Commons Sitting of 9 February 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. President Dos Santos 360 words
      2. Warsaw Pact—NATO 551 words
      3. Zimbabwe (Exchange Controls) 319 words
      4. Republic of Ireland 474 words
      5. Belize 942 words
      6. Palestine (Payments) 259 words
      7. Disarmament 1,145 words
      8. Anatoly Shcharansky 753 words
      9. Iraq-Iran War (Ceasefire) 438 words
      10. Joint Passports (Children) 399 words
      11. Middle East 246 words
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      1. Policy Development 1,314 words
      2. Budget Repayments 851 words
      3. Confederation of British Industry 362 words
      4. Council of Ministers 470 words
  4. Council of Agriculture Ministers 4,096 words
  5. Liverpool, Wavertree (Circulation of Leaflet) 621 words
  6. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 465 words
  7. London Councils (Use of Funds) 282 words
  8. Publication of Wills 744 words
    1. PUBLICATION OF WILLS 46 words
  9. Unemployment (East Midlands) 22,564 words, 1 division
  10. Unemployment (Northern Region) 23,436 words, 1 division
  11. Education (Assisted Places) 13,806 words, 1 division
  12. South Africa (Sporting Links) 3,931 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 February 1983

  1. TRADE
    1. Japan (Promotional Visits) 156 words
    2. Air Passenger Traffic 52 words
    3. Coastal Shipping Trade 89 words
    4. Shipping (Statistics) 56 words
    5. UNCTAD Liner Code 38 words
    6. Aircraft Noise 120 words
    7. Coal Imports 134 words
    8. Textiles (China) 122 words
    9. Textile and Clothing Imports (Turkey) 126 words
    10. Motor Insurance (Directive) 99 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. Heart Disease 49 words
    2. Hypertension 257 words
    3. Coronary Heart Disease 178 words
    4. Housing (Rate Fund Contribution) 1,768 words
    5. Council House Sales 357 words
    6. List D Schools 363 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Occupational Health 106 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration Rules 188 words
    2. Operation Major 503 words
    3. Litter Act 1958 (Prosecutions) 392 words
    4. Hypnosis 79 words
    5. Vehicle Licensing 109 words
    6. Criminal Offences (Deaths) 172 words
    7. Remands in Custody 233 words
    8. Seat Belts 85 words
    9. Football Hooliganism 82 words
    10. Civil Defence 87 words
    11. Protection of Animals 144 words
    12. Entry Visas 220 words
    13. Shopping Hours 74 words
    14. Prevention of Terrorism Legislation (Review) 116 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Debt Rescheduling 97 words
    2. Gross Domestic Product 79 words
    3. Megaw Commission (Report) 136 words
    4. Oil and Gas Taxation 77 words
    5. Personal Income 121 words
    6. Re-insurance Premiums (Taxation) 121 words
    7. Mortgage Interest Relief 250 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. European Community (Budget) 83 words
    2. Josef Mengele 106 words
    3. Nuclear Tests (Radiation Compensation) 70 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Zimbabwe (Ministerial Visit) 332 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Official Secrets Act (Prosecutions) 102 words
    2. Prosecutions under Section 2 677 words
    3. Prosecutions under Section 1 169 words
  9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Spain (Accession) 71 words
  10. WALES
    1. Council House Rents 131 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Commuter Rail Services 94 words
    2. Member's Correspondence 128 words
    3. Seat Belts 286 words
    4. Trunk Roads (London) 91 words
    5. Railways (Rolling Stock) 91 words
    6. Okehampton Bypass 100 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Apprenticeships 175 words
    2. Unemployment Statistics 82 words
    3. Jobcentre (Thorne) 116 words
    4. Disabled Persons 960 words
    5. Job Introduction Scheme 307 words
    6. Fares to Work Scheme 100 words
    7. Accrington 186 words
    8. Keighley 219 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Gleneagles Agreement 107 words
    2. Housing Investment Programmes (Enveloping Schemes) 120 words
    3. Direct Labour 414 words
    4. Competitive Tendering 74 words
    5. Buildings of Special Interest (Suffolk) 105 words
    6. Lead Pipes 261 words
    7. Council House Sales 129 words
    8. Edmonds, Gooding, Miller and Appleby (Fees) 138 words
    9. Departmental Cash Limit 245 words
  14. INDUSTRY
    1. Steel Production 96 words
    2. Steel Industry 179 words
    3. Textiles Production 163 words
    4. Helium 90 words
    5. Machine Tools 150 words
    6. Airships 108 words
    7. Coal Burning Boiler Conversion Schemes 80 words
    8. Textile and Clothing Industries 80 words
    9. Small Businesses 174 words
    10. Timex 118 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Helsinki Final Act 753 words
    2. CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS, OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT." (BASKET II) 101 words
    3. "CO-OPERATION IN HUMANITARIAN AND OTHER FIELDS." (BASKET III) 154 words
    4. Diego Garcia (Compensation) 82 words
    5. Iraq-Iran (War) 53 words
    6. Zimbabwe (Ministerial Visit) 106 words
