Commons Sitting of 29 January 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

    c269
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c269
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. cc269-90
  3. European Union 12,028 words
    4. cc291-314
  4. Cold Weather Payments (Scotland) 12,917 words
    5. cc315-21
  5. Kidney Transplants 3,585 words
    6. cc322-30
  6. Neurological Disorders 4,529 words
    7. cc331-40
  7. Engineering 4,380 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c340
      1. LEVER PARK BILL 15 words
        2. c340
      2. SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW BILL 6 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
        2. c341
      1. Disabled People (Employment) 411 words
        2. cc341-2
      2. Jobseeker's Allowance 251 words
        3. cc342-3
      3. Children's Homework 537 words
        4. cc343-6
      4. Teachers' Early Retirement Scheme 1,183 words
        5. cc346-7
      5. Unemployment Statistics 717 words
        6. cc347-8
      6. Education Funding (Lancashire) 468 words
        7. cc348-9
      7. Primary School Funding (Cheshire) 567 words
        8. cc349-52
      8. Young People (Opportunities) 1,321 words
        9. cc352-3
      9. Primary School Funding (Staffordshire) 440 words
        10. cc353-5
      10. Part-time Employment 890 words
        11. c355
      11. University Research Assessment Exercise 310 words
        12. cc355-7
      12. University Staff Recruitment 789 words
        13. cc357-8
      13. Teachers (Morale) 514 words
    cc359-68
  9. Hunger Strikers (Rochester Prison) 5,051 words
    10. c369
  10. Parliamentary Questions 410 words
    11. cc370-2
  11. Holocaust Denial 1,081 words
      12. c372
    1. HOLOCAUST DENIAL 62 words
    c372
  12. Media Comment (Madam Speaker's Statement) 79 words
  13. Orders of the Day
      14. cc373-454
    1. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 8 words
      1. Clause 4
          2. cc373-405
        1. RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY ORDERS 17,743 words, 3 divisions
      2. Clause 5
          3. cc406-12
        1. DISPOSAL IN CASES OF MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS 3,507 words
      3. Clause 6
          4. cc412-6
        1. EFFECT OF HOSPITAL DIRECTION 1,944 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 9
          5. c416
        1. MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS 148 words
      5. Clause 13
          6. c416
        1. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CERTAIN SEXUAL OFFENCES 91 words
      6. Clause 14
          7. c417
        1. DRIVING DISQUALIFICATIONS 146 words
      7. Clause 15
          8. c417
        1. DESIGNATED LIFE PRISONERS 104 words
      8. Clause 21
          9. c417
        1. APPEAL BY PROSECUTOR AGAINST FAILURE TO IMPOSE SUPERVISED RELEASE ORDER 15 words
      9. Clause 22
          10. cc417-8
        1. APPEALS AGAINST ORDERS UNDER SECTION 49 OF THE 1995 ACT 49 words
      10. Clause 25
          11. c418
        1. EXTENSION OF POWER TO TAKE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN BY COMMISSIONER 15 words
      11. Clause 29
          12. cc418-21
        1. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 1,607 words
      12. Clause 30
          13. cc421-3
        1. EARLY RELEASE 1,318 words
      13. Clause 31
          14. c423
        1. PRISONERS HELD ON REMAND 47 words
      14. Clause 32
          15. c424
        1. AMENDMENTS TO 1989 ACT 156 words
      15. Clause 35
          16. c424
        1. FINE DEFAULTERS AND PERSONS CONVICTED OF CONTEMPT OF COURT 99 words
      16. Clause 38
          17. c424
        1. TESTING OF PRISONERS FOR ALCOHOL 27 words
      17. Clause 41
          18. c424
        1. POLICE GRANT 31 words
      18. Clause 43
          19. c425
        1. RECORD OF EVIDENCE TAKEN FROM EXTERNAL PARTS OF BODY 59 words
      19. Clause 44
          20. cc425-7
        1. SAMPLES ETC. FROM CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS 1,030 words
      20. Clause 45
          21. cc427-34
