Commons Sitting of 26 October 1987 Series 6 Vol. 121

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
      3. c1
    1. SELECTION 23 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
        2. cc1-2
      1. Surplus School Places 401 words
        2. cc2-3
      2. North Wales Hospital 431 words
        3. cc3-5
      3. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 679 words
        4. c5
      4. Water Quality 287 words
        5. cc5-6
      5. Opencast Mining 570 words
        6. cc6-8
      6. Gwynedd (Unemployment) 583 words
        7. cc8-9
      7. Public Fund Management 563 words
        8. cc9-10
      8. Student Grants 617 words
        9. cc10-1
      9. School Class Sizes 431 words
        10. c11
      10. Mold Bypass 270 words
        11. cc11-2
      11. Inward Investment 455 words
        12. c12
      12. Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin 158 words
    2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
        3. cc12-3
      1. Official Visits 498 words
    3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
        4. cc13-4
      1. Rating Reform 351 words
    4. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
        5. cc14-5
      1. National Audit Office (Staff) 731 words
    5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
        6. c16
      1. Cancer Screening 364 words
        2. cc16-8
      2. Members (Accommodation) 778 words
        3. c18
      3. Scottish Law Officers 253 words
    6. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
        7. cc18-20
      1. VAT 301 words
    c21
  4. Mr. Frank Larsen and Others (Prosecution) 522 words
    5. cc22-3
  5. Scottish and Newcastle Breweries 553 words
    6. cc24-150
  6. Chancellor of the Exchequer (Statement) 1,750 words
      7. c27
    1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 27 words
      2. c28
    2. Opposition Day 157 words
      3. cc28-73
    3. Firearms 26,519 words, 1 division
      4. cc74-80
    4. Chancellor of the Exchequer (Statement) 3,206 words
      5. cc81-118
    5. Education 21,739 words, 1 division
      6. cc119-20
    6. Chancellor of the Exchequer (Statement) 825 words
      7. cc121-41
    7. Sea Fisheries 11,394 words
        8. c141
      1. SEA FISHERIES 33 words
        2. c141
      2. FISHERIES 33 words
      cc142-50
    8. Truro and St. Austell 4,537 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1987 Series 6 Vol. 121

  1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      2. c1W
    1. Institute of Marine Biochemistry 405 words
      2. cc1-2W
    2. School Leavers (Knowsley) 299 words
      3. cc2-3W
    3. Contract Staff 277 words
      4. cc3-4W
    4. Medical Training 610 words
      5. c4W
    5. Calderdale 95 words
      6. cc4-5W
    6. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 253 words
      7. c5W
    7. Children (Special Needs) 268 words
      8. cc5-6W
    8. National Curriculum 185 words
      9. c6W
    9. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 93 words
      10. c6W
    10. University Academic Staff 94 words
      11. cc6-7W
    11. Research Councils 107 words
      12. c7W
    12. Applied Research 52 words
      13. c7W
    13. Capital Expenditure 143 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
      3. cc7-8W
    1. Nuclear Accidents 349 words
      2. c8W
    2. Guatemala Accord 41 words
      3. c8W
    3. World Peace 69 words
      4. c8W
    4. Namibia 71 words
      5. cc8-9W
    5. Angola 88 words
      6. c9W
    6. National School for Public Administration 78 words
      7. c9W
    7. South Africa 101 words
      8. c9W
