8 February 1988

Commons Sitting of 8 February 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] 9 words
  4. WALES
    1. Regional Aid 944 words
    2. Labour Statistics 692 words
    3. Heads of the Valleys 670 words
    4. School Meals 382 words
    5. Trawsfynydd Power Station 409 words
    6. Gwent 203 words
    7. Housing (Multiple Occupation) 391 words
    8. Labour Statistics 978 words
    9. Craft Industry (Report) 183 words
    10. Welsh Arts Council 167 words
    11. NHS Administrators 271 words
    12. Wales Railway Centre 279 words
    13. Rating Reform 252 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Bury 512 words
  6. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Redundant Churches 333 words
  7. WALES
    1. Hospital Waiting Lists 287 words
    2. Privatisation 298 words
    3. Common Agricultural Policy 181 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Library (Purchasing Policy) 581 words
  9. WALES
    1. Hospital Beds (Occupancy) 255 words
    2. Manufacturing Industry 270 words
    3. Health Authorities (Funding) 254 words
    4. Severn Crossing 164 words
    5. British Coal 206 words
  10. Air Traffic (Air Misses) 2,148 words
  11. Ford Dispute 1,552 words
  12. War Crimes 4,651 words
  13. British Petroleum plc 461 words
  14. Air Traffic (Air Misses) 428 words
  15. Orders of the Day
    1. Employment Bill 7 words
      1. New Clause 3
        1. ASSISTANCE BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ACTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS 22,463 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 1
        1. RIGHT TO A BALLOT BEFORE INDUSTRIAL ACTION 255 words
      3. Clause 3
        1. RIGHT NOT TO BE UNJUSTIFIABLY DISCIPLINED 18,268 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
    3. Employment Bill 6,723 words, 1 division
  16. Employment Bill 1,206 words
    1. Clause 7
      1. RIGHT TO REQUIRE EMPLOYER TO STOP DEDUCTIONS OF UNION SUBSCRIPTIONS 143 words
    2. Clause 12
      1. EXTENSION TO NON-VOTING POSITIONS OF DUTY TO HOLD ELECTIONS 9,089 words, 1 division
  17. Police, Fire and Civil Defence Authorities 11,628 words, 1 division
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 63 words
  18. PETITION
    1. Motorway Service Area, Hollingbourne 100 words
  19. Mr. Jim Cormack 3,467 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 February 1988

