Commons Sitting of 27 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

    c437
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c437
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
      3. c437
    1. Royal Assent 52 words
      2. c437
    2. PRIVATE BUSINESS 93 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
        2. cc438-9
      1. Balance of Payments 826 words
        2. cc439-40
      2. Manufacturing Investment 458 words
        3. cc440-1
      3. Independent Advisers 328 words
        4. cc441-3
      4. IMF and World Bank 1,444 words
        5. cc443-5
      5. Interest Rates 526 words
        6. cc445-6
      6. Pound Sterling (Exchange Rate) 843 words
        7. cc446-7
      7. Economic Outlook 168 words
        8. c447
      8. Hospital Radio Broadcasting Equipment 168 words
        9. cc447-8
      9. Corporation and Income Tax Revenues 387 words
        10. c448
      10. Privatisation 248 words
        11. cc448-9
      11. Manufacturing Productivity 183 words
        12. c449
      12. Balance of Payments 312 words
        13. cc449-50
      13. Personal Debt 185 words
      14. PRIME MINISTER
          15. cc450-4
        1. Engagements 1,829 words
    cc455-84
  4. Social Security Benefits (Uprating) 16,207 words
    5. cc485-93
  5. Business of the House 4,372 words
    6. c494
  6. Official Report 459 words
    7. c495
  7. Members' Correspondence 63 words
    8. c496
  8. Child Benefit 519 words
    9. c497
  9. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 23 words
  10. Orders of the Day
      11. cc498-549
    1. European Communities (Finance) Bill 28,652 words, 2 divisions
      2. cc550-68
    2. Housing (Northern Ireland) 10,215 words
  11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c.
      12. c568
    1. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 44 words
      2. cc569-76
    2. Haringey and Hampstead Health Districts 4,187 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 October 1988 Series 6 Vol. 139

  1. PRIME MINSTER
      2. c303W
    1. Okeford Fitzpaine 26 words
      c303W
    2. Sawbridge 30 words
      c303W
    3. North Devon 34 words
      c303W
    4. Regulatory Units 98 words
      c303W
    5. Benefit Savings 131 words
      cc303-4W
    6. Environment 57 words
      c304W
    7. Silver Tableware 49 words
      c304W
    8. Business-Education Relationships 181 words
      c304W
    9. Sight Tests 42 words
      cc304-5W
    10. Engagements 138 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      3. c305W
    1. Minister's Statement 154 words
      c305W
    2. Central America 174 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      4. cc306-7W
    1. Dyslexia 503 words
      c307W
    2. School Staff 262 words
      c307W
    3. Drug Abuse 158 words
      cc307-8W
    4. Business and Schools 94 words
      c308W
    5. Seven-Year-Olds (Testing) 51 words
      c308W
    6. Mathematics (Report) 143 words
  4. SCOTLAND
      5. c308W
    1. Rating Reform 126 words
      cc308-9W
    2. Rail Bridge, Cockburnspath 48 words
      c309W
    3. Hospital Consultants 47 words
      c309W
    4. Unrestricted Medical Services 146 words
      cc309-10W
    5. Lennox Castle Hospital 271 words
      c310W
    6. Scottish Medical and Dental Defence Union Scheme 59 words
      c310W
    7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners 38 words
      cc310-1W
    8. Rent Arrears 472 words
      c311W
    9. Inshore Fisheries (Helicopter Surveillance) 102 words
      c311W
    10. Nuclear Waste 55 words
      cc311-2W
    11. Set-aside Scheme 259 words
      c312W
    12. Teachers 165 words
      cc312-3W
    13. Education Authorities 39 words
      c313W
    14. Head Teachers 67 words
      c313W
    15. Chlorofluorocarbons 97 words
      c313W
    16. Housing (Mortgage Defaults) 39 words
  5. ENERGY
      6. c313W
    1. Gas and Electricity Bills 73 words
      cc313-4W
    2. Housing Benefit 105 words
      c314W
    3. Plutonium 75 words
      c314W
    4. Hazards Programme 57 words
      c314W
    5. Nuclear Plants 93 words
      cc314-5W
    6. Gas and Oil Platforms 249 words
      c315W
    7. Piper Alpha 129 words
      c315W
    8. Health and Safety 121 words
      cc315-6W
    9. Hinkley Point 160 words
      c316W
    10. "Magnox, the Reckoning" 44 words
      c316W
    11. Hinkley Point 111 words
      c316W
    12. Uranium 69 words
      cc316-7W
    13. Nuclear Safety 302 words
      c317W
    14. Thermonuclear Fusion 178 words
