Commons Sitting of 9 March 1982

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SOCIAL SERVICES
      1. Child Benefit 625 words
      2. Severe Weather (Accidents) 180 words
      3. Nurses (Pay) 1,111 words
      4. Sickness (Self-certification) 283 words
      5. Sickness and Absenteeism 280 words
      6. Dental Charges 393 words
      7. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn 203 words
      8. Pensions 390 words
      9. Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority 425 words
      10. European Community (Reciprocal Health Services) 289 words
      11. Pensions 497 words
      12. Kidney Transplants (Private Treatment) 283 words
      13. Disabled Persons (Benefits) 294 words
      14. Clinical Ecology 166 words
      15. Dental Charges 270 words
      16. Ancillary Services (Private Contractors) 290 words
      17. Kidney Transplants 288 words
      18. PRIME MINISTER 67 words
      19. Economists 484 words
      20. Public Trustee 236 words
      21. Liverpool 638 words
      22. Factory Closures 444 words
  4. NEW MEMBER 15 words
  5. Wages Council Orders Enforcement 1,693 words
    1. WAGES COUNCIL ORDERS ENFORCEMENT 59 words
    2. WAYS AND MEANS
      1. Budget Statement 60 words
    3. INTRODUCTION 1,881 words
    4. JOBS AND PAY 1,409 words
    5. MONETARY POLICY 766 words
    6. MONETARY CONTROL AND DEBT SALES 588 words
    7. PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING 1,203 words
    8. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 602 words
    9. SOCIAL SECURITY AND CHARITIES 1,007 words
    10. MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR
      1. CIVIL SERVICE 200 words
      2. THE NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 702 words
    11. NATIONAL INSURANCE SURCHARGE 508 words
    12. INDIRECT TAXES 1,438 words
    13. OIL TAXATION 736 words
    14. INDUSTRIAL ENERGY COSTS 524 words
    15. INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION 247 words
    16. FISCAL JUSTICE 295 words
      1. TAX HAVENS AND COMPANY RESIDENCE 985 words
    17. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 1,075 words
    18. BUSINESS, ENTERPRISE AND SMALL FIRMS 1,587 words
    19. CAPITAL TAXES 855 words
    20. INCOME TAX 396 words
    21. CONCLUSION 269 words
      1. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES 161 words
  6. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
    1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 10,547 words
  7. Lloyd's Bill 6,857 words
  8. WAYS AND MEANS
    1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 149 words
  9. Inner City Areas 20,884 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 March 1982

