Commons Sitting of 24 November 1997 Series 6 Vol. 301

    c615
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c615
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc615-32
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
        2. cc615-6
      1. Asylum Seekers 546 words
        2. cc616-7
      2. Electoral Registration System 379 words
        3. cc617-9
      3. Sentencing (Consistency) 993 words
        4. cc619-21
      4. Drug-related Crime 928 words
        5. c621
      5. Mr. Lakhinder Reel 320 words
        6. cc621-3
      6. Police Officers (Beat Patrol Duties) 1,033 words
        7. cc623-5
      7. Crime Victims (Support) 813 words
        8. cc625-6
      8. Travellers 726 words
        9. cc626-8
      9. Human Rights 695 words
        10. c628
      10. Criminal Justice System 336 words
        11. cc628-30
      11. Crime (Young People) 994 words
        12. cc630-2
      12. Closed Circuit Television 402 words
        13. c632
      13. Racially Motivated Crime 324 words
    cc633-46
  4. Jobs Summit 6,830 words
    5. c646
  5. British Board of Film Classification 426 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c647
    1. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill 244 words
  7. Clause 1
      8. cc647-75
    1. REFERENDUM 15,061 words, 2 divisions
  8. Schedule
      9. cc675-86
    1. FORM OF BALLOT PAPER 5,736 words, 1 division
  9. Clause 2
      10. cc686-94
    1. ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE 4,618 words
  10. Clause 3
      11. cc694-703
    1. COUNTING OFFICERS 5,023 words, 1 division
  11. Clause 4
      12. cc703-11
    1. REFERENDUM SUPPLEMENTARY 4,399 words
  12. Clause 6
      13. cc711-6
    1. EXCLUSION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 2,504 words
  13. Clause 7
      14. cc716-43
    1. FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION 14,643 words, 2 divisions
  14. Clause 9
      15. cc743-4
    1. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 515 words
  15. Clause 11
      16. c744
    1. PAYMENTS BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO COMMISSION 230 words
  16. Clause 12
      17. cc744-5
    1. EXPENDITURE 170 words
  17. Clause 13
      18. cc745-6
    1. SHORT TITLE 287 words
  18. PETITION
      19. cc746-7
    1. Harold Wood Hospital 145 words
      2. cc747-52
    2. Residential Boat Owners (London) 3,259 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 November 1997 Series 6 Vol. 301

  1. TREASURY
      2. c357W
    1. Tax Avoidance Schemes 32 words
      2. cc357-8W
    2. Economic and Monetary Union 349 words
      3. c358W
    3. Tax and Benefits Task Force 64 words
      4. c358W
    4. Public Appointments 100 words
      5. c358W
    5. Wealth Tax 107 words
      6. cc358-9W
    6. Exchange Rates 493 words
      7. c359W
    7. Airbus 65 words
      8. cc359-61W
    8. National Asset Register 430 words
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      3. c361W
    1. Press Releases 83 words
      2. c361W
    2. Departmental Information 411 words
      3. cc361-2W
    3. Child Care 95 words
  3. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      4. c362W
    1. Student Loans 214 words
      2. cc362-3W
    2. Student Fees 99 words
      3. c363W
    3. Teachers (Advanced Skilled Status) 91 words
      4. c363W
    4. University Admissions (Oxford and Cambridge) 230 words
      5. c363W
    5. University Funding 88 words
      6. cc363-4W
    6. Age Discrimination 104 words
      7. cc364-5W
    7. Student Maintenance Grant 334 words
      8. cc365-6W
    8. LEA Funding 414 words
      9. c366W
    9. Lancaster Adult College 114 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      5. c366W
    1. Local Government (South-East England) 84 words
      2. c366W
    2. Rural England White Paper 135 words
      3. cc366-7W
    3. Biocidal Products Directive 268 words
      4. c367W
    4. Coastguards 158 words
      5. cc367-8W
    5. Local Authority Spending 83 words
      6. c368W
    6. Bus Lanes 260 words
      7. cc368-9W
    7. Social Housing 128 words
      8. c369W
    8. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 86 words
      9. c369W
    9. Lord Sainsbury 91 words
      10. c369W
    10. Local Government Finance 174 words
      11. cc369-70W
    11. Tourist Coaches (London) 85 words
