16 May 1988

Commons Sitting of 16 May 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
      1. Safety Standards 747 words
      2. British Rail 898 words
      3. Emergency Exercise (Solent) 297 words
      4. Taxi Drivers (Proficency Test) 228 words
      5. Bus Deregulation 445 words
      6. City Commuter Services Group 779 words
      7. Road Maintenance Contracts 455 words
      8. London Underground (Safety) 575 words
      9. King's Cross Fire (Inquiry) 269 words
      10. London Underground (Staffing) 523 words
      11. Railway Safety 436 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. Family Court 445 words
      2. Prosecution Policy (Car Drivers) 750 words
      3. Extradition (Irish Republic) 432 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Official Aid 1,130 words
      2. Text books for Africa Project 266 words
      3. Sub-Saharan Africa 174 words
  4. Settle-Carlisle Railway 4,080 words
  5. Broadcasting Standards Council 4,902 words
  6. KP Foods Factory (Halifax) 567 words
  7. Cruise Missiles 127 words
  8. Planning Controls 19,158 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Civil Evidence (Scotland) Bill [Lords] 24,285 words
  10. Housing Benefit (Scotland) 4,440 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 May 1988

  1. WALES
    1. Bristol Channel 114 words
    2. Pembrey salt marsh 89 words
  2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Management Consultancies 147 words
    2. Departmental Advertising 109 words
    3. Telephone Exchange for the Deaf 91 words
    4. Swiss Companies 194 words
    5. Single European Market 77 words
    6. Asia and Africa 58 words
    7. Companies (Share Registers) 138 words
    8. British Steel Corporation 380 words
  3. ENERGY
    1. Energy Consumption 426 words
    2. Electrical Appliances (Labelling) 109 words
    3. International Energy Agencies 298 words
    4. Nuclear Technology 113 words
    5. Offshore Installations (Standby Vessels) 102 words
    6. Pressurised Water Reactors 60 words
    7. Energy Prices 79 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. INF Treaty 312 words
    2. Nihat Kaymaz 48 words
    3. Micro-organisms 107 words
    4. Non-oil Developing Countries 744 words
    5. Kampuchea 49 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Court Interpretation Services 71 words
    2. Social Security Commissioner, Cardiff 141 words
    3. Prosecution Policy (Insulting Behaviour) 76 words
    4. Legal Profession (Intake) 91 words
    5. "Spycatcher" 43 words
    6. Irish Attorney-General 133 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Central London (Prime Minister's Visits) 45 words
    2. Sewage and Waste Disposal 238 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Mozambique 44 words
    2. Kampuchea 52 words
    3. Food (Radioactivity) 106 words
    4. EC/ACP Council of Ministers 117 words
    5. Official Aid 118 words
    6. Ethiopia 132 words
    7. Afghan Refugees 104 words
    8. South Africa 140 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Driving Licence Suspensions 115 words
    2. Glue Sniffing 88 words
    3. Litter 69 words
    4. Animals (Experiments) 71 words
    5. Prisoners (Clothing) 144 words
    6. Prisoners (Baths) 319 words
    7. Racial Attacks 39 words
    8. Independent Broadcasting Authority 74 words
    9. Marine Theft 43 words
    10. Temgesics 72 words
    11. Eviction 510 words
    12. Kerb Crawling 119 words
    13. Passport Office (Staff) 87 words
    14. Citizenship 70 words
    15. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes 90 words
    16. Immigration (Detainees) 2,103 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Vandalism 77 words
    2. Education Reform 271 words
    3. Maintenance Awards 683 words
    4. 16 and 17-year-olds 624 words
    5. City Technology Colleges 303 words
    6. Under-fives 296 words
    7. Open Tech 133 words
  10. THE ARTS
    1. Arts Council 34 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Age Discrimination 45 words
    2. Mines and Quarries Inspectorate 110 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Bovine Somatotropin 173 words
    2. Apples 210 words
    3. Bristol Channel 124 words
    4. Fishing Industry 104 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. London Allowance 101 words
    2. Inner London Secretarial Allowance 100 words
    3. Privatisation 97 words
    4. Take-home Pay 268 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Kincora Boys Home 75 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Copehill Down (Training Village) 48 words
    2. Garden Festival (Stoke-on-Trent) 58 words
    3. Urban Development Corporations 49 words
    4. City Grant 146 words
    5. Waste Disposal 70 words
    6. Radiation 83 words
    7. Caithness and Sutherland (Peatlands) 856 words
    8. Landlords (Unlawful Behaviour) 55 words
    9. Ramsar Sites 460 words
    10. Genetically Engineered Micro-organisms 269 words
    11. Caravan Sites Act 194 words
    12. Seismic Monitoring 221 words
    13. Earthquakes 149 words
    14. Housing Co-operatives 100 words
    15. National Rivers Authority 212 words
    16. Fly-tipping 95 words
    17. Rivers and Canals 47 words
    18. National Rivers Authority Advisory Committee 115 words
    19. Water Meters 143 words
  16. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Housing Benefit 165 words
    2. Dispersed Alarm Systems 84 words
    3. Genitourinary Medicine Clinics 174 words
    4. QDSW (Funds) 58 words
    5. Abortions 649 words
    6. Agency Staff 223 words
    7. Out-patients (Waiting Lists) 142 words
    8. Disabled Persons (Services, Consultation and Representation) Act 1986 73 words
    9. Landlords (Payments) 133 words
    10. Hospices 68 words
    11. Social Fund 272 words
    12. Departmental Office (Southampton) 62 words
    13. Rate Arrears 42 words
    14. Low-income Families 45 words
    15. Legionnaire's Disease 54 words
    16. Computers 89 words
    17. Plutonium 148 words
    18. Supplementary Benefit 103 words
    19. Single and Special Payments 341 words
    20. Energy Efficiency 125 words
    21. Departmental Staff (Edinburgh) 143 words
    22. Great Ormond Street Hospital 157 words
    23. Cancer Screening 219 words
    24. Residential Care 168 words
    25. Rating Reform 109 words
    26. Debt Counselling 179 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Mr. Alex Pagett 81 words
    2. Tranquillisers 144 words
    3. Rents 312 words
    4. Housing Capital Projects 132 words
    5. Further Education 821 words
    6. Atmospheric Radioactive Contamination 161 words
    7. Pre-Five Services 224 words
    8. Parenthood Education 90 words
    9. Housing Benefit 99 words
    10. Rating Reform 92 words
    11. Parentcraft Classes 81 words
    12. Direct Labour Organisations 188 words
    13. Disabled People 152 words
    14. Forestry 530 words
    15. Departmental Correspondence (Confidentiality) 74 words
    16. Mentally Ill Persons 344 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Genetically Engineered Micro-organisms 251 words
    2. Stornoway Airport 352 words
    3. Air Defence Exercises 221 words
    4. Flight Refuelling Limited 89 words
    5. Benbecula (Low Flying) 148 words
    6. Air-Sea Rescue 78 words
    7. RAF Leuchars 58 words
    8. European Fighter Aircraft 153 words
  19. TRANSPORT
    1. Motorways 102 words
    2. Safety at Sea 262 words
    3. Air Traffic Control 81 words
    4. Light Rail Public Transport Services 88 words
    5. Fares 417 words
    6. Rail Electrification 68 words
    7. Nottingham-Bulwell-Mansfield Railway 71 words
    8. Air Passengers (Compensation) 134 words
    9. Central London (Cars) 44 words
    10. Glasgow Airport 84 words
    11. Personal Stereos 88 words
    12. Rear Seat Belts 105 words
    13. British Rail 85 words
    14. North Report 78 words
    15. Road Pricing 49 words
    16. Public Transport (Women) 65 words
    17. Civil Aviation Safety 67 words
    18. Railway Stations, Cornwall 44 words
    19. Coaches (Vehicle Excise Duty) 83 words
    20. Severn Bridge 101 words
    21. Traffic Flows (London) 287 words
    22. Tourist Buses(Central London) 79 words
    23. Civil Air Traffic 83 words
    24. Channel Tunnel 88 words
    25. Manchester Airport 65 words
    26. London Transport Strategies 35 words
    27. London Air Traffic Control Centre 47 words
    28. London Underground (Staffing) 140 words
    29. North Devon Link Road 85 words
    30. Rail Services (Subsidy) 241 words
    31. London Docklands (Rail Services) 218 words
    32. Civil Air Traffic 98 words
    33. Dangerous Goods 371 words
    34. Offshore Installations (Standby Vessels) 121 words
    35. Saltash Bypass 124 words
    36. Nuclear Waste 38 words
    37. Associated British Ports (No. 2) Bill 130 words
    38. Bristol Channel 183 words
    39. Cherished Number Plates 114 words

