Commons Sitting of 31 July 1998 Series 6 Vol. 317

    c631
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c631
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PETITIONS
      4. c631
    1. Moray Health Trust 101 words
      2. c631
    2. Genetically Modified Organisms 137 words
      3. cc631-2
    3. Hunting (Wild Mammals) 196 words
      4. c632
    4. Xenotransplantation 164 words
      5. c632
    5. Concessionary Travel 148 words
  4. Orders of the Day
      5. cc633-52
    1. Northern Ireland Bill 11,312 words, 1 division
      2. cc653-76
    2. Roads Review 12,112 words
      3. c676
    3. ROYAL ASSENT 51 words
      4. c676
    4. NON-SITTING FRIDAYS 22 words
      5. c676
    5. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SERVICE CANDIDATES 69 words
      6. c676
    6. TREASURY COMMITTEE 21 words
      7. cc677-92
    7. Nuclear Weapons (India and Pakistan) 8,915 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 31 July 1998 Series 6 Vol. 317

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      2. c567W
    1. Official Entertainment 106 words
      2. cc567-8W
    2. Power of Attorney 402 words
      3. c568W
    3. Departmental Publications 152 words
      4. cc568-9W
    4. Immigration 177 words
      5. cc569-70W
    5. Public Trust Office 488 words
      6. cc570-1W
    6. Overseas Visits 209 words
      7. c571W
    7. Information Technology 171 words
      8. cc571-2W
    8. Freemasonry 243 words
      9. c572W
    9. New Deal 48 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      3. cc572-3W
    1. Homosexuals 80 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      4. cc573-4W
    1. Members' Transport 361 words
  4. SCOTLAND
      5. c574W
    1. Further and Higher Education 56 words
      2. c574W
    2. Information Technology 105 words
      3. c574W
    3. Council and Social Housing 84 words
      4. cc574-5W
    4. Departmental Vehicles 180 words
      5. c575W
    5. Cycling 66 words
      6. c575W
    6. Thomas Hamilton 92 words
      7. cc575-6W
    7. NHS Staff 237 words
      8. c576W
    8. Nursing Vacancies 151 words
      9. c576W
    9. Structural Funds (Reform) 61 words
      10. c576W
    10. Non-departmental Public Bodies 136 words
      11. cc576-7W
    11. Employees Over 60 252 words
      12. c577W
    12. Scottish Tourist Board 60 words
      13. c577W
    13. Persistent Inquiries 47 words
      14. c577W
    14. Overseas Visits 102 words
      15. cc577-8W
    15. Green Transport 115 words
      16. c578W
    16. Schools (Computers) 46 words
      17. c578W
    17. Women's Aid Projects 48 words
      18. c578W
    18. Departmental Publications 69 words
      19. cc578-9W
    19. Local Enterprise Companies 71 words
      20. c579W
    20. Health Service External (Consultants) 129 words
      21. c579W
    21. Roads 76 words
      22. cc579-80W
    22. Local Transport 801 words
      23. cc580-1W
    23. Cancelled Operations 119 words
      24. c581W
    24. Hospital Maintenance 665 words
      25. cc581-2W
    25. Rural Housing 64 words
      26. cc582-3W
    26. NHS (Salaries) 333 words
      27. c583W
    27. Cannabis 82 words
      28. c583W
    28. Unfit Homes 85 words
      29. cc583-4W
    29. Departmental Equipment 96 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
      6. c584W
    1. Departmental Vehicles 295 words
      2. cc584-5W
    2. Belfast Agreement 188 words
      3. c585W
    3. Community Policing 94 words
      4. c585W
    4. Information Technology 49 words
      5. c585W
    5. Terrorist Incidents 100 words
      6. cc585-6W
    6. Cycling 179 words
      7. c586W
    7. Departmental Research 72 words
      8. c586W
    8. Devolved Institutions 101 words
      9. cc586-7W
    9. Non-departmental Public Bodies 411 words
      10. cc587-8W
    10. Employees Over 60 160 words
      11. c588W
    11. Public Registers 64 words
      12. c588W
    12. Persistent Inquirers 41 words
      13. c588W
    13. NHS Expenditure 81 words
      14. c588W
    14. Overseas Visits 89 words
      15. cc588-9W
    15. Departmental Publications 84 words
      16. c589W
    16. Criminal Appeals 81 words
      17. c589W
    17. Mr. W. J. McGarry 76 words
      18. c589W
    18. Housing 98 words
  6. WALES
      7. c589W
    1. Arms Park Millennium Stadium 87 words
      2. cc589-90W
    2. Lobbyists 131 words
      3. c590W
    3. Local Government Modernisation 89 words
      4. c590W
    4. Departmental Vehicles 160 words
      5. cc590-1W
    5. Schools (Rate Relief) 150 words
      6. c591W
    6. Sea Empress 51 words
      7. c591W
    7. Departmental Reviews 78 words
      8. c591W
    8. Green Transport 94 words
      9. cc591-2W
    9. Departmental Publications 65 words
      10. c592W
    10. Blackwood Bypass 42 words
      11. c592W
    11. NHS Dental Services 243 words
      12. c592W
    12. Sterile Service Units 68 words
      13. c592W
    13. Ynys Môn Council 43 words
      14. cc592-3W
    14. Local Transport 124 words
      15. c593W
    15. NHS Staff Salaries 170 words
      16. cc593-4W
    16. Hospital Maintenance 283 words
      17. c594W
    17. NHS Staff 234 words
