Commons Sitting of 20 March 1989 Series 6 Vol. 149

    c713
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c713
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
        2. cc713-4
      1. Roads Strategy 495 words
        2. cc714-5
      2. Training Grant Scheme 668 words
        3. cc715-6
      3. Housing 489 words
        4. cc716-8
      4. Second Homes 784 words
        5. c718
      5. Immunopathology Consultants 166 words
        6. cc718-9
      6. Secondary Pupils (Costs) 359 words
        7. c719
      7. Severn Crossing 373 words
        8. cc719-21
      8. Labour Statistics 864 words
        9. cc721-2
      9. Housing for Wales 349 words
        10. cc722-3
      10. Deeside Waterfront Project 366 words
        11. c723
      11. Tinplate Plants 389 words
    2. THE ARTS
        3. cc723-4
      1. London International Opera Festival 271 words
        2. cc724-5
      2. EC (Artistic Dimension) 371 words
        3. cc725-6
      3. Books and Titles 504 words
        4. c726
      4. Southern Arts Association 388 words
        5. cc726-7
      5. Welsh Arts Council 226 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
        4. cc727-8
      1. Agencies 717 words
        2. cc728-9
      2. Bridge Scheme 340 words
        3. cc729-30
      3. Morale 495 words
        4. c730
      4. Civil Service College 188 words
    cc731-4
  4. Lockerbie Air Crash 2,033 words
    5. c735
  5. Water Bill (Money Resolution) 298 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c736
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
      2. c736
    2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 126 words
      3. cc736-827
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 52,859 words, 1 division
      4. c827
    4. 2. HYDROCARBON OIL 206 words
      5. c827
    5. 3. BEER (ORIGINAL GRAVITY) 224 words
      6. c828
    6. 4. PRODUCTION OF MADE-WINE 31 words
      7. cc828-9
    7. 5. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (RATES) 864 words
      8. c830
    8. 6. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION MARKS) 77 words
      9. c831
    9. 7. SPECIAL MACHINES (VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY AND HYDROCARBON OIL) 502 words
      10. c831
    10. 8. VALUE ADDED TAX (BUILDINGS AND LAND: ZERO-RATING AND EXEMPTION ETC.) 20 words
      11. cc832-4
    11. GROUP 8—CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLINGS, ETC. 1,336 words
      12. cc834-5
    12. GROUP 1—LAND 929 words
  7. SCHEDULE 6A
      8. cc835-8
    1. BUILDINGS AND LAND 1,632 words
      2. c838
    2. 9. VALUE ADDED TAX (ZERO-RATING: SEWERAGE SERVICES, WATER, FUEL AND POWER) 59 words
      3. c838
    3. 10. VALUE ADDED TAX (ZERO-RATING: NEWS SERVICES) 100 words
      4. c838
    4. 11. VALUE ADDED TAX (ZERO-RATING: PROTECTIVE BOOTS AND HELMETS) 181 words
      5. cc838-9
    5. 12. VALUE ADDED TAX (BUILDINGS AND LAND: GENERAL) 59 words
      6. c839
    6. 13. VALUE ADDED TAX (SELF-SUPPLIES) 37 words
      7. c839
    7. 14. CAR TAX (RELIEF FOR VEHICLES LEASED TO HANDICAPPED) 262 words
      8. cc839-40
    8. 15. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES, VALUE ADDED TAX AND CAR TAX (DIPLOMATS, MEMBERS OF VISITING FORCES, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS ETC.) 159 words
      9. c840
    9. 16. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1989–90) 89 words
      10. c840
    10. 17. INCOME TAX (AGE ALLOWANCE) 142 words
      11. c840
    11. 18. INCOME TAX (OPERATIVE DATE OF INDEXATION FOR PAYE) 96 words
      12. c840
    12. 19. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1989–90) 64 words
      13. c840
    13. 20. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1989) 20 words
      14. c841
    14. 21. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES) 165 words
      15. c841
    15. 24. CALCULATION OF PROFITS OR GAINS 31 words
      16. c842
    16. 22. SCHEDULE E 16 words
      17. c842
    17. 23. BENEFITS IN KIND (CARS) 49 words
      18. cc842-3
    18. 25 CHARITIES 75 words
      19. c843
    19. 26. PROFIT-RELATED PAY 11 words
      20. c843
