Commons Sitting of 21 July 1998 Series 6 Vol. 316

    c893
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c893
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c893
    1. CITY OF EDINBURGH (GUIDED BUSWAYS) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 7 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
      5. cc893-906
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
        2. cc893-4
      1. Lockerbie 726 words
        2. cc894-6
      2. Prison Suicides 650 words
        3. c896
      3. Child Care Strategy 272 words
        4. cc896-8
      4. Dounreay 828 words
        5. cc898-900
      5. Higher Education 899 words
        6. cc900-1
      6. School Development 598 words
        7. cc901-2
      7. Petrol Stations 593 words
        8. cc902-3
      8. Economic Development (Borders) 632 words
        9. cc904-5
      9. Local Government Reform 492 words
        10. cc905-6
      10. Defence-related Employment 730 words
      cc906-12
    2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 5 words
        3. cc906-7
      1. Legal Aid 639 words
        2. cc907-8
      2. Magistrates Courts 314 words
        3. c908
      3. Lockerbie 92 words
        4. cc908-9
      4. Land Registry 271 words
        5. cc909-10
      5. Lewes Crown Court 249 words
        6. c910
      6. Woolf Report 258 words
        7. cc910-1
      7. Conditional Fees 240 words
        8. cc911-2
      8. Legal Aid and Civil Justice White Paper 171 words
    cc913-28
  5. Criminal Justice 8,026 words
    6. c928
  6. Seed Trials 186 words
    7. cc929-31
  7. Remission of Third World Debt (Jubilee 2000) 1,544 words
      8. c931
    1. REMISSION OF THIRD WORLD DEBT (JUBILEE 2000) 50 words
    cc932-1022
  8. Opposition Day 3 words
      9. cc932-77
    1. Government and Parliament 24,850 words, 1 division
      2. cc978-1022
    2. European Single Currency 24,072 words, 1 division
      3. c1022
    3. SECTION 5 OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1993 53 words
  9. PETITIONS
      10. c1022
    1. Transport (Hastings and Rye) 224 words
      2. cc1022-3
    2. Easter Floods 308 words
      3. cc1024-32
    3. Lockerbie 3,941 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 July 1998 Series 6 Vol. 316

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      2. c435W
    1. UK Passport Agency 336 words
      2. cc435-6W
    2. Fire Service 154 words
      3. cc436-7W
    3. Asylum Seekers 389 words
      4. cc437-8W
    4. Motoring Offences 504 words
      5. c438W
    5. CS Gas 235 words
      6. c438W
    6. Treaty of Canterbury 55 words
      7. c438W
    7. Tote 63 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
      3. c439W
    1. Ambulance Service 224 words
      2. c439W
    2. Cancer Treatment 249 words
      3. c440W
    3. Correspondence 147 words
      4. c440W
    4. Northern Ireland Assembly 97 words
      5. c440W
    5. Housing (Relocation Requests) 128 words
      6. cc440-1W
    6. Prisoners 72 words
      7. c441W
    7. Abortion 163 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      4. c441W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 218 words
  4. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      5. c442W
    1. "The Multi-Media Revolution" 89 words
      2. c442W
    2. New Opportunities Fund 88 words
      3. cc442-3W
    3. Tourism 362 words
  5. CABINET OFFICE
      6. c443W
    1. Lobbyists 58 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      7. c443W
    1. Open Government White Paper 161 words
      2. c443W
    2. Departmental Accounts 58 words
      3. c444W
    3. Performance Targets 236 words
      4. c444W
