Commons Sitting of 16 November 1998 Series 6 Vol. 319

    c587
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c587
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc587-606
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY 6 words
        2. cc587-8
      1. Disability Living Allowance 651 words
        2. cc588-91
      2. Lone Parents 1,418 words
        3. cc591-2
      3. Disabled Children 256 words
        4. cc592-3
      4. Family Credit 863 words
        5. cc593-6
      5. Disabled People 1,642 words
        6. cc596-7
      6. Housing Benefit 365 words
        7. cc597-9
      7. Child Support Agency 895 words
        8. cc599-601
      8. Benefit Integrity Project 878 words
        9. c601
      9. Family Credit 146 words
        10. cc601-2
      10. Disability Benefits 520 words
        11. cc602-3
      11. Housing Benefit 216 words
        12. c603
      12. Disabled Children 243 words
        13. cc603-4
      13. Disability Living Allowance 277 words
        14. cc604-5
      14. Benefits (Personal Advisers) 246 words
        15. cc605-6
      15. National Insurance 281 words
    cc607-23
  4. Iraq 9,057 words
    5. cc624-40
  5. Agriculture (Aid) 8,585 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. cc641-55
    1. Scotland Bill 7 words
      1. Clause 62
          2. cc641-8
        1. PAYMENTS OUT OF THE FUND 4,016 words
      2. Clause 83
          3. cc648-51
        1. CROSS-BORDER PUBLIC AUTHORITIES: INITIAL STATUS 1,718 words
        cc651-5
      3. New clause 1,821 words
      4. Clause 95
          5. cc655-62
        1. POWER TO MAKE PROVISION CONSEQUENTIAL ON ACTS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT. 3,775 words
      5. Clause 100
          6. cc662-7
        1. REGULATION OF TWEED AND ESK FISHERIES 2,618 words
      c668
    2. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 159 words
    cc669-72
  7. Regional Development Agencies Bill 3 words
    1. Clause 2
        2. cc669-70
      1. CONSTITUTION 576 words
    2. Clause 25
        3. c670
      1. POWER TO ALTER REGIONS 214 words
    3. Clause 35
        4. cc670-1
      1. POWERS IN RELATION TO THE COMMISSION 276 words
      cc671-2
    4. New clause 874 words
    cc673-716
  8. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 23,645 words
    9. c716
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 44 words
    10. cc717-21
  10. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 2,575 words, 1 division
    11. cc721-2
  11. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      12. c722
    1. BROADCASTING 22 words
      2. c722
    2. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE 22 words
      3. c722
    3. CONTRACTING OUT 27 words
    c722
  12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      13. c722
    1. AGENDA 2000: FINANCIAL ASPECTS 120 words
    c722
  13. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 73 words
    14. c722
  14. LIAISON COMMITTEE 21 words
    15. cc723-30
  15. Salmon Farming (Scotland) 4,226 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 November 1998 Series 6 Vol. 319

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c323W
    1. Overseas Visits (Advisers) 254 words
      2. cc323-4W
    2. Cadet Forces 221 words
      3. c324W
    3. VC10 (VIPs) Aeroplane 196 words
      4. c324W
    4. Doctors 135 words
      5. cc324-5W
    5. Dry Docks (South America) 55 words
      6. c325W
    6. Nurses 116 words
      7. c325W
    7. Ministry of Defence Police 147 words
      8. cc325-6W
    8. Chinook Helicopters 160 words
      9. c326W
    9. Defence Diversification Agency 62 words
      10. c326W
    10. Pilots (Resignation Requests) 138 words
      11. c326W
    11. Child Support Agency 138 words
      12. cc326-7W
    12. Information Warfare Incidents 242 words
      13. c327W
    13. Departmental Registers 71 words
      14. c327W
    14. Child Care 174 words
      15. cc327-8W
    15. Museums 142 words
      16. c328W
    16. Territorial Army 94 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      3. c328W