    20. 27. PROFIT SHARING SCHEMES (INCREASE OF MAXIMUM SHARE APPROPRIATION) 87 words
      21. c843
    21. 28. RETIREMENT BENEFITS SCHEMES 11 words
      22. c843
    22. 29. PERSONAL PENSION SCHEMES 11 words
      23. c843
    23. 30. COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES 30 words
      24. c843
    24. 31. OFFSHORE FUNDS 22 words
      25. c843
    25. 32. INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES 30 words
      26. c843
    26. 33. PREMIUMS TRUST FUNDS 17 words
      27. c843
    27. 34. REGULATIONS ABOUT UNDERWRITERS ETC. 28 words
      28. c844
    28. 35. SECURITIES 20 words
      29. c844
    29. 36. GROUPS OF COMPANIES AND CHANGES IN THE OWNERSHIP OF COMPANIES 44 words
      30. c844
    30. 37. CLOSE COMPANIES 12 words
      31. c844
    31. 38. SETTLEMENTS 12 words
      32. c844
    32. 39. DOUBLE TAXATION (TAX CREDITS) 27 words
      33. c844
    33. 40. CAPITAL ALLOWANCE 11 words
      34. c844
    34. 41. CAPITAL GAINS (ANNUAL EXEMPT AMOUNT) 26 words
      35. c844
    35. 42. CAPITAL GAINS (GIFTS ETC.) 24 words
      36. c844
    36. 43. NON-RESIDENTS 48 words
      37. c844
    37. 44. DUAL RESIDENT COMPANIES 42 words
      38. c845
    38. 45. NON-RESIDENT COMPANIES (NON-PAYMENT OF TAX) 35 words
      39. c845
    39. 46. EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION ASSETS 22 words
      40. c845
    40. 47. CAPITAL GAINS (RE-BASING TO 1982 ETC.) 31 words
      41. c845
    41. 48. INHERITANCE TAX 46 words
      42. c845
    42. 49. BROADCASTING: ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY PROGRAMME CONTRACTORS 20 words
      43. c845
    43. 50. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 36 words
  8. PROCEDURE RESOLUTIONS
      9. c845
    1. PROCEDURE (SUB-CONTRACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) 70 words
      2. cc845-50
    2. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 2,313 words, 1 division
      3. c850
    3. FINANCE BILL [Money] 147 words
      4. c850
    4. FINANCE BILL 61 words
      5. cc851-8
    5. Water Bill [Money] (No. 2) 4,260 words
      6. cc859-84
    6. Grant-Maintained Schools 13,252 words, 1 division
      7. c884
    7. SOCIAL SERVICES 31 words
      8. c884
    8. TREASURY AND CIVIL SERVICE 32 words
      9. c884
    9. WELSH AFFAIRS 30 words
  9. PETITION
      10. c884
    1. Ripon Hospital (Maternity Unit) 152 words
      2. cc885-90
    2. Cot Deaths 3,304 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 March 1989 Series 6 Vol. 149

  1. TRANSPORT
      2. c399W
    1. Britannia Bridge 60 words
      2. c399W
    2. Engineering Materials 86 words
      3. c399W
    3. Catalytic Converters 55 words
      4. cc399-400W
    4. Hazardous Substances (Road Transport) 170 words
      5. c400W
    5. Fissile Materials 118 words
      6. c400W
    6. City of Westminster (Coach Parking) 196 words
      7. c400W
    7. Bus Lanes 98 words
      8. cc400-1W
    8. City of Westminster (Traffic Flow) 70 words
      9. c401W
    9. Freight (Continental Europe) 99 words
      10. c401W
    10. Air Services (Malta) 107 words
      11. c401W
    11. Air Transport Licences 83 words
      12. cc401-2W
    12. Coastguard (Breeches Buoy Equipment) 138 words
      13. c402W
    13. Sub-Post Offices (Vehicle Excise Duty) 119 words
      14. c402W
    14. Fishing Vessels and Submarines (Incidents) 115 words
      15. c402W
    15. Vale of Rheidol Narrow Gauge Railway 79 words
      16. cc402-3W
    16. Road Noise 358 words
      17. c403W
    17. HM Coastguard 89 words
      18. c403W
    18. A36 (West Wellow) 51 words
      19. cc403-4W
    19. Dr. Tony Ridley 106 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      3. c404W
    1. Irish Teachers 213 words
      2. cc404-5W
    2. Teachers (Shortages) 390 words
      3. cc405-6W
    3. City Technology Colleges 271 words
      4. c406W
    4. Universities (Public Funding) 296 words
      5. cc406-7W
    5. "School Governors: A New Role" 100 words
      6. c407W
    6. Voluntary-aided Schools 53 words
      7. c407W
    7. Teachers (Salaries) 163 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
      4. c407W