    7. Children (Court Proceedings) 160 words
    8. Cruise and Pershing Missiles 95 words
    9. Middle East 113 words
    10. Law of the Sea (Convention) 221 words
    11. NATO 84 words
    12. Israel-Lebanon (Relations) 115 words
    13. Zimbabwe (Transfer of Assets) 134 words
    14. Theatre Nuclear Forces (Talks) 154 words
    15. Chile and Argentina (Human Rights) 77 words
    16. Middle East (Documents) 76 words
    17. Mr. Dirk Mudge 74 words
    18. Belize 347 words
    19. Arms Limitation 152 words
    20. Cyprus 372 words
    21. Embassies and High Commissions (Exports) 93 words
    22. Hong Kong 64 words
    23. Arab League (Delegation) 212 words
    24. United States (Extradition) 94 words
    25. Afghanistan 118 words
    26. Turkey (Council of Europe) 61 words
    27. Geneva Additional Protocol 54 words
    28. Lebanon 103 words
    29. Argentina (Continental Shelf) 73 words
    30. Latin America 81 words
    31. Intermediate Nuclear Forces (Negotiations) 86 words
    32. South America (Visit) 92 words
    33. South Africa 93 words
    34. Security and Co-operation in Europe (Conference) 88 words
    35. Madrid Review Conference 124 words
    36. Zimbabwean Air Force (Officers) 149 words
    37. Lisbon Agreement 62 words
    38. Falkland Islands 48 words
    39. Gibraltar Dockyard 82 words
    40. Zimbabwe (Land Settlement) 109 words
    41. Argentine (US Arms Sales) 71 words
    42. Brandt Report 65 words
    43. Arab-Israeli Dispute 97 words
    44. Yugoslavia (Economic Assistance) 173 words
    45. Departmental Cash Limits 164 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Location of Industry (Inquiries) 95 words
    2. "Northern Ireland Observed" 124 words
    3. Housing Benefit (Departmental Manpower) 167 words
    4. Housing Benefits Scheme 274 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Common Agricultural Policy 107 words
    2. Council of Agriculture Ministers 52 words
  18. ENERGY
    1. European Community (Coal Subsidies) 106 words
    2. Continental Shelf (Hydrocarbon) 312 words
    3. Bishop Auckland (Overhead Cable Collapse) 88 words
    4. Oil and Gas Industries (Deaths and Accidents) 180 words
    5. Power Stations (Sulphur Dioxide Emissions) 127 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Orion Anti-submarine Aircraft 30 words
    2. Commodore Dieter Gerhardt 172 words
    3. Daws Hill (USAF Base) 77 words
    4. Falkland Islands (Commodities) 202 words
    5. Departmental Staff 205 words
    6. Falkland Islands (Argentine Preparations) 107 words
    7. Aircraft Exercises (Suffolk) 104 words
    8. Nuclear Tests (Radiation Compensation) 160 words
    9. Royal Auxiliary Air Force 71 words
    10. United States Missiles (Film) 72 words
    11. Engineer Officers 135 words
  20. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Benefits 441 words
    2. National Child Development Study 86 words
    3. Drugs (Inter-reactions) 115 words
    4. European Community (Anti-poverty Programme) 191 words
    5. West Cumberland Hospital 297 words
    6. West Cumbria Health District 624 words
    7. Local Office Staffs (Kirklees and Oldham) 232 words
    8. Supplementary Benefit (Kirklees and Oldham) 165 words
    9. Prescriptions 89 words
    10. Greenfield Report 82 words
    11. Breast Milk Substitutes 80 words
    12. Drugs (Costs) 56 words
    13. Generic Prescribing 55 words
    14. Medical Rehabilitation Centres 180 words
    15. Mentally Handicapped Children 60 words
    16. General Anaesthetic (Operations) 285 words
    17. Ophthalmic Surgery 104 words
    18. Occupational Deafness 108 words
    19. Consultants (Income) 52 words
    20. Playgroups 151 words
    21. Death Grants 53 words
    22. Paediatric Health Surveillance 79 words
    23. Children (Health Care) 42 words
    24. Health Authorities (Economies) 182 words
    25. Supplementary Benefit 135 words
    26. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 142 words
    27. Opren 175 words
    28. Occupational Asthma Scheme 109 words
    29. Rent and Rate Rebates 82 words
    30. Post Office Agency Services (Cash Limit) 123 words

Lords Sitting of 9 February 1983

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Lord Ezra 32 words
  3. Lord Rayner 34 words
  4. Alcoholism: New Voluntary Organisation 685 words
  5. Arab Delegation and the Prime Minister 1,657 words
  6. American Missiles: Proposed Dual Key System 1,246 words
  7. Department of Industry: Spending Cuts 920 words
  8. EEC: Agriculture Ministers' Meeting 40 words
  9. Ordnance Survey 4,523 words
  10. EEC: Agriculture Ministers' Meeting 2,908 words
  11. Ordnance Survey 26,907 words, 1 division
  12. Trade Marks Act 1938 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 302 words
  13. Grendon Prison: Prison Patients 11,448 words
  14. Mental Health Bill [H.L.] 19 words
  15. Greater London Council (General Powers) (No. 2) Bill 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 February 1983

  1. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION: REPORT 125 words
  2. IMMIGRATION RULES 194 words
  3. WORCESTER CITY: PLANNING INQUIRY 192 words
  4. VACCINE DAMAGE TRIBUNALS 81 words
  5. MERCHANT SHIPS: REGISTERS 127 words
  6. NEW TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL INITIATIVE: 275 words
  7. FARM SUPPORT 224 words