12 January 1987

Commons Sitting of 12 January 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. DEATHS OF MEMBERS 55 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
      1. Bus Services 618 words
      2. London Underground 525 words
      3. London Regional Transport 781 words
      4. Motorways 728 words
      5. Written-off Vehicles 395 words
      6. Docklands Light Railway 422 words
      7. M25 (Service Areas) 384 words
      8. Settle to Carlisle Line 649 words
      9. Road Safety 396 words
      10. M40 (Waterstock-Wendlebury) 191 words
      11. European Community (Air Transport) 245 words
      12. Dornoch Firth 251 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. State Security 1,595 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Aid Policy 491 words
      2. Chile 556 words
      3. EC (Aid Ministers) 253 words
      4. Administrative and Technical Services 240 words
  5. Earl of Stockton (Tributes) 5,977 words
  6. Power Plant Industry 531 words
  7. Ministerial Statements 407 words
  8. Hon. Member for Workington (Allegations) 890 words
    1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 23 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Local Government Finance Bill 47,681 words, 2 divisions
    2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE BILL, [MONEY] 54 words
    3. Residential Care Homes 4,264 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 January 1987

  1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Third World (Debt Burden) 126 words
    2. India 98 words
    3. Vaccination (United Nations Programme) 95 words
    4. Overseas Aid Budget 161 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. EC (United Kingdom Presidency) 93 words
    2. Anglo-Irish Agreement 199 words
    3. South Africa (Sanctions) 76 words
    4. La Belle Discotheque (Bombing) 182 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Trade Statistics 283 words
    2. Departmental Staff 82 words
    3. Ed Doolan 91 words
    4. Industrial Innovation (Support) 223 words
    5. EC (Trading Barriers) 238 words
    6. Shares Manipulation (Anglo-Canadian Investigations) 105 words
    7. House of Fraser Group 215 words
    8. Insider Dealings 118 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Council of Ministers (Presidency) 427 words
    2. Mr. Oleg Gordievsky 46 words
    3. Disarmament 493 words
    4. Chemical Warfare 195 words
    5. Terrorism 55 words
    6. Visa Regulations 89 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. High Court Judges 63 words
    2. Anglo Irish Agreement 49 words
    3. State Security 57 words
    4. Crown Prosecution Service 492 words
    5. Serious Fraud 135 words
    6. Mr. Rupert Allason 54 words
    7. 117 Pierce Avenue, Solihull 170 words
    8. "The Sun" 136 words
    9. Newspaper Cartoons 285 words
  6. TRANSPORT
    1. London Regional Transport 138 words
    2. M11 (Service Areas) 70 words
    3. Car Commuting 58 words
    4. Greater Manchester 110 words
    5. Regional Airports 63 words
    6. Rail Electrification 33 words
    7. Drink Driving 94 words
    8. Lost Property 67 words
    9. Airline Competition 45 words
    10. Road Safety 48 words
    11. Physically Disabled People 85 words
    12. Vehicle Registrations 91 words
    13. A33 (Swallowfield—Basingstoke) 52 words
    14. Manchester Airport 72 words
    15. Channel Tunnel 93 words
    16. Buses 52 words
    17. Heavy Lorries 63 words
    18. West Yorkshire 110 words
  7. TRANSPORT
    1. British Rail (Rolling Stock) 73 words
    2. Severnside 62 words
    3. Traffic Pollution (London) 297 words
    4. Motorway Driving 103 words
    5. Lorry Ban (London) 63 words
    6. Road Schemes (London) 92 words
    7. Driving Tests 86 words
    8. River Crossing (Dartford) 44 words
    9. National Bus Company 59 words
    10. Bus Services 288 words
    11. Rail Fares 230 words
