Commons Sitting of 8 November 1999 Series 6 Vol. 337

    c671
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c671
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. CITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE BILL [Lords]
      1. KENT COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords]
          2. c671
        1. MEDWAY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 62 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
      5. cc671-86
    1. DEFENCE 6 words
        2. cc671-3
      1. Territorial Army 991 words
        2. cc673-6
      2. Manning and Recruitment 1,322 words
        3. cc676-7
      3. Procurement 462 words
        4. cc677-8
      4. Atomic Weapons Establishment 738 words
        5. cc678-81
      5. Kosovo 1,481 words
        6. cc681-2
      6. Procurement 474 words
        7. cc682-3
      7. Air Training Corps 502 words
        8. cc683-4
      8. Learning Forces Initiative 455 words
        9. cc684-6
      9. Armed Forces (Homosexuals) 703 words
      cc686-8
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        3. cc686-8
      1. Church Buildings (VAT) 815 words
      c688
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        4. c688
      1. Departmental Market Testing 224 words
      cc688-90
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        5. cc688-9
      1. Genetically Modified Organisms 159 words
        2. cc689-90
      2. Wildlife 155 words
    cc691-2
  5. Point of Order 524 words
    6. cc693-712
  6. Greater London Authority Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) 10,580 words, 1 division
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. cc713-826
    1. Greater London Authority Bill 4 words
      1. Clause 37
          2. cc713-7
        1. THE MAYOR'S MONTHLY REPORT TO THE ASSEMBLY 2,101 words
      2. Clause 52
          3. cc717-8
        1. PROCEDURE FOR REQUIRING ATTENDANCE 511 words
        cc718-9
      3. New Clause 507 words
        4. cc719-21
      4. New Clause 830 words
      5. Clause 68
          6. c721
        1. ISSUE OF PRECEPTS 270 words
      6. Clause 73
          7. c722
        1. CALCULATION OF BASIC AMOUNT OF TAX 372 words
      7. Clause 79
          8. cc722-3
        1. SUBSTITUTE CALCULATIONS UNDER SECTION 49 OF THE 1992 ACT 384 words
      8. Clause 112
          9. cc723-4
        1. PROPER FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER 367 words
      9. Clause 113
          10. cc724-5
        1. APPLICATION OF PART VIII OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE ACT 1988 307 words
      10. Clause 124
          11. cc725-6
        1. THE MAYOR'S TRANSPORT STRATEGY 824 words
      11. Clause 126
          12. cc727-8
        1. DUTIES OF LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS ETC. 842 words
      12. Clause 129
          13. cc728-9
        1. POWER OF THE MAYOR TO PREPARE A PLAN 214 words
      13. Clause 135
          14. cc729-37
        1. STRUCTURE OF FARES AND SERVICES. 4,228 words
      14. Clause 141
          15. cc737-8
        1. RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISPOSAL OF LAND 348 words
      15. Clause 142
          16. cc738-40
        1. CONTROL OF SUBSIDIARIES 1,466 words, 1 division
      16. Clause 143
          17. cc740-51
        1. POWERS OF DISPOSAL 5,581 words
      17. Clause 148
          18. c751
        1. ADDITION OR VARIATION OF A NETWORK SERVICE 110 words
      18. Clause 161
          19. cc752-7
        1. POWER OF AUTHORITY TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO THE FRANCHISING DIRECTOR 2,643 words
        cc757-62
      19. New Clause 2,729 words, 1 division
        20. cc762-7
      20. New Clause 2,827 words, 1 division
