Commons Sitting of 20 April 1998 Series 6 Vol. 310

    c461
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c461
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. cc461-71
    2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
      1. cc461-2
      2. Film Industry 463 words
      3. cc462-3
      4. Television Licence Concessions 365 words
      5. c463
      6. Piers (Lottery Funding) 366 words
      7. cc463-4
      8. Arts 562 words
      9. c465
      10. Museums and Galleries (Dudley) 304 words
      11. cc465-6
      12. Media Mergers 330 words
      13. cc466-7
      14. Drama and Television 564 words
      15. cc467-8
      16. News International 513 words
      17. cc468-9
      18. Lottery (Burton) 392 words
      19. cc469-70
      20. Lottery Funding 420 words
      21. cc470-1
      22. Cricket 669 words
      cc472-5
    3. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE 4 words
      1. cc472-3
      2. Millennium Dome 519 words
      3. cc473-5
      4. Millennium Experience 945 words
      cc475-6
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. c475
      2. Bishops (Vehicles) 216 words
      3. cc475-6
      4. Arms Exports 255 words
      5. c476
      6. Ethical Investment 229 words
      cc477-8
    5. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE 4 words
      1. c477
      2. Millennium Dome 179 words
      3. cc477-8
      4. Millennium Celebrations 451 words
      5. c478
      6. Spirit Zone 188 words
    cc479-500
  5. Northern Ireland (Belfast Agreement) 11,514 words
  6. cc501-2
  7. Business of the House 806 words
  8. c502
  9. WELSH AFFAIRS 45 words
  10. Orders of the Day
    1. cc503-28
    2. Bank of England Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 4
        1. cc503-7
        2. ANNUAL REPORT BY THE BANK 2,487 words
      2. Clause 12
        1. cc507-8
        2. SPECIFICATION OF MATTERS RELEVANT TO OBJECTIVES. 332 words
      3. Clause 13
        1. cc508-24
        2. MONETARY POLICY COMMITTEE. 9,011 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 28
        1. cc524-5
        2. BOARD OF BANKING SUPERVISION 394 words
      5. Clause 40
        1. cc525-6
        2. ORDERS 519 words
      6. Clause 44
        1. cc526-7
        2. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 128 words
      7. Schedule 5
        1. cc527-8
        2. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 662 words
      cc529-34
    3. Data Protection Bill [Lords] 3,089 words
    4. c535
    5. DATA PROTECTION BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 155 words
    6. c535
    7. DATA PROTECTION BILL [LORDS] [WAYS AND MEANS] 66 words
    8. cc535-6
    9. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      1. c535
      2. LEGAL SERVICES 20 words
      3. c536
      4. VALUE ADDED TAX (S.I., 1998, No. 762) 33 words
      5. c536
      6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 27 words
      7. c536
      8. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (SCOTLAND) 39 words
      c536
    10. DEREGULATION COMMITTEE 21 words
    11. c536
    12. SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN LEGISLATION 20 words
    13. c536
    14. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 85 words
    15. c536
    16. WELSH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 30 words
    17. cc537-62
    18. Lloyds TSB Bill [Lords] (By Order) 14,193 words
    19. cc563-74
    20. Agriculture (West Dorset) 6,602 words

Commons Sitting of 20 April 1998 Series 6 Vol. 310

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 April 1998 Series 6 Vol. 310

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. c395W
    2. Electronic Voting 81 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c395W
    2. Ministerial Meetings 109 words
    3. c395W
    4. Fishing Vessels (Searches) 84 words
    5. cc395-6W
    6. Kenya 128 words
    7. c396W
    8. Business Ambassadors 105 words
    9. c396W
    10. British Ambassadors 86 words
    11. c396W
    12. Camilla Carr and Jon James 124 words
    13. cc396-7W
    14. Gibraltar 67 words
    15. c397W
    16. South Africa 90 words
    17. c397W
    18. GCHQ 103 words
    19. c397W
    20. UN Member States 60 words
    21. cc397-8W
