20 March 1986

Commons Sitting of 20 March 1986

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS 122 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Prison Workshops 643 words
      2. Licensing Laws 409 words
      3. Identity Cards 356 words
      4. Motorway Speeding 285 words
      5. Immigration 964 words
      6. Civil Defence 570 words
      7. Visiting Forces Act 408 words
      8. Criminal Justice (White Paper) 1,324 words
      9. Victims of Crime 304 words
      10. Young People (Violent Offences) 372 words
      11. Civil Defence 323 words
      12. Crimes of Violence 458 words
      13. Civil Defence 140 words
      14. Crime Prevention (Community Programme) 159 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,403 words
  4. Business of the House 4,590 words
  5. Easter Adjournment 73 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
    2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 106 words
  7. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 49,914 words
  8. Keynsham Hospital Maternity Unit 3,714 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 March 1986

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Sexual Offences (Children) 43 words
  2. SCOTLAND
    1. Glasgow Airport 68 words
    2. Family Law (Scotland) Act 92 words
    3. Scottish Development Agency 121 words
    4. Youth Training 185 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. Vehicle Age Identification System 138 words
    2. Litter Bins (Mountford Bridge) 66 words
    3. Air Services (London-Singapore) 66 words
    4. Departmental Suppliers (Payment) 91 words
    5. M25 (Defects) 79 words
    6. Okehampton Bypass 110 words
    7. East London Road Assessment Study 33 words
    8. Severn Crossing 147 words
    9. Meteorological Services 297 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food Additives 126 words
    2. Agricultural Improvement Scheme 105 words
    3. Departmental Suppliers 85 words
    4. Potatoes 265 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Authority Finance 315 words
    2. Water Authorities (Effluent Sampling) 170 words
    3. Building Regulations 72 words
    4. Local Authorities (Tenders) 67 words
    5. North Southwark Plan 292 words
    6. Public Inquiries 73 words
    7. Radioactive Waste 277 words
    8. Palace of Westminster 77 words
    9. Waste Disposal, Warrington 120 words
    10. Grant-related Expenditure 59 words
  6. ENERGY
    1. Radioactive Material (Illegal Removal) 47 words
    2. Sellafield (Radiation) 478 words
    3. Energy Efficiency 224 words
    4. Geological Survey 85 words
    5. Computers 45 words
    6. Trawsfynydd Power Station 275 words
  7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Schools (Politics) 71 words
    2. Teachers (Pay) 115 words
    3. University Teachers 445 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Mr. Philip Hartlebury 118 words
    2. British Exports (France) 96 words
    3. Sahara Arab Republic 86 words
    4. El Salvador 75 words
    5. GCHQ, Cheltenham 69 words
    6. Iran-Iraq War 323 words
  9. WALES
    1. Nurses 167 words
    2. Social Services Departments 108 words
    3. Employment Statistics 323 words
    4. Public Transport 116 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Social Security Bill 73 words
    2. "Official Report" 76 words
    3. Engagements 165 words
    4. "Fire Safety in the Home" 82 words
    5. Intergovernmental Undertaking 90 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Guinness-Distillers Merger 85 words
    2. Manufactured Goods (Exports and Imports) 116 words
    3. Foam-filled Furniture 255 words
    4. Cigarettes (Upholstery Fires) 150 words
    5. Polyurethane Foam 113 words
    6. ABTA (Stabiliser Agreement) 143 words
    7. "Fire Safety in the Home" 88 words
    8. General Motors-BL Merger 552 words
    9. Military Vehicles 77 words
    10. Commercial Vehicles 64 words
    11. Multi-fibre Arrangement 184 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Young People (Offences) 244 words
    2. Crime Prevention 591 words
    3. Burglary 89 words
    4. Constabulary (North-East) 46 words
    5. Immigration 44 words
    6. Civil Defence 303 words
    7. Prison Officers (Training) 43 words
    8. Police Officers (Training) 63 words
    9. Miss Hilda Murrell 81 words
    10. Offences Against the Person (Penalties) 85 words
    11. Prison Officers (House Purchase) 108 words
    12. Police Complaints Procedure 106 words
    13. Crime Statistics 229 words
    14. Prison Population 84 words
    15. Police Stations 176 words
    16. Tottenham (Public Disorder) 87 words
    17. Complaints Against the Police 176 words
    18. Detention Centres 34 words
    19. Licensing Hours 49 words
    20. Shops Bill [Lords] 88 words
    21. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 91 words
    22. Schools (Police Liaison) 74 words
    23. Citizens Advice Bureaux 41 words
    24. Crossbows 70 words
    25. Police-Community Forums 86 words
    26. Search Warrants 198 words
    27. Hospital and Transport Staff (Attacks) 122 words
    28. Unsolicited Mail 123 words
    29. Special Constables 113 words
    30. Freemasonry 124 words
    31. Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 123 words
    32. BBC (Output Balance) 70 words
    33. Protection of Animals Act 1911 71 words
    34. Prisoners (Drugs) 146 words
    35. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 47 words
    36. Fires (Statistics) 109 words
    37. Community Radio 44 words
    38. "Fire Safety in the Home" 119 words
    39. Entry Refusals 264 words
    40. Metropolitan Police 240 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. Undergraduates (Army Sponsorship) 474 words
    2. Northern Ireland (Army Units) 30 words
    3. Computers 75 words
    4. North American Air Defence (Command and Control Systems) 66 words
  14. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Visual Display Units 937 words
    2. Labour Statistics 702 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Taxation 162 words
    2. Raw Materials Importers (VAT) 77 words
    3. Public Expenditure 532 words
    4. Tax Threshold 252 words
    5. Savings Schemes (Advertising) 195 words
    6. Tax Allowances 335 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Medical Appeal Tribunals 87 words
    2. Benefit Claimants 232 words
    3. Single Payments 149 words
    4. Students (Benefit) 179 words
    5. Employees (Accommodation) 35 words
    6. Health Authorities (Computers) 77 words
    7. Mobility Allowance 227 words
    8. Abortions 78 words
    9. Mental Handicap (Manpower) 132 words
    10. Local Office Staff 91 words
    11. Housing Benefit 136 words
    12. Health Authorities (Cost Improvement) 111 words
    13. Huddersfield DHA (Chairman) 109 words
    14. "New Earnings Survey" 82 words
    15. Child Benefit 120 words
    16. Hospital Services 122 words
    17. Eye Specialists (Waiting Times) 109 words
    18. Mr. Michael Martin 457 words
    19. Special Hospital System 395 words
    20. Supplementary Benefit 112 words
  17. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Standing and Select Committees 74 words
    2. Mail (Postmarking) 140 words
    3. Food Preferences 196 words
    4. Facilities (Public Visitors) 175 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Ministerial Duties 125 words
    2. Sewage Works, Newtownbreda 227 words
    3. Assembly 54 words
    4. Education and Library Boards 49 words
    5. Elections 243 words
    6. Family Credit Scheme 196 words
    7. Health Expenditure 329 words
    8. Home Helps 117 words
    9. Payment for Debt Act 143 words
    10. Social Security Bill 68 words
    11. Community Care 94 words

