Commons Sitting of 11 January 1988 Series 6 Vol. 125

    c1
  1. Preamble 118 words
    2. cc1-3
  2. Summary of Day 765 words, 1 division
      3. c3
    1. PRAYERS 5 words
      2. c3
    2. Imprisonment of a Member 118 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
        2. cc3-4
      1. Air Services (Manchester-USA) 359 words
        2. cc4-5
      2. Motorway and Trunk Road Renewal 548 words
        3. cc5-6
      3. Rural Areas 330 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
        3. cc6-7
      1. "Spycatcher" 477 words
        2. c7
      2. Departmental Select Committees (Memoranda) 223 words
        3. cc7-8
      3. Family Court 526 words
        4. cc8-9
      4. State Security 360 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
        4. cc9-11
      1. Ethiopia 856 words
        2. cc11-2
      2. Sub-Saharan Africa 458 words
        3. c12
      3. Black South Africans 217 words
    cc13-6
  4. Britoil 2,027 words
    5. cc17-22
  5. Arab-Israel Question 2,904 words
    6. cc23-34
  6. Upholstered Furniture (Fire Resistance) 6,347 words
    7. cc35-6
  7. D-Notice Committee 543 words
    8. cc37-8
  8. Children's Hospital, Birmingham 581 words
    9. c39
  9. Proceedings of the House 411 words
    10. c40
  10. Immigration (Members' Representations) 265 words
  11. Orders of the Day
      12. cc41-118
    1. Housing (Scotland) Bill 44,761 words, 2 divisions
      2. c118
    2. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) BILL (MONEY 255 words
    cc119-26
  12. Poland 4,179 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 January 1988 Series 6 Vol. 125

  1. PRIME MINISTER
      2. c1W
    1. USSR 62 words
      2. c1W
    2. British Nuclear Fuels plc 76 words
      3. c1W
    3. No. 10 Downing Street 72 words
      4. c1W
    4. D Notice Committee 69 words
      5. cc1-2W
    5. Windscale Fire 157 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      3. c2W
    1. Ethiopia and Sudan 101 words
      2. c2W
    2. India 132 words
      3. c2W
    3. Oxfam (Aid White Paper) 75 words
      4. cc2-3W
    4. Ethiopia 433 words
      5. c3W
    5. Syria 64 words
      6. cc3-4W
    6. Budget (Underspend) 63 words
      7. c4W
    7. Aid and Trade Provision 78 words
      8. c4W
    8. Sub-Saharan Africa 130 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      4. c4W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 69 words
      2. cc4-5W
    2. "Spycatcher" 104 words
      3. c5W
    3. London Rent Assessment Panel 214 words
      4. cc5-6W
    4. Birmingham Pub Bombings 272 words
      5. c6W
    5. "Inside Intelligence" 76 words
      6. c6W
    6. Rating Reform 72 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. cc6-7W
    1. Television Licences 116 words
      2. c7W
    2. Electoral Registers (Sale) 44 words
      3. c7W
    3. Departmental Responsibilities 97 words
      4. c7W
    4. Immigration (DNA Tests) 54 words
      5. cc7-8W
    5. Traffic Violations (TV Cameras) 161 words
      6. c8W
    6. Prisoners (Drugs) 259 words
      7. c8W
    7. War Crimes 59 words
      8. c8W
    8. Amusement Arcades and Gaming Machines 75 words
      9. cc8-9W
    9. Crime Statistics 362 words
      10. cc9-10W
    10. Birmingham Pub Bombings 360 words
      11. c10W
    11. Charities 58 words
      12. cc10-1W
    12. Nationality 510 words
      13. cc11-2W
    13. Ian Cutler 188 words
      14. c12W
    14. Nottinghamshire Police 66 words
      15. c12W
    15. Holloway Prison 103 words
      16. c12W
    16. Pakistan (Drug Traffic) 114 words
      17. cc12-4W
