Commons Sitting of 20 May 1981

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Namibia 643 words
      2. NAMIBIA COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED BY THE FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE FIVE, 3 MAY 1981 422 words
      3. Hong Kong 287 words
      4. Foreign Ministers (Meeting) 533 words
      5. Middle East 464 words
      6. Middle East 385 words
      7. Burma 166 words
      8. Lebanon 770 words
      9. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Meeting) 778 words
      10. Arms Control 440 words
      11. El Salvador 605 words
      12. Middle East 206 words
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      1. Japan 606 words
      2. Ministerial Discussions 424 words
      3. Development (Discussions) 740 words
      4. Integration 540 words
      5. Treaty of European Union 523 words
      6. Institutions and Procedures 438 words
  4. Control of Space Invaders and Other Electronic Games 2,437 words, 1 division
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Defence Estimates 1981 51,820 words, 2 divisions
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
    3. Atomic Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 7 words
      1. Clause 4
        1. INTERPRETATION, SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT 7,798 words, 1 division
        2. Lobster Fishermen 3,395 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 May 1981

  1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Crown Agents (Report and Accounts) 59 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Criminal Trials (Memoirs) 39 words
    2. Fees to Counsel 54 words
    3. Director of Public Prosecutions (Departmental Costs) 59 words
  3. TRADE
    1. Fishing Vessel "Junella" 80 words
    2. Firms (Numbers) 144 words
    3. Petrol Pumps (Prices) 108 words
    4. Television Programmes (Import-Export) 79 words
    5. Company Names (Screening) 116 words
    6. European Trade Marks Registry 122 words
    7. Companies (No. 2) Bill 48 words
    8. Central Electricity Generating Board 469 words
    9. Ships (Crew and Equipment Standards) 323 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Value Added Tax 81 words
  5. ENERGY
    1. Alternative Energy Strategies 212 words
    2. Fluidised Bed Combustion 75 words
    3. Coal Plant Testing Systems (Research) 85 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prison Rule 47 (12) 39 words
    2. Highpoint Prison, Suffolk 122 words
    3. Prisoners (Mail) 128 words
    4. Prisoners (Movements) 63 words
    5. Jersey (Secretary of State's Visit) 102 words
    6. Mentally Disordered Offenders 83 words
    7. Brixton Riots (Fines) 151 words
    8. Police (Firearms) 549 words
  7. INDUSTRY
    1. Tate and Lyle Ltd. (Liverpool) 124 words
    2. Laboratory of the Government Chemist 109 words
    3. British Leyland 112 words
    4. Liquid Petroleum Gas 121 words
  8. WALES
    1. Unemployed Young Persons 156 words
    2. Beef Cows 69 words
    3. Sheep 77 words
  9. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Personal Social Services 188 words
    2. Supplementary Benefit Offices (Statistics) 287 words
    3. Supplementary Benefit Review 91 words
    4. School Leavers (Supplementary Benefit) 95 words
    5. Registrar General (Wales) 88 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Helsinki Review Conference 105 words
    2. Namibia 105 words
    3. Middle East 178 words
    4. Cyprus 148 words
    5. Australia (Prince of Wales' Visit) 56 words
    6. Gibraltar 67 words
    7. South Africa (Sporting Black List) 107 words
    8. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 85 words
    9. Nuclear Arms Control 86 words
    10. El Salvador 57 words
    11. Rapid Deployment Force 114 words
    12. Lebanon 157 words
    13. Summit Meeting (Mexico) 51 words
    14. Turkey (Aid) 71 words
    15. Cyprus (Sovereign Base Areas) 119 words
    16. El Salvador 50 words
    17. North Atlantic Assembly (Representation) 156 words
    18. European Parliament 92 words
    19. Foreign Affairs Council 497 words
    20. Reform 89 words
    21. Budget and Common Agricultural Policy 98 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployed Persons 191 words
    2. School Leavers (Glasgow) 116 words
    3. Motor Vehicle Industry 132 words
    4. Employment Medical Advisory Service (Fees) 174 words
    5. Contract Cleaning Industry (Wages Council) 70 words
    6. Young Agricultural Workers (Safety) 164 words
    7. Temporary Short-Time Working Compensation Scheme (Northern Region) 908 words
    8. Northern Region 55 words
    9. Northern Region (Unemployment Statistics) 1,834 words
    10. Manpower Services Commission (General Placing Service) 138 words
    11. Research and Development (Departmental Expenditure) 79 words
    12. Disabled Persons (Hampshire) 180 words
    13. Handicapped Young Persons 102 words
    14. Industrial Training Boards 456 words
    15. Manpower Services Commission 155 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Terrorist Offences (Government Policy) 117 words
    2. Protestant Students (Intimidation) 101 words
    3. Housing Executive Rents 65 words
  13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Male School Leavers 89 words
    2. Student Grants 106 words
    3. State Schools (Modern Languages) 124 words
    4. Public Schools 78 words
    5. Nursery and Primary Education (Northern Region) 703 words
    6. University and Polytechnic Students (Non-completion of Courses) 211 words
    7. Youth Service (Review) 50 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Parades and Demonstrations (Strathclyde) 119 words
    2. Thomson Street Primary School, Glasgow 76 words
    3. Local Authorities (House Ownership) 145 words
    4. Beef Cows 89 words
    5. Building Control 229 words
    6. Sheriffs Principal 185 words
  15. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Microcomputers 136 words
    2. Working Conditions (Statistics) 110 words
  16. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Lord Protector (Portrait) 89 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (Welsh Language) 30 words
    2. Railways (Electrification) 52 words
    3. Orange Badge Scheme 28 words
    4. Road Traffic Law 235 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Dams 260 words
    2. Reservoirs 57 words
    3. Sewerage System (Renewal Programme) 179 words
    4. Research and Development 91 words
    5. Public Schools 55 words
    6. Limestone Caverns (Walsall) 164 words
    7. Council Houses 321 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition 53 words

Lords Sitting of 20 May 1981

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Tordoff 32 words
  3. Foreign Aid: Selective Allocation 342 words
  4. London University Medical School Merger 612 words
  5. Seat Belt Wearing: Comparative Statistics 1,162 words
  6. The Caucasus: Military Activity 431 words
  7. The Shops Acts: Trading Hours 14,019 words
  8. The Madrid Conference: East/West Trade 15,063 words
  9. Armed Forces Bill
    1. Local Government and Planning (Amendment) Bill
      1. Transport Act 1962 (Amendment) Bill 10 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 May 1981

  1. IRAN: CANCELLED TANK CONTRACT FUNDS 206 words