Commons Sitting of 25 April 1984

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. BARCLAYS BANK BILL 6 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Anglo-Soviet Relations 449 words
      2. Anglo-Jordanian Relations 728 words
      3. NATO (Budget) 287 words
      4. Hong Kong 838 words
      5. Lebanon 405 words
      6. British Diplomats 631 words
      7. Argentina 689 words
      8. Commonwealth Countries 596 words
      9. South Africa (Trade) 686 words
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      1. Political Integration 679 words
      2. Budget Rebate 706 words
      3. Community Finance 603 words
      4. Community Expenditure 498 words
      5. Community Policies 557 words
      6. Outstanding Problems (Resolution) 165 words
  4. Coal Industry Dispute 4,256 words
  5. Libyan People's Bureau (Shooting Incident) 7,293 words
  6. Security Services 450 words
  7. Discharge of Radioactive Material (Control) 1,259 words
    1. DISCHARGE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL (CONTROL) 50 words
  8. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. Transport 40,527 words, 2 divisions
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Trade Union Bill 15,773 words, 1 division
    2. Sweatshops 4,621 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 April 1984

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Correspondence 303 words
    2. Competition 151 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Research and Development 170 words
    2. School Closures 496 words
    3. Correspondence 66 words
  3. ENERGY
    1. Wind Energy Evaluation 135 words
    2. Competition 67 words
    3. Coal Industry Dispute 127 words
    4. Correspondence 66 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Competition 93 words
    2. Contractual Health Care 442 words
    3. Water Service (Staff Promotions) 361 words
    4. Correspondence 74 words
  5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    1. Budget Rebate 279 words
    2. Community Expenditure 106 words
    3. Foreign Policy 64 words
    4. Strasbourg (Ministerial Visit) 61 words
    5. Community Reform 61 words
    6. Community Problems 110 words
    7. Own Resources 81 words
    8. Common Policies 48 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Competition 103 words
    2. Prevention of Terrorism 198 words
    3. British Nationality 94 words
    4. Miss Zola Budd 169 words
    5. Mr. Pieter Labuschagne 99 words
    6. Air Weapons 237 words
    7. Voluntary Organisations (Manchester) 87 words
    8. Firearms Act 1968 82 words
    9. Sir Michael Geddings 83 words
    10. Coal Industry Dispute 50 words
    11. Strip Searches 123 words
    12. Correspondence 124 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Falkland Islands 110 words
    2. Grenada 234 words
    3. El Salvador and Nicaragua 271 words
    4. El Salvador, Nicaragua and Grenada 166 words
  8. SOLICITOR-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
    1. Small Claims Procedure 171 words
    2. Correspondence 222 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Nurses (Pay) 73 words
    2. EC (Budgetary Agreement) 111 words
    3. Correspondence 51 words
    4. Middle East Contracts 73 words
    5. Cementation Ltd. 46 words
  10. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Competition 141 words
    2. Correspondence 118 words
    3. COMPANIES (CORRESPONDENCE) 751 words
  11. WALES
    1. Competition 196 words
    2. Liverpool (Ministerial Visit) 216 words
    3. Housing Condition Survey 58 words
    4. Agricultural Land 198 words
    5. Coal Industry Dispute 77 words
    6. Agriculture Department 781 words
    7. European Regional Development Fund 383 words
    8. Assistance to Farmers 85 words
    9. Non-specialised Building 77 words
    10. Local Authority Rented Accommodation (Waiting Lists) 75 words
    11. Housing Expenditure 68 words
    12. Correspondence 48 words
    13. Local Authority Expenditure 129 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Anglo-El Salvador Relations 78 words
    2. South Africa (RFU Tour) 73 words
    3. South Africa 161 words
    4. Middle East 118 words
    5. Argentina 87 words
    6. Hong Kong 151 words
    7. Cuba 137 words
    8. British Diplomats 108 words
    9. Jordan 112 words
    10. Moscow (Ministerial Visit) 88 words
    11. Anglo-Angolan Relations 31 words
    12. Spanish Foreign Minister 68 words
    13. Washington 49 words
    14. Anglo-Chile Relations 33 words
    15. UNITA (Hostages) 172 words
    16. Persian Gulf 51 words
    17. El Salvador 123 words
    18. Disarmament 385 words
    19. Anglo-Soviet Relations 47 words
    20. Northern Ireland 231 words
    21. Grenada 204 words
    22. Anglo-Israeli Relations 96 words
    23. Anglo-Egyptian Relations 68 words
    24. Anglo-Chinese Relations 82 words
    25. Anglo-Mozambique Relations 33 words
    26. Anglo-Argentine Relations 75 words
    27. Kampuchea 67 words
    28. Nicaragua 48 words
    29. Torture Victims (UN Fund) 59 words
    30. China 67 words
    31. Hong Kong 124 words
    32. General Alexander Haig (Memoirs) 29 words
    33. Broadcasting Unit 187 words
    34. Central America 82 words
    35. Mr. Alan Goodison 43 words
    36. Nicaragua 71 words
    37. Morocco 173 words
    38. Correspondence 97 words
    39. Strategic Weapons 127 words
  13. THE ARTS
    1. Competition 74 words
    2. Correspondence 140 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Disclosure of Information (Investigation) 94 words
    2. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 49 words
    3. Fuel Additive FM9 84 words
    4. Cruise Missiles 67 words
    5. Greenham Common 43 words
