Commons Sitting of 26 October 1998 Series 6 Vol. 318

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. cc1-20
    2. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
      1. cc1-3
      2. Hillsborough 623 words
      3. cc3-4
      4. Police (Early Retirement) 622 words
      5. cc4-5
      6. Financial Regulation 486 words
      7. cc5-7
      8. Prison Sentences 897 words
      9. cc7-8
      10. Fire and Police Services (Pensions) 405 words
      11. cc8-10
      12. Crime and Disorder 1,290 words
      13. cc10-1
      14. Prisoners (Television) 321 words
      15. cc11-2
      16. Police (Communications) 394 words
      17. cc12-3
      18. New Deal 477 words
      19. cc13-4
      20. Closed Circuit Television 513 words
      21. cc14-5
      22. Gordon Warren Case 268 words
      23. cc15-6
      24. police Spending 610 words
      25. cc16-7
      26. Police Dog Handlers 360 words
      27. c17
      28. Police (Retirement) 373 words
      29. cc17-9
      30. Asylum Seekers 626 words
      31. cc19-20
      32. Metropolitan Police 241 words
      33. c20
      34. Child Prostitution 309 words
    c21
  5. Points of Order 403 words
  6. cc21-2
  7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 53 words
  8. cc22-81
  9. Economy 31,235 words, 1 division
  10. cc81-129
  11. Farming and Food 25,948 words, 1 division
  12. cc129-34
  13. Child Support Agency 3,289 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1998 Series 6 Vol. 318

  1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. c1W
    2. Church Wardens 112 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. cc1-2W
    2. Nolle Prosequi 503 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. cc2-3W
    2. China 171 words
    3. c3W
    4. Ministerial Visits 152 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc3-4W
    2. Grant Applications 400 words
    3. c4W
    4. European Communities Humanitarian Office 109 words
    5. cc4-5W
    6. World Trade Organisation 150 words
    7. c5W
    8. European Union 100 words
    9. c5W
    10. Non-governmental Organisations 125 words
    11. c5W
    12. Departmental Employees 84 words
    13. cc5-6W
    14. Sudan 201 words
  5. WALES
    1. c6W
    2. Deeside Industrial Park (Rail Station) 120 words
    3. c6W
    4. River Wye Navigation Rights 54 words
    5. cc6-7W
    6. Community Council Elections 104 words
  6. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. c7W
    2. Olympic Games 108 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. c7W
    2. Driving Test Centres 184 words
    3. cc7-8W
    4. Pollution 65 words
    5. c8W
    6. Bus Company Pensions 145 words
    7. c8W
    8. Standard Spending Assessments 59 words
    9. c8W
    10. Lisbon Charter 123 words
    11. cc8-9W
    12. Rents 48 words
    13. c9W
    14. Council Tax 57 words
    15. c9W
    16. Diabetic Drivers 120 words
    17. cc9-10W
    18. Environmental Integration 320 words
    19. c10W
    20. Polegate Bypass 72 words
    21. c10W
    22. Millennium Compliance 116 words
    23. c10W
    24. Greater London Assembly 82 words
    25. cc10-1W
    26. A49 (Accidents) 102 words
    27. c11W
    28. Planning Policy 65 words
    29. cc11-2W
    30. Building Regulations 303 words
    31. c12W
    32. Private Hire Vehicles 92 words
    33. c12W
    34. Training and Enterprise Councils 71 words
    35. cc12-3W
    36. Genetically Modified Organisms 672 words
    37. cc13-4W
    38. Rail Authority 149 words
    39. c14W
    40. China 56 words
    41. c14W
    42. Railways (Rural Lines) 122 words
    43. cc14-5W
    44. Signposting (London) 112 words
    45. c15W
    46. Planning Consent (Cumbria) 54 words
    47. c15W
    48. EC Bus Directive 140 words
    49. c15W
    50. Soap and Detergent Industry 146 words
    51. cc15-6W
    52. Double-decker Buses 124 words
    53. c16W
    54. Roads White Paper 76 words
    55. c16W
    56. Hereford By pass 84 words
