Commons Sitting of 1 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 297

    c89
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c89
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c89
      1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
        2. c89
      2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
        2. cc89-90
      1. Climate Change 755 words
        2. cc90-1
      2. Regional Development Agencies 448 words
        3. cc91-3
      3. Water Leakage 742 words
        4. cc93-5
      4. Earth Summit 2 1,076 words
        5. cc95-6
      5. Revenue Support Grant 344 words
        6. cc96-7
      6. Environment Agency 418 words
        7. c97
      7. Town Centre Initiatives 323 words
        8. cc97-8
      8. Council Tax 336 words
        9. c98
      9. Air Quality 243 words
        10. cc98-9
      10. Inland Waterways 250 words
        11. cc99-100
      11. Road Congestion (Southend-on-Sea) 219 words
        12. cc100-1
      12. Park-and-ride Schemes 527 words
        13. c101
      13. Railway Industry (Claims Handling) 259 words
        14. cc101-2
      14. Trunk Roads Programme (East Sussex) 303 words
        15. cc102-3
      15. Pilotage Limits (Thames Estuary) 404 words
        16. cc103-4
      16. Birmingham Airport 437 words
        17. cc104-5
      17. Public Transport (Rural Areas) 493 words
        18. c105
      18. Bus Deregulation 409 words
        19. cc105-6
      19. Coach Safety 338 words
        20. cc106-8
      20. London Underground 307 words
    cc109-10
  4. Points of Order 704 words
  5. BILLS PRESENTED
      6. c110
    1. PUBLIC HOUSE (NAMES) 47 words
      2. c110
    2. REPRESENTATION OF GIBRALTAR AT WESTMINSTER AND IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 102 words
      3. cc110-1
    3. REPRESENTATION OF DEPENDENCIES AT WESTMINSTER 115 words
    cc112-4
  6. School Absenteeism 1,360 words
      7. c114
    1. SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM 72 words
    cc115-205
  7. International Development 50,120 words
    8. cc206-14
  8. Trawlermen (Compensation) 4,652 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 297

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c71W
    1. Nuclear Test Veterans 155 words
      2. c71W
    2. Cyprus (Environmental Damage) 136 words
      3. c71W
    3. Royal Yacht 43 words
      4. cc71-2W
    4. Army Recruiting Organisation 413 words
      5. cc72-3W
    5. Defence Analytical Services Agency 337 words
      6. cc73-4W
    6. Plastic Baton Rounds 244 words
      7. c74W
    7. Defence Industry (Chelmsford) 190 words
      8. c74W
    8. A1-Yamamah Contract 86 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. c74W
    1. Metropolitan Police 45 words
      2. cc74-6W
    2. European Court of Justice 1,110 words
      3. cc76-7W
    3. Schengen Agreement 87 words
      4. c77W
    4. Extradition (Mr. Ronnie Biggs) 154 words
      5. c77W
    5. Passport Agency (Northern Ireland) 87 words
      6. c77W
    6. Mr. Jonathan Aitken 82 words
      7. cc77-8W
    7. Asylum Applications 130 words
      8. c78W
    8. Police Act 1997 166 words
      9. cc78-9W
    9. Electoral Register 155 words
      10. c79W
    10. Postal and Proxy Voting 844 words
      11. cc79-80W
    11. Polling Stations (Access) 162 words
      12. cc80-2W
    12. Protection of Badgers Act 1,256 words
      13. cc82-3W
    13. Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 107 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      4. c83W
    1. Millennium Exhibition 87 words
      2. c83W
    2. Millennium Celebrations 82 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      5. cc83-4W
    1. Public Record Office 400 words
  5. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      6. cc84-5W
    1. Drugs Tsar 139 words
      2. c85W
    2. Departmental Advisers 174 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. c85W
    1. Planning Service 194 words
      2. cc85-6W
    2. Absent Voting 456 words
      3. cc86-7W
    3. Unemployment 681 words
      4. c87W
    4. Plastic Baton Rounds 77 words
      5. c87W
    5. Alcohol Smuggling (Sunday Markets) 42 words
  7. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      8. cc87-8W
    1. Special Advisers 190 words
      2. cc88-9W
