Commons Sitting of 2 June 1997 Series 6 Vol. 295

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  1. Preamble 7 words
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  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY
      1. cc1-2
      2. Benefits Take-up 446 words
      3. cc2-3
      4. Occupational Pensions 360 words
      5. cc3-4
      6. Social Security (Waste) 459 words
      7. cc4-7
      8. Pensions 1,472 words
      9. cc7-8
      10. Young People (Benefits) 297 words
      11. cc8-9
      12. Welfare Reform 506 words
      13. cc9-11
      14. Lone Parents 1,066 words
      15. c11
      16. Income Support (Pensioners) 307 words
      17. cc11-2
      18. Invalidity Benefits 427 words
      19. cc12-3
      20. Lone Parents (Benefits) 278 words
      21. cc13-4
      22. Child Support Agency 420 words
      23. cc14-5
      24. Benefit Dependency 687 words
      25. cc15-6
      26. Habitual Residence Test 187 words
      27. cc16-7
      28. Income Support 589 words
      29. c17
      30. Allowance Claim Forms 303 words
      31. cc17-8
      32. Reduced Earnings Allowance 254 words
      33. c18
      34. Asylum Seekers 186 words
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  5. Points of Order 958 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. cc21-117
    2. Education (Schools) Bill 54,491 words, 1 division
    3. cc117-21
    4. EDUCATION (SCHOOLS) BILL [MONEY] 2,271 words, 1 division
    5. cc122-34
    6. Business of the House 6,287 words
    7. cc135-55
    8. Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations) 11,588 words
    9. cc156-64
    10. Privates Fisher and Wright 3,995 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 June 1997 Series 6 Vol. 295

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c1W
    2. Mr. Singh, Leicester 108 words
    3. cc1-3W
    4. Prisoners 1,123 words
    5. cc3-4W
    6. Naturalisation Applications 548 words
    7. cc4-5W
    8. Electoral Practices 229 words
    9. c5W
    10. Detainees 81 words
    11. cc5-6W
    12. Departmental Computer Systems 165 words
    13. c6W
    14. Firearms Act 1997 76 words
    15. cc6-7W
    16. Asylum Seekers 738 words
    17. cc7-8W
    18. Drug Misuse 150 words
    19. c8W
    20. Primary Purpose Rule 53 words
    21. c8W
    22. Asylum Applications 150 words
    23. cc8-9W
    24. Deportations 145 words
    25. c9W
    26. Irish Prisoners (Repatriation) 275 words
    27. cc9-10W
    28. Immigration Cases 125 words
    29. c10W
    30. Political and Special Advisers 50 words
    31. c10W
    32. Volunteers Week 166 words
    33. c10W
    34. Humberside Police 105 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. cc10-1W
    2. Holocaust (Documents) 85 words
    3. c11W
    4. Radioactive Waste Disposal (Documents) 130 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. c11W
    2. RAF Chilmark 83 words
    3. cc11-2W
    4. Chartered Vessels 173 words
    5. c12W
    6. Departmental Property 312 words
    7. cc12-3W
    8. Waste Disposal (Hurd Deep) 50 words
    9. c13W
    10. Red Deer Hunting 86 words
    11. c13W
    12. C130J 83 words
    13. c13W
    14. Pensions (Gurkha Regiment) 60 words
    15. c13W
    16. Future Large Aircraft 79 words
    17. cc13-4W
    18. Eurofighter (Employment) 59 words
    19. c14W
    20. European Fighter Aircraft 70 words
    21. c14W
    22. Departmental Publications 107 words
    23. c14W
    24. Departmental Advisers 39 words
    25. c14W
    26. Disability 125 words
    27. cc14-5W
    28. Military Exports (Saudi Arabia) 81 words
    29. c15W
    30. Test and Firing Ranges 82 words
    31. c15W
    32. Equipment Exhibition 53 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c15W