    1. Roads and Pavements 191 words
      2. cc328-9W
    2. Radioactive Material 138 words
      3. c329W
    3. Housing Needs Surveys 80 words
      4. cc329-30W
    4. Shopping Centres 499 words
      5. cc330-1W
    5. Concessionary Fares 371 words
      6. cc331-2W
    6. A50 351 words
      7. c332W
    7. Oil Spills (St. Kilda) 206 words
      8. c332W
    8. A14 69 words
      9. cc332-3W
    9. Taxis (Smoking) 49 words
      10. c333W
    10. Water Craft (Byelaws) 426 words
      11. cc333-4W
    11. Leasehold Reform 84 words
      12. c334W
    12. Right to Buy 389 words
      13. cc334-6W
    13. Closed Railway Lines 618 words
      14. c336W
    14. Train Paths 126 words
      15. c336W
    15. Congestion Charging 88 words
      16. c336W
    16. Commission for Integrated Transport 121 words
      17. cc336-7W
    17. Strategic Rail Authority 297 words
      18. c337W
    18. Ports Policy 96 words
      19. cc337-8W
    19. Freight 179 words
      20. c338W
    20. Rail Electrification 60 words
      21. c338W
    21. Dutch Transport Information Service 86 words
      22. c338W
    22. Departmental Registers 46 words
      23. cc338-9W
    23. Transport Construction Costs 186 words
      24. cc339-40W
    24. Motorcycles 420 words
      25. c340W
    25. Drink Driving 57 words
      26. cc340-1W
    26. Standard Spending Assessments 644 words
      27. c341W
    27. Channel Tunnel 68 words
      28. cc341-2W
    28. Severn Bridge 145 words
      29. c342W
    29. Child Care 360 words
      30. cc342-3W
    30. Traffic Forecasts 120 words
      31. c343W
    31. Planning Policy Guidance 45 words
      32. cc343-4W
    32. Telecommunications 511 words
      33. c344W
    33. Greening Government Initiative 337 words
      34. cc344-5W
    34. British Waterways 147 words
      35. c345W
    35. City Challenge 167 words
      36. cc345-6W
    36. Ofwat 157 words
      37. c346W
    37. Beverage Containers 185 words
      38. c346W
    38. Rail Fares 70 words
      39. cc346-7W
    39. Genetically Modified Organisms 164 words
      40. cc347-8W
    40. Waterways (Pollution) 471 words
      41. c348W
    41. Dioxins (Derbyshire) 161 words
      42. cc348-9W
    42. Nuclear Discharges 285 words
      43. c349W
    43. Sellafield 70 words
      44. c349W
    44. Ancient Woodland 73 words
      45. c349W
    45. Unimproved Grassland 62 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      4. c349W
    1. World Heritage Sites 94 words
      2. cc349-50W
    2. After-school Clubs 264 words
      3. c350W
    3. Terrestrial Television 132 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      5. c351W
    1. Departmental Registers 60 words
      2. c351W
    2. Child Care 186 words
      3. cc351-2W
    3. Vocational Educational Training 388 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
      6. c352W
    1. Badgers 108 words
      2. cc352-3W
    2. Down Area Plan 208 words
  6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      7. c353W
    1. Former Secretary of State for Wales 124 words
      2. cc353-4W
    2. Legal Aid 82 words
  7. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      8. c354W
    1. Parliamentary Questions 51 words
  8. CABINET OFFICE
      9. cc354-5W
    1. Special Advisers 473 words
  9. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      10. cc355-6W
    1. Millennium Compliance 449 words
  10. TREASURY
      11. cc356-8W
    1. International Monetary Fund 805 words
      2. c358W
    2. Private Finance Initiative 239 words
      3. cc358-60W
    3. Labour Statistics 822 words
      4. c360W
    4. Stamp Duty 63 words
      5. cc360-1W
    5. Pension Mis-selling 497 words
      6. c361W
    6. Government Debt (Euros) 125 words
      7. c361W
    7. ERM 2 78 words
      8. cc361-2W
    8. National Health Service (50th Anniversary) 56 words
      9. c362W
    9. Exchange Rate 58 words
      10. cc362-3W
    10. Export Growth Forecasts 333 words
      11. c363W
    11. Tax System 47 words
