Commons Sitting of 17 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 306

    c875
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c875
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
      3. c875
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS 21 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. c875
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
      2. cc875-6
    2. Common Fisheries Policy 567 words
      3. cc876-8
    3. Agriculture Industry 794 words
      4. cc878-9
    4. Local Government Finance 731 words
      5. cc879-82
    5. Scottish Parliament 1,207 words
      6. cc882-4
    6. Higher Education 1,005 words
      7. cc884-5
    7. Primary Schools (Language Tuition) 809 words
      8. cc885-6
    8. Local Government (Best Value Scheme) 361 words
      9. cc886-7
    9. Millennium Link 271 words
      10. cc887-8
    10. Electronic Tagging 537 words
    11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
        12. cc888-9
      1. Queen's Counsel 250 words
        2. c889
      2. Convention on the Abduction of Children 234 words
        3. cc889-91
      3. Legal Aid 964 words
        4. c891
      4. Legal Profession (Tax Treatment) 152 words
        5. cc891-2
      5. Mortgage Repossessions 246 words
        6. c892
      6. Public Records 179 words
        7. cc892-5
      7. Law Centres 255 words
    cc895-6
  4. Human Rights Bill 128 words
    5. cc896-8
  5. School Buses (Safety) 1,312 words
    6. cc898-9
  6. School Buses (Safety) 44 words
    7. cc899-990
  7. Iraq 51,195 words, 1 division
    8. cc990-8
  8. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      9. c990
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 20 words
      2. c990
    2. CONSTRUCTION 45 words
      3. c990
    3. CONSTRUCTION (SCOTLAND) 41 words
      4. cc990-1
    4. CIVIL AVIATION 29 words
      5. cc991-8
    5. Gwent Tertiary College 4,202 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 February 1998 Series 6 Vol. 306

  1. PRIME MINISTER
      2. c521W
    1. Committee on Europe 66 words
      2. c521W
    2. Welfare Reform Roadshow 68 words
      3. cc521-2W
    3. Overseas Travel 303 words
      4. c522W
    4. Abortions 238 words
      5. cc522-3W
    5. Iraq 93 words
      6. c523W
    6. Amsterdam Summit 52 words
  2. TREASURY
      3. c523W
    1. Tax Evasion 64 words
      2. cc523-4W
    2. Individual Savings Account 165 words
      3. c524W
    3. Business Profits 257 words
      4. c524W
    4. Inland Revenue (Invoices) 93 words
      5. cc524-5W
    5. Corporation Tax 326 words
      6. c525W
    6. Tax Burden 73 words
      7. cc525-6W
    7. Disposable Income 145 words
      8. c526W
    8. Theft and Fraud 157 words
      9. c526W
    9. Tobacco Smuggling 88 words
      10. c526W
    10. Euro 56 words
      11. cc526-7W
    11. Inheritance Tax 127 words
      12. c527W
    12. Fuel Tax 221 words
      13. c527W
    13. Pensioners (Taxation) 119 words
      14. cc527-8W
    14. Far East (Economic Instability) 93 words
      15. c528W
    15. Working Families Tax Credit 65 words
      16. c528W
    16. Tax Avoidance Scheme 156 words
      17. cc528-9W
    17. Public Information 295 words
      18. c529W
    18. VCT and EIS Schemes 56 words
      19. cc529-30W
    19. National Insurance (Upper Earnings Limit) 259 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      4. c530W
    1. Ambassadors (Languages) 155 words
      2. cc530-1W
    2. Entry Clearance Officers (Bombay) 460 words
      3. c531W
    3. Settlement Applications (Waiting Times) 106 words
      4. cc531-2W
    4. Venezuelan Ambassador 52 words
      5. c532W
    5. NATO 101 words
      6. c532W
    6. India (UN Security Council) 83 words
      7. c532W
    7. United States (UN Debt) 58 words
      8. c532W
    8. Visitor Visas 75 words
      9. cc532-3W
    9. Bahrain 223 words
      10. c533W
    10. Iran and Iraq 54 words
      11. c533W
    11. UK Presidency 75 words
      12. cc533-4W
    12. European Culture Capital 173 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. c534W
    1. Circus Animals 398 words
      2. cc534-6W
    2. On-line Lotteries 463 words
      3. cc536-8W
    3. Hepatitis C (Prisons) 1,181 words
      4. cc538-9W
    4. Women Prisoners 526 words
      5. cc539-40W
