Commons Sitting of 8 December 1982

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. LERWICK HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION 49 words
    2. WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS COUNCIL (OMNIBUS SERVICES) ORDER CONFIRMATION 53 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Mr. A. M. Alfred (Remuneration) 340 words
      2. Domestic Rates 526 words
      3. Land (Disposal Orders) 580 words
      4. Council House Sales 1,209 words
      5. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 926 words
      6. Refuse Collection (Privatisation) 956 words
      7. Land Registers 752 words
      8. "Mary Rose" 283 words
      9. Unemployed Construction Workers 571 words
      10. Gleneagles Agreement 596 words
      11. Burial Costs 195 words
      12. River Cleaning (Grants) 399 words
      13. Ordnance Survey 555 words
      14. Land Registers 365 words
      15. House Building 480 words
      16. Rating System 367 words
  5. Falkland Islands (Shackleton Report) 4,996 words
    1. NEW MEMBER 16 words
    2. BILLS PRESENTED
      1. LANDS VALUATION AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) 55 words
      2. TRADE UNION (AMENDMENT) 82 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. OPPOSITION DAY 3 words
      1. The Economy (Impact on Women) 44,000 words, 1 division
      2. Foot and Mouth and Swine Vesicullar Diseases 8,147 words, 1 division
      3. Ulster Defence Regiment (Recruitment) 2,425 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 December 1982

