Commons Sitting of 28 November 1985

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. PROVISIONAL ORDER BILLS
        1. LOTHIAN REGION (EDINBURGH WESTERN RELIEF ROAD) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 15 words
        2. PETERHEAD HARBOURS (SOUTH BAY DEVELOPMENT) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 15 words
      2. NOTICES OF PRESENTATION OF BILLS
        1. FRASERBURGH HARBOUR 48 words
        2. FRASERBURGH HARBOUR (No. 2) 50 words
        3. FRASERBURGH HARBOUR (No.3) 49 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Johnson Matthey Bank 1,325 words
      2. Tobacco Products (Taxation) 378 words
      3. Inland Revenue 143 words
      4. Income Tax 575 words
      5. Economic Progress 856 words
      6. Black Economy 865 words
      7. Inflation 653 words
      8. Pound Sterling (Value) 304 words
      9. Age Allowance 184 words
      10. Inflation 430 words
      11. Nationalised Industries (Assets) 157 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,209 words
  4. Business of the House 4,660 words
  5. Foreign Affairs Council 3,407 words
  6. Farmers (Exceptional Weather Aid) 4,703 words
  7. Tobacco-Related Diseases 454 words
  8. Privilege 413 words
  9. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR MONDAY 16 DECEMBER 17 words
  10. BILL PRESENTED
    1. GAS 191 words
  11. Orders of the Day
    1. Housing (Scotland) Bill 36,935 words, 1 division
    2. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) BILL [MONEY] 125 words
    3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
    4. SUMMER TIME 41 words
    5. Matthew Brown 4,052 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 November 1985

