Commons Sitting of 22 April 1980

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. WEST YORKSHIRE BILL [Lords] 19 words
    2. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL 7 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Employment of Women 471 words
      2. National Minimum Wage 456 words
      3. Unemployment 628 words
      4. Disabled persons 556 words
      5. Unemployed Persons 733 words
      6. Preston 195 words
      7. Unemployment 630 words
      8. School Leavers 415 words
      9. Employment Bill 343 words
      10. Trade Unions (Blacking) 241 words
      11. Manpower Services Commission 230 words
      12. Clegg Commission 460 words
      13. Unemployment 481 words
      14. Professional and Executive Register 207 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,728 words
    3. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES (BENEFITS) 420 words
  5. SOCIAL SECURITY BILLS 644 words
  6. WALSALL LABOUR PARTY 272 words
  7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 85 words
  8. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) 2,338 words
  9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. EMPLOYMENT BILL 8 words
  10. New Clause 3
    1. RIGHT OF WORKERS TO DEMAND A BALLOT BEFORE INDUSTRIA ACTION IS TAKEN 36,176 words, 1 division
  11. New Clause 9
    1. SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS AS TO RECOGNISED TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 19,475 words, 1 division
  12. New Clause 10
    1. AVOIDANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS 8,591 words, 1 division
  13. Clause 1
    1. PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF SECRET BALLOTS 738 words
  14. Clause 2
    1. ISSUE BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF CODES OF PRACTICE 1,417 words
  15. Clause 3
    1. UNREASONABLE EXCLUSION OR EXPULSION FROM TRADE UNION 1,253 words
  16. Clause 4
    1. COMPENSATION 4,947 words
  17. GROVE MATERNITY HOSPITAL, BARTON-ON-SEA 4,720 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 April 1980

