Commons Sitting of 24 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 298

    c1027
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1027
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
        2. c1027
      1. Voluntary Sector and Environmental Task Force 313 words
        2. c1028
      2. Literacy and Numeracy 206 words
        3. cc1028-9
      3. Jobseekers (Work and Training) 531 words
        4. cc1029-31
      4. School Standards 938 words
        5. cc1031-2
      5. Tuition Fees 685 words
        6. cc1032-3
      6. Young People (Assistance) 508 words
        7. cc1033-4
      7. Information Technology 340 words
        8. cc1034-6
      8. School Standards 1,268 words
        9. cc1036-7
      9. Assisted Places Schemes 531 words
        10. cc1037-8
      10. Lifelong Learning 181 words
        11. cc1038-9
      11. School Standards 507 words
        12. cc1039-40
      12. Nursery Education 619 words
        13. cc1040-1
      13. New Deal 315 words
        14. c1041
      14. University for Industry 177 words
        15. cc1041-2
      15. Sixth Forms 362 words
        16. cc1042-3
      16. Youth Training 256 words
        17. cc1043-4
      17. Employment Proposals 535 words
        18. c1044
      18. Jobseeker's Allowance 354 words
    cc1045-67
  4. Scottish Devolution 12,000 words
    5. cc1068-80
  5. Business of the House 6,288 words
    6. cc1081-3
  6. Points of Order 1,563 words
  7. BILL PRESENTED
      8. c1084
    1. MOBILE TELEPHONES (PROHIBITION OF USE IN DESIGNATED PLACES) 54 words
      2. c1084
    2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      3. cc1084-7
    3. 1998 PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGET 1,789 words, 1 division
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. c1088
    1. Education (Schools) Bill 3 words
  9. Clause 2
      10. cc1088-106
    1. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXISTING ASSISTED PUPILS 10,442 words, 1 division
      2. cc1107-10
    2. Law Officers Bill [Lords] 1,434 words
      3. c1110
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 31 words
      4. c1110
    4. SOCIAL SECURITY 23 words
      5. c1110
    5. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) 29 words
      6. cc1111-22
    6. Electricity Pylons (Vale of York) 6,282 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 298

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      2. c677W
    1. Immigration 98 words
      2. c677W
    2. Minimum Sentences 66 words
      3. c677W
    3. Lighter Fuel Products 137 words
      4. cc677-8W
    4. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 167 words
      5. cc678-80W
    5. Huntingdon Life Sciences 870 words
      6. c680W
    6. Prison Service 163 words
      7. c680W
    7. Operation Quantum 219 words
      8. cc680-1W
    8. Geoffrey Thomas 267 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. c681W
    1. Barristers 46 words
      2. cc681-2W
    2. Public Record Office 254 words
      3. cc682-3W
    3. Ethnic Minorities 560 words
      4. c683W
    4. Employment Advertisements 232 words
  3. SCOTLAND
      4. cc683-4W
    1. Statistics 289 words
      2. cc684-5W
    2. Residential Care 438 words
      3. cc685-6W
    3. Nursery Places 104 words
      4. c686W
    4. School Bus Drivers 199 words
      5. c686W
    5. Teachers 245 words
      6. cc686-7W
    6. Travel to London 55 words
      7. c687W
    7. Infertility Treatment 213 words
      8. c687W
    8. Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 97 words
      9. cc687-8W
    9. Registers of Scotland 289 words
      10. cc688-9W
    10. Land Register (Scotland) Act 1979 282 words
      11. cc689-90W
    11. Ferry Services 656 words
  4. PRIME MINSTER
      5. c690W
    1. Digital Communications Systems 43 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      6. c691W
    1. Accounts 57 words
      2. c691W
    2. Quangos 187 words
