Commons Sitting of 3 April 1996 Series 6 Vol. 275

    c305
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c305
  2. PRAYERS 119 words
    3. cc305-44
  3. Adjournment (Easter) 22,540 words
    4. cc345-52
  4. Health Services (Wakefield) 4,368 words
    5. cc353-60
  5. Sea Defences 4,503 words
    6. cc361-8
  6. Uniform Business Rate (Wales) 4,414 words
  7. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
        2. cc369-70
      1. Hong Kong 592 words
        2. cc370-3
      2. Middle East Peace Process 1,559 words
        3. cc373-4
      3. Nigeria 493 words
        4. cc374-5
      4. Croatia 398 words
        5. cc375-6
      5. European Union 956 words
        6. cc376-7
      6. Bosnia 236 words
        7. c377
      7. Argentina 152 words
        8. cc377-9
      8. Helms-Burton Act 674 words
        9. cc379-81
      9. China 994 words
        10. c381
      10. Nigeria 382 words
        11. cc381-3
      11. European Court of Justice 825 words
        12. cc383-4
      12. Gibraltar 329 words
        13. cc384-5
      13. Turks and Caicos Islands 377 words
        14. c385
      14. Ukraine 219 words
        15. cc385-6
      15. UN Security Council 375 words
        16. cc386-7
      16. Western Sahara 294 words
        17. c387
      17. Helms-Burton Act 221 words
        18. cc387-8
      18. Angola 311 words
    cc389-404
  8. Sentencing 8,300 words
    9. cc405-20
  9. BSE 8,679 words
    10. c420
  10. ROYAL ASSENT 38 words
    11. cc421-3
  11. Victims of Communism (Commemoration) 1,152 words
      12. c423
    1. VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM (COMMEMORATION) 57 words
  12. Orders of the Day
      13. cc424-40
    1. London Regional Transport Bill 7 words
      1. New clause 1
          2. cc424-34
        1. REPORTING TO PARLIAMENT, ETC. 5,530 words
      2. Clause 1
          3. cc434-7
        1. EXTENSION OF GENERAL POWERS 1,772 words
      3. Clause 3
          4. cc437-40
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS 1,624 words
      cc441-57
    2. Pensions 9,314 words
      3. cc458-79
    3. Local Government Finance 11,522 words
      4. cc480-92
    4. Antarctica 6,565 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 April 1996 Series 6 Vol. 275

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      2. c225W
    1. HMSO 213 words
  2. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      3. c225W
    1. Waste Minimisation 100 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      4. c226W
    1. Television Receivers 111 words
      2. cc226-7W
    2. Contracts 573 words
      3. c227W
    3. Sports Council (Information Technology Training) 75 words
      4. c227W
    4. Waste Minimisation 61 words
      5. cc227-8W
    5. Computers 63 words
      6. c228W
    6. Children's Play 98 words
      7. c228W
    7. Public Libraries 150 words
      8. c228W
    8. Lyric Theatre, Wales 141 words
  4. TRANSPORT
      5. c229W
    1. Motorway Tolling 54 words
      2. cc229-30W
    2. Highways Agency Budget 526 words
      3. c230W
    3. London Underground 47 words
      4. c230W
    4. Central Railway plc 234 words
      5. cc230-1W
    5. Newbury Bypass 134 words
      6. c231W
    6. Crossrail 80 words
      7. cc231-2W
    7. Crash Tests 304 words
      8. c232W
    8. Waste Minimisation 48 words
      9. c232W
    9. Computers 71 words
      10. c232W
    10. European Driving Licence 183 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
      6. c232W
    1. Cement Kiln Dust 71 words
      2. cc232-3W
    2. Fly-tipping 228 words
      3. c233W
    3. European Regional Development Fund 127 words
      4. c233W
    4. EDS Ltd. 68 words
      5. cc233-4W
    5. Green Belt Land (Waste Tipping) 371 words
      6. cc234-5W
    6. Metal Recyclers 158 words
      7. cc235-6W
    7. Local Government Finance 542 words
      8. c236W
    8. Computers 87 words
      9. c236W
    9. Director General of Water Services 78 words
      10. cc236-7W
    10. Single Regeneration Budget 241 words
      11. c237W
