Commons Sitting of 9 February 1994 Series 6 Vol. 237

    c267
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c267
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
      1. c267
      2. INCOME TAX 81 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. cc267-8
      2. Small Businesses 452 words
      3. cc268-9
      4. Renewable Energy 322 words
      5. cc269-70
      6. Gas 622 words
      7. cc270-1
      8. Post Office 699 words
      9. cc271-2
      10. Nuclear Review 463 words
      11. cc272-4
      12. Textiles 1,107 words
      13. cc274-7
      14. Coal Industry 1,284 words
      15. cc277-8
      16. Aerospace Industry 874 words
      17. cc278-9
      18. Small Business 492 words
      19. cc279-80
      20. Trade Descriptions Act 1968 163 words
      21. cc280-1
      22. Regulations 734 words
      23. cc281-2
      24. Libya and Iraq (Sanctions) 406 words
      25. cc282-3
      26. Mnufacturing Industry 750 words
      27. cc283-5
      28. Defence Industries (Redundancies) 483 words
    c285
  5. Speaker's Statement 153 words
  6. cc285-7
  7. Points of Order 549 words
  8. cc287-90
  9. Public Inquiries (Improved Procedures) 1,188 words
    1. cc289-90
    2. PUBLIC INQUIRIES (IMPROVED PROCEDURES) 182 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. cc290-385
    2. Sunday Trading Bill 250 words
      1. Schedule 4
        1. cc290-304
        2. RIGHTS OF SHOP WORKERS AS RESPECTS SUNDAY WORKING 7,537 words
        3. cc304-40
        4. DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES WHO OBJECT TO SUNDAY WORKING 21,348 words, 2 divisions
        5. c340
        6. 'Limitation on working hours on Sunday 83 words
        7. c340
        8. 'Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay 74 words
        9. cc340-59
        10. 'Right to double-time payments 11,488 words
        11. cc359-63
        12. 'Enforcement 2,056 words
        13. cc363-7
        14. 'Right to double-time payments 2,754 words, 1 division
        15. cc367-72
        16. Right to Additional Hours 2,627 words
      2. New clause 2
        1. cc372-83
        2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF SUNDAY-ONLY WORKERS 6,381 words, 1 division
      3. New clause 3
        1. cc383-5
        2. NON-ABATEMENT OF STATUTORY PROVISIONS 755 words
      cc385-8
    3. Statutory Sick Pay Bill (Allocation of Time) 19 words
      1. cc385-6
      2. Lords Amendments 582 words
      3. cc386-8
      4. Supplemental 949 words
      cc388-97
    4. Statutory Sick Pay Bill 3 words
      1. cc388-97
      2. After Clause 2 24 words
        1. cc388-97
        2. Power to provide for recovery by employers of sums paid by way of statutory sick pay. 4,519 words
      cc397-422
    5. Assessment of Deficits (European Community) 13,707 words, 1 division
    6. cc422-8
    7. Nursing (Performance-related Pay) 3,541 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 February 1994 Series 6 Vol. 237

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c239W
    2. Children (Northern Ireland) Order 61 words
    3. c239W
    4. Ministerial Travel 96 words
    5. cc239-40W
    6. Electricity 248 words
    7. c240W
    8. Electoral Register 228 words
    9. cc240-1W
    10. Co-operatives 90 words
    11. c241W
    12. Proxy Votes 40 words
    13. c241W
    14. Public Bodies 66 words
    15. c241W
    16. Parliamentary Questions 67 words
  2. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. cc241-2W
    2. Public Bodies 349 words
    3. c242W
    4. Ministerial Travel 83 words
    5. cc242-3W
    6. Economic Convergence 220 words
    7. c243W
    8. Economic Growth 269 words
    9. cc243-4W
    10. EC Funding 115 words
    11. cc244-5W
    12. Incomes 340 words
    13. c245W
    14. Trustee Investments Act Review 177 words
    15. c245W
    16. Child Support Agency 56 words
    17. c245W
    18. Value Added Tax 155 words
    19. cc245-6W
    20. Parliamentary Questions 65 words
    21. c246W
    22. Vehicle Excise Duty 275 words
