18 November 1987

Commons Sitting of 18 November 1987

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. GREATER MANCHESTER (LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM) BILL [Lords]
        1. GREATER MANCHESTER (LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM) (No. 2) BILL [Lords] 10 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Human Rights 535 words
      2. United States of America (Meeting) 534 words
      3. Jordan 696 words
      4. European-American Relations 643 words
      5. Vietnamese Refugees 736 words
      6. Yugoslavia 458 words
      7. Namibia 694 words
      8. South Africa 611 words
      9. Arms Control 744 words
      10. Council of Ministers (Foreign Policy) 1,131 words
      11. New Zealand 390 words
      12. French Foreign Minister 357 words
      13. Argentina 365 words
      14. Suva 122 words
      15. Iran/Iraq War 370 words
  4. Mr. Frank Larsen 1,911 words
  5. Unemployed People (Training) 8,488 words
  6. Points of Order 1,937 words
  7. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS
    1. FOR FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 17 words
    2. Coal Mining Subsidence (Damage and Arbitration) 1,016 words
    3. COAL MINING SUBSIDENCE (DAMAGE AND ARBITRATION) 107 words
    4. European Community 41,914 words, 1 division
    5. Family Credit 7,148 words
    6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER BILL 52 words
    7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
    8. BATTERY HENS 20 words
    9. WELFARE OF CALVES 22 words
    10. Rebecca Field 3,020 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 November 1987