    11. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 197 words
      12. c237W
    12. Sulphur Protocol 184 words
      13. cc237-8W
    13. Correspondence 63 words
      14. c238W
    14. Abattoir Waste 186 words
      15. c238W
    15. Yorkshire Water 73 words
  6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      7. c238W
    1. R v. Burt and Adams Ltd. 121 words
      2. cc238-40W
    2. Executive Agencies 308 words
  7. WALES
      8. c241W
    1. Regional or Minority Languages 78 words
      2. cc241-2W
    2. Purchase Grant Scheme 555 words
      3. c242W
    3. Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin 1996 72 words
      4. cc242-3W
    4. Schools (Examination Statistics) 397 words
      5. cc243-4W
    5. House Building 1,050 words
      6. cc244-5W
    6. School Buildings 36 words
      7. c245W
    7. Health Services in Rural Areas 165 words
      8. c245W
    8. Assisted Places Scheme 141 words
      9. cc245-6W
    9. Council House Sales 490 words
      10. c246W
    10. Fishing 63 words
      11. cc246-7W
    11. Sea Fisheries Committee 62 words
      12. c247W
    12. Sea Empress Oil Spill 181 words
      13. c247W
    13. Forestry 64 words
      14. c247W
    14. Cardiff University Hospital 92 words
      15. c247W
    15. Assaults on Teachers 42 words
      16. cc247-8W
    16. Waste Minimisation 128 words
      17. c248W
    17. Computers 63 words
      18. c248W
    18. Rail Freight Terminal, South Wales 139 words
      19. cc248-9W
    19. Public Bodies 182 words
      20. c249W
    20. Abortion Facilities, North Wales 80 words
      21. c249W
    21. General Medical Practitioners 125 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
      9. cc249-50W
    1. EDS Ltd. 91 words
      2. c250W
    2. Danish Tour Guide (Manslaughter) 65 words
      3. cc250-1W
    3. Conduct of Government Business 451 words
      4. c251W
    4. European Court of Justice 47 words
  9. TREASURY
      10. c251W
    1. Beef Stocks 120 words
      2. cc251-4W
    2. Earnings 2,401 words
      3. cc254-5W
    3. EU Contributions 188 words
      4. cc255-6W
    4. Income Tax 333 words
      5. c256W
    5. Occupational Pension Schemes 277 words
      6. cc256-7W
    6. Unemployment Statistics 147 words
      7. c257W
    7. EDS Ltd. 66 words
      8. c257W
    8. Budget (Women) 82 words
      9. cc257-8W
    9. VAT (Sanitary Products) 225 words
      10. c258W
    10. Unfunded Pension Liabilities 96 words
      11. c258W
    11. VAT and Excise Office, Hammersmith 207 words
      12. cc258-9W
    12. Computers 105 words
      13. c259W
    13. Waste Minimisation 66 words
      14. c259W
    14. Manufactured Goods 55 words
      15. cc259-60W
    15. Private Finance Initiative 624 words
  10. DEFENCE
      11. cc260-1W
    1. Defence Estimates 96 words
      2. cc261-2W
    2. EDS Ltd. 739 words
      3. c262W
    3. Helicopters 149 words
      4. cc262-3W
    4. Cyprus (Discipline) 210 words
      5. c263W
    5. RAF Bentwaters 156 words
      6. cc263-4W
    6. RAF Woodbridge 144 words
      7. c264W
    7. Gulf War Syndrome 72 words
      8. c264W
    8. Patriot Missiles 52 words
      9. c264W
    9. Defence Accounts Agency (Visits) 250 words
      10. cc264-5W
    10. Alcohol Awareness Policy 383 words
      11. c265W
    11. Computers 165 words
      12. cc265-6W
    12. Waste Minimisation 97 words
  11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      12. cc266-7W
    1. War Pension Appeals 459 words
      2. c267W
    2. Computers 58 words
      3. cc267-8W
    3. County Court Service (Wales) 600 words
      4. c268W
    4. Waste Minimisation 48 words
      5. cc268-9W
    5. EDS Ltd. 376 words
      6. cc269-70W
    6. Metropolitan Police (Civilian Officers) 411 words
  12. SCOTLAND
      13. cc270-1W
    1. Bovine Spongiform Encephalophy 417 words
      2. cc271-2W
    2. Countryside Premium Scheme 86 words
      3. cc272-4W
    3. Further Education Colleges 861 words
      4. c274W
    4. Clydesbank College 153 words
      5. c274W
    5. Further Education Budget 125 words
