Commons Sitting of 14 October 1996 Series 6 Vol. 282

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

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

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