Commons Sitting of 12 December 1984

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 7 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Nicaragua 524 words
      2. Uganda 343 words
      3. Space Weapons 750 words
      4. High Technology 350 words
      5. Africa 1,179 words
      6. China 701 words
      7. Disarmament 919 words
      8. Brazil 250 words
      9. South Africa 296 words
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      1. Budgetary Discipline 708 words
      2. Community Institutions (British Staff) 267 words
      3. Budgetary Discipline 988 words
      4. European Union 479 words
      5. Fontainebleau Agreement 725 words
      6. Common Market 850 words
  5. Entry Certificates 396 words
  6. Rate Support Grant (Wales) 5,595 words
  7. Agriculture Council 4,304 words
  8. Teachers (Scotland) 1,284 words
    1. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS 29 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Local Government Bill 9 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. ABOLITION OF GLC AND METROPOLITAN COUNTY COUNCILS 60,172 words, 5 divisions
  10. Pound Note 3,049 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 December 1984

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Deportation (Commonwealth Citizens) 67 words
    2. Metropolitan Police 2,594 words
    3. Greater Manchester Police Authority 121 words
    4. Royal College of Surgeons (Research Establishment) 145 words
    5. Young Prisoners 215 words
    6. Parole 142 words
    7. Motorways (Speeding) 82 words
    8. Police and Fire Brigade Staff 260 words
    9. Steel-toothed Traps 45 words
    10. Holloway Prison 523 words
    11. Television Licences 39 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Local Authority Higher Education 132 words
    2. School Meals 79 words
    3. Dyslexia 107 words
    4. Students (Financial Support) 89 words
    5. Support Grants 3,733 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Lord Cockfield 336 words
    2. EC (Aid) 129 words
  4. THE ARTS
    1. British Museum (Redecoration) 76 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Pensioners (Taxation) 221 words
    2. Scotland (Wealth Statistics) 57 words
    3. Scotland (Estates) 139 words
    4. EC (Budget Discipline) 296 words
    5. Scotland (Taxation) 533 words
    6. EC (Aid Provision) 206 words
    7. Financial Management Unit 155 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Bankruptcies 128 words
    2. Electronic Research 73 words
    3. Tourism 153 words
    4. Biotechnology 128 words
    5. Electronics Components (Aid) 340 words
    6. Columbus Space Station 73 words
    7. Advanced Manufacturing Technology 125 words
    8. EC (Manufactured Trade) 57 words
    9. Laboratory Accreditation 199 words
    10. Leeward Islands Air Transport 87 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Community Programme 126 words
    2. Wages Councils 39 words
    3. Theatre Technicians 49 words
    4. Labour Statistics 893 words
    5. North-West Area 30 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Intervention Stores 45 words
    2. Public Expenditure 344 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Housing Subsidies 67 words
    2. Council House Sales 224 words
    3. Seaside and Country Homes 105 words
    4. Petrol (Lead Content) 288 words
    5. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 69 words
    6. Inner City Partnership Funds 180 words
    7. Urban Development Grant 228 words
    8. Ronan Point 140 words
    9. Wildlife Inspectorate 85 words
    10. Power Stations (Emissions) 166 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Correspondence 96 words
    2. Royal Artillery Range, Hebrides 120 words
    3. Hi-Fix Transmitter Sites (Western Isles) 35 words
    4. Stornoway Airport 106 words
    5. RAF Stornoway 321 words
  11. ENERGY
    1. Coal Industry Dispute 79 words
    2. Plutonium 44 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Labour Statistics 478 words
    2. Local Authority Expenditure 190 words
    3. Hospital Waiting Lists (Dundee) 122 words
    4. School Meals 99 words
    5. Lothian (Nurses) 121 words
