Commons Sitting of 24 January 1984

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 7 words
    2. Clause 6
      1. NOTICE OF STREET PROCESSIONS 31 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Labour Statistics 347 words
      2. Youth Training Scheme 751 words
      3. Jobcentres (Cambridge) 250 words
      4. Dock Labour 767 words
      5. Labour Statistics 1,088 words
      6. Adult Retraining 304 words
      7. Industrial Stoppages 543 words
      8. Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 624 words
      9. Youth Training Scheme 301 words
      10. Homeworking Advisory Committee 321 words
      11. Confederation of British Industry 255 words
      12. Dimbleby and Sons v. NUJ 333 words
      13. Youth Training Scheme (Safety) 123 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,222 words
  5. Disarmament (Stockholm Conference) 3,990 words
  6. Ministerial Responsibility and Accountability 292 words
  7. North England and Scotland (Weather Conditions) 138 words
  8. Questions to Ministers 76 words
    1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 22 words
  9. Multi-Occupied Properties (Regulation) 900 words
    1. MULTI-OCCUPIED PROPERTIES (REGULATION) 61 words
  10. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. Scott Lithgow (Britoil Contract) 26,848 words, 2 divisions
  11. British Rail Engineering Ltd. 24,351 words, 2 divisions
  12. Education (Assisted Places) 11,299 words, 1 division
  13. Tax Office, Matlock 4,182 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 January 1984

  1. DEFENCE
    1. Fines 257 words
    2. Discipline 155 words
    3. Royal Ordnance Factories 307 words
    4. Civilian Employees 123 words
    5. Officers 103 words
    6. Matthew Game 75 words
    7. RAF Greenham Common (Visit) 103 words
    8. General Belgrano (Sinking) 76 words
    9. Falkland Islands 1,895 words
    10. Royal Navy (Mine Countermeasures) 75 words
    11. HMS Invincible 238 words
    12. Weather Satellite Monitoring Equipment 48 words
    13. Fuel Depot Facilities 246 words
    14. Brabant Island (Expedition) 137 words
    15. HMS Hermione and Scylla 43 words
    16. Ships (Mid-life Modernisation) 55 words
    17. Royal Navy Ratings 63 words
    18. Royal Navy (Technical Officers) 109 words
    19. Sir Galahad 44 words
    20. Royal Air Force (Wide Bodied Tankers) 71 words
    21. Military Satellite 89 words
    22. Aircraft (Air-to-air Receiver Role) 77 words
    23. Aircraft (Tanker Role) 68 words
    24. Nimrod Aircraft (Modifications) 72 words
    25. Harrier Aircraft 124 words
    26. Sea Wolf Missile 35 words
    27. Sea Skua 63 words
    28. Sub-Harpoon Missile 102 words
    29. Type 42 Destroyer 47 words
    30. Type 21 Frigate 69 words
    31. Officers (Publications) 107 words
    32. Ancient Monuments 93 words
    33. Retired Officers (Media Involvement) 182 words
    34. Censorship 188 words
    35. Regional Newspapers 58 words
    36. Admiral Sir William Stavely (Interview) 29 words
    37. Contractors (Tenders) 197 words
    38. Rosyth Dockyard (Contract) 197 words
    39. NATO Base (Stornoway) 125 words
    40. Aircraft Passengers (Electrical Equipment) 233 words
  2. THE ARTS
    1. Public Libraries 155 words
  3. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Departmental Powers 108 words
  4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Second Church Estates Commissioner (Responsibilities) 58 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Departmental Administration Costs 98 words
    2. Members (Accident Insurance) 81 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. NHS (Cash Limits) 482 words
    2. Income Tax 154 words
    3. Earnings 55 words
    4. Interest Rates 42 words
    5. Government Employees (Statistics) 149 words
    6. Customs and Excise 170 words
    7. Value Added Tax 77 words
    8. Advance Corporation Tax Relief 71 words