    17. Domestic Fires 860 words
      18. c14W
    18. Fire and Police Boards 170 words
      19. c15W
    19. Electoral Register 83 words
      20. cc15-6W
    20. Remand Prisoners 847 words
      21. cc16-7W
    21. Stolen Guns 455 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
      6. c17W
    1. Restart 101 words
      2. c17W
    2. Clothing Industry (Morpeth-Ashington) 108 words
      3. cc17-8W
    3. New Workers Scheme 79 words
      4. c18W
    4. Civil Service and NHS (Trainees) 98 words
      5. c18W
    5. Clothing Industry (Blyth and Cramlinton) 109 words
      6. cc18-9W
    6. Labour Statistics 249 words
      7. c19W
    7. Average Earnings 204 words
      8. cc19-20W
    8. Unfair Dismissal 195 words
      9. c20W
    9. Tourism 217 words
      10. cc20-1W
    10. Employees (Subsidised Meals) 71 words
      11. c21W
    11. Industrial Language Training Service 56 words
      12. c21W
    12. YTS 116 words
      13. c21W
    13. Training Schemes 71 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. c21W
    1. Street Works 72 words
  7. ENERGY
      8. c22W
    1. Private Coal Operators 64 words
      2. c22W
    2. Departmental Responsibilities 83 words
      3. c22W
    3. Sellafield 83 words
      4. c22W
    4. Sizewell B 131 words
      5. cc22-3W
    5. Hinkley Point 94 words
      6. c23W
    6. British Coal (Opencast Executive) 48 words
  8. WALES
      9. c23W
    1. A55 (Conwy) 80 words
      2. c23W
    2. Operations 86 words
      3. c23W
    3. NHS (Staff) 54 words
      4. cc23-4W
    4. Cardiff Bay Barrage 91 words
      5. cc24-30W
    5. Rates 3,014 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      10. cc30-1W
    1. Information Technology Staff 284 words
      2. c31W
    2. Moulin Winter Wheat 69 words
      3. c31W
    3. Dairy Quotas 117 words
      4. cc31-2W
    4. Intervention Stocks 34 words
      5. c32W
    5. Pigmeat 71 words
      6. c32W
    6. Agricultural Practice 173 words
      7. c32W
    7. Alternative Land Use 125 words
      8. cc32-4W
    8. Milk 714 words
      9. c34W
    9. Farm Incomes 97 words
      10. c34W
    10. EC (Food Exports) 97 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
      11. c35W
    1. Quangos 57 words
  11. THE ARTS
      12. c35W
    1. Northern Arts 62 words
      2. c35W
    2. Museums and Galleries 179 words
      3. cc35-7W
    3. Departmental Expenditure 669 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      13. c37W
    1. Mr. E. Bernasko 60 words
      2. c37W
    2. African National Congress 79 words
      3. c37W
    3. Peace Initiatives 71 words
      4. cc37-8W
    4. Embassy and Consular Services 163 words
      5. c38W
    5. Istanbul (Immigration Service) 142 words
      6. c38W
    6. Pakistan 78 words
      7. cc38-9W
    7. Mr. Sidney Clarke 183 words
      8. c39W
    8. Yemen 104 words
      9. cc39-40W
    9. Hong Kong 139 words
      10. c40W
    10. Imperial College, London 102 words
      11. c40W
    11. French Ambassador 76 words
      12. c41W
    12. West Bank (Ministerial Visit) 260 words
      13. cc41-2W
    13. Cruise Missiles 246 words
      14. c42W
    14. Visa Control 124 words
  13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      14. cc42-5W
    1. Examination Statistics 2,002 words
      2. cc45-6W
    2. History Curriculum 257 words
      3. cc46-7W
    3. Education Reform 413 words
      4. cc47-9W
    4. Education Expenditure 685 words
      5. c49W
    5. Careers Education 171 words
      6. c49W
    6. Adult Education 67 words
      7. cc49-50W
    7. Science Teachers 118 words
