Commons Sitting of 14 October 1996 Series 6 Vol. 282

    c443
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. cc443-4
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. cc443-4
    2. DEATH OF A MEMBER 53 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      1. cc444-5
      2. Museums and Galleries 723 words
      3. cc445-6
      4. Tourism 573 words
      5. cc446-7
      6. Rugby Union 484 words
      7. cc447-9
      8. National Lottery 775 words
      9. cc449-50
      10. Heritage Green Paper 627 words
      11. cc450-2
      12. BSkyB 667 words
      13. cc452-3
      14. Soccer 520 words
      15. c453
      16. Public Libraries 193 words
      17. cc453-4
      18. National Lottery 573 words
      19. cc454-5
      20. National Lottery Sport Awards 572 words
      21. cc455-6
      22. European Art and Culture Exhibition 380 words
      23. cc456-7
      24. National Lottery 362 words
    2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      1. cc457-8
      2. Judiciary 465 words
      3. cc458-9
      4. Peerage Act 1963 358 words
      5. cc459-60
      6. Legal Aid 347 words
      7. cc460-1
      8. Departmental Administration 631 words
      9. cc461-2
      10. Land Registry, Plymouth 216 words
      11. c462
      12. Small Claims Courts 330 words
    cc463-4
  5. Madam Speaker's Statement 277 words
  6. cc464-74
  7. Selective Cattle Slaughter 4,976 words
  8. cc474-8
  9. Business of the House 986 words
  10. DEFENCE ESTIMATES
    1. cc478-562
    2. FIRST DAY 46,861 words
  11. PETITIONS
    1. cc562-3
    2. Handguns 317 words
    3. cc563-70
    4. Maternity Services, Monklands 4,392 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 October 1996 Series 6 Vol. 282

  1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. cc643-4W
    2. Gambia (Aid) 351 words
    3. cc644-5W
    4. Southern Rhodesia Public Service 382 words
    5. c645W
    6. Reproductive Health and Family Planning 301 words
    7. cc645-6W
    8. Hong Kong Public Service 241 words
    9. cc646-7W
    10. Burundi 326 words
    11. c647W
    12. Tropical Timber 106 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c647W
    2. Departmental Salaries 74 words
    3. c647W
    4. Oman University 115 words
    5. cc647-8W
    6. Parliamentary Recall 80 words
    7. c648W
    8. Academy of Sports 197 words
    9. c648W
    10. British Legion 97 words
    11. cc648-9W
    12. Poverty Resources 148 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c649W
    2. Ethnic Minorities 161 words
    3. c649W
    4. Hong Kong (US Bombs) 103 words
    5. cc649-50W
    6. Former Yugoslavia 199 words
    7. c650W
    8. Western Sahara 86 words
    9. c650W
    10. Nuclear Co-operation 182 words
    11. cc650-1W
    12. Human Rights 67 words
    13. c651W
    14. Burma 107 words
    15. c651W
    16. Entry Clearance 121 words
    17. c651W
    18. Galapagos 98 words
    19. cc651-2W
    20. Russia 86 words
    21. c652W
    22. Lake Kojanovskoe 68 words
    23. c652W
    24. Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold 130 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. c652W
    2. Probate Service 59 words
    3. cc652-3W
    4. Legal Aid 195 words
    5. c653W
    6. Mediation 191 words
    7. c653W
    8. Public Record Office Papers 77 words
    9. cc653-4W
    10. Magistrates Courts 49 words
    11. c654W
    12. Sheriffs 79 words
    13. c654W
    14. Children Act 1989 78 words
    15. c654W
    16. Domestic Violence 108 words
    17. c654W
    18. Legal Profession 59 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c655W
    2. Prisoner Statistics 209 words
    3. cc655-7W
    4. Ethnic Minorities 767 words
    5. c657W
    6. Nigerian Citizens 112 words
    7. cc657-60W
    8. Casinos 353 words
    9. c660W
