Commons Sitting of 18 December 1989 Series 6 Vol. 164

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c1
    1. BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL [Lords] 6 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENERGY
        2. cc1-3
      1. Electricity Privatisation 721 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Gas Industry (Competition) 692 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Electricity Privatisation 447 words
        4. cc5-6
      4. United Kingdom Offshore Operators Association 402 words
        5. cc6-8
      5. Nuclear Industry (Investment) 771 words
        6. c8
      6. BNFL 311 words
        7. cc8-9
      7. Combined Heat and Power 624 words
        8. cc9-10
      8. Community Insulation Programme 380 words
        9. cc10-1
      9. Electricity Privatisation 194 words
        10. c11
      10. British Gas 126 words
        11. c11
      11. Nuclear Levy 181 words
        12. cc11-2
      12. Severn Barrage 251 words
    2. THE ARTS
        3. cc12-3
      1. North West Arts 434 words
        2. cc13-4
      2. Stolen Treasures 522 words
        3. c14
      3. Departmental Budget 288 words
        4. cc14-5
      4. British Library 203 words
        5. c15
      5. North West Arts 278 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
        4. cc15-6
      1. Disciplinary Action 345 words
        2. cc16-7
      2. Central Policy Unit 417 words
        3. cc17-8
      3. Museums (Opening Hours) 416 words
        4. c18
      4. Trade Unions 241 words
        5. cc18-20
      5. Civil Servants (Morale) 169 words
    cc21-6
  5. Storm Damage 2,956 words
    6. cc27-36
  6. Local Government Finance (Wales) 5,303 words
    7. cc37-9
  7. Points of Order 1,503 words
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. cc40-122
    1. Broadcasting Bill 46,427 words, 2 divisions
    c122
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
    10. cc123-32
  10. Broadcasting Bill [Money] 5,592 words
    11. cc133-48
  11. Broadcasting Bill [Ways and Means] 8,765 words
    12. cc149-69
  12. Package Travel 11,649 words
  13. PETITIONS
      14. c170
    1. Opencast Mine (Gateshead) 110 words
    cc170-1
  14. Deaf People (Broadcasting) 545 words
    15. cc172-8
  15. Unitary Taxation 2,922 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 December 1989 Series 6 Vol. 164

  1. PRIME MINISTER
      2. c1W
    1. Public Libraries 17 words
      2. c1W
    2. Official Travel (Rail) 87 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
      3. c1W
    1. Disabled People 36 words
  3. TRANSPORT
      4. c1W
    1. A1 (Roadworks) 123 words
      2. cc1-2W
    2. Travel Concessions 71 words
      3. c2W
    3. Air Services 220 words
      4. c2W
    4. A40, Acton 156 words
      5. cc2-3W
    5. A40, Ealing 127 words
      6. c3W
    6. Near-Miss, London-Belfast Route 139 words
      7. cc3-4W
    7. Driving Licences 309 words
      8. c4W
    8. American Airlines 103 words
      9. c4W
    9. Foulridge Bypass 86 words
      10. c4W
    10. London Assessment Studies 146 words
      11. cc4-5W
    11. East London River Crossing 106 words
      12. c5W
    12. Disabled People 101 words
      13. c5W
    13. M3 218 words
      14. cc5-6W
    14. Severn Bridge 89 words
      15. c6W
    15. SCOOT Programme 26 words
      16. c6W
    16. Jubilee Line 173 words
      17. c6W
    17. Panamanian Registered Ships 131 words
      18. cc6-7W
    18. Traffic Pollution 104 words
      19. c7W
    19. Port of London Authority 141 words
      20. c7W
    20. Congestion, London 57 words
      21. c7W
    21. Coastguard Service 167 words
      22. cc7-11W
    22. Roads (Funding) 1,962 words
      23. c11W
    23. Western Environmental Improvement Route 78 words
      24. cc11-2W
    24. Speed Limits 141 words
      25. cc12-3W
    25. Car Pollution 313 words
      26. c13W
    26. Health Services 105 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
      5. cc13-4W
    1. Violence to Women 291 words
