Commons Sitting of 27 October 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

    c563
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c563
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. c563
  3. WRIT ISSUED DURING THE ADJOURNMENT 33 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
      5. cc563-80
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
        2. cc563-5
      1. Community Constables 819 words
        2. c565
      2. Police Constables 435 words
        3. cc565-7
      3. Primary Purpose Rule 602 words
        4. c567
      4. Police Pensions 184 words
        5. cc567-8
      5. Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985 275 words
        6. cc568-9
      6. Closed Circuit Television 605 words
        7. cc569-71
      7. Border Controls 1,182 words
        8. cc571-2
      8. Asylum Seekers 501 words
        9. cc572-4
      9. Crime Prevention 805 words
        10. cc574-5
      10. Scottish Parliament 307 words
        11. cc575-6
      11. Asylum Seekers 837 words
        12. cc576-7
      12. Air Rifles 367 words
        13. cc577-8
      13. Criminal Justice (Voluntary Organisations) 422 words
        14. cc578-9
      14. Election Broadcasts 331 words
        15. c579
      15. Crime Victims 224 words
        16. cc579-80
      16. Illegal Drugs 237 words
        17. c580
      17. Community Policing 245 words
    c581
  5. Viscount Tonypandy 500 words
    6. c582
  6. Winchester (Election) 201 words
    7. cc583-606
  7. Economic and Monetary Union 13,327 words
    8. cc607-8
  8. Points of Order 601 words
    9. cc609-80
  9. Defence Policy 40,261 words
    10. cc681-8
  10. Kent and Sussex Hospital 4,181 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 October 1997 Series 6 Vol. 299

  1. CABINET OFFICE
      2. c649W
    1. Millennium Dome 355 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. c650W
    1. Treaty of Amsterdam 88 words
      2. c650W
    2. European Human Rights Convention 139 words
      3. c650W
    3. Gazumping 100 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      4. cc650-1W
    1. Tourism 175 words
      2. c651W
    2. Television Reception (Wales) 127 words
      3. c651W
    3. Tennis Clubs 112 words
      4. cc651-2W
    4. Goods and Services (Payments) 192 words
  4. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      5. cc652-3W
    1. Goods and Services (Payments) 302 words
      2. c653W
    2. Ethnic Minorities 254 words
  5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      6. c653W
    1. Drugs Tsar 134 words
  6. TREASURY
      7. cc653-4W
    1. VAT 395 words
      2. cc654-6W
    2. EU Budget 536 words
      3. c656W
    3. Single European Currency 91 words
      4. c656W
    4. Sterling Coinage 91 words
      5. c656W
    5. EMU (Publicity) 135 words
      6. cc656-7W
    6. Departmental Expenditure 61 words
      7. c657W
    7. Monetary Policy Committee 201 words
  7. DEFENCE
      8. cc657-61W
    1. Chemical Weapons 2,080 words
      2. c661W
    2. Porton Down Staff Newsletter 213 words
      3. cc661-2W
    3. Goods and Services (Payments) 393 words
      4. c662W
    4. Ministry of Defence Police 170 words
      5. cc662-3W
    5. Overseas Security Forces (Training) 280 words
      6. c663W
    6. Energy and Environmental Education 90 words
      7. cc663-4W
    7. Exports (Indonesia) 76 words
      8. c664W
    8. Northern Ireland 284 words
      9. c664W
    9. Higher Education Sponsorship 62 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      9. cc664-5W
    1. European Parliament Buildings 100 words
      2. cc665-6W
    2. European Courts 527 words
      3. c666W
    3. EU Funding (Political Groups) 95 words
      4. c666W
    4. European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia 66 words
      5. c666W
    5. Western European Union 51 words
      6. cc666-7W
    6. European Commission (Special Advisers) 94 words
      7. c667W
    7. Turkey 164 words
      8. c667W
    8. Cyprus 63 words
      9. c667W
    9. European Union (Co-operation) 99 words
      10. cc667-8W
    10. Prince Programme 221 words
      11. c668W
    11. EU (Estonian Accession) 78 words
      12. cc668-9W
    12. EU Citizenship 157 words
      13. c669W
    13. Child Trafficking (West Africa) 104 words
      14. c669W
    14. Dependent Territories 67 words
      15. cc669-70W