      6. cc274-5W
    6. Inward Investment 285 words
      7. c275W
    7. Computers 70 words
      8. c275W
    8. Waste Minimisation 102 words
      9. cc275-6W
    9. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 164 words
      10. c276W
    10. Air Pollution 196 words
      11. c276W
    11. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 56 words
      12. c276W
    12. Abattoirs (Hygiene Standards) 80 words
      13. cc276-7W
    13. Self-catering Properties (Rateable Value) 120 words
      14. c277W
    14. Government Expenditure Plans 140 words
      15. cc277-8W
    15. Departmental Expenditure 273 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c278W
    1. Middle East Peace Process 166 words
      2. cc278-9W
    2. Taiwan 170 words
      3. c279W
    3. European Union 74 words
      4. c279W
    4. Public Interest Immunity Certificates 67 words
      5. c279W
    5. European Security Policy 120 words
      6. c279W
    6. Nuclear Proliferation 78 words
      7. cc279-80W
    7. Gibraltar 95 words
      8. c280W
    8. European Institutions 70 words
      9. c280W
    9. Sub-Saharan African 76 words
      10. c280W
    10. Western Sahara 83 words
      11. c280W
    11. Counter-terrorist Initiatives 65 words
      12. cc280-1W
    12. Iraq 108 words
      13. c281W
    13. EDS Ltd. 66 words
      14. c281W
    14. Cyprus 71 words
      15. c281W
    15. Computers 133 words
      16. cc281-2W
    16. Waste Minimisation 88 words
      17. c282W
    17. Terrorism Conference 71 words
      18. c282W
    18. British Council 155 words
  14. HOME DEPARTMENT
      15. c282W
    1. Executive Action 89 words
      2. cc282-4W
    2. Firearms 799 words
      3. c284W
    3. Metropolitan Police (Civilian Officers) 123 words
      4. cc284-5W
    4. Police National Computer 89 words
      5. c285W
    5. CS Gas 194 words
      6. c285W
    6. Gamma Hydroxy Butyrate 148 words
      7. cc285-6W
    7. Immigration 367 words
      8. cc286-7W
    8. Deportations 85 words
      9. cc287-8W
    9. Winson Green Prison 570 words
      10. c288W
    10. Doncaster Prison 255 words
      11. cc288-9W
    11. Metropolitan Police Art Theft Squad 144 words
      12. cc289-93W
    12. Buckley Hall Prison 2,163 words
      13. cc293-4W
    13. Bosnian Refugees 46 words
      14. c294W
    14. Category C Prisoners 328 words
      15. cc294-5W
    15. Regulations 113 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      16. c295W
    1. Mature Students 162 words
      2. c295W
    2. EDS Ltd. 69 words
      3. cc295-6W
    3. Barnsley and Doncaster TEC 82 words
      4. c296W
    4. Higher Education Expenditure 326 words
      5. cc296-8W
    5. Capital Spending 1,261 words
      6. c298W
    6. Office of Standards in Education Report 113 words
      7. cc298-302W
    7. Education Authority Expenditure 1,216 words
      8. c302W
    8. Computers 110 words
      9. c302W
    9. Waste Minimisation 70 words
      10. c302W
    10. Student Loans Company 55 words
      11. cc302-3W
    11. School Buildings 63 words
      12. c303W
    12. Firlands Training Ltd. 90 words
      13. c303W
    13. Dance Training 180 words
      14. cc303-4W
    14. General National Vocational Qualifications 61 words
      15. c304W
    15. Staff (Hourly Rates) 144 words
  16. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      17. c304W
    1. Export Controls 190 words
      2. cc304-6W
    2. Contracts 958 words
      3. cc306-7W
    3. Electro-shock Equipment 233 words
      4. c307W
    4. Parcel Force 172 words
      5. c307W
    5. Meat Industry (Job Losses) 62 words
      6. cc307-8W
    6. Birds Eye Walls 115 words
      7. c308W
    7. Guinness plc 81 words
      8. c308W
    8. Unregulated Gasoline 77 words
      9. c308W
    9. Waste Minimisation 68 words
      10. cc308-9W
    10. Nuclear Fuel (Reprocessing) 171 words
      11. c309W
    11. Helms-Burton Act 52 words
      12. c309W
    12. Small Business 198 words
      13. cc309-10W
    13. Muroroa Atoll 152 words
      14. c310W
    14. Regional Development Organisations 345 words