      18. cc594-5W
    18. NHS (External Consultants) 72 words
      19. cc595-7W
    19. Operations (Cancellations) 1,054 words
      20. c597W
    20. Sustrans Cycle Network 77 words
      21. c597W
    21. Farmers' Markets 48 words
      22. c597W
    22. Inward Investment 227 words
      23. c597W
    23. Target Investment Zone 33 words
      24. cc597-8W
    24. Kwik Save, Prestatyn 54 words
      25. c598W
    25. EU Structural Funds 111 words
      26. c598W
    26. ENT Treatment 140 words
      27. c598W
    27. IVF Treatment 45 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
      8. cc598-9W
    1. Dounreay 116 words
      2. cc599-600W
    2. Lobbyists 429 words
      3. c600W
    3. No. 10 Policy Unit 243 words
      4. c600W
    4. Information Technology 51 words
      5. cc600-1W
    5. Genetically Modified Foods 76 words
      6. c601W
    6. Cycling 146 words
      7. c601W
    7. Departmental Research 98 words
      8. cc601-2W
    8. Lord-Lieutenants 203 words
      9. c602W
    9. Life Peerages 49 words
      10. c602W
    10. Civil Servants 111 words
      11. c602W
    11. Social Exclusion Unit 195 words
      12. cc602-3W
    12. Open Government 130 words
      13. c603W
    13. Genetic Engineering 81 words
      14. c603W
    14. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 70 words
      15. c603W
    15. Media Contacts 42 words
      16. c603W
    16. Ministers (VIP Lounges) 77 words
      17. cc603-4W
    17. Mr. Peter Penfold 79 words
      18. c604W
    18. Cabinet Meetings 51 words
      19. c604W
    19. Government Publications 116 words
      20. c604W
    20. Sierra Leone 53 words
      21. cc604-5W
    21. Reviews and Task Forces 113 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      9. c605W
    1. Road Noise 205 words
      2. c605W
    2. AWE Aldermaston 84 words
      3. c605W
    3. Technetium-99 71 words
      4. cc605-6W
    4. Compliance Cost Assessments 121 words
      5. c606W
    5. Trunk Road Accidents 393 words
      6. cc606-7W
    6. Ministerial Meetings 212 words
      7. cc607-8W
    7. Housing Co-operatives 146 words
      8. c608W
    8. Local Authority Rents 360 words
      9. cc608-10W
    9. Regeneration 681 words
      10. c610W
    10. Home Repairs and Improvements 85 words
      11. cc610-1W
    11. Waste Incineration Plants 233 words
      12. c611W
    12. Owner-occupied Housing 91 words
      13. c611W
    13. Schools (Discretionary Rate Relief) 162 words
      14. cc611-2W
    14. Motorway Service Areas 301 words
      15. c612W
    15. Soap and Detergent Industry 205 words
      16. cc612-3W
    16. Housing (Expenditure) 122 words
      17. c613W
    17. Non-Departmental Public Bodies 379 words
      18. cc613-5W
    18. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 549 words
      19. c615W
    19. Poplar II HARCA Ballot 200 words
      20. cc615-6W
    20. Health and Safety 276 words
      21. c616W
    21. Green Transport 115 words
      22. cc616-7W
    22. Driving Penalties 193 words
      23. c617W
    23. Pedestrians 380 words
      24. cc617-9W
    24. Radioactive Emissions 596 words
      25. c619W
    25. HFCs 191 words
      26. c619W
    26. Road Traffic Law 74 words
      27. c619W
    27. Greenhouse Gases 64 words
      28. cc619-20W
    28. Housing (Disabled People) 212 words
      29. c620W
    29. Departmental Vehicles 76 words
      30. c620W
    30. Concessionary Fares 109 words
      31. cc620-1W
    31. Departmental Publications 89 words
      32. c621W
    32. Unlicensed Vehicles 93 words
      33. c621W
    33. Environmental Agreements 60 words
      34. cc621-2W
    34. Traffic Speeds 633 words
      35. cc622-3W
    35. Regional Development Agencies 147 words
      36. c623W
    36. Manchester Metrolink 41 words
      37. c623W
    37. Sustainable Development 97 words
      38. c623W
    38. Agriculture (Environmental Effects) 51 words
      39. cc623-5W
    39. Leaded Petrol 993 words
      40. cc625-6W
    40. Vehicle Emissions 123 words
      41. c626W
    41. Vehicle Conversions 102 words
      42. c626W
    42. Bus and Railway Station Facilities 111 words
      43. cc626-7W
    43. Canals and Waterways 256 words
      44. c627W
    44. Sunlight Reflectors 181 words
      45. cc627-8W
    45. Teesside Development Corporation 136 words
      46. cc628-30W
    46. Local Government Finance 990 words
      47. c630W
    47. Planning Appeals 195 words
      48. c630W
    48. Roads Review 37 words
      49. cc630-1W
    49. Trunk Roads 78 words
      50. c631W
    50. Car Use 140 words
      51. c631W
    51. Rolling Stock 147 words
      52. cc631-2W
    52. Airport Noise 131 words
      53. c632W
    53. Queensway Hall, Dunstable 142 words
      54. c632W
    54. Transport Statistics 141 words
      55. cc632-3W
    55. Building Regulations 165 words
      56. c633W
    56. M4 Service Area 72 words
      57. c633W
    57. Climate Change 49 words
      58. cc633-4W
    58. Energy-efficient Lighting 224 words
      59. c634W
    59. Eurostar 340 words
      60. cc634-5W
    60. Shipping 93 words
      61. c635W
    61. Cycling 146 words
      62. cc635-6W
    62. Rough Sleepers 322 words
