Commons Sitting of 29 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

    c129
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c129
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c129
    1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 6 words
      2. c129
    2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
        2. cc129-30
      1. Mobile Homes 354 words
        2. cc130-1
      2. Regional Development Strategy 751 words
        3. cc131-3
      3. Recycling 689 words
        4. cc133-5
      4. Decentralisation 1,013 words
        5. cc135-6
      5. Devolution (London and the Regions) 658 words
        6. cc136-7
      6. Devolution (The North) 362 words
        7. cc137-8
      7. North-west England (Environmental Audit) 742 words
        8. cc138-9
      8. London Underground 500 words
        9. cc139-40
      9. Bull Bars 377 words
        10. cc140-1
      10. Crossrail 356 words
        11. cc141-3
      11. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 906 words
        12. cc143-4
      12. BAA 291 words
        13. cc144-5
      13. Bridges 481 words
        14. cc145-6
      14. Road Passenger Transport Services 371 words
    cc147-9
  5. Companies (Millennium Computer Compliance) 1,244 words
      6. c149
    1. COMPANIES (MILLENNIUM COMPUTER COMPLIANCE) 286 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c150
    1. Finance Bill 43 words
  7. Clause 19
      8. cc150-92
    1. PENSION FUNDS NO LONGER ENTITLED TO PAYMENT OF TAX CREDITS 23,345 words, 1 division
  8. Schedule 3
      9. cc192-3
    1. INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES 636 words
  9. Clause 30
      10. cc194-209
    1. TAX CREDITS 7,355 words, 1 division
  10. Clause 36
      11. cc209-29
    1. FOREIGN INCOME DIVIDENDS 11,527 words, 2 divisions
  11. Schedule 8
      12. cc230-47
    1. REPEALS 11,356 words, 2 divisions
      2. c247
    2. CONSOLIDATION, &c., BILLS 53 words
      3. c247
    3. DEREGULATION 64 words
    cc248-56
  12. A1 (Dualling) 4,699 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

  1. PRIME MINISTER
      2. c113W
    1. Data Protection 36 words
      2. c113W
    2. Joint Consultative Cabinet Committee 202 words
      3. c113W
    3. Yemen 54 words
      4. cc113-4W
    4. Ministers (Complaints about the Media) 59 words
      5. c114W
    5. Minister without Portfolio 103 words
      6. c114W
    6. Lockerbie 83 words
  2. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      3. c114W
    1. Live Animal Exports 113 words
      2. cc114-5W
    2. Animal Welfare 121 words
      3. c115W
    3. Calf Slaughter Scheme 126 words
      4. c115W
    4. Regional Panels 52 words
      5. c115W
    5. Set-aside Land 106 words
      6. cc115-6W
    6. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 486 words
      7. c116W
    7. Tuberculosis 44 words
      8. cc116-7W
    8. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 65 words
      9. cc117-20W
    9. Civil Servants 1,736 words
      10. c120W
    10. Cattle Carcase Incineration Sites (Kent) 82 words
      11. c120W
    11. Food Advisory Committee 126 words
      12. cc120-1W
    12. Beef Imports 131 words
      13. c121W
    13. Halal Slaughter (Poultry) 203 words
      14. c121W
    14. Computer-related Expenditure 80 words
      15. cc121-2W
    15. Common Agricultural Policy 81 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      4. c122W
    1. Gazumping 85 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      5. c122W
    1. Indonesia (Arms Exports) 44 words
      2. cc122-3W
    2. Departmental Payroll 238 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      6. c123W
    1. Members' Dining Room 48 words
  6. HEALTH
      7. c123W
