Commons Sitting of 1 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 326

    c721
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c721
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. c721
  3. REVIEW OF THE REVISIONS TO THE AVERAGE EARNINGS INDEX 49 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
      5. cc721-30
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
        2. cc721-2
      1. Public Bodies (Equal Opportunities) 276 words
        2. cc722-3
      2. National Lottery 502 words
        3. cc723-4
      3. New Opportunities Fund 586 words
        4. cc724-6
      4. Hospitality and Tourism Industries 874 words
        5. cc726-7
      5. Professional Sporting Bodies 875 words
        6. cc728-9
      6. After-school Clubs 625 words
        7. cc729-30
      7. Arts Council 761 words
      c730
    2. MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE 6 words
      3. cc730-2
    3. Millennium Dome (Sponsorship) 920 words
      4. c733
    4. Millennium Site (Future) 504 words
      5. c734
    5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL 7 words
      6. c734
    6. Iraq 279 words
      7. cc734-6
    7. Regional Affairs Committee 742 words
      8. cc736-7
    8. Law Commission Bills 371 words
      9. cc737-8
    9. Parliamentary Calendar 770 words
      10. cc738-40
    10. Welsh Devolution 209 words
    cc741-52
  5. Elderly People (Long-term Care) 6,565 words
    6. c753
  6. Points of Order 368 words
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. cc754-810
    1. Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill 7 words
      1. New Clause 4
          2. cc754-76
        1. DEFENCES AVAILABLE TO PERSONS WHO ARE UNDER AGE 12,512 words, 1 division
      2. Clause 2
          3. cc776-84
        1. ABUSE OF POSITION OF TRUST 4,638 words
      3. Clause 3
          4. cc785-8
        1. MEANING OF "POSITION OF TRUST" 1,994 words
      4. Title
          5. cc788-810
        1. SEXUAL OFFENCES (AMENDMENT) BILL 12,433 words, 1 division
    cc811-9
  8. Scottish Enterprise Bill 4,608 words
    9. cc820-45
  9. Corporation Tax 13,535 words, 1 division
    10. c845
  10. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 22 words
    11. c845
  11. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 48 words
    12. cc845-8
  12. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 1,311 words, 1 division
    13. c848
  13. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 40 words
    14. c848
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND 23 words
    15. cc848-50
  15. COURT OF AUDITORS REPORT 1,365 words, 1 division
    16. cc851-8
  16. Penn School 3,584 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 326

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      2. c499W
    1. Drugs Companies 103 words
  2. WALES
      3. c499W
    1. Unemployment Statistics 87 words
      2. c499W
    2. Primary Class Sizes 132 words
      3. c500W
    3. Brit Awards 67 words
      4. c500W
    4. National Assembly 72 words
      5. c500W
    5. Rural Development Grants 155 words
      6. c500W
    6. Supermarkets (Regional Selective Assistance) 43 words
  3. TREASURY
      4. c500W
    1. Tax Burdens (Businesses) 30 words
      2. c501W
    2. Taxation (Charities) 117 words
      3. c501W
    3. Sierra Leone (Weapon Supplies) 77 words
      4. cc501-2W
    4. Fatal Illnesses 556 words
      5. c502W
    5. ECOFIN 134 words
      6. c502W
    6. Brit Awards 41 words
      7. cc502-3W
    7. European Central Bank 46 words
      8. c503W
    8. Single Ombudsman Scheme 338 words
  4. DEFENCE
      5. cc503-4W
    1. Defence Medical Services 147 words
      2. c504W
    2. South Africa (Military Cargo) 104 words
      3. c504W
    3. Fast Insertion Craft 61 words
