Commons Sitting of 16 February 1999 Series 6 Vol. 325

    c713
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c713
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c713
    1. CITY OF LONDON (WARD ELECTIONS) BILL (By Order) 18 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
      5. cc713-31
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS 6 words
        2. cc713-5
      1. Chemical and Biological Weapons 722 words
        2. cc715-7
      2. Agenda 2000 837 words
        3. cc717-9
      3. Dependent Territories 1,044 words
        4. cc719-20
      4. United Nations 465 words
        5. cc720-3
      5. Kosovo 1,557 words
        6. cc723-5
      6. Cyprus 973 words
        7. cc725-6
      7. Pakistan 552 words
        8. cc726-7
      8. Palestinian Authority 573 words
        9. cc727-8
      9. EU (Veto) 422 words
        10. cc728-9
      10. Brazil 302 words
        11. cc729-30
      11. EU (Political Integration) 483 words
        12. cc730-1
      12. Latvia 384 words
    cc731-41
  5. Genetically Modified Food 5,069 words
    6. cc741-2
  6. Points of Order 403 words
    7. cc742-5
  7. Age Limits on Health Care 1,392 words
      8. cc744-5
    1. AGE LIMITS ON HEALTH CARE 72 words
  8. Orders of the Day
      9. cc745-844
    1. House of Lords Bill 12 words
      1. Clause 1
          2. cc745-832
        1. EXCLUSION OF HEREDITARY PEERS 47,063 words, 2 divisions
          2. c832
        2. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 87 words
          3. c832
        3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
            4. c832
          1. RATING AND VALUATION 20 words
            2. c832
          2. COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY 24 words
            3. c832
          3. EDUCATION 19 words
            4. c832
          4. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) 25 words
          cc832-3
        4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
            5. cc832-3
          1. REFORM OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY 159 words
          cc833-4
        5. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 13 words
            6. c833
          1. SCHOOL STANDARDS AND FRAMEWORK ACT 30 words
            2. c833
          2. RENT ACTS (MAXIMUM FAIR RENT) ORDER 18 words
            3. c833
          3. EDUCATION (INFANT CLASS SIZES) (GRANT) REGULATIONS 18 words
            4. cc833-4
          4. NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE 31 words
          cc834-44
        6. Yemen 5,300 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 February 1999 Series 6 Vol. 325

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      2. c599W
    1. Whipps Cross-Redbridge Relief Road 204 words
      2. c599W
    2. Regional Planning Guidance 57 words
      3. cc599-600W
    3. Ministerial Travel 287 words
      4. c600W
    4. Ministerial Flights 209 words
      5. c601W
    5. Waste Management Licences 171 words
      6. c601W
    6. Goods Vehicles 222 words
      7. cc601-2W
    7. Local Government Reform 108 words
      8. c602W
    8. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning 304 words
      9. cc602-3W
    9. Essential Car Use 94 words
      10. c603W
    10. Genetically Modified Crops 52 words
      11. c603W
    11. Aggregates 149 words
      12. cc603-4W
    12. Housing Associations (Rents) 222 words
      13. c604W
    13. London Underground (Consultants Fees) 240 words
      14. cc604-5W
    14. Millennium Dome (Transport) 147 words
      15. c605W
    15. Endangered Species 127 words
      16. c605W
    16. Railtrack 103 words
      17. cc605-6W
    17. Greater London Authority 486 words
      18. c606W
    18. Funerals 121 words
      19. cc606-7W
    19. Norwegian Aviation Tax 169 words
      20. c607W
    20. Bus Services (Fuel Duty) 153 words
      21. cc607-8W
    21. Vehicle Fuel Bills 216 words
      22. c608W
    22. British Waterways 62 words
      23. c608W
    23. Raptors 247 words
      24. cc608-9W
    24. Ports Policy 259 words
      25. c609W
    25. Development Plans 59 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      3. cc609-10W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 199 words
