Commons Sitting of 10 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 302

    c927
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c927
  2. PRAYERS 17 words
    3. cc927-47
  3. Rural Economy 11,126 words
    4. cc948-69
  4. Cycling 12,225 words
    5. cc970-6
  5. Major Milos Stankovic 3,849 words
    6. cc977-83
  6. Digital Television (North-West Norfolk) 3,566 words
    7. cc984-92
  7. Town Centres 4,107 words
  8. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      9. c992
    1. SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 6 words
  9. Oral Answers to Questions
      10. cc993-1002
    1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 6 words
        2. c993
      1. Reproductive and Sexual Health 232 words
        2. cc993-4
      2. Debt Burden 706 words
        3. cc994-5
      3. Commonwealth Development Corporation 348 words
        4. cc995-7
      4. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 960 words
        5. cc997-8
      5. Intermediate Technology 641 words
        6. cc998-9
      6. St. Helena 463 words
        7. cc999-1000
      7. Children in War Zones 271 words
        8. cc1000-1
      8. Chevening Scholarship Programme 223 words
        9. c1001
      9. Rain Forests (Brazil) 434 words
        10. cc1001-2
      10. Assistance (Poorest Countries) 231 words
      cc1002-10
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
        3. cc1002-10
      1. Engagements 4,346 words
    cc1011-24
  10. Mental Incapacity 6,742 words
    1. BILL PRESENTED
        2. c1024
      1. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES 85 words
      c1024
    2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
        3. c1024
      1. COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT 28 words
    cc1025-30
  11. Doctor Assisted Dying 3,431 words, 1 division
    12. cc1031-2
  12. Points of Order 672 words
  13. Orders of the Day
      14. cc1033-153
    1. Social Security Bill 113 words
      1. New clause 1
          2. cc1033-97
        1. CHILD BENEFIT FOR LONE PARENTS 35,902 words, 1 division
      2. New clause 2
          3. cc1097-116
        1. BACKDATING OF BENEFIT 10,342 words, 1 division
      3. New schedule 1
          4. cc1116-21
        1. 'EXCEPTIONS TO THE BACKDATING OF BENEFITS 2,924 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 12
          5. c1121
        1. REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO DECISIONS 18 words
      5. Clause 4
          6. c1121
        1. UNIFIED APPEAL TRIBUNALS 37 words
      6. Schedule 1
          7. cc1122-3
        1. APPEAL TRIBUNALS: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 924 words
      7. Schedule 2
          8. c1123
        1. DECISIONS AGAINST WHICH NO APPEAL LIES 51 words
      8. Clause 22
          9. c1124
        1. SUSPENSION IN PRESCRIBED CIRCUMSTANCES 51 words
      9. Clause 56
          10. c1124
        1. COLLECTION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY SECRETARY OF STATE 173 words
      10. Clause 70
          11. cc1124-8
        1. POWER TO REDUCE CHILD BENEFIT FOR LONE PARENTS 2,297 words, 1 division
      11. Clause 72
          12. c1128
        1. RESTRICTIONS ON BACKDATING OF BENEFIT 49 words
      12. Schedule 6
          13. cc1128-30
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 817 words
      13. Schedule 7
          14. c1130
        1. REPEALS 116 words
      14. Clause 81
          15. cc1130-48
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 10,508 words, 1 division
        cc1148-9
      15. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 59 words
          16. c1149
        1. BROADCASTING 44 words
          2. c1149
        2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 57 words
          3. c1149
        3. COPYRIGHT 26 words
        cc1149-53
      16. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
          17. cc1149-52
        1. EMPLOYMENT LAW 1,521 words, 1 division
          2. cc1152-3
        2. AGENDA 2000: STRUCTURAL AND COHESION FUNDS 591 words
    2. PETITIONS
        3. c1154