      8. c50W
    8. Scottish Universities 84 words
      9. cc50-2W
    9. Capital Allocations 1,072 words
      10. c52W
    10. Schools 60 words
      11. c52W
    11. Truancy 110 words
      12. cc52-3W
    12. Higher Education 290 words
      13. c53W
    13. Teachers (Assaults) 78 words
      14. c53W
    14. National Curriculum 330 words
      15. cc53-4W
    15. Maintained Schools 258 words
      16. c54W
    16. Adult Literacy 51 words
      17. cc54-5W
    17. Inner London Education Authority 214 words
      18. c55W
    18. Council for Educational Technology 72 words
      19. c55W
    19. Sickle Cell Anaemia 154 words
      20. cc55-8W
    20. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 1,109 words
      21. c58W
    21. Reception Classes 170 words
      22. cc58-63W
    22. Special Educational Needs 3,197 words
  14. DEFENCE
      15. c63W
    1. Trident 116 words
      2. c64W
    2. RN SSIX Missile 97 words
      3. c64W
    3. Sea Harrier 145 words
      4. c64W
    4. RFA Argus 73 words
      5. cc64-5W
    5. Departmental Staff 120 words
      6. c65W
    6. Tucano 288 words
      7. cc65-6W
    7. Strategic Defence Initiative 169 words
      8. c66W
    8. SDIPO 206 words
      9. cc66-7W
    9. Faslane and Coulport 184 words
      10. c67W
    10. Rating Reform 70 words
      11. c67W
    11. Patriot Missile System 27 words
      12. c67W
    12. Interceptor Aircraft 36 words
      13. c67W
    13. Ground-launched Missile Systems 52 words
      14. cc67-8W
    14. Air Defence Region (Interceptions) 129 words
      15. c68W
    15. Radar 113 words
      16. c68W
    16. Bloodhound 100 words
      17. c68W
    17. Aircraft (Maximum Operating Altitudes) 96 words
      18. cc68-9W
    18. Arms Exports 155 words
      19. c69W
    19. Contracts Organisation (Leeds) 81 words
      20. c69W
    20. Defence Budget 64 words
      21. c69W
    21. Air Defence Ground Environment 99 words
      22. c69W
    22. Trident 57 words
      23. cc69-70W
    23. Earth Tremor (South-West Scotland) 139 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
      16. c70W
    1. Income Tax 408 words
      2. cc70-1W
    2. Taxation (Conscientious Objectors) 252 words
      3. cc71-3W
    3. Value Added Tax 765 words
      4. c73W
    4. Britoil 217 words
      5. c73W
    5. Public Expenditure 74 words
      6. cc73-4W
    6. North-East Region 93 words
      7. c74W
    7. Management Consultants 71 words
      8. c74W
    8. Coulport and Faslane 84 words
      9. c74W
    9. YTS (Civil Service) 31 words
      10. c74W
    10. Privatisation (Special Shares) 133 words
      11. cc74-5W
    11. Tax Receipts 208 words
      12. c75W
    12. COI (Photographic Library) 118 words
      13. c75W
    13. Taxation 146 words
      14. c76W
    14. Government Income 44 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
      17. c76W
    1. Bed and Breakfast Accommodation 117 words
      2. cc76-7W
    2. Rating Reform 530 words
      3. c77W
    3. Urban Development Corporation (Leeds) 49 words
      4. cc77-8W
    4. Nitrate Pollution 93 words
      5. c78W
    5. Water Industry 205 words
      6. c78W
    6. Poll Tax Registers 41 words
      7. cc78-9W
    7. Planning Appeals 262 words
      8. cc79-80W
    8. Local Government Finance Bill 634 words
      9. cc80-99W
    9. Local Authority Finance 7,836 words
      10. cc99-119W
    10. Grant-related Expenditure 8,244 words
      11. cc119-23W
    11. Rate Support Grant 2,367 words
      12. cc123-5W
    12. Homes Insulation 198 words
      13. c125W
    13. Advisory Comittees 88 words
      14. c125W