    10. Internet 45 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. c660W
    2. Millennium Exhibition 88 words
    3. cc660-1W
    4. Ministerial Accommodation 143 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c661W
    2. Publicity 242 words
    3. cc661-2W
    4. ISC-Ferranti 455 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. cc662-3W
    2. Tourism 289 words
    3. c663W
    4. National Lottery 168 words
    5. c664W
    6. Yorkshire County Cricket Club 83 words
    7. c664W
    8. Film Industry 93 words
    9. c664W
    10. National Museums Day 88 words
    11. c664W
    12. Arts Policy 45 words
    13. c664W
    14. Minority Sports 51 words
    15. c665W
    16. Arts Group Tours 83 words
    17. c665W
    18. Public Libraries 46 words
    19. cc665-6W
    20. Ethnic Minorities 324 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c666W
    2. Business Links 256 words
    3. cc666-7W
    4. Small Firms 212 words
    5. c667W
    6. Large Firm Outsourcing 41 words
    7. c667W
    8. Company Sizes 152 words
    9. c667W
    10. Aggregates 79 words
    11. c668W
    12. Channel 35 131 words
    13. cc668-70W
    14. Ethnic Minorities 1,108 words
    15. c670W
    16. Company Ownership 213 words
    17. c671W
    18. Low Pay 50 words
    19. c671W
    20. Mobile Telephone Services (Contracts) 243 words
    21. cc671-2W
    22. Sasea Finance Ltd. and Sasea Intertrade 542 words
    23. cc672-3W
    24. Hot Rolled Coil 74 words
    25. c673W
    26. Military and Civil Aircraft 94 words
    27. c673W
    28. Export Credits (Oman) 210 words
    29. cc673-4W
    30. Electricity Market (Liberalisation) 86 words
    31. c674W
    32. Factory Closures 28 words
    33. c674W
    34. Banana Audio Terminals 53 words
    35. c674W
    36. Air Quality Strategy Document 50 words
    37. c674W
    38. Radio Spectrum 120 words
    39. c674W
    40. Coal Investments (Liabilities) 50 words
    41. c675W
    42. JET Fusion Project 191 words
    43. c675W
    44. Departmental Press Office 45 words
  10. TRANSPORT
    1. c675W
    2. Fishing Vessels 193 words
    3. c676W
    4. Subsidence Claims 276 words
    5. cc676-7W
    6. North London Line 277 words
    7. c677W
    8. Railtrack 159 words
    9. cc677-8W
    10. Road Building 109 words
    11. c678W
    12. Electronic Retuning Equipment 139 words
    13. cc678-9W
    14. Test Stations 626 words
    15. cc679-80W
    16. Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycles 268 words
    17. c680W
    18. Rail Services (North-East) 120 words
    19. cc680-1W
    20. Coach and Bus Accidents 473 words
    21. c681W
    22. Bus and Coach Safety 71 words
    23. c681W
    24. Routemaster Buses 55 words
    25. cc681-2W
    26. Motorists (Mobile Telephones) 131 words
    27. cc682-3W
    28. East London Line 302 words
    29. c683W
    30. Traffic Increases (Millennium Site) 152 words
    31. c683W
    32. Disabled People 114 words
    33. cc683-4W
    34. School Buses 59 words
    35. c684W
    36. London Commuter Services 126 words
    37. c684W
    38. Motor Vehicles 165 words
    39. c684W
    40. Rail Safety 95 words
    41. c685W
    42. Rail Privatisation (York) 212 words
    43. cc685-6W
    44. Leicester A46-A47 Link 599 words
    45. c686W
    46. Train Operators 114 words
    47. c687W
    48. M66 253 words
    49. c687W
    50. BREL (Asbestos-related Disease) 150 words
    51. cc687-8W
    52. Railtrack (Oasis Concert) 91 words
    53. c688W
    54. Office of Passenger Rail Franchising 83 words
    55. c688W
    56. Road and Rail Freight 140 words
    57. c688W
    58. European Airlines 49 words
    59. cc688-9W
    60. Driving Test 232 words
    61. c689W
    62. Airports (Baggage Screening) 31 words
    63. c689W
    64. Oil Pollution(Braer Incident) 80 words
