Commons Sitting of 24 March 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. TOR BAY HARBOUR (TORQUAY MARINA &c.) BILL 9 words
    2. COMMONS REGISTRATION (GLAMORGAN) BILL 9 words
    3. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
    4. SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
    5. TEES AND HARTLEPOOL PORT AUTHORITY BILL (By Order) 15 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE 16 words
      1. Credit Cards 404 words
      2. Budget (Economic Recovery) 985 words
      3. Employment Opportunities 620 words
      4. Budget (Taxation Levels) 306 words
      5. Treasury (Personnel Statistics) 173 words
      6. Argentina (Bank Loan) 785 words
      7. Budget (Tax Thresholds) 344 words
      8. National Income 275 words
      9. Budget (Unemployment) 667 words
      10. Exchange Rates 715 words
      11. Theatrical Enterprises 443 words
      12. Construction Industry 201 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Coal Industry 632 words
      2. Pratt's Bottom 426 words
      3. Engagements 1,105 words
  5. Business of the House 3,662 words
  6. Adjournment Debates (Ballot) 62 words
  7. MR. SPEAKER'S ABSENCE 25 words
  8. Sittings of the House 1,162 words
  9. Adjournment (Easter and May Day) 21,945 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (NO. 2) BILL 57 words
  11. System-built Housing 10,551 words
  12. Civil Defence 10,165 words
  13. Security Services (Falklands Campaign) 10,142 words
  14. International Monetary System 9,928 words
  15. Brandt Report 9,258 words
  16. Manufacturing Industry (Government Assistance) 10,311 words
  17. Summary and Arbitrary Executions 4,741 words
  18. Manchester (Deputation) 3,137 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 1983

