Commons Sitting of 19 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 327

    c1383
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1383
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Orders of the Day
      4. cc1383-406
    1. Referendums Bill 11,835 words
    cc1406-14
  4. Education Directorate (Hackney) 3,789 words
    5. cc1414-54
  5. Referendums Bill 21,249 words, 2 divisions
    6. cc1454-7
  6. Cheques (Scotland) Bill 1,035 words
  7. Remaining Private Members' Bills
      8. c1457
    1. FUEL POVERTY AND ENERGY CONSERVATION BILL 14 words
      2. c1457
    2. TRANSPORT OF FARM ANIMALS BILL 14 words
      3. c1457
    3. CONTROL OF RESIDENTIAL HEDGEROWS BILL 14 words
      4. c1457
    4. BUS FUEL DUTY (EXEMPTIONS) BILL 29 words
      5. c1457
    5. STREETWORKS BILL 14 words
      6. c1457
    6. NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS BILL 14 words
      7. c1457
    7. COMPUTER MILLENNIUM NON-COMPLIANCE (CONTINGENCY PLANS) BILL 14 words
      8. cc1457-8
    8. PUBLIC HOUSE NAMES BILL 14 words
      9. c1458
    9. ENERGY EFFICIENCY BILL 29 words
      10. c1458
    10. ENERGY CONSERVATION (HOUSING) BILL 14 words
      11. c1458
    11. DEREGULATION COMMITTEE 20 words
      12. c1458
    12. TRAVEL BY MEMBERS TO NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS AND EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS 215 words
      13. cc1458-9
    13. OFFICE COSTS ETC. ALLOWANCES 58 words
    cc1459-66
  8. Tibet 4,239 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 327

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      2. c823W
    1. EU Fraud 125 words
      2. c823W
    2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 166 words
      3. cc823-4W
    3. British Council 103 words
      4. c824W
    4. Debt Relief 256 words
      5. c824W
    5. Departmental Staff 43 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. cc824-5W
    1. 999 Calls 682 words
      2. cc825-7W
    2. Interception of Communications Act 1985 368 words
      3. c827W
    3. Surveillance 105 words
      4. cc827-8W
    4. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 293 words
      5. c828W
    5. Police Statistics 101 words
      6. c828W
    6. Court Welfare Officers 193 words
      7. cc828-30W
    7. Animal Experiments 189 words
      8. cc830-1W
    8. Public Appointments 723 words
      9. c831W
    9. Fires 107 words
      10. cc831-3W
    10. Asylum Seekers 749 words
      11. c833W
    11. Immigration and Asylum Appeals 152 words
      12. cc833-4W
    12. Immigration Detainees 369 words
      13. cc834-5W
    13. Working Time Directive 148 words
      14. c835W
    14. Immigration and Asylum Bill 74 words
      15. c835W
    15. Ministerial Meetings (US) 97 words
      16. c835W
    16. West Yorkshire Police 127 words
      17. cc835-6W
    17. European Elections 106 words
      18. c836W
    18. West Mercia Police Force 137 words
      19. c836W
    19. Correspondence 69 words
      20. c836W
    20. Electronic Red Boxes 56 words
  3. SOCIAL SECURITY
      4. cc836-7W
    1. Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) 500 words
      2. cc837-8W
    2. Minimum Funding Requirement 107 words
      3. c838W
    3. Statutory Sick Pay 141 words
      4. c838W
    4. Pensioners (Income Support) 126 words
      5. cc838-9W
    5. Bereavement Benefits 314 words
      6. c839W
    6. Housing Benefit 99 words
      7. c839W
    7. Private Pensions 78 words
      8. cc839-40W
    8. Select Committee Reports 183 words
  4. SCOTLAND
      5. c840W
    1. Meat Imports 151 words
      2. cc840-1W
    2. Local Government Employees (Pay) 346 words
      3. c841W
    3. Sentencing Policy 161 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
      6. cc841-2W
    1. Select Committee Reports 132 words
      2. c842W
    2. EU Political Committee 69 words
      3. c842W
    3. EU Special European Council 115 words
      4. c842W
    4. Genetically Modified Organisms 47 words
      5. cc842-3W
    5. Commission for Racial Equality 192 words
      6. c843W
    6. Iraq 128 words