      4. c504W
    4. Sir Charles Masefield 101 words
      5. cc504-5W
    5. RN Personnel (Drug Trafficking Control) 113 words
      6. c505W
    6. Defence Agencies 229 words
      7. c505W
    7. Zimbabwe 142 words
      8. cc505-6W
    8. ASTOR 143 words
      9. c506W
    9. Army Training and Recruiting Agency 237 words
      10. c506W
    10. Old Gym, Caerwent 56 words
      11. c506W
    11. Defence Dental Agency 38 words
      12. c507W
    12. Military Exercises (Poland) 66 words
      13. c507W
    13. Defence Codification Agency 374 words
      14. cc507-8W
    14. Defence Bills Agency 228 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      6. c508W
    1. Immigration (Adjudicators' Decisions) 102 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      7. cc508-9W
    1. Genetic Modification 473 words
      2. c509W
    2. Pilot Projects 69 words
      3. c510W
    3. Empty Council Properties (London) 136 words
      4. c510W
    4. Special Areas of Conservation 256 words
      5. cc510-2W
    5. Transport (London) 651 words
      6. c512W
    6. Thameslink 2000 279 words
      7. c512W
    7. Robin Hood Line 97 words
      8. c513W
    8. OPRAF 170 words
      9. c513W
    9. Rail Staff Redundancies 75 words
      10. c513W
    10. East Coast Main Line 66 words
      11. c513W
    11. Rail Network (Crime) 109 words
      12. c514W
    12. Disabled Travellers 235 words
      13. cc514-5W
    13. Rail Tickets 425 words
      14. c515W
    14. West Coast Main Line 116 words
      15. c515W
    15. Passenger Train Services 56 words
      16. c516W
    16. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 78 words
      17. c516W
    17. Structure Plan (Hampshire) 96 words
      18. c516W
    18. Number Plates 80 words
      19. cc516-7W
    19. London Regional Transport 592 words
      20. c517W
    20. Air Miles 82 words
      21. cc517-8W
    21. Zimbabwe 185 words
      22. cc518-9W
    22. Zoos 512 words
      23. cc519-20W
    23. Homelessness 143 words
      24. c520W
    24. Social Housing 253 words
      25. cc520-1W
    25. Revenue Support Grant (Gloucestershire) 232 words
      26. c521W
    26. Transport on Water Association 216 words
      27. cc521-2W
    27. Planning Appeals 310 words
      28. c522W
    28. Tufnell Park Railway Station 83 words
      29. c522W
    29. Railway Lines (Re-openings) 97 words
      30. cc522-3W
    30. Antarctica 318 words
      31. c523W
    31. Elderly People 79 words
      32. c523W
    32. Rate Support Grant (Islington) 151 words
      33. c524W
    33. Traffic Speeds (Central London) 166 words
      34. c524W
    34. Millennium Dome 305 words
      35. c525W
    35. Red Squirrels 184 words
  7. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      8. c525W
    1. Millennium Compliance 101 words
      2. c525W
    2. House of Lords Reform 92 words
      3. c526W
    3. Air Miles 49 words
      4. c526W
    4. Zimbabwe 35 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      9. c526W
    1. Regional Affairs Committee 48 words
      2. c526W
    2. Reporting 279 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
      10. c527W
    1. Ministerial Flights 255 words
      2. c527W
    2. Genetic Modification 130 words
      3. cc527-9W
    3. Economic and Monetary Union 879 words
      4. c529W
    4. European Movement 57 words
      5. c530W
    5. Terrorism 55 words
      6. c530W
    6. Departmental Asset Sales 111 words
      7. c530W
    7. Referendums 92 words
      8. cc530-1W
    8. EU Meeting (Petersberg) 211 words
      9. c531W
    9. Select Committees (Leaked Documents) 232 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      11. c531W
    1. World Cup Bid 132 words
      2. c532W
    2. Performing Arts 216 words
      3. cc532-3W
    3. Library Service 318 words
