Commons Sitting of 24 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 291

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
        2. cc1-2
      1. Job Security (Civil Service) 425 words
        2. cc2-4
      2. Government Policy Co-ordination 792 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Public Information (European Union) 661 words
        4. cc5-7
      4. Deregulation 730 words
        5. cc7-8
      5. Deregulation (Leisure Industry) 358 words
        6. c8
      6. Open Government 323 words
        7. cc8-9
      7. Government Policy Co-ordination 449 words
        8. cc9-11
      8. Manufacturing Competitiveness 702 words
        9. c11
      9. Ministerial Severance Payments 256 words
    2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
        3. cc11-3
      1. Land Mines 542 words
        2. c13
      2. Latin America 368 words
        3. cc13-4
      3. Know-how Fund (Central Europe) 480 words
        4. cc14-6
      4. Overseas Aid Budget (United Nations Target) 961 words
        5. cc16-7
      5. EU Applicant Countries (Assistance) 377 words
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
        4. cc17-8
      1. National Audit Office Staff 418 words
    4. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
        5. c18
      1. Ministerial Accountability 260 words
    5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
        6. cc18-20
      1. Church Finances 433 words
        2. c20
      2. Church Income 427 words
    c21
  4. Kent County Council 75 words
    5. cc22-121
  5. Opposition Day 3 words
      6. cc22-121
    1. National Health Service 55,430 words, 2 divisions
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c122
    1. BIRDS (REGISTRATION CHARGES) BILL 53 words
      2. c122
    2. BIRDS (REGISTRATION CHARGES) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 50 words
      3. c122
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
      4. c122
    4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 43 words
      5. c122
    5. DATA PROTECTION 24 words
      6. c122
    6. ADMINISTRATION 18 words
      7. cc123-30
    7. Human Growth Hormone 4,064 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 February 1997 Series 6 Vol. 291

  1. PRIME MINISTER
      2. c1W
    1. Scottish Grand Committee 145 words
      2. c1W
    2. Business Appointment Rules 180 words
      3. cc1-2W
    3. Intelligence and Security Committee 113 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. cc2-3W
    1. Tamils 393 words
      2. c3W
    2. Electoral Fraud 66 words
      3. c3W
    3. CS Gas 140 words
      4. c3W
    4. Firearms Administration Office 99 words
      5. cc3-4W
    5. Blood Samples (Drug Testing) 103 words
      6. c4W
    6. Dai Ichi Kyoto Insurance Company 75 words
      7. c4W
    7. Firearms Thefts (Luton) 107 words
      8. cc4-5W
    8. New Constituences 157 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
      4. c5W
    1. Health and Safety Executive Studies 251 words
      2. cc5-6W
    2. Private Employment Agencies 467 words
      3. cc6-7W
    3. Local Government Finance 360 words
      4. cc7-8W
    4. British Waterways 76 words
      5. c8W
    5. Building Research Establishment 107 words
      6. c8W
    6. Stress-related Illness 58 words
      7. cc8-9W
    7. Capital Finance 326 words
      8. cc9-12W
    8. Planning Policy 1,515 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      5. c12W
    1. Pilot Waste Audit 157 words
      2. cc12-3W
    2. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 268 words
      3. c13W
    3. Legal Aid 59 words
  5. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      6. cc13-4W
    1. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 110 words
      2. c14W
    2. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 77 words
  6. TREASURY
