Commons Sitting of 18 April 2000 Series 6 Vol. 348

    c809
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c809
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c809
      1. CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE BILL [LORDS] 15 words
        2. c809
      2. GREENHAM AND CROOKHAM COMMONS BILL 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc809-16
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
        2. cc809-10
      1. Referendums 683 words
        2. cc810-2
      2. Digital Transmission 731 words
        3. cc812-3
      3. ONE Pilot 488 words
        4. cc813-5
      4. Pensioners 856 words
        5. cc815-6
      5. Electronic Communications Bill 416 words
      cc816-8
    2. ADVOCATE-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND 4 words
        3. cc816-7
      1. EU Directives 401 words
        2. cc817-8
      2. Civil Service Pension Rights 370 words
      cc818-23
    3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 5 words
        4. c818
      1. Gravesend Magistrates Court 259 words
        2. cc818-20
      2. Rural Magistrates Courts 754 words
        3. cc820-1
      3. Family Mediation 349 words
        4. cc821-2
      4. Judges (Complaints) 605 words
        5. cc822-3
      5. Community Legal Service 273 words
      cc823-5
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
        5. cc823-4
      1. Westminster Hall 768 words
        2. cc824-5
      2. Draft Bills 430 words
    5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
        6. cc826-7
      1. Appointments Commission 615 words
      cc827-8
    6. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
        7. cc827-8
      1. Modernisation 322 words
      c828
    7. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL 7 words
        8. c828
      1. Privy Council Judicial Committee 235 words
    cc829-30
  4. Points of Order 574 words
    5. cc831-3
  5. Corporate Homicide 1,212 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. cc834-6
    1. Postal Services Bill [Money] (No. 2) 1,472 words
      2. cc837-960
    2. Postal Services Bill 7 words
      1. New Clause 1
          2. cc837-97
        1. SUBSIDY FOR PUBLIC POST OFFICES 33,614 words
      2. New Clause 2
          3. cc897-900
        1. RECOVERY OF COSTS OF THE COUNCIL ETC. 1,675 words
      3. New Clause 3
          4. cc900-5
        1. APPLICATION OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ENACTMENTS TO CERTAIN POSTAL PACKETS 3,023 words
      4. New Clause 4
          5. c906
        1. POWER TO DETAIN POSTAL PACKETS CONTAINING CONTRABAND 321 words
      5. New Clause 5
          6. cc906-7
        1. TAX 117 words
      6. Clause 7
          7. cc907-18
        1. EXCEPTIONS FROM SECTION 6 5,980 words
      7. Clause 27
          8. cc918-24
        1. ENFORCEMENT ORDERS: FURTHER PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS 3,095 words
      8. Clause 38
          9. c924
        1. REGISTER 16 words
      9. Clause 41
          10. c924
        1. DUTIES IN RELATION TO PUBLIC POST OFFICES. 16 words
      10. Clause 43
          11. c924
        1. REVIEW AND INFORMATION. 42 words
      11. Clause 53
          12. c924
        1. EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS: GENERAL. 108 words
      12. Clause 62
          13. cc925-9
        1. GOVERNMENT HOLDING IN THE POST OFFICE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 2,455 words
      13. Clause 65
          14. c929
        1. RESTRICTION ON DISPOSALS OF SHARES TO THIRD PARTIES 70 words
      14. Clause 69
          15. cc929-30
        1. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CERTAIN LIABILITIES 101 words
      15. Clause 73
          16. c930
        1. FURTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE POST OFFICE COMPANY 21 words
      16. Clause 93
          17. c930
        1. INVIOLABILITY OF MAILS 66 words
      17. Clause 97
          18. c930
        1. CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS FROM POSTAGE ETC. 75 words
      18. Clause 105
          19. cc930-6
        1. THE POSTCODE ADDRESS FILE 2,807 words
      19. Clause 109
          20. cc936-8
        1. ORDERS 1,040 words
      20. Clause 111
          21. c938
        1. GENERAL FINANCIAL PROVISION 26 words
      21. Clause 113
          22. c938
        1. INDEX OF DEFINED EXPRESSIONS 21 words
      22. Clause 115