      63. c636W
    63. Fatal Accidents (Manslaughter charges) 279 words
      64. cc636-7W
    64. Stockton University 99 words
      65. c637W
    65. Coastguard 354 words
      66. cc637-8W
    66. British Transport Police 280 words
      67. cc638-9W
    67. Public Safety Zones 518 words
      68. c639W
    68. Cowboy Builders 195 words
      69. cc639-40W
    69. Compost 295 words
      70. c640W
    70. British Railways (Surplus Land) 244 words
      71. cc640-1W
    71. Fastship Project 54 words
  9. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      10. c641W
    1. Public Appointments 74 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      11. c641W
    1. Annual Report 52 words
      2. c641W
    2. Asbestos 66 words
      3. c641W
    3. Departmental Publications 77 words
      4. cc641-2W
    4. Electronic Red Box 84 words
      5. c642W
    5. Millennium Compliance 88 words
      6. c642W
    6. Green Transport 66 words
      7. c642W
    7. Cabinet Office 145 words
      8. cc642-3W
    8. Departmental Vehicles 63 words
      9. cc643-7W
    9. Correspondence 1,969 words
      10. cc647-9W
    10. Service Standards 948 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      12. c649W
    1. Nicaragua 67 words
  12. TREASURY
      13. c649W
    1. Foreign Earnings Deduction 103 words
      2. c649W
    2. Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 91 words
      3. cc649-50W
    3. North Sea Fiscal Regime 113 words
      4. cc650-2W
    4. Working Families Tax Credit 992 words
      5. c652W
    5. International Debt 206 words
      6. c652W
    6. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 121 words
      7. cc652-3W
    7. New Deal 191 words
      8. c653W
    8. Charities' Taxation 90 words
      9. cc653-4W
    9. Correspondence 205 words
      10. c654W
    10. Sport (VAT) 289 words
      11. cc654-5W
    11. Disability Living Allowance 71 words
      12. c655W
    12. Small Businesses 213 words
      13. c655W
    13. Compliance Cost Assessments 132 words
      14. cc655-6W
    14. Inland Revenue Office, Evesham 64 words
      15. c656W
    15. Least Cost Procurement 60 words
      16. cc656-9W
    16. Government Receipts 1,603 words
      17. c659W
    17. Aircraft and Ship Sales 109 words
      18. c659W
    18. Dividend Tax Credits 68 words
      19. cc659-60W
    19. Children's Fund 69 words
      20. cc660-2W
    20. VAT Group Treatment 868 words
      21. c662W
    21. Taxation (Guernsey) 165 words
      22. cc662-3W
    22. Persistent Inquirers 553 words
      23. cc663-4W
    23. Overseas Visits 96 words
      24. c664W
    24. Non-departmental Public Bodies 167 words
      25. c664W
    25. ICL Pathway Project 96 words
      26. cc664-5W
    26. Economic and Monetary Union 202 words
      27. cc665-6W
    27. Task Forces 549 words
      28. cc666-7W
    28. Local Telephone Calls (VAT) 108 words
      29. c667W
    29. Environmental Taxation 117 words
      30. c667W
    30. Aggregates 89 words
      31. cc667-8W
    31. Landfill Tax 169 words
      32. c668W
    32. Savings Income 218 words
      33. cc668-9W
    33. Zero-rated VAT 351 words
      34. cc669-70W
    34. Excise Duties 236 words
      35. c670W
    35. Direct Taxes 52 words
      36. c670W
    36. Departmental Publications 125 words
      37. cc670-1W
    37. Ministerial Meetings 198 words
      38. cc671-2W
    38. Welfare Reform 601 words
      39. cc672-3W
    39. Government Expenditure 556 words
      40. cc673-5W
    40. Government Spending 673 words
      41. c675W
    41. Funding (Wales and Scotland) 60 words
      42. c675W
    42. Matching Funds 68 words
      43. cc675-6W
    43. Registration Records 146 words
      44. c676W
    44. Educational Qualifications 274 words
      45. cc676-7W
    45. Conception Statistics 219 words
      46. c677W
    46. Foreign Earnings 162 words
      47. c677W
    47. Green Transport 59 words
      48. c677W
    48. Lear's Macaws 106 words
      49. cc677-8W
    49. Public Service Agreement 42 words
      50. c678W
    50. Republic of Ireland 193 words
      51. cc678-9W
    51. EU Budget 324 words
      52. c679W
    52. Single Currency 99 words
      53. c679W
    53. Environmental Trust 114 words
      54. cc679-80W
    54. Equity Release Mechanisms 61 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c680W
    1. Green Transport 50 words
      2. c680W
    2. Fiji 61 words
      3. c680W
    3. Public Registers 113 words
      4. c680W
    4. Data Protection 59 words
      5. cc680-1W
    5. Diplomatic Service 274 words
      6. c681W
    6. Biological Warfare 163 words
      7. c681W
    7. Mrs. Farrukh Sheikh 47 words
      8. cc681-2W
    8. Denis Halliday 38 words
      9. c682W
    9. Sally Becker 184 words
      10. c682W
    10. Compliance Cost Assessments 99 words
      11. c682W
    11. National Employment Plans 109 words
      12. cc682-3W
    12. Millennium Compliance 176 words
      13. c683W
    13. Belarus 113 words
      14. c683W
    14. Departmental Research 130 words
      15. cc683-4W
    15. Sri Lanka 197 words
      16. c684W
    16. Sudan 60 words
      17. c684W