    15. Treaty of Amsterdam 297 words
      16. c670W
    16. Colombia 164 words
      17. cc670-1W
    17. Official Functions and Conferences 230 words
      18. c671W
    18. OSCE Vienna Conference 207 words
  9. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      10. cc671-2W
    1. Goods and Services (Payments) 333 words
      2. c672W
    2. Crown Prosecution Service 200 words
  10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      11. cc672-5W
    1. Schools (Parental Choice) 1,257 words
      2. c675W
    2. Departmental Publications 57 words
      3. c675W
    3. Assisted Places (South Gloucestershire) 93 words
      4. cc675-8W
    4. Jean Monnet Projects 822 words
      5. cc678-9W
    5. Student Grants 125 words
      6. cc679-80W
    6. Special Needs 496 words
      7. c680W
    7. Higher Education 85 words
      8. cc680-1W
    8. Universities (Tuition Fees) 309 words
      9. c681W
    9. Class Sizes 132 words
      10. c681W
    10. Goods and Services (Payments) 117 words
      11. cc681-2W
    11. Parenthood Courses 85 words
      12. cc682-3W
    12. Training and Enterprise Councils 1,448 words
      13. c683W
    13. Nursery Education 48 words
      14. c683W
    14. Students 82 words
      15. cc683-4W
    15. Teachers' Salaries 61 words
      16. cc684-5W
    16. Jobseeker's Allowance 470 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. cc685-6W
    1. Ministerial Travel 440 words
      2. cc686-7W
    2. Political and Special Advisers 594 words
      3. c687W
    3. Environmental Assessments 174 words
      4. cc687-8W
    4. Arms Industry 52 words
      5. c688W
    5. Defence Exports 157 words
      6. c688W
    6. Technology-based Small Firms 108 words
      7. cc688-9W
    7. Engineering (West Midlands) 137 words
      8. c689W
    8. Small and Medium Enterprises 131 words
      9. c689W
    9. Gas Installers 115 words
      10. cc689-90W
    10. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 144 words
      11. c690W
    11. Motor Insurance Directive 99 words
      12. c690W
    12. Development Areas (State Aids) 86 words
      13. c690W
    13. Biotechnology 98 words
      14. cc690-1W
    14. Travel Industry 154 words
      15. c691W
    15. Retail Newsagents 67 words
      16. c691W
    16. Ministerial Endorsements 121 words
      17. cc691-2W
    17. Patents (Engineering Products) 259 words
      18. c692W
    18. Trade Agreements 66 words
      19. c692W
    19. Imports (Codes of Conduct) 114 words
      20. cc692-3W
    20. Gas Bills 717 words
      21. cc693-5W
    21. Electricity Bills 1,060 words
      22. cc695-6W
    22. Telephone Bills 319 words
      23. c696W
    23. Supply Teachers 85 words
      24. cc696-8W
    24. Footwear Imports 171 words
  12. SCOTLAND
      13. cc699-700W
    1. Hospital Beds 728 words
      2. c700W
    2. Lothian Health Board (Acute Services) 128 words
      3. c700W
    3. Private Finance Initiative 72 words
  13. WALES
      14. cc700-1W
    1. Devolution 476 words
      2. c701W
    2. Performing Arts (Welsh Language) 63 words
      3. cc701-2W
    3. Goods and Services (Payments) 113 words
      4. c702W
    4. MRSA and Tuberculosis 61 words
      5. cc702-3W
    5. Health Trusts (Deficits) 248 words
      6. c703W
    6. Transplants 300 words
      7. cc703-4W
    7. Organ Donors 72 words
      8. c704W
    8. Health Authorities (Finance) 125 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      15. cc704-5W
    1. Beef Exports (South Africa) 233 words
      2. c705W
    2. EU-Senegal Fisheries Agreement 217 words
      3. c705W
    3. Dietary Supplements 100 words
      4. cc705-6W
    4. Fishing Fleet 139 words
      5. c706W
    5. Scientific Committees 294 words
      6. cc706-7W
    6. EU Expenditure 106 words
      7. c707W
    7. Aerial Spraying 178 words
      8. cc707-8W
    8. BSE 233 words
      9. c708W
    9. Factory-farmed Produce 69 words
      10. c708W
    10. Genetically Engineered Food 104 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      16. cc708-9W
    1. Bull Bars 177 words
      2. c709W
    2. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 151 words
      3. c709W
    3. Local Government Finance 204 words
      4. cc709-10W
    4. Private Finance Initiative 172 words
      5. cc710-1W
    5. European Environment Agency 463 words
      6. c711W