    2. Departmental Computer Systems 80 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. cc15-6W
    2. Intestacy 212 words
    3. c16W
    4. Disability 113 words
    5. cc16-7W
    6. Departmental Publications 203 words
    7. c17W
    8. Benevolent Fund 147 words
    9. cc17-8W
    10. Departmental Computer Systems 389 words
    11. cc18-9W
    12. Charters 318 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. cc19-20W
    2. Business Links 127 words
    3. c20W
    4. Loan Guarantee Scheme 59 words
    5. c20W
    6. Disability 85 words
    7. c20W
    8. Water Cannon 109 words
    9. c20W
    10. Indonesia 24 words
    11. cc20-1W
    12. Minimum Wage 70 words
    13. c21W
    14. Bananas 159 words
    15. c21W
    16. Piece Workers 79 words
    17. c21W
    18. Working Time Directive 68 words
    19. cc21-2W
    20. Genetically Engineered Animals 197 words
    21. c22W
    22. Post Offices 150 words
    23. c22W
    24. Low Pay Commission 51 words
    25. cc22-3W
    26. Konver 162 words
    27. c23W
    28. Bosnia 147 words
    29. c23W
    30. Alcohol Tax (Japan) 300 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c24W
    2. Education Qualifications 100 words
    3. c24W
    4. Civil Service (Ethnic Minorities) 345 words
    5. cc24-5W
    6. Mosque, Craigavon 45 words
    7. c25W
    8. Arable Area Payments 53 words
  8. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. c25W
    2. Uganda 39 words
    3. c25W
    4. Tanzania 39 words
    5. c25W
    6. Aid Recipients 95 words
    7. cc25-6W
    8. Afghanistan 97 words
    9. c26W
    10. Bangladesh 66 words
    11. c26W
    12. Departmental Publications 82 words
    13. c26W
    14. UNESCO 92 words
    15. cc26-7W
    16. Iran 85 words
    17. c27W
    18. Departmental Computer Systems 69 words
    19. c27W
    20. Superspecs 90 words
    21. c27W
    22. Montserrat 45 words
  9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. cc27-8W
    2. BBC Governors 232 words
    3. c28W
    4. Television Licences 40 words
    5. cc28-9W
    6. National Lottery 480 words
    7. c29W
    8. Tourist Boards 81 words
    9. c29W
    10. Seaside Piers 113 words
    11. cc29-30W
    12. Millennium Celebrations (East Lancashire) 174 words
  10. WALES
    1. c30W
    2. Dyslexia 92 words
    3. c30W
    4. Education Costs 68 words
    5. c30W
    6. Cancelled Operations 115 words
    7. cc30-1W
    8. GP Surgeries 47 words
    9. c31W
    10. Community Doctors 51 words
    11. c31W
    12. Long-term Care 50 words
    13. c31W
    14. Hospital Waiting Lists 103 words
    15. c31W
    16. GP Fundholders 68 words
    17. c31W
    18. Nurses (North Wales) 45 words
    19. cc31-2W
    20. River Pollution 98 words
    21. c32W
    22. Beef Market 67 words
    23. c32W
    24. Arable Area Payments 57 words
    25. cc32-3W
    26. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 471 words
  11. HEALTH
    1. c33W
    2. Disclosure of Information 227 words
    3. cc33-4W
    4. Civil Service (Ethnic Minorities) 147 words
    5. c34W
    6. Private Finance Initiative 159 words
    7. cc34-5W
    8. Health Authority Funding 298 words
    9. c35W
    10. Health Service Deficits 52 words
    11. cc35-6W
    12. Ethnic Minority NHS Staff 275 words
    13. c36W
    14. Coffee (Heart Disease) 177 words
    15. c36W
    16. NHS Trusts (Disciplinary Procedures) 94 words
    17. cc36-7W
    18. Drug Misuse Services 138 words
    19. c37W
    20. Lariam 185 words
    21. c37W
    22. Non-clinical Services 71 words
    23. c37W
    24. Care Beds 109 words
    25. cc37-8W
    26. Departmental Computer Systems 79 words
    27. c38W
    28. Adoptions Procedure 40 words