      21. Clause 193
          22. cc767-8
        1. TRAVEL CONCESSIONS ON JOURNEYS IN AND AROUND GREATER LONDON 710 words
      22. Clause 199
          23. cc768-9
        1. THE LONDON TRANSPORT USERS' COMMITTEE 308 words
        cc769-74
      23. New Clause 20 words
          24. cc769-74
        1. CHAPTER XA— WATER TRANSPORT 2,783 words, 1 division
      24. Clause 243
          25. cc774-6
        1. ESTABLISHMENT, MEMBERSHIP AND DUTY TO MAINTAIN POLICE FORCE 1,228 words
        cc777-80
      25. New Clause 2,110 words
      26. Clause 256
          27. cc780-1
        1. ABOLITION OF OFFICE OF RECEIVER 296 words
      27. Clause 262
          28. cc781-2
        1. DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS 466 words
      28. Clause 264
          29. cc782-3
        1. THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 588 words
      29. Clause 267
          30. cc783-4
        1. PUBLICATION 471 words
      30. Clause 276
          31. cc784-5
        1. MONITORING AND DATA COLLECTION 411 words
      31. Clause 281
          32. cc785-6
        1. THE MAYOR'S ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 600 words
      32. Clause 286
          33. cc786-9
        1. DIRECTIONS BY THE MAYOR 1,145 words
      33. Clause 294
          34. c789
        1. DIRECTIONS UNDER THE ENVIRONMENT ACT 1995 275 words
      34. Clause 297
          35. cc790-1
        1. THE LONDON AMBIENT NOISE STRATEGY 988 words
      35. Clause 301
          36. cc791-2
        1. THE MAYOR'S CULTURE STRATEGY 572 words
      36. Clause 302
          37. c793
        1. GRANTS BY THE MAYOR FOR MUSEUMS, GALLERIES ETC. 149 words
        cc793-6
      37. New Clause 1,840 words
        38. c797
      38. New Clause 239 words
        39. cc797-815
      39. New Clause 9,885 words, 4 divisions
        40. cc815-26
      40. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 53 words
          41. cc815-8
        1. TAXES 1,676 words, 1 division
          2. cc818-21
        2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 1,571 words, 1 division
          3. cc821-3
        3. NORTHERN IRELAND 1,433 words, 1 division
          4. cc823-6
        4. LEGAL SERVICES 1,366 words, 1 division
      cc827-8
    2. Food Standards Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) 684 words
      3. cc829-56
    3. Food Standards Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 10
          2. cc829-32
        1. POWER TO CARRY OUT OBSERVATIONS 1,575 words
      2. Clause 12
          3. cc832-8
        1. MONITORING OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION 3,134 words
      3. Clause 14
          4. c838
        1. POWER OF ENTRY FOR MONITORING ENFORCEMENT ACTION. 408 words
      4. Clause 19
          5. c839
        1. PUBLICATION ETC. BY THE AGENCY OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION 285 words
      5. Clause 24
          6. cc839-56
        1. DIRECTIONS RELATING TO BREACH OF DUTY OR TO INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS 9,230 words, 3 divisions
      cc857-64
    4. London Bridge Rail Crash 3,427 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 November 1999 Series 6 Vol. 337

  1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      2. c377W
    1. Employee Consultation 79 words
      2. c377W
    2. Working Time Directive 110 words
      3. c377W
    3. National Minimum Wage 85 words
      4. cc377-8W
    4. Defence and Security Goods (Exports) 219 words
      5. c378W
    5. Packaging Waste 211 words
      6. cc378-9W
    6. Energy Efficiency 333 words
      7. c379W
    7. Integrated Tariff 60 words
  2. SOCIAL SECURITY
      3. cc379-81W
    1. Departmental Expenditure 767 words