    1. Prison Medical Service 77 words
      2. cc407-10W
    2. Mentally Disturbed Prisoners 1,357 words
      3. cc410-1W
    3. Body Belts 436 words
      4. c411W
    4. Michael Bettaney 36 words
      5. c411W
    5. Street Lighting 97 words
      6. c411W
    6. Children's Television Programmes 111 words
      7. cc411-2W
    7. Heavy Goods Vehicles 70 words
      8. c412W
    8. Correspondence 40 words
      9. c412W
    9. Mr. Hafiz Ali Akbar 209 words
      10. c412W
    10. Miss Michelle Renshaw (Imprisonment) 54 words
      11. cc412-3W
    11. Immigration 231 words
      12. c413W
    12. Citizenship 192 words
      13. c413W
    13. Prisoners (Escape Attempts) 59 words
      14. cc413-4W
    14. Magistrates' Courts 122 words
  4. EMPLOYMENT
      5. c414W
    1. Chlorofluorocarbons 59 words
      2. c414W
    2. Parliamentary Constituencies 102 words
  5. ENERGY
      6. cc414-5W
    1. Offshore Safety 235 words
      2. c415W
    2. Employment Training 66 words
      3. c415W
    3. Wages 51 words
      4. c415W
    4. Labour Force Survey 350 words
      5. cc415-6W
    5. Time Off 66 words
      6. c416W
    6. Health and Safety Inspectors 114 words
      7. c416W
    7. Labour Statistics 44 words
      8. cc416-7W
    8. Child Care Facilities 103 words
      9. c417W
    9. Quality of Life 204 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. c417W
    1. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty 83 words
      2. c417W
    2. Commercial Forestry 71 words
      3. cc417-8W
    3. Lockerbie Air Crash 615 words
      4. cc418-20W
    4. Special Advisers 536 words
      5. c420W
    5. Immigration 265 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
      8. cc420-1W
    1. Disability 223 words
      2. c421W
    2. Public Expenditure Commentary 87 words
      3. c421W
    3. Students 203 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
      9. cc421-2W
    1. Globe Theatre Site 155 words
      2. c422W
    2. Sea Pollution 223 words
      3. c422W
    3. Beaches 75 words
      4. cc422-3W
    4. Yorkshire (Water Reserves) 136 words
      5. c423W
    5. Vehicle Exhaust Emissions 78 words
      6. cc423-4W
    6. Water Pollution 673 words
      7. cc424-5W
    7. Water Authority Chairmen 161 words
      8. c425W
    8. Football Membership Scheme 172 words
      9. cc425-6W
    9. Renovation Grants 360 words
      10. c426W
    10. Chlorofluorocarbons 269 words
      11. c426W
    11. Ozone Layer Conference 72 words
      12. cc426-7W
    12. Local Government (Access to Information) Act 60 words
      13. c427W
    13. River Quality 121 words
      14. c427W
    14. Sewage Treatment Works 64 words
      15. cc427-8W
    15. River Pollution 240 words
      16. c428W
    16. Enterprise Centre (Bradford) 69 words
      17. c428W
    17. Voluntary Organisations (Bradford) 214 words
      18. cc428-9W
    18. Rating Reform 91 words
      19. c429W
    19. Set-aside Scheme 315 words
      20. c429W
    20. Eastbourne Waterworks Company 45 words
      21. c429W
    21. Migratory Species 43 words
      22. cc429-30W
    22. Electoral Registers (Doncaster) 185 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      10. c430W
    1. British Telecom (Pricing Policy) 142 words
      2. c430W
    2. Manufacturing Industry (North-West) 69 words
      3. cc430-1W
    3. GDP (North-West) 56 words
      4. c431W
    4. Export-Import Trade 322 words
      5. cc431-2W
    5. Price Indication (Code of Practice) 325 words
      6. c432W
    6. Public Limited Companies 69 words
      7. cc432-5W
    7. Regional Assistance 1,345 words
      8. cc435-7W
    8. Business Development Consultancy Initiative 556 words
  10. WALES
      11. c437W
    1. Nurses (Regrading) 54 words
      2. c437W
    2. Sheepmeat Regime 59 words
      3. cc437-8W
    3. Wales Tourist Board 70 words
      4. c438W
    4. Experimental Farms 73 words
      5. c438W
    5. Collieries (Merthyr) 59 words
      6. c438W
    6. Gwynedd Health Authority 81 words
      7. cc438-9W
    7. West Wales (Inward Investment) 129 words
      8. c439W
    8. East Glamorgan General Hospital 94 words
      9. c439W
