20 May 1988

Commons Sitting of 20 May 1988

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PETITION
    1. Grandparents (Adoption Proceedings) 140 words
  4. The Arts 38,783 words
    1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 131 words
  5. Private Members' Bills 211 words
  6. Travelling People (Greenwich) 3,979 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 May 1988

  1. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Debt Provision 145 words
    2. Pound Sterling 55 words
    3. Own Resources 186 words
    4. VAT 68 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Welsh Language 127 words
    2. Wright Memoirs 62 words
    3. Legal Aid 270 words
    4. GEC/Marconi 72 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prisoners 203 words
    2. Civil Defence (Regional Government) 70 words
    3. Welsh Language 58 words
    4. Concessionary Television Licences 114 words
    5. Mr. Poonawalla Hatimbhai 133 words
    6. National Lottery 64 words
    7. Foreign Visitors 84 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. UN Relief and Works Administration 99 words
    2. Falkland Islands 385 words
    3. Vietnam 64 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Parliamentary Questions 63 words
    2. Ministerial Statements 40 words
    3. Welsh Language 321 words
    4. Social Security Reform 165 words
    5. Mrs. Margaret Harris (Letter) 66 words
  6. SOCIAL SERVICES
    1. Child Mortality Rates 81 words
    2. Departmental Staff (Burnley) 242 words
    3. Income Support 94 words
    4. Welsh Language 115 words
    5. Benefits Regulations 116 words
    6. Hospital Building 142 words
    7. Income Support 164 words
    8. Pensions 148 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Companies 60 words
    2. BP (Kuwaiti Shareholding) 87 words
    3. Mobile Communications 124 words
    4. Furnishings (Fire Safety) 99 words
    5. Departmental Research Establishments 66 words
  8. ENERGY
    1. Ministerial Statements 41 words
    2. Welsh Language 84 words
    3. THORP (Contracts) 157 words
    4. Coal Mining Subsidence 143 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Irish Language 35 words
  10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Welsh Language 101 words
    2. Haberdashers' Aske's Schools 82 words
    3. Schools Councils 726 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Bangladesh 87 words
    2. Falkland Islands 167 words
    3. Ministerial Statements 42 words
    4. Welsh Language 58 words
    5. Gibraltar (Shootings) 156 words
    6. Albania 119 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Cavendish Memoirs 111 words
    2. Radioactivity (Monitoring) 219 words
    3. Paisley 128 words
    4. Paisley College (Land Drainage) 359 words
    5. Sheepmeat 187 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Nuclear Waste (Sea Dumping) 101 words
    2. Water Authorities 97 words
    3. Ofwat 127 words
    4. Water Supply 548 words
    5. Radioactive Waste 832 words
    6. Ministerial Statements 42 words
    7. Heat Exchangers (Nuclear Plants) 106 words
    8. Mustard Gas (Clwyd) 69 words
    9. Welsh Language 80 words
    10. Office of Water Regulation 288 words
    11. Water Industry (Privatisation) 236 words
    12. Water Pollution 159 words
  14. WALES
    1. Water Pollution 68 words
    2. Welsh Language 356 words
    3. Nursery Nurses (Clwyd) 177 words
    4. Opencast Mining 255 words
    5. Homelessness 52 words
    6. Housing 177 words
    7. House Condition Survey 150 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Equal Opportunities 58 words
    2. Procurement Contracts 88 words
    3. Falkland Islands 199 words
    4. Ministerial Statements 40 words
    5. Deaf Persons 79 words
    6. Welsh Language 92 words
    7. P and O Staff (Training) 110 words
    8. Defence Estimates 36 words
    9. Fishermen (Compensation) 83 words
    10. Disabled Persons 78 words
    11. HIV Screening 58 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food and Environment Protection Act 74 words
    2. Badgers 91 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Self-employment 255 words
    2. Mines and Quarries Act 1954 82 words
    3. Special Learning Needs 62 words
    4. Disabled Persons 102 words
    5. Sexual Harassment 65 words
    6. Departmental Spending 128 words
  18. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Cleaning Staff 182 words
  19. TRANSPORT
    1. National Bus Company 73 words
    2. London Underground 99 words
    3. Channel Tunnel 487 words
    4. Welsh Language 89 words
    5. Mr. J. M. Heron (Accident) 101 words
    6. Associated British Ports (No. 2) Bill 123 words

Lords Sitting of 20 May 1988

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. Fletton Bricks: Supplies 511 words
  3. Gas Burn in Power Stations 270 words
  4. South Africa: Sanctions Policy 1,679 words
  5. West Bank and Gaza: Economic Hardship 594 words
  6. Electricity Privatisation Proposals 24,767 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 May 1988

  1. EC AGRICULTURE MINISTERS' MEETING, 16th/17th MAY 317 words