25 February 1988

Commons Sitting of 25 February 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Imprisonment of Members 668 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 132 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 34 words
      1. Stalker/Sampson Report 1,895 words
      2. Security 2,165 words
      3. County Down (Hospitals) 483 words
      4. Harland and Wolff (AORI Contract) 570 words
      5. School Statistics 525 words
      6. Sex Discrimination Order 169 words
      7. Kilroot Power Station 306 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,275 words
  5. Business of the House 6,487 words
  6. Electricity (Privatisation) 9,474 words
  7. Questions to Ministers 262 words
  8. Statutory Instruments, &c. 128 words
  9. Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) 14,001 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. Hampshire (Lyndhurst Bypass) Bill [Lords] (By Order) 24,661 words, 1 division
    2. Criminal Injuries (Compensation) (Northern Ireland) 2,804 words
    3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
    4. CRIMINAL LAW 24 words
    5. NORTHERN IRELAND 29 words
    6. PETITION
      1. National Health Service 215 words
      2. Government Data Network 3,780 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 February 1988

  1. WALES
    1. Hospital Referrals 488 words
    2. NHS Consultants 53 words
    3. Hospital Closures 147 words
    4. Cervical Cytology 137 words
    5. Non-domestic Rates 173 words
    6. Radiation (Sheep) 75 words
    7. Legislation (Publication) 50 words
    8. Welsh Language 298 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Departmental Staff 280 words
    2. Mr. Freddie Andrews 644 words
    3. Mentally Handicapped People (Care) 135 words
    4. Plymouth Land Registry 127 words
    5. Drug Damage (Class Actions) 115 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Official Information (Leaks) 90 words
    2. Crumlin road Prison 50 words
    3. Crown Estates Act 1961 41 words
    4. Hospital Matrons 112 words
    5. Dorset 24 words
    6. Economic League 96 words
    7. Hong Kong (Animal Welfare) 64 words
    8. Departmental Co-ordination (Correspondence) 136 words
    9. Engagements 120 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Departmental Staff 206 words
    2. Religious Instruction and School Collective Worship 45 words
    3. Secondary School Libraries 123 words
    4. Education Reform 127 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Energy Conservation 108 words
    2. Motor Trade (Abuse) 200 words
    3. Matthew Brown (Takeover) 60 words
  6. ENERGY
    1. Dounreay Nuclear Establishment 130 words
    2. Fast Reactor Programme 72 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. World Bank 277 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council 114 words
    2. China (Claims Agreement) 187 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Bail 129 words
    2. Westminster Children's Hospital (Break-in) 175 words
    3. London Police Stations 69 words
    4. Remand Prisoners (Newham) 143 words
    5. Murderers (Release) 216 words
    6. Mordecai Vanunu 108 words
    7. Special Event Radio 258 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Job Dispersal 94 words
    2. Departmental Staff 112 words
    3. RAF Search and Rescue, Chivenor 57 words
    4. Hazardous Loads (West Yorkshire) 103 words
    5. Nuclear Tests (Radiation Victims) 135 words
    6. Murder 24 words
  11. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Government (Capital Debts) 81 words
    2. Highway Authorities (Abolition of Powers) 95 words
    3. Darenth Park 107 words
    4. Howbury Grange-Dartford North Marshes 54 words
    5. Bees 63 words
    6. Radioactive Waste 106 words
    7. Badgers 74 words
    8. Southwark (Rate Limitation) 104 words
    9. London Docklands Development Corporation 91 words
    10. Office Building, Richmond Terrace 326 words
    11. Partnership and Programme Authorities (Expenditure) 476 words
    12. Urban Programme 1,105 words
    13. Rates 68 words
    14. MOD Properties (Sales) 1,210 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Schools (Books and Equipment) 199 words
    2. "Fines and Fine Default" 70 words
    3. Long-stay Mental Hospital Patients 62 words
    4. Blood Transfusion Service 112 words
    5. Orthopaedic Surgery (Senior House Officers) 106 words
    6. Nursery Education 391 words
    7. Maternity Units (Costs) 62 words
    8. Electricity Generation (Coal Burn) 71 words
    9. School Leavers 215 words
    10. Torness Power Station 106 words
    11. Tied Houses 371 words
    12. Labour Statistics 2,103 words
    13. Labour Statistics 86 words
    14. Isle of Islay 39 words
    15. Catering and Domestic Service Contractors (Meeting) 363 words
    16. "Inside Intelligence" 58 words
    17. Scottish Special Housing Association (Loan) 109 words
    18. Employment Practices 64 words
    19. D and A Allan (Clydebank) 177 words
    20. SDA (Contracts) 178 words
    21. Nurses 273 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Departmental Staff 342 words
    2. Training Schemes 1,230 words
    3. Labour Statistics 736 words
    4. YTS 156 words
    5. Mr. A. Archer (Member's Correspondence) 116 words
    6. Tourism 181 words
    7. Wages 135 words
    8. Maternity Pay Fund 102 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Incontinence 173 words
    2. Cleveland Social Services Department 69 words
    3. Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers 179 words
    4. Retirement Age 106 words
    5. Foreign Students 144 words
    6. Community Care 162 words
    7. War Widows 102 words
    8. NHS (Spending) 221 words
    9. Nurses 76 words
    10. Dr. Raj Kumar 160 words
    11. Clinics (Brent) 144 words
    12. Nottingham Family Practitioner Committee 134 words
    13. Brent Health Authority 72 words
    14. Rent Thresholds 612 words
    15. Heating Allowances 148 words
    16. Benefit Offices (Staff Safety) 173 words
    17. Supplementary Benefit 377 words
    18. Patients (Compulsory Domiciliary Medication) 110 words
    19. North Yorkshire Family Practitioner Committee 45 words
    20. Blood Transfusion Service 99 words
    21. Drug Manufacturers 157 words
    22. Borderline Substances 262 words
    23. NHS Income-generating Unit 387 words
    24. Income Support 178 words
    25. Social Security Reform 176 words
    26. Social Security Tribunals 132 words
    27. Funeral Costs 242 words
    28. AIDS and Drug Misuse 108 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Sherry 99 words
    2. Engine-Testing Fuels 41 words
    3. Dollar Value 118 words
    4. Money Supply 137 words
    5. Funeral Charges (VAT) 44 words
  16. THE ARTS
    1. Arts Marketing 177 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Air Safety (Alcohol and Drug Abuse) 97 words
    2. A1 (Improvements) 106 words
    3. Manchester International Airport 156 words
    4. Cycling 238 words
    5. London Underground 674 words
    6. Bus Services (London) 115 words
    7. London Regional Transport 65 words
    8. A6 Disley Bypass 204 words
    9. Buses (Testing) 199 words
    10. North Wales Coast Railway Line 58 words
    11. A1/A1(M) (Durham) 187 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Surplus Commodities 149 words
    2. Greek Bananas 70 words
    3. Agricultural Policy 121 words
    4. Intervention Stocks 90 words
    5. Alternative Land Use 217 words
    6. Grain Production 275 words
    7. Cereals 255 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Crumlin Road Prison 47 words
    2. Security 248 words
    3. Public Order (Prison Sentences) 130 words
    4. Single Payments 145 words
    5. United States Investment 101 words
    6. Employment (Equal Opportunities) 196 words
    7. Capital Grant Scheme 97 words
    8. Stalker/Sampson Report 61 words
    9. Unemployment 87 words
    10. ACE Schemes 114 words
    11. RUC (Catholic Recruits) 77 words
    12. Police Authority 65 words
    13. Electricity Generation 96 words
    14. Anglo-Irish Agreement 51 words
    15. Labour Statistics 124 words
    16. Wages Act 1986 160 words
    17. Dogs 63 words
    18. Police Discipline 37 words
    19. RUC (Reorganisation) 128 words
    20. Kincora Boys Home 55 words
    21. Job Creation (Foreign Investment) 66 words
    22. RUC-Garda (Meetings) 35 words
    23. Education Reform 27 words
    24. Terrorism 90 words
    25. Travelling People 113 words
    26. Rubbish Dump, Magheramorne 75 words
    27. Training Centres 71 words
    28. Intergovernmental Conference 59 words
    29. European Heritage Funding 172 words
    30. Homelessness 443 words
    31. Teacher Training Places 76 words
    32. Equal Opportunities 204 words
    33. Community Services Grant Aid 309 words
    34. Capital Schemes 676 words
    35. NI 2000 89 words
    36. Car Parks 100 words
    37. Nursery Education 435 words
    38. Privatisation 230 words
    39. Tertiary Education 2,418 words
    40. RUC (Chief Constable) 740 words
    41. Children 76 words
    42. Fair Employment Agency 254 words