    1. Hospital Procedures 182 words
      2. cc123-4W
    2. Hospital Waiting Times 91 words
      3. c124W
    3. Medical Negligence 102 words
      4. c124W
    4. NHS Employees (Contracts) 111 words
      5. c124W
    5. Clinical Services 70 words
      6. cc124-5W
    6. Community Unit (Knaresborough) 88 words
      7. c125W
    7. Hyperkinetic Disorder 60 words
      8. c125W
    8. Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship 36 words
      9. c125W
    9. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 135 words
      10. cc125-6W
    10. Skin Transplants 115 words
      11. c126W
    11. Computer-related Expenditure 78 words
      12. c126W
    12. Beta Interferon 64 words
      13. c126W
    13. Hearing Checks 96 words
      14. c126W
    14. NHS Finances 57 words
  7. CABINET OFFICE
      8. c127W
    1. Millennium Dome 133 words
  8. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      9. cc127-8W
    1. State Education Expenditure 302 words
      2. c128W
    2. Higher Education Funding 163 words
      3. cc128-9W
    3. Computer-related Expenditure 220 words
      4. c129W
    4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 156 words
      5. c129W
    5. Teachers' Pension Scheme 236 words
      6. cc129-30W
    6. Copyright 99 words
  9. TREASURY
      10. c130W
    1. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 55 words
      2. c130W
    2. Windfall Tax 57 words
      3. cc130-1W
    3. Departmental Payroll 180 words
      4. c131W
    4. Bank of England 108 words
      5. c131W
    5. Unpaid Work 160 words
      6. cc131-2W
    6. Strikes 527 words
      7. cc132-5W
    7. Health Authority Populations 1,410 words
      8. c135W
    8. Retail Prices Index 185 words
      9. cc135-6W
    9. Illegal Drugs 437 words
      10. c136W
    10. Life Span 166 words
      11. cc136-7W
    11. Unemployment 364 words
      12. cc137-8W
    12. Temporary Contracts 280 words
      13. cc138-9W
    13. Manufacturing Output 444 words
      14. c139W
    14. Exports 203 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      11. cc139-40W
    1. Next Steps Agencies 314 words
      2. c140W
    2. Departmental Payroll 232 words
      3. cc140-1W
    3. Civil Service 132 words
      4. c141W
    4. Computer-related Expenditure 123 words
  11. HOME DEPARTMENT
      12. c141W
    1. Ashford Great Park Development Project 50 words
      2. c141W
    2. Juveniles 68 words
      3. cc141-2W
    3. Immigration 122 words
      4. c142W
    4. Mohammed Riaz and Quayyun Raja 106 words
      5. c142W
    5. Sunlight 159 words
      6. cc142-3W
    6. Special Secure Units 545 words
      7. cc143-4W
    7. Metropolitan Police 201 words
      8. cc144-5W
    8. HMP Belmarsh 254 words
      9. c145W
    9. Diarmuid O'Neill Investigation 91 words
      10. c145W
    10. Disabled People (Access to Polling Stations) 146 words
      11. c145W
    11. Correspondence 42 words
      12. cc145-6W
    12. Prison Places 179 words
      13. c146W
    13. Crime Statistics 111 words
      14. cc146-7W
    14. Firearms Compensation 193 words
      15. c147W
    15. New Technology 154 words
      16. cc147-8W
    16. Police (Staff) 197 words
      17. c148W
    17. Prison Officers 195 words
      18. cc148-9W
    18. Prisons 433 words
      19. cc149-50W
    19. Prison Service 213 words
      20. c150W
    20. Police Force (Government Spending) 65 words
      21. c150W
    21. Police (Wales) 304 words
      22. cc150-1W
    22. Firearms Consultative Committee 44 words
      23. c151W
    23. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 82 words
      24. c151W
    24. Probation Officers 268 words
      25. cc151-3W
    25. EU Framework and Workplace Directives 539 words
