16 July 1987

Commons Sitting of 16 July 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. BRITISH WATERWAYS BILL 6 words
      2. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL (By Order) 16 words
      3. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 13 words
      4. LONDON DOCKLANDS RAILWAY (BECKTON) BILL (By Order)
      5. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL ( By Order)
      6. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] ( By Order)
      7. KEBLE COLLEGE OXFORD BILL [Lords] (By Order)
      8. SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords] (By Order)
      9. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
      10. WESTERN ISLES ISLANDS COUNCIL (VATERSAY CAUSEWAY) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 6 words
    2. PRISON DISTURBANCES 45 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Birmingham Pub Bombings 646 words
      2. Sentencing Policy 809 words
      3. Late Licences and Amusement Arcades 546 words
      4. Crime Statistics 738 words
      5. Public Places (Safety) 311 words
      6. Crime Statistics 893 words
      7. Child Abuse 923 words
      8. Sound and Television Broadcasting 498 words
      9. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 694 words
      10. Police (Pensions) 235 words
      11. Data Protection Act 232 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,022 words
      2. York 319 words
      3. Engagements 906 words
  4. British Airways/British Caledonian (Merger) 2,067 words
  5. Business of the House 6,281 words
    1. Summer Adjournment 59 words
  6. Prisons 7,940 words
  7. Business Questions 528 words
  8. Sound Broadcasting 120 words
    1. BILL PRESENTED
      1. PUBLIC UTILITY TRANSFERS AND WATER CHARGES 115 words
    2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER BILL 15 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance Bill 10 words
      1. Clause 80
        1. ROLL-OVER RELIEF NOT AVAILABLE FOR GAINS ON OIL LICENCES 7,405 words
      2. Clause 81
        1. COMMODITY AND FINANCIAL FUTURES AND OPTIONS 352 words
      3. Clause 83
        1. FAILURE TO MAKE RETURN FOR CORPORATION TAX 1,740 words
      4. Clause 84
        1. ASSESSMENT OF AMOUNTS DUE BY WAY OF PENALTY 1,280 words
      5. Clause 87
        1. INTEREST ON TAX OVERPAID 685 words
      6. Clause 89
        1. PRESCRIBED RATE OF INTEREST 814 words
      7. Clause 96
        1. INTERESTS IN POSSESSION 455 words
      8. SCHEDULE 7
        1. INHERITANCE TAX: INTERESTS IN POSSFESSION 1,047 words
      9. Clause 97
        1. ACCEPTANCE IN LIEU: CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX AND ESTATE DUTY 904 words
      10. New Clause 18
        1. OPTION TO COMMUTE ANNUITY RIGHTS FOR A LUMP SUM 1,235 words
    2. British Shipbuilders (Borrowing Powers) Bill 5,131 words
    3. Coal Industry 17,318 words
      1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, ETC. 18 words
        1. EDUCATION 20 words
        2. VALUE ADDED TAX 34 words
    4. University Funding 4,304 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 July 1987