      7. c843W
    7. Correspondence 62 words
      8. cc843-4W
    8. Patten Commission 174 words
      9. c844W
    9. Oil Payments 102 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
      7. cc844-5W
    1. Northern Ireland Electricity Report 226 words
      2. c845W
    2. Birth Defects 272 words
      3. c845W
    3. Health Care 65 words
      4. c845W
    4. Northern Ireland Assembly 73 words
      5. cc845-6W
    5. Biological Scientists 446 words
      6. cc846-7W
    6. Working Time Directive 147 words
  7. HEALTH
      8. cc847-8W
    1. NHS Appointments 424 words
      2. c848W
    2. Free Eye Prescriptions 81 words
      3. c848W
    3. Medical School Places 169 words
      4. cc848-9W
    4. Elderly People (Care) 93 words
      5. c849W
    5. Tobacco 97 words
      6. c849W
    6. CS Gas 69 words
      7. cc849-52W
    7. Termination Payments 1,478 words
      8. c853W
    8. Advertising Expenditure 279 words
      9. c853W
    9. Opencast Mining 175 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      9. c853W
    1. Residence Applications 31 words
      2. cc853-4W
    2. Contact Orders 82 words
  9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      10. cc854-5W
    1. Osborne House 353 words
  10. TREASURY
      11. c855W
    1. Select Committee Reports 107 words
      2. c855W
    2. Working Families Tax Credit 224 words
      3. c856W
    3. Tax Burden 113 words
      4. c856W
    4. Stamp Duty (Shares) 138 words
      5. cc856-7W
    5. EU Fraud 388 words
      6. c857W
    6. Budget Publications 63 words
      7. c857W
    7. Capital Gains Tax 143 words
      8. cc857-8W
    8. Business Taxes 74 words
      9. c858W
    9. Duty Free 75 words
      10. c858W
    10. RAF Airfields (Exports) 48 words
      11. c858W
    11. Military Cargo 93 words
      12. c858W
    12. VAT Liability 67 words
      13. cc858-9W
    13. Petroleum 151 words
      14. c859W
    14. Diesel 221 words
  11. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      12. c859W
    1. Toddington Primary School 42 words
      2. c860W
    2. Under-fives 150 words
  12. DEFENCE
      13. cc860-2W
    1. Military Exercises 1,211 words
      2. c862W
    2. EU Directives and Regulations 103 words
      3. cc862-3W
    3. Service Personnel (Homosexuality) 269 words
      4. c863W
    4. Depleted Uranium 110 words
      5. cc863-4W
    5. Naval Bases and Supply Agency 198 words
      6. c864W
    6. Ships Support Agency 218 words
      7. c864W
    7. Pay and Personnel Agency 185 words
      8. cc864-5W
    8. Medical Supply Agency 335 words
      9. c865W
    9. Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 155 words
      10. cc865-6W
    10. Defence Dental Agency 414 words
      11. cc866-9W
    11. Gulf Veterans 1,955 words
      12. cc869-71W
    12. Macedonia 893 words
      13. c871W
    13. "Just in Time" 106 words
      14. cc871-2W
    14. Territorial Army 233 words
      15. c872W
    15. Parliamentary Questions 106 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c872W
    1. Sierra Leone 225 words
      2. c873W
    2. Dubai 77 words
      3. c873W
    3. Human Rights 61 words
      4. c873W
    4. Firearms 145 words
  14. WALES
      15. cc873-4W
    1. Airports and Air Services 234 words
      2. c874W
    2. Links Magazine 156 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      16. cc874-5W
    1. Science Budget 1,006 words
      2. c876W
    2. University Science Projects 45 words
      3. cc876-7W
    3. Longbridge 74 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      17. cc877-8W
    1. Genetically Modified Crops 490 words
      2. c878W
    2. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment 85 words
      3. c878W
    3. Driving Tests 84 words
      4. c878W
    4. Car Ownership 54 words
      5. cc878-9W
    5. R. J. B. Mining Ltd. 145 words
      6. c879W
    6. Fast-growing Hedges 235 words
      7. cc879-80W
    7. Planning Inspectorate 235 words
      8. c880W
    8. Tyres 130 words
      9. cc880-3W
    9. Airports (Passenger Service Charges) 878 words
