Commons Sitting of 23 February 1979

  1. Preamble 6 words
  2. Preamble 5 words
  3. PETITIONS
    1. High Court Attendances (Officers of the House) 200 words
  4. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 196 words
  5. ORDER OF THE DAY 14,466 words
  6. CHILDREN BILL 14,618 words
  7. HEARING AID COUNCIL ACT 1968 (AMENDMENT) BILL 3,847 words
  8. CO-OWNERSHIP OF FLATS BILL 15 words
  9. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (CONTROL OF ADVERTISING, SPONSORSHIP AND SALES PROMOTION) BILL 14 words
  10. TRADE DESCRIPTIONS BILL 33 words
  11. RESOULUTION OF TRADE DISPUTES (LIFE AND DEATH SERVICES) BILL 33 words
  12. LICENSED PREMISES (EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS) BILL 10 words
    1. Clause 1
      1. SUSPENSION ORDER 101 words
    2. Clause 3
      1. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SUSPENSION ORDER 50 words
    3. Clause 4
      1. PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH FURTHER SUSPENSION ORDER 100 words
  13. PICKETING BILL 14 words
  14. HERITAGE AID BILL 15 words
  15. HOMEWORKERS (PROTECTION) BILL 15 words
  16. PUBLIC BODIES (APPOINTMENTS) BILL 15 words
  17. WORKERS' FREEDOM BILL 14 words
  18. CONFIRMATION TO SMALL ESTATES (SCOTLAND) BILL 40 words
  19. DEER BILL [Lords] 14 words
  20. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND INLAND REVENUE APPEAL TRIBUNALS BILL 14 words
  21. COAL MINING (SUBSIDENCE) BILL 15 words
  22. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 19 words
    1. TAXES 88 words
    2. INCOME TAX 99 words
    3. NEW TOWNS 28 words
  23. FUEL BILLS 4,797 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 February 1979

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prevention of Terrorism 59 words
    2. European Assembly (Direct Elections) 105 words
    3. Prisoners (Diminished Responsibility) 244 words
    4. Prevention of Terrorism 1,089 words
    5. Convicted Persons (After-care Costs) 117 words
    6. Departmental Cleaners (Wages) 96 words
    7. Brigadier Visser (Visit) 58 words
    8. Animals (Experiments) 249 words
  2. INDUSTRY
    1. Planning Agreements 857 words
    2. Closures (Public Sector) 50 words
    3. Telephone Service (Elderly and Housebound Persons) 64 words
    4. Vietnam (Ships) 133 words
    5. National Girobank 404 words
    6. CIVIL SERVANTS (OUTSIDE APPOINTMENTS) 114 words
    7. NATIONAL ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT 89 words
  3. WALES
    1. A5, Clwyd 88 words
    2. Museums (Additional Resources) 73 words
    3. Welsh Assembly (Powers) 58 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Fishing Vessels (Damage) 184 words
    2. Mackerel Industry 192 words
    3. Sheep 74 words
  5. DEFENCE
    1. Hydrographic Surveys 62 words
    2. Defence Establishments (Glasgow) 193 words
    3. Royal Fleet Auxiliaries 86 words
    4. Falkland Islands 141 words
    5. European Community (Armies) 38 words
    6. PARLIAMENTARY PAY AND SERVICES 169 words
  6. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Open Government 49 words
    2. Scientists, Sociologists and Psychologists 245 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Money Supply 214 words
    2. Public Sector Industries 124 words
    3. Tax Allowances (Overseas Dependants) 248 words
    4. North Sea Oil (Revenue) 120 words
    5. National Coal Board 11 words
    6. Personal Incomes and Production 98 words
    7. Expenditure Programmes (Cash Limits) 320 words
    8. Public Corporations 956 words
    9. European Community (Common Agricultural Levy) 257 words
    10. Industrial Output (International Comparisons) 258 words
    11. Gross National Product (Wages) 90 words
    12. Company Taxation (International Comparisons) 202 words
    13. North Sea Oil (Production Platforms) 247 words
    14. European Community (Budget) 201 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Students (Maintenance Grants) 83 words
    2. Gaelic Athletic Sports Ground Crossmaglen 169 words
    3. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 141 words
  9. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
    1. Monopolies 93 words
