Commons Sitting of 17 November 1998 Series 6 Vol. 319

    c731
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c731
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. c731
    2. CITY OF WESTMINSTER BILL [Lords] 358 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. cc732-48
    2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS 6 words
      1. cc732-3
      2. Right to Buy 783 words
      3. cc733-4
      4. Lake District 435 words
      5. cc734-7
      6. Local Government Finance 1,264 words
      7. c737
      8. Incinerators 335 words
      9. cc737-8
      10. Travellers 436 words
      11. cc738-9
      12. Children's Parliament 213 words
      13. cc739-40
      14. Freeholders 603 words
      15. cc740-1
      16. Green Belt 237 words
      17. cc741-3
      18. Air Pollution (Fuel Duties) 1,002 words
      19. cc743-4
      20. A303 433 words
      21. cc744-5
      22. Northern Line 498 words
      23. cc745-7
      24. Strategic Roads Review 922 words
      25. cc747-8
      26. Freight 576 words
    cc749-71
  6. Territorial Army 12,491 words
  7. cc772-6
  8. Stakeholder Pension 2,121 words, 1 division
    1. c776
    2. STAKEHOLDER PENSION 76 words
    c777
  9. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 179 words
  10. c777
  11. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 24 words
  12. cc778-807
  13. Scrutiny of European Business 16,600 words
  14. cc808-24
  15. Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 9,164 words
  16. cc825-41
  17. Prisoners (Northern Ireland) 9,182 words
  18. c842
  19. COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 21 words
  20. PETITION
    1. c842
    2. East Kent Health Authority 150 words
    cc843-52
  21. Clothing and Textile Industry 4,675 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 November 1998 Series 6 Vol. 319

  1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. c445W
    2. Sandford Rectory 59 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. c445W
    2. Law Lords 45 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c445W
    2. Parole 173 words
    3. cc445-6W
    4. Medway Secure Training Centre 141 words
    5. cc446-7W
    6. Millennium Compliance 497 words
    7. cc447-8W
    8. Asylum Seekers 548 words
    9. c448W
    10. Integrated Emergency Management 80 words
    11. cc448-9W
    12. Dr. Robert Gross 165 words
    13. c449W
    14. Offenders (Service Provision) 292 words
    15. c449W
    16. Probation Service (Paedophiles) 102 words
    17. cc449-50W
    18. Firearms Compensation 342 words
  4. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. cc450-1W
    2. Junior Football Clubs (Injury Insurance) 188 words
    3. c451W
    4. Coalfield Communities 243 words
    5. cc451-2W
    6. Sport (Injury Insurance) 163 words
  5. CABINET OFFICE
    1. c452W
    2. Sickness Absence 140 words
    3. c452W
    4. Better Regulation Task Force 203 words
    5. cc452-3W
    6. Relocation 146 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. c453W
    2. Gulf War 274 words
    3. cc453-4W
    4. Territorial Army 127 words
    5. c454W
    6. Training Review 105 words
    7. cc454-6W
    8. Gulf War Illness 531 words
    9. c456W
    10. Service Children's Education 213 words
    11. c456W
    12. Officer Training Corps (Queen's University) 83 words
    13. c456W
    14. Major Eric Joyce 92 words
    15. cc456-7W
    16. Cruise Missiles 49 words
    17. c457W
    18. Field Park Squadron 55 words
    19. c457W
    20. Hurricane Mitch 93 words
  7. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. cc457-8W
    2. Millennium Compliance 627 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. cc458-9W
    2. Passes 86 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c459W
    2. Terrorist Offences 197 words
    3. cc459-60W
    4. Omagh Bombing 159 words
    5. c460W
    6. Regional and Minority Languages 117 words
    7. cc460-1W
    8. Child Care 634 words
    9. cc461-2W
    10. Millennium Compliance 566 words
    11. c462W
    12. Northern Ireland Bill 73 words