    57. c16W
    58. Planning Procedures 79 words
    59. c16W
    60. Northbrook College, Worthing 62 words
    61. cc16-7W
    62. Sellafield 89 words
    63. c17W
    64. Freight 102 words
    65. c17W
    66. Driving Tests 90 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. cc17-8W
    2. Turkey (Arms Sales) 163 words
    3. c18W
    4. Royal Navy Experimental Radiation Treatment 93 words
    5. c18W
    6. Defence Nuclear Biological and Chemical Centre 106 words
    7. c18W
    8. Territorial Army 53 words
    9. cc18-9W
    10. Nuclear Materials 240 words
    11. c19W
    12. Sudan (Pharmaceutical Plant) 134 words
    13. c19W
    14. Courts Martial 196 words
    15. cc19-20W
    16. Radiation Exposure (Submarines) 85 words
    17. c20W
    18. RAF Pilots 70 words
    19. c20W
    20. Nuclear Costs 149 words
    21. c20W
    22. Army Personnel (Medical Retirement) 107 words
    23. cc20-1W
    24. Chemical Stockpiles 73 words
    25. c21W
    26. British Aerospace (Merger) 98 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. c21W
    2. Outer Space Act Fees 137 words
    3. cc21-2W
    4. Post Office 339 words
    5. c22W
    6. Patents 117 words
    7. cc22-3W
    8. Civil Aviation Research and Technology 39 words
    9. c23W
    10. Working Time Directive 73 words
    11. c23W
    12. Ariane 5 Evolution Programme 42 words
    13. c23W
    14. Space Plan 82 words
    15. c23W
    16. Anti-microbial Disinfectants 90 words
    17. cc23-4W
    18. EU Structural Funds 159 words
    19. c24W
    20. Digital Television 58 words
    21. cc24-5W
    22. New Deal 490 words
  10. CABINET OFFICE
    1. c25W
    2. Biotechnology and Genetic Modification Group 127 words
  11. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. cc25-7W
    2. Pensioners 1,178 words
    3. cc27-8W
    4. Mortgage Interest 414 words
    5. cc28-9W
    6. Benefit Rates 88 words
    7. cc29-30W
    8. Widow's Benefit 687 words
    9. cc30-1W
    10. Benefits Expenditure 64 words
    11. c31W
    12. Housing Benefit Fraud 239 words
    13. c31W
    14. National Insurance Fund 132 words
    15. cc31-2W
    16. Pension Payments 65 words
    17. c32W
    18. Disability Living Allowance 106 words
    19. c32W
    20. Pensions 143 words
    21. cc32-3W
    22. Benefits Agency 236 words
    23. c33W
    24. Winter Fuel Payments 271 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. c33W
    2. Railways 62 words
    3. cc33-4W
    4. Human Rights Commission 453 words
    5. cc34-5W
    6. Homefirst Community Trust 274 words
  13. TREASURY
    1. cc35-6W
    2. British Household Panel Survey 450 words
    3. c36W
    4. Average Earnings 173 words
    5. cc36-7W
    6. Cross-border Smuggling and Shopping 145 words
    7. c37W
    8. Interest Rates 143 words
    9. c37W
    10. Dividend Income Taxation 50 words
    11. c37W
    12. Fuel Duty (School Transport) 114 words
    13. cc37-8W
    14. Vehicle Excise Duty 130 words
    15. c38W
    16. Tax Evasion 135 words
    17. c38W
    18. National Savings 169 words
    19. cc38-9W
    20. Sustainable Debt 64 words
    21. c39W
    22. Fiscal Policy 78 words
    23. cc39-40W
    24. Departmental Forecasts 451 words
    25. c40W
    26. Golden Rule 57 words
    27. c40W
    28. Air Passenger Duty 139 words
    29. cc40-1W
    30. Charities 63 words
    31. c41W
    32. Child Benefit 122 words
    33. c41W
    34. Tax Credits (Child Care) 91 words
    35. cc41-2W
    36. VAT 379 words
    37. c42W
    38. Merchant Vessels 117 words
    39. c42W
    40. Gaming Machines 51 words
    41. cc42-3W
    42. National Insurance 82 words
    43. c43W
    44. Age Concern (VAT) 150 words
    45. cc43-4W
    46. Exchange Rate 227 words
    47. c44W
    48. Premium Bonds 86 words
    49. c44W
    50. Revised Growth Forecast 53 words
  14. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c44W
    2. Comprehensive Spending Review 118 words
