Commons Sitting of 23 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 309

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. c1
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY 6 words
      2. cc1-3
    2. Retirement Pensioners 384 words
      3. cc3-4
    3. Violence Against Women 512 words
      4. cc4-5
    4. Child Support Agency 841 words
      5. cc5-6
    5. United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 319 words
      6. cc6-7
    6. Disabled People 579 words
      7. cc7-9
    7. Lone Parents 1,062 words
      8. cc9-10
    8. Stakeholder Pensions 519 words
      9. cc10-2
    9. Benefit Integrity Project 1,122 words
      10. cc12-3
    10. Low-income Home Buyers 349 words
      11. cc13-4
    11. Disability Benefits 330 words
      12. cc14-5
    12. Benefit Payments 536 words
      13. c15
    13. Old-age Pension 224 words
      14. cc15-6
    14. Cancer Treatment (Women) 355 words
      15. cc16-7
    15. Pension Funds 330 words
      16. cc17-8
    16. Violence Against Women 641 words
      17. cc18-9
    17. Winter Fuel Payments 203 words
      18. cc19-20
    18. Pensioner Incomes 197 words
    cc21-37
  4. Police Complaints and Discipline 8,628 words
    5. cc37-8
  5. Statements by Ministers 176 words
    6. cc38-40
  6. Concessionary Television Licence (Amendment) 1,298 words
    7. cc40-1
  7. CONCESSIONARY TELEVISION LICENCE (AMENDMENT) 61 words
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. c41
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
      2. c41
    2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 135 words
      3. cc41-122
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 45,747 words
      4. cc122-6
    4. 2. BEER (RATE OF DUTY) 2,053 words, 1 division
      5. c126
    5. 3. SPARKLING WINE, MADE-WINE AND CIDER (RATES OF DUTY) 97 words
      6. c126
    6. 4. WINE AND MADE-WINE (RATES OF DUTY) 25 words
      7. c126
    7. 5. CIDER (RATES OF DUTY) 22 words
      8. c126
    8. 6. BEER (DRAWBACK) 15 words
      9. c126
    9. 7. HYDROCARBON OIL (PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) 16 words
      10. cc126-30
    10. 8. HYDROCARBON OIL (RATES OF DUTIES AND REBATES) 2,190 words, 1 division
      11. cc130-1
    11. 9. HYDROCARBON OIL (ULTRA LOW SULPHUR DIESEL) 130 words
      12. c131
    12. 10. HYDROCARBON OIL (MIXING OF HEAVY OIL) 412 words
      13. cc131-2
    13. 14. AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENCE DUTY (EXCEPTED MACHINES) 134 words
      14. c132
    14. 11. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (RATES OF DUTY) 25 words
      15. c132
    15. 12. RATES OF GAMING DUTY 14 words
      16. c132
    16. 13. AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENCE DUTY (RATES OF DUTY) 102 words
      17. cc132-3
    17. 15. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (OLD VEHICLES) 29 words
      18. c133
    18. 16. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF VOID LICENCES) 17 words
      19. c133
    19. 17. ASSESSMENTS FOR EXCISE DUTY PURPOSES 15 words
      20. cc133-4
    20. 18. VALUE ADDED TAX (DEEMED SUPPLIES) 422 words
      21. c134
    21. 19. VALUE ADDED TAX (PLACE OF SUPPLY ORDERS) 527 words
      22. cc134-5
    22. 20. VALUE ADDED TAX (BAD DEBT RELIEF) 15 words
      23. c135
    23. 21. VALUE ADDED TAX (LONG LEASES IN SCOTLAND) 15 words
      24. cc135-7
    24. 22. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 1998–99) 1,545 words, 1 division
      25. cc137-8
    25. 23. INCOME TAX (ADDITIONAL RELIEF IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN) 110 words
      26. c138
    26. 24. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR 1998) 18 words
      27. c138
    27. 25. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES RATE FOR 1998) 38 words
      28. cc138-41
    28. 26. CORPORATION TAX (DUE AND PAYABLE DATE) 2,013 words, 1 division
      29. c141
