Commons Sitting of 4 December 1989 Series 6 Vol. 163

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL (No. 2) BILL
      1. c1
      2. BROMLEY LONDON BOROUGH COUNCIL (CRYSTAL PALACE) BILL 11 words
      3. c1
      4. CARDIFF BAY BARRAGE BILL [Lords] 15 words
      5. c1
      6. SEAMOUNT LTD. 43 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
      1. cc2-4
      2. Licensed Motor Vehicles 852 words
      3. cc4-5
      4. Railways 578 words
      5. cc5-6
      6. British Rail 501 words
      7. c6
      8. River Severn Crossing 302 words
      9. cc6-7
      10. British Rail 613 words
      11. cc7-9
      12. School Buses 591 words
      13. c9
      14. Stansted Rail Link 265 words
      15. cc9-11
      16. London Regional Transport 809 words
      17. cc11-2
      18. London Underground 511 words
      19. cc12-3
      20. Disabled People 469 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. cc13-4
      2. Court Hearings 877 words
      3. cc14-5
      4. Civil Servants (Disclosures) 406 words
      5. cc15-6
      6. Serious Fraud 277 words
      7. c16
      8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT 31 words
      9. cc16-7
      10. Third World 592 words
      11. cc17-8
      12. E1 Salvador 518 words
      13. cc18-9
      14. Hungary 167 words
      15. cc19-24
      16. Horn of Africa and Ethiopia 2,607 words
    cc25-6
  6. Points of Order 792 words
  7. c26
  8. Statutory Instruments, &c. 59 words
  9. c26
  10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 23 words
  11. Orders of the Day
    1. cc27-112
    2. Coal Industry Bill 47,955 words, 1 division
      1. c112
      2. COAL INDUSTRY BILL [MONEY] 219 words
    cc113-30
  12. Appropriation (Northern Ireland) 10,359 words
  13. PETITION
    1. c131
    2. Deaf Television Viewers 168 words
    cc132-8
  14. Open Air Music Festivals 2,896 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 December 1989 Series 6 Vol. 163

  1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c1W
    2. Golden Shares 77 words
    3. c1W
    4. Financial Services Act 121 words
    5. c1W
    6. Regional Infrastructure Investment 84 words
    7. c1W
    8. CBI 55 words
    9. cc1-2W
    10. Cheshire Business and Innovation Centre 116 words
    11. c2W
    12. Uranium 43 words
    13. c2W
    14. Coffins 66 words
    15. c2W
    16. Footwear Industry 101 words
    17. cc2-3W
    18. Industrial Assistance 251 words
    19. c3W
    20. House of Fraser 85 words
    21. c3W
    22. Hi-tech Industries 91 words
    23. cc3-4W
    24. Companies Act Investigations 195 words
    25. c4W
    26. Output Statistics 181 words
    27. cc4-7W
    28. Enterprise Initiative 1,019 words
    29. c7W
    30. Research and Development 192 words
    31. c7W
    32. Telecommunications 84 words
    33. cc7-8W
    34. Footwear 92 words
    35. c8W
    36. Korea (Treatment of Animals) 112 words
    37. cc8-9W
    38. Information Engineering Technology Programme 156 words
    39. c9W
    40. Liability Insurance 70 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. c9W
    2. Zimbabwe 44 words
    3. c9W
    4. Ethiopia 245 words
    5. cc9-10W
    6. Amazonian Rain Forests 92 words
    7. c10W
    8. Poland 111 words
    9. c10W
    10. Vietnam 146 words
    11. cc10-1W
    12. Non-governmental Organisations 336 words
    13. c11W
    14. Cambodia 137 words
    15. cc11-2W
    16. Namibia 177 words
    17. c12W
    18. The Caribbean 173 words
    19. cc12-3W
    20. Horn of Africa 115 words
    21. c13W
    22. Tropical Hardwood Forests 95 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. c13W
    2. Local Education Authority Inspectors 88 words
    3. cc13-4W
    4. School Numbers 368 words
    5. c14W
    6. International Student Conference, Buenos Aires 75 words
    7. c14W
    8. Records of Achievement 94 words
    9. cc14-5W
    10. Teacher Appraisal 343 words
    11. c15W
    12. Child Care Courses 70 words
    13. c15W
    14. Barnstaple Schools 127 words
    15. cc15-6W
    16. New School Buildings 122 words
    17. c16W
