Commons Sitting of 22 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 303

    c639
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c639
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc639-56
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
        2. cc639-40
      1. Press (Privacy Legislation) 624 words
        2. cc640-2
      2. Voluntary Sector 788 words
        3. cc642-3
      3. Licensing Hours 606 words
        4. cc643-4
      4. Crime 813 words
        5. cc644-6
      5. Metropolitan Police (Corruption) 827 words
        6. cc646-7
      6. Repeat Offenders 365 words
        7. cc647-8
      7. Drug Rehabilitation Establishments 563 words
        8. cc648-9
      8. Corruption 559 words
        9. cc649-50
      9. Police Officers 693 words
        10. cc650-2
      10. Asylum Seekers 539 words
        11. c652
      11. Identity Cards 413 words
        12. cc652-3
      12. Police Settlement 189 words
        13. cc653-4
      13. Crime (Sussex) 319 words
        14. c654
      14. Racial Violence 228 words
        15. cc654-5
      15. Drugs (Prisons) 402 words
        16. cc655-6
      16. Drugs and Crime 556 words
  4. Orders of the Day
      5. cc657-77
    1. School Standards and Framework Bill 10,168 words
      2. cc677-99
    2. BSE 11,638 words
      3. cc699-754
    3. School Standards and Framework Bill 30,216 words, 1 division
      4. cc754-5
    4. SCHOOL STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORK BILL [MONEY] 111 words
      5. cc755-62
    5. Withernsea and South-East Holderness 4,069 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 December 1997 Series 6 Vol. 303

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      2. c393W
    1. Ozone Layer 176 words
      2. cc393-4W
    2. Development Council 227 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      3. c394W
    1. Open Government 111 words
      2. c394W
    2. Public Records 139 words
      3. cc394-5W
    3. Admiralty House 130 words
      4. c395W
    4. Civil Servants 265 words
      5. cc395-6W
    5. Non-departmental Public Bodies 511 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      4. cc396-7W
    1. Post Marks 122 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      5. c397W
    1. Wills 318 words
      2. c397W
    2. Mr. Jonathan Aitken 99 words
      3. cc397-8W
    3. Legal Aid (Personal Injury) 153 words
  5. CABINET OFFICE
      6. cc398-401W
    1. Millennium Exhibition 1,455 words
      2. c401W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 43 words
  6. WALES
      7. c401W
    1. Alyn and Deeside (Assistance) 91 words
      2. cc401-2W
    2. Further and Higher Education Expenditure 161 words
      3. c402W
    3. Students (Tuition Fees) 155 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
      8. cc402-3W
    1. Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly 384 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      9. c403W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 59 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. c404W
    1. Ministerial Announcements 159 words
      2. c404W
    2. European Court Judgments 62 words
      3. c404W
    3. Lockerbie 174 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      11. cc405-6W
    1. National Lottery 863 words
      2. cc406-7W
    2. Millennium Commission 223 words
      3. c407W
    3. Ministerial Announcements 102 words
      4. cc407-8W
    4. Royal Parks 247 words
      5. c408W
    5. Tourist Attractions 172 words
      6. cc408-10W
    6. Ministerial Duties 694 words
      7. cc410-3W
    7. Public Appointments 928 words
      8. cc413-4W
    8. Museums and Galleries 498 words
      9. cc414-5W
    9. Broadcasting Standards Commission 350 words
      10. c415W
    10. Funding Distribution 238 words
      11. cc415-6W
    11. Arts Funding 432 words
      12. c416W
    12. Television Licences 37 words
      13. cc416-7W
    13. Tourism 204 words
      14. c417W
    14. Cricket 45 words
  11. DEFENCE
      12. c417W
    1. Eurofighter 190 words
      2. c418W
    2. Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham 438 words
      3. cc418-9W
    3. Computers (Century Date Change) 227 words
      4. c419W
    4. Troop Deployment (Germany) 49 words
      5. c419W
    5. Defence Spending 104 words
      6. c419W
    6. Gulf War Veterans 70 words
      7. c419W
    7. Compensation Review 71 words
      8. cc419-20W
    8. Falklands Garrison 82 words
      9. cc420-1W
    9. Territorial Army 437 words
      10. cc421-2W
    10. Private Finance Initiative 393 words