          23. c938
        1. MODIFICATION OF LOCAL ENACTMENTS ETC. 20 words
      23. New Schedule 1
        1. TRANSFER TO THE POST OFFICE COMPANY: TAX
            2. c938
          1. Corporation tax: general 31 words
            2. c938
          2. Shares and other securities 127 words
            3. cc938-9
          3. Transfer arrangements 51 words
            4. c939
          4. Tax—free benefits 34 words
            5. c939
          5. Assets acquired by the Post Office in 1969 61 words
            6. cc939-52
          6. Stamp duty 7,188 words
        c952
      24. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
          25. c952
        1. CRIMINAL LAW 23 words
          2. c952
        2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 43 words
        cc953-60
      25. Assisted Areas Map 3,847 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 18 April 2000 Series 6 Vol. 348

    c143WH
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. cc143-62WH
  2. Tobin Tax 10,687 words
    3. cc163-70WH
  3. Police (Lancashire) 4,173 words
    4. cc171-8WH
  4. Assisted Areas Map 4,091 words
    5. cc179-86WH
  5. Domestic Utilities Supplies 3,779 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 April 2000 Series 6 Vol. 348

  1. CABINET OFFICE
      2. c407W
    1. Regulatory Reform Bill 259 words
      2. cc407-8W
    2. Departmental Properties 170 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      3. c408W
    1. Gibraltar 164 words
      2. c408W
    2. Works of Art 196 words
      3. cc408-11W
    3. General Affairs Council, Luxembourg 1,129 words
      4. c411W
    4. Job Losses 73 words
      5. cc411-2W
    5. Energy Efficiency 188 words
      6. c412W
    6. Middle East 288 words
      7. cc412-3W
    7. Geneva Conventions 1949 132 words
      8. cc413-4W
    8. Ministerial Visits (Turkey and Malta) 285 words
      9. cc414-5W
    9. Entry Waiting Times (Sub-continent) 299 words
      10. c415W
    10. Chechnya 53 words
      11. c415W
    11. Terrorism 203 words
      12. cc415-6W
    12. European Court of Human Rights 314 words
  3. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      4. cc416-7W
    1. New Deal (Disabled People) 229 words
      2. c417W
    2. Value-added League Tables 39 words
      3. cc417-8W
    3. Special Schools 594 words
      4. c418W
    4. Recycling 68 words
      5. c418W
    5. Capital Modernisation Fund 74 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. c419W
    1. Commission for Racial Equality 54 words
      2. c419W
    2. Community Safety and Partnership Report 81 words
      3. c419W
    3. Motorcycle Theft 65 words
      4. c419W
    4. Terrorism 147 words
      5. cc419-20W
    5. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 204 words
      6. cc420-1W
    6. Fires 514 words
      7. c421W
    7. Police Vehicle Accidents 161 words
      8. c421W
    8. Female Circumcision 81 words
      9. cc421-2W
    9. Sentencing 201 words
      10. cc422-3W
    10. Online Services 204 words
      11. c423W
    11. Extradition Powers 98 words
      12. c423W
    12. Dr. Harold Shipman 97 words
      13. c423W
    13. Fire Service 106 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
      6. c424W
    1. Synchrotron 225 words
      2. c424W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 42 words
      3. c424W
    3. Personal Envoys 80 words
      4. cc424-5W
    4. Pig Farmers 95 words
      5. c425W
    5. Correspondence 43 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. c425W
    1. Accumulated Service Medals 170 words
  7. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      8. cc425-6W
    1. Action 2000 188 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      9. c426W
    1. Modernisation 134 words
      2. c426W
    2. Parliamentary Adjournments and Recesses 134 words
      3. cc426-7W
    3. Visitor Facilities 105 words
      4. c427W
    4. Human Rights Committee 72 words
      5. c427W
    5. Electronic Voting 22 words
      6. c427W
    6. Portcullis House 32 words
  9. DEFENCE
      10. cc427-8W
    1. Crossmaglen Gaelic Athletic Association 234 words
      2. cc428-9W
    2. AWE Aldermaston 349 words
      3. c429W
    3. Munitions 137 words
      4. cc429-30W
    4. Ministry of Defence Police 312 words
      5. c430W
    5. Procurement Projects 75 words
      6. c430W
    6. Helsinki European Council 176 words
      7. c430W