  1. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Scottish Parliamentary Business 42 words
    2. Foreign Policy (Office Staff) 73 words
    3. Isle of Thanet 39 words
    4. Scottish Devolution 34 words
    5. Bradford, South 134 words
    6. Armed Forces (Pay) 121 words
    7. Engagements 75 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Post-School) Activity 324 words
    2. Schools (Reorganisation) 127 words
    3. School Defects 370 words
    4. Welsh Language Teaching 133 words
    5. Merseyside 574 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Social Security Commissioner (Wales) 103 words
    2. Legal Aid 1,082 words
  4. WALES
    1. Museums and Libraries 193 words
    2. Higher Education 181 words
    3. Milk 61 words
  5. SCOTLAND
    1. Charities (Rate Relief) 140 words
    2. Police (Lothian and Borders) 228 words
    3. Forestry Commission 57 words
    4. Cold Water Fibrosis 140 words
    5. Road Accident Statistics 432 words
    6. Labour Statistics 149 words
    7. Electricity Industry (Privatisation) 72 words
    8. Gualin National Nature Reserve 84 words
    9. AIDS 189 words
    10. Sheep Annual Premium 117 words
    11. Scottish Development Agency (Grant Aid) 268 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Government Finance 153 words
    2. Professional Boxers 271 words
    3. Nottingham 594 words
      1. Nottingham IAP 1987–88 275 words
    4. Beechdale Engineering, Nottingham 37 words
    5. Empty Houses (London) 81 words
    6. Rent Arrears (London) 79 words
    7. Rating Reform 122 words
    8. Council House Purchase, Southwark 99 words
    9. Local Authority Housing (Midlands) 129 words
    10. Water Authorities (Privatisation) 320 words
    11. Live Turtles 60 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Inner City Task Forces 116 words
    2. Rolls-Royce and British Airports Authority 135 words
    3. Research Funding 350 words
    4. Textiles (US Trade Bill) 274 words
    5. Mr. Rupert Murdoch 83 words
    6. News International Ltd. 66 words
    7. Textiles (Statistics) 245 words
    8. Toxic Household Goods (Safety) 143 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Facsimile Machines 63 words
    2. Ministers' Pay 970 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. 2,4,5-T 132 words
    2. Saithe Catch Quotas 67 words
    3. Common Agricultural Policy 1,910 words
  10. EMPOLYMENT
    1. Women 266 words
    2. Job Training Scheme 124 words
    3. Growth Strategy 90 words
    4. Textile and Clothing Industries 48 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Age Allowance 246 words
    2. Privatisation 120 words
    3. Departmental Staff 45 words
    4. Income Tax 165 words
  12. TRANSPORT
    1. Small Businesses 374 words
    2. BAA (Share Offer) 112 words
    3. Ship Registration 74 words
    4. British Rail 108 words
    5. Herald of Free Enterprise (Report) 46 words
    6. A47 (Dual Carriageway) 79 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. Trident 90 words
    2. Nerve Gas 952 words
    3. 120 mm DS/T Shot 65 words
    4. RAF Boulmer 29 words
    5. FH70 Ammunition 71 words
    6. Service Voters 159 words
    7. End User Certificates 102 words
    8. Support Services, Germany (Privatisation) 221 words
    9. Aircraft Losses 99 words
    10. Exercise Purple Warrior 161 words
  14. ENERGY
    1. Hinckley Point Power Station 72 words
    2. Coal Industry Act 1987 106 words
  15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Women 1,194 words
    2. Mapping 151 words
    3. Shelter-Related Projects 48 words
    4. East African Army Worm (Ethiopia) 131 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 118 words
    2. Telephone Tapping 129 words
    3. Entry Certificates 63 words
    4. Metropolitan Police 236 words
    5. AIDS 159 words
    6. Thames Valley Police 176 words
    7. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 46 words
    8. Tamils 96 words
    9. Crime Prevention 238 words
    10. Birmingham Pub Bombings 64 words
    11. Prison Statistics 45 words
    12. Offensive Weapons 171 words
    13. Police Surgeons 51 words
    14. Police Stations 55 words
    15. Identity Cards 70 words
    16. Non-metropolitan Police Forces 110 words
    17. Police Manpower (Norfolk) 78 words
    18. Independent Television Network 59 words
    19. Crime Prevention (Insurance Companies) 140 words
    20. Crime (Bristol) 40 words
    21. Obscene Publications Act 1959 49 words
    22. Illicit Drugs 167 words
    23. National Unity 93 words
    24. London (Policing) 87 words
    25. Criminal Injuries (Compensation) 63 words
    26. Mothers and Children (Prisons) 147 words
    27. Immigration 133 words
    28. Prison (Bicester) 56 words
    29. Religious Broadcasting 56 words
    30. Concessionary Television Licences 67 words
    31. Shotguns 112 words
    32. Neighbourhood Watch Scheme 96 words
    33. Crime (Clear-up Rates) 115 words
    34. Crime Statistics 417 words
    35. Arson 655 words
    36. Offences (Use of Firearms) 331 words
    37. South Africa House (Demonstrations) 179 words
    38. Police Manpower 1,909 words
    39. Michael Hickey and Others 101 words
    40. Heysel Stadium Disaster (Extraditions) 199 words
    41. Prison Disturbances (Report) 643 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Health Authorities (Private Treatment) 1,402 words
    2. Supplementary Benefit 186 words
    3. Family Practitioners Committees 978 words
    4. Mentally Ill People 119 words
    5. Juvenile Offenders 168 words
    6. Balderton Hospital (Eastdale Unit) 101 words
    7. Special Hospitals 64 words
    8. Community Care 263 words
    9. Nursing Recruitment 29 words
    10. Nurses (Pay) 176 words
    11. Agency Nurses 73 words
    12. HIV Infection 166 words
    13. AIDS 92 words
    14. Data Processing and Information Technology 124 words
    15. NHS (Agency Staff) 120 words
    16. Hospital Closures (Nottingham) 29 words
    17. Competitive Tendering 159 words
    18. City Hospital, Nottingham 198 words
    19. Statistics 83 words
    20. Social Fund 70 words
    21. Hospitals (Norwich) 144 words
    22. Geriatric and Psychogeriatric Beds 206 words
    23. NHS (Pay) 336 words
    24. Hospitals (Shared Bedrooms) 82 words
    25. Mrs. G. L. Rowbottom 73 words
    26. Mrs. Gladys Upton 65 words
    27. Tobacco (Under-age Purchase) 112 words
    28. Income Levels 254 words
    29. Pharmacists 125 words
    30. Hospitals (Liverpool) 222 words
    31. Unemployment Benefit 310 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Small Businesses 201 words
    2. Visas 93 words
    3. Plutonium 118 words
    4. Nuclear Weapons 261 words
    5. Agreements and Treaties 106 words
    6. E1 Salvador 88 words
    7. Soviet Foreign Minister (Statement) 72 words
    8. EC Foreign Ministers (Copenhagen Meeting) 239 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Life-sentence Prisoners 60 words
    2. Draft Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 55 words
    3. Flooding (Castlereagh) 81 words

