Commons Sitting of 22 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 328

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
      3. c1
    1. DISQUALIFICATION OF A MEMBER 86 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-21
    1. DEFENCE 6 words
        2. cc1-4
      1. Recruitment and Retention 1,346 words
        2. cc4-5
      2. Strategic Airlift Capability 382 words
        3. cc5-7
      3. Gulf War Illnesses 929 words
        4. cc7-8
      4. Recruitment 670 words
        5. cc8-10
      5. Territorial Army 553 words
        6. cc10-2
      6. European Defence Industry 1,050 words
        7. c12
      7. Joint Carrier-borne Air Group 306 words
        8. cc12-3
      8. Trident Targets 431 words
        9. cc13-5
      9. European Defence Co-operation 1,065 words
        10. c15
      10. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        11. cc15-6
      11. Redundant Churches 285 words
        12. cc16-7
      12. Church Income 439 words
        13. cc17-8
      13. Ethical Investment 389 words
        14. c18
      14. Parochial Finances 192 words
        15. cc18-21
      15. Redundant Churches 239 words
    cc21-36
  4. Education (Excellence in Cities) 7,938 words
    5. cc36-8
  5. Points of Order 984 words
    6. c38
  6. Opposition Day 3 words
    7. cc38-77
  7. Council Tax Increases 20,749 words, 1 division
    8. cc77-120
  8. EU-US Trade 24,078 words, 1 division
  9. Orders of the Day
      10. c121
    1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 57 words
      2. c121
    2. DELEGATED LEGISLATIONM 32 words
      3. cc121-2
    3. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE (SCOTLAND) 65 words
      4. c122
    4. SOCIAL SECURITY 43 words
      5. c122
    5. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 41 words
      6. c122
    6. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 27 words
      7. c122
    7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      8. cc122-3
    8. WELFARE OF LAYING HENS 77 words
      9. cc123-9
    9. Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill [Money] 2,888 words
      10. cc129-34
    10. Road Traffic (Vehicle Testing) Bill [Money] 2,891 words
      11. c134
    11. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE 28 words
  10. PETITION
      11. cc134-5
    1. Palace Theatre (Westcliff) 177 words
      2. cc135-40
    2. Contaminated Land (Barton upon Humber) 2,732 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 March 1999 Series 6 Vol. 328

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      2. c1W
    1. Green Transport Plan 59 words
      2. c1W
    2. Bilateral Aid (Dependent Territories) 345 words
      3. cc1-2W
    3. Restraint Techniques 56 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      3. c2W
    1. Freemasons (CPS) 100 words
  3. HEALTH
      4. cc2-3W
    1. Long-term Care 413 words
      2. c3W
    2. Social Services Grants 132 words
      3. cc3-4W
    3. Green Transport Plan 63 words
      4. c4W
    4. Local Government Finance 63 words
      5. c4W
    5. Primary Care Groups 99 words
      6. c4W
    6. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 153 words
      7. cc4-5W
    7. Departmental Budget 128 words
      8. c5W
    8. Mental Health Institutions (Deaths) 92 words
      9. c5W
    9. Organ Transplants 69 words
      10. cc5-6W
    10. Fuel Duty Increases 200 words
      11. c6W
    11. NHS Vehicles (Road Fuel Gas) 201 words
  4. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      5. c6W
    1. Working Time Directive 104 words
      2. cc6-7W
    2. Scottish Parliament 115 words
      3. c7W
    3. Millennium Compliance 170 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      6. c7W
    1. Select Committee Reports 45 words
      2. c7W
    2. Early Day Motions 72 words
      3. cc7-8W
