Home 26 words
      cc314-5W
    10. Shoot-to-kill Policy 70 words
      c315W
    11. Anglo-Irish Agreement 207 words
      c315W
    12. Youth Training Programme 101 words
      cc315-6W
    13. Jury Trials 105 words
      c316W
    14. Planning Appeals 59 words
      c316W
    15. Salmon Farming 103 words
      c316W
    16. North Down (Hospital Facilities) 116 words
      cc316-7W
    17. Housing 124 words
      c317W
    18. Terrorism 364 words
      cc317-8W
    19. Explosives 187 words
      c318W
    20. Homelessness 37 words
      c318W
    21. Republic of Ireland (Ministerial Meeting) 63 words
      cc318-9W
    22. Fire Service 193 words
      cc319-20W
    23. Road Bridges 301 words
      c320W
    24. Democracy 370 words
      cc320-1W
    25. Widdicombe Report 113 words
      c321W
    26. NHS (Private Contractors) 754 words
      cc321-2W
    27. AIDS 117 words
      cc322-3W
    28. Terrorists (Escapes from Custody) 225 words
      cc323-4W
    29. River Roe 203 words
      c324W
    30. Cullycapple Road (River Bridge) 227 words

Lords Sitting of 12 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

    c1463
  1. Preamble 28 words
    2. cc1463-5
  2. Victoria Cross Award 857 words
    3. cc1465-7
  3. Hospital Patient Waiting Lists 1,306 words
    4. cc1468-9
  4. Westminster Hospital 623 words
    5. cc1469-70
  5. Schools: Pupil Governors 518 words
    6. cc1470-2
  6. European Space Agency Meeting, 9th–10th November 948 words
    7. c1472
  7. Business of the House 87 words
    8. cc1472-5
  8. Income and Corporation Taxes Bill [H.L.] 1,541 words
    9. cc1476-540
  9. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 35,619 words
    10. cc1540-8
  10. Civil Evidence (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 4,449 words
    11. cc1548-56
  11. Education Support Grants (Amendment) Regulations 1987 4,085 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 November 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

    c1556WA
  1. HELSINKI AGREEMENT: SOVIET COMPLIANCE 86 words
    c1556WA
  2. SOVIET AGREEMENTS: COMPLIANCE 64 words
    cc1556-7WA
  3. SEABED FISH FARMING RIGHTS 95 words
    c1557WA
  4. PERCHLOROETHYLENE IN DRY CLEANING 192 words
    cc1557-8WA
  5. WORCESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY: ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES 139 words
    c1558WA
  6. MCC ABOLITION: FINANCIAL SAVINGS 177 words