Commons Sitting of 15 February 1999 Series 6 Vol. 325

    c583
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c583
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc583-600
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
        2. cc583-4
      1. Police (Administrative Work) 612 words
        2. cc584-8
      2. Police Grants 1,926 words
        3. cc588-9
      3. Burglaries 569 words
        4. cc589-90
      4. Police Numbers (Sussex) 440 words
        5. cc590-2
      5. Police Pensions 734 words
        6. cc592-3
      6. Asylum Seekers 512 words
        7. cc593-4
      7. South Yorkshire Police 535 words
        8. cc594-5
      8. Prisoners (Drug Smuggling) 669 words
        9. cc595-6
      9. Crime Detection Rate 602 words
        10. cc596-7
      10. Category A Prisoners 342 words
        11. cc597-8
      11. Asylum Appeals System 359 words
        12. c598
      12. Asylum Seekers 267 words
        13. cc598-9
      13. Animals (Experiments) 291 words
        14. cc599-600
      14. Surrey Probation Service 312 words
    cc601-14
  4. Severe Personality Disorders 6,739 words
    5. cc614-5
  5. Points of Order 235 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c615
    1. House of Lords Bill 9 words
  7. Clause 1
      8. cc615-702
    1. EXCLUSION OF HEREDITARY PEERS 47,224 words, 1 division
      2. cc702-3
    2. ACCOMMODATION AND WORKS COMMITTEE 31 words
      3. cc703-12
    3. Multiple Sclerosis 4,647 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 15 February 1999 Series 6 Vol. 325

  1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      2. c423W
    1. Staff Travel 67 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      3. cc423-4W
    1. Commons Kitchens (Closure) 315 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      4. c424W
    1. Departmental Staff 347 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      5. cc424-5W
    1. Defence and Overseas Policy Committee 179 words
      2. c425W
    2. Security Sector Reform 67 words
      3. cc425-6W
    3. Biosafety Protocol 147 words
      4. c426W
    4. Genetic Patenting 64 words
      5. cc426-7W
    5. Genetically Modified Crops 360 words
      6. cc427-8W
    6. Departmental Expenditure 574 words
      7. c428W
    7. Papua New Guinea 153 words
      8. cc428-9W
    8. Staff Travel 131 words
      9. c429W
    9. Zimbabwe 193 words
      10. cc429-30W
    10. Ministerial Visits 123 words
  5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      6. c430W
    1. Staff Travel 99 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      7. c430W
    1. Trunk Roads 64 words
      2. cc430-1W
    2. Local Government Finance (Westminster and Kensington) 856 words
      3. cc431-3W
    3. Missile Incidents (Roads and Railways) 534 words
      4. cc433-4W
    4. Legal Services 235 words
      5. c434W
    5. Water Provision Agreements 87 words
      6. c434W
    6. Trains (Bicycles) 95 words
      7. cc434-5W
    7. Trains (Eastern Timetables) 131 words
      8. c435W
    8. Millennium Contingency Measures 81 words
      9. c435W
    9. Council Tax Benefit Subsidy 147 words
      10. c435W
    10. School Transport (Staffordshire) 90 words
      11. cc435-6W
    11. Cars (Crash Testing) 126 words
      12. cc436-8W
    12. Homelessness 1,062 words
      13. c438W
    13. Aviculture 204 words
      14. c438W
    14. Road Speed Limits 98 words
      15. cc438-9W
    15. Flying Regulations 138 words
      16. c439W
    16. Groundwater Regulations 1998 149 words
      17. c439W
    17. Seatbelts (Exemption) 88 words
      18. c439W
    18. EC Directive 96/59/EC 70 words
      19. cc439-41W
    19. London Underground 574 words
      20. c441W