        1. CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 4,040 words
      21. Clause 46
          22. c435
        1. EMPLOYMENT OF SOLICITORS IN RELATION TO CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 533 words
      22. Clause 48
          23. c436
        1. CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 42 words
      23. Clause 49
          24. c436
        1. POWER OF INVESTIGATION OF SCOTTISH LEGAL AID BOARD 217 words
      24. Clause 54
          25. cc436-7
        1. CONFISCATION OF ALCOHOL FROM PERSONS UNDER 18 519 words
      25. Clause 57
          26. c437
        1. INTERPRETATION 13 words
      26. Clause 58
          27. c437
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 46 words
      27. New schedule 2
          28. cc438-40
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 1,752 words
      28. Schedule 1
          29. cc440-3
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 1,194 words
      29. Schedule 2
          30. c443
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 22 words
      30. Schedule 3
          31. cc443-54
        1. REPEALS 6,299 words, 1 division
      cc455-79
    2. Police Grant (England and Wales) 12,673 words
        3. c478
      1. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 32 words
          2. c478
        1. LEGAL PROFESSION 60 words
          2. c478
        2. INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT 24 words
        c478
      2. POLICE (PROPERTY) BILL [MONEY] 58 words
      3. PETITION
      c479
    3. Bridges (River Calder) 177 words
      4. cc480-8
    4. Public Services (East Midlands) 3,783 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 January 1997 Series 6 Vol. 289

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c209W
    1. Weather Centres 326 words
      cc209-10W
    2. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 119 words
      c210W
    3. Cadet Force 67 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. c210W
    1. Dentists (Prison Sentences) 134 words
      cc210-2W
    2. Prisons (Drugs Testing) 858 words
      c212W
    3. Prisoners (Life Sentences) 142 words
      cc212-4W
    4. Immigration (Detention and Deportation) 989 words
      cc214-5W
    5. Prison Sieges 206 words
      cc215-6W
    6. Paedophiles 314 words
      c216W
    7. Disabled Prisoners 252 words
      c216W
    8. Prisons (Drugs Misuse Report) 97 words
      cc216-7W
    9. Vivisection 129 words
      cc217-8W
    10. Police Grant 586 words
      c218W
    11. Police Scientific Development Branch 132 words
      cc218-9W
    12. Mr. Barry Horne 336 words
      c219W
    13. Breathalysed Motorists 286 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
      4. c220W
    1. EU Town Twinning Scheme 61 words
      c220W
    2. Thames Gateway Initiative 105 words
      c220W
    3. Telecommunication Masts 224 words
      cc220-1W
    4. Area Cost Adjustments 415 words
      cc221-2W
    5. Energy Conservation Reports 103 words
      cc222-3W
    6. Packaging Waste Regulations 516 words
      c223W
    7. Special Financial Assistance (Manchester) 174 words
      c223W
    8. Local Government Finance (Manchester) 117 words
      cc223-4W
    9. Venomous Snakes 102 words
      c224W
    10. Mine Safety 198 words
      cc224-5W
    11. Partners in Technology Programme 219 words
      c225W
    12. Planning Policy 148 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      5. c225W
    1. Burma 157 words
      cc225-6W
    2. Singapore Summit 159 words
      c226W
    3. Hong Kong 165 words
      cc226-7W
    4. Visas 202 words
      c227W
    5. Kuwaiti Citizens (Iraq) 116 words
      c227W
    6. Mr. Steve Bryant 79 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      6. c227W
    1. Office of Telecommunications 165 words
      cc227-8W
    2. UK Subsidiaries Abroad 129 words
      c228W
    3. North Sea Oil Bids 202 words
      cc228-9W
    4. Greece 335 words
      cc229-30W
    5. Paid Holiday Leave 86 words
      cc230-2W
    6. Research Establishments 1,150 words
      cc232-3W
    7. Textile Industry 142 words
      c233W
    8. Shipbuilding Intervention Fund 200 words