    3. Claim Forms (Production Costs) 163 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. c8W
    1. Overseas Publications 90 words
      2. c8W
    2. Social Exclusion Unit 128 words
      3. cc8-9W
    3. Ministers Code of Conduct 75 words
      4. c9W
    4. European Union Fraud 79 words
      5. cc9-10W
    5. Lord Advocate 465 words
  7. DEFENCE
      8. c10W
    1. Learning Forces Initiative 97 words
      2. cc10-1W
    2. Racism 118 words
      3. c11W
    3. Cadets 112 words
      4. c11W
    4. Dr. Gwyn Prins 61 words
      5. c11W
    5. Defence Medical Services 86 words
      6. cc11-2W
    6. Iraq (Bombing Damage) 120 words
      7. c12W
    7. Rations 114 words
      8. c12W
    8. Macedonia 73 words
      9. c12W
    9. Cleaners' Pensions 76 words
      10. cc12-3W
    10. AWE Aldermaston 162 words
      11. c13W
    11. Training and Education 82 words
      12. c13W
    12. Operation Desert Fox 83 words
      13. c13W
    13. Trident Warheads 58 words
      14. c13W
    14. Gulf War Illnesses 53 words
      15. cc13-4W
    15. TA Centres (Disposal) 65 words
      16. c14W
    16. Women 172 words
      17. c14W
    17. Cadets (Solihull) 113 words
      18. cc14-5W
    18. Land Mines 221 words
      19. c15W
    19. European Defence Co-operation 47 words
      20. c15W
    20. Imphal Barracks, York 110 words
      21. c15W
    21. Defence Secondary Care Agency 132 words
      22. cc15-6W
    22. Departmental Budget 306 words
      23. cc16-7W
    23. Territorial Army 184 words
      24. c17W
    24. Ministerial Meetings (US) 109 words
      25. c17W
    25. Recruitment 64 words
      26. c17W
    26. NATO Subventions 146 words
      27. cc17-8W
    27. Iraq 421 words
      28. cc18-9W
    28. Aircraft Carriers (Contractors) 83 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      9. c19W
    1. Electronic Red Boxes 508 words
      2. cc19-20W
    2. Ministerial Meetings (US) 87 words
      3. cc20-1W
    3. Appointments 170 words
      4. c21W
    4. Commonwealth Games Headquarters 175 words
      5. c21W
    5. Sports Meetings 149 words
  9. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      10. cc21-2W
    1. Disestablishment 64 words
      2. c22W
    2. Clergy Pensions 110 words
      3. c22W
    3. Redundant Churches 104 words
      4. cc22-3W
    4. Church Risk Management Group 156 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
      11. c23W
    1. European Asylum System 112 words
      2. c23W
    2. Sergeant Gurpal Virdi 258 words
      3. cc23-6W
    3. EU Justice and Home Affairs Council 1,012 words
      4. cc26-7W
    4. EU General Affairs Council 394 words
      5. c27W
    5. Emergency Calls (Accidents) 79 words
      6. c27W
    6. Millennium Compliance 272 words
      7. cc27-8W
    7. Prisons (Drugs) 98 words
      8. c28W
    8. Prisons (Seconded Probation Staff) 212 words
      9. c28W
    9. Home Detention Curfew 77 words
      10. cc28-9W
    10. Electronic Tagging 109 words
      11. c29W
    11. Communications Interception 248 words
      12. cc29-30W
    12. Fire Engines (London) 201 words
      13. c30W
    13. Prisoners 104 words
      14. c30W
    14. Fire Research 77 words
      15. c30W
    15. Asylum Applications 88 words
      16. cc30-1W
    16. Green Transport Plan 72 words
      17. c31W
    17. Local Authority Spending 46 words
      18. c31W
    18. Fire Service (Staffing) 71 words
      19. cc31-2W
    19. Prisoner Deaths (Notification) 474 words
      20. c32W
    20. Strip Searches 81 words
      21. c32W
    21. Data Protection Act 1998 85 words
      22. cc32-3W
    22. Metropolitan Police (Objectives) 427 words
      23. c33W
    23. Appointments 99 words
      24. cc33-4W
    24. Foyle Fisheries Commission 92 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
      12. cc34-5W
    1. Ministerial Travel 651 words
      2. cc35-6W