    14. Sheltered Workshops 133 words
      15. c125W
    15. Wimpey No-fines Dwellings 152 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      18. cc125-6W
    1. Mr. Jeremy Warner 150 words
      2. c126W
    2. British Steel Corporation (Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report) 117 words
      3. c126W
    3. Gallows (Export) 77 words
      4. c126W
    4. Nissan 61 words
      5. cc126-7W
    5. Clothing Industry (Morpeth and Ashington) 498 words
      6. c128W
    6. Clothing Industry (Blyth and Cramlinton) 299 words
      7. cc128-9W
    7. Job Creation (Blyth and Cramlinton) 191 words
      8. c129W
    8. Shipbuilders 241 words
      9. c129W
    9. International Tin Agreement 151 words
      10. cc129-30W
    10. Patent Office (Relocation) 212 words
      11. c130W
    11. Furniture (Polyurethane Foam) 81 words
      12. cc130-1W
    12. Advisory Committees 262 words
  18. TRANSPORT
      19. c131W
    1. Motorway Cones 56 words
      2. c131W
    2. Vehicle Mileage 28 words
      3. c131W
    3. London Underground (Rodents) 37 words
      4. cc131-2W
    4. London Underground Ltd. 68 words
      5. c132W
    5. Drink-Driving 75 words
      6. c132W
    6. British Rail (Electrification) 50 words
      7. c132W
    7. Roadbuilding Priorities 84 words
      8. c132W
    8. Aircraft Noise 41 words
      9. c132W
    9. Motorways (Hazard Warning Lights) 67 words
      10. cc132-3W
    10. Manchester International Airport 164 words
      11. c133W
    11. British Rail 46 words
      12. c133W
    12. British Rail Engineering Ltd 88 words
      13. c133W
    13. Investment Finance 97 words
      14. cc133-4W
    14. British Rail (Electrification) 57 words
      15. c134W
    15. London Regional Transport 160 words
      16. c134W
    16. Foreign Lorries 83 words
      17. c134W
    17. Civil Aviation (Competition) 45 words
      18. c134W
    18. Manningtree Station 27 words
      19. c135W
    19. Freight Transport 34 words
      20. c135W
    20. National Dock Labour Scheme 62 words
      21. c135W
    21. European Air Fares 156 words
      22. c135W
    22. Saltash Tunnel 49 words
      23. c135W
    23. Hatfield, Waltham Cross and Holmesdale Tunnels 89 words
      24. c136W
    24. Rochester Way and Sidcup Bypass 118 words
      25. c136W
    25. London River Crossing 54 words
      26. c136W
    26. Enfield (Bounds Green—Halls Lane Improvements) 158 words
      27. c136W
    27. M3 (Sunbury-Popham) 50 words
      28. c137W
    28. Ferries (Passenger Restraints) 68 words
      29. c137W
    29. Aircraft (Passenger Restraints) 43 words
      30. c137W
    30. Drivers (Accident Records) 82 words
      31. cc137-40W
    31. Transport Supplementary Grant 1,786 words
      32. cc140-1W
    32. M6—Heysham Link 70 words
      33. c141W
    33. M66 (Stockport) 46 words
      34. c141W
    34. Essex Road—Old Street Stations (Fire) 121 words
      35. c141W
    35. Piccadilly Line (Fire) 230 words
      36. cc141-2W
    36. Reprocessed Plutonium (Japan) 59 words
      37. c142W
    37. London Underground (Defect Reports) 156 words
      38. c142W
    38. Settle-Carlisle Railway Line 53 words
      39. cc142-3W
    39. Transport Joint Boards 366 words
      40. c143W
    40. Bus Deregulation (Cumbria County Council) 66 words
      41. cc143-4W
    41. Drink-Drive Casualties 254 words
      42. cc144-5W
    42. Manchester International Airport (US Carrier Access) 194 words
  19. SCOTLAND
      20. c145W
    1. Rural Transport 75 words
      2. c145W
    2. Post Mortems 115 words
      3. c145W