    3. cc44-5W
    4. Mentally Disordered Offenders 74 words
    5. c45W
    6. Crime Statistics 174 words
    7. cc45-6W
    8. Police Performance Rates 289 words
    9. c46W
    10. Crime Prevention 102 words
    11. c46W
    12. Crime Detection 77 words
    13. c46W
    14. WRVS 88 words
    15. cc46-7W
    16. Magistrates Courts 133 words
    17. c47W
    18. WPC Fletcher 95 words
    19. c47W
    20. Police (Greater Manchester) 104 words
    21. c47W
    22. Police Funding 90 words
    23. cc47-8W
    24. Prison Education 73 words
    25. c48W
    26. Young Offenders 177 words
    27. c48W
    28. Policing (Shire Counties) 78 words
    29. c48W
    30. Police (Disciplinary Procedures) 70 words
    31. cc48-52W
    32. Asylum and Immigration 1,864 words
    33. cc52-3W
    34. Police Manpower 65 words
    35. c53W
    36. Immigration Holding Centres 65 words
    37. c53W
    38. Metropolitan Police (Civil Claims) 186 words
    39. cc53-4W
    40. Wheel Clamping 164 words
    41. c54W
    42. Fire Authorities (Strikes) 190 words
    43. c54W
    44. Criminal Record Checks 132 words
    45. c54W
    46. Grant Settlements (Seasonal Population Influxes) 84 words
    47. cc54-6W
    48. Open Government 782 words
    49. cc56-7W
    50. General Pinochet 208 words
    51. c57W
    52. Arbitrary Detentions 90 words
    53. c57W
    54. Immigration (Minors) 61 words
    55. c57W
    56. Under-age Drinking 125 words
    57. cc57-8W
    58. Freedom of Information 211 words
    59. c58W
    60. "Civil Protection" 51 words
    61. c58W
    62. Data Protection 209 words
    63. cc58-9W
    64. London Fire Brigade (Pathfinder Project) 99 words
    65. c59W
    66. Common Market Referendum 52 words
    67. c59W
    68. Metropolitan Police (Dogs) 145 words
    69. cc59-60W
    70. Neuroleptic Drugs 185 words
    71. cc60-1W
    72. Child Safety 580 words
    73. c61W
    74. Immigration Appeals 151 words
    75. c61W
    76. Parking Spaces (Disabled People) 77 words
    77. cc61-2W
    78. Victims of Crime 532 words
    79. cc62-3W
    80. Animal Welfare (Radioactivity Tests) 336 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. cc63-4W
    2. Access to Work Scheme 155 words
    3. c64W
    4. Northern Telecom Redundancies (Paignton) 157 words
    5. c64W
    6. Higher Education (Pay) 203 words
    7. cc64-5W
    8. Dance and Drama 223 words
    9. cc65-6W
    10. Further and Higher Education 207 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. cc66-7W
    2. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 664 words
    3. c67W
    4. 3M Healthcare 146 words
    5. cc67-8W
    6. Telephone Emergency System (Improper Use) 101 words
    7. c68W
    8. Parkinson's Disease 128 words
    9. c68W
    10. Heart Disease 85 words
    11. c68W
    12. Child Migrants 68 words
    13. cc68-9W
    14. Health Authority Grant Settlements 81 words
    15. c69W
    16. Hospital Waiting Lists (Cardiac Surgery) 103 words
    17. c69W
    18. Breast Feeding 63 words
    19. cc69-70W
    20. ENT Departments 150 words
    21. c70W
    22. Breast Screening 435 words
    23. cc70-1W
    24. Insulin-dependent Diabetics 64 words
    25. c71W
    26. Drug Treatments 154 words
    27. c71W
    28. Comprehensive Spending Review 71 words
    29. cc71-2W
    30. Asylum Seekers 254 words
    31. c72W
    32. Mumps, Measles and Rubella Vaccination 171 words
    33. cc72-3W
    34. Autism 118 words
    35. cc73-4W
    36. Medical Records 708 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. cc74-5W
    2. Salmon and Trout 399 words
    3. c75W
    4. Housing Benefit 130 words
    5. cc75-6W
    6. Fish Farms 515 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc76-7W
    2. Alternative Crops 50 words
    3. c77W
    4. Beef and Sheep Premiums 98 words
    5. c77W
    6. Calf Processing Aid Scheme 73 words
    7. cc77-8W
    8. Agriculture Council 303 words
