Commons Sitting of 3 November 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL
        1. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 11 words
    2. SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
      1. TEES AND HARTLEPOOL PORT AUTHORITY BILL (By Order)
        1. DARTFORD TUNNEL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. "Domestic Nuclear Shelters" 395 words
      2. Public Order Act 1936 408 words
      3. Home Defence College, Easingwold 84 words
      4. Fine Defaulters 302 words
      5. Prison Population 569 words
      6. Trespass 105 words
      7. Pensioners (Television Licences) 1,063 words
      8. Mandatory Sentences 665 words
      9. Parliamentary Election Deposits 668 words
      10. Electoral Law Reform 927 words
      11. Air Weapons 310 words
      12. Metropolitan Police 729 words
      13. Civil Defence Studies (Research) 189 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,292 words
  4. Business of the House 2,835 words
  5. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. COAL INDUSTRY 82 words
    2. RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (STOCK EXCHANGE) 63 words
    3. Foreign Affairs 45,442 words
    4. Ambulance Services (Sunderland) 3,344 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 November 1983

  1. TRANSPORT
    1. Oil Spillage, Immingham 198 words
    2. Vehicle Windscreens 93 words
    3. Motor Cars (Passenger Safety) 176 words
  2. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Navy Surface-to-Surface Guided Weapon 54 words
    2. Tornado Aircraft 96 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Court of Protection 150 words
    2. Care Orders (Legal Aid) 180 words
    3. Magistrates 341 words
  4. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Labour Statistics 70 words
    2. Jobcentre, Workington 100 words
    3. School Leavers 99 words
  5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Straw and Stubble Burning 529 words
    2. Salmonella 103 words
    3. Council of Fisheries Ministers 675 words
    4. Milk 198 words
  6. WALES
    1. Cardiff Docks (Redevelopment) 89 words
    2. School Meals 302 words
  7. LORD PRIVY SEAL
    1. "The Sunday Times" 146 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Authorities (Cost-effectiveness) 189 words
    2. House Building (Wandsworth) 109 words
    3. Repairs Grants 113 words
    4. Mortgages (Conservation Measures) 71 words
    5. Buildings (Insulation) 285 words
    6. Seconded Staff (VAT) 57 words
    7. Housing Corporation 147 words
    8. Crawley (Rents) 134 words
    9. Rent Officers 309 words
    10. Water Supplies 90 words
    11. Council House Sales 94 words
    12. Cash Limits 314 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Civil Defence 141 words
    2. Charities 113 words
    3. Police Complaints Procedur 73 words
    4. Crime Statistics 197 words
    5. Race and Sex Discrimination 41 words
    6. Radiac Survey Meters 74 words
    7. European Assembly Constituencies 89 words
    8. Thames Valley Police 50 words
    9. Prison Population 81 words
    10. Police and Criminal Evidence Bill 123 words
    11. Cable Television 92 words
    12. Retired Persons (Television Licences) 54 words
    13. Probation Service 115 words
    14. Prisoners (Statistics) 96 words
    15. Metropolitan Police 83 words
    16. Race Relations Act (Percy Ingle Bakeries Ltd.) 98 words
    17. Mugging 106 words
    18. Special Constabulary 94 words
    19. Policing (Biggin Hill) 73 words
    20. Prison Governors (Race Relations Procedures) 114 words
    21. Straw and Stubble Burning 572 words
    22. Multiple Occupation Houses (Fire Precautions) 69 words
    23. Parole 107 words
    24. Non-custodial Sentences 166 words
    25. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 45 words
    26. Nuclear Shelters 60 words
    27. Remembrance Day 65 words
    28. Badgers Act 1973 127 words
    29. Prisoners (Segregation) 619 words
    30. Detention Centres 34 words
    31. Prisoners (International Transfer) 62 words
    32. Police Complaints Procedure 230 words
    33. Immigration and Race Relations 32 words
    34. Traffic Wardens 67 words
    35. Child Sex Murderers 52 words
    36. Elections (Absent Voters) 121 words
    37. Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 99 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Legal Aid 104 words
    2. Arthritis 568 words
    3. Nurses 65 words
    4. Doctors 89 words
    5. Cash Limits 141 words
  11. ENERGY
    1. Energy Generation 401 words
    2. Primary Fuels (Waste Heat) 129 words
    3. Renewable Sources of Energy 298 words
    4. Coal Subsidies 66 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Tourism 43 words
    2. Loan Guarantee Scheme 107 words
    3. "The Sunday Times" 253 words
    4. Times Newspapers Ltd. 78 words
    5. Henry Robb Ltd. 126 words
    6. Exchange Risk Guarantee Scheme 104 words
    7. Consumer Credit Act 1974 437 words
    8. National Enterprise Board 219 words
    9. South Africa (British Companies) 191 words
    10. Fertilisers 211 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 543 words
    2. Scottish Office 19 words
    3. Audenshaw 25 words
    4. City of London 30 words
    5. Departmental Strategies 90 words
    6. Bearsden 25 words
    7. Wales 23 words
    8. Crudie 25 words
    9. Common Market (Reform) 219 words
    10. Darlington 25 words
    11. Aircraft (British Components) 277 words
    12. Aircraft Procurement ("Buy British" Campaign) 119 words
    13. St. Paul's Eye Hospital, Liverpool 35 words
    14. Liverpool 29 words
    15. Immigration and Race Relations 36 words
    16. "The Times" 62 words
    17. Grenada 21 words
  14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. School Closures 142 words
    2. Agricultural Research Council 421 words
    3. School Building 191 words
    4. School Population 227 words
    5. Maidstone and Canterbury Colleges of Art 213 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Zimbabwe (Detained British Citizens) 141 words
    2. Montserrat 128 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. De Lorean Car Project 38 words
    2. Prison Sentences 119 words
    3. Agricultural Grants 139 words
    4. Importation of Milk (Northern Ireland) Regulations 49 words
  17. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Overseas Debt 65 words
    2. Losses (Carry-back) 98 words
    3. The Arts (Business Sponsorship) 103 words
    4. Capital Transfer Tax 101 words
    5. Free Ports 417 words
    6. Output 174 words
    7. Government Borrowing 294 words
    8. Bloodstock Industry (Taxation) 96 words
    9. European Community (Budget) 360 words
    10. General Commissioners 548 words
    11. Cyprus 51 words
  18. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Rampton Hospital 125 words
  19. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Caribbean States (Development Assistance) 531 words
    2. NHS (Overseas Visitors) 282 words
    3. Attendance Allowance 37 words
    4. Self-Employed Persons 168 words
    5. Sick Pay Scheme 92 words
    6. Bone Marrow Transplants 504 words
    7. "Study into Food and Health" 135 words
    8. Open Heart Surgery 83 words
    9. Pensions Supplement 76 words
    10. Windscale 245 words
    11. Social Services Staff (Training) 112 words
    12. Tinnitus 284 words
    13. NHS Funding (East Hertfordshire) 52 words
    14. University College Hospital (Neuro-otology Clinic) 164 words
    15. Family Incomes 200 words
    16. Wessex Regional Health Authority 498 words
    17. Ancillary Workers 174 words
    18. NHS (Employment Statistics) 70 words
    19. Christmas Bonus 73 words
    20. Merseyside 68 words
    21. Waiting Lists 253 words
    22. Supplementary Benefit 130 words
    23. Heating Allowance 83 words
    24. Married Women (Half-test) 45 words
    25. Health Visitors 149 words
    26. Hospital Inpatients 299 words
    27. Patient Costs 264 words
    28. Health Authorities (Resources) 472 words
    29. Regional Secure Units 211 words
    30. Invalidity Benefit 54 words
    31. Youth Training Scheme (Industrial Injuries) 63 words
    32. NHS (Administration Costs) 94 words
    33. Cigarette Filters 92 words
    34. Disablement Income Group (Member's Correspondence) 57 words
    35. Resettlement Units and Re-establishment Centres 91 words
    36. Invalidity Pensioners 60 words
    37. Tobacco Advertising 90 words

