Commons Sitting of 30 November 1993 Series 6 Vol. 233

    c901
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c901
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
      4. c901
    1. QUEEN'S SPEECH (ANSWER TO ADDRESS) 40 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      5. c901
    1. BRITISH WATERWAYS BILL [Lords] 336 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
        2. c902
      1. Trade Unions 350 words
        2. cc902-4
      2. Unemployment 798 words
        3. cc904-6
      3. Working Hours 1,174 words
        4. cc906-7
      4. VAT 371 words
        5. cc907-8
      5. Unemployment 664 words
        6. cc908-9
      6. Queen's Speech 327 words
        7. cc909-11
      7. Unemployment 881 words
        8. cc911-2
      8. Health and Safety 877 words
        9. cc912-3
      9. Manufacturing Industry 390 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc913-8
      1. Engagements 2,171 words
    cc919-20
  6. Points of Order 458 words
      7. c920
    1. Statutory Instruments, &c 18 words
        2. c920
      1. LEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) 48 words
        2. c920
      2. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) 27 words
        3. c920
      3. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 26 words
        4. c920
      4. COURT OF SESSION 20 words
        5. c920
      5. INSURANCE COMPANIES (ACCOUNTS) 46 words
  7. WAYS AND MEANS
      8. cc921-41
    1. Budget Statement 98 words
        2. c921
      1. INTRODUCTION 144 words
        2. cc921-2
      2. ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS 348 words
          3. c922
        1. MONETARY POLICY 157 words
          2. c922
        2. FUNDING POLICY 137 words
      3. RISKS TO THE RECOVERY
          4. cc922-3
        1. WORLD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 208 words
          2. c923
        2. THE PUBLIC FINANCES 68 words
        cc923-4
      4. FISCAL POLICY 412 words
        5. cc924-6
      5. VAT ON FUEL AND POWER 1,193 words
        6. c926
      6. PUBLIC SPENDING 307 words
          7. c926
        1. PUBLIC SECTOR PAY 82 words
        cc926-9
      7. SOCIAL SECURITY 147 words
          8. c927
        1. JOB SEEKER'S ALLOWANCE 175 words
          2. c927
        2. FAMILY CREDIT 165 words
          3. cc927-8
        3. STATUTORY SICK PAY 156 words
          4. c928
        4. EMPLOYERS' NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS 332 words
          5. cc928-9
        5. INVALIDITY BENEFIT 178 words
          6. c929
        6. STATE PENSION AGE 440 words
        cc929-31
      8. OTHER PROGRAMMES 17 words
          9. cc929-30
        1. LOCAL AUTHORITIES 62 words
          2. c930
        2. HOUSING 71 words
          3. c930
        3. TRANSPORT 106 words
          4. c930
        4. DEFENCE 120 words
          5. c930
        5. PRIORITY PROGRAMMES 71 words
          6. cc930-1
        6. HEALTH 156 words
          7. c931
        7. EDUCATION 217 words
          8. c931
        8. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 71 words
          9. c931
        9. SCIENCE 21 words
          10. c931
        10. HOME OFFICE 103 words
        cc931-3
      9. CAPITAL AND PRIVATE FINANCE 631 words
          10. c933
        1. RESOURCE ACCOUNTING 121 words
        c933
      10. PUBLIC SPENDING SUMMARY 206 words
        11. cc933-4
      11. TAXATION 31 words
          12. cc933-4
        1. LOOPHOLES 252 words
        c934
      12. EXTENDING THE TAX BASE 87 words
          13. c934
        1. AIR PASSENGER DUTY 134 words
          2. c934
        2. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 176 words
