Commons Sitting of 9 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 308

Commons Sitting of 9 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 308

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-14
    1. DEFENCE 6 words
        2. cc1-3
      1. Reserve Forces 847 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Smart Procurement Initiatives 359 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Recruitment Advertising 848 words
        4. cc6-7
      4. Ex-prisoners of War 906 words
        5. cc7-8
      5. Ethnic Minorities 477 words
        6. cc8-10
      6. Persian Gulf 985 words
        7. cc10-2
      7. Land Mines 822 words
        8. cc12-3
      8. Parachute Regiment 641 words
        9. cc13-4
      9. Defence Medical Services 466 words
      cc14-8
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
        3. cc14-5
      1. Human Rights Select Committee 449 words
        2. cc15-6
      2. Private Members' Bills 797 words
        3. cc17-8
      3. Parliamentary Year 430 words
    cc19-20
  4. Points of Order 466 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc21-276
    1. National Minimum Wage Bill 7 words
      1. New clause 1
          2. cc21-56
        1. VOLUNTARY WORKERS 18,409 words
      2. New clause 2
          3. cc56-82
        1. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OFFICERS 14,059 words
      3. New clause 3
          4. cc82-3
        1. INFORMATION OBTAINED BY AGRICULTURAL WAGES OFFICERS 366 words
      4. New clause 4
          5. cc83-121
        1. COMPANY DIRECTORS 20,858 words, 1 division
          2. c121
        2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 57 words
      5. New clause 8
          6. cc121-49
        1. POWER OF SECRETARY OF STATE TO SUSPEND THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE IN THE CASE OF NATIONAL OR LOCAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCIES 14,982 words
      6. New clause 12
          7. cc149-69
        1. OPERATION OF AGRICULTURAL WAGES ORDERS 10,533 words
      7. New clause 14
          8. cc169-91
        1. FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND BUDGET REPORT 11,626 words
      8. Clause 2
          9. cc191-9
        1. DETERMINATION OF HOURLY RATE OF REMUNERATION 4,307 words
      9. Clause 3
          10. c199
        1. EXCLUSION OF, AND MODIFICATIONS FOR, CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSON 67 words
      10. Clause 4
          11. c199
        1. POWER TO ADD TO THE PERSONS TO WHOM SECTION 3 APPLIES 39 words
      11. Clause 5
          12. cc200-10
        1. THE FIRST REGULATIONS: REFERRAL TO THE Low PAY COMMISSION 5,330 words
      12. Clause 9
          13. cc210-9
        1. DUTY OF EMPLOYERS TO KEEP RECORDS 4,907 words
      13. Clause 11
          14. cc219-20
        1. POWERS OF OFFICERS 540 words
      14. Clause 15
          15. cc220-5
        1. NON-COMPLIANCE: WORKER ENTITLED TO ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION 2,791 words
      15. Clause 17
          16. cc225-6
        1. POWER OF OFFICER TO ISSUE ENFORCEMENT NOTICE 251 words
      16. Clause 19
          17. c226
        1. FINANCIAL PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE 23 words
      17. Clause 20
          18. c226
        1. APPEALS AGAINST PENALTY NOTICES 164 words
      18. Clause 21
          19. cc226-30
        1. THE RIGHT NOT TO SUFFER DETRIMENT 2,341 words
      19. Clause 23
          20. c231
        1. RIGHT OF EMPLOYEE NOT TO BE UNFAIRLY DISMISSED: GREAT BRITAIN 79 words
      20. Clause 24
          21. c231
        1. RIGHT OF EMPLOYEE NOT TO BE UNFAIRLY DISMISSED: NORTHERN IRELAND 69 words
      21. Clause 26
          22. cc231-5
        1. REVERSAL OF BURDEN OF PROOF 2,159 words
      22. Clause 29
          23. c235
        1. OFFENCES 140 words
      23. Clause 35
          24. cc235-40
        1. ARMED FORCES 2,468 words
      24. Clause 42
          25. c240
        1. VOLUNTARY WORKERS 14 words
      25. Clause 46
          26. c240
        1. APPLICATION OF ACT TO SUPERIOR EMPLOYERS: LIABILITY OF EMPLOYERS AND OTHERS IN RESPECT OF OFFENCES 14 words
      26. Schedule 1
          27. cc240-2
        1. THE Low PAY COMMISSION 1,260 words
      27. Schedule 2
          28. c243
        1. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REMUNERATION ETC OF AGRICULTURAL WORKERS 413 words
          2. cc243-5
        2. Section 12 892 words
          3. cc245-7
        3. 'Section 12 1,062 words
      28. Schedule 3
          29. cc247-75
