24 March 1986

Commons Sitting of 24 March 1986

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
      1. Mold bypass 180 words
      2. Radioactive Discharges 507 words
      3. EC Farm Prices 922 words
      4. Labour Statistics 993 words
      5. Killan Fach Farm, Dunvant, Swansea 207 words
      6. Ogwr 338 words
      7. Rural Areas 1,246 words
      8. Rate Precepts (County Councils) 545 words
      9. Alcohol Abuse 225 words
      10. Housing Defects Act 284 words
      11. General Certificate of Education 348 words
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. Sunday Trading 780 words
      2. Clergy Stipends 236 words
      3. Women 413 words
      4. "Faith in the City" 220 words
    3. THE ARTS
      1. Local Government Reform 1,407 words
      2. Wales 342 words
  4. Evelyn Glenholmes 4,960 words
  5. Auxiliary Oil Replenishment Vessel (Order) 355 words
  6. Evelyn Glenholmes 590 words
  7. Courtaulds Clothing Ltd., Seaforth 427 words
  8. Prime Minister (Share Dealings) 588 words
  9. Parliamentary Language 207 words
  10. BILL PRESENTED
    1. SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 (AMENDMENT) 60 words
  11. Orders of the Day
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
      1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 106 words
      2. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 48,822 words, 1 division
      3. 2. TOBACCO PRODUCTS 98 words
      4. 3. HYDROCARBON OIL 2,562 words, 1 division
      5. 4. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (HACKNEY CARRIAGES AND FARMERS' GOODS VEHICLES) 1,120 words
      6. 5. VEHICLES EXCISE DUTY (TRADE LICENCES) 35 words
      7. 6. ABOLITION OF CERTAIN EXCISE LICENCE DUTIES 74 words
      8. 7. GENERAL BETTING DUTY, POOL BETTING DUTY AND BINGO DUTY 31 words
      9. 8. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DUTIES (WAREHOUSING) 31 words
      10. 9. VALUE ADDED TAX (REGISTRATION) 30 words
      11. 10. VALUE ADDED TAX (ZERO-RATING) 32 words
      12. 11. VALUE ADDED TAX (RELIEF ON IMPORTATION) 25 words
      13. 12. VALUE ADDED TAX (PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION) 29 words
      14. 13. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1986–87) 1,796 words, 1 division
      15. 14. INCOME TAX (INDEXED PERSONAL RELIEFS ETC.): OPERATIVE DATE FOR PAYE 82 words
      16. 15. RELIEF FOR INTEREST (LIMIT FOR 1986–87) 73 words
      17. 16. ADVANCE CORPORATION TAX (RATE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1986) 17 words
      18. 17. BUILDING SOCIETIES 39 words
      19. 18. SHARES AND RIGHTS TO ACQUIRE SHARES OBTAINED BY DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES 41 words
      20. 19. OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES 41 words
      21. 20. ENTERPRISE ALLOWANCE 12 words
      22. 21. BUSINESS EXPANSION SCHEME 14 words
      23. 22. COMPANY RECONSTRUCTIONS 26 words
      24. 23. LOANS TO PARTICIPATORS 22 words
      25. 24. CHARITIES 58 words
      26. 25. VALUE ADDED TAX PENALTIES ETC. (INCOME TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 35 words
      27. 26. ASSOCIATED COMPANIES (OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY) 30 words
      28. 27. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (MACHINERY AND PLANT ETC.) 30 words
      29. 28. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES (MINERAL EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION) 26 words
      30. 29. DUAL RESIDENT TRUSTS: CAPITAL GAINS TAX 45 words
      31. 30. SECURITIES (INCOME TAX, CAPITAL GAINS TAX AND CORPORATION TAX) 28 words
      32. 31. STAMP DUTY (RECONSTRUCTIONS ETC.) 945 words
      33. 32. STAMP DUTY (ACQUISITIONS) 437 words
      34. 33. STAMP DUTY (LOAN CAPITAL) 697 words
      35. 34. STAMP DUTY (BEARER LETTERS OF ALLOTMENT ETC.) 237 words
      36. 35. STAMP DUTY (LETTERS OF ALLOTMENT) 32 words
      37. 36. STAMP DUTY (COMPANY'S PURCHASE OF OWN SHARES) 31 words
      38. 37. STAMP DUTY RESERVE TAX 20 words
      39. 38. TAX UNDER CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX ACT 1984 2,273 words, 1 division
      40. 39. OIL TAXATION: LIGHT GASES 21 words
      41. 40. OIL TAXATION: ATTRIBUTION OF CHARGEABLE RECEIPTS AND ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURE 105 words