      12. c370W
    12. Acid Rain 265 words
      13. cc370-1W
    13. English Partnerships (Allocation of Funds) 482 words
      14. cc371-2W
    14. Fishing Vessels (Safety) 260 words
      15. c372W
    15. CITES 99 words
      16. c372W
    16. Schools (Safe Routes) 56 words
      17. cc372-3W
    17. EU Structural Funds 136 words
      18. c373W
    18. South Downs 176 words
      19. c373W
    19. Genetically Modified Organisms 112 words
      20. cc373-4W
    20. Driving and Diabetes 192 words
      21. c374W
    21. EU Committee of the Regions 150 words
      22. c374W
    22. London Government 157 words
      23. cc374-5W
    23. Office Space 81 words
      24. cc375-6W
    24. Thames 2000 667 words
      25. c376W
    25. Green Belt (Carrington Moss) 53 words
      26. cc376-7W
    26. Housing Corporation 282 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      6. cc377-8W
    1. Small Claims 325 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. cc378-9W
    1. Arson Attacks 382 words
      2. cc379-80W
    2. Overseas Travel 234 words
      3. c380W
    3. Joint Framework Document 159 words
      4. c380W
    4. Policing 55 words
  7. WALES
      8. cc380-1W
    1. NHS 225 words
      2. c381W
    2. A340–600 Aircraft 44 words
      3. c381W
    3. Student Funding 142 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      9. cc381-2W
    1. Lake Windermere Speed Limit 514 words
      2. cc382-3W
    2. Overseas Travel 85 words
      3. c383W
    3. E-mail 121 words
      4. c383W
    4. Press Releases 85 words
      5. cc383-5W
    5. National Lottery 1,169 words
      6. cc385-6W
    6. Tourism 57 words
      7. cc386-7W
    7. Heritage Lottery Fund 296 words
      8. cc387-8W
    8. Visitor Numbers 252 words
  9. CABINET OFFICE
      10. cc388-9W
    1. Millennium Experience 308 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      11. cc389-90W
    1. E-mail 258 words
      2. c390W
    2. Web Sites 130 words
  11. DEFENCE
      12. c390W
    1. Departmental Information 94 words
      2. cc390-1W
    2. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 222 words
      3. c391W
    3. Public Appointments 111 words
      4. cc391-2W
    4. Cadet Forces 469 words
      5. c392W
    5. Officers (Education) 113 words
      6. cc392-3W
    6. RAF Menwith Hill 199 words
      7. c393W
    7. Service Women 63 words
      8. c393W
    8. Amsterdam Treaty 49 words
      9. cc393-4W
    9. Fox Hunting 141 words
      10. c394W
    10. Officer Training Corps 295 words
      11. c394W
    11. Land (Military Training) 92 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      13. cc394-5W
    1. Official Hospitality 194 words
      2. c395W
    2. Overseas Travel 180 words
      3. cc395-6W
    3. Publicity and Advertising 201 words
      4. c396W
    4. Quota-hopping 47 words
      5. cc396-7W
    5. Schengen Agreement 313 words
      6. c397W
    6. Gibraltar 102 words
      7. c397W
    7. Qualified Majority Voting 74 words
      8. cc397-8W
    8. Organisation of African Unity 79 words
      9. c398W
    9. El Salvador 140 words
      10. c398W
    10. Nuclear Weapons 147 words
      11. c398W
    11. Congo 86 words
      12. cc398-9W
    12. Ottawa Treaty 48 words
      13. c399W
    13. Amsterdam Treaty 107 words
      14. c399W
    14. Electronic Communications 75 words
      15. cc399-400W
    15. Africa (Great Lakes Region) 196 words
      16. c400W
    16. Intelligence and Security Committee (Drug Trafficking) 70 words
      17. c400W
    17. Economic and Monetary Union 112 words
      18. c400W
    18. War Crimes 72 words
      19. c400W
    19. Intergovernmental Conference 76 words
      20. cc400-1W
    20. European Union (Co-operation) 106 words
      21. c401W
    21. European Union (Enlargement) 180 words
      22. c401W
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 63 words
      23. cc401-2W
    23. European Union (International Agreements) 94 words
      24. c402W
    24. Euro-Mediterranean Process 128 words
      25. cc402-3W
    25. Amsterdam Treaty (Foreign Policy) 357 words
      26. c403W
    26. Fontainebleau Rebate 119 words
      27. cc403-4W
    27. Amsterdam Treaty (Social Charter) 91 words
      28. cc404-5W
    28. European Union (Common Concern Principle) 114 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
