Commons Sitting of 16 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 303

    c111
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c111
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. c111
    2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS 6 words
    3. cc111-2
    4. Local Government Finance 449 words
    5. cc112-3
    6. New Housing (Essex) 336 words
    7. cc113-4
    8. Local Government Finance 720 words
    9. cc114-5
    10. Kyoto Conference 494 words
    11. cc115-8
    12. Local Government Finance 1,530 words
    13. cc118-9
    14. Decentralisation 646 words
    15. c120
    16. Rail Fares 453 words
    17. c121
    18. Transport Policy 122 words
    19. c121
    20. A34 (Noise Pollution) 187 words
    21. cc121-2
    22. Bridges and Trunk Roads 557 words
    23. cc122-4
    24. Railway Inspectorate 730 words
    25. cc124-5
    26. Road Infrastructure Improvements 376 words
    27. c125
    28. Hammersmith Bridge 261 words
    29. cc125-6
    30. London Underground 308 words
    31. cc126-7
    32. Thames Watermen 369 words
    33. cc127-8
    34. Rail Freight 232 words
    cc129-44
  5. Kyoto Summit 8,783 words
  6. cc145-58
  7. Water Industry (Scotland) 7,602 words
  8. cc159-61
  9. School Children's Clothing and Footwear (Value Added Tax) 1,369 words
  10. c161
  11. SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR (VALUE ADDED TAX) 57 words
  12. Orders of the Day
    1. cc162-239
    2. National Minimum Wage Bill 41,986 words, 1 division
    3. c240
    4. NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE BILL [MONEY] 111 words
    5. c240
    6. COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 14 words
    7. cc241-8
    8. Bypasses (North-east Hertfordshire) 3,505 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 303

  1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. c77W
    2. Royal Opera House 54 words
    3. c77W
    4. Excellence in Sport 165 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. c77W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 88 words
    3. cc77-8W
    4. Freedom of Information 424 words
    5. cc78-9W
    6. Appointments 190 words
  3. CABINET OFFICE
    1. c79W
    2. Millennium Experience 95 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c79W
    2. Intergovernmental Conference 69 words
    3. cc79-80W
    4. Falkland Islands 104 words
    5. c80W
    6. Export Forum 94 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c80W
    2. European Court of Justice Case C-409/95 120 words
  6. WALES
    1. cc80-1W
    2. Non-departmental Public Bodies 231 words
    3. c81W
    4. Civil Servants 66 words
    5. c81W
    6. Welsh Assembly 90 words
    7. c81W
    8. Private Office 131 words
    9. cc81-2W
    10. Second Homes 212 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc82-3W
    2. Asylum and Immigration 555 words
    3. cc83-5W
    4. Police (Riot Training) 650 words
    5. c85W
    6. Harmondsworth Immigration Detention Centre 222 words
    7. c85W
    8. Youth Justice 96 words
    9. c85W
    10. Departmental Wages 41 words
    11. cc85-6W
    12. General Elections 365 words
    13. cc86-7W
    14. Ethnic Minorities 131 words
    15. cc87-8W
    16. Immigration Detainees (Minors) 785 words
    17. cc88-9W
    18. Prisoners (Telephone Calls) 346 words
    19. cc89-90W
    20. Roisin McAliskey 260 words
    21. c90W
    22. Prisoner Transfers 289 words
    23. cc90-1W
    24. Belmarsh Prison 379 words
    25. cc91-2W
    26. Remand Prisoners (Injuries) 375 words
    27. c92W
    28. Special Secure Units 75 words
    29. c92W
    30. Expulsions and Deportations 164 words
    31. cc92-3W
    32. Human Rights 95 words