      12. c363W
    12. Motor Vehicle Imports 86 words
      13. c363W
    13. Working Families Tax Credit 115 words
      14. cc363-4W
    14. Vehicle Excise Duty 486 words
      15. c364W
    15. Pre-Budget Report 64 words
      16. cc364-5W
    16. Treasury Employees (New Deal) 58 words
      17. c365W
    17. Child Care 137 words
      18. c365W
    18. Credit Unions 99 words
      19. c365W
    19. Petrol Smuggling 137 words
      20. cc365-6W
    20. Departmental Registers 62 words
      21. c366W
    21. EU Council Recommendation 11393/97 80 words
      22. c366W
    22. Gross Domestic Product 107 words
      23. c366W
    23. Dorneywood 73 words
      24. c366W
    24. Tax Relief (Seconded Staff) 88 words
      25. cc366-7W
    25. Liquor Duties (Harmonisation) 119 words
      26. c367W
    26. Progressive Beer Duty 77 words
      27. c367W
    27. Social Security Expenditure 123 words
  11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      12. cc367-8W
    1. Court Service Charter 124 words
      2. c368W
    2. Departmental Registers 93 words
      3. c368W
    3. Freemasons 125 words
      4. cc368-9W
    4. Court Clerks 317 words
      5. cc369-70W
    5. Magistrates Courts Committees 597 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
      13. c370W
    1. Staff (Ethnic Minorities) 217 words
      2. cc370-1W
    2. European Union (Information) 225 words
      3. c371W
    3. Common Foreign and Security Policy 167 words
      4. cc371-2W
    4. European Union (Policy) 73 words
      5. c372W
    5. Ethical Foreign Policy Initiative 102 words
      6. c372W
    6. Life Peers 70 words
      7. cc372-3W
    7. Iraq 357 words
  13. WALES
      14. c373W
    1. Civil Servants (Ethnic Minorities) 69 words
      2. c373W
    2. Departmental Registers 130 words
      3. cc373-4W
    3. Child Care 280 words
  14. SCOTLAND
      15. c374W
    1. Child Minders 191 words
      2. cc374-5W
    2. Adoption 101 words
      3. c375W
    3. Marriage (Special Licences) 110 words
      4. c375W
    4. Dental Services 149 words
      5. cc375-6W
    5. Child Care 160 words
      6. cc376-7W
    6. NHS Hospital Beds 1,024 words
      7. cc377-8W
    7. Skye Bridge 257 words
      8. c378W
    8. Mature Students 419 words
      9. cc378-9W
    9. Standard Maintenance Allowances 245 words
  15. HOME DEPARTMENT
      16. c379W
    1. Criminal Cases Review Commission 111 words
      2. c379W
    2. Prisoners (Educational Attainment) 75 words
      3. cc379-81W
    3. Immigration 1,664 words
      4. cc381-2W
    4. Correspondence 82 words
      5. c382W
    5. Former Secretary of State for Wales 129 words
      6. c382W
    6. Identity Parades 172 words
      7. c382W
    7. Colchester Young Offenders Institute 80 words
      8. cc382-3W
    8. Medway Secure Training Centre 139 words
      9. cc383-4W
    9. Young Offenders (Prisons) 549 words
      10. c384W
    10. Durham Prison 222 words
      11. cc384-5W
    11. Greater Manchester Police 116 words
      12. c385W
    12. West Yorkshire Police 79 words
      13. c385W
    13. Probation Hostels 107 words
      14. c385W
    14. Animal Experiments 102 words
      15. cc385-6W
    15. Departmental Registers 150 words
      16. c386W
    16. Speed Fines 76 words
      17. c386W
    17. Road Traffic Accidents 129 words
      18. cc386-7W
    18. Child Care 283 words
      19. c387W
    19. Operation Bye Bye 71 words
      20. c387W
    20. Mark Darren Day 76 words
      21. cc387-8W
    21. Cannabis 578 words
      22. cc388-9W
    22. Crime (Staffordshire) 264 words
      23. c389W
    23. Police (Staffordshire) 170 words
      24. cc389-90W
    24. Computer Crime 65 words
      25. c390W
    25. Kosovo Albanian Children 410 words
      26. cc390-1W
    26. Police Dogs 218 words
      27. c391W
    27. Domestic Violence 168 words
      28. c391W
    28. Divorce 76 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc391-2W
    1. Lone Parents 374 words
      2. cc392-3W
    2. Means-tested Benefits 210 words
      3. cc393-4W
