Commons Sitting of 10 March 1997 Series 6 Vol. 292

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
      1. cc1-3
      2. River Thames 669 words
      3. cc3-4
      4. Millennium Festival 612 words
      5. cc4-5
      6. Traffic Congestion, London 603 words
      7. cc5-8
      8. South West Trains 1,165 words
      9. c8
      10. Barking to Gospel Oak Line 331 words
      11. cc8-10
      12. South West Trains 643 words
      13. c10
      14. European Ground Handling Directives 287 words
      15. cc10-1
      16. London Underground 345 words
      17. c11
      18. Road Markings 251 words
      19. cc11-3
      20. Rail Investment 733 words
      21. cc13-4
      22. Air Services Agreement 368 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. cc14-5
      2. Disabled Staff 690 words
      3. cc15-6
      4. Staff (General Election) 271 words
      5. c16
      6. Staff (Overtime) 158 words
    3. TRANSPORT
      1. cc16-7
      2. M25 245 words
      3. cc17-8
      4. Road and Rail Traffic 471 words
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. c18
      2. Legislative Programme 267 words
      3. cc18-9
      4. London Grand Committee 284 words
      5. cc19-20
      6. Summer Recess 160 words
      7. c20
      8. European Directives 157 words
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  5. Point of Order 356 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. cc22-124
    2. Opposition Day 4 words
      1. cc22-76
      2. Public Responsibility For Social Justice 29,346 words, 1 division
      3. cc76-115
      4. Building Societies Bill 20,524 words
        1. c113
        2. BUILDING SOCIETIES BILL [MONEY] 83 words
        3. c113
        4. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL 53 words
        5. c113
        6. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL [MONEY] 88 words
        7. cc113-4
        8. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 34 words
          1. cc113-4
          2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (ENGLAND) 26 words
          3. c114
          4. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 45 words
          5. c114
          6. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 34 words
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        9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
          1. c114
          2. COURT OF AUDITORS 102 words
          c114
        10. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
          1. c114
          2. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 26 words
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        11. WASTE PREVENTION BILL [MONEY] 55 words
      5. PETITION
        1. cc115-6
        2. Health Care (Cambridgeshire) 203 words
        cc116-24
      6. Street Children 4,255 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 March 1997 Series 6 Vol. 292

  1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. c1W
    2. Millennium Commission Awards 72 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. c1W
    2. Schools Renewal Challenge Fund (Sheffield) 98 words
    3. cc1-2W
    4. Jobmatch Scheme 133 words
    5. c2W
    6. Payment of Bills 108 words
    7. cc2-4W
    8. Pupil Statements 989 words
    9. c4W
    10. LEAs (Capital Borrowing Allocation) 130 words
    11. cc4-6W
    12. Assisted Places Scheme 1,028 words
    13. c6W
    14. Nursery Vouchers 53 words
    15. c6W
    16. Schools Renewal Challenge Fund 90 words
    17. cc6-9W
    18. Free School Meals 1,887 words
    19. c9W
    20. Bradfield House School, Cullompton 100 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c9W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 91 words
    3. cc9-10W
    4. Parliamentary Finances 49 words
    5. c10W
    6. Engagements 16 words
    7. c10W
    8. Private Finance Initiative 118 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. cc10-1W
    2. Anti-personnel Land Mines 103 words
    3. cc11-2W
    4. Sri Lanka 400 words
    5. c12W
    6. Disarmament 37 words
    7. c12W