  10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. c463W
    2. Montserrat 138 words
    3. cc463-4W
    4. Millennium Compliance 531 words
    5. c464W
    6. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 208 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. cc464-5W
    2. Local Government 236 words
    3. c465W
    4. Youth Clubs 125 words
    5. c465W
    6. Youth Employment 99 words
    7. cc465-6W
    8. Intellectual Property 356 words
    9. cc466-7W
    10. Millennium Compliance 603 words
    11. cc467-9W
    12. Financial Management 521 words
    13. c469W
    14. Aspirin Poisoning 288 words
    15. cc469-70W
    16. Paracetamol Poisoning 73 words
    17. cc470-3W
    18. Sheriff Courts 2,168 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. c473W
    2. Coalfields Task Force 73 words
    3. c473W
    4. Leylandii 62 words
    5. cc473-4W
    6. Council Tax 244 words
    7. c474W
    8. Capital Receipts 250 words
    9. cc474-5W
    10. Business Taxes 64 words
    11. c475W
    12. Local Government Reform 109 words
    13. c475W
    14. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 78 words
    15. c475W
    16. Local Government Finance 71 words
    17. c475W
    18. Opencast Coal Mining 61 words
    19. cc475-6W
    20. Children's Parliament 111 words
    21. c476W
    22. Housing Revenue Account 70 words
    23. c476W
    24. Capital Allocation System 112 words
    25. c476W
    26. Standard Spending Assessments (London) 71 words
    27. cc476-7W
    28. Countryside Access 105 words
    29. c477W
    30. Sellafield 99 words
    31. c477W
    32. Regional Bodies (South-East) 93 words
    33. c477W
    34. Affordable Housing 161 words
    35. cc477-8W
    36. Ports Policy 82 words
    37. c478W
    38. Manchester Airport Eastern Link Road 96 words
    39. c478W
    40. Cycling 87 words
    41. c478W
    42. Integrated Transport Strategy 63 words
    43. cc478-9W
    44. Railtrack 133 words
    45. c479W
    46. Rail Industry 78 words
    47. c479W
    48. Strategic Rail Authority 87 words
    49. c479W
    50. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 73 words
    51. c479W
    52. North-West Trains 114 words
    53. cc479-80W
    54. Cleaner Vehicles 126 words
    55. c480W
    56. Regional Airports 204 words
    57. cc480-1W
    58. Connex South Central 432 words
    59. cc481-2W
    60. Road Freight Hauliers 218 words
    61. c482W
    62. Leisure Craft 201 words
    63. c482W
    64. Community Transport Schemes 108 words
    65. c482W
    66. Vehicles (Safety Checks) 66 words
    67. cc482-3W
    68. Rural Areas (Parliamentary Representation) 97 words
    69. c483W
    70. Compensation Claims 69 words
    71. c483W
    72. Supermarket Developments 81 words
    73. c483W
    74. M65 (Blackburn) 170 words
    75. cc483-4W
    76. Jubilee Line 129 words
    77. c484W
    78. Drinking and Driving 73 words
    79. c484W
    80. Childhood Cancers 149 words
    81. cc484-5W
    82. Visual Display Units 261 words
    83. cc485-6W
    84. Railway Property Maintenance 552 words
    85. c486W
    86. Coastguards 70 words
    87. cc486-7W
    88. Heathrow Airport 254 words
    89. c487W
    90. Teesside Development Corporation 82 words
    91. cc487-8W
    92. Radioactive Gases (Cap La Hague) 246 words
    93. c488W
    94. Local Government Debt 114 words
    95. cc488-9W
    96. Millennium Compliance 563 words
    97. cc489-90W
    98. Airline Safety 213 words
    99. c490W
    100. Pigeon Proofing 110 words
    101. c490W
    102. Multiple Occupation 56 words
    103. c490W
    104. Roads (Noise Abatement) 96 words
    105. cc490-1W
    106. Parish Council Audits 167 words
    107. cc491-2W
    108. Genetically Modified Crops 601 words
    109. c492W
    110. New Forest (Car Parking) 59 words
    111. c492W
    112. Traffic Congestion (Southend) 82 words
    113. cc492-3W
    114. Night Flights 491 words
    115. cc493-4W
    116. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 147 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c494W
    2. St. Helena 130 words