  8. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. cc93-4W
    2. Public Appointments 259 words
    3. c94W
    4. Anti-drugs Co-ordinator 67 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c94W
    2. Mr. David Shayler 40 words
    3. c94W
    4. Anglo-French Summit 126 words
    5. cc94-5W
    6. Social Exclusion Unit 67 words
    7. c95W
    8. British-Ugandan Asian Service 61 words
    9. c95W
    10. Agricultural Produce Procurement 71 words
  10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. c95W
    2. Care Industry 69 words
    3. cc95-6W
    4. Further Education (New Deal) 147 words
    5. c96W
    6. Access and Foundation Courses 261 words
    7. cc96-7W
    8. Oxford and Cambridge Universities 132 words
    9. c97W
    10. Foundation Schools 147 words
    11. c97W
    12. School Performance 129 words
    13. cc97-8W
    14. Higher Education 360 words
    15. cc98-9W
    16. Mature Students 219 words
    17. c99W
    18. Veterinary and Architecture Students 59 words
    19. c99W
    20. University Applications 88 words
    21. c99W
    22. Pupil Testing 148 words
    23. c99W
    24. Disability Rights 68 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. c100W
    2. Zimbabwe 92 words
    3. cc100-1W
    4. Tenders 418 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c101W
    2. Ponsonby Rules 164 words
  13. TREASURY
    1. cc101-2W
    2. Taxation and Benefits 309 words
    3. c102W
    4. Ministerial Announcements 97 words
    5. cc102-3W
    6. Departmental Staff 256 words
    7. c103W
    8. Business Taxation 118 words
    9. c103W
    10. The Public Finances 64 words
    11. c103W
    12. Overseas Trusts 72 words
    13. cc103-4W
    14. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 235 words
    15. c104W
    16. Public Sector 115 words
    17. c104W
    18. Income Tax 67 words
    19. c104W
    20. Pensioners (Winter Fuel Bills) 39 words
    21. cc104-5W
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 108 words
    23. c105W
    24. Allergic Reactions 188 words
    25. cc105-6W
    26. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 229 words
    27. c106W
    28. Small and Medium Enterprises 151 words
    29. cc106-7W
    30. Tanzania 345 words
    31. c107W
    32. Bingo Halls 160 words
    33. c107W
    34. Paymaster General 59 words
    35. cc107-8W
    36. Unemployment Statistics 222 words
  14. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. cc108-9W
    2. Overseas Travel 414 words
    3. cc109-10W
    4. VAT Appeals 409 words
    5. cc110-1W
    6. Publicity and Advertising 327 words
    7. cc111-2W
    8. Conditional Fee Agreements 503 words
    9. c112W
    10. Official Hospitality 192 words
    11. cc112-3W
    12. Small Claims 484 words
    13. cc113-5W
    14. Actions Data 482 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c115W
    2. Coal Industry 193 words
    3. cc115-6W
    4. Biotechnology 250 words
    5. c116W
    6. Benchmarking 137 words
    7. cc116-8W
    8. Public Appointments 425 words
    9. cc118-9W
    10. Export Initiatives 171 words
    11. c119W
    12. Oil Exploration Licences 283 words
    13. cc119-20W
    14. Computer (Century Date Change) 158 words
    15. c120W
    16. Dounreay 115 words
    17. cc120-2W
    18. Departmental Staff 352 words
    19. c122W
    20. Postal Services 191 words
    21. cc122-3W
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 135 words
    23. c123W
    24. Sterling Levels 92 words
    25. c123W
    26. Toyota 82 words
    27. c123W
    28. Structural Funds 86 words
    29. cc123-5W
    30. Energy 873 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. c125W
    2. Medical Papers 54 words
    3. c125W
    4. Dialysis Treatment (South Lancashire) 62 words
