Commons Sitting of 29 November 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. STAFFORDSHIRE BILL [Lords] 35 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Cruise Missiles 1,106 words
      2. Defence Expenditure 484 words
      3. Battlefield Nuclear Weapons 382 words
      4. Western Europe 725 words
      5. British Army of the Rhine 355 words
      6. Normandy (Anniversary Ceremonies) 456 words
      7. Afghanistan 319 words
      8. Departmental Expenditure 421 words
      9. Cruise Missiles 1,532 words
      10. Youth Training Scheme 306 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,405 words
      2. Woolwich 255 words
      3. Nuclear Weapons 238 words
      4. Engagements 303 words
  4. National Graphical Association (Dispute) 2,900 words
  5. People's Right to Fuel 1,346 words
    1. PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO FUEL 54 words
  6. Scottish Economy 47,968 words, 2 divisions
  7. Isle of Man (Fishing Limits) 2,968 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 November 1983

  1. ENERGY
    1. Gas and Electricity 31 words
    2. Israel (Oil Imports) 54 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 1,070 words
    2. Severn Bridge 49 words
    3. Departmental Co-operation 30 words
    4. Gardenstown 34 words
    5. Leeds 37 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. Civil Aviation Authority 210 words
    2. Trunk Roads (Staffordshire) 96 words
    3. British Railways Board 32 words
    4. British Airways 56 words
    5. British Rail 188 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Telephone Answering Service 51 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police (Interviews) 467 words
    2. Immigration 106 words
    3. Harmondsworth Detention Centre 641 words
    4. Cable Television 149 words
    5. Ugandan Citizens 165 words
    6. Naturalisation Inquiries 150 words
    7. Vietnam (Exit Visas) 107 words
    8. Firearms 141 words
    9. Stop and Search 213 words
    10. Local Government Elections 115 words
    11. Commission for Racial Equality 179 words
    12. Prisoners (Disciplinary Offences) 188 words
  6. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Youth Training Scheme 102 words
    2. Parliamentary Boundary Commissions for England and Wales 731 words
    3. Labour Statistics 257 words
    4. Construction Industry 892 words
    5. Job-splitting Scheme 102 words
    6. Jobcentres (Sheffield) 42 words
    7. European Community (Labour Mobility) 147 words
  7. WALES
    1. Youth Training Scheme 86 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Motor Car Prices 77 words
    2. Car Production and Sales 352 words
    3. Corby (Loans and Grants) 454 words
    4. Departmental Staff 81 words
    5. Loan Guarantee Scheme 80 words
    6. Company Investigations 116 words
    7. A320 Airbus 80 words
    8. Tour Operators (Insurance) 151 words
    9. European Community (Manufactured Goods) 100 words
    10. Newsagents 69 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES A ND FOOD
    1. Cocksparrow Fur Farm 63 words
    2. Agricultural Development and Advisory Service 165 words
    3. Caesium Concentrations 253 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. London Borough of Newham 505 words
    2. Departmental Staff 83 words
    3. Regional Water Authorities 77 words
    4. Construction Industry 91 words
    5. Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station 95 words
    6. Captive Balloon Advertisements 286 words
    7. Construction Sites (Poster Hoardings) 171 words
    8. Land Reclamation 66 words
    9. Calke Abbey 60 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Immigration Officers (Caribbean) 113 words
    2. Middle East 94 words
    3. Israel 143 words
    4. Lebanon 116 words
    5. International Relations 112 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Private Contractors (Services) 37 words
    2. Children in Hospitals 122 words
    3. Mandatory Awards 518 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Stamp Duty 200 words
    2. Private Hospital Companies 421 words
    3. Taxation 152 words
    4. Civil Service Catering Organisation 299 words
    5. Domestic Credit Expansion 207 words
    6. European Community (Value Added Tax) 302 words
    7. Bank Notes 215 words
    8. Banks 66 words
    9. Her Majesty's Stationery Office 286 words
    10. Plastic Bank Notes 73 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Re-Chem Plant (Cattle Deaths) 70 words
    2. Hospital Waiting Lists 296 words
    3. European Community (Project Aid) 284 words
    4. Radioactive Waste 144 words
    5. Dr. Yiamouyannis 90 words
    6. Sheltered Houses, Kirkcaldy 62 words
    7. National Health Service 58 words
    8. Opera 115 words
    9. Nationalised Industries (Privatisation) 90 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Mortgage Interest (Departmental Contributions) 168 words
    2. University College Hospital (Tinnitus Clinic) 64 words
    3. Long-stay Mental Handicap Hospitals 637 words
    4. Mental Handicap Hospitals (Therapists) 261 words
    5. Mentally Handicapped Persons 148 words
    6. Benefits 290 words
    7. Doctors 80 words
    8. Hospitals (Charges) 204 words
    9. Solvent Abuse 65 words
    10. Pensioners (Housing Benefits 457 words
    11. Housing Benefit Scheme 78 words
    12. Occupational Pension Schemes 73 words
    13. Health Authorities 180 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Grammar Schools 69 words
    2. Teachers (Training) 58 words
    3. Youth Training Programme 101 words
    4. Gas Supplies 152 words
    5. Electricity (Unpaid Bills) 217 words
    6. Gas (Research and Development) 177 words
    7. Enterprise Ulster 144 words
    8. Employment Schemes 246 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Joint Manoeuvres (United Kingdom-Turkey) 69 words
    2. Cruise Missiles 822 words
    3. South Georgia 74 words
    4. Type 23 Frigate 36 words
    5. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 59 words
    6. Trident 100 words
    7. British Aerospace 57 words
    8. Lebanon 113 words
    9. Nuclear Warheads (Destruction) 64 words
    10. Martin Ketterick (Compensation) 40 words
    11. Royal Dockyards 142 words
    12. Royal Navy (Guided Weapons) 56 words
    13. Royal Ordnance Factories 160 words
    14. Nuclear Weapons 102 words
    15. Recruitment 96 words
    16. SS20 Missiles 53 words
    17. Surface-to-surface Missiles 41 words
    18. Turkey 114 words
    19. Military Establishments (Security) 42 words
    20. Gibraltar 93 words
    21. Skynet Satellite 46 words
    22. Frigates and Destroyers 278 words
    23. Rosyth Dockyard 44 words
    24. Naval Dockyards (Control) 25 words
    25. Nuclear Submarines (Refitting) 32 words