      42. 41. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 35 words
      43. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 145 words
      44. FINANCE 56 words
      45. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 28 words
  12. Museum of London Bill 3 words
    1. New Clause
      1. REPORTS 711 words
  13. Coal Industry 12,529 words
  14. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
    1. BROADCASTING 25 words
    2. HARBOUR, DOCKS, PIERS AND FERRIES 28 words
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 18 words
    4. POWERED INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS 84 words
  15. PETITION
    1. Sunday Trading 72 words
    2. English Estates 3,423 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 1986

  1. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Water Pollution 143 words
    2. Management Agreements 96 words
    3. Nature Conservation 140 words
    4. Sheltered Housing 102 words
    5. Planning Advice (Small Firms) 60 words
    6. Palace of Westminster 153 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. GCSE 166 words
    2. Books (Primary Schools) 123 words
    3. Overseas Students 129 words
    4. Schools Inspectors 572 words
    5. Subject Teachers 251 words
    6. Poundswick School, Manchester 93 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Domestic Furniture (Fire Safety) 84 words
    2. Exchange Rate 260 words
    3. Non-woven Fabrics 358 words
    4. Scientific Research 111 words
    5. Petrol 125 words
    6. Import Substitution 38 words
  4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. St. Mary's, Southampton 57 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. British Airways 467 words
    2. Leicester 520 words
    3. Energy Efficiency (Low Income Households) 190 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Autocrime 606 words
    2. Police Interviews (Tape Recording) 218 words
    3. United States Air Force (Traffic Incident) 139 words
    4. Licensing Hours 184 words
    5. Leicester Prison 127 words
    6. Rape Defendants 63 words
    7. Indian Sub-continent (Visitors) 191 words
    8. Prisoners (Visits) 623 words
    9. Seals 94 words
    10. Manchester University (Home Secretary's Visit) 104 words
    11. Repatriation 175 words
    12. Magistrates' Court, Southampton 64 words
    13. Immigration 117 words
    14. Protection of Animals Act 1911 301 words
    15. Crime Prevention 242 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Hong Kong 248 words
    2. Nicaragua 87 words
    3. Contras (Central America) 100 words
    4. Anglo-Irish Agreement 86 words
    5. USSR (Separate Recognition) 94 words
    6. Australia (EC Trade) 98 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Electricity Costs 48 words
    2. Carcase Weights 124 words
    3. Intervention Stores 57 words
    4. Brown FK 221 words
    5. Common Agricultural Policy 145 words
    6. Salmon Stocks 316 words
    7. Intervention Board (Headquarters) 44 words
    8. Wheat 308 words
    9. Grain Exports 110 words
    10. Subsidies 103 words
  9. WALES
    1. Welsh Development Agency 45 words
    2. Labour Statistics 33 words
    3. British Rail 130 words
    4. Machynlleth Chest Hospital 39 words
    5. Education 50 words
    6. Chirk and Ruabon Bypass 89 words
    7. University Hospital 128 words
    8. South Glamorgan Health Authority 86 words
    9. Nurses' Homes 74 words
    10. Rural Areas (Support) 265 words
    11. Derelict Land 399 words
    12. Schools Inspectors 315 words
    13. M4 (Parking Areas) 60 words
    14. Employment Statistics 188 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Private Legislation Procedures 111 words
    2. Motor Vehicles (Theft) 189 words
    3. State Hospital, Carstairs 456 words
    4. Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Bill 169 words
    5. Teachers (Pay and Conditions) 45 words
    6. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research 207 words
    7. Forestry 908 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. World Food Programme 87 words
    2. United Nations Special Session (Africa) 50 words
    3. RMS St. Helena 47 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Young Workers Scheme 67 words
    2. Working Population 149 words
    3. Coventry 869 words
