Commons Sitting of 31 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

    c433
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c433
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
        2. c433
      1. Utilities Standing Charges 218 words
        2. cc433-4
      2. Computers (Century Date Change) 570 words
        3. cc434-6
      3. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 1,085 words
        4. cc436-8
      4. Scientific Advice 884 words
        5. cc438-9
      5. Higher Education 427 words
        6. cc439-40
      6. Science, Engineering and Technology (Women) 382 words
        7. cc440-1
      7. Beer Measures 256 words
        8. c441
      8. Motor Vehicles (Recycling) 247 words
        9. cc441-3
      9. Small Businesses (Interest on Debt) 657 words
        10. c443
      10. Small Businesses (Information Technology) 343 words
        11. cc443-6
      11. Regional Aid 1,213 words
        12. cc446-7
      12. Libya (Trade Missions) 366 words
        13. c447
      13. Lloyd's of London 311 words
        14. cc447-8
      14. Bus Services (Scotland) 271 words
        15. c448
      15. Electricity Markets (Liberalisation) 324 words
        16. cc448-50
      16. Research and Technology Organisations (Tax Status) 349 words
        17. c450
      17. Mains Gas (Doorstep Selling) 217 words
    c451
  4. Madam Speaker's Statement 118 words
    5. cc452-3
  5. Points of Order 900 words
    6. cc454-5
  6. Caledonian MacBrayne 595 words
    7. cc456-69
  7. Scottish Devolution 7,499 words
    8. c470
  8. Royal Assent 58 words
    9. cc471-552
  9. Scottish Devolution 44,791 words
    10. c552
  10. PROCEDURE 52 words
  11. PETITION
      12. c553
    1. Tolls 171 words
      2. cc554-62
    2. Engineering Industry 4,208 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 31 July 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

  1. Wales
      2. cc417-8W
    1. Education Expenditure 546 words
      2. cc418-20W
    2. Welsh Assembly 997 words
      3. cc420-1W
    3. Roads Programme 169 words
      4. c421W
    4. Family Planning Services 307 words
      5. cc421-2W
    5. St. David's Day 64 words
      6. c422W
    6. Business Start-up Scheme 107 words
      7. c422W
    7. Aberfan 129 words
      8. cc422-3W
    8. Local Government Finance 227 words
      9. c423W
    9. Council Tax (Second Homes) 71 words
      10. c423W
    10. Small Firms 79 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. cc423-4W
    1. Legal Aid 225 words
      2. c424W
    2. Departmental Payroll 308 words
      3. c424W
    3. Solicitors(Complaints) 80 words
      4. c425W
    4. Waste Minimisation 252 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      4. cc425-6W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 203 words
  4. CABINET OFFICE
      5. c426W
    1. Ministerial Visits 70 words
      2. c426W
    2. Millennium Dome 105 words
      3. c426W
    3. Ministerial Advisers 95 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      6. c427W
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 76 words
      2. cc427-31W
    2. Sick Leave 2,514 words
      3. cc431-2W
    3. Next Steps Agencies 160 words
      4. c432W
    4. Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme 75 words
      5. cc432-3W
    5. Civil Servants (Alleged Wrongdoing) 212 words
  6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      7. c433W
    1. Cattle Cull 341 words
      2. cc433-4W
    2. Beaufort's Dyke 118 words
      3. c434W
    3. Food Standards Agency 138 words
      4. cc434-5W
    4. Arable Area Payments Scheme 321 words
      5. c435W
    5. Waste Minimisation 260 words
      6. cc435-6W
    6. Pigs (Gas Stunning) 176 words
      7. c436W
    7. Office Refurbishment 108 words
      8. c436W
    8. Vegetable Oils 203 words
      9. cc436-7W
    9. Cattle Traceability 165 words
      10. c437W
    10. State Veterinary Service 234 words
      11. cc437-8W
    11. Computers (Century Date Change) 131 words
      12. c438W
    12. Fishing 131 words
      13. c438W
    13. Camphill Devon Community Ltd. 81 words
      14. c438W
    14. Performing Animals 81 words
      15. c439W
    15. Rams' Horns 146 words
      16. c439W
    16. Fisheries (Rockall) 261 words
      17. cc439-40W
    17. Vitamin Supplements 437 words
  7. TREASURY
      8. c441W
    1. Foreign Income Dividends 107 words
      2. c441W
    2. Windfall Tax 31 words
      3. c441W
    3. Indirect and Corporate Taxation 101 words