  19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. c78W
    2. Britis Overseas Territories 122 words
    3. c78W
    4. Correspondence 78 words
    5. cc78-9W
    6. Departmental Buildings (Access) 147 words
    7. c79W
    8. War Crimes 348 words
    9. cc79-80W
    10. Sudan (British Embassy) 83 words
    11. c80W
    12. Falkland Islands (Fishing) 199 words
    13. c80W
    14. Human Rights (Gambia) 105 words
    15. cc80-1W
    16. Departmental Properties 341 words
    17. cc81-2W
    18. General Pinochet 398 words
    19. cc82-5W
    20. Sierra Leone 1,399 words
    21. cc85-8W
    22. Gibraltar 706 words
    23. c88W
    24. Dubai 106 words

Lords Sitting of 26 October 1998 Series 5 Vol. 593

    c1683
  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. c1683
  3. Lord Haskins 39 words
  4. c1683
  5. Lord Harris of Haringey 51 words
  6. c1683
  7. Lord McIntosh of Haringey: Personal Statement 215 words
  8. cc1684-6
  9. Burma 1,255 words
  10. cc1686-9
  11. Public Sector Pay 1,209 words
  12. cc1689-91
  13. Education Act 1996: Political Balance 1,049 words
  14. cc1691-3
  15. Baha'i Community, Iran 922 words
  16. cc1693-715
  17. Northern Ireland Bill 11,079 words
  18. cc1715-34
  19. THE DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND 9,541 words
  20. cc1734-52
  21. IMPACT STATEMENTS 9,220 words
  22. cc1752-9
  23. LEGISLATIVE POWER TO REMEDY ULTRA VIRES ACTS 3,318 words
  24. cc1759-75
  25. Housing in England 8,604 words
  26. cc1775-80
  27. Northern Ireland Bill 1,997 words
  28. cc1780-2
  29. PROVISION DEALING WITH CERTAIN RESERVED MATTERS 1,274 words
  30. cc1782-3
  31. INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ADVISORY COUNCIL. 321 words
  32. SCHEDULE 5A
    1. cc1783-4
    2. REGULATIONS NOT REQUIRING PRIOR SUBMISSION TO INDUSTRIAL INJURIES ADVISORY COUNCIL 521 words
    3. cc1784-92
    4. EFFECT OF CERTIFICATES 4,120 words
    5. cc1792-3
    6. THE TRIBUNAL 461 words
    7. c1793
    8. APPEALS FROM THE TRIBUNAL 150 words
    9. cc1793-808
    10. BUSINESS IN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: CONSULTATION WITH AND PARTICIPATION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 7,464 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 October 1998 Series 5 Vol. 593

    c189WA
  1. Diabetic Pen Needles 53 words
    c189WA
  2. Specialist Medical Training: Evaluation of Reforms 114 words
    c189WA
  3. Gulf War Health Research Independent Panel 93 words
    cc189-91WA
  4. Archaeological Remains: Protection 508 words
    c191WA
  5. Red Route Scheme 198 words
    cc191-2WA
  6. Synthetic Pyrethroid Pollution of Watercourses 71 words
    c192WA
  7. Parking Controls and Stolen Vehicles 136 words
    c192WA
  8. Jubilee Line Station Openings 139 words
    cc192-3WA
  9. Retailing and Town Centres: Policy 141 words
    c193WA
  10. A.21 Tonbridge Bypass to Scotney Castle 290 words
    cc193-4WA
  11. Climate Change: Consultation Paper 59 words
    cc194-5WA
  12. Rent Assessment Committees 349 words
    c195WA
  13. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution: Twentieth Report 258 words
    c195WA
  14. Index of Local Deprivation 57 words
    cc195-6WA
  15. National Bus Company Pensions Action 148 words
    c196WA
  16. Building Regulations: Entry into Force of Part M 262 words
    cc196-7WA
  17. Handgun Surrender Compensation Schemes 324 words
    cc197-8WA
  18. Human Rights Bill: Entry into Force 67 words
    c198WA
  19. Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill: Royal Assent 107 words
    c198WA
  20. Freedom of Information Legislation 223 words
    cc198-9WA
  21. Electronic Tagging and Asylum Seekers 78 words
    c199WA
  22. Immigration Service Detention Centre Proposal 76 words
    c199WA
  23. General Pinochet 179 words
    cc199-200WA
  24. Police Act 1997: Implementation of Parts III and V 272 words
    cc200-2WA
  25. Firearm and Shotgun Certificates 625 words