    3. Child Support 461 words
      4. c394W
    4. Welfare to Work 258 words
      5. cc394-5W
    5. Incapacity Benefit 154 words
      6. c395W
    6. Pensions Green Paper 142 words
      7. c395W
    7. Benefits (Women) 138 words
      8. cc395-6W
    8. State Pensions 600 words
      9. cc396-7W
    9. Earnings Disregards 100 words
      10. cc397-8W
    10. Disabled People 958 words
      11. cc398-9W
    11. War Pensions (Prisoners) 268 words
      12. c399W
    12. Income Support 264 words
      13. cc399-400W
    13. Habitual Residence Test 101 words
      14. c400W
    14. Housing Benefit 256 words
      15. cc400-2W
    15. Winter Fuel Payments 1,067 words
      16. c402W
    16. Departmental Registers 98 words
      17. c402W
    17. Child Care 196 words
      18. cc402-3W
    18. Jobseeker's Allowance 238 words
      19. c403W
    19. Benefit Payments 89 words
      20. c403W
    20. Centenarians 87 words
      21. cc403-4W
    21. Severe Disablement Allowance 117 words
      22. c404W
    22. Millennium Compliance 107 words
      23. cc404-5W
    23. Social Security Expenditure 485 words
      24. c405W
    24. Departmental Annual Report 92 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. c405W
    1. Compensation Claims 74 words
      2. cc405-7W
    2. Higher Education 537 words
      3. c407W
    3. New Deal 363 words
      4. cc407-8W
    4. Disabled People (Discrimination) 337 words
      5. cc408-9W
    5. Road Haulage Industry 164 words
      6. c409W
    6. Youth Service 132 words
      7. c409W
    7. University College of St. Mark and St. John 107 words
      8. cc409-10W
    8. Mature Students 415 words
      9. c410W
    9. Individual Learning Accounts 125 words
      10. cc410-1W
    10. Lifelong Learning 116 words
      11. c411W
    11. Special Needs 101 words
      12. c411W
    12. Parent Partnership Scheme 121 words
      13. c411W
    13. Infant Class Teachers 80 words
      14. cc411-2W
    14. Funding 129 words
      15. c412W
    15. Youth Unemployment 311 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      19. c413W
    1. Open Day 183 words
      2. cc413-4W
    2. Sri Lanka 666 words
      3. cc414-5W
    3. International Criminal Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia) 373 words
      4. cc415-6W
    4. Falkland Islands 523 words
      5. cc416-7W
    5. EC Documents 320 words
      6. c417W
    6. EC Proposals 114 words
      7. c417W
    7. People's Europe '98 162 words
      8. cc417-8W
    8. Building Europe Together Programme 97 words
      9. c418W
    9. Israel 190 words
      10. c418W
    10. International Criminal Court 67 words
      11. c418W
    11. Sanjiv Kumar Nandra 136 words
      12. cc418-9W
    12. Departmental Registers 116 words
      13. c419W
    13. Child Care 198 words
      14. cc419-20W
    14. High Commissioners 99 words
      15. c420W
    15. Jean Monnet Projects 84 words
      16. c420W
    16. EU Information Projects 192 words
  19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      20. cc421-2W
    1. Millennium Dome 612 words
      2. c422W
    2. Communication Satellites 200 words
      3. cc422-3W
    3. Vibration White Finger 388 words
      4. c423W
    4. Commercial Debts 164 words
      5. cc423-4W
    5. Gas and Electricity Services 153 words
      6. c424W
    6. Oil Production and Transportation 154 words
      7. cc424-5W
    7. Renewable Energy 695 words
      8. cc425-6W
    8. Export Licences (Sri Lanka) 402 words
      9. c426W
    9. Radio Advertising 60 words
      10. cc426-7W
    10. Radiation-induced Illness 420 words
      11. cc427-8W
    11. Japanese Vehicles 98 words
      12. c428W
    12. Industrial Policy 56 words
      13. c428W
    13. Dounreay 167 words
      14. cc428-9W
    14. Child Care 241 words
      15. c429W
    15. Manchester United Takeover Report 176 words
      16. c429W
    16. Millennium Compliance 196 words
      17. cc429-30W
    17. Departmental Registers 205 words
      18. cc430-2W
    18. Grants (West Midlands Companies) 673 words