    17. EU Staff (Security Vetting) 196 words
      18. cc684-5W
    18. Departmental Publications 125 words
      19. c685W
    19. Task Forces 290 words
      20. cc685-6W
    20. International Exhibitions 140 words
      21. cc686-7W
    21. Cyprus 557 words
      22. cc687-90W
    22. Sierra Leone 1,540 words
      23. c690W
    23. Immigration 111 words
      24. cc690-1W
    24. Persistent Inquirers 43 words
      25. c691W
    25. Lockerbie 118 words
      26. c691W
    26. UN Budget Deficit 248 words
      27. cc691-2W
    27. Ethiopia and Eritrea (Arms) 169 words
      28. c692W
    28. Westminster Foundation for Democracy 140 words
      29. c692W
    29. Landmines 136 words
      30. cc692-3W
    30. Know-How Fund 80 words
      31. c693W
    31. Burma 124 words
      32. c693W
    32. New Agenda Coalition 50 words
      33. c693W
    33. Nuclear Export Controls 203 words
      34. cc693-5W
    34. Comprehensive Spending Review 613 words
      35. c695W
    35. Embassies 84 words
      36. cc695-6W
    36. Staff Secondments 208 words
      37. c696W
    37. Departmental Estate 66 words
      38. c696W
    38. France (Death of Britons) 56 words
      39. c696W
    39. Uganda 47 words
      40. c696W
    40. Non-Governmental Organisations 61 words
      41. cc696-7W
    41. Vehicle Services (PFI) 105 words
      42. c697W
    42. Women Employers 94 words
      43. c697W
    43. Bill Payment 68 words
      44. c697W
    44. Consultancies 100 words
      45. cc697-8W
    45. Ministerial Meetings 46 words
      46. c698W
    46. Royal Family 75 words
      47. c698W
    47. East Timor 47 words
      48. c698W
    48. Asia (Financial Crisis) 109 words
      49. c698W
    49. Drug Gangs (Latin America) 66 words
      50. cc698-9W
    50. Visas 565 words
      51. c699W
    51. Departmental Staff 52 words
      52. cc699-700W
    52. BBC 51 words
  14. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      15. cc700-1W
    1. Overseas Visits 556 words
      2. c701W
    2. Departmental Assets 84 words
      3. cc701-2W
    3. Dance and Drama Students 105 words
      4. c702W
    4. Millennium Youth Games 53 words
      5. c702W
    5. Millennium (Christianity) 183 words
      6. cc702-3W
    6. Film Industry (Ethnic Minorities) 155 words
      7. c703W
    7. Persistent Inquirers 48 words
      8. c703W
    8. Correspondence 60 words
      9. c703W
    9. Sky Television 72 words
      10. c703W
    10. Departmental Publications 72 words
      11. cc703-4W
    11. Green Transport 113 words
      12. c704W
    12. Cycling 265 words
      13. c704W
    13. Tobacco Sponsorship 62 words
      14. cc704-5W
    14. Regional Theatres 163 words
      15. c705W
    15. Special Advisers 198 words
      16. c705W
    16. Cricket 96 words
      17. cc705-6W
    17. Millennium Celebrations 62 words
      18. cc706-7W
    18. Television Channels 858 words
      19. cc707-8W
    19. Departmental Research 100 words
      20. c708W
    20. Public Appointment 94 words
      21. c708W
    21. BBC Governors 193 words
      22. c708W
    22. Departmental Vehicles 66 words
      23. cc708-9W
    23. D'Oyly Carte 101 words
      24. c709W
    24. Sports Hooligans 129 words
      25. c709W
    25. Employees Over 60 188 words
      26. cc709-10W
    26. Non-departmental Public Bodies 276 words
      27. c710W
    27. Ancient Monuments Laboratory 162 words
  15. DEFENCE
      16. cc710-1W
    1. Overseas Travel 87 words
      2. c711W
    2. Correspondence 48 words
      3. c711W
    3. Biological Warfare 185 words
      4. cc711-2W
    4. Gulf War 350 words
      5. cc712-3W
    5. DERA 589 words
      6. cc713-4W
    6. Submarines 465 words
      7. c714W
    7. Transport Aircraft 41 words
      8. cc714-5W
    8. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 98 words
      9. c715W
    9. RAF Aircraft (Gulf) 121 words
      10. cc715-6W
    10. Chemical Weapons 308 words
      11. c716W
    11. Information Technology 50 words
      12. c716W
    12. Defence Attachés 76 words
      13. c716W
    13. Reservists' Pensions 81 words
      14. c716W
    14. Merchant Navy Personnel (Arctic Medal) 61 words
      15. cc716-7W
    15. Land Quality Assessments 184 words
      16. cc717-9W
    16. AWE Aldermaston 782 words
      17. c719W
    17. Exercise Dimming Sun 87 words
      18. c719W
    18. Air Force Board 114 words
      19. c719W
    19. Indonesian Army Officers 79 words
      20. cc719-20W
    20. Defence Exports 139 words
      21. c720W
    21. Promotional Events 160 words
      22. c720W
    22. Tornado Lease (Italy) 67 words
      23. c720W
    23. Overseas Sales Demonstrations 68 words
      24. c720W
    24. Infantry Export Support Team 71 words
      25. cc720-1W
    25. Persistent Inquirers 45 words
      26. c721W
    26. Commercially Confidential Information 54 words
      27. c721W
    27. Non-operational Warheads (Storage) 98 words
      28. cc721-2W
    28. Sierra Leone 347 words
      29. c722W
    29. Trident 198 words
      30. c722W
    30. Armed Service Personnel 50 words
      31. cc722-3W
    31. Departmental Publications 64 words
      32. c723W
    32. HMS Vanguard 46 words
