25 January 1988

Commons Sitting of 25 January 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Imprisonment of a Member 286 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENERGY
      1. Energy Conservation 530 words
      2. Domestic Consumers 508 words
      3. Coal Industry 436 words
      4. Offshore Supplies Office 280 words
      5. Nuclear Industry 950 words
      6. Windscale Fire 365 words
      7. Oil Demand 544 words
      8. Power Station (Fawley) 594 words
      9. Coal Industry 874 words
      10. Oil Exploration 104 words
    2. THE ARTS
      1. Area Museums Councils 424 words
      2. Greater London Arts 661 words
      3. Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 268 words
      4. Arts Council (Grant) 490 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Staff Morale 332 words
      2. Civil Service College 352 words
      3. Political Activities 359 words
      4. Secondment 353 words
      5. Ethnic Communities 185 words
  5. Royal Ulster Constabulary (Stalker-Sampson Investigations) 7,721 words, 1 division
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Regional Development Grants (Termination) Bill 47,728 words, 1 division
  7. London Regional Transport 12,766 words
  8. PETITION
    1. Rating Reform 163 words
  9. Deep Mining (East Fife) 4,163 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 January 1988

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prisoners (Mental Illness) 167 words
    2. Prison Population (Psychiatric Profile) 92 words
    3. Mrs. J. V. N. Ball 50 words
    4. Incest 168 words
    5. Michael Ryan (Firearms Certificate) 77 words
    6. Game Licences 100 words
    7. Fox Hunting 50 words
    8. Mr. John Porter 72 words
    9. Prisons 149 words
    10. Sentencing 98 words
  2. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Effectiveness, Rewards and Morale 65 words
    2. Departmental Forms 104 words
  3. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Assisted Places Scheme 1,022 words
    2. Student Grants 38 words
    3. Instrumental Music Schemes 181 words
    4. School Playgrounds (Accidents) 97 words
    5. Black Report 141 words
    6. East Anglia 146 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. EC Affairs 162 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Glorious Revolution 72 words
    2. State Security 70 words
    3. Crown Prerogative 118 words
    4. Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong) 90 words
    5. Trawsfynydd (Test) 98 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Diplomatic Passports 283 words
    2. Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Wright 159 words
    3. Zimbabwe 216 words
    4. Hong Kong (Rare and Endangered Species) 56 words
    5. Nuclear Materials 146 words
    6. Black Rhino 151 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. School Buildings (Repairs) 109 words
    2. Kilroot Power Station 123 words
    3. Lecturers 69 words
    4. Lignite 69 words
    5. Power Stations 96 words
    6. Economic Strategy 56 words
    7. Labour Statistics 123 words
    8. Anti-poverty Programmes 225 words
  8. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Interviews (Travelling Expenses) 112 words
    2. Factory Inspectors 135 words
    3. Health and Safety Executive 43 words
    4. Manufacturing Industry 191 words
    5. Labour Statistics 524 words
    6. Job Release Scheme 59 words
    7. Tourism 333 words
    8. Deaths and Accidents 151 words
    9. Dock Workers 113 words
  9. ENERGY
    1. Electricity Prices 106 words
    2. Coal Industry 138 words
    3. Electricity Industry (Cost Savings) 96 words
    4. Electricity Generation 214 words
    5. Electricity (Economy Tariffs) 54 words
    6. Gas and Electricity (VAT) 98 words
    7. Power Stations and Overhead Lines (Public Inquiries) 102 words
    8. Energy Efficiency 299 words
    9. Offshore Supplies Industry 111 words
    10. Oil Reserves 80 words
    11. Electricity Industry (Desulphurisation Programme) 88 words
    12. Electricity Industry (Privatisation) 105 words
    13. Energy Management Conferences 69 words
    14. Power Stations 66 words
    15. Trawsfynydd Power Station 41 words
    16. Fast Breeder Reactor Programme 63 words
  10. TRANSPORT
    1. Section 8 Grants 47 words
    2. London Underground 61 words
    3. Ferry Boarding Passes 69 words
    4. Radioactive Materials (Transportation) 122 words
    5. Buses (Concessionary Fare Schemes) 69 words
    6. Trams 252 words
    7. Thames (Tunnel) 85 words
    8. London-Sheffield Railway Line 78 words
    9. Roads 152 words
    10. M2/A2 Roads 109 words
    11. Heavy Goods vehicles 109 words
    12. Pilotage 89 words
    13. Cross-London Rail Link 121 words
    14. Air Agreements 97 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. DROPS 87 words
    2. English Industrial Estates 480 words
    3. Fridges and Freezers 345 words
    4. Washing Machines 218 words
    5. Television Sets 226 words
    6. Radios 239 words
    7. British Telecom (Maintenance Service) 85 words
    8. Portable and Car Telephones 231 words
    9. International Tropical Timber Organisation 87 words
    10. Iran 135 words
    11. Vicuna Wool and Cloth 154 words
    12. BP Shares 117 words
    13. Inner City Task Forces 148 words
    14. Regional Development 89 words
    15. Non-life Insurance 238 words
    16. Weights 292 words
  12. DEFENCE
    1. Plutonium 41 words
    2. RAF Binbrook (Near Miss) 68 words
    3. NATO and Warsaw Pact (Nuclear Weapons) 78 words
    4. Nuclear Installations (Decommissioning) 120 words