    5. Prison Secure Estate (Visits) 389 words
      6. cc540-2W
    6. Data Protection 919 words
      7. c542W
    7. Standard List Offences 157 words
      8. cc542-3W
    8. Correspondence 302 words
      9. cc543-4W
    9. Racial Incidents 364 words
      10. c544W
    10. Penal Lexicon Web Site 63 words
      11. c544W
    11. Young Remand Prisoners 318 words
      12. cc544-5W
    12. Child Protection 110 words
      13. c545W
    13. Flunitrazepam 230 words
      14. cc545-6W
    14. Mr. Ricky Reel 131 words
      15. c546W
    15. Prison Population 259 words
      16. c546W
    16. Prison Service Funding 170 words
      17. cc546-7W
    17. Young Offender Units 277 words
  5. HEALTH
      6. c547W
    1. Ambulance Services 59 words
      2. cc547-8W
    2. Eye Tests 68 words
      3. c548W
    3. Dental and Eye Checks 101 words
      4. cc548-9W
    4. Hospital Services (South-west London) 329 words
      5. c549W
    5. North Essex Health Authority 247 words
      6. c549W
    6. Consultants (Merit Payments) 52 words
      7. cc549-50W
    7. NHS White Paper 101 words
      8. c550W
    8. NHS Employees (Remuneration) 58 words
      9. c550W
    9. Minimum Wage 46 words
      10. c550W
    10. NHS Trusts 75 words
      11. c550W
    11. Waiting Lists 109 words
      12. cc550-1W
    12. General Practitioner Budgets 132 words
      13. c551W
    13. Southampton Community NHS Trust 142 words
      14. c551W
    14. Passive Smoking 126 words
      15. cc551-2W
    15. Water Fluoridation 104 words
      16. cc552-3W
    16. Hepatitis C 377 words
      17. c553W
    17. Radiotherapy Damage 173 words
      18. c553W
    18. Public Works Directive 105 words
      19. cc553-4W
    19. Random Breath Tests 96 words
  6. WALES
      7. c554W
    1. Forestry Commission Land 432 words
      2. cc554-5W
    2. Correspondence 69 words
      3. c555W
    3. Sheep Dip 364 words
  7. DEFENCE
      8. c556W
    1. Courts Martial 164 words
      2. c556W
    2. Low Flying 189 words
      3. cc556-8W
    3. MOD Police 807 words
      4. c558W
    4. Land Rovers 237 words
      5. cc558-60W
    5. Defence Expenditure 446 words
      6. c560W
    6. Nuclear Deterrence 66 words
      7. c560W
    7. Service Personnel (Cyprus) 177 words
      8. c560W
    8. Royal Haslar Hospital 91 words
      9. cc560-1W
    9. Britannia 38 words
      10. c561W
    10. Bahrain 331 words
      11. cc561-2W
    11. Trident 102 words
      12. c562W
    12. Foreign Policy Baseline 90 words
      13. c562W
    13. Enriched Uranium 73 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. c562W
    1. National Minimum Wage 101 words
      2. cc562-3W
    2. Millennium Compliance 283 words
      3. c563W
    3. Oil and Gas Industry 80 words
      4. cc563-4W
    4. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 206 words
      5. c564W
    5. Coal (Emission Standards) 63 words
      6. c564W
    6. Arms Sales 90 words
      7. cc564-5W
    7. EU Structural Funds 276 words
      8. cc565-7W
    8. Market Research 975 words
      9. cc567-8W
    9. British Geological Survey 279 words
      10. c568W
    10. Civil Servants 228 words
      11. cc568-9W
    11. Japan and Taiwan (Spirits Taxes) 642 words
      12. cc569-70W
    12. Bad Debts (Asia) 51 words
      13. c570W
    13. EU Funding 148 words
      14. cc570-1W
    14. Overseas Visits 210 words
      15. cc571-2W
    15. Dounreay 441 words
      16. c572W
    16. Packaging Waste Regulations 137 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
      10. cc572-3W
    1. Children (Northern Ireland) Order 522 words
      2. cc573-5W
    2. Social Fund 661 words
  10. SCOTLAND
      11. c575W
    1. Farm Incomes 207 words
      2. c575W
    2. Agricultural Imports 83 words
      3. cc575-6W
    3. Integrated Transport Policy 66 words
      4. c576W
    4. Health Inequalities 71 words
      5. c576W
    5. Lockerbie 111 words
      6. c576W
    6. Further and Higher Education 61 words
      7. cc576-7W
    7. Students (Tuition Fees) 60 words
      8. c577W
    8. Dairy Farmers 72 words
      9. c577W
    9. National Health Service Trusts 57 words
      10. c577W
    10. Abortion 42 words
      11. c577W
    11. Road Traffic 96 words
      12. cc577-8W
    12. Live Animal Transport 69 words
      13. c578W
    13. Crown Office 75 words
      14. c578W