  1. TRANSPORT
    1. Buses (Revenue Support) 96 words
    2. Pin-ups 335 words
    3. Aircraft (Passenger Seats) 90 words
    4. Road Costs 580 words
    5. London Underground Ltd. 121 words
    6. Herald of Free Enterprise 132 words
    7. Toxic Waste (Transportation) 121 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
    1. South West Housing Society 770 words
    2. Local Government Employees (Greater Manchester) 8,056 words
    3. Rights of Way 95 words
    4. Planning Appeals (Worthing) 148 words
    5. Pin-ups 51 words
    6. Swimming Instructors 56 words
    7. Green Belt (Hertfordshire) 63 words
    8. Crown Suppliers 72 words
    9. Illuminated Signs 121 words
    10. Thamesmead 345 words
    11. Homelessness 83 words
    12. Housing Waiting Lists 778 words
    13. Toxic Waste 169 words
    14. Nature Reserves 3,128 words
    15. Local Authority Services 71 words
    16. Monument (Millbank Gardens) 92 words
    17. Leeds-Bradford Airport 99 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Overseas Aid (Warship Purchases) 84 words
    2. Research 151 words
    3. Boithuthong Community Centre, Bophuthatswana 64 words
  4. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Empty Houses 37 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Pin-ups 74 words
    2. Balance of Trade 463 words
    3. Britoil 95 words
    4. Decentralisation of Trade 36 words
    5. Confidential Letters (Leaks) 88 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police National Computer 202 words
    2. Metropolitan Police (Sickness and Injury) 154 words
    3. Remand Prisoners 557 words
    4. Metropolitan Police (Heathrow) 145 words
    5. Alcohol Sales (Under-age Persons) 148 words
    6. Police Sub-stations 48 words
    7. Members' Representations 147 words
    8. Television Licences (Students) 85 words
    9. Knives 72 words
    10. Shotgun Cartridges 71 words
    11. Immigration 391 words
    12. Royal Prerogative 76 words
    13. Radio 95 words
    14. Entry Clearance 198 words
    15. Prison Education 154 words
    16. London City Airport 79 words
    17. Prevention of Terrorism 125 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. File (Disappearance) 62 words
    2. Mr. Holroyd and Mr. Wallace 130 words
    3. Unification Church 212 words
    4. Herald of Free Enterprise 70 words
    5. Crown Prosecution Service 398 words
  8. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
    1. Costs 48 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 48 words
    2. Minister for Social Security and the Disabled 60 words
    3. Security and Intelligence Services 99 words
    4. Departmental Correspondence 54 words
    5. National Health Service 47 words
    6. South Africa and Namibia 73 words
    7. Trade Unions 72 words
    8. Stalker Report 61 words
    9. Secret Services (Papers) 69 words
  10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Young People (Full-time Education) 99 words
    2. School Crossing Patrols 63 words
    3. Higher Education (Research) 128 words
    4. Inner London Education Authority 104 words
    5. Swimming Pools 49 words
    6. Secondary Schools 296 words
    7. Business and Technician Education Council 198 words
    8. Schools (Opting Out) 60 words
    9. Education Reform 79 words
      1. EDUCATION REFORM BILL 716 words
    10. Education Expenditure 1,526 words
    11. Teachers (Pay) 63 words
    12. Pupil Statistics 1,071 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Pin-ups 97 words
    2. Diplomatic Personnel 50 words
    3. Bophuthatswana 79 words
    4. Falkland Islands 212 words
    5. EC Legislation (Plain Language) 59 words
    6. Herald of Free Enterprise 96 words
    7. Nuclear Exports (Japan) 104 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Energy Conservation 60 words
    2. Official Report 80 words
    3. Privy Council Office (Periodicals) 90 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Breeding Sows 1,488 words
    2. Pins-ups 64 words
    3. Affatoxin 106 words
    4. Milk 116 words
    5. Radioactivity (Cumbria) 57 words
  14. ENERGY
    1. Anglo-French Electricity Supply Link 160 words
    2. Electricity System (Emergencies) 77 words
    3. L. A. W. Mining Company Ltd. 57 words
    4. Nuclear Safety 52 words
    5. Coal Imports 72 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Rating Reform 126 words
    2. Community Charge Register (Access) 49 words
    3. Schools (Clydesdale) 89 words
    4. Strathclyde Structure Plan 192 words
    5. Pre-Court Diversion Schemes 46 words
    6. AIDS 149 words
    7. Domestic Violence 53 words
    8. Road Contracts 104 words
    9. Residential Care and Nursing Homes 67 words
    10. School Meals and Milk 64 words
    11. Labour Statistics 237 words
    12. Schools (Assaults) 121 words
    13. Homelessness 1,599 words
    14. Schools (Expenditure) 452 words
    15. Rates Relief 60 words
    16. Epilepsy 63 words
    17. Doctors and Consultants (Telephones) 146 words
    18. Fine Defaulters 133 words
    19. Prison Statistics 177 words
    20. Education (Under-sixes) 41 words
    21. Islay (Wild Birds) 735 words
  16. EMPLOYMENT
    1. London Docklands 97 words
    2. Pin-ups 106 words
    3. Wages (Underpayment) 78 words
    4. Accidents at Work 126 words
    5. Major Accident Hazards 152 words
    6. Labour Statistics 349 words
  17. WALES
    1. Cancer Screening 88 words
    2. Regional Development Fund 317 words
    3. Regional Aid 119 words
    4. Bus Deregulation 62 words
    5. Bypasses 35 words
    6. Measles, Whooping Cough and Polio 1,257 words
    7. Obstetric Units 58 words
    8. AIDS 149 words
    9. Hospital Waiting Lists 62 words
    10. Labour Statistics 85 words
    11. Gwynedd Health Authority 60 words
    12. Rating Reform 84 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Army Vehicles 88 words
    2. Black Officers 70 words
    3. Defence Procurement 154 words
    4. Research Contracts 203 words
    5. Service Engagements (Termination) 158 words
    6. Captain Fred Holroyd 102 words
    7. Nuclear Tests (Radiation Victims) 175 words
    8. European Fighter Aircraft 198 words
    9. Service Personnel (Electors) 202 words
    10. Departmental Correspondence 52 words
    11. Army Chaplains 130 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. RUC (Injury and Sickness) 329 words
    2. United States Politicians (Visits) 154 words
    3. Positive Vetting 52 words
    4. Criminal Injury Claims 131 words
  20. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Mortgage Tax Relief 81 words
    2. Capital Gains Tax 136 words
    3. Income Tax 506 words
    4. Income Tax 649 words
    5. Income Tax 194 words
    6. Budget Statement 35 words
    7. Luncheon Vouchers 64 words
    8. Pension Funds 116 words
    9. Private Health Insurance 37 words
    10. Deputy Secretaries 393 words
    11. Inland Revenue (Sheffield) 26 words
    12. Pin-ups 97 words
    13. London Weighting 113 words
    14. Flotations 140 words
    15. Income Distribution 762 words
    16. Tax Allowances 208 words
    17. Forestry 102 words
    18. Toxic Waste 73 words
    19. Privatisation 335 words
    20. Mentally Ill People 29 words
  21. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Sheffield 203 words
    2. Macclesfield Health Authority 305 words
    3. Hospitals (Funding) 103 words
    4. Hospital Hostels (Places) 126 words
    5. Motor Oil 166 words
    6. Residential Care Homes 120 words
    7. Resettlement Unit, Bishopbriggs 142 words
    8. Retirement Pensioners 68 words
    9. Special Payments 79 words
    10. Basingstoke and North Hampshire Health Authority 4,587 words
    11. Drugs 152 words
    12. Agency Staff 165 words
    13. Basingstoke District Hospital (Appointments) 74 words
    14. Thamesmead Town Limited 152 words
    15. Minister for the Disabled 66 words
    16. AIDS 168 words
    17. Abortions 174 words
    18. London Ambulance Service 545 words
    19. Sight Test 107 words
    20. Claimants (Wales) 383 words
    21. Social Security Reform 119 words
    22. Supplementary Benefit (North-East) 111 words
    23. RPI Error 196 words
    24. Social Security (Young Claimants) 106 words
    25. NHS Pay Deal 81 words
    26. General Practitioner Consultations 34 words
    27. Oldchurch Hospital, Romford 134 words
    28. Nurses (Shifts) 161 words
    29. Single Payments 61 words
    30. Public Expenditure 253 words
    31. Mentally Handicapped Patients 69 words

Lords Sitting of 8 February 1988

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Military Doctrines: NATO/Warsaw Pact 1,033 words
  3. Armed Forces: Alcohol/Drug Abuse 558 words
  4. NHS: Ward Closures 1,130 words
  5. Hospital Proposals for Westminster 1,227 words
  6. Business 87 words
  7. Hastings Borough Council Bill 13 words
  8. Social Security Bill 72 words
  9. Arms Control and Disarmament (Privileges and Immunities) Bill 6 words