28 April 1977

Commons Sitting of 28 April 1977

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Farm Incomes 507 words
      2. National Enterprise Board 737 words
      3. £ Sterling 826 words
      4. International Monetary Fund 672 words
      5. Petrol Prices and Vehicle Duty 383 words
      6. Common Ownership Enterprises 201 words
      7. Retail Prices 596 words
      8. Widows 614 words
      9. Money Supply 765 words
      10. Incomes Policy 1,125 words
      11. Construction Industry (Tax Exemption Certificates) 287 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,287 words
    3. SOUTHERN AFRICA 542 words
    4. ROXBURGH 416 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 4,129 words
  5. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY 16th MAY 25 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 610 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. FINANCE BILL 46,801 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 68 words
    3. FINANCE BILL 9,719 words
    4. WAYS AND MEANS
      1. VALUE ADDED TAX (No. 2) 3,451 words
    5. SOUTHERN RHODESIA 11,176 words, 1 division
    6. PETITION
      1. Otters 170 words
    7. SHOPS ACTS 3,423 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 April 1977

  1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. National Consumer Council 149 words
    2. Stockbrokers 485 words
    3. JAPAN 39 words
    4. INDIAN PRIME MINISTER 47 words
    5. No. 10 DOWNING STREET 67 words
    6. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 173 words
    7. ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER 54 words
    8. PRESIDENT CARTER 44 words
    9. OPPOSITION PARTIES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 59 words
    10. POWER GENERATING INDUSTRY 46 words
    11. BILDERBERG CONFERENCE, TORQUAY 88 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Refreshments 81 words
  3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. European Community (Ministers' Meeting) 48 words
    2. Butter Subsidy 88 words
    3. Pigmeat 269 words
    4. Sows 68 words
    5. Pig Farmers 135 words
    6. Vegetables 247 words
  4. DEFENCE
    1. Contracts 99 words
    2. Skyflash Missiles 179 words
    3. Ingpen Trophy 31 words
    4. Jetstream Aircraft 54 words
    5. RAF Stornoway 86 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobcentres 156 words
    2. Temporary Employment Subsidy 167 words
    3. Wages 154 words
  6. ENERGY
    1. Fuel Bills 211 words
    2. Plutonium 80 words
    3. Uranium 40 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Centres of Sporting Excellence 230 words
    2. Chelsea Football Club 68 words
    3. Planning Policy (North-West London) 229 words
    4. Dog Licensing 24 words
    5. Otters 137 words
    6. Rating (Shop-dwelling Premises) 64 words
    7. Crime Prevention 123 words
    8. Prisoners 100 words
    9. Civil Defence 46 words
    10. Prisons (Drug Prescriptions) 289 words
    11. Immigrants 249 words
    12. Matrimonial Causes 58 words
    13. Immigration 44 words
    14. Licensing Law Reform 47 words
    15. Bilderberg Conference, Torquay 60 words
    16. Prostitution 74 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members' Pay 139 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Forests (Fencing) 141 words
    2. Glendermatt Link Road 122 words
    3. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (MEMBERS' ALLOWANCES) 104 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Government Offices (Dispersal) 227 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Caravans 96 words
  12. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Pharmaceutical Industry 1,011 words
    2. Self-employed Persons 310 words
    3. Doctors' and Dentists' Pay 69 words
    4. Hypothermia 103 words
    5. National Health Service Staff 223 words
    6. Disabled Drivers 59 words
    7. Child Battering 140 words
    8. Family Allowances (Personal Case) 103 words
    9. Public Service Pension Schemes 105 words
    10. Child Benefit 121 words
    11. Pensions 83 words
    12. Pay Beds 105 words
    13. Health Services Board 44 words
    14. Health Service Catering Manual (Volume 4) 70 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Anglo-Soviet Round Table 197 words
    2. USSR and Africa 140 words
  14. INDUSTRY
    1. Assisted Areas 50 words
    2. Government Aid 103 words
    3. Grimsby 89 words
    4. British Shipbuilders 169 words
  15. TRADE
    1. Exports 269 words
    2. Tourism 169 words
  16. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Chancellor of the Exchequer 41 words
    2. Local Authorities (Borrowings) 61 words
    3. Taxi-cabs 57 words
    4. Income Tax (Rebates) 45 words
    5. Social Security Benefits 89 words
    6. Cornwall 61 words
    7. Floating Rate Government Bond 43 words
    8. Self-employed Persons 40 words
    9. Disabled Persons 159 words
    10. National Savings 160 words
    11. Peers' Expenses Allowance 125 words
    12. Pensioners (Bonds and Shares) 49 words
    13. Energy Conservation 287 words
    14. Personal Incomes 420 words
    15. Widowers 97 words
    16. Elderly Persons 146 words
    17. Income Tax Payers 75 words
    18. Customs and Excise (Evasion) 374 words
    19. Luncheon Vouchers 124 words
    20. Incomes Policy 109 words
    21. Caravans 78 words
    22. Alimony 47 words
    23. Capital Transfer Tax 508 words
    24. Income Tax 139 words
    25. Advance Corporation Tax 206 words
  17. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Teachers 117 words
    2. Schooling Costs 92 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Craigie College 114 words
    2. Small Businesses 56 words
    3. Leasehold 77 words
    4. Salmon Netting (River Doon) 193 words
    5. Criminology (Glasgow Fellowship) 226 words
    6. Atomic Energy Authority (Ayrshire Operations) 73 words
    7. Kessock Bridge 65 words
    8. Health Services Board 282 words
    9. Otters 64 words
    10. Rate Poundages 1,896 words
  19. WALES
    1. Government Publications 349 words
    2. Abermule Bypass 133 words

Lords Sitting of 28 April 1977

  1. Preamble 41 words
  2. HELSINKI AGREEMENT: HUMAN RIGHTS 794 words
  3. "PENSION AGE" 829 words
  4. THE DEVELOPING NATIONS: ROME SUMMIT 633 words
  5. SINN FEIN: FUND RAISING MEETING 667 words
  6. EDUCATION NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL [H.L.] 60 words
  7. RENT BILL [H.L.] 1,105 words
  8. STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL [H.L.] 9 words
  9. MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) BILL [H.L.] 125 words
  10. PATENTS BILL [H.L.] 14,057 words, 2 divisions
  11. OTTER HUNTING REGULATION BILL [H.L.] 16,851 words, 1 division
  12. LIGHTER THAN AIR TRANSPORT 6,511 words
  13. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP BILL 3 words
  14. FIDELITY TRUST BILL [H.L.] 4 words
  15. IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION (DELIVERY WARRANTS) BILL [H.L.] 6 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 April 1977

  1. OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT 110 words
  2. SWITZERLAND: NONPROLIFERATION TREATY 104 words