    6. A43 288 words
      7. cc711-2W
    7. Broadcasting Masts 95 words
      8. c712W
    8. Conservation Areas 115 words
      9. c712W
    9. Motability (Fuel Tax Exemptions) 145 words
      10. cc712-3W
    10. Road Bridges 540 words
      11. cc713-4W
    11. EU Life Environment 395 words
      12. cc714-5W
    12. Asbestos 108 words
      13. c715W
    13. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 63 words
      14. c715W
    14. Birds 290 words
      15. cc715-6W
    15. Railtrack (Radio Aerial Masts) 100 words
      16. c716W
    16. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work 93 words
      17. cc716-7W
    17. Work-related Casualties 332 words
      18. c717W
    18. Planning Applications 143 words
      19. c717W
    19. Planning Legislation 112 words
      20. cc717-8W
    20. Energy and Environmental Education 74 words
      21. c718W
    21. PVC 268 words
      22. cc718-9W
    22. Road Repairs 151 words
      23. c719W
    23. Planning Appeals (Tennis) 181 words
      24. c719W
    24. Oil Pollution 144 words
      25. cc719-20W
    25. Council Tax Arrears 219 words
      26. c720W
    26. Goods and Services (Payments) 173 words
      27. cc720-1W
    27. Sports Clubs 136 words
      28. c721W
    28. Energy Education 70 words
      29. cc721-2W
    29. Substances Regulation Working Group 203 words
      30. c722W
    30. Trichloroethylene 104 words
      31. c722W
    31. Disabled People (Parking Permits) 113 words
      32. c722W
    32. Housing Association Rents 111 words
      33. cc722-3W
    33. Weald and Downland Roads Project 89 words
      34. c723W
    34. London Underground 129 words
      35. c723W
    35. Transport Select Committee Reports 92 words
      36. cc723-4W
    36. Cycling 290 words
      37. c724W
    37. Motor Vehicle Insurance 210 words
      38. cc724-5W
    38. Integrated Transport Strategy Seminars 142 words
      39. c725W
    39. Air Misses 70 words
      40. c725W
    40. Regional Airports 135 words
      41. c725W
    41. Integrated Transport Policy 131 words
      42. cc725-6W
    42. Drivers (Eyesight) 296 words
      43. cc726-7W
    43. Rented Housing 227 words
      44. c727W
    44. Minerals (Carriage by Rail) 86 words
      45. c727W
    45. Green Belt 90 words
      46. c727W
    46. Local Government Review 91 words
      47. cc727-8W
    47. Working Time Directive 72 words
      48. c728W
    48. Congestion Charging 99 words
      49. c728W
    49. Gas Power 95 words
      50. c728W
    50. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 80 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc728-9W
    1. Asylum Seekers 102 words
      2. c729W
    2. Benefit Fraud 376 words
      3. cc729-30W
    3. Child Support Agency 238 words
      4. c730W
    4. Earnings Disregards 51 words
      5. cc730-1W
    5. Social Protection 136 words
      6. c731W
    6. Incapacity Benefit 124 words
      7. c731W
    7. Benefit Overpayment 92 words
      8. cc731-2W
    8. Correspondence Unit 560 words
      9. cc732-3W
    9. Lone Parents 687 words
      10. cc733-5W
    10. Backdating 425 words
  17. HOME DEPARTMENT
      18. c735W
    1. Custodial Sentences 52 words
      2. c735W
    2. Crime (Rural Areas) 76 words
      3. cc735-6W
    3. Criminal Justice 197 words
      4. c736W
    4. European Convention on Human Rights 54 words
      5. c736W
    5. Private Security Industry 258 words
      6. cc736-7W
    6. Rural Police Officers 319 words
      7. c737W
    7. Crime Prevention (Local Authorities) 144 words
      8. cc737-8W
    8. Crime (EU Discussions) 78 words
      9. c738W
    9. Young Offenders 240 words
      10. c738W
    10. Anti-social Behaviour 119 words
      11. cc738-9W
    11. Prisons (Capacity) 115 words
      12. c739W
    12. Closed Circuit Television 113 words
      13. cc739-40W
    13. Corruption 398 words
      14. cc740-1W
    14. Prisoners 539 words
      15. cc741-2W
    15. UK Border Controls 68 words
      16. c742W
    16. Gambling (Arbitration Body) 75 words
      17. cc742-3W
    17. Greyhound Racing 349 words
      18. c743W
    18. Off-course Betting Shops 36 words
      19. c743W
    19. Primary Purpose Rule 87 words
      20. cc743-5W
    20. Huntingdon Life Sciences 839 words
      21. cc745-6W
    21. Identity Cards 280 words
      22. c746W
    22. North Yorkshire Police 70 words
      23. c746W
