Commons Sitting of 19 May 1981

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (VICTORIA) BILL [Lords] 8 words
      2. WHITEHAVEN HARBOUR BILL 19 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Type 22 Frigate 558 words
      2. Rapid Deployment Force 502 words
      3. Polaris 330 words
      4. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 1,230 words
      5. Royal Air Force (Female Aircrew) 560 words
      6. Reserve Forces (Training) 276 words
      7. Services (Priority Tasks) 425 words
      8. Army Establishments (Cleaning) 325 words
      9. British Base (Cyprus) 179 words
      10. Cruise Missiles 188 words
      11. Trident 430 words
      12. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 357 words
      13. Cash Limits 261 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,151 words
      2. NORTHERN IRELAND 46 words
  4. Dogs (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1,218 words
    1. DOGS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) 54 words
  5. Defence Estimates 1981 48,177 words
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 21 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Armed Forces (Re-committed) Bill 27 words
      1. New Clause 1
        1. ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY FOR REMAINING OFFENCES 2,398 words
      2. New Clause 2
        1. HOMOSEXUAL OFFENCES 3,305 words
    2. Northern Ireland (Employment) 5,872 words
      1. ADJOURNMENT 17 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 May 1981

  1. SCOTLAND
    1. Dundee (Short-time Working) 333 words
    2. Youth Opportunities Programme 111 words
    3. Local Authority Bus Services 169 words
    4. Children's Hearings 993 words
    5. Music Tuition 137 words
  2. TRADE
    1. European Community (Japanese Cars) 183 words
    2. Manchester Airport 387 words
    3. Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils) 55 words
    4. Ships (Crew and Equipment Standards) 192 words
    5. Pollution at Sea 154 words
    6. Glass Products 179 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Processions and Demonstrations (Police Photographs) 56 words
    2. Prisoners and Visiting Relatives (Conversations) 59 words
    3. Repatriation 67 words
    4. Equal Opportunities Commission 77 words
    5. Commission for Racial Equality 70 words
    6. Race Relations 59 words
    7. Direct Broadcasting (Satellite) 1,053 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Income Tax and Earnings 193 words
    2. Civil Service Dispute (Financial Effects) 406 words
    3. Export-Imports (Statistics) 48 words
    4. Building Societies 264 words
    5. Value Added Tax 76 words
    6. Nationalised Industries 79 words
    7. European Community Budget (United Kingdom Contribution) 83 words
    8. Family Income 303 words
    9. Agricultural Property (Tenancies) 103 words
    10. Benefits in Kind 262 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Defence Equipment (Purchase) 98 words
    2. Engagements 584 words
    3. Greater London Council (Leader) 29 words
    4. Gas Gathering Pipeline 52 words
    5. Factory Closures 43 words
    6. Open Tech 74 words
    7. People's March Against Unemployment 99 words
    8. Exploitation of Inventions 55 words
  6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Warnock Report (Implementation) 123 words
    2. Higher Education 74 words
    3. Young Persons (Educational Activities) 89 words
    4. School Leavers 135 words
    5. Children (Ethnic Minority Groups) 121 words
    6. Music Tuition 102 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Nuclear Weapons (Control) 181 words
    2. "The Overseas Student Question" (Report) 120 words
  8. ENERGY
    1. Consumption and Conservation 278 words
    2. British Gas Corporation 111 words
    3. Mining Subsidence 164 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Water Supplies (Lead Content) 129 words
    2. Horse Breeding (Planning Guidelines) 105 words
    3. Water Authorities 177 words
    4. Manchester Airport 143 words
    5. Laboratory of the Government Chemist 69 words
    6. Domestic Rates 94 words
  10. WALES
    1. Integrated Transport System 119 words
    2. Rent Assessment Panel (Membership) 139 words
    3. Housing 229 words
    4. Rents 140 words
    5. Common Agricultural Policy 57 words
    6. Agricultural Produce (Marketing) 70 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Factory Closures (Merseyside) 65 words
    2. Youth Opportunities Programme and Community Industry 123 words
    3. Industrial Training Board 40 words
    4. Health and Safety Executive 67 words
    5. Manpower Services Commission 90 words
    6. Work Experience Programmes 260 words
    7. Manpower Services Commission (Growth Programme) 43 words
    8. Youth Opportunities Programme 43 words
    9. Further Education Colleges 44 words
    10. National Average Wage 146 words
  12. INDUSTRY
    1. Laboratory of the Government Chemist 108 words
    2. British Leyland 45 words
  13. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Pensions 74 words
    2. Succession Planning and Job Movement 91 words
    3. Official Report (Index) 89 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Bass 119 words
    2. Swine Vesicular Disease 95 words
    3. Butter Sales (Departmental Booklet) 53 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Cruise Missiles 65 words
    2. Defence Expenditure 35 words
    3. Sea Wolf 77 words
    4. Royal Dockyards 224 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Welfare Benefits (Scotland) 51 words
    2. Mentally Handicapped Persons 129 words
    3. Abu Dhabi (Aeroplane Sales) 62 words
    4. Service Personnel (Cyprus) 354 words
    5. Supplementary Benefits Offices (Claimants) 223 words
    6. Census Forms 257 words
    7. Research and Development 91 words
    8. National Health Service Act 1977 218 words
    9. Area Health Authorities (Staff) 473 words
    10. One-Parent Families 148 words
    11. Family Planning 63 words
    12. Supplementary Benefit (School Leavers) 108 words
    13. Unemployment Benefit 38 words
    14. Pharmaceutical Services 1,044 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Maze Prison (Hunger Strike) 132 words
    2. Government Training Centres 65 words
    3. Agricultural Land 48 words

Lords Sitting of 19 May 1981

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Lord Jenkins of Putney 35 words
  3. Lord John-Mackie 36 words
  4. Airline Tickets: Wholesaling 1,386 words
  5. Maternity Allowance Payments 593 words
  6. The House of Lords and the Constitution 1,043 words
  7. Tate Gallery Extensions 895 words
  8. Business 68 words
  9. Transport Bill 121 words
  10. Judicial Pensions Bill [H.L.] 29 words
  11. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 469 words
  12. COMMONS AMENDMENT 191 words
  13. British Telecommunications Bill 27,568 words, 2 divisions
  14. European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Accession of the Republic of Zimbabwe to the second ACP-EEC Convention of Lomé) Order 1981 2,720 words
  15. Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (Summary Cause) Order 1981 268 words
  16. Licensing (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 1,162 words
  17. British Telecommunications Bill 23,718 words, 2 divisions
  18. British Railways Bill 6 words
  19. Whitehaven Harbour Bill 11 words
  20. British Railways (Victoria) Bill [H.L.] 6 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 May 1981

  1. DIRECT BROADCASTING BY SATELLITE 1,077 words
  2. RAYMOND v. HONEY JUDGMENT AND PRISON RULES 109 words
  3. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, BROAD SANCTUARY 139 words
  4. LONDON UNIVERSITY: MEDICAL SCHOOLS 73 words
  5. UN SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT, 1982 70 words
  6. ART TREASURES: RETURN TO COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN 139 words
  7. MANAGUA: BRITISH EMBASSY 35 words
  8. ARMS SUPPLIES TO AFRICAN STATES 87 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY SERVICES LIMITED 426 words
  10. ARMS FACTORIES IN IRAN: CLAIMS 114 words
  11. IRANIAN AMMUNITION ORDER: FUNDS 62 words
  12. ARMS EXPORTS: EXPENDITURE 75 words
  13. EL SALVADOR: PEACE THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS 124 words