      2. c381W
    2. Child Maintenance 101 words
      3. cc381-2W
    3. Social Security Agreement (Australia) 294 words
      4. c382W
    4. Pensions 120 words
      5. cc382-5W
    5. Disability Benefits 1,135 words
      6. c385W
    6. Disability Living Allowance 144 words
      7. c385W
    7. Personal Service Companies 125 words
      8. cc385-6W
    8. New Deal (Costs) 248 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      4. c386W
    1. McKenzie Friends 101 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      5. cc386-7W
    1. Housing Benefit 96 words
      2. c387W
    2. Walton Group Plc 164 words
      3. cc387-8W
    3. Motoring Offences 264 words
      4. c388W
    4. Tree Planting 193 words
      5. c388W
    5. Housing 138 words
      6. cc388-9W
    6. Motorways and Trunk Roads 329 words
      7. c389W
    7. Rail Services 142 words
      8. cc389-90W
    8. Train Drivers 190 words
      9. c390W
    9. Climate Change Levy 338 words
      10. cc390-1W
    10. Lackenby to Shipton Pylon Line 93 words
      11. c391W
    11. Leasehold Reform 50 words
      12. c391W
    12. Rural Rail Services 77 words
      13. c391W
    13. Regional Planning Guidance 127 words
      14. cc391-2W
    14. Auditing Procedures 116 words
      15. c392W
    15. Government Office for the North West 52 words
      16. c392W
    16. Environment Protection Act 1990 60 words
      17. cc392-3W
    17. Mopeds 435 words
      18. c393W
    18. Road Fatalities 115 words
      19. c393W
    19. London-Tilbury-Southend Line 181 words
      20. cc393-4W
    20. Bursting Stone Quarry 204 words
      21. c394W
    21. Biosafety Protocol 64 words
      22. c394W
    22. Docklands Light Railway 121 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
      6. cc394-5W
    1. Departmental Accounts 175 words
  6. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      7. c395W
    1. "News at Ten" 99 words
      2. c395W
    2. National Lottery 112 words
      3. cc395-6W
    3. Museums and Galleries 153 words
      4. c396W
    4. Arts Council (Annual Report) 43 words
      5. c396W
    5. Football Spectators 63 words
      6. c396W
    6. National Arts Day 66 words
  7. DEFENCE
      8. c396W
    1. European Security and Defence Identity 111 words
      2. cc396-7W
    2. Marine Forces 83 words
      3. c397W
    3. Heavy-lift Aircraft 101 words
      4. c397W
    4. Multi-role Armoured Vehicle Project 85 words
      5. c397W
    5. Smart Procurement Initiative 75 words
      6. cc397-8W
    6. Territorial Army 379 words
      7. c398W
    7. Bosnia 137 words
      8. cc398-9W
    8. Kosovo and Serbia 80 words
      9. c399W
    9. Depleted Uranium 86 words
      10. c399W
    10. Army Northern Headquarters 43 words
      11. c399W
    11. Learning Forces Initiative 101 words
      12. cc399-400W
    12. East Timor 165 words
      13. c400W
    13. Royal Navy 101 words
      14. c400W
    14. Front Line Logistics 209 words
      15. c400W
    15. Kosovo 49 words
      16. cc400-1W
    16. Welfare Telephone Allowances 96 words
      17. c401W
    17. Iraq 143 words
      18. c401W
    18. Overstretch 110 words
      19. cc401-2W
    19. Apache Helicopters 204 words
      20. c402W
    20. Aircraft Carriers 228 words
      21. cc402-3W
    21. European Joint Procurement Structures 395 words
      22. c403W
    22. Aldermaston 161 words
      23. cc403-4W
    23. Strategic Airlift 343 words
      24. cc404-5W
    24. Soldiers (Service Extension) 577 words
      25. cc405-6W
    25. Patten Commission 58 words
      26. c406W
    26. Service Personnel (Turnover) 73 words
      27. cc406-7W
    27. Sexual Discrimination Cases 442 words
      28. cc407-8W
    28. Service Personnel (Employment Protection) 285 words
