Commons Sitting of 19 October 1999 Series 6 Vol. 336

    c235
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c235
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    3. c235
  3. DEATHS OF MEMBERS 71 words
    4. c235
  4. WRITS ISSUED DURING THE ADJOURNMENT 80 words
  5. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      6. c235
    1. CITY OF LONDON (WARD ELECTIONS) BILL (By Order) 14 words
  6. Oral Answers to Questions
      7. cc235-52
    1. HEALTH 6 words
        2. cc235-8
      1. Brain Scans 1,546 words
        2. cc238-9
      2. Terminally Ill Patients 574 words
        3. cc239-40
      3. Health Action Zone 407 words
        4. cc240-1
      4. Independent Health Care 497 words
        5. cc241-3
      5. North-east London Health Economy 836 words
        6. cc243-4
      6. Bowel Cancer 718 words
        7. cc244-6
      7. Organ Transplants 698 words
        8. c246
      8. Dental Services 279 words
        9. cc246-7
      9. Vaccines (Bovine Material) 532 words
        10. cc247-8
      10. Medical Treatments (Prisons) 330 words
        11. cc248-9
      11. Chiropody 588 words
        12. cc249-50
      12. Casualty Modernisation Schemes 298 words
        13. cc250-1
      13. Accident and Emergency Unit Mergers 354 words
        14. cc251-2
      14. Emergency Cases 534 words
        15. c252
      15. Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority 336 words
    cc253-65
  7. Special European Council (Tampere) 6,776 words
    8. cc266-81
  8. Paddington Rail Accident 8,953 words
    9. c282
  9. Business of the House 109 words
    10. c282
  10. NEW MEMBERS 26 words
    11. cc283-6
  11. Military Expenditure (Conscientious Objection) 1,610 words
      12. c286
    1. MILITARY EXPENDITURE (CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION) 60 words
    cc287-325
  12. Office for National Statistics 21,488 words
    13. cc326-51
  13. Parliamentary Ombudsmen 13,937 words
    14. cc352-60
  14. Rural Crime 4,062 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 October 1999 Series 6 Vol. 336

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c417W
    1. Millennium Compliance 229 words
      2. c417W
    2. Kosovo 143 words
      3. cc417-8W
    3. Menwith Hill 133 words
      4. cc418-9W
    4. Departmental Publications 364 words
      5. c419W
    5. Married Quarters 154 words
      6. c419W
    6. Nuclear Weapons 72 words
      7. cc419-20W
    7. Anti-Personnel Mines 222 words
      8. c420W
    8. Asbestos 71 words
      9. c420W
    9. Regimental Insignia 105 words
      10. cc420-1W
    10. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 478 words
      11. c421W
    11. Sandhurst (Staff College) 79 words
      12. cc421-2W
    12. Defence Research Programme (Technology Audit) 148 words
      13. cc422-3W
    13. Ministerial Meetings (United States) 449 words
      14. c423W
    14. Electronic Test Facility 76 words
      15. c423W
    15. Anthrax Vaccine 64 words
      16. c423W
    16. Operational Requirements 161 words
      17. cc423-4W
    17. Bombs 87 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      3. c424W
    1. Millennium Compliance 187 words
      2. cc424-5W
    2. Falklands 213 words
      3. c425W
    3. Yugoslavia 103 words
      4. c425W
    4. Missing Israeli Servicemen 88 words
      5. c425W
    5. Honorary British Consuls 43 words
      6. c425W
    6. Iraq (Papal Visit) 89 words
      7. cc425-6W
    7. Hong Kong War Pensions 153 words
      8. c426W
    8. Turing's Treatise on the Enigma 92 words
      9. c426W
    9. International Criminal Court Treaty 87 words
  3. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
      4. c426W
    1. Serious Fraud Office 54 words
  4. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      5. cc426-7W
    1. Millennium Compliance 143 words
      2. c427W
    2. Stonehenge 345 words
      3. cc427-8W
    3. Library and Leisure Services 133 words
      4. c428W
    4. Royal Armouries Museum 137 words
      5. c428W
    5. Performing Arts 73 words
      6. cc428-9W
    6. Airport Tax 108 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      6. c429W
    1. Millennium Compliance 174 words
      2. cc429-30W
    2. Oral Statements 290 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      7. c430W
    1. Rwanda 265 words
      2. cc430-1W
    2. Departmental Publications 339 words
      3. c431W
    3. Western Kenya (Malaria) 176 words
      4. cc431-2W
    4. Millennium Compliance 217 words
      5. c432W
    5. Mine Clearance Projects 121 words
      6. c432W
    6. Special Advisers 108 words
  7. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      8. c433W
    1. Employment Contracts (Clergy) 157 words
      2. c433W
    2. Clergy (Housing) 252 words
      3. cc433-4W
    3. Millennium Celebrations 170 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
      9. c434W
    1. Electoral Procedures 231 words
      2. cc434-5W
    2. Millennium Compliance 463 words
      3. cc435-6W
    3. Schengen 75 words