        cc934-5
      13. INCOME TAX 147 words
          14. c935
        1. MARRIED COUPLE'S ALLOWANCE 79 words
          2. c935
        2. MORTGAGE INTEREST RELIEF 105 words
        cc935-6
      14. BUSINESS TAXATION 17 words
          15. c935
        1. CORPORATION TAX 50 words
          2. c935
        2. FOREIGN INCOME DIVIDEND SCHEME 39 words
          3. c935
        3. EXPORT CREDIT 70 words
          4. c936
        4. UNIFORM BUSINESS RATES 134 words
        cc936-41
      15. SMALL BUSINESSES 111 words
          16. c936
        1. DEREGULATION 29 words
          2. c936
        2. SIMPLIFIED ASSESSING 46 words
          3. c936
        3. INCOME TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS 88 words
          4. cc936-8
        4. VAT THRESHOLD 46 words
            5. cc936-7
          1. STATUTORY AUDIT 144 words
            2. c937
          2. FINANCE FOR INDUSTRY 29 words
            3. c937
          3. CAPITAL GAINS TAX 168 words
            4. c937
          4. VENTURE CAPITAL TRUST 71 words
            5. cc937-8
          5. ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SCHEME 192 words
            6. c938
          6. LATE PAYMENT 194 words
          cc938-40
        5. INDIRECT TAXATION 117 words
            6. cc938-9
          1. ROAD FUEL DUTY AND VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY 320 words
            2. c939
          2. TOBACCO 127 words
            3. cc939-40
          3. WINE, BEER AND SPIRITS 808 words
          cc940-1
        6. CONCLUSION 69 words
            7. c941
          1. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES 128 words
    2. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
        3. cc942-1012
      1. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 41,350 words
      cc1012-20
    3. Glenlight Shipping Company 3,812 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 November 1993 Series 6 Vol. 233

  1. NATIONAL FINANCE
      2. c383W
    1. Personal Investment Authority 324 words
      2. cc383-4W
    2. EC Budget 177 words
      3. c384W
    3. Incomes 56 words
      4. cc384-5W
    4. Capital Gains Tax 520 words
      5. cc385-6W
    5. Taxation 689 words
      6. cc386-7W
    6. Parliamentary Questions 47 words
      7. c387W
    7. Lending Institutions 72 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. c387W
    1. Law Commission Report 94 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      4. c387W
    1. Arts Funding 71 words
      2. c387W
    2. London Orchestras 68 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      5. c388W
    1. Hong Kong 331 words
      2. c388W
    2. Christians (Persecution) 83 words
      3. cc388-9W
    3. United Nations Centre for Human Rights 150 words
      4. c389W
    4. Matrix Churchill 100 words
      5. c389W
    5. Sudan 123 words
      6. cc389-90W
    6. Ascension Island 105 words
      7. cc390-1W
    7. BBC World Service 480 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. c391W
    1. London Prisons 287 words
      2. cc391-2W
    2. Secure Training Centres 237 words
      3. c392W
    3. Murder (Life Sentences) 47 words
      4. c392W
    4. Racial Offences 97 words
      5. c392W
    5. Football Offences 90 words
      6. cc392-9W
    6. Juvenile Offenders 2,690 words
      7. cc399-403W
    7. Illegal Immigrants 2,717 words
      8. cc403-4W
    8. Prison Overcrowding 516 words
      9. c404W
    9. Protection of Property 92 words
      10. c404W
    10. Girl Prisoners 133 words
      11. cc404-5W
    11. Mr. Thomas Mason-Rushton 239 words
      12. c405W
    12. Immigration Detention Centres 102 words