      26. c153W
    26. Forensic Science Service 45 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      13. c153W
    1. Defence Sales 91 words
      2. c153W
    2. Venezuela 163 words
      3. cc153-4W
    3. Sudan 143 words
      4. c154W
    4. Chechnya (Kidnapped Britons) 124 words
      5. c154W
    5. Conciliation and Arbitration Convention 89 words
      6. cc154-5W
    6. Somali Nationals (Family Reunion) 224 words
      7. c155W
    7. Russia (Baby Seal Cull) 94 words
      8. c155W
    8. Scientific Equipment Exports 151 words
      9. cc155-6W
    9. Russia (Religious Freedom) 98 words
      10. c156W
    10. Rwanda and the Congo 290 words
      11. cc156-7W
    11. British Council 85 words
      12. c157W
    12. European Union Legislation 73 words
      13. c157W
    13. UN Arms Control Reports 135 words
      14. c157W
    14. BBC World Service 48 words
      15. cc157-8W
    15. Computer-related Expenditure 147 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
      14. cc158-9W
    1. Parades and Marches 365 words
      2. c159W
    2. Fishery Harbour Authority 188 words
      3. c159W
    3. Crime and Disorder Bill 84 words
      4. cc159-60W
    4. Judicial Reviews 76 words
      5. c160W
    5. Personal Pensions 195 words
      6. c160W
    6. Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency 90 words
  14. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      15. cc160-3W
    1. National Lottery 884 words
      2. c163W
    2. Theatres 69 words
      3. cc163-4W
    3. Live Performances 186 words
      4. c164W
    4. Tourism Industry 111 words
      5. cc164-5W
    5. Film Industry 306 words
      6. cc165-6W
    6. Overseas Visitors 164 words
      7. c166W
    7. Association of Business Sponsorship of the Arts 204 words
      8. cc166-7W
    8. Department Name Change 266 words
  15. SCOTLAND
      16. c167W
    1. Pre-payment Prescriptions 182 words
      2. cc167-8W
    2. Obesity 83 words
      3. c168W
    3. Domestic Home Care 40 words
      4. c168W
    4. Homosexuals (Age of Consent) 57 words
      5. cc168-70W
    5. Asthma 1,199 words
      6. cc170-1W
    6. Kidney Transplants 223 words
      7. cc171-2W
    7. Intensive Care Beds 301 words
      8. c172W
    8. Quangos 137 words
      9. c172W
    9. Scottish Parliament White Paper 61 words
      10. cc172-3W
    10. Lockerbie 260 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      17. c173W
    1. Aid and Trade Provision 314 words
      2. cc173-4W
    2. Departmental Payroll 120 words
      3. c174W
    3. Wild Animal Habitats 204 words
      4. cc174-5W
    4. Fresh Water Management 171 words
      5. c175W
    5. Rwanda and Congo 269 words
      6. c175W
    6. Central Europe (Flooding) 23 words
      7. cc175-6W
    7. Computer-related Expenditure 325 words
  17. DEFENCE
      18. c177W
    1. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 67 words
      2. c177W
    2. Departmental Budgets 246 words
      3. c177W
    3. UK-US Joint Strike Fighter Project 35 words
      4. cc177-8W
    4. Nuclear Accidents 332 words
      5. c178W
    5. Armed Forces (Northern Ireland) 64 words
      6. cc178-9W
    6. Services Museums 252 words
      7. cc179-81W
    7. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston 654 words
      8. c181W
    8. Records 73 words
      9. cc181-2W
    9. Brigadier Michael Calvert 81 words
      10. c182W
    10. Submarine Crews (Travel Arrangements) 92 words
      11. c182W
    11. Conventional Submarines 65 words
      12. c182W
    12. Strategic Defence Review 111 words
      13. cc182-3W
    13. Animal Experimentation (Gulf War Syndrome) 80 words
      14. c183W
    14. Reserve Forces (Cost) 121 words
      15. c183W
    15. Departmental Land 48 words