      c233W
    9. Departmental Publications 122 words
      c233W
    10. Waste Incinerator (Belevedere) 70 words
  6. TREASURY
      7. c234W
    1. Inheritance Tax 290 words
      cc234-5W
    2. Travel Insurance 222 words
      c235W
    3. Paymaster General's Office (Privatisation) 188 words
      cc235-6W
    4. Excise Duty 226 words
      cc236-7W
    5. Tobacco Products 525 words
      c237W
    6. Value Added Tax 184 words
      cc237-8W
    7. Income Tax 300 words
      c238W
    8. Vehicle Fuel Duties 108 words
      c238W
    9. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 113 words
      c238W
    10. Departmental Publications 109 words
      cc238-9W
    11. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 109 words
      c239W
    12. National Debt 270 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. cc239-40W
    1. Dog Fouling (Prosecutions) 47 words
      cc240-1W
    2. Forestry Commission (Woodland Sales) 852 words
      cc241-2W
    3. Scottish Enterprise 51 words
      cc242-9W
    4. Assisted Places Scheme 4,286 words
      c249W
    5. Erskine Bridge (Collision) 684 words
      c249W
    6. National Galleries 79 words
      cc249-50W
    7. Housing Capital Provision 135 words
      cc250-1W
    8. Agricultural and Biological Institutes 274 words
  8. TRANSPORT
      9. c251W
    1. Channel Tunnel (Safety) 111 words
  9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      10. cc251-2W
    1. Tourism (Bexley) 277 words
      c252W
    2. National Lottery 187 words
      cc252-3W
    3. Sustainable Development 192 words
      c253W
    4. Millennium Exhibition 166 words
      c253W
    5. Television Licensing 95 words
  10. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      11. c254W
    1. Magistrates and Crown Courts 63 words
      c254W
    2. Legal Aid 66 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      12. cc254-5W
    1. Bosnia 513 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      13. c255W
    1. Part-time Employment 65 words
      cc255-6W
    2. Home-school Agreements 108 words
      c256W
    3. Class Sizes 193 words
      c256W
    4. Nursery Vouchers 49 words
      cc256-7W
    5. Temporary Contracts 86 words
      c257W
    6. Mathematics Tests 55 words
      c257W
    7. Teachers' Pension Scheme 132 words
      c257W
    8. School Discipline 64 words
      c257W
    9. Claimant Statistics 77 words
      cc257-8W
    10. Further and Higher Education 373 words
      cc258-9W
    11. Inner-city Schools 157 words
      c259W
    12. Secondary Education Reforms 79 words
      c259W
    13. Jobcentres (Advertisements) 147 words
      cc259-60W
    14. School Funding 80 words
      c260W
    15. Unemployment-related Benefits 169 words
      c260W
    16. Teaching Methods 64 words
      c260W
    17. Student Grants 120 words
      cc260-2W
    18. Long-term Unemployment 128 words
      cc262-3W
    19. Schools (Financial Improprieties) 97 words
      c263W
    20. Nursery Inspectors (Police Checks) 51 words
      c263W
    21. GCSE Scores (Lancashire) 106 words
      cc263-4W
    22. Academic Selection (Bromley) 189 words
      c264W
    23. Local Education Authorities (Administration Costs) 111 words
      c264W
    24. Derwent Buildings 107 words
      c264W
    25. Further Education Funding Council (Publication Pack) 77 words
      cc264-5W
    26. Career Development Loans 136 words
      cc265-6W
    27. Medical Students 644 words
      cc266-7W
    28. Training and Enterprise Councils 147 words
      c267W
    29. Student Loans 103 words
      c267W
    30. Hardship Fund 87 words
      c267W
    31. Homework 60 words
      cc267-8W
    32. Examination Results (Grant-maintained Schools) 80 words
  13. HEALTH
      14. c268W
    1. Social Services White Paper 32 words
      cc268-9W
    2. AIDS and Motor Neurone Disease 530 words
      cc269-70W
    3. Meningitis 335 words
      cc270-3W
    4. Private Finance Initiative 1,163 words
      c273W
    5. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 81 words
      c273W
    6. Cardiothoracic Surgery 187 words
      cc273-4W
    7. Geriatric Services 249 words
