Commons Sitting of 26 January 1982

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Disarmament 433 words
      2. Military Equipment (United States Order) 242 words
      3. Sea Dart 342 words
      4. Armed Forces (Overseas Deployment) 541 words
      5. Weapons (Standardisation and Procurement) 317 words
      6. Equipment Purchases 933 words
      7. Royal Naval Vessels (Deployment) 501 words
      8. British Aerospace 228 words
      9. P110 Project 338 words
      10. Cruise Missiles 514 words
      11. Public Relations 543 words
      12. Trident and Cruise Programmes 906 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,057 words
  4. Rate Support Grant (Hackney) 504 words
  5. Railways (Industrial Action) 1,637 words
  6. Mr. Speaker's Constituency 2,785 words, 1 division
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. New Towns Bill 26,914 words
      1. NEW TOWNS (MONEY) 133 words
  8. Transport (Finance) Bill 80 words
    1. Clause 1
      1. INCREASED BORROWING LIMIT FOR THE BOARD 17,254 words
        1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 21 words
  9. Transport (Finance Bill) 3,503 words, 2 divisions
  10. Clause 4
    1. INCREASED BORROWING LIMIT FOR NATIONAL Bus COMPANY 6,781 words
  11. Northern Ireland 3,908 words
  12. Dorset (Educational Reorganisation) 4,667 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 January 1982

