23 July 1987

Commons Sitting of 23 July 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 13 words
      2. LONDON DOCKLANDS RAILWAY (BECKTON) BILL (By Order)
        1. TEIGNMOUTH QUAY COMPANY BILL (By Order)
          1. YORK CITY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order)
            1. KEBLE COLLEGE OXFORD BILL [Lords] (By Order)
              1. SELWYN COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE BILL [Lords] (By Order)
                1. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order)
                  1. HAMPSHIRE (LYNDHURST BYPASS) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Harland and Wolff 853 words
      2. Security 2,568 words
      3. Schools (Parental Choice) 488 words
      4. Technical and Vocational Education Initiative 254 words
      5. Electricity Generation 480 words
      6. Tourism 486 words
      7. Plastic Bullets 644 words
      8. School Leavers 180 words
      9. Scheduled Offences 245 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,646 words
      2. EC (Budgetary Control) 536 words
  4. Business of the House 5,556 words
  5. Rate Support Grant (England) 8,620 words
  6. Rate Support Grant (Wales) 5,171 words
  7. Rate Support Grant (Scotland) 4,470 words
  8. Health Care (Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale) 644 words
  9. BILL PRESENTED
    1. MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY 75 words
    2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 27 words
    3. Northern Ireland (Fluoridation) 716 words
    4. Royal Assent 78 words
    5. Northern Ireland (Fluoridation) 5,927 words, 1 division
    6. Felixstowe Dock and Railway Bill 20,666 words
    7. Northern Ireland (Charities) 5,935 words
    8. Northern Ireland (Limitation) 1,177 words
    9. Northern Ireland (Powers of Attorney) 1,184 words
    10. NORTHERN IRELAND 32 words
    11. PRIVATE BILL PROCEDURE 254 words
  10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c
    1. BUILDING SOCIETIES 48 words
  11. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS
    1. HEALTH INSPECTION OF MEAT AND POULTRYMEAT 73 words
    2. Trunk Roads (Selby) 3,977 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 July 1987

  1. TRANSPORT
    1. Roads 526 words
    2. Explanatory Note 144 words
    3. Woodford-Barking Relief Road 34 words
    4. Departmental Staff 94 words
    5. A1–M1 (Thrapston Bypass) 43 words
    6. East London River Crossing 102 words
    7. Motorways (Lighting) 441 words
    8. Northampton (Relief Road) 68 words
    9. M6 (Roadworks) 236 words
    10. M6 (Traffic Count) 58 words
    11. Civil Aviation (Safety) 179 words
    12. Air Miss (Cumbria) 121 words
    13. Creditor Bypass 71 words
    14. Slow Vehicles (Amber Beacons) 124 words
    15. Roads Programme 407 words
    16. Light Rapid Transit System (Manchester) 147 words
    17. Level Crossings (Report) 289 words
    18. Passenger Transport Authorities 126 words
    19. Highways Work Contracts (Consulting Engineer) 346 words
    20. British Transport Advertising 198 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Authorised Access 69 words
    2. Annunciators 152 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Crown Prosecutors 87 words
    2. Departmental Staff 1,256 words
    3. Retired Judges 196 words
    4. Social Security Commissioner for Wales 57 words
    5. Family Low Reform Act 1987 56 words
    6. Crown Prosecution Service 75 words
    7. Devon County Council (Official Appointment) 66 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Council of Europe and Western European Union 81 words
    2. Departmental Staff 594 words
    3. BMEWS, Fylingdales 217 words
    4. Pershing Missiles (Conversions) 66 words
    5. Zero-zero Agreement 176 words
    6. Outer Space Treaty 54 words
    7. INF Agreement 135 words
    8. Chemical Weapons 153 words
    9. Radar Installations 89 words
    10. Diego Garcia 182 words
    11. Defence Exports (Iran-Iraq) 112 words
    12. Persian Gulf 50 words
    13. "Spycatcher" 27 words
    14. Disarmament Resolutions 141 words
    15. Warhead Testing Moratorium 143 words
    16. South Africa 57 words
    17. Namibia 93 words
    18. British Council 69 words
    19. Consular Services (Fees) 145 words
    20. Falkland Islands (Fishing Licences) 86 words
    21. Territorial Sea Act 1987 42 words
    22. BBC (World Television News) 58 words
    23. Overseas Students 166 words
    24. North Atlantic Assembly 131 words
  5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Grange Precinct, Birkenhead 113 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Departmental Staff 1,386 words
    2. Credit Card Franchise Services 389 words
    3. Bankruptcies 152 words
    4. Monopolies and Mergers Commission 90 words
    5. Research (Costs) 338 words
    6. Cash Cards 135 words
    7. Birds (Imports) 803 words
    8. South Africa 202 words
    9. Development Area Status (Reviews) 618 words
    10. "Today" (Takeover) 68 words
  7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Departmental Staff 449 words
    2. General Certificate of Secondary Education Examination 392 words
    3. School Meals and Transport 332 words
    4. School Books and Equipment 503 words
    5. Mrs. Suzana Caine 36 words
    6. National Curriculum 135 words
    7. Special Education 236 words
    8. Initial Teacher Training 183 words
    9. 11-plus Selection 353 words
    10. Core Curriculum 148 words
    11. Class Sizes 1,396 words
    12. Tertiary Education 640 words
    13. Educational Achievements 1,016 words
    14. 16 and 17-year-olds 1,171 words
    15. Foreign Nationals 196 words
    16. Inner London Education Authority 117 words
    17. Technical and Vocational Education Initiative 98 words