    2. Deregulation 474 words
      3. c89W
    3. Freedom of Information 61 words
      4. c89W
    4. Sovereign (Communications) 93 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      9. c90W
    1. Rifle Range 69 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. c90W
    1. Social Chapter 110 words
      2. c90W
    2. European Parliament, Strasbourg 166 words
      3. cc90-1W
    3. European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia 102 words
      4. c91W
    4. Lomé Convention 136 words
      5. c91W
    5. China 92 words
      6. cc91-3W
    6. Council of the European Union 763 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
      11. c94W
    1. Welsh Assembly 100 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. cc94-5W
    1. Mis-selling of Pensions 335 words
      2. c95W
    2. Toys (Imports) 135 words
      3. c95W
    3. Defence Industry 97 words
      4. c95W
    4. Accountancy Firms 131 words
      5. cc95-6W
    5. Resort Hotels 85 words
      6. c96W
    6. Insolvency Regulators 117 words
      7. c96W
    7. Helene Clothing Company Inquiry 39 words
      8. c96W
    8. Fraud 143 words
      9. cc96-7W
    9. Telecommunications 127 words
      10. c97W
    10. Regulations 51 words
      11. c97W
    11. Ariane Mission 243 words
      12. cc97-8W
    12. CJD Litigation 66 words
      13. c98W
    13. Industrial Pollution 134 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      13. c98W
    1. Teacher Training Recruitment 146 words
      2. cc98-9W
    2. Unemployed Teachers 190 words
      3. c99W
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 216 words
      4. cc99-100W
    4. Head Teachers 101 words
      5. c100W
    5. Primary Class Sizes 200 words
      6. c100W
    6. School Performance Targets 110 words
      7. cc100-1W
    7. Assisted Places Scheme 119 words
      8. cc101-2W
    8. Wakefield Training and Enterprise Council 514 words
      9. c102W
    9. Training and Enterprise Councils 282 words
      10. cc102-3W
    10. Research Assessment Exercise 85 words
      11. c103W
    11. Museums 359 words
      12. cc103-4W
    12. Social Costs and Employment 51 words
  13. CABINET OFFICE
      14. c104W
    1. Private Secretary 51 words
  14. TREASURY
      15. c104W
    1. Stillbirths 296 words
      2. cc104-5W
    2. Inland Revenue Chairman 67 words
      3. c105W
    3. Cross-border Shopping 234 words
      4. c105W
    4. VAT (Fuel) 91 words
      5. cc105-6W
    5. Fuel (VAT) 99 words
      6. cc106-7W
    6. Stamp Duty 781 words
      7. cc107-8W
    7. Private Health Insurance 215 words
      8. c108W
    8. Taxation and Duty 96 words
      9. cc108-9W
    9. Single Currency 184 words
      10. c109W
    10. Demand Elasticity 55 words
      11. c109W
    11. Mortgage Interest Relief 181 words
      12. cc109-10W
    12. VAT (Fuel) 121 words
      13. cc110-1W
    13. Inland Revenue Offices 640 words
      14. cc111-2W
    14. Tax Offices 200 words
      15. c112W
    15. Drug Imports 51 words
      16. c112W
    16. Industrial Investment 45 words
      17. c112W
    17. Company Cars 42 words
      18. c112W
    18. Tax Receipts 51 words
      19. c112W
    19. Self-assessment 47 words
      20. c112W
    20. VAT (Holidays) 42 words
      21. cc112-3W
    21. Company and Shareholder Taxation 36 words
      22. c113W
    22. VAT 154 words
      23. c113W
    23. Excise Duty 91 words
      24. c113W
    24. Mergers 68 words
      25. c113W
    25. Corporate Groups 61 words
      26. cc113-4W
    26. Political Appointees 75 words
      27. c114W
    27. Customs and Excise 79 words
      28. c114W
    28. Policy Making 97 words
      29. c114W
    29. Discretionary Trusts 43 words
      30. cc114-5W
    30. National Audit Office 273 words
      31. c115W
    31. Windfall Tax 57 words
      32. c115W
    32. Travel Insurance 90 words
      33. c115W
    33. Duty Free Shopping 69 words
      34. cc115-6W
    34. Cot Deaths 138 words
      35. c116W
    35. Departmental Advisers 149 words
      36. c116W
    36. Green Taxes 78 words
      37. cc116-7W
    37. Disabled People (Computer Equipment) 64 words
      38. c117W
    38. Married Couples (Taxation) 148 words
      39. c117W
    39. Holidaymakers (Purchases Abroad) 148 words
      40. cc117-8W
    40. Tobacco Taxes 111 words