      2. c610W
    2. Departmental Cash Limits 285 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. cc610-1W
    1. Overseas Commitments 76 words
      2. cc611-2W
    2. Press Releases 479 words
      3. c612W
    3. Iraq 288 words
      4. cc612-3W
    4. RAF Flights (Staverton) 258 words
      5. c613W
    5. Submarines and Fishing Boats 164 words
      6. cc613-4W
    6. RN Base Faslane 141 words
      7. c614W
    7. Parliamentary Questions 65 words
      8. c614W
    8. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 66 words
      9. c614W
    9. RAF Innsworth 80 words
      10. cc614-5W
    10. RAF Brize Norton 133 words
      11. c615W
    11. Defence Estate Organisation 44 words
      12. c615W
    12. Army Cadet Force (Chorley) 120 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
      5. cc615-6W
    1. Long-stay Patients 193 words
      2. c616W
    2. Nursing Care (Costs) 77 words
      3. c616W
    3. Public Consultations 92 words
      4. cc616-7W
    4. Portadown 194 words
      5. c617W
    5. Paramilitary Violence 428 words
      6. cc617-9W
    6. Prisoners 513 words
      7. cc619-20W
    7. Security Arrangements 583 words
      8. cc620-1W
    8. Health Board Funding 220 words
      9. cc621-2W
    9. Fracture Service 870 words
      10. cc622-3W
    10. Waiting Lists 1,189 words
      11. cc623-5W
    11. Action for Community Employment 517 words
      12. c625W
    12. Arms Decommissioning 88 words
      13. cc625-7W
    13. National Lottery 501 words
  5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      6. c627W
    1. Ministerial Visits 115 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      7. cc627-8W
    1. Norman Shaw Buildings 118 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      8. c628W
    1. ASSIST Programme 79 words
      2. c628W
    2. Arms Exports 79 words
      3. c628W
    3. Ministry of Defence 98 words
      4. cc628-9W
    4. Security Sector Reform 136 words
      5. cc629-30W
    5. Press Releases 383 words
      6. cc630-4W
    6. Sudan 2,375 words
      7. cc634-5W
    7. Departmental Staff 178 words
      8. c635W
    8. Aid Schemes (Former Soviet Union) 135 words
  8. TREASURY
      9. c635W
    1. Pensions (LISAs) 93 words
      2. cc635-6W
    2. Office for National Statistics 258 words
      3. c636W
    3. Sierra Leone (Weapons) 74 words
      4. c636W
    4. Euro Exchange Rate 89 words
      5. c636W
    5. Financial Services Authority 43 words
      6. cc636-7W
    6. Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative 102 words
      7. c637W
    7. Pensions Mis-selling Advertisement 47 words
      8. c637W
    8. EMU Preparations Standing Committee 64 words
      9. c637W
    9. Pensions Mis-selling 184 words
      10. cc637-8W
    10. Fuel Duties 138 words
      11. c638W
    11. VAT 86 words
      12. c638W
    12. Landfill Tax 76 words
      13. c638W
    13. Trading Loss Carry Back 63 words
      14. cc638-9W
    14. Driving Costs 70 words
      15. cc639-40W
    15. VAT (Fuel) 95 words
      16. cc640-1W
    16. Civil Service Pay Awards 85 words
  9. SCOTLAND
      10. c641W
    1. Sports Funding 151 words
      2. cc641-2W
    2. New Housing Partnership 407 words
      3. cc642-3W
    3. Council House Debt 357 words
      4. cc643-4W
    4. Housing Debt 116 words
      5. c644W
    5. Homelessness 122 words
      6. c644W
    6. Rough Sleepers Initiative 138 words
      7. cc644-5W
    7. Sheriff Courts 183 words
      8. c645W
    8. Fiscal Fines 73 words
      9. cc645-6W
    9. Health White Paper 213 words
      10. c646W
    10. Education Expenditure 395 words
      11. cc646-7W
    11. Scottish Parliament (Income Tax) 146 words
      12. cc647-8W
    12. Personal Social Services 690 words
      13. c648W
    13. Salmon 162 words
      14. cc648-9W
    14. Closed Circuit Television (Witnesses) 233 words
      15. c649W
    15. Scottish Enterprise 160 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
      11. cc649-50W
    1. Metropolitan Police 185 words
      2. cc650-2W
    2. Asylum Seekers 1,004 words
      3. c652W
    3. Immigration Service 59 words
      4. c652W
    4. Freedom of Information Bill 58 words
      5. c652W