      16. c183W
    16. Aircraft Stationing (Germany) 148 words
      17. cc183-4W
    17. Gurkha Regiment 105 words
      18. c184W
    18. Military Bands 231 words
      19. cc184-5W
    19. Worthy Down 140 words
      20. cc185-6W
    20. Computer-related Expenditure 154 words
      21. cc186-7W
    21. Arms Exports 100 words
      22. c187W
    22. Armed Forces Pay Bill 144 words
      23. cc187-9W
    23. Training 758 words
      24. c189W
    24. Defence Sales Review 54 words
      25. c189W
    25. War Pensions 107 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      19. c189W
    1. Old Coalfield Areas 109 words
      2. cc189-90W
    2. Minimum Wage 73 words
      3. cc190-1W
    3. Local Government Finance 482 words
      4. c191W
    4. London Strategic Authority 206 words
      5. cc191-2W
    5. Planning Policy 91 words
      6. c192W
    6. Asthma (Environmental Pollutants) 95 words
      7. c192W
    7. Water Charges 76 words
      8. c192W
    8. Regional Development Agencies 65 words
      9. cc192-3W
    9. Sustainable Development 324 words
      10. c193W
    10. Global Temperature Changes 106 words
      11. c193W
    11. Preservation of the Countryside 64 words
      12. cc193-4W
    12. Community Initiative Power 70 words
      13. c194W
    13. Railtrack 50 words
      14. cc194-5W
    14. London Underground 392 words
      15. c195W
    15. Channel Tunnel (Leeds Service) 73 words
      16. c195W
    16. Passenger Comfort Standards 79 words
      17. cc195-6W
    17. Liquid Petroleum Gas 77 words
      18. c196W
    18. National Air Traffic Control Service 60 words
      19. c196W
    19. Traffic-free City Centres 65 words
      20. cc196-7W
    20. Freight Transport 531 words
      21. c197W
    21. Car Dependency 51 words
      22. cc197-8W
    22. A3 (Hindhead) 166 words
      23. c198W
    23. Small Boat Safety 163 words
      24. c198W
    24. West Coast Rail Services 127 words
      25. c198W
    25. Fenchurch Street Line 61 words
      26. cc198-9W
    26. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 87 words
      27. c199W
    27. Central European Time 76 words
      28. cc199-200W
    28. Single Regeneration Budget 426 words
      29. c200W
    29. River Water Quality 129 words
      30. c200W
    30. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 162 words
      31. cc200-1W
    31. Methyl Bromide 220 words
      32. c201W
    32. Capital Challenge 104 words
      33. cc201-2W
    33. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 289 words
      34. cc202-3W
    34. Road Projects 1,033 words
      35. c205W
    35. Shadow Tolling 137 words
      36. c205W
    36. Environmentally Conscious Driving 223 words
      37. cc205-6W
    37. M25 Widening 145 words
      38. c206W
    38. Rail Freight 108 words
      39. c206W
    39. Aston Clinton Bypass 91 words
      40. c206W
    40. Road Traffic Regulations 65 words
      41. cc206-7W
    41. Seat Belts 263 words
      42. c207W
    42. Air Transport (Nuclear Material) 224 words
      43. cc207-8W
    43. Rail Travel 147 words
      44. c208W
    44. Runway Slot Allocation 63 words
      45. c208W
    45. National Airlines (Subsidies) 180 words
      46. cc208-9W
    46. Regional Airports 171 words
      47. c209W
    47. Heavy Vehicles 144 words
      48. c209W
    48. London Transport (Complaints) 74 words
      49. cc209-10W
    49. Rail Fare Increases 432 words
      50. c210W
    50. Airport Infrastructure Investment 137 words
      51. cc210-1W
    51. American Airlines (Heathrow) 86 words
      52. cc211-2W
    52. Airports (Access) 425 words
      53. cc212-3W
    53. London Airports 488 words
      54. c213W
    54. Railways Act 1993 104 words
      55. cc213-4W