    5. cc125-6W
    6. Departmental Staff 193 words
    7. c126W
    8. Insulin 135 words
    9. c126W
    10. Silicone Breast Implants 48 words
    11. cc126-8W
    12. Cancer 867 words
    13. cc128-9W
    14. Product Licensing 159 words
    15. c129W
    16. Meals on Wheels 118 words
    17. c129W
    18. NHS Appointments 45 words
    19. c129W
    20. Optical Services 173 words
    21. cc129-30W
    22. Food Poisoning and Allergy Deaths 179 words
    23. c130W
    24. National Institute for Clinical Excellence 63 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. c130W
    2. Urquhart Castle 65 words
    3. cc130-1W
    4. Teaching Quality 58 words
    5. c131W
    6. Nurses 116 words
    7. c131W
    8. Higher Education 58 words
    9. c131W
    10. Education Standards 210 words
    11. cc131-2W
    12. Sixth Year Colleges 39 words
    13. c132W
    14. Veterinary and Architecture Students 108 words
    15. c132W
    16. Mature Students 194 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc132-3W
    2. Slaughterhouses 195 words
    3. cc133-5W
    4. Beef 917 words
    5. c135W
    6. Fisheries 61 words
    7. c135W
    8. Sheep Annual Premium 112 words
    9. c135W
    10. Lambs 84 words
    11. cc135-6W
    12. Retail Butchers and Small Abattoirs 118 words
    13. cc136-7W
    14. Krebs Report 589 words
    15. c137W
    16. Departmental Wages 198 words
    17. cc137-8W
    18. Farm Animal Welfare 161 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. c138W
    2. Funeral Expenses 62 words
    3. c138W
    4. Asbestos-related Diseases 141 words
    5. cc138-40W
    6. Lone Parents 678 words
    7. c140W
    8. Mortgage Interest Payments 55 words
    9. c140W
    10. Tax and Benefit Rates 209 words
    11. cc140-1W
    12. Disability Payments 532 words
    13. c141W
    14. Direct Payments (Fuel) 64 words
    15. cc141-2W
    16. Students 80 words
    17. c142W
    18. Benefit Fraud 95 words
    19. c142W
    20. National Insurance Contributions 224 words
    21. cc142-3W
    22. Jobseeker's Allowance 106 words
    23. c143W
    24. Sensory Disabilities 317 words
    25. c143W
    26. Invalidity Benefit 42 words
    27. cc143-4W
    28. Council Tax Benefit 199 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. c144W
    2. Household Growth 88 words
    3. c144W
    4. Regional Assemblies 79 words
    5. cc144-5W
    6. Parish Councils 52 words
    7. c145W
    8. Green Belt Land 155 words
    9. c145W
    10. Greenhouse Gases 81 words
    11. c145W
    12. Transport (London) 88 words
    13. cc145-6W
    14. Local Government Finance 320 words
    15. c146W
    16. Permitted Pollutants (Quotas) 79 words
    17. cc146-7W
    18. Thames Gateway Initiative 94 words
    19. c147W
    20. Rural Development Commission 50 words
    21. c147W
    22. Peripheral Areas (Economic Regeneration) 121 words
    23. c147W
    24. Kyoto Summit 72 words
    25. cc147-8W
    26. Personal Social Services 73 words
    27. c148W
    28. A3 Hindhead Tunnel 46 words
    29. c148W
    30. Rail Underground Integrated Ticketing 96 words
    31. c148W
    32. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 62 words
    33. c148W
    34. Rail Infrastructure Projects 81 words
    35. cc148-9W
    36. Traffic Calming 101 words
    37. c149W
    38. Transport Noise 272 words
    39. c149W
    40. London Underground 60 words
    41. cc149-50W
    42. European State Airline Subsidies 48 words
    43. c150W
    44. Integrated Transport Strategy 72 words
    45. c150W
    46. Rolling Stock 85 words
    47. c150W
    48. Vehicle Approval Test 215 words
    49. cc150-1W
    50. Road Vehicles (Fuel Efficiency) 88 words
    51. c151W
