22 March 1988

Commons Sitting of 22 March 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Small Firms Initiative 659 words
      2. Nuclear Disarmament 1,234 words
      3. Anti-submarine Capability 895 words
      4. Mine-laying Vessels 288 words
      5. Defence Contractors 855 words
      6. North-west England (Defence Resources) 316 words
      7. Hydrogen Bombs 875 words
      8. Multiple-launch Rocket System 183 words
      9. Armed Forces (Recruits) 282 words
      10. European Fighter Aircraft 347 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,104 words
  4. Murders (Northern Ireland) 834 words
  5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 100 words
  6. Companies (Audit Committees) 865 words
    1. COMPANIES (AUDIT COMMITTEES) 69 words
  7. Civil Servants (Assistance to Ministers) 913 words
  8. EDUCATION REFORM BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 427 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Education Reform Bill
      1. 1ST ALLOTTED DAY 1,068 words
        1. New Clause 41
          1. EXCEPTIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF PUPILS 17,305 words
        2. New Clause 42
          1. TEMPORARY EXCEPTIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL PUPILS 839 words
        3. New Clause 43
          1. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS 432 words
        4. New Clause 44
          1. GRANTS IN RESPECT OF MANDATORY AWARDS 102 words
        5. New Clause 45
          1. GRANTS FOR THE EDUCATION OF TRAVELLERS AND DISPLACED PERSONS 262 words
        6. New Clause 46
          1. GRANTS RELATING TO AIDED OR SPECIAL AGREEMENT SCHOOLS 449 words
        7. New Clause 47
          1. GRANTS: MISCELLANEOUS 173 words
        8. New Clause 54
          1. STAMP DUTY 376 words
        9. New Clause 55
          1. REPLACEMENT AND VARIATION OF SCHEMES 385 words
        10. New Clause 56
          1. COMMUNITY SCHOOLS 178 words
        11. New Clause 57
          1. PROVISION FOR DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS BY GOVERNING BODIES OF COUNTY, VOLUNTARY AND MAINTAINED SPECIAL SCHOOLS 142 words
        12. New Clause 58
          1. REPLACEMENT AND VARIATION OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING SCHEMES 387 words
        13. New Clause 59
          1. SUPERANNUATION FOR STAFF OF FURTHER EDUCATION UNIT 565 words
        14. New Clause 1
          1. STUDY GRANTS OR EDUCATIONAL MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES 11,419 words
        15. New clause 2
          1. I6–I9 EDUCATION 2,023 words, 1 division
        16. New clause 3
          1. NURSERY EDUCATION 10,424 words, 1 division
        17. New Clause 10
          1. SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES FUNDING 11,020 words, 1 division
  10. Income Support 13,544 words, 1 division
    1. FAMILY CREDIT 195 words
  11. Tree Preservation Orders 3,777 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 March 1988