    55. Transport Projects (Valuation Formula) 413 words
      56. c214W
    56. Bus Services (Subsidy) 150 words
      57. cc214-5W
    57. A11 (Accidents) 119 words
      58. c215W
    58. London Transport (Investment) 284 words
      59. cc215-6W
    59. Railways (Funding) 175 words
      60. c216W
    60. Roads Expenditure 181 words
      61. cc216-7W
    61. Railway Investment 364 words
      62. c217W
    62. Wyre Piddle Bypass 86 words
      63. c217W
    63. London Bus Service Targets 56 words
      64. cc217-8W
    64. Wrexham Central Station 111 words
      65. c218W
    65. Transport Investment (London) 87 words
      66. c218W
    66. Freight Facilities Grant 257 words
  19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      20. cc219-21W
    1. Inward Investment 1,279 words
      2. cc221-2W
    2. Minimum Wage and Social Chapter 408 words
      3. cc222-3W
    3. Science Budget 246 words
      4. c223W
    4. Radio Advertising (Wealth Warnings) 78 words
      5. cc223-4W
    5. Royal Greenwich Observatory 292 words
      6. c224W
    6. Computers (Century Date Change) 240 words
      7. cc224-5W
    7. Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs 144 words
      8. c225W
    8. British Telecommunications plc 62 words
      9. c225W
    9. Internet (Schools) 289 words
      10. cc225-6W
    10. Council of Ministers 304 words
      11. c226W
    11. Single Currency 88 words
      12. cc226-7W
    12. Competitiveness 144 words
      13. c227W
    13. Manufacturing Exports 64 words
      14. c227W
    14. Advisory Bodies 95 words
      15. cc227-8W
    15. Business Links 253 words
      16. cc228-9W
    16. Biotechnology 383 words
      17. c229W
    17. Departmental Payroll 124 words
      18. c229W
    18. Ethnic Minorities 89 words
      19. c229W
    19. Industrial Tribunals 170 words
      20. cc229-30W
    20. Information Society 189 words
      21. c230W
    21. Power Stations 68 words
      22. c230W
    22. Solar Power 168 words
      23. cc230-1W
    23. Non-status Lending 60 words
      24. c231W
    24. War Pensions 128 words
  20. WALES
      21. c231W
    1. Commercial Lobbyists 117 words
      2. c231W
    2. Devolution Referendum 86 words
      3. cc231-2W
    3. Employment Advertisements 33 words
      4. c232W
    4. "A Voice for Wales" 65 words
      5. c232W
    5. Welsh Assembly 268 words
      6. cc232-3W
    6. Departmental Payroll 164 words
      7. c233W
    7. Quangos 115 words
      8. cc233-4W
    8. Computer-related Expenditure 187 words
      9. c234W
    9. Public Expenditure 93 words
      10. c234W
    10. Owner-Occupation 178 words
      11. cc234-5W
    11. Water and Sewerage 330 words
      12. cc235-6W
    12. LG Investment 314 words
      13. cc236-7W
    13. Higher and Further Education 403 words
      14. cc237-8W
    14. NHS Expenditure 412 words
      15. cc238-9W
    15. Inward Investment 233 words
      16. c239W
    16. Benefit Dependence 311 words
  21. SOCIAL SECURITY
      22. c240W
    1. Disability 243 words
      2. cc240-1W
    2. War Pensions 205 words
      3. c241W
    3. Poverty 250 words
      4. cc241-2W
    4. UK Pensioners Overseas 134 words
      5. c242W
    5. Compensation Recovery Unit 146 words
      6. cc242-4W
    6. Claimants From Overseas 721 words
      7. c244W
    7. Earnings Limits 161 words
      8. c244W
    8. Local Councillors 79 words
      9. c244W
    9. Pensioner Incomes Review 85 words
      10. cc244-5W
    10. Jobseeker's Allowance 82 words
      11. c245W
    11. Unemployed People (Borrowing) 126 words
      12. c245W
    12. Family Credit Take-up 132 words
      13. cc245-6W
    13. Single Room Rent Allowance 366 words
      14. c246W
    14. Pensions Entitlement 56 words
      15. cc246-7W