      7. cc14-5W
    1. Unemployment 378 words
      2. c15W
    2. Unemployment and Inflation 149 words
      3. c15W
    3. Electoral Register 200 words
      4. cc15-6W
    4. Pensions Mis-selling 86 words
      5. c16W
    5. Personal Investment Authority 75 words
      6. c16W
    6. Female Employment 168 words
      7. cc16-7W
    7. Perinatal Mortality 266 words
      8. c17W
    8. Claimant Count 233 words
      9. c17W
    9. Low Pay 95 words
      10. cc17-8W
    10. Economic Activity 162 words
      11. c18W
    11. Sumitomo Speculation Case 93 words
      12. cc18-9W
    12. Pound (Purchasing Power) 323 words
      13. c19W
    13. Cyclical Social Security (Scotland) 268 words
      14. c19W
    14. Statistical Services 90 words
  7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      8. c20W
    1. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 159 words
      2. cc20-1W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 203 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      9. c21W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 128 words
      2. cc21-2W
    2. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 171 words
      3. c22W
    3. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 79 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      10. cc22-5W
    1. Sixth Forms 1,507 words
      2. cc25-6W
    2. Primary Schools (Rutland) 493 words
      3. cc26-7W
    3. List 99 190 words
      4. c27W
    4. Teachers (Early Retirement) 233 words
      5. cc27-8W
    5. Education and the Community 73 words
      6. c28W
    6. Teachers Pension Scheme 332 words
      7. cc28-9W
    7. Training and Enterprise Councils 157 words
      8. c29W
    8. Blakelaw School, Newcastle 105 words
      9. c29W
    9. Assisted Places Scheme 76 words
      10. cc29-30W
    10. Stress-related Illness 46 words
      11. c30W
    11. International Labour Organisation Conference 113 words
      12. c30W
    12. School Performance Tables 95 words
      13. cc30-1W
    13. Astra Group 304 words
  10. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      11. cc31-2W
    1. Private Employment Agencies 333 words
      2. c32W
    2. Crystal Palace Recreation Centre and Stadium 261 words
      3. cc32-3W
    3. British Broadcasting Corporation 187 words
      4. cc33-4W
    4. British Academy of Sport 51 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. c35W
    1. Scottish Grand Committee 136 words
      2. c35W
    2. Health Service Staff Contracts 32 words
      3. c35W
    3. Unfit Housing 134 words
      4. cc35-6W
    4. Pesca Schemes (Berwickshire) 345 words
      5. cc36-7W
    5. Capital Receipts 313 words
      6. c37W
    6. Farm Holdings 116 words
      7. cc37-8W
    7. Hospital Beds 378 words
      8. c38W
    8. Class Sizes 216 words
      9. cc38-41W
    9. Education Spending 1,603 words
      10. c41W
    10. Countryside Premium Scheme 145 words
      11. cc41-3W
    11. Nursery School Pupils 614 words
      12. c43W
    12. Housing Waiting Lists 34 words
      13. c43W
    13. Passenger and Cargo Flights (USA) 471 words
      14. cc43-4W
    14. Hospital Payphones 181 words
      15. c44W
    15. Cancelled Operations 94 words
      16. cc44-5W
    16. Right-to-buy Discounts 259 words
      17. c45W
    17. Incapable Adults 135 words
      18. cc45-6W
    18. Medical Negligence Claims 366 words
      19. cc46-8W
    19. EU Finance 578 words
      20. c48W
    20. Sheep Dip Waste 170 words
  12. TRANSPORT
      13. c48W
    1. Drivers (Drugs) 166 words
      2. cc48-9W
    2. Road Accidents (Drugs) 118 words
      3. c49W
    3. South West Trains 79 words
      4. cc49-50W
    4. Marine Pollution 329 words
      5. c50W
    5. Royal Train 38 words
      6. c50W
    6. Lorry Weights 58 words
      7. c50W
    7. Driving Prohibitions (Scotoma) 101 words