    3. c494W
    4. "Europe in Ten Points" 118 words
    5. cc494-5W
    6. Millennium 200 words
    7. c495W
    8. Iraq 232 words
    9. cc495-6W
    10. Child Care 310 words
    11. c496W
    12. Savers 107 words
    13. c496W
    14. Select Committee Reports 81 words
    15. c496W
    16. Working Time Directive 70 words
    17. cc496-7W
    18. Charities (Ex-Service Men) 356 words
    19. cc497-8W
    20. Joint Statement (Liberal Democrats) 262 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc498-9W
    2. National Insurance Fund 390 words
    3. cc499-500W
    4. National Insurance Recording Computer 578 words
    5. cc500-1W
    6. Benefits (Entitlement Rules) 675 words
    7. cc501-3W
    8. Millennium Compliance 747 words
    9. c503W
    10. SERPS 250 words
    11. cc503-4W
    12. Working Families Tax Credit 141 words
    13. c504W
    14. Private Pensions 68 words
    15. cc504-5W
    16. Child Maintenance 461 words
    17. cc505-6W
    18. Invalidity Benefit 578 words
    19. c506W
    20. Pensions 271 words
    21. cc506-8W
    22. National Insurance Contributions 779 words
    23. c508W
    24. Photosensitivity 150 words
    25. c508W
    26. Long-term Care 63 words
    27. cc508-9W
    28. Mobility Allowance 142 words
    29. c509W
    30. Child Benefit 263 words
    31. cc509-24W
    32. Benefit Uprating 7,243 words
    33. cc524-5W
    34. Widowed Mothers 474 words
    35. c525W
    36. Benefit Integrity Project 113 words
    37. c525W
    38. Residential Living Allowance 108 words
    39. c525W
    40. Benefits (Parliamentary Scrutiny) 21 words
    41. cc525-6W
    42. Benefits (Expenditure) 117 words
    43. c526W
    44. Disability Living Allowance (Children) 79 words
    45. c526W
    46. Expenditure 86 words
    47. cc526-8W
    48. Mr. M. E. Hatcher 475 words
    49. c528W
    50. Pension Schemes (Annuities) 96 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c529W
    2. Millennium Compliance 258 words
    3. cc529-30W
    4. Miners' Widows (Compensation) 311 words
    5. cc530-1W
    6. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 337 words
    7. c531W
    8. Change Bureaux 78 words
    9. c531W
    10. Turkey 32 words
    11. c531W
    12. Supermarkets 113 words
    13. c531W
    14. Interest Rates 132 words
    15. cc531-2W
    16. Regional Selective Assistance 55 words
    17. c532W
    18. Robert Maxwell Companies 139 words
    19. c532W
    20. Royal Observatory 167 words
    21. cc532-3W
    22. Railtrack 111 words
    23. c533W
    24. Compensation Claims 103 words
  16. WALES
    1. c533W
    2. Farming Subsidies 156 words
    3. cc533-4W
    4. Wrexham to Bidston Rail Link 76 words
    5. c534W
    6. Rail Freight 120 words
    7. c534W
    8. Local Authority Housing 71 words
    9. cc534-5W
    10. Schools (Delegated Funding) 442 words
    11. c535W
    12. European Development Funds 136 words
    13. c535W
    14. Teachers (Funding) 44 words
    15. cc535-6W
    16. Economic Inactivity 353 words
    17. cc536-7W
    18. Long-term Illness 433 words
    19. c537W
    20. Flooding 104 words
    21. c537W
    22. Education Funding 92 words
    23. c537W
    24. Pwllheli Planning Appeal 136 words
    25. cc537-8W
    26. Midwives (Salary) 137 words
    27. c538W
    28. Water Budget Payment Units 180 words
    29. cc538-9W
    30. Millennium Compliance 545 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. cc539-40W
    2. New Deal 418 words
    3. cc540-1W
    4. Lip Reading Classes 217 words
    5. c541W
    6. Class Sizes 61 words
    7. c541W
    8. Head Teachers (Secondment) 50 words
    9. c541W
    10. Rural Schools 174 words
    11. cc541-2W
    12. Access to Work 136 words
    13. c542W
    14. Education Action Zones 86 words
    15. c542W
    16. Welfare to Work 180 words
    17. c542W
    18. Special Educational Needs 116 words
    19. cc542-3W
    20. Education Funding (Bids) 84 words
    21. cc543-4W
    22. National Grid for Learning 552 words
    23. c544W
    24. European Citizenship 69 words
    25. c544W
    26. Science Teachers 100 words
    27. cc544-5W
