10 February 1988

Commons Sitting of 10 February 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Company Liquidations 295 words
      2. Financial Services Act 747 words
      3. Telecommunications 491 words
      4. Ballpoint Pens 400 words
      5. Metals Industry 545 words
      6. Dollar Export Prices 369 words
      7. Upholstered Furniture 604 words
      8. Compact Discs 346 words
      9. Paper Industry 456 words
      10. Enterprise Initiative 1,353 words
      11. Balance of Payments 741 words
      12. Telecommunications 509 words
      13. Publishing Industry 209 words
      14. British Steel 567 words
      15. Regional Aid 548 words
      16. Businesses (Bureaucratic Burdens) 622 words
      17. Competition Policy 196 words
  4. Hong Kong (White Paper) 5,302 words
  5. Heart Operation (Leeds) 474 words
  6. Points of Order 819 words
  7. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 18 words
  8. Statutory Instruments, &c. 107 words
  9. Credit (Control) 1,485 words
    1. CREDIT (CONTROL) 132 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. Employment Bill 8 words
      1. Clause 13
        1. REQUIREMENT OF POSTAL BALLOT FOR CERTAIN BALLOTS AND ELECTIONS 12,302 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 14
        1. INDEPENDENT SCRUTINY OF CERTAIN BALLOTS AND ELECTIONS 559 words
      3. Clause 16
        1. BALLOTS ON INDUSTRIAL ACTION AFFECTING DIFFERENT PLACES OF WORK 8,051 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 20
        1. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO SECTION 19 263 words
      5. Clause 23
        1. THE TRAINING COMMISSION 18,489 words, 1 division
      6. Clause 29
        1. CROWN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTS ETC. 4,514 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
  11. Employment Bill 2,105 words, 1 division
  12. Inner London Education Authority 13,404 words, 1 division
  13. PETITION
    1. Rating Reform 175 words
  14. Opencast Mining (Deeside) 3,701 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 February 1988

