Commons Sitting of 24 January 1980

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 51 words
  4. ARDVEENISH HARBOUR CONFIRMATION BILL 51 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Money Supply 632 words
      2. Wage Increases 601 words
      3. Public Expenditure 324 words
      4. Economic Growth 393 words
      5. Inflation 706 words
      6. Economic Progress 826 words
      7. European Community 608 words
      8. Public Expenditure 798 words
      9. Income Tax 321 words
      10. Interest Rates 569 words
    2. EAST KILBRIDE 209 words
    3. PRIME MINLSTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,271 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,223 words
  7. AFGHANISTAN 5,431 words
  8. STEEL INDUSTRY 418 words
  9. BILL PRESENTED 213 words
  10. NUCLEAR WEAPONS 42,624 words, 1 division
  11. APPLE INDUSTRY 3,305 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 January 1980

  1. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 320 words
  2. TORNESS, EAST LOTHIAN 25 words
  3. SHETTLESTON 25 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 163 words
  5. EAST ABERDEENSHIRE 24 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA 66 words
  7. EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATION) 25 words
  8. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION 33 words
  9. ISRAEL (PRIME MINISTER) 30 words
  10. FAMILY ASSISTANCE 84 words
  11. EPILEPSY 54 words
  12. PRESIDENT CARTER 52 words
  13. VATICAN 25 words
  14. CRONBERRY 25 words
  15. MINISTERS (OVERSEAS VISITS) 81 words
  16. CABINET PAPERS 874 words
  17. TRADE
    1. Pilotage Commission 183 words
    2. Civil Aviation Authority 134 words
    3. Units of Measurement (Directive 5247/79) 360 words
    4. Quangos 213 words
    5. Gatwick Airport 230 words
    6. Poland (Barley Sales) 117 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Fourth Television Channel 129 words
    2. Electoral System (Reform) 69 words
    3. Alcoholics (Treatment) 119 words
    4. Illegal Immigration 108 words
    5. Sentencing Policy 150 words
    6. Detained Persons (Deaths) 129 words
    7. Prisoners 377 words
    8. Metropolitan Police 95 words
  19. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Quangos 96 words
    2. Mixed Detention Centres 98 words
    3. Immigration Rules 53 words
    4. Charity Commissioners 340 words
  20. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. United Nations Relief and Works Agency 364 words
    2. Royal High School, Edinburgh 50 words
  21. SCOTLAND
    1. Quangos 188 words
  22. DEFENCE
    1. Rapid Deployment Force 108 words
    2. Overseas Pilots (Training) 111 words
    3. Cyprus 69 words
    4. Quangos 55 words
  23. LEGAL AID 85 words
  24. QUANGOS 71 words
  25. HOUSING ACTS 64 words
  26. POLICE (COMPLAINTS) 306 words
  27. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Former Civil Servants (Employment) 151 words
  28. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Quangos 111 words
    2. Fishing Industry 218 words
  29. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Nursery Education 224 words
    2. Quangos 280 words
  30. ENERGY
    1. North Sea Oil 102 words
    2. Refineries (Nigg Bay and Canvey Island) 56 words
    3. Quangos 63 words
    4. North Sea Oil (Participation Agreements) 84 words
    5. Statfjord Oilfield 595 words
    6. Bridgend General Hospital 139 words
  31. WALES
    1. Planning Controls (Anglesey) 34 words
    2. National Parks (Access Agreements) 81 words
    3. Radioactive Waste (Disposal) 62 words
    4. Quangos 67 words
  32. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Outdoor Mobility 168 words
    2. Special Hospitals 65 words
    3. Urgent Need Payments 275 words
    4. Earnings Rule 855 words
    5. Sittingbourne Re-establishment Centre 86 words
    6. Benefits 645 words
    7. Personal Social Services Council 342 words
    8. Quangos 79 words
    9. Drugs 182 words
    10. Debendox 221 words
    11. Expenditure 586 words
    12. Supplementary Benefit 265 words
    13. Benefits (Payment) 152 words
  33. TURNER COLLECTION 134 words
  34. INDUSTRY
    1. Quangos 63 words
    2. Government Directors 56 words
    3. Assisted Areas 186 words
    4. Steel Production 64 words
    5. Post Office 324 words
  35. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Nursery Education 245 words
    2. Inner London Education Authority 142 words