    8. MacBride Principles 276 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc12-3W
    2. Whitemoor Prison 150 words
    3. c13W
    4. Telephone Interception 232 words
    5. cc13-4W
    6. Polling Stations (Disabled Access) 118 words
    7. c14W
    8. Commission for Racial Equality 162 words
    9. cc14-7W
    10. Extradition 1,125 words
    11. c17W
    12. Rehabilitation of Prostitutes 302 words
    13. cc17-8W
    14. Angola 46 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. c18W
    2. Sri Lanka 166 words
    3. cc18-9W
    4. Aid Projects 410 words
    5. c19W
    6. Commonwealth Development Corporation 88 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. cc19-20W
    2. Scottish Grand Committee 121 words
    3. c20W
    4. Customs and Excise 132 words
    5. c20W
    6. Chancery Bank 64 words
    7. cc20-1W
    8. Secretaries of State (Annual Reports) 142 words
    9. c21W
    10. European Funding 169 words
    11. c21W
    12. Self-Assessment Tax System 68 words
    13. c21W
    14. Value Added Tax 74 words
    15. cc21-2W
    16. Petrol and Diesel Oil (Tax) 343 words
    17. c22W
    18. Payment of Bills 104 words
  8. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. cc22-3W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 270 words
    3. cc23-4W
    4. Ministerial Visit (Scotland) 219 words
    5. c24W
    6. Deregulation 292 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. cc24-5W
    2. London Underground (Privatisation) 301 words
    3. c25W
    4. Eversholt and Porterbrook Leasing 50 words
    5. c25W
    6. Government Investment 70 words
    7. cc25-6W
    8. Charter Flights 106 words
    9. c26W
    10. Road and Bridge Maintenance 96 words
    11. c26W
    12. A5 57 words
    13. c26W
    14. Air Pollution 113 words
    15. c26W
    16. Rail Investment 42 words
    17. cc26-7W
    18. London, Tilbury, Southend Line 64 words
    19. c27W
    20. Sea Empress Disaster 48 words
    21. c27W
    22. Road Links (East Sussex) 163 words
    23. c27W
    24. Railtrack (Property Sales) 41 words
    25. c27W
    26. High-speed Rail Links 87 words
    27. cc27-8W
    28. Bus Passenger Journeys 46 words
    29. c28W
    30. Departmental Web Site 117 words
    31. c28W
    32. Dial-a-ride Services (London) 39 words
    33. c28W
    34. Rail Departure Information Boards 37 words
    35. c28W
    36. Train Leasing Companies 67 words
    37. cc28-9W
    38. Coastguard Officers (Scotland) 204 words
    39. c29W
    40. M25 Works 83 words
    41. c29W
    42. Emergency Towing Vessels 115 words
    43. c29W
    44. Parliamentary Questions 47 words
    45. cc29-30W
    46. Jubilee Line Extension 48 words
    47. c30W
    48. Driving Instruction 264 words
    49. c30W
    50. National Air Traffic Service 104 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. cc30-1W
    2. Onshore Petroleum Licences 258 words
    3. c31W
    4. Roslin Institute 196 words
    5. cc31-2W
    6. BBSRC Institutes 79 words
    7. c32W
    8. Mirror Group Newspapers Flotation 95 words
    9. c32W
    10. Accountants Joint Disciplinary Scheme 123 words
    11. cc32-3W
    12. EC Framework V Programme 270 words
    13. c33W
    14. Research and Development 233 words
    15. cc33-4W
    16. Intellectual Property Royalties 312 words
    17. cc34-5W
    18. Electrical Goods Industry (Inquiry) 230 words
    19. c35W
    20. Dreamtell Ltd. 51 words
    21. c35W
    22. Titan Business Club 130 words
    23. c35W
    24. National Minimum Wage 104 words
    25. cc35-6W
    26. Utilities (Pre-payment Meters) 29 words
    27. c36W
    28. Departmental Web Site 172 words
    29. c36W
    30. Loan Guarantee Scheme 80 words
  11. WALES
    1. c36W
    2. Rural Residents (Buses) 85 words
    3. cc36-7W
    4. Llanelli Town Centre (Redevelopment) 167 words
    5. c37W
    6. Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Expenditure) 131 words
    7. cc37-8W
    8. Non-NHS Health Care Providers 295 words
    9. c38W
    10. NHS Trusts 118 words
    11. cc38-40W
    12. NHS Staff 826 words
    13. cc40-1W
    14. Nurses 315 words
    15. c41W
