Commons Sitting of 22 June 1999 Series 6 Vol. 333

    c909
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c909
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. c909
    2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS 6 words
    3. c909
    4. India (Religious Persecution) 276 words
    5. cc909-12
    6. European Common Foreign and Security Policy 1,438 words
    7. cc913-7
    8. Middle East Peace Process 2,093 words
    9. c917
    10. Indonesia 257 words
    11. cc917-20
    12. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1,220 words
    13. c920
    14. India-Pakistan 180 words
    15. cc920-1
    16. South Africa (Elections) 324 words
    17. cc921-2
    18. Sierra Leone 494 words
    19. cc922-3
    20. Mongolia 359 words
    21. cc923-4
    22. Nigeria 668 words
    23. cc924-5
    24. Overseas Territories (Legislation) 568 words
    25. c926
    26. European Union (Reform) 449 words
    27. cc927-8
    28. MOX Shipments 405 words
    c929
  5. Points of Order 332 words
  6. cc930-2
  7. Parliamentary Control of the Executive 1,136 words
  8. c932
  9. PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OF THE EXECUTIVE 53 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. c933
    2. TAX CREDITS BILL AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE BILL [Lords] (PROGRAMME) 210 words
    3. cc933-4
    4. Conclusion of proceedings on Tax Credits Bill 336 words
    5. c934
    6. Conclusion of proceedings on Access to Justice Bill [Lords] 160 words
    7. c934
    8. Common provisions 182 words
    9. c935
    10. Tax Credits Bill 41 words
  11. Clause 6
    1. cc935-76
    2. PAYMENT OF TAX CREDIT BY EMPLOYERS ETC 22,878 words, 2 divisions
  12. Clause 14
    1. cc977-80
    2. PERSONS QUALIFYING FOR DISABLED PERSON'S TAX CREDIT 1,633 words
    3. cc980-1
    4. ACCESS TO JUSTICE BILL [Lords] [WAYS AND MEANS] 475 words
    5. c982
    6. Access to Justice Bill [Lords] 7 words
  13. New Clause 13
    1. cc982-95
    2. PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO PART I 7,426 words, 1 division
  14. Clause 4
    1. cc995-6
    2. THE COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICE 385 words
  15. Clause 5
    1. c996
    2. FUNDING OF SERVICES 32 words
  16. Clause 11
    1. cc996-7
    2. COSTS IN FUNDED CASES 441 words
  17. Clause 12
    1. c997
    2. THE CRIMINAL DEFENCE SERVICE 81 words
  18. Clause 16
    1. cc997-8
    2. CODE OF CONDUCT 226 words
  19. Clause 22
    1. cc998-9
    2. POSITION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OTHER PARTIES 763 words
  20. Clause 25
    1. c999
    2. ORDERS, REGULATIONS AND DIRECTIONS 29 words
  21. Clause 26
    1. c1000
    2. INTERPRETATION 24 words
  22. Schedule 1
    1. c1000
    2. LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION 262 words
  23. Schedule 2
    1. cc1000-13
    2. COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICE: EXCLUDED SERVICES. 7,496 words, 1 division
  24. Schedule 3
    1. c1014
    2. CRIMINAL DEFENCE SERVICE: RIGHT TO REPRESENTATION 279 words
  25. Schedule 4
    1. c1014
    2. AMENDMENTS CONSEQUENTIAL ON PART I 12 words
    3. cc1014-5
    4. The Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c.19) 274 words
    5. c1015
    6. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) 129 words
    7. c1015
    8. The Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 73 words
  26. New Clause 8
    1. cc1015-26
    2. POWERS OF OMBUDSMAN 6,125 words
  27. New Clause 9
    1. cc1026-7
    2. FUNDING OF OMBUDSMAN BY PROFESSIONAL BODIES 130 words
  28. New Clause 10
    1. c1027
    2. THE COMMISSIONER 126 words
  29. New Clause 11
    1. cc1027-8
