5 July 1988

Commons Sitting of 5 July 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (NO. 2) BILL 9 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Legionnaire's Disease 237 words
      2. Single European Market 414 words
      3. TUC 729 words
      4. Lead (Code of Practice) 258 words
      5. YTS 380 words
      6. TUC 466 words
      7. Single European Market 617 words
      8. Health and Safety Executive 500 words
      9. Industrial Action 291 words
      10. YTS 697 words
      11. Agricultural and Factory Inspectorates 688 words
      12. Health and Safety 617 words
      13. Health and Safety Executive 187 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,167 words
  5. Belfast City Council (Meeting) 428 words
  6. Girobank (Privatisation) 524 words
  7. Points of Order 844 words
    1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 60 words
  8. Gazumping (Abolition) 1,060 words
    1. GAZUMPING (ABOLITION) 43 words
  9. OPPOSITION DAY
    1. 16TH ALLOTTED DAY
      1. National Health Service 51,882 words, 1 division
      2. Education (Assisted Places) 11,771 words, 1 division
      3. Northern Ireland (Sex Discrimination) 8,193 words, 1 division
      4. PETITION
        1. National Health Service 200 words
      5. Barlow Clowes 4,117 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 July 1988

  1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. High Technology (US Control) 139 words
    2. Latin America 145 words
    3. South Africa 72 words
    4. Manufactured Goods 55 words
    5. Regional Aid 111 words
    6. Unleaded Petrol 36 words
    7. Savoy Hotel plc 60 words
    8. Business Development Consultancy Service 279 words
    9. Export Credits 343 words
    10. David Gorton 454 words
    11. British Steel (Privatisation) 71 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration Appeals System 53 words
    2. Burglary and Violent Crime 730 words
    3. Prevention of Terrorism 778 words
    4. Barlow Clowes 160 words
    5. Michael Ryan 272 words
    6. Firearms 221 words
    7. Glasgow Passport Office 95 words
    8. Asylum 211 words
    9. Life Sentence Statistics 463 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Development Aid 108 words
    2. Africa 84 words
    3. Rain Forests 87 words
    4. CORRIGENDA 370 words
    5. Private Operations 283 words
    6. Nurses 561 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. India 364 words
    2. Debt Relief 254 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. United Nations 30 words
    2. Harrow on the Hill 35 words
    3. Mid-Kent 24 words
    4. Engagements 182 words
    5. Special Stamps 69 words
    6. Pesticides 119 words
  6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. City Technology Colleges 324 words
    2. Advanced Polymers 161 words
    3. Foetal Tissue Transplants 107 words
    4. School Terms and Holidays 132 words
    5. Clinical/Medical Research 125 words
    6. Benefits 170 words
    7. Research and Development 161 words
  7. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. AIDS 142 words
    2. Child Abuse 127 words
    3. Benefits 175 words
    4. Incomes 78 words
    5. NHS Scientific Staff 80 words
    6. Benefit Appeals 256 words
    7. Mobility Allowance 121 words
    8. Disabled Persons (Legislation) 140 words
    9. Brain Injury 303 words
    10. Mentally Ill Patients 49 words
    11. Independent Living Fund 57 words
    12. Foetal Tissue 326 words
    13. Medical Ethics Committees 104 words
    14. Opticians 108 words
    15. Royal Ear Hospital 109 words
    16. National Insurance Pensions 463 words
    17. Means-tested Benefits 96 words
    18. Departmental Offices 46 words
    19. Housing Benefit 410 words
  8. WALES
    1. Fish Farming 70 words
    2. Valleys Programme 263 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Departmental Image 317 words
    2. Scottish Pride 82 words
    3. Widdicombe Report 55 words
    4. Red Deer (Stalking) 55 words
    5. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 86 words
    6. Nuvan 125 words
    7. Health Boards 244 words
    8. Universities 124 words
    9. Crofts (Greylag Geese) 77 words
    10. Health Care International 44 words
    11. Environment Protection (Departmental Resources) 198 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Government Communications Headquarters 101 words
    2. Sharpeville Six 84 words
    3. British Phosphate Commissioners 517 words
    4. Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty 77 words
    5. Alex Zelichenok 99 words
    6. Human Rights 103 words
    7. South Africa 51 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Oak Wilt 42 words
    2. Green Pound 94 words
    3. Hazardous Waste 91 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Income Tax 166 words
    2. Civil Servants (Religious Affiliations) 115 words
    3. VAT (New Construction) 261 words
    4. Government Posts (Northern Region) 52 words
    5. Private Medical Insurance 28 words
    6. Mortgage Interest Relief 324 words
    7. Barlow Clowes 60 words
    8. Debt Relief 138 words
    9. Building Societies 428 words
    10. Privatisation 341 words
    11. Share Options 199 words
    12. Incomes 1,770 words
    13. Tax Units (Statistics) 99 words
    14. Tax Allowances 96 words
    15. Sovereign Immunity 166 words
    16. Government Audits 88 words
    17. VAT 162 words
  13. DEFENCE
    1. MOD Police 248 words
    2. Busy Brewer Exercises 186 words
    3. Military Installations (Security) 216 words
    4. Computer Work Stations 56 words
    5. Information Technology 323 words
    6. Trespass 171 words
    7. Nuclear Submarines 382 words
    8. Strategic Defence Initiative 112 words
