Commons Sitting of 8 February 1982

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENERGY
      1. Vale of Belvoir 562 words
      2. North Sea Oil 695 words
      3. Alternative Energy Sources 250 words
      4. Energy Requirements (Environmental Protection) 698 words
      5. Electricity Supplies 507 words
      6. Coal Mines (Leasing) 295 words
      7. Domestic Energy Supplies 469 words
      8. Electricity and Gas Prices 1,469 words
      9. "Plan for Coal" 532 words
      10. West Sussex (Oil and Gas) 294 words
      11. Buildings (Insulation) 330 words
      12. Domestic Energy Supplies 277 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Scottish Grand Committee 214 words
    3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      1. Government Policies 782 words
    4. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER 401 words
    5. PAYMASTER GENERAL
      1. Trade Unions (Meetings) 223 words
      2. Privatisation 243 words
      3. Ministerial Consultations 208 words
  4. Orders of the Day
    1. Employment Bill 52,083 words, 2 divisions
    2. EMPLOYMENT [MONEY] 2,280 words, 1 division
    3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 41 words
    4. Legal Aid 3,153 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 February 1982

  1. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Leader of the House (Speech) 33 words
    2. Security Commission (Report) 83 words
    3. Civil Service (Pensions) 189 words
    4. Harbours 59 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. Salmon and Fresh Water Fishing (Netting) 95 words
    2. Royal Bank of Scotland 63 words
    3. Peterhead Bay Harbour 45 words
  3. TRADE
    1. Footwear 153 words
    2. Petrol Prices 121 words
    3. Textiles and Clothing 77 words
    4. Japan (Balance of Trade) 320 words
    5. Civil Aviation Licensing 343 words
    6. International Ferries 219 words
    7. Republic of China 48 words
    8. Coal Exports 48 words
    9. Steel Exports 118 words
    10. Duty-free Sales 71 words
    11. Pharmaceutical Services 56 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. De Lorean Car Company 219 words
  5. ENERGY
    1. Energy Conservation 59 words
    2. Coal Industry 114 words
    3. Severn Barrage 56 words
    4. Power Stations (Coal Consumption) 151 words
    5. Subsidence (Compensation) 58 words
    6. British National Oil Corporation 100 words
    7. Domestic Energy Supplies 197 words
    8. Offshore Oil Industry 94 words
    9. Diesel Fuel 27 words
    10. Alternative Energy Sources 90 words
    11. North Sea Oil 68 words
    12. Meter Reading (Charges) 119 words
    13. Gas and Electricity Prices 559 words
    14. Geothermal Energy (Research) 330 words
    15. Oil Sales 110 words
    16. Britoil 130 words
    17. Sizewell (Inquiry) 75 words
    18. Horticulture Industry 51 words
    19. Domestic Energy Supplies 126 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 908 words
    2. Rape 87 words
    3. Community Service Order Staff (Cumbria) 73 words
    4. Robbery Statistics 77 words
    5. Metropolitan Police (Surgeons) 35 words
    6. Police Records and Files (Access) 78 words
  7. INDUSTRY
    1. Laboratory Accreditation Scheme 229 words
    2. North and North-West Regions 406 words
    3. Disabled Persons (Technical Aids) 180 words
    4. Robots 58 words
    5. Information Technology 177 words
    6. Microelectronics 87 words
    7. Foreign Companies (Investment) 298 words
    8. Foreign Companies (Employment) 178 words
    9. Manchester (Ministerial Meetings) 192 words
    10. Mexborough (European Loans) 76 words
    11. Airbus A300 55 words
  8. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Form HSA 4 38 words
    2. PURCHASING CONTRACTS 1,214 words
  9. WALES
    1. Fences, Stiles and Gates 150 words
    2. Second Homes 39 words
    3. Water Supply 211 words
    4. Pay Beds (South Glamorgan) 181 words
  10. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Drugs (Seizure) 75 words
    2. Civil Servants (Retirement) 137 words
    3. Tobacco Duty 70 words
    4. Keith Committee 267 words
    5. Income Tax 68 words
    6. Public Expenditure (Price Increases) 150 words
    7. Defence 201 words
    8. Value Added Tax (Package Holidays) 52 words
    9. Food Imports (Levies) 60 words
    10. Departmental Staffs 88 words
    11. Foreign Investment 70 words
    12. New Town Assets (Sales) 67 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Farm Training 92 words
    2. Community Industry (West Cumbria) 72 words
    3. Temporary Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 619 words
    4. Jobcentre (Workington) 99 words
    5. Careers Offices (Cumbria) 149 words
    6. Unemployment Statistics 388 words
    7. Youth Opportunities and Community Enterprise Programmes 109 words
    8. Disabled Persons 120 words
    9. South Yorkshire 250 words
    10. Unemployment (Barnsley) 71 words
    11. Manpower Services Commission 128 words
    12. Benefit Offices 291 words
  12. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Family Income 338 words
    2. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Rochdale) 164 words
    3. Supplementary Benefit 48 words
    4. Child Benefit 77 words
    5. National Health Service Staff (Retirement) 279 words
    6. Drugs (Back Pain) 76 words
    7. Abortion 353 words
    8. Health Services Board 57 words
    9. National Heart Hospital 69 words
    10. Rape Crisis Centres 243 words
    11. Benefits Fraud (Prevention) 241 words
    12. National Health Service (Privatisation) 84 words
    13. Population Statistics 93 words
    14. Benefits 453 words
    15. Whooping Cough 409 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Herring Industry 475 words
    2. Export Rebates 69 words
    3. Common Agricultural Policy 54 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Missing Persons 175 words
    2. China 153 words
    3. Vosper Ltd. 127 words
    4. United States (Tourist Visas) 137 words
    5. Helsinki Final Act 945 words
    6. Czechoslovakia (Claims) 127 words
  15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. World Health Organisation (Special Programme) 57 words
    2. International Planned Parenthood Federation 86 words
    3. International Population Programme 74 words
    4. Population Activities 53 words
  16. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Court of Protection 125 words
    2. Receivership Orders 48 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Hawk Trainers 66 words
    2. Channel Islands and Isle of Man 402 words
    3. Job Release Scheme 80 words
    4. Nuclear-powered Submarines 53 words
    5. Assessed Contractors 141 words
    6. Naval Dockyards 456 words
    7. British Shipbuilders 228 words
    8. Trident 49 words
  18. TRANSPORT
    1. British Rail (Cash Limit) 63 words
    2. British Rail (Diesel Multiple Fleet) 59 words
    3. Lorries (Safety Checks) 224 words
    4. Denby Dale—Sheffield Railway 38 words
    5. Cairncross Report (Channel Project) 57 words
    6. Tachograph 72 words
    7. QHV 90 Development Programme 71 words
    8. Road Damage 81 words
    9. Lorry Design 98 words
    10. A34 Subway (Botley) 45 words
    11. Maryport Harbour 286 words
    12. Disabled Drivers (Badges) 152 words
    13. Driving Tests (Waiting Time) 182 words
    14. British Rail (Surplus Property) 86 words
    15. Vehicle Registration Numbers 236 words
    16. Urban Transport (Subsidies) 136 words
    17. Sealink Ferries 133 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Sewage and Drainage 58 words
    2. National Week of Action against Dampness 83 words
    3. Homes Insulation Programme 220 words
    4. Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 106 words
    5. Newbury (Land Holdings) 194 words
    6. Property Services Agency 81 words
  20. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. South Africa (Scientific Co-operation) 107 words
    2. School Meals 72 words
    3. Foreign Students (Fees) 86 words
    4. Universities 99 words
    5. Property in Lieu of Tax 99 words
    6. Education Standards 131 words
    7. School Transport 128 words
    8. Long Ashton Research Station 799 words