    12. Scotland (Highlands Region) 46 words
    13. EC (United Kingdom Presidency) 713 words
    14. Channel Tunnel 41 words
    15. A1–M1 Link (Battle of Naseby) 212 words
    16. A46 (Road Accidents) 231 words
  8. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Seafarers (Training) 297 words
    2. City Technical Colleges 490 words
    3. GCSE 174 words
    4. CERN 75 words
    5. Teachers Unions 110 words
    6. ILEA 66 words
    7. Secondary Education 82 words
    8. AIDS 117 words
    9. Corporal Punishment 238 words
    10. Students 106 words
    11. Teachers (Unions and Employers) 127 words
    12. Maintained Schools 1,379 words
    13. Pre-School Education 156 words
    14. Voluntary Sector 875 words
    15. Nursery Schools 883 words
    16. Disabled Students 215 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT
    1. EC (Environment Policy) 181 words
    2. Local Government Act 1974 138 words
    3. Ealing Council 77 words
    4. Camden Council 82 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Fluoridation 190 words
    2. Radioactive Waste 115 words
    3. Rates 43 words
    4. Nuclear Radiation 211 words
    5. Housing 81 words
    6. Homelessness 361 words
    7. Enterprise Zones 56 words
    8. Pollution 113 words
    9. Farm Buildings (Planning Controls) 65 words
    10. Housing Subsidy 92 words
    11. North Bedfordshire Borough Council 52 words
    12. AIDS 50 words
    13. Pollution Inspectorate (Director) 306 words
    14. Green Belt (Shopping and Leisure Centres) 692 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Common Agricultural Policy 643 words
    2. Food Surpluses 288 words
    3. Surplus Stocks 67 words
    4. Food Sales (Intervention Stocks) 151 words
    5. Milk Producers (Compensation Scheme) 90 words
    6. Council of Agriculture Ministers 97 words
    7. European Community (Production) 98 words
    8. Irradiated Foods 62 words
  12. WALES
    1. Hospital Waiting Lists 266 words
    2. Monument Clearance 59 words
    3. Housing Condition Survey 157 words
    4. Beef Farmers (Compensation) 187 words
    5. Diabetics 556 words
    6. Homelessness 79 words
    7. Education (Expenditure) 63 words
    8. Cancer Statistics 551 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Benefits (Payment Delays) 27 words
    2. Free Trade and Enterprise Zones 38 words
    3. Labour Statistics 841 words
    4. Community Programme 87 words
    5. Availability for Work Test 38 words
    6. Part-time Employees 228 words
    7. Training Initiative 483 words
    8. Nuclear Power 140 words
    9. Homeless People 96 words
    10. Hazardous Substances 136 words
    11. Handsworth (Ethnic Monitoring Exercise) 108 words
    12. Peckham (Task Force) 126 words
    13. Community Programme (Supervisors) 98 words
    14. Apprentices (Greater London) 260 words
    15. Action for Community Employment 145 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Royal Ulster Constabulary 73 words
    2. Rates (Non-payment) 47 words
    3. Ministerial Visits 469 words
    4. Short Brothers 347 words
  15. THE ARTS
    1. Public and Private Bodies (Expenditure) 136 words
    2. Arts Council (Grant) 139 words
    3. Local Government Reform 55 words
    4. Sponsorship 116 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Crime Statistics 100 words
    2. Metropolitan Police (Pay) 71 words
    3. News International Dispute 223 words
    4. Police (Cost) 104 words
    5. Police (Clear-up Rate) 957 words
    6. Police Forces (Expenditure) 403 words
    7. Criminal Injury (Compensation) 52 words
    8. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 126 words
    9. European Community (Weapons) 40 words
    10. Immigration Rules 70 words
    11. Myra Hindley 256 words
    12. Police (Misconduct) 53 words
    13. Stocken Prison 900 words
    14. Reckless Driving 100 words
    15. NATO Civil Defence Committee 57 words