      11. c422W
    11. Building Management Staff 44 words
      12. c422W
    12. Staff Pay 174 words
      13. cc422-3W
    13. Border Checkpoint, Newry 124 words
      14. c423W
    14. Trafalgar Bicentenary 92 words
      15. c423W
    15. Trident 24 words
      16. c423W
    16. Naval Establishments 156 words
      17. c423W
    17. Correspondence 48 words
      18. cc423-4W
    18. Christmas Island (DDT Spray) 264 words
      19. c424W
    19. Clapham Deep Shelter 177 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      13. cc424-5W
    1. Night Flights (Heathrow) 128 words
      2. c425W
    2. Radon 262 words
      3. cc425-6W
    3. Telecommunications Masts 171 words
      4. cc426-7W
    4. Railway Lines (Safety) 435 words
      5. cc427-9W
    5. Housing 1,129 words
      6. c429W
    6. Planning Appeals 94 words
      7. c430W
    7. Councils (Best Value Pilots) 228 words
      8. c430W
    8. Computers (Century Date Change) 222 words
      9. c431W
    9. Local Government Finance 151 words
      10. c431W
    10. Joint Enforcement Database 144 words
      11. c431W
    11. Association of Town Centre Management 64 words
      12. c432W
    12. West Coast Main Line 272 words
      13. c432W
    13. Heathrow Airport (Aborted Landings) 85 words
      14. cc432-3W
    14. Opencast Coal Mines 56 words
      15. c433W
    15. Council Tax 132 words
      16. c433W
    16. Railways (Cut Price Tickets) 164 words
      17. c433W
    17. Bognor Regis Centre 69 words
      18. cc433-4W
    18. Peat Working Group 185 words
      19. c434W
    19. Car Exhaust Emissions 84 words
      20. cc434-5W
    20. Regional Government 420 words
      21. c435W
    21. Rail Crash (Wrexham) 93 words
      22. c436W
    22. Rail Services 77 words
      23. c436W
    23. Greater London Council (Building) 112 words
      24. cc436-7W
    24. Sellafield 408 words
      25. c437W
    25. MOT Tests 144 words
      26. c437W
    26. Vehicle Excise Duty 68 words
      27. cc437-8W
    27. London Underground 254 words
      28. c438W
    28. Circulars 82 words
      29. c438W
    29. Bridge Strengthening (Gloucestershire) 86 words
      30. c439W
    30. Rural Development Commission 37 words
      31. c439W
    31. Housing Revenue Account 94 words
      32. cc439-40W
    32. Contaminated Land 440 words
      33. c440W
    33. Environment Council 124 words
      34. c440W
    34. Task Force on Cleaner Vehicles 78 words
      35. cc440-1W
    35. Motorway Service Areas 158 words
      36. c442W
    36. Roads Programme 98 words
  13. SCOTLAND
      14. cc443-4W
    1. Departmental Staff 613 words
      2. cc444-51W
    2. Public Appointments 2,172 words
      3. cc451-2W
    3. Graduation Statistics 264 words
      4. cc452-3W
    4. Mature Students 169 words
      5. c453W
    5. East Lothian District Council 68 words
      6. c453W
    6. Controller of Audit Reports 267 words
      7. cc453-4W
    7. Meat Retailers 368 words
      8. cc454-5W
    8. Set-aside Schemes 117 words
      9. c455W
    9. Orkney and Shetland 35 words
      10. c455W
    10. Beef Export Ban 98 words
      11. c455W
    11. Lockerbie 29 words
      12. cc455-6W
    12. Training Agencies 213 words
      13. c456W
    13. Social Work (Training) 373 words
      14. c457W
    14. Scottish Homes 290 words
      15. cc457-8W
    15. Contaminated Land 440 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
      15. cc458-61W
    1. Disability Living Allowance 1,257 words
      2. cc461-2W
    2. Benefits (Peterlee and Seaham Area) 474 words
      3. c462W
    3. Child Support Agency 396 words
      4. cc462-3W
    4. War Pensions Agency 390 words
      5. cc463-4W
    5. Benefit Claimants (Coventry) 314 words
      6. c464W
    6. CSA (Coventry) 191 words
      7. cc464-6W
    7. Lone Parents 885 words
      8. cc466-7W
    8. Departmental Budget 645 words
      9. c467W
    9. Statutory Maternity Pay 58 words
      10. c468W
    10. Motability 68 words
      11. c468W
    11. Cold Weather Payments 155 words
      12. c468W
    12. Incapacity Benefit 60 words
      13. cc468-9W
    13. National Insurance 358 words
      14. c469W
    14. Correspondence 185 words
      15. c469W
    15. Pension Review 114 words
      16. c470W
    16. Child Benefit 78 words
  15. TREASURY
      16. cc470-1W
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 201 words
      2. c471W
    2. Business Profits 129 words
      3. c471W
    3. Tax Information 75 words
      4. c471W
    4. Government Debt and Cash Management 136 words
      5. c471W
