Commons Sitting of 8 December 1981

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. HUMBERSIDE BILL [Lords] 14 words
        1. DERBYSHIRE BILL [Lords] 8 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Budget 616 words
      2. Tornado 317 words
      3. Trident 927 words
      4. Naval Vessels (Orders) 534 words
      5. "Ark Royal" 181 words
      6. Nuclear Missiles (NATO) 935 words
      7. Gibraltar 836 words
      8. Royal Air Force 553 words
      9. Disarmament 523 words
      10. Officers (Retirement Pensions) 175 words
      11. Northern Ireland Ports 193 words
      12. Territorial Army 342 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,989 words
      2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 22 words
      3. WELSH AFFAIRS 26 words
  4. Orders of the Day
    1. Public Expenditure Proposals 1982–83 54,453 words, 2 divisions
    2. Carriage of Goods by Road 10,193 words, 1 division
    3. LIAISON COMMITTEE 35 words
  5. Petition
    1. Mr. Martin Patrick Foran 259 words
    2. Guy Motors (Wolverhampton) 3,642 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 December 1981

  1. ENERGY
    1. Coal Equivalence 91 words
    2. Oil and Petrol (Pricing) 68 words
    3. North Sea Oil 37 words
    4. Participation Agreements 108 words
    5. Electricity Prices 179 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Repatriation 44 words
    2. Illegal Radio Transmissions 130 words
    3. Voluntary Service Unit 84 words
    4. Citizens Band Radio 184 words
    5. Repatriation 63 words
    6. "Racial Attacks" 230 words
    7. Wormwood Scrubs Prison (Incident) 148 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 736 words
    2. Malaysia 103 words
    3. Human Rights (Pakistan) 58 words
    4. Chancellor Schmidt-President Brezhnev (Talks) 119 words
    5. Wage Rates 80 words
    6. Trades Union Congress 28 words
    7. Economic Output 59 words
    8. National Economic Development Council 53 words
    9. English Industrial Estates Corporation 40 words
    10. Littledown, Bournemouth 26 words
    11. Mr. Brezhnev 29 words
    12. United Nations (Special Session on Disarmament) 105 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Select Committees 121 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Employment Statistics 123 words
    2. Disabled Persons 1,488 words
    3. Contract Cleaners 66 words
    4. Wolverhampton 99 words
    5. Job Retirement Scheme 63 words
    6. Unemployed Young Persons (Supplementary Benefit) 92 words
    7. Employment Service (Review) 585 words
  6. TRADE
    1. Shipping and Aviation (Trade Decline) 309 words
    2. Training Opportunities Programme 93 words
    3. Aerodrome Consultative Committees 181 words
    4. Aviation Security Levy 142 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Hong Kong Airport 104 words
    2. Namibia 62 words
    3. Civil Service (Pension) 85 words
  8. INDUSTRY
    1. European Investment Bank 162 words
    2. Steel Closure Areas (New Businesses) 219 words
  9. WALES
    1. Marginal Land Farmers (Assistance) 90 words
    2. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 348 words
    3. Housing Investment Programme 96 words
    4. House Building 229 words
    5. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 84 words
    6. Homelessness 63 words
    7. Council House Rents 70 words
    8. Housing Associations 189 words
    9. Housing (Conversion and Improvement Grants) 106 words
    10. Rehabilitation Works 43 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Children (Recreational Needs) 203 words
    2. Chilver Committee Report 49 words
    3. Option Mortgage Guarantee Scheme 142 words
  11. DEFENCE
    1. Territorial Army Officers 112 words
    2. Neutron Bomb 27 words
    3. Territorial Army 50 words
    4. Nuclear Defence Expenditure 107 words
    5. Polaris and Trident 68 words
    6. Trident and Cruise Missiles 38 words
    7. Nuclear Warheads 90 words
    8. Low-flying Aircraft (Scotland) 35 words
    9. Defence Satellite 65 words
    10. Trident 43 words
    11. Gibraltar Naval Dockyard 179 words
    12. Type 23 Anti-Submarine Frigate 128 words
    13. Careers Offices 64 words
    14. Gibraltar Airport 60 words
    15. Northern Ireland 65 words
    16. Royal Navy (Active Fleet) 55 words
    17. International Defence Product Purchasing 151 words
    18. Flag Rank Officers 195 words
    19. Manpower Requirements 131 words
    20. Surplus Land, Shoeburyness 120 words