  1. WALES
    1. Farming Statistics 215 words
    2. Agricultural Land 142 words
    3. Hotels (Classification) 196 words
    4. Forestry 191 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. MBFR Talks 62 words
    2. Panama 73 words
    3. Uranium 254 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Turkish Prime Minister 34 words
    2. Granborough (Visit) 30 words
    3. Port Glasgow (Visit) 29 words
    4. Engagements 129 words
    5. Gwynedd 27 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
    1. RNAD, Coulport (Floating Jetty) 73 words
    2. Canary Wharf 254 words
    3. Urban Development Corporations (Land) 227 words
    4. Urban Development 155 words
    5. Derelict Land 242 words
    6. Unified Business Rate 427 words
    7. Prospect Estate, Hampshire 81 words
    8. Cars (Lead-free Petrol) 178 words
    9. Rates Increases 112 words
    10. Petrol 384 words
    11. Litter 275 words
  5. TRANSPORT
    1. Harrogate and Knaresborough Bypass 40 words
    2. M1 (Fourth Lane) 36 words
    3. M5 (Repairs) 454 words
    4. Channel Tunnel (Contaminated Soil) 42 words
    5. Roads (East Anglia) 174 words
    6. Road Safety Law 69 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Enterprise Initiative 48 words
    2. Staff (Redeployment) 161 words
    3. Departmental Satellite Office 59 words
    4. Departmental Office, Billingham 48 words
    5. Consumer Protection Act 1987 95 words
    6. Pensions and Benefits 94 words
    7. Tin Mining (Cornwall) 339 words
    8. Airbus 174 words
    9. Heating and Cleaning Firms (Accounts) 223 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Fishing Regulations (Contravention) 188 words
    2. Departmental Staff (Location) 234 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. British Visitors' Passports 62 words
    2. Remand Prisoners 183 words
    3. Prisons 198 words
    4. Prisoners (Crime Statistics) 84 words
    5. Metropolitan Police 196 words
    6. Magistrates Courts 230 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Departmental Staff 226 words
  10. ENERGY
    1. Consultative Documents 95 words
    2. Nuclear Waste 111 words
    3. Uranium 195 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Youth Training 98 words
    2. Labour Statistics 117 words
    3. Unemployed People (Study) 81 words
    4. Hotels (Classification) 154 words
    5. European Social Fund 147 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Education and Culture (European Integration) 102 words
    2. Nursing Staff 404 words
    3. Rating Reform 648 words
    4. Education 299 words
    5. Forestry 45 words
    6. Training Programmes 105 words
    7. Labour Statistics 196 words
    8. Hotels (Classification) 97 words
    9. Forestry 439 words
    10. Training Programmes 105 words
    11. Drink-Driving Accidents 281 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Arms Finds 99 words
    2. Consultative Documents 104 words
    3. RUC (Chief Constable) 55 words
    4. Terrorism 83 words
    5. Cross-border Security 938 words
    6. Prisoners (Sentences) 62 words
    7. Police Complaints Commission 75 words
    8. Murder Convictions 464 words
    9. Anglo-Irish Agreement 204 words
  14. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Nursing Care (Support) 247 words
    2. Trent Regional Health Authority (Administrators) 235 words
    3. Eye Treatment 71 words
    4. Fuel Costs 168 words
    5. Dystonia 184 words
    6. White Hart Training Centre, Harrogate 140 words
    7. Children's Work 796 words
    8. Nurses (Grading) 80 words
    9. Invalid Care Allowance 94 words
    10. Oral Tobaccos 143 words
    11. Dental Charges 155 words
    12. Optical, Prescription and Dental Charges 442 words
    13. Social Security Regulations 63 words
    14. Mr. J. Ashley French (Pension) 105 words
    15. NHS (Growth) 336 words
    16. Abortion 1,254 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Mortgages 128 words
    2. Petrol Duty 87 words
    3. Arms Cargo (Prestwick) 147 words
    4. Newry Customs Post 241 words
    5. Customs and Excise (Cargoes) 150 words
    6. VAT 134 words
    7. Garnishee Orders and Bankruptcy 132 words
    8. Income Tax 1,664 words
    9. Nationalised Corporations 311 words
    10. Daily Mail and General Trust 96 words
    11. Couples (Tax Advantages) 74 words
    12. Taxation 504 words
    13. Ministry of Defence (Budget) 318 words
  16. DEFENCE
    1. Chemical Warfare 88 words
    2. Trident 134 words
    3. Conventional Defence 134 words
    4. Submarine Nuclear Reactors 24 words
    5. Dual-capable Aircraft 106 words
    6. Greenham Common (Byelaws) 133 words
    7. Soviet Weaponry 371 words
    8. Nuclear Forces (Modernisation) 173 words
    9. Lance Missile 117 words
    10. Nuclear Disarmament 113 words
    11. Defence Contractors 253 words
    12. Military Ambulances 106 words
    13. INF Treaty 157 words
    14. Frigates 272 words
    15. European Fighter Aircraft 97 words
    16. Soviet Submarines 210 words
    17. Territorial Army 117 words
    18. Mine-laying Vessels 87 words
    19. NATO Strategy 60 words
    20. Trucks 91 words
    21. Defence Procurement 435 words
    22. Defence Technology (Research) 169 words
    23. Hydrogen Bombs 83 words
    24. Anti-submarine Capability 80 words
    25. Binary Munitions 203 words
    26. F111 Aircraft 228 words
    27. NATO Nuclear Planning Group 110 words
    28. Submarine Nuclear Reactors 88 words
    29. Small Firms Initiative 64 words
    30. British Army of the Rhine 69 words
    31. Departmental Offices 139 words
    32. Exercise Fire Focus 137 words
    33. Departmental Land 142 words
    34. Dual-capable Artillery Pieces 102 words
    35. Widows' Pensions 49 words
    36. Contracts 162 words
    37. Firefighting (Military Establishments) 88 words
    38. Northern Ireland (Troop Levels) 43 words
    39. Multiple Launch Rocket System 96 words
    40. Self-propelled Howitzer 118 words
    41. Conventional Forces 217 words
    42. Chemical Weapons 113 words
    43. MBFR Talks 146 words
    44. Nuclear Weapons 71 words
    45. Anglo-French Defence Cooperation 59 words
    46. Soldiers (Hunting) 62 words
    47. Nuclear Weapons (Montebello Agreement) 65 words
    48. RAF Regiments (Weapons) 59 words
    49. Journalists (Hospitality Costs) 156 words
    50. Carrasco International Airport (Emergency Landing) 113 words
    51. RAF Lossiemouth 46 words
    52. Nimrod (Offset Benefits) 113 words
    53. Defence Contracts 82 words

Lords Sitting of 22 March 1988

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 64 words
  3. Pit Closures: New Jobs 929 words
  4. Factory Building: Northern Region 929 words
  5. Namibia: Uranium Contract 680 words
  6. Torture: UN Convention 735 words
  7. Business 98 words
  8. Local Government Bill 40 words
  9. COMMONS REASON FOR DISAGREEING TO TWO OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS 19 words
  10. LORDS AMENDMENTS 206 words
  11. MOTION MOVED ON CONSIDERATION OF COMMONS REASON 9,195 words, 1 division
  12. Immigration Bill 26,042 words, 2 divisions
  13. Merchant Shipping (Closing of Openings in Enclosed Superstructures and in Bulkheads above the Bulkhead Deck) (Application to Non- United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1988 3,266 words
  14. Merchant Shipping (Passenger Boarding Cards) (Application to Non-United Kingdom Ships) Regulations 1988 48 words
  15. Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) Regulations 1988 1,409 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 March 1988

  1. ADAS: CHARGES 163 words
  2. HORNIMAN MUSEUM AND LIBRARY 54 words
  3. DES PERSONNEL: TEACHING EXPERIENCE 125 words
  4. REMAND PRISONERS: ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY 136 words
  5. QUESTION TIME: MINISTERIAL REPLIES 279 words
  6. POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 45 words
  7. NHS: STAFF STATISTICS 397 words
  8. MAGISTRATES' COURTS: REPORTING OF PROCEEDINGS 232 words