Commons Sitting of 17 May 1972

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BILL (By Order) 14 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT
      1. Petrol (Lead Content) 192 words
      2. M3 (Tree Planting) 153 words
      3. Leadenhall Market 130 words
      4. Domesday Book for the South-East 231 words
      5. Maplin (Tanker Terminal) 337 words
      6. Association Football (International Competitions) 524 words
      7. Housing Finance Bill 261 words
      8. House Building 975 words
      9. Building Land (Harlow) 147 words
      10. Housing (Temporary Sewerage Systems) 189 words
      11. Stockholm Conference 315 words
      12. Railways (Train Telecommunications) 160 words
      13. Sport (Sponsorship) 387 words
      14. Channel Tunnel 219 words
      15. Motor Vehicles (Noise Certification) 252 words
      16. Improvement Grants 173 words
      17. Clearance Programmes (Rehousing) 405 words
      18. Housing (Planning Consents) 379 words
      19. Smoke Control (Teesside) 342 words
      20. Residential Densities (London) 507 words
      21. Pollution Offences (Fines) 267 words
      22. Neasden Underpass 167 words
      23. Motor Vehicles (Atmospheric Pollution) 315 words
      24. Box Girder Bridges 223 words
      25. County Durham Development Plan 447 words
      26. Water Companies 326 words
      27. House Prices 851 words
  5. GLASGOW EDUCATION AUTHORITY (DEFAULT ORDER) 1,208 words
  6. BILL PRESENTED
    1. PARLIAMENTARY AND OTHER PENSIONS 138 words
    2. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES (CREDIT UNIONS) 774 words
    3. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES (CREDIT UNIONS) 59 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. FINANCE BILL
      1. (Clauses 1, 9, 12, 63, 64, 71, 73, 110, and 112 and Schedule 4) 12 words
      2. Clause 71
        1. RELIEF FOR PAYMENT OF INTEREST 18,825 words, 2 divisions
      3. Clause 73
        1. SHAREOPTIONS—MODIFICATIONS OF SECTION 186(2) OF TAXES ACT 16,013 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 63
        1. ALTERATIONS OF PERSONAL RELIEFS 7,772 words
      5. Clause 112
        1. ESTATE DUTY: RELIEF FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE, CHARITIES AND CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS 2,371 words
        2. ADJOURNMENT 12 words
        3. WATER RESOURCES BOARD 4,794 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 May 1972