    2. Pre-school Education 137 words
      3. c36W
    3. Airports 181 words
      4. c36W
    4. Human Rights Commission 114 words
      5. cc36-7W
    5. Company Licences 96 words
      6. c37W
    6. Paramilitary Violence 363 words
      7. cc37-8W
    7. Police Complaints 398 words
      8. cc38-9W
    8. Independent Police Ombudsman 108 words
      9. c39W
    9. Northern Ireland Police Authority 63 words
      10. c39W
    10. Terrorist Organisations 358 words
      11. cc39-40W
    11. Maze Prison 331 words
      12. cc40-1W
    12. Northern Ireland Prison Service 65 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      13. cc41-2W
    1. Genetically Modified Crops 591 words
      2. cc42-3W
    2. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment 453 words
      3. cc43-4W
    3. Rural Bus Services 218 words
      4. c44W
    4. M25 188 words
      5. cc44-5W
    5. Motor Insurance 99 words
      6. c45W
    6. Green Transport Plan 86 words
      7. c45W
    7. Local Authority Spending 248 words
      8. cc45-6W
    8. GLA Building 92 words
      9. c46W
    9. National Air Traffic Control Centre 66 words
      10. cc46-8W
    10. Housing Stock 665 words
      11. c48W
    11. Driving Licences 57 words
      12. c48W
    12. New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 121 words
      13. c48W
    13. Utility Contractors 78 words
      14. cc48-9W
    14. Regional Airports 163 words
      15. cc49-50W
    15. Air Traffic Management 735 words
      16. c50W
    16. Town and Parish Councils 62 words
      17. cc50-1W
    17. Road Noise Mitigation 360 words
      18. cc51-2W
    18. Ministerial Visits 413 words
      19. c52W
    19. Water's Edge, Barton upon Humber 127 words
      20. c52W
    20. Driving Licence Holders 89 words
  13. CABINET OFFICE
      14. cc52-3W
    1. Civil Servants (Flights) 162 words
      2. c53W
    2. Working Time Directive 152 words
      3. c53W
    3. Select Committee Documents 103 words
      4. c53W
    4. GM Crops 42 words
  14. WALES
      15. cc53-4W
    1. Working Time Directive 168 words
      2. c54W
    2. Waiting Lists 190 words
      3. cc54-6W
    3. Tir Cymen 644 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      16. c56W
    1. Green Transport Plan 43 words
      2. c56W
    2. Departmental Budget 256 words
      3. cc56-7W
    3. British Lecturers (Italy) 251 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      17. c57W
    1. Common Foreign and Security Policy 194 words
      2. cc57-8W
    2. James Miles and Paul Loseby 176 words
      3. c58W
    3. Gibraltar 215 words
      4. cc58-9W
    4. Working Time Directive 151 words
      5. c59W
    5. Written Answers 104 words
      6. c59W
    6. Ambassadors (Appointments) 81 words
      7. c59W
    7. Consul-General (New York) 143 words
      8. cc59-60W
    8. Human Rights 197 words
      9. c60W
    9. UNSCOM 151 words
      10. c60W
    10. European Scrutiny Committee 113 words
      11. cc60-1W
    11. Eritrea and Ethiopia 402 words
      12. cc61-2W
    12. Papua New Guinea 65 words
      13. c62W
    13. Mercenary Services 119 words
      14. cc62-3W
    14. European Commissioners (Emoluments) 305 words
      15. c63W
    15. Amsterdam Treaty 110 words
      16. c63W
    16. Armenian Foreign Minister 124 words
      17. c63W
    17. Ambassador's Residence 66 words
      18. cc63-4W
    18. UN Finances 120 words
      19. c64W
    19. Nuclear Missiles 172 words
      20. c64W
    20. Dubai 118 words
      21. cc64-5W
    21. Illicit Traffic by Sea 65 words
  17. SCOTLAND
      18. c65W
    1. Football 180 words
      2. c65W
    2. Ministerial Costs 119 words
      3. cc65-6W
    3. Hospital Service Reconfiguration 385 words
      4. cc66-8W
    4. Waiting Lists 1,162 words
      5. cc68-70W
    5. Inward Investment 580 words
      6. c70W