    22. Nuclear Non-proliferation 110 words
    23. c398W
    24. Nuclear Smuggling 188 words
  3. TREASURY
    1. c398W
    2. Working Families Tax Credit 82 words
    3. cc398-9W
    4. Child Care Tax Credit 193 words
    5. c399W
    6. Open-ended Investment Companies 120 words
    7. c399W
    8. Capital Gains Tax 87 words
    9. c399W
    10. National Lottery 40 words
    11. cc399-400W
    12. Tobacco 46 words
    13. c400W
    14. Energy Products 94 words
    15. c400W
    16. Inheritance Tax 80 words
    17. cc400-1W
    18. Income Tax 947 words
    19. cc401-2W
    20. Cash Ratio Deposits 89 words
    21. cc402-3W
    22. Earnings 473 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. c404W
    2. Legal Aid 319 words
    3. cc404-5W
    4. Learning Disabilities (Training) 214 words
    5. cc405-6W
    6. Judicial Appointments Commissison 362 words
    7. c406W
    8. Welsh Language Schemes 175 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c406W
    2. Trade Union Recognition 46 words
    3. c406W
    4. Millennium Compliance 66 words
    5. cc406-7W
    6. Ministerial Accommodation 134 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. c407W
    2. Banking Supervisory Authorities 168 words
    3. cc407-8W
    4. Micro-finance Institutions 203 words
    5. c408W
    6. Development Programme Support 175 words
    7. cc408-9W
    8. Poverty Assessments 123 words
    9. c409W
    10. Drug Smuggling (Caribbean) 161 words
    11. c409W
    12. International Development Act 74 words
    13. c409W
    14. South Africa 118 words
    15. cc409-10W
    16. Civil Service Reform Projects 213 words
    17. c410W
    18. Central and Eastern Europe 65 words
    19. c410W
    20. Zimbabwe 82 words
    21. cc410-1W
    22. Financial Reform Projects 83 words
    23. c411W
    24. Land Tenure Group 70 words
    25. c411W
    26. Centre for Humanitarian Aid 89 words
    27. c411W
    28. Indonesia (Forest Fires) 132 words
    29. cc411-4W
    30. Refugee Health 1,029 words
    31. c414W
    32. EU Aid 183 words
    33. c414W
    34. Children (War Areas) 140 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. cc415-6W
    2. Ships Lost at Sea 624 words
    3. cc416-7W
    4. Waste Disposal 490 words
    5. c417W
    6. Rail Accident, Glynde 128 words
    7. cc417-8W
    8. Millennium Experience 499 words
    9. cc418-9W
    10. Former Coalfields 196 words
    11. c419W
    12. European Regional Statistics 118 words
    13. c419W
    14. Planning Policy Guidance 81 words
    15. c419W
    16. Connex South Central 92 words
    17. cc419-20W
    18. Canals 193 words
    19. c420W
    20. Unified Business Rate 121 words
    21. c420W
    22. Bye-laws 174 words
    23. cc420-1W
    24. Parking Restrictions (Schools) 72 words
    25. cc421-2W
    26. Public Transport (Disabled Access) 453 words
    27. cc422-3W
    28. Eurostar 438 words
    29. c423W
    30. Regional Development Agencies 196 words
    31. c423W
    32. Environmental Statements 205 words
    33. cc423-4W
    34. National Parks 100 words
    35. c424W
    36. County Structure Plans 182 words
    37. c424W
    38. Home Buying Task Group 35 words
    39. c424W
    40. Shipping Working Group 50 words
    41. cc424-5W
    42. London Water Table 123 words
    43. c425W
    44. Cosmetic Surgery Clinics 59 words
    45. c425W
    46. Mink 144 words
    47. c425W
    48. Development Land 95 words
    49. cc425-6W
    50. Planning 61 words
    51. c426W
    52. Subsidence 129 words
    53. c426W
    54. Liverpool Lifeboat Station 71 words
    55. c426W
    56. Nuclear Waste 65 words
    57. cc426-7W
    58. London Referendum Campaign 52 words
    59. c427W
    60. London Mayor 133 words
    61. c427W
    62. Building Control Services 209 words
    63. cc427-8W
    64. A46/47 Link Road 407 words
    65. c428W
    66. Valuations (Commercial Properties) 82 words
    67. cc428-9W
    68. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 539 words
    69. c429W
    70. Environmental Task Force 155 words
    71. cc429-31W
    72. Rail Subsidies 263 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c431W
    2. Ministerial Visits 165 words
    3. c431W
    4. Departmental Pay 155 words
    5. cc431-2W
    6. Conferences 107 words