      2. c14W
    2. Teachers' Pay 60 words
      3. cc14-5W
    3. Prison Searches 460 words
      4. c15W
    4. Anglo-Irish Agreement 37 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. c15W
    1. Prisoners (Meal Requirements) 90 words
      2. cc15-6W
    2. Vehicle Security 203 words
      3. c16W
    3. British Summer Time 73 words
      4. cc16-7W
    4. Prison Searches 314 words
      5. c17W
    5. Falmouth Police Station 60 words
      6. c17W
    6. Chilean Residents 144 words
      7. cc17-8W
    7. Jamaican Nationals 289 words
      8. c18W
    8. Pub Bombings 183 words
      9. cc18-9W
    9. Civil Defence 221 words
      10. c19W
    10. Broadcasting 79 words
      11. c19W
    11. Police Videos 129 words
      12. c19W
    12. Mr. Leroy Russell 98 words
      13. cc19-20W
    13. Police 345 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      7. c20W
    1. Mining Engineering 81 words
      2. cc20-2W
    2. Nationalised Industries 573 words
      3. c22W
    3. European Patent Office 127 words
      4. cc22-3W
    4. Accountancy Firms 292 words
      5. cc23-4W
    5. ECGD 741 words
      6. c24W
    6. National Engineering Laboratory 176 words
      7. cc24-5W
    7. Alcohol Duty 72 words
      8. c25W
    8. Women's Employment Schemes 81 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
      8. c25W
    1. Civil Service Dispersal 111 words
      2. c25W
    2. Civil Service (Privatisation) 107 words
      3. cc25-6W
    3. Workplace Nurseries 97 words
      4. c26W
    4. Incomes 173 words
      5. c26W
    5. Department of Transport (Expenditure) 174 words
      6. cc26-7W
    6. Exchange Rate Mechanism 93 words
      7. c27W
    7. Civil Service 139 words
      8. c27W
    8. Capital Account 111 words
      9. c27W
    9. Medical Insurance 110 words
      10. cc27-8W
    10. Departmental Funding 137 words
      11. c28W
    11. Customs and Excise 130 words
      12. c28W
    12. Exchange Rate 72 words
      13. c28W
    13. Endangered Species 105 words
      14. cc28-9W
    14. British Aerospace 57 words
      15. c29W
    15. Ivory 125 words
      16. cc29-30W
    16. Nationalised Industries 501 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      9. c30W
    1. Microwave Ovens 73 words
      2. c30W
    2. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 189 words
      3. c30W
    3. Casualty Animals 55 words
      4. cc30-1W
    4. Dairy Herd 78 words
      5. c31W
    5. Antibiotics 36 words
      6. c31W
    6. Animals and Birds (Imports) 177 words
      7. cc31-2W
    7. Voluntary Organisations 182 words
      8. c32W
    8. Lead-contaminated Feed 136 words
      9. cc32-3W
    9. Sellafield 435 words
      10. c33W
    10. Agricultural Training 361 words
      11. cc33-4W
    11. Plant Breeding Institute 171 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      10. c34W
    1. School Repairs 134 words
      2. c34W
    2. Vocational Degrees 99 words
      3. c34W
    3. Student Unions 65 words
      4. cc34-5W
    4. Hyperkinesis 53 words
      5. cc35-6W
    5. Further Education (Salaries) 603 words
      6. cc36-40W
    6. Grants 3,821 words
      7. c40W
    7. Student Maintenance Award 123 words
      8. cc40-1W
    8. Higher Education (Student Numbers) 147 words
      9. c41W
    9. Student Loans 80 words
      10. c41W
    10. Disabled Students 244 words
      11. cc41-2W
    11. Harrow Clinical Research Centre 164 words
      12. c42W
    12. School Buildings 69 words
      13. c42W
    13. Governing Bodies 183 words
      14. cc42-4W
    14. Brighton City Technology College 904 words
      15. cc44-5W
    15. Craft and Design 122 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      11. c45W
    1. Vietnam 85 words
      2. c45W
    2. Ethiopia 229 words
      3. cc45-6W
    3. India 86 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      12. c46W
    1. Anglo-Australian Understanding 75 words
      2. c46W
    2. Falkland Islands 131 words
      3. c46W