    6. Environmental Payments 67 words
      7. c70W
    7. Long-term Care 121 words
      8. cc70-1W
    8. Statute and Case Law (Internet) 230 words
      9. cc71-2W
    9. Psychiatric Care (Children) 726 words
      10. cc72-3W
    10. Private Finance Initiative 366 words
      11. cc73-4W
    11. Excluded Pupils 163 words
      12. c74W
    12. NHS Advertising Costs 44 words
      13. cc74-5W
    13. Health Boards (Debts) 256 words
      14. cc75-83W
    14. NHS Trusts 3,757 words
      15. cc83-4W
    15. NHS Clinical Negligence Claims 283 words
      16. cc84-5W
    16. NHS Training and Education 73 words
      17. cc85-6W
    17. Timber Industry 752 words
      18. cc86-7W
    18. Special Police Officers 655 words
      19. cc87-91W
    19. Pupil Funding 1,376 words
      20. c91W
    20. Higher Education 161 words
      21. c91W
    21. Boundary Commission 107 words
      22. cc91-2W
    22. Green Transport Plan 114 words
      23. c92W
    23. Hospital Disposals 107 words
      24. c92W
    24. Water (Local Authority Control) 113 words
      25. cc92-3W
    25. Health Board Expenditure 241 words
      26. c93W
    26. Health Boards (Senior Management) 93 words
  18. TREASURY
      19. c93W
    1. Dividend Tax Credits 68 words
      2. c93W
    2. European Scrutiny Committee 70 words
      3. cc93-4W
    3. Company Licences 108 words
      4. c94W
    4. Government Overdrafts 280 words
      5. cc94-5W
    5. Petrol Smuggling 102 words
      6. cc95-6W
    6. Departmental Asset Sales 695 words
      7. c96W
    7. Stamp Duty 128 words
      8. c96W
    8. Individual Savings Accounts 102 words
      9. cc96-7W
    9. Charities (Tax Relief) 220 words
      10. c97W
    10. Public Consultations 80 words
      11. c97W
    11. Financial Services and Markets Bill 72 words
      12. c97W
    12. Credit Suisse First Boston 74 words
      13. cc97-8W
    13. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 72 words
      14. c98W
    14. Appointments 87 words
      15. c98W
    15. Departmental Expenditure 104 words
      16. c98W
    16. Environmental Tax Reform 122 words
      17. cc98-9W
    17. Euro Banknotes 97 words
      18. c99W
    18. Public Sector Debt 328 words
      19. cc99-100W
    19. Money Transfers (Jersey) 92 words
      20. c100W
    20. Working Time Directive 115 words
      21. c100W
    21. Euro Coins 91 words
      22. c100W
    22. Single Currency 120 words
      23. cc100-1W
    23. Electronic Red Boxes 52 words
      24. c101W
    24. Select Committee Reports 85 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
      20. cc101-2W
    1. Pensioners 714 words
      2. cc102-3W
    2. Disablement Pension (Asbestosis) 300 words
      3. c103W
    3. Widows' Benefits 264 words
      4. cc103-4W
    4. Housing Benefit 66 words
      5. c104W
    5. Single Gateway 124 words
      6. cc104-5W
    6. Unclaimed Benefits 185 words
      7. c105W
    7. Bereavement Benefits 243 words
      8. c105W
    8. Green Transport Plan 55 words
      9. cc105-6W
    9. Miners (Compensation Payments) 115 words
      10. c106W
    10. Disability Allowance Review 345 words
  20. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      21. cc106-7W
    1. Global Services and JMT Charlesworth Ltd. 132 words
      2. c107W
    2. Mansion House Speech 26 words
      3. cc107-15W
    3. Trade Promotion 2,721 words
      4. c115W
    4. Sombrero Island 174 words
      5. cc115-6W
    5. Ilisu Dam, Turkey 195 words
      6. c116W
    6. Export Credits Guarantee Department 213 words
      7. cc116-7W
    7. Waste Tyres 155 words
      8. c117W
    8. Soft Timbers 315 words
      9. cc117-8W
    9. Pains Wessex 93 words
      10. c118W
    10. Wind Turbines 194 words
      11. c118W
    11. Prison Labour 55 words
      12. c118W
    12. Argentina 40 words
      13. c118W
    13. Northern Cyprus 42 words
      14. cc118-9W
