Commons Sitting of 24 February 1977

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL (By Order) 14 words
  4. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 17 words
  5. MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 14 words
  6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Earned and Unearned Income 487 words
      2. Inflation 625 words
      3. Small Businesses 888 words
      4. Income Tax Allowances 373 words
      5. Tax Thresholds 375 words
      6. Elderly Persons 455 words
      7. Incentives 853 words
      8. Widows 600 words
      9. Taxation Levels 690 words
      10. Public Expenditure 466 words
      11. Income Tax 438 words
      12. NATO INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING 634 words
      13. MIDDLESBROUGH 609 words
      14. TUC 878 words
  7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,502 words
  8. SCOTLAND AND WALES BILL 4,784 words
  9. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY (ASSISTANCE) 5,667 words
  10. BILL PRESENTED
    1. SCOTLAND AND WALES (REFERENDA) BILL 78 words
  11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SCOTLAND AND WALES BILL 1,297 words
  12. New Clause 40
    1. REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND AND WALES 535 words
    2. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING— PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 386 words
    3. INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTING—PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 36,581 words
    4. CONCORDE (NEW YORK LANDING RIGHTS) 3,598 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 February 1977

  1. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES 69 words
  2. RHODESIA 18 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 137 words
  4. NEW TOWNS 25 words
  5. NEWQUAY 25 words
  6. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT (SPEECH) 123 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (STAFF) 35 words
  8. BELGRADE 79 words
  9. FINCHLEY 25 words
  10. TUC 154 words
  11. STRASBOURG 26 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND 23 words
  13. PERINATAL CARE 37 words
  14. CBI 38 words
  15. LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 32 words
  16. TONBRIDGE 25 words
  17. AVOIDANCE OF LIABILITY 73 words
  18. POWER PLANT INDUSTRY 40 words
  19. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LEGISLATION 65 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Taiwan Students 49 words
    2. Borstals 70 words
    3. Local Authorities (Departmental Talks) 170 words
    4. Immigration (Indian Subcontinent) 222 words
    5. Immigration 95 words
    6. Fire Precautions (Liverpool Teaching Hospital) 221 words
  21. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Hull Prison 79 words
  22. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Wines 183 words
  23. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food Imports (Financing) 235 words
    2. Fishing (Rivers Taw and Torridge) 86 words
    3. "Food from Our Own Resources" (Statistics) 1,196 words
    4. Industrial Democracy 95 words
  24. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Dental Health (Children) 163 words
    2. Social Workers 170 words
    3. Dental Charges 78 words
    4. Social Services (Training) 91 words
    5. Analgesics (Sales) 262 words
    6. Liverpool Teaching Hospital 621 words
    7. Building Contracts 82 words
    8. Self-employed Persons 113 words
    9. Deferred Retirement 254 words
  25. DEFENCE
    1. HMS "Wakeful" 259 words
    2. Airborne Early Warning Systems 158 words
    3. Royal Marines 35 words
    4. Crown Land (Wales) 94 words
    5. Buckingham Palace Guard 133 words
  26. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights 307 words
    2. Gaelic Athletic Association 84 words
  27. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Governmental Agencies (Staffs) 93 words
    2. Pensions 99 words
    3. Manpower and Cost Control 82 words
  28. ILLEGITIMACY 168 words
  29. WALES
    1. Illegitimacy 92 words
    2. Welsh Development Agency (Industrial Strategy) 112 words
  30. ENERGY
    1. Dounreay Reactor 152 words
    2. Oil Production Platforms 41 words
    3. Offshore Oil (Republic of Ireland Dispute) 120 words
    4. Plutonium 195 words
    5. Windscale (Industrial Democracy) 107 words
    6. Power Stations 145 words
  31. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Teachers (Employment) 251 words
    2. Secondary Schools (Rossendale) 68 words
    3. Sport and Recreation 269 words
    4. School Uniforms 57 words
    5. Higher Education Places 180 words
    6. Ordinary National Certificate in Engineering 167 words
    7. Schools (Capital Expenditure) 36 words
    8. Regional Conferences 110 words
    9. Local Education Authorities (Employees) 372 words
  32. TRADE
