18 January 1988

Commons Sitting of 18 January 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
      1. Advance Factories 776 words
      2. Welsh Language 628 words
      3. Rating Reform 799 words
      4. Health Authorities 1,515 words
      5. Welsh Language 355 words
      6. Schools (Community Relations) 443 words
      7. Young Children (Heart Disease) 671 words
      8. Public Library Service (Funding) 245 words
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. "Crockford's Clerical Directory" 823 words
    3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Staff (Wages and Conditions of Service) 504 words
      2. Scottish Affairs Committee 351 words
      3. Souvenir Kiosk 327 words
      4. Ten-Minute Bills 524 words
      5. Select Committees 399 words
      6. All-Party Groups 319 words
  4. Points of Order 725 words
  5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 309 words
  6. Australia (Bicentennial Gift) 2,662 words
  7. St. Christopher and Nevis (Gift of Speaker's Chair and Desk) 732 words
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. Criminal Justice Bill [Lords] 50,740 words, 2 divisions
    2. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 106 words
  9. Local Government (Scotland) 13,442 words, 1 division
    1. RATING AND VALUATION 25 words
  10. PETITIONS
    1. Abortion (Amendment) Bill 153 words
    2. Ozone Layer 4,143 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 January 1988

  1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Computers 191 words
    2. Medical Research Council 65 words
    3. Medical Research 225 words
    4. AIDS 162 words
    5. CERN (Report) 102 words
    6. Ozone Hole 426 words
    7. Marine Sciences (Redundancies) 120 words
    8. Education Reform Bill 253 words
    9. GCSE 129 words
    10. Schoolteacher Vacancies 653 words
    11. Financial Delegation 159 words
    12. Higher Education 286 words
  2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. "Crockford's Clerical Directory" 86 words
  3. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Corporation Tax 255 words
    2. Income Tax 352 words
    3. Value Added Tax 485 words
    4. Forestry 52 words
    5. Productivity 61 words
    6. Cross-border Banking 146 words
    7. Job Creation 84 words
    8. Payroll-Giving Scheme 47 words
    9. Government Data Network 184 words
    10. BP Shares 76 words
    11. London City Airport 33 words
    12. Personal Equity Plans 185 words
    13. Privatisation 385 words
    14. Privatisation 194 words
    15. Family Income and Allowances 246 words
    16. Income and Taxes 729 words
    17. Revenue Collection 167 words
    18. Tax Allowances 110 words
    19. Jobs Dispersal 114 words
    20. EC (Payments) 41 words
  4. THE ARTS
    1. Museums and Galleries 341 words
    2. Objects in Lieu of Tax 286 words
    3. Works of Art (Export Licences) 940 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Family Courts 66 words
    2. State Security 503 words
    3. "Spycatcher" 161 words
    4. Prosecution Policy 92 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Safariland Lodge, Lake Naivasha, Kenya 185 words
    2. First Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers (Kenya Visit) 75 words
    3. Trident 135 words
    4. Home Defence Exercises 463 words
    5. SSIXS Equipment 163 words
    6. Defence Contracts 54 words
    7. Army Equipment Exhibition 158 words
    8. British Nuclear Test Programme (Report) 94 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Simon Armstrong 68 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Recycled Paper 81 words
    2. Mineral Waters 139 words
    3. Scottish Standing Committee 99 words
  9. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
    1. Reports 54 words
    2. National Audit Office 73 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Firearms (Police Use) 190 words
    2. Firearms 265 words
    3. Political Asylum 182 words
    4. Amusement Arcades 163 words
    5. Female Prison Officers 174 words
    6. Winson Green Prison 64 words
    7. Shirley Ann Bovell 99 words
    8. Oakham Police Station 58 words
    9. Official Secrets Act 68 words
    10. Deportations 59 words
    11. Gaming Machines 74 words
    12. Firearm Certificates 135 words
    13. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes (Durham) 66 words
    14. London City Airport 33 words
    15. Remands in Custody 121 words
    16. Dogs 96 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. LINK Programme 74 words
    2. Non-departmental Public Bodies 115 words
    3. Crown Prerogative 187 words
    4. Regional Policy 94 words
    5. Nature Conservancy Council 139 words
    6. Mr. Hugh Gaitskell 90 words
    7. British Politicians (Files) 113 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Turkey 104 words
    2. Bahrain 134 words
    3. British Consulates (Loans) 415 words
    4. Mordecai Vanunu 80 words
    5. Zambia (Personal Remittances) 116 words
    6. Indonesia 411 words
    7. Afghanistan 69 words
    8. Dr. Jack Mapanje 67 words
    9. Mr. Albert Flearmoy 83 words
    10. European Commission (United Kingdom Staff) 61 words
    11. Mr. Jorgen Hansen 106 words
    12. Wildlife Conservation 153 words
    13. Youth Exchange Schemes 201 words
  13. ENERGY
    1. Home Insulation 102 words
    2. Private Coal Mining 106 words
    3. Sizewell B 208 words
    4. Heysham 2 131 words
    5. Fast Breeder Reactor (Lyons) 111 words
    6. Nuclear Safety 149 words
    7. Coal Firing Scheme, Corby 47 words
    8. Pit Closures 330 words
    9. Nuclear Installations 149 words
