Commons Sitting of 14 April 1981

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. GREATER MANCHESTER BILL [Lords] (By Order) 6 words
        1. Standing Orders (Private Business) 486 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Rosyth Dockyard (Safety) 552 words
      2. Civil Service Dispute 665 words
      3. Cruise Missiles 1,142 words
      4. Nuclear Weapons 565 words
      5. Procurement 743 words
      6. Cyprus 376 words
      7. Nuclear Weapons 253 words
      8. Trident Missile 482 words
      9. Production Technology 302 words
      10. Gibraltar 156 words
      11. Harrier Aircraft 342 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,001 words
      2. International Year of Disabled People 493 words
      3. Engagements 396 words
    3. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania 77 words
  4. American Textiles (Imports) 698 words
  5. Imprisonment of Prostitutes (Abolition) 1,227 words
    1. IMPRISONMENT OF PROSTITUTES (ABOLITION) 53 words
  6. Transport Bill (Allocation of Time) 911 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Transport Bill 9 words
      1. New Clause 16
        1. Road humps 10,145 words
      2. Clause 1
        1. RAILWAYS BOARD'S POWERS OF DISPOSAL 15,291 words, 3 divisions
      3. Schedule 1
        1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING SECTIONS 1 TO 3 190 words
      4. Clause 6
        1. THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE 10,740 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 7
        1. CONSTITUTION OF ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS, ETC. 2,336 words, 1 division
      6. Clause 13
        1. TRANSFER OF FUNCTION OF HOLDING COMPANY 15 words
      7. Clause 14
        1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SS. 5 TO 13. 14 words
      8. Schedule 4
        1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTING SS. 5 TO 13 158 words
      9. Clause 15
        1. DISSOLUTION OF NATIONAL PORTS COUNCIL 5,435 words
      10. Schedule 6
        1. AMENDMENTS OF THE HARBOURS ACT 1964 16 words
          1. 'Ship, passenger and goods dues and other charges 4,428 words
      11. Clause 19
        1. DISQUALIFICATION FOR REPEATED OFFENCES 3,572 words
      12. Schedule 7
        1. POINTS TO BE ENDORSED 310 words
      13. Clause 23
        1. PROVISIONAL LICENCES AND DRIVING TESTS 6,854 words
      14. Clause 25
        1. NEW PROVISIONS AS TO OFFENCES RELATING TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS 6,322 words
      15. Schedule 8
        1. PROVISIONS SUBSTITUTED FOR SECTIONS 6 TO 12 OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1972 2,599 words
      16. Clause 30
        1. NEW BASIS OF VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY FOR GOODS VEHICLES 6,177 words, 1 division
      17. Clause 32
        1. CHARGES FOR LICENSING OF CABS AND CAB DRIVERS 2,635 words
      18. Schedule 11
        1. REPEALS 23 words
        2. ROAD HUMPS
          1. PART I
            1. PROVISION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 62 words
              1. Construction of road humps by highway authority. "Road humps 97 words
              2. Additional powers of the Secretary of State 296 words
              3. Consultation and local inquiries 295 words
              4. Regulations concerning construction and maintenance of road humps 207 words
              5. Status of road humps. 334 words
              6. Meaning of "road hump" and interpretation of sections 90A to 90E 105 words
          2. PART II
            1. PROVISION FOR SCOTLAND
              1. Construction of road humps by highway authority 63 words
              2. Additional powers of the Secretary of State 232 words
              3. Consultation and local inquiries 296 words
              4. Regulations concerning construction and maintenance of road humps 207 words
              5. (3) Status of road humps 286 words
              6. Interpretation and construction 87 words
      19. Title 2,030 words, 1 division
      20. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. 35 words
    2. Dr. Andrew Dossetor (Pension Entitlement) 3,378 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 April 1981