    2. COMMISSIONER'S FUNCTIONS 503 words
  30. New Clause 6
    1. cc1028-37
    2. BAR PRACTISING CERTIFICATES 4,961 words
  31. New Clause 7
    1. c1037
    2. FEES FOR SOLICITORS' PRACTISING CERTIFICATES 145 words
  32. New Clause 4
    1. c1037
    2. CODE OF CONDUCT 13 words
    3. c1037
    4. Code of conduct for members etc 156 words
    5. cc1037-8
    6. Noncompliance with code 224 words
  33. New Clause 5
    1. cc1038-9
    2. RECOVERY WHERE BODY UNDERTAKES TO MEET COSTS LIABILITIES 551 words
  34. New Clause 12
    1. cc1039-40
    2. ADJOURNMENT OF INQUEST IN EVENT OF JUDICIAL INQUIRY 523 words
  35. New Clause 14
    1. cc1040-1
    2. JUDGES HOLDING OFFICE IN EUROPEAN OR INTERNATIONAL COURTS 512 words
  36. New Schedule 1
    1. SCHEDULE
      1. c1041
      2. LEGAL SERVICES COMPLAINTS COMMISSIONER 75 words
      3. c1041
      4. Delegation of functions 35 words
      5. c1041
      6. Remuneration 88 words
      7. c1041
      8. Staff 93 words
      9. cc1041-2
      10. Annual and other reports 100 words
      11. c1042
      12. Accounts and audit 119 words
      13. c1042
      14. Financial provisions 128 words
      15. c1042
      16. Parliamentary disqualification 42 words
      17. c1042
      18. Parliamentary Commissioner 35 words
      19. c1042
      20. Acting Commissioner 124 words
    2. Clause 27
      1. cc1043-51
      2. CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENTS 4,753 words
    3. Clause 28
      1. c1051
      2. LITIGATION FUNDING AGREEMENTS 16 words
    4. Clause 32
      1. c1052
      2. RECIPIENTS OF DISABILITY WORKING ALLOWANCE 207 words
    5. Clause 36
      1. cc1052-5
      2. RIGHTS OF AUDIENCE: EMPLOYED ADVOCATES 1,690 words
    6. Clause 46
      1. cc1056-9
      2. PUBLIC NOTARIES: ABOLITION OF SCRIVENERS' MONOPOLY 2,028 words
    7. Clause 70
      1. c1060
      2. ENFORCEMENT OF COMMUNITY ORDERS 49 words
    8. Clause 74
      1. c1060
      2. GREATER LONDON MAGISTRATES' COURT AUTHORITY 23 words
      3. cc1060-1
      4. 'Funding 529 words
    9. Clause 98
      1. c1061
      2. COMMENCEMENT 45 words
    10. Clause 99
      1. c1061
      2. EXTENT 21 words
    11. Schedule 7
      1. cc1061-2
      2. POWERS OF LAW SOCIETY 228 words
      3. c1062
      4. 'Intervention for breach of rules on practice, conduct and discipline 135 words
    12. Schedule 10
      1. c1062
      2. ENFORCEMENT OF COMMUNITY ORDERS MADE BY CROWN COURT 30 words
    13. Schedule 11
      1. c1062
      2. GREATER LONDON MAGISTRATES' COURT AUTHORITY 64 words
      3. c1062
      4. The National Loans Act 1968 (c.13) 33 words
      5. c1062
      6. The Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53). 21 words
      7. cc1062-3
      8. 'The Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42) 91 words
      9. c1063
      10. 'The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) 79 words
      11. cc1063-4
      12. Pensions of employees of GLMCA 416 words
    14. Schedule 12
      1. c1064
      2. FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED TO JUSTICES' CHIEF EXECUTIVES 270 words
      3. cc1064-5
      4. The Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 (c.112) 253 words
    15. Schedule 13
      1. c1065
      2. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 12 words
      3. c1065
      4. 'Legal aid in Scotland 177 words
      5. c1065
      6. 'Stamp duty on transfer schemes 197 words
      7. cc1065-6
      8. 'Pensions of inner London court staff 674 words
    16. Schedule 14
      1. c1067
      2. REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS 337 words
      3. cc1067-80
      4. Title 6,548 words, 1 division
