Commons Sitting of 3 March 1980

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TRADE
      1. European Economic Community (Council of Ministers) 555 words
      2. Advertising and Price (Relationship) 159 words
      3. Advertising Control 379 words
      4. Market Entry Guarantee Scheme 233 words
      5. Import Controls 916 words
      6. Price Commission 487 words
      7. Companies (Winding-up Procedure) 329 words
      8. Metrication 361 words
      9. Steel Imports 601 words
      10. Merger Policy 366 words
      11. Dyestuffs (Imports) 275 words
      12. USSR 678 words
      13. European Economic Community 388 words
      14. Holiday Caravan Industry 256 words
      15. Exports and Imports 563 words
    2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Overseas Aid Policy 379 words
      2. Aid Programme (Return on Disbursements) 432 words
      3. Aid Programme (Aims and Objectives) 936 words
  4. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 512 words
  5. LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK AND LEWISHAM AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY 4,661 words
  6. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN (EDUCATIONAL TREATMENT) 4,428 words
  7. HUMAN TISSUE TRANSPLANTS 487 words
  8. FISHING INDUSTRY, HULL 523 words
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 70 words
  9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. COMPANIES BILL [Lords] 8 words
      1. Clause 40
        1. RESTRICTION ON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS 444 words
          1. 'DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS AND OF ASSETS FOR POLITICAL OBJECTS 18,293 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 41
        1. DISTRIBUTIONS OF INVESTMENT COMPANIES 753 words
      3. Clause 43
        1. THE RELEVANT ACCOUNTS 24 words
      4. Clause 45
        1. ANCILLARY PROVISIONS 103 words
      5. Clause 46
        1. DIRECTORS TO HAVE REGARD TO INTERESTS OF EMPLOYEES. 4,672 words, 1 division
      6. Clause 47
        1. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT OF DIRECTORS 271 words
      7. Clause 48
        1. SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING DIRECTORS, ETC. 1,387 words
      8. Clause 49
        1. PROHIBITION OF LOANS, ETC., TO DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 14 words
      9. Clause 50
        1. EXCEPTIONS FROM S. 49 826 words
      10. Clause 51
        1. RELEVANT AMOUNTS 58 words
      11. Clause 52
        1. CIVIL REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF S. 49 166 words
      12. Clause 53
        1. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF S. 49 222 words
      13. Clause 54
        1. SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTS, ETC., WITH DIRECTORS AND OTHERS TO BE DISCLOSED IN ACCOUNTS 218 words
      14. Clause 56
        1. PARTICULARS OF AMOUNTS OUTSTANDING TO BE INCLUDED IN ACCOUNTS 281 words
      15. Clause 57
        1. FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO RECOGNISED BANKS 130 words
      16. Clause 58
        1. TRANSACTIONS, ETC., EXCLUDED FROM SS. 54 AND 57 72 words
      17. Clause 59
        1. DISCLOSURE BY DIRECTORS OF INTERESTS IN CONTRACTS, ETC. 70 words
      18. Clause 60
        1. POWER TO INCREASE FINANCIAL LIMITS UNDER PART IV 1,364 words
      19. Clause 61
        1. SHADOW DIRECTORS 927 words
      20. Clause 62
        1. CONNECTED PERSONS 111 words
      21. Clause 63
        1. INTERPRETATION OF PART IV 1,017 words
      22. Clause 65
        1. PROHIBITION ON STOCK EXCHANGE DEALS BY INSIDERS, ETC. 3,328 words
      23. Clause 66
        1. PROHIBITION ON ABUSE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY 337 words
      24. Clause 67
        1. OFF-MARKET DEALS 516 words
      25. Clause 69
        1. INTERPRETATION OF PART V 758 words
      26. Clause 70
        1. POWER OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE FOR EMPLOYEES ON CESSATION OR TRANSFER OF BUSINESS 67 words
      27. Clause 71
        1. POWER OF COURT TO GRANT RELIEF AGAINST COMPANY WHERE MEMBERS UNFAIRLY PREJUDICED 2,567 words
      28. Clause 72
        1. TRADING UNDER MISLEADING NAME, ETC. 105 words
