Commons Sitting of 20 December 1999 Series 6 Vol. 341

    c505
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c505
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc505-20
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
        2. cc505-6
      1. Television Licences 556 words
        2. cc506-7
      2. Tourism (River Thames) 605 words
        3. cc507-8
      3. Museums 357 words
        4. cc508-9
      4. Public Libraries 442 words
        5. cc509-11
      5. Disabled Sport 814 words
        6. cc511-2
      6. Opera Tickets 564 words
        7. cc512-3
      7. Tourism Promotion 478 words
        8. cc513-6
      8. Wembley Stadium 1,163 words
        9. c516
      9. Arts for Children 245 words
        10. cc516-7
      10. Lottery Spending 211 words
        11. c517
      11. Opera Tickets 232 words
        12. cc517-8
      12. Museum Entry Fees 384 words
        13. cc518-9
      13. Tourism (East Midlands) 358 words
        14. c519
      14. Heritage Lottery Fund 215 words
        15. c520
      15. National Lottery Licence 166 words
        16. c520
      16. Millennium Dome 248 words
      cc521-4
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        3. c521
      1. Church Investments 267 words
        2. cc521-2
      2. Millennium 510 words
        3. cc522-3
      3. Church Investments 448 words
        4. cc523-4
      4. GM Organisms 204 words
      cc524-6
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        4. cc524-6
      1. Government Resources and Accounts Bill 347 words
    cc527-8
  4. Point of Order 148 words
    1. BILLS PRESENTED
        2. c527
      1. POLITICAL PARTIES, ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS 130 words
        2. c527
      2. PUBLIC HOUSE NAMES 62 words
        3. c528
      3. FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP (ARMED FORCES) 67 words
        4. c528
      4. HALOGEN LAMP REGULATION (MOTOR VEHICLES) 56 words
        5. c528
      5. ENERGY EFFICIENCY 57 words
        6. c528
      6. ENERGY CONSERVATION (HOUSING) 64 words
        7. c528
      7. SCOTTISH ADJACENT WATERS BOUNDARIES (AMENDMENT) 60 words
      c528
    2. ROYAL ASSENT 32 words
    c529
  5. Points of Order 366 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. cc530-646
    1. Transport Bill 57,912 words, 2 divisions
        2. c636
      1. TRANSPORT BILL [MONEY] 166 words
        2. c636
      2. TRANSPORT BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 91 words
        3. cc636-7
      3. Mitrokhin Archive 158 words
        4. cc638-46
      4. Cane Hill, Coulsdon 4,223 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 December 1999 Series 6 Vol. 341

  1. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
      2. cc313-4W
    1. Mitrokhin Archive 451 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. c314W
    1. Solicitors 188 words
      2. c314W
    2. Child Abduction (Greece) 120 words
      3. cc314-5W
    3. Derbyshire Magistrates Courts 73 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      4. c315W
    1. Departmental Research Contracts 92 words
      2. c315W
    2. Departmental Buildings 209 words
      3. cc315-7W
    3. China 635 words
      4. c317W
    4. Angola 191 words
      5. c317W
    5. Correspondence 60 words
      6. c317W
    6. Hong Kong 59 words
      7. cc317-8W
    7. Pakistan 114 words
      8. c318W
    8. Overseas Territories 124 words
      9. c318W
    9. Kashmir 71 words
      10. cc318-9W
    10. Iran 296 words
      11. cc319-20W
    11. European Union Council 581 words
      12. cc320-1W
    12. Terrorist Bombings 108 words
      13. c321W