      c317W
    15. Cash Limits 108 words
      cc317-8W
    16. Fawley B Power Station 484 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
      7. cc318-9W
    1. Police (Complaints) 81 words
      c319W
    2. INFORM 137 words
      c319W
    3. Civil Defence 213 words
      cc319-20W
    4. Crime Prevention 130 words
      c320W
    5. Cruelty to Animals 109 words
      c320W
    6. Capital Punishment 45 words
      cc320-2W
    7. Crime Statistics 842 words
      c322W
    8. TV Licence Fees 137 words
      c322W
    9. Passport Applications 332 words
      cc322-3W
    10. Employment Protection Certificates 128 words
  7. HEALTH
      8. c323W
    1. Better Health (Self-help) 150 words
      c323W
    2. AIDS 166 words
      cc323-4W
    3. Adoption 297 words
      cc324-5W
    4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners 259 words
      c325W
    5. Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates 68 words
      c325W
    6. General Practitioners (Telephones) 85 words
      c325W
    7. Radiation 90 words
      cc325-6W
    8. Illegitimate Births 155 words
      c326W
    9. Deaf People 114 words
      c326W
    10. St. Catherine's House, London 162 words
      cc326-7W
    11. Chronically III Patients 200 words
      c327W
    12. National Health Service (Staff Contracts) 106 words
      c327W
    13. Spectacle Vouchers 87 words
      c327W
    14. Hospital Beds 149 words
      cc327-8W
    15. Heart Disease 395 words
      cc328-9W
    16. Ancillary Workers 138 words
      c329W
    17. Professions Allied to Medicine 289 words
  8. SOCIAL SECURITY
      9. cc329-30W
    1. Overseas Pensioners 258 words
      c330W
    2. Pensions 115 words
      cc330-1W
    3. Housing Benefit 248 words
      c331W
    4. Single-parent Families 279 words
      cc331-3W
    5. Benefits 712 words
      c333W
    6. Unemployment Benefit 65 words
      c333W
    7. Maternity Payments 108 words
      c333W
    8. Mr. N. Facey (Member's Correspondence) 68 words
      cc333-4W
    9. Income Support 254 words
      c334W
    10. Seasonal Workers 143 words
      cc334-5W
    11. Unemployed Persons 252 words
      c335W
    12. Hostel Dwellers 136 words
  9. DEFENCE
      10. c335W
    1. Estimates 56 words
      c335W
    2. Trident 80 words
      cc335-6W
    3. WE 177 Replacement 67 words
      c336W
    4. London Offices 63 words
      cc336-7W
    5. Cancer (AWRE) 558 words
      c337W
    6. Nuclear Waste 746 words
      cc337-8W
    7. Ilminster Crash 88 words
      cc338-9W
    8. Search and Rescue 436 words
      c339W
    9. Royal Ordnance 338 words
      cc339-40W
    10. Wind Tunnels 80 words
      c340W
    11. Royal Aerospace Establishment, Bedford 69 words
      cc340-1W
    12. Research Establishments 317 words
      c341W
    13. Research Agency 42 words
  10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      11. c341W
    1. Apples and Pears 244 words
      cc341-2W
    2. Hinkley Point C (Inquiry) 107 words
      c342W
    3. Milk Quota 45 words
      c342W
    4. Beef and Sheep Premiums 77 words
      c342W
    5. Set-Aside Scheme 61 words
      cc342-3W
    6. Whales 244 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. c343W
    1. British Telecom 88 words
      c343W
    2. Staff Sickness 204 words
      cc343-4W
    3. Space Programmes 109 words
      c344W
    4. Airbus 60 words
      c344W
    5. Urban Development 52 words
      c344W
    6. Petrol (Retailing) 70 words
      c344W
    7. British Aerospace 93 words
      cc344-5W
    8. Foreign Investors 334 words
  12. WALES
      13. c345W
    1. Speech Therapy Services 71 words
      cc345-6W
    2. Physiotherapy Services 81 words
      c346W
    3. Elm Crossroads, Mold (Improvements) 145 words
      c346W
    4. Belmont Special School, Clwyd 162 words
      cc346-7W
    5. Bovine Somatotropin 195 words
      c347W
    6. Hazardous Waste 205 words
      c347W
    7. Hazardous Waste Inspectors 97 words
      cc347-8W
    8. Golftyn High School 124 words
      c348W
    9. Adult Training Programme 93 words
      c348W
    10. Traws Goed and Pwllpeirian Experimental Farms 98 words
      c348W
    11. Health Services, Clwyd 89 words
      cc348-50W
    12. Enveloping Schemes 695 words
      c350W
    13. Redberth and Sageston Bypass, Pembrokeshire 106 words
      c350W
    14. Chronically Ill Patients (Travelling Expenses) 157 words
      cc350-1W
    15. Cash Limits 166 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