    8. Voting 87 words
      9. c9W
    9. Rating Reform 38 words
      10. cc9-10W
    10. Open Government 57 words
      11. c10W
    11. Commonwealth 325 words
      12. c10W
    12. Film Finances Ltd. 58 words
      13. cc10-1W
    13. Fraud 94 words
      14. c11W
    14. Governmental Messages 55 words
      15. c11W
    15. Mr. Frank Larsen and others 86 words
      16. cc11-2W
    16. Intergovernmental Organisations 233 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      4. c12W
    1. Skimmed Milk Powder 188 words
      2. c12W
    2. St. Helena 60 words
  4. ENERGY
      5. cc12-3W
    1. Equal Opportunities 306 words
      2. c13W
    2. Oil Exports 58 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      6. c13W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 155 words
      2. c14W
    2. Salmon Poaching 114 words
      3. c14W
    3. Mr. Frank Larsen and Others (Prosecution) 60 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
      7. c14W
    1. Extradition 174 words
      2. c14W
    2. Police (Multi-racial Relationships) 64 words
      3. cc14-5W
    3. Privacy 50 words
      4. c15W
    4. "Legislating for Change" 49 words
      5. c15W
    5. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 61 words
      6. c15W
    6. Mr. Gecas 78 words
      7. cc15-6W
    7. Foreign Visitors 261 words
      8. c16W
    8. Gun Shops 137 words
      9. cc16-7W
    9. Prison Population 450 words
      10. cc17-8W
    10. Prisons 326 words
      11. c18W
    11. Grendon Prison 60 words
      12. c18W
    12. Probation 199 words
      13. cc18-9W
    13. Black Defendants 147 words
      14. c19W
    14. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 122 words
      15. c19W
    15. West Yorkshire (Police) 184 words
      16. cc19-20W
    16. Defendants (Statistics) 62 words
      17. c20W
    17. Grants 215 words
      18. c20W
    18. Earl William 61 words
      19. c20W
    19. Remand Prisoners 66 words
      20. cc20-1W
    20. Prisoners (Police Cells) 111 words
      21. c21W
    21. Mr. Frank Larsen and Others 329 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      8. c21W
    1. Space Programme 97 words
      2. cc21-2W
    2. Airbus 152 words
      3. c22W
    3. Trade Statistics 111 words
      4. cc22-3W
    4. Equal Opportunities 293 words
      5. c23W
    5. Inner Cities 86 words
  8. WALES
      9. c23W
    1. Sheep Sector 76 words
      2. c23W
    2. Wales Advisory Body 51 words
      3. cc23-4W
    3. Labour Statistics 228 words
      4. c24W
    4. Craig-y-nos Castle 157 words
      5. c24W
    5. Industrial Development 82 words
      6. cc24-5W
    6. Welsh Language 86 words
      7. c25W
    7. Contraception 609 words
      8. cc25-7W
    8. Private Residential Homes 487 words
      9. c27W
    9. Forestry Planting Licences 597 words
      10. cc27-8W
    10. Gynaecological Operations 211 words
      11. c28W
    11. Abortions 131 words
  9. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      10. c29W
    1. Curates 239 words
  10. DEFENCE
      11. cc29-30W
    1. Exercise Purple Warrior 245 words
      2. c30W
    2. British Servicemen (Nuclear Tests) 65 words
      3. c30W
    3. Mr. Frank Larsen and Others (Prosecution) 111 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
      12. cc30-2W
    1. Restart 1,141 words
      2. c32W
    2. Scientists 44 words
      3. cc32-3W
    3. Labour Statistics 59 words
      4. c33W
    4. Community Programme 133 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
      13. c33W
    1. Standard Chartered Bank 89 words
      2. cc33-4W
    2. Child Benefit 169 words
      3. c34W