    15. National Insurance 413 words
      16. cc247-8W
    16. Statutory Sick Pay 172 words
      17. c248W
    17. Statutory Maternity Pay 120 words
      18. c248W
    18. Accommodation Costs Review 176 words
      19. cc248-9W
    19. Stationery 119 words
      20. c249W
    20. Housing Benefit (Blackpool) 68 words
      21. c249W
    21. Benefit Disregards 50 words
      22. cc249-50W
    22. Industrial Injury Benefit 178 words
      23. c250W
    23. State Earnings-related Pensions 149 words
      24. cc250-1W
    24. State Pension (Age Addition) 475 words
      25. c251W
    25. Ethnic Minorities 79 words
      26. cc251-2W
    26. Income Support 697 words
      27. cc252-3W
    27. Incapacity Benefit 268 words
      28. c253W
    28. Asthma 70 words
      29. c253W
    29. Benefit Fraud 100 words
      30. cc253-4W
    30. Computer-related Expenditure 221 words
      31. c254W
    31. Compensation Recovery Scheme 140 words
      32. cc254-6W
    32. Taxation 420 words

Lords Sitting of 29 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c89
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c89
  2. Lord Saville of Newdigate 68 words
    3. cc89-91
  3. Prescription Fraud 814 words
    4. cc91-2
  4. Road Accident Costs: Budget Proposal 356 words
    5. cc92-6
  5. Treaty of Amsterdam: Religious Freedoms 1,945 words
    6. c96
  6. Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 65 words
    7. cc96-104
  7. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 3,723 words
    8. cc104-5
  8. PROXY PAPER: REFERENDUM IN WALES 86 words
  9. YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE AS PROXY
      10. cc105-24
    1. EICH HAWL I BLEIDLEISIO FEL DIRPRWY 10,624 words
    cc124-38
  10. Local Government (Contracts) Bill 7,679 words
    11. cc138-66
  11. United Nations 13,870 words
    12. c166
  12. Kings College London Bill [H.L.] 14 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c19WA
  1. Iraqi Military Personnel in the UK 51 words
    c19WA
  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Control of Arms Provision 98 words
    c19WA
  3. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Weapons and Training Provision by UAR 90 words
    cc19-23WA
  4. Arms Exports 1,508 words
    cc23-4WA
  5. NAAFI 230 words
    c24WA
  6. Gulf War Illness: Research at DERA 127 words
    cc24-5WA
  7. Parked or Broken Down Vehicles: Accidents 152 words
    cc25-6WA
  8. Blackwall Tunnel Closures 424 words
    c26WA
  9. Railway Land: Clearance of Litter 104 words
    cc26-7WA
  10. Roads Programme 227 words
    c27WA
  11. Bus and Coach Drivers: Use of Mobile Phones 200 words
    c27WA
  12. "Highway Code": Personal Security 113 words
    cc27-8WA
  13. House of Lords Members' Interests 84 words
    c28WA
  14. Firearms Administration in Scotland: Inspectorate's Report 183 words
    cc28-9WA
  15. Smoking and Asthma 143 words
    c29WA
  16. Osteoporosis Report: Implementation 135 words
    c29WA
  17. Osteoporosis in Men 127 words
    cc29-30WA
  18. Osteoporotic Fractures 379 words
    cc30-1WA
  19. BSE 336 words
    c31WA
  20. Parliament: Visitor Statistics 101 words
    cc31-2WA
  21. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Research Grants 88 words
    c32WA
  22. Scottish Devolution and the Union Flag 41 words
    c32WA
  23. Immigration and Nationality Directorate: Complaints Report 71 words
    cc32-3WA
  24. Firearms Consultative Committee: Annual Report 42 words
    c33WA
  25. Probation Officers: Training and Qualification 270 words
    c33WA
  26. Ashford Great Park Development: Church Commissioners' Report 46 words
    cc33-4WA
  27. Forensic Science Service: Annual Report and Accounts 41 words
    cc34-6WA
  28. Fire Safety Regulations 561 words