      41. c118W
    41. VAT (Plants) 58 words
      42. c118W
    42. Firearms 64 words
      43. c118W
    43. Fuel Duty (Rural Areas) 70 words
      44. cc118-9W
    44. Interest Rates 632 words
      45. c119W
    45. Beer (Illegal Imports) 58 words
      46. cc119-20W
    46. Customs and Excise (Expenditure) 77 words
      47. c120W
    47. Treasury Economic Brief 57 words
      48. c120W
    48. Windfall Tax 63 words
      49. cc120-1W
    49. Jobseeker's Allowance 480 words
      50. cc121-2W
    50. Tax Returns 380 words
      51. c122W
    51. Scottish Parliament 62 words
      52. c122W
    52. Budget 66 words
      53. c122W
    53. Tax Rates 109 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      16. cc122-3W
    1. Wet-bikes 89 words
      2. c123W
    2. Strategic Authority for London 185 words
      3. c123W
    3. Regional Development Agencies 47 words
      4. c123W
    4. Social Housing 113 words
      5. cc123-4W
    5. Scottish Assembly 81 words
      6. c124W
    6. Water Services 156 words
      7. c124W
    7. Homelessness 66 words
      8. c124W
    8. Construction Contracts (Adjudication) 53 words
      9. c124W
    9. Council Tax 75 words
      10. cc124-5W
    10. Local Government Services 111 words
      11. c125W
    11. National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas 63 words
      12. cc125-6W
    12. Local Government Finance 288 words
      13. c126W
    13. Structure Plans 143 words
      14. c126W
    14. Green Belt (West Midlands) 137 words
      15. c126W
    15. Unitary Authorities 65 words
      16. cc126-7W
    16. Devolved Decision Making 67 words
      17. c127W
    17. Internet 192 words
      18. c127W
    18. Passive Smoking 148 words
      19. cc127-8W
    19. Contaminated Land 62 words
      20. c128W
    20. Environmental Task Force 75 words
      21. c128W
    21. Nuclear Discharges 98 words
      22. c128W
    22. Housing Benefit 83 words
      23. cc128-9W
    23. Lake District Planning Board 227 words
      24. c129W
    24. Small Cetaceans Agreement 133 words
      25. c129W
    25. Vehicle Emissions Standards 52 words
      26. cc129-30W
    26. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 60 words
      27. c130W
    27. Railway Industry (Investment) 69 words
      28. c130W
    28. Trust Ports 69 words
      29. c130W
    29. M62 Relief Road 43 words
      30. c130W
    30. Public Transport (Bicycles) 133 words
      31. cc130-1W
    31. London Underground 126 words
      32. c131W
    32. Airports (Investment) 70 words
      33. c131W
    33. A1 (Morpeth) 46 words
      34. c131W
    34. Road Traffic 50 words
      35. c131W
    35. Traffic Flow (London) 71 words
      36. cc131-2W
    36. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports 111 words
      37. c132W
    37. Cycling 55 words
      38. c132W
    38. Roads Programme Review 130 words
      39. c132W
    39. Channel Tunnel (Safety) 96 words
      40. cc132-3W
    40. Public Servants (Car Use) 147 words
      41. c133W
    41. Rail Services (South West) 88 words
      42. c133W
    42. Network Card 224 words
      43. cc133-4W
    43. Bus Route Tenders (London) 81 words
      44. c134W
    44. Lightning Jets 174 words
      45. cc134-5W
    45. M25 296 words
      46. c135W
    46. A23 79 words
      47. c135W
    47. Vehicle Excise Duty 63 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc135-6W
    1. Child Support Agency 142 words
      2. c136W
    2. Pensioners' Christmas Bonus 98 words
      3. c136W
    3. Benefits (Payment) 301 words
      4. cc136-7W
    4. Housing Benefit (Rent Levels) 139 words
      5. c137W
    5. Pensioners (VAT on Fuel) 74 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. c137W
    1. Crofting 104 words
      2. cc137-8W
    2. Bullying 266 words
      3. c138W
    3. Health Boards 159 words
      4. c138W
    4. Water Authorities 78 words
      5. cc138-9W
    5. Private Finance Initiative 549 words
      6. cc139-40W
    6. Badgers 78 words
      7. c140W
    7. Museums 59 words
  18. HEALTH
      19. c140W
    1. Royal Bolton Hospital 154 words
      2. cc140-1W
    2. Surgical Work 185 words
      3. c141W
    3. Waiting Lists 128 words
      4. c141W
    4. Prescriptions 72 words
      5. cc141-2W
    5. Health Service Reviews 326 words