      4. c533W
    4. Hospitality and Tourism Industries 117 words
      5. c533W
    5. Millennium Awards 76 words
      6. cc533-4W
    6. BBC (Free Television Licences) 149 words
      7. c534W
    7. Chess 79 words
      8. c534W
    8. Liquor Licensing Laws 107 words
      9. c534W
    9. Tourism 125 words
      10. cc534-5W
    10. Sports Council 83 words
      11. c535W
    11. Millennium Experience 156 words
      12. c535W
    12. Royal Naval College 69 words
      13. c535W
    13. Millennium Dome (Insurance) 67 words
      14. cc535-7W
    14. UK Sports Institute 853 words
      15. cc537-8W
    15. Departmental Asset Sales 271 words
      16. cc538-41W
    16. Departmental Expenditure 1,041 words
      17. c541W
    17. Disabled People 114 words
      18. c541W
    18. Heritage Lottery Fund 131 words
      19. c542W
    19. Award Ceremonies 414 words
      20. c543W
    20. Local Radio Licences 104 words
      21. c543W
    21. Zimbabwe 46 words
      22. c543W
    22. Air Miles 80 words
      23. c543W
    23. Arts Boards 44 words
      24. cc543-4W
    24. Musical Instrument Tuition 125 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. c544W
    1. New Housing Partnership 63 words
      2. cc544-6W
    2. Fisheries 1,066 words
      3. cc546-7W
    3. Genetically Modified Food 258 words
      4. cc547-8W
    4. Ministerial Visits 187 words
      5. c548W
    5. Open Countryside 150 words
      6. cc548-50W
    6. Further Education 804 words
      7. c550W
    7. Dr. Pusztai 101 words
      8. cc550-1W
    8. Scottish Parliament 206 words
      9. cc551-2W
    9. Caesarean Sections 590 words
      10. c552W
    10. Rowett Institute 187 words
      11. cc552-3W
    11. Sheriff Court, Dumbarton 163 words
      12. c553W
    12. Social Exclusion 173 words
      13. cc553-4W
    13. Elderly (Long-term Care) 361 words
      14. cc554-5W
    14. Seals 351 words
  12. HOME DEPARTMENT
      13. cc555-6W
    1. Criminal Cases Review Commission 497 words
      2. c556W
    2. Police (Millennium Celebrations) 96 words
      3. cc556-7W
    3. Pilot Projects 561 words
      4. cc557-9W
    4. Domestic Violence 150 words
      5. c559W
    5. Deportations 218 words
      6. cc559-60W
    6. Drugs Misuse 310 words
      7. cc560-2W
    7. EU Nationals 1,098 words
      8. c562W
    8. Passports and Identity Documents 104 words
      9. cc562-3W
    9. Entry Clearance 183 words
      10. c563W
    10. Lowdham Grange Prison 241 words
      11. c563W
    11. Turkish Workers 88 words
      12. c564W
    12. Immigration and Nationality Department 294 words
      13. cc564-5W
    13. Young Offenders 222 words
      14. c565W
    14. Unsolved Murders 65 words
      15. c565W
    15. Speeding (Loughton) 54 words
      16. c565W
    16. Air Miles 79 words
      17. cc565-6W
    17. Victim Support 164 words
      18. c566W
    18. Schizophrenia 66 words
      19. cc566-7W
    19. Stephen Lawrence Inquiry 565 words
      20. c567W
    20. Airport Liaison Officers 128 words
      21. cc567-8W
    21. Police (Gloucestershire) 149 words
      22. c568W
    22. Security Service 198 words
      23. cc568-9W
    23. Greenpeace 235 words
      24. c569W
    24. Asylum Seekers 57 words
      25. c569W
    25. Charities 76 words
      26. c569W
    26. Licensing Hours 96 words
      27. cc569-70W
    27. Green Goddess Fire Appliance 120 words
      28. c570W
    28. Au Pairs 110 words
      29. c570W
    29. Drug Conference (Rangoon) 62 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      14. c570W
    1. Plutonium Shipments 242 words
      2. c571W
    2. Wind Turbines (North-East) 226 words
      3. c571W
    3. Transatlantic Post 187 words
      4. cc571-2W
    4. Steel Products (Dumping) 81 words
      5. c572W
    5. Zimbabwe 194 words
      6. c572W
