Commons Sitting of 10 January 1989 Series 6 Vol. 144

    c669
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c669
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
        2. cc669-71
      1. USSR (Military Reductions) 1,267 words
        2. cc671-2
      2. BAOR (Tanks and Helicopters) 508 words
        3. cc672-4
      3. Supplies (Monopolies) 1,006 words
        4. cc674-5
      4. AOR Programme 311 words
        5. cc675-6
      5. Tank Recovery Vehicles 499 words
        6. cc676-7
      6. Tactical Air-to-Surface Missiles 572 words
        7. cc677-9
      7. Independent Nuclear Deterrent 571 words
        8. cc679-80
      8. Chemical Weapons 875 words
        9. cc680-2
      9. USSR (Military Reductions) 775 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc682-6
      1. Engagements 2,342 words
    cc687-95
  4. Air Crash (East Midlands) 4,714 words
    5. cc696-710
  5. Lockerbie Air Disaster 8,177 words
    6. cc710-2
  6. BILLS PRESENTED 60 words
      7. c711
    1. RIDERS OF EQUINE ANIMALS (WEARING OF PROTECTIVE HEADGEAR) 83 words
      2. c711
    2. GAMING MACHINES (PROHIBITION ON USE BY PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN) 92 words
      3. cc711-2
    3. COALMINING SUBSIDENCE (DAMAGE, ARBITRATION, PREVENTION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS) 176 words
      4. c712
    4. HUMAN RIGHTS 106 words
      5. c712
    5. MISUSE OF DRUGS 59 words
      6. c712
    6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 66 words
    c713
  7. Point of Order 302 words
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. cc714-91
    1. Social Security Bill 44,287 words, 1 division
      2. c791
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 47 words
      3. c791
    3. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL [MONEY] 78 words
      4. cc792-814
    4. Cold Weather Payments 11,881 words
      5. cc815-22
    5. Amusement Arcades 4,146 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 January 1989 Series 6 Vol. 144

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      2. c471W
    1. Members' Allowances 374 words
      cc471-2W
    2. Salmonella 109 words
  2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      3. c472W
    1. Hearing Aid Council 187 words
      cc472-3W
    2. Recycling 200 words
      cc473-6W
    3. North Peckham Task Force 1,560 words
      cc476-7W
    4. London Greek Radio 83 words
      c477W
    5. Footwear Imports 109 words
      c477W
    6. Parliamentary Questions 77 words
      c477W
    7. Coral Imports 81 words
      c477W
    8. Task Force Expenditure 148 words
      cc477-8W
    9. Task Force Initiative, Peckham 160 words
  3. WALES
      4. c478W
    1. Tobacco Industry 79 words
  4. CIVIL SERVICE
      5. c478W
    1. Foreign Office (Disbursements) 63 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      6. cc478-9W
    1. "Our Changing Schools" 294 words
      cc479-80W
    2. Teachers (Training) 346 words
      c480W
    3. Education Support Grants 204 words
      c480W
    4. British Antarctic Survey 151 words
      cc480-1W
    5. Animal Research Laboratories 133 words
      c481W
    6. Parliamentary Questions 56 words
      c481W
    7. ILEA Adult Education Service 195 words
  6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      7. cc481-2W
    1. Patrick Ryan 219 words
      c482W
    2. Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act 1975 93 words
      c482W
    3. Social Security Commissioners 201 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
      8. c483W
    1. Crime Statistics 607 words
      cc483-4W
    2. Explosives Find, Battersea 342 words
      c484W
    3. Kincora Boys Home 70 words
      cc484-5W
    4. Mr. Albert Baker 78 words
      c485W
    5. Security and Intelligence Services (Staff Counsellor) 143 words
      cc485-6W
    6. Broadcasting 543 words
      c486W
    7. Firearms 168 words
      cc486-7W
    8. Official Secrets Legislation 63 words
      c487W
    9. Armenia (British Rescue Squad) 124 words
      c487W
    10. Arrests 62 words
      c487W
    11. Immigration 139 words
      cc487-8W
    12. Accident and Emergency Services 44 words
      c488W
    13. Parliamentary Questions 68 words
      c488W
    14. Football Matches (Arrests) 151 words
      cc488-9W
    15. Naturalisation 462 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
      9. c489W
    1. European Commission (Vice-President) 30 words
      cc489-90W
    2. Salmonella 300 words
