Commons Sitting of 26 March 1990 Series 6 Vol. 170

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c1
    1. BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE SOUTHBANK BILL 4 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENERGY
        2. cc1-2
      1. Offshore Energy Industry 373 words
        2. cc2-4
      2. Greenpeace 851 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Electricity Imports 482 words
        4. cc5-6
      4. Coal Contracts 313 words
        5. cc6-7
      5. Gas and Electricity Prices 518 words
        6. cc7-8
      6. Nottinghamshire Coalfield 811 words
        7. cc8-9
      7. Renewable Energy 276 words
        8. cc9-10
      8. Nuclear Fusion 550 words
        9. c10
      9. Offshore Energy Industry 236 words
        10. cc10-1
      10. Gas Tariffs 257 words
        11. cc11-2
      11. British Coal 608 words
    2. THE ARTS
        3. cc12-3
      1. Public Buildings 530 words
        2. cc13-4
      2. Private Patronage 306 words
        3. c14
      3. Wilding Report 281 words
        4. cc14-5
      4. Government Grants 410 words
        5. cc15-6
      5. Towngate Theatre, Basildon 216 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
        4. cc16-7
      1. Code of Conduct 442 words
        2. c17
      2. First Division Association 422 words
        3. c18
      3. Civil Service Unions 395 words
        4. cc18-9
      4. Next Steps Agencies 260 words
        5. cc19-20
      5. Disabled People 241 words
    cc21-36
  5. Social Fund 7,788 words
    6. cc41-2
  6. Points of Order 651 words
    7. cc43-4
  7. Safety in Children's Playgrounds 898 words
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  8. SAFETY IN CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS 47 words
  9. Orders of the Day
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    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
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      1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 109 words
      cc45-190
    2. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 47,254 words, 1 division
        3. c127
      1. 2. SPIRITS 321 words
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      2. 5. CIDER 70 words
        3. cc127-8
      3. 6. TOBACCO PRODUCTS 63 words
        4. c128
      4. 3. BEER 86 words
        5. c128
      5. 4. WINE AND MADE-WINE 111 words
        6. cc128-32
      6. 7. HYDROCARBON OIL 1,689 words, 1 division
        7. cc133-43
      7. 8. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (RATES) 3,187 words
        8. cc143-5
      8. 9. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (EXEMPTIONS) 522 words
        9. cc145-6
      9. 10. VALUE ADDED TAX (REGISTRATION) 712 words
        10. c146
      10. 11. VALUE ADDED TAX (SUPPLIES TO GROUPS) 134 words
        11. c146
      11. 12. VALUE ADDED TAX (DOMESTIC ACCOMMODATION) 57 words
        12. c146
      12. 13. VALUE ADDED TAX (GOODS SHIPPED AS STORES) 16 words
        13. c146
      13. 14. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1990–91) 87 words
        14. cc146-7
      14. 15. INCOME TAX (OPERATIVE DATE OF INDEXATION FOR PAYE) 79 words
        15. c147
      15. 16. RELIEF FOR BLIND PERSONS 83 words
        16. cc147-8
      16. 17. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1990–91) 267 words
        17. c148
      17. 18. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1990) 19 words
        18. c148
      18. 19. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES) 38 words
        19. cc148-9
      19. 20. BENEFITS IN KIND (CARS) 195 words
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      20. 21. CHARITIES 71 words
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      21. 22. EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP TRUSTS 34 words