      14. c405W
    1. Political Donations 229 words
      2. c405W
    2. Tobacco Sponsorship 35 words
      3. cc405-6W
    3. Planning Policy (Supermarkets) 151 words
      4. c406W
    4. Lord Sainsbury 31 words
      5. c406W
    5. Iraq 137 words
      6. cc406-7W
    6. Departmental Reviews 321 words
      7. c407W
    7. Diana, Princess of Wales 74 words
      8. c407W
    8. Ministerial Task Force on Child Care 84 words
      9. cc407-8W
    9. Carrington Moss (Planning Application) 142 words
      10. c408W
    10. UK Parliamentary Delegation 53 words
      11. c408W
    11. Mr. Jonathan Powell 72 words
      12. c408W
    12. Official Meetings 84 words
      13. cc408-9W
    13. Anglo-French Summit 88 words
      14. c409W
    14. British Film Industry 46 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      15. c409W
    1. Bicycle Allowance 89 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      16. cc409-10W
    1. Radioactive Waste 346 words
      2. cc410-1W
    2. Quarantine Reform 576 words
      3. c411W
    3. Flood Warnings (Somerset) 102 words
      4. cc411-2W
    4. Bruton Flood Detention Dam 157 words
      5. c412W
    5. Regional Panels 39 words
  16. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      17. cc412-3W
    1. Biotechnological Invention 484 words
      2. c413W
    2. Patents (Biological Materials) 102 words
      3. cc413-6W
    3. Publicity and Advertising 1,043 words
      4. c416W
    4. Competition Bill 92 words
      5. cc416-7W
    5. Export Licences 334 words
      6. c417W
    6. Fossil Fuel Levy 310 words
      7. c417W
    7. Business Opportunities 122 words
      8. cc417-8W
    8. Electrical Retailing 310 words
      9. c418W
    9. Recommended Retail Prices 129 words
      10. cc418-9W
    10. Departmental Announcements 114 words
      11. c419W
    11. Stena and P&O Merger 204 words
      12. c419W
    12. Plutonium 138 words
      13. cc419-20W
    13. Coal Supplies 119 words
      14. c420W
    14. Low Pay Commission 51 words
      15. c420W
    15. BP Power Station 109 words
      16. c420W
    16. Written Questions 58 words
      17. c420W
    17. Fax and Telephone Installation Costs 29 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. cc420-1W
    1. Departmental Information 65 words
      2. c421W
    2. Press Releases 103 words
      3. cc421-2W
    3. Student Funding 581 words
      4. c422W
    4. Tuition Fees 131 words
      5. cc422-3W
    5. Quangos 347 words
  18. HEALTH
      19. c423W
    1. Abortion 114 words
      2. c423W
    2. NHS Dentists Register 128 words
      3. cc423-4W
    3. Fluoridation 163 words
      4. cc424-5W
    4. Tobacco Sponsorship 241 words
      5. c425W
    5. General Practitioners (Correspondence) 100 words
      6. c425W
    6. Trauma Centres 101 words
      7. c425W
    7. Nursing and Residential Homes 145 words
      8. cc425-6W
    8. Cancer 184 words
      9. c426W
    9. Hospitals (Performance Indicators) 128 words
      10. cc426-7W
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists 448 words
      11. cc427-8W
    11. NHS Bureaucracy 233 words
      12. c428W
    12. NHS Contracts 84 words
      13. c428W
    13. Clinical Depression 266 words
      14. cc428-9W
    14. GP Fundholding 198 words
      15. c429W
    15. Hospital Waiting Lists (Essex) 161 words
      16. cc429-30W
    16. Minister for Public Health 140 words
      17. c430W
    17. Funding Formula 74 words
      18. c430W
    18. Bed Blocking 119 words
      19. cc430-1W
    19. NHS Trusts (Finances) 238 words
  19. HOME DEPARTMENT
      20. c431W
    1. Criminal Anti-social Behaviour 85 words
      2. c431W
    2. Juveniles 127 words
      3. cc431-2W
    3. Parole 142 words
      4. c432W
    4. Victim Support 68 words
      5. c432W
    5. Criminal Justice System (Delays) 90 words
      6. c432W
    6. Prison Officers 63 words
      7. c432W
    7. Metropolitan Police Recruitment 52 words
      8. cc432-3W
    8. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 104 words
      9. c433W
    9. Police (Resources) 84 words
      10. c433W
    10. Members of Parliament (Bribery) 112 words
      11. c433W
    11. European Elections (Electoral Arrangements) 56 words
      12. cc433-4W
    12. Restorative Justice 47 words
      13. c434W
    13. Restraint Methods 105 words