    29. 27. ADVANCE CORPORATION TAX AND TAX CREDITS Resolved, 25 words
      30. c142
    30. 28. INTEREST PAYABLE UNDER THE TAX ACTS Resolved, 20 words
      31. c142
    31. 29. RENTS AND OTHER RECEIPTS FROM LAND 16 words
      32. c142
    32. 30. COMPUTATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES 17 words
      33. c142
    33. 31. REMUNERATION IN THE FORM OF SHARES OR SECURITIES 19 words
      34. c142
    34. 32. SUB-CONTRACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY 20 words
      35. cc142-3
    35. 33. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SUPPLIED BY AGENCIES 787 words
      36. c143
    36. 36. TRAVELLING EXPENSES 20 words
      37. c143
    37. 37. PROFIT-RELATED PAY 25 words
      38. cc143-4
    38. 38. FOREIGN EARNINGS DEDUCTION 119 words
      39. c144
    39. 34. EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION BENEFITS AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS 39 words
      40. cc144-5
    40. 35. BENEFITS IN KIND (CAR FUEL) 578 words
      41. cc145-6
    41. 39. PA YE (TRADE DEBTS) 417 words
      42. c146
    42. 40. PA YE (NON-CASH BENEFITS ETC.) 44 words
      43. c146
    43. 41. ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SCHEME ETC 42 words
      44. c146
    44. 42. VENTURE CAPITAL TRUSTS 27 words
      45. c146
    45. 43. RELIEF FOR LOAN TO BUY INTEREST IN CLOSE COMPANY 16 words
      46. cc146-7
    46. 44. RELIEF FOR LOSSES ON CERTAIN UNLISTED SHARES 16 words
      47. c147
    47. 45. GROUP RELIEF 26 words
      48. c147
    48. 46. LIFE POLICIES ETC 21 words
      49. c147
    49. 47. INSURANCE COMPANIES (PROVISIONAL REPAYMENTS) 19 words
      50. c147
    50. 48. PENSION SCHEMES ETC 52 words
      51. c147
    51. 49. FUTURES AND OPTIONS 22 words
      52. c147
    52. 50. EXCHANGES OF SECURITIES ETC 44 words
      53. c147
    53. 51. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF ON FOREIGN INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS 20 words
      54. cc147-8
    54. 52. NOTIFICATION OF ADJUSTMENT OF FOREIGN TAX 295 words
      55. c148
    55. 53. TRANSFER PRICING (NEW REGIME) 55 words
      56. c148
    56. 54. EXCHANGE GAINS AND LOSSES AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 34 words
      57. c148
    57. 55. CONTROLLED FOREIGN COMPANIES 12 words
      58. c148
    58. 56. CORPORATION TAX (CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP) 51 words
      59. c148
    59. 57. CORPORATION TAX SELF-ASSESSMENT, ETC 38 words
      60. c148
    60. 58. CHARGEABLE GAINS (RATE FOR TRUSTEES ETC) 23 words
      61. cc148-9
    61. 59. CHARGEABLE GAINS (INDEXATION AND TAPER RELIEF) 41 words
      62. c149
    62. 60. CHARGEABLE GAINS (POOLING AND IDENTIFICATION) 50 words
      63. c149
    63. 61. CHARGEABLE GAINS (STOCK DIVIDENDS) 20 words
      64. c149
    64. 62. CHARGEABLE GAINS (NON-RESIDENTS) 36 words
      65. c149
    65. 63. CHARGEABLE GAINS (OFFSHORE SETTLEMENTS) 94 words
      66. c149
    66. 64. CHARGEABLE GAINS (TRANSFERS WITHIN A GROUP ETC.) 60 words
      67. c149
    67. 65. CHARGEABLE GAINS (ABOLITION OF RELIEFS) 24 words
      68. c149
    68. 66. CHARGEABLE GAINS (PRE-ENTRY GAINS) 43 words
      69. cc149-50
    69. 67. INHERITANCE TAX (PROPERTY OF HISTORIC INTEREST ETC) 83 words
      70. c150
    70. 68. INHERITANCE TAX (GIFTS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT) 15 words
      71. c150
    71. 69. INSURANCE PREMIUM TAX 32 words
      72. c150
    72. 70. LANDFILL TAX 19 words
      73. c150
    73. 71. STAMP DUTY (CONVEYANCES AND TRANSFERS ON SALE) 154 words
      74. c150
    74. 72. GAS VALUATION 45 words
      75. c150
    75. 73. EUROPEAN SINGLE CURRENCY 45 words
      76. cc150-1
    76. 74. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 35 words
      77. c151
    77. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 257 words
      78. c151
    78. FINANCE (No. 2) BILL [MONEY] 201 words
      79. cc151-2