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      22. 23. INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES 21 words
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      23. 24. COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT SCHEMES 14 words
        24. c149
      24. 25. SECURITIES 24 words
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      25. 26. CAPITAL GAINS (OIL INDUSTRY ASSETS ETC.) 80 words
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      26. 27. CORPORATION TAX (EFFECT OF REPAYMENT OF PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX) 32 words
        27. c150
      27. 28. DUAL RESIDENT COMPANIES 31 words
        28. c150
      28. 29. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPINGS 26 words
        29. c150
      29. 30. CAPITAL GAINS (ANNUAL EXEMPT AMOUNT) 24 words
        30. c150
      30. 31. DEBTS AND GUARANTEES 10 words
        31. c150
      31. 32. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 9 words
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      32. 33. ERRORS IN THE INCOME AND CORPORATION TAXES ACT 1988 21 words
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      33. 34. LOCAL AUTHORITIES 12 words
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      34. 35. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 35 words
      35. PROCEDURE RESOLUTIONS
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        1. PROCEDURE (INFORMATION FOR TAX AUTHORITIES OF MEMBER STATES) 66 words
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        2. PROCEDURE (LOANS BY PUBLIC WORKS LOAN COMMISSIONER) 67 words
          3. cc151-2
        3. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 96 words
        c152
      36. FINANCE BILL [Money] 188 words
          37. c152
        1. FINANCE BILL 60 words
        cc153-80
      37. Community Charge 15,477 words, 2 divisions
        38. c180
      38. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
          39. c180
        1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 44 words
          2. c180
        2. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 38 words
        c181
      39. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 18 words
          40. c181
        1. ACCOUNTS OF INSURANCE UNDERTAKINGS 37 words
        c181
      40. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 44 words
      41. PETITIONS
          42. c182
        1. M25 (Disturbance Compensation) 137 words
        c182
      42. Human Embryos 141 words
        43. cc183-90
      43. Cammell Laird 4,043 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 March 1990 Series 6 Vol. 170

  1. PRIME MINISTER
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    1. Question Time 55 words
      2. c1W
    2. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 144 words
      3. c1W
    3. Nuclear Accident (Emergency Procedures) 168 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. c2W
    1. Non-custodial sentences 127 words
      2. c2W
    2. Animal Experiments 47 words
      3. c2W
    3. Personal Security Systems 94 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
      4. cc2-3W
    1. Chemicals (North Sea) 169 words
      2. cc3-7W
    2. Local Government Finance 1,778 words
      3. c7W
    3. Lancashire (Derelict Land Reclamation) 159 words
      4. cc7-8W
    4. New Town Tenants 274 words
      5. c8W
    5. Beach Pollution (Cleethorpes) 85 words
      6. c8W
    6. Radon 86 words
      7. cc8-9W
    7. Housing Associations 195 words
      8. c9W
    8. Rents 83 words
      9. c9W
    9. Pollution (Fines) 115 words
      10. c9W
    10. Local Government Boundaries 77 words
      11. cc9-10W
    11. Mortgaged Property 248 words
      12. c10W
    12. Local Government and Housing Act 1989 131 words
      13. c10W
    13. Council House Sales 91 words