    21. South Africa (Military Plans) 45 words
    22. Greece (NATO Membership) 61 words
    23. Seawolf 156 words
    24. Army Bands 194 words
    25. Trident Missile System 89 words
    26. Defence Expenditure 61 words
    27. HMS "Endurance" 65 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Social Science Research Council 74 words
    2. Children (Recreational Needs) 172 words
    3. Fine Art and Antique Sales (Buyers' Premium) 119 words
    4. Local Education Authorities 167 words
  13. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Cigarette Advertising (Legislation) 47 words
    2. Dental Caries 203 words
    3. Medical Complaints Procedure 92 words
    4. Mentally Handicapped Adults (Training) 520 words
    5. Luncheon Clubs (Take-up Rates) 44 words
    6. Mentally Handicapped Young Persons (Training) 41 words
    7. Mortality Rates (Merseyside) 69 words
    8. Elderly Persons (Day Centre Places) 92 words
    9. Health Education Council (Dietary Knowledge) 96 words
    10. National Assistance Act 1948 (Default Powers) 87 words
    11. Diabetes 119 words
    12. Capital Disregard 145 words
    13. Wheelchairs 115 words
    14. Prescriptions 485 words
    15. Pensions (Earnings Limit) 83 words
    16. Poverty Trap 231 words
    17. Invalid Trikes 105 words
    18. social Security and Housing Benefits Bill (Notes on Clauses) 94 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Foodstuffs 1,197 words
    2. Meat (Feed Additives) 55 words
    3. Chemicals and Drugs (Warnings) 69 words
    4. Pesticides 358 words
    5. European Community (Butter) 99 words
    6. Butter and Cheese 55 words
    7. Special Agricultural Marketing Advisers (Report) 89 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Urban Renewal Unit 124 words
    2. Capital Grants Scheme 281 words
    3. Fishing Co-operatives 163 words
    4. New Town Development Corporations 150 words
    5. Council House Sales 420 words
    6. Registered Disabled and Blind Persons 102 words
    7. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 237 words
    8. Power Stations 275 words
    9. Unemployment Statistics 397 words
    10. Judicial Factors Acts 61 words
    11. Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Fire) 87 words
    12. Fire Safety 175 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
    1. council Houses (Improvements) 128 words
    2. New Town Development Corporations 240 words
    3. Ion Skelly Holdings Ltd. 52 words
    4. Government Offices (Heating) 24 words
    5. Community Studies Centres 32 words
    6. Hazardous Waste Materials 84 words
    7. Rate Support Grant 546 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Brake Linings (Composition) 70 words
    2. Disabled Persons 148 words
    3. Track Costs 50 words
    4. Motorways (Tollgates) 63 words
    5. M40 213 words
    6. Channel Tunnel 71 words
    7. Driving Tests 281 words
    8. Cranfield Speed and Alignment Device 48 words
    9. Seat Belts 121 words
    10. Heavy Lorries 246 words
  18. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Royal Mint (Commercial Clients) 91 words
    2. Local Authority Expenditure 138 words
    3. Unitary Tax 101 words
    4. Partnerships (Taxation) 150 words
    5. Civil Service Dispute (Government Borrowings) 121 words
    6. Earnings and Taxation 413 words
    7. Public Expenditure 5,494 words

Lords Sitting of 8 December 1981

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Fire Extinguishers: Operational Failure 1,095 words
  3. Mr. Gordon Kirby 227 words
  4. The Easter Act: Implementation 367 words
  5. Small Businesses: The Loan Guarantee Scheme 663 words
  6. Midlothian District Council Order Confirmation Bill 1,694 words
  7. Hops Marketing Bill [H.L.] 2,549 words
  8. Harbours (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 3,024 words
  9. Appropriation (No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 11,529 words
  10. Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 10,010 words
  11. Poland: Economic Situation 11,194 words
  12. CUMBRIA BILL [H.L.] 8 words
  13. PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSE 12 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 December 1981

  1. POLICE RECORDS OF ARRESTS AND CHARGES 64 words
  2. PRISONERS: NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER 290 words
  3. GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS: LETTERING ON BINDINGS 83 words
  4. SEAT BELTS: PROPOSED REGULATIONS 142 words