  1. TRADE
    1. Light Bulbs (Yugoslavia) 122 words
    2. Coastguard Resource Control Review 94 words
    3. Exports 96 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. Employment Statistics 347 words
    2. Rateable Values 348 words
    3. Parliamentary Constituencies 41 words
    4. Schools Inspectorate 397 words
    5. Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund 91 words
  3. ATORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Public Records 180 words
    2. Anglo-Argentine Relations (Public Records) 84 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 695 words
    2. Trades Union Congress 28 words
    3. Seaside Towns 24 words
    4. Textile and Clothing Industries 58 words
    5. Wages Councils 63 words
    6. European Parliament 214 words
    7. Disarmament Talks 61 words
    8. Mail (Surveillance) 72 words
    9. Information Technology (Ministerial Responsibilities) 180 words
    10. No. 10 Downing Street (Cycle Parking) 50 words
    11. Government Buildings (Cycle Parking) 49 words
    12. Timex Factory (Redundancies) 92 words
    13. Taoiseach (Talks) 76 words
    14. European Council 453 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Departmental Efficiency 606 words
    2. 17-plus Examination 426 words
    3. Church Schools 100 words
  6. INDUSTRY
    1. Industrial Assistance 105 words
  7. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Non-industrial Staff (Leeds) 183 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Wages Councils 174 words
    2. Newham (Long-term Unemployment) 199 words
    3. Small Firms Employment Subsidy 52 words
    4. Manufacturing Industry 144 words
    5. Unemployment Statistics 84 words
    6. Community Programme 144 words
  9. WALES
    1. Rate Support Grant (Gwynedd) 285 words
    2. Suicides 130 words
    3. Area Health Authorities (Properties) 29 words
    4. Hydatidosis 75 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members (Travel Costs) 45 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. India (Laparoscopes) 89 words
    2. Tanzania 83 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Research Establishments (Grants and Loans) 101 words
    2. Intensive Farming 140 words
    3. Animals (Exports) 80 words
    4. Milk 79 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. Local Railway Schemes (Funding) 78 words
    2. New Construction Costs 111 words
    3. Lead-free Petrol 84 words
    4. Roads (Capital Spending) 169 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rates 2,393 words
    2. Intensive Livestock Units 422 words
    3. Rate Support Grant Settlement, Trafford 266 words
    4. Single Homeless People 56 words
  15. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Disorder (London) 977 words
    2. Sergeant O'Leary (Correspondence) 126 words
    3. Truancy 125 words
    4. Mr. Joshua Nkomo 92 words
    5. Police Stations (Lay Visitors) 278 words
    6. Civil Defence Volunteers (Training Aids) 99 words
    7. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 73 words
    8. Jurors 53 words
    9. Voting Rights 77 words
    10. Parliamentary Constituencies 47 words
    11. Mentally Disordered Persons 80 words
    12. Prisoners (Suicides) 98 words
    13. Detained Persons 205 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Mentally Disordered Persons 323 words
    2. National Health Service 309 words
    3. Medical Students 52 words
    4. Bone Marrow Unit (Northern Region) 51 words
    5. Solvent Abuse 62 words
    6. Invalidity Benefit Trap 69 words
    7. Benefits 415 words
    8. Seat Belts (Kidney Donors) 193 words
    9. Camberwell Resettlement Unit 154 words
    10. Single Homeless Persons 450 words
    11. Local Authorities (Joint Funding Allocations) 94 words
    12. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 123 words
    13. Still-born Babies (Burial) 93 words
    14. Washwood Heath Local Office (Staff) 182 words
    15. Mr. Peter Large (Letter) 101 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Falkland Islands 232 words
    2. Admirals and Fighting Vessels (Ratio) 106 words
    3. Ascension Island 40 words
  18. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Budget 581 words
    2. Taxpayers (Addresses) 45 words
    3. International Debt (IMF Committee) 104 words
    4. Inflation 35 words
    5. European Community (Budget Contribution) 295 words
    6. Civil Servants (Taxation and Pay) 155 words
    7. Free Ports 132 words
    8. Local Enterprise Agencies 35 words
    9. Public Expenditure 100 words
    10. International Monetary Fund (Interim Committee) 42 words
    11. Divorced and Separated Husbands 32 words
    12. Company Cars (Taxation) 280 words
    13. Value Added Tax 400 words
    14. Advance Petroleum Revenue Tax 131 words
    15. Building Society Directors 140 words
    16. Britannia Building Society 228 words
    17. Re-insurance Premiums (Taxation) 79 words
    18. Budget (Unemployment) 49 words
    19. Leith (Free Port Status) 34 words
    20. Taxation 62 words
    21. Personal Disposable Income 45 words
    22. Social Security 60 words
    23. Tax Avoidance 53 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 1983

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Education Vouchers: Possible Introduction 677 words
  3. Defence Secretariats 17 and 19 1,835 words
  4. United Kingdom Exports to the EC 1,016 words
  5. Nursery School Places 742 words
  6. Parkeston Quay Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  7. Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report 577 words
  8. Litter Bill [H.L.] 161 words
  9. Pilotage Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  10. Pet Animals Act 1951 (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  11. British Fishing Boats Bill 6 words
  12. Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 28,569 words, 4 divisions
  13. Housing and Building Control Bill 12 words
  14. ECC 8th Report: The Rational Use of Energy in Industry 19,076 words
  15. Educational Books: Level of Purchase 6,491 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 March 1983

  1. POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE BILL: HEALTH VISITORS' ASSOCIATION'S APPREHENSIONS 77 words
  2. "ETHNIC MONITORING IN THE CIVIL SERVICE: A SURVEY IN LEEDS" 179 words
  3. NATIONAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME: PROPOSALS 39 words
  4. PENSION UPRATINGS: BRITISH CITIZENS ABROAD 134 words
  5. OPHTHALMIC AND DISPENSING OPTICIANS 224 words
  6. SPECTACLES: RESTRICTION ON SALE 93 words
  7. IRAN-IRAQ CONFLICT: PEACE INITIATIVE 81 words
  8. WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981: DECISIONS TO PROSECUTE 68 words