      14. c10W
    14. French Nuclear Power Stations 103 words
      15. cc10-1W
    15. Nuclear Waste 100 words
      16. cc11-2W
    16. Encapsulation Plants, Sellafield 471 words
      17. c12W
    17. Mortgages 91 words
      18. c12W
    18. Rented Property 61 words
      19. c12W
    19. Chatham and Medway Docks 51 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
      5. cc12-3W
    1. Household Incomes 96 words
      2. c13W
    2. European Community (Contribution) 279 words
      3. c13W
    3. EC Agriculture Spending 68 words
      4. cc13-4W
    4. Natural Beauty Products 80 words
      5. c14W
    5. Internal Audit 54 words
      6. c14W
    6. Balance of Payments 92 words
      7. c14W
    7. Hong Kong (Investment) 117 words
  5. TRANSPORT
      6. c14W
    1. Driving Licences 115 words
      2. cc14-5W
    2. M40 (Gerrards Cross) 142 words
      3. c15W
    3. Channel Tunnel 117 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. c15W
    1. Public Expenditure Commentary 87 words
      2. cc15-6W
    2. Higher Education 121 words
      3. c16W
    3. New Building Units 86 words
      4. c16W
    4. Salmon 64 words
      5. cc16-7W
    5. Marine Research 431 words
      6. c17W
    6. Freddie Andrews 128 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      8. cc17-8W
    1. Ethiopia 187 words
      2. c18W
    2. Rain Forests 129 words
      3. c18W
    3. Namibia 51 words
      4. cc18-9W
    4. Namibia 263 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      9. c19W
    1. Advertising Expenditure 178 words
      2. c19W
    2. Bophuthatswana 110 words
      3. cc19-20W
    3. Land Registry 91 words
  9. WALES
      10. cc20-1W
    1. Local Government Finance 826 words
      2. c21W
    2. Council House Rents 27 words
      3. cc21-2W
    3. Improvement Grants 614 words
      4. cc22-3W
    4. Tap Water 401 words
      5. c23W
    5. Oil Spill (Severn) 155 words
      6. c23W
    6. Myodil Dye 57 words
  10. DEFENCE
      11. c23W
    1. Air-Sea Rescue 32 words
      2. cc23-4W
    2. Atomic Weapons Establishments 71 words
      3. c24W
    3. European Fighter Aircraft 84 words
  11. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      12. c24W
    1. Departmental Budget 75 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      13. c24W
    1. New Parliamentary Building 160 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      14. c25W
    1. Audit Policy 218 words
      2. c25W
    2. Ferranti (Alleged Fraud) 82 words
      3. cc25-6W
    3. North East Shipbuilders Ltd. 205 words
      4. c26W
    4. Contracts (Moral Rights) 69 words
      5. c26W
    5. Domestic Fixed Capital Expenditure 196 words
      6. cc26-7W
    6. Cot Mattresses (Chemical Hazard) 160 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      15. c27W
    1. Angola 70 words
      2. c27W
    2. Cyprus 73 words
      3. cc27-8W
    3. Libya 214 words
      4. c28W
    4. Know-How Fund 82 words
      5. c28W
    5. Namibia 104 words
      6. c28W
    6. South Africa 73 words
      7. cc28-9W
    7. EC-ACP Meeting 128 words
      8. c29W
    8. Council of Europe 133 words
      9. cc29-30W
    9. Cambodia 383 words
  15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      16. c30W
    1. Teachers' Negotiating Rights 92 words
      2. c30W
    2. Education Expenditure 106 words
      3. cc30-1W
    3. Universities Funding Council 244 words
      4. cc31-2W
    4. Teacher Training (Bursaries) 651 words
      5. c32W
    5. Assisted Places 169 words
      6. cc32-3W
    6. Pre-primary Education 107 words
      7. c33W
    7. School Closures 230 words
      8. cc33-4W
    8. Further Education (Liverpool) 114 words
      9. c34W
    9. Student Loans 123 words
      10. c34W
    10. Access Funds 113 words
      11. cc34-5W
    11. Pensions 437 words
  16. SCOTLAND
      17. c36W
