Commons Sitting of 1 November 1994 Series 6 Vol. 248

    c1331
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1331
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c1331
    1. HUMBER BRIDGE BILL [Lords] 355 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EDUCATION
        2. cc1332-3
      1. Nursery Education 453 words
        2. c1333
      2. Books and Equipment 458 words
        3. cc1333-5
      3. Nursery Education 661 words
        4. cc1335-6
      4. Grant-maintained Schools 608 words
        5. cc1336-7
      5. Statistics 464 words
        6. cc1337-8
      6. Research Funding 419 words
        7. cc1338-9
      7. Nursery Education 431 words
        8. c1339
      8. Schools, Bedfordshire 207 words
        9. cc1339-41
      9. Drug Abuse 600 words
        10. cc1341-2
      10. Primary School Inspections 567 words
        11. cc1342-3
      11. Discipline in Schools 820 words
        12. cc1343-4
      12. Statistics 450 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc1345-50
      1. Engagements 2,105 words
      c1350
    3. "The Guardian" 151 words
    cc1351-2
  5. Points of Order 762 words
    1. BILL PRESENTED
        2. c1352
      1. FIREWORK SAFETY 75 words
    cc1353-5
  6. Pensions (Divorce) 1,507 words
      7. c1355
    1. PENSIONS (DIVORCE) 52 words
  7. Opposition Day
    1. 12TH ALLOTTED DAY
        2. cc1356-415
      1. Energy Conservation Bill 32,608 words, 2 divisions
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. cc1416-55
    1. Local Government etc. (Scotland) Bill 3 words
      1. CLAUSE 4
          2. cc1416-21
        1. CONVENER AND DEPUTE CONVENER 2,992 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 8
          3. cc1421-35
        1. TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES 7,608 words
      3. Clause 12
          4. cc1436-9
        1. STAFF COMMISSION 2,158 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 19
          5. cc1440-3
        1. PROPERTY COMMISSION 1,944 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 36
          6. c1443
        1. FIRE SERVICES 70 words
        cc1443-54
      6. New clause 6,061 words
        7. cc1454-5
      7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 49 words
      cc1455-68
    2. Local Government etc. (Scotland) Bill 4,805 words, 1 division
      1. Clause 64
          2. cc1464-8
        1. GENERAL DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE AND OF NEW AUTHORITIES 2,393 words
      cc1469-96
    3. Local Government etc. (Scotland) Bill 1,960 words
      1. Clause 65
          2. cc1472-5
        1. CODES OF PRACTICE FOR NEW WATER AND SEWERAGE AUTHORITIES 1,339 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 66
          3. cc1475-7
        1. SCOTTISH WATER AND SEWERAGE CUSTOMERS COUNCIL 1,192 words, 1 division
      3. Clause 67
          4. cc1477-87
        1. FUNCTIONS OF THE CUSTOMERS COUNCIL 5,525 words, 5 divisions
      4. Clause 100
          5. cc1488-90
        1. AUTHORISATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PRIVATE SEWERS ETC. 1,100 words, 1 division
        c1490
      5. New clause 336 words
      6. Clause 167
          7. c1491
        1. STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT SERVICES COSTS 79 words
      7. Clause 169
          8. c1491
        1. FUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE PROMOTION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 79 words
        cc1491-4
      8. New clause 1,389 words, 1 division
      9. Clause 180
          10. cc1494-6
        1. INTERPRETATION AND AMENDMENT OF STATUTORY REFERENCES 1,095 words, 1 division
      cc1497-537
    4. Deregulation and Contracting Out Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 1
          2. cc1497-509
        1. POWER TO REMOVE OR REDUCE CERTAIN STATUTORY BURDENS ON BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS ETC. 6,941 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 17
          3. cc1509-10
        1. BETTING ON SUNDAYS 27 words
          2. cc1510-2
        2. Rights of betting workers as respects Sunday working. 1,167 words, 1 division
        c1512
      3. New clause 256 words
        4. cc1512-6
