Commons Sitting of 16 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

    c887
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c887
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. cc887-926
  3. Adjournment (Christmas) 22,041 words
    4. cc927-33
  4. British Science 3,198 words
    5. cc934-41
  5. Railtrack 4,146 words
    6. cc942-8
  6. Brown-field Sites (Teesside) 3,523 words
  7. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
      8. c948
    1. DOUBLE TAXATION 49 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
      9. cc949-58
    1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 6 words
        2. c949
      1. Departmental Annual Report 235 words
        2. cc949-51
      2. Nepal 1,235 words
        3. cc951-2
      3. Street Children Projects 429 words
        4. cc952-7
      4. Zimbabwe 2,131 words
        5. c957
      5. Former Republic of Yugoslavia 198 words
        6. cc957-8
      6. World Bank 607 words
      cc958-68
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
        3. cc958-62
      1. Engagements 1,852 words
        2. c962
      2. Ministerial Visits 271 words
        3. cc962-8
      3. Engagements 2,516 words
    cc969-83
  9. Competitiveness 7,577 words
    10. cc984-5
  10. Points of Order 762 words
  11. BILL PRESENTED
      12. c985
    1. SEXUAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) 107 words
    cc986-1050
  12. Modernisation of the House 35,305 words
    13. cc1050-7
  13. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE (No. 1) 4,222 words, 2 divisions
    14. cc1057-60
  14. MEETINGS OF STANDING COMMITTEES (No. 1) 1,691 words, 1 division
    15. cc1061-2
  15. Business of the House 427 words
    16. c1062
  16. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      17. c1062
    1. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND) 53 words
      2. c1062
    2. EDUCATION 24 words
  17. PETITION
      18. c1062
    1. MMR Vaccine 130 words
      2. cc1063-78
    2. A14 (Cambridgeshire) 7,755 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

  1. SCOTLAND
      2. c511W
    1. Skye Bridge 127 words
      2. c511W
    2. Local Authority Capital Receipts 87 words
      3. c511W
    3. Coalmining Communities 145 words
      4. cc511-2W
    4. Procurators Fiscal 252 words
      5. c512W
    5. RSA Priority Initiative 116 words
      6. cc512-3W
    6. Identity Cards 95 words
      7. c513W
    7. Water and Sewerage Charges 114 words
      8. cc513-4W
    8. Local Authority Ward Boundaries 230 words
      9. cc514-5W
    9. Incapable Adults Report 683 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
      3. c515W
    1. Millennium Celebrations 87 words
      2. c515W
    2. Countryside 42 words
      3. cc515-6W
    3. World Heritage Sites 228 words
      4. c516W
    4. Export Surveys 226 words
      5. cc516-7W
    5. Inward Investment 214 words
      6. cc517-8W
    6. Census of Production 349 words
      7. c518W
    7. Economic Policies (Inquiries) 109 words
      8. cc518-9W
    8. Regional Accounts 767 words
      9. cc519-20W
    9. Economic Forecasts 84 words
      10. c520W
    10. Profit Outflows 49 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. c520W
    1. Ministerial Travel 92 words
      2. cc520-2W
    2. Gulf War Veterans 1,074 words
      3. c522W
    3. Territorial Army 97 words
      4. cc522-3W
    4. REME (Chorley) 163 words
      5. cc523-4W
    5. Plastic Baton Rounds (Northern Ireland) 690 words
      6. cc524-5W
    6. EU Defence Expenditure 344 words
      7. c525W
    7. Chile 116 words
      8. cc525-6W
    8. Army Training and Recruitment Agency 135 words
      9. c526W
    9. Army Personnel Centre 230 words
      10. cc526-9W
    10. Defence Military Assistance Fund 976 words
      11. c529W
    11. Defence Export Sales Organisation 52 words
      12. c529W
    12. Defence Diplomacy Mission 110 words
      13. c529W
    13. Bosnia 133 words
      14. cc529-30W
    14. Services Personnel 120 words
      15. c530W
    15. Iraq 250 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
      5. cc530-1W
    1. Ministerial Visits 67 words
      2. c531W
    2. Engagements 52 words
      3. c531W
    3. Homosexual Age of Consent 106 words
      4. cc531-2W
    4. Iraq 585 words
