Commons Sitting of 2 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 305

    c701
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c701
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. c701
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
      2. cc701-2
    2. Drug-related Crime 623 words
      3. cc702-3
    3. Asylum and Immigration Detainees 610 words
      4. cc703-4
    4. Immigration Advisers 444 words
      5. cc704-6
    5. Electoral System 790 words
      6. cc706-7
    6. Young offenders 622 words
      7. cc707-8
    7. Fire service 520 words
      8. cc708-10
    8. crime 679 words
      9. c710
    9. Special Constables 257 words
      10. cc710-1
    10. Private Security Industry 433 words
      11. cc711-2
    11. Electoral Registration 598 words
      12. cc712-3
    12. Firearms Compensation 656 words
      13. cc714-5
    13. Youth Offending 549 words
      14. cc715-6
    14. European Convention on Human Rights 478 words
      15. c716
    15. Car Accident Investigations 250 words
      16. cc716-8
    16. Age of Majority 434 words
    cc719-31
  4. Iraq 6,676 words
    5. c732
  5. GOVERNMENT OF WALES BILL (PROGRAMME) 312 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. cc733-816
    1. Government of Wales Bill 16 words
      1. Clause 45
          2. cc733-4
        1. REGULATION OF PROCEDURE 661 words
      2. Clause 46
          3. cc734-6
        1. EQUAL TREATMENT OF ENGLISH AND WELSH LANGUAGES 1,119 words
      3. Clause 51
          4. cc737-41
        1. PRESIDING OFFICER AND DEPUTY 2,036 words
      4. Clause 52
          5. cc741-74
        1. ASSEMBLY FIRST SECRETARY 17,521 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 53
          6. cc774-85
        1. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES AND SUB-COMMITTEES 6,182 words
      6. Clause 55
          7. cc785-8
        1. DELEGATION TO COMMITTEES, SUB-COMMITTEES AND STAFF 1,626 words
      7. Clause 58
          8. cc788-92
        1. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2,197 words
      8. Clause 60
          9. cc792-4
        1. MEMBERS OF SCRUTINY COMMITTEE ETC. 609 words
      9. Clause 61
          10. cc794-5
        1. AUDIT COMMITTEE 426 words
      10. Clause 62
          11. cc795-809
        1. REGIONAL COMMITTEES 7,525 words
      11. Clause 64
          12. cc809-15
        1. WIDENING OF REGULATORY APPRAISALS 2,995 words
      12. Clause 71
          13. c815
        1. INTEGRITY 40 words
      13. Clause 73
          14. c816
        1. POWER TO REQUIRE ATTENDANCE AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 30 words
      14. Clause 74
          15. c816
        1. WITNESSES AND DOCUMENTS: SUPPLEMENTARY 66 words
      15. Clause 76
          16. c816
        1. DEFAMATION 114 words
      c817
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 58 words
      3. c817
    3. SELECT COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN LEGISLATION 40 words
      4. c817
    4. SELECT COMMITTEE ON MODERNISATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 36 words
      5. c817
    5. SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 30 words
      6. c817
    6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY 37 words
      7. c817
    7. NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS 38 words
      8. cc818-24
    8. Big Cats (Norfolk) 3,297 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 305

  1. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      2. c451W
    1. Non-Career Civil Servants 39 words
      2. c451W
    2. Anti-drugs Tsar 84 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      3. c451W
    1. Structure Plan (West Sussex) 53 words
      2. c451W
    2. Train Overcrowding 99 words
      3. cc451-2W
    3. Airedale and Wharfdale Lines 91 words
      4. c452W
    4. Transport Safety 61 words
      5. c452W
    5. London Underground 108 words
      6. c452W
    6. Health and Safety 115 words
      7. cc452-3W
    7. Rail Services (Portsmouth) 84 words
      8. c453W
    8. Empty Properties (NHS Trusts) 128 words
      9. cc453-4W
    9. Drinking Water 264 words
      10. c454W
    10. Planning Guidance 44 words
      11. c454W
