Commons Sitting of 18 January 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 33 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SOCIAL SERVICES
      1. The Grove Maternity Hospital, Barton-on-Sea 348 words
      2. Kidney Complaints (West Midlands) 342 words
      3. One-parent Benefit 421 words
      4. Greenfield Report (Prescribing) 483 words
      5. Community Nurses (Cars) 386 words
      6. Ealing-Hammersmith Hounslow Family Practitioner Committee 523 words
      7. Death Grant 596 words
      8. Tobacco Advertising 484 words
      9. National Health Service (Pay) 909 words
      10. Supplementary Benefit (Application Form) 444 words
      11. Retirement Age 373 words
      12. General Practitioner Statistics (London) 269 words
      13. Treatment Methods and Centres of Excellence 589 words
      14. Overseas Visitors (Hospital Treatment) 273 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,062 words
  5. Falkland Islands (Franks Report) 6,855 words
  6. London Members (Greater London Council) 250 words
  7. Young Persons' Rights 1,024 words
    1. YOUNG PERSON'S RIGHTS 41 words
  8. WATER [MONEY] (No. 2) 70 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Water Bill 669 words
      1. New Clause 1
        1. REGIONAL WATER RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEES 14,923 words, 1 division
      2. NEW Clause 3
        1. RIGHT OF ACCESS BY THE MEDIA 18,213 words, 1 division
      3. New Clause 10
        1. AGREEMENTS ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT (No. I) 6,693 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 6,464 words, 1 division
      1. Clause 1
        1. CONSTITUTION AND PROCEDURE OF WATER AUTHORITIES 1,194 words
      2. Clause 5
        1. OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF WATER AUTHORITIES AND STATUTORY WATER COMPANIES 45 words
      3. Clause 6
        1. ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT SEWERAGE FUNCTIONS 660 words
      4. Clause 8
        1. REPEAL OF WATER CHARGES EQUALISATION ACT 1977 7,489 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 10
        1. INTERPRETATION 26 words
      6. Clause 11
        1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT, ETC. 160 words
      7. Schedule 2
        1. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DISSOLUTION OF NATIONAL WATER COUNCIL AND WATER SPACE AMENITY COMMISSION 60 words
      8. Schedule 3
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 18 words
          1. 'Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 (c.51) 1,513 words
        2. Schedule 4
          1. REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS 56 words
        3. Title 8,442 words
    3. Industrial Regeneration (West London) 4,573 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 January 1983