    79. FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL 61 words
  9. PETITIONS
      10. c152
    1. Green Belt (Development) 254 words
      2. cc152-3
    2. Disabled People (Benefits) 121 words
      3. cc153-60
    3. Local Government (Experimental Arrangements) 3,392 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 309

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      2. c1W
    1. Drinking Water 165 words
      2. c1W
    2. Secure Stations Initiative 109 words
      3. cc1-2W
    3. Local Government Finance 657 words
      4. cc2-3W
    4. Chrysotile 339 words
      5. cc3-4W
    5. Social Housing 263 words
      6. cc4-5W
    6. Aircraft Noise 302 words
      7. c5W
    7. Water Pressure 314 words
      8. c5W
    8. Marine Pollution (Wales) 37 words
      9. cc5-6W
    9. Transport Policy 119 words
      10. c6W
    10. M62 (Junction 8) 67 words
      11. c6W
    11. Rural Social Services 69 words
      12. c6W
    12. Regional Airports 140 words
      13. cc6-7W
    13. Council Tax 106 words
      14. cc7-8W
    14. Rail Franchising 498 words
      15. c8W
    15. Environmental Task Force 123 words
  2. TREASURY
      3. cc8-9W
    1. Individual Savings Accounts 341 words
      2. c9W
    2. Pensions (Tax Relief) 80 words
      3. c9W
    3. Airports (Seizures of Medicines) 190 words
      4. cc9-10W
    4. Beer Duty 152 words
      5. c10W
    5. Industrial and Provident Societies 69 words
      6. cc10-1W
    6. Valuation Office 285 words
  3. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
      4. c11W
    1. Millennium Experience 195 words
      2. c11W
    2. Millennium Dome 115 words
  4. DEFENCE
      5. cc11-2W
    1. Brazilian Mahogany 235 words
      2. c12W
    2. US Military Personnel 65 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      6. c12W
    1. Freedom of Information 67 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      7. cc12-3W
    1. Pakistan 93 words
      2. c13W
    2. Children and Armed Conflict 154 words
      3. c13W
    3. Afghanistan 258 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
      8. cc13-4W
    1. Firearms Certificates 53 words
      2. c14W
    2. Terrorism 98 words
      3. cc14-5W
    3. Public Bodies 327 words
      4. c15W
    4. British Citizenship 283 words
      5. cc15-6W
    5. Airline Offences 324 words
      6. cc16-7W
    6. Hospitality 223 words
      7. c17W
    7. Correspondence| 105 words
      8. c17W
    8. Gambling 102 words
      9. cc17-8W
    9. Crime Figures 273 words
      10. c18W
    10. Public Bodies 136 words
      11. cc18-20W
    11. Young Offenders 735 words
      12. c20W
    12. Shotguns 36 words
      13. c20W
    13. Countryside March 55 words
      14. c20W
    14. Campsfield House Detention Centre 54 words
      15. cc20-1W
    15. Immigration Officers 152 words
      16. c21W
    16. Asteroids 277 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
      9. cc21-2W
    1. Multi-party Talks 349 words
      2. c22W
    2. Paramilitary Organisations 97 words
      3. c22W
    3. Voting Methods 87 words
      4. cc22-5W
    4. Sports Funding 1,335 words
      5. cc25-6W
    5. Shorts 346 words
      6. c26W
    6. Long-term Unemployed 110 words
      7. c26W
    7. Police (Conference) 139 words
      8. cc26-7W
    8. Visit (New York) 141 words
      9. c27W
    9. Mediation Network 94 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. cc27-8W
    1. Arms Sales 200 words
      2. c28W
    2. Sana'a and Muscat 59 words
      3. c28W
    3. Foreign Policy Centre 116 words
      4. cc28-9W
    4. Cyprus 272 words
      5. c29W
    5. Turkey 173 words
      6. cc29-31W
    6. Saudi Arabia and Kenya 723 words
      7. c31W
    7. Asia-Europe Meeting 113 words
      8. c31W
    8. Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative 62 words
      9. c31W
    9. Harare Declaration 110 words
      10. cc31-2W
    10. Israel 47 words