    29. c38W
    30. Human Growth Hormone 147 words
    31. cc38-9W
    32. Air Pollution 287 words
    33. c39W
    34. Health Authorities (Funding) 84 words
    35. c39W
    36. North-East Essex Mental Health Services Trust 95 words
    37. cc39-40W
    38. Disability 107 words
    39. c40W
    40. St. Mary's Hospital, Newport 52 words
    41. c40W
    42. NHS Trusts (Management) 67 words
    43. c40W
    44. Cervical Smear Tests 165 words
    45. cc40-1W
    46. Secondary Care Services 104 words
    47. c41W
    48. Rural Community Hospitals 121 words
    49. c41W
    50. Longcare Homes 90 words
    51. c41W
    52. Genetic Screening 114 words
    53. cc41-2W
    54. Health Trusts (Funding) 68 words
    55. c42W
    56. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 190 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. cc42-3W
      2. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 192 words
      3. c43W
      4. Porpoises 72 words
      5. c43W
      6. Council Tax 108 words
      7. c43W
      8. Merry Hill Inquiry 47 words
      9. cc43-4W
      10. Energy Policy 167 words
      11. c44W
      12. House Renovation Grants (Devon) 109 words
      13. c44W
      14. Wind Farms 148 words
      15. cc44-5W
      16. Water Abstraction (Rivers) 131 words
      17. c45W
      18. Waste Disposal (Hurd Deep) 88 words
      19. c45W
      20. Partners in Technology Programme 117 words
      21. c45W
      22. Planning Schemes 77 words
      23. cc45-6W
      24. Living Earth Foundation (Report) 121 words
      25. cc46-7W
      26. Housing Finance 504 words
      27. c47W
      28. Council House Sales 129 words
      29. c47W
      30. Former British Local Properties 141 words
      31. c47W
      32. Earth Summit (New York) 74 words
      33. cc47-8W
      34. Departmental Publications 142 words
      35. c48W
      36. Plutonium Waste 77 words
      37. cc48-9W
      38. Transmitter Masts 208 words
      39. cc49-50W
      40. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 627 words
      41. c50W
      42. Secondary Liquid Fuels 93 words
      43. cc50-1W
      44. Capital Receipts (London) 342 words
      45. c51W
      46. Revenue Support Grant 86 words
      47. c51W
      48. Global Warming 97 words
      49. cc51-2W
      50. Disability 91 words
      51. c52W
      52. Radioactive Waste 141 words
      53. c52W
      54. Strategic Authority for London 82 words
      55. c52W
      56. Area Cost Adjustment 84 words
      57. cc52-3W
      58. Asbestos 141 words
      59. c53W
      60. Homelessness 55 words
      61. c53W
      62. Water and Sewerage 222 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. cc53-4W
      2. South West Trains 163 words
      3. c54W
      4. Liverpool Airport 62 words
      5. c54W
      6. Wyre Piddle Bypass 57 words
      7. cc54-5W
      8. Car Use 209 words
      9. cc55-6W
      10. Road Tax 442 words
      11. c56W
      12. Great North Eastern Railways 62 words
      13. c56W
      14. Crossrail 74 words
      15. c56W
      16. Minor Works Schemes 53 words
      17. cc56-7W
      18. Public Service Obligation Grant 152 words
      19. cc57-8W
      20. Channel Tunnel 457 words
      21. cc58-9W
      22. Rail Privatisation 393 words
      23. c59W
      24. Rail Regulation 127 words
      25. c59W
      26. British Flagged Vessels 98 words
      27. c59W
      28. Transport Pricing 75 words
      29. cc59-60W
      30. Driving Instruction 135 words
      31. c60W
      32. West Coast Main Line 145 words
      33. c60W
      34. Franchising Director 85 words
      35. cc60-1W
      36. London Underground 155 words
      37. c61W
      38. Speed Limiters 60 words
      39. cc61-2W
