Commons Sitting of 14 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

    c587
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c587
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc587-99
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
        2. c587
      1. Oflot 227 words
        2. cc587-9
      2. Tourism Strategy 582 words
        3. cc589-90
      3. Museums and Galleries (Children's Access) 732 words
        4. cc590-1
      4. Television Coverage (Sports) 354 words
        5. c591
      5. Analogue Television Transmissions 309 words
        6. cc591-3
      6. Sports Council (Lottery Funds) 708 words
        7. cc593-4
      7. Royal Opera House 872 words
        8. cc594-7
      8. Sport (Young People) 1,388 words
        9. cc597-8
      9. Channel 3 Licences 268 words
        10. c598
      10. Cinemas 272 words
        11. cc598-9
      11. Millennium Projects (Public Transport) 226 words
        12. c599
      12. Television Coverage (Sports) 226 words
      cc599-604
    2. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL 7 words
        3. cc600-1
      1. Hereditary Peers 652 words
        2. cc601-2
      2. Private Members' Bills 632 words
        3. cc602-4
      3. Millennium Compliance 571 words
        4. c604
      4. Human Rights Committee 356 words
    cc605-21
  4. European Council (Vienna) 8,786 words
    5. c622
  5. Points of Order 320 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. cc623-733
    1. Greater London Authority Bill 60,728 words
      2. c733
    2. FISHERIES 37 words
      3. cc733-4
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
        4. c734
      1. HOUSING 44 words
        2. c734
      2. NORTHERN IRELAND 26 words
        3. c734
      3. INCOME SUPPORT 44 words
      c734
    4. COMMITTEES 11 words
      5. c734
    5. CATERING 18 words
      6. c734
    6. INFORMATION 29 words
    cc735-42
  7. Strokes 4,019 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 December 1998 Series 6 Vol. 322

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      2. c307W
    1. Council Tax 278 words
      2. cc307-8W
    2. Local Government Finance (Essex) 293 words
      3. c308W
    3. Road Accidents (Tranquillisers) 157 words
      4. c308W
    4. Retail Outlets 53 words
      5. cc308-11W
    5. Night Flights 1,054 words
      6. c311W
    6. Aircraft (Disabled Access) 113 words
      7. c311W
    7. Channel Tunnel—Liverpool Link 59 words
      8. c311W
    8. Brown-field Sites 137 words
      9. c312W
    9. Open-top Sightseeing Buses (London) 51 words
      10. c312W
    10. Local Government Finance 140 words
      11. cc312-4W
    11. A14 (Cambridgeshire) 1,255 words
      12. c315W
    12. Dual Carriageways (Traffic Levels) 175 words
      13. c315W
    13. Public Refuse Incinerators 97 words
      14. cc315-6W
    14. Rail Services (Punctuality) 404 words
      15. cc316-7W
    15. Local Authority Housing (Resource Accounting) 177 words
      16. c317W
    16. Countryside (Public Access) 65 words
      17. c317W
    17. Rail Passengers (Illness) 45 words
      18. c317W
    18. Sellafield 65 words
      19. cc317-8W
    19. Oil Production (Safety) 184 words
      20. cc318-20W
    20. Regional Development Agencies 543 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
      3. c320W
    1. Holding Centres (Lay Visitors) 154 words
      2. cc320-1W
    2. Prisoner Releases 125 words
      3. c321W
    3. Football 131 words
      4. cc321-2W
    4. Victims of Violence 253 words
      5. c322W
    5. Departmental Staff 141 words
      6. cc322-3W
    6. Housing 157 words
      7. c323W
    7. Mixed-sex Hospital Wards 101 words
      8. cc323-4W
    8. Northern Ireland Compact 361 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. c324W
    1. Departmental Land, Lymington 47 words
      2. cc324-5W
    2. Departmental Staff 287 words
      3. c325W
    3. Scammel Commander Tank Transporter 131 words
      4. c325W
    4. Low-flying Aircraft 96 words
      5. cc325-6W
    5. Danish Tour Guide (Cyprus) 80 words
      6. c326W
    6. Gulf War Veterans 249 words
      7. cc326-7W
    7. Applications (Armed Services) 389 words
      8. cc327-8W
    8. Defence Export Services Organisation 199 words
      9. c328W
    9. REME (Chorley) 284 words
      10. cc328-9W
    10. Defence Medical Services 608 words
      11. cc329-30W
