7 December 1987

Commons Sitting of 7 December 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (LONDON) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 13 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. Wales
      1. District Health Authorities (Capital Allocations) 600 words
      2. Hospitals and Health Services 778 words
      3. Redundancies 187 words
      4. Water Quality 779 words
      5. British Coal 403 words
      6. Unemployment 432 words
      7. Common Agricultural Policy 318 words
      8. Japan (Ministerial Visit) 470 words
      9. Health Care 653 words
      10. Health Services 452 words
      11. Rating Reform 206 words
      12. Health Authorities 225 words
      13. Transport Links 231 words
      14. Pupils (Expenditure) 167 words
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. Clergy (Housing) 240 words
      2. Clergy (Income) 323 words
      3. Rating Reform 281 words
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
      1. National Audit Office 490 words
    4. WALES
      1. Ambulance Services (Gwent) 162 words
    5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Select Committee Reports 594 words
      2. Palace of Westminster (Cleaning) 235 words
      3. Facsimile Transmission Equipment 506 words
      4. Government Expenditure (Scrutiny) 528 words
  5. BBC (Injunction) 426 words
  6. Parliamentary Questions 225 words
  7. BBC (Injunction) 127 words
  8. Parliamentary Language 402 words
  9. BBC (Injunction) 1,885 words
  10. Housing (Scotland) Bill 223 words
  11. Urban Development Corporations 453 words
  12. Housing (Scotland) Bill 101 words
  13. BBC (Injunction) 470 words
  14. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 111 words
  15. Orders of the Day
    1. Health and Medicines Bill 48,774 words, 1 division
    2. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES 1987–88 50 words
    3. ESTIMATES 1988–89 (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) 1,402 words, 1 division
    4. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 269 words
    5. HEALTH AND MEDICINES BILL [MONEY] 224 words
  16. Cinematographs and Cinematograph Films 11,369 words
  17. Offshore Fabrication Industry (Scotland) 4,681 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 December 1987