      10. c883W
    10. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 129 words
      11. cc884-5W
    11. Birth Defects 176 words
      12. cc885-6W
    12. Regional Development Agencies 497 words
      13. c886W
    13. Trading Credit Approvals 162 words
      14. cc886-7W
    14. Countryside Agency 75 words
      15. cc887-8W
    15. Direct Labour Organisations 498 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. cc888-90W
    1. Genetically Modified Organisms 784 words
      2. c890W
    2. Overseas Visits (Right hon. Member for Copeland) 97 words
      3. c891W
    3. Correspondence 53 words
      4. c891W
    4. Artificial Insemination 90 words
      5. cc891-2W
    5. Crustacea 171 words
      6. c892W
    6. Ministerial Travel 73 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 327

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c569W
    1. Appointments 212 words
      2. c569W
    2. European Defence Policy 132 words
      3. cc569-70W
    3. External Consultants 161 words
      4. cc570-1W
    4. Heathlands 307 words
      5. c571W
    5. Armed Forces (Recruitment) 153 words
      6. c571W
    6. Indonesia 134 words
      7. c571W
    7. Operation Desert Storm 48 words
      8. cc571-2W
    8. HMS Vengeance 103 words
      9. c572W
    9. RAF Logistic Support Services 207 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      3. c572W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 188 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
      4. c573W
    1. Security and Intelligence Service 100 words
      2. c573W
    2. Iraq (Medical Goods) 317 words
      3. cc573-4W
    3. President-elect Obasanjo 57 words
      4. c574W
    4. Select Committees (Leaked Documents) 114 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      5. c574W
    1. Leaded Petrol 210 words
      2. cc574-5W
    2. Council Tax Benefit 70 words
      3. c575W
    3. SSSIs 93 words
      4. c575W
    4. Countryside Access (MOD Land) 206 words
      5. cc575-6W
    5. Home Energy Efficiency Schemes 118 words
      6. c576W
    6. Recycling 80 words
      7. c576W
    7. Appointments 56 words
      8. c576W
    8. Jubilee Line 169 words
      9. cc576-7W
    9. Climate Change 127 words
      10. c577W
    10. Black Cabs 324 words
      11. cc577-8W
    11. Railway Stations (Access) 256 words
      12. c578W
    12. Thames Gateway (Rail Links) 108 words
      13. c578W
    13. GM Vegetables 74 words
      14. c578W
    14. Traffic Reduction 61 words
      15. cc578-9W
    15. Train Punctuality 67 words
      16. c579W
    16. Soil Crops 112 words
      17. c579W
    17. Retroviruses 51 words
      18. c579W
    18. Rural Railways 149 words
      19. cc579-80W
    19. Railway Security 171 words
      20. c580W
    20. Community Transport 81 words
      21. c580W
    21. Traffic Increases 130 words
      22. c580W
    22. National Rail Timetable 38 words
      23. cc580-1W
    23. Greater London 58 words
      24. cc581-2W
    24. Regional Expenditure 470 words
      25. c582W
    25. RDA Hearings 199 words
      26. cc582-3W
    26. Environment Council 533 words
      27. cc583-4W
    27. Lorry Accidents 234 words
      28. c584W
    28. Bus Service Partnerships 77 words
      29. c584W
    29. Government Grants 156 words
      30. cc584-5W
    30. Shipping 72 words
      31. c585W
    31. Cycling 117 words
      32. c585W
    32. Access to Countryside 193 words
      33. cc585-6W
    33. Homelessness 67 words
      34. c586W
    34. Roads Maintenance 90 words
      35. c586W
    35. London Transport Plans 128 words
      36. c586W
    36. House Sales 95 words
      37. cc586-7W
    37. Nuclear Waste 75 words
      38. c587W
    38. Light Dues 85 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. cc587-8W
    1. Police Manpower 689 words
      2. cc588-9W
    2. Common Market Referendum 154 words
      3. c589W
    3. Animal Experiments 81 words
      4. c589W
    4. Lighter Refills 57 words
      5. cc589-90W
    5. Victims of Crime 147 words
      6. c590W
    6. Youth Offender Teams 310 words
      7. cc590-1W