    18. CBI Skills Report 92 words
    19. c16W
    20. Further Education Colleges 131 words
    21. c16W
    22. London Museums Education Initiative 80 words
    23. cc16-7W
    24. Vocational Education and Training 292 words
    25. cc17-8W
    26. Bradford and Wiley (Colleges) 280 words
    27. c18W
    28. Scientific Research 65 words
    29. c18W
    30. Student Loans 205 words
    31. cc18-9W
    32. Local Management of Schools 203 words
    33. c19W
    34. Survey of Parental Awareness 68 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. cc19-20W
    2. Investment 284 words
    3. cc20-1W
    4. Manufactured Goods 518 words
    5. c21W
    6. Employment 33 words
    7. c21W
    8. Government Expenditure 90 words
    9. cc21-2W
    10. Income Tax 268 words
    11. c22W
    12. Balance of Trade 81 words
    13. c22W
    14. Exchange Rates 114 words
    15. c22W
    16. Investment and Consumption 52 words
    17. c22W
    18. Payroll Giving 59 words
    19. cc22-3W
    20. Trade Statistics 270 words
    21. c23W
    22. Statistics (Social Science) 114 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c23W
    2. High Technology Trading 47 words
    3. cc23-4W
    4. Nepal 128 words
    5. c24W
    6. Bir Zeit University 68 words
    7. c24W
    8. Romania 69 words
    9. c24W
    10. Cyprus 66 words
    11. c24W
    12. Israel 47 words
    13. cc24-5W
    14. Korea 116 words
    15. c25W
    16. Sri Lanka 57 words
    17. cc25-6W
    18. Hong Kong 336 words
    19. cc26-7W
    20. EC Council of Ministers 976 words
    21. cc27-8W
    22. Partial Test Ban Treaty 234 words
    23. c28W
    24. Missile Technology Control Regime 88 words
    25. c28W
    26. Gibraltar 77 words
    27. cc28-9W
    28. St. Helena 209 words
    29. c29W
    30. Airport Agreement 82 words
    31. c29W
    32. Islamabad High Commission 66 words
    33. cc29-30W
    34. E1 Salvador 124 words
    35. c30W
    36. Cambodia 73 words
  6. ENERGY
    1. c30W
    2. Wind Energy 57 words
    3. c30W
    4. Electricity Industry 42 words
    5. cc30-1W
    6. Energy Conservation 336 words
  7. THE ARTS
    1. c31W
    2. Museums 72 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c31W
    2. French President 36 words
    3. cc31-2W
    4. Salary 69 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c32W
    2. Bills 80 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. cc32-3W
    2. Public Sector Pay 402 words
    3. c33W
    4. Rating Reform 156 words
    5. c33W
    6. Housing Capital Investment 103 words
    7. cc33-4W
    8. Energy Savings (Palace of Westminster) 238 words
    9. c34W
    10. Tenants Rights 66 words
    11. c34W
    12. Community Charge (Prisoners) 129 words
    13. cc34-5W
    14. Local Government Finance 138 words
    15. c35W
    16. Cleveland County Council 48 words
    17. c35W
    18. Common Land 59 words
    19. c35W
    20. World Student Games 77 words
    21. c35W
    22. Greenham Common 97 words
    23. cc35-6W
    24. House Prices 85 words
    25. c36W
    26. Homelessness 287 words
    27. c36W
    28. Housing Benefit 39 words
    29. cc36-7W
    30. Environmental Policy 88 words
    31. c37W
    32. Nature Conservancy Council 133 words
    33. cc37-8W
    34. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 333 words
    35. c38W
    36. Wildlife Sites 84 words
    37. c38W
    38. Habitat Census 209 words
    39. cc38-9W
    40. Environmental Consultation 104 words
    41. c39W
    42. Footpaths 187 words
    43. c39W
    44. National Parks 39 words
    45. cc39-40W
    46. Capital Receipts 484 words
    47. cc40-1W
    48. Tin Compounds 371 words
    49. c41W
    50. Tenants Incentive Scheme 365 words
    51. cc41-2W
    52. Endangered Species 156 words
    53. c42W
    54. Countryside Work Force 92 words
    55. cc42-3W
    56. Overspent Targets (Shires) 188 words
    57. c43W
    58. Habitats Directive 150 words
    59. c43W
    60. Registered Funding Co-operatives 82 words
    61. cc43-4W
    62. Water Shares 152 words
    63. c44W
    64. Litter 183 words
    65. c44W
    66. Dust Emission Limits 161 words