    13. East Timorese Refugees 84 words
      14. cc321-2W
    14. Indonesia 97 words
      15. c322W
    15. Sudan 106 words
      16. c322W
    16. European Security and Defence Identity 143 words
  4. SOCIAL SECURITY
      5. cc322-3W
    1. Miners (Compensation) 203 words
      2. c323W
    2. Benefit Payment Methods 71 words
      3. c323W
    3. Benefit Fraud 185 words
      4. c323W
    4. SERPS 45 words
      5. cc323-4W
    5. Household Incomes 230 words
      6. cc324-5W
    6. Winter Fuel Payments 679 words
      7. cc325-6W
    7. Disability Living Allowance 145 words
      8. c326W
    8. Communication Support 180 words
      9. cc326-7W
    9. Benefits Appeal Tribunal 206 words
      10. cc327-8W
    10. Invalid Care Allowance 712 words
      11. c328W
    11. Benefits (Automated Credit Transfer) 77 words
      12. cc328-9W
    12. Carers' Pensions 365 words
      13. c329W
    13. Home Responsibilities Protection 51 words
      14. cc329-30W
    14. Industrial Injuries 312 words
      15. cc330-1W
    15. Child Support 266 words
      16. c331W
    16. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 60 words
      17. c331W
    17. Child Benefit 309 words
      18. cc331-2W
    18. Means-tested Benefits 37 words
      19. c332W
    19. Lone Parents 318 words
      20. cc332-3W
    20. Low-income Households 873 words
      21. cc333-5W
    21. Income Statistics 525 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      6. cc335-8W
    1. London Underground 1,167 words
      2. c338W
    2. Departmental Research Contracts 265 words
      3. cc338-9W
    3. Drink Driving 380 words
      4. cc339-40W
    4. Departmental Employees (Disabled People) 148 words
      5. c340W
    5. GM Crops 133 words
      6. c340W
    6. Care and Repair 114 words
      7. c340W
    7. Otterburn Ranges 71 words
      8. cc340-1W
    8. Ordnance Survey 283 words
      9. cc341-2W
    9. Housing Revenue 352 words
      10. c342W
    10. Valuation Tribunal 193 words
      11. cc342-3W
    11. Accessible Transport 164 words
      12. c343W
    12. Rural White Paper 223 words
      13. c343W
    13. Correspondence 56 words
      14. cc343-4W
    14. Highway Inquiries 125 words
      15. c344W
    15. Telecommunications Masts 109 words
      16. c344W
    16. Aircraft (Seat Safety) 184 words
      17. cc344-5W
    17. Local Authority Reorganisation 261 words
      18. c345W
    18. Leasehold Reform 227 words
      19. cc345-6W
    19. Departmental Employees (Ethnic Minorities) 236 words
      20. cc346-8W
    20. Transport Council 786 words
      21. c348W
    21. Health and Safety Executive 74 words
      22. c348W
    22. NATS 160 words
      23. c348W
    23. Minerals (West Midlands) 151 words
      24. cc348-9W
    24. Climate Change Levy 154 words
  6. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      7. c349W
    1. Millennium Fund (Replacement) 58 words
      2. c349W
    2. National Lottery (Small Grants Schemes) 101 words
      3. c349W
    3. Cultural Events (Access) 56 words
      4. cc349-50W
    4. Seaside Resorts (Lancashire) 83 words
      5. c350W
    5. Children's Films 83 words
      6. c350W
    6. Unified Accommodation Scheme 103 words
      7. c350W
    7. Green Spaces 98 words
      8. cc350-1W
    8. National Lottery Proceeds 99 words
      9. c351W
    9. Football 126 words
      10. c351W
    10. Lottery Applications 60 words
      11. c351W
    11. Museums and Galleries 59 words
      12. cc351-2W
    12. Sports Funding 148 words
      13. c352W
    13. World Cup 2006 104 words
      14. c352W
    14. Olympic Stadium, Manchester 88 words
      15. cc352-3W