    18. Education Bill 140 words
    19. Science Budget 83 words
    20. Academic Tenure 76 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Technical Training Programme 221 words
  9. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Community Programme 71 words
    2. Job Training Scheme 586 words
    3. Training Schemes 164 words
    4. Labour Statistics 554 words
    5. YTS 125 words
    6. Sheltered Placements Scheme 896 words
    7. Enterprise Agencies 95 words
    8. Departmental Staff 332 words
    9. Disabled People 54 words
    10. New Workers Scheme 320 words
    11. Job Creation 137 words
    12. Hairdressing Industry 95 words
    13. YOP and YTS 86 words
    14. Women (Earnings) 103 words
    15. South Africa 245 words
    16. Wider Opportunities Training Programme 76 words
    17. Travel-to-work Areas 183 words
    18. Disposable Income 193 words
    19. Agricultural Inspectors 186 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration 483 words
    2. Police (Newham) 28 words
    3. Juries (London) 118 words
    4. Prisoners (Restraints) 110 words
    5. Prisoners (Suicide Risks) 92 words
    6. Prevention of Terrorism 452 words
    7. Departmental Staff 41 words
    8. Miss Paula Otemah 76 words
    9. Detainees (Police Cells) 309 words
    10. Firearms 707 words
    11. Police Manpower 106 words
    12. Crime-Police Manpower Statistics 125 words
    13. Mr. Antonas Gecas 288 words
    14. Citizenship 67 words
    15. Operation Trident 647 words
    16. Parole 226 words
    17. War Criminals 107 words
    18. Home Office Circulars 157 words
    19. Passports 327 words
    20. Prisoners (Costs) 126 words
    21. Lion Intoximeter 3000 95 words
    22. Handscomb and Others (Judgment) 1,267 words
    23. Data Protection 142 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Constitution 187 words
    2. Teachers 60 words
    3. Cross-frontier Incursions 143 words
    4. General Election 77 words
    5. Job Losses 57 words
    6. Local Government 73 words
    7. Anglo-Irish Agreement 93 words
    8. Schoolchildren (Community Relations) 49 words
    9. Youth Services 69 words
    10. Security 43 words
    11. Flags and Emblems 97 words
    12. Prison Officers (Stress) 173 words
    13. Social Workers, Residential Care and Teaching Staff 69 words
    14. Hospital Waiting Lists 594 words
    15. Departmental Staff 40 words
    16. Education Costs 207 words
    17. Land Restoration 62 words
    18. Mourne Mountains and Slieve Croob 64 words
    19. Land Reclamation 77 words
    20. Water Pollution 78 words
    21. Departmental Costs 291 words
    22. Draft Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 213 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Greenock Container Terminal 120 words
    2. Afghanistan 80 words
    3. Cabotage 164 words
    4. House of Lords 2,199 words
    5. Pension Schemes 760 words
    6. Departmental Staff 148 words
    7. Inner Cities 80 words
    8. Telecommunications 120 words
    9. "Spycatcher" 183 words
    10. Engagements 137 words
  13. ENERGY
    1. Nuclear Technology 59 words
    2. Coal Imports 342 words
    3. Coal Industry 51 words
    4. Power Station (Fawley) 120 words
    5. Departmental Staff 1,108 words
    6. Nuclear Incidents 100 words
    7. Electricity Industry 148 words
    8. British Gas (Privatisation) 122 words
    9. UKAEA (Nuclear Research and Development) 47 words
    10. Energy Technologies 75 words
    11. ESCOM (South Africa) 236 words
    12. Nuclear Waste 199 words
    13. Offshore Technology Board 57 words
    14. Sellafield 47 words
    15. Coal Waste 70 words
    16. Magnox Reactors 125 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Radioactive Waste 186 words
    2. Water Environment 115 words
    3. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses 102 words
    4. Rating Reform 357 words
    5. Opencast Mining 1,509 words
    6. Council House Sales 109 words
    7. Compulsory Purchase 120 words
    8. London Docklands Development Corporation 110 words
    9. Housing 597 words
    10. Radiation Monitoring 172 words
    11. Water Supply (Meters) 113 words
    12. Defective Housing 163 words
    13. Severn-Trent Water Authority 182 words
    14. Palace of Westminster (Asbestos) 136 words
    15. Canary Wharf 487 words
    16. South-West Water Authority 45 words
    17. Land Prices (Isle of Dogs) 49 words
    18. Nuclear Reactors (France) 51 words
    19. Enterprise Zone (Isle of Dogs) 204 words
    20. Jonathan Swift House 49 words
    21. Rates 81 words
    22. Environment Council 355 words
    23. Marine Pollution 86 words
    24. Water Charges 32 words
    25. Block Grant (Isle of Wight) 151 words
    26. Cash Limits 131 words
    27. Charities (Grants) 182 words
    28. Royal Arsenal Gatehouse 315 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Security Forces 48 words
    2. Woolwich Arsenal (Reprographic Unit) 113 words
  16. THE ARTS
    1. "Nightmare on Elm Street III" 49 words
    2. Departmental Staff 191 words
    3. Departmental Manpower 40 words
    4. Hifix 6 Radio Transmitters 181 words
    5. Fylingdales (Radar System) 45 words
    6. Trident 172 words
    7. Cruise Missiles 192 words
    8. Overseas Military Training Assistance 38 words
    9. Furniture Removals 228 words
    10. European Defence Initiative 131 words
    11. Lance Missile Warheads (Replacement) 61 words
    12. Eight-inch Nuclear Artillery 60 words
    13. 2nd Infantry Division 42 words
    14. Lance Missile 40 words
    15. United States Units 63 words
    16. Short-range Nuclear Weapons 89 words
    17. Radium 223 61 words
    18. Military Exercises (Radioactive Contamination) 367 words
    19. Training Exercises (Radioactive Materials) 448 words
    20. Operation Senator (Radioactive Material) 37 words