Lords Sitting of 3 November 1983

  1. Preamble 52 words
  2. Planning Applications: Timescale 1,002 words
  3. Insolvency Malpractices 665 words
  4. Balance of Trade: Manufactured Goods 1,592 words
  5. Picketing 302 words
  6. Roads (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 57 words
  7. Fourth Clerk at the Table (Judicial) 68 words
  8. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 52 words
  9. Lotteries (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  10. Sheep Variable Premium (Protection of Payments) (Amendment) Order 1983 506 words
  11. Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 4,620 words
  12. Petroleum Royalties (Relief) Bill 12 words
  13. Public Bills: Procedure 10,503 words
  14. Easing of Frontier Formalities: ECC Report 9,587 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 November 1983

  1. SHOTGUN LICENCE FEES 71 words
  2. PAROLE THRESHOLD AND LOCAL REVIEW COMMITTEES 290 words
  3. OIL AND GAS FIELD CLOSURES: TAX DEDUCTIBLE COSTS 158 words
  4. THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK: LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES 535 words
  5. HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: UNIFORMED STRENGTH 120 words
  6. HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: INVESTIGATION DIVISION STRENGTH 82 words
  7. HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE: HEROIN AND COCAINE SEIZURES 149 words
  8. THE REGISTRY OF COUNTY COURT JUDGMENTS 76 words
  9. NHS MANAGEMENT: THE GRIFFITHS REPORT 168 words
  10. THE ARTS COUNCIL: BUDGET CUT 77 words
  11. ASBESTOS: FORTHCOMING LEGISLATION 174 words
  12. NON-STATUTORY TRAINING ORGANISATIONS: ANNUAL REPORTS 90 words
  13. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING MEASURES: AVAILABILITY AND TAKE-UP OF PLACES 361 words
  14. SPECIAL EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING MEASURES: COST ESTIMATES 260 words
  15. LEBANON: BRITISH AID 137 words
  16. UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTATION ABROAD 69 words
  17. MERCHANT SHIPS: BRITISH REGISTRATION AND CONTROL 311 words
  18. BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS: PRIVATISATION 58 words