      c490W
    3. Sir Alan Walters 46 words
      cc490-1W
    4. Engagements 181 words
      c491W
    5. Security Services (Staff Counsellor) 130 words
      c491W
    6. Emergency Services 43 words
      cc491-2W
    7. Overseas Visits 166 words
      c492W
    8. Air Crash (Lockerbie) 50 words
      c492W
    9. Parliamentary Answers (Cost) 181 words
      c492W
    10. Electors 87 words
      cc492-3W
    11. Minister for Sport 119 words
      c493W
    12. Security Service Bill (Warrant Provisions) 59 words
      c493W
    13. Tourism 92 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. c493W
    1. EC (Luxembourg Agreement) 53 words
      c493W
    2. Security Services (Staff Counsellor) 141 words
      cc493-4W
    3. Visa Applications 121 words
      c494W
    4. Malawi 127 words
      cc494-5W
    5. Council of Ministers 353 words
      cc495-7W
    6. Hong Kong (Endangered Species) 951 words
      c497W
    7. Niger (Illegal Hunting) 49 words
      c497W
    8. Aircraft (Sabotage Threats) 77 words
      cc497-8W
    9. Fauna, Flora and Habitats (Protection) 34 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      11. c498W
    1. Rescue Teams 128 words
      c498W
    2. Sub-Saharan Africa (Aid) 165 words
      cc498-9W
    3. Armenia (Earthquake) 156 words
      c499W
    4. Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference 76 words
      c499W
    5. Animal Conservation 241 words
      cc499-500W
    6. United Nations 85 words
  11. ENVIRONMENT
      12. c500W
    1. Greenhouse Effect 138 words
      c500W
    2. Football Clubs (Membership Schemes) 131 words
      cc500-1W
    3. Pollution (Safety Standards) 76 words
      c501W
    4. Contact Pursuits 91 words
      c501W
    5. Radon Radiation 125 words
      c501W
    6. Control of Pollution 68 words
      c501W
    7. The Orphanage, Watford 62 words
      cc501-2W
    8. East Thameside (Housing) 289 words
      cc502-3W
    9. Nature Conservation 339 words
      c503W
    10. Unleaded Petrol 136 words
      c503W
    11. Bellwin Scheme 130 words
      cc503-4W
    12. Computerisation 64 words
      c504W
    13. Palace of Westminster 163 words
      c504W
    14. Council Housing (Sales) 119 words
      cc504-5W
    15. Medicinal Leech (Protection) 225 words
      c505W
    16. Hayle Harbour 168 words
      c505W
    17. Local Authorities (Economic Development) 85 words
      c505W
    18. Toxic Waste (Exports) 29 words
      cc505-6W
    19. Scheduled Monuments (Damage) 118 words
      c506W
    20. Parliamentary Questions 59 words
      cc506-7W
    21. Protection of Birds 369 words
      c507W
    22. Family Statistics 95 words
      c507W
    23. Homelessness 168 words
      cc507-9W
    24. Offensive Trades 1,045 words
      c509W
    25. City Grant 59 words
      cc509-10W
    26. Mink Farms 60 words
      c510W
    27. Destroyed Chickens (Disposal) 78 words
      c510W
    28. Irish Sea (Pollution) 177 words
      cc510-2W
    29. Sports Council 1,002 words
      cc512-3W
    30. Football Clubs (Membership Scheme) 66 words
      c513W
    31. Thames Water Authority 163 words
      c513W
    32. Sewage Sludge 136 words
      cc513-4W
    33. Water Supply 424 words
      c514W
    34. Toxic Waste Sites 75 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      13. c515W
    1. Water Pollution 158 words
      c515W
    2. Animal Protein 248 words
      cc515-6W
    3. PCBs 174 words
      c516W
    4. Butter 284 words
      cc516-7W
    5. Birds (Feeding Areas) 99 words
      c517W
    6. Protein-Processing Plants 220 words
      c517W
    7. Meat Inspection 68 words
      cc517-8W
    8. Salmonella 389 words
      cc518-9W
    9. Meat Imports 186 words
      c519W
    10. Pigmeat 155 words
      c519W
    11. Egg Producers 147 words
      cc519-20W
    12. EC Directives 98 words
      c520W
    13. NFU 41 words
      c520W
    14. Rating Reform 59 words
      c520W
    15. Food Grains 309 words
      cc520-1W
    16. Cattle 744 words
      cc521-4W
    17. Dumping at Sea 1,019 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. c524W
    1. Radar Systems (Procurement) 189 words
      cc524-5W
    2. Defence Review 62 words
      c525W
    3. Procurement (Excess Profits) 206 words
      cc525-6W
    4. Conventional Stability Talks 296 words
      c526W
    5. Soviet Union (Armed Forces) 72 words
      c526W
    6. Trident 135 words
      cc526-7W
    7. UK Mobile Force 52 words
      cc527-8W
    8. USSR (Military Reductions) 406 words
