Commons Sitting of 11 January 1999 Series 6 Vol. 323

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-20
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY 6 words
        2. cc1-3
      1. Welfare Reform 825 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Lone Parents 507 words
        3. cc4-6
      3. Benefit Reviews 798 words
        4. cc6-8
      4. Retired People 1,170 words
        5. cc8-11
      5. Benefit Integrity Project 1,217 words
        6. cc11-2
      6. Pensions (Earnings Link) 453 words
        7. cc12-3
      7. Pensioners (Poverty) 673 words
        8. cc13-5
      8. Disabled People 1,008 words
        9. cc15-6
      9. Housing Benefit 436 words
        10. cc16-7
      10. Fuel Poverty 293 words
        11. cc17-8
      11. Pensioners (Benefit Refusals) 522 words
        12. c18
      12. Means-tested Benefits 222 words
        13. cc18-20
      13. Child Care 564 words
    cc21-34
  4. Yemen 7,298 words
    5. cc35-54
  5. National Health Service 10,820 words
    6. cc55-7
  6. Points of Order 1,319 words
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. cc58-74
    1. Rating (Valuation) Bill 9,389 words, 1 division
      2. c75
    2. RATING (VALUATION) BILL [MONEY] 63 words
      3. c75
    3. RATING (VALUATION) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 38 words
      4. c75
    4. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      5. c75
    5. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) (S.I., 1998, No. 2913) 77 words
      6. c75
    6. EUROPEAN SCRUTINY COMMITTEE 22 words
      7. cc76-88
    7. School Governing Bodies 6,859 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 January 1999 Series 6 Vol. 323

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      2. c1W
    1. Departmental Staff 57 words
      2. c1W
    2. Departmental Expenditure 111 words
      3. cc1-2W
    3. Fair Employment 169 words
      4. cc2-3W
    4. Security 287 words
      5. cc3-5W
    5. Robberies 1,505 words
      6. c5W
    6. Departmental Costs 82 words
      7. c5W
    7. Pigmeat Imports 66 words
      8. cc5-6W
    8. Specified Organisations 254 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      3. c6W
    1. Ministerial Visits 77 words
      2. cc6-7W
    2. Ethnic Monitoring 107 words
      3. cc7-10W
    3. Legal Aid 1,690 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. cc10-1W
    1. CR Gas 186 words
      2. c11W
    2. Territorial Army 45 words
      3. c11W
    3. Defence Contracts (Oil) 114 words
      4. cc11-2W
    4. Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 300 words
      5. c12W
    5. Defence Animal Centre 151 words
      6. cc12-3W
    6. Trident 472 words
      7. c13W
    7. Correspondence 46 words
      8. cc13-4W
    8. UN Volunteer Force 344 words
      9. c14W
    9. Tony Geraghty 153 words
      10. cc14-5W
    10. Armed Forces (Youth Recruitment) 173 words
      11. c15W
    11. AWE Committee 220 words
      12. cc15-6W
    12. Ministerial Flights 227 words
      13. c16W
    13. Turkey 92 words
      14. c16W
    14. Harassment Policy (DERA) 50 words
      15. cc16-7W
    15. RAF Leeming 221 words
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    16. RAF Alconbury 143 words
      17. cc17-8W
    17. Otterburn Ranges 107 words
      18. c18W
    18. Troop Deployment 139 words
      19. c18W
    19. Atomic Weapons Establishment (Technical Papers) 55 words
      20. c18W
    20. Pigmeat Consumption 160 words
      21. cc18-9W
    21. Cruise Missiles (Iraq) 38 words
      22. c19W
    22. Nuclear Weapons (Gulf) 41 words
  4. TREASURY
      5. c19W
    1. VAT (Government Departments) 178 words
      2. c19W
    2. Convergence Programme 46 words
      3. cc19-20W
    3. Private Finance Initiative 234 words
      4. c20W
    4. Pre-Budget Report 72 words
      5. cc20-1W
    5. Departmental Expenditure 403 words
      6. cc21-2W