    11. Research Fellowship Scheme 260 words
      12. c330W
    12. Phoenix Programme 80 words
      13. cc330-1W
    13. Defence Bills Agency 237 words
      14. c331W
    14. Chile 351 words
  4. SCOTLAND
      5. c332W
    1. Driving (Tranquillisers) 376 words
      2. cc332-4W
    2. Registers of Scotland 796 words
      3. c334W
    3. Departmental Staff 79 words
      4. cc334-5W
    4. Insurance (Genetics) 171 words
      5. c335W
    5. Secondary School Pupils 410 words
      6. cc335-6W
    6. Criminal Records 91 words
      7. c336W
    7. Coalfield Regeneration 65 words
      8. c336W
    8. Scottish Parliament 60 words
      9. cc336-7W
    9. Acute Beds 217 words
      10. cc337-9W
    10. Food Poisoning 1,038 words
      11. c339W
    11. Mixed-sex Hospital Wards 45 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      6. c339W
    1. Arms Exports 127 words
      2. c339W
    2. World Disability Report 52 words
      3. cc339-40W
    3. Good Governance 106 words
      4. c340W
    4. Trade 103 words
      5. c340W
    5. Sustainable Development 167 words
      6. cc340-1W
    6. China 442 words
      7. c341W
    7. Country Strategies 112 words
      8. cc341-3W
    8. Commonwealth Development Corporation 110 words
      9. c343W
    9. Departmental Expenditure 77 words
      10. c343W
    10. Multilateral Development Projects 117 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. cc343-4W
    1. Devolution 257 words
      2. c344W
    2. Privy Council 110 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      8. c344W
    1. Chile 24 words
  8. TREASURY
      9. cc344-5W
    1. Fuel Duty (Northern Ireland) 167 words
      2. c345W
    2. Economic Cycle 66 words
      3. c345W
    3. Abortion 138 words
      4. c345W
    4. Wages 198 words
      5. cc345-6W
    5. Paymaster General 117 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      10. c346W
    1. Modernisation of the House 45 words
  10. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      11. cc346-7W
    1. Millennium Compliance 228 words
  11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      12. c347W
    1. Digital Television 141 words
      2. c347W
    2. Millennium Fund 118 words
      3. cc347-8W
    3. Strategic Authority for Tourism 91 words
      4. c348W
    4. Broadcasting Standards 85 words
      5. c348W
    5. New Opportunities Fund 62 words
      6. c348W
    6. Culture (Devolved Responsibility) 85 words
      7. c348W
    7. National Lottery 78 words
      8. cc348-9W
    8. Lottery Awards (Distribution) 94 words
      9. c349W
    9. Performing Arts (Social Exclusion) 148 words
      10. c349W
    10. Good Causes (Distribution of Funds) 141 words
      11. c349W
    11. Arts (Public Funding) 73 words
      12. cc349-50W
    12. International Sports 74 words
      13. c350W
    13. Writers (Financial Assistance) 45 words
      14. c350W
    14. Television Coverage (Sports) 118 words
      15. c350W
    15. Football Regulator 101 words
      16. cc350-1W
    16. Sponsorship (Sports) 98 words
      17. c351W
    17. Industrial Heritage 95 words
      18. c351W
    18. Hinduja 105 words
      19. c351W
    19. Television Licences 125 words
      20. cc351-2W
    20. Scottish Devolution 281 words
      21. c352W
    21. "A New Approach to Investment in Culture" 232 words
      22. c353W
    22. Coalfield Communities 195 words
      23. c353W
    23. Rugby League 69 words
      24. c353W
    24. Sporting Events 108 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
      13. cc353-4W
    1. Medway Secure Training Centre 84 words
      2. c354W
    2. Departmental Staff 117 words
      3. c354W
    3. Shapurji Saklatvala 98 words
      4. c354W
    4. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 146 words
      5. cc354-5W
    5. Public Service Vehicles Regulations 109 words
      6. c355W
    6. Sex Offenders 61 words
      7. c355W
    7. Neighbourhood Watch 226 words
      8. cc355-6W
    8. Senator Pinochet 115 words
      9. c356W
    9. Criminal Records Bureau 317 words
  13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      14. c356W
    1. Solicitors (Convictions) 60 words
      2. c357W
    2. Legal Aid (Reform) 206 words
      3. c357W
    3. Departmental Staff 210 words
      4. cc357-8W
    4. Legal Education and Conduct 56 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. c358W