    65. c689W
    66. Statutory Instruments 49 words
    67. cc689-90W
    68. Drink Driving 127 words
    69. c690W
    70. Vehicle Tax Evasion 108 words
    71. c690W
    72. Cyclists (Pavements) 58 words
    73. c690W
    74. London Underground (Safety) 64 words
    75. c690W
    76. London Underground (Congestion) 87 words
    77. c691W
    78. Ethnic Minorities 112 words
    79. c691W
    80. River Transport (London) 182 words
    81. cc691-2W
    82. Drug and Alcohol Screening 207 words
    83. c692W
    84. Constituency Visits 55 words
    85. c692W
    86. War Memorials 160 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. c693W
    2. Multiple Births 337 words
    3. c693W
    4. Criminal Cases 155 words
    5. c694W
    6. Blind People 130 words
    7. c694W
    8. Court Waiting Times 271 words
    9. cc694-7W
    10. Procurator Fiscal Service 1,686 words
    11. c697W
    12. Small Claims Procedure 85 words
  12. TREASURY
    1. c697W
    2. Ecological Sustainability 108 words
    3. c697W
    4. Climate Change 73 words
    5. c697W
    6. Abortions 47 words
    7. cc697-8W
    8. Multiple Births 274 words
    9. c698W
    10. Paymaster Agency 109 words
    11. cc698-9W
    12. Statistics 153 words
    13. c699W
    14. Unemployment Benefit 63 words
    15. cc699-700W
    16. Earnings 348 words
    17. c700W
    18. Public Bodies 276 words
    19. cc700-1W
    20. Value Added Tax (Hot Water) 316 words
    21. c701W
    22. Inflation 121 words
    23. c701W
    24. National Debt 98 words
    25. cc701-2W
    26. Food Retail Employees 375 words
    27. c702W
    28. Employment Statistics 89 words
    29. c702W
    30. Inward Investment 72 words
    31. c703W
    32. Debt Reduction 173 words
    33. c704W
    34. Prostate Cancer 93 words
    35. c704W
    36. Fuel Duty Rebate 36 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. c705W
    2. Child Care Facilities 106 words
    3. c705W
    4. Skill Shortages 125 words
    5. c705W
    6. Unemployment 64 words
    7. cc705-6W
    8. Ethnic Minorities 540 words
    9. cc706-7W
    10. Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools 73 words
    11. c707W
    12. Older Workers 248 words
    13. cc707-21W
    14. Primary School Pupils 7,065 words
    15. cc721-3W
    16. Infant School Pupils 1,153 words
    17. cc723-4W
    18. Physical Education 420 words
    19. c724W
    20. Sheltered Workshops 337 words
    21. c725W
    22. Schools (Staff Misconduct) 129 words
    23. c725W
    24. Nursery Vouchers 250 words
    25. c726W
    26. City and Guilds Courses 115 words
    27. c726W
    28. Assisted Places 130 words
    29. cc726-7W
    30. GCSE Scores 163 words
    31. cc727-37W
    32. School Ballots 5,331 words
    33. c737W
    34. School Overcrowding 96 words
  14. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. cc737-9W
    2. Women's Ordination (Compensation) 867 words
    3. cc739-40W
    4. Turnbull Report 310 words
    5. c741W
    6. Pensions Report 98 words
  15. WALES
    1. c741W
    2. Trunk Roads 80 words
    3. c741W
    4. GP Pharmacies 18 words
    5. c741W
    6. M4 Relief Road 73 words
    7. cc741-2W
    8. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 177 words
    9. c742W
    10. Birds (Pembrokeshire) 159 words
    11. c742W
    12. Prescribing costs 112 words
    13. cc742-3W
    14. NHS Trusts 205 words
    15. c743W
    16. University Hospital of Wales Healthcare NHS Trust 126 words
    17. c743W
    18. Drugs Budget 79 words
    19. cc743-4W
    20. NHS Computer Software 58 words
    21. c744W
    22. Road and Rail Construction 152 words
    23. c744W
    24. Extra-contractual Referrals 102 words
    25. cc744-5W
    26. School Exclusions and Expulsions 291 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c745W