      c528W
    9. Free-fall Bombs 50 words
      c528W
    10. NATO Eurogroup 45 words
      c528W
    11. Defence Producers 148 words
      c528W
    12. Air Cadets (Venture Fleet Replacement) 69 words
      cc528-9W
    13. Armed Forces (Civilian Manpower) 66 words
      c529W
    14. Tucano Aircraft 99 words
      c529W
    15. Chemical Weapons 96 words
      c529W
    16. Army Air Corps 105 words
      cc529-30W
    17. Royal Ordnance plc 183 words
      c530W
    18. RAF Flight Training (Germany) 86 words
      c530W
    19. Strategic Defence Initiative 118 words
      c530W
    20. NATO (Military Strategy) 60 words
      cc530-1W
    21. Armilla Patrol 284 words
      c531W
    22. United States Secretary of State for Defence 55 words
      c531W
    23. Frigates 120 words
      cc531-2W
    24. SSN and SSBN (Decommissioning) 55 words
      c532W
    25. Tactical Air-to-Surface Missiles 84 words
      c532W
    26. Anglo-French Reciprocal Purchasing 114 words
      c532W
    27. Defence Export Services Organisation 44 words
      c532W
    28. Chieftain Tank Replacement 68 words
      cc532-3W
    29. Reservists 179 words
      c533W
    30. French Defence Minister 59 words
      c533W
    31. NATO (40th Anniversary) 51 words
      c533W
    32. WEU Defence Ministers 59 words
      c533W
    33. NATO-Warsaw Pact (Nuclear Forces) 59 words
      cc533-4W
    34. Frigates 283 words
      c534W
    35. NATO (Military Strategy) 72 words
      c534W
    36. NATO Secretary-General 62 words
      cc534-5W
    37. Support Services 142 words
      c535W
    38. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield 161 words
      c535W
    39. Arms Race (Symposium) 77 words
      cc535-6W
    40. Royal Ordnance 158 words
      c536W
    41. Nitroglycerine 73 words
      c536W
    42. Procurement Contracts 113 words
      c536W
    43. Nuclear Test Veterans 78 words
      c536W
    44. "Death on the Rock" 61 words
      cc536-7W
    45. Service Men (Re-enlistment) 132 words
      cc537-8W
    46. Republic of Ireland 399 words
      c538W
    47. Printed Material 77 words
      c538W
    48. Army Information Services 157 words
      c538W
    49. Overseas Educational Institutions 64 words
      c538W
    50. Project Clockwork Orange 68 words
      cc538-9W
    51. Captain Fred Holroyd 289 words
      c539W
    52. Computer Hacking 45 words
  14. EMPLOYMENT
      15. cc539-40W
    1. Tourism 271 words
      c540W
    2. Workplace Nurseries 37 words
      c540W
    3. Vacancies (Coventry) 85 words
      c540W
    4. Cuprinol Ltd. 162 words
      cc540-1W
    5. Pentachlorophenol 102 words
      c541W
    6. Compulsory Training 50 words
      cc541-2W
    7. Job Clubs 526 words
      c542W
    8. London Labour Market Surveys 219 words
      cc542-3W
    9. Community Projects 159 words
      cc543-5W
    10. Training Programmes 1,195 words
      cc545-7W
    11. Income Support 923 words
  15. SCOTLAND
      16. c547W
    1. Sheriff Courts (Small Claims Procedure) 118 words
      cc547-8W
    2. Chicken Feed 45 words
      c548W
    3. Electricity Industry 249 words
      cc548-9W
    4. Rating Reform 312 words
      c549W
    5. Fish Farms (Pollution) 93 words
      cc549-50W
    6. A74 356 words
      cc550-1W
    7. Sewage 549 words
      c551W
    8. Roads 87 words
      cc551-2W
    9. Rating Reform 75 words
      c552W
    10. A8 122 words
      c552W
    11. Irish Citizens 154 words
      cc552-4W
    12. Scottish Special Housing Association 637 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
      17. c554W
    1. Plastic Bullets 173 words
      c554W
    2. Quangos 88 words
      cc554-5W
    3. Social Fund 236 words
      c555W
    4. Extradition 117 words
      cc555-6W
    5. Action for Community Employment 471 words
      cc556-7W
    6. DNA Profiling 403 words
      c557W
    7. Higher Education 134 words
      cc557-8W
    8. Income Support 58 words
      c558W
    9. Full-time Education (Statistics) 51 words
      c558W
    10. Top-up Loans 53 words
      cc558-9W
    11. Mandatory Awards 406 words
      c559W
    12. Student Awards 323 words
      cc559-60W
    13. Income Support 192 words
      cc560-1W
    14. Water Pollution 449 words
      c561W
    15. RUC and UDR (Religions) 166 words
      cc561-2W
    16. Prevention of Terrorism 232 words
      c562W
    17. Short Brothers 217 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
      18. c562W
    1. Resettlement Unit 33 words
      cc562-3W