    9. Freeports 80 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration 251 words
    2. Cab Drivers (Protection of Trading Standards) 83 words
    3. Peace Protesters (Jury Trials) 47 words
    4. Community Service 125 words
    5. Hospital Detainees (Statistics) 174 words
    6. Mental Health Review Tribunals 109 words
    7. Immigration Officers 181 words
    8. Prison Building 191 words
    9. Trespass 89 words
    10. Cannabis 24 words
    11. Espionage (Russian Merchant Vessels) 50 words
    12. Fifth Televison Channel 77 words
    13. Departmental Powers 55 words
    14. Remand 81 words
    15. Rape 180 words
    16. Firearms 140 words
    17. Halton (Prison) 240 words
    18. Plastic and Foam Rubber 145 words
    19. Prison Statistics 66 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Ordnance Survey 872 words
    2. Enterprise Zones 117 words
    3. Housing Associations 362 words
    4. Housing Expenditure 360 words
    5. Palace of Westminster 308 words
    6. National Mobility Scheme 99 words
    7. Departmental Powers 122 words
    8. Council House Tenants (Repairs) 73 words
    9. Archibald Road, Birmingham 69 words
    10. Rates 92 words
    11. Smith Street, Haughton Green 170 words
  9. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Closed Shop 96 words
    2. Community Programme 65 words
    3. Apprenticeships 124 words
    4. Youth Training Scheme 1,049 words
    5. Workington 68 words
    6. Skillcentres 126 words
    7. Labour Statistics 544 words
    8. Greater London 33 words
    9. Political Levy 104 words
    10. Wandsworth 176 words
    11. Trade Union Democracy 46 words
    12. Public Sector Industries (No-strike Agreements) 59 words
    13. Vacancies 106 words
    14. Community Programme 97 words
    15. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 67 words
    16. Young Workers' Scheme 57 words
    17. Vredeling Directive 47 words
    18. Unfair Dismissal (Small Businesses) 58 words
    19. Noise at Work 185 words
    20. Unit Labour Costs 316 words
    21. Regional Policy 76 words
    22. Skill Training 111 words
    23. Motor Industry 56 words
    24. Coventry 71 words
    25. London Docks 87 words
    26. Cumbria (Community Programme) 50 words
    27. Departmental Powers 85 words
    28. Redundancy Notifications 121 words
    29. Cash Limits 121 words
    30. Schools Career Advisory Service 1,353 words
  10. WALES
    1. Cot Deaths 159 words
    2. Burns Unit 33 words
    3. Health Authorities (Allocations) 171 words
    4. Coalminers 78 words
    5. Steelworkers 153 words
    6. Roads 333 words
    7. Departmental Expenditure 105 words
    8. Marginal Land Farmers 127 words
    9. Sheep Scab 56 words
    10. Influenza 93 words
  11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Garforth Educational Foundation (Member's Correspondence) 87 words
    2. Members' Correspondence 40 words
    3. Departmental Administrative Costs 101 words
    4. Music and Art Education 93 words
    5. Higher Education 160 words
    6. Departmental Powers 89 words
    7. Adult Education 34 words
    8. Oxygen 117 words
    9. Further Education (Grants) 114 words
  12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. UNESCO 81 words
    2. "Pound for Pound" Scheme 156 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 759 words
    2. Welwyn Hatfield 26 words
    3. European Community Budget 52 words
  14. ENERGY
    1. Sulphur Emissions 182 words
    2. Enterprise Oil 106 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Small Businesses 313 words
    2. Business Formation (Mid-Hertfordshire) 45 words
    3. Cotton Yarn (Turkey) 123 words
    4. Textile Industry (Investment Scheme) 66 words
    5. South Africa 246 words
    6. Vehicle Imports (South Africa) 126 words
    7. Export Credits Guarantee Department 82 words
    8. Soviet Union 174 words
    9. European Community (Investment) 459 words
    10. Departmental Powers 94 words
    11. Steel 2,453 words