      4. New clause 1,985 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 24
          6. cc1516-8
        1. CONTROLS ON LONDON LORRIES: REPLACEMENT OF DISCRETIONARY EXCEPTIONS 890 words
      6. Clause 27
          7. cc1518-9
        1. POWER TO REPEAL CERTAIN HEALTH AND SAFETY PROVISIONS 378 words
        cc1519-30
      7. New clause 29 words
          8. cc1519-20
        1. Suspension of duty under section 87(3). 444 words
          2. cc1520-30
        2. Duties of inspectors under section 87A. 5,672 words, 1 division
      8. Clause 48
          9. cc1530-4
        1. UNDERTAKINGS GIVEN ON APPLICATIONS 2,380 words, 2 divisions
      9. Clause 58
          10. cc1535-6
        1. FUNCTIONS OF MINISTERS AND OFFICE-HOLDERS 505 words
        c1536
      10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 34 words
          11. c1536
        1. INCOME TAX 240 words
          2. c1536
        2. INHERITANCE TAX 45 words
        cc1536-7
      11. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
          12. c1537
        1. FOODSTUFFS 51 words
      cc1538-46
    5. Tourism (Scotland) 4,055 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 November 1994 Series 6 Vol. 248

  1. TREASURY
      2. c999W
    1. Back-to-work Bonus 115 words
      2. c999W
    2. Tax Exemptions (MEPs) 75 words
      3. c999W
    3. Royal British Legion 106 words
      4. cc999-1001W
    4. Tiger Products 535 words
      5. c1001W
    5. Vehicle Licensing System 241 words
      6. c1001W
    6. Cash and Running Costs Limits 120 words
      7. cc1001-2W
    7. Central Statistical Office 195 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      3. c1002W
    1. Parliamentary Running Costs 51 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      4. c1002W
    1. Disabled People 111 words
      2. cc1002-3W
    2. Northern Ireland Court Service 126 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
      5. c1003W
    1. Privatisation 219 words
      2. cc1003-4W
    2. Water and Sewerage Services 133 words
      3. c1004W
    3. Commission for New Towns 94 words
      4. c1004W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 88 words
      5. cc1004-5W
    5. Teesside Development Corporation 376 words
      6. c1005W
    6. Belgrave Residents Association, Leicester 80 words
      7. cc1005-6W
    7. Standard Spending Assessments 243 words
      8. c1006W
    8. Leicester City Council 79 words
      9. cc1006-9W
    9. Non-domestic Rates 1,262 words
      10. c1009W
    10. Repair Costs 48 words
      11. c1009W
    11. Westminster City Council 150 words
      12. cc1009-12W
    12. Council Tax 1,051 words
      13. c1012W
    13. Scrap Yards 147 words
      14. cc1012-3W
    14. Home Improvement Agency 187 words
      15. c1013W
    15. Rural Development Commission 44 words
      16. cc1013-4W
    16. Cash and Running Costs Limits 376 words
      17. c1014W
    17. Coal Industry 189 words
      18. cc1014-5W
    18. Recycling 840 words
      19. cc1015-7W
    19. Development Corporations 362 words
      20. c1017W
    20. Nuclear Waste 279 words
      21. cc1017-8W
    21. Ofwat 46 words
      22. cc1018-9W
    22. Economic Development Expenditure 470 words
      23. c1019W
    23. Rents 159 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      6. c1019W
    1. Single Regeneration Budget 88 words
      2. cc1019-20W
    2. Anti-personnel Mines 404 words
      3. cc1020-1W
    3. Insolvency Service 79 words
      4. c1021W
    4. Steel 228 words
      5. c1021W
    5. Parliamentary Consultancies 63 words
      6. c1021W
    6. Public Appointments 96 words
      7. cc1021-2W
    7. Nuclear Review 133 words
      8. c1022W
    8. Optical Fibre Networks 82 words
      9. c1022W
    9. Information Super-highway 61 words
      10. c1022W
    10. Entertainment Services (BT and Mercury) 61 words
      11. cc1022-3W
    11. Coal Industry 190 words
      12. cc1023-5W
    12. Indonesia 647 words
      13. c1025W
    13. Non-fossil Fuel Obligation 65 words
      14. cc1025-6W
    14. Cash and Running Costs Limits 536 words
      15. c1026W
    15. Iraq 215 words
      16. cc1026-7W
    16. Turkey 188 words
      17. c1027W
    17. Nuclear Reprocessing 120 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      7. c1027W