    23. cc246-7W
    24. Fraud 211 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. cc247-8W
    2. Court Information 536 words
    3. c248W
    4. Writs 102 words
    5. c248W
    6. Police and Magistrates' Courts Bill 60 words
    7. cc248-9W
    8. Magistrates Courts 264 words
    9. c249W
    10. Justices' Clerks 124 words
    11. c249W
    12. Crown Courts (Racial Bias) 152 words
    13. cc249-50W
    14. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc250-2W
    2. Hostels, West Midlands 993 words
    3. c252W
    4. Bewsey Street Hostel, Cheshire 61 words
    5. c252W
    6. Youth Custody 209 words
    7. cc252-9W
    8. Domestic Homicides 5,533 words
    9. c259W
    10. Parole 48 words
    11. cc259-60W
    12. Firearms 59 words
    13. cc260-1W
    14. Public Bodies 642 words
    15. cc261-2W
    16. Anthony Robert Madden 340 words
    17. cc262-3W
    18. Deportees 181 words
    19. c263W
    20. Parliamentary Questions 68 words
    21. c263W
    22. Police Resources 69 words
    23. c263W
    24. South Wales Police Authority 120 words
    25. c263W
    26. Forensic Science Service 92 words
  5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc263-4W
    2. Malaysia 76 words
  6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c264W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 147 words
  7. EDUCATION
    1. cc264-5W
    2. Universities (Staff and Students) 286 words
    3. c265W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
    5. c265W
    6. National Curriculum Council 124 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c265W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 58 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. cc265-6W
    2. Road Lighting 97 words
    3. c266W
    4. Cycle Lanes 119 words
    5. c266W
    6. Sustainable Development 65 words
    7. c266W
    8. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 84 words
    9. c266W
    10. Public Bodies 64 words
    11. cc266-7W
    12. Rail Travel 61 words
    13. cc267-8W
    14. Road Safety 499 words
    15. c268W
    16. Departmental Headquarters 103 words
    17. cc268-9W
    18. Driver Safety Consultation Paper 690 words
    19. c269W
    20. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
    21. cc269-70W
    22. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 102 words
    23. c270W
    24. Projects and Contracts 174 words
  10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc270-1W
    2. Public Bodies 350 words
    3. cc271-2W
    4. Tobacco 199 words
    5. c272W
    6. Quarantine 114 words
    7. c272W
    8. Scrapie 254 words
    9. cc272-3W
    10. Pig Producers 300 words
    11. cc273-4W
    12. Organophosphorous Sheep Dips 287 words
    13. cc274-5W
    14. Goosanders 517 words
    15. c275W
    16. Milk Marketing Scheme 94 words
    17. c275W
    18. Parliamentary Questions 58 words
    19. c275W
    20. Less-favoured Areas 188 words
  11. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. cc275-6W
    2. Car Parking (Orange Badge Holders) 149 words
    3. c276W
    4. Data and Video Network 68 words
    5. c276W
    6. Child Care 234 words
    7. cc276-7W
    8. Plain English Campaign 67 words
    9. c277W
    10. Souvenir Kiosk 109 words
  12. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. c277W
    2. Market Testing 95 words
  13. WALES
    1. cc277-8W
    2. Public Appointments 214 words
    3. c278W
    4. Hunting Hounds 53 words
    5. c278W
    6. Executive Appeals 73 words
    7. c278W
    8. Temporary Employment 100 words
    9. cc278-9W
    10. Council Rents 417 words
    11. c279W
    12. Science and Engineering Graduates 40 words
    13. cc279-80W
    14. Housing 292 words
    15. cc280-1W
    16. Police Reforms 97 words
    17. c281W
    18. Hospital Staff (Redundancies) 41 words
    19. c281W
    20. Sheltered Accommodation 64 words
    21. c281W
    22. Wind Power 64 words
    23. cc281-2W
    24. Welsh Language 202 words
    25. c282W
    26. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