      cc274-5W
    8. Prior Options Reviews 372 words
      c275W
    9. Elective Surgery 68 words
      cc275-6W
    10. Orthopaedic Services (South Manchester) 255 words
      c276W
    11. "The House Party" 199 words
      cc276-7W
    12. Intensive Care Services 502 words
      cc277-8W
    13. Nurses 179 words
      c278W
    14. Purchasing Authorities (Buckinghamshire) 64 words
      cc278-9W
    15. Nursing Students 147 words
      c279W
    16. Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority 64 words
      c279W
    17. NHS Executive 195 words
  14. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      15. cc279-80W
    1. EU Subsidies 71 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      16. cc280-5W
    1. BSE 2,216 words
      cc285-6W
    2. Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 372 words
      c286W
    3. Urban Food Production 163 words
      cc286-7W
    4. Integrated Administration and Control System 219 words
      c287W
    5. Genetically Modified Animals 96 words
      c287W
    6. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 166 words
      cc287-8W
    7. Horticulture Research International 224 words
      cc288-9W
    8. Fisheries 310 words
  16. WALES
      17. c289W
    1. Clwyd Interpreting and Communication Service 150 words
      c289W
    2. Assisted Places Scheme 264 words
      cc289-90W
    3. Unfit Housing 80 words
      c290W
    4. A465 (Accidents) 57 words
      cc290-1W
    5. Training and Enterprise Councils 513 words
      c291W
    6. Regional Selective Assistance 80 words
      cc291-3W
    7. Student Funding 829 words
      c293W
    8. Further and Higher Education 82 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
      18. c293W
    1. Incapacity Benefit 50 words
      cc293-4W
    2. University Research Institutions 255 words
      cc294-5W
    3. Supported Accommodation 138 words
      cc295-7W
    4. Cold Weather Payments 1,171 words
      c297W
    5. Funeral Bonds 109 words
      cc297-9W
    6. War Pensions 921 words
      cc299-300W
    7. Jobseeker's Allowance 165 words
      c300W
    8. Housing Benefit 250 words
      c300W
    9. Asylum Seekers 75 words
      cc300-1W
    10. Benefits Agency 333 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
      19. cc301-2W
    1. Castle Buildings Talks 176 words
      cc302-3W
    2. Drinking Water (Fluoride and Aluminium) 814 words
      cc303-4W
    3. Road Safety Education 170 words
      c304W
    4. Litter 247 words
      cc304-5W
    5. Environmental Legislation 331 words
      c305W
    6. Scrabo High School 116 words
      cc305-7W
    7. Disability Living Allowance and Incapacity Benefit 900 words
      c307W
    8. Smokeless Fuel Regulations 83 words
      cc307-8W
    9. Road Deaths 54 words
      cc308-9W
    10. Royal Ulster Constabulary (Sexual Orientation) 223 words
      c309W
    11. Education and Library Boards 64 words
      cc309-10W
    12. Northern Ireland Water 379 words
      cc310-2W
    13. Criminal Damage and Criminal Injuries 270 words
      c312W
    14. Public Service Vehicle Licence Holders 41 words

Lords Sitting of 29 January 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

    c1129
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1129-32
  2. Deafblind People: Communicator Guide Schemes 1,343 words
    3. cc1132-4
  3. Golf Courses: VAT Liability 1,388 words
    4. cc1134-8
  4. Rail Privatisation: Benefits 1,582 words
    5. cc1138-71
  5. Cyprus 18,000 words
    6. cc1171-211
  6. The Commonwealth 20,047 words
    7. cc1211-21
  7. British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill [H.L.] 5,105 words
    8. cc1221-40
  8. Liquor Licensing 10,193 words
    9. c1240
  9. Architects Bill [H.L.] 16 words
    10. c1240
  10. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Bill [H.L.] 16 words
    11. c1240
  11. Lieutenancies Bill [H.L.] 24 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 January 1997 Series 5 Vol. 577

    c93WA
  1. Jubilee Line Extension 125 words
    c93WA
  2. Lorry Weight Increases 108 words
    cc93-6WA
  3. War Pensions: Revised Provisions 827 words