    28. Employment Service 73 words
  18. TREASURY
    1. cc545-6W
    2. Paracetamol and Aspirin Poisoning 440 words
    3. c546W
    4. Cancer (Survival Rates) 114 words
    5. c546W
    6. Cot Deaths 139 words
    7. cc546-7W
    8. Abortions 255 words
    9. c547W
    10. Landfill Tax 43 words
    11. cc547-8W
    12. Public Expenditure 391 words
    13. c548W
    14. International Monetary Fund 143 words
    15. cc548-9W
    16. Pensions Mis-selling 700 words
    17. c549W
    18. Petroleum Revenue Tax 121 words
    19. cc549-50W
    20. Excise Duties 272 words
    21. cc550-1W
    22. Economic and Monetary Union 380 words
    23. c551W
    24. Exchange Trading Schemes 138 words
    25. cc551-2W
    26. Monetary Policy Committee 227 words
    27. c552W
    28. Airports (Borrowing) 102 words
    29. cc552-3W
    30. Euro Preparations Unit 125 words
    31. c553W
    32. European Central Bank 93 words
    33. cc553-4W
    34. Millennium Compliance 497 words
    35. c554W
    36. Gross Domestic Product 71 words
    37. cc554-5W
    38. Age Allowances (Pensioners) 310 words
    39. c555W
    40. Financial Services Authority 34 words
    41. c555W
    42. Electronic Commerce 75 words
    43. cc555-6W
    44. United Kingdom Excessive Deficit 461 words
  19. HEALTH
    1. cc556-7W
    2. Aspirin and Paracetamol 386 words
    3. c557W
    4. Loughborough General Hospital 105 words
    5. cc557-8W
    6. Administrative Staff 83 words
    7. c558W
    8. Capitation Formula 116 words
    9. c558W
    10. Residential Homes 102 words
    11. cc558-9W
    12. Sensory Loss 161 words
    13. c559W
    14. Dentists (Retirement) 113 words
    15. c559W
    16. Ministerial Visit (West Byfleet) 97 words
    17. c559W
    18. Millennium Compliance 66 words
    19. cc559-60W
    20. Hospitals (Doncaster) 272 words
    21. c560W
    22. Ear, Nose and Throat Consultants 143 words
    23. cc560-1W
    24. NHS Trusts 209 words
    25. c561W
    26. Mid Essex Hospital Trust 238 words
    27. cc561-2W
    28. Value Added Tax 139 words
    29. c562W
    30. Nurse Training 77 words
    31. c562W
    32. Psychiatric Wards 80 words
    33. cc562-3W
    34. Influenza Vaccinations 189 words
    35. c563W
    36. Private Sector Surgery 65 words
    37. c563W
    38. Mixed Wards 140 words
    39. c563W
    40. Physical Activity (Children) 124 words
    41. cc563-4W
    42. Mental Health (Leeds) 222 words
    43. c564W
    44. New-variant CJD 101 words
    45. c564W
    46. Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust 100 words
    47. cc564-5W
    48. Primary Care Groups 209 words
    49. cc565-6W
    50. EC Health Council 317 words
    51. c566W
    52. Training Support Programme 83 words
    53. c566W
    54. Joint Procedures (NHS and Personal Social Services) 71 words
    55. c566W
    56. Continence Care 68 words
    57. c566W
    58. Betaferon 125 words
    59. cc566-7W
    60. Fireworks 392 words
  20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c567W
    2. Israel 55 words
    3. cc567-9W
    4. Child Care 480 words
    5. c569W
    6. Foreign Policy Centre 307 words
    7. cc569-70W
    8. Russia 137 words
    9. c570W
    10. Schengen Agreement 93 words
    11. c570W
    12. EU Youth Forum 130 words
    13. cc570-1W
    14. People's Europe '98 Conference 82 words
    15. c571W
    16. Visa Applications 146 words
    17. cc571-2W
    18. Millennium Compliance 573 words
    19. cc572-3W
    20. Iraq 320 words
    21. c573W
    22. Burma 178 words
    23. cc573-4W
    24. St. Helena 96 words
  21. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. c574W
    2. Seals 170 words
    3. c574W
    4. Mink 168 words
    5. cc574-5W
    6. Genetically Modified Food 97 words
    7. c575W
    8. European Fund for Fisheries Enforcement 347 words
    9. cc575-6W
    10. Sea Fisheries Committees 75 words
    11. cc576-8W
    12. Meat (Hygiene and Inspection) 1,093 words
    13. cc578-80W
    14. Millennium Compliance 393 words
    15. c580W
    16. Rabbits and Rodents 78 words

Lords Sitting of 17 November 1998 Series 5 Vol. 594