      13. c405W
    13. Blakenhurst Prison 265 words
      14. cc405-6W
    14. Prison Ships 93 words
      15. c406W
    15. Metropolitan Police 58 words
      16. c406W
    16. Asylum Seekers 202 words
      17. cc406-7W
    17. Remand Prisoners 251 words
      18. c407W
    18. Crime Prevention Board 126 words
      19. c407W
    19. Racial Harassment 86 words
      20. cc407-8W
    20. Domestic Violence 171 words
      21. c408W
    21. Regional Expenditure 79 words
      22. c408W
    22. Police Cells 160 words
      23. cc408-9W
    23. Prison Escapes 380 words
      24. c409W
    24. West Coast Main Line 46 words
      25. c409W
    25. MV Avon 69 words
      26. c409W
    26. Bomb-proofing 33 words
      27. cc409-10W
    27. Trans-Pennine Study 86 words
  6. TRANSPORT
      7. cc410-1W
    1. Overseas Visits 540 words
      2. cc411-2W
    2. London Transport 942 words
      3. cc412-3W
    3. Coaches (Safety) 582 words
      4. cc413-4W
    4. Severn Bridge 177 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
      8. c414W
    1. National Identity Card 45 words
      2. c414W
    2. Housing 32 words
      3. c414W
    3. Crime Prevention 88 words
      4. cc414-5W
    4. Fund-raising Events 415 words
      5. cc415-6W
    5. Security and Intelligence Agencies 166 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. c416W
    1. Land Reclamation 140 words
      2. c416W
    2. Green Business Parks 56 words
      3. cc416-7W
    3. Nuclear Industry 64 words
      4. c417W
    4. Energy Advisory Panel 58 words
      5. c417W
    5. Industry (Costs) 65 words
      6. c417W
    6. Trading Standards Departments 83 words
      7. c417W
    7. Nirex Rock Characterisation Facility 156 words
      8. cc417-8W
    8. EC Consumer Council 46 words
      9. c418W
    9. Industry Council 46 words
      10. c418W
    10. Gas and Electricity (Standing Charges) 61 words
      11. c418W
    11. Combined Heat and Power, Leicester 267 words
      12. cc418-9W
    12. Chad 101 words
      13. c419W
    13. Gas (Exempt Supplies) Act 1992 60 words
      14. c419W
    14. Smoking 57 words
      15. cc419-20W
    15. Insolvency 520 words
      16. c420W
    16. Insolvency Service 130 words
      17. c420W
    17. British Coal 52 words
      18. cc420-1W
    18. Utilities (Meter Reading) 125 words
      19. c421W
    19. Wind Power 101 words
      20. c421W
    20. Regulations (Impact Assessment) 218 words
      21. cc421-2W
    21. Regional Grants 300 words
      22. cc422-3W
    22. Coal Industry 506 words
      23. c423W
    23. Redundant Steelworkers 84 words
      24. cc423-4W
    24. RECHAR 115 words
      25. c424W
    25. Postal Services 276 words
  9. SOCIAL SECURITY
      10. cc424-6W
    1. Child Support Agency 647 words
      2. c426W
    2. Repetitive Strain Injury 84 words
      3. cc426-8W
    3. Pensioner Incomes 939 words
      4. cc428-9W
    4. Personal Pensions 521 words
      5. cc429-32W
    5. National Insurance 857 words
      6. cc432-46W
    6. Benefits (Uprating) 6,243 words
      7. c446W
    7. Income Support 82 words
      8. c446W
    8. Ministerial Hospitality 111 words
      9. c446W
    9. Ministers (Private Residences) 50 words
      10. cc446-7W
    10. Ministerial Offices 78 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      11. c447W
    1. Burundi 155 words
  11. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      12. c447W
    1. POLIS (Searching) 174 words
      2. cc447-8W
    2. Toilet Rolls 49 words
      3. c448W
    3. Veal 64 words
  12. HEALTH
      13. c448W
    1. GP Services 61 words
      2. c448W
    2. Consultants 328 words
      3. cc448-9W