    7. Balkans (Equipment) 72 words
      8. cc430-1W
    8. Northern Ireland Regiments 135 words
      9. c431W
    9. Meteorological Stations 292 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      11. cc431-2W
    1. Post Offices 356 words
      2. cc432-3W
    2. Companies House 230 words
      3. c433W
    3. Council for Science and Technology 235 words
      4. cc433-4W
    4. Collum Report 161 words
      5. c434W
    5. Online Services 178 words
      6. cc434-5W
    6. Enterprise Fund 279 words
      7. c435W
    7. KONVER 325 words
      8. cc435-6W
    8. Nuclear Energy 66 words
      9. c436W
    9. Mobile Phone Networks 90 words
      10. c436W
    10. Longbridge Task Force 121 words
      11. cc436-7W
    11. Hawk Exports (Zimbabwe) 41 words
      12. c437W
    12. Patent Office 258 words
  11. TREASURY
      12. cc437-8W
    1. Tax Law Rewrite Project 131 words
      2. c438W
    2. Budget Calculations 72 words
      3. c438W
    3. Insurance 99 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
      13. cc438-9W
    1. Pensions 431 words
      2. cc439-40W
    2. Minimum Income Guarantee 306 words
      3. cc440-1W
    3. SEMA Medical Services 629 words
      4. c441W
    4. Benefits (Mortgage Rate) 55 words
      5. cc441-2W
    5. Child Support (Mortgages) 126 words
      6. c442W
    6. Pensioners (Benefit Entitlement) 242 words
      7. cc442-3W
    7. Industrial Injury Benefit (Asbestosis) 308 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      14. c443W
    1. Rail Services 139 words
      2. cc443-4W
    2. Species Legislation 254 words
      3. c444W
    3. Departmental Inquiries 107 words
      4. c444W
    4. UK/USA Meetings 112 words
      5. cc444-5W
    5. Greater London Authority 566 words
      6. cc445-6W
    6. Lorry Weights 515 words
      7. cc446-7W
    7. Airport Slots 291 words
      8. cc447-8W
    8. London Underground 280 words
      9. c448W
    9. Rail Freight 104 words
      10. c448W
    10. Budget (Transport Schemes) 89 words
      11. cc448-9W
    11. Ribble Estuary 384 words
      12. c449W
    12. Biosafety Protocol 155 words
      13. cc449-50W
    13. Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee 113 words
      14. c450W
    14. Waste Dumping 239 words
      15. c450W
    15. Land and Property Budget 39 words
      16. cc450-1W
    16. Electric Goods 131 words
      17. c451W
    17. Road Safety 242 words
      18. c451W
    18. Hedges 68 words
      19. cc451-2W
    19. EU Structural Fund 188 words
      20. c452W
    20. Mobile Homes 92 words
      21. c452W
    21. Deprivation (London) 112 words
      22. c452W
    22. Zoo Licensing Act 1981 105 words
      23. cc452-3W
    23. Health and Safety 326 words
      24. cc453-4W
    24. Cornish 197 words
      25. c454W
    25. Ministerial Statements 139 words
      26. cc454-5W
    26. Motorcycles 741 words
      27. cc455-6W
    27. North Wales Main Line 103 words
      28. cc456-7W
    28. Road Schemes 699 words
      29. c457W
    29. Shadow Strategic Rail Authority 56 words
      30. cc457-8W
    30. Climate Change Levy 171 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. c458W
    1. Dental Services 257 words
      2. cc458-9W
    2. Modernisation Action Teams 131 words
      3. c459W
    3. Vulnerable Adults 255 words
      4. cc459-60W
    4. Treatment Out of Area 178 words
      5. c460W
    5. Energy Efficiency 287 words
      6. cc460-1W
    6. Patient Records 436 words
      7. cc461-2W
    7. Insomnia 72 words
      8. c462W
    8. Genetic Data 163 words
      9. c462W
    9. Social Services Departments 40 words
      10. c462W
    10. Bed Availability 103 words
      11. cc462-3W
    11. Prescribed Drugs 266 words
      12. c463W
    12. GM Salmon 150 words
      13. c463W
    13. Cleft Lip and Palate Patients 99 words
      14. cc463-4W
    14. Meat Hygiene Service 107 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      16. c464W
    1. St. Helena 277 words
      2. cc464-5W
    2. Asbestos 524 words
      3. cc465-6W
    3. Ethiopia 230 words
      4. cc466-7W
    4. Ethiopia and Mozambique (Aid) 365 words
      5. c467W
    5. Natural Disasters 59 words
      6. cc467-8W
    6. Online Services 211 words
      7. c468W
    7. AIDS 2000 Conference, Durban 61 words
      8. c468W
    8. Multilateral Debt Relief 107 words
  16. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      17. cc468-9W