    20. Waste Plants (Energy Generation) 285 words
      21. cc441-2W
    21. Signing Routes (M25) 187 words
      22. c442W
    22. Departmental Staff 191 words
      23. cc442-3W
    23. Community Transport Services 125 words
      24. c443W
    24. Fuel Duty Rebate 75 words
      25. cc443-6W
    25. Departmental Expenditure 1,331 words
      26. c446W
    26. Annual Vehicle Emissions Test 60 words
      27. c446W
    27. Hereford Bypass 132 words
      28. cc446-7W
    28. Westfields Football Club 203 words
      29. c447W
    29. Local Authority Expenditure 61 words
      30. c447W
    30. Permanent Housing (Homeless) 159 words
      31. cc447-8W
    31. Vehicle Ownership 246 words
      32. cc448-9W
    32. Registered Social Landlords 423 words
      33. c449W
    33. Bus Fuel Rebate Scheme 97 words
      34. cc449-50W
    34. Emissions (Pollutants) 327 words
      35. c450W
    35. Older Drivers 73 words
      36. c450W
    36. Road Works (Central London) 87 words
      37. c450W
    37. School Playing Fields 134 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      8. cc450-1W
    1. Arms Export Licences (Indonesia) 138 words
      2. c451W
    2. Renewable Energy 156 words
      3. c451W
    3. Former Secretary of State 99 words
      4. cc451-2W
    4. Research Establishments (Privatisation) 171 words
      5. c452W
    5. Space Research Programmes 314 words
      6. cc452-3W
    6. Petrol Supplier (Four Star Petrol) 84 words
      7. c453W
    7. Plutonium Shipments (Japan) 55 words
      8. c453W
    8. EU Structural Funds 86 words
      9. cc453-4W
    9. Engineering 209 words
      10. c454W
    10. Minimum Wage 63 words
      11. c454W
    11. Cigarette Lighters 128 words
      12. cc454-5W
    12. Longbridge 430 words
      13. c455W
    13. Gas-fired Power Stations 199 words
      14. cc455-7W
    14. German Nuclear Waste 510 words
      15. c457W
    15. Genetically Modified Organisms 150 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      9. cc457-8W
    1. Magistrates Courts 491 words
      2. c458W
    2. Court Buildings 158 words
      3. cc458-9W
    3. Departmental Staff 386 words
      4. c459W
    4. Ministerial Visits 77 words
      5. cc459-60W
    5. Staff Travel 344 words
  9. SCOTLAND
      10. cc460-1W
    1. Dr. Arpad Pusztai 118 words
      2. cc461-2W
    2. Public Bodies 519 words
      3. cc462-3W
    3. Local Government Finance 129 words
      4. c463W
    4. Edinburgh College of Art 72 words
      5. c463W
    5. Specialist Colleges 69 words
      6. c463W
    6. Teachers 160 words
      7. c463W
    7. Public Consultations 78 words
      8. cc463-4W
    8. Roads Budget 75 words
      9. c464W
    9. Roads Review 102 words
      10. c464W
    10. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 75 words
      11. cc464-5W
    11. Scottish Parliament Building 289 words
      12. c465W
    12. Nurses (Pay) 98 words
      13. c465W
    13. Vaccine Damage 82 words
      14. c465W
    14. Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998 95 words
      15. cc465-6W
    15. Healthcare Waste Disposal 198 words
      16. c466W
    16. Gaelic 168 words
      17. cc466-7W
    17. Student Support 164 words
      18. c467W
    18. Student Nurses 177 words
      19. c467W
    19. Cataract Operations 100 words
      20. cc467-8W
    20. After-school Care Clubs 97 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      11. cc468-9W
    1. English National Stadium Development Company 406 words
      2. c469W
    2. World Athletics Championship (2003) 104 words
      3. cc469-70W
    3. Musicworks 808 words
      4. cc470-1W
    4. Public Bodies 582 words
      5. cc471-3W
    5. Sports Venues (Disabled Access) 731 words