    4. Freedom of Information 140 words
      5. cc444-6W
    5. Task Forces 769 words
      6. cc446-7W
    6. Departmental Vehicles 510 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      8. c447W
    1. Commonhold 118 words
      2. cc447-8W
    2. Legal Aid 322 words
      3. cc448-9W
    3. Disabled Access 356 words
      4. c449W
    4. Fines 164 words
      5. cc449-50W
    5. Magistrates Courts 609 words
      6. c451W
    6. County Courts (Disabled Facilities) 181 words
  8. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      9. c451W
    1. Education (Third-world Countries) 153 words
      2. cc451-2W
    2. Child Labour 140 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
      10. c452W
    1. Freedom of Information Bill 74 words
      2. c452W
    2. Ministry for Rural Development 31 words
      3. c452W
    3. Correspondence 70 words
      4. cc452-3W
    4. Gibraltar 65 words
      5. c453W
    5. Social Exclusion Unit 331 words
      6. cc453-4W
    6. "Newsnight" 289 words
      7. c454W
    7. House of Lords 41 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      11. cc454-5W
    1. Air Carrier Liability 97 words
      2. cc455-6W
    2. Roads 508 words
      3. c456W
    3. Treaty of Canterbury 210 words
      4. cc456-8W
    4. London Underground 772 words
      5. cc458-9W
    5. Airports 572 words
      6. c459W
    6. Channel Tunnel 90 words
      7. cc459-61W
    7. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 635 words
      8. c461W
    8. Motor Vehicles 77 words
      9. c461W
    9. Marine Safety Agency 389 words
      10. cc461-2W
    10. Coastguard 117 words
      11. c462W
    11. Bus Employees Superannuation Trust 65 words
      12. c462W
    12. Millennium Compliance 137 words
      13. c462W
    13. Civil Servants 100 words
      14. c462W
    14. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 65 words
      15. c463W
    15. Housing 169 words
      16. c463W
    16. Cycling 104 words
      17. c463W
    17. Specified Risk Material (Incineration) 91 words
      18. cc463-4W
    18. Coastal Pollution 125 words
      19. c464W
    19. Air Safety 80 words
      20. c464W
    20. Reclamation 145 words
      21. c464W
    21. GRP Tanks 82 words
      22. cc464-5W
    22. Environmental Prosecutions 97 words
      23. c465W
    23. Tankers 269 words
      24. cc465-6W
    24. Vessels (Survival Suits) 111 words
      25. c466W
    25. Rail Services 233 words
      26. c466W
    26. Aircraft (Disease Transmission) 107 words
      27. c466W
    27. Dorset County Council 64 words
      28. c467W
    28. Genetically Modified Organisms 92 words
      29. c467W
    29. Heathrow Express 189 words
      30. cc467-8W
    30. Low Flying 370 words
      31. c468W
    31. Planning 184 words
      32. cc468-9W
    32. Comprehensive Spending Review 80 words
      33. c469W
    33. Service Charges 111 words
  11. WALES
      12. c469W
    1. Comprehensive Spending Review 96 words
      2. c469W
    2. Buses 100 words
  12. DEFENCE
      13. cc469-72W
    1. Chemical and Biological Defence Sector 1,263 words
      2. cc472-3W
    2. Project Horizon 184 words
      3. c473W
    3. European Defence Industry 174 words
      4. cc473-4W
    4. Russia (Joint Exercises) 108 words
      5. c474W
    5. Spring Quarry, Corsham 103 words
      6. c474W
    6. Atomic Weapons Establishment 76 words
      7. c474W
    7. Asbestos 94 words
      8. c474W
    8. Eurofighter 96 words
      9. cc474-5W
    9. Asset Disposals 148 words
      10. c475W
    10. Departmental Holdings 69 words
      11. c475W
    11. TRACER Project 80 words
      12. c475W
    12. Casualty Receiving Ship 63 words
      13. c475W