  1. ENERGY
    1. Renewable Energy Sources (Study) 115 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Public Bodies (Insurance Arrangements) 98 words
  3. WALES
    1. Special Care Baby Units 144 words
    2. Educational Disadvantage 108 words
    3. Pembrokeshire District Health Authority (Resources) 95 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Filming Rights 168 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Custody Cases 68 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Small Firms (Investment) 147 words
    2. Income Tax 219 words
    3. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 98 words
    4. Inland Revenue 161 words
    5. Unemployed Persons 99 words
    6. Income Tax and National Insurance 127 words
    7. Secondhand Furniture Dealers 108 words
    8. National Insurance Surcharge Bill 1982 46 words
    9. Free Ports 188 words
    10. Public Service Pensions 506 words
    11. Steel Imports 58 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Music and Dancing Licences 93 words
    2. Iranian Citizens 93 words
    3. Overseas Visitors 57 words
    4. Cannabis Smugglers 204 words
    5. Metropolitan Police (Training and Recruitment) 82 words
    6. New Bridge Association 99 words
    7. Metropolitan Police (Reports) 75 words
    8. Shop Hours 93 words
    9. Maintenance Payments 98 words
    10. Dog Race-courses 60 words
    11. Cable Television 94 words
  8. INDUSTRY
    1. Steel 137 words
    2. New Businesses 97 words
    3. Telecommunications (Independent Suppliers) 337 words
    4. British Steel Corporation 124 words
    5. United States Investment 188 words
  9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Voluntary Services Organisation 87 words
  10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Portugal and Spain 142 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. British Transport Docks Board 87 words
    2. Vehicle Excise Duty 251 words
    3. A38 (Safety Fencing) 96 words
    4. Drinking and Driving (Publicity Campaign) 162 words
    5. Stockbridge (House Sales) 49 words
    6. Inertia Brakes (Caravans and Trailers) 112 words
  12. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Housing (Leeds) 93 words
    2. Supplementary Benefit 476 words
    3. Children Act 1975 238 words
    4. Nursing Services 40 words
    5. Neurosis 97 words
    6. Warwickshire Private Hospital, Leamington 106 words
    7. Neonatal Intensive Care Cots 207 words
    8. Junior Hospital Doctors 71 words
    9. Acellular Pertussis Vaccine 76 words
    10. Incontinence Pads (Cost) 216 words
    11. Unemployment Benefit 80 words
    12. Fund Raising 155 words
    13. "Working Together" 57 words
    14. Attendance Allowance (Christmas Bonus) 143 words
    15. Tribunals (Hearings) 185 words
    16. Acheson Report 49 words
    17. Support Services 97 words
    18. Royal Marsden Hospital 129 words
    19. Kidney Donors 97 words
    20. Renal Failure 189 words
    21. Unemployed Persons (Part-time Courses) 322 words
    22. Health Checks (Oils and Fats) 75 words
    23. Health Warning 117 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Falkland Islands 183 words
    2. Law of the Sea Treaty 194 words
    3. European Political Co-operation 124 words
    4. Mr. Keith Carmichael 153 words
  14. TRADE
    1. Adhesive Strip (Imports) 283 words
    2. Textile Industry 61 words
    3. Air Traffic Statistics 126 words
    4. Textiles and Clothing (Exports) 112 words
    5. National Consumer Council 98 words
    6. Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils) 642 words
    7. English Tourist Board 74 words
    8. Simplification of International Trade Procedures Board 125 words
    9. Brookgate Investments 61 words
    10. Non-departmental Public Bodies 138 words
    11. Dangerous Goods 125 words
    12. Motor Vehicles (Odometer Readings) 134 words
  15. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Youth Training Scheme 140 words
    2. Unemployment Statistics 6,316 words
    3. Doncaster Unemployed Workers Centre 58 words
    4. Closed Shop 72 words
  16. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Student Grants 81 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Assembly (Ministerial Appearances) 982 words
    2. Lear Fan 485 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Aircraft Establishment 343 words
    2. Falklands Campaign 35 words
  19. SCOTLAND
    1. Rent Arrears 89 words
    2. Dundee (Service Sector Employment) 34 words
    3. Unemployment Statistics 434 words
    4. Suicides 506 words
    5. Alcoholism (Deaths) 490 words
    6. Manufacturing Industry 82 words
    7. Employment Statistics 217 words
    8. Mental Health Legislation (Review) 598 words
    9. Mental Patients 620 words
    10. Mental Health Care Facilities 759 words
    11. Mental Welfare Commission 467 words
    12. Social Workers 222 words
    13. Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 506 words
    14. Mental Hospitals (Compulsory Admissions) 792 words
    15. Self-catering Premises (Valuation) 45 words
    16. Microelectronics Development Programme 133 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food Prices 102 words
    2. School Milk 145 words
  21. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Dog Licences 73 words
    2. Rate Support Grant Settlement 57 words
    3. Land Registers 294 words
    4. Council House Tenants 45 words
    5. Regional Water Authorities 169 words
    6. Rating Reform 35 words
    7. Council House Sales 849 words
    8. Council Houses (Rent Increases) 87 words
    9. Northern Region (Ministerial Visit) 65 words
    10. Norwood (Property Purchase) 124 words
    11. New Towns (Repairs) 69 words
    12. Playing Fields 92 words
    13. House Building 180 words
    14. Urban Programme 72 words
    15. Rent Rebates 94 words
    16. United Nations (Sporting Blacklist) 75 words
    17. Rural Berkshire 97 words
    18. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 153 words
    19. Consultative Council on Local Government Finance 59 words
    20. New Towns (Housing Related Assets) 74 words
    21. Rates 65 words
    22. Repair and Improvement Grants 387 words
    23. Local Authorities (House Purchase) 144 words
    24. Wildlife and Countryside Act 43 words
    25. Islington 75 words
    26. Local Authority Staff 65 words
    27. Land Sales 105 words
    28. Sheffield 72 words
    29. Sandwell 138 words
    30. Industrial and Warehouse Premises 143 words
    31. London Dockland (Port-related Industry) 168 words
    32. Rivers 103 words
    33. Commoners (Rights) 50 words
    34. Housing Investment Programme 2,238 words
    35. Housing (Intermediate Grants) 70 words
    36. Shared Purchase Housing Scheme 74 words
    37. Rate Support Grant 32 words
    38. Commission for the New Towns (Complaints) 168 words
    39. Falmouth Container Terminal 59 words
    40. Fire Research Station 96 words
    41. House Purchase (Costs) 86 words
    42. Rents 152 words

Lords Sitting of 8 December 1982

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. South Africa: IMF Loan 1,370 words
  3. Peace Studies and Higher Education 1,524 words
  4. The Licensing Laws 693 words
  5. Household Rewiring 871 words
  6. Business 41 words
  7. Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill 12 words
  8. The Commercial Fast Reactor 5,354 words
  9. Falkland Islands: The Shackleton Report 4,009 words
  10. The Commercial Fast Reactor 21,515 words
  11. Business 79 words
  12. The Commercial Fast Reactor 8,472 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 December 1982

  1. WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT: SECTION 50 554 words
  2. TRANSPORT ACT 1980: TRIAL AREAS 80 words
  3. WINE: SALE BY THE GLASS 221 words
  4. PENSIONERS AND THE INDEX OF RETAIL PRICES 214 words