      5. c1080
      6. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 97 words
    cc1081-8
  37. Metropolitan Police 3,858 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 June 1999 Series 6 Vol. 333

  1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c315W
    2. European Structural Funds 256 words
    3. cc315-6W
    4. Small Business Service 106 words
    5. c316W
    6. National Minimum Wage (Riding Schools) 135 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c316W
    2. Car Park Charges 96 words
  3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. c316W
    2. Church Land (GM Trials) 96 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c317W
    2. Maria Bamieh 67 words
    3. cc317-8W
    4. Hayes v. Attorney-General 473 words
    5. c318W
    6. Crown Prosecution Service 208 words
  5. HEALTH
    1. cc318-9W
    2. CJD 217 words
    3. c319W
    4. Junior Doctors 221 words
    5. c319W
    6. Paediatric Cardiac Care (Bristol) 108 words
    7. cc319-20W
    8. Cancer 84 words
    9. c320W
    10. Royal Commission on Long-term Care 60 words
    11. c320W
    12. Infertility Treatment 146 words
    13. cc320-1W
    14. NHS Regions (Chairman) 209 words
    15. c321W
    16. Medicines Control Agency 146 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c321W
    2. Joint Consultative Cabinet Committee 23 words
    3. c321W
    4. Lords Lieutenant (Appointment) 169 words
    5. c322W
    6. Pro-euro Campaign 73 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. c322W
    2. Chief Superintendent Barry Mason 100 words
    3. cc322-3W
    4. Hayes v. Attorney-General 424 words
    5. cc323-4W
    6. Joint Working Party on Equal Opportunities in Judicial Appointments and Silk 591 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. cc324-5W
    2. European Taxation (Veto) 54 words
    3. c325W
    4. German EU Presidency 58 words
    5. c325W
    6. Brazil (Financial Assistance Package) 237 words
  9. DEFENCE
    1. cc325-6W
    2. Research (GM Organisms) 251 words
    3. c326W
    4. Operational Areas 142 words
    5. cc326-7W
    6. Chinook Helicopters 508 words
    7. cc327-8W
    8. Kosovo 183 words
    9. cc328-9W
    10. AWE Aldermaston 799 words
    11. cc329-30W
    12. Nuclear Submarines 188 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. c330W
    2. Women's Organisations (Consultations) 199 words
    3. c330W
    4. Genetically Modified Fish 113 words
    5. cc330-1W
    6. Further Education 229 words
  11. WALES
    1. c331W
    2. CADW 47 words
    3. c331W
    4. National Minimum Wage 64 words
    5. cc331-2W
    6. Hospital Beds 368 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. cc332-3W
    2. Women's Organisations (Consultation) 187 words
    3. c333W
    4. Rent and Service Charges 223 words
    5. c333W
    6. Housing Grants 140 words
    7. cc333-4W
    8. Environment Agency 97 words
    9. c334W
    10. MOX Plutonium Fuels Plant (Sellafield) 219 words
    11. c334W
    12. Oil and Fat Waste 57 words
    13. c334W
    14. Genetically Modified Oil Seed Rape 58 words
    15. c335W
    16. Dioxins 137 words
    17. c335W
    18. TCDD 145 words
    19. c335W
    20. Lone Parents 124 words
    21. c336W
    22. GM Poplars (Zeneca) 176 words
    23. c336W
    24. Unleaded Petrol 61 words
    25. c336W
    26. Rented Dwellings 62 words
    27. cc336-7W
    28. Social Housing 278 words
    29. c337W
    30. Local Authority Housing 56 words
    31. c337W
    32. Private Hire Vehicles (Plymouth) 159 words
    33. cc337-9W
    34. Housing Revenue Account Consultation Paper 599 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. c339W
    2. Tuition Fees 69 words
    3. c339W