        1. REPEALS AND REVOCATIONS 16,055 words, 1 division
          2. c276
        2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
          3. c276
        3. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 53 words
          4. c276
        4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 24 words
      cc277-90
    2. Road Traffic Reduction (United Kingdom Targets) Bill [Money] 7,392 words, 1 division
      3. cc291-8
    3. Shooters Hill Fire Station 3,743 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 March 1998 Series 6 Vol. 308

  1. TREASURY
      2. cc1-2W
    1. Inward Investment 564 words
      2. cc2-3W
    2. Income Tax 531 words
  2. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      3. c3W
    1. BSE 87 words
      2. cc3-4W
    2. Pigs 132 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      4. cc4-5W
    1. Marine Pollution 219 words
      2. cc5-6W
    2. Empty Properties 412 words
      3. c6W
    3. Code of Practice (Conservation) 168 words
      4. cc6-7W
    4. Core Regeneration Programme 295 words
      5. cc7-8W
    5. 419/A417 539 words
      6. cc8-9W
    6. Train Drivers 235 words
      7. c9W
    7. Boundary Hedges 130 words
      8. c9W
    8. Environment Agency (Register of Masons) 155 words
      9. cc9-10W
    9. Green Belt 150 words
      10. c10W
    10. Vehicle Licence Duty 86 words
      11. cc10-1W
    11. Public Bodies (Reports) 226 words
      12. c11W
    12. Civil Servants 147 words
      13. c11W
    13. Railway Industry 113 words
      14. cc11-3W
    14. Building Regulations 624 words
      15. cc13-4W
    15. Regional Airports 541 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
      5. cc14-5W
    1. Civil Servants 479 words
      2. cc15-6W
    2. Millennium Compliance 169 words
      3. c16W
    3. Public Appointments 109 words
      4. c16W
    4. Prison Places 202 words
      5. cc16-7W
    5. Voluntary Sector 206 words
      6. c17W
    6. Political Parties (Funding) 69 words
      7. cc17-8W
    7. European Parliament 464 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      6. cc18-9W
    1. Civil Servants 359 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. cc19-20W
    1. Ministerial Accommodation 430 words
      2. c20W
    2. Millennium 74 words
      3. c20W
    3. Student Loans 85 words
      4. c20W
    4. US Visiting Forces 72 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      8. cc20-1W
    1. Civil Servants 189 words
      2. c21W
    2. Courts (Shrewsbury) 138 words
      3. cc21-2W
    3. Human Rights (Legal Aid) 136 words
      4. c22W
    4. Lord Chancellor's Residence 97 words
      5. c22W
    5. Public Bodies (Reports) 111 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      9. c22W
    1. Piers 98 words
      2. c23W
    2. Tourism 278 words
      3. c23W
    3. Government Spending (National Lottery) 66 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      10. cc23-4W
    1. Export Licences 230 words
      2. c24W
    2. Pakistan 118 words
      3. cc24-5W
    3. Forestry 257 words
      4. c25W
    4. Phare and Tacis Programmes 82 words
      5. c25W
    5. Terrorism 70 words
      6. c25W
    6. Weapons of Mass Destruction 114 words
      7. c26W
    7. Civil Servants 149 words
      8. c26W
    8. Zimbabwe 227 words
      9. cc26-7W
    9. Public Bodies Reports 63 words
      10. c27W
    10. Intellectual Property Rights 187 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
      11. cc27-9W
    1. Schools 857 words
      2. c29W
    2. Investors (Grants) 65 words
      3. c29W
    3. Regional Selective Assistance 161 words
      4. c29W
    4. Playing Fields 101 words
      5. cc30-1W
    5. Students 742 words
      6. c31W
    6. Maternity Services 111 words
      7. cc31-2W
    7. Capital Projects 184 words
      8. c32W
    8. Health Boards and Trusts 79 words
      9. c32W
    9. Hospitals 138 words
      10. cc32-3W
    10. Sexual Offences 247 words
      11. c33W
    11. Births 137 words
      12. c33W
    12. Public Appointments 56 words
  11. WALES
      12. cc33-4W
    1. Regional Selective Assistance 150 words
      2. c34W
    2. Industrial Trends 71 words
      3. c34W
    3. Public Bodies (Reports) 150 words
      4. cc34-5W
    4. Sustainable Development 198 words
      5. c35W
    5. Civil Servants 135 words
  12. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      13. c35W
    1. Drugs 74 words
      2. cc35-6W
    2. Public Bodies (Reports) 64 words
  13. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      14. c36W