    11. Rail Industry 79 words
      12. c454W
    12. Local Authority Employees (Early Retirement) 110 words
      13. c454W
    13. Thameslink 2000 147 words
      14. cc454-5W
    14. Local Government Finance 447 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      4. c456W
    1. Non-career Civil Servants 43 words
      2. c456W
    2. National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts 71 words
      3. cc456-7W
    3. USA Visit 298 words
      4. c457W
    4. Civil Servants 294 words
      5. c457W
    5. Sovereign's Works of Art 89 words
      6. cc457-8W
    6. Television Licences 257 words
  4. TREASURY
      5. c458W
    1. Taxation 36 words
      2. cc458-9W
    2. Pre-tax Income 241 words
      3. c459W
    3. Tax and Benefits 255 words
      4. c459W
    4. Blind Trusts 94 words
      5. cc459-60W
    5. Social Security Benefits (Taxation) 189 words
      6. c460W
    6. Incapacity Benefit and Pensions 81 words
      7. c460W
    7. Air Fares 42 words
      8. cc460-1W
    8. Earnings 155 words
      9. c461W
    9. Government-authorised Expenditure 123 words
      10. cc461-2W
    10. Tax Law 218 words
      11. c462W
    11. Housing 116 words
      12. cc462-3W
    12. Drug Deaths 749 words
      13. c463W
    13. Pre-payment Meters 142 words
      14. cc463-4W
    14. Correspondence 111 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      6. c464W
    1. Non-career Civil Servants 53 words
      2. c464W
    2. Queen's Counsel 47 words
      3. c464W
    3. Commonhold 51 words
      4. cc464-5W
    4. Wills 449 words
      5. c465W
    5. Legal Aid 134 words
      6. cc465-6W
    6. Pre-marriage Contracts 74 words
      7. c466W
    7. Correspondence 117 words
  6. DEFENCE
      7. c466W
    1. Military Personnel, Equipment and Installations 49 words
      2. c466W
    2. Sustainable Development 99 words
      3. c466W
    3. West Indian Guardship 52 words
      4. cc466-7W
    4. United Kingdom Land Command 434 words
      5. cc467-8W
    5. Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester 71 words
      6. c468W
    6. Trident 71 words
      7. c468W
    7. Staff College Camberley 81 words
      8. c468W
    8. Recruits 209 words
      9. cc468-9W
    9. Attack Helicopter (Training) 127 words
      10. c469W
    10. Mid-air Collisions 252 words
      11. cc469-70W
    11. Correspondence 145 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      8. c470W
    1. Land Mines 139 words
      2. c470W
    2. Correspondence 107 words
      3. cc470-1W
    3. Zimbabwe 356 words
      4. c471W
    4. Indonesia 52 words
      5. cc471-2W
    5. Caribbean Nations 115 words
      6. c472W
    6. St. Helena 57 words
      7. c472W
    7. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 118 words
      8. c472W
    8. Mixed Credits 56 words
      9. cc472-3W
    9. International Development Budget 111 words
      10. c473W
    10. Paris Club 124 words
      11. c473W
    11. Nicaragua 172 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      9. c474W
    1. Members' Accommodation 100 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
      10. cc474-5W
    1. Police 418 words
      2. c475W
    2. Bloody Sunday 45 words
      3. c475W
    3. Student Tuition Fees 67 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
      11. cc475-6W
    1. Iraq 186 words
      2. c476W
    2. Security Services 83 words
      3. c476W
    3. Power Generators 49 words
      4. c476W
    4. Animal Issues 59 words
      5. cc476-7W
    5. Biotechnology 197 words
      6. c477W
    6. Women's Employment 82 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. c477W
    1. British Coal (Land Holdings) 126 words
      2. cc477-8W
    2. Industrial Tribunals 130 words
      3. c478W
    3. Fossil Fuel Levy 266 words
      4. cc478-9W
    4. Renewable Energy 195 words
      5. c479W
    5. Funerals 142 words
      6. c479W
    6. Gas Industry 100 words
      7. cc479-80W
    7. Coal Industry 514 words
      8. c480W
    8. Official Entertainment 70 words
      9. cc480-1W
    9. Power Generators 109 words
      10. c481W
    10. Sustainable Development 101 words
      11. cc481-2W
    11. Solar Heating 380 words
      12. c482W