      1. Mr. George Atkinson 77 words
        2. c1154
      2. University College (Cornwall) 127 words
        3. cc1155-64
      3. Local Government Finance (Dorset) 4,426 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 302

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      2. c543W
    1. Employment Trading Schemes 89 words
      2. c543W
    2. Telecommunications Masts 201 words
      3. cc543-4W
    3. Road Deaths (A38 Cornwall) 126 words
      4. c544W
    4. Advisers 203 words
      5. c544W
    5. Local Government (Political Activity) 85 words
      6. cc544-5W
    6. National Parks 95 words
      7. c545W
    7. London Underground 160 words
      8. cc545-6W
    8. Local Government Finance 564 words
      9. cc546-7W
    9. Airport Signs 107 words
      10. c547W
    10. Drink-driving Campaign 167 words
      11. c547W
    11. Rural Development Commission 74 words
      12. cc547-8W
    12. Registered Fishing Vessels 140 words
      13. c548W
    13. Vehicle Safety 158 words
      14. c548W
    14. Mixed Oxide Fuel 111 words
      15. c548W
    15. Road Licences (Revocation) 62 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      3. c549W
    1. Numeracy 85 words
      2. c549W
    2. Departmental Information 160 words
      3. c549W
    3. Training (Road Haulage) 96 words
      4. cc549-50W
    4. Out-of-school Hours Activities 184 words
      5. c550W
    5. University Tuition Fees 171 words
      6. c550W
    6. Disability Discrimination Act 115 words
      7. cc550-1W
    7. School Sport 151 words
      8. c551W
    8. Further Education 113 words
      9. c551W
    9. Student Funding 118 words
      10. cc551-2W
    10. Special Educational Needs 159 words
      11. c552W
    11. General Teaching Councils 150 words
      12. c552W
    12. National Education Initiatives (Consultation) 82 words
      13. cc552-3W
    13. Head Teachers (Professional Qualifications) 116 words
      14. c553W
    14. Nursery Places 93 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. c553W
    1. Defence Contracts 195 words
      2. cc553-4W
    2. Ministerial Announcements 155 words
      3. c554W
    3. Royal Yacht 162 words
      4. c554W
    4. RAF Quedgeley 141 words
      5. cc554-7W
    5. British Army Weapons (Northern Ireland) 1,281 words
  4. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      5. c557W
    1. Athletics (Lottery Funds) 135 words
      2. cc557-9W
    2. Professional Athletics Coaching 208 words
  5. TREASURY
      6. c559W
    1. Duty Free 74 words
      2. c559W
    2. Income Tax 152 words
      3. c559W
    3. Comprehensive Spending Review 128 words
      4. cc559-60W
    4. Economic Growth 67 words
      5. c560W
    5. Growth and Inflation 63 words
      6. c560W
    6. Tax and National Insurance 92 words
      7. c560W
    7. Departmental Receipts 92 words
      8. cc560-1W
    8. Incontinence Products (VAT) 123 words
      9. c561W
    9. VAT (Health Service) 89 words
      10. cc561-6W
    10. Statistics 2,332 words
      11. cc566-7W
    11. Private Finance Initiative 722 words
      12. c567W
    12. Insurance Premium Tax 67 words
      13. c567W
    13. Music Industry 66 words
      14. cc567-73W
    14. "Financial Statement and Budget Report" 2,541 words
      15. c573W
    15. Company Vehicles 49 words
      16. c573W
    16. Unemployment Figures 431 words
      17. cc573-4W
    17. Methadone (Deaths) 460 words
      18. c574W
    18. Self-assessment 69 words
      19. cc574-5W
    19. Economic and Monetary Union 94 words
      20. c575W
    20. Ministerial Interests 304 words
      21. cc575-6W
    21. Offshore Trusts 179 words
      22. c576W
    22. Tax Avoidance 71 words
  6. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      7. c576W
    1. Legal Aid 122 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      8. cc576-7W
    1. EU Presidency (Environment) 105 words
      2. c577W
    2. India (P and O) 48 words
      3. c577W
    3. Indonesia 98 words
      4. c577W
    4. Caribbean Dependent Territories 89 words
      5. cc577-8W