      29. c408W
    29. "Welfare in the Army" 110 words
      30. c408W
    30. RAF Neatishead 66 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      9. c408W
    1. Hawk Aircraft 119 words
      2. c408W
    2. Departmental Staff (Working Week) 81 words
      3. cc408-9W
    3. International Criminal Court 84 words
      4. c409W
    4. Middle East Peace Process 213 words
      5. c409W
    5. St. Helena 100 words
      6. cc409-10W
    6. Kosovo 235 words
      7. c410W
    7. Chinese President (State Visit) 97 words
      8. cc410-7W
    8. European Union Programme 2,517 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
      10. c418W
    1. "Picking up the Pieces" 53 words
      2. c418W
    2. Drug-related Crime 151 words
      3. c418W
    3. Travellers 104 words
      4. cc418-9W
    4. Asylum and Immigration 164 words
      5. c419W
    5. Local Authority Housing 280 words
      6. cc419-20W
    6. Freedom of Information 259 words
      7. c420W
    7. Firearms Compensation 119 words
      8. c420W
    8. Motoring Offences 145 words
      9. cc420-1W
    9. Defence Exports 332 words
      10. c421W
    10. Cross-examination 104 words
      11. cc421-2W
    11. Police Firearms 137 words
      12. c422W
    12. Corporate Manslaughter 69 words
      13. c422W
    13. West Midlands Police Authority 151 words
      14. c422W
    14. Data Protection 62 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
      11. cc422-3W
    1. Internal Histories 109 words
      2. c423W
    2. Bilderberg Meetings 49 words
      3. c423W
    3. Pensions 153 words
      4. c423W
    4. Special Advisers 147 words
      5. cc423-4W
    5. Animal Welfare 79 words
      6. c424W
    6. Media Briefings 48 words
      7. c424W
    7. Press Secretary 143 words
      8. c424W
    8. Chinese President (State Visit) 108 words
      9. cc424-5W
    9. Departmental Leak Investigations 155 words
      10. c425W
    10. Deaths in Custody 100 words
      11. c425W
    11. Intergovernmental Conference 71 words
      12. cc425-6W
    12. Infant Deaths 290 words
      13. c426W
    13. Official Engagements 73 words
      14. c426W
    14. Foudry Court Elderly Persons Home 80 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      12. cc426-7W
    1. Belize 173 words
      2. c427W
    2. Departmental Asset Sales 67 words
      3. c427W
    3. St. Helena 126 words
  12. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      13. cc427-8W
    1. Historic Churches 224 words
      2. c428W
    2. GM Crops 113 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      14. cc428-31W
    1. New Deal (Young People) 1,593 words
      2. cc431-2W
    2. New Deal (Lone Parents) 167 words
      3. c432W
    3. New Deal (Oxfordshire) 170 words
      4. c432W
    4. New Deal (North-east) 172 words
      5. cc432-3W
    5. GCSE Achievement 83 words
      6. c433W
    6. Labour and Social Affairs Council 218 words
      7. c433W
    7. Mature Students 137 words
      8. cc433-4W
    8. Educational Maintenance Allowance Pilots 131 words
      9. c434W
    9. Bolton Institute of Higher Education 55 words
      10. cc434-5W
    10. "Voices" Magazine 292 words
      11. c435W
    11. Student Identification Numbers 281 words
      12. c435W
    12. Careers Advice 136 words
      13. cc435-6W
    13. Nurses 90 words
      14. c436W
    14. Educational Exchanges 169 words
      15. c436W
    15. National Academic Recognition and Information Centre 144 words
      16. cc436-7W
    16. Tuition Fees 390 words
      17. cc437-8W
    17. Student Support (Fraud) 155 words
      18. c438W
    18. A-Levels 84 words
  14. TREASURY
      15. c438W
    1. Departmental Asset Sales 67 words
      2. c438W
