4 November 1987

Commons Sitting of 4 November 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT
      1. Pollution 1,136 words
      2. Rates 516 words
      3. Local Authority Expenditure 459 words
      4. Football 1,309 words
      5. Rent Arrears 748 words
      6. Nuclear Waste 931 words
      7. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommodation 580 words
      8. Storm Damage 1,149 words
      9. Rating Reform 613 words
      10. Rates 489 words
      11. Rating Reform 239 words
  4. Points of Order 2,175 words
  5. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 16 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Urban Development Corporations (Financial Limits) Bill 45,760 words
      1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
      2. URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS (FINANCIAL LIMITS) BILL [MONEY] 176 words
  7. Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Bill 7 words
    1. Clause 4
      1. CONSERVATION OF AREAS OF NATURAL BEAUTY 6,134 words
    2. Clause 5
      1. NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BROADS 6,200 words
        1. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 31 words
    3. United Kingdom Space Plan 4,500 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 November 1987

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Life Sentence Prisoners 92 words
    2. Children (Abduction) 163 words
    3. Special Constables 113 words
    4. Private Investigators 50 words
    5. Nationality 54 words
    6. Research Specialists 115 words
    7. Political Refugees 166 words
    8. Self-Defence 172 words
    9. Trials (Video Technology) 267 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. City Technology College, Solihull 53 words
    2. Boarding Schools Association 78 words
    3. Expatriate Workers 48 words
    4. Research Specialists 94 words
  3. WALES
    1. Tourism 39 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. ICL 74 words
    2. Customs Barriers 82 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Summary Cases 165 words
    2. Mr. Frank Larsen 45 words
    3. "Spycatcher" 142 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Soviet Union 664 words
    2. British Caledonian and British Airways 302 words
    3. Biodegradable Products 141 words
    4. Regional Policy 86 words
    5. Toys (Safety) 191 words
    6. Trading Standards officers 94 words
    7. Monopolies and Mergers Commission 354 words
    8. Steel Industry 331 words
    9. Third World 426 words
    10. Research Specialists 105 words
    11. Group Accounts 67 words
    12. Company Accounts (Disclosure of Liabilities) 99 words
    13. Semi-Conductors 82 words
    14. Electronics Industry 74 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Consumer Credit Act 1974 199 words
    2. Telecommunications 44 words
  8. ENERGY
    1. South African Coal Industry 35 words
    2. Coal (Imports) 272 words
    3. Drax Power Station 48 words
    4. Miners' Strike 52 words
    5. Power Transmission Cables 81 words
    6. Research Specialists 39 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pesticides 210 words
    2. Hedgerows (Removal Subsidy) 86 words
    3. Forestry Planting Licences 159 words
    4. Dairy Inspection Charges 134 words
    5. Trade Balance 120 words
    6. North Sea (Pollution) 207 words
    7. Local Government Reform 88 words
  10. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Job Training Scheme 67 words
    2. Research Specialists 49 words
    3. New Workers Scheme 90 words
    4. Job Release Scheme 92 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. South Africa (Sanctions) 212 words
    2. Foreign Ministers Council 56 words
    3. Nicaragua 33 words
    4. El Salvador 90 words
    5. UNESCO 124 words
    6. Cross-border Trade (Ireland) 79 words
    7. Survey Office, Hong Kong 142 words
    8. KMS Ltd 45 words
    9. Middle East 93 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rate Support Grant 45 words
    2. Rating Reform 1,015 words
    3. Private Rented Accommodation 74 words
    4. Inner Cities 614 words
    5. Water Authorities 133 words
    6. House Building 45 words
    7. Derelict Land 83 words
    8. Westminster Council (Housing Policy) 56 words
    9. Rates 335 words
    10. Dorset (Structure Plan) 87 words
    11. National Rivers Authority 311 words
    12. Rural Development Areas 84 words
    13. Hospitals 69 words
    14. Local Authority Services 96 words
    15. Rivers (Quality) 82 words
    16. Private Empty Property 52 words
    17. Local Authority Expenditure 96 words
    18. House Prices 69 words
    19. Storm Damage 218 words
    20. "The New Grant System" 48 words
    21. Council Houses 140 words
    22. Local Government Finance 233 words
    23. Housing Defects Act 1984 76 words
    24. Rate Capping 114 words
    25. Council House Sales 229 words
    26. Structure Plans 100 words
    27. Urban Regeneration Grants 42 words
    28. Homelessness 186 words
    29. Pollution 248 words
    30. Local Government (Accountability) 59 words
    31. Business Movement 328 words
    32. "Paying for Local Government: the Need for Change" 63 words
    33. Nugee Report 60 words
    34. Local Authority Manual Workers 72 words
    35. Housing (Inner-City Areas) 359 words
    36. Berkshire (Planning Appeals) 49 words
    37. Lead-free Petrol 90 words