    27. c282W
    28. National Health Service 79 words
    29. c282W
    30. Quangos (Membership) 58 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. cc282-3W
    2. Indonesia 333 words
    3. c283W
    4. Military Personnel (Scholarships) 90 words
    5. c283W
    6. Appointments 87 words
    7. cc283-4W
    8. Statements (Translation) 83 words
    9. cc284-5W
    10. Nuclear Weapons 466 words
    11. c285W
    12. Yugoslavia 269 words
    13. c285W
    14. India (Human Rights) 67 words
    15. c285W
    16. Canada (Environmental Protest) 45 words
    17. cc285-6W
    18. Statutory Sick Pay 49 words
    19. c286W
    20. Dual-use Machine Tools 77 words
    21. c286W
    22. Colombia 74 words
    23. c286W
    24. India 96 words
    25. c286W
    26. Land Mines (Export) 34 words
    27. cc286-7W
    28. Parliamentary Questions 70 words
    29. c287W
    30. Government Communications Headquarters 56 words
    31. c287W
    32. St. Helena 185 words
  15. EMPLOYMENT
    1. c287W
    2. Fraud 102 words
    3. cc287-8W
    4. Unemployed Benefit 419 words
    5. cc288-9W
    6. Citizens Charter 109 words
    7. c289W
    8. Customer Survey 111 words
    9. cc289-90W
    10. Jobcentres 647 words
    11. c290W
    12. Earnings 91 words
    13. cc290-1W
    14. Disabled People 253 words
    15. cc291-2W
    16. Brixham Jobcentre 392 words
    17. c292W
    18. Public Bodies 159 words
    19. cc292-3W
    20. Docks and Ports (Deaths) 181 words
    21. c293W
    22. Community Action Scheme 499 words
    23. cc293-4W
    24. Correspondence 82 words
    25. c294W
    26. Working Conditions 205 words
    27. c294W
    28. Health and Safety 51 words
    29. c294W
    30. Paper Shredders 61 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
    1. cc294-6W
    2. Empty Housing 940 words
    3. c296W
    4. Housing Co-operatives 164 words
    5. cc296-9W
    6. Housing 1,133 words
    7. c299W
    8. Water Quality 141 words
    9. c299W
    10. Landfill Sites 210 words
    11. cc299-300W
    12. "London: Making the Best Better" 105 words
    13. c300W
    14. Benzene 131 words
    15. c300W
    16. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 71 words
    17. c300W
    18. North Yorkshire County Council 114 words
    19. cc300-1W
    20. New Towns 68 words
    21. c301W
    22. Inner City Areas 131 words
    23. c301W
    24. Sponsor Ministers 132 words
    25. c301W
    26. Public Bodies 57 words
    27. c301W
    28. Homelessness, Dewsbury 83 words
    29. cc301-2W
    30. Environmental Trusts 44 words
    31. c302W
    32. Energy Efficiency 183 words
    33. c302W
    34. Coastal Marine Environment 65 words
    35. cc302-3W
    36. Halons 180 words
    37. c303W
    38. Parliamentary Questions 67 words
    39. c303W
    40. Small Cetaceans 232 words
    41. cc303-4W
    42. Canadian Rain Forest 78 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. cc304-5W
    2. Post Office 514 words
    3. c305W
    4. Electricity 103 words
    5. c305W
    6. Space Launch Agreement 83 words
    7. c305W
    8. Aerospace Industry 80 words
    9. cc305-6W
    10. Chinaware 106 words
    11. c306W
    12. Gas 273 words
    13. c306W
    14. Recycling 87 words
    15. cc306-7W
    16. West Midlands (Regeneration) 50 words
    17. c307W
    18. Insolvency 173 words
    19. c307W
    20. Defence Technology Transfer 45 words
    21. c307W
    22. Electrical Equipment 100 words
    23. cc307-8W
    24. Nuclear Review 45 words
    25. c308W
    26. South East (Growth) 67 words
    27. c308W
    28. International Competitiveness 261 words
    29. cc308-9W
    30. Arms Trade 115 words
    31. c309W
    32. Telecommunications for Disabled and Elderly People Committee 103 words
    33. cc309-11W
    34. Area Transport Users Committees 688 words
    35. cc311-2W
    36. Malaysia (Exports) 281 words
    37. c312W
    38. Disqualification Unit 76 words
    39. c312W
    40. Mr. Roger Levitt 34 words
    41. c312W
    42. Competitiveness Unit 82 words
