Commons Sitting of 18 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 290

    c727
  1. Preamble 6 words
    2. c727
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c727
      1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
        2. c727
      2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH
        2. cc727-9
      1. Smoking 1,024 words
        2. cc729-31
      2. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 826 words
        3. cc731-2
      3. Breast Cancer 727 words
        4. cc732-4
      4. Mental Health Services 734 words
        5. cc734-6
      5. Cancelled Operations (Northern and Yorkshire) 1,440 words
        6. cc736-7
      6. Postponed Operations (Wolverhampton) 278 words
        7. cc737-8
      7. Organophosphates 445 words
        8. cc738-9
      8. Frail Elderly People 421 words
        9. cc739-40
      9. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 316 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
        3. cc740-4
      1. Engagements 2,098 words
    3. BILL PRESENTED
        4. c744
      1. WASTE PREVENTION 83 words
    cc745-6
  4. Victims of Crime 782 words
      5. c746
    1. VICTIMS OF CRIME 110 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc747-63
    1. Firearms (Amendment) Bill (Allocation of Time) 29 words
        2. c747
      1. Lords Amendments 469 words
        2. c748
      2. Stages subsequent to first Consideration of Lords Amendments 237 words
        3. cc748-63
      3. Supplemental 8,529 words
    cc764-829
  6. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 3 words
    1. Clause 6
        2. cc764-92
      1. HAVING SMALL-CALIBRE PISTOL OUTSIDE PREMISES OF LICENSED PISTOL CLUB 15,179 words, 1 division
      cc792-812
    2. New clause 10,873 words, 1 division
      3. cc812-6
    3. New Clause 9 words
        4. cc812-6
      1. COMPENSATION FOR CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS 2,025 words, 1 division
    4. Clause 20
        5. cc816-21
      1. EXEMPTIONS FROM SECTION 1 OF THE 1968 ACT FOR OFFICERS ETC. OF LICENSED PISTOL CLUBS 2,970 words
      cc821-5
    5. New clause 2,237 words
    6. Clause 34
        7. cc825-6
      1. POWER OF SEARCH WITH WARRANT 130 words
    7. Clause 36
        8. c826
      1. APPROVED RIFLE CLUBS 91 words
      cc826-8
    8. New clause 1,399 words
      9. c829
    9. TRANSFER OF CROFTING ESTATES (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] 40 words
      10. c829
    10. TRANSFER OF CROFTING ESTATES (SCOTLAND) BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 139 words
    cc830-8
  7. Young People (Alcohol) 5,000 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 290

  1. TREASURY
      2. c441W
    1. Treasury Building (Development) 184 words
      2. c441W
    2. Data Collection (Postcodes) 66 words
      3. c441W
    3. Personal Savings 47 words
      4. cc441-2W
    4. Investment Income 215 words
      5. c442W
    5. British Agrochemicals Association 50 words
      6. c442W
    6. Personal Pensions (Tax Relief) 188 words
      7. cc442-3W
    7. Financial Advice (Complaints) 176 words
      8. cc443-4W
    8. Income Tax 284 words
      9. c444W
    9. Rail Privatisation 64 words
      10. c444W
    10. Savings 83 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
      3. c444W
    1. Wild Boar 82 words
      2. cc444-5W
    2. Radioactive Waste 135 words
      3. c445W
    3. Packaging Waste 278 words
      4. c445W
    4. Local Authority Receipts 60 words
      5. cc445-6W
    5. Minimum Age Requirements 106 words
      6. c446W
    6. Outstanding Charges (Northamptonshire) 243 words
      7. cc446-7W
    7. Council Tax 386 words
      8. c447W
    8. Willenhall Shopping Precinct 59 words
      9. cc447-8W
    9. Household Growth 392 words
      10. c448W
    10. Show Houses (Taxation) 101 words
      11. cc448-50W
    11. Building Research Establishment 587 words
      12. c450W
    12. Environment Agency (Prosecutions) 111 words
      13. c450W
    13. Beef Waste 235 words
      14. cc450-2W
    14. Waste Disposal at Sea 607 words
  3. WALES
      4. cc452-3W
    1. Local Government Finance 972 words