    15. Peat 181 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
      8. c353W
    1. Cabinet Meetings 48 words
      2. c353W
    2. Joint Cabinet Consultative Committee 163 words
      3. cc353-4W
    3. Ministerial Visits 132 words
  8. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
      9. c354W
    1. Public-Private Partnerships 137 words
  9. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      10. c354W
    1. Clergy Pensions 111 words
      2. c354W
    2. Use of Church Buildings 65 words
      3. cc354-5W
    3. Mobile Telephone Antennae 108 words
      4. c355W
    4. Anglican Services 124 words
  10. DEFENCE
      11. c355W
    1. Departmental Sites (Water and Sewerage) 55 words
      2. cc355-6W
    2. Depleted Uranium Ordnance 418 words
      3. cc356-7W
    3. Armed Forces (Benefits) 200 words
      4. cc357-8W
    4. Disciplinary Procedures 483 words
      5. cc358-9W
    5. Armed Forces Legal Branches 602 words
      6. cc359-60W
    6. Absence without Leave 196 words
      7. c360W
    7. Ammunition Sales 115 words
      8. c360W
    8. HMS Ocean 151 words
      9. cc360-1W
    9. Benefits 212 words
      10. c361W
    10. A400M Programme 64 words
      11. c361W
    11. MOD Housing (Hampshire) 78 words
      12. c361W
    12. Peat 125 words
      13. cc361-2W
    13. East Timor 51 words
      14. c362W
    14. AWE Aldermaston (Millennium Compliance) 141 words
      15. c362W
    15. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 139 words
      16. cc362-3W
    16. Training (International Law) 140 words
      17. c363W
    17. Departmental Fuel Duty Payments 38 words
      18. c363W
    18. Organophosphate Lubricants 138 words
      19. c363W
    19. Military Forces (Northern Ireland) 167 words
      20. cc363-4W
    20. Smart Trajectory Artillery Round 182 words
      21. c364W
    21. HMS Tireless 46 words
      22. c364W
    22. Jaguar Aircraft 39 words
      23. c364W
    23. Common Defence 69 words
      24. c364W
    24. Commanding Officers (Territorial Units) 59 words
      25. cc364-5W
    25. EU Rapid Reaction Force 146 words
      26. c365W
    26. Departmental Spending Plans 58 words
  11. HOME DEPARTMENT
      12. c365W
    1. 2 Marsham Street 121 words
      2. cc365-6W
    2. Lifeguards 74 words
      3. c366W
    3. Alcohol Abuse 169 words
      4. c366W
    4. Asylum Seekers 88 words
      5. cc366-7W
    5. Young Prisoners 415 words
      6. cc367-8W
    6. Departmental Employees (Ethnic Origin) 569 words
      7. cc368-9W
    7. Kosovo 133 words
      8. c369W
    8. Holocaust Remembrance Day 110 words
      9. c369W
    9. Departmental Funding 145 words
      10. c369W
    10. Firemen 104 words
      11. cc369-70W
    11. Correspondence 91 words
      12. cc370-1W
    12. Fire Service College 568 words
      13. c371W
    13. National Security 134 words
      14. c371W
    14. Electoral Costs 130 words
      15. cc371-2W
    15. Air Guns 319 words
      16. c372W
    16. Prison (North Wales) 68 words
      17. c372W
    17. Hackney Carriage Drivers 73 words
      18. cc372-3W
    18. Overseas Electors 136 words
      19. c373W
    19. Research Contracts 297 words
      20. cc373-4W
    20. UK Passport 200 words
      21. c374W
    21. Glasgow Airport Immigration Service 135 words
      22. c374W
    22. Corporate Manslaughter 101 words
      23. cc374-5W
    23. Chinese President (State Visit) 137 words
      24. c375W
    24. Political Asylum 224 words
      25. cc375-6W
    25. Police Recruitment 560 words
      26. cc376-7W
    26. Kosovan Refugees 145 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      13. c377W
    1. Toyota 46 words
      2. c377W