    12. Credit Cards 62 words
    13. European Community (Exports and Imports) 70 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Mrs. Elizabeth O'Hare (Grant Claim) 80 words
    2. Newtownards (Car Parking) 115 words
    3. Carrickfergus Castle 75 words
    4. Paediatric Pathologists 57 words
    5. Trials (Admissibility of Evidence) 105 words
    6. Western Health and Social Services Board 71 words
    7. Western Education and Library Board 70 words
    8. Armagh Prison (Strip Searches) 174 words
    9. Livestock Compensatory Allowances 41 words
    10. Youth Training 48 words
    11. United States of America (Ministerial Visits) 58 words
    12. Labour Statistics 53 words
    13. Industrial Development Board 49 words
    14. Strikes 52 words
    15. Donemana (Disturbances) 56 words
    16. Theft 84 words
    17. Prison Service 41 words
    18. Housing Repair Grants 75 words
    19. Unfit Housing 42 words
    20. Bypasses 44 words
    21. Roads 54 words
    22. Housing Executive 95 words
    23. Secondary Schools 68 words
    24. Housing Benefit 117 words
    25. Leukaemia 55 words
    26. Hospitals 98 words
    27. Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) 131 words
    28. Minimum Pay 51 words
    29. Departmental Mail 117 words
    30. Gaelic Athletic Association 74 words
    31. Civil Servants (Travel Costs) 45 words
    32. School Books 46 words
    33. Youth Training 277 words
    34. Hospital Beds (Londonderry) 293 words
    35. Suckler Calves 268 words
    36. Ministerial Appointments 1,254 words
    37. Coleraine Hospital 116 words
    38. Altnagelvin Hospital 234 words
    39. Medical and Nursing Posts 100 words
  17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Grenada (Schoolchildren) 83 words
    2. USSR Citizens (UK Visits) 101 words
    3. Arms Control (Soviet Violations) 73 words
    4. Cocaine 65 words
    5. Departmental Powers 90 words
    6. British Merchant Vessels (Russian Ports) 157 words
    7. Falkland Islands 45 words
    8. Kowloon 114 words
    9. Nuclear Weapons 178 words
    10. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 98 words
    11. Nuclear Non-proliferation Programmes 80 words
    12. Foreign Police Officers (Educational and Training Courses) 369 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Local Authority Expenditure 3,199 words
    2. Rate Support Grant 353 words
    3. Labour Statistics 86 words
    4. Consultant Paediatric Pathologists 57 words
    5. Students (Travel Expenses) 77 words
    6. Tourism 118 words
    7. Fishermen 337 words
    8. NHS (Donations and Legacies) 37 words
    9. Departmental House Sales 404 words
    10. Dental Charges 93 words
    11. Rubella 149 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Departmental Administrative Costs 142 words
    2. Sheep Scab 589 words
    3. Dairy Farms 63 words
    4. Milk 800 words
    5. Dairy Farmers (Incomes) 359 words
  20. TRANSPORT
    1. M25 (Cost Savings) 117 words
    2. Dartford Tunnel 320 words
    3. Roads Expenditure 721 words
    4. Driving Test (Forms) 114 words
    5. Mersey Ferries 47 words
    6. Tour Operators (Bonding Arrangements) 234 words
    7. Air Travel (Compensation Review) 72 words
  21. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Overseas Medical Treatment 191 words
    2. Pregnant Women (Multivitamin Pills) 146 words
    3. Heart Disease 208 words
    4. Inpatients Costs (Huddersfield Study) 108 words
    5. Benefits (Administration Costs) 94 words
    6. Consultancies (East Dorset) 57 words
    7. Patients (Mail) 75 words
    8. Mental Health Act 1959 (Retentions) 440 words
    9. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors (Conduct) 537 words
    10. Cot Deaths 173 words
    11. Drug Abuse 87 words
    12. Pharmaceutical Products (Overseas Manufacture) 173 words
    13. Departmental Administration Costs 155 words
    14. Ambulance Service (Manchester) 125 words