    1. Liberia 87 words
      2. cc1027-8W
    2. The Gambia 121 words
      3. c1028W
    3. Somaliland 68 words
      4. c1028W
    4. Kenya 107 words
      5. cc1028-9W
    5. Overseas Aid 262 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
      8. c1029W
    1. Ministerial Travel 102 words
      2. c1029W
    2. University Students 71 words
  8. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      9. cc1029-30W
    1. Asthma 224 words
  9. TRANSPORT
      10. c1030W
    1. Road Repairs 111 words
      2. cc1030-1W
    2. Seat Belts 247 words
      3. c1031W
    3. Executive Agencies 542 words
      4. cc1031-2W
    4. London Buses 161 words
      5. cc1032-3W
    5. Vehicle Inspectorate 429 words
      6. cc1033-4W
    6. Vehicle Emissions 330 words
      7. c1034W
    7. M25 93 words
      8. cc1034-5W
    8. Airport Facilities 56 words
      9. c1035W
    9. Rail Safety 44 words
      10. c1035W
    10. Red Routes 58 words
      11. cc1035-6W
    11. Cash and Running Costs Limits 638 words
      12. c1036W
    12. Hilton Hotel (Dinner-dance) 50 words
      13. c1036W
    13. Security Guards 144 words
      14. c1036W
    14. British Rail (Land) 58 words
      15. cc1036-7W
    15. Quangos 169 words
      16. c1037W
    16. Public Appointments 42 words
      17. c1037W
    17. Pollution 191 words
      18. cc1037-8W
    18. Ferry Safety 161 words
      19. c1038W
    19. Air Training College 56 words
      20. cc1038-9W
    20. Rail Safety 615 words
      21. c1039W
    21. Cyclists 96 words
      22. c1039W
    22. Blue Circle and Decision Makers Ltd. 73 words
      23. cc1039-40W
    23. Austrian Tunnelling Method 140 words
  10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      11. c1040W
    1. Livestock Transportation 129 words
      2. c1040W
    2. Sheep Exports 140 words
      3. cc1040-1W
    3. Bovine Somatotropin 222 words
      4. c1041W
    4. Privatisation 171 words
      5. cc1041-2W
    5. Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning 182 words
      6. c1042W
    6. Infant Formulae 69 words
      7. c1042W
    7. Parliamentary Questions 67 words
      8. cc1042-3W
    8. Cash Limits 456 words
      9. c1043W
    9. Fox Fur Farms 142 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      12. cc1043-5W
    1. Hong Kong 1,086 words
      2. cc1045-6W
    2. Public Appointments 89 words
      3. c1046W
    3. Quangos 98 words
      4. cc1046-52W
    4. Embassy Staff 3,783 words
      5. cc1052-3W
    5. Liberia 75 words
      6. c1053W
    6. South Africa 32 words
      7. c1053W
    7. Diplomatic Wing (Costs) 187 words
      8. cc1053-5W
    8. European Union 432 words
  12. WALES
      13. c1055W
    1. Forest Enterprise 86 words
      2. c1055W
    2. Parents Charter 79 words
      3. cc1055-6W
    3. NHS Trust 64 words
      4. c1056W
    4. Public Appointments 142 words
      5. c1056W
    5. Health Authorities (Pay Award) 47 words
      6. cc1056-8W
    6. Cash Limits 967 words
      7. cc1058-9W
    7. Non-domestic Rates 672 words
  13. HOME DEPARTMENT
      14. cc1059-60W
    1. Prisons (Television) 184 words
      2. c1060W
    2. Prisons (Education) 246 words
      3. c1060W
    3. Prisoners (Possessions) 153 words
      4. cc1060-1W
    4. Prisons (Drugs) 290 words
      5. cc1061-2W
    5. Prison Officers 544 words
      6. c1062W
    6. Domestic Service 112 words
      7. cc1062-3W
    7. Privatisation 95 words
      8. cc1063-4W
    8. Asylum Seekers 490 words
      9. c1064W
    9. Cannabis 83 words
      10. cc1064-5W
    10. Sri Lankan Tamils 371 words
      11. c1065W
    11. West Midlands Police 88 words
      12. c1065W
    12. British Dependent Territories 82 words
      13. cc1065-6W
    13. Public Appointments 64 words
      14. c1066W
    14. Nuclear Materials (Transport) 104 words
      15. c1066W
    15. General Oleg Kalugin 66 words
      16. c1066W
    16. Airports (Immigration Officers) 70 words
      17. c1066W
    17. Misuse 140 words
      18. cc1066-7W
    18. Police Authorities (Allowances) 109 words
      19. c1067W
    19. Al Fayed Brothers (Citizenship Application) 255 words
      20. c1067W
    20. Private Security Industries 39 words