      6. c473W
    6. Local Government Finance 95 words
      7. cc473-4W
    7. Civil Service Pay Awards 98 words
      8. c474W
    8. Tobacco Sponsorship 146 words
      9. c474W
    9. Millennium Contingency Measures 85 words
      10. c474W
    10. St. Dunstan's 59 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
      12. cc474-5W
    1. Paramilitary Organisations (Assaults) 118 words
      2. c475W
    2. Andrew Kearney 49 words
      3. c475W
    3. Intimidation 103 words
      4. cc475-7W
    4. Prisoner Releases 830 words
      5. cc477-9W
    5. Police Complaints 848 words
      6. c479W
    6. HMP Maze 103 words
      7. c479W
    7. Press Releases 149 words
      8. cc479-80W
    8. Terrorist Suspects (Arrest Warrants) 73 words
      9. c480W
    9. Drumcree 275 words
      10. cc480-2W
    10. Departmental Expenditure 643 words
      11. cc482-3W
    11. Bloody Sunday Inquiry 82 words
  12. DEFENCE
      13. c483W
    1. Young Recruits 101 words
      2. cc483-4W
    2. Legal Services 240 words
      3. c484W
    3. Armed Forces (Combat) 46 words
      4. c484W
    4. Sir Charles Masefield 71 words
      5. cc484-5W
    5. Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition 390 words
      6. cc485-6W
    6. Departmental Cash and Running Costs Limits 529 words
      7. c486W
    7. Decorations 191 words
      8. cc486-7W
    8. Trident (Millennium Compliance) 103 words
      9. c487W
    9. Defence Establishments (Wales) 55 words
      10. cc487-8W
    10. Bay of Gibraltar 775 words
      11. c488W
    11. Ministerial Visits 76 words
      12. cc488-93W
    12. Departmental Staff 3,163 words
      13. cc493-4W
    13. Departmental Expenditure 314 words
      14. cc494-5W
    14. RAF Manston 196 words
      15. cc495-6W
    15. Royal Navy Ships (Personal Mail) 346 words
      16. c496W
    16. Countryside 63 words
  13. HOME DEPARTMENT
      14. c496W
    1. Asylum Seekers 281 words
      2. cc496-7W
    2. Licensing Laws 58 words
      3. c497W
    3. Voluntary Organisations 204 words
      4. c497W
    4. Probation Services (Amalgamation) 71 words
      5. c497W
    5. Crime and Disorder Strategies 78 words
      6. cc497-8W
    6. Local Partnership Crime Audits 92 words
      7. c498W
    7. Police Pensions 85 words
      8. c498W
    8. Liquor Licensing 49 words
      9. cc498-9W
    9. Crime and Disorder Act 1998 456 words
      10. c499W
    10. Metropolitan Police (Disciplinary Procedures) 96 words
      11. cc499-500W
    11. Fire Service (London) 82 words
      12. c500W
    12. Tobacco and Alcohol Smuggling 75 words
      13. c500W
    13. Unauthorised Camping 76 words
      14. c500W
    14. Attacks on Teachers 82 words
      15. c500W
    15. Licensing Hours (New Year's Eve) 53 words
      16. cc500-1W
    16. Passport Fees 62 words
      17. c501W
    17. Police (Parliamentary Questions) 50 words
      18. c501W
    18. Millennium Celebrations (Costs) 174 words
      19. cc501-2W
    19. Drugs Prevention 202 words
      20. cc502-3W
    20. Police Overtime 768 words
      21. cc503-4W
    21. Speeding Fines 526 words
      22. cc504-5W
    22. Policing (European Union) 142 words
      23. c505W
    23. Fire Services Expenditure 199 words
      24. c505W
    24. Criminal Activity 99 words
      25. cc505-6W
    25. Closed Circuit Television 197 words
      26. c506W
    26. Immigration and Nationality Directorate (Liverpool) 46 words
      27. cc506-7W
    27. Animals (Medical Research) 229 words
      28. c507W
    28. Re-offenders 295 words
      29. cc507-8W
    29. Young Offenders 581 words
      30. cc508-9W
    30. Firearms Compensation 128 words
      31. c509W
    31. Louise Woodward 118 words
      32. c509W