      2. cc453-4W
    2. Teachers (Redundancy) 76 words
      3. c454W
    3. Health Authorities (Allocation of Resources) 369 words
  4. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      5. c455W
    1. Primary Schools (Hillingdon) 88 words
      2. c455W
    2. Further Education 79 words
      3. c455W
    3. School Computers 109 words
      4. cc455-7W
    4. School Inspections 797 words
      5. cc457-8W
    5. Special Needs 192 words
      6. cc458-60W
    6. Nursery Vouchers 1,097 words
      7. cc460-2W
    7. Grant-maintained Status Applications 605 words
      8. cc462-3W
    8. Jobseeker's Allowance 697 words
      9. c463W
    9. Training and Enterprise Councils 111 words
      10. cc463-4W
    10. Unemployment 144 words
  5. DEFENCE
      6. c464W
    1. Publicity Material (Languages) 67 words
      2. c464W
    2. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 147 words
      3. c464W
    3. Suicides (Armed Services) 163 words
      4. cc464-5W
    4. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 61 words
      5. c465W
    5. Royal Yacht 98 words
      6. c465W
    6. Sensorineural Hearing Loss 110 words
      7. cc465-8W
    7. Eskmeals and Shoeburyness Ranges 1,453 words
      8. cc468-9W
    8. Army Manning 381 words
      9. cc469-70W
    9. Publicity 573 words
  6. SCOTLAND
      7. cc471-3W
    1. Hospital Beds 1,019 words
      2. c473W
    2. Timber Products 55 words
      3. c473W
    3. Sinclair Gardens, Bishopbriggs 77 words
      4. cc473-4W
    4. BSE (Cattle Cull) 265 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      8. c474W
    1. Kashmir 164 words
      2. cc474-5W
    2. Israel 370 words
      3. c475W
    3. South Africa 200 words
      4. cc475-6W
    4. China 200 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
      9. c476W
    1. Engagements 60 words
      2. c476W
    2. Residential Properties 26 words
      3. c476W
    3. Manpower Information Service 123 words
  9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      10. cc476-7W
    1. Belize 78 words
      2. c477W
    2. Regional Political Conference (Great Lakes Region) 261 words
      3. cc477-8W
    3. Rwanda 143 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      11. c478W
    1. The Buying Agency 147 words
      2. c478W
    2. Ministerial Travel Costs 66 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. cc478-9W
    1. Privatised Utilities (Information) 166 words
      2. c479W
    2. Brent Spar 53 words
      3. c479W
    3. Trade Fair Support Scheme 257 words
      4. cc479-80W
    4. Coal 146 words
      5. c480W
    5. Domestic Utility Prices 153 words
      6. cc480-1W
    6. Energy Research Budget 101 words
      7. cc481-2W
    7. Private Employment Agencies 303 words
      8. c482W
    8. Electricity Cables 39 words
      9. c482W
    9. Mink Pelts 38 words
      10. c482W
    10. Employment Protection 60 words
      11. c482W
    11. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 102 words
      12. cc482-3W
    12. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 166 words
      13. c483W
    13. Airbus 62 words
      14. c483W
    14. Nuclear Contamination 188 words
      15. cc483-4W
    15. Nuclear Waste Transport 115 words
      16. c484W
    16. Digital Broadcasting 259 words
      17. cc484-6W
    17. Engineering Policy Unit 278 words
      18. c486W
    18. Chemical Weapons Advisory Committee 97 words
  12. TRANSPORT
      13. c487W
    1. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 113 words
      2. cc487-8W
    2. Rail Privatisation 1,016 words
      3. cc488-91W
    3. Rail Services (Punctuality and Reliability) 2,571 words
      4. c491W
    4. Freight Facilities Grants 119 words
      5. c491W
    5. Trans-Pennine Road 54 words
      6. cc491-2W
    6. Road Lighting 110 words
      7. c492W
    7. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 80 words
      8. c492W
    8. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 64 words
      9. cc492-4W
    9. Road Traffic (Reduction) Bill 560 words
      10. cc494-5W
    10. Marine Pollution (Sea Empress Incident) 624 words
      11. cc495-6W