    3. Tamil Community 47 words
      4. c46W
    4. Antarctica 68 words
      5. cc46-7W
    5. Diego Garcia 94 words
      6. cc47-8W
    6. Television Films 743 words
      7. cc48-9W
    7. Indian Immigrants 259 words
      8. c49W
    8. DNA Testing 46 words
      9. c49W
    9. Contras Demobilisation 48 words
  12. SCOTLAND
      13. c49W
    1. Fisheries 114 words
      2. c49W
    2. Poultry 55 words
      3. cc49-50W
    3. Accountancy Firms 111 words
      4. cc50-1W
    4. Health Service 438 words
      5. c51W
    5. New Towns 268 words
      6. c51W
    6. Civil Defence 98 words
      7. cc51-2W
    7. Fire Service 30 words
      8. c52W
    8. Local Government Finance 290 words
      9. c52W
    9. Sand Eels 91 words
      10. cc52-3W
    10. Postgraduate Students 244 words
      11. c53W
    11. Natural Heritage 232 words
      12. cc53-4W
    12. Agriculture (Research and Development) 125 words
  13. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      14. c54W
    1. Microwave Ovens 96 words
  14. THE ARTS
      15. c54W
    1. Arts (Leicester) 39 words
      2. cc54-5W
    2. Museums and Galleries 133 words
      3. c55W
    3. New Libraries 83 words
      4. c55W
    4. Disabled People 94 words
      5. c55W
    5. Arts Funding 57 words
      6. c55W
    6. Arts Funding 90 words
      7. c55W
    7. Arts Council 38 words
      8. cc55-6W
    8. Museum Staff 166 words
      9. c56W
    9. Live Music 52 words
      10. c56W
    10. Creative Activity 117 words
      11. c56W
    11. Kent Opera Company 47 words
      12. c56W
    12. Young Musicians 43 words
      13. cc56-7W
    13. Wilding Proposals 38 words
      14. c57W
    14. Arts Council 94 words
      15. c57W
    15. Fund Raising (Tax Incentives) 86 words
      16. c57W
    16. Women's Arts and Crafts 59 words
  15. WALES
      16. c57W
    1. Contracts 54 words
      2. cc57-8W
    2. Accountancy Firms 145 words
      3. c58W
    3. Quangos (Appointments) 58 words
      4. c58W
    4. Poultry Testing 80 words
      5. c58W
    5. Cancer Treatment 89 words
      6. cc58-9W
    6. Hypothermia 208 words
      7. cc59-60W
    7. Baby Cots 397 words
      8. c60W
    8. Full-time Education 312 words
      9. cc60-1W
    9. Radiation 311 words
      10. c61W
    10. Bed and Breakfast Accommodation 290 words
      11. c61W
    11. Food Poisoning 63 words
      12. cc61-2W
    12. South Glamorgan Women's Workshop 131 words
      13. c62W
    13. Welsh Language 107 words
      14. c62W
    14. Cleddau Bridge 84 words
      15. c62W
    15. Hospice Movement 97 words
      16. cc62-3W
    16. Redundant Mineworkers Payments Scheme 86 words
      17. c63W
    17. Travel-to-work Areas 76 words
      18. c63W
    18. Baglan-Lonlas Motorway 128 words
      19. c63W
    19. Neath and Port Talbot Hospital 72 words
      20. cc63-4W
    20. Urban Programme 82 words
  16. EMPLOYMENT
      17. c64W
    1. British American Tobacco (Liverpool) 95 words
      2. c64W
    2. Unemployed Claimants 255 words
      3. cc64-5W
    3. Enterprise Allowance and TVEI 227 words
      4. c65W
    4. Earnings 84 words
      5. cc65-6W
    5. Health and Safety Executive 600 words
      6. cc66-7W
    6. Women's Employment 144 words
      7. c67W
    7. Technical and Vocational Education Initiative 72 words
      8. c67W
    8. Training and Enterprise Councils 62 words
      9. c67W
    9. Tourism 89 words
  17. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      18. cc67-8W
    1. Breath Testing 117 words
      2. c68W
    2. Trials (Delays) 68 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
      19. c68W
    1. Nursing Homes 46 words
      2. c68W
    2. Residential Care 41 words
      3. c68W
    3. Transitional Payments 46 words
      4. c68W
    4. Accountancy Firms 113 words
      5. cc68-9W
    5. Residential Homes 138 words
      6. c69W
    6. Youth Training Scheme 60 words
      7. cc69-70W
    7. Social Fund 344 words
      8. c70W
    8. Halliburton Limited 169 words
      9. c70W
