Commons Sitting of 26 October 1983

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL
        1. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 8 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT
      1. Waltham Forest 328 words
      2. Local Government Reorganisation 1,072 words
      3. Local Government Manpower 653 words
      4. Rating Reform 748 words
      5. Timber Frame Housing 375 words
      6. Homelessness 467 words
      7. Pressure Groups (Grants) 621 words
      8. Conservation and Environmental Protection 1,063 words
      9. Metropolitan Green Belt 1,076 words
      10. Falkland Islands 183 words
      11. System Building 577 words
      12. Wessex Water Authority 407 words
      13. Gipsy Sites 526 words
      14. Woodlands and Green Space 310 words
      15. Council Rents 275 words
    2. BILLS PRESENTED
      1. PROHIBITION OF FEMALE CIRCUMCISION (No. 2) 36 words
      2. POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE 116 words
      3. TRADE UNION 100 words
  4. Control of Dog Nuisance 2,267 words, 1 division
  5. CONTROL OF DOG NUISANCE 49 words
  6. Unparliamentary Expressions 102 words
  7. Grenada (Invasion) 23,104 words
  8. Civil Defence 22,098 words
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 24 words
  10. Civil Defence 12,788 words, 1 division
  11. Ways and Means
    1. OIL TAXATION 1,158 words
    2. OIL TAXATION 120 words
    3. Ground Consolidation (Glasgow) 4,070 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1983

  1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Private Schools 172 words
    2. Class Sizes 110 words
  2. TRANSPORT
    1. M25 (Completion) 43 words
    2. Roads (Resurfacing Techniques) 139 words
    3. M1 (Repairs) 173 words
    4. Silverstone Race Track (Accidents) 97 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Waste Materials (Heat Recovery) 66 words
    2. Manufacturing Output 55 words
    3. Regional Policy Review 61 words
    4. Regional Development Grants (Merseyside) 80 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Official Paid Envelopes 109 words
  5. DEFENCE
    1. Northern Ireland 69 words
    2. Marine Ketterick (Compensation) 73 words
    3. Foreign Service Personnel (Training) 104 words
  6. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Government Training Schemes 92 words
    2. Jobcentres 106 words
    3. School Leavers 119 words
    4. Industrial Cleaning Companies 104 words
    5. Trawlermen 323 words
  7. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. NHS (Unused Beds) 205 words
    2. Newham District Health Authority (Audit) 146 words
    3. Dispensing Chemists (Remuneration) 104 words
    4. Nurses 142 words
    5. Death Grant 40 words
    6. ICC (Cleaning Services) Ltd. 90 words
    7. Departmental Grants 48 words
    8. Barnsley and District General Hospital 263 words
    9. NHS Cuts (Trent and Barnsley) 113 words
    10. Residential Social Workers (Dispute) 122 words
  8. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Invalidity Pension 226 words
    2. Income and Taxation 117 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Abortion 245 words
    2. Police Establishments 141 words
    3. Deportation (Advisory Panel) 119 words
    4. Firearms 93 words
    5. European Assembly Elections (Boundaries) 67 words
    6. Civil Defence 49 words
    7. Fugitive Offenders Act 1967 169 words
    8. Police and Criminal Evidence Bill 200 words
    9. Independent Prosecution Service 70 words
  10. ENERGY
    1. Asbestos 70 words
    2. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. 499 words
    3. Domestic Heating 155 words
    4. European Community (Coal Imports) 74 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFARIS
    1. Washington Embassy 66 words
    2. British Broadcasting Corporation 108 words
    3. Zimbabwe 175 words
    4. United Nations Volunteer Fund for Torture Victims 115 words
    5. Foreign Police Officers (Training) 145 words
    6. Falkland Islands 102 words
  12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. William Wilberforce (Exhibition) 39 words
    2. Aid Programme 358 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Whirling Disease 532 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Grant Levels 69 words
    2. Greater London Council 156 words
    3. Lead in Water 82 words
    4. Council Rents 345 words
    5. Gipsy Sites 67 words
    6. Lambeth Council 55 words
    7. Council House Sales 276 words
    8. Rating System 142 words
    9. Merseyside 123 words
    10. North of England 116 words
    11. Housing Starts 201 words
    12. Local Authorities (Privatisation) 58 words
    13. Rugby Union 61 words
    14. Right to Buy 69 words
    15. Rate Support Grant 104 words
    16. Youth Training Scheme 91 words
    17. Birmingham 25 words
    18. Housing Stock 251 words
    19. Islington 239 words
    20. System Building 172 words
    21. Low Cost Rented Accommodation 202 words
    22. Council Officials (Political Activities) 123 words
    23. Local Government Manpower 56 words
    24. Rate Increases 49 words
    25. Metropolitan Counties (Expenditure) 75 words
    26. Smoking 26 words
    27. Priority Estates Project 64 words
    28. South Africa (Sporting Contacts) 63 words
    29. Berkshire (Structure Plan) 64 words
    30. Rural Landscape 79 words
    31. Home Improvement 103 words
    32. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 69 words
    33. National Parks 58 words
    34. Local Plans (Agricultural Land) 124 words
    35. Urban Aid Programme 102 words
    36. Regional Water Authorities 2,048 words
    37. Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool 158 words
    38. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 337 words
    39. Young Homeless Persons (Accommodation) 467 words
    40. International Garden Festival, Liverpool 277 words
    41. Local Authority Expenditure (Disregards) 292 words
    42. Residential Social Workers (Dispute) 71 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Bachelor of Education Degree 1,240 words
    2. School Entries 113 words
    3. Area Health Boards 2,553 words
    4. Transport Expenditure 430 words
    5. Spanish (Teaching) 95 words
    6. Modern Languages 2,830 words
    7. Unemloyment (Dundee) 393 words
    8. Secondary Schools (Strathclyde) 138 words
    9. Teachers (In-service Training) 74 words
    10. Alcoholism (Tayside) 94 words
    11. Assisted Places Scheme 98 words
    12. Youth Training Scheme 377 words
    13. Labour Statistics 217 words
    14. ITEC Courses, Dundee 203 words
    15. NHS (Management Inquiry) 131 words
    16. Housing (Standards) 75 words
    17. Local Authority Housing 101 words
    18. Sheltered Homes 149 words
    19. Elderly Persons (Homes) 205 words
    20. Homeless Young Persons (Accommodation) 220 words
    21. NHS (Private Audit Firms) 246 words
    22. NHS (Internal Audit Staff) 47 words
    23. Conveyancing 72 words
    24. Manpower Services Commission (Chairman) 143 words
    25. Residential Social Workers (Dispute) 153 words
    26. North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (Report) 342 words

Lords Sitting of 26 October 1983

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Lord Stoddart of Swindon 40 words
  3. Lord Fitt 55 words
  4. A European/Latin American Institute 494 words
  5. Public Expenditure: Monitoring 1,009 words
  6. Student Mobility 809 words
  7. Amusement Arcades: Controls 1,212 words
  8. Business 71 words
  9. Business of the House 74 words
  10. Central and Local Government 11,869 words
  11. Grenada 4,864 words
  12. Central and Local Government 41,360 words
  13. British Rail: Objectives for the Chairman 676 words