    16. Guardians Ad Litem 47 words
    17. Walter Yao 131 words
    18. Offensive Weapons (Lambeth) 163 words
    19. Law and Order (Lambeth) 148 words
    20. Crime Prevention (Lambeth) 172 words
    21. Fire Cover (Greater London) 112 words
    22. Police Service 206 words
    23. Female Police Officers (Firearms) 50 words
    24. Deceased Persons (Police Custody) 494 words
    25. Homeless People 147 words
    26. Indian Subcontinent (Visitors) 58 words
    27. Visa Regulations 90 words
    28. Bryn Estyn (Open Prison) 207 words
    29. Public Disorder 72 words
    30. Car Telephones (Prosecutions) 86 words
    31. Drunken Driving 419 words
    32. Drinking and Driving Campaign 77 words
    33. Welsh Police (Bilingual Penalty Tickets) 36 words
    34. Dog Faeces 60 words
    35. Police (Widows' Pension Increase) 658 words
    36. Metropolitan Police (Crime Statistics) 161 words
    37. Metropolitan Police (Guns) 303 words
    38. Metropolitan Police (Caution Procedures) 190 words
    39. Mr. Babu Lal Gupta 158 words
    40. Immigration 111 words
    41. Immigrants 120 words
    42. Tamils 87 words
  17. ENERGY
    1. Nuclear Waste 268 words
    2. Nuclear Power Stations 132 words
    3. Sellafield 152 words
    4. Electricity Supply 80 words
    5. British Coal Enterprise Ltd. 169 words
    6. Coal Industry 189 words
    7. Theatre Groups 79 words
    8. Berkeley and Oldbury Power Stations 69 words
    9. Dounreay Power Station 303 words
    10. Magnox Fuel 31 words
    11. Civil Nuclear Power 111 words
    12. Uranium 55 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. "Paying for Local Government" 124 words
    2. European College of Education 58 words
    3. Teaching Staff (Interviews) 104 words
    4. Physical Education 586 words
    5. Gas Flaring (Air Pollution) 90 words
    6. Livestock Units (Erection) 63 words
    7. Homelessness 118 words
  19. SCOTLAND
    1. A9 (Improvements) 138 words
    2. A7 (Redevelopment) 853 words
    3. Cancer Statistics 999 words
  20. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Mr. Babu Lal Gupta 121 words
    2. Inland Revenue (Computerisation) 107 words
    3. Customs and Excise (Overtime Budget) 216 words
    4. Civil and Public Services Association 72 words
    5. EC (Economic and Financial Policy) 50 words
    6. Value Added Tax 125 words
    7. Works of Art 171 words
    8. Free Trade Zones 150 words
    9. Goods and Services (Tax Yield) 47 words
    10. Overseas Investment 50 words
    11. Gross Domestic Product 102 words
    12. Income Tax 156 words
    13. Personal Incomes 42 words
    14. Mortgage Interest Relief 194 words
    15. United Nations International Years 51 words
    16. Cigarettes 144 words
    17. Mortgages 301 words
  21. DEFENCE
    1. Regiments (Other Entrants) 34 words
    2. Binary Chemical Weapons 70 words
    3. Armed Forces (Equipment Procurement) 269 words
    4. Foreign Naval Vessels (United Kingdom Visits) 217 words
    5. Ferranti Computer Assisted Command System 132 words
    6. Noise Compensation Policy 156 words
    7. Armoured Divisions 218 words
    8. Challenger Tank (Cost) 44 words
    9. Nimrod Airframes 46 words
    10. Helicopters (Germany) 131 words
    11. Combat Aircraft (Germany) 81 words
    12. Army Horses (Stag Hunts) 531 words
    13. Trident 265 words
    14. Tanks 71 words
    15. Mr. Trafford Boughton 182 words
  22. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Departmental Initiatives 1,213 words
    2. Single Payments 206 words
    3. Housing Benefit 230 words
    4. Orthopaedic Surgery 135 words
    5. Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 86 words
    6. National Health Service (Amendment) Act 1986 159 words
    7. Departmental Office, Shettleston 84 words
    8. NHS (Consultants) 43 words
    9. Senior House Officers 221 words
    10. Health Education Council 131 words