  10. WALES
      11. c32W
    1. National Assembly 255 words
      2. c32W
    2. Opencast Coal 72 words
  11. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      12. cc32-3W
    1. Privy Council 122 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      13. cc33-4W
    1. Smoking 393 words
  13. SCOTLAND
      14. cc34-40W
    1. Millennium Compliance 2,969 words
      2. c40W
    2. Computer Systems 79 words
      3. c40W
    3. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 67 words
      4. cc40-1W
    4. Local Government Finance 169 words
      5. c41W
    5. Rights of Entry 118 words
      6. cc41-2W
    6. Free School Meals 317 words
      7. cc42-3W
    7. Residential Care 438 words
      8. c43W
    8. Health Spending 163 words
      9. cc43-4W
    9. Education Spending 219 words
      10. c44W
    10. Gaelic Broadcasting 115 words
      11. c44W
    11. Learning Disabilities 68 words
      12. cc44-5W
    12. Disability Statement 79 words
      13. c45W
    13. Ministerial Meetings 157 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. c45W
    1. Health Services (Kent) 161 words
      2. cc45-6W
    2. Zantac 345 words
      3. c46W
    3. Community Care 117 words
      4. cc46-7W
    4. Hospital Readmissions 172 words
      5. c47W
    5. GP Consortium Boundaries 94 words
      6. c47W
    6. Special Transitional Grant 50 words
      7. c47W
    7. Health Spending 44 words
      8. cc47-9W
    8. Residential Care 773 words
      9. c49W
    9. Age Discrimination 82 words
      10. cc49-50W
    10. Cholesterol (Treatment) 131 words
      11. c50W
    11. Ambulances 45 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      16. c50W
    1. Work Permits (Professional Footballers) 116 words
      2. cc50-2W
    2. Further Education 557 words
      3. c52W
    3. Sixth Form Colleges 40 words
      4. c52W
    4. Disability Rights Task Force 127 words
      5. c52W
    5. Music, Dance and Drama Students 69 words
      6. cc52-3W
    6. School Libraries 340 words
      7. c53W
    7. Focus Groups 72 words
      8. c53W
    8. Portakabins 88 words
      9. cc53-4W
    9. School Students 195 words
      10. c54W
    10. Hospitality 73 words
      11. c54W
    11. Physical Education 70 words
      12. cc54-5W
    12. Access Courses 155 words
      13. c55W
    13. Regional Development Agencies 89 words
      14. cc55-6W
    14. Tuition Fees 383 words
      15. c56W
    15. New Deal (Costs) 88 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. c56W
    1. Contributory Benefits 67 words
      2. cc56-7W
    2. Pensioner Incomes 752 words
      3. cc57-8W
    3. Child Support Agency 315 words
      4. cc58-9W
    4. Local Exchange Trading Schemes 54 words
      5. c59W
    5. Winter Fuel Payments 319 words
      6. cc59-60W
    6. Housing Benefit Fraud 90 words
      7. c60W
    7. Disability Benefit 81 words
      8. c60W
    8. Pension Funds 104 words
      9. cc60-1W
    9. Pensions Review 258 words
      10. c61W
    10. Pensions 75 words
      11. c61W
    11. Disability Benefits 50 words
      12. c61W
    12. United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 51 words
      13. cc61-2W
    13. Benefit Fraud 227 words
      14. c62W
    14. Single Mothers 351 words
      15. cc62-3W
    15. Fraud (Landlords) 89 words
      16. c63W
    16. Advertising 44 words
      17. c63W
    17. Benefit Integrity Project 115 words
      18. c63W
    18. Contracted-out Money Purchase Schemes 184 words
      19. cc63-4W
    19. Habitual Residence Test 250 words
      20. c64W
    20. Tribunals 37 words
      21. c64W
    21. Widows' and Widowers' Benefits 53 words
      22. cc64-5W
    22. Income Support 343 words
      23. c65W
    23. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 94 words
      24. cc65-6W
    24. Council Tax Benefit 335 words
      25. cc66-7W
    25. Housing Benefit 238 words
      26. cc67-8W
    26. Medical Testing 380 words