    43. cc312-4W
    44. Coal 834 words
    45. c314W
    46. Clothing and Textiles 217 words
    47. c314W
    48. Land Mines 64 words
    49. cc314-5W
    50. Scotch Whisky (Chile) 101 words
    51. c315W
    52. Alcohol (Taxation) 159 words
    53. c315W
    54. Power Transmission Lines 61 words
    55. c315W
    56. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 60 words
    57. cc315-6W
    58. Nuclear Industry 218 words
    59. c316W
    60. Oil Sales 254 words
    61. cc316-7W
    62. UN—Iran Joint Commission 333 words
    63. cc317-8W
    64. Motor Industry 157 words
    65. c318W
    66. Manufacturing Assets (Foreign Companies) 44 words
    67. c318W
    68. Indonesia 257 words
    69. cc318-9W
    70. Company Voluntary Arrangements 77 words
    71. c319W
    72. Management Bids 67 words
    73. cc319-20W
    74. Insolvency Service 683 words
    75. cc320-1W
    76. Market Testing 87 words
    77. cc321-2W
    78. Overseas Project Board 422 words
    79. c322W
    80. Statutory Sick Pay 55 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. c322W
    2. Hormone Replacement Therapy 131 words
    3. cc322-3W
    4. Opticians 143 words
    5. c323W
    6. Advisers 112 words
    7. c323W
    8. Electric Power Lines 89 words
    9. cc323-4W
    10. Patients' Views 218 words
    11. c324W
    12. Care Plans 38 words
    13. c324W
    14. Mentally Ill People 310 words
    15. cc324-5W
    16. Waiting Times 118 words
    17. c325W
    18. Executive Agencies 75 words
    19. c325W
    20. Whooping Cough 264 words
    21. cc325-6W
    22. Orthodontic Treatment 102 words
    23. c326W
    24. Benzene 54 words
    25. c326W
    26. Leeds Healthcare 175 words
    27. c326W
    28. Birth Statistics 36 words
    29. c326W
    30. West Midlands Patient Transport Service 53 words
    31. cc326-7W
    32. Pharmaceutical Industry 85 words
    33. c327W
    34. James Paget Hospital, Gorleston 120 words
    35. c327W
    36. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
  19. SCOTLAND
    1. cc327-8W
    2. Mr. Douglas Mason 254 words
    3. c328W
    4. Ministerial Travel 151 words
    5. c328W
    6. Electricity Interconnector 122 words
    7. cc328-9W
    8. Children in Hospital 195 words
    9. c329W
    10. Renfrew Health Care Trust 210 words
    11. c329W
    12. Exports 111 words
    13. cc329-30W
    14. Executive Agencies 129 words
    15. c330W
    16. Alzheimer's Disease 156 words
    17. c330W
    18. Stoddard's Carpet Factory 76 words
    19. c330W
    20. Fox Hunting 25 words
    21. cc330-1W
    22. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 174 words
    23. c331W
    24. CPC (United Kingdom) Ltd. 98 words
    25. c331W
    26. Co-operative Movement 38 words
    27. c331W
    28. Scottish Grand Committee 56 words
    29. cc331-2W
    30. OPEN Project, Paisley 259 words
    31. c332W
    32. Sheltered Housing 195 words
    33. cc332-7W
    34. Ambulance Service 1,449 words
    35. c337W
    36. Carpet Manufacturing 180 words
    37. c337W
    38. Ministerial Responsibilities 60 words
    39. cc337-8W
    40. Councillors (Expenses) 58 words
    41. c338W
    42. Coylton-Ballantrae Power Line 171 words
    43. cc338-9W
    44. Scottish Co-operative Development Company 177 words
    45. c339W
    46. Co-operatives 77 words
    47. c339W
    48. Patients 128 words
    49. cc339-40W
    50. Dementia 361 words
    51. c340W
    52. Hospital Staff Redundancies 173 words
    53. cc340-1W
    54. Homicides (Firearms) 689 words
    55. c341W
    56. Local Government Pensions 99 words
    57. cc341-2W
    58. Cumbernauld Airport 285 words
    59. cc342-3W
    60. Council House Sales 816 words
    61. c343W
    62. Torness (Spent Fuel) 47 words
    63. cc343-4W
    64. Boundary Commission 109 words
    65. cc344-5W
    66. Community Action Volunteers Scheme 255 words
    67. c345W
    68. Business Bureaucracy 138 words
    69. cc345-6W
    70. Arable Area Payments 270 words
    71. c346W
    72. Abortion 76 words
    73. c346W
    74. Roman Catholic Schools 96 words