      4. cc441-2W
    4. Privatised Industries 179 words
      5. cc442-3W
    5. Nationalised Industries 500 words
      6. c443W
    6. BSE 119 words
      7. cc443-4W
    7. EU Budget 333 words
      8. cc444-5W
    8. Generalised System of Preferences 313 words
      9. c445W
    9. Welsh Assembly 85 words
      10. c445W
    10. European Central Bank 54 words
      11. c445W
    11. Budget (Environmental Impact) 52 words
      12. cc445-6W
    12. Tobacco Duty 76 words
      13. c446W
    13. Financial Services (Distance Selling) 53 words
      14. c446W
    14. Travel-to-work Areas 134 words
      15. c446W
    15. Investors Compensation Scheme 164 words
      16. c447W
    16. Computers (Century Date Change) 63 words
      17. c447W
    17. Financial Services Regulation 180 words
      18. c447W
    18. Financial Services Regulators 56 words
      19. cc447-8W
    19. Treasury Supplement 116 words
      20. c448W
    20. Personal Pensions 40 words
      21. c448W
    21. National Audit Office 63 words
      22. c448W
    22. Public Expenditure 56 words
      23. c448W
    23. Departmental Spending Limits 45 words
      24. c448W
    24. National Lottery 94 words
      25. cc448-9W
    25. Low Pay 208 words
      26. c449W
    26. Construction Workers 109 words
      27. cc449-50W
    27. Tax Law Rewrite Project 128 words
      28. c450W
    28. Office Refurbishment 196 words
      29. c451W
    29. Securities and Investments Board 307 words
      30. c451W
    30. VAT (Fuel) 152 words
      31. cc451-2W
    31. Income Tax 164 words
      32. c452W
    32. Disposable Incomes 187 words
      33. c452W
    33. Public Sector Pay 63 words
      34. cc452-3W
    34. Income Tax (Covenants) 70 words
      35. c453W
    35. EU Budget 191 words
      36. c453W
    36. EU Funds (Fraud) 69 words
      37. cc453-4W
    37. Personal Equity Plans 352 words
      38. c454W
    38. Pensioners (Fuel Costs) 140 words
      39. c454W
    39. Duty-Free Shopping 108 words
      40. cc454-5W
    40. North Sea Oil and Gas 404 words
      41. cc455-6W
    41. Small Businesses 425 words
      42. cc456-7W
    42. Waste Minimisation 187 words
      43. c457W
    43. Tax and Benefits System 167 words
      44. cc457-8W
    44. Auctioneers 212 words
      45. c458W
    45. Investors Compensation Scheme 75 words
      46. c458W
    46. Economic and Monetary Union 171 words
      47. c458W
    47. Government Expenditure 58 words
      48. cc458-9W
    48. Personal Pensions 155 words
      49. c459W
    49. Offshore Trusts 175 words
      50. c459W
    50. Warrington Valuation Office 97 words
      51. c460W
    51. Welfare to Work 119 words
      52. c460W
    52. New Deal (Young People) 97 words
      53. c460W
    53. Diesel 84 words
  8. DEFENCE
      9. cc460-1W
    1. Ships Support Agency 462 words
      2. c462W
    2. Defence Intelligence and Security Center 251 words
      3. cc462-3W
    3. Military Survey Defence Agency 178 words
      4. c463W
    4. Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 264 words
      5. cc463-4W
    5. Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency 198 words
      6. c464W
    6. Defence Animal Centre 168 words
      7. cc464-5W
    7. RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency 201 words
      8. c465W
    8. Defence Analytical Services Agency 108 words
      9. c465W
    9. Defence Bills Agency 179 words
      10. cc465-6W
    10. Wessex Helicopter Replacement 111 words
      11. c466W
    11. Future Large Aircraft 191 words
      12. c466W
    12. Gordon Foxley 207 words
      13. c467W
    13. Ethnic Minorities 132 words
      14. c467W
    14. Hawk Aircraft (Indonesia) 63 words
      15. c467W
    15. Services Museums 116 words
      16. cc467-9W
    16. Departmental Payroll 517 words
      17. c469W
    17. HMS Tiger 131 words
      18. c469W
    18. Waste Minimisation 83 words
      19. cc469-71W
    19. Nuclear Weapons 731 words
      20. c471W
    20. Meteorological Experiments 96 words
      21. cc471-2W
    21. 10 Squadron (Cargo) 96 words
      22. c472W
    22. Office Refurbishment 57 words
      23. c472W
    23. Air Force Bases (Germany) 109 words
      24. c472W
    24. RAF Menwith Hill 84 words
      25. c472W
    25. Military Assistance 51 words
      26. c472W
    26. WE-177 Bomb 71 words
      27. cc472-3W
    27. AWE Aldermaston Newsletter 79 words
      28. c473W
    28. Defence Employment 258 words
      29. cc473-4W
    29. British Prisoners of War (Salary Payments) 209 words
      30. c474W