  1. ENVIRONMENT
    1. All, Buckhurst Hill 71 words
    2. Dunstable (Bypass) 388 words
    3. Freight (Carriage by Road and Rail) 123 words
    4. Severn Bridge (Tolls) 45 words
    5. Planning Appeals 657 words
    6. Road Improvement Schemes (Countryside Commission) 59 words
    7. South-East Strategy 93 words
    8. Leeds/Bradford Airport 108 words
    9. Land and House Prices 146 words
    10. Bricks 56 words
    11. Housing Finance Bill 648 words
    12. Rainham (Operation Eyesore) 74 words
    13. Barling (Pollution) 178 words
    14. Kennet and Avon Canal 84 words
    15. Cement Dust 115 words
    16. Plastic Packaging Materials 70 words
    17. Chippenham (Population) 48 words
    18. Canals and Waterways 52 words
    19. A31, Hursley (Speed Limit) 41 words
    20. Gazumping 116 words
    21. Channel Tunnel 85 words
    22. Public Rights of Way 204 words
    23. M4, Warren Copse (Service Station) 76 words
    24. Manchester Festival, 1973 48 words
    25. European Economic Community 106 words
    26. Land Prices (West Midlands) 129 words
    27. St. Neots Town Map 93 words
    28. Rents (Birmingham) 76 words
    29. Oxford (Multi-storey Car park) 89 words
    30. Coalite Plant, Rossington 34 words
    31. Green Belt 79 words
    32. Village Conservation 79 words
    33. Ancient Sites (Preservation) 79 words
    34. Thermal Insulation 72 words
    35. Harlow 105 words
    36. White Land 77 words
    37. Vehicle Weights (Regulation) 202 words
    38. Railway Lines (Closure) 40 words
    39. Sutton Scotney (Bypass) 40 words
    40. Untreated Sewage (Coastal Discharge) 61 words
    41. M40, Denham (Construction Noise) 91 words
    42. Housing (Bootle) 48 words
    43. Slum Clearance 75 words
    44. Housing Advice Bureaux 92 words
    45. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act, 1970 96 words
    46. Lorries 101 words
    47. Roads (Expenditure) 120 words
    48. Urban Centres (Traffic Policies) 125 words
    49. Construction Industry (Computers) 128 words
    50. Building Land (East Suffolk) 104 words
    51. Driving Licences (Suspension) 131 words
    52. Sports Facilities (North-West) 264 words
    53. Ashton and Lever Peak Forest Canal 67 words
    54. Sports Clubs (Grants) 58 words
    55. Cheetham Hill Cricket Club 78 words
    56. Volley Ball 62 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. School Camps 118 words
    2. Debtors (Scotland) Act, 1838 143 words
    3. Mining (Technical Course) 71 words
    4. Hospitals (Fire Protection) 45 words
  3. POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    1. Post Offices (Social Need) 63 words
    2. Telephone Charges 158 words
    3. Booster Stations (Wales) 97 words
    4. Telephone Kiosks (Vandalism) 50 words
    5. Independent Broadcasting Authority (Appointments) 49 words
    6. Value Added Tax 140 words
    7. NEW HALL, CAMBRIDGE (CHARTERS) 93 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Industrial Injuries Act 194 words
    2. Public Access to Members 173 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Young Unemployed (Experimental Work Scheme) 70 words
    2. "Training for the Future" 69 words
    3. Railways (Dispute) 118 words
    4. Industrial Injuries (Bolton) 92 words
    5. Council House Rents (Wales) 49 words
    6. Highly Flammable Liquids (Report) 71 words
    7. Disabled Persons 712 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Supersonic Flight 56 words
    2. Aycliffe Industrial Estate 49 words
    3. Manchester 165 words
    4. Concorde 58 words
    5. Japan 443 words
    6. Industrial Development Certificates 105 words
    7. Airport (Midlands) 106 words
    8. Shipbuilding (Finance) 168 words
    9. Synthetic Natural Gas 48 words
    10. Aircraft Industry (Finance) 648 words
    11. Ship Repairing (Finance) 93 words
    12. Electricity Council (Minister's Meeting) 77 words
    13. Nuclear Power Stations (Costs) 100 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Basildon (District Valuer's Office) 74 words
    2. Cost of Living 112 words
  8. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Homeless Families 61 words
    2. Unemployed (Exhausted Benefit) 51 words
    3. Discrimination 157 words
    4. Shellfish (Pollution) 124 words
    5. Industrial Injuries Advisory Council 75 words
    6. Spina Bifida 83 words
    7. Poultry Slaughtering Establishments 120 words
    8. Brucellosis 91 words
  9. COUNCIL OF EUROPE (UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION) 90 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Statutory Instruments 66 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Thames Flood Barrier 640 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Pre-school and Primary Education 121 words
    2. Nursery School Places (Southampton) 126 words
    3. Secondary Education (Ealing) 936 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. Recruitment (Scotland) 54 words
    2. Trooping the Colour (Viewing Stands) 120 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. European Economic Community 88 words
  15. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Fire Service (Pay and Conditions) 86 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Casualties 155 words
    2. Education (Discrimination) 69 words
    3. Families (Size) 229 words
    4. School Leavers 135 words
    5. Housing 67 words
    6. School Buildings 167 words
    7. Housing Executive (Debts) 65 words
    8. School Meals Accommodation 137 words
    9. School Premises (Political Activities) 87 words
    10. Family Income Supplement 532 words
    11. Prisoners (Movement) 90 words
    12. Supplementary Benefits 216 words
    13. Payment for Debt Act (Reclaimed Benefits) 104 words
    14. Finance Corporation (Appointments) 58 words
  17. WALES
    1. Cambrian National Park 77 words
    2. Elderly Persons (Sheltered Housing) 62 words
    3. Disabled Persons 99 words
    4. National Parks 81 words
    5. Housing Land 55 words
    6. European Economic Community 53 words
    7. Welsh Office (Staff) 43 words

Lords Sitting of 17 May 1972

  1. Preamble 26 words
  2. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS AND WORK PAY 569 words
  3. B.O.A.C. JUMBO-JET EXCURSIONS 259 words
  4. HYDE PARK CORNER UNDERPASS 454 words
  5. MOTOR COACH PARKING IN LONDON 427 words
  6. PENSIONS: FUTURE POLICY 20,497 words
  7. SALOP COUNTY COUNCIL BILL 11 words
  8. OXFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT WATER BOARD BILL [H.L.] 15 words
  9. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES 11 words
  10. PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSE 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 May 1972

  1. ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 105 words