    2. Unemployed People (Spouses) 80 words
      cc563-4W
    3. Social Security Reform 809 words
      cc564-5W
    4. Office Work Loads 170 words
      c565W
    5. Homelessness 74 words
      c565W
    6. Hostels 64 words
      c565W
    7. Housing Benefit 122 words
      c565W
    8. Benefits 120 words
      cc565-6W
    9. Training Allowance 199 words
      c566W
    10. Board and Lodging 86 words
      c566W
    11. Child Benefit 76 words
      cc566-7W
    12. Pensioners 122 words
      c567W
    13. Christmas Bonus 112 words
      c567W
    14. Disabled People 214 words
      cc567-8W
    15. Attendance Allowance 167 words
      c568W
    16. Family Incomes 281 words
      cc568-70W
    17. Child Benefit 964 words
      c570W
    18. Unemployment Benefit 116 words
  18. ENERGY
      19. cc570-1W
    1. Renewable Energy 127 words
      c571W
    2. North Sea Offshore Installations 204 words
      c571W
    3. Sellafield (Reprocessing) 66 words
      cc571-2W
    4. Sellafield (Radioactive Emissions) 193 words
      c572W
    5. Sellafield (Radioactive Waste) 185 words
      c572W
    6. Energy Efficiency Office 48 words
      c572W
    7. Appliances (Energy Consumption) 54 words
      cc572-3W
    8. Sellafield (Plutonium Discharges) 214 words
      cc573-4W
    9. Electricity Privatisation 426 words
      c574W
    10. War-time Cremations 184 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. cc574-95W
    1. Grading 10,768 words
      c595W
    2. Northallerton Health Authority 339 words
      cc595-6W
    3. Meningitis 133 words
      c596W
    4. Health in Old Age 126 words
      c596W
    5. Midwives (Vacancies) 33 words
      cc596-7W
    6. National Census 264 words
      cc597-8W
    7. Product Licences (Parallel Imports) Scheme 268 words
      cc598-9W
    8. Disabled Persons 416 words
      cc599-601W
    9. AIDS 619 words
      cc601-2W
    10. Social Work Training 318 words
      cc602-5W
    11. Yorkshire Health Authorities (Staffing) 1,546 words
      cc605-6W
    12. Radiation Overdoses (Compensation) 203 words
      c606W
    13. Salmonella 344 words
      cc606-7W
    14. St. Bartholomew's Eye Hospital 65 words
      c607W
    15. Water Pollution 102 words
      c607W
    16. Pay Beds 587 words
      cc607-8W
    17. Drug Prices 199 words
      cc608-9W
    18. Electoral Statistics 324 words
      c609W
    19. Abortions 277 words
      cc609-10W
    20. Cancer Screening 145 words
      c610W
    21. Hepatitis B 106 words
      c610W
    22. Alexander Fleming House 79 words
      cc610-1W
    23. Handbook of Environmental Health 147 words
      c611W
    24. Water Supply 128 words
      c611W
    25. Vaccination 112 words
      c611W
    26. Railway Signalling 123 words
      cc611-2W
    27. Emissions 118 words
      c612W
    28. Fuel Economy 119 words
      c612W
    29. Inland Waterways (Freight Grants) 180 words
      cc612-3W
    30. Municipal Bus Companies 63 words
      c613W
    31. Arrests 173 words
      c613W
    32. British Rail (Investment) 211 words
      cc613-4W
    33. European Community Funds 82 words
      c614W
    34. Al Felton Bypass 64 words
      c614W
    35. M63 (Widening) 49 words
      c614W
    36. Assessment Studies 80 words
      c614W
    37. Parliamentary Questions 60 words
      cc614-5W
    38. British Transport Police 81 words
      c615W
    39. London Underground (Fires) 145 words
      cc615-6W
    40. Oil Pollution 609 words
      c616W
    41. Stratford Station (Congestion) 97 words
      cc616-7W
    42. Aircraft Sabotage Warnings 170 words
      c617W
    43. "Crime on the London Underground" 245 words
      cc617-8W
    44. Property Purchase 188 words
      c618W
    45. Motorcycle Casualties 194 words
      cc618-9W
    46. Drivers (Fitness) 333 words
      c619W
    47. Orange Badges 62 words
      c619W
    48. British Rail (Chairman) 24 words
      c619W
    49. M4 (Barrier Replacement) 191 words
  20. NATIONAL FINANCE
      21. c620W
    1. Personal Equity Plans 259 words
      c620W
    2. Interest (Taxation) 73 words
      cc620-1W
    3. Business Expansion Scheme 43 words
      c621W
    4. Airports (Intimate Searches) 164 words
      c621W
    5. Senior Personal Secretaries (Civil Service) 166 words
      cc621-47W
    6. Taxes and Benefits 17,936 words
      c647W
    7. Departmental Spending 133 words
      cc647-8W
    8. Share Issues 227 words
      c648W
    9. Parliamentary Questions 79 words
      c648W
    10. Local and National Expenditure 184 words