    2. Married Couple's Allowance 97 words
      3. cc438-9W
    3. Climate Change Levy 196 words
      4. c439W
    4. Excise Duty (Beer) 140 words
      5. c439W
    5. Departmental Accounts 102 words
      6. c439W
    6. Severance Pay 18 words
      7. cc439-40W
    7. Energy Discounts 124 words
  15. CABINET OFFICE
      16. cc440-1W
    1. Departmental Asset Sales 323 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. c441W
    1. Health Services (Merseyside and Sefton) 183 words
      2. cc441-3W
    2. Blood 615 words
      3. c443W
    3. Bone Marrow Donor 229 words
      4. cc443-4W
    4. Water Fluoridation 352 words
      5. c444W
    5. Oncologists 165 words
      6. cc444-5W
    6. Departmental Publications 39 words
      7. c445W
    7. Contaminated Polio Vaccine 395 words
      8. cc445-6W
    8. National Cancer Forum 196 words
      9. c446W
    9. Cloning 87 words
      10. c446W
    10. Microwave Transmissions 146 words
      11. cc446-7W
    11. Bovine Tuberculosis 283 words
      12. cc447-8W
    12. Meningitis Vaccine 236 words
      13. c448W
    13. Equal Opportunities 63 words
      14. c448W
    14. Waiting Lists 55 words
      15. c448W
    15. Fertility Treatment 55 words
      16. c448W
    16. Pathology Services 128 words
      17. cc448-9W
    17. MRSA 310 words
      18. c449W
    18. Public Health White Paper 156 words
      19. cc449-50W
    19. Cancer Diagnosis 127 words
      20. c450W
    20. Heart Disease 184 words
      21. c450W
    21. Mobile Telephones 112 words
      22. c450W
    22. Human Infant Organs 109 words
      23. cc450-1W
    23. Nurse Recruitment 196 words
      24. c451W
    24. Nut Allergies 164 words
      25. cc451-2W
    25. Medical Treatment 75 words
      26. c452W
    26. Clinical Priority 56 words
      27. c452W
    27. Disabled Children 58 words
      28. cc452-3W
    28. Cancer Services 398 words
      29. c453W
    29. Smoking 143 words
      30. c453W
    30. CJD 47 words
      31. cc453-4W
    31. Performance Targets 187 words
      32. c454W
    32. Tube Feeding 58 words
      33. c454W
    33. NHS Hearing Tests (Worthing) 100 words
      34. c454W
    34. Long-term Care 142 words
      35. cc454-5W
    35. School Nurses 89 words
      36. c455W
    36. Correspondence 54 words
      37. c455W
    37. Student Grants (Nurses) 87 words
      38. c455W
    38. Generic Drugs 119 words
      39. cc455-6W
    39. Thyroxin 75 words
      40. c456W
    40. Prostate Cancer 103 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. c456W
    1. Milk Prices 111 words
      2. cc456-7W
    2. Quarantine 591 words
      3. cc457-8W
    3. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance 52 words
      4. c458W
    4. Bovine TB 225 words
      5. c458W
    5. Common Agricultural Policy 125 words
      6. cc458-9W
    6. Cattle Movement Service 77 words
      7. c459W
    7. Vitamin and Mineral Supplements 85 words
      8. c459W
    8. Pig Meat Imports 203 words
      9. cc459-60W
    9. BSE Inquiry 97 words
      10. c460W
    10. Food Imports 72 words
      11. c460W
    11. Meat Inspection 193 words
      12. c460W
    12. Nuts 113 words
      13. cc460-1W
    13. Shropshire Farmers 85 words
      14. c461W
    14. French Animal Feed 211 words
      15. cc461-2W
    15. Supermarket Prices 116 words
      16. c462W
    16. Over-30-month Rule 200 words
  18. WALES
      19. c462W
    1. Objective 1 82 words

Lords Sitting of 8 November 1999 Series 5 Vol. 606

    c1147
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c1147
  2. Lord Gavron 38 words
    3. cc1147-8
  3. Telephone Services: Use by Government Departments 411 words
    4. cc1148-9
  4. EU Inter-Governmental Conference 541 words
    5. cc1149-52