    5. Government and Business Investment 62 words
      6. cc472-5W
    6. Savings 1,635 words
      7. c475W
    7. Offshore Assets 102 words
      8. cc475-6W
    8. Income Tax 255 words
      9. c476W
    9. Disability Benefits 137 words
      10. cc476-7W
    10. VAT on Domestic Fuel (Pensioners) 359 words
      11. cc477-8W
    11. Taxation 317 words
      12. c478W
    12. Economic and Monetary Union 285 words
      13. cc478-9W
    13. High Tech Start-ups 222 words
      14. c479W
    14. Far East 320 words
      15. cc479-80W
    15. Alcohol Duty 57 words
      16. c480W
    16. Internal Migration 232 words
      17. cc480-1W
    17. Hotel and Catering Industry 747 words
      18. cc481-2W
    18. Excise Duties 576 words
      19. cc482-3W
    19. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 61 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      17. c483W
    1. Rendering Effluent 164 words
      2. cc483-4W
    2. Animal Feed 293 words
      3. c484W
    3. Beef Sales 119 words
      4. cc484-5W
    4. BSE 590 words
      5. c485W
    5. Modulation 48 words
      6. cc485-6W
    6. Arable Area Payments 102 words
      7. c486W
    7. Risk Management Research Programme 64 words
      8. c486W
    8. Beef on the Bone 209 words
      9. c486W
    9. Meat and Meat Products 102 words
      10. cc486-7W
    10. Cattle Traceability Scheme 38 words
      11. cc487-8W
    11. Farm Support 500 words
      12. cc488-9W
    12. Beef Farming 405 words
      13. c489W
    13. Cereals 115 words
      14. c489W
    14. Imported Meat 136 words
      15. cc489-90W
    15. EU Deficiency Payments 88 words
      16. c490W
    16. Beef Prices 325 words
      17. cc490-1W
    17. Beef 94 words
      18. c491W
    18. Whaling 222 words
      19. c491W
    19. Fishing Quotas 86 words
      20. cc491-2W
    20. Common Agricultural Policy 341 words
      21. c492W
    21. Meat Labelling 101 words
      22. cc492-3W
    22. Genetically Modified Crops 104 words
      23. cc493-4W
    23. Fisheries Council 858 words
      24. cc494-7W
    24. Fishing Industry 1,354 words
      25. cc497-8W
    25. BSE and nvCJD 366 words
      26. c498W
    26. EU Contributions 149 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. cc498-9W
    1. Training 588 words
      2. cc499-500W
    2. Employment Programmes 69 words
      3. c500W
    3. Domestic Workers 87 words
      4. cc500-3W
    4. English Literature Examination Results 2,339 words
      5. c503W
    5. Overseas Doctors 77 words
      6. c504W
    6. Tourism 54 words
      7. cc504-5W
    7. Further Education 102 words
      8. c505W
    8. Higher Education 118 words
      9. c505W
    9. Access and Foundation Courses 137 words
      10. cc505-6W
    10. Circulars 126 words
      11. c506W
    11. School Meals 252 words
      12. c506W
    12. Grant-maintained Schools 95 words
      13. cc506-7W
    13. Modern Apprenticeships 61 words
      14. c507W
    14. Youth Unemployment (Voluntary Work) 92 words
  18. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      19. c507W
    1. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 91 words
      2. cc507-8W
    2. Computers (Century Date Change) 477 words
      3. c508W
    3. Oil and Gas Employment 145 words
      4. c509W
    4. Armoured Vehicle Exports 59 words
      5. c509W
    5. Parliamentary Answer 60 words
      6. c509W
    6. Export Initiatives 72 words
      7. c509W
    7. Toyota 90 words
      8. c509W
    8. Diamond Cable Communications (UK) Ltd. 67 words
      9. cc509-10W
    9. Country Desks 55 words
      10. c510W
    10. Territorial Employment Pacts 97 words
      11. cc510-3W
    11. Export Licences 1,489 words
      12. c513W
    12. Professional Qualifications 103 words
      13. c513W
    13. Sellafield 35 words
      14. c513W
    14. Small and Medium Enterprises 93 words
      15. cc513-5W
    15. Magnox Electric (Merger) 1,077 words
      16. cc515-6W
    16. Johnson & Johnson 47 words
      17. c516W
    17. Citizens First Campaign 83 words
      18. c516W
    18. Correspondence 170 words
      19. c516W
    19. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 63 words
      20. cc516-7W
    20. Offshore Installations 212 words
      21. c517W
    21. Laser Pens 158 words
      22. c517W
    22. Sale of Goods 67 words
      23. cc517-8W
    23. Taskforce 2000 298 words
      24. c518W
    24. Minimum Wage 64 words
      25. cc518-20W
    25. Power Stations 1,175 words
      26. c520W
    26. Ministerial Expenses 40 words
      27. c521W
    27. Electricity and Coal Industries 41 words
      28. c521W