Lords Sitting of 29 November 1983

  1. Preamble 44 words
  2. The Pearson Commission: Recommendations 591 words
  3. Pilotage Regulations 333 words
  4. Magistrates' Courts: Financial Cutbacks 998 words
  5. Heating Allowances for the Elderly 2,104 words
  6. Business 73 words
  7. Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 6,779 words
  8. Messenger Newspaper Group: Dispute 1,968 words
  9. Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 3,168 words
  10. Tourism (Overseas Promotion) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 12,457 words
  11. Housing (Payment for Well Maintained Houses) (Scotland) Order 1983 472 words
  12. United Kingdom Trade Patterns: ECC Report 29,016 words
  13. Mental Health: Richmond Fellowship Inquiry 12,444 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 November 1983

  1. PROBATION STUDENTS: HOME OFFICE SPONSORSHIP 120 words
  2. DEPORTEES: DETENTION IN PRISON 107 words
  3. SERIOUS AND VIOLENT OFFENDERS: RELEASE 130 words
  4. ALBANY PRISON DISTURBANCE: CRIMINAL CHARGES 171 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: UNIT LABOUR COSTS 611 words
  6. METROPOLITAN COUNTY COUNCILS: ABOLITION 113 words
  7. FREE SCHOOL MEALS 85 words
  8. MEDICAL DEPUTISING SERVICES 104 words
  9. DEPORTATIONS IN 1981 AND 1982 1,368 words
  10. THE BUSINESS EXPANSION SCHEME AND FARMING 138 words
  11. FARM TENANCIES 90 words
  12. SIGNAL CRAYFISH: ESCAPES 142 words
  13. UK WHEAT PRODUCTION LEVELS 64 words
  14. AGRICULTURAL ARBITRATORS: APPOINTMENT BY RICS 191 words