    1. Recesses (Dates) 124 words
      2. c36W
    2. Select Committees 46 words
      3. c36W
    3. New Deal (Young People) 86 words
      4. c36W
    4. Adjournment Debates 59 words
      5. c37W
    5. Disabled Access 488 words
      6. c38W
    6. Family Room 59 words
      7. c38W
    7. Ministerial Documents 127 words
  14. DEFENCE
      15. c38W
    1. Women (Army Employment Opportunities) 93 words
      2. cc38-9W
    2. British Beef 201 words
      3. c39W
    3. Women Fighter Pilots 51 words
      4. c39W
    4. Recruitment 52 words
      5. c39W
    5. Heavy Lift Transport Aircraft 95 words
      6. c39W
    6. Defence Medical Services 45 words
      7. cc39-40W
    7. Horseshoe Barracks 66 words
      8. c40W
    8. Territorial Army 125 words
      9. cc40-1W
    9. Trident 310 words
      10. c41W
    10. Gulf (Deployment) 122 words
      11. c41W
    11. Parachute Regiment 64 words
      12. c41W
    12. Prisoners of War 127 words
      13. cc41-2W
    13. Defence Diplomacy 63 words
      14. c42W
    14. War Criminals (Former Yugoslavia) 111 words
      15. c42W
    15. Minimum Wage 67 words
      16. c42W
    16. Defence Diversification 90 words
      17. c42W
    17. Royal Military Police 83 words
      18. c43W
    18. Humanitarian Demining 51 words
      19. c43W
    19. Smart Procurement 51 words
      20. cc43-5W
    20. Visiting Forces 1,065 words
      21. cc45-6W
    21. Public Bodies (Reports) 152 words
      22. c46W
    22. Suez Crisis 121 words
      23. c46W
    23. Active Service 114 words
      24. c47W
    24. Space Technology 96 words
      25. c47W
    25. Strategic Defence Review 74 words
      26. c47W
    26. Army Horses 140 words
      27. cc47-8W
    27. Civil Servants 140 words
      28. c48W
    28. Veterans' Unit 93 words
      29. c48W
    29. Low Flying Exercises 92 words
      30. c48W
    30. Bosnia 134 words
      31. cc48-9W
    31. Works of Art 310 words
      32. cc49-50W
    32. Counter Battery Radar Project 508 words
      33. cc50-1W
    33. Truck Cargo Heavy Duty Vehicles 470 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      16. cc51-2W
    1. Public Bodies (Reports) 99 words
      2. c52W
    2. Cannabis 146 words
      3. c52W
    3. Civil Servants 136 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      17. c53W
    1. Lockerbie 67 words
      2. c53W
    2. Iran 186 words
      3. c53W
    3. Public Appointments 84 words
      4. cc53-4W
    4. UN Security Council 109 words
      5. c54W
    5. UN Resolutions 87 words
      6. c54W
    6. Kashmir 128 words
      7. c54W
    7. Nepal and Bhutan 72 words
      8. cc54-5W
    8. Kosovo 88 words
      9. c55W
    9. Arms Sales 125 words
      10. c55W
    10. Nuclear Weapons 139 words
      11. c55W
    11. Public Bodies (Report) 64 words
      12. cc55-6W
    12. Cornish Language 120 words
      13. c56W
    13. Tokyo Summit 91 words
      14. c56W
    14. General System of Preferences 164 words
      15. c56W
    15. ACP Countries 83 words
      16. cc56-7W
    16. Cuba 82 words
      17. c57W
    17. Israel, Gaza and West Bank 53 words
      18. c57W
    18. China 74 words
  17. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
      18. cc57-9W
    1. Millennium Experience 791 words
      2. c59W
    2. Millennium Dome 121 words
  18. HEALTH
      19. cc59-61W
    1. Residential Care and Nursing Homes 714 words
      2. c61W
    2. Health Education 143 words
      3. cc61-2W
    3. Brook Advisory Centres 345 words
      4. c62W
    4. Dental Amalgam 186 words
      5. cc62-3W
    5. Influenza Immunisation 500 words
      6. c64W
    6. Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccinations 243 words
      7. cc64-5W
    7. Continence Products 319 words
      8. c65W
    8. Public Bodies (Reports) 109 words
      9. c65W
    9. Asthma 128 words
      10. c65W
    10. Home Helps 43 words
  19. CABINET OFFICE
      20. c66W
    1. Publications 36 words
  20. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      21. c66W
    1. Departmental Employees 265 words
      2. cc66-8W
    2. Departmental Buildings 469 words
  21. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      22. c69W
    1. Fireworks 103 words
      2. c69W
    2. Fishing Industry 116 words
      3. c69W
    3. Nuclear Fuel 178 words
      4. c70W
    4. Employee Travel 137 words
      5. c70W
    5. Arms Sales 186 words
      6. cc70-1W
    6. Correspondence 67 words
      7. c71W
    7. Millennium Compliance 205 words
      8. c71W