    9. Farming Unions 40 words
      10. c439W
    10. Rating Reform 42 words
      11. cc439-41W
    11. Disabled People 663 words
      12. c441W
    12. Dialysis Patients 91 words
      13. c441W
    13. New Patients 33 words
      14. cc441-2W
    14. Regional Assistance 733 words
      15. cc442-3W
    15. Investment Grants 267 words
      16. c443W
    16. Teachers (Vacancies) 147 words
      17. c443W
    17. Remand 64 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. c444W
    1. Waste Disposal 44 words
      2. c444W
    2. Nurses 52 words
      3. c444W
    3. Incinerators (Pollution) 147 words
      4. cc444-6W
    4. Salmon Farming 592 words
      5. c446W
    5. Schools (Self-Government) 102 words
      6. c446W
    6. Deprivation 91 words
      7. c446W
    7. Grant Maintained Trust 49 words
      8. c446W
    8. City Technology College Trust 51 words
      9. cc446-7W
    9. Regional Assistance 228 words
      10. c447W
    10. Cancer Screening 82 words
      11. c447W
    11. Water Pollution 113 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      13. c448W
    1. Rights of the Child (United Nations Convention) 129 words
      2. c448W
    2. South Africa 97 words
      3. c448W
    3. Vietnam 61 words
      4. c448W
    4. E1 Salvador 83 words
  13. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      14. cc448-9W
    1. Special Constables 107 words
      2. c449W
    2. Duty Solicitors 137 words
      3. c449W
    3. Legal Aid 185 words
      4. cc449-50W
    4. Single Parents (Custody) 51 words
      5. cc450-1W
    5. Crown Court Judges 601 words
      6. c451W
    6. Justices of the Peace 109 words
      7. c451W
    7. Advisory Committees 115 words
  14. NATIONAL FINANCE
      15. cc451-2W
    1. Private Medical Insurance 406 words
      2. c452W
    2. Seafarers (Taxation) 195 words
      3. cc452-3W
    3. Shipping 500 words
      4. cc453-5W
    4. Tax Threshold 157 words
      5. c455W
    5. National Debt 488 words
      6. cc455-6W
    6. Mortgage Interest Relief 96 words
      7. c456W
    7. Income Tax (Scotland) 45 words
      8. cc456-7W
    8. Cash Limits 291 words
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      16. c457W
    1. Research Assistants (Passes) 170 words
      2. c457W
    2. Standing Orders 145 words
      3. c457W
    3. Miss Pamella Bordes 61 words
      4. cc457-8W
    4. Photo-passes 326 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc458-9W
    1. Appeals 369 words
      2. c459W
    2. Pension Age 72 words
      3. c459W
    3. Family Credit 109 words
      4. cc459-60W
    4. Income Support 180 words
      5. c460W
    5. Widows (Pensions) 138 words
      6. cc460-1W
    6. Seafarers 287 words
  17. CIVIL SERVICE
      18. c461W
    1. Next Steps Initiative 122 words
  18. THE ARTS
      19. c461W
    1. Yorkshire Arts Association 41 words
      2. cc461-2W
    2. Northern Arts Association 41 words
      3. c462W
    3. British Theatre Association Library 123 words
      4. c462W
    4. British Library 134 words
      5. c462W
    5. Library Attendances 36 words
      6. c462W
    6. North-West Arts Association 42 words
      7. cc462-3W
    7. Greater London Arts Association 111 words
      8. c463W
    8. Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme 104 words
      9. c463W
    9. East Midlands Arts Association 42 words
      10. c463W
    10. West Midlands Arts Association 42 words
      11. c463W
    11. The Puppet Centre, Battersea 33 words
      12. c463W
    12. Northern Ballet Theatre 58 words
      13. c463W
    13. Museums 98 words
      14. cc463-4W
    14. British Craft 73 words
      15. c464W
    15. Performing Arts (Young People) 70 words
      16. c464W
    16. Mappa Mundi 254 words
      17. c464W
    17. New Buiildings 66 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      20. c465W
    1. Veterinary Officers 288 words
      2. c465W
    2. Vote Office (Publications) 180 words
      3. cc465-6W
    3. Slaughterhouses (Diseased Animals) 168 words
      4. c466W
    4. Abattoirs (Hygiene Standards) 99 words
      5. cc466-7W
    5. Sheep Dipping 263 words
      6. c467W