      29. Clause 74
        1. ALTERNATIVES AND WELSH EQUIVALENTS OF STATUTORY DESIGNATIONS 167 words
      30. Clause 75
        1. QUALIFICATIONS OF COMPANY SECRETARIES 3,218 words
      31. Clause 80
        1. THE AUTHORISED MINIMUM 16 words
      32. Clause 82
        1. INTERPRETATION 146 words
      33. Clause 85
        1. SHORT TITLE, CITATION, COMMENCEMENT, AND EXTENT 45 words
      34. Schedule 2
        1. INCREASE OF PENALTIES AND CHANGE OF MODE OR TRIAL 1,112 words
      35. Schedule 3
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 1,002 words
      36. Schedule 4
        1. REPEALS 121 words
  10. ROAD ACCIDENTS (PAYMENTS FOR TREATMENT) 7,714 words, 1 division
  11. Mr. MICHAEL CARROLL (MOBILITY ALLOWANCE) 3,059 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 March 1980

  1. SOLICITORS' PRACTICE RULES 96 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Brandt Report 87 words
    2. Aid Polity 34 words
    3. Rhodesia 57 words
    4. Malawi 199 words
  3. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Manpower 229 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Departmental Estate (Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire) 204 words
    2. Agricultural Development and Advisory Service 148 words
    3. Hedge Clearance 179 words
    4. Lamb (French import Controls) 116 words
    5. Animals (Export) 192 words
    6. Lowland Drainage Grants 146 words
    7. Parvo-virus 141 words
    8. Fishing Industry 74 words
    9. Herbicide 2,4,5-T 361 words
  5. ENERGY
    1. Windscale 417 words
    2. Plutonium 589 words
    3. Spent Fuel Reprocessing 673 words
    4. Electricity Industry (Subsidies) 215 words
    5. Nuclear Power Stations (Wales) 39 words
    6. Departmental Manpower 37 words
    7. Electricity and Gas Disconnections 268 words
    8. Paraffin 80 words
    9. Uranium Carrying Vessels (Safety) 100 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Written Answers 68 words
  7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Education (No. 2) Bill 50 words
    2. Advisory Committee on Pesticides 55 words
    3. 16-plus Examinations 382 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Departmental Manpower 71 words
    2. Overseas Students (Work Permits) 97 words
    3. Jobcentre (Macclesfield) 68 words
    4. Pneumoconiosis (Workers Compensation) 79 words
    5. DIOXIN 90 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Departmental Manpower 59 words
    2. Nuclear Weapons 107 words
  10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Staff 958 words
  11. INDUSTRY
    1. Rolls-Royce R B211–33 Engines 72 words
    2. European Community (Regional Development Fund) 438 words
    3. Regional Development Grant 310 words
    4. Courier Services 45 words
    5. Microelectronics 61 words
    6. British Steel Corporation 234 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Estate Duty (Wales) 70 words
    2. Housing Expenditure 191 words
    3. Steel Dispute (Economic Effects) 94 words
    4. Value Added Tax 316 words
    5. National Savings Stock Register 360 words
    6. Royal Garden Parties (Cost) 93 words
    7. Departmental Manpower 32 words
    8. Government Stocks and Borrowings 100 words
    9. Budget Strategy 365 words
    10. Unit Labour Costs 162 words
    11. Gross National Product 158 words
    12. Coinage 200 words
    13. Treasury Forecasts 342 words
    14. Excise Duty Payments (Deferment) 18 words
    15. Income Tax 38 words
    16. Central and Local Government Spending 134 words
    17. Great Yarmouth (Take-home Pay) 57 words
    18. Capital Gains Tax 274 words
    19. Tax Allowances and Relief 147 words
    20. Stock Relief 66 words
  13. TRADE
    1. Inflation 648 words
    2. British Airways 32 words
    3. Fireworks Injury Statistics 1,395 words
    4. Securities (Stock Exchange Listing) 60 words
    5. Exports (Arab Boycott) 118 words
    6. United States of America 107 words
    7. Imports and Exports (Value) 134 words
    8. "Aeolian Sky" 251 words
    9. Textiles 54 words
    10. Tourism 82 words
    11. Namibia 54 words
    12. Consumer Protection Legislation (Costs) 56 words
    13. Dormant Companies 72 words