    11. Trunk Roads (Land Use Planning) 344 words
      12. c496W
    12. Buses (Wheelchair Access) 372 words
      13. cc496-7W
    13. Scottish Grand Committee 88 words
      14. c497W
    14. Bedford-Bletchley-Bicester Railway Line 198 words
      15. c497W
    15. North London Railway Line 108 words
      16. cc497-8W
    16. Nuclear Waste Transport 74 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
      14. c498W
    1. Vaccine Damage (Compensation) 84 words
      2. c498W
    2. Queen's University (Student Intake) 60 words
      3. cc498-9W
    3. Livestock (Notifiable Diseases) 260 words
      4. cc499-500W
    4. Union Flag 388 words
      5. c500W
    5. Integrated Schools 519 words
      6. cc500-1W
    6. Civil Service 299 words
      7. cc501-2W
    7. Planning Applications 391 words
      8. c502W
    8. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 262 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
      15. c503W
    1. Social Security Appeals 375 words
      2. cc503-4W
    2. Incomes 303 words
      3. cc504-6W
    3. Benefit Upratings 803 words
      4. c506W
    4. Benefit Fraud 105 words
      5. c506W
    5. Earnings Top-up 121 words
      6. c506W
    6. Earnings Disregards 60 words
      7. cc506-7W
    7. Student Loans 45 words
      8. cc507-8W
    8. Child Support Agency 585 words
      9. c508W
    9. Benefits (Expenditure) 45 words
      10. c508W
    10. Income Support 71 words
      11. cc508-9W
    11. Income Support (Child Maintenance) 295 words
      12. cc509-10W
    12. War Pensions 575 words
      13. c510W
    13. Personal Pensions 111 words
      14. cc510-1W
    14. Chronic Bronchitis and Emphysema 337 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      16. c511W
    1. Farm Tenancies 66 words
      2. cc511-3W
    2. BSE 653 words
      3. c513W
    3. Rabies 167 words
      4. c513W
    4. Waste Disposal at Sea 49 words
      5. c513W
    5. Newcastle Disease 87 words
      6. cc513-4W
    6. Sheep Annual Premium 71 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
      17. cc514-5W
    1. Prison Escort Services 796 words
      2. c515W
    2. Criminal Records 122 words
      3. cc515-6W
    3. Prison Medical Service 369 words
      4. cc516-7W
    4. Prison Deaths 183 words
      5. c517W
    5. Surveillance Equipment 267 words
      6. cc517-8W
    6. Belmarsh Prison 142 words
      7. c518W
    7. Learmont Inquiry 130 words
      8. cc518-9W
    8. Remand Prisoners 525 words
      9. cc519-20W
    9. Closed Circuit Television 302 words
      10. c520W
    10. Court Adjournments 201 words
      11. cc520-2W
    11. Prison Population 556 words
      12. c522W
    12. Fire Service (Lancashire) 72 words
      13. c522W
    13. Police Computer Systems 122 words
      14. cc522-3W
    14. Mandatory Drug Tests 237 words
      15. c523W
    15. Court Cases (Bail) 146 words
      16. c523W
    16. A30-A303 Roadworks 109 words
      17. cc523-4W
    17. Police (Information Technology) 151 words
      18. c524W
    18. Serious Criminal Offences 115 words
      19. c524W
    19. Prisoners (Report and Health) 230 words
      20. cc524-5W
    20. Crime Prevention (Lancashire) 57 words
      21. c525W
    21. Police Numbers (West Yorkshire) 73 words
      22. c525W
    22. Prevention of Terrorism Legislation 100 words
      23. c525W
    23. Data Protection 94 words
      24. cc525-6W
    24. Crime Statistics 409 words
      25. c526W
    25. Asylum Seekers 172 words
      26. cc526-7W
    26. Prison Service Annual Report 125 words
      27. cc527-9W
    27. Prison Service Capacity 1,053 words
      28. c529W
    28. Prison Service Funding 309 words
      29. cc529-30W
    29. Absconding Prisoners 301 words
      30. c530W
    30. Prison Service (Early Retirement) 126 words
      31. cc530-1W
    31. Prisons (Staffing Levels) 206 words
      32. c531W
    32. Prison Officer Kettleborough (Injuries) 197 words
      33. cc531-2W
    33. Crime Clear-up Rates 69 words
      34. cc532-5W
    34. Policing (London) 2,129 words
  17. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      18. c535W
    1. Travel and Accommodation Expenses 232 words
      2. cc535-6W
