Commons Sitting of 28 January 1985

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENERGY
      1. Coal Industry Dispute 5,759 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Accommodation 434 words
      2. Souvenir Kiosk 476 words
      3. Statutory Instruments 264 words
      4. Parliamentary Proceedings (Televised Broadcasting) 487 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Post Office Counter Services 286 words
      2. Consultancy Inspection Review Services 610 words
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Dining Rooms (Smoking Ban) 349 words
  4. Frigates (Orders) 3,395 words
  5. Business of the House 1,381 words
  6. Coal Industry Dispute 1,575 words
  7. Secretary of State for Transport 475 words
  8. Interest rates 386 words
  9. Sub Judice Rule 253 words
  10. Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c. 266 words
    1. STANDING COMMITTEES ON EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 25 words
  11. Orders of the Day
    1. Education (Corporal Punishment) Bill 44,984 words, 2 divisions
      1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
      2. EDUCATION (CORPORAL PUNISHMENT) BILL [MONEY] 54 words
    2. Brunei and Maldives Bill [Lords] 3,351 words
      1. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 26 words
      2. BANKRUPTCY (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 18 words
      3. FAMILY LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 27 words
      4. FAMILY LAW (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] 18 words
    3. VE Day (40th Anniversary) 3,574 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 January 1985

  1. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Ethnic Surveys 155 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Dipper Population 160 words
    2. Birds of Prey 174 words
    3. Multiple Occupation Properties (Fire Regulations) 79 words
    4. Water Authorities 271 words
    5. Water Charges 73 words
    6. Radioactive Discharges 150 words
    7. Agricultural Holdings 123 words
    8. Stolport, Newham 363 words
    9. North Pennines 56 words
    10. Falkland Islands 69 words
    11. Publicly Owned Land (Sales) 216 words
    12. Water Act 1973 113 words
    13. Planning Advice 189 words
    14. Brent Labour Group 49 words
  3. WALES
    1. Children's Books 49 words
    2. Areas of Special Scientific Interest (Designation) 115 words
    3. Housing Authorities (Revenue) 295 words
    4. Homes Insulation 986 words
    5. Welsh Water Authority (Staff) 92 words
    6. Heath Hospital, Cardiff 170 words
    7. Road Accidents (Statistics) 107 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Confidential Papers (Disposal) 75 words
  5. TRANSPORT
    1. Minister's Letter (Cost) 39 words
    2. Coal Industry Dispute 89 words
    3. Scheduled Air Services 35 words
    4. Fog Detection 74 words
    5. Airports 152 words
    6. North-West (Ministerial Visit) 76 words
    7. Sinclair C5 208 words
    8. Manchester Airport 167 words
    9. Manchester (Outer Ring Road) 220 words
    10. Crash Barriers 127 words
    11. Road Accidents (Statistics) 313 words
    12. Aerial Spraying 370 words
    13. Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways (Report) 57 words
    14. Train Accident (Rugby) 185 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Scottish Tourist Board 274 words
    2. Dialysis Machines 71 words
    3. Hospital Closures (Lothian Region) 138 words
    4. Community Nursing Services 40 words
    5. Mental Illness 154 words
    6. Terrorism 105 words
    7. West of Scotland Science Park 57 words
    8. Postal Voting 61 words
    9. Traffic Accidents 93 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Youth Training Scheme 75 words
    2. Low-paid Workers 174 words
    3. Wages Councils 42 words
    4. Labour Statistics 386 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Shop Hours (Auld Report) 42 words
    2. Lambeth (Targeting and Surveillance) 90 words
    3. Khat 57 words
    4. Police Officers (Rent Allowances) 142 words
    5. Ms. D. S. Gelleburn 63 words
    6. Electoral Registration (Mental Hospital Patients) 80 words
    7. Brent Labour Group 171 words
    8. Society of Civil and Public Servants (Meeting) 93 words
    9. Foxley Corner, Wiltshire (Incident) 161 words
    10. Fire Regulations 127 words
    11. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 123 words
    12. General Election Statistics 72 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Malaysia (Visit) 47 words
    2. Limited List Prescribing 35 words
    3. Museums and Galleries Commission (Chairman) 58 words
    4. Permanent Secretaries 79 words
    5. Coal Industry Dispute 71 words
    6. Chile 403 words
    7. Argentina (Arms Sales) 94 words
    8. Diego Ramirez 40 words
    9. Adelaide Island 96 words
    10. Nuclear Materials 231 words
    11. Flight Lieutenant Richard Thomas 92 words
    12. Falkland Islands 46 words
    13. Scientific and Military Co-operation 59 words
    14. Uneconomic Farms 24 words
    15. Personal Taxation 182 words
    16. Public Relations Consultants 42 words
    17. Ministerial Cars (Parking Offences) 47 words
    18. Local Authorities (Government Grants) 3,874 words
  10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Deaf Children (Teachers) 110 words
    2. Open University 289 words
    3. Student Grants 468 words
    4. Primary Schools (Toilets) 56 words
    5. Rajneesh School, Suffolk 99 words
    6. European Organisation for Nuclear Research 155 words
    7. Manchester (School Governors) 141 words
    8. University Grants Committee (Scotland) 124 words
    9. General Certificate of Secondary Education 144 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. World Bank Special Fund 137 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 58 words
    2. Official Secrets Act 1911 81 words
    3. PROSECUTIONS UNDER SECTION 2 281 words
    4. PROSECUTIONS UNDER SECTION 1 124 words
    5. Jury Vetting 173 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Non-Proliferation Treaty 268 words
    2. Iran-Iraq War 135 words
    3. Operation Moses 107 words
    4. Irish Foreign Minister 109 words
    5. Foreign Governments (Representations) 79 words
    6. Falkland Islands 106 words
  14. ENERGY
    1. BNOC (Oil Prices) 68 words
    2. Polkemmet Colliery 27 words
    3. Standing Charges 61 words
    4. "Cold Comfort for the Poor" 78 words
    5. National Coal Board (Membership) 27 words
    6. Coal (Subsidies) 69 words
    7. Coal Industry 477 words
    8. Privatisation 44 words
    9. Electrical Appliances 101 words
    10. Uranium (Namibia) 63 words
    11. Combined Heat and Power Schemes 44 words
    12. Sleipner Gas Contract 156 words
    13. Natural Gas Reserves 70 words
    14. Gas Consumption 59 words
    15. National Coal Board (Public Relations) 40 words
    16. Nationalised Industries (Contracts) 52 words
    17. Alternative Forms of Energy 67 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Retailers (Discounts) 70 words
    2. Companies (Liquidation Law) 166 words
    3. Civil Defence 92 words
    4. Electric Batteries 76 words
    5. Books and Journals 89 words
    6. China (Trade) 134 words
    7. Pharmaceutical Products (Exports-Imports) 38 words
    8. Shipbuilding (Privatisation) 253 words
    9. Second-hand Cars 197 words
    10. United Medical Enterprises 64 words
    11. Post Office (Counter Services) 70 words
    12. Radio Wavebands (Consultative Document) 505 words
    13. Outward Mission Scheme 166 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pesticides 105 words
    2. Warble Fly 440 words
    3. Sugar 424 words
    4. Aspartame 48 words
    5. Milk 267 words
    6. Butter (Intervention Stores) 127 words
    7. EC Agriculture (Financial Guidelines) 92 words
    8. Veterinary Investigation Laboratories, Itchen Abbas 52 words
    9. Ministerial Visit (Caribbean) 197 words
    10. Bananas 381 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Board and Lodging Payments 302 words
    2. Residential Accommodation 107 words
    3. Infant Mortality 79 words
    4. Ambulances 78 words
    5. NHS (Charges) 52 words
    6. Tendering 198 words
    7. Fluoride 580 words
    8. Prescribed Medicines 190 words
    9. Surgery Closures 115 words
    10. Family Practitioner Committees 70 words
    11. Milk and Welfare Foods (Entitlement) 58 words
    12. Health Authorities (Funding) 350 words
    13. Drugs (Safety) 56 words
    14. Departmental Staff (Assaults) 264 words
    15. Limited List Prescribing 461 words
    16. Human Embryos 198 words
    17. Croydon District Health Authority 142 words
    18. Abortion 476 words
    19. Hospital Waiting Lists 94 words
    20. Doctors (Benefit Claims) 109 words
    21. Kidney Patients 281 words
    22. Ophthalmic Services 325 words
    23. Supplementary Benefit Appeals 92 words
    24. Fuel Bills 208 words
    25. Housing Benefit 316 words
    26. Benefit Claimants (Criminal Records) 174 words
  18. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Interest Relief 187 words
    2. EC Budget 86 words
    3. Investment 50 words
    4. National Economic Development Council 63 words
    5. Savings Certificates and Government Stock 131 words
    6. Civil Service (Financial Incentives) 159 words
    7. EC (Own Resources) 84 words
    8. Public Expenditure 63 words
    9. Board of Inland Revenue 32 words
    10. Value Added Tax 173 words
    11. Capital Transfer Tax 32 words
    12. Married Man's Allowance 118 words
    13. Personal Tax Allowances 100 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Orlit Houses 107 words
    2. Strip Searches 329 words
    3. Benefits and Allowances 58 words
    4. Pluralist Society 68 words
    5. Security 127 words
    6. Farmers 118 words
    7. A-level Curriculum 201 words
    8. Scheduled Offences 168 words
    9. Remanded Persons 236 words
    10. Housing Executive (Tenancies) 177 words
    11. Shooting Incident (Belfast) 210 words