Lords Sitting of 16 May 1988

  1. Preamble 26 words
  2. The British Library 1,034 words
  3. Housing: Fire Safety Standards 405 words
  4. Low-Alcohol Drinks: Duty 418 words
  5. Broadcasting Standards Council 407 words
  6. Business 55 words
  7. Horses, Ponies and Donkeys (No. 2) Bill 12 words
  8. British Waterways (No. 2) Bill [H.L.] 53 words
  9. Lords' Expenses 1,874 words
  10. Education Reform Bill 34,541 words, 2 divisions
  11. Felixstowe Dock and Railway Bill 3,552 words
  12. Education Reform Bill 46,033 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 May 1988

  1. IMMIGRATION OFFICERS: UNHCR TRAINING 65 words
  2. BETTING DUTY 154 words
  3. ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE CONSULTANCY SCHEMES 264 words
  4. IMPORTED GOODS: QUANTITY CHECKS 118 words
  5. FISH FARMING: CEGB CONTRACTS 63 words
  6. CRIME PREVENTION: USE OF FORCE 157 words
  7. GIBRALTAR KILLINGS 142 words
  8. NETHERLANDS: ATTACKS ON BRITISH SERVICEMEN 102 words
  9. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER: WASTE PAPER 78 words
  10. DHSS: SERVICE AT LOCAL OFFICES 86 words