      3. c691W
    3. Members' Interests 156 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      7. c692W
    1. Employment Advertisements 86 words
      2. c692W
    2. Air Quality (Brent Cross) 157 words
      3. cc692-4W
    3. Council House Sales 687 words
      4. c694W
    4. Foyer Schemes 181 words
      5. c694W
    5. La Hague Nuclear Processing Plant 184 words
      6. cc694-6W
    6. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 733 words
      7. cc696-7W
    7. Genetically Modified Organisms 334 words
      8. cc697-8W
    8. Allotments 545 words
      9. cc698-9W
    9. Home Energy Efficiency Scheme 180 words
      10. c699W
    10. "Planning and Affordable Housing" 266 words
      11. cc699-700W
    11. Bus Lanes (Motorcycles) 165 words
      12. c700W
    12. Seat Belts 201 words
      13. cc700-1W
    13. Roads Programme 413 words
      14. c701W
    14. Derailment (Sidcup) 166 words
      15. cc701-2W
    15. Dartford River Crossing 192 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      8. c702W
    1. Communicable Diseases 138 words
      2. cc702-3W
    2. EU Legations 117 words
      3. c703W
    3. Defence Sales 93 words
      4. cc703-4W
    4. Committee of the Regions 502 words
      5. c704W
    5. Racism and Xenophobia (Monitoring) 68 words
      6. cc704-5W
    6. Human Rights 325 words
      7. c705W
    7. Non-governmental Organisations 67 words
      8. c705W
    8. European Parliament 117 words
      9. cc705-6W
    9. Hawk Aircraft (East Timor) 73 words
      10. c706W
    10. Maritime Limits 103 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      9. c706W
    1. Offal 171 words
      2. cc706-7W
    2. Live Animal Exports 145 words
      3. cc707-8W
    3. Sheep and Goats Order 495 words
      4. cc708-9W
    4. Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 464 words
      5. cc709-10W
    5. Policy Reviews 172 words
      6. cc710-1W
    6. Cattle Traceability System 57 words
  9. TREASURY
      10. c711W
    1. Investors Compensation Scheme 55 words
      2. cc711-2W
    2. Windfall Tax 393 words
      3. c712W
    3. Stability Pact 146 words
      4. c712W
    4. Gross Domestic Product 197 words
      5. cc712-3W
    5. National Savings 332 words
      6. cc713-4W
    6. Comprehensive Spending Review 330 words
      7. c714W
    7. Investment Income 144 words
      8. cc714-5W
    8. Local Government Finance, Scotland 270 words
      9. c715W
    9. Personal Pensions 41 words
      10. c715W
    10. Banks (Public Funds) 43 words
      11. c715W
    11. British Nuclear Fuels (Pension Scheme) 90 words
      12. c715W
    12. Spring 1998 Budget 67 words
      13. cc715-6W
    13. Public Sector Pay 80 words
  10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      11. c716W
    1. Land Mines 65 words
      2. c716W
    2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 56 words
      3. c716W
    3. Reproductive Health Initiative 51 words
      4. c716W
    4. Asia Initiative 85 words
      5. cc716-7W
    5. Employment Advertisements 77 words
      6. c717W
    6. EU Aid Funds 119 words
      7. c717W
    7. Kalahari Bushmen 103 words
      8. c717W
    8. Ethnic Minorities 54 words
  11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      12. c717W
    1. Millennium 80 words
      2. cc717-8W
    2. Departmental Advisers 108 words
      3. c718W
    3. Millennium Commission 143 words
      4. c718W
    4. Policy Reviews 170 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      13. c719W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service Counsel 55 words
      2. c719W
    2. Disability Appeal Tribunals 69 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. c719W
    1. Fixed Telecommunications System 252 words
      2. cc719-20W
    2. Married Quarters 96 words
      3. c720W
    3. Prisoners of War (Pay Deductions) 252 words
      4. c720W
    4. Battle Tanks 124 words