      6. c142W
    6. Dental Services 102 words
      7. c142W
    7. Cancer Treatment (CPT-II) 232 words
      8. cc142-3W
    8. Health Service Fraud 158 words
      9. c143W
    9. Hepatitis C 173 words
      10. cc143-4W
    10. Private Finance Initiative 141 words
      11. c144W
    11. Elmstead House, Hendon 47 words
      12. c144W
    12. Health Service Professionals 131 words
      13. cc144-5W
    13. BSE 242 words
      14. c145W
    14. Blood Centre, Liverpool 90 words
      15. c145W
    15. Hospitals (London Review) 39 words
      16. cc145-6W
    16. Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Trust 685 words
      17. cc146-7W
    17. Cot Deaths 169 words
      18. c147W
    18. NHS Trusts 158 words
      19. c147W
    19. Euthanasia 119 words
      20. cc147-8W
    20. Social and Health Care 86 words
      21. c148W
    21. Tobacco 296 words
  19. WALES
      20. cc148-9W
    1. Hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent 811 words
      2. cc149-50W
    2. Building Waste (Dumping) 77 words
      3. cc150-3W
    3. Wildlife Protection 1,621 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c153W
    1. Cattle Tags 54 words
      2. cc153-5W
    2. BSE 704 words
      3. c155W
    3. Hunt Kennels 189 words
      4. c155W
    4. Cumbria Fisheries 74 words
      5. cc155-6W
    5. Cattle (Payments) 87 words
      6. c156W
    6. Cattle Cull (Compensation) 103 words
      7. c156W
    7. Seed Companies 79 words
      8. cc156-7W
    8. Drift Nets 482 words
      9. c157W
    9. Food Poisoning 91 words
      10. cc157-8W
    10. Arable Area Payments Scheme 28 words
      11. c158W
    11. MAFF Service Centres 86 words
      12. c158W
    12. Grant Applications (Truro) 48 words
      13. cc158-60W
    13. Beaufort's Dyke 230 words

Lords Sitting of 1 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 581

    c81
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c81
  2. Lord Kelvedon 39 words
    3. cc81-2
  3. Public Health Laboratory Service 585 words
    4. cc82-6
  4. Pension Sharing 1,614 words
    5. cc86-9
  5. Bus Lanes: Effectiveness 1,134 words
    6. cc89-90
  6. Funding Agency for Schools 618 words
    7. c90
  7. Imperial College Bill 13 words
    8. cc90-154
  8. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 34,648 words
    9. cc154-71
  9. Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan 8,390 words
    10. cc171-92
  10. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 11,242 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 581

    c13WA
  1. Public Record Office: Performance Targets 348 words
    cc13-4WA
  2. Partnership in the Workplace 168 words
    cc14-5WA
  3. Housing Benefit: Local Reference Rent 153 words
    c15WA
  4. Social Security Benefit Disentitlement 185 words
    c15WA
  5. Youth Training Allowances: Ministerial Responsibility 62 words
    cc15-6WA
  6. Police Information Technology Organisation 164 words
    c16WA
  7. Charity Commission Inquiries: Publication of Reports 185 words
    c16WA
  8. Crime Projections 91 words
    cc16-7WA
  9. Home Office Legal Costs 134 words
    c17WA
  10. Train Passenger Congestion Data: Publication 89 words
    c17WA
  11. NHS Quality and Effectiveness Measures 90 words
    cc17-8WA
  12. Tobacco Advertising 182 words
    cc18-9WA
  13. Cancer Surgery 268 words
    c19WA
  14. Osteoporosis 274 words
    cc19-20WA
  15. Gastric Cancer, Ulceration and Bleeding 451 words
    cc20-1WA
  16. BSE and New Variant CJD 220 words
    c21WA
  17. Inflation 60 words
    cc21-2WA
  18. Beaufort's Dyke: Radioactive Waste 225 words
    cc22-3WA
  19. Northern Ireland: Unresolved Planning Cases 427 words
    c23WA
  20. Northern Ireland: Sunday Shopping 68 words
    c23WA
  21. Defence Diversification Agency 51 words
    c23WA
  22. Defence Export Services Organisation 45 words
    cc23-4WA
  23. Armed Forces Pay Review Body 100 words
    c24WA
  24. Armed Forces: 1997 Pay Award 57 words
    c24WA
  25. Armed Forces Pay and Allowance Structures 125 words
    cc24-5WA
  26. Armed Forces and Homosexuals: Policy 174 words
    c25WA
  27. Turkish Armed Forces: UK Training Assistance 125 words
    cc25-6WA
  28. NATO Command Structure 58 words
    c26WA
  29. Ballistic Missile Defence: US/UK Collaboration 164 words