    6. British Shoe Manufacturing Industry 112 words
      7. cc572-3W
    7. Quidhampton (Power Plant Construction) 52 words
      8. c573W
    8. Caribbean Countries 244 words
      9. c573W
    9. Genetically Modified Organisms 78 words
      10. cc573-4W
    10. Recycling 157 words
      11. c574W
    11. Digital Economy (Special Representative) 65 words
      12. c574W
    12. New York Fashion Show 73 words
      13. c574W
    13. Internal Market 147 words
      14. cc574-5W
    14. National Minimum Wage 219 words
      15. c575W
    15. Petrol and Diesel Fuel 77 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. cc575-6W
    1. Mental Health Services 209 words
      2. c576W
    2. Ministerial Meetings (US Ministers) 82 words
      3. c576W
    3. Respite Care 181 words
      4. cc576-7W
    4. Medical Research Ethics Committee 297 words
      5. c577W
    5. Prostheses Users 237 words
      6. cc577-8W
    6. Smoking-related Diseases 99 words
      7. c578W
    7. Zimbabwe 49 words
      8. c578W
    8. NHS Staff (Pay) 203 words
      9. c578W
    9. Primary Care Groups 60 words
      10. cc578-9W
    10. Dental Services 82 words
      11. c579W
    11. IVF Treatment 64 words
      12. c579W
    12. Speech Therapists (West Sussex) 131 words
      13. c579W
    13. Air Miles 72 words
      14. cc579-80W
    14. Schizophrenia 183 words
  15. CABINET OFFICE
      16. c580W
    1. Civil Service (Reserved Posts) 142 words
      2. c580W
    2. Ministerial Group on Biotechnology and Genetic Modification 64 words
      3. cc580-1W
    3. Public Appointments 77 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      17. c581W
    1. Montserrat 145 words
      2. cc581-2W
    2. Sudan 270 words
      3. c582W
    3. Transnational Corporations 122 words
      4. c582W
    4. Zimbabwe 229 words
      5. cc582-3W
    5. Human Rights 184 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
      18. cc583-4W
    1. Civil Servants (Misconduct) 344 words
      2. c584W
    2. Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 126 words
      3. cc584-5W
    3. Worktrain Programme 666 words
      4. c585W
    4. Hospital Waiting Lists 61 words
      5. cc585-6W
    5. Sinn Fein Members (Ministerial Appointments) 149 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. c586W
    1. Sugar 164 words
      2. cc586-7W
    2. Genetically Modified Crops 165 words
      3. c587W
    3. Agriculture Council (Brussels) 200 words
  19. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      20. cc587-9W
    1. Teacher Training 631 words
      2. c589W
    2. Departmental Policies 145 words
      3. c589W
    3. School Funding (Cumbria) 234 words
      4. c590W
    4. NVQs 223 words
      5. c590W
    5. Education Funding (North Yorkshire) 49 words
      6. cc590-1W
    6. Further Education Colleges 276 words
      7. c591W
    7. Kingsbridge Primary School, South Devon 62 words
      8. c591W
    8. Teachers' Pay 76 words
      9. cc591-2W
    9. Teacher Recruitment 333 words
      10. c592W
    10. New Deal (Public Sector) 98 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
      21. cc592-3W
    1. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 218 words
      2. c593W
    2. Asbestosis (North-west) 362 words
      3. cc593-4W
    3. Child Benefit 208 words
      4. cc594-5W
    4. Benefit Fraud 448 words
      5. c595W
    5. Income Support 331 words
      6. cc595-6W
    6. Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill 130 words
      7. c596W
    7. Benefit Payments 89 words
      8. c596W
    8. Severe Disablement Allowance 301 words
      9. c597W
    9. Pensions 224 words
      10. c597W
    10. Child Support 95 words
      11. cc597-8W
    11. Widow's Benefit 167 words
      12. c598W
    12. Mrs. Karen Adams 232 words