  20. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. cc346-7W
    2. Public Bodies 128 words
    3. c347W
    4. Executive Agencies 82 words
    5. c347W
    6. Bills (Drafting) 58 words
    7. c347W
    8. Parliamentary Questions 67 words
    9. cc347-8W
    10. Fraud 185 words
  21. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. cc348-50W
    2. Public Bodies 516 words
    3. c350W
    4. Television Licence Fee 138 words
    5. cc350-1W
    6. National Lottery 254 words
    7. c351W
    8. Parliamentary Questions 70 words
    9. cc351-2W
    10. Royal Palaces 332 words
  22. DEFENCE
    1. cc352-5W
    2. Low Flying 1,834 words
    3. cc355-6W
    4. USAF F-15E 72 words
    5. c356W
    6. Air Misses 141 words
    7. c356W
    8. Salisbury (Disturbance) 85 words
    9. c356W
    10. HMS Birmingham (Sabotage) 58 words
    11. cc356-7W
    12. Ministerial Travel 302 words
    13. c357W
    14. RAF Chivenor 49 words
    15. cc357-8W
    16. HMS Britannia 228 words
    17. c358W
    18. Belize 120 words
    19. cc358-9W
    20. Chemical Weapons 407 words
    21. c359W
    22. Service Personnel (Scotland) 154 words
    23. cc359-60W
    24. Gulf War (Foreign Government Payments) 350 words
    25. c360W
    26. Parliamentary Questions 66 words
    27. cc360-1W
    28. Dwellings 166 words
    29. c361W
    30. Service Pay Award 302 words
    31. cc361-2W
    32. Performance Pay 88 words
    33. c362W
    34. Paper Shredders 77 words
    35. c362W
    36. RAF Expenditure (Curtains) 75 words
    37. c362W
    38. RAF Innsworth (Accommodation) 115 words
    39. cc362-3W
    40. Haymes Garth 125 words
  23. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc363-4W
    2. Public Bodies 552 words
    3. c364W
    4. Ministerial Travel 169 words
    5. c364W
    6. Incapacity Benefit 63 words
    7. cc364-5W
    8. Correspondence 123 words
    9. c365W
    10. Retirement Pensions (Women) 65 words
    11. cc365-6W
    12. Benefits Agency 537 words
    13. c366W
    14. Industrial Diseases 117 words
    15. c366W
    16. Industrial Injuries 64 words
    17. cc366-7W
    18. Christmas Cards 66 words
    19. c367W
    20. Disablement Benefits 60 words
    21. c367W
    22. Disability Working Allowance 234 words
    23. cc367-70W
    24. Invalidity Benefit 1,712 words
    25. cc370-1W
    26. Parliamentary Questions 68 words
    27. c371W
    28. Overseas Pensions 49 words
    29. c371W
    30. Benefits Office, Paisley 332 words
    31. cc371-3W
    32. Local Offices 1,160 words
    33. cc373-4W
    34. Visits to Employers 262 words
    35. cc374-5W
    36. Service by Telephone 739 words
    37. cc375-6W
    38. Privatisation 789 words
    39. cc376-7W
    40. National Insurance 93 words
    41. cc377-80W
    42. Child Support Agency 1,398 words

Lords Sitting of 9 February 1994 Series 5 Vol. 551

    c1565
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. cc1565-8
  3. Sarajevo 1,580 words
  4. cc1568-70
  5. EC Budget 1,082 words
  6. cc1570-2
  7. Turkey 854 words
  8. cc1572-4
  9. Car Theft Prevention 571 words
  10. cc1574-604
  11. The Dependent Territories 16,176 words
  12. cc1604-41
  13. National Health Service: Administrative Change 20,046 words
  14. cc1641-57
  15. Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 9,111 words
  16. cc1657-88
  17. Child Support Act 1991 16,872 words
  18. c1688
  19. Greater Nottingham Light Rapid Transit Bill 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 February 1994 Series 5 Vol. 551

    c125WA
  1. ROHINGYA REFUGEES 101 words
    c125WA
  2. KNOW HOW FUND 49 words
    cc125-6WA
  3. PUBLIC BODIES: APPOINTMENTS 396 words
    cc126-7WA
  4. MAGISTRATES' COURTS SERVICE 234 words
    c127WA
  5. NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION INITIATIVE 153 words
    cc127-8WA
  6. FUNDHOLDING PRACTICES 80 words
    c128WA
  7. FUNDHOLDING PRACTICES: SAVINGS 72 words
    c128WA
  8. DRIVING LICENCE PHOTO CARDS 112 words
    c128WA
  9. DRIVER NUMBER SYSTEM 80 words