    12. Millennium Compliance 126 words
      13. c482W
    13. Civil Servants 108 words
      14. cc482-3W
    14. Electricity Companies 105 words
      15. c483W
    15. Football World Cup 131 words
      16. c483W
    16. Algeria 186 words
      17. c483W
    17. Export Licences 110 words
      18. cc483-4W
    18. Nuclear Reprocessing 168 words
      19. c484W
    19. Indonesia 72 words
      20. cc484-5W
    20. Export Credits Guarantee Department 207 words
      21. c485W
    21. Exports 197 words
      22. c485W
    22. Correspondence 59 words
      23. cc485-6W
    23. Airbus 340X 351 words
  12. SCOTLAND
      13. cc486-9W
    1. Benefits 1,592 words
      2. c489W
    2. Right to Buy 247 words
      3. c489W
    3. Hospital Discharges 60 words
      4. cc489-90W
    4. Social Work Services 77 words
      5. c490W
    5. Sustainable Development 108 words
      6. cc490-1W
    6. Non-Scottish United Kingdom Students 109 words
      7. c491W
    7. Prison Staff Pay 76 words
      8. c491W
    8. Acute Beds (Lothian) 173 words
      9. c491W
    9. CS Gas 156 words
      10. cc491-2W
    10. Domestic Violence 302 words
      11. cc492-3W
    11. Nursing Students 331 words
      12. c493W
    12. Tuition Fees 165 words
      13. cc493-4W
    13. Correspondence 122 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
      14. cc494-5W
    1. Winter Fuel Payments 741 words
      2. cc495-6W
    2. Winter Fuel Supplement 388 words
      3. cc496-7W
    3. Disability Living Allowance 737 words
      4. cc497-8W
    4. Disability Benefits 289 words
      5. c498W
    5. Cabinet Committee on Women 43 words
      6. c498W
    6. Cold Weather Payments 168 words
      7. c498W
    7. Correspondence 127 words
      8. cc498-9W
    8. Family Credit 117 words
      9. c499W
    9. National Insurance Fund 134 words
      10. c499W
    10. Benefits Statistics 183 words
      11. cc499-500W
    11. Pensions Policy 168 words
      12. cc500-2W
    12. Building Societies 394 words
  14. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      15. c503W
    1. Electronic Red Boxes 91 words
      2. c503W
    2. Millennium Compliance 86 words
  15. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
      16. c503W
    1. Millennium Dome 97 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. cc503-4W
    1. Local Government Finance 489 words
      2. cc504-5W
    2. AIDS and HIV (London) 321 words
      3. cc505-6W
    3. Minister for Mental Health 188 words
      4. c506W
    4. Positive Care Link 167 words
      5. c506W
    5. AIDS (Viral Load Tests) 122 words
      6. cc506-7W
    6. Child Care Orders 481 words
      7. cc507-8W
    7. St. George's Hospital, Tooting 72 words
      8. c508W
    8. Health Records (Access Charges) 100 words
      9. c508W
    9. MS Drug Treatments 120 words
      10. c508W
    10. ME Association 70 words
      11. c508W
    11. Irena 34 words
      12. cc508-9W
    12. Cannabis 101 words
      13. c509W
    13. Social Care 200 words
      14. cc509-10W
    14. Smoking 196 words
      15. c510W
    15. Prescription Charges (Exemptions) 121 words
      16. c510W
    16. Hospital Waiting Lists 35 words
      17. c510W
    17. Millennium Compliance 112 words
      18. cc510-1W
    18. Dental Services 66 words
      19. c511W
    19. Continence Pads (VAT) 70 words
      20. c511W
    20. Broadmoor Hospital 154 words
  17. HOME DEPARTMENT
      18. c511W
    1. Prison Ships 87 words
      2. cc511-2W
    2. Public House and Club Licensing 94 words
      3. c512W
    3. European Year Against Racism 140 words
      4. c512W
    4. Community Sentences 132 words
      5. c512W
    5. European Convention on Human Rights 82 words
      6. cc512-3W
    6. Prisons (Drug Testing) 82 words
      7. c513W
    7. EU Presidency 166 words
      8. c513W
    8. Restorative Justice 124 words
      9. c513W
    9. Police Corruption 64 words
      10. cc513-4W
    10. Fire Service 38 words
      11. c514W
    11. Voluntary Sector 81 words
      12. c514W
    12. Drug Use 60 words
      13. c514W
    13. Bribery 120 words
      14. c514W
    14. Immigration Advisers 67 words
      15. cc514-5W
    15. Young Offenders 114 words
      16. c515W