      14. c434W
    14. Young Offenders (Parents) 129 words
      15. c434W
    15. Prison and Probation Services 96 words
      16. cc434-5W
    16. Anti-social Neighbours 78 words
      17. c435W
    17. Alcopops 97 words
      18. c435W
    18. Sex Offenders 131 words
      19. c435W
    19. Human Rights 82 words
      20. cc435-6W
    20. Drugs and Crime 203 words
      21. c436W
    21. Youth Crime 96 words
      22. cc436-7W
    22. Prison Service 172 words
      23. c437W
    23. Police Officers 77 words
      24. cc437-8W
    24. Bus Lanes 435 words
      25. cc438-9W
    25. Departmental Reviews 235 words
      26. c439W
    26. Huntingdon Life Sciences (Dog Breeding) 151 words
      27. cc439-40W
    27. Illegal Entrants 115 words
      28. c440W
    28. Breath Testing 121 words
      29. c440W
    29. Electronic Tagging 222 words
      30. cc440-1W
    30. Asylum Seekers 86 words
      31. c441W
    31. WPC Fletcher 83 words
      32. c441W
    32. Telecommunications (Interception) 66 words
      33. c441W
    33. Private Security Industry 72 words
      34. cc441-2W
    34. Right to Silence 116 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
      21. c442W
    1. Child Support Agency 408 words
      2. cc442-3W
    2. Official Hospitality 340 words
      3. c443W
    3. Overseas Travel 286 words
      4. cc443-4W
    4. Publicity and Advertising 196 words
      5. cc444-5W
    5. Benefit Recipients (Income Tax) 243 words
      6. c445W
    6. Health Action Zones 74 words
      7. c445W
    7. Lone Parents 84 words
      8. cc445-6W
    8. Housing Benefit 242 words
  21. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      22. c446W
    1. Overseas Travel 220 words
      2. cc446-7W
    2. World Bank 252 words
      3. c447W
    3. El Salvador 149 words
      4. cc447-8W
    4. Iraq 127 words
      5. c448W
    5. Aid and Trade Provision 348 words
      6. c448W
    6. Commonwealth Development Corporation 50 words
      7. cc448-50W
    7. Zimbabwe and Zambia 247 words
      8. c450W
    8. Somalia 83 words

Lords Sitting of 24 November 1997 Series 5 Vol. 583

    c745
  1. Preamble 24 words
    2. c745
  2. Baroness Young of Old Scone 35 words
    3. c745
  3. Lord Hattersley 39 words
    4. c745
  4. Lord Ryder of Wensum 37 words
    5. cc745-8
  5. European Monetary Union: Pension Funds 1,162 words
    6. cc748-50
  6. Vitamin B6 1,007 words
    7. cc750-3
  7. Prisoners: Suicides 1,133 words
    8. cc753-4
  8. Ferry Passengers: UK Entry Procedure 633 words
    9. c754
  9. Business 38 words
    10. cc754-9
  10. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 2,439 words
    11. cc759-71
  11. Jobs Summit 5,980 words
    12. cc771-817
  12. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 24,890 words
    13. cc817-9
  13. Food Protection (Emergency Prohibitions) (Dounreay Nuclear Establishment) Order 1997 1,473 words
    14. cc820-2
  14. Summer Time Order 1997 1,552 words
    15. cc823-58
  15. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 18,456 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 November 1997 Series 5 Vol. 583

    c97WA
  1. Sudan 318 words
    cc97-8WA
  2. Japan: UN Convention against Torture 77 words
    c98WA
  3. Former Yugoslavia: Arrest of War Criminals 125 words
    cc98-9WA
  4. Sierra Leone 290 words
    c99WA
  5. Abidjan Peace Accords and UN Monitors 86 words
    c99WA
  6. UN Security Resolution 1132 48 words
    cc99-100WA
  7. International Criminal Court 150 words
    c100WA
  8. Traffic Islands 180 words
    cc100-1WA
  9. RMC Group plc, "Bowbelle" and "Sand Kite" 237 words
    c101WA
  10. Sports Stadia 65 words
    cc101-2WA
  11. Gulf War: Attributable Benefits for Reservists 549 words
    cc102-3WA
  12. Teacher Training Courses: Fee Remission 130 words
    c103WA
  13. Single Currency: Deficit Penalties 99 words
    c103WA
  14. Smoking-related Disease: Treatment Cost 80 words
    cc103-4WA
  15. Prisoners: Suicides 116 words
    c104WA
  16. Cookham Wood Secure Training Centre 165 words
    c104WA
  17. Blood Sports 65 words
    cc104-5WA
  18. China: Coercive Population Policies 58 words
    c105WA
  19. World Bank 209 words
    c105WA
  20. Petroleum Coke 123 words
    cc105-6WA
  21. Agriculture Council, 17–18 November 458 words
    cc107-8WA
  22. BSE: Moving Annual Total of Cases 457 words