    1. ENT Clinics 151 words
      2. c358W
    2. Ministerial E-mail Address 27 words
      3. cc358-9W
    3. Aromatherapy 173 words
      4. c359W
    4. Herbal Remedies 63 words
      5. c359W
    5. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979 56 words
      6. c359W
    6. Funeral Costs 259 words
      7. cc359-60W
    7. Emergency Treatment Fees (Road Accidents) 82 words
      8. c360W
    8. Clinical Waste Disposal 127 words
      9. c360W
    9. ME Specialist Consultants 127 words
      10. cc360-1W
    10. Scottish Devolution 268 words
      11. c361W
    11. Elderly Patients (Emergency Readmissions) 118 words
      12. c361W
    12. Food Poisoning 112 words
      13. cc361-2W
    13. Primary Care Groups 52 words
      14. c362W
    14. Mixed-sex Hospital Wards 68 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      16. c362W
    1. Millennium (Emergency Cover) 81 words
      2. c362W
    2. Insolvency Service 110 words
      3. cc362-3W
    3. Millennium Dome (Sponsors) 544 words
      4. cc363-4W
    4. Millennium Compliance 132 words
      5. c364W
    5. Competitive Tendering (Departmental Projects) 136 words
      6. c364W
    6. Arms Exports 206 words
      7. c365W
    7. Miller Civil Engineering Ltd. 86 words
      8. c365W
    8. EU Structural Funds 55 words
      9. cc365-6W
    9. Telephone Numbers 539 words
      10. cc366-7W
    10. Hallmarking 488 words
      11. cc367-8W
    11. Science and Technology 296 words
      12. c368W
    12. Post Office 110 words
      13. c368W
    13. Wassenaar Arrangement 68 words
      14. cc368-70W
    14. Minimum Wage 577 words
      15. c370W
    15. Ethnic Monitoring 47 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. c370W
    1. SERPS 144 words
      2. cc370-1W
    2. New Deal 328 words
      3. c371W
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 214 words
      4. cc371-2W
    4. Millennium (Emergency Cover) 85 words
      5. c372W
    5. Parenthood 199 words
      6. c372W
    6. Severely Disabled Children 115 words
      7. cc372-3W
    7. Family Credit 300 words
      8. c373W
    8. Working Families Tax Credit 133 words
      9. cc373-4W
    9. Child Support 261 words
      10. c374W
    10. National Insurance 93 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. cc374-5W
    1. New Deal (Expenditure) 314 words
      2. c375W
    2. Education Channel 291 words
      3. cc375-6W
    3. University for Industry 243 words
      4. cc376-7W
    4. University Students (Ethnic Minorities) 172 words
      5. c377W
    5. EU Students (Undergraduate Courses) 81 words
      6. cc377-8W
    6. Dental Students 505 words
      7. c378W
    7. Mature Students 234 words
      8. cc378-9W
    8. New Deal (East Hampshire) 109 words
      9. c379W
    9. Medical Students 232 words
      10. c379W
    10. New Deal (Southampton) 139 words
      11. cc379-80W
    11. Single Regeneration Budget 150 words
      12. cc380-5W
    12. NVQs 2,200 words
      13. cc385-8W
    13. Class Sizes 368 words
      14. c388W
    14. Specific Grants 87 words
      15. cc388-9W
    15. University Teachers 283 words
      16. c389W
    16. Free Milk 63 words
      17. c389W
    17. Schools Access Initiative 113 words
      18. c389W
    18. Tuition Fees 116 words
      19. c389W
    19. Assisted Places Scheme 86 words
  18. WALES
      19. cc390-1W
    1. Local Government Finance 760 words
      2. cc391-5W
    2. Budget Statistics 2,193 words
      3. c395W
    3. Bus and Rail Industries 64 words
      4. c395W
    4. NHS Trusts 54 words
      5. cc395-6W
    5. EU Structural Funds 135 words
      6. cc396-7W
    6. Dentists 317 words
      7. c397W
    7. Food Poisoning 145 words
      8. c397W
    8. Mixed-sex Hospital Wards 44 words
      9. cc397-8W
    9. Schools Access Initiative 179 words
  19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      20. c398W
    1. Arms Exports 252 words
      2. cc398-9W
    2. Indonesia 151 words
      3. c399W
    3. UK Overseas Territories 38 words
      4. cc399-401W
    4. General Affairs Council 1,148 words
      5. cc401-2W
    5. Sudan 154 words
      6. c402W
    6. Chechnya 129 words
      7. cc402-3W
    7. Diplomatic Posts 595 words
      8. cc403-4W
    8. North Korea 231 words
      9. c404W
    9. Coptic Christians 92 words
      10. c404W
    10. Lockerbie 65 words
