Commons Sitting of 7 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
      3. c1
    1. PRAYERS 5 words
      2. cc1-15
    2. DEFENCE 6 words
        3. cc1-3
      1. Eurofighter Typhoon 589 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Territorial Army 735 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. United Nations Peace Support Operations 509 words
        4. cc5-6
      4. Recruitment (Ethnic Minorities) 304 words
        5. cc6-7
      5. Military Training (National Parks) 456 words
        6. cc7-8
      6. Dry Dock Facilities (South America) 287 words
        7. cc8-11
      7. European Defence Review 1,885 words
        8. cc11-2
      8. Territorial Army 479 words
        9. cc12-4
      9. Gulf 980 words
        10. cc14-5
      10. NATO 480 words
      cc15-6
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        4. cc15-6
      1. Public Buildings (PFI) 246 words
      c16
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        5. c16
      1. Pensions and Stipends 231 words
      cc16-7
    5. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        6. c17
      1. Government Information and Communication Service 223 words
      cc17-8
    6. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        7. cc17-8
      1. Assessment 310 words
      cc18-20
    7. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        8. cc18-20
      1. National Audit Office 313 words
    cc21-39
  3. Post Office 9,808 words
  4. Orders of the Day
      5. cc40-114
    1. Water Industry Bill 40,399 words
    c114
  5. WATER INDUSTRY BILL [MONEY] 63 words
    6. c115
  6. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
    7. c115
  7. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 27 words
    8. c115
  8. POLICE 27 words
    9. c115
  9. INCOME TAX 42 words
    10. c115
  10. BROADCASTING 30 words
    11. c115
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND 26 words
    12. c115
  12. VALUE ADDED TAX 42 words
    13. c115
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 84 words
    14. c116
  14. ACCOMMODATION AND WORKS COMMITTEE 38 words
    15. c116
  15. CATERING COMMITTEE 27 words
    16. c116
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE 30 words
  17. PETITIONS
      18. c116
    1. Health Services (Berkshire) 86 words
    c116
  18. Electricity Pylons (Vale of York) 136 words
    19. cc117-24
  19. Community Health Care (Berkshire) 3,425 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

  1. SOCIAL SECURITY
      2. c1W
    1. Benefits Agency 294 words
      2. cc1-2W
    2. Pensions 195 words
      3. c2W
    3. Appeals 168 words
      4. cc2-3W
    4. Single Gateway 593 words
      5. cc3-5W
    5. Disability Benefits 443 words
      6. c5W
    6. Housing Benefit 206 words
      7. c5W
    7. Benefit Payments 69 words
      8. cc5-6W
    8. National Insurance Recording System 194 words
      9. cc6-8W
    9. Bereavement Benefits 1,172 words
      10. c8W
    10. Attendance Allowance 105 words
      11. cc8-9W
    11. Family Credit 272 words
      12. cc9-10W
    12. Lone Parents 754 words
      13. cc10-1W
    13. Jobseeker's Allowance 343 words
      14. cc11-2W
    14. Benefits (Expenditure) 536 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      3. cc12-3W
    1. Theatres 100 words
      2. c13W
    2. World Heritage Sites 224 words
      3. c13W
    3. Sports Coaches 202 words
      4. cc13-4W
    4. Royal Parks Agency 245 words
      5. c14W
    5. Press Authority 87 words
      6. cc14-5W
    6. Braille Grant 153 words
      7. c15W
    7. Ministerial E-mail Address 22 words
      8. c15W
    8. Digital Terrestrial Television 259 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
      4. c15W
    1. House of Lords 98 words
      2. cc15-6W
    2. Ministerial E-mail Address 36 words
      3. c16W
    3. Cabinet Advisers 95 words
      4. c16W
    4. Lockerbie 28 words
      5. cc16-7W
    5. Social Exclusion Unit 638 words
      6. cc17-8W
    6. Franco-British Summit 83 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. c18W
    1. Police and Prison Officers (Kenya) 193 words
      2. c18W
    2. Prisons (Cells) 60 words
      3. cc18-9W
    3. Prisons (Drugs) 138 words
      4. c19W
    4. Prisons (Staff) 372 words