    2. Mobile Telephones 160 words
      3. c377W
    3. Telecommunications Fraud 139 words
      4. c378W
    4. Departmental Employees (Disabled People) 109 words
      5. c378W
    5. World Trade Organisation 128 words
      6. c378W
    6. Regulated Industries (Consumer Charges) 132 words
      7. cc378-9W
    7. Manufacturing (Worcestershire) 40 words
      8. c379W
    8. Electricity 45 words
      9. c379W
    9. Gas Disconnections 118 words
      10. c379W
    10. Departmental Buildings 117 words
      11. c379W
    11. Offshore Wind Farms 84 words
      12. cc379-80W
    12. Export Credits Guarantee Department 209 words
      13. c380W
    13. Ilisu Dam 106 words
      14. cc380-1W
    14. Post Office (Benefit Payments) 191 words
      15. c381W
    15. Miners (Compensation) 154 words
      16. cc381-2W
    16. Post Office (Scotland) 755 words
      17. cc382-3W
    17. Industrial Relations Act 1999 505 words
  13. SCOTLAND
      14. cc383-4W
    1. Departmental Transport 142 words
      2. cc384-5W
    2. Oil Pollution 330 words
      3. cc385-6W
    3. Departmental Research Contracts 127 words
      4. cc386-7W
    4. Special Advisers 114 words
  14. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      15. cc387-8W
    1. Post Offices 675 words
      2. c388W
    2. Ministerial Meetings 111 words
      3. cc388-9W
    3. Higher Education Students 787 words
      4. c390W
    4. City Technology Colleges 121 words
      5. cc390-4W
    5. SSAs 2,026 words
      6. c394W
    6. Cambridgeshire Local Education Authority 97 words
      7. cc394-7W
    7. Grammar Schools (Barnet) 2,564 words
      8. c397W
    8. Group Foundation Bodies 119 words
      9. cc397-8W
    9. School Organisation Committees 330 words
      10. cc398-9W
    10. Teacher Training 128 words
      11. c399W
    11. Specialist Schools 240 words
      12. cc399-400W
    12. Home Education 378 words
      13. c400W
    13. Special Educational Needs Audit 51 words
      14. c400W
    14. Departmental Employees (Early Retirement) 63 words
      15. cc400-1W
    15. Education Standards (North-East) 201 words
      16. cc401-2W
    16. Exclusions 389 words
      17. c402W
    17. Truancy 144 words
      18. c402W
    18. Fresh Start Schools 70 words
      19. cc402-3W
    19. Local Learning Partnerships 162 words
      20. c403W
    20. Departmental Buildings 115 words
      21. c403W
    21. Education Act 1996 101 words
      22. c403W
    22. Student Loans 48 words
      23. cc403-4W
    23. Post-16 Education 393 words
      24. cc404-5W
    24. Examination Bodies (Standards) 106 words
      25. c405W
    25. Curriculum 2000 136 words
      26. c405W
    26. Accommodation Transfers 155 words
      27. c405W
    27. Medical Techniques 47 words
      28. c405W
    28. Student Drop-out Rates 84 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
      16. c406W
    1. RUC (Macpherson Report) 303 words
      2. c406W
    2. Ministerial Meetings 55 words
      3. cc406-7W
    3. H-blocks 155 words
      4. c407W
    4. Prisoners (Rehabilitation) 294 words
      5. cc407-8W
    5. Welfare Organisations (Prison Visits) 63 words
      6. c408W
    6. Departmental Employees (Ethnic Minorities) 180 words
      7. c408W
    7. External Consultants 56 words
      8. cc408-9W
    8. Electoral Costs 167 words
      9. c409W
    9. Public Bodies 74 words
      10. c409W
    10. RUC Station Closures 75 words
      11. c409W
    11. RUC Insignia 125 words
      12. cc409-10W
    12. Police (Auditors) 124 words
      13. c410W
    13. RUC (Yugoslavia) 165 words
      14. c410W
    14. RUC (US Training) 52 words
      15. cc410-1W
    15. Illegal Parades 226 words