    10. Alternative Energy Sources 318 words
    11. Coal Industry 89 words
    12. Sexual Harassment 148 words
    13. Combined Heat and Power 151 words
    14. Private Electricity Generation 82 words
    15. Electricity Meters 63 words
    16. Fuel Disconnections 191 words
    17. Plutonium 78 words
    18. Media Statements 127 words
    19. Electricity Costs 120 words
    20. CEGB Sites (Access) 52 words
    21. NUM President (Election) 68 words
    22. Miners' Welfares 55 words
    23. Brae C Field, North Sea 49 words
  14. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Departmental Responsibilities 113 words
    2. Official Overseas Visits 183 words
    3. Wages Council Regulations (Infringements) 59 words
    4. Deptford Skill Centre 271 words
    5. Low Earnings 405 words
    6. Safety 682 words
    7. Job Release 342 words
    8. Ladbrokes plc 124 words
    9. Industrial Tribunals (Betting and Racing) 48 words
    10. Dock Workers 1,340 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Further and Higher Education 311 words
    2. Forestry Commission 73 words
    3. Ex-Offenders (Employment) 67 words
    4. Icelandic Electricity (Imports) 135 words
    5. Ibrox Park Stadium 88 words
    6. Administration of Justice 3,439 words
    7. Museums and Galleries 184 words
    8. Low Earnings 297 words
    9. Milk Quotas 136 words
    10. Drink Offenders 60 words
    11. Hypothermia 48 words
    12. Rate Support Grant (Tayside) 361 words
    13. Scottish Development Agency 153 words
  16. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Acrylic Yarn 152 words
    2. World Trade (GATT) 162 words
    3. Sexual Harassment 214 words
    4. Registers of Shareholders 138 words
    5. Corby (Fibre Optics) 42 words
    6. Estate Agents Act 1979 112 words
    7. EEC (Imports from East Germany) 155 words
    8. West Germany (Imports) 137 words
    9. CEGB (Transmission System) 51 words
    10. Landlords (Resale of Electricity) 85 words
    11. National Girobank 65 words
    12. Departmental Corporate Image 75 words
    13. Radio (Abuse) 128 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Drivers (Eye Tests) 372 words
    2. London Regional Transport 108 words
    3. Underground (Train Doors) 177 words
    4. Heavy Goods Vehicles 499 words
    5. Weighbridges 62 words
    6. Onslow Village 124 words
    7. Muroroa (Nuclear Weapons Testing) 181 words
    8. Heavy Lorries 155 words
    9. East London River Crossing 77 words
    10. London Regional Transport (Sale of Dwellings) 112 words
    11. London Regional Transport (Bus Services) 178 words
    12. Humber Bridge Authority (Debt) 200 words
    13. Transport and Road Research Laboratory 119 words
    14. Manchester Light Rapid Transport System 219 words
    15. Pedal Cyclists 80 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES & FOOD
    1. Cereals 58 words
    2. Milk Quota 299 words
    3. Non-Civil Servant Advisers 86 words
    4. Milk 121 words
    5. Mineral Water 89 words
    6. Fisheries Council 44 words
    7. Weil's Disease 67 words
  19. WALES
    1. Labour Statistics 225 words
    2. Tree Planting 86 words
    3. Hospital Waiting Lists 372 words
    4. Education Expenditure 328 words
    5. Consultant Referrals 70 words
    6. Health Authorities (Funding) 94 words
    7. Rate Rebate 32 words
    8. Hospitals (Repairs) 111 words
    9. Health Authorities 99 words
    10. Free Food 83 words
    11. National Health Service 125 words
    12. Rating Reform 58 words
    13. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 932 words
    14. Obstetric Units 681 words
    15. Staff Statistics 60 words
    16. National Museum of Wales 69 words
    17. Hospital Beds 254 words
    18. Welsh Language 64 words
    19. Houses (Disrepair) 464 words
    20. Care in the Community 83 words
    21. Housing Corporation (Expenditure) 72 words
    22. House Purchase 236 words
    23. A44 (Aberystwyth to Rhayader) 62 words
    24. Earnings 153 words
    25. Patients (Conveyance) 169 words
    26. Ambulances 349 words
    27. Housing Associations 51 words
    28. Hospital Closures 181 words
    29. Bridges (Safety) 108 words
    30. Speech Therapists 69 words
    31. Member's Question 55 words
    32. Circular 44/87 145 words
    33. General Practitioners 49 words
  20. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Fire Hydrants (Portaferry) 137 words
    2. Union Flag 219 words
    3. Pupils (Religious Denomination) 53 words
    4. Radioactivity (Monitoring) 171 words
    5. Traffic Flow (Carrickfergus) 64 words
    6. Free EC Food 162 words
    7. Ulster Museum 69 words
    8. Meningitis 139 words
    9. Matrimonial Proceedings 61 words
    10. Elected Representatives 104 words
    11. Correspondence 325 words
    12. Debt 375 words
    13. Planning (Advertisements) 70 words
  21. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Housing Management 432 words
    2. Homelessness 510 words
    3. Private Tenants (Right to Buy) 105 words
    4. Radiation Monitoring 94 words
    5. Rating Reform 1,004 words
    6. Search and Charge Procedures 166 words
    7. Rate Support Grant, Cumbria 72 words
    8. North Sea Project 217 words
    9. Urban Regeneration Grants 99 words
    10. Dog Wardens 91 words
    11. Planning Appeal Decisions 447 words
    12. Rented Property 102 words
    13. Sport and Leisure facilities 65 words
    14. Barter Deals 49 words
    15. Urban Development Corporations 109 words
    16. New Premises (London) 92 words
    17. Boxing 241 words
    18. Storm Damage 232 words
    19. Animal Virus Research Institute 101 words