      33. c723W
    33. Chevaline Warhead Assembly 74 words
      34. c723W
    34. Royal Hospital, Haslar 45 words
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    35. Territorial Army 52 words
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    36. NIREX 115 words
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    37. Departmental Property 85 words
      38. c724W
    38. Ion Exchange Resin 104 words
      39. c724W
    39. Sellafield 112 words
      40. cc724-5W
    40. Nuclear Weapons 142 words
      41. c725W
    41. Green Transport 54 words
      42. c725W
    42. Chemical Technology Division 146 words
      43. c725W
    43. MOD Police 79 words
      44. cc725-6W
    44. Nuclear Transport 70 words
      45. c726W
    45. RAF Manston 310 words
      46. c726W
    46. Catering and Mess Services 104 words
      47. cc726-7W
    47. BNFL Magnox Facility (Gloucestershire) 167 words
      48. c727W
    48. RAF St. Athan 198 words
      49. c727W
    49. Helicopters 107 words
      50. cc727-8W
    50. Hunting-BRAE 47 words
      51. c728W
    51. Ottawa Convention 99 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      17. c728W
    1. Hunt Kennels 126 words
      2. c728W
    2. Live Animal Exports 75 words
      3. cc728-9W
    3. Offal and Greaves 143 words
      4. c729W
    4. Eggs 115 words
      5. c729W
    5. Under 10 Metre Licences 256 words
      6. cc729-30W
    6. Brown Shrimp Catch (The Wash) 335 words
      7. cc730-1W
    7. Port of Hastings 686 words
      8. cc731-3W
    8. Ministerial Visit (Cambridgeshire) 420 words
      9. c733W
    9. Healthy Eating 79 words
      10. c733W
    10. Meat Imports 247 words
      11. cc733-4W
    11. Whaling 213 words
      12. c734W
    12. Non-Departmental Public Bodies 289 words
      13. cc734-7W
    13. Employees Over 60 1,690 words
      14. cc737-8W
    14. Animal Welfare Survey 53 words
      15. c738W
    15. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 72 words
      16. c738W
    16. Fisheries 215 words
      17. c738W
    17. Rendering Industry 64 words
      18. cc738-9W
    18. Set-aside Land (Staffordshire) 132 words
      19. c739W
    19. Green Transport 115 words
      20. cc739-40W
    20. Bovine TB 254 words
      21. c740W
    21. Genetically Modified Organisms 118 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
      18. cc740-1W
    1. Pensioners 744 words
      2. cc741-3W
    2. Income Support 709 words
      3. c743W
    3. Attendance Allowance 95 words
      4. cc743-4W
    4. Elderly People (Extra Payments) 133 words
      5. c744W
    5. Departmental Publications 141 words
      6. cc744-8W
    6. Welfare Reform 2,125 words
      7. c748W
    7. National Minimum Wage 64 words
      8. cc748-9W
    8. Child Support 169 words
      9. cc749-50W
    9. Disability Living Allowance 893 words
      10. cc750-1W
    10. Green Transport 170 words
      11. c751W
    11. Asylum Seekers 269 words
      12. c751W
    12. Women's Issues 59 words
      13. cc751-2W
    13. Industrial Injuries Benefits 71 words
      14. c752W
    14. Hepple Case 87 words
      15. c752W
    15. Child Support Agency (Telephone Helplines) 222 words
      16. cc752-5W
    16. Child Support Agency 1,532 words
      17. cc755-6W
    17. Widow's Pensions 578 words
      18. c756W
    18. Child Benefit Payments 236 words
      19. cc756-8W
    19. Winter Fuel Payments 732 words
      20. c758W
    20. Benefit Fraud 365 words
      21. cc758-9W
    21. Departmental Vehicles 35 words
      22. c759W
    22. Incapacity Benefit 395 words
      23. cc759-60W
    23. Benefits (Savings) 112 words
      24. c760W
    24. Chief Adjudication Officer 181 words
      25. cc760-1W
    25. War Pensions 426 words
  18. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      19. c761W
    1. Gas Exploration Industry 71 words
      2. c761W
    2. Motor Dealers 109 words
      3. cc761-2W
    3. Export Credits (Sri Lanka) 99 words
      4. cc762-3W
    4. Renewable Energy 614 words
      5. c763W
    5. Office Hours 117 words
      6. cc763-4W
    6. Milk Marque 215 words
      7. c764W
    7. Asbestos 89 words
      8. cc764-5W
    8. Research Establishments 410 words
      9. cc765-6W
    9. Funeral Industry 124 words
      10. c766W
    10. Credit Interest Rates 73 words
      11. c766W
    11. Departmental Research 83 words
      12. c766W
    12. Airports 241 words
      13. cc766-7W
    13. Persistent Inquirers 58 words
      14. c767W
    14. Sellafield 80 words
      15. c767W
    15. Vanity Publishers 84 words
      16. c767W
    16. Political Advisers 58 words
      17. c767W
    17. Bookmakers' Odds 107 words
      18. cc767-8W
    18. Policy Agenda Meeting 52 words
      19. c768W
    19. Welsh Language Scheme 77 words
      20. c768W
    20. Executive Agencies 63 words
      21. c768W
    21. Departmental Policies (Scientific Advice) 197 words
      22. cc768-9W
    22. New Millennium Experience Company 76 words
      23. cc769-71W
    23. Electricity Industry 1,087 words
      24. cc771-2W
    24. Gas-fired Power Stations 231 words
      25. c772W
    25. Parcelforce 111 words
      26. cc772-3W