    13. Smart Procurement Policy 46 words
      14. c476W
    14. European Aerospace Industry 146 words
      15. c476W
    15. Multi-role Armoured Vehicles 123 words
      16. c476W
    16. Procurement Policy 52 words
      17. cc476-7W
    17. European Collaboration 132 words
      18. c477W
    18. Joint Strike Fighter 73 words
      19. c477W
    19. Combat Engineer Tractor 60 words
      20. c477W
    20. Defence Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Centre, Winterbourne Gunner 114 words
      21. c477W
    21. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 100 words
      22. c478W
    22. Future Escort Project 157 words
      23. c478W
    23. Landing Ship Logistics Vessels 60 words
      24. c478W
    24. Submarines 45 words
      25. c478W
    25. Future Carrier-borne Aircraft 97 words
      26. c478W
    26. Container Ships 57 words
      27. c479W
    27. Defence Medical Services 60 words
  13. SCOTLAND
      14. c479W
    1. Domestic Violence 62 words
      2. c479W
    2. Investment 51 words
      3. c479W
    3. Dounreay 57 words
      4. cc479-80W
    4. Higher Education 238 words
      5. c480W
    5. Farm Incomes 122 words
      6. c480W
    6. Naval Establishments 62 words
      7. c480W
    7. Local Government Elections 81 words
      8. c481W
    8. Opencast Mining 71 words
      9. c481W
    9. Town Centres 71 words
      10. c481W
    10. Health Service 238 words
      11. c482W
    11. Higher Still 146 words
      12. c482W
    12. Employment (Dumfries and Galloway) 59 words
      13. c482W
    13. Special Advisers 75 words
      14. c482W
    14. Caledonian MacBrayne 41 words
      15. c482W
    15. Fishing Industry 61 words
      16. c483W
    16. Accounts Commission 106 words
      17. c483W
    17. Local Government Officers 50 words
      18. cc483-4W
    18. Local Authorities (Auditing) 328 words
      19. cc484-7W
    19. Public Expenditure 1,689 words
      20. cc487-8W
    20. Registers of Scotland 284 words
      21. cc488-90W
    21. Assisted Places Scheme 888 words
      22. c490W
    22. Local Government Finance 119 words
      23. c490W
    23. Employment (Irvine) 62 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      15. cc490-1W
    1. Overseas Territories (Citizenships) 80 words
      2. c491W
    2. East Timor 54 words
      3. c491W
    3. Foreign Policy Centre 79 words
      4. c491W
    4. Sudan 143 words
      5. cc491-2W
    5. Comprehensive Spending Review 313 words
      6. cc492-3W
    6. Parking Fines 612 words
      7. c493W
    7. Hong Kong 83 words
      8. cc493-4W
    8. Economic and Monetary Union 190 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
      16. c494W
    1. Social Fund 198 words
      2. cc494-5W
    2. Child Benefit (Payment Cards) 95 words
      3. c495W
    3. Correspondence 68 words
      4. cc495-6W
    4. Residential Care (Liable Relative Payments) 471 words
      5. c496W
    5. Benefits Agency (Letters) 311 words
      6. cc496-7W
    6. Respite Care 381 words
      7. cc497-8W
    7. Disabled Facilities 486 words
  16. TREASURY
      17. c498W
    1. Pensions Mis-selling 67 words
      2. c498W
    2. Departmental Accountants 49 words
      3. cc498-9W
    3. Marriage Certificates 100 words
      4. c499W
    4. Duty-free Sales 96 words
      5. c499W
    5. PEPs (Pensioners) 77 words
      6. cc499-501W
    6. International Debt 650 words
      7. c501W
    7. National Savings 387 words
      8. c502W
    8. Working Families Tax Credit 475 words
      9. c503W
    9. Landfill Tax 304 words
      10. cc503-4W
    10. Tobacco 330 words
      11. cc504-5W
    11. Government Lending (Russia) 343 words
      12. c505W