    23. Criminal Injuries Compensation 142 words
      24. c746W
    24. Alcohol Sales (Fundraising Events) 80 words
      25. cc746-7W
    25. Algerian Nationals 336 words
      26. c747W
    26. Old Documents 172 words
      27. cc747-8W
    27. Road Traffic Act 1988 146 words
      28. c748W
    28. Immigration Rules 84 words
      29. c748W
    29. Alcopops 76 words
      30. cc748-9W
    30. Community Sentences 299 words
      31. c749W
    31. Policemen (Salaries) 71 words
      32. cc749-51W
    32. Sentences 807 words
      33. c751W
    33. Violent Crime 48 words
      34. c751W
    34. Stephen Lawrence 187 words
      35. c751W
    35. Crime Statistics 59 words
      36. cc751-2W
    36. Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 162 words
      37. c752W
    37. Prisoners (Costs) 116 words
      38. cc752-3W
    38. Goods and Services (Payments) 454 words
      39. cc753-5W
    39. Crime Clear-up and Conviction Rates 874 words
      40. c755W
    40. Fire Service Pensions 62 words
  18. HEALTH
      19. cc755-6W
    1. Huntingdon Life Sciences 96 words
      2. c756W
    2. Abortion Act 1967 44 words
      3. c756W
    3. Hospital Beds (Reopening Costs) 53 words
      4. c756W
    4. Nurses' Salaries 97 words
      5. c756W
    5. Operation Costs 111 words
      6. cc756-7W
    6. Official Hospitality 64 words
      7. cc757-8W
    7. Goods and Services (Payments) 420 words
      8. c758W
    8. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 167 words
      9. cc758-9W
    9. Liverpool Blood Services 532 words
      10. cc759-60W
    10. Dental Access Fund 73 words
      11. c760W
    11. NHS Trusts (Board Meetings) 141 words
      12. c760W
    12. Ambulance Service Personnel 109 words
      13. c760W
    13. Prescriptions 156 words
      14. cc760-1W
    14. H. Pylori 109 words
      15. c761W
    15. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 239 words
      16. cc761-2W
    16. GP Fundholder Budget Allocations 422 words
      17. c762W
    17. Maternity Services (North Staffordshire) 174 words
      18. cc762-3W
    18. Brain-damaged Babies 164 words
      19. cc763-4W
    19. Corticosteroids 318 words
      20. c764W
    20. Iproniazid 129 words
      21. cc764-6W
    21. Xenotransplantation 493 words
      22. c766W
    22. Artificial Organ Transplants 66 words
      23. cc766-7W
    23. Novelty Condoms 305 words
      24. c767W
    24. Asbestosis 42 words
      25. cc767-9W
    25. Organ, Blood and Bone Marrow Donation 875 words
      26. cc769-70W
    26. Smoking 65 words

Lords Sitting of 27 October 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c875
  1. Preamble 24 words
    2. c875
  2. Lord Morris of Manchester 36 words
    3. c875
  3. Lord Garel-Jones 36 words
    4. c875
  4. Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe 50 words
    5. cc875-7
  5. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 1,034 words
    6. cc878-80
  6. Nuclear Warheads 921 words
    7. cc880-2
  7. National Health Service: Integrated Healthcare 757 words
    8. cc882-4
  8. Jobseekers Act: Benefit Sanctions 964 words
    9. c884
  9. Business 104 words
    10. cc884-5
  10. Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report 260 words
    11. cc885-96
  11. Ceremony of Introduction 6,517 words
    12. cc896-915
  12. European Monetary Union 9,628 words
    13. cc915-35
  13. Ceremony of Introduction 11,739 words
    14. cc936-48
  14. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 5,987 words, 1 division
    15. cc949-70
  15. Penal Policy 11,814 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 October 1997 Series 5 Vol. 582

    c225WA
  1. Benefits: Uprating Basis 127 words
    cc225-6WA
  2. Ministers' Private Financial Interests 301 words
    c226WA
  3. Minister for Competitiveness in Europe 90 words
    c226WA
  4. Reactor Grade Plutonium 188 words
    cc226-7WA
  5. Depleted Uranium: Weapons Use 354 words
    cc227-8WA
  6. Juvenile Offenders: Remand in Secure Accommodation 309 words
    c228WA
  7. War Memorials in Disused Churches 164 words
    cc228-9WA
  8. Asylum Seekers: Detention Costs 107 words
    c229WA
  9. Thefts from Mail 309 words
    cc229-30WA
  10. Duty and Tax-free Shopping: Revenue 124 words
    c230WA
  11. Cabinet Office: Committees 52 words
    c230WA
  12. Cabinet Office: Committee Business Guide 145 words