      27. c68W
    27. Publications 238 words
      28. cc68-9W
    28. Departmental Pay 214 words
      29. c69W
    29. Disability Benefits Taskforce 92 words
      30. c69W
    30. Mr. Collings 55 words
      31. cc69-70W
    31. Family Credit 198 words
      32. c70W
    32. National Insurance 152 words
      33. c70W
    33. Surveys 54 words
      34. cc70-1W
    34. Mobility Allowance 121 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. cc71-3W
    1. Millennium Compliance 774 words
      2. c73W
    2. Cattle Movement Service 70 words
      3. c73W
    3. Central Science Laboratory 154 words
      4. cc73-5W
    4. Pesticides 739 words
      5. c75W
    5. Poultry 174 words
  18. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      19. cc75-6W
    1. Foresight Programme 182 words
      2. c76W
    2. Arms Sales 130 words
      3. cc76-7W
    3. Riot Control Equipment (Kenya) 307 words
      4. c77W
    4. Engineering 84 words
      5. cc77-8W
    5. Export Licences 299 words
      6. c78W
    6. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 312 words
      7. cc78-9W
    7. Director General of Telecommunications 336 words
      8. c79W
    8. Focus Groups 52 words
      9. cc79-80W
    9. Telecommunications (China) 185 words
      10. c80W
    10. Pit Closures 56 words
      11. c80W
    11. Millennium Compliance 140 words
      12. cc80-2W
    12. Yemen and Oman 574 words
      13. c82W
    13. ECGD (Indonesia) 31 words

Lords Sitting of 23 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 587

    c951
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc951-3
  2. Schools: Use of Museums and Galleries 1,243 words
    3. cc954-5
  3. Former Soviet Army Officers: Retraining 615 words
    4. cc955-7
  4. Leasehold Valuation Tribunal 700 words
    5. cc957-60
  5. Equal Pay 1,456 words
    6. c960
  6. Business 59 words
    7. c960
  7. Business of the House: Debate on Ceremony of Introduction 135 words
    8. c960
  8. Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Bill 12 words
    9. c960
  9. Fireworks Bill 12 words
    10. cc961-1016
  10. Bank of England Bill 29,828 words, 2 divisions
    11. cc1016-26
  11. Police Disciplinary and Complaints Procedures 5,106 words
    12. cc1026-84
  12. National Minimum Wage Bill 31,774 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 587

    c223WA
  1. Marriages on Licensed Premises 286 words
    cc223-4WA
  2. Beef Bone Sales Prosecutions 132 words
    c224WA
  3. BSE: Cattle Cull 344 words
    cc224-5WA
  4. "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" 45 words
    cc225-6WA
  5. Roadside Emission Test: Prosecution 584 words
    c226WA
  6. Legislation 1992–98 87 words
    cc226-7WA
  7. Statutory Instruments 77 words
    c227WA
  8. Private Members' Bills 292 words
    c227WA
  9. Childcare Provision for House of Lords Staff 47 words
    cc227-8WA
  10. A.40: Speed Limit Reduction 180 words
    c228WA
  11. Single Vehicle Approval in Europe 88 words
    c228WA
  12. Social Housing Grants and Mobile Homes 59 words
    cc228-9WA
  13. Burma: Refugees 243 words
    c229WA
  14. Iraq: Kuwaiti Detainees 114 words
    cc229-30WA
  15. Diplomatic Service Overseas: Staff from Ethnic Minorities 81 words
    c230WA
  16. Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company 50 words
    c230WA
  17. Scottish Parliament and Interpretation Act 1978 161 words
    cc230-1WA
  18. "Britain"/"British": Use in Fundraising 148 words
    cc231-2WA
  19. Firearms Legislation: Dr. Oliver's Draft 238 words
    c232WA
  20. Public Entertainments Licences (Drugs Misuse) Act 1997 61 words
    c232WA
  21. Abortion Liberalisation 51 words
    cc232-3WA
  22. Hillsborough Disaster 346 words
    c233WA
  23. Defence Bills Agency 161 words
    cc233-4WA
  24. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham 241 words
    cc234-5WA
  25. Fluoride Intakes 222 words
    cc235-6WA
  26. HIV and AIDS 548 words