Lords Sitting of 25 February 1988

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Dock Labour Scheme 637 words
  3. Airport Capacity: Development 1,743 words
  4. Scotland: Community Charge 1,402 words
  5. Business 99 words
  6. Standing Orders (Public Business) 129 words
  7. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 9,822 words, 1 division
  8. Electricity Industry: Privatisation 5,924 words
  9. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 12,550 words, 1 division
  10. Matrimonial Proceedings (Transfers) Bill [H.L.] 2,052 words
  11. Statistics of Trade and Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 2,090 words
  12. Copyright, Designs and Patents Bill [H.L.] 25,303 words
  13. Keble College Oxford Bill [H.L.] 15 words
  14. Selwyn College Cambridge Bill [H.L.] 23 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 February 1988

  1. DRUGS: UNFAIR RECOMMENDATIONS— APPEALS PROCEDURE 152 words
  2. BORDERLINE SUBSTANCES: CLASSIFICATION 257 words
  3. NHS EXPENDITURE 89 words
  4. DHSS EXPENDITURE 81 words
  5. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT 98 words
  6. HEVENINGHAM HALL 284 words
  7. NUCLEAR MATERIALS: ALLEGED BLACK MARKET 187 words
  8. INF AGREEMENT: INSTRUMENTS 136 words
  9. TEACHER TRAINING COURSES: ACCREDITATION 145 words
  10. TASK GROUP ON ASSESSMENT AND TESTING REPORT 253 words
  11. EC: REGION DEFINITIONS 102 words