    30. Land Mines 113 words
      31. c474W
    31. Officers 112 words
      32. cc474-5W
    32. Computers (Century Date Change) 128 words
      33. c475W
    33. Document AIR 2/16918 74 words
      34. c475W
    34. Chemical Weapons 83 words
      35. c475W
    35. Abbeywood 171 words
      36. cc475-6W
    36. Gulf War Syndrome 289 words
      37. c476W
    37. Hadleigh 137 words
      38. c476W
    38. Nuclear Warheads 53 words
      39. cc476-7W
    39. Hawk Jet Sales 57 words
      40. c477W
    40. American Submarines 63 words
  9. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      10. c477W
    1. Departmental Payroll 122 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      11. c477W
    1. Environmental Audit Committee 140 words
      2. cc478-80W
    2. Scottish Business 1,289 words
      3. c480W
    3. Public Accounts Commission 81 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      12. cc480-1W
    1. Waste Minimisation 347 words
      2. c481W
    2. Rockall 172 words
      3. c482W
    3. Straddling Stocks 208 words
      4. cc482-3W
    4. Defence Exports 363 words
      5. c483W
    5. Sikander Mahmood 79 words
      6. c483W
    6. Indonesia 113 words
      7. c483W
    7. East Timor 128 words
      8. c484W
    8. Computers (Century Date Change) 102 words
      9. c484W
    9. Congo 96 words
      10. c484W
    10. Burma 92 words
      11. c484W
    11. Karabakh Conflict 54 words
      12. cc484-5W
    12. Cambodia 133 words
      13. c485W
    13. Correspondence 61 words
      14. c485W
    14. British Embassy, Berlin 157 words
      15. cc485-7W
    15. European Council 597 words
      16. c487W
    16. Entry Clearance 71 words
      17. c487W
    17. North Atlantic Assembly 118 words
      18. cc487-8W
    18. Departmental Payroll 154 words
      19. c488W
    19. Kenya 169 words
      20. c488W
    20. Defence Equipment (Export Licences) 85 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
      13. c488W
    1. Policy Unit 63 words
      2. cc488-9W
    2. "Questions of Procedure for Ministers" 351 words
      3. cc489-90W
    3. Arms Sales 187 words
      4. c490W
    4. Sovereign (Documents) 69 words
      5. c490W
    5. Departmental Payroll 84 words
      6. c490W
    6. Open Government 52 words
      7. cc490-1W
    7. Palestine 227 words
      8. cc491-2W
    8. Scottish Parliament 478 words
      9. c492W
    9. Amsterdam Summit 81 words
      10. c492W
    10. Policy Reviews 52 words
      11. cc492-3W
    11. Age Discrimination 217 words
      12. c493W
    12. Minister without Portfolio 212 words
      13. cc493-4W
    13. Council of Europe 390 words
      14. c494W
    14. Written Questions 51 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      14. cc494-6W
    1. Higher Education 964 words
      2. cc496-7W
    2. School Inspections 315 words
      3. c497W
    3. Welfare to Work 139 words
      4. c497W
    4. New Deal 115 words
      5. c498W
    5. Oxbridge Entrants 58 words
      6. c498W
    6. Business (Government Assistance Schemes) 245 words
      7. cc498-9W
    7. Class Sizes (Bolton) 152 words
      8. c499W
    8. Education-related Projects 82 words
      9. c499W
    9. Computers (Century Date Change) 66 words
      10. c499W
    10. Autistic Children 84 words
      11. cc499-500W
    11. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 348 words
      12. c500W
    12. Class Sizes 73 words
      13. cc500-1W
    13. University Students 280 words
      14. cc501-2W
    14. Tuition Fees 397 words
      15. c502W
    15. Educational Qualifications 93 words
      16. c502W
    16. Bursaries and Awards 205 words
      17. c503W
    17. Waste Minimisation 338 words
      18. c503W
    18. Departmental Payroll 79 words
      19. c504W
    19. Consultation Exercises 298 words
      20. cc504-5W
    20. Windfall Tax 141 words
      21. c505W
    21. Office Refurbishment 74 words
      22. c505W
    22. Tithe Farm Lower School 84 words
  14. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      15. cc505-6W
    1. Waste Minimisation 238 words
      2. c506W
    2. Office Refurbishment 104 words
      3. c506W
    3. North Korea 53 words
      4. cc506-7W
    4. Aid and Trade 420 words
      5. c507W
    5. Debt Relief Assistance 120 words
      6. c508W
    6. Sustainable Development 103 words
  15. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      16. c508W
    1. Waste Minimisation 206 words
      2. c508W
    2. Newstead Abbey 105 words
      3. c509W