    16. Barry Community Hospital 191 words
    17. cc41-2W
    18. Parliamentary Questions 106 words
    19. c42W
    20. NHS Employees' Pay 151 words
    21. cc42-4W
    22. Training and Enterprise Councils 544 words
    23. c44W
    24. Incomes and Taxes 72 words
    25. cc44-5W
    26. Local Government Expenditure 59 words
    27. c45W
    28. Community Hospitals 59 words
    29. cc45-6W
    30. Dyfed Powys Health Authority 452 words
    31. c46W
    32. Health Authorities (Funding Formula) 86 words
    33. cc46-7W
    34. Pembrokeshire Islands 350 words
    35. c47W
    36. Research Councils (Commissions) 62 words
  12. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. cc47-8W
    2. Parliamentary questions 96 words
  13. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. c48W
    2. Tackling Drugs Together 113 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c48W
    2. European Legislation 77 words
    3. c48W
    4. Back Benchers 46 words
    5. cc48-9W
    6. Easter Recess 58 words
    7. c49W
    8. Voting Procedures 55 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc49-50W
    2. Rendering Industry 546 words
    3. c50W
    4. Private Finance Initiative 87 words
    5. cc50-5W
    6. BSE 1,980 words
    7. c55W
    8. Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 160 words
    9. cc55-6W
    10. Dairy Farms (Rents) 156 words
    11. c56W
    12. Cattle (Mortality Rates) 118 words
    13. c56W
    14. Central Veterinary Laboratory 126 words
    15. cc56-7W
    16. Departmental Data 200 words
    17. c57W
    18. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. cc57-8W
    2. Private Employment Agencies 223 words
    3. c58W
    4. Rev. David Templeton (Assault) 100 words
    5. cc58-9W
    6. Action for Community Employment 316 words
    7. c59W
    8. Rural Residents (Buses) 45 words
    9. cc59-60W
    10. Water Pollution 477 words
    11. c60W
    12. Policing (Harryville) 69 words
    13. c60W
    14. Housing (Disabled Tenants) 301 words
    15. cc60-1W
    16. Housing Executive Estates (Lorry Parking) 176 words
    17. cc61-2W
    18. Countryside Enhancement Scheme 369 words
    19. c62W
    20. Road Accident Fatalities (Costs) 37 words
    21. cc62-3W
    22. Road Safety 342 words
    23. c63W
    24. Sub-programme for Agricultural and Rural Development 98 words
    25. c63W
    26. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
    27. c63W
    28. Research Councils (Commissions) 63 words
    29. cc63-4W
    30. Emergency Provisions Act 139 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. c64W
    2. Organophosphates 58 words
    3. c64W
    4. Netheravon Airfield 74 words
    5. cc64-5W
    6. On-site Inspections 148 words
    7. c65W
    8. Trident 62 words
    9. c65W
    10. NATO 47 words
    11. c65W
    12. Army Foundation College 113 words
    13. c65W
    14. Guns 61 words
    15. c65W
    16. Former Prisoners of War 61 words
    17. cc65-6W
    18. Parliamentary Questions 100 words
    19. c66W
    20. Naval Movements (Ayrshire) 92 words
    21. c66W
    22. Corporal Simon Cullen 80 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. c66W
    2. Cycle Challenge Fund 85 words
    3. cc66-7W
    4. Scientists 97 words
    5. c67W
    6. Non-NHS Health Care Providers 248 words
    7. c67W
    8. NHS Employees' Pay 107 words
    9. cc67-9W
    10. Nurses 558 words
    11. cc69-70W
    12. Irvine Housing Association 669 words
    13. cc70-1W
    14. NHS Staff 224 words
    15. c71W
    16. NHS Administration (Costs) 185 words
    17. cc71-2W
    18. Local Government Reorganisation 167 words
    19. c72W
    20. Health Boards (Publicity Budgets) 33 words
    21. c72W
    22. Stone of Destiny 50 words
    23. c72W
    24. Health Care International, Clydebank 82 words
    25. c72W
    26. Farmed Salmon 93 words
    27. c72W
    28. Sleep Laboratory (Funding) 69 words
    29. cc72-3W
    30. Scottish Homes 257 words
    31. cc73-4W
    32. Research Councils (Commissions) 216 words
    33. c74W
    34. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 93 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT
    1. c74W
    2. Waste Water (High Natural Dispersion Areas) 159 words
    3. c74W
    4. Gas and Electricity (Standards of Performance Scheme) 101 words
    5. cc74-6W
    6. Cryptosporidium 472 words
    7. c76W
    8. Salisbury Bypass 92 words
    9. c76W
    10. Council Leaseholders 58 words
    11. cc76-7W
    12. Willenhall Shopping Precinct Project 244 words
    13. c77W
    14. English Partnerships 105 words
    15. c77W
    16. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
    17. c77W
    18. Teesside Development Corporation 179 words
    19. cc77-8W
    20. House Conditions 95 words
    21. c78W
    22. Residuary Bodies 77 words
    23. c78W
    24. Design Improvement Controlled Experiment 63 words
    25. c78W
    26. Air Quality 52 words
    27. cc78-80W
    28. Docklands Light Railway 783 words
    29. c80W
    30. Organophosphates 200 words
  20. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. cc80-1W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 63 words
    3. c81W
    4. Crown Prosecution Service 535 words
  21. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc81-3W
    2. Asylum Seekers 539 words
    3. c83W
    4. State Retirement Pension 172 words
    5. cc83-4W
    6. Benefits Agency 423 words
    7. cc84-6W
    8. Child Support Agency 1,129 words
    9. c86W
    10. Pensioners 105 words
    11. cc86-7W
    12. Free School Meals 112 words
    13. c87W
    14. Family Credit 64 words
    15. cc87-8W
    16. Benefits Agency (Refurbishment) 323 words
    17. c88W
    18. Benefits Agency Medical Services 63 words
    19. cc88-9W
    20. Liable Relatives' Intervention 172 words
    21. cc89-90W
    22. Incapacity Benefit 387 words
    23. cc90-1W
    24. Appeals 389 words
    25. c91W
    26. Decision Making and Appeals 82 words
    27. c91W
    28. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
    29. cc91-3W
    30. Jobseeker's Allowance 707 words
    31. cc93-4W
    32. Pensions 741 words
    33. cc94-7W
    34. Capital and Earnings Limits 860 words
  22. HEALTH
    1. c97W
    2. Community Care 54 words
    3. c97W
    4. Breast Implants 93 words
    5. c97W
    6. NHS Hospitals 177 words
    7. c97W
    8. Hospitals (Red Alert Status) 42 words
    9. cc97-8W
    10. Primary and Community Health Service Projects 128 words
    11. c98W
    12. Patient Hotels 68 words
    13. c98W
    14. Intensive Care Beds 46 words
    15. cc98-9W
    16. School Dental Services 492 words
    17. cc99-100W
    18. Patient Readmissions 239 words
    19. c100W
    20. Junior Doctors (Study Leave) 42 words
    21. c100W
    22. Osteoporosis 53 words
    23. c100W
    24. Community Care (Judicial Reviews) 72 words
    25. c100W
    26. NHS Hospitals (Waste) 54 words
    27. cc100-1W
    28. Patient Involvement Measures 94 words
    29. c101W
    30. Severance Payments 41 words
    31. c101W
    32. Private Sector Nursing and Care Contracts 98 words
    33. c101W
    34. Casualty Units (Medical Vacancies) 174 words
    35. cc101-2W
    36. Non-NHS Health Care Providers 142 words
    37. c102W
    38. Gender Identity Dysphoria 27 words
    39. c102W
    40. NHS Employees' Pay 143 words
    41. cc102-3W
    42. Electricity Transmission Lines (Health Implications) 554 words
    43. cc103-4W
    44. Market Testing 155 words
    45. c104W
    46. National Blood Authority 64 words
    47. cc104-5W
    48. Hospital Accounts (Patients' Money) 250 words
    49. c105W
    50. Children's Hospices 36 words
    51. c105W
    52. Casualty Nurses 95 words
    53. c105W
    54. Patients (Deaths) 45 words
    55. c105W
    56. Private Health Care 31 words
    57. cc105-6W
    58. Departmental Web Site 237 words
    59. c106W
    60. Eye Tests 34 words
    61. c106W
    62. Dentists 51 words
    63. c106W
    64. Mortuaries 35 words
    65. cc106-7W
    66. GP Practices (Wandsworth) 54 words
    67. c107W
    68. Care (Capital Asset Rules) 37 words
    69. c107W
    70. Wheelchairs 263 words
    71. cc107-8W
    72. Lung Cancer 44 words
    73. c108W
    74. Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies 159 words