      15. cc310-1W
    15. Nuclear Power (Privatisation) 361 words
      16. cc311-2W
    16. Social Affairs Council 228 words
      17. c312W
    17. Telecommunications Council 229 words
      18. c312W
    18. Computers 118 words
      19. cc312-3W
    19. Coal Industry Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme 77 words
      20. c313W
    20. Assistance to Companies 435 words
      21. cc313-4W
    21. ROM-Data Corporation Ltd. 138 words
      22. c314W
    22. Deregulation 191 words
      23. cc314-9W
    23. Environmental Technology Industry 1,970 words
      24. c319W
    24. Patent Office 139 words
      25. c319W
    25. Torture Equipment 247 words
      26. cc319-20W
    26. Defence Technology 162 words
      27. c320W
    27. Executive Action 158 words
      28. c320W
    28. Home and Overseas Trade Committee 36 words
      29. cc320-1W
    29. EC Research Council 192 words
      30. c321W
    30. Scott Report 84 words
      31. c321W
    31. Manufacturing Processes (Beef and Beef By-products) 70 words
  17. HEALTH
      18. cc321-2W
    1. Health Authorities (Irregular Payments) 237 words
      2. c322W
    2. Residential Accommodation 111 words
      3. c322W
    3. GP Fundholding (Wakefield) 65 words
      4. cc322-3W
    4. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 202 words
      5. cc323-4W
    5. Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 219 words
      6. cc324-5W
    6. Children (Residential Care) 396 words
      7. c325W
    7. Relocation Support 86 words
      8. c325W
    8. Clinical Audits 168 words
      9. cc325-6W
    9. Lateral Epicondylitus 147 words
      10. c326W
    10. EDS Ltd. 64 words
      11. cc326-7W
    11. Medical Research 500 words
      12. c327W
    12. Contact Orders 80 words
      13. c327W
    13. Accident and Emergency Services 123 words
      14. cc327-8W
    14. Intensive Care Beds 66 words
      15. c328W
    15. Computers 194 words
      16. c328W
    16. Waste Minimisation 70 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
      19. cc328-9W
    1. All-party Negotiations 82 words
      2. c329W
    2. Terrorism 155 words
      3. c329W
    3. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 86 words
      4. cc329-30W
    4. Benefits (West Belfast) 172 words
      5. c330W
    5. Prisoners 105 words
      6. c330W
    6. Attendance Allowance 33 words
      7. c330W
    7. Incapacity Benefit 33 words
      8. cc330-1W
    8. Brooklands Primary School 258 words
      9. c331W
    9. Public Bodies (Women) 270 words
      10. cc331-2W
    10. Peace Programme 362 words
      11. c332W
    11. Making Belfast Work 83 words
      12. c332W
    12. Mourne Conduit Replacement Contracts 89 words
      13. cc332-3W
    13. EDS Ltd. 120 words
      14. c333W
    14. Hospital Contracts 197 words
      15. cc333-4W
    15. Racial Discrimination 221 words
      16. c334W
    16. Travelling People 175 words
      17. c334W
    17. Waste Minimisation 64 words
      18. cc334-5W
    18. Gas Supply Licences 488 words
      19. cc335-6W
    19. Unlawful Industrial Action Commissioner 187 words
      20. c336W
    20. Bridges 123 words
      21. cc336-7W
    21. Training (Irish Republic) 537 words
      22. cc337-8W
    22. Beef Industry 142 words
      23. cc338-9W
    23. Maryfield Secretariat 356 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      20. c339W
    1. Competitive Tendering (Contracts) 89 words
      2. c339W
    2. Live Animal Transport 44 words
      3. cc339-40W
    3. Intervention Beef 271 words
      4. c340W
    4. Organophosphate Poisoning 61 words
      5. c340W
    5. EDS Ltd. 102 words
      6. c340W
    6. Irradiated Food 152 words
      7. cc340-1W
    7. Munitions Dumps 86 words
      8. c341W
    8. Wheat and Barley 133 words
      9. c341W
    9. Computers 98 words
      10. c341W
    10. Night Shooting Licences 71 words
      11. cc341-2W
    11. Deer and Fox Hunts 66 words
      12. c342W
    12. Disease Eradication Fund 209 words
      13. c342W
    13. Regulations 106 words
