Commons Sitting of 23 November 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT
      1. London Docklands Development Corporation 550 words
      2. Metropolitan County Councils 875 words
      3. Rates 737 words
      4. Amusement Centres 181 words
      5. Tameside 179 words
      6. Local Authorities (Privatisation) 691 words
      7. Green Belt 809 words
      8. Consultative Council on Local Government Finance 231 words
      9. Environmental Policy 176 words
      10. Local Government Act 1972 470 words
      11. Home Repair Grants 792 words
      12. Sports Council 811 words
      13. Private Sector Rented Houses 417 words
      14. Precast Concrete Houses 543 words
      15. Land Disposal 485 words
      16. Local Authorities (Financial Penalties) 636 words
  4. Messenger Group Newspapers 3,547 words
  5. Intermediate Nuclear Force Talks 7,268 words
  6. Emphysema (Compensation of Coal Miners) 882 words
    1. EMPHYSEMA (COMPENSATION OF COAL MINERS) 45 words
  7. Opposition Day
    1. 4th Allotted Day
  8. Pensioners 41,937 words, 2 divisions
  9. European Community (Hazardous Wastes) 8,873 words
  10. Baljit Kaur 3,743 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 November 1983

  1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Bangladesh 85 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Nuclear Weapons 136 words
    2. Health Review Body (Membership) 108 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Motor Vehicle Offences (Chelsea) 70 words
    2. Newham (Stop and Search) 65 words
    3. Police Checks 62 words
    4. Greenham Common 85 words
    5. Probation Officers 80 words
    6. No-passport Excursion Cards 158 words
    7. Departmental Recruitment 127 words
  4. TRANSPORT
    1. Concessionary Fares 110 words
    2. Aircraft Safety 82 words
  5. THE ARTS
    1. Expenditure 173 words
    2. Funding 80 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Motor Vehicles 1,704 words
    2. Company Records 577 words
    3. Silk (Quota) 85 words
    4. Regional Development Grant 134 words
    5. Cement 96 words
    6. Departmental Recruitment 128 words
    7. Co-operative Development Agency 120 words
  7. WALES
    1. Doctors (Deputising Services) 336 words
    2. Hospital Closures 62 words
    3. .National Health Service 90 words
    4. Labour Statistics 104 words
    5. Child-minding 87 words
    6. Tourism 65 words
  8. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Free Ports 90 words
    2. Fuel Charges 50 words
    3. Horses 209 words
    4. Stamp Duty 206 words
    5. Tax Changes 730 words
  9. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Freedom of Information Bill 206 words
    2. MINIS 96 words
    3. Unified Grading 358 words
  10. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Newham 225 words
    2. Fair Wages 114 words
    3. Hazardous Substances (Transport) 113 words
    4. Nuclear Installation Inspectorate 89 words
    5. Labour Statistics 67 words
    6. Youth Training Scheme (Instructors) 156 words
    7. Departmental Recruitment 539 words
    8. Accident Statistics 104 words
    9. Youth Training Scheme 188 words
    10. Youth Opportunities Programme 92 words
  11. DEFENCE
    1. RAF Manston (Aircraft Noise) 73 words
    2. NATO (Expenditure) 89 words
    3. Cruise Missiles 74 words
    4. Armed Forces (Statistics) 53 words
    5. Burtonwood Air Base 42 words
    6. Hawk VTX Programme 111 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Torture Victims (Care and Rehabilitation) 118 words
    2. No-passport Excursion Cards 296 words
    3. South Africa 1,497 words
    4. Council of Ministers (Special Meeting) 81 words
    5. Bangladesh 208 words
  13. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Health Authorities 2,380 words
    2. Contraceptives 104 words
    3. Health Care (Per Capita Costs) 179 words
    4. Doctors (Complaints) 98 words
    5. Renal Dialysis 303 words
    6. NHS (Manpower) 263 words
    7. Doctors (Deputising Services) 242 words
    8. Occupational Pensions 154 words
    9. Drugs 414 words
    10. Form SB20 79 words
    11. Disabled Schoolchildren 99 words
    12. Oxygen Concentrators 339 words
    13. Health Authorities (Chairmen) 368 words
    14. Disabled Ex-service Personnel 95 words
    15. Disabled Young Persons 235 words
    16. Fuel Costs 364 words
    17. Earning-related Pension 100 words
    18. Married Women (Half Test) 173 words
    19. Hospital Closures 78 words
    20. Departmental Recruitment 128 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Cereal Feedstuffs 106 words
    2. Margarine 91 words
    3. Oil and Fats 290 words
    4. Heather and Straw Burning 77 words
    5. Farm and Agricultural Grant Schemes 221 words
    6. Wildlife Conservation 157 words
    7. Aujesky's Disease 85 words
    8. Food Legislation 105 words
    9. Wheat (Exports to Cuba) 138 words
  15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Liverpool 219 words
    2. School Buildings (Standards) 136 words
    3. Secondary Schools (Open Entry) 62 words
    4. Disabled Schoolchildren 432 words
    5. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 32 words
    6. Departmental Recruitment 129 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. Housing Associations (House Sales) 414 words
    2. Lands Tribunal 448 words
    3. Housing (Capital Debt) 158 words
    4. Children 78 words
    5. Conferences, Seminars and Courses 150 words
    6. District Courts (Convictions) 604 words
    7. Milk 201 words
    8. Potatoes (Marketing) 126 words
    9. Ambulance Service 73 words
    10. Labour Statistics 884 words
    11. Support Financing Scheme 446 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Improvement and Repair Grants 287 words
    2. Tenants' Charter 70 words
    3. Ice Rink (Humberside) 32 words
    4. Council House Sales 337 words
    5. New Town Assets (Disposal) 68 words
    6. Improvement Grants (West Lindsey) 67 words
    7. Rates 305 words
    8. Dog Licences 58 words
    9. Local Authorities (Privatisation) 44 words
    10. Charitable Housing Associations (House Sales) 54 words
    11. Nature Conservancy Council 45 words
    12. Home Improvement Grants 62 words
    13. Asbestos Cement Tiles 92 words
    14. Acid Rain 87 words
    15. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 54 words
    16. Green Belt 59 words
    17. Bison Wall Frame Houses 127 words
    18. Sports Council 62 words
    19. Local Government Audit Commission 92 words
    20. Housing Investment Programme 101 words
    21. Inner City Flats (Sales) 61 words
    22. Metropolitan Counties 39 words
    23. Local Government Finance 69 words
    24. Local Authority Housing 79 words
    25. Local Authorities (Emergency Services) 84 words
    26. District Councils (Expenditure) 57 words
    27. Rate-capping 42 words
    28. Local Authority Decisions 152 words
    29. Wildlife Protection 75 words
    30. Water Authorities 47 words
    31. Local Authority Services 78 words
    32. Hampshire (Gipsies) 49 words
    33. Construction Workers 36 words
    34. Holdback Schemes 60 words
    35. Berkshire 68 words
    36. Block Grant 90 words
    37. South Africa (Rugby Union Teams) 84 words
    38. Yorkshire Regional Water Authority 100 words
    39. Peterlee Development Corporation 83 words
    40. Local Government Reform 97 words
    41. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 160 words
    42. Electrical Improvement Grants 74 words
    43. Public Sector Housing 81 words
    44. Radioactive Waste 55 words
    45. Derelict Land 105 words
    46. Council Houses (Starts) 72 words
    47. Urban Development Corporations 119 words
    48. Nature Conservancy Council (Management Agreements) 63 words
    49. Property Services Agency 54 words
    50. Tate and Lyle Refinery Site 216 words
    51. Liverpool (Expenditure Targets) 102 words
    52. Docklands (Airport) 74 words
    53. Local Government Reform 105 words
    54. Local Government (Restructuring) 83 words
    55. Local Government (Manpower) 129 words
    56. Greater London Council 155 words
    57. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 159 words
    58. Disabled Persons 95 words
    59. Departmental Recruitment 152 words
    60. Shorthold 51 words