    1. Exports (Bullock Report) 63 words
    2. Air Travel Reserve Fund 76 words
  33. INDUSTRY
    1. Special Development Areas 188 words
    2. Interest Rates 103 words
    3. Chrysler UK Ltd. 169 words
    4. National Research Development Corporation 156 words
    5. Engineering and Machine Tools 104 words
  34. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Pay Settlements 75 words
    2. Price Increases 69 words
    3. Avon 713 words
    4. Construction Industry 111 words
    5. Western Isles 55 words
    6. Retail Distribution (Scotland) 124 words
    7. Job Search Scheme 115 words
    8. Employment Transfer Scheme 200 words
    9. Public Services and Defence Employees 80 words
    10. Special Development Area Assistance 367 words
    11. Dock Work Regulation Act 32 words
    12. Training (Consultations) 434 words
  35. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Interest Rates 83 words
    2. Value Added Tax 313 words
    3. Films 51 words
    4. Expenses Allowances 66 words
    5. Public Expenditure 734 words
    6. European Community (Finance Ministers) 41 words
    7. Self-Employed Persons 94 words
    8. Widows 83 words
    9. Multi-national Corporations 100 words
    10. Income Tax 296 words
    11. Whisky 51 words
    12. Wealth 225 words
    13. Child Benefit and Allowance 124 words
    14. Personal Allowances 70 words
    15. Inflation 237 words
    16. Petrol 114 words
    17. Tax Thresholds 76 words
    18. Tobacco, Alcohol and Gambling 139 words
    19. Work Overseas 54 words
    20. Income Tax Payers Society 42 words
    21. CBI 30 words
    22. Government Borrowing 239 words
    23. Dividends 104 words
    24. Public Sector Debt 93 words
    25. Attendance Allowance (Children in Care) 55 words
    26. Railway Season Tickets 86 words
    27. Bank Holidays 74 words
    28. Tax Relief (Overseas Employment) 60 words
    29. Social Contract 51 words
    30. Solicitors' Fees 78 words
    31. Tax Arrears (Retired Persons) 182 words
    32. Gilt-edged Securities 79 words
    33. Community Institute for Economic Analysis and Research 112 words
    34. Construction Industry (Sub-Contractors) 109 words
    35. Resources (Growth and Use) 273 words
    36. Tax Refunds 78 words
    37. Incomes and Prices 101 words
    38. Balance of Payments 118 words
    39. Cash Limits 175 words
    40. Relative Price Effect 125 words
    41. External Debt 177 words
    42. Development Gains 132 words
    43. Corporation Tax 85 words
    44. Close Companies 56 words
    45. Tax Credit Scheme 218 words
    46. Pay Differentials 138 words
    47. Diabetics 67 words
  36. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Sports Council 62 words
    2. Helsinki Final Act 163 words
    3. Otters 108 words
    4. Tenancies 80 words
    5. Cavity Walls 211 words
    6. Rates (Disabled Persons) 154 words
    7. Water Consumption 273 words
    8. Local Government (Training) 60 words
    9. Local Government Expenditure 271 words
    10. Building Demolition (King's Lynn) 46 words
    11. Local Government Staffs 161 words
    12. Housing (Expenditure) 45 words
  37. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. Bread 74 words
    2. Council Housing (National Consumer Council Inquiry) 88 words
  38. TRANSPORT
    1. Vehicle Registration (Cherished Numbers) 80 words
    2. Roads (Expenditure) 51 words
    3. Roads Assessment (Leitch Committee) 66 words
    4. Car Parks (London) 66 words
    5. Radioactive Material 171 words
  39. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Helsinki Final Act 131 words
    2. BBC (Overseas Service) 670 words
    3. Personal Incomes (Pacific Dependencies) 295 words
    4. Gilbert and Ellice Islands 238 words
    5. Phosphates (Production and Prices) 784 words
    6. Belize 88 words
  40. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Passports (Debate) 108 words

Lords Sitting of 24 February 1977

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. PAY POLICY AND PENSIONS 516 words
  3. PREMATURE RETIREMENT ESTIMATES 564 words
  4. INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 954 words
  5. UK REPRESENTATION OVERSEAS: POLICY REVIEW 1,107 words
  6. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS 55 words
  7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 161 words
  8. TORTS (INTERFERENCE WITH GOODS) BILL [H.L.] 216 words
  9. PATENTS BILL [H.L.] 2,955 words
  10. SCOTLAND AND WALES BILL 1,708 words
  11. THE SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY 1,731 words
  12. PATENTS BILL [H.L.] 22,814 words
  13. RENT ACT 1974 17,144 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 February 1977

  1. STUDENT NURSES 430 words
  2. BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATIONS 139 words
  3. BRITISH AIRWAYS: MIAMI SERVICES 136 words
  4. HEALTH EDUCATION COUNCIL: MR. ALASTAIR SERVICE 67 words