      14. c351W
    1. Gross Domestic Product 110 words
      c351W
    2. International Debt 45 words
      c351W
    3. CBI 73 words
      cc351-2W
    4. Building Society Lending 69 words
      c352W
    5. Channel Tunnel 80 words
      c352W
    6. Public Expenditure 109 words
      c352W
    7. Productivity 67 words
      cc352-3W
    8. Base Interest Rates 211 words
      cc353-4W
    9. Interest Rates 390 words
      c354W
    10. OECD Finance Ministers 85 words
      c354W
    11. Public Sector Debt 56 words
      cc354-5W
    12. Balance of Payments 338 words
      c355W
    13. European Monetary System 93 words
      cc355-6W
    14. Pound Sterling (Exchange Rate) 139 words
      c356W
    15. Group of Seven 115 words
      c356W
    16. Business Investment 65 words
      c356W
    17. Balance of Payments 115 words
      c356W
    18. General Aviation and Manufacturers Association 43 words
      cc356-7W
    19. Personal Disposable Income 79 words
      c357W
    20. Pound Sterling (Exchange Rate) 106 words
      cc357-8W
    21. Corporation Tax 249 words
      c358W
    22. Industrial Production 76 words
      c358W
    23. Budget Statement 40 words
      c358W
    24. Public Expenditure 245 words
      cc358-9W
    25. Manufacturing Investment 80 words
      c359W
    26. Share Sales (Privatisation) 77 words
      c359W
    27. Personal Taxation (Yields) 201 words
      c359W
    28. Balance of Payments (Tax Cuts) 50 words
      cc359-60W
    29. Excise Duties and VAT 177 words
      c360W
    30. Investment (Economy) 93 words
      c360W
    31. Earnings 104 words
      c360W
    32. Labour Statistics 46 words
      cc360-1W
    33. Self-employment 93 words
      c361W
    34. Manufacturing Productivity 51 words
      c361W
    35. Manufacturing Productivity 56 words
      c361W
    36. Civil Servants (Locations) 131 words
      c361W
    37. National Economics Development Council 52 words
      cc361-2W
    38. MF and World Bank 140 words
      c362W
    39. Independent Advisers 89 words
      c362W
    40. Manufacturing Output 111 words
      c362W
    41. IMF and World Bank 60 words
      cc362-3W
    42. Departmental Staff (Work Rate) 58 words
      c363W
    43. Scotch Whisky 72 words
      c363W
    44. Gold Stocks (Bank of England) 31 words
      c363W
    45. Company Taxation 45 words
      c363W
    46. VAT 149 words
      cc363-4W
    47. Price Stability 45 words
      c364W
    48. Company Cars 96 words
      c364W
    49. EC (Finance Ministers) 86 words
      c364W
    50. Government Revenue 67 words
      c364W
    51. Fiscal Policy 77 words
      cc364-5W
    52. Company Taxation 59 words
      c365W
    53. Balance of Trade 42 words
      c365W
    54. Official Report 78 words
      cc365-6W
    55. Civil Servants (Leave) 305 words
      c366W
    56. Flexible Working Hours 38 words
      cc366-7W
    57. Civil Servants (Pay) 532 words
      cc367-8W
    58. Public Bills (Reprinting) 541 words
      cc368-9W
    59. Advance Forecasts 75 words
      cc369-70W
    60. Elton John 109 words
  14. CIVIL SERVICE
      15. c370W
    1. Ministerial Visits 57 words
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      16. c371W
    1. Norman Shaw North Issue Office 77 words
      c371W
    2. Vote Office 121 words
      c371W
    3. Palace of Westminster (Security Officers) 133 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
      17. cc371-2W
    1. Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975 432 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
      18. c372W
    1. London Docklands 136 words
      cc372-3W
    2. Northamptonshire (Labour Statistics) 287 words
      c373W
    3. Piper Alpha 134 words
      cc373-8W
    4. Health and Safety Executive 2,345 words
      cc378-9W
    5. Fireworks 51 words
      c379W
    6. King's Cross Fire 94 words
      cc379-80W
    7. Coal Tar Pitch Volatiles 492 words
      c380W
    8. Organotin Compounds 111 words
      cc380-1W
    9. Accident Statistics 851 words
      c381W
    10. Specialist Inspectors 111 words
      cc381-3W
    11. Fire Precautions 139 words
      c383W
    12. Research and Planned Support Work 126 words
      c383W
    13. Occupational Ill-health 46 words
      c383W
    14. Food and Environment Protection Act 112 words
      cc383-4W
    15. Pesticides 133 words
      c384W
    16. Hazard Rating System 97 words
      c384W
    17. Workplaces 85 words
      c384W
    18. Preventive Inspections 66 words
      c384W