    3. Adult Education 271 words
    4. Adult Literacy Scheme 101 words
    5. Quangos 57 words
    6. Teachers 369 words
    7. Occupational Guidance Units 99 words
  36. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Household Goods 123 words
    2. Overtime Statistics 159 words
    3. Disabled Persons 166 words
    4. Quangos 149 words
    5. Microelectronics and Computers 661 words
    6. Manpower Services Commission 63 words
    7. Back Injuries (Lost Working Days) 146 words
    8. Health and Safety 159 words
    9. North Sea Oil Sectors (Working Conditions) 67 words
    10. Skillcentres 1,276 words
    11. Redundancies 234 words
    12. Health and Safety Executive 163 words
  37. TRANSPORT
    1. Commercial Vehicles (Accidents) 147 words
    2. Motorways (Emergency Telephones) 104 words
    3. Tachograph Calibration Centres 82 words
    4. Hire Cars (Safety) 62 words
    5. Quangos 114 words
    6. Travel-to-work Costs 94 words
    7. Driving Tests 187 words
  38. FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Rhodesia House, London 77 words
    2. Hong Kong (Immigration) 285 words
    3. Quangos 148 words
  39. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Family Income 124 words
    2. Economic Forecasts 107 words
    3. Industrial Building Allowance 51 words
    4. Fee-paying Schools (Tax Relief) 34 words
    5. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 53 words
    6. Minimum Lending Rate 56 words
    7. Value Added Tax 17 words
    8. Sir Geoffrey Howe: No. 61 words
    9. Inflation 104 words
    10. Money Supply 276 words
    11. Amateur Sporting Organisations 23 words
    12. Board of Inland Revenue 31 words
    13. Widows 30 words
    14. Scottish Economy 69 words
    15. Government Stock 84 words
    16. Single Person's Tax Allowance 60 words
    17. Public Expenditure 42 words
    18. Stamp Duty 37 words
    19. Income Tax 405 words
    20. Credit Cards 176 words
    21. Krugerrands 31 words
    22. Pension Funds (Tax-free Status) 111 words
    23. Mortgage (Tax Relief) 75 words
    24. Quangos 63 words
    25. Subcontractors (Tax Deduction Certificates) 86 words
    26. Personal Allowances 166 words
    27. European Community (Council of Finance Ministers) 49 words
    28. Public Expenditure 171 words
    29. North Sea Oil Sectors (Taxation) 48 words
    30. Premium Bonds 63 words
    31. Retirement Certificates 63 words
    32. National Savings 137 words
    33. Profit Sharing 343 words
  40. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rent and Rate Rebates 298 words
    2. Housing (Occupiers) 441 words
    3. Royal High School, Edinburgh 106 words
    4. Housing expenditure 82 words
    5. Council Houses 271 words
    6. Nuclear Waste 1,053 words
    7. Water and Sewerage Rates 248 words
    8. Water and Sewerage Industry (Consumers' Consultative Body) 81 words
    9. Sport and Recreation (Regional Councils) 122 words
    10. Regional Water Authorities 458 words
    11. Flood Precautions 133 words
    12. Rateable Valuations 150 words
    13. Quangos 123 words
    14. Hostels and Lodging Houses 220 words
  41. HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION, HOSTELS, LODGING HOUSES 241 words
  42. Disadvantaged Single Persons (Accommodation) 60 words
  43. Local Authority Housing (Rent Arrears) 38 words
  44. Virement 65 words
  45. Rate Support Grant 275 words
  46. Council House Sales (East Anglia) 268 words
  47. Housing Estates (Asbestos) 76 words
  48. District Councils (East Anglia) 74 words
  49. Housing Investment Programme 39 words

Lords Sitting of 24 January 1980

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. GATWICK: SECOND TERMINAL 133 words
  3. GIBRALTAR: SPANISH RESTRICTIONS 369 words
  4. THE YEMEN ARAB REPUBLIC: RELATIONS WITH UK 344 words
  5. DETENTE: CONTINUATION OF INITIATIVES 602 words
  6. AFGHANISTAN: SOVIET INVASION 5,973 words
  7. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 474 words
  8. POLICE NEGOTIATING BOARD BILL [H.L.] 1,652 words
  9. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL 403 words
  10. PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL 13,516 words
  11. WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.] 8 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 January 1980

  1. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON TRIBUNALS 45 words
  2. CROW POPULATIONS 120 words