    3. Midwives 193 words
      4. c449W
    4. Perinatal Epidemiology Unit 68 words
      5. c449W
    5. Sexual Harassment 81 words
      6. c449W
    6. Acute Hospital Beds 78 words
      7. cc449-50W
    7. Departmental Budget 52 words
      8. c450W
    8. Immunisation 315 words
      9. cc450-1W
    9. Notifiable Diseases 115 words
      10. c451W
    10. Infant Mortality 263 words
      11. cc451-2W
    11. Abortion 181 words
      12. cc452-3W
    12. Labour Statistics 517 words
      13. c453W
    13. Fund-holding GPs 67 words
      14. c453W
    14. Geriatric Population 71 words
      15. cc453-4W
    15. London Ambulance Service 152 words
      16. c454W
    16. Public Health Medical Staff 200 words
      17. c454W
    17. Home Visits 85 words
      18. c454W
    18. Cortico-steroids 87 words
      19. cc454-5W
    19. Waltham Forest Health Authority 83 words
      20. c455W
    20. Key Workers (Care Programme) 528 words
      21. cc455-6W
    21. Mental Health 59 words
      22. c456W
    22. Lexie McConnell 83 words
      23. c456W
    23. Occupational Health Service 117 words
      24. cc456-7W
    24. Prescriptions 212 words
      25. c457W
    25. Influenza Vaccination 73 words
      26. c457W
    26. Special Needs Management Allowance 60 words
      27. cc457-8W
    27. Ambulance Service (Doncaster) 125 words
      28. c458W
    28. Cancer (Funding) 31 words
      29. c458W
    29. NHS Trusts 260 words
      30. cc458-9W
    30. Intensive Care, Doncaster 122 words
      31. c459W
    31. Junior Doctors 171 words
      32. cc459-60W
    32. Health Service, London 455 words
      33. c460W
    33. Hospital Charges 21 words
      34. c460W
    34. Winyard Report 207 words
      35. cc460-1W
    35. Women Consultants 36 words
      36. c461W
    36. Quest Cancer Test Trial 44 words
      37. c461W
    37. Hospital Budgets 29 words
      38. c461W
    38. Family Practitioner Budgets 116 words
      39. cc461-2W
    39. Elderly Patients (Specialist Treatment) 169 words
      40. c462W
    40. Qa Business Services 125 words
  13. WALES
      14. c462W
    1. Travellers 41 words
      2. c462W
    2. Private Patients 105 words
      3. cc462-3W
    3. Nuclear Plants 215 words
      4. cc463-4W
    4. Development Agencies 554 words
      5. c464W
    5. Postal and Proxy Votes 77 words
      6. c464W
    6. EC Cereal Aid 80 words
      7. c464W
    7. Livestock Quotas 115 words
      8. cc464-5W
    8. Premature Deaths 99 words
      9. c465W
    9. Local Government Finance 293 words
      10. cc465-6W
    10. Moated Sites 341 words
      11. c466W
    11. Gardens of Historic Value 245 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
      15. cc466-7W
    1. Rural Housing 134 words
      2. c467W
    2. Terrorism 57 words
      3. c467W
    3. Boarding Schools 161 words
      4. c467W
    4. Countryside 86 words
      5. cc467-8W
    5. Environmental Protection Act 1990 180 words
      6. c468W
    6. Hedgerows 117 words
      7. c468W
    7. Postal and Proxy Votes 109 words
      8. cc468-9W
    8. EC Students 99 words
      9. c469W
    9. School Extensions 100 words
      10. c469W
    10. Forensic Science Departments 74 words
      11. c469W
    11. Student Nurses 182 words
      12. cc469-70W
    12. Republic of Ireland (Links) 98 words
      13. c470W
    13. Gardens of Historic Value 205 words
      14. c470W
    14. Road Schemes 62 words
  15. SCOTLAND
      16. cc470-1W
    1. Paisley 202 words
      2. c471W
    2. Public Appointments 322 words
      3. cc471-2W
    3. Sheltered Housing 152 words
      4. c472W
    4. Written Answers 173 words
      5. cc472-3W
    5. Elderly Forums 136 words