    6. British Workers (EU) 307 words
      7. c22W
    7. Smoking (Death Certificates) 237 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      6. c22W
    1. Ministerial Visits 39 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. cc22-3W
    1. Council of Europe 79 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      8. c23W
    1. Ministerial Flights 46 words
      2. c23W
    2. Misappropriated Aid 184 words
      3. cc23-4W
    3. Departmental Contracts 611 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      9. c25W
    1. Television Licence Evasion (Colchester) 118 words
      2. cc25-6W
    2. Sport (Girls) 573 words
      3. c26W
    3. Scotland Act 1998 (Schedule 5) 189 words
      4. cc26-7W
    4. World Heritage Sites 143 words
      5. cc27-8W
    5. Healthy Living Centres 372 words
      6. c28W
    6. John Boyd Textiles Ltd. 98 words
      7. c28W
    7. Industrial Machinery 99 words
      8. cc28-9W
    8. Social Exclusion (Sport) 569 words
      9. c29W
    9. Regional Arts Councils 106 words
      10. cc29-30W
    10. Film Production (United Kingdom) 74 words
      11. c30W
    11. Departmental Expenditure 263 words
      12. cc30-1W
    12. Subtitling and Sign Language 133 words
      13. c31W
    13. Television Licences 231 words
      14. c31W
    14. QUEST 60 words
      15. cc31-2W
    15. Museums and Galleries (Free Admission) 142 words
      16. c32W
    16. Broadcasting Licences (Religious Organisations) 65 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      10. c32W
    1. Green State Scheme 43 words
      2. c32W
    2. National Air Traffic Services 98 words
      3. cc32-3W
    3. London Underground 165 words
      4. c33W
    4. People's Question Time 183 words
      5. c33W
    5. Local Government (Church Representatives) 79 words
      6. cc33-4W
    6. Capital Receipts (Ipswich) 134 words
      7. c34W
    7. Merchant Fleet 60 words
      8. c34W
    8. Properties (Newcastle upon Tyne) 126 words
      9. cc34-5W
    9. A1 504 words
      10. cc35-6W
    10. Local Government Finance (North Yorkshire) 378 words
      11. c36W
    11. Domiciliary Care 179 words
      12. cc36-8W
    12. Elderly Residential Care 589 words
      13. c38W
    13. Local Government Finance 333 words
      14. c38W
    14. Youth Work 37 words
      15. cc38-43W
    15. Conservation Areas 2,141 words
      16. cc43-4W
    16. Water Charging 269 words
      17. c44W
    17. Solar Eclipse 96 words
      18. cc44-5W
    18. Automatic Train Protection 70 words
      19. cc45-6W
    19. Railtrack 601 words
      20. c46W
    20. Heathrow Express 119 words
      21. cc46-7W
    21. European Council 148 words
      22. c47W
    22. West Coast Main Line 112 words
      23. c47W
    23. Paddington Station 93 words
      24. c47W
    24. Sewage Works (Isle of Wight) 133 words
      25. cc47-9W
    25. Professional Drivers 456 words
      26. c49W
    26. Long-haul Flights (Health Hazards) 84 words
      27. c49W
    27. Groundwork 215 words
      28. cc49-50W
    28. Glass Recycling 144 words
      29. c50W
    29. Jubilee Line Extension 188 words
      30. c50W
    30. Railway Board Staff 52 words
      31. cc50-3W
    31. Best Value 807 words
      32. c53W
    32. Integrated Transport Commission 192 words
      33. c53W
    33. Bus Priority Schemes (Gloucestershire) 111 words
      34. cc53-4W
    34. Disabled Parking Spaces 104 words
      35. c54W
    35. Former Railway Formations 107 words
      36. c54W
    36. SSSIs 90 words
      37. c54W
    37. Taxi Accessibility 144 words
      38. cc54-5W
    38. Otterburn Ranges 202 words
      39. c55W
    39. Building Materials (Flammability) 110 words
      40. cc55-6W
    40. Piccadilly Line 249 words
      41. c56W
    41. Housing 241 words
      42. cc56-7W
    42. West Midlands RDA 141 words
      43. c57W
    43. Moths 306 words
      44. c57W
    44. Pesticides Tax 72 words
      45. cc57-8W