    26. National Minimum Wage 373 words
      27. cc773-4W
    27. Millennium Dome (Sponsors) 400 words
      28. c774W
    28. Community Pharmacies 234 words
      29. c774W
    29. Emission Targets 54 words
      30. c774W
    30. Energy Prices 56 words
      31. cc774-5W
    31. Leave Entitlements 118 words
      32. c775W
    32. Competition Bill 202 words
      33. cc775-6W
    33. Millennium Dome (Power) 154 words
      34. c776W
    34. Poverty Pay 85 words
      35. c776W
    35. Employment Law Reform 54 words
      36. c776W
    36. Working Time Directive 61 words
      37. cc776-7W
    37. Tech Stars Steering Group 167 words
      38. cc777-8W
    38. Competitiveness Working Party 458 words
      39. c778W
    39. Coal Industry 50 words
      40. c778W
    40. International Space Station 100 words
      41. c778W
    41. Coral-Ladbrokes Merger 72 words
      42. cc778-9W
    42. New Environmental Technologies 70 words
      43. c779W
    43. Post Office 118 words
      44. c779W
    44. Nuclear Reprocessing Industry 142 words
      45. cc779-80W
    45. Overseas Visits 222 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. c780W
    1. Departmental Research 88 words
      2. c780W
    2. Invalid Vehicle Service 180 words
      3. c780W
    3. Tobacco 36 words
      4. cc780-1W
    4. NHS Trust (Debts) 180 words
      5. c781W
    5. Clinical Oncologists 55 words
      6. c781W
    6. Green Transport 99 words
      7. c781W
    7. NHS Computers 29 words
      8. cc781-2W
    8. Specialist Workforce Advisory Group 147 words
      9. c782W
    9. Radiotherapy 47 words
      10. c782W
    10. Eye and Dental Checks 186 words
      11. cc782-3W
    11. Eye Tests 145 words
      12. c783W
    12. Accolate 150 words
      13. cc783-4W
    13. Residential Care 371 words
      14. c784W
    14. Trust Mergers 69 words
      15. c784W
    15. National Service Frameworks 96 words
      16. cc784-5W
    16. Departmental Publications 96 words
      17. c785W
    17. Purchasing Pilots 94 words
      18. c785W
    18. Continence Services 134 words
      19. c785W
    19. Nottingham Health Authority 88 words
      20. cc785-7W
    20. Health Authority Board Members 223 words
      21. c787W
    21. Millennium Compliance 235 words
      22. cc787-8W
    22. Beta-interferon 119 words
      23. c788W
    23. Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust 142 words
      24. c788W
    24. Rough Sleepers Initiatives 171 words
      25. cc788-9W
    25. Staff Turnover 110 words
      26. c789W
    26. Sickness Absence 93 words
      27. cc789-90W
    27. Hearing Aids 400 words
      28. cc790-1W
    28. Hospital Discharges 446 words
      29. c791W
    29. Hospital Maintenance 183 words
      30. cc791-2W
    30. Waiting Lists 151 words
      31. c792W
    31. Operations (Cancellation) 83 words
      32. c792W
    32. NHS Staff 144 words
      33. cc792-3W
    33. NHS Salaries 68 words
      34. c793W
    34. NHS Consultants 210 words
      35. c793W
    35. Hospital Output Measures 61 words
      36. cc793-4W
    36. Health Statistics 169 words
      37. c794W
    37. Ambulance Ages 59 words
      38. c794W
    38. Ambulance Services 141 words
      39. c794W
    39. Public Register 44 words
      40. cc794-5W
    40. Health Services Accreditation 181 words
      41. c795W
    41. Correspondence 107 words
      42. cc795-6W
    42. Women's Issues 390 words
      43. c796W
    43. Carers 80 words
      44. cc796-9W
    44. Asylum Seekers 753 words
  20. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      21. c799W
    1. Degree Courses 348 words
      2. cc799-800W
    2. School Inspectors 77 words
      3. c800W
    3. Nansfield School, Brierfield 68 words
      4. cc800-1W
    4. Teachers 471 words
      5. cc801-2W
    5. Schools (Computers) 310 words
      6. c802W
    6. Ministerial Meetings 129 words
      7. c802W
    7. University Students (Computers) 184 words
      8. cc802-3W
    8. Green Transport 148 words
      9. c803W
    9. School Sports 93 words
      10. c803W
    10. Pre-school Education 113 words
      11. cc803-4W
    11. Employment Service 440 words
      12. c804W
    12. Grammar Schools 93 words
      13. cc804-5W
    13. Assisted Places Scheme 139 words
      14. c805W
    14. Advanced Skills Teachers 118 words
      15. c805W
    15. Local Government Finance, Dorset 101 words
      16. c805W
    16. Special Needs 81 words
      17. cc805-6W
    17. School Finances 74 words
      18. c806W
    18. University Research 231 words
      19. cc806-7W
    19. Miners' Retraining 319 words
      20. cc807-8W
    20. New Deal 514 words
      21. c808W
    21. Asbestos 90 words
      22. c808W
    22. Domestic Violence 61 words
      23. cc808-9W
    23. Grants and Loans 110 words
      24. c809W
    24. Departmental Vehicles 276 words
      25. cc809-10W
    25. Teachers' Pay 292 words
      26. c810W
    26. School Standards and Framework Bill 160 words
      27. cc810-1W
    27. Information Technology 137 words
      28. c811W
    28. Accountancy Qualifications 61 words
      29. c811W
    29. LEAs (Performance Results) 94 words
      30. c811W
    30. Teachers (Time Off) 78 words