    c1117
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. c1117
  3. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 50 words
  4. cc1117-20
  5. Product Price Anomalies 1,337 words
  6. cc1120-2
  7. House of Lords Reform: Consultation 1,172 words
  8. cc1122-4
  9. National Minimum Wage 969 words
  10. cc1124-7
  11. Constitutional Reform and the Channel Islands 1,105 words
  12. c1127
  13. Business 38 words
  14. cc1127-8
  15. Alliance & Leicester plc (Group Reorganisation) Bill [H.L.] (formerly Girobank plc (Transfer) Bill [H.L.]) 244 words
  16. c1128
  17. London Local Authorities Bill [H.L.] 245 words
  18. c1128
  19. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 61 words
  20. cc1128-9
  21. LORDS AMENDMENTS 180 words
  22. c1129
  23. ORIGINAL COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU TO WHICH THE LORDS HAVE DISAGREED 135 words
  24. cc1129-54
  25. FURTHER COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 14,061 words, 1 division
  26. cc1155-70
  27. The Territorial Army 8,546 words
  28. c1170
  29. Scotland Bill 34 words
  30. c1171
  31. MOTIONS MOVED ON CONSIDERATION OF COMMONS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU OF CERTAIN LORDS AMENDMENTS, COMMONS REASONS FOR DISAGREEING TO CERTAIN OTHER LORDS AMENDMENTS AND A COMMONS AMENDMENT TO ANOTHER LORDS AMENDMENT 15 words
  32. cc1171-5
  33. LORDS AMENDMENTS 2,581 words
  34. cc1175-80
  35. LORDS AMENDMENTS 2,625 words
  36. c1180
  37. LORDS AMENDMENT 45 words
  38. cc1181-97
  39. MOTION MOVED ON CONSIDERATION OF COMMONS REASON 9,163 words, 1 division
  40. c1198
  41. LORDS AMENDMENT 97 words
  42. c1198
  43. LORDS AMENDMENT 40 words
  44. cc1198-9
  45. LORDS AMENDMENT 462 words
  46. c1199
  47. LORDS AMENDMENT 40 words
  48. c1199
  49. LORDS AMENDMENT 108 words
  50. cc1199-264
  51. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,066 words
    1. cc1202-32
    2. Northern Ireland Bill 15,144 words
    3. cc1232-6
    4. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) (No. 2) Order 1998 2,066 words
    5. cc1236-40
    6. Representation of the People (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 1,911 words
    7. c1240
    8. Local Elections (Northern Ireland)(Amendment) Order 1998 33 words
    9. cc1240-62
    10. Marketing 11,495 words
    11. cc1262-4
    12. City of Westminster Bill [H.L.] 357 words
    13. c1264
    14. Regional Development Agencies Bill 9 words
    15. c1264
    16. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 41 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 November 1998 Series 5 Vol. 594

    c141WA
  1. Hereditary Peers 153 words
    c141WA
  2. Kurdish Community, London: Response to Letter 86 words
    cc141-2WA
  3. Parole Decision Making 159 words
    c142WA
  4. Central America: Debt Remission 161 words
    cc142-3WA
  5. Unemployment Statistics 577 words
    cc143-4WA
  6. Health Council, 12 November 421 words
    cc144-5WA
  7. Training Support Programme Budget 80 words
    cc145-6WA
  8. Airport Night Flight Restrictions 476 words
    c146WA
  9. New Towns Pension Fund 169 words
    cc146-7WA
  10. Street Furniture and Abnormal Loads 109 words
    c147WA
  11. Burma: Refugees 114 words
    cc147-8WA
  12. The British Council 228 words
    c148WA
  13. Closure of Diplomatic Posts 192 words
    cc148-9WA
  14. Sandline International: Ownership 109 words
    cc149-51WA
  15. NATO 829 words
    c151WA
  16. Caspian Oil Pipeline Routes 181 words
    c151WA
  17. UNITA: Embassy Contacts 65 words
    cc151-2WA
  18. Human Rights Covenants: Ratification Records 133 words
    cc152-3WA
  19. Intellectual Property, Scotland 737 words
    cc153-5WA
  20. Scotland: Analysis of Standard Grade Results 286 words
    c155WA
  21. Northern Ireland: Arrests under PACE 168 words
    cc155-6WA
  22. Northern Ireland: Prison Deaths 343 words
    cc156-7WA
  23. Northern Ireland: Analysis of A-Level Results 530 words
    cc157-8WA
  24. Northern Ireland: Analysis of GCSE Results 508 words
    c158WA
  25. Mr. Francis McDonnell 135 words