  5. Young Offenders: Activity Courses 1,085 words
    6. cc1152-4
  6. Powers of Entry to Private Premises 796 words
    7. c1154
  7. Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill 99 words
    8. c1154
  8. LORDS AMENDMENT 11 words
  9. ADDITIONAL PENSION
      10. cc1154-5
    1. ADDITIONAL PENSION FOR WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS 263 words
      2. cc1155-61
    2. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF ADDITIONAL PENSIONS 3,559 words
      3. cc1161-3
    3. LORDS AMENDMENT 978 words
      4. c1163
    4. LORDS AMENDMENT 9 words
      5. cc1163-4
    5. WAR PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS: ENTITLEMENT 264 words
      6. cc1164-77
    6. WAR PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS: ENTITLEMENT 6,886 words, 1 division
      7. cc1177-81
    7. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,853 words
      8. c1181
    8. LORDS AMENDMENT 118 words
      9. cc1181-213
    9. LORDS AMENDMENT 16,784 words, 1 division
      10. cc1213-4
    10. LORDS AMENDMENT 490 words
      11. cc1214-5
    11. LORDS AMENDMENT 178 words
      12. cc1215-26
    12. LORDS AMENDMENT 6,076 words
      13. cc1226-8
    13. LORDS AMENDMENT 784 words
      14. cc1228-9
    14. LORDS AMENDMENT 777 words
      15. c1230
    15. LORDS AMENDMENT 37 words
      16. c1230
    16. LORDS AMENDMENT 106 words
      17. cc1230-46
    17. Royal Parks 9,189 words
    18. City of Newcastle upon Tyne Bill [H.L.]
      1. Kent County Council Bill [H.L.]
          2. c1246
        1. Medway Council Bill [H.L.] 27 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 November 1999 Series 5 Vol. 606

    c111WA
  1. Afghanistan: NGO Funding 123 words
    c111WA
  2. Humanitarian Mine Action 126 words
    cc111-3WA
  3. Home Department: Expenditure Limit 630 words
    c113WA
  4. Immigration and Nationality Directorate: Casework System 101 words
    cc113-4WA
  5. Asylum Applications: Processing 294 words
    c114WA
  6. Non-fatal Offences against the Person 79 words
    cc114-5WA
  7. Offenders Under Supervision 170 words
    cc115-6WA
  8. Prison, Hostel and Boarding School Staff: Training 286 words
    cc116-7WA
  9. Probation and Immediate Custody Sentences 1998 551 words
    cc117-8WA
  10. Justice and Home Affairs Council, 29 October 383 words
    cc118-9WA
  11. Roma 177 words
    c119WA
  12. Data Protection Act: Statutory Instruments 55 words
    c119WA
  13. Residential Care Staff: Training 117 words
    cc119-20WA
  14. Medical Professions: Public Appreciation 189 words
    c120WA
  15. Consultants and Junior Doctors: Retention 191 words
    cc120-1WA
  16. Organophosphate Working Party: Confidentiality 164 words
    cc121-2WA
  17. Advance Statements 260 words
    cc122-3WA
  18. Assisted Food and Fluid Treatment 476 words
    c123WA
  19. Euthanasia 127 words
    cc123-5WA
  20. Variant Creutzfeldt—Jakob Disease 811 words
    c125WA
  21. NHS Trusts: Procurement Efficiency 142 words
    cc125-6WA
  22. World Heritage Sites: Land Use 276 words
    cc126-7WA
  23. Stonehenge 249 words
    c127WA
  24. National Museums and Galleries 157 words
    cc127-8WA
  25. National Museum and Gallery of Wales 57 words
    c128WA
  26. Works of Art: Temporary Export 258 words
    c128WA
  27. Works of Art: Deferral Period 119 words
    cc128-9WA
  28. Works of Art: Funding for National Purchase 147 words
    c129WA
  29. Museums and Galleries: Access 94 words
    c129WA
  30. Pensioners: Income Support 110 words
    cc129-31WA
  31. Incapacity Benefit 555 words
    c131WA
  32. Animal Feed and Sewage 53 words
    cc131-2WA
  33. Veterinary Medicines Directorate 319 words
    c132WA
  34. Pesticides Safety Directorate 324 words