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Ministerial Visit 55 words
    2. Residence Applications 79 words
    3. Breath Tests 147 words
    4. Risley Remand Centre (Suicide Attempts) 183 words
    5. Senior Police Officers (Meeting) 158 words
  2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Church Schools 42 words
    2. Fee Remission 87 words
    3. City of London Polytechnic 138 words
    4. Education Reform 82 words
    5. Universities Funding Council 47 words
    6. Further Education Colleges 67 words
    7. Medical Students 229 words
    8. Inner London Education Authority 593 words
    9. Primary and Secondary Schools (London) 131 words
    10. Ideal Home Exhibition 497 words
  3. SCOTLAND
    1. Hospitals (Lanarkshire) 467 words
    2. Overseas Visits 45 words
    3. National Health Service (Review) 49 words
    4. Veterinary Inspectors 390 words
    5. Brucellosis 95 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Stalker-Sampson Investigations 52 words
    2. Ministerial Statement 35 words
    3. Ministerial Communications 50 words
  5. WALES
    1. Health and Personal Social Services 256 words
    2. Teacher Training 213 words
  6. ENERGY
    1. Mining Equipment 82 words
    2. Coal (International Trade) 87 words
    3. Coal Industry (Policy) 83 words
    4. Nuclear Experiments 72 words
    5. Radiation 126 words
    6. Nuclear Exports 99 words
    7. Nuclear Installations (Fixed Assets) 130 words
    8. British Nuclear Fuels plc (Exhibition) 75 words
    9. International Atomic Energy Agency 167 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Small Businesses 56 words
    2. MSC (Employment Schemes) 483 words
    3. Labour Statistics 1,504 words
    4. School Leavers 57 words
    5. Confectionery and Biscuits 59 words
    6. Mental Illness 381 words
    7. Occupational Health Services 96 words
    8. Hourly Earnings 200 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. British Industry Committee 115 words
    2. Helsinki Final Act 102 words
    3. BBC Overseas Service 108 words
    4. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty 240 words
    5. International Atomic Energy Agency 130 words
    6. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 55 words
    7. Nuclear Materials (Security) 98 words
    8. Nuclear Materials (Oversight) 92 words
    9. Nuclear Safeguards 151 words
    10. Armoured Personnel Carriers (Turkey) 68 words
    11. Nuclear Materials (Khartoum) 97 words
    12. Annette Heunis and Terry Tsle 83 words
    13. Hong Kong 192 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Coal Waste (Disposal) 57 words
    2. Dairy Inspections 182 words
    3. Chemical Trials 269 words
    4. Rainfall (West Yorkshire) 170 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Air-Sea Search and Rescue 306 words
    2. Trident (Contracts) 140 words
    3. Exercise Teamwork 88 71 words
    4. Trident 111 words
    5. Departmental Staff Duties 85 words
    6. British Nuclear Fuels plc 113 words
    7. Tritium 61 words
    8. Cabinet Defence Committee—UKAEA (Minutes) 93 words
    9. Nuclear Accidents 124 words
    10. 30-Year Rule 107 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. British Rail 122 words
    2. Traffic Accidents (Radiation) 67 words
    3. Light Dues 168 words
    4. London Regional Transport 196 words
    5. Road Safety 486 words
    6. Roads (Repair and Maintenance) 111 words
    7. Aircraft (Near-Miss Incidents) 193 words
    8. Railways Inspectorate 179 words
    9. Railways (Safety) 82 words
    10. Heavy Vehicles 95 words
    11. Night Flying 735 words
    12. Channel Tunnel (Rail Infrastructure) 87 words
    13. Motor Vehicles (Safety) 160 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Tax Changes 69 words
    2. Borrowing Requirement 104 words
    3. Government Data Network 137 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Data Processing Industry 70 words
    2. Management Education 139 words
    3. Letter Monopoly (Breaches) 65 words
    4. Printing Industry 55 words
    5. Space Research 342 words
    6. Investment Capital 56 words
    7. Manufacturing Industry 254 words
    8. Computer-aided Design 48 words
    9. Electronics Industry 181 words
    10. Commercial Vehicles 51 words
    11. Association of British Chambers of Commerce 65 words
    12. Consumers' Association 84 words
    13. Textile Industry 61 words
    14. Austin Rover 221 words
    15. Aerospace Industry 66 words
    16. Regional Aid 594 words
    17. Turkish Yarn 126 words
    18. North Peckham Task Force 79 words
    19. Competition Policy 43 words
    20. British Telecom (Magnetic Tapes) 61 words
    21. New Businesses (Retired People) 90 words
    22. European Regional Development Fund 56 words
    23. Research and Development 221 words
    24. Leyland Trucks 74 words
    25. Departmental Confidential Hot Line 130 words
    26. Japanese Manufacturers 74 words
    27. Car Sales 61 words
    28. Single European Market 232 words
    29. Assisted Areas 49 words
    30. Television Advertising 38 words
    31. Japan (Trade Deficit) 80 words
    32. HOTOL 62 words
    33. Staff Dispersal 108 words
    34. English Industrial Estates 143 words
    35. Mergers 63 words
    36. Companies (Grants) 90 words
    37. Inner Cities 318 words
    38. Steel Industry 82 words
    39. EC (Trade Barriers) 87 words
    40. EC (Insurance Market) 93 words
    41. Managed Workshops 76 words
    42. Financial Institutions 98 words
    43. Canning Town Glassworks 53 words
    44. Support for Innovation 102 words
    45. Balance of Trade 183 words
    46. Trade Safety 116 words
    47. Child Safety Campaign 155 words
    48. Heavy Duty Mining Equipment 235 words
    49. Guinness plc 41 words
    50. House of Fraser (Holdings) plc 44 words
    51. Lonrho plc 216 words
    52. Electronic Fund Transfers 102 words
    53. Productivity Rates 379 words
    54. Compliance Cost Assessments 85 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. 1991 Census 95 words
    2. Health Services 142 words
    3. Family Practitioner Committee (Leeds) 56 words
    4. British Paediatrics Association 80 words
    5. Health and Personal Social Services 276 words
    6. National Health Service Staff 364 words
    7. Age Allowance 68 words
    8. Retail Prices Index (Error) 78 words
    9. Pay Scales 676 words
    10. Swimming 80 words
    11. Community Treatment Orders 83 words
    12. General Practitioners 120 words
    13. Meningitis 52 words
    14. Private Health Insurance 98 words
    15. Benefits 100 words
    16. Abortions 166 words
    17. Endometriosis 75 words
    18. Health Inspectorate 46 words
    19. St. James's Hospital, Portsmouth 109 words
    20. Cot Deaths 172 words
    21. Variations to Product Licences 130 words
    22. Atenolol Tablets 258 words
    23. Special Payments 143 words
    24. NHS Review 49 words
    25. Mental Hospitals (Patients' Money) 95 words
    26. Hospitals (Treatment Statistics) 310 words
    27. Brook Hospital 241 words
    28. Hospices 415 words
    29. Infant Feeding 146 words
    30. National Health Service 193 words
    31. Trent Regional Health Authority 421 words
    32. NHS (Waiting Lists) 240 words
    33. NHS (Funding) 137 words
    34. Basingstoke and North Hampshire Health Authority 902 words
    35. Waiting Lists (Leeds) 175 words
  15. THE ARTS
    1. "Arts in the Inner Cities" 157 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Disabled People 809 words
    2. Community Services 373 words
    3. Equal Opportunities 42 words
    4. Travel to Interview 145 words
    5. School Nurse 189 words
    6. Private Health Insurance 42 words
    7. Cars (Imports) 69 words
    8. General Practitioner Trainees 589 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Green Belt 184 words
    2. Higher Education Students 51 words
    3. Lesser-value Awards 49 words
    4. Nuclear Waste 364 words
    5. Boxing 79 words
    6. Staff Dispersal 121 words
    7. Planning Appeals 63 words
    8. Isle of Wight 110 words
    9. Water Supplies 193 words
    10. Local Authority Services 776 words
    11. Local Authorities (Financial Aid) 100 words

Lords Sitting of 10 February 1988

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Baroness Hart of South Lanark 47 words
  3. Unemployed and Part-Time Workers 1,509 words
  4. Tax Assessments: Personal Service 703 words
  5. Paediatric Intensive Care: Training 734 words
  6. War Widows' Benefit 1,026 words
  7. Business 204 words
  8. British Waterways (No. 2) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  9. Eastbourne Harbour Bill [H.L.] 9 words
  10. Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (No. 3) Bill [H.L.] 10 words
  11. The Secret Services 17,251 words
  12. Hong Kong: White Paper 2,413 words
  13. Pseudo-Religious Cults 15,617 words
  14. Agricultural Stabilisers: ECC Report 13,614 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 10 February 1988

  1. HONG KONG: WHITE PAPER 178 words
  2. COMPLIANCE COST ASSESSMENTS: PUBLICATION 80 words
  3. SPACE RESEARCH POLICY 337 words
  4. SEVERELY DISABLED WAR PENSIONERS: BENEFIT SHORTFALL COMPENSATION 123 words
  5. TREE PLANTING GRANTS 153 words
  6. RADIATION MONITORING 135 words
  7. NCC STAG CULL: COSTS 61 words
  8. REPLAN SCHEME: FUTURE 63 words
  9. ELDERLY WAR WIDOWS: PENSIONS 185 words
  10. LAMBS: CERTIFICATION AND GRADING METHODS 224 words