3 May 1988

Commons Sitting of 3 May 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Royal Assent 76 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BRIGHTON AND PRESTON CEMETERY BILL 7 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Labour Statistics 1,376 words
      2. Youth Employment (Leicester) 288 words
      3. Labour Statistics 541 words
      4. Jobcentres 639 words
      5. Training Initiatives 711 words
      6. Fair Employment Monitoring 570 words
      7. Labour Statistics 344 words
      8. British Nuclear Fuels plc 195 words
      9. Employer-School Compacts 188 words
      10. Adult Training Programme 744 words
      11. Ethnic Monitoring 279 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,177 words
  5. Terrorist Incidents (The Netherlands) 4,388 words
  6. Seafarers (Strike) 408 words
  7. Hospital Closures (Northern Ireland) 377 words
  8. Hon. Member for Dover 2,257 words
  9. Rating Reform 324 words
  10. FOREIGN MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL [Lords] 17 words
  11. Legal Profession (Abolition of Restrictive Practices) 1,153 words
    1. LEGAL PROFESSION (ABOLITION OF RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES) 105 words
  12. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance (No. 2) Bill
      1. (Clauses Nos. 22, 23, 26 to 28, 31, 42, 49, 91, 98, 127 and 128 and Schedule No. 7) 61 words
        1. Clause 22
          1. CHARGE AND BASIC RATE OF INCOME TAX FOR I988–89 45,013 words
            1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 20 words
              1. Finance (No. 2) Bill 1,849 words, 1 division
          2. Clause 23
            1. HIGHER AND ADDITIONAL RATES OF INCOME TAX 1,832 words, 1 division
            2. Coroners Bill [Lords] 668 words
  13. First Scottish Standing Committee 13,783 words, 1 division
  14. PETITION
    1. Immigration Bill 109 words
  15. Channel Tunnel 3,719 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 May 1988

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Civil Justice Review 75 words
  2. ENERGY
    1. Electricity Industry 113 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Lesotho 940 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. London (Specialist and Support Services) 96 words
    2. School Governors> 109 words
    3. Police-School Liaison 225 words
    4. Teachers' Pay 112 words
    5. Education Expenditure (Kirklees) 193 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Advertising 749 words
    2. Departmental Correspondence 133 words
    3. Great Ormond Street Hospital 272 words
    4. Strathclyde (Educational Changes) 70 words
    5. Rail Travel 74 words
    6. Social Security Reform 76 words
    7. Office Staff 47 words
    8. Civil Servants (Press Briefings) 129 words
  6. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Small Firms 168 words
    2. Labour Statistics 1,714 words
    3. Enterprise Allowance Scheme 54 words
    4. YTS 347 words
    5. Channel Tunnel 97 words
    6. MSC Training Schemes 41 words
    7. Single European Market 63 words
    8. Business in the Community 59 words
    9. Disabled People (Travel and Tourism Course) 120 words
    10. Jobcentres 64 words
    11. Job Clubs 97 words
    12. Engineering (Higher Education) 72 words
    13. Tourism 203 words
    14. Disabled People (Employment) 94 words
    15. "Training for Employment" 195 words
    16. Skill Shortages 152 words
    17. Training Commission 77 words
    18. Adult Training 171 words
    19. School leavers 112 words
    20. Self-employment 50 words
    21. Hotels and Restaurants (Training) 81 words
    22. Enterprise in Higher Education 55 words
    23. Trade Union Reform 49 words
    24. Unemployment Benefit Offices 148 words
    25. Wages Council Orders 74 words
    26. Health and Safety at Work 154 words
    27. Action for Cities 162 words
    28. Restart Programme 57 words
    29. EC Internal Market (Social Dialogue) 87 words
    30. International Conferences 52 words
    31. Factory Inspectorate 113 words
    32. Single Union Agreements 49 words
    33. Non-statutory Training Organisations 44 words
    34. Catering 158 words
    35. Rowntree plc 112 words
    36. Community Programme 208 words
    37. ACAS 61 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Substitute Teachers 127 words
    2. Housing Executive 118 words
    3. Cross-border Police Investigations 89 words
    4. Kincora Boys Home 63 words
    5. Foreign Travel 89 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. British National Space Centre 177 words
    2. Consarc Calcarb 79 words
    3. Land Rover 122 words
    4. Departmental Television Advertising 213 words
    5. Ariane V 163 words
    6. Restrictive Trade Practices 86 words
    7. Factory Space 137 words
    8. Exports (Vietnam) 112 words
    9. Aerospace Exports 32 words
    10. Common Internal Market (Television Advertisement) 157 words
    11. European Community (Shareholders) 136 words
    12. Regional Development Grant 118 words
    13. Selective Assistance 238 words
    14. Shipbuilding (Intervention Fund) 153 words
    15. Rowntree plc 129 words
    16. Chlorofluorohydrocarbons 170 words
    17. Single European Market 443 words
    18. "Action for Cities" 41 words
    19. National Engineering Laboratory 740 words
    20. BSC 116 words
    21. VR Shipping 185 words
    22. Department for Enterprise Campaign 76 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Drift Netting 49 words
    2. Rateable Values 142 words
    3. Unified Business Rate 64 words
    4. Rating Reform 141 words
    5. Licensing Law 261 words
    6. Labour Statistics 186 words
    7. Homelessness 70 words
    8. Social Work Departments 51 words
    9. Rate Support Grant 336 words