    7. c432W
    8. Surveys 57 words
    9. c432W
    10. Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Council 64 words
    11. cc432-3W
    12. Radio Telefis Eireann 186 words
    13. c433W
    14. Lawther Day Centre, Belfast 77 words
    15. c433W
    16. Mobile Phones 219 words
    17. c433W
    18. Sellafield 34 words
    19. cc433-4W
    20. Mediation Network 415 words
    21. cc434-5W
    22. Peace Process (Public Relations) 178 words
    23. c435W
    24. Sinn Fein 52 words
    25. c435W
    26. Maze Prison 186 words
    27. cc435-6W
    28. Prisoners (Remission) 365 words
    29. c436W
    30. Accident Treatment Costs 49 words
    31. cc436-8W
    32. Osteoporosis 544 words
    33. c438W
    34. Bill of Rights 59 words
  9. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. c438W
    2. Computer Fraud 100 words
    3. c438W
    4. Crown Business Communications 169 words
    5. cc438-9W
    6. Thefts 219 words
  10. WALES
    1. c439W
    2. Social Exclusion Unit 92 words
    3. c439W
    4. Rural Post Offices 118 words
    5. cc439-40W
    6. New Deal (Delinquency) 140 words
    7. c440W
    8. National Assembly 32 words
    9. cc440-1W
    10. Welsh Health Common Services Authority 502 words
    11. c441W
    12. Dyfed-Powys Health Authority 86 words
    13. cc441-2W
    14. Railway Investment 123 words
    15. c442W
    16. Dairy Industry 91 words
    17. c442W
    18. Quangos 120 words
    19. c442W
    20. Endangered Species 92 words
    21. cc442-3W
    22. Forestry Commission 259 words
    23. c443W
    24. NHS Trusts 62 words
    25. c443W
    26. Trunk Road Programme 53 words
    27. c443W
    28. Childcare Working Group 54 words
    29. cc443-4W
    30. Environmental Task Force 86 words
    31. c444W
    32. Nursery Education (Welsh Language) 137 words
    33. cc444-5W
    34. Public Appointments 250 words
    35. c445W
    36. Gwent Tertiary College 141 words
    37. c445W
    38. Territorial Army 81 words
  11. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. c445W
    2. Footpaths 44 words
    3. c445W
    4. Royal Peculiars 48 words
    5. cc445-6W
    6. Policy and Finance 95 words
    7. cc446-9W
    8. Appointments 1,058 words
  12. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. cc449-50W
    2. Museums and Galleries 381 words
    3. c450W
    4. Football 89 words
    5. c450W
    6. Media Ownership 50 words
    7. c450W
    8. National Lottery 164 words
    9. cc450-1W
    10. NESTA Scheme 53 words
    11. c451W
    12. Royal Parks (Cycle Routes) 69 words
    13. c451W
    14. Film Industry 131 words
    15. cc451-2W
    16. Tourism 131 words
    17. c452W
    18. Sports Institute 82 words
  13. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
    1. c452W
    2. Millennium Experience 267 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. cc453-5W
    2. Expenditure Plans 1,565 words
    3. cc455-6W
    4. Scottish National Gallery 200 words
    5. cc456-7W
    6. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 117 words
    7. c457W
    8. Fire Service 102 words
    9. cc457-8W
    10. Higher Still 602 words
    11. cc458-9W
    12. Local Enterprise Companies 610 words
    13. c459W
    14. Drugs 88 words
    15. cc459-61W
    16. Overgrazing 236 words
    17. c461W
    18. Hedgerows 66 words
    19. c461W
    20. Pupil Exclusions 182 words
    21. c461W
    22. Scottish Development Agency 73 words
    23. c462W
    24. School Sport 89 words
    25. c462W
    26. Physical Education Teachers 167 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. cc462-5W
    2. Northern Ireland 1,402 words
    3. cc465-6W
    4. Anthrax 331 words
    5. c466W
    6. Nuclear Tests 114 words
    7. cc466-7W
    8. Salisbury Plain 57 words
    9. c467W
    10. Mustard Gas 51 words
    11. c467W
    12. Army Standards 95 words
    13. c467W
    14. Chemical Weapons 111 words
    15. c467W
    16. Public Records 40 words
    17. cc467-8W
    18. WE177 Bombs 153 words
    19. c468W
    20. Admiralty and Army Boards 71 words
    21. c468W
    22. HMS Dreadnought 123 words
    23. cc468-9W
    24. Staff Newsletters 394 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc469-70W
    2. Animal Health 271 words
    3. c470W
    4. Aircraft Crashes 257 words