    9. Cruise Missiles 60 words
    10. Helicopters 67 words
    11. Steeple Aston (Noise) 203 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. School Buildings 575 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Homeless Persons 270 words
    2. House Building 188 words
    3. Housing Statistics 172 words
    4. Construction Industry 33 words
    5. House Conditions 45 words
    6. Waste Imports 46 words
    7. Waste Disposal (Inspection) 103 words
    8. Palace of Westminster (Television Monitors) 80 words
    9. Sport and Leisure Facilities 89 words
    10. VAT 49 words
    11. Sports (Head Injuries) 69 words
    12. Birtenshaw Farm 161 words
    13. National Rivers Authority Advisory Committee 221 words
    14. London Residuary Body 215 words
    15. CRE (Housing Codes) 150 words
    16. Environmental Assessment 147 words
    17. Housing (Rural Areas) 536 words
    18. Expanded Polystyrene 136 words
    19. Coast Protection 175 words
  16. ENERGY
    1. Daya Bay Project 84 words
    2. Hinkley Point 195 words
    3. International Atomic Energy Agency 100 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Labour Statistics 1,433 words
    2. Food and Environmental Protection 311 words
    3. Tourism 495 words
    4. Health and Safety Executive 1,380 words
    5. Construction Industry 237 words
    6. New Training Scheme 89 words
    7. Adult Training 134 words
    8. Small Firms 553 words
    9. Young People (Training) 81 words
    10. Crown Immunity 85 words
    11. Enterprise Agencies 117 words
    12. Crossroads Attendance Schemes (Scotland) 86 words
    13. Hotel, Catering and Travel Trades 67 words
    14. Heavy Weights (Lifting) 67 words
    15. Industrial Relations 55 words
    16. Factory Inspectors 965 words
    17. Restart Scheme 54 words
    18. Great English City Breaks 82 words
    19. Gas Regulations 82 words
    20. Dangerous Workplaces 113 words
    21. Self-employment 116 words
    22. London Docklands 149 words
    23. Northern Region 179 words
    24. Dock Labour Scheme 85 words
    25. Manufacturing Industry 102 words
    26. Long-term Unemployment 97 words
    27. Hazardous Substances 66 words
    28. Construction Industry 89 words
    29. Non-statutory Training Organisations 47 words
    30. Hazards Rating System (Site Inspections) 85 words
    31. Investment Statistics 122 words
    32. Rural Areas 206 words
    33. Information Technology 99 words
    34. Single Market 164 words
    35. YTS 294 words
    36. West Midlands 61 words
    37. Employment Medical Advisory Service 144 words
    38. Power Presses 128 words
    39. Availability for Work Rule (Itinerants) 221 words
    40. Training Commission 60 words
    41. Young People and Sexual Discrimination 59 words
    42. Hotel and Catering Industry 63 words
    43. Job Vacancies 165 words
    44. Employers (Negligence) 73 words
    45. Skillcentres 74 words
    46. Loan Guarantee Scheme 99 words
    47. Health and Safety 219 words
    48. Health and Safety 39 words
    49. Self-catering Accommodation Approval Scheme 59 words
    50. Holiday Accommodation (Special Needs) 81 words
    51. Fraud Investigations 62 words
    52. School Compacts 89 words
    53. Agricultural Inspectors 37 words
    54. European Venture Capital Conference (Ministerial Visit) 138 words
    55. Occupational Ill-health 107 words
    56. English Tourist Board 48 words
    57. Skill Levels 155 words
    58. Gas Act 1986 51 words
    59. Young Persons (Health and Safety) 145 words
    60. Job Clubs 191 words
    61. Employment Training 336 words
    62. Skill Shortages 177 words
    63. Vale of Clwyd Mind Association 91 words
    64. Brain Injuries 64 words
    65. Disabled Persons 223 words
    66. Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980 128 words
    67. Benefits 187 words
    68. Equal Pay 117 words
    69. Young Enterprise 386 words
    70. Management Extension Programmes 114 words
    71. Disposable Incomes 186 words
  18. TRANSPORT
    1. Drinking and Driving 131 words
    2. Unmarked Lobster and Crab Pots 101 words
    3. North Report (Traffic Law) 67 words
    4. Al 276 words
    5. M1 178 words
    6. Merchant Shipping (Operations Book) Regulations 1988 174 words
    7. Worker Fatigue 105 words
    8. Vessels (Destinations and Dockings) 71 words
    9. Lead-free Petrol 111 words
    10. Driving Hours 116 words
    11. Weighbridges 165 words
    12. Vehicle Overloading 139 words
    13. Bakerloo Line (Extension) 69 words
    14. Channel Tunnel 111 words
    15. A27, Worthing 86 words
    16. Heavy Goods Vehicles 413 words
    17. Vehicle Inspectorate 89 words
    18. Highways Work (Tendering) 66 words
    19. East London River Crossing 165 words
    20. London Underground (Fires) 393 words

Lords Sitting of 5 July 1988

  1. Preamble 25 words
  2. Solvent Misuse 756 words
  3. Trolleybuses 356 words
  4. Electrical Safety: Circuit-Breakers 302 words
  5. NHS Funding 1,718 words
  6. Business 56 words
  7. Electricity (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  8. Local Government Finance Bill 43,453 words, 3 divisions
  9. PART III
  10. ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND 5,002 words
  11. Horses, Ponies and Donkeys (No. 2) Bill 1,810 words
  12. Civil Evidence (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 8 words
  13. Legal Aid Bill [H.L.] 20 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 July 1988

  1. US FORCES IN THE UK 135 words
  2. SECURITIES: DEALER LICENSING 175 words
  3. BRITISH STEEL: DRAFT ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 66 words
  4. STORM DAMAGE: TREE SURVEY 107 words
  5. PLANNING APPLICATIONS: CONSIDERATIONS 113 words
  6. HOUSING IN RURAL AREAS 539 words