Lords Sitting of 28 January 1985

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. NHS Drugs: Pricing 1,127 words
  3. Pound Coin: Colour 1,025 words
  4. Heathrow Underground Station: Luggage 952 words
  5. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 897 words
  6. Frigate Orders 35 words
  7. Mineral Workings Bill 5,366 words
  8. Frigate Orders 2,186 words
  9. Mineral Workings Bill 1,871 words
  10. New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Bill 11,188 words
  11. Charities Bill [H.L.] 25,259 words
  12. Food Imitations (Safety) Regulations 1985 1,161 words
  13. Employee Involvement 7,166 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 January 1985

  1. FALKLAND ISLANDS: CONSTITUTION 42 words
  2. BRITISH PASSPORT-HOLDERS DETAINED IN ZIMBABWE 46 words
  3. UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PEACE 101 words
  4. FORESTRY: NEW PLANTINGS 1956–80 87 words
  5. PRISON SENTENCES AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH 232 words
  6. PRISON AND POLICE CELL BLANKETS: LAUNDERING 91 words
  7. NCB/UNION CONSULTATIVE MACHINERY 82 words
  8. CIVIL SERVICE: ETHNIC SURVEYS 151 words
  9. FACTORY CONSTRUCTION: GRANT AID 268 words
  10. HEATING ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS IN SEVERE WEATHER 980 words