      31. cc811-2W
    31. Personal, Social and Health Education Advisory Group 195 words
      32. cc812-3W
    32. Parent Education 445 words
      33. c813W
    33. Bedfordshire County Council 86 words
      34. cc813-4W
    34. School Closures 255 words
      35. c814W
    35. Christ's School 193 words
      36. c814W
    36. Standards and Effectiveness Unit 86 words
      37. cc814-5W
    37. Jobs (East London) 247 words
      38. c815W
    38. Statistics 148 words
      39. cc815-6W
    39. Additional Funding 443 words
      40. cc816-7W
    40. Departmental Research 416 words
      41. c817W
    41. Schools (London) 58 words
      42. c817W
    42. Family-friendly Policies 100 words
      43. cc817-8W
    43. Training and Enterprise Councils 265 words
      44. cc818-9W
    44. Persistent Inquirers 228 words
      45. c819W
    45. Overseas Visits 84 words
      46. c819W
    46. Departmental Publications 106 words
      47. cc819-20W
    47. Additional Educational Needs 140 words
  21. HOME DEPARTMENT
      22. cc820-1W
    1. Departmental Reviews 865 words
      2. cc821-3W
    2. Prisons (London) 580 words
      3. c823W
    3. Information Technology 83 words
      4. cc823-4W
    4. CS Gas 574 words
      5. cc824-5W
    5. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 149 words
      6. cc825-8W
    6. Prisoners 1,664 words
      7. c828W
    7. British Nationality (Applications) 74 words
      8. c828W
    8. Remand Prisoners 345 words
      9. cc828-9W
    9. Women Prisoners 143 words
      10. c829W
    10. Custody (Girls) 83 words
      11. c829W
    11. Departmental Research 98 words
      12. cc829-30W
    12. Comprehensive Spending Review 162 words
      13. cc830-1W
    13. Prisons (Expenditure) 719 words
      14. cc831-2W
    14. Security Services 201 words
      15. c832W
    15. EU K4 Committee 110 words
      16. c832W
    16. Youth Justice 90 words
      17. cc832-3W
    17. Overseas Visits 561 words
      18. cc833-4W
    18. Police (Numbers) 229 words
      19. c834W
    19. Persistent Inquirers 66 words
      20. c834W
    20. Police (Bicycle Patrols) 64 words
      21. cc834-5W
    21. Homosexuality 350 words
      22. cc835-6W
    22. Police (Community Relationships) 462 words
      23. cc836-7W
    23. Party Conferences 254 words
      24. cc837-8W
    24. Asylum Seekers 867 words
      25. cc838-9W
    25. Employees Over 60 503 words
      26. cc839-40W
    26. Non-departmental Public Bodies 232 words
      27. c840W
    27. Child Sex Abuse 64 words
      28. cc840-1W
    28. Task Forces 341 words
      29. c841W
    29. Court Welfare Service 142 words
      30. cc841-2W
    30. Criminal Appeals 596 words
      31. cc842-3W
    31. Mr. Diarmuid O'Neill 310 words
      32. c843W
    32. Criminal Cases Review Commission 93 words
      33. cc843-5W
    33. Homosexual Acts (Prosecution) 812 words
      34. c845W
    34. Paedophiles 70 words
      35. cc845-6W
    35. Asia Europe Child Welfare Initiative 276 words
      36. c846W
    36. Young Offenders 237 words
      37. cc846-7W
    37. Fatal Road Crashes 203 words
      38. c847W
    38. Hillgrove Farm, Minster Lovell 111 words
      39. cc847-8W
    39. Prisons (Gardening) 204 words
      40. c848W
    40. European Children 110 words
      41. c848W
    41. Probation Service 232 words
      42. cc848-9W
    42. Europol 220 words
      43. cc849-50W
    43. Corruption 763 words
      44. cc850-1W
    44. Green Transport 133 words
      45. cc851-2W
    45. Listening Devices 618 words
      46. c852W
    46. Departmental Publications 84 words
      47. cc852-3W
    47. Driving Offences 500 words
      48. cc853-4W
    48. Schengen Information System 277 words
      49. c854W
    49. Justice and Home Affairs Council 139 words
      50. cc854-5W
    50. Household Insurance (No-claims Bonus) 182 words
      51. c855W
    51. Active Community Task Force 40 words
      52. c855W
    52. Metropolitan Police (Malpractice) 211 words
      53. cc855-6W
    53. DNA Techniques 139 words
      54. c856W
    54. Prisoners (Prescription Drugs) 105 words
      55. c856W
    55. Prisoners (Psychiatric Help) 120 words
      56. cc856-7W
    56. Reasoning and Rehabilitation Programme 170 words
      57. c857W
    57. Prisoners (Statistics) 193 words
      58. cc857-8W
    58. Prison Medical Staff 93 words
      59. c858W
    59. Women's Prisons (Staff) 134 words
      60. c858W
    60. Prison Officers (Statistics) 69 words
      61. c858W
    61. Primary Purpose Rule 63 words
      62. cc858-9W
    62. Police Service 530 words
      63. cc859-60W
    63. Age of Consent 183 words
      64. c860W
    64. Mohammed Al Fayed 59 words
      65. cc860-1W
    65. Prison Farms 304 words
      66. cc861-2W
    66. Immigration 84 words
      67. c862W
    67. Race Relations Act 121 words

Lords Sitting of 31 July 1998 Series 5 Vol. 592

    c1737
  1. Preamble 21 words
    2. c1737
  2. Royal Assent 48 words
    3. c1737
  3. Business 47 words
    4. c1737
  4. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) 66 words
    5. c1737
  5. Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit Limited (PARBUL) 80 words