    6. NHS (Privatisation) 60 words
    7. Ambulance Staff 140 words
    8. Police Houses 60 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Middle East 387 words
    2. Gulf War 96 words
    3. Chemical Weapons 79 words
    4. South Africa 136 words
    5. Cyprus 158 words
    6. Syria 104 words
    7. East-West Relations 119 words
    8. Nicaragua 242 words
    9. India 82 words
    10. Northern Ireland 66 words
    11. Arms Control 220 words
    12. UDF Activists (Durban) 118 words
    13. BBC (External Services) 269 words
    14. Central America (Contadora Process) 162 words
    15. Honduras and Nicaragua 39 words
    16. Law of the Sea Convention 148 words
    17. Belize 91 words
    18. Privatisation (Departmental Savings) 124 words
    19. Falkland Islands (Peruvian Peace Proposals) 120 words
    20. Islamic States (Religious Freedom) 127 words
    21. Mr. Abu Nidal 56 words
    22. Soviet Union 68 words
    23. Space Weapons 60 words
    24. Brazil 62 words
    25. Ethiopia 211 words
    26. Departmental Budget (Overseas Representation) 79 words
    27. Honduras (E1 Salvadorean Refugees) 44 words
    28. Diplomatic Immunity 52 words
    29. Iraq 281 words
    30. E1 Salvador 40 words
    31. Soviet Union (Foreign Minister's Visit) 58 words
    32. Gibraltar 811 words
    33. Namibia 192 words
    34. Guatemala 35 words
    35. Disarmament Talks 201 words
    36. Chile 87 words
    37. Human Rights 111 words
    38. Poland 119 words
    39. UNESCO 251 words
    40. Argentina 97 words
    41. UMELCO Delegation (London Visit) 248 words
    42. Decade for Women Conference, Nairobi 144 words
    43. Discrimination Against Women Convention 403 words
    44. Hong Kong 79 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Environment 50 words
    2. Agricultural Buildings (Asbestos) 58 words
    3. Pesticides 88 words
    4. Council of Ministers (Meeting) 53 words
    5. Grain Stocks 157 words
  15. TRANSPORT
    1. Seafarers (Health and Safety) 132 words
    2. East London River Crossing 241 words
    3. Railway Investment 70 words
    4. A1 (Improvements) 73 words
    5. Radar Station (Tiree) 73 words
    6. Cycle Lanes 60 words
    7. Motorways (Lighting) 219 words
    8. Civil Aviation Authority 100 words
    9. National Air Traffic Services 268 words
    10. M25 (Accident) 175 words
    11. Trinity House Lighthouse Board 292 words
  16. TRANSPORT
    1. GLC (Lorry Ban) 279 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Pesticides 610 words
    2. Electorate (Statistics) 1,231 words
    3. Single Payments (Gas Appliances) 165 words
    4. Limited List Prescribing 116 words
    5. Homeless Households 165 words
    6. Supplementary Benefit 204 words
    7. Health Authorities (Strategic Plans) 240 words
    8. Family Incomes 167 words
    9. Doctors (Prescription Forms) 41 words
    10. Blond McIndoe Centre (Exhibition) 65 words
    11. Ambulance Staff 461 words
    12. Housing Benefit 91 words
    13. Doctors and Nurses 297 words
    14. Racism (Nursery Schools) 169 words

Lords Sitting of 12 December 1984

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Lord Bishop of Birmingham 23 words
  3. Law and Order in Wartime 645 words
  4. HMS "Conqueror": Log 754 words
  5. Birds of Prey: Registration 790 words
  6. Scottish Banknotes: Availability 1,314 words
  7. Business 130 words
  8. Televising the Proceedings of the House: Select Committee 358 words
  9. Unemployment 39,734 words, 1 division
  10. Mentally Ill Offenders in Prison 16,704 words
  11. Greater London Council (Money) (No. 2) Bill 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 December 1984

  1. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE CONTROL: BBC AND BRITISH COUNCIL 169 words
  2. TAXATION OF HUSBAND AND WIFE 246 words
  3. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT 153 words
  4. NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS 128 words
  5. AVEBURY: BYPASS SCHEME 205 words
  6. LASER ROAD SHOWS 121 words
  7. WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE LEGISLATION 85 words
  8. CRICKHOWELL DEPOT CLOSURE 155 words
  9. STUDENT GRANTS: LEVEL IN U.K. 150 words
  10. EDUCATION SUPPORT GRANTS 3,304 words