      14. cc342-3W
    14. Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) 247 words
      15. c343W
    15. Meat Hygiene Service 308 words
      16. cc343-4W
    16. Set-aside Land 98 words
      17. c344W
    17. Beef (Labelling) 96 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
      21. cc344-5W
    1. Executive Agencies 599 words
      2. c345W
    2. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 71 words
      3. cc345-6W
    3. Isle of Wight (Expenditure) 70 words
      4. cc346-7W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 312 words
      5. cc347-9W
    5. Occupational Pension Schemes 1,527 words
      6. cc349-50W
    6. In-work Benefits 96 words
      7. cc350-2W
    7. Office Closures 584 words
      8. c352W
    8. Departmental Contractors and Suppliers 145 words
      9. c352W
    9. National Insurance 97 words
      10. cc352-3W
    10. Retirement Pensions 136 words
      11. c353W
    11. Benefits Agency Offices (Wales) 266 words
      12. cc353-4W
    12. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 215 words
      13. c354W
    13. Child Support Agency (Computer Systems) 227 words
      14. cc354-6W
    14. Advice Lines 613 words
      15. c356W
    15. Lump Sum Widow's Payment 87 words
      16. c356W
    16. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome 326 words
      17. cc356-7W
    17. Reduced Earnings Allowance 101 words
      18. c357W
    18. Computers 86 words
      19. c357W
    19. One-parent Benefit 149 words
      20. c357W
    20. Retention and Regeneration Packages 66 words
      21. cc357-9W
    21. Lowered Standard of Occupation Allowance 430 words
      22. c359W
    22. Waste Minimisation 143 words
      23. cc359-60W
    23. EU Initiative to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion 183 words

Lords Sitting of 3 April 1996 Series 5 Vol. 571

    c267
  1. Preamble 21 words
    2. cc267-70
  2. Small Businesses: Late Payments 1,370 words
    3. cc270-2
  3. Aircraft Bulkhead Width Proposal 1,055 words
    4. cc272-4
  4. Northern Ireland Police Authority 956 words
    5. cc274-6
  5. Road Signs: Sponsorship 627 words
    6. c276
  6. Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Bill 18 words
    7. cc276-90
  7. Business of the House 7,866 words
    8. cc290-343
  8. Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Bill 29,103 words
    9. cc343-56
  9. Crime and Sentencing 6,824 words
    10. cc356-73
  10. BSE (Agriculture) 9,349 words
    11. c374
  11. Royal Assent 38 words
    12. cc374-91
  12. Planning Policy and the Economy 9,216 words
    13. cc391-421
  13. Southern Africa 15,483 words
    14. cc421-32
  14. Foreign Prison-made Goods (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 5,526 words
    15. c432
  15. London Regional Transport Bill 12 words
    16. c432
  16. Adjournment 54 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 April 1996 Series 5 Vol. 571

    cc37-9WA
  1. Council of Europe: Agenda for April 448 words
    c39WA
  2. Greek-Turkish Border 93 words
    cc39-40WA
  3. NATO: Enlargement 472 words
    c40WA
  4. Boot Camps 72 words
    cc40-1WA
  5. UN Committee on Racial Discrimination: UK Report 137 words
    cc41-3WA
  6. Child Support Agency 745 words
    cc43-4WA
  7. Local and European Elections: Conduct of Government Business 450 words
    c44WA
  8. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 171 words
    cc44-5WA
  9. Air Pollution Control Scheme, Scotland 192 words
    c45WA
  10. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions Control Strategy 177 words
    cc45-6WA
  11. Water Directives: Implementation Costs 237 words
    c46WA
  12. Employed Solicitors: Rights of Audience 147 words
    cc46-7WA
  13. European Court of Human Rights: Saunders v. United Kingdom 96 words
    c47WA
  14. European Court of Human Rights: Goodwin v. United Kingdom 158 words
    cc47-8WA
  15. Code of Practice on Access to Government Information 261 words
    c48WA
  16. HMSO Privatisation 207 words
    cc48-50WA
  17. Motorway Bridge Programme 234 words