      5. c532W
    5. Council of Europe and WEU 52 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      6. c533W
    1. Shipping Policy Paper 123 words
      2. c533W
    2. Speed Reduction Measures 156 words
      3. cc533-4W
    3. Northern Line 143 words
      4. c534W
    4. Young People (Housing) 215 words
      5. c534W
    5. Electric Cars 158 words
      6. cc534-5W
    6. Valuation Tribunals 343 words
      7. c535W
    7. London Government Headquarters 70 words
      8. cc535-6W
    8. Jubilee Line Extension 151 words
      9. c536W
    9. Departmental Expenditure 150 words
      10. cc536-7W
    10. South West Regional Planning Conference 448 words
      11. c537W
    11. South-west Region (Projected Households) 46 words
      12. cc537-8W
    12. South-west Development (Brown-field Land) 141 words
      13. c538W
    13. South-west Region (Housing) 108 words
      14. c538W
    14. Local Planning Authorities 172 words
      15. cc538-9W
    15. Devon County Structure Plan 228 words
      16. c539W
    16. Concessionary Fares (Pensioners) 130 words
      17. c539W
    17. Voluntary and Community Transport 90 words
      18. c539W
    18. Local Government Finance 103 words
      19. cc539-40W
    19. Countryside (Public Access) 129 words
      20. c540W
    20. Leaseholders 203 words
      21. cc540-1W
    21. Trains (First Aid Equipment) 162 words
      22. c541W
    22. Kyoto Protocol 122 words
      23. c541W
    23. Hazardous Waste Landfill Sites 242 words
      24. cc541-2W
    24. Radioactive Discharges 253 words
      25. c542W
    25. School Playing Fields 238 words
      26. cc542-3W
    26. Homelessness 233 words
      27. cc543-4W
    27. Scotland Act 1998 (Schedule 5) 423 words
      28. c544W
    28. Quayside Guided Bus Transit System 78 words
      29. c544W
    29. Housing Capital Resources 86 words
      30. c544W
    30. Flooding 126 words
      31. cc544-5W
    31. British Board of Agrément 574 words
      32. cc545-6W
    32. Local Transport Infrastructure 82 words
      33. c546W
    33. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 115 words
      34. cc546-7W
    34. Rural Bus Challenge 405 words
  6. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      7. c547W
    1. University for Industry 147 words
      2. cc547-8W
    2. GCSEs 109 words
      3. c548W
    3. Retraining 166 words
      4. cc548-9W
    4. Departmental Papers (Schools Circulation) 132 words
      5. c549W
    5. Further Education 110 words
      6. cc549-50W
    6. Special Educational Needs 222 words
      7. c550W
    7. Ministerial Visits 64 words
      8. c550W
    8. Higher Education Funding Council 155 words
      9. cc550-5W
    9. Mixed Year Classes 2,098 words
      10. c555W
    10. British Beef 34 words
      11. c555W
    11. New Deal 98 words
      12. cc555-6W
    12. Scotland Act 1998 (Schedule 5) 278 words
      13. cc556-7W
    13. Bureaucracy 329 words
      14. c557W
    14. Musical Education 117 words
  7. HEALTH
      8. c557W
    1. Accident and Emergency Services 230 words
      2. cc557-8W
    2. Nursing Agencies 236 words
      3. cc558-9W
    3. Dentistry 296 words
      4. c559W
    4. Cancer 197 words
      5. cc559-60W
    5. Cancer Services 308 words
      6. c560W
    6. Departmental Expenditure 179 words
      7. cc560-1W
    7. Colitis and Crohn's Disease 160 words
      8. c561W
    8. Waiting Lists 175 words
      9. c561W
    9. Ethnic Monitoring 101 words
      10. cc561-2W
    10. Cannabis (Clinical Trials) 157 words
      11. c562W
    11. Smoking 75 words
      12. c562W
    12. Farm Antibiotics 95 words
      13. cc562-3W
    13. Zinc Bacitracin 278 words
      14. c563W
    14. Medical Negligence 85 words
      15. cc563-4W
    15. NHS Consultants 486 words
  8. TREASURY
      9. cc564-5W
    1. Share Transactions (Stamp Duty) 415 words
      2. cc565-6W
    2. Departmental Staff 466 words
      3. cc566-7W
    3. Eurobonds 141 words
      4. c567W
    4. Drug Crime 80 words
      5. c567W
    5. VAT Registration 58 words
      6. c567W
    6. Pesticides Tax 136 words
      7. cc567-8W
    7. Devolution (Barnett Formula) 141 words
      8. c568W
    8. Rotherham Euro Experiment 53 words
      9. c568W
    9. Departmental Expenditure 145 words
      10. c568W
    10. Ethnic Monitoring 81 words