    5. cc470-86W
    6. Ministerial Meetings and Visits 6,756 words
    7. cc486-7W
    8. Cattle Tracing 421 words
    9. c487W
    10. Animal Waste 45 words
    11. c487W
    12. Public Analyst Service 55 words
    13. cc487-8W
    14. Milk Development Council 296 words
    15. c488W
    16. Quarantine 54 words
    17. c488W
    18. Meat Hygiene Service 99 words
    19. cc488-9W
    20. Live Animal Exports 538 words
    21. cc489-90W
    22. Fisheries 269 words
    23. cc490-1W
    24. Meat Imports 231 words
    25. c491W
    26. Milk Prices 87 words
    27. c491W
    28. Organophosphates 269 words
    29. cc491-2W
    30. Bananas 98 words
    31. c492W
    32. Tups 54 words
    33. c492W
    34. Central Science Laboratory 91 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. cc492-3W
    2. Physical Education 173 words
    3. c493W
    4. Supported Employment Programme 441 words
    5. cc493-4W
    6. Special Schools 289 words
    7. c494W
    8. E-mail (Schools) 84 words
    9. cc494-7W
    10. GCSE Examinations 1,684 words
    11. c497W
    12. School Exclusions and Expulsions (Easington) 53 words
    13. cc497-8W
    14. School Exclusions (Leicestershire) 49 words
    15. cc498-500W
    16. School Psychologists 725 words
    17. c500W
    18. Value-added Measures 110 words
    19. cc500-1W
    20. Export Training 66 words
    21. c501W
    22. Skill Shortages (Seaham and Peterlee) 111 words
    23. c501W
    24. New Deal 208 words
    25. cc501-2W
    26. School Closures (Staffordshire) 89 words
    27. c502W
    28. Students 100 words
    29. c502W
    30. Music (Schools) 68 words
    31. c502W
    32. Special Needs 41 words
    33. cc502-4W
    34. Job Club (Sutton) 294 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. c505W
    2. Breast Cancer 164 words
    3. cc505-6W
    4. Cervical Screening 479 words
    5. c506W
    6. Section 64 Funding 127 words
    7. cc506-7W
    8. Age Discrimination 257 words
    9. c507W
    10. Mental Health 290 words
  19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c508W
    2. Arms Exports 361 words
    3. cc508-10W
    4. London Art Market 627 words
    5. c510W
    6. Electricity Trading Arrangements 43 words
    7. c510W
    8. Independent Booksellers 281 words
    9. cc510-1W
    10. Export Forum 89 words
    11. c511W
    12. Dounreay 94 words
    13. c511W
    14. Coal Contracts 85 words
    15. c511W
    16. Newspaper Prices 114 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc511-2W
    2. Feltham Young Offenders Unit 206 words
    3. cc512-3W
    4. Young Offenders 332 words
    5. c513W
    6. Crime and Disorder Bill 83 words
    7. c513W
    8. Enforced Subject Access 61 words
    9. cc513-4W
    10. Animal Experiments 298 words
    11. c514W
    12. Firearms 271 words
    13. cc514-6W
    14. Small Claims 823 words
    15. c516W
    16. Civil Justice (Prisoner Access) 133 words
    17. cc516-7W
    18. Police Funding 429 words
    19. c517W
    20. UK Detention Services 126 words
    21. cc517-8W
    22. False Passport Offences 214 words
    23. c518W
    24. Bridgend and Fazakerley Prisons 80 words
    25. c518W
    26. Television Licence Fines 158 words
    27. cc518-9W
    28. Gaming Industry 139 words
    29. c519W
    30. Police (Ethnic Minorities) 241 words
    31. c519W
    32. Postal Votes 98 words
    33. cc519-20W
    34. Family Passports (Abolition) 114 words
    35. c520W
    36. Liverpool Nationality Directorate 171 words
    37. cc520-2W
    38. Prisoners 853 words
    39. cc522-3W
    40. Crime and Unemployment 416 words
    41. cc523-4W
    42. Abandoned Cars 269 words
    43. cc524-9W
    44. Emergency Planning 2,968 words
    45. cc529-30W
    46. Women's Royal Voluntary Service 546 words
    47. c530W
    48. Custodial Sentences (Women) 93 words
    49. cc530-1W
    50. Eddie Gilfoyle 252 words
    51. c531W
    52. Voter Turnout 82 words
    53. c531W
    54. Prison Drug Strategy 43 words
    55. cc531-2W
    56. Anti-social Behaviour 125 words
    57. c532W
    58. Community Fire Safety 124 words
    59. c532W
    60. Sex Offenders 152 words
    61. cc532-3W
    62. Civil Protection 112 words
    63. c533W
    64. Prison Nursing Services 146 words
    65. c533W
    66. Firefighters Pension Scheme 56 words