    3. Personal Equity Plans 235 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT
      14. c34W
    1. Improvement Grants 73 words
      2. cc34-5W
    2. Enterprise Boards 73 words
      3. c35W
    3. Equal Opportunities 296 words
      4. c35W
    4. Rate-capped Authorities 65 words
      5. cc35-6W
    5. Weather Radars 139 words
      6. cc36-9W
    6. Rating Reform 1,728 words
      7. cc39-40W
    7. Housing 107 words
      8. cc40-1W
    8. Board and Lodging 107 words
      9. c41W
    9. Inner Cities 63 words
      10. c41W
    10. Ordnance Survey 71 words
      11. c41W
    11. Calderdale 45 words
      12. cc41-2W
    12. Local Government Finance 274 words
      13. c42W
    13. Bolton 48 words
      14. c42W
    14. Birtenshaw Farm, Bolton 85 words
      15. c42W
    15. Planning Appeals (Costs) 89 words
      16. cc42-3W
    16. Gun Shops 134 words
      17. c43W
    17. Large Panel System Dwellings (Mortgages) 100 words
      18. c43W
    18. Rail Link (Bradford) 166 words
      19. cc43-4W
    19. Storm Damage 160 words
      20. c44W
    20. Right to Buy 74 words
      21. c44W
    21. Mini-UDCs 48 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      15. c44W
    1. Surplus Food and Wine 163 words
      2. cc44-5W
    2. Equal Opportunities 336 words
      3. c45W
    3. Royal Botanic Gardens (Tree Losses) 161 words
      4. cc45-6W
    4. EC (Food Aid) 71 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      16. c46W
    1. South Africa 185 words
      2. cc46-7W
    2. Central America 247 words
      3. c47W
    3. Namibia 144 words
      4. cc47-8W
    4. Chile 290 words
      5. c48W
    5. Government Communications Centre, London 63 words
      6. c48W
    6. Iran 119 words
      7. c48W
    7. Franco-German Military Agreement 130 words
      8. cc48-9W
    8. Overseas Visits 160 words
      9. c49W
    9. Falkland Islands Fisheries Zone 78 words
      10. c49W
    10. President Arias (Peace Prize) 73 words
      11. c49W
    11. Bangkok 210 words
      12. cc49-51W
    12. Departmental Papers 438 words
      13. c51W
    13. Colonel Robert Lowther 57 words
      14. c51W
    14. Operation Layout 45 words
      15. c51W
    15. Nicaragua 107 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
      17. cc51-2W
    1. Sheep and Lambs 93 words
      2. c52W
    2. Castelwellan Factory 83 words
  17. TRANSPORT
      18. c52W
    1. Parachuting 231 words
      2. cc52-3W
    2. M1 (Roadworks) 234 words
      3. c53W
    3. Local Authority Transport Companies 178 words
      4. cc53-4W
    4. Motor Cycles (Leg Protectors) 146 words
      5. c54W
    5. Equal Opportunities 288 words
      6. c54W
    6. Tutbury Bypass 50 words
      7. cc54-5W
    7. Fishing Vessels 305 words
      8. cc55-6W
    8. Civil Aviation Authority 227 words
      9. c56W
    9. Passenger Aircraft 75 words
      10. c56W
    10. British Rail Engineering Ltd. 101 words
      11. c56W
    11. Heathrow (Light Aircraft) 108 words
      12. cc56-7W
    12. Unmanned Railway Stations 376 words
      13. c57W
    13. Electricity (BR) 127 words
      14. cc57-8W
    14. Air Traffic Controllers 89 words
      15. c58W
    15. Nuclear Materials 84 words
      16. c58W
    16. Fallan Rescue Harness 86 words
  18. SCOTLAND
      19. cc58-60W
    1. Hunterston Nuclear Power Station 1,132 words
      2. cc60-6W
    2. Rates 3,498 words
      3. cc66-80W
    3. Rating Reform 7,451 words
      4. cc81-4W
    4. Scottish Special Housing Association 1,527 words
      5. cc84-5W
    5. Aberdeen District Council (Capital Allocation and Spending) 330 words
      6. c85W
    6. Grampian Regional Health Board (Capital Spending) 189 words