Lords Sitting of 16 July 1987

  1. Preamble 33 words
  2. Message from the Queen 55 words
  3. European Consumer Affairs Council 859 words
  4. Parliamentary Counsel Office: Staffing 1,540 words
  5. Parliament: Lifetime 430 words
  6. Duty-Free Shop Sales 532 words
  7. Business 81 words
  8. Western Isles Islands Council (Vatersay Causeway) Order Confirmation Bill 31 words
  9. Bexley London Borough Council Bill 13 words
  10. Business of the House 267 words
  11. Channel Tunnel Bill 3,596 words, 1 division
  12. BA-BCal:Proposed Merger 2,904 words
  13. Channel Tunnel Bill 3,389 words
  14. Prison Population 5,720 words
  15. Channel Tunnel Bill 6,207 words
  16. British Railways (London) Bill [H.L.] 5,456 words
  17. Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 1987 1,673 words
  18. Appropriation (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 12,851 words
  19. Registration of Clubs (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 3,520 words
  20. Licensing (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 3,764 words
  21. British Waterways Bill 21 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 July 1987

  1. MINISTERIAL SALARIES 975 words
  2. CROWN SUPPLIES: STAFF PENSION ARRANGEMENTS 65 words
  3. GOVERNMENT CAR SERVICE AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL DESPATCH SERVICE 58 words
  4. WATER AUTHORITIES: PRIVATISATION PROPOSALS 307 words
  5. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN NORTHERN IRELAND 235 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND: GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY BODIES 1,808 words
  7. PRISONERS IN POLICE CELLS: STATISTICS 330 words
  8. PRISON DISTURBANCES 1986: REPORT 631 words
  9. DETENTION CENTERS 323 words
  10. YOUTH CUSTODY: ACCOMMODATION OF OFFENDERS 149 words
  11. SHEEP ANNUAL PREMIUM: UNTUPPED SHEARLINGS 113 words
  12. NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN PUBLIC HOUSES: PRICES 143 words