Commons Sitting of 4 December 1989 Series 6 Vol. 163

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

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

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

Lords Sitting of 4 December 1989 Series 5 Vol. 513

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