      40. London Buses 578 words
      41. c62W
      42. Bus Industry 71 words
      43. cc62-4W
      44. Roads (Leicester) 222 words
      45. cc64-5W
      46. Roads (Leicester) 53 words
      47. c65W
      48. Jubilee Line Extension 85 words
      49. c65W
      50. A40 (De-trunking) 83 words
      51. c65W
      52. Road Works (A40) 71 words
      53. cc65-6W
      54. Bus Services 88 words
      55. c66W
      56. Departmental Spending Limits 63 words
      57. c66W
      58. Speed Limits 114 words
    3. SCOTLAND
      1. c66W
      2. Local Business Rates 47 words
      3. cc66-7W
      4. Civil Service (Ethnic Minorities) 219 words
      5. cc67-8W
      6. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 811 words
      7. cc68-70W
      8. Primary School Class Sizes 1,458 words
      9. cc70-1W
      10. NHS Treatment Costs 50 words
      11. c71W
      12. Education Costs 63 words
      13. c71W
      14. Feu System 64 words
      15. c71W
      16. Skye Bridge 93 words
      17. c71W
      18. Arable Area Payments 62 words
    4. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      1. c72W
      2. Ministerial Offices 177 words
      3. c72W
      4. School Budgets (Unitary Authorities) 118 words
      5. c72W
      6. Business in the Community 46 words
      7. cc72-3W
      8. University Grants 97 words
      9. c73W
      10. Graduates 111 words
      11. c73W
      12. Educational Opportunity 221 words
      13. cc73-4W
      14. Grammar Schools (Referendums) 93 words
      15. c74W
      16. Employment (Ethnic Minorities) 90 words
      17. c74W
      18. Higher Education Students (Ethnic Minorities) 92 words
      19. c74W
      20. Student Debt and Employment 65 words
      21. c74W
      22. Jobseeker's Allowance 72 words
      23. cc74-5W
      24. Assisted Places Scheme 100 words
      25. cc75-6W
      26. Training 419 words
      27. c76W
      28. Funding (Grant-maintained Schools) 97 words
      29. c76W
      30. Assisted Places 75 words
      31. c76W
      32. Education Spending (Devon) 53 words
      33. c76W
      34. Special Measures Schools 59 words
      35. cc76-7W
      36. Konver Grant (Rochford and Southend East) 115 words
      37. c77W
      38. Standard Spending Assessments 48 words
      39. c77W
      40. Welfare to Work 139 words
      41. c77W
      42. Unemployment (Young People) 91 words
      43. cc77-8W
      44. Grant-Maintained Schools Foundation 181 words
    5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. c78W
      2. Jammu and Kashmir 101 words
      3. cc78-9W
      4. Congo 506 words
      5. c79W
      6. Korea 89 words
      7. c79W
      8. Leghold Traps 71 words
      9. cc79-80W
      10. Land Mines 67 words
      11. c80W
      12. Unemployment 83 words
      13. c80W
      14. Poland 116 words
      15. c80W
      16. South Africa 46 words
      17. cc80-1W
      18. Kashmir 125 words
      19. c81W
      20. Kenya 79 words
      21. c81W
      22. Departmental Computer Systems 82 words
      23. c81W
      24. GCHQ 124 words
      25. cc81-2W
      26. British Council 105 words
      27. c82W
      28. Turkey 104 words
      29. c82W
      30. Venezuela 175 words
      31. c82W
      32. Visas 93 words
      33. cc82-3W
      34. Gibraltar 123 words
      35. cc83-5W
      36. Amsterdam Treaty 942 words
      37. c85W
      38. Departmental Publications 128 words
      39. c85W
      40. Departmental Advisers 44 words
      41. c85W
      42. Zaire 96 words
      43. cc85-6W
      44. Immigration Staff 199 words
      45. c86W
      46. Japan 170 words
    6. TREASURY
      1. c87W
      2. Bank of England 185 words
      3. c87W
      4. Landfill Tax 238 words