    19. Disabled People 124 words
      cc384-5W
    20. Employment Medical Advisory Service 438 words
      cc385-6W
    21. Employment Rehabilitation Centres 82 words
      c386W
    22. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health 326 words
      cc386-7W
    23. Youth Training 45 words
      c387W
    24. Hazardous Goods (Carriage by Road) 82 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
      19. cc387-8W
    1. Irish Sea (Pollution) 577 words
      c388W
    2. Pollution and Hazardous Wastes 38 words
      c388W
    3. Commercial and Domestic Waste 40 words
      cc388-9W
    4. Rate Precepts (Shire Counties) 524 words
      c389W
    5. Rural Housing 67 words
      c389W
    6. Rents (Basildon) 122 words
      cc389-90W
    7. Empty Properties 496 words
      cc390-2W
    8. Small Businesses 802 words
      c392W
    9. Council House Sales (Greenwich) 135 words
      cc392-3W
    10. Seals 261 words
      c393W
    11. Waste Disposal 269 words
      cc393-4W
    12. Ozone Layer 456 words
      cc394-5W
    13. Pollution 221 words
      c395W
    14. Environmental Protection 113 words
      c395W
    15. Radioactive Reactor Parts (Disposal) 98 words
      c395W
    16. Nuclear Power (Policy) 76 words
      cc395-6W
    17. Mr. Jonathan Jackson 81 words
      c396W
    18. Rating Reform 208 words
      c396W
    19. Dolphins 64 words
      c396W
    20. Chlorofluorocarbons 74 words
      cc396-404W
    21. Local Government Finance 3,581 words
      c404W
    22. Crown Prosecution Service (Office Space) 96 words
      c404W
    23. Housing (Defects Provision) 186 words
      cc404-5W
    24. Drigg Dump Site 116 words
      c405W
    25. Northern Seas (Pollution) 141 words
      c405W
    26. Bradford 96 words
      c405W
    27. Bathing Beaches 87 words
      cc405-7W
    28. Storm Damage 935 words
  19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      20. cc407-8W
    1. Argentina 130 words
      c408W
    2. Nuclear Waste 126 words
      c408W
    3. Central America 192 words
      cc408-9W
    4. European Commission 120 words
      c409W
    5. "A World Apart" 102 words
      c409W
    6. Foreign Affairs Council 250 words
      cc409-10W
    7. Cash Limits 97 words
      c410W
    8. United Nations Military Observer Group 138 words
      c410W
    9. International Foundation for the Survival of Humanity 53 words
      c410W
    10. Chemical Weapons 138 words
  20. TRANSPORT
      21. c411W
    1. Wildlife (Motorway Verges) 272 words
      c411W
    2. Hazardous Goods (Carriage by Road) 115 words
      cc411-2W
    3. Railways (Conversion) 49 words
      c412W
    4. Air Piracy and Terrorism 165 words
      c412W
    5. Roads (Privatisation) 92 words
      c412W
    6. Intimidatory Driving 68 words
      cc412-3W
    7. M1 Motorway 93 words
      c413W
    8. Highways (Direction Powers) 99 words
      c413W
    9. Bonby Lodge Interchange 246 words
      cc413-4W
    10. A36 (West Wellow) 213 words
      c414W
    11. Heavy Goods Vehicles 132 words
      cc414-5W
    12. King's Cross 102 words
      c415W
    13. Railway Maintenance 45 words
      c415W
    14. Railway Inspectorate 108 words
      c415W
    15. Private Streets (Adoption) 141 words
      cc415-6W
    16. A2 (Roadworks) 152 words
      c416W
    17. A1(M), Hatfield 126 words
      c416W
    18. Common Market (Commercial Tonnage) 93 words
      cc416-7W
    19. A36 (West Wellow) 322 words
      cc417-8W
    20. Health and Safety 100 words

Lords Sitting of 27 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

    c1701
  1. Preamble 21 words
    2. c1701
  2. Royal Assent 47 words
    3. cc1701-4
  3. Road Accidents: No-Fault Scheme 1,441 words
    4. cc1704-7
  4. Nurses: Retention and Recruitment 1,734 words
    5. cc1708-9
  5. Street Cleaning in Brent 581 words
    6. cc1709-12
  6. R&D Spending: Comparisons 1,363 words
    7. c1712
  7. Business 78 words
    8. cc1712-25
  8. Social Security Benefits Up-rating 7,167 words
    9. cc1725-62
  9. Housing Bill 20,073 words, 2 divisions
    10. cc1762-4
  10. Parliamentary Constituencies (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1988 806 words
    11. cc1764-805
  11. Housing Bill 22,228 words
    12. c1806
  12. Housing (Scotland) Bill 54 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 October 1988 Series 5 Vol. 500

    c1807WA
  1. HOUSING DEFECTS SCHEME 178 words
    cc1807-8WA
  2. FREEHOLD DWELLINGS 39 words
    c1808WA
  3. CITY TECHNOLOGY COLLEGES 241 words