  21. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      22. cc598-9W
    1. Visas (Supply Teachers) 164 words
      2. c599W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 89 words
      3. cc599-600W
    3. Burma 440 words
      4. cc600-1W
    4. EEA Family Permit Applications 261 words
      5. c601W
    5. Commonwealth Institute 76 words
      6. c601W
    6. Sudan 59 words
      7. c601W
    7. Abdullah Ocalan 86 words
      8. cc601-2W
    8. Iran 603 words
      9. c603W
    9. Kenya 229 words
      10. c603W
    10. Brit Awards 57 words
      11. c603W
    11. Air Miles 80 words
      12. cc603-4W
    12. Sierra Leone 42 words
      13. c604W
    13. Zimbabwe 322 words
      14. cc604-5W
    14. Media Staff (Embassies) 107 words
      15. c605W
    15. Kosovo 93 words
      16. c605W
    16. Chile (Air Services) 81 words
      17. c605W
    17. Falklands 199 words
      18. c606W
    18. Yemen 166 words
      19. c606W
    19. Antarctic Secretariat 109 words
      20. c606W
    20. Turkey 126 words
      21. cc606-7W
    21. British Council (Damascus) 64 words
      22. c607W
    22. Ministerial Engagements 60 words
      23. cc607-8W
    23. Indonesian Elections 115 words
      24. c608W
    24. Bay of Gibraltar 32 words
      25. c608W
    25. Vietnam 142 words

Lords Sitting of 1 March 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c1361
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. cc1361-3
  2. Colombia: Emergency Response 1,018 words
    3. cc1363-6
  3. New Variant CJD: Beef Bone Controls 1,273 words
    4. cc1366-8
  4. National Savings Pensioners Bonds 1,074 words
    5. cc1368-70
  5. Olympic Games: Support for Potential Competitors 680 words
    6. c1370
  6. Business 44 words
    7. cc1370-92
  7. Health Bill [H.L.] 11,496 words
    8. c1392
  8. Business 56 words
    9. cc1392-406
  9. Long-term Care: Royal Commission Report 7,235 words
    10. cc1406-40
  10. Health Bill [H.L.] 16,935 words
    11. cc1440-56
  11. Judicial Appointments 8,931 words
    12. cc1457-542
  12. Health Bill [H.L.] 42,540 words, 2 divisions
    13. c1542
  13. Financial Services and Markets 178 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 March 1999 Series 5 Vol. 597

    c153WA
  1. Water: DFID Resource Centre 167 words
    cc153-4WA
  2. Northern Ireland: Rough Sleeping 124 words
    c154WA
  3. Northern Ireland: A.3 Portadown to Armagh Road 199 words
    cc154-5WA
  4. Belfast Agreement: Early Release of Prisoners 227 words
    c155WA
  5. Imported Art Objects: VAT Increase 219 words
    c155WA
  6. Royal Hospital, Haslar: Closure 118 words
    cc155-6WA
  7. Tower Hamlets: Domiciliary Care 161 words
    c156WA
  8. Genetically Modified Foods 82 words
    cc156-7WA
  9. Knives Act 1997: Prosecutions 167 words
    c157WA
  10. Scotland: Local Health Council Budgets 38 words
    c157WA
  11. Scottish Business in the UK Parliament 121 words
    cc157-9WA
  12. Scotland: Primary Education Funding 764 words
    cc159-60WA
  13. Scotland: Secondary Education Funding 728 words
    cc160-2WA
  14. Scotland: Nursery Education Funding 1,029 words
    c162WA
  15. Scottish Parliament: Standing Orders 70 words
    cc162-3WA
  16. Scotland: Housing 348 words
    c163WA
  17. Brandy and Rum Butters 101 words
    cc163-4WA
  18. Forestry Income 134 words
    cc164-6WA
  19. Provisional Seed Certification Scheme 679 words
    cc166-7WA
  20. Veterinary Medicines: Human Suspected Adverse Reactions 420 words
    c167WA
  21. Sheep Dip Container Design 129 words
    cc167-8WA
  22. Controlled Goods: Production Overseas 130 words
    c168WA
  23. Medical Research Council Funding for Small Projects 253 words
    c168WA
  24. English Nature: Letter to Dr. Cunningham 53 words
    cc168-70WA
  25. New Statutory Powers 79 words