    32. Au Pairs 103 words
      33. c509W
    33. Owen Oyston (Police Interviews) 125 words
      34. cc509-10W
    34. Prisoners (Early Release) 468 words
      35. cc510-2W
    35. Special Constables 567 words
      36. c512W
    36. Asylum Cases 185 words
      37. cc512-3W
    37. Airline Liaison Officers 343 words
      38. c513W
    38. Mounted Police 32 words
      39. cc513-4W
    39. Bloodhounds 141 words
      40. c514W
    40. Essex Police 405 words
      41. cc514-5W
    41. Departmental Staff 200 words
      42. c515W
    42. Cassini Space Probe 100 words
      43. cc515-6W
    43. Immigration and Nationality Cases 308 words
      44. c516W
    44. Police Authorities (Legal Costs) 62 words
      45. cc516-8W
    45. Racial Crime (Police Response) 660 words
      46. c518W
    46. Voluntary Organisations (Crime Prevention) 115 words
      47. cc518-9W
    47. Departmental Expenditure 263 words
      48. cc519-20W
    48. Ministerial Visits 471 words
      49. c520W
    49. Persistent Young Offenders 205 words
      50. cc520-1W
    50. Non-domestic Animals (Welfare) 207 words
  14. PRIME MINISTER
      15. c521W
    1. Special Advisers 131 words
      2. cc521-2W
    2. Ministerial Travel 561 words
      3. cc522-3W
    3. Ministerial Committee on Defence and Overseas Policy 133 words
      4. c523W
    4. Security Services 145 words
      5. c523W
    5. Iraq 155 words
      6. cc523-4W
    6. Internal Market 124 words
  15. HEALTH
      16. c524W
    1. Noise-induced Hearing Loss 224 words
      2. cc524-5W
    2. Public Consultations 72 words
      3. c525W
    3. Breast Feeding 95 words
      4. cc525-6W
    4. Public Bodies 584 words
      5. cc526-7W
    5. NHS Consultants 195 words
      6. c527W
    6. Research (Human Tissue) 246 words
      7. c527W
    7. NHS Pay System 45 words
      8. c527W
    8. North and East Devon Health Authority 54 words
      9. cc527-8W
    9. Contraceptives 63 words
      10. c528W
    10. Departmental Staff 422 words
      11. cc528-30W
    11. Cold-related Illnesses 690 words
      12. c530W
    12. Wheelchairs 75 words
      13. c530W
    13. Mr. Rodney Ledward 68 words
      14. cc530-1W
    14. Departmental Expenditure 493 words
      15. cc531-2W
    15. Diet (Mortality) 145 words
      16. c532W
    16. Smoking 124 words
      17. c532W
    17. Dentistry 69 words
      18. cc532-3W
    18. Medical Staff (Violent Attacks) 137 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
      17. cc533-4W
    1. Pensions 554 words
      2. cc534-5W
    2. Child Support Agency 811 words
      3. cc535-6W
    3. Pneumoconiosis 179 words
      4. c536W
    4. Minimum Wage 161 words
      5. cc536-7W
    5. Vibration White Finger 574 words
      6. cc537-8W
    6. Electron Microscopes 124 words
      7. c538W
    7. Asbestosis 81 words
      8. cc538-9W
    8. Special Medical Boards (Correspondence) 36 words
      9. cc539-41W
    9. Bronchitis and Emphysema 1,500 words
      10. cc541-2W
    10. Mesothelioma 453 words
      11. cc542-4W
    11. Pensioners (Tax and Benefits) 814 words
      12. c544W
    12. Pensioner Claimants (Benefits) 217 words
      13. cc544-5W
    13. Benefits (Maladministration) 339 words
      14. cc545-8W
    14. Special Medical Boards (Respiratory Diseases) 438 words
      15. cc548-51W
    15. Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 1,537 words
      16. cc551-2W
    16. Disablement Benefit 122 words
      17. c552W
    17. Special Medical Boards 276 words
      18. cc552-3W
    18. Benefit Payments 135 words
      19. c553W
    19. Departmental Staff 198 words
      20. cc553-4W
    20. Incapacity Benefit (Appeals) 290 words
      21. c554W
    21. Pensions Schemes 76 words