      7. c85W
    7. Grampian Regional Health Board (Capital Spending and Revenue Budget) 180 words
      8. c86W
    8. Housing Association Accommodation 94 words
      9. c86W
    9. Housing Allocations 82 words
      10. cc86-92W
    10. Capital Allocations 3,553 words
      11. cc92-4W
    11. Capital Receipts 674 words
      12. cc94-5W
    12. Labour Statistics 723 words
      13. cc95-7W
    13. Closures 861 words
      14. cc97-8W
    14. Prison Violence 234 words
      15. cc98-9W
    15. Prisons (Overcrowding) 258 words
      16. cc99-100W
    16. NHS (Statistics) 833 words
      17. cc100-1W
    17. Hospital Beds 121 words
      18. c101W
    18. Nurses 327 words
      19. c101W
    19. Health Problems (Ministerial Advice) 68 words
      20. cc101-2W
    20. NHS Staff 488 words
      21. c103W
    21. NHS 188 words
      22. cc103-4W
    22. Lothian Health Board 288 words
      23. c104W
    23. Health Care International 375 words
      24. cc104-5W
    24. Ambulances 324 words
      25. c105W
    25. Hospital Waiting Lists 50 words
      26. c105W
    26. NHS Beds 47 words
      27. cc105-6W
    27. Hospital Patients 92 words
      28. c106W
    28. Hospitals 148 words
      29. c106W
    29. Abortions 168 words
      30. c106W
    30. Abortions 54 words
      31. cc106-7W
    31. Disabled Persons 212 words
      32. c107W
    32. Open-heart Surgery 49 words
      33. c107W
    33. Breast Cancer 128 words
      34. cc107-8W
    34. Cervical Cancer Tests 268 words
      35. cc108-10W
    35. Drug Abuse 767 words
      36. cc110-1W
    36. Contraception 417 words
      37. c111W
    37. Multiple Sclerosis 39 words
      38. c111W
    38. Kidney Transplants 40 words
      39. cc111-2W
    39. Housing 349 words
      40. c112W
    40. Private Rented Houses 136 words
      41. c113W
    41. House Prices 31 words
      42. c113W
    42. Householders 119 words
      43. c113W
    43. Council Housing 206 words
      44. cc113-4W
    44. Fair Rents 195 words
      45. c114W
    45. Rents 184 words
      46. cc114-6W
    46. Regional Development Grants 1,013 words
      47. cc116-7W
    47. Housing Corporation 357 words
      48. cc117-9W
    48. Housing Grant 911 words
      49. c119W
    49. Housing Statistics 143 words
      50. cc119-20W
    50. Housing Investment 54 words
      51. c120W
    51. Housing Capital 56 words
      52. c120W
    52. Education Reform 52 words
      53. c120W
    53. Schoolchildren 78 words
      54. cc120-1W
    54. Young People 525 words
      55. c121W
    55. Youth Training Schemes 67 words
      56. cc121-2W
    56. YTS 52 words
      57. cc122-4W
    57. Further and Higher Education 1,087 words
      58. cc124-6W
    58. Education 428 words
      59. cc126-31W
    59. Pupils (Statistics) 1,897 words
      60. cc131-2W
    60. School Meals 437 words
      61. c132W
    61. Child Care 170 words
      62. c132W
    62. Child Abuse 87 words
      63. c132W
    63. Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 45 words
      64. cc132-3W
    64. Her Majesty's Inspectors of Education 42 words
      65. c133W
    65. Auctioneers 23 words
      66. c133W
    66. Fishery Protection Vessel 65 words
      67. c133W
    67. Inshore Fishing (Loch Ryan) 60 words
      68. c133W
    68. Alcohol Addiction 54 words
      69. c133W
    69. Violent Crime 107 words
      70. cc133-4W
    70. Mental Illness Hospitals 74 words
      71. c134W
    71. Enterprise Zone (Greenock and Port Glasgow) 83 words
      72. c134W
    72. Gynaecological Operations 157 words
      73. cc134-5W
    73. Health Authorities (Review of Priorities) 143 words
      74. c135W