  1. TRADE
    1. Manufactures 202 words
    2. Balance of Trade 123 words
    3. Petitions 98 words
    4. "The Sunday Times" 92 words
  2. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Pensions, Severance and Termination Grants 587 words
    2. Civil Service (Executive Officers) 187 words
    3. Medical Schemes (Tax Relief) 180 words
    4. Public Corporations (Wages and Salaries) 142 words
    5. Value Added Tax 239 words
    6. Medals and Coins 117 words
    7. Tax Revenue (Cinema Tickets) 190 words
    8. Gaming and Amusements Machines 53 words
    9. Corporation Tax 97 words
    10. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption 64 words
    11. Economic Statistics 690 words
    12. Income Tax 124 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Quangos 4,596 words
    2. NATIONALISED INDUSTRY BOARDS 63 words
    3. Engagements 244 words
    4. Trades Union Congress 25 words
  4. WALES
    1. Pay Beds 155 words
    2. Housing Development Programme 260 words
    3. Assistance to Industry 152 words
    4. Private Hospitals 82 words
    5. Advance Factories 117 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Young Offenders 72 words
    2. Fines and Maintenance Defaulters 182 words
    3. Police Officers (Motoring Offences) 135 words
    4. Immigrants (Appeal Tribunals) 389 words
    5. Prison Regime 97 words
    6. Commission for Racial Equality 129 words
    7. Crime Statistics (Cheshire) 230 words
    8. Disabled Persons (Charities) 101 words
    9. Amusement Machines 153 words
    10. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption 104 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Hong Kong (New Territories) 92 words
    2. El Salvador 51 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Royal Ulster Constabulary 174 words
  8. ENERGY
    1. Offshore Safety 109 words
    2. Bulk Electricity Supply Tariffs 177 words
    3. Coal Stocks 192 words
  9. INDUSTRY
    1. Petrochemicals and Plastics Industry 118 words
    2. Advance Factories 80 words
    3. Aid to Industry 338 words
    4. Industrial Development Certificates 56 words
    5. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption 169 words
    6. Northern Region 43 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Government Expenditure 89 words
    2. Owner-occupiers 67 words
    3. Dangerous Excavations 181 words
    4. Weather Damage (Costs) 146 words
    5. Rent Arrears (Recovery) 45 words
    6. Building Regulations (Insulation) 99 words
    7. House Building 215 words
    8. Rents and Rates 202 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Car Sharing (Risks) 74 words
    2. Road Construction 334 words
    3. Piccadilly Line (Heathrow Airport) 128 words
    4. Accidents (Alcohol Consumption) 119 words
    5. Newcastle upon Tyne (Western Bypass) 62 words
    6. Cycling Policy 50 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Divorce Laws (Reform) 199 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Common Agricultural Policy 189 words
    2. Public Bodies (Appointments) 111 words
    3. Non-payment of Debts (Newcastle upon Tyne) 73 words
    4. Food Prices 53 words
    5. "Lichen on Farm Roofs" (Report) 88 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Trident 71 words
    2. Soldiers (Costs) 94 words
    3. Obsolete Nuclear Weapons 75 words
    4. HMS "Invincible" 100 words
    5. HMS "Endurance" 93 words
    6. Surplus Land 75 words
    7. HMS "Dreadnought" 32 words
    8. Northern Ireland 448 words
    9. Royal Air Force 103 words
    10. Apprentices 237 words
    11. Signals Research and Development Establishment 68 words
    12. Hawk Jet Training Aircraft 128 words
  15. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployment Register 101 words
    2. Alsager 107 words
    3. Professional and Executive Recruitment 90 words
    4. Foreign Nationals 600 words
    5. Northern Region 193 words
    6. Unemployment, Training and Early Retirement 259 words
    7. Crown Employees 50 words
    8. Factory Closures and Redundancies 173 words
    9. Unemployment Statistics 190 words
    10. Community Industry 160 words
    11. Young Persons 413 words
    12. Newcastle upon Tyne 45 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Doctors 164 words
    2. Pensions and Allowances 424 words
    3. North Staffordshire (Aftercare Facilities) 70 words
    4. Renal Dialysis 241 words
    5. Benefits 240 words
    6. Community Health Councils 75 words
    7. Maternity Allowance 141 words
    8. Cervical Cytology 264 words
    9. Surrey (Hospital Services) 317 words
    10. Smoking and Alcohol Consumption 264 words
    11. Infant and Perinatal Mortality 99 words
    12. Family Income Supplement 81 words
    13. Contaminated First-aid Dressings 331 words
    14. Private Nursing Homes 146 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Public Expenditure 353 words
    2. Housing Revenue Account Capital Allocations 846 words
    3. "Scottish Local Government Financial Statistics" 87 words
    4. School Books (Expenditure) 89 words
    5. Ashkirk (Trunk Road Lighting) 102 words
    6. Unemployed Persons (Glasgow) 126 words
    7. Roads (Tree Planting) 169 words
    8. Prison Regime 87 words
    9. Cystic Fibrosis 128 words
    10. Rent Rebate 97 words
    11. Building Regulations (Insulation) 109 words
    12. Motorways 47 words
    13. Advance Factories 273 words
    14. Regional Development Grants 177 words
    15. Museums and Galleries 264 words
    16. Animal Breeding Research 70 words
  18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. London Theatres (Support) 740 words
    2. Higher Education Committee and Board (Appointments) 66 words
    3. Science Parks. 139 words

Lords Sitting of 26 January 1982

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Business Confidence 933 words
  3. Palme Commission: Arms Sales Recommendations 605 words
  4. The Fishing Industry: Government Aid 1,578 words
  5. Business 134 words
  6. Currency Bill 2,495 words
  7. Civic Government (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 28,991 words
  8. Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill 3,345 words
  9. Civic Government (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 10,039 words
  10. British Waterways Bill [H.L.] Cornwall County Council Bill [H.L.] County of Lancashire Bill [H.L.] Derwent Valley Railway Bill [H.L.] East Lindsey District Council Bill [H.L.] Epsom and Walton Downs Regulation Bill [H.L.] Hampshire Bill [H.L.] Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Bill [H.L.] Norwich City Council Bill [H.L.] Nottinghamshire County Council Bill [H.L.] Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council Bill [H.L.] Swinford Bridge Bill [H.L.] Thomas Brown and Sons, Limited Bill [H.L.] 6 words
  11. John Francis Dare and Gillian Loder Dare (Marriage Enabling) Bill [H.L.] 42 words
  12. Hugh Small and Norma Small (Marriage Enabling) Bill [H.L.] 42 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 January 1982

  1. UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS CENTRE: HIGH WYCOMBE 236 words
  2. DEFENCE EXPENDITURES: NATO AND WARSAW PACT 216 words