      5. cc19-20W
    5. Ministerial E-mail Address 86 words
      6. c20W
    6. Millennium (Emergency Cover) 86 words
      7. c20W
    7. Absinthe 71 words
      8. cc20-1W
    8. Prison Statistics 402 words
      9. c21W
    9. Electronic Tagging 71 words
      10. cc21-2W
    10. Firearms Compensation Scheme 220 words
      11. c22W
    11. Departmental Staff 70 words
      12. c22W
    12. Prison Sentences (Alternatives) 133 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      6. cc22-3W
    1. Asylum Hearings 447 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      7. cc23-4W
    1. Micronutrients 81 words
      2. cc24-6W
    2. Development Council 966 words
  7. TREASURY
      8. c26W
    1. EU Code of Conduct Group 52 words
      2. c26W
    2. Import Duties 132 words
      3. cc26-7W
    3. Smuggling (Fuel Oils) 353 words
      4. c27W
    4. Fuel Duties 98 words
      5. c27W
    5. Taxation Forecasts 168 words
      6. cc27-8W
    6. Civil Registration 208 words
      7. c28W
    7. Inland Revenue Staff 86 words
      8. c28W
    8. VAT (Educational Goods) 88 words
      9. c28W
    9. VAT (Beach Huts) 41 words
      10. cc28-9W
    10. Construction Industry 157 words
      11. cc29-30W
    11. National Debt 516 words
      12. c30W
    12. Asset Sales 63 words
      13. cc30-1W
    13. Birth Weight Statistics 282 words
      14. c31W
    14. Age Discrimination 32 words
  8. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      9. c31W
    1. Ministerial E-mail Address 19 words
  9. SCOTLAND
      10. cc31-2W
    1. World Heritage Site 232 words
      2. c32W
    2. Royal Ordnance Factory, Bishopton 104 words
      3. c32W
    3. Scottish Parliament 216 words
      4. cc32-3W
    4. Public Defence Solicitors' Office 304 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      11. cc33-4W
    1. Ministerial E-mail Address 59 words
      2. c34W
    2. Scout Jamboree, Chile 87 words
      3. c34W
    3. Iraq 122 words
      4. c34W
    4. Far East Prisoners of War 88 words
      5. c34W
    5. Nuclear Weapons 86 words
      6. cc34-5W
    6. Peter Penfold 57 words
      7. c35W
    7. OSCE Summit 132 words
  11. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      12. cc35-6W
    1. Buses 286 words
      2. cc36-7W
    2. British Rail 358 words
      3. c37W
    3. Railway Services (Frequency) 149 words
      4. c37W
    4. Road Tankers 76 words
      5. cc37-8W
    5. Council of Registered Gas Installers 220 words
      6. c38W
    6. Greenwich Judgment 83 words
      7. cc38-9W
    7. Local Government Finance 480 words
      8. c39W
    8. Road Humps 123 words
      9. c39W
    9. Mark 1 Trains 85 words
      10. cc39-40W
    10. Coalfields Regeneration 387 words
      11. c40W
    11. Housing 75 words
      12. cc40-1W
    12. Flats (Access) 169 words
      13. c41W
    13. McKinsey Report 144 words
      14. cc41-3W
    14. Asbestos 801 words
      15. c43W
    15. Pesticide Tax 92 words
      16. cc43-4W
    16. Health and Safety Commission 270 words
      17. c44W
    17. Integrated Transport White Paper 127 words
      18. cc44-5W
    18. Leaded Petrol 155 words
      19. c45W
    19. Water Discharge Consents 148 words
      20. c45W
    20. Water Companies 119 words
      21. cc45-6W
    21. Transport Infrastructure Spending 418 words
      22. c46W
    22. Low-emission Fuels 196 words
      23. cc46-7W
    23. Councillors 203 words
      24. c47W
    24. Research Papers 127 words
      25. c47W
    25. Rental Deposits 119 words
      26. cc47-8W
    26. Pacific Crane Incident 292 words
      27. c48W
    27. Eurostar 109 words
      28. c48W
    28. Concessionary Fares 59 words
      29. cc48-9W
    29. Sellafield 368 words
      30. cc49-50W
    30. Air Pollution 326 words
      31. c50W
    31. Hazardous Substances 118 words
      32. cc50-1W
    32. Non-domestic Rates 728 words
  12. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      13. c51W
    1. Minimum Wage 79 words
      2. cc51-3W
    2. Constitution 196 words
      3. c53W
    3. Pension Fund 116 words
      4. c53W
    4. Churchwardens Measure 80 words
  13. DEFENCE
      14. c53W
    1. Ex-service Personnel 80 words
      2. cc53-5W
    2. Territorial Army 745 words
      3. c55W
    3. Defence Establishment, Shoeburyness 71 words