    4. Departmental Budgeting 130 words
    5. Labour Statistics 125 words
    6. Labour Market 204 words
    7. Farming Accidents 126 words
    8. Agricultural Employment 215 words
    9. Job Start Scheme 119 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. Channel Tunnel 83 words
    2. National Traffic Club 75 words
    3. Glasgow Airport 75 words
    4. Humber Bridge 144 words
    5. A19 (Accident Statistics) 121 words
    6. Ross-on-Wye (Goods Vehicles) 57 words
    7. South Africa/Southampton (Trade) 187 words
    8. British Airways 206 words
    9. Bermuda 2 Agreement 86 words
    10. Motor Vehicles (Security) 129 words
    11. North Sea (Helicopters) 350 words
    12. Liner Shipping Freight Rates 333 words
    13. Airports Bill 95 words
    14. Chatteris Bypass 108 words
    15. Road Safety Programmes 81 words
    16. Stansted Airport 70 words
    17. British Rail 123 words
    18. Marine Pilotage 529 words
    19. Foreign-registered Aircraft 260 words
    20. Dawn Waters (Loss) 225 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Primary Pupils (Swimming) 102 words
    2. Day of Protest 317 words
    3. Assembly 65 words
    4. Motor Vehicles (Theft) 75 words
    5. Action for Community Employment 460 words
    6. Divis Flats 1,018 words
    7. New Dwellings (Building Costs) 85 words
    8. Anglo-Irish Agreement 59 words
    9. Exports 75 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Tobacco Advertising 940 words
    2. Severe Weather Payments 767 words
    3. Benefits 379 words
    4. Income Support 190 words
    5. Unemployment and Supplementary Benefit 340 words
    6. Single Clothing Payments 46 words
    7. Urgent Needs Payments 63 words
    8. Benefits (Young Claimants) 120 words
    9. Single Payments 230 words
    10. State Pension (Interest Payments) 65 words
    11. Supplementary Benefit 176 words
    12. Dental Charges 177 words
    13. National Insurance Credits 176 words
    14. Hospital Laboratories (Crown Immunity) 65 words
    15. Junior Hospital Doctors 143 words
    16. Orthopaedic Operations 127 words
    17. NHS (Property Disposal) 128 words
    18. Speech Therapists 89 words
    19. Medroxyprogesterone Acetate 68 words
    20. Health Authorities 49 words
    21. Accident and Emergency Departments 73 words
    22. General Hospitals 53 words
    23. Housing Benefit 107 words
    24. NHS (Private Contractors) 187 words
    25. DHAs (Chairmanships) 87 words
  16. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Covenanted Donations 81 words
    2. Small Businesses 59 words
    3. Taxpayers 148 words
    4. Oil Price (Effects) 625 words
    5. Base Lending Rate 166 words
    6. European Monetary System 55 words
    7. Acceptances in Lieu of Tax 233 words
    8. Customs and Excise (Job Sharing) 101 words
    9. Private Schools 49 words
  17. THE ARTS
    1. Films 50 words
    2. Tyne and Wear 81 words
    3. Victoria and Albert Museum 113 words
    4. Works of Art (International Trading) 143 words
    5. Public Libraries and Museums Act 1984 83 words
    6. East Midlands 44 words
    7. Metropolitan Counties (Allocation) 53 words
    8. South Bank 478 words
    9. Jubilee Gardens 107 words
    10. Arts Council Members (Payments) 165 words
    11. National Heritage Act 1980 70 words
    12. Acceptances in Lieu of Tax 89 words
  18. ENERGY
    1. Nuclear Reprocessing 118 words
    2. Oil Rigs (Visits) 144 words
    3. Coal 581 words
    4. Electricity Supply 75 words
    5. Sellafield 187 words
    6. Low-income Households 210 words
    7. Hot Dry Rocks 83 words
    8. St. Fergus Terminal 324 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Visiting Military Aircraft 210 words
    2. Military Bands 77 words
    3. Strategic Defence Initiative 174 words
    4. Tanks 71 words
    5. Home Base Defence 115 words
    6. Airbus Frame 76 words
    7. FV438 (Anti-tank Weapons) 110 words
    8. Royal Navy Target-Towing Contract 177 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 1986

  1. Preamble 30 words
  2. European Parliament: Election System 528 words
  3. Winter Heating Costs: Assistance 1,819 words
  4. Queen's Birthday: Commemorative Stamps 468 words
  5. Engineering Design: Training Courses 322 words
  6. Influenza Vaccine: Business Statement 206 words
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