  1. SCOTLAND
    1. Canadian Lobsters (Gaffkaemia) 157 words
    2. Trunk Road Schemes 505 words
    3. Tynepark School 114 words
    4. List D Schools 147 words
    5. Day Centre (Prestonpans) 230 words
    6. Divorce (Royal Commission Recommendations) 191 words
    7. Colleges of Education 411 words
    8. Fishing Industry 85 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Nicaragua 68 words
    2. Overseas Aid 83 words
    3. Ghana 116 words
  3. TRADE
    1. Burglar Alarm Systems (Rental Charges) 118 words
    2. British Airports Authority 46 words
    3. Furniture (Polyurethane Foam) 292 words
    4. Travel Association (Holiday Protection) 115 words
    5. St. Piran (Report) 72 words
  4. WALES
    1. Llanrwst (Bypass) 58 words
    2. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority 99 words
    3. Sports Council 65 words
    4. Dry Stone Walls (Heavy Lorries) 95 words
    5. Council Tenants (Rebates and Allowances) 143 words
    6. Local Authorities (Direct Labour Activities) 112 words
    7. Construction Industry 53 words
    8. Civil Servants (Political Activities) 42 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prison Discipline (Offences) 66 words
    2. Young Offenders 64 words
    3. British Nationality Bill 163 words
    4. Illegal Parking 104 words
    5. Rape and Mugging (Deterrents) 91 words
    6. Immigration Rules 112 words
    7. Community Relations Council 139 words
    8. Serious Crime (Ethnic Minorities) 68 words
    9. Open Channel Radio 35 words
    10. Police (Complaints Procedures) 43 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Parliamentarians (Pay) 70 words
  7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Research Assistants 206 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Wintex/Cimex 81 139 words
    2. Torpedo Production 127 words
    3. Flight Simulators 48 words
    4. Accommodation 54 words
    5. Trident and Cruise Missiles 230 words
    6. NATO and Warsaw Pact (Strengths) 92 words
    7. Defence Expenditure 118 words
    8. Royal Marines 121 words
    9. Rapid Deployment Force 209 words
    10. Royal Air Force (Flying Hours) 61 words
    11. Secretary of State (Official Visits) 195 words
    12. Nuclear Weapons 56 words
    13. Commitments 80 words
    14. Territorial Army 160 words
    15. Naval Gun Competition Teams 160 words
    16. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Defence Equipment) 149 words
    17. Civil Service Industrial Workers (Pay) 86 words
  9. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Northern Regional Health Authority 61 words
    2. National Insurance Contributions (Charities and Churches) 93 words
    3. National Insurance Fund 68 words
    4. Family Income Supplement 41 words
    5. Disabled Persons (Departmental Staff) 114 words
    6. Child Benefit Recipients (Scotland) 123 words
    7. Unemployment Benefit 105 words
    8. Medical and Dental Teaching Hospitals (Costs) 144 words
    9. Supplementary Benefit 202 words
    10. Muscular Dystrophy (Hammersmith Hospital) 107 words
    11. Nursing Staff (Back Injuries) 404 words
    12. Nursing Staff (Disablement Benefit) 109 words
    13. Nurses (Mechanical Lifting Aids) 44 words
    14. Hospital Bed Design 99 words
    15. Depo Provera 88 words
    16. Diazepam and Chlordiazepoxide Drugs 65 words
    17. Orthopaedic Waiting Lists 932 words
    18. Pharmacists (Salaries) 92 words
    19. Child Benefit Books 426 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Expenditure Committee Report (Implementation) 191 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Heaton Mersey 26 words
    2. Engagements 714 words
    3. Paris 23 words
    4. Factory Closures 48 words
    5. London Boroughs Association 28 words
    6. National Community Service 22 words
    7. Trades Union Congress 27 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Salmon 238 words
    2. Grimsby Schoolchildren (Painting Exhibition) 78 words
    3. European Community (Price Review) 516 words
    4. Agricultural Produce (Disposal) 162 words
    5. Beef, Lamb, Butter and Cheese (Import Levies) 214 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Developing Countries (Indebtedness) 81 words