      8. cc50-1W
    8. British Rail 326 words
      9. cc51-2W
    9. BREL (Asbestos-related Diseases) 195 words
      10. c52W
    10. Criminal Offences (Railway Stations) 326 words
      11. cc52-3W
    11. Supertram, Sheffield 114 words
      12. c53W
    12. Executive Agencies 156 words
      13. c53W
    13. Vehicle Emissions 143 words
      14. c53W
    14. A406-A13 Bridge 62 words
      15. c53W
    15. Emergency Towing Vessels 28 words
      16. cc53-4W
    16. Equipment and Furniture 162 words
      17. c54W
    17. Road Markings and Signposting 161 words
      18. cc54-5W
    18. Motorways 84 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c55W
    1. Minimum Age Requirements 46 words
      2. c55W
    2. Sri Lanka 62 words
      3. c55W
    3. Colombia 77 words
      4. c55W
    4. Rio Summit 85 words
      5. cc55-6W
    5. Equipment and Furniture 131 words
      6. c56W
    6. Indonesia 107 words
      7. c56W
    7. Albania 44 words
      8. c56W
    8. Executive Agencies 46 words
      9. cc56-7W
    9. European Ideal (Promotion Costs) 84 words
      10. c57W
    10. Ceuta and Melilla 59 words
      11. c57W
    11. Latin America 157 words
      12. c57W
    12. UNESCO 42 words
      13. cc57-8W
    13. Qatar 192 words
      14. c58W
    14. European Parliament (Costs) 119 words
      15. c58W
    15. Mohammed Sagheer 77 words
      16. cc58-9W
    16. Morwenstowe Interception Station 105 words
      17. c59W
    17. Millennium Club 65 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      15. c59W
    1. Small Businesses 237 words
      2. cc59-60W
    2. Private Shareholders 159 words
      3. c60W
    3. Century Date Change (Computers) 154 words
      4. c60W
    4. Overseas Investment 74 words
      5. cc60-1W
    5. Helms-Burton Amendment 92 words
      6. c61W
    6. Electricity Cables 34 words
      7. cc61-2W
    7. Research 728 words
      8. cc62-3W
    8. Inward Investment 384 words
      9. c63W
    9. Albania 105 words
      10. cc63-4W
    10. Single Market Compliance Unit 83 words
      11. c64W
    11. Breakfast Tours 260 words
  15. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      16. c64W
    1. Ecclesiastical Heritage 64 words
      2. cc64-5W
    2. Bishops' Cars 113 words
      3. c65W
    3. Clergy Pensions 183 words
      4. c65W
    4. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 99 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. cc65-6W
    1. Orthodontists 131 words
      2. c66W
    2. Bishops (Expenses) 156 words
      3. c66W
    3. Clergy Salaries 72 words
      4. cc66-7W
    4. Dental Services 131 words
      5. c67W
    5. Minimum Age Requirements 142 words
      6. c67W
    6. NHS Funding (North-West) 89 words
      7. cc67-8W
    7. Tropical Diseases 388 words
      8. cc68-9W
    8. Private Patients 305 words
      9. c69W
    9. Attention Deficit Disorder 69 words
      10. cc69-70W
    10. National Health Service Executive 73 words
      11. c70W
    11. Breast Implants 115 words
      12. c70W
    12. Children (Policy Co-ordination) 69 words
      13. cc70-1W
    13. Ashworth Hospital 173 words
      14. c71W
    14. Accident and Emergency Units (Assaults) 33 words
      15. c71W
    15. Waiting Times 53 words
      16. cc71-2W
    16. Strokes 540 words
      17. c72W
    17. Antibiotics (Subscribing) 149 words
      18. cc72-3W
    18. Overdoses 65 words
      19. c73W
    19. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 100 words
      20. c73W
    20. Stress-related Illness 44 words
      21. cc73-4W
    21. Influenza Vaccinations 393 words
      22. c74W
    22. Hospital Payphones (Charges) 35 words
      23. c74W
    23. GP Fundholders 85 words
      24. c74W
    24. Gastroschisis 28 words
  17. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      18. c75W
    1. Rwanda 114 words
      2. c75W