      6. c473W
    6. Fox Hunting 99 words
      7. c473W
    7. Pupils (Behavioural Problems) 138 words
      8. cc473-4W
    8. Rents 278 words
      9. c474W
    9. Correspondence 201 words
      10. cc474-5W
    10. HIV Education 216 words
      11. c475W
    11. Homelessness 178 words
      12. c475W
    12. Abbeyfield Housing Movement 320 words
      13. cc475-6W
    13. Advocates Depute 114 words
      14. c476W
    14. Housing 116 words
      15. c476W
    15. Procurators Fiscal 49 words
      16. cc476-7W
    16. Home Insulation 114 words
      17. c477W
    17. Student Support 311 words
      18. cc477-9W
    18. Local Government Finance 937 words
      19. cc479-81W
    19. Rates 818 words
  16. EDUCATION
      17. c481W
    1. Schools, Castle Point 113 words
      2. c481W
    2. Literacy 85 words
      3. cc481-2W
    3. Education and Training 191 words
      4. cc482-3W
    4. Student Loans 429 words
      5. cc483-6W
    5. Departmental Expenditure 1,642 words
      6. c486W
    6. British Council 158 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. cc486-7W
    1. Hills and Uplands 516 words
      2. cc487-8W
    2. Priorities Board 395 words
      3. cc488-9W
    3. Potatoes 461 words
      4. c489W
    4. Water (Pesticides) 69 words
      5. c489W
    5. Flood Warnings 180 words
      6. cc489-90W
    6. Food Trade Fair 79 words
      7. c490W
    7. Nuclear Waste (Dumping at Sea) 173 words
      8. c490W
    8. Bovine Embryos 48 words
      9. c490W
    9. Orange Juice 75 words
      10. cc490-1W
    10. Countryside Survey 73 words
      11. c491W
    11. Forestry Commission (Nottinghamshire) 105 words
      12. c491W
    12. Fur Farms 103 words
      13. c491W
    13. Sheep Quota 173 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
      19. c492W
    1. City Pride 41 words
      2. cc492-3W
    2. Local Government Finance 468 words
      3. c493W
    3. Housing Association Grant 105 words
      4. c493W
    4. Waste Water 53 words
      5. c493W
    5. Environmental Protection 64 words
      6. cc493-4W
    6. Docklands Light Railway 541 words
      7. cc494-5W
    7. Housing Grants 146 words
      8. c495W
    8. A copy of this publication is in the Library. 124 words
      9. c495W
    9. Council House Sales 71 words
      10. cc495-7W
    10. Housing 1,031 words
      11. c497W
    11. Boundary Commission 90 words
      12. cc497-8W
    12. Drainage Boards 271 words
      13. c498W
    13. Special Needs Allowance 111 words
      14. c498W
    14. Regent's Park Barracks 64 words
      15. cc498-9W
    15. Urban Areas 117 words
      16. c499W
    16. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 61 words
      17. c499W
    17. Seal Products 235 words
      18. c499W
    18. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 81 words
      19. cc499-500W
    19. Housing Corporation 68 words
      20. c500W
    20. Housing Revenue Account 131 words
      21. cc500-1W
    21. Air Monitoring (London) 364 words
      22. cc501-2W
    22. Private Finance Initiative 321 words
      23. cc502-3W
    23. Nirex Repository 129 words
      24. c503W
    24. Fair Rents 130 words
      25. c503W
    25. Wind Energy 84 words
      26. cc503-4W
    26. Countryside Survey 269 words
      27. c504W
    27. Doncaster Drainage Act 1929 141 words
      28. c504W
    28. Drainage Boards 125 words
  19. EMPLOYMENT
      20. cc504-6W
    1. Training and Enterprise Councils 748 words
      2. c506W
    2. Older Workers 83 words
      3. c506W
    3. Youth Training 64 words
      4. cc506-7W
    4. Disability 252 words
      5. c507W
    5. Youth Unemployment 74 words
      6. c507W