    45. South West RDA 430 words
      46. cc58-9W
    46. Rail Travel Costs 252 words
      47. cc59-60W
    47. Houses in Multiple Occupation 256 words
      48. cc60-1W
    48. Second London Oceans Workshop 429 words
  10. SOCIAL SECURITY
      11. c61W
    1. Pensioners (Benefit Targeting) 138 words
      2. cc61-2W
    2. Disability Benefits 317 words
      3. c62W
    3. Social Security Appeals 106 words
      4. c62W
    4. Stakeholder Pensions 46 words
      5. c62W
    5. Benefit Computer Systems 56 words
      6. cc62-3W
    6. Disabled People 60 words
      7. c63W
    7. Widows' Pensions 117 words
      8. c63W
    8. Pensioners (Heating Bills) 62 words
      9. c63W
    9. Late Retirement 89 words
      10. c63W
    10. Benefit Expenditure 87 words
      11. cc63-4W
    11. Pensions 88 words
      12. c64W
    12. Means-tested Benefits 65 words
      13. c64W
    13. Children 114 words
      14. c64W
    14. Disability Benefits 116 words
      15. cc64-5W
    15. Benefit Fraud 145 words
      16. c65W
    16. Benefits Agency (Training) 131 words
      17. cc65-6W
    17. Tax and National Insurance 177 words
      18. c66W
    18. Child Support 77 words
      19. c66W
    19. All Work Test 179 words
      20. cc66-9W
    20. Pensions 1,265 words
      21. c69W
    21. Industrial Deafness 199 words
      22. cc69-70W
    22. Unclaimed Benefits 127 words
      23. c70W
    23. Appeals 321 words
      24. c70W
    24. Disability Living Allowance 129 words
      25. cc70-1W
    25. Pensioners (Christmas Bonuses) 115 words
      26. c71W
    26. New Deal (Communities) 83 words
  11. HEALTH
      12. c71W
    1. Pharmaceutical Packaging 207 words
      2. cc71-2W
    2. Aspirin 115 words
      3. c72W
    3. West Middlesex University Hospital 138 words
      4. c72W
    4. Caverject 50 words
      5. cc72-3W
    5. Diabetic Retinopathy 154 words
      6. c73W
    6. Age Weighting 84 words
      7. c73W
    7. Consultation Document MLX 249 126 words
      8. c73W
    8. Allergies 128 words
  12. WALES
      13. c74W
    1. Health Service Expenditure 190 words
      2. cc74-5W
    2. EU Structural Funds 339 words
      3. c75W
    3. Holywell High Street 79 words
      4. c75W
    4. Schools 98 words
      5. c75W
    5. EU Budget 75 words
      6. cc75-6W
    6. Higher Education Funding Council 85 words
      7. c76W
    7. Employment 380 words
      8. cc76-7W
    8. National Vocational Qualifications 98 words
      9. cc77-8W
    9. Investing in Young People 626 words
      10. c78W
    10. Welfare Rights 68 words
      11. c78W
    11. Water Pollution 109 words
      12. cc78-9W
    12. Homelessness 105 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c79W
    1. Special Advisers 157 words
      2. c79W
    2. MI6 117 words
      3. cc79-80W
    3. Cyprus (Landmines) 106 words
      4. c80W
    4. Telephone Records 61 words
      5. c80W
    5. Sri Lanka 268 words
      6. cc80-1W
    6. Iraq (Missing Kuwaitis) 162 words
      7. c81W
    7. Arms Transfers 218 words
      8. cc81-2W
    8. British Council 494 words
      9. cc82-3W
    9. Chechnya 226 words
      10. c83W
    10. Committee on Human Rights 108 words
      11. c83W
    11. Notes and Memoranda 77 words
      12. cc83-4W
    12. Arms Sales 200 words
  14. HOME DEPARTMENT
      15. c84W
    1. Operation Angel 128 words
      2. c84W
    2. CS Sprays 112 words
      3. cc84-5W
    3. Solar Eclipse 195 words
      4. c85W
    4. Private Security Firms 206 words
      5. cc85-6W
    5. Young Offenders 245 words
      6. c86W
    6. Illegal Immigrants 66 words
      7. cc86-7W
    7. Asylum and Immigration 408 words
      8. cc87-8W
    8. Fire and Rescue Services 910 words
      9. cc88-9W
    9. Speed Cameras (Gloucestershire) 86 words
      10. c89W
    10. Ministerial Flights 61 words
      11. cc89-90W
    11. Liquor Licensing 498 words
      12. c90W
    12. Unclassified Papers 99 words