      16. c411W
    16. Union Flags 196 words
      17. cc411-3W
    17. Police Federation 617 words
      18. c413W
    18. RUC Reform 148 words
      19. cc413-4W
    19. Northern Ireland Police Authority 305 words
      20. c414W
    20. Departmental Buildings 119 words
      21. c414W
    21. Carrickfergus Police Station 130 words
  16. CABINET OFFICE
      17. cc414-5W
    1. Outsourcing 345 words
      2. c415W
    2. Ministerial Meetings 52 words
      3. cc415-6W
    3. Anti-drugs Strategy 276 words
      4. c416W
    4. Consultants 46 words
      5. cc416-7W
    5. Special Advisers 141 words
  17. HEALTH
      18. c417W
    1. Meningitis C Vaccine 147 words
      2. c417W
    2. Organs Retention 154 words
      3. cc417-8W
    3. Physiotherapists 433 words
      4. cc418-9W
    4. Diabetes 245 words
      5. c419W
    5. Prescription Pricing Authority 168 words
      6. cc419-20W
    6. GPs (Bolton, South-East) 198 words
      7. c420W
    7. Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 128 words
      8. c420W
    8. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 130 words
      9. cc420-1W
    9. Physiotherapists and Physical Therapists 94 words
      10. c421W
    10. Correspondence 116 words
      11. c421W
    11. CE Marking 159 words
      12. c421W
    12. Nurses 36 words
      13. cc421-2W
    13. Patient Policing 93 words
      14. c422W
    14. Consultant Vacancies 268 words
      15. cc422-3W
    15. E112 Forms 102 words
      16. c423W
    16. Relenza 77 words
      17. c423W
    17. Parliamentary Questions 62 words
      18. cc423-5W
    18. Life Expectancy (Babies) 984 words
  18. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      19. c425W
    1. Departmental Employees (Ethnic Minorities) 165 words
      2. cc425-6W
    2. Hurricane Mitch 376 words
      3. c426W
    3. Burundi 213 words
      4. cc426-7W
    4. Kosovo (Economic Costs) 152 words
      5. c427W
    5. Nicaragua/Honduras (Reconstruction) 233 words
      6. cc427-8W
    6. Kashmir 184 words
      7. c428W
    7. Tariff-free Products 94 words
      8. c428W
    8. Ministerial Visit (United States) 152 words
      9. cc428-9W
    9. Humanitarian Relief 65 words
      10. c429W
    10. Sub-equatorial Africa 317 words
      11. cc429-30W
    11. Pakistan 105 words
  19. TREASURY
      20. cc430-1W
    1. Population Flows 599 words
      2. c431W
    2. Ghana 168 words
      3. cc431-2W
    3. Welsh Language 194 words
      4. c432W
    4. Paris Club 65 words
      5. c432W
    5. Correspondence 112 words
      6. cc432-3W
    6. Ministerial Meetings 126 words
      7. c433W
    7. Red Diesel 90 words
      8. cc433-4W
    8. Climate Change Levy 360 words
      9. c434W
    9. Excise Duty (Fuel) 57 words
      10. cc434-5W
    10. Personal Pensions 894 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c435W
    1. Correspondence 89 words
      2. cc436-7W
    2. Winter Deaths 336 words
      3. c437W
    3. EU Agriculture Council 306 words
      4. cc437-40W
    4. EU Fisheries Council 1,525 words
      5. c440W
    5. Hill Farm Allowance 272 words
      6. cc440-1W
    6. Intervention Board 112 words
      7. c441W
    7. Numeric Tagging 39 words
      8. c441W
    8. GM Foods 198 words
      9. c441W
    9. Tuberculosis 65 words
      10. cc441-2W
    10. Common Agricultural Policy 205 words
      11. cc442-3W
    11. Rural Development 580 words
      12. c443W
    12. Ministerial Communications (French Agriculture Minister) 56 words
      13. cc443-4W
    13. Apiculture 189 words
      14. cc444-6W
    14. Over-30-month Scheme 186 words
      15. cc446-8W
    15. Organophosphates 752 words