    3. Museums and Galleries Commission 76 words
      4. c509W
    4. Office Refurbishment 87 words
      5. c509W
    5. Sports Broadcasting 84 words
      6. cc509-10W
    6. Tourism (Dramatic Arts) 272 words
      7. c510W
    7. Museums and Galleries (Lottery Funding) 234 words
      8. c510W
    8. Millennium Commission Grants 76 words
      9. cc510-2W
    9. Lottery Awards 930 words
      10. c513W
    10. Computers (Century Date Change) 80 words
      11. c513W
    11. English Sports Council 238 words
      12. cc513-4W
    12. Television Broadcasters 352 words
      13. c514W
    13. National Lottery 206 words
      14. cc514-5W
    14. Millennium Commission 243 words
      15. cc515-6W
    15. Millennium Celebrations 433 words
      16. c516W
    16. Sport (Spectators) 92 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
      17. c516W
    1. Prisoner Transfers 62 words
      2. cc516-8W
    2. Postal and Proxy Votes 734 words
      3. c518W
    3. Plastic Baton Rounds 253 words
      4. cc518-9W
    4. IRA Punishment Beatings 326 words
      5. cc519-20W
    5. Departmental Payroll 227 words
      6. cc520-1W
    6. Absent Voting Papers 606 words
      7. cc521-2W
    7. Electors 310 words
      8. c522W
    8. Electoral Reform Committee 107 words
      9. c522W
    9. Arable Area Payments 131 words
      10. c522W
    10. European Parliament Elections 106 words
      11. c523W
    11. Disability Living Allowance 294 words
      12. c523W
    12. Education (Schools) Bill 39 words
      13. cc523-4W
    13. Parades 170 words
      14. c524W
    14. Violent Crime 219 words
      15. c524W
    15. Stolen Vehicles 86 words
      16. c524W
    16. Stormont Talks (Bodyguards) 52 words
      17. cc524-5W
    17. Bus Operators (Fuel Costs) 98 words
      18. c525W
    18. Computers (Century Date Change) 121 words
      19. c525W
    19. Employment Advertisements 42 words
      20. c525W
    20. Computer-related Expenditure 115 words
      21. cc525-6W
    21. Waste Minimisation 74 words
      22. c526W
    22. Telecommunications Towers 110 words
      23. c526W
    23. Organic Farming 140 words
      24. cc526-7W
    24. Social Security 285 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      18. c527W
    1. A406 (Upgrading Contracts) 242 words
      2. cc527-8W
    2. Smoky Vehicle Hotline 242 words
      3. c528W
    3. Freight Grants 44 words
      4. cc528-30W
    4. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 728 words
      5. c530W
    5. M25 (Noise Alleviation Measures) 180 words
      6. c530W
    6. Minicabs (London) 87 words
      7. c530W
    7. National Roads Programme 141 words
      8. c531W
    8. Aircraft Safety 286 words
      9. c531W
    9. Central Line (Drivers' Cabs) 144 words
      10. cc531-2W
    10. Motorway Service Areas 96 words
      11. c532W
    11. Radioactive Material Transport 50 words
      12. c532W
    12. Aircraft Movements (Heathrow) 76 words
      13. c532W
    13. Bus Transport (Fuel Costs) 133 words
      14. cc532-3W
    14. Roads Expenditure 177 words
      15. c533W
    15. Highways Agency (Quality of Service Indicators) 125 words
      16. c533W
    16. Traffic Problems (Salisbury) 123 words
      17. c533W
    17. Car Accidents (Young Drivers) 99 words
      18. cc533-4W
    18. London Underground (Safety Measures) 167 words
      19. c534W
    19. Bradford-Cumbria DBFO Scheme 83 words
      20. c534W
    20. A31 (Pedestrian-cycleway) 245 words
      21. c535W
    21. M25 (Widening) 68 words
      22. c535W
    22. Bicycles (Lights) 162 words
      23. c535W
    23. Business Aviation 98 words
      24. cc535-6W
    24. A406 Widening (Compulsory Purchases) 352 words
      25. cc536-7W
    25. Thames Water (Discharges) 277 words
      26. c537W
    26. Employment Advertisements 176 words
      27. cc537-8W
    27. Drinking Water 358 words
      28. c538W
    28. Director General of Water Services 293 words
      29. cc538-9W
    29. Computer-related Expenditure 107 words
      30. c539W
    30. Regional Development Agencies 199 words
      31. c539W
    31. Office Refurbishment 49 words
      32. c539W
    32. Community Land Schemes 51 words
      33. c540W
    33. Departmental Merger 486 words
      34. cc540-1W
    34. Business Rates 84 words
      35. c541W
    35. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 84 words
      36. c541W
    36. Computer (Century Date Change) 97 words
      37. cc541-2W
    37. New Homes 241 words
      38. c542W