      11. cc404-5W
    11. China (Human Rights) 312 words
      12. cc405-6W
    12. Vietnam 277 words
      13. c406W
    13. George Atkinson 156 words
      14. c406W
    14. Cuba (Spanish Royal Visit) 54 words
      15. c406W
    15. Chile (British Ambassador) 55 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. cc406-7W
    1. Tritium (Severn Estuary) 169 words
      2. c407W
    2. Meat Exports (Specified Risk Material) 201 words
      3. c407W
    3. Farm Incomes 82 words
      4. cc407-8W
    4. Food (EU Inspection Agencies) 366 words
      5. cc408-9W
    5. Meat Hygiene Charges (EU) 109 words
      6. c409W
    6. Milk Production (Inspections) 69 words
      7. c409W
    7. Food Inspections 60 words
      8. c409W
    8. Antibiotics 92 words
      9. cc409-10W
    9. Organophosphates 354 words
      10. cc410-1W
    10. Meat Imports 836 words
      11. cc411-2W
    11. Meat and Livestock Commission 226 words
      12. cc412-3W
    12. Scottish Devolution 367 words
      13. c413W
    13. Sheep Annual Premium 97 words
      14. c413W
    14. Common Agricultural Policy 94 words
      15. cc413-4W
    15. Methyl Bromide 216 words
      16. c414W
    16. Animal Feed (Poultry Manure) 59 words
      17. cc414-6W
    17. Horticulture 284 words

Lords Sitting of 14 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c1097
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1097-8
  2. Sandwich: Local Council Constituencies 508 words
    3. cc1098-9
  3. Local Council Allotments 424 words
    4. cc1099-102
  4. Libraries, Museums and Archives: New Commission 1,224 words
    5. cc1102-5
  5. Life Prisoners: Sentencing 1,535 words
    6. c1105
  6. Business 49 words
    7. cc1105-6
  7. Liaison: Select Committee 169 words
    8. c1106
  8. Standing Orders (Private Bills): Select Committee 82 words
    9. c1106
  9. Science and Technology: Select Committee 55 words
    10. cc1107-27
  10. Access to Justice Bill [H.L.] 10,772 words
    11. c1127
  11. Business 50 words
    12. cc1127-40
  12. European Council, Vienna, 11th-12th December 6,695 words
    13. cc1140-201
  13. Access to Justice Bill [H.L.] 33,960 words
    14. cc1201-5
  14. Town and Country Planning (Minerals) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 1,776 words
    15. c1205
  15. Town and Country Planning (Compensation for Restrictions on Mineral Working and Mineral Waste depositing) (Scotland) Regulations 1998 34 words
    16. cc1205-8
  16. Functions of Traffic Wardens (Scotland) Order 1998 1,512 words
    17. cc1208-24
  17. NATO 7,647 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 December 1998 Series 5 Vol. 595

    c117WA
  1. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: Guidance to Procurators Fiscal 85 words
    c117WA
  2. Medical Profession: Self-regulation 155 words
    cc117-8WA
  3. Investment in Culture 260 words
    c118WA
  4. English Partnerships: Inner Thames Marshes 172 words
    cc118-9WA
  5. English Partnerships: Sustainable Development 329 words
    cc119-20WA
  6. English Partnerships: Contaminated Land and Nature Conservation 131 words
    c120WA
  7. Rail Passenger Service Franchisees 102 words
    c120WA
  8. Rail Passenger's Charter: Compensation 173 words
    cc120-1WA
  9. Railways: Removal of Staff 185 words
    cc121-2WA
  10. London City Airport: Underground Rail Link 298 words
    c122WA
  11. TWH Management Ltd 306 words
    cc122-3WA
  12. Corporal Punishment of Children in Crown Dependencies 173 words
    cc123-4WA
  13. Criminal Records Bureau 322 words
    cc124-8WA
  14. Home Affairs Council, 3–4 December 1,601 words
    c128WA
  15. Secure Training Orders 122 words
    cc128-9WA
  16. Medway Secure Training Centre 138 words
    cc129-30WA
  17. Defence Medical Services 628 words
    cc130-1WA
  18. Defence: Post-doctoral Research Fellowships 262 words
    c131WA
  19. Statutory Instruments 280 words
    cc131-2WA
  20. Non-industrial Civil Service: Permanent Staff 143 words
    c132WA
  21. Northern Ireland: Offences of Violence against the Person 260 words
    cc132-3WA
  22. Mr. David Adams: Allegations of Assault 196 words
    c133WA
  23. Foreign Visits and Extradition 80 words
    cc133-4WA
  24. Sudan 503 words
    cc134-5WA
  25. Corporal Punishment of Children in the Overseas Territories 245 words
    cc135-6WA
  26. Vietnam: UK Business Success 280 words