      13. cc90-1W
    13. Mr. Sandeep Bansall 155 words
      14. c91W
    14. Pigmeat Imports 112 words
      15. cc91-3W
    15. Education Expenditure 853 words
  15. CABINET OFFICE
      16. c93W
    1. Departmental Expenditure 84 words
      2. cc93-4W
    2. Civil Servants (Industrial Tribunals) 88 words
      3. c94W
    3. Drugs Tsar 117 words
      4. c94W
    4. Cabinet Joint Consultative Committee (Security Passes) 34 words
      5. c94W
    5. Cabinet Joint Consultative Committee (Pension Proposals) 61 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      17. cc94-5W
    1. Childcare 115 words
      2. c95W
    2. Free School Meals 145 words
      3. c95W
    3. GCSEs (Northern Ireland) 134 words
      4. c95W
    4. School Reserves 113 words
      5. cc95-6W
    5. Autism 122 words
      6. c96W
    6. New Deal (Eastleigh) 127 words
      7. c96W
    7. Trade Unions (New Deal) 103 words
      8. c96W
    8. League Tables 121 words
      9. cc96-7W
    9. Playgroups 117 words
      10. c97W
    10. Astra Staff 199 words
      11. cc97-8W
    11. Disability Rights Commission 120 words
      12. c98W
    12. PFI Projects 129 words
      13. c98W
    13. Schools (Temporary Classrooms) 84 words
      14. cc98-9W
    14. Teachers' Salaries 259 words
      15. c99W
    15. Agricultural Colleges 65 words
      16. cc99-100W
    16. New Deal (Hampshire) 294 words
      17. c100W
    17. Education (Staffordshire) 157 words
      18. cc100-1W
    18. Grammar Schools 173 words
      19. c101W
    19. Physical Education 105 words
      20. c101W
    20. Counter-drugs Strategy 219 words
      21. cc101-2W
    21. New Deal (Gateway) 139 words
      22. c102W
    22. Departmental Communications 176 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. cc102-3W
    1. Government Funding (Competitive Bidding) 634 words
      2. cc103-4W
    2. Birthweights 393 words
      3. cc104-5W
    3. EU Funding (Mining Areas) 141 words
      4. c105W
    4. World Heritage Sites 127 words
      5. c105W
    5. Scottish Parliament 82 words
      6. cc105-6W
    6. Ministerial Flights 101 words
      7. c106W
    7. Scottish Office Building, Victoria Quay 172 words
  18. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      19. c106W
    1. Construction Industry 47 words
      2. cc106-7W
    2. Redundancy Payments 365 words
      3. c107W
    3. European Structural Funds 120 words
      4. cc107-8W
    4. Motor Industry 83 words
      5. c108W
    5. Ministerial Flights 49 words
      6. c108W
    6. Minimum Wage 84 words
      7. c108W
    7. Parental Leave 62 words
      8. c108W
    8. British Activity Holiday Association 40 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      20. c109W
    1. Organophosphates 227 words
      2. c109W
    2. Ministerial Address 22 words
      3. cc109-16W
    3. Departmental Staff 3,228 words
      4. c116W
    4. Common Agricultural Policy 86 words
      5. c116W
    5. Ministerial Visits 94 words
      6. c116W
    6. Comprehensive Spending Review 70 words
      7. cc116-8W
    7. Fisheries 887 words
      8. c118W
    8. BSE Inquiry 64 words
      9. cc118-9W
    9. Ethnic Monitoring 106 words
      10. c119W
    10. Antibiotics 200 words
      11. c119W
    11. Monsanto 52 words
      12. c119W
    12. Growth Hormones 107 words
      13. cc119-20W
    13. American Sugar 143 words
      14. c120W
    14. Kashmir Bee Virus 86 words
      15. cc120-1W
    15. Animal Products 359 words
      16. c121W
    16. Meat Hygiene Service 81 words
      17. c121W
    17. Farm Bankruptcies 112 words
      18. cc121-2W
    18. Farm Subsidies 202 words
      19. c122W
    19. Export Scheme Agreement 134 words
      20. c122W
    20. Tallow 62 words
      21. cc122-3W
    21. Dead Stock 162 words
      22. c123W
    22. Agriculture Council 59 words
      23. cc123-5W
    23. Fisheries Council 1,344 words
      24. c125W