      22. c554W
    22. National Insurance 77 words
      23. cc554-6W
    23. Departmental Expenditure 749 words
      24. c556W
    24. Pensions Statements 77 words
      25. cc556-7W
    25. Income Support 490 words
      26. cc557-8W
    26. NIRS2 204 words
      27. c558W
    27. Fraud 41 words
      28. c558W
    28. Second Pension 24 words
      29. c558W
    29. Welfare to Work 70 words
      30. cc558-9W
    30. Ministerial Visits 267 words
  17. WALES
      18. c559W
    1. Overseas Visits 69 words
      2. c559W
    2. Welsh Joint Education Committee 151 words
      3. cc559-60W
    3. Departmental Officials 112 words
      4. c560W
    4. New Deal 191 words
      5. cc560-1W
    5. Goods Vehicles 155 words
      6. c561W
    6. Private Patients 77 words
      7. c561W
    7. Crickhowell House 65 words
      8. c561W
    8. Local Education Authorities 195 words
      9. cc561-2W
    9. Mining 86 words
      10. c562W
    10. Education Action Zones 40 words
      11. c562W
    11. Welsh Language 274 words
      12. cc562-3W
    12. Housing Renovation 482 words
      13. cc563-4W
    13. National Assembly 406 words
      14. cc564-5W
    14. Staff Travel 271 words
      15. cc565-6W
    15. Departmental Expenditure 395 words
      16. c566W
    16. Ministerial Visits 117 words
      17. cc566-7W
    17. Carers 109 words
      18. c567W
    18. Teachers 70 words
      19. c567W
    19. Pierhead Building 35 words
      20. c567W
    20. Class Sizes 176 words
      21. cc567-8W
    21. Individual Learning Accounts 91 words
      22. c568W
    22. NHS Trusts 141 words
  18. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      19. c568W
    1. Teachers (Attacks) 133 words
      2. c568W
    2. Ministerial Visits 54 words
      3. cc568-9W
    3. Building Works (VAT) 397 words
      4. cc569-70W
    4. New Deal (Hertfordshire) 467 words
      5. c570W
    5. Teachers (Pensions) 117 words
      6. cc570-1W
    6. Design Technology Graduates 276 words
  19. CABINET OFFICE
      20. cc571-2W
    1. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 415 words
      2. cc572-5W
    2. Departmental Expenditure 1,093 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. c575W
    1. Genetically Modified Food 176 words
      2. cc575-6W
    2. Beam Trawlers 162 words
      3. c576W
    3. Date-based Export Scheme 81 words
      4. cc576-7W
    4. Departmental Asset Sales 284 words
      5. c577W
    5. Bovine TB 69 words
      6. cc577-8W
    6. Meat Hygiene Service 321 words
      7. c578W
    7. Genetically Engineered Animal Feed 349 words
      8. cc578-9W
    8. Farm Incomes 236 words
      9. cc579-80W
    9. Food Standards Agency 216 words
      10. c580W
    10. Salmonella 67 words
      11. c580W
    11. Departmental Staff 109 words
  21. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      22. c580W
    1. Weapons Inspectors (Iraq) 115 words
      2. cc580-1W
    2. Private Military Companies 170 words
      3. c581W
    3. Government Communications Headquarters 108 words
      4. cc581-2W
    4. Legal Services 423 words
      5. c582W
    5. Arms Brokers 188 words
      6. cc582-3W
    6. Strategic Arms Report 34 words
      7. cc583-4W
    7. Departmental Staff 478 words
      8. c584W
    8. Ethiopia and Eritrea 224 words
      9. cc584-5W
    9. Bahrain 256 words
      10. c585W
    10. Iraq 253 words
      11. cc585-6W
    11. Ministerial Engagements 90 words
      12. c586W
    12. Yugoslavia 212 words
      13. cc586-7W
    13. Hong Kong 200 words
      14. c587W
    14. Gibraltar 313 words
      15. cc587-8W
    15. European Parliament Building, Strasbourg 154 words
  22. TREASURY
      23. c588W
    1. Channel Islands and Isle of Man 138 words