      4. cc55-6W
    4. Human Rights 127 words
      5. c56W
    5. Strategic Defence Review 228 words
      6. c56W
    6. Strategic Lift Capability 97 words
      7. cc56-7W
    7. Defence Attachés 55 words
      8. c57W
    8. Service Museums and Archives 63 words
      9. c57W
    9. Parachute Regiment 158 words
      10. cc57-8W
    10. Equal Opportunities Training Centre, Shrivenham 186 words
      11. c58W
    11. Peacekeeping Missions (Training) 82 words
      12. c58W
    12. Staff College, Camberley 57 words
      13. c58W
    13. Falkland Islands 72 words
      14. cc58-9W
    14. Accounting Officers 139 words
      15. cc59-60W
    15. Defence Diplomacy Initiative 654 words
      16. c60W
    16. South Coast Defence Trials 66 words
      17. cc60-1W
    17. Veterans' Advice Unit 446 words
      18. cc61-2W
    18. Military Satellites 272 words
      19. c62W
    19. Land-based Biological Detection Equipment 93 words
      20. c62W
    20. C-130J Transport Aircraft 141 words
      21. c62W
    21. Retirement (Ethnic Minorities) 45 words
      22. cc62-3W
    22. Armed Forces (Education and Training) 85 words
      23. c63W
    23. Al Shifa Pharmaceutical Factory 108 words
      24. c63W
    24. Army Personnel 74 words
      25. c63W
    25. Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons 45 words
      26. c63W
    26. Naval Exhibition, Chile 63 words
      27. cc63-4W
    27. E-mail Addresses 196 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      15. c64W
    1. EU Renewable Energy Task Force 221 words
      2. cc64-5W
    2. Ministerial Responsibilities 268 words
      3. c65W
    3. Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Chelmsford 139 words
      4. c65W
    4. Electronic Commerce 64 words
      5. cc65-6W
    5. Ministerial Meetings 116 words
      6. c66W
    6. Combined Heat and Power Station, Castleford 99 words
      7. c66W
    7. Afro-Caribbean Businesses 86 words
      8. cc66-7W
    8. Export Control Organisation 244 words
      9. c67W
    9. Tobacco 101 words
      10. cc67-8W
    10. Aerospace Research 412 words
      11. cc68-9W
    11. Millennium Compliance 225 words
      12. c69W
    12. Nuclear Safeguards 176 words
      13. c69W
    13. Radioactive Waste (Germany) 146 words
      14. cc69-70W
    14. TACIS 143 words
      15. c70W
    15. Loan Guarantee Scheme 59 words
      16. c70W
    16. Regional Selective Assistance 46 words
      17. cc70-1W
    17. Ministerial Travel 222 words
      18. c71W
    18. Growth Promoters 128 words
  15. HEALTH
      16. c71W
    1. Lifecare NHS Trust 95 words
      2. c71W
    2. Grandparents (Access Rights) 81 words
      3. cc71-2W
    3. Barnet Health Authority 176 words
      4. c72W
    4. Staffordshire Ambulance Service 208 words
      5. cc72-3W
    5. NHS Staff (Millennium Premium Payment) 63 words
      6. c73W
    6. Drugs 46 words
      7. c73W
    7. Fundholding 62 words
      8. c73W
    8. General Practitioners (Patient Registration) 58 words
      9. c73W
    9. Dental Services (Homeless People) 72 words
      10. cc73-4W
    10. Clerical and Administrative Staff 139 words
      11. c74W
    11. Patient Referrals 177 words
      12. c74W
    12. Private Prescriptions 94 words
      13. cc74-5W
    13. Cardiac Diseases 339 words
      14. cc75-8W
    14. Cardiac Surgery 1,436 words
      15. c78W
    15. Research Papers 279 words
      16. cc78-9W
    16. Electric Wheelchairs 109 words
      17. c79W
    17. Nurses' Pay 111 words
      18. c79W
    18. Multiple Sclerosis 95 words
      19. c79W
    19. Diana Nurses 90 words
      20. c79W
    20. Correspondence 44 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      17. c80W
    1. Open Access Programme 333 words
      2. cc80-1W
    2. Minimum Wage 324 words
      3. c81W
    3. Age Discrimination 131 words
      4. cc81-2W
    4. Bugbusters 152 words
      5. c82W
    5. Millennium Compliance 71 words
      6. c82W
    6. National Schools Standards Task Force 62 words
      7. c82W
    7. New Deal Gateway 132 words
      8. cc82-5W
    8. Schools Funding Formula 1,268 words
      9. c85W
    9. Disabled Students 124 words
      10. c85W
    10. Secondary School Pupils 50 words
      11. cc85-8W
    11. Exclusions 1,574 words
      12. c88W