    24. Meat and Livestock Commission 105 words
      25. cc125-6W
    25. Mr. Ken James 35 words
      26. c126W
    26. New Forest Fox Hounds 50 words
      27. c126W
    27. Forest Enterprise 176 words
      28. cc126-7W
    28. Maternal Transmissions 197 words
      29. cc127-8W
    29. Agricultural Tenancies 453 words
      30. cc128-9W
    30. BSE 427 words
      31. cc129-30W
    31. Ministerial Flights 59 words
      32. c130W
    32. Hen Houses 101 words

Lords Sitting of 11 January 1999 Series 5 Vol. 596

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  1. Preamble 27 words
    2. cc1-4
  2. Mount Vernon Hospital Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit 1,187 words
    3. cc4-6
  3. Millennium Dome 1,069 words
    4. cc6-8
  4. ITV Companies: Licence Obligations 601 words
    5. cc8-11
  5. Children: SEN Assessment Criteria 1,209 words
    6. c11
  6. Business 73 words
    7. c11
  7. Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England: Select Committee 55 words
    8. cc11-20
  8. Trustee Delegation Bill [H.L.] 4,880 words
    9. cc20-33
  9. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Bill [H.L.] 7,153 words
    10. cc33-48
  10. National Health Service 7,996 words
    11. cc48-54
  11. Broadcasting (Restrictions on the Holding of Licences) (Amendment) Order 1998 3,194 words
    12. cc55-74
  12. MMR Vaccine 9,928 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 11 January 1999 Series 5 Vol. 596

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  1. Sudan: Diplomatic Relations 115 words
    cc1-2WA
  2. Turkey: Human Rights 292 words
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  3. Ottawa Convention: Ratification 143 words
    cc2-3WA
  4. General Pinochet 231 words
    cc3-4WA
  5. Equine Insemination and Dentistry 222 words
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  6. MoD: Defence Intelligence IT System 224 words
    cc4-5WA
  7. RAF Heavy Lift Capability 146 words
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  8. Holy Loch: Removal of Debris 90 words
    c5WA
  9. General Pinochet 181 words
    cc5-6WA
  10. Council Housing Debt, Scotland 309 words
    cc6-7WA
  11. Scottish Parliament: Costs 288 words
    cc7-8WA
  12. Incapable Adults, Scotland: Family Role 505 words
    cc8-9WA
  13. Public Interest Immunity 124 words
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  14. War Crimes Act 247 words
    cc9-10WA
  15. Community Service Sentences: Litter Clearance 92 words
    c10WA
  16. Liability for Psychiatric Damage 108 words
    c10WA
  17. Lords of Appeal: Outside Interests 235 words
    cc10-1WA
  18. Lords of Appeal: Appointments 88 words
    c11WA
  19. Judicial Appointments 187 words
    cc11-2WA
  20. Judges: Declaration of Interests 159 words
    c12WA
  21. Conflicts of Interest 127 words
    c12WA
  22. Treaty of Rome: Economic and Financial Sanctions 49 words
    cc12-3WA
  23. European Commission: Fraud Prosecutions 189 words
    cc13-4WA
  24. Museums and Galleries: Free Admission 603 words
    cc14-5WA
  25. QUEST 192 words
    c15WA
  26. World Heritage Sites: Statutory Controls 92 words
    cc15-6WA
  27. Environment Council, 20–21 December 526 words
    cc16-8WA
  28. A.12: Fatal Accidents 490 words
    c18WA
  29. A.13 Completion 66 words
    c18WA
  30. Lords of Appeal: Register of Interests 160 words
    cc18-20WA
  31. Parliamentary Data and Video Network 605 words
    c20WA
  32. British-Irish Council 195 words
    cc20-1WA
  33. Bereavement Benefits 321 words
    cc21-2WA
  34. Actively Seeking Work Rules: Widows 205 words
    c22WA
  35. Benefits Integrity Project: Successor Scheme 142 words
    c22WA
  36. Health Inequalities and Benefits Policy 62 words
    cc22-3WA
  37. Non-departmental Public Bodies 451 words
    cc23-4WA
  38. Merrywood and Pen Park Schools 86 words
    cc24-51WA
  39. NVQ Take-up 9,857 words
    cc51-64WA
  40. Class Sizes 10,467 words