Lords Sitting of 23 November 1983

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Hebrides: Oil Pollution 864 words
  3. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 407 words
  4. Children in Custody 1,896 words
  5. The Theatre Museum 314 words
  6. Business 69 words
  7. Wealth Creation and Taxation 5,239 words
  8. Messenger Newspaper Group: Dispute 1,098 words
  9. Wealth Creation and Taxation 4,116 words
  10. INF Negotiations 4,189 words
  11. Wealth Creation and Taxation 25,388 words
  12. Oil Drilling: Ditchling Beacon 10,464 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 November 1983

  1. HEROIN USE AND ADDICTION 376 words
  2. GUIDE DOGS: ACCESS TO PRISONS AND COURTS 120 words
  3. ARBITRATORS: LORD CHANCELLOR'S PANEL—NOMINATIONS 315 words
  4. ARBITRATORS: LORD CHANCELLOR'S PANEL—CURRENT NUMBER 39 words
  5. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES: CONSUMER REPRESENTATION 108 words
  6. WELFARE MILK AND VITAMIN TOKENS: ISSUE PROCEDURES 134 words
  7. BRUCELLOSIS 231 words
  8. CIVIL SERVICE UNIFIED GRADING STRUCTURE 361 words
  9. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN: EDUCATION EXPENDITURE 134 words
  10. UNITED KINGDOM OVERSEAS REPRESENTATION: HONOURS 550 words
  11. FARM SIZES 151 words