      11. cc568-9W
    11. Budget 143 words
      12. c569W
    12. Single Currency 464 words
      13. cc569-70W
    13. Unemployment 42 words
      14. c570W
    14. Brazil 70 words
      15. cc570-1W
    15. Pensions Mis-selling 550 words
      16. c571W
    16. Swiss Investment Exchanges 67 words
      17. c571W
    17. Business Start-up Loans 125 words
      18. cc571-2W
    18. Tax Reliefs 117 words
  9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      10. c572W
    1. St. Kilda World Heritage Site 132 words
      2. c572W
    2. Departmental Staff 70 words
      3. cc572-3W
    3. UK Sports Institute 156 words
      4. cc573-4W
    4. National Curriculum (Sport) 560 words
      5. c574W
    5. Ethnic Monitoring 102 words
      6. cc574-5W
    6. Ministerial Visits 157 words
      7. c575W
    7. National Lottery Retailers 89 words
      8. c575W
    8. Millennium Holiday 157 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      11. cc575-6W
    1. Departmental Staff 184 words
      2. c576W
    2. Whales and Dolphins 125 words
      3. c576W
    3. Postal Services 296 words
      4. cc576-7W
    4. WS9 Turbofan 497 words
      5. cc577-8W
    5. ECGD 214 words
      6. cc578-9W
    6. Animal Welfare 397 words
      7. cc579-81W
    7. Coal Industry 623 words
      8. c581W
    8. Energy Saving 52 words
      9. c581W
    9. Baby Jag 101 words
      10. c581W
    10. Supermarkets (Prices) 125 words
      11. cc581-2W
    11. Minimum Wage 195 words
      12. cc582-3W
    12. Chechnya 255 words
      13. c583W
    13. Credit Reference Agencies 196 words
      14. cc583-4W
    14. Freephone Numbers 375 words
      15. c584W
    15. Departmental Visits 84 words
      16. cc584-5W
    16. Inward Investment (North-West) 407 words
      17. c585W
    17. Civil Aerospace Research 255 words
      18. cc585-6W
    18. Industrial Tribunal Claims 174 words
      19. c586W
    19. Clergy (Employment Rights) 95 words
      20. cc586-7W
    20. Israel 104 words
      21. c587W
    21. Iraq 121 words
      22. c587W
    22. Regional Selective Assistance 126 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      12. c587W
    1. Terminator Gene Technology 76 words
      2. cc587-8W
    2. Sustainable Projects 119 words
      3. cc588-9W
    3. HIV/AIDS 679 words
      4. cc589-90W
    4. Bangladesh 95 words
      5. c590W
    5. AIDS (South Africa) 113 words
      6. c590W
    6. Non-governmental Organisations 63 words
      7. cc590-1W
    7. EC Development Assistance 212 words
      8. c591W
    8. Nepal 162 words
      9. c591W
    9. Hurricane Mitch 68 words
      10. c591W
    10. Debt Relief 174 words
      11. cc591-2W
    11. Crises Assistance (International Co-ordination) 152 words
      12. c592W
    12. Sudan 80 words
      13. c592W
    13. Child Labour 203 words
      14. cc592-3W
    14. Kosovo 159 words
      15. c593W
    15. AIDS (Africa) 415 words
      16. cc593-4W
    16. Colombia 181 words
      17. cc594-5W
    17. Ministerial Visits 670 words
      18. cc595-6W
    18. Ethnic Monitoring 118 words
      19. cc596-7W
    19. Maternal Health Projects 255 words
      20. c597W
    20. Hemp Industry 65 words
      21. c597W
    21. Palestinians (Aid) 120 words
      22. cc597-8W
    22. Ethical Trading 161 words
      23. c598W
    23. Education Budgets 73 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      13. cc598-9W
    1. European Communities Expenditure 269 words
      2. c599W
    2. European Information Association 62 words
      3. c599W
    3. Treaty of Amsterdam 130 words
      4. cc599-600W
    4. Turkish Parliamentarians (Imprisonment) 130 words
      5. c600W
    5. Ethnic Monitoring 106 words
      6. c600W
    6. Dalit Community 79 words
      7. c600W
    7. Abdullah Ocalan 76 words
      8. cc600-1W
    8. Turkey 75 words
      9. c601W
    9. Prime Ministerial Visits 99 words
      10. cc601-2W
    10. Heads of Government Visits 561 words
      11. cc602-3W
    11. European Parliament (Elections) 150 words
  13. HOME DEPARTMENT
      14. c603W
    1. Justice and Home Affairs Council 71 words
      2. c603W
    2. Child Curfews 164 words
      3. cc603-4W
    3. Law and Order 374 words
      4. c604W
    4. Departmental Expenditure 72 words
      5. cc604-5W