  1. WALES
    1. Information 121 words
    2. Pupil Statistics 133 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Pakistani Students (Visas) 199 words
    2. Police Cells 165 words
    3. Prisons 120 words
    4. Crime Prevention 506 words
    5. Criminal Injuries Board 34 words
    6. Police Precepts 215 words
    7. Information 148 words
    8. Knives 69 words
    9. Drunken Driving 117 words
    10. Firearms 184 words
    11. Schools (Assaults) 57 words
    12. Citizenship 79 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Management 83 words
    2. Consumer Protection 166 words
    3. Petrol 752 words
    4. Timber 271 words
    5. Lloyd's 1,211 words
  4. SCOTLAND
    1. Still Births 569 words
    2. Fish Farms 73 words
    3. Glasgow Royal Infirmary 65 words
    4. Glasgow Royal Maternity Hospital 75 words
    5. Nuclear Waste 202 words
    6. Housing 67 words
    7. Health Services 64 words
    8. Prisons (Reform) 220 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 273 words
    2. Hospital Beds 122 words
  6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. School Buildings 89 words
    2. Schools (Assaults) 135 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Tourism 138 words
    2. Trade Unions (Accounting) 72 words
    3. Employment Schemes 49 words
    4. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 84 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. EC Legislation 669 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. Transport Act 1985 230 words
    2. Cyclist Awareness Campaign 87 words
    3. Manchester International Airport 76 words
    4. M1 (Repairs) 112 words
    5. Driving Tests 146 words
    6. Tyres 154 words
    7. Animal Welfare 249 words
    8. Car Lifting Gear (Accidents) 230 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Pollution 1,251 words
    2. Forth and Clyde Canal 96 words
    3. Ordnance Survey 525 words
    4. Rural Sewerage Schemes 254 words
    5. Nirex 144 words
    6. Derelict Land 161 words
    7. Storm Damage 81 words
    8. Local Authority Publicity 120 words
    9. Rating Reform 104 words
    10. Hazardous Waste 126 words
  11. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Benefits 740 words
    2. Private Residential Homes 225 words
    3. Health Education Authority 79 words
    4. Renal Patients 277 words
    5. Maternity Services 108 words
    6. Colposcopy 104 words
    7. Haemophiliacs 161 words
    8. Fraud Prevention 53 words
    9. Advertising Agents 290 words
    10. Departmental Information 120 words
    11. Sheltered Accommodation 77 words
    12. Medical Education 253 words
    13. Vaccine Damage 95 words
  12. DEFENCE
    1. Arms Control 155 words
    2. Subsistence Claims 139 words
    3. Plutonium 104 words
    4. Low-flying Aircraft 314 words
    5. Devonport Dockyard 100 words
    6. Chemical Weapons 114 words
    7. Lance Missiles 58 words
    8. Tornado Aircraft 94 words
    9. Foxhunter Radar 38 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. School Days (Duration) 54 words
    2. Lay Assessors 116 words
    3. Anglo-Irish Agreement 425 words
  14. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Bank of England (Equity Capital) 171 words
    2. Bank of England (Underwriting) 127 words
  15. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Employment Bill 29 words
  16. THE ARTS
    1. Business Sponsorship 59 words
    2. Wales (Expenditure) 79 words
    3. British Library 323 words
    4. Objects in Lieu of Tax 116 words
    5. Thomas Webb Museum 132 words
  17. ENERGY
    1. Fuel Prices 545 words
    2. Wind Power 77 words
    3. International Atomic Energy Agency Convention 188 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. European Commission 73 words
    2. Iran-Iraq War 129 words
    3. African National Congress 228 words
    4. Single European Market 151 words
    5. Egypt 68 words
    6. Arms Control 251 words
    7. South Africa 459 words
    8. Sri Lanka 74 words
    9. Angola 133 words
    10. UNESCO 58 words
    11. Nicaragua 102 words
    12. USA/USSR (Summit) 47 words
    13. Mutual Balanced Force Reduction Negotiations 53 words
    14. United States of America 47 words
    15. Afghanistan 116 words
    16. Middle East 202 words
    17. Western European Union 118 words
    18. Namibia 225 words
    19. Chile 463 words
    20. Italy 82 words
    21. Africa 37 words
    22. Gulf (Ceasefire) 97 words
    23. Human Rights 321 words
    24. IRA (Arms Supplies) 82 words
    25. Canada 35 words
    26. German Democratic Republic 83 words
    27. Afghan Guerrillas 54 words
    28. Inter-Parliamentary Union 104 words
    29. EC Budget 57 words
    30. Spain 53 words
    31. British Council 177 words
    32. East-West Relations 89 words
    33. Council of Ministers 74 words
    34. Refuseniks 113 words
    35. China (Prime Minister's Visit) 47 words
    36. Cyprus 59 words
    37. South Africa (Detentions) 101 words
    38. Mr. Douglas Forsyth 145 words
    39. BBC External Services 81 words
    40. South Africa (Sanctions) 49 words
    41. South Africa (Death Sentences) 82 words
    42. Settlers (Interviews) 63 words
    43. Postal Communications 157 words
    44. China (Ministerial Visit) 55 words
    45. Gulf War 228 words
    46. Gulf (Ministerial Visit) 48 words
    47. Soviet Union (Divided Families) 90 words
    48. Arms Sales 112 words
    49. Consular Services 51 words
    50. Locally Engaged Staff 640 words
    51. Torture 80 words
    52. Terrorist Organisations 97 words
  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members' Interests 120 words
    2. Press Gallery 94 words

Lords Sitting of 18 November 1987

  1. Preamble 28 words
  2. Business Leases: Service Charges 482 words
  3. BR Sleeper Services: Grant 1,152 words
  4. Birmingham Health Authorities: Renal Units 1,641 words
  5. Salmon Stocks: Parasite Control 846 words
  6. Business 150 words
  7. Training for the Unemployed 861 words
  8. Civil Research and Development 33,541 words
  9. Strategic Arms Reductions 10,051 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 November 1987

  1. SARAWAK 108 words
  2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN UK SCHOOLS 724 words
  3. LLOYD'S INQUIRY: IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS 176 words
  4. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE BY AREA 77 words
  5. M.1: SERVICE AREA OPERATORS 96 words
  6. AIDS: FUTURE CARE PLANNING 168 words
  7. DISABILITY BENEFITS: TAKE-UP 256 words
  8. CHILDREN: ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT 237 words
  9. ONSHORE OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION: POLICY 89 words
  10. LOCAL AUTHORITY PUBLICITY: CODE OF PRACTICE 115 words