    2. Gross National Product 303 words
    3. Avgas (Price) 58 words
    4. Value Added Tax 438 words
    5. Inland Revenue (Pension Information) 177 words
    6. Income Tax (Retirement Pensioners) 146 words
    7. Paraffin (Duty) 82 words
    8. Widows 142 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 126 words
    2. United States of America (Secretary of State) 207 words
  15. INDUSTRY
    1. Post Office (Capital Investment) 188 words
    2. Giro Services 154 words
    3. Clothing Industry Productivity Resources Agency 430 words
    4. Petrol and Dery 95 words
    5. Textiles, Clothing and Footwear (Aid) 163 words
    6. Job Creation 53 words
    7. International Computers Limited 173 words
  16. TRANSPORT
    1. London and Liverpool Docks 122 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Textile Industry 565 words
    2. Closed Shop 440 words
    3. Capital Radio (Job-mate Scheme) 187 words
    4. Index of Retail Prices (Calculation) 119 words
    5. Redundancies 386 words
    6. Wages Councils Act 1979 44 words
    7. Retail Furnishing Trade 195 words
    8. Retail Trades 55 words
    9. Marconi, Chelmsford 47 words
  18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Degree Courses 1,581 words
    2. Teachers (Northern Region) 165 words
    3. School Population (Northern Region) 882 words
    4. Overseas Students 393 words
    5. Special Education 213 words
    6. School Closures 117 words
    7. Ancillary Staff (Northern Region) 177 words
    8. Sign Language 211 words
    9. Musical Classes (Fees) 108 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Gas Supplies (Cessation) 166 words
    2. Western Education and Library Board 74 words
    3. Census 67 words
    4. Construction Industry 66 words
    5. Prisoners (Communications) 123 words
    6. Departmental Organisation (Studies) 99 words
    7. Consumer Items (Price Monitoring) 112 words
    8. Hunger Strikers (Medical Condition) 81 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Newcastle (Housing Waiting List) 110 words
    2. Tyneside Enterprise Zone 221 words
    3. Housing Capital Expenditure 234 words
    4. Local Authority Dwellings (Subsidy) 228 words
    5. New Towns (Housing Capital Expenditure) 142 words
    6. Housing Corporation (Housing Capital Expenditure) 170 words
    7. Grant-related Expenditure 88 words
    8. "Assistance With Housing Costs" 264 words
    9. Rent Rebates and Allowances 35 words
    10. Rate Support Grant 176 words
    11. Closed Shop 114 words
    12. Parish Review 137 words
    13. Betterment Levy 209 words
    14. Land Commission 136 words
    15. Departmental Grants 33 words
    16. Mr. J. Alan Maudsley (Appeal) 108 words
    17. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 261 words
    18. Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Notification) 399 words
    19. Railway Village 46 words
    20. Apartheid (Sporting Black List) 93 words
    21. European Sports Ministers (Meeting) 125 words

Lords Sitting of 14 April 1981

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Industrial Workshops 697 words
  3. Access Week: Wheelchairs in Parliament 411 words
  4. Imports from Japan 497 words
  5. Guinea: Trade with the United Kingdom 509 words
  6. Standing Orders (Private Business) 374 words
  7. House of Lords' Offices 547 words
  8. Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 1,903 words
  9. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Bill 19,648 words
  10. Insurance Companies Bill 10 words
  11. Harbours (Transport of Farm Animals) Bill [H.L.] 18,727 words, 1 division
  12. El Salvador: Policy 18,916 words
  13. Greater Manchester Bill [H.L.] 15 words
  14. Allied Irish Banks Bill 9 words
  15. English Industrial Estates Corporation Bill
    1. Public Passenger Vehicles Bill
      1. National Film Finance Corporation Bill
        1. Film Levy Finance Bill 6 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 April 1981

  1. CYPRUS: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 126 words
  2. ARMS EXPORTS TO SOUTH AFRICA 78 words
  3. THE RUSSIAN AK74 RIFLE 86 words
  4. SURVEY OF MARGINAL LAND IN WALES 217 words
  5. THE LONDON/NEW YORK POSTAL SERVICE 104 words