    2. Ethnic Minorities 192 words
    3. cc745-6W
    4. Royal Ulster Constabulary 182 words
    5. c746W
    6. Cookstown Blockade 126 words
    7. cc746-7W
    8. Multiple Births 315 words
    9. c747W
    10. Mr. Lindsay Robb 76 words
    11. cc747-8W
    12. Criminal Cases Review Commission 276 words
    13. c748W
    14. 341 and 342 Rathfriland Road, Dromera 232 words
    15. cc748-9W
    16. High-risk Prisoners 450 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. c749W
    2. Climate Change 94 words
    3. c749W
    4. NHS Expenditure 66 words
    5. c750W
    6. Beta Interferon 157 words
    7. cc750-1W
    8. Ethnic Minorities 361 words
    9. c751W
    10. Psychiatric Patients 82 words
    11. c751W
    12. Arbitration 105 words
    13. cc751-2W
    14. Heartlands and Solihull Hospitals 227 words
    15. cc752-3W
    16. Diabetes 483 words
    17. c753W
    18. Health Lines 88 words
    19. cc753-4W
    20. Private Finance Initiative 533 words
    21. c755W
    22. Mental Health 87 words
    23. c755W
    24. Funding 59 words
    25. cc755-6W
    26. Paediatric Intensive Care Beds 250 words
    27. c756W
    28. Community Health Councils 146 words
    29. c756W
    30. Bishop Auckland Hospital 151 words
    31. c756W
    32. Health Information Service 85 words
    33. c757W
    34. Secure Hospitals 322 words
    35. c757W
    36. Depression 162 words
    37. c758W
    38. Blood Products 84 words
    39. c758W
    40. Emergency Ambulance Services 231 words
    41. c758W
    42. Abortions 117 words
    43. c759W
    44. Chernobyl 100 words
    45. c759W
    46. Prostin E2 80 words
    47. c759W
    48. Bed Closures 72 words
    49. cc759-60W
    50. Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine 325 words
    51. c760W
    52. South Thames Medical Directors 92 words
    53. cc760-1W
    54. Health Services (London) 271 words
    55. c761W
    56. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 80 words
    57. c761W
    58. Children's Services 105 words
    59. cc761-2W
    60. Research Funding 295 words
    61. c762W
    62. Occupational Ill Health 38 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc762-3W
    2. Out-of-hours Service 326 words
    3. cc763-4W
    4. Ethnic Minorities 541 words
    5. cc764-5W
    6. Family Expenditure Survey 521 words
    7. cc765-6W
    8. Statutory Sick Pay 282 words
    9. cc766-7W
    10. Decision Making and Appeals 230 words
    11. c767W
    12. Housing Benefit (Ashe Hall) 74 words
    13. cc767-9W
    14. Consultation Papers 1,120 words
    15. cc769-71W
    16. Social Fund 296 words
    17. cc771-2W
    18. Family Resources Survey 832 words
    19. c773W
    20. Family Credit 277 words
    21. c773W
    22. Reduced Earnings Allowance 60 words
    23. cc773-4W
    24. Cold Weather Payments 408 words
    25. cc774-5W
    26. Compensation Recovery Scheme 185 words
    27. c775W
    28. Child Support Agency 147 words
    29. c775W
    30. Pensions Ombudsman 132 words
    31. cc775-6W
    32. National Insurance 656 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. c777W
    2. Procurement Ethics Code 87 words
    3. cc777-8W
    4. Ethnic Minorities 409 words
    5. cc778-9W
    6. Personnel (Germany) 304 words
    7. cc779-80W
    8. Radio Spectrum 782 words
    9. cc780-1W
    10. Mutual Defence Agreements 190 words
    11. c781W
    12. RAF Lakenheath 111 words
    13. c781W
    14. Private Finance Initiative 65 words
    15. c781W
    16. Ministerial Visits 65 words
    17. c782W
    18. Service Men (Active Service) 61 words
    19. c782W
    20. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards 72 words
    21. c782W
    22. 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards 95 words
    23. c782W
    24. Northcote Airfield, Humberside 36 words
    25. cc782-3W