    14. Local Government Services 68 words
      15. c578W
    15. Social Exclusion 128 words
      16. cc578-9W
    16. Tourism Grants 129 words
      17. c579W
    17. Cromarty Firth Port 104 words
      18. c579W
    18. Scottish Parliament Building 109 words
      19. c579W
    19. Forestry 53 words
      20. cc579-80W
    20. Sheep Dips 322 words
      21. c580W
    21. Student Awards Agency 104 words
      22. cc580-1W
    22. Beef on the Bone 210 words
  11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      12. c581W
    1. Lost and Stolen Items 71 words
      2. c581W
    2. Millennium Commission 165 words
      3. cc581-2W
    3. Theft and Fraud 174 words
      4. c582W
    4. Digital Television 142 words
      5. cc582-4W
    5. Film Industry 657 words
      6. cc584-8W
    6. NESTA Board 1,033 words
      7. cc588-9W
    7. Women's Sport 243 words
      8. c589W
    8. Mr. Peter Davis 99 words
      9. cc589-90W
    9. Appointments 311 words
      10. c590W
    10. South Bank Centre 81 words
      11. c590W
    11. Arts Council 79 words
      12. c590W
    12. Devolution 82 words
      13. cc590-1W
    13. Physical Education 90 words
      14. c591W
    14. Victoria and Albert Museum 161 words
      15. cc591-2W
    15. National Lottery Licence 203 words
  12. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      13. c592W
    1. Legal Aid 263 words
      2. c592W
    2. Civil Aid Certificates 98 words
      3. cc592-3W
    3. Magistrates Courts 175 words
      4. c593W
    4. Immigration Adjudicators 67 words
      5. cc593-4W
    5. Legal Profession (Tax Treatment) 244 words
      6. c594W
    6. Overseas Visits 152 words
      7. c594W
    7. Fixed Costs Regime 48 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      14. c594W
    1. Departmental Publicity 69 words
      2. cc594-5W
    2. Funding (Shropshire) 262 words
      3. cc595-6W
    3. Ashley Heath 433 words
      4. cc596-7W
    4. Tachograph Interference 265 words
      5. c597W
    5. Environmental Appraisals 153 words
      6. cc597-8W
    6. Children (Road Accidents) 309 words
      7. c598W
    7. English Nature 220 words
      8. c598W
    8. Dog Registration 59 words
      9. cc598-600W
    9. Gas Storage 582 words
      10. c600W
    10. Repossessions 91 words
      11. c600W
    11. Peat Working Group 200 words
      12. cc600-1W
    12. Bathing Water Standards 154 words
      13. c601W
    13. Diesel Hotline 162 words
      14. cc601-2W
    14. Bonn Convention 236 words
      15. c602W
    15. Bern Convention 80 words
      16. c602W
    16. Ramsar Convention 142 words
      17. c602W
    17. European Union Habitats Directive 114 words
      18. cc602-3W
    18. Drugs (Driving) 375 words
      19. c603W
    19. Driving Licence Design 60 words
      20. cc603-4W
    20. Poll Tax 89 words
      21. c604W
    21. Housing (Hampshire) 152 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      15. c604W
    1. Farm Values 129 words
      2. cc604-5W
    2. Quota Hopping 122 words
      3. c605W
    3. BSE (Compensation) 67 words
      4. c605W
    4. Meat Imports 176 words
      5. cc605-6W
    5. Dietary Supplements 85 words
      6. c606W
    6. Cow's Milk 92 words
      7. c606W
    7. Integrated Administration and Control System 39 words
      8. c606W
    8. Moorland Scheme 134 words
      9. cc606-7W
    9. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 184 words
      10. c607W
    10. Varroa 249 words
      11. cc607-8W
    11. British Meat 250 words
      12. c608W
    12. Agriculture Council 64 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      16. c608W
    1. Montserrat 34 words
      2. cc608-9W
    2. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 378 words
  16. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      17. cc609-10W
    1. Ministerial Travel 248 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. c610W
    1. Standard Assessment Tests 97 words
      2. c610W
    2. Hotel and Catering Training 106 words
      3. cc610-1W
    3. School Partnerships 88 words
      4. c611W
    4. Class Sizes 73 words
      5. c611W
    5. New Deal (Allowances) 181 words
      6. c611W
    6. National Minimum Wage 84 words
      7. cc611-2W
    7. New Deal 113 words
      8. c612W
    8. School Software 91 words