    67. c533W
    68. Youth Justice 103 words
    69. c533W
    70. Public Entertainment Licensing 71 words
    71. cc533-4W
    72. Human Rights Bill 112 words
    73. c534W
    74. Fire Service 57 words
    75. c534W
    76. Nuclear Smuggling 159 words
    77. cc534-5W
    78. Prison Television Services 166 words
    79. c535W
    80. Ministerial Prison Visits 83 words
    81. c535W
    82. Maidstone Prison 34 words
    83. c535W
    84. Learmont Report 71 words
    85. cc535-6W
    86. Asylum Applications 228 words
  21. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. c536W
    2. Focus Groups 92 words
    3. c536W
    4. Medical Insurance 75 words
  22. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc536-7W
    2. Pensions Provision Group 106 words
    3. c537W
    4. Multiple Sclerosis 333 words
    5. cc537-9W
    6. Lone Parents 693 words
    7. cc539-40W
    8. Pensions Education Working Group 338 words
    9. cc540-1W
    10. Jobseeker's Allowance 296 words
    11. c541W
    12. New Deal (Disabled People) 151 words
    13. c541W
    14. Pensions 112 words
    15. c541W
    16. Correspondence 84 words
    17. cc541-3W
    18. Disability Benefits 558 words
    19. c543W
    20. Benefit Fraud 371 words
    21. cc543-4W
    22. National Insurance 237 words
    23. c544W
    24. War Pensions 146 words
    25. c544W
    26. Welfare Profiles 44 words
    27. cc544-6W
    28. Focus Groups 169 words

Lords Sitting of 20 April 1998 Series 5 Vol. 588

    c913
  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. cc913-5
  3. Nurse Prescribing 1,216 words
  4. cc915-7
  5. Nuclear Weapons in the Gulf 540 words
  6. cc917-9
  7. House of Lords Reform 958 words
  8. cc919-21
  9. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright: Judicial Review 1,263 words
  10. cc921-2
  11. Business 124 words
  12. cc922-33
  13. Social Security Bill 6,267 words
  14. cc934-48
  15. The Irish Settlement 7,280 words
  16. cc948-1002
  17. Social Security Bill 28,417 words, 1 division
  18. cc1002-22
  19. Sport: Listed Events 10,404 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 April 1998 Series 5 Vol. 588

    c177WA
  1. Reservists Serving in Former Yugoslavia 172 words
    c177WA
  2. TAVR Associations 89 words
    cc177-9WA
  3. Organic Farming: Assistance 645 words
    c179WA
  4. Common Fisheries Policy: Zonal Management 161 words
    cc179-80WA
  5. Fishing Quota Transfers 138 words
    cc180-1WA
  6. BSE Statistics 647 words
    cc181-2WA
  7. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Review Group 346 words
    c182WA
  8. BSE: Compulsory Slaughter of Offspring 206 words
    cc182-4WA
  9. Food Safety Surveillance: Reporting of Results 516 words
    c184WA
  10. Bovine Tuberculosis 75 words
    c184WA
  11. Greater London Assembly: Electoral System 132 words
    cc184-6WA
  12. Greater London Authority 582 words
    c186WA
  13. Jubilee Line Extension 92 words
    c186WA
  14. A.12, Witham: Advertisement Hoardings 191 words
    cc186-7WA
  15. Petrol Price Comparisons 160 words
    cc187-8WA
  16. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 305 words
    c188WA
  17. Turkey: European Court of Human Rights Awards 135 words
    cc188-9WA
  18. Turkey: European Commission on Human Rights Opinions 129 words
    c189WA
  19. Turkey: OSCE Summit 208 words
    c189WA
  20. Habitual Residence Test 42 words
    cc189-90WA
  21. Criminal Appeal Act 1995: Insanity Verdicts 222 words
    cc190-1WA
  22. Campsfield House: Report 452 words
    cc191-2WA
  23. Positional Asphyxia 179 words
    c192WA
  24. Isle of Man: European Convention on Human Rights 102 words
    c192WA
  25. Cannabis-based Medicine 121 words
    cc192-3WA
  26. Treaty of Amsterdam: UK Border Controls 256 words
    c193WA
  27. Treaty of Amsterdam: Competent Authorities 100 words
    cc193-4WA
  28. Controlled Drugs and the Internet 258 words
    c194WA
  29. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 84 words
    cc194-5WA
  30. Firearms Acts: Correspondence with Chief Officers of Police 202 words
    c195WA
  31. Tamil Tigers: Fundraising in UK 111 words
    cc195-6WA
  32. Mr. Sidney Cooke: Photographs 121 words
    c196WA
  33. Electronic Tagging for Girls under 18 405 words