    7. Crime and Disorder Act 1998 531 words
      8. cc591-2W
    8. Sentencing Policy 123 words
      9. c592W
    9. Telephone Tapping 248 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      7. cc592-5W
    1. Trade Delegations 1,268 words
      2. cc595-8W
    2. Trade Promotion 930 words
      3. c598W
    3. Export Licences 164 words
      4. c598W
    4. Firework Safety 182 words
      5. cc598-600W
    5. US Import Duties 561 words
      6. c600W
    6. Minister for Science 42 words
      7. c600W
    7. Milk Marque 65 words
      8. c600W
    8. Supermarkets 96 words
      9. c600W
    9. Edgar Fernandes 80 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. cc600-1W
    1. Social Work 329 words
      2. c601W
    2. Education Budget 188 words
      3. cc601-2W
    3. Fossils 66 words
      4. c602W
    4. Agriculture Improvement Scheme 250 words
      5. cc602-3W
    5. Health Budget 127 words
      6. c603W
    6. Special Police Officers 173 words
  8. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      9. cc603-4W
    1. Structural Adjustment Programmes 136 words
      2. c604W
    2. South Africa 131 words
      3. c604W
    3. Appointments 119 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
      10. c604W
    1. Community Trusts 84 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      11. c605W
    1. Digital Radio 165 words
      2. c605W
    2. Tourism 166 words
      3. c605W
    3. BBC On-line 72 words
      4. cc605-6W
    4. Gardens (Funding) 213 words
  11. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      12. cc606-7W
    1. Information Superhighway 267 words
      2. c607W
    2. Opportunity for Youth 80 words
      3. c607W
    3. Class Sizes 110 words
      4. c607W
    4. National Curriculum 66 words
      5. c607W
    5. Correspondence 58 words
      6. cc607-8W
    6. Suicides 234 words
      7. cc608-9W
    7. Autistic Children 383 words
      8. c609W
    8. Investors in People 99 words
      9. cc609-10W
    9. Schools (Exclusions) 192 words
      10. c610W
    10. Appointments 334 words
  12. WALES
      13. cc611-2W
    1. Welsh Development Agency 443 words
      2. c612W
    2. NHS Training and Education 42 words
      3. c612W
    3. Health Authority Budgets 173 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. c612W
    1. Spain 59 words
      2. cc612-3W
    2. MOX Fuels 102 words
      3. c613W
    3. Indonesia 119 words
      4. c613W
    4. Syria 62 words
      5. cc613-4W
    5. East Timor 110 words
      6. c614W
    6. St. Helena 83 words
      7. c614W
    7. Kosovo 159 words
      8. c614W
    8. British Council 92 words
      9. cc614-5W
    9. Iran 71 words
      10. c615W
    10. Lebanon 31 words
      11. c615W
    11. Kashmir 162 words
      12. c615W
    12. Wye Agreement 129 words
      13. cc615-6W
    13. Sierra Leone 439 words
      14. cc616-7W
    14. Turkey 59 words
      15. c617W
    15. Russian Arms Supplies (Middle East) 90 words
      16. c617W
    16. Euro 69 words
      17. c617W
    17. EU Enlargement 62 words
      18. c617W
    18. Al Shifa 74 words
      19. c617W
    19. Pakistan 46 words
      20. cc617-8W
    20. Algeria 289 words
      21. c618W
    21. British Passport Holders 119 words
      22. cc618-9W
    22. Arms Exports 81 words
      23. c619W
    23. Recruitment 137 words
      24. c619W
    24. Family Policies 71 words
      25. cc619-20W
    25. Select Committee Reports 133 words
      26. c620W
    26. Nuclear Waste 65 words
      27. c620W
    27. General Pinochet 283 words
      28. c620W
    28. Prisoner Transfers 70 words
      29. cc620-1W
    29. Entry Documents 230 words
      30. c621W
    30. TACIS Programme 138 words
      31. cc621-2W
    31. Iraq 94 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
      15. c622W
    1. Incapacity Benefit 543 words
      2. cc622-3W
    2. Company Licences 82 words
      3. c623W
    3. Housing Benefit Fraud 315 words
      4. cc623-4W
    4. Myalgic Encephalitis 209 words
      5. c624W
    5. Health and Safety 150 words
      6. c624W