    8. National Minimum Wage 121 words
      9. cc71-2W
    9. Environmental Technologies Exhibit 74 words
      10. c72W
    10. Departmental Employees (Japan) 138 words
      11. c72W
    11. Invest in Britain Bureau 181 words
      12. cc72-3W
    12. ASEM II Meeting 168 words
      13. c73W
    13. Exports (Kenya) 182 words
  22. SCOTLAND
      23. cc73-4W
    1. Lynebank Hospital 214 words
      2. cc74-5W
    2. Recycled Land 368 words
      3. c75W
    3. Regional Selective Assistance 165 words
      4. cc75-6W
    4. Industrial and Business Investors 241 words
      5. c76W
    5. Court Cases (Verdicts) 184 words
      6. c76W
    6. Social Housing 127 words
      7. cc76-7W
    7. Public Appointments 122 words
      8. c77W
    8. Council Tax 79 words
      9. cc77-8W
    9. Public Housing 480 words
      10. cc78-81W
    10. Council Expenditure 928 words
      11. c81W
    11. Scottish Parliament 243 words
      12. cc81-2W
    12. English Grand Committee 141 words
      13. c82W
    13. Rural Schools 161 words
      14. cc82-3W
    14. Schools 1,792 words
      15. cc83-6W
    15. Civil Servants 672 words
      16. cc86-7W
    16. Nursery Education 432 words
  23. SOCIAL SECURITY
      24. cc87-8W
    1. Civil Servants 141 words
      2. c88W
    2. Pensions 154 words
      3. c88W
    3. Correspondence 43 words
      4. cc88-90W
    4. Treasury Grant 916 words
      5. c90W
    5. Disability Benefits 102 words
      6. c90W
    6. Lone Parents 118 words
      7. cc90-1W
    7. Benefits 323 words
      8. cc91-3W
    8. Benefit Integrity Project 876 words
      9. cc93-4W
    9. Benefit Claimants (Interim Support) 392 words

Lords Sitting of 9 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 587

    c1
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1-4
  2. Taxis: Licensing 1,064 words
    3. cc4-7
  3. Educational Low-priced Book Scheme 1,261 words
    4. cc7-9
  4. Vehicle Registration Plates: Tilting Devices 1,000 words
    5. cc9-12
  5. UN Sanctions: Targeting 1,156 words
    6. c12
  6. Audit Commission Bill [H.L.] 67 words
    7. cc12-77
  7. National Lottery Bill [H.L.] 33,404 words, 2 divisions
    8. cc77-80
  8. Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 1998 1,696 words
    9. c80
  9. Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 1998 41 words
    10. cc80-98
  10. Legal Aid 9,673 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 March 1998 Series 5 Vol. 587

    c1WA
  1. Birth Control Trust 59 words
    c1WA
  2. Firearms Acts: Home Office Circulars and Correspondence 142 words
    c1WA
  3. Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968 91 words
    cc1-3WA
  4. Firearms Consultative Committee 555 words
    c3WA
  5. Funding of Political Parties 64 words
    cc3-4WA
  6. BSE: Phillips Inquiry 89 words
    c4WA
  7. BSE: Experimental Research 167 words
    cc4-6WA
  8. BSE: Age at Diagnosis 782 words
    cc6-8WA
  9. Warble Fly Eradication 707 words
    c8WA
  10. EU Tobacco Crop: European Consumption 54 words
    c8WA
  11. BSE in EU Member States 292 words
    cc8-9WA
  12. English Uplands: Development and Conservation Grants 151 words
    cc9-11WA
  13. Fisheries Enforcement 805 words
    c11WA
  14. British Registered Fishing Vessels 166 words
    c11WA
  15. BSE: Evidence to Phillips Inquiry 164 words
    cc11-2WA
  16. Beef Bones for Dog Food 189 words
    cc12-3WA
  17. Northern Ireland: Electoral Registers for Referendum 261 words
    c13WA
  18. Northern Ireland: Abortion Law 232 words
    c13WA
  19. Inland Revenue Staff Numbers 84 words
    cc13-4WA
  20. Victims of Nazi Persecution: Conditions for Release of Property 232 words
    c14WA
  21. Business Tenancies: Originating Applications 58 words
    c14WA
  22. Musical Instrument Tuition in Schools 89 words
    cc14-6WA
  23. Building Regulations, Part M 642 words
    c16WA
  24. Filwood Playing Fields, Bristol 75 words
    cc16-7WA
  25. Road Accident Preventive Measures 180 words
    c17WA
  26. Turf Cutting 312 words
    cc17-8WA
  27. Blood Alcohol Levels Following Initial Reading 92 words
    c18WA
  28. London Underground: Water Penetration 131 words
    cc18-9WA
  29. Iraq: ICRC Access to Detainees 347 words
    c19WA
  30. Iraq: UN Resolutions 165 words
    cc19-20WA
  31. International Court of Justice: Judgments 92 words
    c20WA
  32. Counter Battery Radar Project 184 words
    cc20-1WA
  33. Legislation, Parliament and the Sovereign 275 words
    cc21-6WA
  34. Sickness/Incapacity Benefit Recipients and Employment Levels 3,104 words