    26. RAF Greenham Common 310 words
    27. c783W
    28. Gulf War 54 words
    29. c783W
    30. Nuclear Submarine Decommissioning 110 words
    31. cc783-4W
    32. Bomber Refuelling (Diego Garcia) 92 words
    33. c784W
    34. Ammunition 74 words
    35. c784W
    36. Leyland Truck Fleet 269 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc784-5W
    2. Sandown Bay 72 words
    3. c785W
    4. Cattle Exports 103 words
    5. c785W
    6. Ministerial Visits 72 words
    7. cc785-7W
    8. BSE and Scrapie 718 words
    9. c787W
    10. Roseclear 67 words
    11. cc787-8W
    12. Fishing Agreements 164 words
    13. c788W
    14. Casualty Animals 149 words
    15. cc788-9W
    16. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 604 words
    17. cc789-90W
    18. Ethnic Minorities 154 words
    19. c790W
    20. Cattle Imports 267 words
    21. cc790-1W
    22. Pet Food 315 words
    23. c791W
    24. Food Surpluses 101 words
    25. c791W
    26. Bovine Somatotropin 101 words
    27. c792W
    28. Bovine Brain and Spinal Columns 239 words
    29. c792W
    30. Crayfish 134 words
    31. cc792-5W
    32. Woodland (North Yorkshire) 1,754 words
    33. c796W
    34. Sand-eels 139 words
    35. cc796-7W
    36. Agency Printing Costs 762 words
    37. cc797-8W
    38. Forestry Commission Land 454 words
    39. cc798-9W
    40. Meat and Bone Meal 626 words
    41. c799W
    42. Parliamentary Questions 88 words
    43. cc799-800W
    44. Departmental Vehicles 79 words
    45. c800W
    46. Land Development 155 words
    47. cc800-1W
    48. ENVIRONMENT Advertisements 143 words
    49. cc801-2W
    50. Climate Change 477 words
    51. c802W
    52. Ethnic Minorities 345 words
    53. cc802-3W
    54. Joint Nature Conservation Committee 96 words
    55. c803W
    56. Health and Safety 181 words
    57. c803W
    58. Riparian Surveys 199 words
    59. cc803-5W
    60. Local Government Finance 579 words
    61. c805W
    62. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 174 words
    63. c805W
    64. Pneumoconiosis and Asbestosis Claims 181 words
    65. c806W
    66. Waste Recycling 154 words
    67. cc806-10W
    68. Water Pollution 1,821 words
    69. cc810-1W
    70. Technology Foresight Projects 204 words
    71. cc811-2W
    72. Occupational Ill Health 1,000 words
    73. c813W
    74. Health and Safety Executive 176 words
    75. c813W
    76. Sleipner Field 87 words
    77. cc813-4W
    78. Limestone Pavement Campaign 172 words
    79. cc814-6W
    80. Water Quality 1,377 words
    81. c817W
    82. British Association for the Advancement of Science 141 words
    83. c817W
    84. Water Pollution 188 words
    85. cc817-8W
    86. Trees 226 words
    87. c818W
    88. Shortheld Tenancy Rents 100 words
    89. c818W
    90. Environmental Information 81 words
    91. cc818-9W
    92. Management Information System for Ministers 293 words
    93. c819W
    94. Asbestos 114 words
    95. c819W
    96. Air Pollution 146 words
    97. c820W
    98. Asthma 100 words
    99. c820W
    100. Global Environmental Research Strategy 241 words
    101. cc820-1W
    102. Information Technology 233 words
    103. c821W
    104. Occupational Ill Health 76 words
    105. cc821-2W
    106. Radioactive Waste Management 160 words
    107. c822W
    108. River Thames 232 words
    109. c822W
    110. Taxonomy 120 words
    111. c823W
    112. Supermarkets 56 words
    113. c823W
    114. Sellafield 314 words
    115. cc823-4W
    116. Water Resources Directive 97 words
    117. c824W
    118. Environment Agency 100 words
    119. c824W
    120. AEA Technology 108 words
    121. cc824-5W
    122. Intergovernmental Conference 88 words
    123. cc825-6W
    124. Sponsored Bodies 115 words
    125. c826W
    126. Water Directive 82 words