    6. c1738
  6. Regional Development Agencies Bill 107 words
    7. cc1738-41
  7. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amendment) Regulations 1998 1,499 words
    8. c1741
  8. Business 52 words
    9. cc1741-53
  9. Roads Review 6,036 words
    10. c1753
  10. Northern Ireland Bill 12 words
    11. cc1753-809
  11. NATO Enlargement 29,736 words
    12. cc1810-2
  12. Adjournment 1,228 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 31 July 1998 Series 5 Vol. 592

    c253WA
  1. Europol Convention 153 words
    cc253-4WA
  2. Probation Service 230 words
    cc254-5WA
  3. Corruption and Misuse of Public Office 755 words
    c255WA
  4. School Inspections and Road Safety 159 words
    cc255-6WA
  5. Kensington Gardens: Visitor Numbers 103 words
    c256WA
  6. Somerset House: Removal of Inland Revenue Personnel 88 words
    cc256-7WA
  7. Greater London Authority: Location 275 words
    c257WA
  8. Opencast Coal Mining: Planning Policy 240 words
    cc257-8WA
  9. Car Parking Charges for the Disabled 109 words
    c258WA
  10. Shopping Centres: Planning Policy 87 words
    cc258-9WA
  11. Social Exclusion Unit: Rough Sleeping Report 240 words
    c259WA
  12. Motorway Service Areas 291 words
    cc259-60WA
  13. Water Abstraction: Environmental Damage 108 words
    c260WA
  14. Genetically Modified Crops 142 words
    c260WA
  15. Ashford International Station 66 words
    cc260-1WA
  16. Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Strategy 345 words
    cc261-2WA
  17. Trunk Roads: Investment 182 words
    c262WA
  18. NHS Trusts: Debt Structure 172 words
    cc262-7WA
  19. "Investing in Dentistry" Initiative 1,556 words
    c267WA
  20. Xenotransplantation: Regulation 89 words
    c267WA
  21. Breast Cancer: Radiotherapy (START) Trial 160 words
    cc267-8WA
  22. Invalid Vehicle Service 177 words
    c268WA
  23. Tobacco Advertising and Sponsorship 41 words
    cc268-9WA
  24. Ministerial and Departmental Meetings: Record 303 words
    c269WA
  25. H.M. Prisons: Use of Illegal Software 119 words
    c269WA
  26. Negotiating Boards for Salaries and Wages: Funding 99 words
    cc269-70WA
  27. Asylum Seekers Sleeping Rough 81 words
    c270WA
  28. Rough Sleepers Disentitled to Social Security Benefits 70 words
    c270WA
  29. Special Advisers: Salaries 117 words
    cc270-89WA
  30. Task Forces and Reviews: Report Dates 5,381 words
    cc289-90WA
  31. Written Question 231 words
    cc290-1WA
  32. Armed Forces: Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Missions 91 words
    c291WA
  33. RAF St. Athan 192 words
    cc291-2WA
  34. Ottawa Convention: Implementation 88 words
    c292WA
  35. Berkeley Centre Magnox Facility: Nuclear Material Study 201 words
    cc292-4WA
  36. Fishing Research Laboratory, Conwy 650 words
    cc294-7WA
  37. Spongiform Encephalopathy Committee 827 words
    c297WA
  38. Pesticides Safety Directorate: Senior Staff and Business Appointments 82 words
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  39. Pesticides Safety Directorate: Annual Report and Accounts 69 words
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  40. Meat Hygiene Service: Annual Report and Accounts 69 words
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  41. Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Annual Report and Accounts 69 words
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  42. Central Science Laboratory: Annual Report and Accounts 69 words
    c299WA
  43. Calf Processing Aid Scheme 236 words
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  44. Beef Export Ban 352 words
    cc300-1WA
  45. British-registered Fishing Vessels: UK Economic Link 252 words
    c301WA
  46. Organic Aid Scheme 208 words
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  47. ACP Banana Regime 261 words
    cc302-4WA
  48. BSE Statistics 787 words
    c304WA
  49. Court Welfare Service 136 words
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  50. Kosovo: Arms Control Measures 108 words
    cc304-5WA
  51. Kosovo: Moscow Agreement Implementation 437 words
    cc305-6WA
  52. International Criminal Court 127 words
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  53. Security Threats: Countermeasures 273 words
    cc306-7WA
  54. United States' UN Dues 86 words
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  55. Latvia 152 words
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  56. Turkey: Outstanding ECHR Fines 227 words
    c308WA
  57. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty 119 words
    cc308-9WA
  58. Ottawa Convention 220 words
    c309WA
  59. Sanctions: Humanitarian Exemptions 77 words
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  60. Westminster Foundation for Democracy: Annual Report 137 words
    cc309-10WA
  61. Ethiopia and Eritrea: Arms Shipments 134 words
    c310WA
  62. Papua New Guinea: Tidal Wave 215 words
    cc310-1WA
  63. Belize: Debt Relief 165 words
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  64. Homeless Persons: Permanent Accommodation 148 words
    c312WA
  65. War Disablement Pensioners: Age Allowances 131 words