Commons Sitting of 16 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 303

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

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

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

Lords Sitting of 16 December 1997 Series 5 Vol. 584

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