    38. Leisure Development, South Yorkshire 76 words
      39. cc542-3W
    39. Green Ministers 378 words
      40. c543W
    40. Property Improvement Grants 101 words
      41. c543W
    41. Out-of-town Developments 39 words
      42. c543W
    42. Green-field Sites 79 words
      43. c543W
    43. Green Belt 55 words
      44. cc543-4W
    44. Car Boot Sales 131 words
      45. c544W
    45. Population and Household Changes 213 words
      46. cc544-5W
    46. Business Start-up Scheme 321 words
      47. c545W
    47. Global Temperatures 150 words
      48. c546W
    48. Regional Boundaries 182 words
      49. c546W
    49. Rural Poverty 221 words
      50. cc546-7W
    50. Local Self-government 75 words
      51. c547W
    51. Council Tax Bandings 68 words
      52. c547W
    52. Water Metering 209 words
      53. cc547-8W
    53. Gipsy Sites 163 words
      54. c548W
    54. Local Government Finance 164 words
      55. c548W
    55. Planning Applications 93 words
      56. c548W
    56. Bioregional Network Production 64 words
      57. c549W
    57. Houses in Multiple Occupation 113 words
      58. c549W
    58. Rent Rises 151 words
      59. c549W
    59. Housebuilding (Birmingham) 101 words
      60. cc549-50W
    60. Performing Animals 85 words
      61. c550W
    61. Shopping Centres 197 words
      62. c550W
    62. Gas Power 95 words
      63. cc550-1W
    63. Waste Minimisation 182 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
      19. c551W
    1. Shiji Lapite (Unlawful Killing) 96 words
      2. c551W
    2. Animal Experimentation 200 words
      3. cc551-3W
    3. Asylum Seekers 829 words
      4. cc554-6W
    4. Assaults on Police 1,796 words
      5. cc556-8W
    5. Police Overtime 1,300 words
      6. cc558-9W
    6. Prisons (Education) 234 words
      7. cc559-60W
    7. Prisoners (Cells) 482 words
      8. c560W
    8. Prisoners (Constructive Activity) 60 words
      9. cc560-1W
    9. Republican Prisoners (Transfers) 260 words
      10. c561W
    10. Cardiff Prison (Disciplinary Hearings) 181 words
      11. c561W
    11. Computers (Century Date Change) 167 words
      12. cc561-2W
    12. Prisoners (Mental Disorder) 266 words
      13. c562W
    13. Primary Purpose Rule 103 words
      14. c562W
    14. Prisons (Security) 70 words
      15. c563W
    15. Volunteers (Screening) 170 words
      16. c563W
    16. Sutton Police Station 82 words
      17. cc563-5W
    17. European Union 689 words
      18. c565W
    18. Probation Service 323 words
      19. cc565-6W
    19. Restorative Justice 156 words
      20. c566W
    20. Immigration 147 words
      21. c566W
    21. Prison Staff (Early Retirement and Severance) 58 words
      22. cc566-7W
    22. Caution Plus 158 words
      23. c567W
    23. Political Parties 115 words
      24. c567W
    24. Programme Development Unit 211 words
      25. cc567-8W
    25. European Convention on Human Rights 195 words
      26. cc568-9W
    26. Country Watch 177 words
      27. c569W
    27. Special Constabulary 299 words
      28. cc569-70W
    28. Prisons (Staff) 79 words
      29. cc570-1W
    29. Perjury 425 words
      30. c571W
    30. Operation Quantum 118 words
      31. c571W
    31. Prisoners (Diet and Behaviour) 78 words
      32. cc571-2W
    32. Police Scientific Development Branch 233 words
      33. c572W
    33. Departmental Savings 109 words
      34. cc572-3W
    34. Waste Minimisation 459 words
      35. c573W
    35. Office Refurbishment 65 words
      36. c573W
    36. Firearms Consultative Committee 65 words
      37. cc573-4W
    37. Wormwood Scrubs Prison 44 words
      38. c574W
    38. UK Passport Agency 163 words
      39. c574W
    39. Traffic Wardens 110 words
      40. c574W
    40. Special Secure Units 162 words
      41. c575W
    41. Closed Circuit Television 117 words
      42. c575W
    42. Sentencing 157 words
      43. cc575-6W
    43. Immigration Detainees (Medical Services) 175 words
      44. c576W
    44. CS Gas 255 words
      45. c576W
    45. Regional Boundaries 61 words
      46. c576W
    46. Highgrove (Policing) 55 words
      47. cc576-7W
    47. Prisons (Unit Costs) 256 words
      48. c577W
    48. Prison Service 195 words
      49. cc577-8W
    49. Metropolitan Police (Sick Leave) 87 words
      50. c578W
    50. Speed Cameras (Fines) 143 words
      51. cc578-9W
    51. Offences against the Person 354 words
      52. c579W
    52. Electoral Register 394 words
      53. cc579-80W
    53. Intrusive Surveillance Code 73 words
      54. cc580-1W