    6. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 89 words
      7. c467W
    7. Farm Woodland Scheme 141 words
      8. c467W
    8. Veterinary Products Committee 50 words
      9. cc467-8W
    9. BSE-infected Cattle 94 words
      10. c468W
    10. Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy 36 words
      11. c468W
    11. Veterinary Products 51 words
      12. c468W
    12. Cetaceans 141 words
      13. c468W
    13. Meat Statistics 49 words
      14. c468W
    14. Sheep (Scrapie) 62 words
      15. cc468-9W
    15. Goats' Milk 183 words
      16. c469W
    16. Fruit (Cyanide) 362 words
      17. cc469-70W
    17. BSE-infected Cattle 287 words
      18. cc470-1W
    18. Fruit Imports 172 words
      19. c471W
    19. Belgian Trawlers (Rule Infringements) 193 words
      20. c471W
    20. Belgian Fishing Fleet 117 words
      21. cc471-2W
    21. Dutch and Belgian Fishing Vessels 208 words
      22. cc472-3W
    22. Bovine Somatotropin 393 words
      23. c473W
    23. Medicines (Monitoring) 90 words
      24. c473W
    24. North-East Drift Net Fishery 129 words
      25. c473W
    25. Slaughterhouses 63 words
      26. cc473-4W
    26. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 100 words
      27. c474W
    27. "Nuclear Accidents and the Farmer" 144 words
      28. c474W
    28. Egg Producers 76 words
      29. cc474-5W
    29. Sheep (Radioactivity) 109 words
      30. c475W
    30. Training 370 words
  20. DEFENCE
      21. c476W
    1. South Korea 73 words
      2. c476W
    2. Oman 90 words
      3. c476W
    3. Low Flying 157 words
      4. c476W
    4. Exercise Red Lanyard 85 words
      5. cc476-7W
    5. Royal Military Police (Accountants) 314 words
      6. c477W
    6. Warrant Officer Newbery 53 words
      7. cc477-8W
    7. Nuclear Weapons 152 words
      8. cc478-81W
    8. Nuclear Submarines 1,367 words
  21. HEALTH
      22. c481W
    1. Dolls' Houses (Synthetic Foods) 179 words
      2. cc481-2W
    2. Kidney Patients 178 words
      3. c482W
    3. Psychiatric Care 466 words
      4. cc482-3W
    4. Surgery Costs 685 words
      5. cc483-6W
    5. Secure Accommodation 862 words
      6. cc486-7W
    6. Cot Deaths 1,569 words
      7. cc487-9W
    7. General Practitioners (Contracts) 286 words
      8. c489W
    8. Organ Transplants 129 words
      9. c489W
    9. Ethnic Minority Health 137 words
      10. cc489-90W
    10. Prescription Costs 104 words
      11. c490W
    11. Hazardous Waste 151 words
      12. cc490-1W
    12. Child Protection Services 339 words
      13. cc491-2W
    13. Expenditure 459 words
      14. c492W
    14. Registered Homes Tribunal 61 words

Lords Sitting of 20 March 1989 Series 5 Vol. 505

    c453
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. cc453-5
  2. Trident: Costs 1,141 words
    3. cc455-7
  3. Scottish Air Traffic Distribution 860 words
    4. cc457-8
  4. Peterhead Coastguard Centre: Closure 656 words
    5. cc459-61
  5. Road Traffic Law Review 981 words
    6. c461
  6. Business 67 words
    7. cc461-530
  7. Companies Bill [H.L.] 35,294 words, 1 division
    8. cc530-40
  8. Civil Legal Aid (Matrimonial Proceedings) Regulations 1989 5,658 words
    9. c540
  9. Legal Aid (Functions) Order 1989 46 words
    10. c541
  10. Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) Regulations 1989 81 words
    11. cc541-66
  11. Companies Bill [H.L.] 12,172 words
    12. c566
  12. Hayle Harbour Bill [H.L.] 6 words
    13. c566
  13. Buckinghamshire County Council Bill [H.L.] 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 March 1989 Series 5 Vol. 505

    c567WA
  1. NORTHERN IRELAND DISTRICT COUNCILLORS 98 words
    c567WA
  2. MAGISTRATES' COURTS: REVIEW OF PROCEDURE 115 words
    cc567-9WA
  3. SERVICE WIDOWS' PENSIONS 769 words
    c569WA
  4. SALMON DEALER LICENSING PROPOSALS 83 words
    c569WA
  5. LITTER REMOVAL FROM HIGHWAYS 95 words
    cc569-70WA
  6. REGENTS PARK: TREES 115 words
    c570WA
  7. FARMERS' SET-ASIDE SCHEME 291 words
    cc570-2WA
  8. FAMILY CREDIT TAKE-UP 380 words
    c572WA
  9. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: PLANNING APPLICATIONS 95 words