    16. Policing 252 words
      17. c515W
    17. Holloway Prison 77 words
      18. cc515-6W
    18. Vulnerable Witnesses 105 words
      19. c516W
    19. Anti-social Behaviour 199 words
      20. c516W
    20. Prisons (In-cell Television) 128 words
      21. cc516-7W
    21. Terrorism (Information) 44 words
      22. c517W
    22. Prisons (Drug Testing) 136 words
      23. c517W
    23. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 70 words
      24. cc517-8W
    24. Probation Officers (Prisons) 280 words
      25. cc518-9W
    25. Immigration 404 words
      26. c519W
    26. Former Prisoners 197 words
      27. cc519-20W
    27. Rehabilitation (Prisoners) 294 words
      28. c520W
    28. Suicides (Prisons) 280 words
      29. cc520-1W
    29. Fine Defaulters 306 words
      30. cc521-2W
    30. Prisoner Statistics 192 words
      31. c522W
    31. Child Prostitution 61 words
      32. c522W
    32. Data Protection 214 words
      33. cc522-3W
    33. Speed Cameras 256 words
      34. c523W
    34. Durham Prison 124 words
      35. cc523-4W
    35. Persistent Young Offenders 244 words
      36. c524W
    36. Altcourse Prison 101 words
      37. c524W
    37. Right to Silence 214 words
      38. cc524-5W
    38. Bail Support and Enforcement Programmes 100 words
      39. c525W
    39. Asylum Seekers 341 words
      40. cc525-6W
    40. Firearms (Compensation) 415 words
      41. cc526-7W
    41. Winwick Prison 88 words
      42. c527W
    42. Prisoners (Drug Addiction) 87 words
      43. c527W
    43. Colchester Young Offenders Institution 77 words
      44. c527W
    44. Winchester Prison 133 words
      45. cc527-8W
    45. Medical Research (Animal Tissues) 82 words
      46. c528W
    46. Lewes Prison 97 words
      47. c528W
    47. Handguns 172 words
      48. c528W
    48. Family Court Welfare Service 53 words
      49. cc528-9W
    49. European Court of Human Rights 139 words
      50. c529W
    50. Police Expenditure 245 words
      51. cc529-30W
    51. Prisons (Medical Services) 104 words
  18. WALES
      19. c530W
    1. Local Government Finance 334 words
      2. cc530-1W
    2. New Deal 379 words
      3. c531W
    3. Non-career Civil Servants 41 words
      4. cc531-2W
    4. Sustainable Development 75 words
      5. c532W
    5. Farm Incomes 92 words
      6. c532W
    6. Housing Starts 92 words
      7. c532W
    7. School Nurses 167 words
      8. cc532-3W
    8. School Governors 113 words
      9. c533W
    9. Prescription Fraud 100 words
      10. c533W
    10. Inward Investment 94 words
      11. c533W
    11. Correspondence 123 words
  19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      20. c534W
    1. Civil Service Staff 144 words
      2. c534W
    2. BBC Monitoring Service 80 words
      3. c534W
    3. Ministerial Meetings 83 words
      4. cc534-5W
    4. Kenya 409 words
      5. cc535-6W
    5. Human Rights 295 words
      6. c536W
    6. Department for International Development 68 words
      7. cc536-9W
    7. EU Councils 1,145 words
      8. cc539-42W
    8. General Affairs Council 1,254 words
      9. c542W
    9. Euro-Mediterranean Process 91 words
      10. cc542-3W
    10. Arms Sales 403 words
      11. c543W
    11. Zimbabwe 191 words
      12. cc543-4W
    12. Indonesia 74 words
      13. c544W
    13. South Africa 102 words
      14. c544W
    14. Algeria 31 words
      15. cc544-5W
    15. European Convention on Human Rights 270 words
      16. cc545-6W
    16. Egyptian Dissidents 432 words
      17. cc546-7W
    17. Overseas Travel 194 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c547W
    1. Beef Imports 87 words
      2. c547W
    2. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance 59 words
      3. c547W
    3. Farmers (Early Retirement) 110 words
      4. cc547-8W
    4. Imported Meat 202 words
      5. c548W
    5. Beef Labelling 114 words
      6. cc548-9W
    6. Spongiform Encephalopathy (Cats and Dogs) 164 words
      7. c549W
    7. Farming (Financial Support) 199 words
      8. c549W
    8. Unpasteurised Milk 97 words
      9. c549W
    9. Correspondence 65 words
      10. cc549-50W
    10. Vitamin Supplements 287 words
      11. c550W
    11. Food Product Labelling 82 words