    74. Legal Aid Regulations 117 words
      75. c135W
    75. Skoal Bandits 84 words
      76. cc135-6W
    76. Prisoners 338 words
      77. c136W
    77. Ministerial Engagements (Members' Attendance) 142 words
      78. c136W
    78. Public Expenditure 41 words
      79. cc136-7W
    79. Retirement Pensioners 85 words
      80. c137W
    80. Hospital Building 127 words
      81. c137W
    81. NHS (Hamilton) 59 words
      82. c137W
    82. Medical Teaching and Training 175 words
      83. cc137-8W
    83. Students 65 words
      84. c138W
    84. Medical Staff (Glasgow) 39 words
      85. c138W
    85. Ward Closures 114 words
      86. c138W
    86. Scottish Assembly 28 words
      87. cc138-9W
    87. Grampian Region (Specialist Treatment) 401 words
      88. c139W
    88. Aberdeen, North (Ministerial Visits) 44 words
      89. c139W
    89. Grampian Regional Council (Social Work Department) 38 words
      90. c139W
    90. Scottish Homes (Government's Proposals) 46 words
      91. c140W
    91. Sheltered Accommodation 33 words
      92. c140W
    92. Sexual Assault 237 words
      93. c140W
    93. Dogs 61 words
      94. c140W
    94. A74 79 words
      95. c141W
    95. Forfar Bypass 87 words
      96. c141W
    96. M80 Motorway 57 words
      97. c141W
    97. Building Agency 59 words
      98. c141W
    98. Crime Prevention 105 words
      99. cc141-2W
    99. Green Belt (Edinburgh) 120 words
      100. c142W
    100. Royal Edinburgh Hospital 65 words
      101. c142W
    101. Multiple Tenancies 40 words
      102. c142W
    102. Anti-Dampness Measures 82 words
      103. c142W
    103. System-built Housing 52 words
      104. c142W
    104. Schools (Charges) 51 words
      105. cc142-3W
    105. Arthritis 58 words
      106. c143W
    106. Schools (Sport) 153 words
      107. c143W
    107. Social Work Departments 175 words
      108. c143W
    108. Health Boards 51 words
      109. cc143-4W
    109. School Boards 47 words
      110. cc144-5W
    110. Scottish Tourist Board 463 words
      111. c145W
    111. Civil Service 46 words
      112. c145W
    112. Rented Accommodation 48 words
      113. c145W
    113. Rosyth Bypass 55 words
      114. cc145-9W
    114. Scottish Homes 1,181 words
      115. c149W
    115. Electronics Industry 47 words
      116. c149W
    116. Jordanhill College of Education 45 words
      117. c149W
    117. Education (Consultative Document) 63 words
      118. c149W
    118. X-ray Equipment 74 words
      119. cc149-50W
    119. Community Care 98 words
      120. c150W
    120. Woodilee Hospital 40 words
      121. c150W
    121. Leukaemia 78 words
      122. c150W
    122. Springburn Job Initiative 82 words
      123. c150W
    123. STRID 34 words
      124. c150W
    124. Nursery Education 67 words
      125. cc150-1W
    125. Job Creation 114 words
      126. c151W
    126. Council Housing (Glasgow) 99 words
      127. c151W
    127. Community Programmes (Fraud) 83 words
      128. c151W
    128. Inverclyde Initiative 83 words
      129. c151W
    129. Manufacturing Investment 60 words
      130. cc151-2W
    130. Private Medicine 46 words
      131. c152W
    131. House Building 71 words
  19. SOCIAL SERVICES
      20. cc152-3W
    1. Contraception 799 words
      2. c154W
    2. Births (Costs) 40 words
      3. cc154-7W
    3. Family Planning Services 1,574 words
      4. cc157-8W
    4. Conception Rates 400 words
      5. c158W
    5. Male Sterilisations 148 words
      6. cc158-63W
    6. Female Sterilisations 2,213 words
      7. c163W
    7. Medical Research 117 words
      8. c163W
    8. Retirement Pensioners 63 words
      9. c163W
    9. NHS (Staff) 141 words