      5. cc87-8W
      6. Single Currency 130 words
      7. c88W
      8. Road Fuel Duty 62 words
      9. c88W
      10. Furs Ban 104 words
      11. c88W
      12. Interest and Exchange Rates 150 words
      13. cc88-9W
      14. Married Couples (Taxation) 88 words
      15. c89W
      16. Building Societies (Share Certificates) 230 words
      17. c89W
      18. Business VAT Returns 48 words
      19. cc89-90W
      20. Private Health Insurance (Tax Relief) 53 words
      21. c90W
      22. Banking Supervision 45 words
      23. c90W
      24. Departmental Publications 130 words
      25. c90W
      26. Vehicle Excise Duty 40 words
      27. cc90-2W
      28. Electoral Registration 960 words
      29. c92W
      30. Overseas Electors 141 words
      31. c92W
      32. Interest Rates (Bank of England) 91 words
      33. cc92-3W
      34. Labour Statistics 137 words
      35. c93W
      36. Bereavement Allowance 34 words
      37. c93W
      38. Budget Statement 35 words
      39. c93W
      40. Inland Revenue (Salisbury Office) 51 words
      41. cc93-5W
      42. Unemployment (Humberside) 1,196 words
      43. c95W
      44. Fuel (Value Added Tax) 146 words
      45. cc95-6W
      46. Correspondence 73 words
      47. c96W
      48. Windfall Levy 110 words
      49. c96W
      50. Nolan Committee 100 words
    7. PRIME MINISTER
      1. c96W
      2. Mr. Alastair Campbell and Mr. Jonathan Powell 144 words
      3. cc96-9W
      4. Political Appointments 791 words
      5. c99W
      6. UN General Assembly 110 words
      7. c99W
      8. Freedom of Information Bill 80 words
      9. c99W
      10. Lobbyists 95 words
      11. cc99-100W
      12. Removal Costs 48 words
    8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. cc100-2W
      2. BSE 1,216 words
      3. c102W
      4. Beef 100 words
      5. cc102-3W
      6. Departmental Computer Systems 194 words
      7. c103W
      8. Water Demand 85 words
      9. cc103-4W
      10. Set-aside Land 284 words
      11. cc104-5W
      12. Waste Disposal (Hurd Deep) 347 words
      13. c105W
      14. Water Usage 200 words
      15. c105W
      16. Organic Farming 156 words
      17. cc105-6W
      18. Arable Area Payment 86 words
      19. c106W
      20. Animal Identification 53 words
      21. c106W
      22. Technetium (Lobsters) 125 words
      23. c106W
      24. Flood Alleviation 217 words
    9. SOCIAL SECURITY
      1. c107W
      2. Pensions 353 words
      3. cc107-8W
      4. Information Technology 88 words
      5. c108W
      6. Housing Benefit Fraud 90 words
      7. c108W
      8. Fraud 50 words
      9. c108W
      10. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 68 words
      11. c108W
      12. Benefits Agency 137 words
      13. cc108-9W
      14. Income Support 72 words
      15. c109W
      16. Appeal Procedures 127 words
      17. c109W
      18. Income Support (Minimum Wage) 100 words
      19. c109W
      20. Tribunal Centres 116 words
      21. cc109-10W
      22. Welfare Reform 95 words
      23. c110W
      24. Spending Growth 67 words
      25. c110W
      26. Welfare to Work Programme 73 words
      27. c110W
      28. Lone Parents 116 words
      29. cc110-1W
      30. Benefit Dependency (Young People) 79 words
      31. c111W
      32. Basic State Pension 101 words
      33. c111W
      34. Future Pensions Provision 56 words
      35. c111W
      36. Civil Service (Ethnic Minorities) 111 words
      37. cc111-2W
      38. Pensioners 88 words
      39. cc112-4W
      40. Housing Benefit 1,320 words
      41. c114W
      42. Halliday Case 87 words
      43. cc114-5W
      44. Benefits Statistics 193 words
      45. cc115-6W
      46. Retirement Pensions 203 words