    1. Footpaths and Bridleways 106 words
      2. c36W
    2. Cash Limits 185 words
      3. cc36-7W
    3. Training Schemes 167 words
      4. c37W
    4. Birds of Prey 597 words
      5. c37W
    5. Speech Therapists 54 words
      6. cc37-8W
    6. Hospitals (Self-governing Status) 151 words
      7. c38W
    7. Prime Minister's Visit (Security) 79 words
  17. HEALTH
      18. c39W
    1. Residential Homes, Easington 106 words
      2. c39W
    2. Care in the Community 299 words
      3. cc39-40W
    3. Self-governing Hospitals 55 words
      4. c40W
    4. Dental Service 303 words
      5. cc40-1W
    5. Hampshire Constituencies 304 words
      6. c41W
    6. Infant Mortality (Greenwich) 60 words
      7. c41W
    7. Health Authority Chairmen 156 words
      8. cc41-4W
    8. Speech Therapists 1,097 words
      9. cc44-6W
    9. Speech Problems 831 words
      10. c46W
    10. Indicative Drugs Budgets 116 words
      11. cc46-7W
    11. Residential Homes 251 words
      12. c47W
    12. Meningitis and Hepatitis A (School Outbreaks) 109 words
      13. c47W
    13. Labour Statistics 192 words
  18. THE ARTS
      19. c47W
    1. East Midlands 49 words
      2. cc47-8W
    2. Royal Shakespeare Company 82 words
      3. c48W
    3. Arts Council 37 words
      4. c48W
    4. Wilding Report 49 words
      5. c48W
    5. Queen Street Mill, Burnley 36 words
      6. c48W
    6. Admission Charges 94 words
      7. c48W
    7. Donations 66 words
      8. c48W
    8. Royal National Theatre (Exhibition) 68 words
  19. CIVIL SERVICE
      20. c49W
    1. Civil Service Unions 86 words
      2. c49W
    2. Next Steps Agencies 103 words
      3. c49W
    3. Equal Opportunities 83 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c49W
    1. Lindane 72 words
      2. cc49-50W
    2. Pesticides 376 words
      3. c50W
    3. Baby Milk Products 124 words
      4. cc50-2W
    4. Radioactivity 594 words
      5. c52W
    5. Food Stockpiles 151 words
      6. cc52-3W
    6. Intervention Board 381 words
      7. cc53-4W
    7. Lead-contaminated Food 449 words
      8. cc54-5W
    8. Salmonella 758 words
      9. cc55-6W
    9. Sheep Scab 251 words
      10. c56W
    10. Nuclear Accidents 239 words
      11. cc56-7W
    11. Drainage Rates 219 words
      12. c57W
    12. Veterinary Laboratories, Bangor 68 words
      13. c57W
    13. Water Pollution 44 words
      14. c57W
    14. Genetically Engineered Organisms 119 words
  21. EMPLOYMENT
      22. c57W
    1. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 110 words
      2. cc57-8W
    2. YTS 257 words
      3. cc58-9W
    3. Wages Inspectors 255 words
      4. c59W
    4. Health and Safety Commission 100 words
      5. cc59-64W
    5. Training and Enterprise Councils 1,966 words
      6. cc64-9W
    6. Labour Statistics 2,303 words
      7. cc69-70W
    7. Training 453 words
      8. c70W
    8. Action for Jobs Campaign 41 words
      9. c70W
    9. YTS Allowance 72 words
      10. cc70-3W
    10. Population Statistics 2,121 words
  22. SOCIAL SECURITY
      23. cc73-5W
    1. Mobility Allowance 201 words
      2. c75W
    2. Community Charge 209 words
      3. c75W
    3. Income Support 45 words
      4. cc75-6W
    4. Maintenance Payments 317 words
      5. c76W
    5. "Show You Care" 105 words
      6. c76W
    6. War Widows 146 words
      7. cc76-7W
    7. Student Loans 83 words
      8. c77W
    8. Residential Homes 280 words
      9. cc77-8W
    9. Taper System 136 words
      10. cc78-80W
    10. Social Fund 1,004 words
      11. cc80-1W
    11. Housing Benefit (Students) 533 words
      12. c81W
    12. Invalid Care Allowance 131 words
      13. c81W
    13. Disabled Students 117 words
      14. cc81-2W
    14. Local Government Finance (Rebates) 194 words
      15. c82W
    15. Rates (Ex Gratia Payment) 79 words
      16. cc82-3W
    16. Nuclear Test Veterans 495 words