    67. cc44-5W
    68. Poll Tax Publicity 236 words
    69. c45W
    70. Docklands 116 words
    71. c45W
    72. Water Companies 76 words
    73. cc45-6W
    74. Child Care Facilities 61 words
    75. c46W
    76. Local Government Finance 180 words
  11. WALES
    1. c46W
    2. A487 (Tourist Signposting) 108 words
    3. cc46-7W
    4. Rates 779 words
    5. cc47-8W
    6. Craft Industry 245 words
    7. cc48-9W
    8. Hospital Beds 99 words
    9. c49W
    10. Trunk Roads (Traffic Flow) 145 words
    11. c49W
    12. Welsh Language Teaching 173 words
    13. cc49-50W
    14. East Glamorgan Hospital 213 words
    15. c50W
    16. Water Pollution 102 words
    17. c50W
    18. Deprivation Survey 115 words
    19. cc50-1W
    20. Wrexham Maelor Hospital 72 words
    21. c51W
    22. Cancer 385 words
    23. cc51-2W
    24. Domestic Rates Bills 65 words
    25. c52W
    26. Sheltered Accommodation 108 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c52W
    2. Trespass 34 words
    3. c52W
    4. Birmingham Pub Bombings 33 words
    5. c52W
    6. Bradford Law Centre 24 words
    7. c52W
    8. Nazi War Criminals 71 words
    9. cc52-3W
    10. Confessions 87 words
    11. c53W
    12. Trials 88 words
    13. c53W
    14. Crown Prosecution Service 124 words
    15. c53W
    16. Planning Covenants 44 words
    17. c53W
    18. Legal Profession 53 words
    19. c53W
    20. Serious Fraud Office 33 words
    21. cc53-4W
    22. Haemophiliacs 45 words
    23. c54W
    24. Duty Solicitors 124 words
    25. c54W
    26. Consolidation Measure 57 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. cc54-5W
    2. Gaelic Football (Loughry College) 195 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. c55W
    2. Medical Board Hearings 71 words
    3. c55W
    4. Housing Benefit 60 words
    5. c55W
    6. Food Vouchers 77 words
    7. c55W
    8. Young Offenders 196 words
    9. cc55-6W
    10. Disability 68 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. cc56-7W
    2. Married Quarters 442 words
    3. c57W
    4. Yugoslavia 59 words
    5. cc57-8W
    6. Harrier Public House 363 words
    7. c58W
    8. Sea Harriers 237 words
    9. c58W
    10. Private Security Firms 64 words
    11. cc58-9W
    12. Aldermaston 461 words
    13. c59W
    14. Public Houses 50 words
    15. cc59-60W
    16. Perimeter Fences 72 words
    17. c60W
    18. S10 Respirators 106 words
    19. c60W
    20. Air Electronics Operators 115 words
    21. c60W
    22. Project Brinton 37 words
    23. c60W
    24. Low Flying 89 words
    25. cc60-1W
    26. Triaminotrinitrobenzene 73 words
    27. c61W
    28. War Widows 148 words
    29. c61W
    30. EH 101 Helicopter 116 words
    31. cc61-2W
    32. NATO 273 words
    33. c62W
    34. Submarines 177 words
    35. c62W
    36. Sram-T Missiles 66 words
    37. cc62-3W
    38. Butt of Lewis Incident 119 words
    39. c63W
    40. Fijian Training 53 words
    41. c63W
    42. Battle of Britain Stamps 46 words
    43. c63W
    44. Death Compensation 286 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. c64W
    2. Flexible Working 355 words
    3. cc64-5W
    4. North Western Regional Health Authority 118 words
    5. c65W
    6. Infertility 204 words
    7. c65W
    8. IUD 40 words
    9. c65W
    10. Haemophiliacs (AIDS) 98 words
    11. cc65-6W
    12. Haemophiliacs (HIV) 136 words
    13. c66W
    14. Health Service Reform 151 words
    15. cc66-7W
    16. Schools Health Service 280 words
    17. c67W
    18. Homeless People 158 words
    19. cc67-8W
    20. Hospital Services (Tendering) 306 words
    21. c68W
    22. Physiotherapy 115 words
    23. c68W
    24. Embryo Research 162 words
    25. c68W
    26. Project 2000 79 words
    27. cc68-9W
    28. Leicestershire Health Authority 55 words
    29. c69W
    30. Christie Hospital, Manchester 171 words
    31. c69W
    32. Disability 170 words
    33. cc69-70W
    34. Pulse Oximeters 86 words
    35. c70W
    36. Eye Examinations 111 words
    37. cc70-1W
    38. Natural Medicines 317 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. c71W