    5. Ethnic Monitoring 105 words
      6. c605W
    6. Shotgun Licences 154 words
      7. c605W
    7. National Assembly for Wales 93 words
      8. cc605-7W
    8. Illegal Immigrants 780 words
      9. c607W
    9. Asylum Seekers 432 words
      10. cc607-8W
    10. Domestic Violence 94 words
      11. c608W
    11. E-mail Service Providers 130 words
      12. c608W
    12. Signals Interception 262 words
      13. cc608-9W
    13. Scotland Act 1998 (Schedule 5) 134 words
  14. WALES
      15. c609W
    1. Coalfield Regeneration 214 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      16. cc609-10W
    1. Meat Imports 137 words
      2. c610W
    2. Eggs 107 words
      3. c610W
    3. Battery Hens 88 words
      4. c610W
    4. New Forest Fox Hounds 165 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc611-2W
    1. Pensions 558 words
      2. c612W
    2. Ministerial Visits 36 words
      3. cc612-3W
    3. Benefit Integrity Project 337 words
      4. c613W
    4. Family Credit 449 words
      5. cc613-4W
    5. Severe Disablement Allowance 74 words
      6. cc614-6W
    6. Child Support 781 words

Lords Sitting of 16 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c1341
  1. Preamble 30 words
    2. cc1341-3
  2. Gulf War Veterans: Illnesses 1,055 words
    3. cc1343-5
  3. Meat Hygiene: Enforcement 1,080 words
    4. cc1345-8
  4. CAA: Helicopter Operations 1,244 words
    5. cc1348-9
  5. National Bus Company Pension Fund 312 words
    6. c1349
  6. Business 46 words
    7. c1349
  7. Consolidated Fund Bill 26 words
    8. c1349
  8. Business of the House: Consolidated Fund Bill 76 words
    9. c1350
  9. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) 64 words
    10. c1350
  10. Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limited (PARBUL) 103 words
    11. cc1350-77
  11. Sierra Leone 14,203 words
    12. cc1378-94
  12. Competitiveness 8,512 words
    13. cc1394-430
  13. Fluoride in Water 19,229 words
    14. cc1430-50
  14. Food Prices 10,685 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c145WA
  1. EU Candidate Nations: Administrative Assistance 128 words
    c145WA
  2. Sudan: Bombing 88 words
    cc145-6WA
  3. Turkey: Attacks on HADEP Officials 174 words
    c146WA
  4. Algeria 89 words
    c146WA
  5. Burma: Human Rights 181 words
    cc146-7WA
  6. Museums and Galleries: Free Admission 120 words
    c147WA
  7. Consolidated Fund Bill and Human Rights Act 1998 59 words
    cc147-8WA
  8. Scottish Parliament: Funding 201 words
    c148WA
  9. Crime and Disorder Act 1998: Research 271 words
    cc148-9WA
  10. Government Publications and the Labour Party Manifesto 69 words
    c149WA
  11. Lt. Col. Tharcisse Muvany Muvinyi 139 words
    cc149-50WA
  12. Recidivism 314 words
    c150WA
  13. "Family": Definition 57 words
    c150WA
  14. Royal Commission on Long-term Care of the Elderly 98 words
    cc150-1WA
  15. Phoenix Database 222 words
    c151WA
  16. Sudan: Diversion of Food Aid 87 words
    c151WA
  17. Violence against Women: Prevention Initiatives 81 words
    cc151-2WA
  18. Medical School Recruitment Policies 107 words
    cc152-3WA
  19. Boys: Under-achievement 352 words
    c153WA
  20. Equal Opportunities Commission: Quinquennial Review 189 words
    cc153-4WA
  21. Scotland and Northern Ireland: Corporal Punishment in Schools 100 words
    cc154-5WA
  22. Scotland: Incapable Adults 688 words
    c155WA
  23. War Pensions Agency 120 words
    cc155-6WA
  24. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 113 words
    c156WA
  25. MMR Vaccine: Research 176 words
    cc156-7WA
  26. Statute Law Database 231 words
    cc157-8WA
  27. Immigration Appeals: Selection of Tribunal Members 625 words
    cc158-9WA
  28. Immigration Appeals Tribunal: Members' Ethnic Origins 185 words
    cc159-60WA
  29. Slaughtered Cattle: Disposal of Carcases 277 words
    c160WA
  30. Forestry Strategy, England 143 words
    cc160-1WA
  31. Maidenhead Flood Alleviation Scheme: Transport of Gravel 130 words
    c161WA
  32. Scallops: Conservation 340 words
    cc161-2WA
  33. Foresight Programme 205 words
    c162WA
  34. Algeria: Export Credit Guarantee Indebtedness 40 words
    c162WA
  35. Public Art Collections: Commercial Loans 136 words
    cc162-4WA
  36. Chancellor's Gate: Granite Setts 107 words