Commons Sitting of 25 February 1980

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. INDUSTRY
      1. TUC 312 words
      2. Steel Industry (Productivity) 715 words
      3. Inner Cities 408 words
      4. National Girobank 444 words
      5. Manufacturing Industry 527 words
      6. Post Office 318 words
      7. South Yorkshire 248 words
      8. Industrial Progress 488 words
      9. Steel Industry 1,048 words
      10. Petrochemical Complexes 281 words
      11. British Steel Corporation 202 words
      12. Post Office 427 words
      13. Productivity 289 words
      14. Steel Industry 916 words
      15. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 1,293 words
      16. MASTER OF THE ROLLS 402 words
  4. LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK AND LEWISHAM AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY 850 words
  5. ENERGY NEEDS 26,631 words
  6. SMALL BUSINESSES 76 words
  7. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 28,732 words, 1 division
  8. BICYCLES (CARRIAGE BY RAIL) 4,636 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 February 1980

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Anarchist Trial (Jurors) 82 words
    2. Telephone Tapping 69 words
    3. Custody 266 words
    4. Parole 86 words
    5. Charities 88 words
    6. Metropolitan Police (Suspensions) 152 words
    7. Data Protection (Lindop Committee Report) 90 words
    8. Local Government Grants (Ethnic Groups) Bill 68 words
    9. Television Licence Fee 42 words
    10. Uranium Plant, Capenhurst 86 words
    11. Traffic Wardens (London) 50 words
    12. Brixton Prison 102 words
    13. Detained Persons 257 words
    14. Gin Traps 98 words
    15. Bail Applications 257 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Rhodesia 192 words
    2. SENTENCING 85 words
    3. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 131 words
    4. WELSH LANGUAGE 203 words
    5. CROWN COURT CENTRES 55 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Employment Costs (Ministers and Members) 106 words
  4. TRADE
    1. Man-made Fibres 285 words
    2. Tufted Carpets 286 words
    3. Tanzania 77 words
    4. Libraries of Copyright and Deposit 80 words
    5. Gelatine Imports 125 words
    6. Merchant Shipping Fleet 67 words
    7. Lead Acid Batteries 52 words
    8. Furness Withy 42 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Male Employees (Productivity) 184 words
    2. Industrial Processes (Cadmium) 140 words
    3. Disabled Persons 274 words
    4. Weekly Earnings 1,142 words
    5. Closed Shop Agreements 151 words
    6. Industrial Tribunals 81 words
    7. Redundancies 79 words
    8. Nuclear Installation Inspectorate 205 words
    9. Unemployed Persons 318 words
    10. Unfair Dismissals 161 words
    11. Clegg Commission 405 words
    12. Lomé Convention 84 words
    13. Employed Persons (Purchasing Power) 167 words
    14. Labour Force (Lancashire) 224 words
    15. Health and Safety (Agriculture Industry) 1,374 words
    16. Disabled Persons 298 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Housing Standards 274 words
    2. Tutorial Nursing Staff (Pay) 42 words
    3. Kirkcaldy District Council (Rate Support Grant) 83 words
    4. Microelectronics Industry 60 words
    5. Textile Industry 169 words
    6. Social Work Services (Tayside) 166 words
    7. Training Opportunities Programme and Community Industry Service 85 words
    8. Dundee Crematorium 102 words
    9. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 44 words
    10. Educational Institutions 36 words
    11. Plant Breeding Station 120 words
  7. DEFENCE
    1. Uranium Plant, Capenhurst 218 words
    2. Western Europe (Nuclear Warheads) 146 words
  8. WALES
    1. Welsh Development Agency 152 words
    2. Health Services 59 words
    3. Llanelli Skilcentre 58 words
    4. Unemployment 112 words
    5. Employment (Caernarvon) 118 words
    6. Local Government (Expenditure) 57 words
    7. Job Vacancies 66 words
    8. Employment (Deeside Area) 57 words
    9. Reclamation Scheme (Greenfield Valley) 47 words
    10. Lead Acid Batteries 153 words
  9. ENERGY
    1. Nuclear Waste 150 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Senior Staff (Employment costs) 58 words
    2. Welsh Language 77 words
    3. Nuclear Power (Costs) 105 words
    4. Electricity Industry 177 words
    5. Miners (Pay) 69 words
    6. Gas Distribution 192 words
    7. Uranium 36 words
    8. Uranium Plant, Capenhurst 723 words
    9. Uranium Enrichment Plant (Lifespan) 36 words
    10. URENCO 183 words
    11. Uranium Carrying Vessels (Safety) 45 words
    12. Oil Recovery 242 words