    38. Housing Initiatives (Government Support) 110 words
    39. Local Government 90 words
    40. Lambeth 62 words
    41. Common Land 53 words
    42. Nuclear Waste 98 words
    43. International Conference on the North Sea 63 words
    44. Squatting 152 words
    45. Basildon (Rate-capping) 44 words
    46. Rural Areas (Housing) 77 words
    47. Property Revaluation 68 words
    48. Water Meters 69 words
    49. Runcorn 75 words
    50. Water Industry 123 words
    51. Research Specialists 38 words
    52. Enterprise Zones 90 words
    53. Golden Plover 944 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. Search and Rescue 65 words
    2. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 302 words
    3. RNAD Milford and Trecwin 71 words
    4. Naval Mines 157 words
    5. Goose Bay 151 words
    6. Swynnerton Training Area, (Radioactivity) 170 words
    7. Research Specialists 69 words
  14. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Empty Government Property 35 words
    2. Tax Offices 55 words
    3. Profit-related Pay 76 words
    4. Inland Revenue (Records) 55 words
    5. Capital Gains Tax 126 words
    6. Taxation 60 words
    7. Third-World 321 words
    8. HMSO 406 words
    9. EC (Finance) 190 words
    10. Tax Allowances 63 words
    11. Profits and Dividends 292 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Buses 208 words
    2. Forestry 403 words
    3. Scottish Legal Aid Board 90 words
    4. Doctors 331 words
    5. Drinking Water 201 words
    6. Fishing Industry 147 words
    7. Visits 23 words
    8. Regional Development Grants 216 words
    9. British Rail (Scotland) 56 words
    10. Advertising 126 words
    11. Hospital and Community Health Service, Lothian 237 words
    12. Monofilament Nets 101 words
    13. Rating Reform 312 words
    14. Factory Closures 101 words
    15. Education Statistics 44 words
  16. THE ARTS
    1. Financial Provision 69 words
    2. Regional Arts Councils 496 words
    3. Research Specialists 50 words
    4. Advertising 60 words
  17. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Schizophrenia 6,046 words
    2. Domestic Heating Standards 77 words
    3. Mortality Statistics 685 words
    4. Cranial Osteopaths 69 words
    5. Doctors 461 words
    6. Speech Therapists 340 words
    7. St. Nicholas Mental Illness Hospital, Newcastle 92 words
    8. Social Fund 3,802 words
    9. Scientists and Clinical Psychologists 73 words
    10. Disablement Services Authority 74 words
    11. Birth Statistics 58 words
    12. Storm Damage 117 words
    13. Research Specialists 123 words
    14. St. Paul's Eye Hospital, Liverpool 71 words
    15. Royal Liverpool Hospital (Funding) 50 words
    16. Maternity Grant 52 words
    17. Sex Abuse Allegations (Leeds) 48 words
    18. Radiotherapy Levels 75 words
    19. Disabled Persons (Services, Representation and Consultation) Act 1986 306 words
    20. Heating Additions 206 words
    21. Benefits 170 words
    22. Abortion 97 words
    23. Birmingham Health Authority 400 words
    24. Publicity (Departmental Expenditure) 514 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Schizophrenia 242 words
    2. Deaf/Blind People 379 words
    3. Roads 141 words
    4. Housing 681 words
    5. Disabled People 182 words
    6. Capital Grants 235 words
    7. Democracy 533 words
    8. Sheep and Lambs (Sale Restrictions) 116 words
    9. Storm Damage 223 words
    10. Home Help Service 434 words
    11. Maryfield Secretariat 114 words
    12. Intergovernmental Council 117 words
  19. TRANSPORT
    1. Catalytic Converters 83 words
    2. Goods Vehicles 98 words
    3. Lean Burn Engines 71 words
    4. Lead-free Petrol 45 words
    5. Farm Vehicles 99 words
    6. Coach Routes (Designation) 72 words
    7. Air Traffic Control 93 words
    8. Road Humps 115 words
    9. M20 (Hollingbourne to Ashford) 61 words
    10. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Noise) 103 words
    11. Shipping Registers (British Dependent Territories) 125 words
    12. Research Specialists 37 words
    13. Transport Infrastructure Improvements 49 words
    14. M40 (Progress) 89 words
    15. Rail Electrification 99 words
    16. British Rail (Privatisation) 55 words
    17. Skips 49 words
    18. Airports (Financial Assistance) 393 words
    19. Airports (Civil Traffic) 135 words
    20. Channel Tunnel 257 words
    21. Newark Bypass 101 words
    22. Public Transport (Workers) 76 words

Lords Sitting of 4 November 1987

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Crickhowell 39 words
  3. Lord St. John of Fawsley 61 words
  4. EC Resources and Spending 782 words
  5. Radiation in the Environment: Health Risks 773 words
  6. Typing in Ministries: Postal Delays 285 words
  7. Vaccine: Measles, Mumps and Rubella 451 words
  8. Working of the House: Group Report 36,568 words
  9. Agricultural Research and Development 12,075 words
  10. Coroners Bill [H.L.] 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 November 1987

  1. HONG KONG: REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENTS IN REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT 137 words
  2. RELIGIOUS SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS: REPORT 786 words
  3. PET ANIMALS: EUROPEAN CONVENTION 93 words
  4. DIVIS AND UNITY FLATS, BELFAST: DEMOLITION 144 words
  5. ENERGY GRANTS: PAYMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND 77 words