    2. Gas (Disconnections) 118 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Rent and Rate Rebates 81 words
    2. Road Passenger Transport 81 words
    3. Museums and Galleries 93 words
    4. Stock Feed Potatoes 92 words
    5. Tertiary Educational Council 61 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Rehabilitation Courses (Merseyside) 117 words
    2. Disabled Persons (Merseyside) 562 words
    3. Public Sector Earnings 3,408 words
    4. Commodities (Prices) 173 words
    5. Industrial Disputes (Job Loss) 45 words
    6. Working Expenses 40 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. School Building (Newham) 176 words
    2. Mrs. L. Barton 44 words
    3. Primary Schools (Kirklees and Oldham) 97 words
    4. Primary Schools (Inner London) 69 words
    5. Teachers' Salaries 123 words
    6. Homoeopathic Medicine 66 words
    7. Works of Art and Museum Objects 94 words
    8. Park Street and Brunswick Schools 106 words
  13. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Council of Ministers (Forthcoming Business) 663 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Harrier Aircraft 84 words
    2. South Africa (Oil Embargo) 59 words
    3. Disturbances (Ocean Island) 68 words
    4. British Mission (Salisbury) 36 words
    5. Falkland Islands 187 words
    6. Council of Europe (Agreements) 378 words
    7. Rhodesia (Sanctions) 75 words
  15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Aid 80 words
    2. Directorate of Overseas Surveys 83 words
    3. Falkland Islands 216 words
    4. Vietnam 107 words
    5. Zambia and Mozambique 291 words
    6. Indonesia 183 words
  16. TRADE
    1. South Africa (British Companies) 212 words
    2. Canadian Seal Pelts 89 words
    3. Oil Pollution 378 words
    4. Ocean Shipping (United States Grand Jury Investigation) 132 words
    5. Plastic Bottles 148 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Industrial Fire-fighting Equipment (Water Tariff) 80 words
    2. Insulation Grants 113 words
    3. London (Docklands) 203 words
    4. HMS "Ganges" 119 words
    5. Publicly Owned Land 67 words
    6. Operational Land 29 words
    7. Improvement Grants 43 words
    8. Gipsy Caravan Sites (Financial Assistance) 234 words
    9. Uranium Enrichment Plant (Capenhurst) 109 words
    10. Home Civil Service (Office Furniture) 248 words
    11. Cadmium 258 words
    12. Home Insulation 63 words
    13. Public Corporations (Land Release) 91 words
    14. Local Authorities (Expenditure Needs) 234 words
    15. National Dwelling and Housing Survey 55 words
    16. Liverpool (Inner City Partnership) 155 words
  18. TRANSPORT
    1. Kesgrave-Martlesham Bypass 224 words
    2. Driving Examiners (Recruitment) 62 words
    3. A6 Bedfordshire 69 words
    4. British Railways (Land) 24 words
    5. Invacar (Accident and Injury Comparisons) 90 words
    6. Driving Tests 127 words
    7. Railways (Glasgow-Edinburgh Line) 38 words
    8. Humber Bridge 205 words
    9. Travel-to-work Costs 104 words
    10. Motor Cars (Child Passengers) 63 words
    11. Road Haulage Companies (International Permits) 218 words
  19. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Doctors 89 words
    2. Chiropody Service 105 words
    3. Hearing Impairment 107 words
    4. Fluoridation 216 words
    5. Disabled Persons (Cambridge) 275 words
    6. Blindness Allowance 125 words
    7. Disabled Persons 120 words
    8. Taxation 74 words
    9. Hospitals (Mixed Wards) 118 words
    10. Prescription Season Tickets 212 words
    11. Free Prescriptions 96 words
    12. Local Authorities (Inquiries) 181 words
    13. Morgan Grampian House, Woolwich 196 words
    14. St. Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead 74 words
    15. Death Grant 406 words
    16. Hospital Wards (Conversions) 156 words
    17. Nurses and Midwives (Pay) 71 words
    18. Unemployment Benefit 106 words
    19. Mobility Allowance 191 words
    20. Family Income Supplement 122 words
    21. Resources (North-West Region) 268 words
    22. Compensation Claimants (Emergency Assistance) 93 words
    23. Paul Brown 62 words
    24. Pharmacists 65 words
    25. European Community (Means-tested Benefits) 110 words