    4. Special Measures 271 words
    5. cc339-40W
    6. Disabled Employees 161 words
    7. c340W
    8. Higher Education Funding 111 words
    9. c340W
    10. Drugs Education 127 words
    11. cc340-1W
    12. Technology College Status 136 words
    13. c341W
    14. Further Education Funding Council 61 words
    15. c341W
    16. Science Teaching 127 words
    17. c341W
    18. Academic Salaries Review 219 words
    19. c342W
    20. Family Responsibilities (Employment) 120 words
    21. c342W
    22. Islington Education Service 203 words
  14. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. c343W
    2. Ministerial Meetings (Ireland) 221 words
    3. c343W
    4. Millennium Dome (Voluntary Work) 147 words
    5. cc343-4W
    6. Lost Theatre 58 words
    7. c344W
    8. BBC 129 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc344-5W
    2. Kosovo 482 words
    3. c345W
    4. Women's Organisations (Consultation) 65 words
    5. c345W
    6. Written Questions 74 words
    7. cc345-6W
    8. Overseas Aid 48 words
    9. c346W
    10. Genetically Modified Terminator Seeds 100 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c346W
    2. Women's Organisations (Consultation) 96 words
    3. c346W
    4. Europol/Interpol Co-operation 92 words
    5. cc346-7W
    6. Conventions on Refugees 119 words
    7. c347W
    8. Drugs (Repeat Offending) 321 words
    9. c347W
    10. Prostitute Cards 52 words
    11. cc347-8W
    12. Prisoner Employment 154 words
    13. c348W
    14. Cycling Convictions 127 words
    15. c348W
    16. Cleveland Police 131 words
    17. cc348-9W
    18. Paedophiles 367 words
    19. cc349-50W
    20. Drug Treatment Programmes 303 words
    21. c350W
    22. Hillgrove Farm Cattery 174 words
    23. c350W
    24. Animal Procedures Committee 73 words
    25. cc350-1W
    26. Communications (Interception) 295 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c351W
    2. RUC (Portadown) 95 words
    3. cc351-2W
    4. Robert Hamill 111 words
    5. c352W
    6. Rosemary Nelson 71 words
    7. c352W
    8. Internet Public Service Website 165 words
    9. cc352-3W
    10. Higher Education Places 243 words
    11. c353W
    12. Omagh Bombing 93 words
    13. cc353-4W
    14. Ministerial Visits (RUC) 620 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c354W
    2. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 59 words
    3. c354W
    4. Russia (Anti-semitism) 106 words
    5. cc354-5W
    6. Qualified Majority Voting 114 words
    7. c355W
    8. Middle East Peace Process 82 words
    9. c355W
    10. Entry Clearance Officers (Training) 81 words
    11. cc355-6W
    12. Kosovo 386 words
    13. c356W
    14. Iran 45 words
    15. c356W
    16. Indonesia 59 words
    17. cc356-7W
    18. Economic Reconstruction (Balkans) 171 words
    19. c357W
    20. European Common Foreign and Security Policy 59 words
    21. c357W
    22. European Union (Reform) 91 words
    23. c357W
    24. Kashmir 133 words
    25. cc357-8W
    26. West Bank (Human Rights) 120 words
    27. c358W
    28. European Parliaments 158 words
    29. c358W
    30. Special Advisers 132 words
    31. cc358-9W
    32. Gibraltar 178 words
    33. c359W
    34. EC Research Projects 110 words
    35. c359W
    36. Strategic Export Controls 36 words
    37. cc359-60W
    38. Zimbabwe 443 words
    39. c360W
    40. FCO Establishment (Morwenstow) 53 words
    41. cc360-1W
    42. Falkland Islands 85 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. c361W
    2. Jobseeker's Allowance 270 words
    3. c361W
    4. Invalid Care Allowance 73 words
    5. cc361-2W
    6. Housing Benefit (South-West) 119 words
    7. c362W