      5. cc720-1W
    5. Equipment Approvals Committee 38 words
      6. c721W
    6. Submarines 66 words
      7. c721W
    7. Volunteers 81 words
      8. c721W
    8. RAF Laabruch and Bruggen 70 words
      9. c721W
    9. National Service Medal 49 words
      10. cc721-2W
    10. Starstreak Missile System 106 words
      11. c722W
    11. Armed Forces Medical Service 69 words
      12. c722W
    12. European Fighter Aircraft 125 words
      13. c722W
    13. Defence Sales 78 words
      14. cc722-3W
    14. Debt Payment 275 words
      15. c723W
    15. Organisation of Joint Armaments Co-operation 119 words
      16. c723W
    16. Reserve Forces 127 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. c724W
    1. Medicines (Information) 86 words
      2. c724W
    2. Legal Costs 161 words
      3. c724W
    3. Waste and Bureaucracy 89 words
      4. cc724-5W
    4. Private Finance Initiative 50 words
      5. cc725-6W
    5. Inequalities in Health 567 words
      6. c726W
    6. Health Service Funding 53 words
      7. c726W
    7. Ophthalmic Surgery 85 words
      8. c726W
    8. Health Authorities 49 words
      9. cc726-7W
    9. Consultant Lists 155 words
      10. c727W
    10. Medical Negligence (Legal Actions) 138 words
      11. c727W
    11. Community Pharmacies 72 words
      12. cc727-8W
    12. Infant and Nursery Education 139 words
      13. c728W
    13. Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work 326 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      16. c729W
    1. Small Businesses 48 words
      2. c729W
    2. British Airways Disputes 70 words
      3. c729W
    3. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 97 words
      4. cc729-30W
    4. Ministerial Travel 204 words
      5. c730W
    5. Hawk Aircraft (East Timor) 61 words
      6. c730W
    6. Consumer Education and Information Scheme 59 words
      7. c730W
    7. Minster for Competition and Consumer Affairs 175 words
      8. cc730-1W
    8. Hazardous Chemicals 113 words
      9. c731W
    9. Advisers 103 words
      10. c731W
    10. Single Currency 56 words
      11. c731W
    11. BP 58 words
  16. WALES
      17. c731W
    1. Welsh Office Budget 56 words
      2. cc731-2W
    2. Stationery 74 words
      3. c732W
    3. Cardiff Bay Barrage 84 words
      4. c732W
    4. Welsh Assembly 94 words
      5. c732W
    5. Referendum 72 words
      6. cc732-3W
    6. Civil Servants 177 words
      7. c733W
    7. Ethnic Minorities 87 words
      8. c733W
    8. Clwydian Community Trusts 69 words
      9. cc733-4W
    9. Internet 141 words
      10. c734W
    10. European Committee of the Regions 76 words
      11. c734W
    11. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 324 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
      18. c735W
    1. Ethnic Minorities 194 words
      2. cc735-6W
    2. Civil Servants 384 words
      3. c736W
    3. Marches (Leaked Document) 111 words
      4. cc736-7W
    4. Private finance Initiative 167 words
      5. c737W
    5. Royal Ulster Constabulary 107 words
      6. c737W
    6. Human Rights 101 words
      7. cc737-8W
    7. Business Development Service 199 words
      8. c738W
    8. Water Service 190 words
      9. cc738-9W
    9. Statistics and Research Agency 228 words
      10. c739W
    10. Jury Trials 79 words
      11. c739W
    11. Debt Payment 141 words
      12. cc739-40W
    12. Heterosexuals and Homosexuals 270 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
      19. cc740-4W
    1. Pensions Review 1,397 words
      2. cc744-5W
    2. Disability Appeal Tribunals 273 words
      3. c745W
    3. Lone Parents 109 words
      4. cc745-6W
    4. Pensions 521 words
      5. cc746-7W
    5. Benefits Agency (Wales) 246 words
      6. c747W
    6. Incapacity Benefit 376 words
      7. cc747-8W
    7. Unemployment Forecasts 214 words
  19. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      20. c748W