    2. Overseas Aid Budget (United Nations Target) 66 words
      3. c75W
    3. Iraq 91 words
      4. cc75-6W
    4. Indonesia 306 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. c76W
    1. Beef Imports (Irish Republic) 151 words
      2. cc76-7W
    2. Animal Exports 306 words
      3. cc77-8W
    3. Minimum Age Requirements 281 words
      4. c78W
    4. Diseased Animals (Compensation) 137 words
      5. c78W
    5. Consultants 100 words
      6. cc78-9W
    6. BSE 306 words
      7. c79W
    7. Genetically Modified Maize 105 words
      8. cc79-80W
    8. Food Safety (Charities) 100 words
      9. c80W
    9. Countryside Stewardship Scheme 58 words
      10. c80W
    10. Scottish Grand Committee 90 words
      11. c80W
    11. Fish Food 49 words
      12. cc80-1W
    12. Animal Feed Labelling 111 words
  19. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
      20. c81W
    1. National Audit Office 199 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
      21. c81W
    1. Departmental Publicity 184 words
      2. cc81-5W
    2. Child Support Agency 1,678 words
      3. cc85-6W
    3. Benefits Agency 550 words
      4. c86W
    4. Benefit Expenditure 45 words
      5. c86W
    5. Carer Premium 264 words
      6. cc86-7W
    6. Housing Benefit 446 words
      7. cc87-8W
    7. Earnings Limits 122 words
      8. c88W
    8. Disability Working Allowance 127 words
      9. c88W
    9. Private Employment Agencies 104 words
      10. cc88-9W
    10. Unfunded Pension Liabilities 78 words
      11. cc89-90W
    11. Pensions 565 words
      12. c90W
    12. Appeal Tribunals 105 words
  21. WALES
      22. c90W
    1. Local Government Legislation 62 words
      2. cc90-1W
    2. Overgrazing 198 words
      3. c91W
    3. Blood Service 96 words
      4. cc91-2W
    4. Prescriptions 345 words
      5. c92W
    5. GCSE Examinations 99 words
      6. cc92-3W
    6. Fundholders 420 words
  22. NORTHERN IRELAND
      23. cc93-4W
    1. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 240 words
      2. cc94-5W
    2. Health Authority Costs 159 words
      3. c95W
    3. Farm and Countryside Enhancement Scheme 64 words
      4. c95W
    4. Schools (Newtownards) 237 words
      5. cc95-6W
    5. Electoral Register 278 words
      6. c96W
    6. Road Accidents (Comber and Dundonald) 335 words
      7. cc96-9W
    7. Social Security 1,008 words
      8. c99W
    8. Electoral Abuse 188 words
      9. cc99-100W
    9. Environmental Audit (Departmental Buildings) 183 words
      10. c100W
    10. Scottish Grand Committee 91 words
      11. c100W
    11. Ulster College of Arts 88 words
      12. cc100-1W
    12. Irish and Ulster-Scots 223 words
      13. c101W
    13. Newcastle Disease 118 words
  23. DEFENCE
      24. c101W
    1. Army Tanks 176 words
      2. cc101-2W
    2. Departmental Publicity 95 words
      3. cc102-5W
    3. Ocean Wave 97 907 words
      4. c105W
    4. Albanian Military Personnel (Visits) 111 words
      5. c105W
    5. Royal Navy 52 words
      6. cc105-6W
    6. Private Employment Agencies 180 words
      7. c106W
    7. Army Careers Information Offices (Yorkshire) 217 words
      8. cc106-7W
    8. Regimental Museums 259 words
      9. c107W
    9. Scottish Grand Committee 127 words
      10. cc107-8W
    10. Low Flying 323 words
      11. c108W
    11. Apache Helicopters (Weapons Firing) 56 words
      12. c108W
    12. Army Field Training Area 114 words
      13. cc108-9W
    13. Galloway Training Area 113 words
      14. c109W
    14. Nuclear Forces 56 words
      15. cc109-11W
    15. Danger Areas 787 words
      16. c111W
    16. Kirkcudbright Range 280 words
      17. c111W
    17. Live Fire Training 99 words
      18. cc111-2W
    18. Military Aircraft (Flying Hours) 57 words
      19. c112W
    19. Inflatable Targets 349 words
      20. cc112-3W
    20. Training (Stranraer) 180 words