    6. Wages Councils 64 words
      7. cc507-8W
    7. Civilian Employment 49 words
      8. cc508-9W
    8. Training 969 words
      9. c509W
    9. Employment Creation 54 words
      10. cc509-10W
    10. Full Employment 52 words
      11. c510W
    11. Adult Unemployment 80 words
      12. c510W
    12. Rural Areas 90 words
      13. cc510-1W
    13. Workstart Schemes 44 words
      14. c511W
    14. Benefit Payments 411 words
      15. cc511-2W
    15. Work Permits (St. Helena) 103 words
      16. cc512-3W
    16. Job Clubs 854 words
      17. cc513-4W
    17. Investors in People Award 719 words
      18. cc514-5W
    18. Training (Accidents) 402 words
      19. c515W
    19. Agriculture Gangmasters 117 words
      20. cc515-8W
    20. Learning for Work 969 words
      21. c518W
    21. Labour Statistics 101 words
      22. c518W
    22. Coal Miners (Retraining) 102 words
      23. c518W
    23. Careers Services 35 words
  20. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      21. c519W
    1. Bomb-proofing 34 words
      2. c519W
    2. Departmental Expenditure 189 words
      3. c519W
    3. Market Testing 135 words
  21. DEFENCE
      22. c520W
    1. Senior Officers 276 words
      2. c520W
    2. Horizon 2000 58 words
      3. c520W
    3. Landing Platform Helicopter 68 words
      4. cc520-1W
    4. Minehunters 276 words
      5. c521W
    5. Glass-reinforced Plastic 69 words
      6. c521W
    6. Submarine Movements 129 words
      7. cc521-2W
    7. Trident 353 words
      8. c522W
    8. Anti-ballistic Missiles 52 words
      9. cc522-3W
    9. Nuclear Weapons 126 words
      10. c523W
    10. Military Vehicles 215 words
      11. c523W
    11. Royal Navy Ships 65 words
      12. cc523-4W
    12. Manpower Service Personnel 123 words
      13. c524W
    13. Piers 166 words
      14. cc524-5W
    14. Nuclear Shelters 127 words
      15. c525W
    15. RAF Greenham Common 83 words
      16. c525W
    16. Western European Union 175 words
      17. c525W
    17. Yugoslavia 53 words
      18. cc525-6W
    18. Nuclear Submarines 157 words
      19. c526W
    19. Search and Rescue 47 words
      20. c526W
    20. Army Sales Team 111 words
      21. c526W
    21. US Submarine (Incident) 135 words
      22. cc526-8W
    22. Lesbians and Gay Men 242 words

Lords Sitting of 30 November 1993 Series 5 Vol. 550

    c487
  1. Preamble 24 words
    2. cc487-9
  2. Game Licences 1,145 words
    3. cc489-92
  3. The Official Report 1,155 words
    4. cc492-4
  4. Royal Free Hospital: Renal Unit 1,183 words
    5. cc494-6
  5. Foreign Factory Ships: Inspection 843 words
    6. c496
  6. Local Government (Wales) Bill [H.L.] 57 words
    7. cc496-520
  7. Packaging: ECC Report 12,720 words
    8. cc520-34
  8. British Standards Institution 7,436 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 November 1993 Series 5 Vol. 550

    c23WA
  1. EAST TIMOR: MILITARY ATTACHES' VISIT 146 words
    c23WA
  2. CHINA: ALLEGED COERCIVE ABORTION 76 words
    cc23-4WA
  3. SALMON AND SEA TROUT NET LICENCES 385 words
    c24WA
  4. FISHERY PRODUCTS: PROPOSED EC REGULATION 107 words
    cc24-5WA
  5. WINE SECTOR SUPPORT: COMPLIANCE WITH EC REGULATION 103 words
    c25WA
  6. WINE SECTOR: POLICY 125 words
    c25WA
  7. NHS: DUTY OF CARE 189 words
    cc25-6WA
  8. MR. JOHN GIBSON 152 words
    c26WA
  9. OXFORD REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY 104 words
    c26WA
  10. NHS STAFF NUMBERS 61 words
    cc26-7WA
  11. NUCLEAR INSTALLATION SAFETY: ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS 99 words
    cc27-8WA
  12. GATT AGREEMENT: BENEFITS TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 160 words