    5. Parentline and Childline 117 words
      6. cc652-4W
    6. Asylum and Immigration Appeals 511 words
      7. c654W
    7. Illegal Immigrants 150 words
      8. cc654-5W
    8. Leave to Remain Applications 601 words
      9. cc655-6W
    9. Pagers (Security Service) 141 words
      10. c656W
    10. Au Pairs 69 words
      11. c656W
    11. Electoral Registration 89 words
      12. c656W
    12. Human Rights Act 1998 47 words
      13. c656W
    13. Visas (Teachers) 78 words
      14. cc656-7W
    14. Press Releases 361 words
      15. c657W
    15. Asylum and Immigration (Prosecutions) 88 words
      16. cc657-8W
    16. Marriages of Convenience 94 words
      17. c658W
    17. Appointments (Police Authorities) 630 words
      18. cc658-9W
    18. Homosexual Advance Defence 149 words
      19. c659W
    19. Immigration Applications 508 words
      20. cc659-60W
    20. Asylum Detainees 344 words
      21. cc660-1W
    21. EU Nationals 281 words
      22. cc661-2W
    22. Airside Transit Visas 369 words
      23. c662W
    23. Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 82 words
      24. c662W
    24. Mounted Police 90 words
      25. c662W
    25. Drugs Misuse Programme 78 words
      26. cc662-3W
    26. Mediation UK 127 words
      27. c663W
    27. Departmental Expenditure 89 words
      28. c663W
    28. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 80 words
      29. c663W
    29. South Wales Police Force 105 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. cc663-4W
    1. Petrol Taxation 230 words
      2. c664W
    2. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 70 words
      3. c664W
    3. Postal Charges 102 words
      4. cc664-5W
    4. Departmental Staff 82 words
      5. c665W
    5. Minimum Wage 261 words
      6. cc665-6W
    6. South Asia 228 words
      7. cc666-7W
    7. Departmental Expenditure 616 words
      8. c667W
    8. Privatised Research Establishments (Sale) 70 words
      9. cc667-8W
    9. St. Kilda 297 words
      10. c668W
    10. Assisted Area Status (Ystradgynlais) 48 words
      11. c668W
    11. Business Excellence Model 125 words
      12. cc668-9W
    12. Unsolicited Faxes 107 words
      13. c669W
    13. Unsolicited Telephone Calls 123 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
      13. cc669-70W
    1. Legal Services 454 words
      2. cc670-1W
    2. Public Bodies 1,088 words
      3. cc671-2W
    3. Minimum Income Guarantee 115 words
      4. cc672-3W
    4. Minimum Wage 200 words
      5. cc673-4W
    5. Pensioners (Income Support) 366 words
      6. c674W
    6. Departmental Asset Sales 290 words
      7. cc674-5W
    7. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 73 words
      8. c675W
    8. Single Gateway 93 words
      9. c675W
    9. Bereavement Benefits 224 words
      10. cc675-6W
    10. Incapacity Benefit 188 words
      11. c676W
    11. Single Parents (Income Support) 75 words
      12. cc676-7W
    12. Press Releases 427 words
      13. c677W
    13. Pensions 270 words
      14. cc677-8W
    14. Customer Satisfaction Surveys 155 words
      15. c678W
    15. Disabled Claimants 210 words
      16. c678W
    16. Lone Parents (Single Gateway) 84 words
      17. cc678-9W
    17. Disabled People (Single Gateway) 123 words
      18. c679W
    18. Lone Parents (Portsmouth) 260 words
      19. cc679-80W
    19. Family Credit (Portsmouth) 230 words
      20. c680W
    20. Tobacco and Alcohol Smuggling 285 words
      21. cc680-1W
    21. Working Parents 591 words
      22. cc681-3W
    22. Miss H. McNulty 814 words
  13. WALES
      14. c683W
    1. Task Forces 78 words
      2. c683W
    2. Environmental Enhancement Works 80 words
      3. c683W
    3. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 70 words
      4. c683W
    4. Disabled People 109 words
      5. cc683-4W
    5. Homelessness 137 words
      6. c684W
    6. A4042 62 words
      7. cc684-5W
    7. Aggregate External Finance 280 words
      8. c685W
    8. National Assembly 56 words
      9. c685W
    9. National Carers Strategy 113 words
      10. cc685-6W
    10. Press Releases 276 words
      11. cc686-7W
    11. Personal Social Services 543 words
      12. c687W
    12. Lucas SEI Factory, Ystradgynlais 79 words