    12. Civil Servants 53 words
      13. c505W
    13. Economic and Monetary Union 82 words
      14. cc505-8W
    14. Earnings 1,491 words
      15. cc508-9W
    15. Taxation 749 words
      16. c509W
    16. Parliamentary Questions 40 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      18. cc509-10W
    1. Telecommunications and Broadcasting (Convergence) 81 words
      2. c510W
    2. Gas and Electricity Charges 52 words
      3. cc510-1W
    3. Business Links 310 words
      4. c511W
    4. Exports (China) 122 words
      5. cc511-2W
    5. Companies House 85 words
      6. c512W
    6. ICL Pathway Project 159 words
      7. c512W
    7. Car Prices 117 words
      8. c512W
    8. Correspondence 96 words
      9. cc512-4W
    9. Timber Industry 641 words
      10. cc514-5W
    10. Sub-post Offices 240 words
      11. c515W
    11. Minimum Wage 186 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. c515W
    1. Departmental Expenditure 210 words
      2. c516W
    2. Barn Owls 180 words
      3. c516W
    3. Nobel House, Smith Square 100 words
      4. cc516-7W
    4. Turkeys 139 words
      5. c517W
    5. Rural Affairs 158 words
      6. c517W
    6. Correspondence 166 words
      7. c517W
    7. Ritually Slaughtered Meat 46 words
      8. c518W
    8. Fishing Industry 143 words
      9. c518W
    9. Mink 138 words
  19. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      20. cc518-20W
    1. Disability Rights Commission 951 words
      2. cc520-1W
    2. Sixth Forms 186 words
      3. c521W
    3. Deaf People 288 words
      4. cc521-2W
    4. Drug Education 418 words
      5. cc522-3W
    5. New Deal 209 words
      6. c523W
    6. Education Spending Statistics 96 words
      7. cc523-4W
    7. Special Educational Needs 362 words
      8. c524W
    8. Free School Meals 73 words
      9. c524W
    9. Nursery Grants 154 words
      10. c524W
    10. Independent Schools 73 words
      11. cc524-5W
    11. Civil Servants 75 words
      12. c525W
    12. Correspondence 364 words
      13. cc525-6W
    13. Teachers (Early Retirement) 138 words
  20. HEALTH
      21. c526W
    1. Millennium Compliance 106 words
      2. cc526-7W
    2. Maternity Services 362 words
      3. c527W
    3. NHS Trusts 251 words
      4. cc527-8W
    4. Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 148 words
      5. c528W
    5. Riluzole 55 words
      6. c528W
    6. Consultants 138 words
      7. cc528-9W
    7. Cancer Services 331 words
      8. c529W
    8. Continence Services 74 words
      9. c529W
    9. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 91 words
      10. cc529-30W
    10. Homelessness 283 words
      11. c530W
    11. Scanners 57 words
      12. cc530-1W
    12. Residential Care 410 words
      13. c531W
    13. Carers 136 words
      14. c531W
    14. Primary Care Groups 77 words
      15. c532W
    15. Medicines Act 1968 127 words
      16. c532W
    16. Chiropody Services 67 words
      17. c532W
    17. Correspondence 62 words
      18. c532W
    18. Organophosphates 147 words

Lords Sitting of 21 July 1998 Series 5 Vol. 592

    c707
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c707
  2. Baroness Uddin 35 words
    3. c707
  3. Lord Alli 43 words
    4. cc707-9
  4. No. 10 Downing Street: Security Gates 868 words
    5. cc709-12
  5. Social Security: SERPS 1,508 words
    6. cc712-4
  6. Japanese Economy 1,055 words
    7. cc714-6
  7. Nigeria: Visa Restrictions 794 words
    8. c716
  8. Business 45 words
    9. c716
  9. School Standards and Framework Bill 34 words
    10. c717