    12. Age Diversity 162 words
      13. cc88-9W
    13. Sixth-form Students 140 words
      14. cc89-90W
    14. University for Industry 379 words
      15. c90W
    15. Student Loans 181 words
      16. cc90-1W
    16. Tuition Fees 450 words
      17. cc91-3W
    17. Adult Education and Training 1,915 words
      18. c93W
    18. Learning Direct Service 119 words
      19. cc93-4W
    19. Higher and Further Education 231 words
      20. c94W
    20. Key Stages 121 words
      21. cc94-5W
    21. Teachers 573 words
      22. c95W
    22. Grammar Schools 60 words
      23. c95W
    23. Music Funding 85 words
      24. cc95-9W
    24. National Training Organisations 1,315 words
  17. WALES
      18. c99W
    1. Rough Sleepers 100 words
      2. c99W
    2. European Forum Report 50 words
      3. cc99-100W
    3. National Assembly 131 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
      19. c100W
    1. Schools 170 words
      2. c100W
    2. ME 71 words
      3. cc100-1W
    3. Petroleum Products 264 words
      4. c101W
    4. Punishment Shootings and Beatings 151 words
      5. c101W
    5. Finbarr Ross 84 words
      6. cc101-2W
    6. Peace Process 195 words
  19. CABINET OFFICE
      20. c102W
    1. Information Warfare 69 words
      2. c102W
    2. Meetings (Liberal Democrats) 104 words
      3. c102W
    3. Cabinet Joint Consultative Committee 27 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c103W
    1. Growth Promoters 136 words
      2. c103W
    2. Marketing Co-operatives 183 words
      3. cc103-4W
    3. Over-30-months Scheme 154 words
      4. c104W
    4. Milk Quota 95 words
      5. c104W
    5. Veterinary Research 113 words
      6. cc104-5W
    6. Slaughterhouse Owners 22 words
      7. cc105-6W
    7. Animal Foodstuffs Advisory Committee 106 words

Lords Sitting of 7 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c709
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc709-12
  2. European Defence Capability 1,461 words
    3. cc712-3
  3. Ministry of Defence: Freight by Rail 665 words
    4. cc713-6
  4. Kosovo 1,291 words
    5. cc716-8
  5. Education Committees: Church Representation 938 words
    6. c718
  6. Business 40 words
    7. cc718-9
  7. Business of the House: Motions, 8th December 77 words
    8. c719
  8. Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Select Committee 244 words
    9. cc719-20
  9. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 137 words
    10. cc720-42
  10. Commonwealth Development Corporation Bill [H.L.] 11,962 words
    11. cc743-55
  11. The Post Office 6,603 words
    12. cc755-73
  12. Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 9,499 words
    13. cc774-7
  13. Rates (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 1,899 words
    14. cc777-8
  14. Parliamentary Constituencies (England) (Miscellaneous Changes) Order 1998 294 words
    15. cc778-89
  15. Pollution Prevention and Control Bill [H.L.] 5,561 words
    16. cc789-800
  16. Local Authorities: Age of Candidates 5,767 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c65WA
  1. Algeria: Aid 113 words
    c65WA
  2. TWH Management Ltd 160 words
    cc65-6WA
  3. Cancer Treatment: Manifesto Commitment 100 words
    c66WA
  4. NHS and Private Finance Initiative: Guidance to Trusts 111 words
    c66WA
  5. Age Concern: Grants 76 words
    cc66-7WA
  6. MMR Vaccine: Research 275 words
    cc67-8WA
  7. Serpentine Gallery 209 words
    c68WA
  8. St. James's Park: Unattended Cycles 250 words
    cc68-9WA
  9. Human Rights Act 1998 175 words
    c69WA
  10. Alternatives to Prison 134 words
    cc69-70WA
  11. Rwandan Refugees: Congolese Conscription 213 words
    c70WA
  12. EU Enlargement 171 words
    cc70-1WA
  13. Housing Development on Brownfield Sites 184 words
    c71WA
  14. LT Bus Services: Management Costs 61 words
    c71WA
  15. London Buses: Performance Statistics 76 words
    c71WA
  16. London Buses: Service Performance 60 words
    cc71-2WA
  17. Road and Transport Projects: Policy 215 words
    c72WA
  18. Leaded Petrol: Withdrawal 148 words
    cc72-3WA
  19. Drink-driving: Consultation 37 words
    c73WA
  20. Delivering for Women: Report 82 words
    cc73-4WA
  21. Ministers' and Politicians' Privacy: Policy 47 words
    c74WA
  22. Men's Unit 71 words