    2. Written Questions 62 words
  18. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      19. c536W
    1. Equal Opportunities 74 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. c536W
    1. Private Beds 36 words
      2. c536W
    2. Projected Deficits (Cornwall) 51 words
      3. c536W
    3. Worcester District General Hospital 60 words
      4. c536W
    4. New Hospitals 43 words
      5. cc536-7W
    5. New Hospitals and Hospital Extensions 127 words
      6. c537W
    6. Health Service Administrators 134 words
      7. c537W
    7. Hospital and Community Services (Normanton) 58 words
      8. c537W
    8. Cancelled Operations 35 words
      9. cc537-8W
    9. Social Respite for Carers 164 words
      10. c538W
    10. Health Service Managers 62 words
      11. c538W
    11. Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 42 words
      12. c538W
    12. Electro-convulsive Therapy 97 words
      13. cc538-9W
    13. Public Appointments 76 words
      14. c539W
    14. Cancelled Operations 81 words
      15. c539W
    15. Heart Attack Deaths 77 words
      16. c539W
    16. Health Service Internal Market 64 words
      17. c539W
    17. Prescribable Products 55 words
      18. c539W
    18. Dental Services 49 words
      19. cc539-40W
    19. NHS Staff Salaries 22 words
      20. c540W
    20. NHS Supplies 252 words
      21. c540W
    21. Smoking and Conception Terminations 55 words
      22. cc540-1W
    22. Junior Doctors 142 words
      23. c541W
    23. Arachnoiditis 35 words
      24. c541W
    24. Prescription Drugs 115 words
      25. c541W
    25. Asylum Seekers 107 words
      26. cc541-2W
    26. GP Fundholders 47 words
      27. c542W
    27. Dentures 107 words
      28. c542W
    28. Hospital Wards 110 words
      29. c542W
    29. Alzheimer's Disease 126 words
      30. c542W
    30. Bradford Hospitals Trust (Accidents to Patients) 48 words
      31. cc542-4W
    31. NHS Funding (Yorkshire) 799 words
      32. cc544-5W
    32. Nurses 434 words
      33. cc545-6W
    33. Anaesthetics (Organophosphate Exposure) 220 words

Lords Sitting of 18 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 578

    c545
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc545-8
  2. Unemployment 1,413 words
    3. cc548-50
  3. UK Economy: Inward Investment 1,085 words
    4. cc550-2
  4. A.30 Road Improvement: Obstruction 1,053 words
    5. cc553-4
  5. The London Art Market 936 words
    6. c555
  6. Succession to the Crown Bill [H.L.] 61 words
    7. cc555-622
  7. Crime (Sentences) Bill 35,986 words, 1 division
    8. c622
  8. Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Bill 138 words
    9. cc623-33
  9. Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 5,362 words
    10. cc633-78
  10. Crime (Sentences) Bill 23,924 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 578

    c39WA
  1. European Parliament: Members' Salaries 131 words
    c39WA
  2. Occupied Territories: Human Rights 94 words
    cc39-40WA
  3. Occupied Territories: Illegal Settlements 117 words
    c40WA
  4. Occupied Territories: Demolition of Palestinian Houses 101 words
    c40WA
  5. Israel: Compensation for Expropriated Land 108 words
    cc40-1WA
  6. Gaza: Students' Access to Tertiary Education 111 words
    cc41-2WA
  7. NATO Enlargement 423 words
    c42WA
  8. Reza Barzegar Massoumi: Conviction 219 words
    cc42-3WA
  9. Atrush Camp, Northern Iraq 114 words
    c43WA
  10. Turkey: Use of Torture 124 words
    c43WA
  11. Globe Theatre 221 words
    c44WA
  12. Art Trade: Self-regulation 124 words
    c44WA
  13. Lorry Weights: Proposed Increase 78 words
    cc44-5WA
  14. Construction Contracts 143 words
    c45WA
  15. BSE and Organophosphates 415 words
    cc46-7WA
  16. Organophosphorus Sheep Dips: VPC Review 660 words
    c47WA
  17. Tri-Service Defence Medical Training Organisation 56 words
    cc47-8WA
  18. Army Foundation College 379 words
    c48WA
  19. Data Protection Legislation: Enforced Subject Access 91 words
    c49WA
  20. Prevention of Terrorism(Temporary Provisions) Act 1989: Report 92 words
    c50WA
  21. Ashworth Hospital: Health Advisory Service Review 101 words