Lords Sitting of 8 February 1982

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Nurses: Recruitment in the NHS 842 words
  3. UNICEF: UK Contributions 816 words
  4. US Nuclear Bases in Britain 1,295 words
  5. Immigration: Bombay Entry Clearance Procedures 1,017 words
  6. Laker Airways: Future 2,332 words
  7. Agricultural Training Board Bill [H.L.] 108 words
  8. Industrial Training Bill [H.L.] 43 words
  9. Reserve Forces Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  10. Shipbuilding Bill 67 words
  11. Antiquities Bill [H.L.] 9,924 words
  12. ECC 4th Report: Annual Accounts of Banks 25,539 words
  13. Western Isles Islands Council (Loch Roag) Order Confirmation Bill 31 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 February 1982

  1. AIR WEAPONS:CAMPAIGN AGAINST MISUSE 111 words
  2. FORESTRY: SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT 79 words
  3. INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ALLOWANCES 999 words
  4. RUGBY INJURIES: SPINAL UNIT ADMISSIONS 63 words
  5. COPYRIGHT LAW REFORM 112 words
  6. POLAND: NATO MEMBERS' CONSULTATIONS 538 words
  7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA: UK CLAIMS 126 words
  8. HELSINKI FINAL ACT: SOVIET UNION AND EASTERN EUROPE 160 words
  9. BASKET I: SECURITY IN EUROPE: PRINCIPLES GUIDING RELATIONS BETWEEN PARTICIPATING STATES: CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES AND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SECURITY AND DISARMAMENT 279 words
  10. BASKET II: CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS, OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT 125 words
  11. BASKET III: CO-OPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER FIELDS 336 words
  12. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: COCOM AGREEMENT 98 words
  13. UNESCO CONFERENCE: PROPOSAL FOR NEWS AGENCIES 129 words
  14. LAW OF THE SEA CONFERENCE 90 words
  15. VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER SYSTEM 244 words
  16. MULTI-HANDICAPPED BLIND PEOPLE 107 words