    10. Hospital Services 950 words
    11. Local Authority Services 511 words
    12. Local Authorities (Capital Expenditure) 83 words
    13. Erskine Bridge 200 words
    14. Education Reform 190 words
    15. Road Humps 64 words
    16. Dogs 91 words
    17. Pelican Crossings 127 words
    18. School Entrances (Road Markings) 74 words
    19. Local Authority Expenditure 252 words
    20. Teachers (Superannuation) 215 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Soviet Aircraft (Interceptions) 118 words
    2. US Maritime Pre-positioning Ships 64 words
    3. COD, Donnington 110 words
    4. REME (West Germany) 328 words
    5. Army (Dismissals) 357 words
    6. Courts Martial 139 words
    7. Firearms 107 words
    8. Sonic Booms 55 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Lesotho 167 words
    2. Jose Pardo (Impounding) 153 words
    3. Extradition 79 words
    4. Intergovernmental Organisations 244 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rating Reform 239 words
    2. Lead Pollution 139 words
    3. Water Pollution 165 words
    4. Fly Tipping 261 words
    5. Local Authorities (Equities) 70 words
    6. Local Authorities (Capital Programmes) 629 words
    7. Methyl Chloroform and Carbon Tetrachloride 248 words
    8. Rate Support Grant 383 words
    9. Montreal Protocol 159 words
    10. Radioactive Waste 55 words
    11. Rural Areas (Assistance) 110 words
  13. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Outside Appointments 103 words
    2. Security (Vetting) 80 words
  14. WALES
    1. Job Creation 94 words
    2. Breast Cancer Screening 67 words
    3. Labour Statistics 139 words
    4. PPA and Nursery Schooling 146 words
    5. Rate Support Grant 124 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Income Tax 93 words
    2. Take-home Pay 300 words
    3. Central Office of Information 354 words
    4. Life Expectancy 105 words
    5. EC (Budget Council) 416 words
    6. Government Securities 61 words
    7. Pensions (RPI Error) 313 words
    8. Tax Units 110 words
    9. Government Establishments (Security Arrangements) 90 words
    10. VAT 255 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Mink Farms 350 words
    2. Agricultural Debt 68 words
    3. Quick-frozen Foods 59 words
    4. Woodland Grant Scheme 61 words
    5. Ancient Monuments 68 words
    6. Free Food Scheme 130 words
    7. Donnington Fire (Pollution) 206 words
    8. Research and Development 232 words
    9. Barnes Review 72 words
    10. Fallow Land (Grants) 117 words
    11. Clyde Herring 149 words
    12. Forestry Grant 354 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Disabled People (Facilities) 129 words
    2. Public Utilities (Replacement Work) 159 words
    3. A1 (Crash Barriers) 130 words
    4. Cycle Routes (London) 117 words
    5. Speed Limits 84 words
    6. Horne Report 99 words
    7. Local Authority Transport Expenditure 178 words
    8. Street Works Advisory Committee (Recommendations) 165 words
    9. Severn Bridge 251 words
    10. Brigg and Redbourne (Bypass) 143 words
    11. Yorkshire and Humberside (Regional Director) 136 words
    12. National Travel Survey 121 words
    13. Merchant Navy (Training) 820 words
    14. Manchester Airport 102 words
  18. THE ARTS
    1. "The Urban Renaissance" 243 words
    2. Challenge Training Scheme 55 words
    3. Visits and Entertainment (Costs) 122 words
    4. Arts Council (Annual Report) 33 words
    5. Arts Council 45 words
  19. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Don Valley 127 words
    2. Mortality Statistics 124 words
    3. Abortions 295 words
    4. AIDS 197 words
    5. Premature Babies (Deaths) 147 words
    6. Orthotics Service 62 words
    7. Income Support 135 words
    8. Single Payment 207 words
    9. Departmental Television Advertising 32 words
    10. Waltham Forest (Ward Closures) 76 words
    11. Independent Living Fund 599 words
    12. Electoral Register 298 words
    13. Emphysema 44 words
    14. Look After Your Heart Campaign 106 words
    15. Heart Disease (Report) 102 words
    16. Christie Hospital, Manchester 98 words
    17. Surplus Land (North-West) 156 words
    18. London (Staffing Shortages) 76 words
    19. Income Support (London) 74 words
    20. Departmental Offices (London) 74 words
    21. Pathology Laboratories (Staffing) 89 words
    22. War Disabled 155 words
    23. Benefit Changes (Correspondence) 35 words
    24. Social Security Reform 79 words
    25. Housing Benefit Regulations 99 words
    26. Accident and Emergency Units (Closure) 110 words
    27. Social Security Agreements (Reciprocal Arrangements) 236 words
    28. Midwives 164 words
    29. Retail Prices Index (Error) 868 words
    30. Housing Benefit 315 words
    31. National Childbirth Trust 129 words
    32. Medical Compensation Scheme 118 words
    33. Medical Equipment and Telephone Systems (Rental) 107 words
    34. Hospital Waiting List (Nottingham) 55 words
    35. NHS Managers (Performance Awards) 130 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Fire Safety 70 words
    2. Driving Offences 236 words
    3. Right of Entry 146 words
    4. Data Protection 174 words
    5. Part-time Firemen 118 words
    6. Drug Misuse 127 words
    7. Firearms 1,349 words
    8. Police-School Liaison 222 words
    9. Identity Cards 122 words
    10. Passports 1,009 words
    11. Police Informers 253 words
    12. Passport Offices (Staff) 186 words
    13. Citizenship 233 words
    14. Mortgage Fraud 314 words
    15. Nationality 365 words
    16. Concessionary Television Licences (Glanford) 101 words
    17. Police National Computer 65 words
    18. Coaches 118 words
  21. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Rating Reform 361 words
    2. Legislation 488 words