      2. c588W
    2. Tax Havens 89 words
      3. cc588-9W
    3. Fraud 1,025 words
      4. c589W
    4. Working Families Tax Credit 48 words
      5. cc589-91W
    5. Legal Services 256 words
      6. c591W
    6. Euro Notes 100 words
      7. c591W
    7. Euro Exchange Rate 30 words
      8. c591W
    8. National Minimum Wage 163 words
      9. cc591-2W
    9. Duty Free 112 words
      10. c592W
    10. Beer Duty 179 words
      11. c592W
    11. VAT 177 words
      12. cc592-3W
    12. Unemployment (Cambridgeshire) 192 words
      13. cc593-4W
    13. Self-employed Persons 585 words
      14. cc594-5W
    14. Wages (Paisley) 374 words
      15. c595W
    15. Departmental Staff 89 words
      16. c595W
    16. Gaming Duty 38 words
      17. c595W
    17. Private Health Care 104 words
      18. c595W
    18. Fuel Duty 49 words
      19. cc595-6W
    19. Corporation Tax 323 words
      20. c596W
    20. Pensions 109 words
      21. c596W
    21. Company Cars 34 words
      22. cc596-7W
    22. Simon de Danser 56 words
      23. cc597-8W
    23. Parliamentary Questions 40 words
      24. c598W
    24. Ice Cream Sales 57 words

Lords Sitting of 15 February 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c457
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc457-9
  2. EU Tax Harmonisation Proposals 1,281 words
    3. cc459-62
  3. The Prison System 931 words
    4. c462
  4. Supermarket Pricing: OFT Report 262 words
    5. cc462-5
  5. Dartford-Thurrock Thames Crossing: Toll Charges 1,023 words
    6. c465
  6. Business 38 words
    7. cc465-85
  7. Pollution Prevention and Control Bill H. L. 10,885 words
    8. cc485-97
  8. Severe Personality Disorders 5,686 words
    9. cc497-530
  9. Pollution Prevention and Control Bill [H.L.] 16,920 words
    10. cc530-2
  10. Development Commission (Transfer of Functions and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999 747 words
    11. cc532-8
  11. Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Finance) Order 1999 3,515 words
    12. cc539-40
  12. Railways (Rateable Values) (Scotland) Order 1999 732 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 15 February 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c55WA
  1. Gypsy Caravan Sites 244 words
    cc55-6WA
  2. West Coast Main line 191 words
    c56WA
  3. Transport Safety Review 135 words
    c56WA
  4. Sudan 100 words
    cc56-7WA
  5. Zimbabwe: IMF Loan 201 words
    c57WA
  6. TUC Budget Submission 68 words
    c57WA
  7. Opinion Polls: Government Spending 35 words
    cc57-8WA
  8. The "Amsterdam" 96 words
    c58WA
  9. Mentally Disordered Offenders 112 words
    c58WA
  10. Prisoners: Visitors and Drugs 169 words
    cc58-9WA
  11. Harbour Porpoises 101 words
    c59WA
  12. River Forth Special Protection Area 111 words
    cc59-60WA
  13. Scottish Parliament 370 words
    cc60-1WA
  14. Former Soviet Union Republics: Military Assistance 460 words
    cc61-2WA
  15. Oral Health: Ethnic Communities 262 words
    c62WA
  16. Community Health Councils: Budget 216 words
    c62WA
  17. NHS Pay System 43 words
    c63WA
  18. Breast Screening Programme 201 words
    c63WA
  19. Meat Hygiene Service and State Veterinary Service 66 words
    cc63-4WA
  20. BSE: Number of Cases 538 words
    cc64-5WA
  21. Warfarin 172 words
    c65WA
  22. Forestry in England 97 words
    c65WA
  23. Rescue Dogs: Quarantine 64 words
    cc65-6WA
  24. Rhizomania Containment Policy 116 words
    cc66-7WA
  25. South Yorkshire: Economy 393 words
    c67WA
  26. Data Protection: EU-US Relations 148 words
    cc67-8WA
  27. Copyright Law 102 words
    c68WA
  28. Cryptography 91 words
    c68WA
  29. Science Enterprise Challenge 177 words