      19. c432W
    19. National Minimum Wage 125 words
      20. c432W
    20. Assisted Area Status (Coastal Resorts) 155 words
      21. c432W
    21. Car Prices 78 words
      22. cc432-3W
    22. Car Imports 251 words
      23. cc433-4W
    23. Overseas Trade Fairs and Seminars 246 words
      24. c434W
    24. Unsolicited Communications 372 words
      25. cc434-5W
    25. Nuclear Industry Expenditure 101 words
      26. c435W
    26. Energy Policy 170 words
      27. c435W
    27. Congress of Europe 66 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c435W
    1. Food Standards Agency 40 words
      2. cc435-6W
    2. Meat Hygiene Service 126 words
      3. cc436-7W
    3. Badgers 425 words
      4. c437W
    4. Countryside Stewardship Scheme (Northamptonshire) 100 words
      5. cc437-8W
    5. Food Labelling 377 words
      6. c438W
    6. Imported Beef 244 words
      7. cc438-9W
    7. Departmental Registers 616 words
      8. cc439-41W
    8. Child Care 305 words
      9. c441W
    9. BSE 50 words
      10. cc441-2W
    10. Millennium Compliance 270 words
      11. c442W
    11. Departmental Research 99 words
  21. HEALTH
      22. cc442-3W
    1. New-variant CJD 457 words
      2. cc443-4W
    2. Blood (Leucodepletion) 137 words
      3. c444W
    3. Carers (Specialist Equipment) 114 words
      4. c444W
    4. Paramedics 109 words

Lords Sitting of 16 November 1998 Series 5 Vol. 594

    c973
  1. Preamble 33 words
    2. cc973-6
  2. Millennium Dome: Transport Facilities 1,350 words
    3. cc976-8
  3. Schoolchildren: Nutritional Standards 1,087 words
    4. cc978-80
  4. Development: Interdepartmental Working Group 968 words
    5. cc981-2
  5. Food Standards Agency: Progress 859 words
    6. c983
  6. Business 151 words
    7. cc983-1017
  7. Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report 18,376 words, 1 division
    8. cc1017-32
  8. Iraq 7,236 words
    9. cc1032-43
  9. Agriculture 6,071 words
    10. cc1043-95
  10. Resistance to Antibiotics: Select Committee Report 27,855 words
    11. cc1096-116
  11. Respiratory Diseases of Mineworkers 11,234 words
    12. c1116
  12. London Local Authorities Bill [H.L.] 15 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 November 1998 Series 5 Vol. 594

    c127WA
  1. Sudan: Food Aid Delivery by Train 234 words
    c127WA
  2. Parliamentary Counsel 43 words
    cc127-8WA
  3. Government Policy and the Labour Party Conference 147 words
    c128WA
  4. Tenant Farmers Association: Support Request 117 words
    c128WA
  5. Bone-in Beef 125 words
    cc128-9WA
  6. Common Fisheries Policy 212 words
    c129WA
  7. IACS: Overdue Payments 62 words
    c129WA
  8. Wild Boar 76 words
    cc129-31WA
  9. Telecommunications Code System Operators: Planning Controls 506 words
    c131WA
  10. "Greening Government": Environmental Audit Committee Report 327 words
    cc131-2WA
  11. Fire Safety 126 words
    c132WA
  12. Retail Developments: Government Policy 85 words
    cc132-3WA
  13. Car Park Safety 264 words
    c133WA
  14. Chile: Defence Orders from UK 57 words
    cc133-4WA
  15. Radiocommunication Services: Cross-border Interference 219 words
    cc134-5WA
  16. Kosovo Albanian Children: Entry to UK for Medical Treatment 423 words
    c135WA
  17. EU Courts: Interpreter Facilities 204 words
    c135WA
  18. Firearms Database: Working Group Membership 171 words
    cc135-6WA
  19. Firearms Database: Establishment 150 words
    c136WA
  20. Public Authorities: Discrimination 146 words
    cc136-7WA
  21. City of London: Government Promotion 279 words
    c137WA
  22. Single European Currency: Supply of Money by Banks which Charge Interest 58 words
    c137WA
  23. Ali Qassim Rabia and Sheikh Essa Abdulla al-Jawder 101 words
    cc137-8WA
  24. Bahrain: Human Rights 79 words
    c138WA
  25. Burma: Human Rights Violations 98 words
    c138WA
  26. Overseas Territories: White Paper 80 words
    cc138-9WA
  27. Yassir Al-Sayegh: Legal Action against Bahrain 126 words
    cc139-40WA
  28. Kosovo: Use of Military Force 372 words