  1. TRADE
    1. Trading Practices 91 words
    2. James Brewster and Associates 47 words
    3. Great Universal Stores 141 words
    4. Stranded Vessels (Salvage) 552 words
    5. Consumer Credit (Regulations) 80 words
    6. Aircraft Noise 118 words
    7. Textile Imports 345 words
    8. Manufactured Goods 63 words
  2. ENERGY
    1. Home Energy Advisers 61 words
    2. Sizewell Inquiry 92 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. United Nations General Assembly 102 words
    2. North and South Korea (Reunification) 64 words
    3. Hong Kong 109 words
    4. Turkey 78 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Lesotho 100 words
  5. WALES
    1. Welsh Language 194 words
    2. School Milk 75 words
    3. Special Schools 192 words
    4. Handicapped Children 95 words
    5. Foreign Investment 360 words
    6. Rural Buildings (Use) 113 words
  6. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Retirement Age 90 words
  7. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Matches and Lighters (Duty) 205 words
    2. Mortgages (Tax Relief) 139 words
    3. Travel-to-Work Costs (Tax Relief) 61 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Terrorism (Murders) 368 words
    2. Firearms Certificates 305 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Risley Remand Centre 191 words
    2. National Association of Victim Support Schemes 87 words
    3. VIPs (Protection) 236 words
    4. Firearms (Deaths) 217 words
    5. Terrorism (Statistics) 193 words
    6. Turkish Political Refugees 36 words
    7. Norfolk County Constabulary 35 words
    8. Yorkshire Ripper (Report) 74 words
  10. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Fishing Industry (Redundancy Payments Scheme) 88 words
    2. Unemployment Statistics 1,033 words
    3. Liverpool (School Leavers) 87 words
    4. Job Vacancies 169 words
  11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Assaults on Teachers 103 words
    2. Nursery Education 96 words
    3. Special Schools 1,275 words
    4. Hearing Aids 203 words
    5. British Antarctic Survey 208 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Job Creation (Glasgow) 121 words
    2. Unemployment Statistics 769 words
    3. Terrorism (Murders) 73 words
    4. Firearms (Murders) 85 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. HMS "Conqueror" 45 words
    2. Knoydart Estate 115 words
    3. South Korea 204 words
  14. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 374 words
    2. Scotland 27 words
    3. Arms Reductions 645 words
    4. Chemical Weapons 114 words
    5. Ministerial Visits (Costs) 80 words
    6. House of Lords (Members' Interests) 58 words
    7. Railways (Wales) 35 words
    8. Falkland Islands 32 words
    9. Comptroller and Auditor General 264 words
    10. Fuel Debts (Disconnections) 49 words
    11. Civil Servants (Retirement) 275 words
    12. Falkland Islands (Franks Report) 86 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Fuel Bills (Assistance) 111 words
    2. Hypothermia 93 words
    3. General Practitioners (Premises) 63 words
    4. Social Security Offices (Manpower) 53 words
    5. Benefit Offices (Bedfordshire) 160 words
    6. Prescription Charges (Cystic Fibrosis) 116 words
    7. Family Practitioner Committees 85 words
    8. Supplementary Benefit (Claims Processing) 146 words
    9. Resource Allocation Working Party (Population Statistics) 124 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists (Tottenham) 59 words
    11. National Health Service (Pay Review Board) 104 words
    12. Overseas Visitors (Hospital Treatment) 39 words
    13. Supplementary Benefit 112 words
    14. Hearing Aids 173 words
    15. District Health Authorities and Family Practitioner Committees (Liaison) 146 words
    16. Newham (Geriatric Facilities) 65 words
    17. Married Women (Family Income Supplement) 54 words
    18. Matthew Trust 212 words
    19. Hepatitis 143 words
    20. Breast Prostheses 62 words
    21. Invalidity Benefit 54 words
    22. Geriatric Patients 87 words
    23. Rubella 374 words
    24. Welfare Rights Centre, Liverpool 135 words
    25. Nurses (Accommodation Charges) 301 words
    26. Maternity and Neonatal Services 336 words
    27. Benefits 118 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Households (Numbers) 48 words
    2. Travellers (Accommodation) 62 words
    3. Elderly Persons (Alarm and Communication Systems) 45 words
    4. Rate Support Grant Report 38 words
    5. Homes Insulation Scheme 76 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Motorway Service Areas 73 words
    2. British Rail (Chairman) 80 words
    3. Serpell Report 29 words
    4. Transport Bill (Travel Concessions) 85 words
    5. Council of Ministers (Meeting) 180 words
    6. M6 Motorway 135 words

Lords Sitting of 18 January 1983

  1. Preamble 35 words
  2. Nuclear Capability of USA and USSR 1,715 words
  3. Sunday Postal Collection: Restoration 1,015 words
  4. European Social Fund: Allocations 529 words
  5. Cruise Missiles: Launching Arrangements 1,354 words
  6. Business 108 words
  7. Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 4,944 words
  8. The Franks Report 3,388 words
  9. Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 23,434 words
  10. Plant Varieties Bill [H.L.] 4,193 words
  11. Fishing Vessels (Temporary Financial Assistance) Scheme 1982 2,128 words
  12. Mental Health (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 24,302 words
  13. Dartford Tunnel Bill [H.L.] King's College London Bill [H.L.] Kingston upon Hull Bill [H.L.] Lloyds Bowmaker Bill [H.L.] Parkeston Quay Bill [H.L.] Pwllheli Harbour Bill [H.L.] Staffordshire Bill [H.L.] 14 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 January 1983

  1. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS: EUROPEAN CONVENTION 129 words
  2. THE BYFORD REPORT: IMPLEMENTATION 69 words
  3. THE "SOUTHWARK SITE": DEVELOPMENT 94 words