Lords Sitting of 20 March 1986

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Self-employed Persons: Unemployment Records 519 words
  3. National Freight Corporation: Workforce 294 words
  4. "Hospital Watch": Television Series 1,620 words
  5. North Sea Oil Revenue 1,700 words
  6. Peterhead Harbours (South Bay Development) Order Confirmation Bill 3,091 words
  7. Appropriation (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 16,449 words
  8. Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Bill [H.L.] 15,934 words
  9. Museums and Galleries (Prohibition of Admission Charges) Bill [H.L.] 4,669 words, 1 division
  10. Competition Policy 11,117 words
  11. Bournemouth-Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Bill [H.L.] 13 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 March 1986

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND SCHOOLS: CLASSIFICATION 29 words
  2. NI VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY BODIES: CONTINUITY AND FUNDING 143 words
  3. THE DUKE OF YORK'S HEADQUARTERS 127 words
  4. NINE SIGNAL REGIMENT: INQUIRY REPORT 66 words
  5. NAVAL STRATEGY: US/WEST EUROPE DISCUSSIONS 96 words
  6. EC DESIGNATION PROPOSALS 83 words
  7. FALKLAND ISLANDS: FISH CATCHES 75 words
  8. FALKLAND ISLANDS: FISH STOCKS 112 words
  9. FALKLAND ISLANDS: ECONOMIC AND FISHERY ZONE 148 words
  10. THE MARINE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE 176 words
  11. GRANT-RELATED EXPENDITURE: DoE PAPER 61 words
  12. FIREARMS AND SHOTGUN OFFENCES 819 words
  13. HONG KONG NON-ETHNIC CHINESE: CITIZENSHIP 124 words