      10. cc163-4W
    10. Private Hospitals 130 words
      11. c164W
    11. NHS (Private Patients) 100 words
      12. c164W
    12. Hospitals 107 words
      13. c164W
    13. NHS Establishments (Hygiene) 61 words
      14. cc164-5W
    14. Hospitals (Cleaning and Maintenance) 214 words
      15. c165W
    15. NHS (Doctors) 202 words
      16. cc165-6W
    16. Tracheo-oesophageal Fistula 98 words
      17. c166W
    17. Low Income Households 44 words
      18. cc166-74W
    18. Abortions 3,300 words
      19. c175W
    19. NHS (Pay) 98 words
      20. cc175-7W
    20. Benefits 1,017 words
      21. c177W
    21. Single Payments 142 words
      22. cc177-8W
    22. Departmental Staff 412 words
      23. c178W
    23. Mobility Allowance and Social Security Appeal Tribunals 88 words
      24. cc178-9W
    24. Deaf People (Communication) 179 words
      25. c179W
    25. Eye Treatment (North-West) 213 words
      26. cc179-80W
    26. Severe Weather Payments 312 words
      27. cc180-1W
    27. Hospital Waiting Times 1,022 words
      28. cc181-5W
    28. Public Expenditure 1,812 words
      29. cc185-6W
    29. Glaucoma 92 words
      30. cc186-7W
    30. AIDS 506 words
      31. cc187-8W
    31. National Health Service Operations 316 words
      32. c188W
    32. Hospital Admissions 53 words
      33. cc188-9W
    33. Laboratories (Medical Tests) 111 words
      34. cc189-92W
    34. Cancer Screening 1,246 words
      35. c192W
    35. NHS (Staff Accommodation) 74 words
      36. cc192-3W
    36. Invalid Care Allowance 742 words
      37. cc193-5W
    37. Pensions 457 words
      38. c195W
    38. Cancer Patients, Leeds 224 words
      39. c195W
    39. Members' Correspondence 60 words
      40. cc195-6W
    40. Attendance Allowance Board (Guidance) 75 words
      41. c196W
    41. Mobility Allowance (Appeals) 72 words
      42. cc196-7W
    42. Social Security Appeals 554 words
      43. c197W
    43. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommodation 73 words
      44. c197W
    44. Gynaecology 76 words
      45. cc197-8W
    45. Income Support Regulations 107 words
      46. c198W
    46. Heating Allowances 117 words

Lords Sitting of 26 October 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

    c307
  1. Preamble 28 words
    2. cc307-8
  2. European Monetary System: Membership 736 words
    3. cc308-11
  3. Civil Defence and Local Authorities 964 words
    4. cc311-2
  4. British Summer Time 496 words
    5. cc312-3
  5. Merton: Investment of Ratepayers' Assets 715 words
    6. cc313-4
  6. Harwich Parkeston Quay Bill 10 words
    7. c314
  7. Criminal Justice Bill [H.L.] 73 words
    8. cc314-401
  8. QUESTIONS AS TO SENTENCING 48,873 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 October 1987 Series 5 Vol. 489

    c401WA
  1. OZONE LAYER DEPLETION 164 words
    cc401-2WA
  2. HEATING ALLOWANCES 307 words
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  3. RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THE OLD: COSTS 145 words
    cc402-3WA
  4. NYE BEVAN LODGE: REPORT 45 words
    c403WA
  5. SOVIET DEVELOPMENT AID 119 words
    cc403-5WA
  6. DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS' UNPAID PARKING FINES 1,198 words
    cc405-6WA
  7. SPONSORSHIP: TAX TREATMENT 131 words
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  8. TAXATION OF MARRIED PERSONS 92 words
    cc406-7WA
  9. BROADCASTING STANDARDS COUNCIL 224 words
    c407WA
  10. PRISON STAFF/INMATE RATIOS 112 words
    cc407-8WA
  11. LONDON EMERGENCY CENTRE PROPOSALS 162 words
    c408WA
  12. AFFRAY CASE: PROPOSAL FOR EXERCISE OF ROYAL PREROGATIVE 90 words