  1. TRADE
    1. Opticians Act 1958 352 words
    2. Proprietary Medicines (Resale Price Maintenance) 166 words
    3. Cane Sugar Producers 135 words
    4. Consumer Interest 95 words
    5. Food Imports 83 words
    6. Penlee Lifeboat (Inquiry) 73 words
    7. Wine Measure 80 words
    8. Advertising (Fraud) 93 words
    9. Clothing Imports 94 words
    10. European Community 69 words
    11. Works of Art (Export Licences) 43 words
    12. Building Societies 81 words
    13. Heathrow (Dispute) 173 words
    14. British Airways 80 words
    15. Airport Baggage Handling 120 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Economic Demand 92 words
    2. Engagements 834 words
    3. Unemployed Parents 68 words
    4. Poole 29 words
    5. Tax Credits 33 words
    6. Tourism 90 words
    7. Swanscombe 24 words
    8. Warrington 24 words
    9. Rother Valley 28 words
    10. Republic of Ireland Citizens 81 words
    11. Confederation of British Industry 29 words
    12. Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire 30 words
    13. Information Technology 76 words
    14. Irish Judiciary (Sentencing Policy) 168 words
    15. Defence Policy Priorities 209 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Rape 73 words
    2. Custodial Remand 97 words
    3. Citizens Band Radio 108 words
    4. Radio and Television Interference 84 words
    5. Crime Statistics 105 words
    6. Television (Pirate Broadcasts) 66 words
    7. Driving Offences (Statistics) 82 words
    8. Juvenile Offenders 124 words
    9. Murder 60 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. North Sea Gas 105 words
    2. Rape 97 words
    3. Afforestation 72 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Steel Industry 132 words
    2. Community Industry Scheme 85 words
    3. European Social Fund 290 words
    4. Employment Medical Advisory Service 118 words
    5. European Community (Financial Assistance) 246 words
    6. In-plant Training Scheme, Mexborough 126 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Londonderry 89 words
    2. Nuclear-free Zones 255 words
    3. Royal Hospital, Chelsea 159 words
    4. Middle Eastern Countries (Order of Battle) 71 words
    5. Warsaw Pact Countries and China (Order of Battle) 181 words
    6. Diving School, Alverstoke 87 words
    7. Battlefield Artillery Target System 75 words
    8. Ptarmigan Trunk Communications System 65 words
    9. Chieftain Tanks 151 words
    10. Military Communications Satellite System 37 words
    11. Harrier GR3 63 words
    12. Sea King MK5 80 words
    13. Northern Ireland (Riot Control) 61 words
  7. INDUSTRY
    1. Industrial Production 855 words
    2. Unit Costs 56 words
    3. Carpet Industry 123 words
    4. European Community (Loans and Grants) 420 words
    5. European Community (Assistance) 359 words
    6. British Steel Corporation 154 words
  8. ENERGY
    1. Gas Explosions 85 words
    2. Gas Utilities (Safety Records) 40 words
    3. Gas Prices 71 words
    4. British Gas Corporation 97 words
    5. Domestic Heating Oil 172 words
    6. Energy Conservation 97 words
  9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Overseas Students 104 words
    2. Overseas Development Projects 138 words
  10. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Income Tax 276 words
    2. Unemployment Benefit 439 words
    3. Weighted Average Tariff 173 words
    4. Mortgage Interest Relief 280 words
    5. European Regional Development Fund 42 words
    6. Free Ports 91 words
    7. European Social Fund 41 words
    8. Interest and Pensions (Taxation) 51 words
    9. Taxation and Rates 119 words
    10. Building Societies 100 words
    11. North Sea Oil (Revenue) 134 words
    12. Privatisation 182 words
    13. Value Added Tax 78 words
    14. Customs and Excise (Heathrow Airport) 99 words
    15. Mortgage Interest Relief 184 words
    16. Gross Domestic Product 80 words
    17. Civil List Payments 295 words
  11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Schoolchildren (Misbehaviour) 102 words
    2. Overseas Students 407 words
    3. Pupil Costs 143 words
    4. University Places 165 words
    5. National Arts Day 76 words
    6. Student Unions 78 words
    7. European Community (Youth Exchanges) 81 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT
    1. House of Lords (Carpets) 219 words
    2. Port of Bristol 71 words
    3. Race Relations 92 words
    4. House Building 44 words
    5. London Clinic (Waste Dumping) 149 words
    6. Homes Insulation 216 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. Motor Insurance 75 words
    2. New Year Holiday (Public Transport) 85 words
    3. Road Transport Industry Training Board 85 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Rape 109 words
    2. Anti-dampness Campaign (Glasgow) 39 words
    3. Juvenile Offenders 160 words
    4. Housing Action Areas 94 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Agricultural Trade Policy 185 words
    2. Sheepmeat 497 words
    3. Food Production 64 words
    4. Meat Product Regulations 101 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Dental Charges 158 words
    2. Medical Tasks (Delegation) 112 words
    3. Overseas Visitors (Charges) 74 words
    4. National Health Service (Funding) 46 words
    5. Invalidity Pension 91 words
    6. Immigrants (Benefits) 92 words
    7. Benefits (East Aberdeenshire) 152 words
    8. Overseas Students 245 words
    9. Kidney Transplants 154 words
    10. Hospitals 141 words
    11. Orthopaedic Waiting Lists 97 words
    12. Benefit (Additional Requirements) 36 words
    13. Unemployment and Health 51 words
    14. Benefits (Single Payments) 181 words
    15. Supplementary Benefit 266 words
    16. Oxfordshire County Council 126 words
    17. National Assistance Act 1948 (Default Powers) 92 words
    18. "CHC News" 208 words
    19. Hospital Admissions 113 words
    20. Junior Hospital Doctors 68 words
    21. Disabled Persons 80 words
    22. Nurses (Residential Accommodation) 56 words
    23. Nurses (Pay) 202 words
    24. Organ Donor Schemes 94 words
    25. Meals on Wheels and Home Helps 67 words
    26. Secure Psychiatric Units 122 words
    27. Citizens of the Irish Republic 80 words
    28. Strinesdale Hospital 62 words
    29. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 35 words
    30. Medical Examinations (Waiting Periods) 46 words
    31. Full-time Education (Unemployed Persons) 105 words
    32. Retirement Pensions 218 words
    33. Nursing Education 86 words
    34. Social Service Files 263 words
    35. Welfare Benefits 93 words
    36. School for Dental Therapists, New Cross 53 words
    37. Agency Nurses 51 words
    38. Private Medical Care (Consultants) 110 words
    39. Postgraduate Hospitals 156 words
    40. Psychogeriatric Beds 56 words
    41. National Health Service (Engineering Plant) 81 words
    42. Repatriation 195 words
    43. Tobacco Companies (Sponsorship) 59 words
    44. Effective Prescribing 69 words
    45. Benefits (Value) 47 words
    46. Disabled Persons 91 words
    47. Benefits 224 words
    48. Supplementary Benefits (Birmingham) 234 words
  17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Namibia 195 words
    2. Uganda (Military Training Team) 271 words

Lords Sitting of 9 March 1982

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Information Technology and the Education Service 924 words
  3. ECGD: Publication of Audited Accounts 539 words
  4. Hammersmith and Fulham Council Pay Increases 236 words
  5. The School Curriculum: 14 to 16-year Olds 1,023 words
  6. Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 90 words
  7. Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  8. Civic Government (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 34,449 words
  9. Canada Bill 12 words
  10. Pitcairn Island: Future Development 9,138 words
  11. East Lindsey District Council Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  12. Saint Thomas's Burial Ground (Southwark) Bill 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 March 1982

  1. PRISONERS: ADJUDICATION FOR DRUG OFFENCES 53 words
  2. IMMIGRATION: INTERVIEWS 52 words
  3. ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: YOP—NEWSPAPER REPORT 83 words