    9. Income Support 68 words
      10. c70W
    10. Community Charge Benefit 78 words
      11. cc70-1W
    11. Pensions 161 words
  19. DEFENCE
      20. c71W
    1. Contracts 174 words
      2. c71W
    2. Accountancy Firms 159 words
      3. cc71-2W
    3. Nuclear Tests 73 words
      4. c72W
    4. Tucano 55 words
      5. c72W
    5. Mentor Interactive Training 41 words
      6. c72W
    6. BL755 Cluster Bomb 35 words
      7. c72W
    7. First World War (Executions) 158 words
      8. cc72-4W
    8. Operations (Western Europe) 665 words
      9. c74W
    9. Military Advisers 92 words
      10. c74W
    10. Greenham Common 58 words
      11. cc74-5W
    11. Earnings 375 words
      12. c75W
    12. Belize 67 words
      13. c75W
    13. Air Miss (Tranent) 89 words
      14. c75W
    14. Colonel Richard Lea 52 words
      15. c75W
    15. Tornado 41 words
      16. cc75-6W
    16. Royal Ordnance 102 words
      17. c76W
    17. WE177 135 words
      18. c76W
    18. Thailand 59 words
      19. c76W
    19. Cambodia 77 words
      20. cc76-7W
    20. Staff (Length of Service) 38 words
      21. c77W
    21. Civilian Staff (Overtime) 43 words
      22. c77W
    22. Chieftain Tank 45 words
  20. HEALTH
      21. cc77-8W
    1. Ambulance Service 710 words
      2. cc78-80W
    2. Prescriptions 988 words
      3. cc80-1W
    3. Health Spending 301 words
      4. cc81-2W
    4. Hypothermia 430 words
      5. cc82-3W
    5. Residential Homes 214 words
      6. c83W
    6. Pharmaceutical Products 318 words
      7. c83W
    7. Environmental Policies 50 words
      8. cc83-4W
    8. Radiation 158 words
      9. c84W
    9. Schoolchildren (Diet) 102 words
      10. cc84-5W
    10. Sugars 316 words
      11. c85W
    11. Hospital Beds 46 words
      12. c85W
    12. NHS Reform 121 words
      13. c85W
    13. Bed and Breakfast 120 words
      14. cc85-6W
    14. Food Poisoning 143 words
      15. c86W
    15. Influenza Vaccine 310 words
      16. cc86-7W
    16. Hospital Funding 67 words
      17. c87W
    17. Cornwall Air Ambulance Service 78 words
      18. c87W
    18. Ophthalmology Consultants 33 words
      19. c87W
    19. Cataracts 35 words
      20. cc87-8W
    20. Doctors and Dentists (Pay) 180 words
      21. c88W
    21. GP Contract (Kent) 37 words
  21. ENVIRONMENT
      22. c89W
    1. Recycled Paper 111 words
      2. c89W
    2. Monofilament Nets 144 words
      3. c89W
    3. Groundwork Foundation (Nottingham) 174 words
      4. cc89-90W
    4. Air Pollution 425 words
      5. cc90-1W
    5. Council of Environment Ministers 117 words
      6. c91W
    6. Recycling 80 words
      7. c91W
    7. Pollution 76 words
      8. c91W
    8. Christmas Novelty Sprays 179 words
      9. c91W
    9. Energy Efficiency 55 words
      10. cc91-2W
    10. Home Improvement Grants 78 words
      11. c92W
    11. Correspondence 123 words
      12. c92W
    12. Toxic Waste (Wath upon Dearne) 221 words
      13. cc92-3W
    13. Animals and Birds (Imports) 377 words
      14. c93W
    14. Nature Conservancy 69 words
      15. cc93-4W
    15. Accounting Conventions 94 words
      16. cc94-5W
    16. Somerset House Vaults 509 words
      17. c95W
    17. Home Insulation 108 words
      18. cc95-7W
    18. Pollution Inspectorate 819 words
      19. c97W
    19. Community Charge Video 104 words
      20. c97W
    20. Community Charge Leaflet 127 words
      21. c97W
    21. Environmental Audit 68 words
      22. cc97-8W
    22. Property Services Agency 62 words
      23. cc98-9W
    23. Sewage Sludge 457 words
  22. ENERGY
      23. c99W
    1. Coal Mining (Productivity) 38 words
      2. c99W
    2. Greenhouse Effect 139 words
      3. c99W
    3. Offshore Oil and Gas 60 words
      4. cc99-100W
    4. Electricity Privatisation 340 words
      5. cc100-1W
    5. Coal Imports 298 words
      6. c101W
    6. Electricity Council 90 words
      7. c101W
    7. Coal Industry (Pollution) 105 words
      8. cc101-2W
    8. Sizewell B 112 words
      9. cc102-3W
    9. British Coal 405 words