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Fraud Squad (Solicitors) 130 words
    2. Magistrates 1,088 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Unlawful Sex (Report) 53 words
    2. Parole 224 words
    3. Victims Support Schemes 110 words
    4. Crime Prevention 87 words
    5. Metropolitan Police 130 words
    6. Police Injuries (Cleveland) 117 words
    7. Fingerprinting, Detention and Body Searches 320 words
    8. Stop and Search 178 words
    9. Miss Sara Keays 50 words
    10. Greater Manchester Fire Authority 227 words
    11. Fires in the Home (Deaths) 419 words
    12. Greater Manchester Police 107 words
    13. Trade Unions (Prison Board Access) 109 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Council Housing 643 words
    2. Water Authorities 126 words
    3. Housing (Welwyn Hatfield) 73 words
    4. Grant-related Expenditure 49 words
    5. Wirral (Labour Statistics) 115 words
    6. Homelessness (London) 67 words
    7. Crown Suppliers 83 words
    8. Enterprise Zones 42 words
    9. House Purchase (Searches) 139 words
    10. Leasehold Property 302 words
    11. Housing Committees (Tenants Representation) 65 words
    12. Home Purchase Costs (Government Contributions) 177 words
    13. Noise Insulation 45 words
    14. Housing Standards 35 words
    15. Housing Expenditure 65 words
    16. Truscon Houses (Liverpool) 63 words
    17. Coalfields Community Campaign 65 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Rail Travel 25 words
    2. MSC (Education and Training) 68 words
    3. News Blackout (Criteria) 42 words
    4. Southall 25 words
    5. Engagements 238 words
    6. Public Money (Allocation) 86 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Regional Policy 75 words
    2. Regional Selective Assistance 155 words
    3. Overseas Mail 136 words
    4. Universal Postal Union Congress 53 words
    5. Post Office 238 words
    6. Hong Kong Festival 67 words
    7. Electronics Industry (United States Inspectors) 51 words
    8. United States Distribution Licence Regulations 30 words
    9. Soviet Union 281 words
  6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. University Students 115 words
    2. Part-time University Students 75 words
    3. Student Awards 152 words
    4. Open University 72 words
    5. University Employees (Salaries) 171 words
    6. Geophysics 94 words
  7. WALES
    1. Roads (Expenditure) 500 words
    2. Welsh Language (Farming Consultations) 98 words
    3. Milk Production 71 words
    4. District Health Authorities 46 words
    5. Homes Insulation 37 words
    6. Housing Regeneration 170 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Job Creation 60 words
    2. Health and Safety 75 words
    3. Job Start Scheme 354 words
    4. Regional Tourist Boards 113 words
    5. Youth Training (Deaf People) 172 words
    6. Disabled People (Employment) 147 words
    7. Community Programme (Deaf People) 91 words
    8. Local Enterprise Agencies 109 words
    9. Youth Training (East Midlands) 300 words
    10. Labour Statistics 148 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Young Persons (Detention) 118 words
    2. Prosthetic and Orthotic Aids 487 words
    3. A92 (Ellon-Bridge of Don) 104 words
    4. Examinations 481 words
    5. Scottish Examinations Board 301 words
    6. Nuclear Reprocessing Plant, Dounreay 42 words
    7. Islands Councils (Inquiry) 78 words
    8. Cancer 234 words
    9. Fire Services (Discipline) 129 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Aeronautical Quality Assurance Directorate 123 words
    2. NATO (Ammunition) 47 words
    3. NATO (Reserves) 160 words
    4. Cyprus Secrets Trial 58 words
    5. Colombia (Rescue Operations) 94 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Intergovernmental Council 183 words
    2. Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference 593 words
    3. Public Libraries 51 words
    4. Air Rifle Clubs 480 words
  12. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Public Expenditure (Benefit Take-up) 83 words
    2. Benefits (Cost) 77 words
    3. Doctors (Computers) 140 words
    4. Orthotic and Prosthetic Aids 451 words
    5. Widows (Maternity Allowances) 75 words
    6. Blood and Blood Products 367 words
    7. AIDS 226 words
    8. Benefit Statistics 154 words
    9. Parliamentary Constituencies 1,145 words
    10. Benefits 141 words
    11. Single-Parent Families 121 words
    12. Supplementary Benefits 154 words
    13. Salmonellosis 755 words
    14. Hospital Patients 318 words
    15. AIDS Project (Manchester) 96 words
    16. Acute Psychiatric Beds 202 words
    17. Board and Lodging (Statutory Instruments) 223 words
    18. Fraud Investigators 41 words
    19. Renal Dialysis 304 words
    20. Social Security Review 58 words
    21. Health and Personal Social Services (Statistics) 83 words
    22. Severe Disablement Allowance 353 words
    23. Board and Lodging 278 words
    24. Attendance Allowance 88 words
    25. Pharmacists (Contracts) 100 words
    26. Dental Charges 212 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Banks (Lending Activities) 92 words
    2. Value Added Tax 194 words
    3. Manufacturing Industry 54 words
    4. Firemen (Bounty Payments) 106 words
    5. Pound Sterling (Value) 42 words
    6. Exchange Control Act 1947 51 words
    7. Employees (Profit Sharing Schemes) 60 words
    8. Nationalised Industries (Sale) 172 words
    9. Johnson Matthey Bankers 128 words
    10. Unit Labour Costs 68 words
    11. Public Sector Pay 59 words
    12. South-west Cumbria 80 words
    13. City of London (Insurance) 46 words
    14. Income Tax 210 words
    15. Inflation 48 words
    16. Economic Strategy 46 words
    17. Scientific Research 104 words
    18. Economic Progress 71 words
    19. Heritage Assets (Taxation) 67 words
    20. Pensions 81 words
    21. Regional Policy 62 words
    22. Customs and Excise (Prosecutions) 57 words
    23. Motor Tax 148 words
    24. Trustee Savings Bank 66 words
    25. Government Expenditure 95 words
    26. Futures (Taxation) 192 words
    27. EC Budget Council 438 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Soil Research Survey 183 words
    2. Shardlow Hall Laboratory 145 words
    3. Food (Nutrition Labelling) 111 words
    4. Dumping at Sea 122 words
  15. TRANSPORT
    1. Mhari L 210 words
    2. Channel Link 75 words
    3. M1 529 words
    4. Traffic Statistics 567 words
    5. Underpasses 189 words
    6. Bypasses 693 words
    7. Stoke-Derby Link 75 words
    8. British Rail 85 words
    9. M25 (Construction Defects) 67 words
    10. Docklands Light Railway 86 words
    11. Speed Limits 82 words

Lords Sitting of 28 November 1985

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. BBC and ITV: Anti-Competitive Practices 752 words
  3. Coolscar Limestone Quarry, Yorkshire Dales 1,586 words
  4. Parliamentary Constituencies: Electorates 756 words
  5. PBI and NSDO: Possible Privatisation 1,205 words
  6. Business 42 words
  7. Statute Law (Repeals) Bill [H.L.] 101 words
  8. Prevention of Oil Pollution Bill [H.L.] 65 words
  9. Surrogacy Arrangements (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 62 words
  10. Standing Orders (Private Bills): Select Committee 83 words
  11. Statutory Instruments: Select Committee 771 words
  12. Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill [H.L.] 5,489 words
  13. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill [H.L.] 2,622 words
  14. Livestock Farmers: Weather Relief Payments 3,832 words
  15. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill [H.L.] 26,845 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 November 1985

  1. SCOTTISH LICENSING HOURS: SURVEY REPORT 48 words
  2. JOB START SCHEME 251 words
  3. US BASES IN UK: CARRIAGE OF FREIGHT 71 words
  4. US BASES IN UK: COST TO BRITAIN 103 words
  5. STRATEGIC DEFENCE INITIATIVE AND ABM TREATY 100 words
  6. US BASES IN UK: CONTROL ON AIRCRAFT USE 104 words
  7. EWES: EC RULINGS 288 words