    52. National Air Traffic Services 67 words
    53. c151W
    54. Local Government Employees 45 words
    55. cc151-2W
    56. Lost Shipping (The Gaul) 346 words
    57. cc152-3W
    58. Rail Staff (Redundancies) 149 words
    59. c153W
    60. Rail Safety 133 words
    61. c153W
    62. Railways (Station Staff) 103 words
    63. c153W
    64. Swale Crossing 83 words
    65. cc153-4W
    66. Ministerial Visit 103 words
    67. c154W
    68. Property Transfer Rules 68 words
    69. c154W
    70. Departmental Wages 87 words
    71. cc154-5W
    72. Road Schemes 268 words
    73. c155W
    74. London Government 250 words
    75. cc155-6W
    76. Trunk Roads (Staffordshire) 195 words
    77. c156W
    78. Outdoor Advertising Sites 83 words
    79. c156W
    80. Nuclear Materials 107 words
    81. c156W
    82. Local Authority Pensions 51 words
    83. cc156-8W
    84. Driving Licences 770 words
    85. cc158-9W
    86. Departmental Spending Plans 207 words
    87. cc159-60W
    88. Housing Investment Programme 348 words
  21. DEFENCE
    1. cc161-2W
    2. Nuclear Waste 763 words
    3. cc162-3W
    4. Departmental Staff 158 words
    5. c163W
    6. Vanguard Submarines 60 words
    7. c163W
    8. Bosnia 55 words
    9. c163W
    10. Chinese Government (Visits) 148 words
    11. cc163-5W
    12. Royal Irish Regiment 610 words
    13. cc165-6W
    14. Province Reserve and Rural Reinforcement Battalions 546 words
    15. c166W
    16. Patrols 69 words

Lords Sitting of 16 December 1997 Series 5 Vol. 584

    c491
  1. Preamble 30 words
  2. cc491-3
  3. North of England: Grants 1,347 words
  4. cc493-5
  5. Former Yugoslavia: Cost of UK Involvement 886 words
  6. cc495-7
  7. Wales: Student Grants 658 words
  8. cc497-500
  9. Unemployment Statistics: Collection and Presentation 1,450 words
  10. c500
  11. Business 97 words
  12. cc500-1
  13. Standing Orders (Public Business) 246 words
    1. c501
    2. Standing Order 62 21 words
    3. c501
    4. After Standing Order 70 532 words
    c501
  14. Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 173 words
  15. c503
  16. Supreme Court (Offices) Bill 6 words
  17. c503
  18. Consolidated Fund Bill 30 words
  19. c503
  20. Scottish Agricultural College Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
  21. cc503-10
  22. Education (Student Loans) Bill 3,648 words
  23. cc510-9
  24. Climate Change: Kyoto Conference 4,667 words
  25. cc519-32
  26. Scottish Water Industry Review 6,798 words
  27. cc532-99
  28. Crime and Disorder Bill [H.L.] 36,003 words
  29. cc599-604
  30. Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme 2,618 words
  31. cc604-16
  32. Independent Television Commission Codes 6,087 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 December 1997 Series 5 Vol. 584

    c77WA
  1. Development Agencies: Funding and Job Creation 123 words
    c77WA
  2. Mixed Sex Hospital Accommodation 100 words
    cc77-9WA
  3. Vitamin B6 881 words
    c80WA
  4. Asylum Seekers: Reception Conditions 87 words
    c80WA
  5. Crime and Local Action: Response to Consultation 66 words
    c80WA
  6. Community Safety Orders: Response to Consultation 73 words
    cc80-1WA
  7. Ethnic Minority Support: Section 11 Grant 129 words
    c81WA
  8. Student Top-up Fees 117 words
    cc81-3WA
  9. Hazardous and Noxious Substances: Carriage by Sea 623 words
    c83WA
  10. Scottish Local Authority Staff Numbers 259 words
    c84WA
  11. N.I. Medical and Dental Students' Tuition Fees 99 words
    c84WA
  12. Wales: Firearm and Shotgun Appeals 69 words
    cc84-5WA
  13. Legal Aid in Damages Claims 165 words
    c85WA
  14. Sex Offender Supervision in Scotland 101 words
    cc85-6WA
  15. General Election Candidates' Expenses 498 words