      10. c103W
    10. Alternative Energy Projects (Cornwall) 81 words
      11. cc103-6W
    11. Energy Efficiency 1,245 words
      12. c106W
    12. Neighbourhood Energy Action 110 words
      13. c106W
    13. Electricity Supply 44 words
      14. c106W
    14. Nuclear Energy 56 words
      15. c106W
    15. High-voltage Cables 141 words
      16. cc106-7W
    16. South of Scotland Electricity Board 93 words
      17. c107W
    17. National Power 69 words
      18. c107W
    18. CEGB 73 words
      19. c107W
    19. European Fast Reactor 77 words
      20. c107W
    20. British Nuclear Fuels plc 48 words
      21. cc107-8W
    21. British Gas (Disconnections) 112 words
      22. c108W
    22. Nuclear Electric plc 49 words
      23. c108W
    23. Severn Barrage 81 words
      24. c108W
    24. Home Insulation 63 words
      25. c108W
    25. Piper Alpha 31 words
      26. cc108-9W
    26. Nuclear Power 46 words
      27. c109W
    27. Electricity Boards 67 words
      28. c109W
    28. Association for the Conservation of Energy 91 words
      29. c109W
    29. PWR Stations 165 words
      30. c109W
    30. UKOOA 59 words
      31. cc109-10W
    31. Director General of Electricity Supply 68 words
      32. c110W
    32. Eastern Europe (Energy Needs) 151 words
      33. c110W
    33. Flue Gas Desulphurisation 74 words
      34. cc110-1W
    34. Alternative Energy Sources 199 words
      35. c111W
    35. Gas Industry 45 words
      36. c111W
    36. Fabrication Sector 89 words
      37. c111W
    37. Electricity Standing Charges 49 words
      38. c111W
    38. Hinkley Point C 52 words
      39. c111W
    39. Low-sulphur Coal 66 words
      40. cc111-2W
    40. Marchwood Engineering Laboratories 54 words
      41. c112W
    41. Wind and Wave Power 79 words
      42. c112W
    42. British Gas 84 words
      43. cc112-3W
    43. Nuclear Power Stations 269 words
      44. c113W
    44. Energy Labelling 46 words
      45. c113W
    45. Coal Reserves 155 words
      46. cc113-4W
    46. Accounting Conventions 168 words
      47. c114W
    47. Halliburton Ltd. 107 words

Lords Sitting of 18 December 1989 Series 5 Vol. 514

    c1
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1-3
  2. Share Dealing: Commission Rates 721 words
    3. cc3-4
  3. North Sea Oil: Capital Investment 527 words
    4. cc4-5
  4. Ethiopian and Eritrea: Arms Supplies 495 words
    5. cc5-6
  5. Animal Welfare: EC Proposals 154 words
    6. c6
  6. Standing Orders (Private Bills): Select Committee 79 words
    7. cc6-73
  7. Delors Committee Report: ECC Report 36,030 words
    8. cc74-87
  8. Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) Order 1989 7,203 words
    9. cc87-100
  9. Prisons: Visitors' Centres 7,048 words
    10. c101
  10. Isle of Wight Bill 19 words
    11. c101
  11. Hythe Marina Village (Southampton) Wavescreen Bill 19 words
    12. c101
  12. New Southgate Cemetry and Crematorium Limited Bill 19 words
    13. c101
  13. Penzance Albert Pier Extension Bill 25 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 December 1989 Series 5 Vol. 514

    c101WA
  1. POLICE STATIONS: DUTY SOLICITORS 131 words
    cc101-2WA
  2. MAGISTRATES: SENTENCING GUIDANCE 80 words
    c102WA
  3. BREATH TESTING 150 words
    cc102-3WA
  4. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT SCHEMES 314 words
    c103WA
  5. PILKINGTON INSULATION LTD. 209 words
    cc103-5WA
  6. ECGD: FUTURE 729 words
    cc105-6WA
  7. AGRICULTURAL TRAINING REVIEW 371 words
    c106WA
  8. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: IT SYSTEMS 128 words
    c106WA
  9. JUBILEE HALL, WEYMOUTH 210 words
    cc106-7WA
  10. DRINKING WATER QUALITY: IMPROVEMENT COSTS 166 words
    cc107-8WA
  11. PETO INSTITUTE: FINANCIAL SUPPORT 276 words
    c108WA
  12. RAILWAY VANDALISM 97 words
    c108WA
  13. TRAIN DRIVERS AND GUARDS: COMMUNICATION LINKS 130 words
    c108WA
  14. LONDON EAST-WEST CROSSRAIL PROPOSAL 126 words
    cc108-12WA
  15. ROADS EXPENDITURE 1,974 words