    13. Nuclear Installations Inspectorate 108 words
    14. Cellular Waste (Oil Production) 138 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. British Petroleum 122 words
    2. Nationalised Industries 105 words
    3. Income Tax 47 words
    4. European Community 978 words
    5. Stamp Duty 70 words
    6. Bank Lending 124 words
    7. National Insurance Contributions 50 words
    8. Export Promotion 276 words
    9. Value Added Tax 42 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Agricultural Training Board 58 words
    2. Common Agricultural Policy 62 words
    3. School Milk 440 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. Welsh Language 57 words
  14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Multiple Sclerosis 772 words
    2. Secretary of State (Visits) 115 words
    3. Higher Education Fees 51 words
    4. Student Unions 65 words
    5. Huntington's Chorea 64 words
    6. Teachers Salaries (Clegg Report) 107 words
    7. Expenditure 275 words
    8. GCE Examination Results 52 words
    9. "Sir Frederick Russell" (Refit) 148 words
    10. Student Numbers 64 words
  15. INDUSTRY
    1. East Midlands 49 words
    2. De-industrialisation 85 words
    3. Steel Industry 893 words
    4. National Enterprise Board 41 words
    5. Entrepreneurial Investment 56 words
    6. Industrial Progress 49 words
    7. Post Office 98 words
    8. High Technology 132 words
    9. British Leyland 83 words
    10. MG Sports-car Production 141 words
    11. Titanium 45 words
    12. Computers 55 words
    13. Small Businesses 196 words
    14. Manufacturing Industry 87 words
    15. "Sir Frederick Russell" (Refit) 81 words
    16. Microelectronics 166 words
    17. Co-operative Development Agency 125 words
    18. Lead Acid Batteries 75 words
    19. British Aerospace 101 words
    20. Shipbuilding 286 words
    21. Steel Consumption 48 words
    22. CBI 66 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Family Allowance Books 157 words
    2. State Retirement Pension 129 words
    3. Regional Health Authorities 98 words
    4. Welsh Language 115 words
    5. Family Planning Clinics 84 words
    6. Professional Groups (Pay Negotiations) 94 words
    7. Exceptional Needs Payments 171 words
    8. Sickness Benefit 132 words
    9. Departmental Journals 157 words
    10. Departmental Manpower 186 words
    11. Secure Unit (Staffordshire) 122 words
    12. Prisoners' Wives (Prison Visits) 70 words
    13. Mentally Handicapped Persons 80 words
    14. Medical Specialists 835 words
    15. Births 98 words
    16. Handicapped Persons 299 words
    17. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitor's Act 839 words
    18. Private Children's Homes 72 words
    19. Health Centre (Tamworth) 77 words
    20. Child Benefit 94 words
    21. Drug Licensing 192 words
    22. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 154 words
    23. Sickness Benefit (Steel Workers) 248 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Belfast Water Office 107 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Council House Building 93 words
    2. Welsh Language 80 words
    3. River Pollution 112 words
    4. Water Authorities (Manpower) 103 words
    5. Dog Licences 288 words
    6. Housing Investment Programme 147 words
    7. Domestic Rates 201 words
    8. Urban Development Corporations 114 words
    9. Homeless Persons 82 words
    10. Uranium Plant, Capenhurst 422 words
    11. Rate Rebates 256 words
    12. Uranium (Transportation) 251 words
    13. Endangered Species 213 words

Lords Sitting of 25 February 1980

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. HAMBURG SCIENTIFIC FORUM AND HUMAN RIGHTS 1,204 words
  3. "THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR" 1,142 words
  4. PARLIAMENTARY LOBBIES: QUEUEING ARRANGEMENTS 391 words
  5. RHODESIA: PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS 1,554 words
  6. BEES BILL 2 words
  7. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL 50,260 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 February 1980

  1. BANK OF ENGLAND: NATIONAL DEBT SERVICING 206 words
  2. IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS FROM INDIA 164 words
  3. SPECIAL CONSTABULARY: ADVERTISING FOR RECRUITS 209 words
  4. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER: THERMAL EFFICIENCY OF INSU- LATION 216 words
  5. IMCO CONFERENCE ON THE CARRIAGE OF HAZARDOUS CARGOES BY SEA 57 words
  6. MARINE ACCIDENTS: POLLUTION OF UK SHORES 1977–79 204 words
  7. SINKING OF THE "AEOLIAN SKY": COSTS 81 words
  8. LIQUEFIED GAS CARRIERS: LIABILITY FOR SPILLS 190 words