      21. cc1067-8W
    21. Criminal Justice Act 1991 297 words
      22. cc1068-9W
    22. Local Government Review 263 words
      23. c1069W
    23. Cash Limits 207 words
      24. c1069W
    24. Drug Deaths 263 words
      25. cc1069-70W
    25. IRA Prisoners 457 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
      15. c1071W
    1. Back-to-work Bonus 125 words
      2. cc1071-2W
    2. State Retirement Pension 418 words
      3. c1072W
    3. Income Support 233 words
      4. cc1072-3W
    4. Family Credit 232 words
      5. c1073W
    5. Job Seeker's Allowance 110 words
      6. cc1073-4W
    6. Cash and Running Costs Limits 276 words
      7. cc1074-5W
    7. Disability 782 words
      8. c1075W
    8. Children in Hospital 49 words
      9. c1075W
    9. War Pensions 65 words
      10. cc1075-6W
    10. Official Hospitality 183 words
      11. cc1076-7W
    11. General Practitioner Fundholding 158 words
      12. c1077W
    12. Hormone Replacement Therapy 182 words
      13. cc1077-80W
    13. Asthma 1,202 words
      14. c1080W
    14. Dentistry 52 words
      15. cc1080-1W
    15. Blood Transfusion Centres 191 words
      16. c1081W
    16. Health Authority Funding 243 words
      17. cc1081-2W
    17. Performance-related Pay 113 words
      18. c1082W
    18. Cows' Milk Allergy 89 words
      19. c1082W
    19. Psychiatric Beds 76 words
      20. cc1082-3W
    20. Eye Tests 185 words
      21. c1083W
    21. Acute Units (Closure) 101 words
      22. c1083W
    22. London Implementation Group 71 words
      23. c1083W
    23. Junior Doctors 98 words
      24. c1083W
    24. Public Appointments 63 words
      25. cc1083-4W
    25. Visiting Costs Scheme 218 words
      26. c1084W
    26. Community Health Sheffield NHS Trust 70 words
      27. c1084W
    27. Kidney Treatment 68 words
      28. cc1084-5W
    28. Wheelchairs 202 words
      29. c1085W
    29. General Practitioner Lists 106 words
      30. c1085W
    30. Nicotine 81 words
      31. cc1085-6W
    31. Cash Limits 548 words
      32. cc1086-7W
    32. Burnley Heath Care Trust 114 words
      33. c1087W
    33. National Health Service Trusts 64 words
      34. c1087W
    34. Sister Pat Cooksley 57 words
      35. cc1087-8W
    35. Private Children's Homes 654 words
      36. c1088W
    36. NHS Hospitals (Car Parking) 24 words
      37. cc1088-9W
    37. Health Service Workers (Pay and Conditions) 69 words
      38. c1089W
    38. Private Nursing Homes 102 words
      39. c1089W
    39. Cash and Running Costs Limits 183 words
      40. c1089W
    40. Social Work 113 words
      41. cc1089-90W
    41. Passive Smoking 59 words
  15. EMPLOYMENT
      16. c1090W
    1. Single Regeneration Budget 101 words
      2. c1090W
    2. Clock Adjustment 40 words
      3. c1090W
    3. Privatisation 107 words
      4. cc1090-1W
    4. Performance Agreements 529 words
      5. cc1091-2W
    5. Employment and Training Programmes 248 words
      6. c1092W
    6. Job Finder's Grant 116 words
      7. cc1092-3W
    7. Job Seeker's Allowance 410 words
      8. c1093W
    8. North Norfolk Action Scheme 39 words
      9. c1093W
    9. Parliamentary Questions 65 words
      10. c1093W
    10. Quangos 85 words
      11. cc1093-4W
    11. Public Appointments 60 words
      12. c1094W
    12. Benzene 87 words
      13. c1094W
    13. Health and Safety Executive 113 words
      14. c1094W
    14. Jobcentres 115 words
      15. cc1094-5W
    15. Job Interview Guarantee Scheme 205 words
      16. c1095W
    16. Self-Employed Workers 127 words
      17. c1095W
    17. Coal Industry 187 words
  16. PRIME MINISTER
      17. c1096W
    1. Labour Statistics 94 words
      2. c1096W
    2. Iraq 71 words
      3. c1096W
    3. Engagements 61 words
      4. c1096W
    4. Wheelchairs 140 words
      5. cc1096-7W
    5. Documents for Signature 89 words
      6. c1097W
    6. Mohamed Al Fayed 149 words
      7. c1097W
    7. Correspondence 65 words
      8. c1097W
    8. Council of Europe 33 words
      9. cc1097-8W
    9. Open Government and Accountability 431 words
      10. cc1098-100W
    10. Cash and Running Costs Limits 354 words
  17. EDUCATION
      18. c1101W
    1. National Targets Initiative 55 words
      2. c1101W