    2. European Social Fund 116 words
    3. c71W
    4. Unemployment (Forecasts) 59 words
    5. cc71-2W
    6. Footwear and Textiles 273 words
    7. c72W
    8. Professional And Executive Register 172 words
    9. c72W
    10. Training and Enterprise Councils 70 words
    11. c72W
    12. Wages Council 31 words
    13. c72W
    14. Excessive Wage Claims 54 words
    15. cc72-3W
    16. VDUs (Radiation) 102 words
    17. c73W
    18. Disability 108 words
    19. c73W
    20. Employment Training 277 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c74W
    2. Young Offenders 152 words
    3. c74W
    4. Immigration (Carriers' Liability) 77 words
    5. c74W
    6. Tobacco and Alcohol (Sales to Children) 58 words
    7. cc74-5W
    8. Guildford Pub Bombings 113 words
    9. c75W
    10. Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Act 1987 55 words
    11. c75W
    12. Prisoners (Visits) 138 words
  19. SCOTLAND
    1. c75W
    2. Birds 121 words
    3. cc75-6W
    4. Sporting Rights 123 words
    5. c76W
    6. Greater Glasgow Health Board 77 words
    7. c76W
    8. Roads 128 words
    9. cc76-7W
    10. Nature Conservancy Council 215 words
    11. cc77-8W
    12. Water Supplies 398 words
    13. cc78-82W
    14. Old People's Homes 1,599 words
    15. c82W
    16. Airports 68 words
    17. cc82-3W
    18. Wildlife and Countryside Act 71 words
    19. c83W
    20. Scottish Arts 55 words
    21. c83W
    22. Natural Heritage Agency 61 words
    23. c83W
    24. Health Service (Information Requirements) 63 words
    25. c83W
    26. Adoption 126 words
    27. cc83-4W
    28. School Boards 55 words
  20. TRANSPORT
    1. c84W
    2. Toll Roads 61 words
    3. c84W
    4. Channel Tunnel (Freight Terminal) 80 words
    5. c84W
    6. Wheel Clamping 71 words
    7. c84W
    8. Speed Limit 115 words
    9. cc84-5W
    10. Second Channel Tunnel 53 words
    11. c85W
    12. Border Routes 128 words
    13. c85W
    14. One-man Bridge Operation 67 words
    15. c85W
    16. Lockerbie Air Disaster 98 words
    17. cc85-6W
    18. "Road Users and the Law" 122 words
    19. c86W
    20. Road Speed Law 88 words
    21. c86W
    22. Traffic-calming Measures 79 words
    23. cc86-8W
    24. Channel Tunnel 796 words
    25. c88W
    26. Bus Industry 56 words
    27. c88W
    28. Network SouthEast 86 words
    29. c88W
    30. British Rail (Safety) 85 words
    31. cc88-90W
    32. British Rail 873 words
    33. cc90-1W
    34. Road Safety Statistics 399 words
    35. c91W
    36. Underground Railways 65 words
    37. c91W
    38. Commuter Services, London 84 words
    39. c91W
    40. Bus Substitution 36 words
    41. cc91-2W
    42. Women Travellers 203 words
    43. c92W
    44. Concessionary Fares 89 words
    45. c92W
    46. Thames Collision 69 words
    47. cc92-3W
    48. Air Traffic Control Centre 57 words
    49. c93W
    50. Stockton-on-Tees 41 words
    51. c93W
    52. Orange Badge Scheme 156 words
    53. c93W
    54. Underground Railway, London 67 words
    55. c93W
    56. M1, Bedfordshire 69 words
    57. cc93-4W
    58. Motorways, North-East 142 words
    59. c94W
    60. Roads (Spending) 155 words
    61. c94W
    62. Dalston Kingsland Station 36 words
    63. c94W
    64. Leeds-Bradford Airport 85 words
    65. cc94-5W
    66. A30, Cornwall 92 words
    67. c95W
    68. A38 65 words
    69. c95W
    70. Civil Aviation Authority (Computers) 48 words
    71. c95W
    72. Roads and Street Lighting 66 words
    73. cc95-6W
    74. London Underground 135 words
    75. c96W
    76. Rural Transport 124 words
    77. c96W
    78. London Road Assessment Studies 212 words
    79. cc96-7W
    80. Manchester Airport 75 words
    81. c97W
    82. Bus Deregulation 135 words
    83. c97W
    84. Regional Airports 128 words
    85. c97W
    86. London Regional Transport 49 words
    87. cc97-8W
    88. European Aviation Package 62 words
    89. c98W
    90. A41 Bypass 59 words
    91. c98W
    92. Trunk Roads, Selby 80 words
    93. c98W
    94. Light Rail Projects 59 words
    95. c98W
    96. A3 67 words