    28. Departmental Staff 62 words
      29. c521W
    29. British Coal 178 words
      30. cc521-2W
    30. Concessionary Fuel Agreement 380 words
      31. c522W
    31. FirstBus, Glasgow 96 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. cc522-3W
    1. Overseas Travel 241 words
      2. c523W
    2. Community Health Nurses (South-West) 426 words
      3. cc523-5W
    3. Tobacco Advertising 313 words
      4. c525W
    4. Chiropody Services 66 words
      5. cc525-6W
    5. Pathology Services 414 words
      6. c526W
    6. Ministerial Meetings 50 words
      7. c526W
    7. GP Fundholding (North Essex) 122 words
      8. cc526-9W
    8. Dental Services 1,247 words
      9. c529W
    9. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 89 words
      10. cc529-30W
    10. Travel Vaccines 484 words
      11. c530W
    11. Nurses 71 words
      12. cc530-1W
    12. Long-term Care 120 words
      13. c531W
    13. Northwick Park Hospital, Kenton 127 words
      14. cc531-2W
    14. Doctors 535 words
      15. cc532-3W
    15. Health Service Chairmen and Directors 560 words
      16. c533W
    16. City Hospitals NHS Trust, Sunderland 113 words
      17. cc534-5W
    17. Anti-depressants 342 words
      18. c535W
    18. Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work 38 words
      19. cc535-6W
    19. General Care Council 376 words
      20. c536W
    20. NHS Trusts 68 words
      21. c536W
    21. AIDS 191 words
      22. c536W
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 139 words
      23. cc536-7W
    23. Mental Health Tribunals 38 words
      24. c537W
    24. Drugs 127 words
      25. cc537-9W
    25. Social Services (Fees and Charges) 961 words
      26. c539W
    26. Incontinence 51 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
      21. cc539-40W
    1. Drug-related Offences 289 words
      2. c540W
    2. Drug Rehabilitation Establishments 60 words
      3. c540W
    3. Community Sentencing 196 words
      4. cc540-1W
    4. Voluntary Sector 183 words
      5. c541W
    5. Youth Crime 113 words
      6. cc541-2W
    6. Laser Pens 440 words
      7. cc542-5W
    7. Police Pensions 1,591 words
      8. c545W
    8. Parliamentary Elections 55 words
      9. c545W
    9. Closed Circuit Television 76 words
      10. c545W
    10. European Parliament Elections 99 words
      11. c545W
    11. Police (Surrey) 86 words
      12. cc545-6W
    12. Bribery 117 words
      13. c546W
    13. Witnesses (Protection) 109 words
      14. cc546-7W
    14. Human Rights 615 words
      15. cc547-8W
    15. Racial Violence 231 words
      16. c548W
    16. Shotguns 79 words
      17. c548W
    17. Police and Probation Services (Surrey) 67 words
      18. cc548-9W
    18. Immigration and Asylum Cases (Judicial Review) 307 words
      19. c549W
    19. Anti-social Behaviour 102 words
      20. cc549-50W
    20. Evidence 243 words
      21. c550W
    21. Police (Body Armour) 228 words
      22. cc550-3W
    22. Sexual and Violent Offences 1,128 words
      23. c553W
    23. Exclusion Orders 159 words
      24. cc553-4W
    24. Female Prisoners 449 words
      25. cc554-5W
    25. Crime Statistics 165 words
      26. c555W
    26. Prison Visitors (Drug Offences) 84 words
      27. c555W
    27. Young Prisoners 252 words
      28. c556W
    28. Road Policing 133 words
      29. c556W
    29. Immigration Appeals 54 words
      30. cc556-7W
    30. Data Protection 670 words
      31. cc557-8W
    31. Passports (Processing) 216 words
      32. c558W
    32. Deportations 282 words
      33. cc558-9W
    33. Organised Crime 206 words
      34. c559W
    34. Immigration 128 words
      35. cc559-60W
    35. Animal Experimentation 244 words
      36. cc560-1W
    36. Police Officers 653 words
      37. cc561-3W
    37. Handguns 1,001 words
      38. c563W
    38. Asylum Seekers 142 words
      39. c563W
    39. Racially Motivated Crime 268 words
      40. c564W
    40. Citizenship Applications 324 words
      41. cc564-6W
    41. Justice and Home Affairs Council 1,055 words
      42. c566W
    42. Tobacco (Identity Cards) 202 words
      43. c566W
    43. Police Act 1997 85 words
      44. c567W
    44. Mr. Farrakhan 98 words
      45. c567W
    45. Prisoner Statistics 65 words
      46. cc567-8W
    46. Crime (Witnesses and Victims) 584 words
      47. c568W
    47. Police Drivers 90 words
      48. cc568-9W
    48. Crime and Disorder Bill 312 words
      49. c569W
    49. WPC Fletcher 75 words
      50. cc569-70W
    50. Magistrates Courts Rules 256 words
      51. c570W
    51. Police (Sickness) 99 words