    2. Schools (Cornwall) 66 words
      3. c1101W
    3. Student Grants 81 words
      4. cc1101-3W
    4. Teachers' Pay 852 words
      5. c1103W
    5. School Inspectors 53 words
      6. cc1103-4W
    6. Higher Education Institutions (Accountability) 109 words
      7. c1104W
    7. University Degrees 81 words
      8. c1104W
    8. Specialisms (Schools) 93 words
      9. c1104W
    9. Nursery Education 243 words
      10. cc1104-5W
    10. Surplus School Places 84 words
      11. c1105W
    11. Student Loans Company 39 words
      12. c1105W
    12. Sport 114 words
      13. c1105W
    13. Parental Choice 132 words
      14. cc1105-6W
    14. Student Finance 165 words
      15. c1106W
    15. Assisted Places Scheme 19 words
      16. c1106W
    16. School Buildings 87 words
      17. c1106W
    17. English in Schools 148 words
      18. cc1106-7W
    18. Grant-maintained Schools 105 words
      19. c1107W
    19. Parliamentary Questions 52 words
      20. c1107W
    20. Beechwood Day Nursery, Coventry 268 words
      21. cc1107-8W
    21. School Buildings (Basildon) 81 words
  18. SCOTLAND
      19. cc1108-9W
    1. Non-domestic Rates 460 words
      2. c1109W
    2. Local Government Reorganisation 56 words
      3. cc1109-11W
    3. Cash and Running Costs Limits 998 words
      4. c1111W
    4. Abstraction Controls 677 words
      5. cc1111-2W
    5. Kidney Patients 60 words
      6. c1112W
    6. Public Appointments 113 words
      7. cc1112-3W
    7. Law and Order (Peterhead) 447 words
      8. cc1113-4W
    8. Land Ownership and Use 632 words
      9. c1114W
    9. Gaelic Language 44 words
      10. cc1114-5W
    10. Sight Tests 219 words
  19. DEFENCE
      20. c1115W
    1. Indonesia 133 words
      2. c1115W
    2. Privatisation 120 words
      3. cc1115-6W
    3. Territorial Army 127 words
      4. c1116W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 50 words
      5. cc1116-7W
    5. Nuclear Tests 532 words
      6. cc1117-8W
    6. European Armed Forces 189 words
      7. c1118W
    7. Defence Forces 69 words

Lords Sitting of 1 November 1994 Series 5 Vol. 558

    c761
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc761-3
  2. Liquor Licensing Hours 1,231 words
    3. cc763-6
  3. Rwanda and Burundi: Humanitarian Needs 1,347 words
    4. cc766-7
  4. National Lottery: Administration 647 words
    5. cc767-70
  5. Road Fuel Prices: Effects on Rural Areas 1,430 words
    6. c770
  6. British Waterways Bill [H.L.] 251 words
    7. cc770-1
  7. Business of the House 77 words
    8. cc771-5
  8. European Union (Accessions) Bill 2,249 words
    9. cc775-83
  9. Weights and Measures (Metrication)(Miscellaneous Goods) (Amendment)Order 1994 4,480 words
    10. c783
  10. Weights and Measures Act 1985 (Metrication) (Amendment) Order 1994 37 words
    11. c784
  11. Units of Measurement Regulations 1994 35 words
    12. cc784-812
  12. Conditional Fees 15,488 words
    13. cc812-29
  13. Sand Eels and Drift Net Fishing 9,181 words
    14. c830
  14. Drug Trafficking Bill [H.L.] 6 words
    15. c830
  15. Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [H.L.] 24 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 November 1994 Series 5 Vol. 558

    c55WA
  1. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER: DISTURBANCES, 19TH OCTOBER 172 words
    c55WA
  2. FERRY SAFETY RESEARCH 140 words
    cc55-6WA
  3. WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL: REDEVELOPMENT 114 words
    c56WA
  4. RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MANAGEMENT STATEMENT 47 words
    c56WA
  5. COAL AUTHORITY: CHANGES TO GDO 183 words
    cc56-7WA
  6. CHILD BENEFIT: TAXATION YIELDS 136 words
    c57WA
  7. GULF WAR: DE-INFESTATION PESTICIDE 153 words
    cc57-8WA
  8. GULF WAR: ALLEGED MUSTARD GAS FIND 173 words
    c58WA
  9. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL, WROUGHTON AND ARMY VEHICLE DEPOT, LUDGERSHALL 124 words
    c58WA
  10. GAS INSTALLERS: REGISTRATION 125 words
    c59WA
  11. DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION 112 words
    c59WA
  12. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE CONTROL: AGRICULTURAL INSPECTORS 140 words
    cc59-62WA
  13. PESTICIDE MISUSE. PROSECUTIONS 390 words