      9. cc612-3W
    9. New Deal (Employer Agreements) 64 words
      10. cc613-4W
    10. Policy Reviews 161 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
      19. cc615-6W
    1. Family Credit 434 words
      2. c616W
    2. Child Support Agency 312 words
      3. cc616-7W
    3. Appeals System 223 words
      4. cc617-8W
    4. TV Advertising 577 words
      5. cc618-9W
    5. Social Security Expenditure 442 words
      6. cc619-20W
    6. Working Mothers 334 words
      7. c620W
    7. Lone Parent Benefits (Newcastle) 52 words
      8. cc620-1W
    8. Civil Servants 192 words
      9. c621W
    9. Pensioners (Income Support) 297 words
      10. cc621-2W
    10. Benefits (Wales) 317 words
      11. c622W
    11. Drug Addicts 40 words
      12. cc622-3W
    12. Benefit Increases 180 words
      13. cc623-4W
    13. Staff Travel 356 words
      14. cc624-7W
    14. Disability Living Allowance 1,383 words
      15. cc627-8W
    15. Mortgage Benefit 343 words
      16. c628W
    16. Brazilian Mahogany 59 words
      17. c628W
    17. People With Brain Injuries 115 words
      18. cc628-9W
    18. Attendance Allowance 270 words
      19. c629W
    19. Industrial Injury Benefit 211 words
      20. c629W
    20. Young Unemployed 51 words
      21. cc629-30W
    21. Computer Systems 180 words
      22. c630W
    22. Lone Parents 187 words
      23. cc630-1W
    23. Benefits Review 115 words
      24. c631W
    24. Maternity Pay 438 words
      25. cc631-2W
    25. Industrial Disablement Benefit 200 words
      26. c632W
    26. Invalid Care Allowance 177 words
      27. cc632-3W
    27. Council Tax Benefit 154 words
      28. c633W
    28. Mortgage Payments 253 words
      29. cc633-6W
    29. Pensioner Incomes 1,419 words
      30. c636W
    30. Interest Rate Calculation 162 words
      31. cc636-7W
    31. Incapacity Benefit 188 words
      32. c637W
    32. Disability Benefits 65 words
      33. cc637-8W
    33. Pensions Statistics 598 words
      34. cc638-9W
    34. IT Equipment 399 words
      35. cc639-40W
    35. Benefit Integrity Project 317 words
      36. cc640-2W
    36. Benefit Fraud 903 words

Lords Sitting of 17 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

    c137
  1. Preamble 15 words
  2. Prayers—Read by the Lord Bishop of Blackburn.
      3. cc137-9
    1. Millennium Dome 1,176 words
      2. cc139-42
    2. Nursing Staff: Pay 1,260 words
      3. cc142-4
    3. Party Political Broadcasts 871 words
      4. cc144-6
    4. New Deal for Disabled Persons 955 words
      5. c146
    5. Business: References to Baroness Trumpington 187 words
      6. c146
    6. Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council Bill [H.L.] 11 words
      7. cc147-220
    7. Iraq 39,773 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 February 1998 Series 5 Vol. 586

    cc17-22WA
  1. Depleted Uranium Ammunition 2,786 words
    2. cc22-3WA
  2. Courts-martial: Membership 167 words
    3. cc23-4WA
  3. Lord Chancellor's Residence: Refurbishment 713 words
    4. cc24-5WA
  4. NATO Enlargement: Cost to UK 77 words
    5. c25WA
  5. Mr. Yasser Al-Sayegh 171 words
    6. cc25-6WA
  6. Iraq 142 words
    7. c26WA
  7. The Rural Population and Government Policy 146 words
    8. cc26-7WA
  8. Diabetic Drivers 284 words
    9. c27WA
  9. Vehicle Registration Documents: Harmonisation 93 words
    10. cc27-8WA
  10. Speed Limits 151 words
    11. c28WA
  11. Thorne and Hatfield Moors 57 words
    12. c28WA
  12. Rural Policy: Institutional Framework 139 words
    13. c28WA
  13. Trade with EU: Currency Exchange Costs 52 words
    14. cc28-9WA
  14. Musical Education in State Schools 129 words
    15. c29WA
  15. Music Students: Tuition Fees 306 words
    16. cc29-30WA
  16. Adventure Centres: Licensing Charges 115 words
    17. c30WA
  17. Abortion and Breast Cancer 92 words
    18. c30WA
  18. Divorce 96 words
    19. cc30-1WA
  19. Scottish Parliament: Car Parking 122 words
    20. cc31-2WA
  20. Scotland: Home Ownership 253 words
    21. c32WA
  21. Scotland: Roads Programme 205 words
    22. c32WA
  22. Minister for Women: Staff 57 words
    23. cc32-4WA
  23. Disability Benefits: Real Value 1,168 words
    24. cc34-7WA
  24. Benefit Uprating Comparisons 1,687 words
    25. cc37-40WA
  25. Northern Ireland: Analysis of GCSE Results 579 words