  14. CABINET OFFICE
      15. cc687-8W
    1. Working Time Directive 80 words
      2. c688W
    2. New Deal 85 words
      3. c688W
    3. Joint Consultative Committee 42 words
  15. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      16. c688W
    1. Football Task Force 220 words
      2. cc688-93W
    2. Public Bodies 2,880 words
      3. cc693-4W
    3. Public Consultations 75 words
      4. cc694-5W
    4. Concessionary Television Licence Fees 126 words
      5. c695W
    5. Theme Parks 133 words
      6. c695W
    6. World Cup Bids (2006) 134 words
      7. cc695-6W
    7. Departmental Expenditure 234 words
      8. cc696-7W
    8. Television Subtitles 598 words
      9. cc697-8W
    9. After-school Sports Clubs 652 words
      10. cc698-9W
    10. Staff Travel 309 words
      11. cc699-700W
    11. Departmental Staff 228 words
      12. c700W
    12. English Tourist Board 69 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      17. cc700-1W
    1. Genetically Modified Crops 294 words
      2. c701W
    2. Genetically Modified Food 201 words
      3. c701W
    3. Genetically Modified Organisms 77 words
      4. cc701-2W
    4. Consultation Exercise 424 words
      5. cc702-3W
    5. Foodstuffs 80 words
      6. cc703-6W
    6. Novel Foods 1,134 words
      7. c706W
    7. BSE 77 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. cc706-7W
    1. Nurses (Work Permits) 193 words
      2. c707W
    2. Astra Pension Scheme 61 words
      3. c707W
    3. Childline 54 words
      4. cc707-8W
    4. Departmental Expenditure 442 words
      5. c708W
    5. Skin Cancers 109 words
      6. c708W
    6. Didbrook School 133 words
      7. cc708-9W
    7. Legal Services 229 words
      8. c709W
    8. "Public Relations Toolkit for Employers" 49 words
      9. cc709-10W
    9. Carers (Students) 535 words
      10. cc710-1W
    10. Filipina Nurses 827 words
      11. cc711-2W
    11. Local Government Finance (Westminster and Kensington) 209 words
      12. cc712-3W
    12. Teacher Training 537 words
      13. c713W
    13. Linux Computer Operating System 104 words
      14. cc713-5W
    14. School Playing Fields 565 words
      15. cc715-6W
    15. Engineering Students 217 words
      16. c716W
    16. Literacy 129 words
      17. c716W
    17. New Deal (Wansdyke) 225 words
      18. cc716-7W
    18. New Deal (Schools) 176 words
      19. c717W
    19. New Deal (Translation Services) 109 words
      20. c717W
    20. New Deal (Advertising Costs) 42 words
      21. cc717-8W
    21. New Deal 524 words
      22. c718W
    22. Art Foundation Students 76 words
      23. cc718-9W
    23. Tuition Fees 119 words
      24. c719W
    24. Youth Workers 149 words
      25. cc719-21W
    25. Further Education 806 words
      26. c721W
    26. School Performance 61 words
      27. cc721-2W
    27. Secondary School Teachers 69 words
      28. c722W
    28. Departmental Staff 213 words
      29. c722W
    29. Schools (Surplus Places) 122 words
      30. cc722-3W
    30. Building Works (VAT) 172 words
      31. c723W
    31. Press Releases 188 words
  18. PRIME MINISTER
      19. cc723-4W
    1. Elections 163 words
  19. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      20. c724W
    1. Judge Willis 363 words
      2. cc724-5W
    2. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 122 words
      3. c725W
    3. Disabled People 66 words
      4. c725W
    4. Mediation UK 64 words
      5. cc725-6W
    5. Public Awareness 323 words
      6. c726W
    6. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 72 words
      7. cc726-7W
    7. Census Returns 335 words
  20. HEALTH
      21. c727W
    1. Residential Care (Appointments) 138 words
      2. c727W
    2. Attention Deficit Disorder 175 words
      3. cc727-8W
    3. Women (Engineering) 225 words
      4. c728W
    4. Allergy Services 136 words
      5. cc728-9W
    5. Doctors 383 words
      6. cc729-30W
    6. NHS Staff (Pay) 311 words
      7. cc730-2W
    7. Prescriptions 766 words
      8. c732W
    8. NHS Appointments 178 words
      9. c732W
    9. Carers 153 words
      10. cc732-3W
    10. Diet 375 words
      11. c733W
    11. Food (Salt) 89 words
      12. cc733-4W