  10. COMMONS AMENDMENT TO A LORDS AMENDMENT, COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU OF CERTAIN LORDS AMENDMENTS, COMMONS REASONS FOR DISAGREEING TO CERTAIN LORDS AMENDMENTS AND COMMONS AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN WORDS RESTORED TO THE BILL BY THEIR DISAGREEMENT TO CERTAIN OTHER LORDS AMENDMENTS 14 words
    11. cc717-23
  11. LORDS AMENDMENT 3,306 words
    12. c723
  12. LORDS AMENDMENT 102 words
    13. cc723-7
  13. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,732 words
    14. c727
  14. LORDS AMENDMENT 25 words
    15. c727
  15. GROUPING OF COMMUNITY, VOLUNTARY AIDED, VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED AND COMMUNITY SPECIAL SCHOOLS UNDER A SINGLE GOVERNING BODY 243 words
    16. c727
  16. LORDS AMENDMENT 9 words
    17. cc727-8
  17. CONSENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE AS TO GROUPING? 304 words
    18. c728
  18. LORDS AMENDMENT 135 words
    19. cc728-9
  19. LORDS AMENDMENT 79 words
    20. c729
  20. LORDS AMENDMENT 191 words
    21. c729
  21. LORDS AMENDMENT 226 words
    22. c730
  22. LORDS AMENDMENT 343 words
    23. cc730-4
  23. LORDS AMENDMENT 2,070 words
    24. c735
  24. LORDS AMENDMENT 177 words
    25. cc735-42
  25. LORDS AMENDMENT 3,720 words
    26. c742
  26. LORDS AMENDMENT 117 words
    27. c742
  27. LORDS AMENDMENT 24 words
    28. cc742-3
  28. COMMONS AMENDMENTS TO WORDS RESTORED TO THE BILL BY THEIR DISAGREEMENT TO A LORDS AMENDMENT 412 words
    29. c743
  29. LORDS AMENDMENT 24 words
    30. cc743-4
  30. COMMONS AMENDMENT TO WORDS RESTORED TO THE BILL BY THEIR DISAGREEMENT TO A LORDS AMENDMENT 145 words
    31. cc744-5
  31. LORDS AMENDMENTS 473 words
    32. cc745-51
  32. COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 3,247 words
    33. c751
  33. Business 53 words
    34. cc751-68
  34. Comprehensive Spending Review: Criminal Justice 8,514 words
    35. cc768-800
  35. Scotland Bill 16,498 words
    36. cc800-15
  36. Arts Strategy 8,176 words
    37. cc816-70
  37. Scotland Bill 28,175 words, 2 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 July 1998 Series 5 Vol. 592

    c83WA
  1. DfID Reviews 43 words
    c83WA
  2. Gaza: Airport and Hospital 166 words
    c83WA
  3. UNESCO: UK Commission 123 words
    cc83-4WA
  4. Beef: Export Ban 68 words
    c84WA
  5. British Cattle Movement Service 100 words
    cc84-5WA
  6. Asylum: Bahraini Applicants 315 words
    c85WA
  7. Asylum and Immigration Appeals: Adjournments 97 words
    cc85-6WA
  8. United Kingdom Passport Agency: Performance 346 words
    c86WA
  9. Anti-Smoking Campaigns 68 words
    cc86-7WA
  10. Public Health Safety: Green Papers 265 words
    cc87-8WA
  11. AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: NHS Costs 203 words
    c88WA
  12. Cancer: Minority Ethnic Groups 209 words
    c88WA
  13. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 88 words
    cc88-9WA
  14. Pensions: Contribution Records 279 words
    c89WA
  15. Child Support Agency: Leaks 99 words
    cc89-92WA
  16. Disability Rights Commission 954 words
    c92WA
  17. Strategic Defence Review: Nuclear Weapons 108 words
    cc92-3WA
  18. Iraq: No-Fly Zones 239 words
    c93WA
  19. National Museums of Scotland 211 words
    cc93-5WA
  20. Salmon and Sea Trout 595 words
    cc95-7WA
  21. Freedom of Information 766 words
    c97WA
  22. Mothers: Definition of Work 245 words
    cc97-8WA
  23. Guatemala: Human Rights 322 words
    c98WA
  24. Arms Sales: Licences 133 words
    cc98-9WA
  25. Hong Kong 78 words
    cc99-100WA
  26. Diplomatic Missions: Parking Fines 608 words
    c100WA
  27. Housing and Regeneration Policy 62 words
    c100WA
  28. Service Charge Disputes 103 words
    cc100-2WA
  29. Environmental Impact Assessments 169 words