Commons Sitting of 23 February 1978

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ROYAL ASSENT 31 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Development Land Tax 444 words
      2. Interest Rates 305 words
      3. Developing Countries (Debts) 396 words
      4. National Economic Development Council 563 words
      5. Industrial Buildings Allowances (Hotels) 438 words
      6. Productive Potential 382 words
      7. Agricultural Businesses (Tax Liability) 463 words
      8. Historic Buildings and Works of Art 736 words
      9. Endangered Species Act 245 words
      10. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 752 words
      11. £ Sterling 467 words
      12. Motor Cars (Hire Purchase) 178 words
      13. Taxation Proposals (Inland Revenue Staff) 485 words
      14. Dividend Control 125 words
      15. Money Supply 553 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,451 words
    3. RED SEA COUNTRIES 550 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,441 words
  6. WEST COUNTRY AND WALES (SNOW STORM) 5,617 words
  7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 21 words
  8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 3 words
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (DEVELOPMENTS) 40,232 words
    3. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BILL [Lords] 396 words
    4. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL [Lords] 206 words
    5. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP LAWS 5,844 words
    6. GUN BARREL PROOF BILL [Lords] 53 words
    7. MEDICAL BILL [Lords] 53 words
    8. CADBURY-SCHWEPPES PLANT, BIRMINGHAM 3,713 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 February 1978

  1. SCOTLAND
    1. Residential Homes and Geriatric Hospitals 352 words
    2. Elderly Persons 134 words
    3. Timber 107 words
    4. Blizzard Damage (Highlands) 186 words
    5. HOUSE OF LORDS 119 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members' Pay 224 words
    2. Cigarettes 104 words
    3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (STAFF) 58 words
  3. TRADE
    1. Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention (IMCO Conference) 112 words
  4. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. Trellis Scott Limited 458 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Telephone Calls (Police Inquiries) 218 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 169 words
    3. Police (West Midlands) 139 words
    4. LEWISHAM 23 words
    5. NETHERLANDS (PRIME MINISTER) 44 words
    6. LATIN AMERICA 25 words
    7. SOUTH YORKSHIRE 23 words
    8. TUC AND CBI 175 words
    9. HAVANA 19 words
    10. DURHAM 27 words
    11. LUXEMBOURG 25 words
    12. FAMILY POLICY 31 words
    13. TERRITORIAL AND ARMY VOLUNTEER RESERVE 233 words
  6. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Travel Expenses 135 words
    2. Mr. Jack Jones 58 words
  7. TRANSPORT
    1. Roads (Renewal Costs) 85 words
    2. Seat Belts 103 words
    3. Energy Conservation 63 words
    4. British Railways Board 24 words
    5. Driver and Vehicle Licensing 104 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Community Land 252 words
    2. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Case Report) 72 words
    3. Flood and Snow Relief Funds 92 words
    4. Rent Arrears (Enforcement) 78 words
    5. Buildings (Insulation) 103 words
    6. Birmingham (Inner City Partnership) 169 words
    7. Departmental Lawyers 200 words
  9. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Cadbury-Schweppes Group 68 words
    2. Kirkby 96 words
    3. Landscaping 172 words
    4. Work Permits (Overseas Bank Staff) 168 words
    5. Sheltered Employment (Trainees) 128 words
    6. Termination of Employment 70 words
    7. National Minimum Wage (OECD Countries) 208 words
    8. Job Release Scheme 77 words
    9. Disabled Persons 365 words
    10. Incomes Policy (Research) 219 words
  10. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Personal Incomes 56 words
    2. Immigrants (Newham) 232 words
    3. Distillers Company Ltd. 80 words
    4. Leys Clinic, Dagenham 45 words
    5. Disabled Persons 85 words
    6. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Case Report) 148 words
    7. Child Benefit 120 words
    8. Retirement Pensions 89 words
    9. Asbestosis 116 words
    10. Smoking 407 words
    11. Child Health Services 46 words
    12. Doctors 102 words
    13. Sick and Disabled Persons (Benefit Rights) 133 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Schedule D Assessments 75 words
    2. Governor of the Bank of England 89 words
    3. Taxation Levels 67 words
    4. Vehicle Excise Duty 27 words
    5. Income Tax 305 words
    6. Government Accounting Methods 45 words
    7. Final Demand Notices 148 words
    8. Social Contract 70 words
    9. Pay Policy 39 words
    10. Income Tax (Sex Discrimination) 79 words
    11. North Sea Oil 60 words
    12. Mortgage Interest Relief 45 words
    13. Incomes Policy 21 words
    14. Small Businesses (Capital) 60 words
    15. Personal Incomes 244 words
    16. Forged Sovereign Coins 76 words
    17. Investment Income Surcharge 50 words
    18. Overpaid Tax 101 words
    19. Production 106 words
    20. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 30 words
    21. European Community (Finance Council) 189 words
    22. Personal Allowances 49 words
    23. National Savings 242 words
    24. Public Expenditure 43 words
    25. Credit Unions 39 words
  12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Crown Agents 383 words
  13. INDUSTRY
    1. Foundries 108 words
    2. Cadbury-Schweppes Ltd. 90 words
    3. Shipbuilding 106 words
    4. National Enterprise Board (Investment) 320 words
    5. Zip Fasteners (Imports) 91 words
    6. Shipbuilding Intervention Fund 56 words
    7. Merchant Ships 109 words
    8. British Leyland (Business Plan) 125 words
    9. National Enterprise Board (Investment) 255 words
    10. Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) 2,694 words
    11. Biggin Hill Airfield 67 words
    12. Market Entry Guarantee Scheme 217 words
    13. Overseas Market 185 words
    14. Wool Textiles 97 words
  14. WALES
    1. Farm Incomes 67 words
    2. Telephones (Rural Areas) 146 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Argentina (World Cup) 130 words
  16. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. Cosmetic Products Regulations 86 words
    2. Nationalised Industries 96 words
    3. Footwear 53 words
    4. Food Prices 187 words
    5. Tea 107 words
    6. Productivity Schemes 159 words
  17. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. School Meals 279 words
    2. Teachers (List 99) 73 words
    3. Non-maintained School Pupils 358 words
    4. Higher Education 186 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 142 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Service Personnel (Rent and Rate Rebates) 46 words
    2. Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich 111 words
    3. Premature Retirement 107 words
    4. Expenditure 204 words
    5. Aircraft Noise 82 words
    6. Gallantry Decorations (Non-Commissioned Ranks) 408 words
    7. Northern Ireland 158 words
    8. NATO and Warsaw Pact Forces 46 words

Lords Sitting of 23 February 1978

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. AIR LINKS BETWEEN LONDON AND CHINA 338 words
  3. NIGERIAN PORT SECURITY 540 words
  4. PAKISTAN: COMMONWEALTH MEMBERSHIP 184 words
  5. EPILEPTICS AND THE MOBILITY ALLOWANCE 529 words
  6. ROYAL ASSENT 33 words
  7. SCOTLAND BILL 10 words
  8. THEFT BILL [H.L.] 17,333 words, 2 divisions
  9. BLASPHEMY BILL [H.L.] 29,128 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 February 1978

  1. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: EEC COMMON POLICY 198 words
  2. AIRLINE OVERBOOKING 117 words
  3. A.9 TRUNK ROAD RECONSTRUCTION 117 words
  4. AIRCRAFT NOISE RESTRICTIONS 69 words
  5. AIRCRAFT NOISE: ICAO ANNEX 16 REQUIREMENTS 141 words
  6. MINK FARM INQUIRY: REPRESENTATION 76 words
  7. AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 153 words