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Child Emigrant Scheme (Nottinghamshire) 49 words
    2. Charities 206 words
    3. Nottinghamshire Constabulary 76 words
    4. Fingerprinting 44 words
    5. Police Stations (Lay Visitors) 97 words
    6. Data Protection 261 words
    7. Body Searches 242 words
    8. Prisons 229 words
    9. Firearms 166 words
    10. Prisoners 256 words
    11. Citizenship 293 words
    12. Anton Gecas 67 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Africa 382 words
    2. Argentina 63 words
    3. Mr. J. A. Smith 75 words
    4. Guatemala 116 words
    5. Falkland Islands (Fishing) 69 words
    6. RMS St. Helena 117 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Legal Aid 66 words
    2. Uncertificated Solicitors 40 words
  4. ENERGY
    1. International Atomic Energy Agency 105 words
    2. Power Stations 194 words
    3. Connahs Quay Power Station 56 words
    4. Plutonium 67 words
    5. Sizewell B 372 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Nuclear Forces 144 words
    2. Plutonium 78 words
    3. Sir Philip Woodfield 95 words
    4. Surplus Butter 178 words
    5. Civil Servants 181 words
    6. European Council, Copenhagen 77 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Questions 108 words
    2. Mineral Waters 105 words
  7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Primary Schools (Technology) 75 words
    2. Foreign Language Teachers 136 words
    3. O-level Passes 86 words
    4. Secondary Education 69 words
    5. Storm Damage 230 words
    6. Teacher Training 156 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Storm Damage 586 words
    2. Council House Sales 599 words
    3. Waste (Public Houses) 118 words
    4. Planning Applications 87 words
    5. Acid Rain 53 words
    6. Wildlife Conservation 77 words
    7. Wildlife Protection 165 words
    8. London Docklands Development Corporation 459 words
    9. Drinking Water 178 words
    10. Footpaths, Bridleways and Byways 105 words
    11. Nuclear Waste (Drigg) 63 words
    12. Runcorn (Housing) 95 words
    13. Housing Projects (Finance) 106 words
    14. Rating Reform 92 words
    15. Urban Development Corporations 890 words
    16. 270–272 Heathway, Dagenham 78 words
  9. WALES
    1. A55 Expressway 66 words
    2. Road Infrastructure 77 words
    3. Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin 83 words
    4. Theatre Nurses 50 words
    5. Industrial Assistance 54 words
    6. Anglesey Coast (Sewage Sludge) 56 words
    7. Hospital Waiting Lists 93 words
    8. European Development Fund 58 words
    9. Education Reform Bill 117 words
    10. Advance Factories 326 words
    11. Forestry 166 words
    12. Job Vacancies 93 words
    13. Therapists 56 words
    14. Further and Higher Education Trades Unions 82 words
    15. Roads 555 words
    16. NHS (Agency Staff) 434 words
    17. Hospital Beds 562 words
    18. Nurses 134 words
    19. Operations 72 words
    20. NHS Staff 107 words
    21. Education Policy (Official's Address) 49 words
    22. St. David's Forum 30 words
    23. National Curriculum 108 words
    24. District Health Authorities (Patient Treatment) 564 words
  10. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Waste Paper 95 words
    2. Labour Statistics 50 words
    3. Tourism 112 words
    4. New Workers Scheme 52 words
    5. Labour Statistics 62 words
    6. Part-time Workers 279 words
    7. Restart Scheme 43 words
    8. Farm Accidents 222 words
    9. Electricity Prices 94 words
    10. YTS 543 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. British Caledonian (Proposed SAS Purchase) 87 words
    2. Electronic Rentals (Granada Television Takeover) 82 words
    3. Customs Procedures 326 words
    4. Mergers and Takeovers 326 words
    5. Manufactured Goods 186 words
    6. Accountancy Firms (EC Directive) 98 words
    7. Girobank 59 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Forestry 57 words
    2. Public Expenditure 64 words
    3. Devolution 1,660 words
    4. Hospital Beds 388 words
    5. NHS (Agency Staff) 593 words
    6. NHS Staff 76 words
    7. Rating Reform 102 words
    8. Mental Health 32 words
    9. Glue Ear 82 words
    10. Social Work Services Group 298 words
    11. Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 155 words
    12. Agricultural Holdings 53 words
    13. Latin 156 words
    14. Common Illnesses (Hospital Admissions) 544 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Fish Diseases 75 words
    2. Sewage Sludge 119 words
    3. Health Service (Expenditure) 103 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Leicestershire (Capital Projects) 177 words
    2. AIDS 468 words
    3. Dentist's Prescribing Patterns 122 words
    4. Income Support 117 words
    5. Disabled Persons 92 words
    6. Bradwell Hospital (Domestic Contract) 204 words
  15. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Sheppey General Hospital 173 words
    2. Children (Intensive Care) 48 words
    3. Abortions 1,202 words
    4. Stockport Infirmary 28 words
    5. Supplementary Benefit Offices 140 words
    6. Social Security Payments 57 words
    7. Surplus Land Sales 83 words
    8. General Practitioner Prescriptions 191 words
    9. Staffing Requirements (Review) 106 words
    10. Benefit Adjudication Officers 802 words
    11. Pensions 134 words
    12. Hospital Car Service 122 words
    13. Japanese Experimentation Camp 143 words
    14. Agency Staff 77 words
    15. Health Authority Staff 306 words
    16. Kidney Treatment 260 words
    17. Young Claimants 124 words
    18. Specialist Treatment 137 words
    19. Job Training Schemes 123 words
    20. Gloucester Health Authority 695 words
    21. Dental Care 175 words
    22. Computer Centres 228 words
    23. National Insurance Contributions 205 words
    24. Mobility Allowance 40 words
    25. Health Authorities (Employment) 509 words
    26. Radiographers 73 words
    27. Girobank 58 words
    28. Unit General Managers 478 words
    29. Women (Doctor Consultants) 206 words
    30. Housing Benefit 116 words
  16. TRANSPORT
    1. Driving Test 74 words
    2. Underground (Train Doors) 201 words
    3. Accident Prevention Exercise (Wiltshire) 106 words
    4. London City Airport 97 words
    5. Air Safety 285 words
    6. Smoke Hoods 202 words
    7. Air Services 191 words
    8. Wortley Curve Rail Line 57 words
    9. Air Fares 153 words
    10. London Underground 113 words
    11. Nuclear Waste 67 words
    12. Tyres 122 words
    13. Vehicle Inspectorate 223 words
    14. Airports 87 words
  17. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Capital Gains Tax 149 words
    2. Company Taxation 300 words
    3. Taxes 178 words
    4. Business Expansion Scheme 108 words
    5. "Inland Revenue Statistics" 186 words
    6. BP Shares 359 words
    7. EC (Payments) 145 words
    8. Eurotunnel 225 words
    9. Bankruptcy 203 words
    10. Value Added Tax 291 words
    11. Job Creation 163 words
    12. Income Tax 67 words
    13. Corporation Tax 167 words
    14. Tax Evasion 652 words
    15. May Day Holiday 51 words
    16. Pay-as-you-earn 142 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Prisoners 130 words
    2. Severe Weather Payments 214 words
    3. Security 178 words
    4. Mr. Anthony Hughes 214 words
    5. Children (Intensive Care) 66 words
    6. Terrorism 59 words
    7. Playgroups 124 words
    8. Strip Searches 435 words
    9. Hospital Beds 420 words
    10. NHS Staff 816 words
    11. Social Fund 73 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty 74 words
    2. Low-Flying Aircraft 251 words
    3. Home Defence 53 words
    4. Foxhunter 72 words
    5. Aldermaston 144 words
    6. Nuclear Weapons 203 words
    7. Waste Paper 118 words
    8. Sea-launched Cruise Missiles 55 words
    9. Trident 124 words
    10. US Submarines (Holy Loch) 62 words
    11. Air-Launched Stand-Off Weapons 72 words
    12. Flying Accidents (Compensation) 94 words
    13. RAF (Accident Reports) 65 words
    14. Animal Experiments 272 words
    15. Harrier GR 5 152 words
    16. Bird Strikes 133 words
    17. RAF Aircraft (Losses) 279 words
    18. RFA Argus 143 words
    19. RNSSIX Satellite System 68 words
    20. Sea Wolf 137 words
    21. Thunder and Colt Balloon Factory 191 words
    22. Higher Reardon Farm, West Dartmoor (Barracks Block) 275 words
    23. Royal Naval Fleet 48 words
    24. Aldermaston Defence Establishment 226 words
    25. Noise Disturbance 59 words

Lords Sitting of 7 December 1987

  1. Preamble 36 words
  2. Unroadworthy Vehicles 678 words
  3. Crown Suppliers: Privatisation Analyses 625 words
  4. Health Authority Consultation: Closures 1,431 words
  5. Mental Health: Nursing Staff Levels 1,446 words
  6. Appropriation (No. 3) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 9,602 words