    54. Stephen Lawrence 498 words
      55. c581W
    55. Drugs 62 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
      20. c581W
    1. Market Testing 91 words
      2. cc581-2W
    2. Private Finance Initiative 329 words
      3. c582W
    3. Benefits Agency 279 words
      4. cc582-3W
    4. Widow's Benefits 93 words
      5. c583W
    5. Child Support Agency 208 words
      6. c583W
    6. Lone Parents 192 words
      7. cc583-4W
    7. Waste Minimisation 213 words
      8. c584W
    8. Private Pensions (Regulation) 236 words
      9. cc584-5W
    9. Income Support (Earnings Disregard) 231 words
      10. c585W
    10. Disabled Claimants 167 words
      11. cc585-6W
    11. War Pensions 180 words
      12. c586W
    12. Housing Benefit 331 words
      13. cc586-7W
    13. Appeal Tribunals 87 words
      14. c587W
    14. Claims (Backdating) 205 words
      15. c587W
    15. Disability Appeals Tribunals 206 words
      16. c588W
    16. Mortgage Interest Benefit 90 words
      17. c588W
    17. Incapacity Benefit 449 words
      18. c589W
    18. Poverty 138 words
      19. c589W
    19. Benefits Offices, Wales 50 words
      20. cc589-90W
    20. Jobseeker's Allowance 386 words
      21. c590W
    21. Computers (Century Date Change) 104 words
      22. cc590-1W
    22. National Benefit Inquiry Line 283 words
      23. cc591-4W
    23. Outsourcing Projects 1,710 words
      24. cc594-5W
    24. Benefit Review 373 words
      25. c595W
    25. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 127 words
      26. cc595-6W
    26. Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 188 words
  20. SCOTLAND
      21. c596W
    1. Feudal System 256 words
      2. cc596-7W
    2. Hunting 364 words
      3. cc597-8W
    3. Departmental Expenditure 272 words
      4. c598W
    4. Government Expenditure and Revenue 49 words
      5. c598W
    5. Council House Repairs 69 words
      6. c598W
    6. Departmental Staff 90 words
      7. cc598-9W
    7. Literacy and Numeracy 85 words
      8. c599W
    8. Dance and Music Tuition 78 words
      9. c599W
    9. Woodlands 204 words
      10. cc599-600W
    10. Computer-related Expenditure 73 words
      11. c600W
    11. A1 169 words
      12. c600W
    12. Arable Area Payments 165 words
      13. cc600-1W
    13. Waste Minimisation 173 words
      14. c601W
    14. Further Education 125 words
      15. c601W
    15. Local Government Elections 96 words
      16. cc601-2W
    16. Keelylang Site of Special Scientific Interest 76 words
      17. c602W
    17. Scottish Parliament 320 words
      18. cc602-3W
    18. EU Birds Directive 89 words
      19. c603W
    19. Computers (Century Date Change) 63 words
      20. c603W
    20. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 231 words
      21. c603W
    21. European Issues 54 words
      22. c604W
    22. Local Agenda 21 120 words
      23. c604W
    23. Animal Exports 69 words
      24. c604W
    24. Devolution (Interpretation) 79 words
      25. c604W
    25. Mr. Brendan Callaghan 95 words
      26. cc604-5W
    26. Planning Applications 66 words
      27. c605W
    27. Business Start-up Scheme 61 words
  21. HEALTH
      22. c605W
    1. Nursing Homes (Negligence) 85 words
      2. c605W
    2. Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 99 words
      3. cc605-6W
    3. Ethnic Minorities 193 words
      4. c606W
    4. Dental Services 104 words
      5. c606W
    5. Preston General Hospital 213 words
      6. c607W
    6. Chemical Support Services 91 words
      7. c607W
    7. Fluoridation 177 words
      8. cc607-8W
    8. Management Consultants 144 words
      9. c608W
    9. Public Appointments 57 words
      10. c608W
    10. Non-NHS Staff 34 words
      11. c608W
    11. Young People (Care) 112 words
      12. cc608-10W
    12. Non-urgent Elective Surgery 1,032 words
      13. cc610-1W
    13. Contraceptive Advice 392 words
      14. cc611-2W
    14. Waste Minimisation 263 words
      15. c612W
    15. Prescribed Drugs 74 words
      16. c612W
    16. Office Refurbishment 88 words
      17. cc612-3W
    17. Ministerial Responsibilities 182 words
      18. cc613-4W
    18. Vitamin B6 950 words
      19. c615W
    19. Community Care 61 words
      20. c615W
    20. NHS Estates 72 words
      21. cc615-6W
    21. Private Finance Initiative 484 words
      22. c616W
    22. NHS Trusts (Private Activities) 203 words
      23. cc616-7W
    23. NHS Expenditure 335 words
      24. cc617-8W
    24. Prostate Cancer 272 words
      25. c618W