    5. Integrated Command Control System 357 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Nuclear Waste 71 words
    2. Cap de la Hague Nuclear Plant 167 words
    3. Explosives Accidents 246 words
    4. Ordnance Survey 351 words
    5. Urban Development Corporations 239 words
    6. Storm Damage 152 words
    7. Water Authorities 144 words
    8. Rating Reform 578 words
    9. London Docklands Development Corporation 179 words
    10. Housing Waiting Lists 171 words
    11. Council House Sales 131 words
    12. Homelessness 100 words
    13. Empty Property (Wandsworth) 37 words
    14. Rate Support Grant (Cumbria) 48 words
    15. Hampstead Heath 186 words
    16. Leisure Facilities 1,527 words
    17. Water Meters 368 words
    18. Maen Valley Caravan Park, Falmouth 60 words
    19. The Firs, Mawla, Redruth, Cornwall (Planning Appeal) 96 words
    20. Game Licences 55 words
    21. National Rivers Authority 154 words
    22. East Anglia 135 words
    23. Expenditure 993 words
    24. Palace of Westminster 294 words
    25. Greater London Council (Seaside and Country Homes) 84 words
    26. London Residuary Body 143 words
    27. Vicuna Wool 73 words
    28. Boundary Commission 115 words
    29. Faslane and Coulport 93 words
    30. Olympic Games, Seoul 99 words
    31. Whitefronted Geese 202 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Soil Erosion 122 words
    2. Dairy Farmers 56 words
    3. Labour Statistics 189 words
    4. Farm Incomes 173 words
    5. Council of Agriculture Ministers 1,659 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Consultants 6,057 words
    2. Nurse Training 493 words
    3. Road Costs 345 words
    4. Vehicle Mileage 74 words
    5. Electricity Prices 69 words
    6. Renal Failure 1,093 words
    7. Intensive Care Units 123 words
    8. Organ Donation 52 words
    9. Dental Surgeons 491 words
    10. Pharmacists 183 words
    11. Alcoholism 146 words
    12. Education Expenditure 49 words
    13. Amusement Arcades 53 words
    14. School Management 212 words
    15. Waiting Lists 119 words
    16. Cervical Cancer 45 words
    17. Crime Prevention 69 words
    18. Housing 85 words
    19. Rented Houses 70 words
    20. Industrial Projects 91 words
    21. Islay (Geese) 63 words
    22. Labour Statistics 755 words
    23. Forestry 1,282 words
    24. Prisons 53 words
    25. Fine Defaulters 159 words
  16. THE ARTS
    1. Buildings (Maintenance and Refurbishment) 95 words
    2. Northern Regional Arts Association 55 words
    3. Museums (Leicestershire) 43 words
    4. Theatre and Music (Youth Participation) 85 words
    5. Arts (Plural Funding) 137 words
    6. Arts (Business Sponsors) 67 words
    7. Arts (Funding) 416 words
    8. Community Plays 90 words
    9. Libraries (Funding) 124 words
    10. Museums and Galleries (Funding) 245 words
    11. Ffotogallery (Cardiff) 40 words
    12. Public Libraries 112 words
    13. British Council 66 words
    14. Local Arts Groups (Cornwall) 25 words
    15. Tourism 63 words
    16. British Library Business Information Service 128 words
    17. Tate Gallery (Liverpool) 159 words
  17. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Civil Service (Dispersal) 90 words
    2. Civil Service (Working Patterns) 59 words
    3. Customs Clearance Station (Armagh) 143 words
    4. Value Added Tax 112 words
    5. Customs (Confiscations) 101 words
    6. Exchange Rate 131 words
    7. Interest Rates 336 words
    8. Treasure Trove 46 words
    9. Finance Acts 746 words
    10. Manufacturing Industry 332 words
    11. Personal Incomes (Statistics) 179 words
    12. Government Borrowing 442 words
    13. Revenue Statistics 557 words
    14. Domestic Rates (VAT) 89 words
    15. Pension Funds 105 words
    16. Inland Revenue (Sheffield) 65 words
    17. Retail Prices and Taxation 206 words
    18. Rental Values 105 words
    19. Books, Newspapers and Periodicals (VAT) 112 words
    20. Domestic Staff 48 words
  18. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Illegitimate Babies (Deaths) 355 words
    2. Nursing and Administrative Staff 94 words
    3. Doctors (Earnings) 306 words
    4. Dialysis Patients 195 words
    5. Obstetrics 185 words
    6. Ethnic Minorities 278 words
    7. Departmental Local Offices 126 words
    8. Cervical Smear Tests 313 words
    9. Meningitis 173 words
    10. Plastic Surgery 126 words
    11. Health Districts (Spending Priorities) 102 words
    12. Nurses (Accommodation) 66 words
    13. Crewe Health District 77 words
    14. Health Education Council (Advertising) 157 words
    15. Dr. Kevin Browne 296 words
    16. Boarding Doctors (Asbestos) 56 words
    17. Junior Hospital Doctors 182 words
    18. Speech Therapists 275 words
    19. Nurses 124 words
    20. Dual Laser Beam Flow Sorter 46 words
    21. Boarding Doctors (Industrial Disablement) 93 words
    22. Kidney Patients 101 words
    23. Social Workers 595 words
    24. Deaf People 142 words
    25. Family Planning Clinics 144 words
    26. Social Fund 70 words
    27. Health Services Information 656 words
    28. East Anglia 151 words
    29. Medical Treatment (Spain) 115 words
    30. Unemployment Costs (Sheffield) 95 words
    31. Adjudication Officer's Guide 61 words
    32. NHS (Accounting and Auditing) 330 words
    33. Benefits 2,067 words
    34. Hospital Closures 298 words
    35. Mentally Ill People 236 words
    36. Hospital Beds 347 words
  19. WALES
    1. Water Rates 93 words
    2. EC Structural Fund (Review) 111 words
    3. Library Authority (Newport) 64 words
    4. Circular 44/87 78 words
    5. Regional Aid 188 words
    6. House Condition Survey