    5. Child Labour 120 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      9. c578W
    1. Departmental Information 112 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      10. cc578-9W
    1. Portcullis House 457 words
  10. WALES
      11. cc579-80W
    1. Immunisation 316 words
      2. c580W
    2. Montserration Evacuees 201 words
      3. cc580-3W
    3. Finance 1,420 words
      4. c583W
    4. General Teaching Council 122 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
      12. c583W
    1. Green Belt (Hertfordshire) 80 words
      2. cc583-4W
    2. North-West Leicestershire 36 words
      3. c584W
    3. Meirionnydd Nant Conwy 33 words
      4. c584W
    4. Sanctions 137 words
      5. c584W
    5. Heads of State (Gifts) 92 words
      6. c584W
    6. Security Services (Commissioner) 80 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
      13. c585W
    1. Prison Service Management 468 words
      2. cc585-6W
    2. Animal Experiments 93 words
      3. c586W
    3. Prison Service (Health Care) 135 words
      4. cc586-8W
    4. Prison Suicides 911 words
      5. c588W
    5. Female Prisoners 214 words
      6. cc588-9W
    6. Electronic Tagging 130 words
      7. c589W
    7. Probation Service 280 words
      8. cc589-90W
    8. Police (Complaints) 363 words
      9. cc590-1W
    9. Manslaughter 531 words
      10. cc591-2W
    10. EU Conventions 109 words
      11. c592W
    11. Electro-shock Devices 287 words
      12. cc592-3W
    12. Altcourse Prison 413 words
      13. c593W
    13. Prison Population 176 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      14. c594W
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 333 words
      2. c594W
    2. Offset Exhibition 62 words
      3. cc594-5W
    3. European Coal and Steel Community 137 words
      4. c595W
    4. Correspondence 46 words
      5. c595W
    5. Enemy Property Report 133 words
      6. c595W
    6. Port Development (India) 54 words
      7. c595W
    7. Renewable Energy 45 words
      8. cc595-6W
    8. Export Initiative 137 words
      9. c596W
    9. Export Licences 234 words
      10. cc596-7W
    10. Intellectual Property Treaties 485 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND GOOD
      15. cc597-8W
    1. Ministerial Meetings 87 words
      2. c598W
    2. Common Agricultural Policy 58 words
      3. c598W
    3. Land 85 words
      4. c598W
    4. Water Safety 150 words
  15. HEALTH
      16. cc598-9W
    1. Gene Therapy Advisory Committee 139 words
      2. c599W
    2. Medical and Dental Students 184 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc599-600W
    1. Council Tax Benefit 179 words
      2. cc600-1W
    2. Lone Parents 871 words
      3. cc601-2W
    3. Family Credit 105 words
      4. c602W
    4. Women's National Commission 209 words
      5. c602W
    5. Local Employment Trading Schemes 117 words
      6. cc602-3W
    6. Pensioners' Age Addition 226 words
      7. c603W
    7. Pension Funds 134 words
      8. c603W
    8. Child Benefit 64 words
      9. cc603-4W
    9. Industrial Disability Claims 71 words
      10. c604W
    10. Equal Opportunities 174 words
      11. cc604-6W
    11. Council Tax Benefit 752 words
      12. c606W
    12. Invalid Care Allowance 58 words
      13. c606W
    13. Child Support Agency 168 words
      14. c606W
    14. Incapacity Benefit 77 words
      15. cc606-7W
    15. VAT on Fuel 123 words
      16. cc607-8W
    16. Industrial Injuries Benefit 104 words
      17. c608W
    17. Child Care 143 words
  17. CABINET OFFICE
      18. c609W
    1. Millennium Experience 194 words
  18. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      19. c609W
    1. Population Issues 79 words
      2. c609W
    2. Bangladesh 74 words
      3. cc609-10W
    3. World Bank 151 words
      4. c610W
    4. Aid Budget 282 words
      5. cc610-1W
    5. EU Aid Contributions 95 words
      6. c611W
    6. Know-how Fund 76 words
      7. c611W
    7. Climate Change 90 words
      8. c611W
    8. Land Mines 97 words
      9. cc611-2W
    9. Street Children 235 words
      10. c612W
    10. Bananas 95 words