    3. "Birds, Bogs and Forestry" 51 words
      4. cc145-6W
    4. Education Authorities (Expenditure) 263 words
      5. c146W
    5. Cataract Operations 116 words
      6. c146W
    6. Barlinnie Prison 136 words
      7. c147W
    7. Greater Glasgow Health Board Area (Nursing Staff) 140 words
      8. cc147-8W
    8. Children in Prison 391 words
      9. c148W
    9. Remanded Children 119 words
      10. c148W
    10. Galloway (Radioactive Contamination) 77 words
      11. cc148-9W
    11. Forestry 197 words
      12. c149W
    12. Scottish Fire Service Training School, Gullane 132 words
      13. c149W
    13. Hypothermia 99 words
      14. cc149-50W
    14. Fine Defaulters 167 words
      15. c150W
    15. Intermediate Treatment Provisions 140 words
      16. c150W
    16. Remand Prisoners 104 words
      17. cc150-1W
    17. Parole 54 words
      18. c151W
    18. Mentally Ill People (Prisons) 478 words
      19. cc151-2W
    19. Offenders (Alcoholism) 90 words
      20. c152W
    20. Airport (Rates) 57 words
      21. c152W
    21. Road Accidents (Gordon) 137 words
      22. c152W
    22. Motoring Offences (Gordon) 48 words
      23. cc152-3W
    23. Paisley College (Lady Lane Property) 87 words
      24. c153W
    24. Student Accommodation 59 words
      25. c153W
    25. Dinoseb 186 words
      26. cc153-4W
    26. Health Spending 292 words
      27. c154W
    27. Education Staff (Exchanges) 98 words
      28. c154W
    28. Further Education Lecturers (Pay) 193 words
      29. cc154-5W
    29. Loch Trool Forest Trail 79 words
      30. c155W
    30. Bennan Hill (New Building) 60 words
      31. c155W
    31. Community Care 246 words
      32. cc155-6W
    32. Common Services Agency 228 words
      33. cc156-7W
    33. Family Planning (Young People) 285 words
      34. c157W
    34. AIDS 173 words
      35. cc157-8W
    35. Brook Advisory Centre 501 words
      36. c158W
    36. Abortions 72 words
      37. cc158-9W
    37. Examination Results 257 words
      38. c159W
    38. Student Awards 103 words
      39. c159W
    39. National Assessment (Sex Bias) 63 words
      40. c159W
    40. Women Teachers 55 words
      41. c159W
    41. Women Inspectors for Schools 51 words
      42. cc159-60W
    42. Rating Reform 125 words
      43. c160W
    43. NHS (Tendering) 61 words
      44. c160W
    44. Mobility Allowance 51 words
      45. c160W
    45. Mentally Handicapped People (Board and Lodging Allowances) 79 words
      46. cc160-3W
    46. General Practitioners (Ancillary Staff) 1,747 words
      47. cc163-4W
    47. General Practitioners 286 words
      48. c164W
    48. Penal System 71 words
  20. SOCIAL SERVICES
      21. c165W
    1. Nurses 429 words
      2. cc165-6W
    2. Social Fund 203 words
      3. cc166-7W
    3. Social Security Tribunals 443 words
      4. c167W
    4. Information Technology Staff 178 words
      5. c167W
    5. Hepatitis B 77 words
      6. cc167-8W
    6. Centralised Services 96 words
      7. c168W
    7. Blood Transfusion Service 137 words
      8. cc168-9W
    8. Withdrawal of Drugs 268 words
      9. c169W
    9. Claimants 134 words
      10. c169W
    10. HIV Infection 203 words
      11. c169W
    11. Pensions (Cash Cards) 69 words
      12. cc169-70W
    12. Health Authorities (Overspending) 41 words
      13. c170W
    13. Thames Regions (Allocations) 112 words
      14. c170W
    14. Lewisham and North Southwark Health Authority 110 words
      15. cc170-1W
    15. AIDS 498 words
      16. c171W
    16. Private Health 188 words
      17. cc171-2W
    17. Benefit Disqualifications 101 words
      18. c172W