    14. Departmental Forms 59 words
    15. Man-made Fibres 85 words
    16. Aircraft Noise 241 words
    17. Companies Acts 52 words
    18. Consumers and Traders (Statutory Rights) 50 words
    19. Companies Acts 112 words
    20. Carriage of Goods (Liability) 114 words
    21. Company Registration 88 words
    22. Textiles 189 words
    23. Manufactures 48 words
    24. Cyprus (Commercial Flights) 124 words
    25. Motor Cars (Electrical Harnesses) 61 words
    26. Insider Dealing 53 words
    27. Bernard Wardle Company 72 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Personnel (Brutality Charges) 184 words
    2. Anti-tank Weapons 113 words
    3. Married Quarters, Middleton St. George 127 words
    4. Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee 274 words
    5. BAOR 261 words
    6. Nuclear weapons 71 words
  15. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Computerised Notebook Experiment 132 words
    2. Probation Orders 115 words
    3. Civil Defence 113 words
    4. Mentally Abnormal Offenders 2,984 words
    5. Prisoners' Correspondence 66 words
    6. Community Service Volunteers 174 words
    7. Brodrick Committee Report 75 words
    8. Electoral Registration (Form A) 87 words
    9. Electronic War Games 83 words
    10. Citizens Band Radio 166 words
    11. Risley Remand Centre 47 words
    12. Dogs (Identification) 50 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Industrial Disputes (Benefits) 113 words
    2. Hospital Nurses 384 words
    3. Child Benefit 229 words
    4. Dental Health 173 words
    5. Newborn Babies (Diseases) 268 words
    6. Body Scanners 53 words
    7. Maternity Allowance 186 words
    8. Mrs. Gwen Backwell 46 words
    9. Disabled Persons 104 words
    10. Family Income 107 words
    11. Community Homes 152 words
    12. Cancer Patients 70 words
    13. North Middlesex Hospital 121 words
    14. Psychiatric Units 413 words
    15. National Health Service (Personnel) 49 words
    16. Secure Units 115 words
    17. Benefit Payments (Classification) 155 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Job Support 379 words
    2. Commissioner for Complaints 121 words
    3. Health Boards (Expenditure) 125 words
    4. Disabled Persons (Housing) 157 words
    5. Clothing Manufacture 288 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Health Board Accommodation (Glasgow) 70 words
    2. Expenditure (Dundee) 366 words
    3. Unemployment and Migration 146 words
    4. Electoral Registration 139 words
    5. Teachers' Salaries (Negotiating Machinery) 68 words
    6. Female Unemployment 148 words
    7. Disabled Persons (Housing) 201 words
    8. Plant Breeding Station (Transfer) 255 words
    9. Housing Improvement Grant 53 words
    10. Warnock Committee 525 words
    11. Transport (European Community Aid) 105 words
    12. Motorway and Trunk Road Construction 363 words
  19. WALES
    1. National Health Service 44 words
    2. Perinatal Mortality 179 words
    3. Housing Construction 127 words
    4. Departmental Manpower 256 words
    5. Sport 117 words
    6. Disabled Persons (Housing) 50 words
    7. Rhymney River (Flood Prevention) 109 words
    8. Smallholdings 98 words
    9. Housing Investment Programmes 188 words
    10. Leaseholders 166 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rate Support Grant (Yorkshire and Humberside) 68 words
    2. New Town Corporation Houses (Sales) 177 words
    3. Rent Rebates and Allowances 643 words
    4. Peak District National Park 28 words
    5. Disabled Persons (Housing) 236 words
    6. Community Land Accounts 100 words
    7. Rate Rebates 367 words
    8. Stonehenge 52 words
    9. Housing Investment Programme 104 words
    10. Radioactive Waste 138 words
  21. TRANSPORT
    1. Rail Tunnel (Woolwich) 95 words
    2. Road Scheme (Denton-Middleton) 65 words
    3. Driving Tests 198 words
    4. British Railways (Assets) 100 words
    5. Seat Belts 131 words
    6. Heavy Lorries 80 words
    7. Diesel-engined Vehicles 126 words
    8. Concessionary Fares 80 words
    9. British Railways Sleeper Car Accident (Taunton) 161 words
    10. Traffic Signals, Birstall 75 words

Lords Sitting of 3 March 1980

  1. Preamble 23 words