    1. European Court of Human Rights 138 words
      2. c469W
    2. Safe Cells 81 words
      3. c469W
    3. Public Trust Office 100 words
      4. c469W
    4. Magistrates 115 words
      5. cc469-70W
    5. Judges 243 words
      6. c470W
    6. Social Security Commissioners 90 words
      7. cc470-1W
    7. Community Legal Service 208 words
      8. c471W
    8. Criminal Trials 231 words
      9. c471W
    9. Trial by Jury 60 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. cc471-2W
    1. Drug Deaths 82 words
      2. c472W
    2. Shipbuilding (Apprenticeships) 88 words
      3. c472W
    3. Minimum Wage 174 words
      4. cc472-3W
    4. Employment 134 words
      5. c473W
    5. Asylum Seekers 339 words
      6. cc473-4W
    6. Student Finances 37 words
      7. c474W
    7. Winter Fuel Payments 74 words
      8. c474W
    8. Coalfields 80 words
      9. c474W
    9. Postal Services 96 words
      10. cc474-5W
    10. Harris Tweed Industry 126 words
      11. c475W
    11. Student Support 43 words
      12. c475W
    12. Representation 88 words
      13. c475W
    13. NHS Computer Records 71 words
      14. c475W
    14. Economy 71 words
      15. c475W
    15. Forth Railway Bridge 77 words
  18. ADVOCATE-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
      19. c476W
    1. Devolution 81 words
      2. c476W
    2. European Convention on Human Rights 109 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      20. c476W
    1. GM Materials 139 words
      2. cc476-7W
    2. Pork (Labelling) 115 words
      3. cc477-8W
    3. Fishing 84 words
      4. c478W
    4. Personal Documentation 70 words
      5. c478W
    5. Organic Food 88 words

Lords Sitting of 18 April 2000 Series 5 Vol. 612

    c551
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c551
  2. Lord Grenfell of Kilvey 24 words
    3. c551
  3. Lord Mitford 21 words
    4. cc551-3
  4. Prisoners: Rehabilitation 1,174 words
    5. cc554-6
  5. Housing Benefit Fraud 1,078 words
    6. cc556-8
  6. Missile Defence System: US Decision 1,107 words
    7. cc559-61
  7. Refugees: Status 921 words
    8. c561
  8. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 52 words
    9. c561
  9. Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
    10. cc561-611
  10. Financial Services and Markets Bill 24,252 words, 1 division
    11. cc611-39
  11. CANCELLATION OF PART IV PERMISSION: PROCEDURE 13,449 words
    12. cc639-56
  12. Special Constabulary 8,620 words
    13. cc656-7
  13. Financial Services and Markets Bill 529 words
    14. cc657-96
  14. COMPETITION SCRUTINY 19,745 words, 2 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 April 2000 Series 5 Vol. 612

    cc81-2WA
  1. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 479 words
    c82WA
  2. Postage Stamp Themes 107 words
    c82WA
  3. Sheltered Accommodation: Free Television Licences 153 words
    cc82-3WA
  4. Driving Licence Applications: Processing Period 78 words
    c83WA
  5. Horse Enterprises on Farms: Rate Relief 169 words
    cc83-4WA
  6. Belfast International Airport: International Services 148 words
    c84WA
  7. London-Aberdeen Rail Route: Improvement 101 words
    cc84-5WA
  8. Minister for Transport: Meetings 298 words
    c85WA
  9. Northern Ireland: Integrated Education 192 words
    cc85-6WA
  10. Sure Start Programme 306 words
    cc86-7WA
  11. Northern Ireland Railway System 379 words
    cc87-8WA
  12. Belfast City Airport: Flight Limits 298 words
    c88WA
  13. European Community: History of UK Entry Negotiations 157 words
    cc88-9WA
  14. EU: Bilateral Relationship with Austria 222 words
    c89WA
  15. Min Ko Naing 92 words
    cc89-90WA
  16. Zimbabwe 370 words
    cc90-1WA
  17. Zimbabwe and DRC: Defence Equipment 123 words
    c91WA
  18. Nagorno-Karabakh 109 words
    c91WA
  19. Yugoslavia: Financial Sanctions 114 words
    cc91-2WA
  20. Community Safety and Partnership: Report 91 words
    c92WA
  21. Commission for Racial Equality 63 words
    cc92-3WA
  22. BSE: Progress Report 299 words
    cc93-4WA
  23. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy 613 words
    cc94-5WA
  24. Regulatory Reform Bill 262 words
    cc95-6WA
  25. Prime Minister's Website 288 words
    c96WA
  26. Ministerial Code: Compliance 155 words
    cc96-7WA
  27. Government Expenditure on Advertising 115 words
    cc97-8WA
  28. Electoral Reform Ballot Services Ltd 313 words