    18. Retirement Pensions 195 words
      19. cc172-5W
    19. Hospital Beds 955 words
      20. c175W
    20. Drug Centres (Durham) 113 words
      21. c175W
    21. Hospital Car Services 136 words
      22. c175W
    22. Conception Rate (Young People) 69 words
      23. c175W
    23. Unemployed Councillors 78 words
      24. cc175-6W
    24. Community Programme 77 words
      25. cc176-7W
    25. Severe Disablement Allowance 448 words
      26. c177W
    26. Income Support Regulations 88 words
      27. c177W
    27. Yorkshire RHA (Allocation) 386 words
      28. cc177-8W
    28. Mental Hospital Admissions 215 words
      29. c178W
    29. Illegitimate Babies 89 words
      30. c178W
    30. Specialist Advisory Staff 115 words
      31. c179W
    31. NHS (London) 228 words
      32. c179W
    32. Great Ormond Street Hospital 71 words
      33. c179W
    33. West Midlands RHA 150 words
      34. c180W
    34. Hospital Waiting Lists 87 words
      35. c180W
    35. Census Information 95 words
      36. c180W
    36. Pregnancy Testing 261 words
      37. c181W
    37. Leukaemia Clusters (Cumbria) 110 words
      38. c181W
    38. Cancer 97 words
      39. c181W
    39. Hospitals and Extensions 49 words
      40. c181W
    40. Wealth and Poverty (Report) 39 words
      41. c181W
    41. Dental Examinations and Eyesight Tests 116 words
      42. cc181-2W
    42. Radiotherapy Units (Southend and Oldchurch) 136 words
      43. c182W
    43. Community Charge 141 words
      44. c182W
    44. Benefit Rates 86 words
      45. cc182-3W
    45. Overseas Visitors (NHS Treatment) 176 words
      46. cc183-4W
    46. Consultants 390 words
      47. c184W
    47. Contaminated Blood Products 69 words
      48. cc184-6W
    48. Babies (Birthweight) 1,445 words
      49. cc186-7W
    49. Hospital Closures 80 words
      50. cc187-8W
    50. Medical Records 183 words
      51. c188W
    51. Breast Cancer 87 words
      52. c188W
    52. "You and Your Dentist" 96 words

Lords Sitting of 11 January 1988 Series 5 Vol. 491

    c915
  1. Preamble 30 words
    2. cc915-8
  2. Viscount Whitelaw: Tributes 1,902 words
    3. cc918-9
  3. London Regional Transport: Staffing Levels 379 words
    4. cc919-21
  4. Weapons Reduction: Summit Meeting 880 words
    5. cc921-3
  5. Northern Region: Development 830 words
    6. cc923-5
  6. House Buyers and "Chains" 641 words
    7. cc925-47
  7. Merchant Shipping Bill [H.L.] 11,606 words
    8. cc947-1033
  8. Local Government Bill 46,728 words
    9. cc1033-7
  9. International Trust Fund for Tuvalu (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1987 2,140 words
    10. cc1037-41
  10. British Film Fund Agency (Dissolution) Order 1987 2,108 words
    11. cc1042-56
  11. Grendon Prison 8,319 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 11 January 1988 Series 5 Vol. 491

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  1. MILITARY PERSONNEL AND RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT 134 words
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  2. WORK SHARE PROVISIONS AND SINGLE EUROPEAN ACT 59 words
    cc1057-8WA
  3. MALAYSIAN DETENTIONS 136 words
    c1058WA
  4. PESTICIDES 181 words
    c1058WA
  5. GOVERNMENT PURCHASING 115 words
    cc1058-9WA
  6. R & D EXPENDITURE: RESPONSIBILITY 121 words
    c1059WA
  7. CODES OF PRACTICE AND LEGISLATION: GUIDANCE 71 words
    cc1059-60WA
  8. FISHING VESSEL REGISTRATION 585 words
    cc1060-1WA
  9. N.I. FORESTRY REPORT 61 words
    c1061WA
  10. PRISONERS IN POLICE CUSTODY 306 words
    cc1061-6WA
  11. ASSISTED PLACES IN SCHOOLS 1,712 words