      11. cc612-3W
    11. Aid and Development Co-operation (Japan) 97 words
      12. c613W
    12. Sustainable Development 90 words
      13. c613W
    13. Debt 131 words
      14. c613W
    14. UNESCO 56 words
      15. cc613-4W
    15. Publicity and Advertising 277 words
      16. c614W
    16. Optical Services 90 words
      17. cc614-5W
    17. Water Filtration 125 words
      18. c615W
    18. Child Labour 65 words
      19. c615W
    19. Public Appointments 69 words
      20. c615W
    20. Indonesia 74 words
      21. c615W
    21. Sanctions 91 words
  19. NORTHERN IRELAND
      20. cc615-6W
    1. Firearms 165 words
      2. c616W
    2. Official Hospitality 262 words
      3. cc616-7W
    3. Publicity and Advertising 211 words
  20. SCOTLAND
      21. c617W
    1. Health Board and NHS Trust Employees 122 words
      2. cc617-9W
    2. Nursing Research 650 words
      3. c619W
    3. Criminal Justice System 54 words
      4. c619W
    4. Ministerial Announcements 153 words
      5. cc619-20W
    5. Highlands and Islands University 104 words
      6. c620W
    6. Mental Illness Specific Grant 99 words
      7. c620W
    7. Dental Services 132 words
      8. cc620-1W
    8. Scottish Parliament 252 words
      9. c621W
    9. Medical and Dental Students 103 words
      10. c621W
    10. Computers (Century Date Change) 177 words
      11. cc621-2W
    11. Female Prisoners 324 words
      12. c622W
    12. Trans-sexual Prisoners 176 words
      13. cc622-3W
    13. Community Service Orders 476 words
      14. cc623-4W
    14. Proceeds of Crime 198 words
      15. cc624-5W
    15. Fishing 402 words
      16. c625W
    16. Prisons (Suicide Counselling) 213 words
      17. c625W
    17. Cornton Vale Prison 103 words
      18. cc625-6W
    18. Scotch Whisky 104 words
      19. c626W
    19. Prisons (Expenditure) 249 words
      20. c626W
    20. National Sleep Laboratory 66 words
      21. cc626-8W
    21. Police (Complaints) 202 words
      22. c628W
    22. Laser Pens 67 words
      23. c628W
    23. Cairn Gorm Funicular Railway 53 words

Lords Sitting of 10 December 1997 Series 5 Vol. 584

    c141
  1. Preamble 33 words
    2. c141
  2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 52 words
    3. c141
  3. Message from the Queen 59 words
    4. cc141-4
  4. GDP Annual Growth: Policy 1,243 words
    5. cc144-7
  5. Green Belt: Development Pressures 1,197 words
    6. cc147-9
  6. Trident 961 words
    7. cc149-51
  7. Wales: Gross Domestic Product 978 words
    8. c151
  8. Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Bill [H.L.] 79 words
    9. c151
  9. Consolidated Fund Bill 26 words
    10. c151
  10. Scottish Agricultural College Order Confirmation Bill 31 words
    11. cc151-2
  11. Business of the House: Debates this Day 53 words
    12. cc152-63
  12. Mental Incapacity 5,988 words
    13. cc163-96
  13. Wales 17,344 words
    14. cc196-227
  14. International Art Market 17,404 words
    15. cc227-32
  15. Mink Keeping Order 1997 2,713 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 10 December 1997 Series 5 Vol. 584

    c27WA
  1. New Housing: Urban Intensification 185 words
    cc27-8WA
  2. Seat Belt Wearing by Children 531 words
    c29WA
  3. Minicabs: Child Safety Seats 93 words
    c29WA
  4. Seat Belts and Casualty Figures 160 words
    cc29-30WA
  5. Radioactive Material: Carriage by Road 429 words
    cc30-1WA
  6. Year 2000 and Air Traffic Safety 412 words
    cc31-2WA
  7. Tourist Industry: Support 171 words
    c32WA
  8. European Court of Human Rights Judgments 158 words
    cc32-3WA
  9. Strasbourg "Victim" Test 265 words
    c33WA
  10. Animal Experiments 67 words
    cc33-4WA
  11. Prison Service Management: Report 434 words
    c34WA
  12. NI Eastern Health and Social Services Board: Funding 122 words
    cc34-5WA
  13. Apiaries: Varroa Infestation 376 words
    c35WA
  14. Zimbabwe: Land Ownership 75 words
    c36WA
  15. Zimbabwe: Land Acquisition 100 words
    c36WA
  16. Poland: NATO Membership 94 words
    c36WA
  17. "Britannia" 157 words
    cc37-8WA
  18. Student Support 118 words