    75. c108W
    76. New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 109 words
    77. cc108-9W
    78. NHS Staff 608 words
    79. cc109-10W
    80. University Research 92 words
    81. c110W
    82. Parliamentary Questions 100 words
    83. cc110-1W
    84. Radiotherapy 104 words
    85. cc111-3W
    86. Prodigy Prescribing Pilot System 522 words
    87. c113W
    88. Private Partnership Insurance 133 words
    89. c113W
    90. Fluoridation (North West Water) 64 words
    91. c113W
    92. Prescriptions 89 words
    93. cc113-4W
    94. Community Care (Wiltshire) 138 words
    95. c114W
    96. Pameton 38 words
    97. c114W
    98. Contact Lenses 128 words
    99. c114W
    100. GP Fundholding 160 words
    101. cc114-6W
    102. Records (Access) 91 words
    103. c116W
    104. Cancelled Operations (Durham) 77 words

Lords Sitting of 10 March 1997 Series 5 Vol. 579

    c1
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. cc1-3
  3. Children: Illegal Employment 551 words
  4. cc3-4
  5. Workfare: Pilot Projects 397 words
  6. cc4-7
  7. London Underground Privatisation: Publicity Costs 1,638 words
  8. cc7-8
  9. Single-sex Accommodation for Patients 494 words
  10. c9
  11. Justices of the Peace Bill [H.L.] 13 words
  12. c9
  13. Knives Bill 67 words
  14. c9
  15. Policyholders Protection Bill 6 words
  16. c9
  17. Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Bill 77 words
  18. cc9-22
  19. Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (Continuance) Order 1997 6,997 words
  20. cc22-5
  21. Protection from Harassment Bill 1,467 words
  22. cc25-74
  23. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 25,966 words, 1 division
  24. cc74-81
  25. Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill 3,427 words
  26. cc81-9
  27. Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 3,992 words
  28. cc89-156
  29. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 33,670 words, 2 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 10 March 1997 Series 5 Vol. 579

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  1. CDC: External Finance Limit 86 words
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  2. Russia: Penal Amnesty Proposal 75 words
    c1WA
  3. Russia: Human Rights 109 words
    c2WA
  4. Liozidou V. Tirkey 59 words
    c2WA
  5. Jerusalem: Housing Stock 157 words
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  6. EU and ACP Countries Relations 100 words
    c3WA
  7. Albania and Bulgaria: EU Assistance 225 words
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  8. ICPD: Action Plans 144 words
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  9. NATO Expansion 300 words
    cc4-5WA
  10. NATO and Russia 164 words
    cc5-6WA
  11. Gulf War: Causes of Animal Deaths 533 words
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  12. MoD Litigation: Costs 141 words
    c7WA
  13. "Information Warfare" Disruption 244 words
    c7WA
  14. Proceedings of the House: Media Coverage Monitoring 133 words
    c8WA
  15. Parliamentary Estate: Hairdressing Services 173 words
    cc8-10WA
  16. Parliamentary Data and Video Network: Performance 615 words
    c10WA
  17. ADAS 185 words
    c10WA
  18. EU Tobacco Regime 170 words
    cc10-1WA
  19. BSE: Disciplinary Action 210 words
    c11WA
  20. Emergency Towing Vessels: Winter Arrangements 116 words
    c11WA
  21. Water Abstraction: Licences 84 words
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  22. Basking Shark: Protection 155 words
    cc12-3WA
  23. Endocrine Disrupters: Monitoring 306 words
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  24. Armagh: Employment 244 words
    cc13-4WA
  25. Human Rights 142 words
    c14WA
  26. Crime (Sentences) Bill: Prison Population 217 words
    cc14-5WA
  27. Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997: Records 231 words
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  28. Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine 57 words
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  29. Care in Old Age 53 words