    1. Sixth Forms 202 words
      2. cc748-9W
    2. Welfare to Work 177 words
      3. c749W
    3. Evesham College 55 words
      4. c749W
    4. Local Education Authorities 145 words
      5. cc749-50W
    5. Youth Employment 260 words
      6. c750W
    6. Work Permits 75 words
      7. c750W
    7. University for Industry 46 words
      8. c750W
    8. Higher Education (Low-income Families) 132 words
      9. cc750-1W
    9. Schools (Parental Choice) 91 words
      10. c751W
    10. Investors in People 41 words
      11. c751W
    11. Rural Schools 104 words
      12. c751W
    12. Training and Enterprise Councils 120 words
      13. cc751-2W
    13. Ex-offenders 74 words
      14. c752W
    14. Veterinary Science Students 90 words
      15. c752W
    15. Further Education Colleges 87 words
      16. c752W
    16. School Standards 130 words
      17. cc752-3W
    17. General Teaching Council 101 words
      18. c753W
    18. Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1994 134 words
      19. c753W
    19. Civil Servants 101 words
      20. cc753-5W
    20. Special Educational Needs 689 words
      21. c755W
    21. Social Work Courses 166 words
  20. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      21. c756W
    1. Unmarked Graves 212 words

Lords Sitting of 24 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 581

    c1505
  1. Preamble 29 words
    2. cc1505-6
  2. Utility Regulation: Review 639 words
    3. cc1506-10
  3. School Teachers: Dismissal 1,455 words
    4. cc1510-2
  4. Pensions Mis-selling 1,249 words
    5. cc1512-4
  5. Indonesia: Arms Exports 777 words
    6. c1514
  6. Business 101 words
    7. cc1514-6
  7. Business of the House: Summer Recess 862 words
    8. c1516
  8. Ministerial and Other Salaries Bill 26 words
    9. c1516
  9. Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill 47 words
    10. cc1516-26
  10. Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Bill [H.L.] 5,084 words
    11. cc1526-44
  11. Scottish Parliament 9,182 words
    12. cc1544-55
  12. Nuclear Explosions (Prohibition and Inspections) Bill [H.L.] 5,793 words
    13. cc1555-73
  13. Jobseeker's Allowance (Workskill Courses) Pilot (No. 2) Regulations 1997 9,813 words
    14. cc1574-6
  14. Education (Schools) Bill 1,485 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 581

    c169WA
  1. Government Offices for the Regions 130 words
    c169WA
  2. Seat Belts: Correct Adjustment 93 words
    cc169-70WA
  3. Industrial Performance Benchmarking 149 words
    c170WA
  4. Questions for Written Answer 90 words
    c170WA
  5. Privy Council Judicial Committee 102 words
    cc170-1WA
  6. NHS Waiting Lists 486 words
    c171WA
  7. Smoking-related Deaths 141 words
    cc171-3WA
  8. Smoking: Statistics 292 words
    c173WA
  9. Equal Opportunities Commission 130 words
    cc173-5WA
  10. Huntingdon Life Sciences: Investigation 881 words
    c175WA
  11. Cookham Wood Secure Training Centre 145 words
    cc175-7WA
  12. Secure Training Order 665 words
    c177WA
  13. Treaty of Amsterdam: Effect of Article K7(7) 183 words
    cc177-8WA
  14. Exceptional Risk Prisoners: Visits 74 words
    c178WA
  15. Prison Service Resources 122 words
    c178WA
  16. Student Loans 207 words
    cc178-9WA
  17. Sterling: Appreciation 81 words
    c179WA
  18. Pension Values 87 words
    c179WA
  19. Administrative Decisions: Publication of Reasons 80 words
    cc179-80WA
  20. Crown Copyright 250 words
    c180WA
  21. BSE and the Rendering Industry 122 words
    cc180-1WA
  22. Angling: Cruelty to Fish 79 words
    c181WA
  23. Prisoners of War: Review of Pay Deductions 254 words
    c181WA
  24. Trident and UK Nuclear Arsenal 100 words
    cc181-2WA
  25. Gulf War: Chemical Weapons 219 words
    c182WA
  26. Gulf War: Biological Agents 112 words
    cc182-4WA
  27. Anti-personnel Landmines 270 words
    c184WA
  28. Reactor Grade Plutonium: Use to Construct Nuclear Device 131 words