    25. Breast Screening 173 words
      26. c618W
    26. Specialist Training Certificate 127 words
      27. cc618-9W
    27. Alternative Practitioners 117 words
      28. c619W
    28. Computers (Century Date Change) 90 words
      29. c619W
    29. GP Fundholders (Anglia and Oxford) 188 words
      30. cc619-20W
    30. Efficiency Task Force 51 words
      31. c620W
    31. Patients (NHS Hospitals) 340 words
      32. cc620-1W
    32. NHS Staff 586 words
      33. c621W
    33. NHS Staff (Patient Care) 76 words
      34. cc621-2W
    34. Hospital Waiting Times 116 words
      35. c622W
    35. School Nursing Service 56 words
      36. c622W
    36. Child Sex Abuse (Recovered Memories Report) 94 words
      37. c623W
    37. Food Poisoning 171 words
      38. c623W
    38. Health Action Zones 57 words
      39. c623W
    39. Neonatal Injury 165 words
  22. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      23. cc623-4W
    1. Advance Corporation Tax Credit 457 words
      2. c625W
    2. Inward Investment 437 words
      3. cc625-6W
    3. Coalfield Areas 48 words
      4. c626W
    4. Deregulation 98 words
      5. c626W
    5. Child Labour 107 words
      6. c626W
    6. Utility Regulation 59 words
      7. cc626-7W
    7. Small Businesses (Information Technology) 150 words
      8. c627W
    8. Defence Exports 280 words
      9. cc627-8W
    9. India 119 words
      10. c628W
    10. Low Pay Commission 79 words
      11. c628W
    11. Telecommunications 66 words
      12. c628W
    12. Internet Access 168 words
      13. cc628-9W
    13. World Trade Organisation 105 words
      14. c629W
    14. Women Directors 51 words
      15. c629W
    15. Manufacturing Trade 69 words
      16. c629W
    16. North-east Lancashire (Investment) 94 words
      17. c629W
    17. Utilities (Standing Charges) 54 words
      18. c629W
    18. Konver Grants 62 words
      19. c630W
    19. Appointments 87 words
      20. c630W
    20. Utilities (Consumer Protection) 64 words
      21. c630W
    21. Nuclear Power 120 words
      22. cc630-1W
    22. International Port, Aden 228 words
      23. c631W
    23. Official Travel (Cost) 150 words
      24. c631W
    24. Indonesia 190 words
      25. cc631-2W
    25. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 99 words
      26. c632W
    26. Employment Contracts 97 words
      27. c632W
    27. Export Licences 145 words
      28. cc632-3W
    28. Waste Minimisation 303 words
      29. c633W
    29. Renewable Energy 246 words
      30. c634W
    30. Technology-based Small Firms 89 words
      31. c634W
    31. Civil Service Pension Scheme 114 words
      32. cc634-5W
    32. Retail Newsagents 333 words
      33. c635W
    33. Copywatch 104 words
      34. cc635-6W
    34. Employment Pacts 199 words
      35. cc636-7W
    35. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 747 words
      36. cc637-8W
    36. Minister of Competition and Consumer Affairs 203 words
      37. c638W
    37. Competition Law 133 words
      38. cc638-40W
    38. Commercial Debt 654 words
      39. c640W
    39. Minimum Wage 311 words
      40. c640W
    40. Employees' Rights 66 words
      41. cc640-1W
    41. Direct Rail Services 48 words
      42. c641W
    42. Security Equipment 113 words
      43. c641W
    43. Holocaust Victims (Funds) 128 words
      44. c641W
    44. Fuel Agreement 136 words
      45. c642W
    45. Coal Production 121 words
      46. c642W
    46. Opencast Coal 76 words
      47. c642W
    47. Radio Advertising (Wealth Warnings) 48 words
      48. cc642-3W
    48. Information Society 203 words
      49. c643W
    49. Advisers 119 words
      50. c643W
    50. Regional Selective Assistance 95 words
      51. cc643-4W
    51. Power Stations 185 words
      52. c644W
    52. Directors and Company Secretaries (Report) 57 words
      53. c644W
    53. Teaching Company Scheme 235 words
      54. c645W
    54. Sickness Dismissals 37 words
      55. c645W
    55. Unfair Dismissals 102 words
      56. c645W
    56. Civil Servants 78 words
      57. cc645-6W
    57. Computers (Century Date Change) 218 words
      58. cc646-7W
    58. Investment Agreement 415 words
      59. c647W
    59. Correspondence 115 words
      60. cc647-8W
    60. Written Answers 135 words
      61. c648W
    61. Ministerial Duties 114 words

Lords Sitting of 31 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c305
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc305-7
  2. Eagle Owls 1,115 words
    3. cc307-8