    6. Benefits (Ministerial Discretion) 140 words
      7. cc624-5W
    7. Pensions 25 words
      8. c625W
    8. Bereavement Benefits 323 words
      9. cc625-6W
    9. Family Resources Survey 400 words
      10. cc626-7W
    10. Disability Living Allowance 366 words
  15. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      16. c627W
    1. Law Firms (Franchising) 113 words
      2. c627W
    2. Electronic Red Boxes 54 words
      3. cc627-9W
    3. Appointments 533 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. c629W
    1. Departmental Reviews 131 words
      2. cc629-30W
    2. Physiotherapists 76 words
      3. c630W
    3. NHS Waiting Lists 84 words
      4. c630W
    4. NHS Running Costs 151 words
      5. cc630-1W
    5. NHS Personnel 102 words
      6. c631W
    6. Aricept 208 words
      7. cc631-2W
    7. NHS Pay and Pensions Enhancements 131 words
      8. c632W
    8. GP Records 61 words
      9. c632W
    9. Prescribing 166 words
      10. c632W
    10. Minimum Wage 70 words
      11. cc632-3W
    11. Front-line Care 79 words
      12. c633W
    12. Dental Services 93 words
      13. c633W
    13. Elderly People (Abuse) 115 words
      14. cc633-5W
    14. Incontinence 520 words
      15. c635W
    15. Human Vaccines (Bovine Material) 134 words
      16. cc635-6W
    16. Xenotransplantation 577 words
      17. cc636-7W
    17. Heart Attacks and Strokes 273 words
      18. c637W
    18. Neurological Services 196 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. cc637-8W
    1. Publications 45 words
      2. c638W
    2. Baby Foods 68 words
      3. c638W
    3. Abattoir Inspectors 60 words
      4. c638W
    4. Genetically Modified Crops 39 words
      5. c638W
    5. Mink Farming 152 words
      6. cc638-9W
    6. Fisheries Inspectors (EU) 214 words
      7. c639W
    7. Fisheries 86 words
      8. c639W
    8. Meat Hygiene Inspectors 76 words
      9. cc639-40W
    9. Biotechnical Industry 98 words
      10. c640W
    10. Pig Industry 98 words
      11. c640W
    11. Organic Aid Scheme 103 words
      12. c640W
    12. Genetically Modified Organisms 130 words
  18. TREASURY
      19. cc640-1W
    1. Green-field Development 45 words
      2. c641W
    2. Customs and Excise (Plymouth) 129 words
      3. c641W
    3. Tobacco Sales (Belgium) 40 words
      4. cc641-2W
    4. Select Committee Reports 472 words
      5. c642W
    5. Children's Tax Credit 79 words
      6. c642W
    6. Tax Investigation Notices 91 words
      7. cc642-3W
    7. Corporation Tax 391 words
      8. cc643-4W
    8. Capital Gains Tax 365 words
      9. cc644-5W
    9. Stamp Duty (Shares) 168 words
      10. c645W
    10. Premium Bonds 83 words
      11. c645W
    11. Lobbyists 60 words
      12. c645W
    12. Fiscal Policy 67 words
      13. cc645-6W
    13. KPMG 135 words
      14. c646W
    14. Insurance Premium Tax 50 words
      15. c646W
    15. 714 Certificates 75 words
      16. c646W
    16. Pensions (Taxation) 42 words
      17. c646W
    17. Cyprus 55 words
      18. c646W
    18. European Central Bank 97 words
      19. cc646-7W
    19. Economic and Monetary Union 101 words
      20. c647W
    20. Exchange Rate (Euro) 130 words
      21. c647W
    21. Stability Programme 56 words
      22. cc647-8W
    22. Trustee Investments Act 1961 107 words
      23. c648W
    23. Income Taxpayers (Scotland) 44 words
      24. c648W
    24. US-UK Double Tax Treaty 52 words
      25. c648W
    25. Smuggling 50 words
      26. c648W
    26. Pensioner Incomes 82 words
      27. c648W
    27. Euro Zone Trade 89 words
      28. cc648-9W
    28. Single Currency 66 words
      29. c649W
    29. European Commission 148 words
      30. c649W
    30. VAT 56 words
      31. c649W
    31. London Inland Revenue 47 words
      32. c649W
    32. Shipping Tax 41 words
      33. cc649-50W
    33. Computers for the Blind 61 words
      34. c650W
    34. Working Families Tax Credit 114 words
  19. CABINET OFFICE
      20. c650W
    1. Minister for Science 155 words
      2. cc650-1W
    2. Electronic Red Boxes 105 words
      3. cc651-2W
    3. Brit Awards 55 words