  23. ENERGY
      24. cc83-4W
    1. Coal Imports 318 words
      2. c84W
    2. Renewable Energy 259 words
      3. cc84-5W
    3. Bankside Power Station 137 words
      4. c85W
    4. Electricity Privatisation 150 words
      5. c85W
    5. Low-sulphur Coal 34 words
      6. c85W
    6. Home Insulation 91 words
      7. cc85-6W
    7. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 276 words
      8. c86W
    8. Lead-free Petrol 170 words
      9. cc86-7W
    9. Nottinghamshire Coalfield 45 words
      10. c87W
    10. Flue Gas Desulphurisation 252 words
      11. c87W
    11. Gas Transmission (North Sea) 44 words
      12. cc87-8W
    12. Energy Conservation 105 words
      13. c88W
    13. Nuclear Electric 207 words
      14. cc88-9W
    14. Energy Efficiency 216 words
      15. c89W
    15. Electricity Prices 180 words
      16. c89W
    16. National Power 79 words
      17. cc89-90W
    17. Oil and Gas Exploration 398 words
      18. c90W
    18. Electricity Supply 86 words
      19. cc90-1W
    19. British Coal 174 words
      20. c91W
    20. Offshore Energy Industry 201 words
      21. cc91-2W
    21. Electricity Undertakings (Property) 95 words
      22. c92W
    22. Landfill Gas Schemes 60 words
      23. c92W
    23. National Union of Mineworkers 40 words
      24. c92W
    24. National Society for Clean Air 39 words
      25. c92W
    25. Nuclear Reactors (Accidents) 136 words
      26. c92W
    26. Electricity Bill Estimates 65 words
      27. cc92-3W
    27. Coal Contracts 58 words
      28. c93W
    28. Lord Marshall of Goring 47 words
      29. c93W
    29. Cornwall Energy Project 40 words
      30. c93W
    30. National Grid Company 47 words
      31. cc93-4W
    31. Gas and Electricity Prices 239 words
      32. c94W
    32. Chemical Spillages (North Sea) 134 words
      33. c94W
    33. Nuclear Industry (Work-related Diseases) 53 words
      34. c94W
    34. Natural Gas 133 words
      35. cc94-5W
    35. Greenhouse Effect 241 words
      36. c95W
    36. Sizewell 73 words
      37. cc95-6W
    37. French Nuclear Power Stations 274 words
      38. c96W
    38. Magnox Fuel 291 words
      39. c96W
    39. Estate Agents 105 words

Lords Sitting of 26 March 1990 Series 5 Vol. 517

    c565
  1. Preamble 24 words
    2. cc565-7
  2. Rating: UBR and Sports Clubs 1,106 words
    3. cc567-9
  3. Independent Television Commission: Pensions 659 words
    4. cc569-71
  4. Seafarers' Hours of Work 1,147 words
    5. cc571-2
  5. HM Prison, Belfast: Attempted Breakout 452 words
    6. cc572-80
  6. Business 4,104 words
    7. c580
  7. Business of the House 94 words
    8. cc580-636
  8. Education (Student Loans) Bill 30,121 words, 3 divisions
    9. cc636-47
  9. British Railways (No. 3) Bill [H.L.] 5,713 words
    10. cc647-720
  10. Education (Student Loans) Bill 38,122 words, 2 divisions
    11. c720
  11. British Film Institute Southbank Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 March 1990 Series 5 Vol. 517

    c721WA
  1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: KNOW-HOW FUND 86 words
    c721WA
  2. THE BALTIC STATES: POLICY 141 words
    cc721-2WA
  3. ETHIOPIA: BOMBING OF FAMINE RELIEF DELIVERIES 133 words
    c722WA
  4. ETHIOPIA: POLICY OF GDR 91 words
    c722WA
  5. NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION: EFFECT OF TEST BAN 62 words
    c722WA
  6. FIREARMS LEGISLATION: CONSOLIDATION 51 words
    cc722-3WA
  7. ANIMAL FEED LEAD CONTAMINATION: CONSUMER PROTECTION 439 words
    cc723-5WA
  8. SALMONELLA: CONTROL IN THE EC 750 words
    cc725-6WA
  9. INTERVENTION BOARD FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT: AGENCY STATUS 368 words
    c726WA
  10. ENGLISH HERITAGE AND DOE: STAFFING 126 words
    cc726-7WA
  11. STUDENT LOANS: REPAYMENT PERIOD 113 words
    cc727-8WA
  12. STUDENT MAINTENANCE: EQUIPMENT 91 words