  3. Baltic States: Trade 378 words
    4. cc308-11
  4. Organic Farming 1,430 words
    5. cc311-3
  5. Mutual Societies and "Carpet-baggers" 957 words
    6. c313
  6. Succession to the Crown Bill [H.L.] 63 words
    7. cc313-4
  7. Parliamentary Privilege: Joint Committee 389 words
    8. cc314-5
  8. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 66 words
    9. cc315-8
  9. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,717 words
    10. cc318-25
  10. LORDS AMENDMENT 3,964 words
    11. c325
  11. LORDS AMENDMENT 119 words
    12. cc325-6
  12. LORDS AMENDMENT 119 words
    13. c326
  13. LORDS AMENDMENTS 256 words
    14. cc326-73
  14. Finance Bill 26,329 words
    15. cc373-86
  15. Aerodromes 6,147 words
    16. c386
  16. Royal Assent 71 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 31 July 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c77WA
  1. EU Preferential Access for African Countries 135 words
    cc77-80WA
  2. Overseas Police and Military Training Commitments 437 words
    c80WA
  3. International Development 86 words
    c80WA
  4. Development Education 115 words
    cc80-1WA
  5. Callander Rifle and Pistol Club: Records 82 words
    c81WA
  6. Treasury Building: Refurbishment Project 147 words
    c81WA
  7. Windfall Tax: Impact 92 words
    cc81-2WA
  8. Gambling Industry: Contribution to GDP 211 words
    c82WA
  9. Deregulation 93 words
    cc82-3WA
  10. Disposals by Museums and Galleries 83 words
    c83WA
  11. Museums and Galleries: Admission Charges 127 words
    c83WA
  12. NAPS, Carbamate and OF Pesticides: Effects of Combination 100 words
    cc83-4WA
  13. Pure Fusion and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 248 words
    cc84-5WA
  14. Defence Secondary Care Agency HQ 288 words
    c85WA
  15. Gulf War Personnel: Blood Samples 137 words
    cc85-6WA
  16. Ballistic Missile Defence Studies 150 words
    c86WA
  17. European Commissioners: Pensions and Benefits 108 words
    cc86-7WA
  18. Ministerial Code 159 words
    cc87-8WA
  19. Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly, 22 September 410 words
    c88WA
  20. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 250 words
    cc88-9WA
  21. International Development: DTI Collaboration 86 words
    c89WA
  22. Gas Liberalisation 52 words
    c89WA
  23. Parental Leave: Costs to Schools and the NHS 83 words
    cc89-90WA
  24. Late Payment 303 words
    c90WA
  25. Expanding Ammunition for Humane Killing 117 words
    cc90-2WA
  26. Prison Service: Parliamentary Questions 431 words
    c92WA
  27. Intrusive Surveillance: Code of Practice 67 words
    cc92-3WA
  28. Stephen Lawrence: Inquiry 467 words
    cc93-4WA
  29. Offences against the Person: Law Commission Report 352 words
    c94WA
  30. Custodial and Non-custodial Sentences 251 words
    cc94-5WA
  31. Care of Mentally Ill Prisoners 112 words
    c95WA
  32. Prisoners' Medical Records 216 words
    c95WA
  33. Gay Christian Movement: Blasphemy Investigation 92 words
    cc95-6WA
  34. Gambling: Club Membership 101 words
    c96WA
  35. Gambling: Employment 63 words
    c96WA
  36. Theft of Handbags from Vehicles 88 words
    cc96-7WA
  37. Post Office: Medical Insurance 196 words
    c97WA
  38. World Trade Organisation 237 words
    cc97-8WA
  39. Arms Sales: Export Licences 82 words
    c98WA
  40. Marine Policy and Industry 77 words
    cc98-9WA
  41. Child Care Vouchers 330 words
    c99WA
  42. CFCs 123 words
    cc99-100WA
  43. National Roads Programme 138 words
    c100WA
  44. Minicabs in London 45 words
    cc100-1WA
  45. Water Industry Costs: EU Directives 314 words
    c101WA
  46. Harbour Authorities and Pilotage 257 words
    c101WA
  47. Queen Elizabeth II Bridge 96 words
    cc101-2WA
  48. VAT Reduction on Domestic Heating Fuels 83 words
    cc102-3WA
  49. Civil Court Claims 292 words
    c103WA
  50. University Tuition Fees 207 words
    cc103-4WA
  51. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education: Report 220 words
    c104WA
  52. Education Act 1993: Gloucestershire Judgment 95 words
    cc104-5WA
  53. NHS: Market Testing Savings 382 words
    cc105-6WA
  54. NHS Share of GDP 210 words
    cc106-7WA
  55. Nurses' Earnings 367 words
    c107WA
  56. Nurse:Patient Ratio 51 words
    cc107-8WA
  57. Abortion 142 words
    c108WA
  58. Permanent Vegetative State 175 words
    cc108-9WA
  59. Pre-Menstrual Tension: Vitamin B6 Supplements 298 words
    cc109-10WA
  60. Vitamin B6 435 words
    c110WA
  61. Psychiatric Units 72 words