    8. Incapacity Benefit 461 words
    9. c363W
    10. Retirement Age 83 words
  20. CABINET OFFICE
    1. cc363-4W
    2. Civil Service Appointments 198 words
    3. c364W
    4. Class A Drugs 270 words

Lords Sitting of 22 June 1999 Series 5 Vol. 602

    c777
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. c777
  3. Lord Trotman 41 words
  4. cc777-9
  5. Strategic Rail Authority 1,092 words
  6. cc779-81
  7. Sports Clubs: Rating Assessments 779 words
  8. cc781-4
  9. Ofsted Inspection Teams: Lay Leaders 1,268 words
  10. cc784-6
  11. Balance of Trade Deficit 1,132 words
  12. cc786-853
  13. House of Lords Bill 19,630 words, 1 division
    1. cc823-53
    2. APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION 16,418 words, 1 division
    cc854-70
  14. Iran: Human Rights 8,411 words
  15. cc870-914
  16. House of Lords Bill 33 words
    1. cc870-88
    2. MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF LORDS: SCOTTISH PEERS (NO. 9) 9,599 words
    3. cc888-91
    4. MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF LORDS: SCOTTISH PEERS (NO. 2) 1,530 words
    5. cc891-2
    6. MEMBERSHIP OF HOUSE OF LORDS: SCOTTISH PEERS (NO. 6) 782 words, 1 division
    7. cc892-907
    8. INDEPENDENT PEERS 7,815 words
    9. cc907-14
    10. HEREDITARY PEERS TO BE ABLE TO HOST CHARITABLE EVENTS IN PALACE OF WESTMINSTER 3,813 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 June 1999 Series 5 Vol. 602

    cc67-8WA
  1. Kosovar Refugees: UK Aid 391 words
    c68WA
  2. Refugees in Serbia 110 words
    c68WA
  3. Animal Procedures Committee 68 words
    cc68-9WA
  4. Communications Interception 292 words
    cc69-70WA
  5. Immigration and Nationality Directorate: Contract with Siemens 193 words
    c70WA
  6. Human Rights Act 1998 116 words
    c70WA
  7. Charities and the Human Rights Convention 98 words
    cc70-1WA
  8. Open and Resettlement Prisons 118 words
    c71WA
  9. Channel Islands and Isle of Man: EU Powers 122 words
    cc71-2WA
  10. Freight Transfer from Road to Rail: Grants 190 words
    c72WA
  11. A.303 Stonehenge Improvement Scheme 202 words
    cc72-3WA
  12. Air Traffic Management, Europe 413 words
    cc73-4WA
  13. Medicines Control Agency 139 words
    c74WA
  14. NHS Regions: Chairmen's Appointment 214 words
    c74WA
  15. Food Safety 57 words
    cc74-5WA
  16. Food Poisoning Outbreaks: Causes 105 words
    c75WA
  17. Palace of Westminster Visitor Charging: Consultants' Study 91 words
    cc75-6WA
  18. Smoking in the House of Lords 202 words
    c76WA
  19. Palace of Westminster Guided Tours 166 words
    c76WA
  20. LEA Secondary School Places: Outborough Pupil Numbers 46 words
    cc76-7WA
  21. Further Education Colleges: Teaching Staff Ethnic Origins 147 words
    c77WA
  22. Prayers 96 words
    cc77-8WA
  23. Appeals: Management Decisions 246 words
    c78WA
  24. Crown Prosecution Service 83 words
    c78WA
  25. Millennium Dome: Disability Training 124 words
    cc78-9WA
  26. Diazinon Products: Sale Abroad 148 words
    cc79-81WA
  27. Meat Hygiene Service 853 words
    cc81-2WA
  28. Pigs Imported from China 145 words
    c82WA
  29. Building Maintenance and Repairs: VAT 96 words
    c82WA
  30. European Community Budget: UK contribution 95 words
    cc82-3WA
  31. Scottish Parliament Building 118 words
    c83WA
  32. Ministerial Meetings with KLA 191 words
    cc83-4WA
  33. Ascension Island 169 words
    c84WA
  34. Turkey: Embassy Staff Visits to Mayors and Officials 79 words
    c84WA
  35. Turkey: British Council Work in Diyarbakir 92 words
    cc84-5WA
  36. Turkey: Bar Human Rights Committee Visits 86 words
    cc85-6WA
  37. Turkey: Human Rights Reports 141 words