      12. cc550-1W
    12. Beef Export Ban 254 words
      13. c551W
    13. BSE 254 words
      14. cc551-2W
    14. Fishing Industry 115 words
      15. c552W
    15. BSE (Canine Immunity) 180 words
      16. cc552-3W
    16. Non-career Civil Servants 207 words
      17. c553W
    17. Animal Welfare (Transportation) 48 words
      18. c553W
    18. Rendered Bovine Material (Disposal) 192 words
      19. c553W
    19. Beef Bones (Disposal) 106 words
      20. cc553-4W
    20. Sheep Exports 127 words
      21. c554W
    21. Food Standards 66 words
      22. c554W
    22. Sustainable Development 92 words
      23. c554W
    23. Farming Industry (Meetings) 54 words
  21. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      22. cc554-5W
    1. Tuition Fees 246 words
      2. c555W
    2. Child Care 253 words
      3. cc555-61W
    3. School Budgets 2,698 words
      4. cc561-2W
    4. Examination Papers (Marking) 118 words
      5. cc562-3W
    5. Correspondence 133 words
      6. c563W
    6. Training (Voluntary Sector) 104 words
      7. cc563-4W
    7. Student Fees 370 words
      8. cc564-5W
    8. Further Education 342 words
      9. c565W
    9. Special Education Provision 70 words
      10. c565W
    10. Class Sizes 52 words
      11. cc565-7W
    11. Veterinary Students 992 words
      12. cc567-8W
    12. Further and Higher Education (Cornwall) 104 words
      13. c568W
    13. New Deal 184 words

Lords Sitting of 2 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 585

    c423
  1. Preamble 27 words
    2. cc423-5
  2. Tax Havens 1,218 words
    3. cc426-7
  3. Road Maintenance: Spending 731 words
    4. cc427-9
  4. Age Discrimination 1,092 words
    5. cc430-1
  5. Central European Department: Staffing 770 words
    6. c431
  6. Business 51 words
    7. cc432-3
  7. Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921 982 words
    8. cc434-6
  8. Crime and Disorder Bill [H.L.] 901 words
    9. cc436-55
  9. Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 10,175 words
    10. cc455-62
  10. Iraq 3,432 words
    11. cc462-79
  11. Data Protection Bill [H.L.] 9,210 words
    12. cc479-98
  12. Gulf War: Illnesses 10,658 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 2 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 585

    c77WA
  1. Court of Appeal (Criminal Division): European Convention Rights 89 words
    cc77-8WA
  2. Public Record Office Charges 597 words
    cc78-9WA
  3. Northern Ireland: Human Rights 101 words
    c79WA
  4. Abortion 247 words
    cc79-80WA
  5. Asthma 109 words
    c80WA
  6. Tobacco Advertising Draft Directive 203 words
    cc80-1WA
  7. COT: Advice 102 words
    c81WA
  8. COT: Vitamin B6 155 words
    c81WA
  9. V&A: Attendance Figures 55 words
    cc81-2WA
  10. National Museum Attendances 98 words
    c82WA
  11. European Union Regions 222 words
    cc82-3WA
  12. Childcare Facilities: Westminster 178 words
    cc83-4WA
  13. Non-OP Sheep Dips: VPC Report 687 words
    cc84-5WA
  14. Vitamin and Mineral Supplements Group 254 words
    c85WA
  15. BSE Inquiry: Members 87 words
    cc85-6WA
  16. Chocolate Products: Directive 207 words
    cc86-7WA
  17. ESRC: Research into Informal Economic Activities 317 words
    cc87-8WA
  18. Renewable Technologies 554 words
    cc88-90WA
  19. New Deal Regulations 746 words
    c90WA
  20. Palace of Westminster: Childcare Facilities 73 words
    c90WA
  21. Palace of Westminster: Childcare Vouchers 34 words
    cc90-1WA
  22. Childcare Facilities in the House of Lords 167 words
    cc91-3WA
  23. General Affairs Council, 26–27 January 1,275 words
    cc94-7WA
  24. European Union: Business and Events 1,130 words
    cc97-8WA
  25. BBC Monitoring Service: Funding 281 words
    c98WA
  26. Thameslink 2000 Project 141 words
    cc98-9WA
  27. Housing Provision 299 words
    c99WA
  28. Elderly: Housing Needs 242 words
    cc99-101WA
  29. Vacant Dwellings 521 words
    c101WA
  30. "Combating Drink Driving—Next Steps" 38 words
    c101WA
  31. Attack Helicopter: Training 128 words
    cc101-2WA
  32. Air Collision Study: Report 256 words
    c102WA
  33. Cultural Projects: EU Funding 266 words
    cc103-4WA
  34. Police Grant Allocations 499 words