    12. Press Releases 246 words
      13. c734W
    13. Viagra 107 words
      14. cc734-5W
    14. Beta-interferon 172 words
  21. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      22. c735W
    1. East Timor 156 words
      2. c735W
    2. Windward Islands 82 words
      3. cc735-6W
    3. Cyprus 147 words
      4. c736W
    4. UN Committee 661 116 words
      5. c736W
    5. Middle East Peace Process 199 words
      6. cc736-7W
    6. International Criminal Court 100 words
      7. c737W
    7. Iran 118 words
      8. cc737-8W
    8. Yemen 242 words
      9. c738W
    9. World Bank 76 words
      10. c738W
    10. Mongolia 74 words
      11. c738W
    11. Kosovo 137 words
      12. c738W
    12. St. Malo Agreement 82 words
      13. cc738-9W
    13. Somaliland 78 words
      14. c739W
    14. Agenda 2000 103 words
      15. c739W
    15. Iraq (Kurds) 199 words
      16. cc739-40W
    16. European Institutions (Reform) 70 words
      17. c740W
    17. Nuclear Disarmament 135 words
      18. c740W
    18. Environmental Issues 166 words
      19. cc740-1W
    19. Ministerial Flights 68 words
      20. c741W
    20. Iraq 135 words
      21. c741W
    21. Indonesia 143 words
      22. cc741-2W
    22. Pakistan 322 words
      23. cc742-3W
    23. Zimbabwe 658 words
      24. cc743-4W
    24. King Leka 54 words
      25. c744W
    25. Party Political Conferences 84 words
      26. c744W
    26. Gibraltar (Border Delays) 135 words
      27. cc744-6W
    27. Entry Clearance 765 words
      28. c746W
    28. Bangladesh (British High Commissioner) 67 words
      29. c746W
    29. Migration and Visa Correspondence Unit 82 words
      30. cc746-7W
    30. Departmental Asset Sales 581 words
      31. cc747-8W
    31. Russia (Anti-semitism) 416 words
      32. c748W
    32. Burmese Military Offensive 218 words
      33. cc748-9W
    33. Conventional Arms Working Group 257 words
      34. c749W
    34. Arms Brokers 47 words
      35. cc749-52W
    35. Gibraltar 1,436 words
      36. cc752-3W
    36. Spain (Tourism) 97 words
      37. c753W
    37. Prime Minister (Articles) 74 words
      38. c753W
    38. Biosafety 113 words
      39. c753W
    39. Al-Shifa Factory, Khartoum 40 words
      40. c753W
    40. Sierra Leone 79 words
      41. cc753-4W
    41. EU Membership 125 words
      42. c754W
    42. Weapons Seizure (Antwerp) 123 words
      43. cc754-5W
    43. Former Yugoslavia 326 words
      44. c755W
    44. EU Institutional Charges 108 words
      45. cc755-6W
    45. Sudan 273 words

Lords Sitting of 16 February 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c541
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc541-3
  2. UNESCO 1,197 words
    3. cc543-5
  3. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: India and Pakistan 877 words
    4. cc545-7
  4. Roadside Drug Tests for Drivers 864 words
    5. cc547-50
  5. "Decommissioning": Definition 1,167 words
    6. cc550-1
  6. Business 471 words
    7. cc551-71
  7. Access to Justice Bill [H.L.] 10,914 words, 1 division
    8. c571
  8. Business 59 words
    9. cc571-80
  9. Genetically Modified Foods: Safety 4,268 words
    10. cc580-619
  10. Access to Justice Bill [H.L.] 19,628 words
    11. cc619-27
  11. Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997 (Amnesty Period) Order 1999 4,159 words
    12. cc627-72
  12. Access to Justice Bill [H.L.] 22,982 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 February 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c69WA
  1. Correction to Official Report 48 words
    cc69-70WA
  2. Peers' Age Profile 341 words
    cc70-1WA
  3. Peers' Attendance Record 448 words
    c71WA
  4. Yugoslavia: Arms and Training Embargo 202 words
    cc71-2WA
  5. Ethiopia and Eritrea: Arms Embargo 215 words
    c72WA
  6. Charter Mark Awards: Retention 94 words
    cc72-3WA
  7. Carers: Paid Breaks 280 words
    c73WA
  8. Concessionary Fares for Disabled People 87 words
    c73WA
  9. Rail Fare Increases 59 words
    cc73-4WA
  10. Northern Ireland: Ceasefire Breach 93 words
    c74WA
  11. Preparations for EMU: Standing Committee Minutes 60 words
    c74WA
  12. Commonwealth Development Corporation 158 words
    cc74-6WA
  13. Asylum Seekers: Legal Aid 269 words