    6. NATO (Engagement Rules) 97 words
    7. Competition 378 words
    8. National Defence Industries Council 206 words
    9. Plutonium 82 words
    10. D-Day Landings (Anniversary Celebrations) 177 words
    11. Foreign Armed Forces (Training) 79 words
    12. Correspondence 74 words
    13. Atomic Weapons (NATO and Warsaw Pact) 83 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Patent Law 128 words
    2. Competition 141 words
    3. Chemicals (Exports) 135 words
    4. Textiles 685 words
    5. Regional Aid 216 words
    6. Cuba 439 words
    7. Unsafe Goods 50 words
    8. Counterfeit Goods 62 words
    9. Insurance Contracts (Exemption and Exclusion Clauses) 74 words
    10. Eye Drops 59 words
    11. Chemical Welfare Equipment (Exports) 54 words
    12. Small Businesses (Incorporation) 87 words
    13. Assisted Areas (Data) 47 words
    14. Local Enterprise Week 98 words
    15. Correspondence 100 words
    16. Central America (Aircraft and Vehicle Exports) 159 words
    17. EC (Regional Development Fund) 85 words
  16. TRANSPORT
    1. Competition 356 words
    2. Double Glazing 215 words
    3. Tube Stations 97 words
    4. Gatwick Airport 75 words
    5. Local Government Reform 152 words
    6. Manchester International Airport 111 words
    7. Sealink (UK) Ltd. 73 words
    8. Passenger Aircraft (Brake Parts) 119 words
    9. Abandoned Vehicles 98 words
    10. Revenue and Cost Statistics 708 words
    11. Automobile Association 144 words
    12. Lorry Routes 45 words
    13. M25 (Traffic Movements) 56 words
    14. Lorry Examinations (GLC) 112 words
    15. Archway Road 173 words
    16. M4 (Cardiff Signs) 105 words
    17. Ballycastle (Coastguard Station) 88 words
    18. Correspondence 133 words
    19. Air Misses 145 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Ancient Woodlands 49 words
    2. Dolphins 154 words
    3. Competition 132 words
    4. Domestic Property (Revaluation) 124 words
    5. Housing Improvement Grants (Unregistered Traders) 174 words
    6. Recreational Land 71 words
    7. Museum Education Services 94 words
    8. Toxteth (Compensation Claims) 497 words
    9. Merseyside Development Corporation 271 words
    10. Merseyside Task Force 346 words
    11. Housing Defects Bill 134 words
    12. Local Authority Finance 109 words
    13. Enterprise Zone (Liverpool) 233 words
    14. Liverpool 87 words
    15. House of Commons Sittings (Cost) 116 words
    16. Water Supplies 56 words
    17. Recycled Paper 92 words
    18. Urban Programme Projects 135 words
    19. Voluntary Organisations 110 words
    20. Race Relations 224 words
    21. Roof and Wall Insulation 149 words
    22. Building Regulations (Energy Efficiency) 100 words
    23. Correspondence 138 words
    24. Lime Street Station, Liverpool 143 words
    25. Local Government Reform 198 words
    26. Local Government Finance 994 words
    27. Greater London Council 81 words
    28. Rate Support Grant 102 words
    29. "Good Practice in Area Improvement" 47 words
    30. Greater London Council v. Secretary of State for the Environment (Evidence) 93 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Agricultural Expenditure 263 words
    2. Agricultural Commodities 517 words
    3. Agricultural Output 282 words
    4. European Community (Agricultural Prices) 105 words
    5. Dairy Industry 554 words
    6. Wine 177 words
    7. Milk 614 words
    8. Raisins 213 words
    9. Feedstuffs 325 words
    10. Beef and Cull Cow Prices 71 words
    11. Competition 81 words
    12. Pig Industry 152 words
    13. Correspondence 60 words
  19. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Value Added Tax (Bad Debt Relief) 166 words
    2. Assured Tenancies 49 words
    3. National Economic Development Council 214 words
    4. Corporation Tax 149 words
    5. EC Budget 180 words
    6. Taxation (Compound Proceedings) 471 words
    7. Competition 35 words
    8. South Africa (Arms Sales) 50 words
    9. Benefits in Kind (Taxation) 49 words
    10. Income Tax 47 words
    11. Take-away Food (VAT) 63 words
    12. Investment Income 55 words
    13. Motability 109 words
    14. Personal Property (VAT) 95 words
    15. British Airways 65 words
    16. VAT (Harmonisation) 47 words
    17. Correspondence 172 words
    18. International Monetary Fund 311 words
    19. Seafarers (Earnings) 283 words
    20. Tax Thresholds 83 words
    21. Stamp Duty 68 words
    22. Capital Gains Tax 84 words
  20. SCOTLAND
    1. Youth Training Scheme 336 words
    2. "Priorities for the Eighties" 222 words
    3. Competition 446 words
    4. Motorways (Noise) 150 words
    5. SDA Project, Leith 62 words
    6. 16 to 18s Action Plan 281 words
    7. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Education) 122 words
    8. Health Care (Costs) 301 words
    9. Correspondence 181 words
    10. Labour Statistics 759 words
  21. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Competition 107 words
    2. Jobcentres 174 words
    3. Youth Training Scheme 1,066 words
    4. Community Programme 485 words
    5. Labour Statistics 541 words
    6. Correspondence 87 words
    7. Weekly Earnings 144 words
  22. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Specialist Claims Control 101 words
    2. Rubella Vaccination 86 words
    3. Retirement Pensions 319 words
    4. NHS (Staffing Statistics) 307 words
    5. Domiciliary Oxygen Service 117 words
    6. Benefit Claimants 483 words
    7. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 75 words
    8. Mobility Allowance 414 words
    9. Doctors (Dispensing Profits) 59 words
    10. Mental Health (Essex) 98 words
    11. Artificial Limbs (Contractors) 155 words
    12. Breast Cancer 146 words