  1. TRADE
    1. Furness Withy 54 words
    2. Iran 69 words
    3. Manufactured Goods (Trade Trends) 62 words
    4. Sperm Whale Oil 95 words
  2. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Redundancies 116 words
    2. Youth Unemployment 225 words
    3. Employment Bill 110 words
    4. European Community (Industrial Relations Law) 50 words
    5. Unemployment Trends 58 words
    6. High Unemployment Areas 98 words
    7. Training 99 words
    8. Northern Region 40 words
    9. Job Creation (Rural Areas) 81 words
    10. Trades Union Congress 34 words
    11. Birmingham 34 words
    12. Unemployment Forecasting 29 words
    13. Industrial Action (Ballots) 76 words
    14. Unemployment Levels (Budget Proposals) 49 words
    15. Employment Objectives 51 words
    16. Microelectronics 151 words
    17. Job Release Scheme 99 words
    18. Trades Union Congress (Day of Action) 31 words
    19. Specialist Careers Officers 77 words
    20. Maternity Pay 97 words
    21. Laser Beams (Safety Requirements) 179 words
    22. Sheffield 518 words
    23. Training Opportunities Scheme 94 words
    24. Tyre Industry 201 words
    25. Prices 354 words
    26. Employment Exchanges (Manchester) 225 words
  3. SCOTLAND
    1. Hospital Closures 192 words
    2. Murders 259 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Member's Correspondence 157 words
    2. Departmental Booklets 484 words
    3. Departmental Manpower 76 words
    4. BELGIUM 27 words
    5. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 425 words
    6. CIVIL SERVICE (FULTON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS) 76 words
    7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING) 133 words
    8. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES (SCOTLAND) 29 words
    9. GWYNEDD 22 words
    10. TEACHERS (PAY AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) 209 words
    11. NATIONAL HERITAGE FUND 63 words
  5. WALES
    1. New Town Corporations 67 words
    2. Departmental Booklets 417 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Winson Green Prison 87 words
    2. Risley Remand Centre 78 words
    3. Immigration 446 words
    4. Leeds Prison 99 words
    5. Medical Reports (Prisoners and Detained Persons) 61 words
    6. Indelible Dye Spray Water Hoses 92 words
    7. Detained Persons (Assaults and Deaths) 100 words
    8. Justices of the Peace (Pension Rights) 84 words
    9. Outstanding Fines 125 words
    10. Mr. Mustafa Ramadan 81 words
    11. Commission for Racial Equality 329 words
    12. Iraq Ba'athist Party 110 words
    13. National Front March (Oldham) 144 words
    14. Citizen's Arrests 67 words
    15. Metropolitan Police (Borough of Lewisham's Contribution) 97 words
  7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Refreshment Department 730 words
  8. INDUSTRY
    1. Tobacco (European Community Support Arrangements) 272 words
    2. Tobacco Imports 40 words
    3. Grimsby 67 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Palace of Westminster (Heating) 194 words
    2. Sports Council (Tour Report) 55 words
    3. Derelict Land Clearance 103 words
    4. Housing Development Directorate 190 words
    5. New Towns (Housing Sales) 89 words
    6. Peabody Trust 130 words
  10. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. British Council 180 words
    2. North Atlantic Assembly (United Kingdom Representation) 59 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Billericay High Street 65 words
    2. A27-M27 (Worthing) 50 words
    3. Docklands (Public Transport) 279 words
    4. Ports 735 words
  12. ENERGY
    1. North Sea Gas (Exploration) 121 words
    2. British Gas Corporation (National Loan Fund) 184 words
  13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Planned Parenthood Programmes 224 words
    2. Sudan (Power III Project) 84 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Social Security Abuse (Dundee) 72 words
    2. Widows 123 words
    3. Invalidity Benefit 87 words
    4. Part III Residential Accommodation 92 words
    5. Retirement Pensions (Uprating) 86 words
    6. Three-wheeler Vehicles (Disabled Users) 401 words
    7. Prescription Charges 151 words
    8. Radiation 100 words
    9. Family Planning 68 words
    10. Human Beings (Clinical Trials) 62 words
    11. Young Females (Provision of Contraceptives) 172 words
    12. Debendox 154 words
    13. Drugs (Safety in Use) 75 words
    14. Balderton Hospital 128 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. IRA March 155 words
    2. Constitutional Conference 89 words
    3. Citizens' Arrests 74 words
  16. DEFENCE
    1. Air Defence 343 words
    2. Anti-Ballistic Missile Agreement 98 words
    3. Defence Expenditure 88 words
    4. USSR Bombers 99 words
    5. USSR Missiles 223 words
    6. Fast-jet Production 26 words
    7. Hawk Jet Trainers (AIM 9L Missiles) 43 words
    8. Balance of Forces (Europe) 130 words
    9. West Ruislip Air Base (Surplus Land) 66 words
  17. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Travel-to-work Costs 88 words
    2. Customs and Excise Duties (Statistics) 73 words
    3. Foreign Currency Borrowings and Loans 92 words
    4. Bank of International Settlements (Charter) 61 words
    5. Tobacco Duty 60 words
    6. European Community 69 words
    7. North Sea Oil and Gas Revenues 331 words
    8. Retail Price Index 55 words
    9. Crude Oil (Price) 111 words
    10. Iran (Sanctions) 200 words
  18. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Civil Service Manpower 177 words

Lords Sitting of 22 April 1980

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. ZIMBABWE: AID 1,425 words
  3. METRICATION: THE WHITELEY REPORT 1,196 words
  4. CHINA: DEFENCE MINISTER'S VISIT 370 words
  5. HEATHROW AIRPORT THEFTS: PREVENTIVE MEASURES 941 words
  6. COUNTY OF KENT BILL [H.L.]
  7. EAST SUSSEX BILL [H.L.]
  8. HUMBERSIDE BILL [H.L.] 298 words
  9. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 27,906 words, 4 divisions
  10. LICENSED PREMISES (EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS) BILL 10 words
  11. LIMITATION AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.] 552 words
  12. COMMONS AMENDMENT 175 words
  13. COMMONS AMENDMENT 164 words
  14. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 465 words
  15. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 391 words
  16. CENSUS ORDER 1980 10,117 words
  17. WEST YORKSHIRE BILL [H.L.] 23 words