      21. c113W
    21. Tornado GR.1 Fleet 68 words
      22. c113W
    22. Nuclear-powered Hunter-killer Submarines 97 words
      23. c113W
    23. Nuclear Fuel Rods (Sellafield) 66 words
      24. cc113-4W
    24. Army Mechanised Training 317 words
      25. c114W
    25. Nimrod Aircrew 29 words
      26. cc114-5W
    26. Nimrod Aircraft Crash (Canada) 138 words
      27. c115W
    27. Kielder Forest (Training Licence Agreement) 112 words
      28. c115W
    28. RAF Debriefing Systems 224 words
      29. cc115-6W
    29. Tornado Aircraft 71 words
      30. c116W
    30. RAF Spadeadam (Aircraft Training) 67 words
      31. c116W
    31. Training Areas (Definition) 118 words
      32. c116W
    32. Army Helicopters (Missile Firing) 74 words
      33. cc116-7W
    33. Naval Bases (Running Costs) 179 words
      34. c117W
    34. Quantock School 74 words
      35. cc117-8W
    35. Nuclear Weapons 250 words
      36. c118W
    36. Executive Agencies 41 words
      37. c118W
    37. Korean War (Medals) 53 words
      38. cc118-9W
    38. United States Bases 658 words
      39. cc119-20W
    39. Prisoners of War 68 words
      40. c120W
    40. Land Mines 354 words
      41. cc120-2W
    41. Nuclear Contamination (Damages) 534 words
      42. c122W
    42. Firing Ranges (Schools) 87 words
  24. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      25. c122W
    1. Local Government 120 words
      2. cc122-3W
    2. Deregulation 259 words
      3. c123W
    3. Next Steps Agencies 68 words
      4. cc123-4W
    4. Millennium Exhibition 205 words
      5. c124W
    5. Government Policy Co-ordination 91 words
      6. c124W
    6. Political Adviser 64 words
      7. cc124-5W
    7. Corporate Governance 166 words
      8. c125W
    8. Civil Service Pay 111 words
      9. cc125-6W
    9. Central Office of Information 375 words

Lords Sitting of 24 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 578

    c895
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. cc895-7
  2. Industrial Tribunals 1,137 words
    3. cc897-900
  3. West Coast Main Line: Track Maintenance 1,268 words
    4. cc900-2
  4. Energy Saving Initiatives 907 words
    5. cc902-4
  5. Gun Controls, Europe 1,026 words
    6. c904
  6. City of Westminster Bill [H.L.] 16 words
    7. c904
  7. Girobank plc (Transfer) Bill [H.L.] 12 words
    8. c905
  8. Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Bill 67 words
    9. c905
  9. Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Bill [H.L.] 15 words
    10. c905
  10. Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Bill 84 words
    11. cc905-70
  11. Education Bill 33,708 words, 1 division
    12. cc970-82
  12. Knives Bill 6,168 words
    13. cc982-5
  13. Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 1,411 words
    14. cc985-1030
  14. Education Bill 23,402 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 February 1997 Series 5 Vol. 578

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  1. Mr. Mordechai Vanunu 32 words
    c73WA
  2. Indonesia: Water Cannon 96 words
    c73WA
  3. US Regional Airspace Initiative 125 words
    c74WA
  4. Human Rights Protection in Hong Kong and the UK 183 words
    c74WA
  5. Single Currency: Asset Pooling 149 words
    cc74-5WA
  6. Basking Shark: Norwegian Catches 107 words
    c75WA
  7. Lindane 73 words
    c75WA
  8. Breast Feeding 139 words
    cc75-6WA
  9. Ivermectin 192 words
    c76WA
  10. Prisons: Nomination of Visiting Ministers 248 words
    c77WA
  11. Asylum Seekers: Right to Bail 127 words
    cc77-8WA
  12. Prison Inspection Reports 289 words
    c78WA
  13. Royal Yacht: EU Procurement Rules 79 words
    cc78-9WA
  14. Defence Secondary Care Agency 371 words
    c79WA
  15. Eurofighter 91 words
    c79WA
  16. Royal Navy: Joint Strike Fighter 112 words
    cc79-82WA
  17. Reserve Forces: Medical Officers 1,310 words