    97. cc98-9W
    98. Disabled People 116 words
    99. c99W
    100. M3 160 words
    101. c99W
    102. "New Roads by New Means" 95 words
    103. c99W
    104. Road Safety 120 words
    105. cc99-100W
    106. East Coast Railway Line 66 words
    107. c100W
    108. World Student Games 110 words
    109. c100W
    110. Submarines 72 words
    111. c100W
    112. Inner Cities (Access) 80 words
    113. cc100-1W
    114. Freight 98 words
    115. c101W
    116. Traffic Lights, SE1 222 words
    117. c101W
    118. Pilotage 85 words
    119. c101W
    120. Vehicles (Fire Hazards) 126 words
    121. cc101-2W
    122. Drink Driving 79 words
    123. c102W
    124. Public Transport 196 words
    125. c102W
    126. Correspondence 58 words
    127. c102W
    128. Thames Riverbus 44 words
    129. cc102-3W
    130. A46 (Accidents) 131 words
    131. c103W
    132. A303/A30 (Improvements) 43 words
    133. c103W
    134. Cars (Child Restraints) 125 words
    135. c103W
    136. Irish Lights 98 words
    137. cc103-4W
    138. Central London (Traffic Management) 54 words
    139. c104W
    140. Sprinter Trains 31 words
    141. c104W
    142. East London Assessment Study 37 words
  21. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc104-7W
    2. North Sea 1,223 words
    3. c107W
    4. Lindane and Pentachlorophenol 68 words
    5. c107W
    6. Hens 96 words
    7. cc107-8W
    8. Food Safety Directorate 139 words
    9. c108W
    10. High-density Baling 141 words
    11. cc108-9W
    12. Bread Prices 316 words
    13. c109W
    14. Artificial Bovine Somatotropin 71 words
    15. c109W
    16. Fishing Industry 41 words
    17. c109W
    18. Pesticide Ban 60 words
    19. c109W
    20. Food Standards 37 words
    21. cc109-10W
    22. Parents for Safe Food 48 words
    23. cc110-1W
    24. Habitat Sites 319 words
    25. c111W
    26. Lead Contamination 205 words
    27. c111W
    28. Food Advisory Committees 49 words
    29. c111W
    30. East Anglia 75 words
    31. cc111-2W
    32. Global Warming 122 words
    33. c112W
    34. Isle of Man 78 words
    35. cc112-4W
    36. Animal Exports 853 words

Lords Sitting of 4 December 1989 Series 5 Vol. 513

    c595
  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. cc595-6
  3. Teachers: Advisory Committee 840 words
  4. cc597-600
  5. War Widows: Pensions Differential 1,908 words
  6. cc601-3
  7. Sheep: Live Exports to Spain 911 words
  8. c603
  9. Tourism: Career Opportunities 175 words
  10. c603
  11. Capital Allowances Bill [H.L.] 54 words
  12. cc604-79
  13. War Crimes Inquiry Report 41,627 words
  14. cc679-724
  15. Electricity Industry: Privatisation 23,679 words
  16. Written Answers
    1. c724
    2. CYCLING ON PAVEMENTS 63 words
    3. c724
    4. SPECTACLES: ALLEGED OVER-PRESCRIBING 119 words
    5. c725
    6. GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL: MEMBERSHIP 264 words
    7. c725
    8. GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL: REVIEW OF OPTICAL SERVICES 209 words
    9. cc725-7
    10. GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL: STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT 193 words
    11. c727
    12. GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL: INVESTIGATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 136 words
    13. c727
    14. SIGHT TESTS: CONSUMER CHOICE 104 words
    15. cc727-8
    16. SIGHT TEST CHARGES: INCIDENCE AND LEVELS 90 words
    17. c728
    18. SPECTACLES: COSTS TO SUPPLIER 173 words
    19. c728
    20. SIGHT TESTS: ENFORCEMENT OF LEGAL DEFINITIONS 142 words
    21. c729
    22. SPECTACLES: DEFINITION IN EUROPEAN LAW 180 words
    23. c729
    24. GENERAL OPTICAL COUNCIL: CONSTITUTION 63 words
    25. cc729-30
    26. SPECTACLES: PRESCRIBING PRACTICE 116 words
    27. c730
    28. ELECTRICITY PRIVATISATION: FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 104 words
    29. c730
    30. MILK LEVY: CONTAMINATED SUPPLIES 91 words
    31. c730
    32. ANIMAL WELFARE: PROJECTED LEGISLATION 70 words
    33. cc731-2
    34. MINISTERIAL SALARIES 548 words