    14. Export Promotion Directorate 103 words
      15. c119W
    15. Exports (Gulf States) 94 words
      16. c119W
    16. Petrol Retail Prices 46 words
      17. c119W
    17. Oil Prices 46 words
      18. cc119-20W
    18. Gas-fired Power Stations 135 words
      19. c120W
    19. Energy Regulator 229 words
      20. c120W
    20. New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 47 words
  21. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      22. cc120-1W
    1. Civil Court Fees 125 words
      2. c121W
    2. County Courts 45 words
      3. c121W
    3. Access to Justice 119 words
      4. cc121-2W
    4. Green Transport Plan 57 words
      5. c122W
    5. Freemasons 258 words

Lords Sitting of 22 March 1999 Series 5 Vol. 598

    c951
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc951-4
  2. National Curriculum 1,222 words
    3. cc954-5
  3. Manchester United Football Club: MMC Report 488 words
    4. cc955-6
  4. Cuba: Exports 384 words
    5. cc956-60
  5. Ambassadors: Selection and Training 2,127 words
    6. c960
  6. Business 43 words
    7. cc960-90
  7. Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report 16,517 words, 1 division
    8. cc990-1004
  8. Education: Excellence in Cities 7,275 words
    9. cc1004-66
  9. Future Financing of the European Union: ECC Report 33,632 words
    10. cc1067-80
  10. Scottish Enterprise Bill 7,173 words
    11. cc1080-92
  11. Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies Bill [H.L.] 6,355 words
    12. cc1092-4
  12. International Mobile Satellite Organisation (Immunities and Privileges) Order 1999 656 words
  13. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 (Specified Organisations) Order 1999
      14. cc1095-104
    1. Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Amendment) Order 1999 4,764 words
      2. cc1104-6
    2. Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 1999 1,226 words
      3. cc1107-9
    3. Limit in Relation to Licences to Provide Radio Multiplex Services Order 1999 1,508 words
      4. cc1110-23
    4. New Opportunities Fund (Specification of Initiatives) Order 1999 7,292 words
      5. cc1124-38
    5. Gas Fuel for Motor Vehicles 7,591 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 March 1999 Series 5 Vol. 598

    c121WA
  1. Peers Not Taking Party Whips 159 words
    cc121-2WA
  2. Turkey: Arrest of HADEP Members 275 words
    c122WA
  3. EU Policy: Wye Agreement 171 words
    c122WA
  4. NATO: Strategic Concept 93 words
    cc122-3WA
  5. UN Human Rights Commission: 1999 Session 209 words
    c123WA
  6. Ethiopia and Eritrea: Arms Embargo 213 words
    cc123-4WA
  7. High Court Crown Office List 115 words
    cc124-6WA
  8. Human Rights 632 words
    c126WA
  9. Data Protection Act 1998: Implementation 82 words
    cc126-7WA
  10. Metropolitan Police: Objectives 308 words
    c127WA
  11. Asylum Applications: Estimates 91 words
    cc127-30WA
  12. Justice and Home Affairs Council 1,052 words
    c130WA
  13. HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs 167 words
    c130WA
  14. Gibraltar: European Parliament 164 words
    cc130-1WA
  15. Gibraltar: Relationship with United Kingdom 423 words
    cc131-3WA
  16. Genetically Modified Animals 398 words
    c133WA
  17. EU: General Affairs Council 385 words
    cc133-4WA
  18. Uranium: Testing for Presence in the Human Body 94 words
    c134WA
  19. Health: Parliamentary Statements 92 words
    cc134-5WA
  20. The Royal Parks 369 words
    cc135-6WA
  21. Good Friday Agreement: Release of Prisoners 453 words
    cc136-7WA
  22. Beef on the Bone 297 words
    c137WA
  23. Bananas 95 words
    c137WA
  24. Badger Cull 82 words
    cc137-8WA
  25. Shellfish Conservation 369 words
    c138WA
  26. Agriculture in the United Kingdom 45 words
    cc138-40WA
  27. Pesticide Residues in Baby Foods 67 words