Commons Sitting of 2 June 1997 Series 6 Vol. 295

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

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

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