      4. c436W
    4. Asylum Seekers 216 words
      5. cc436-8W
    5. Drug-related Crime 1,024 words
      6. c438W
    6. Police Service 49 words
      7. cc438-9W
    7. Fire Service 88 words
      8. c439W
    8. Passports 324 words
      9. cc439-40W
    9. Justice and Home Affairs Council 170 words
      10. c440W
    10. Counterfeit Travel Documents 164 words
      11. c440W
    11. Departmental Responsibilities 153 words
      12. cc440-1W
    12. EU Readmission Issues 193 words
      13. cc441-2W
    13. Prison Education 363 words
      14. c442W
    14. Freedom of Information 431 words
      15. cc442-3W
    15. Plastic Bullets 60 words
      16. c443W
    16. Prison Service Documents 174 words
      17. c443W
    17. Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 162 words
  9. TREASURY
      10. cc443-4W
    1. Millennium Compliance 176 words
      2. c444W
    2. Refurbishment Costs 81 words
      3. c444W
    3. Smuggling 124 words
      4. c444W
    4. EU Expenditure 72 words
      5. cc444-5W
    5. Public Finance Initiative 55 words
      6. c445W
    6. Ministerial Visits (United States) 115 words
      7. c445W
    7. Windfall Tax 103 words
      8. c445W
    8. UK-US Inland Revenue Co-operation 154 words
      9. cc445-6W
    9. Council of Economic Advisers 49 words
      10. c446W
    10. Pakistan (Cargo Seizure) 108 words
      11. c446W
    11. VAT (New Houses) 70 words
      12. c446W
    12. National Insurance 209 words
      13. cc446-7W
    13. Health Insurance 251 words
      14. c447W
    14. Working Families Tax Credit 40 words
      15. c447W
    15. Duty-free Money 80 words
      16. cc447-8W
    16. Departmental Publications 96 words
      17. c448W
    17. Gold 251 words
      18. c448W
    18. Pre-Budget Report 29 words
      19. cc448-9W
    19. Diplomats (Tax-free Concessions) 289 words
      20. c449W
    20. Oral Statements 94 words
  10. SCOTLAND
      11. cc449-50W
    1. Millennium Compliance 299 words
      2. c450W
    2. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 142 words
      3. c450W
    3. Departmental Publications 148 words
      4. cc450-1W
    4. Special Advisers 159 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. c451W
    1. Oral Statements 99 words
      2. c451W
    2. Millennium Compliance 138 words
      3. cc451-2W
    3. Metric and Imperial Units 338 words
      4. cc452-3W
    4. Small Business Service 499 words
      5. cc453-4W
    5. Forest Products 406 words
      6. cc454-5W
    6. Employment Agencies 171 words
      7. c455W
    7. Better Regulation Task Force 175 words
      8. c455W
    8. Statutory Instruments 59 words
      9. c455W
    9. Correspondence 73 words
      10. c455W
    10. Ministerial Duties 44 words
      11. cc455-6W
    11. Electronic Communications 155 words
      12. c456W
    12. Ilisu Dam 63 words
      13. c456W
    13. Airlines 91 words
      14. cc456-7W
    14. Post Office 329 words
      15. cc457-8W
    15. Timeshare 273 words
      16. cc458-9W
    16. Export Credits Guarantee Department 523 words
      17. c459W
    17. Departmental Publications 111 words
      18. c459W
    18. Federal Key Management Infrastructure 74 words
      19. c459W
    19. Ministerial Visits (United States) 136 words
      20. cc459-60W
    20. Encryption 199 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
      13. cc460-1W
    1. Millennium Compliance 503 words
      2. cc461-2W
    2. Police Authority 213 words
      3. c462W
    3. Union Flag 261 words
      4. cc462-4W
    4. Social Workers (Attacks) 561 words
      5. c464W
    5. Departmental Publications 84 words
  13. HEALTH
      14. c465W
    1. Casualty Modernisation Schemes 150 words
      2. c465W
    2. Health Authority Priorities 85 words
      3. c465W
    3. Non-emergency In-patient Cases 65 words
      4. c465W
    4. Cardiac Care 59 words
      5. cc465-6W
    5. Beta Interferon 198 words
      6. c466W
    6. Optometrists 70 words
      7. c466W
    7. Capital Investment 86 words
      8. cc466-7W
    8. Primary Care 250 words
      9. c467W
    9. Draft Tobacco (Prohibition of Advertising and Promotion) Regulations 58 words
      10. c467W
    10. Waiting Times 67 words
      11. c467W
    11. Prostate Cancer 141 words
      12. cc467-8W
    12. Mortality Ratio (Barnsley) 136 words
      13. c468W
    13. "Smoking Kills" 105 words
      14. cc468-9W
    14. TB 224 words
      15. c469W
    15. Oral Cancers 60 words
      16. c469W
    16. Social Services (Children) 65 words
      17. c469W
    17. IVF Treatment 180 words
      18. cc469-70W
    18. Osteoporosis 192 words
      19. c470W
    19. Consultant Referrals 40 words
      20. c470W
    20. Care Homes 90 words
      21. cc470-1W
    21. Millennium Compliance 199 words
      22. c471W
    22. Cancer Services (North-West) 44 words
      23. c471W
    23. Anti-psychotic Drugs 253 words
      24. cc471-3W
    24. Mid-Essex Hospital Trust 590 words
      25. c473W
    25. Sheltered Accommodation 88 words
      26. cc473-5W
    26. Health Spending 1,322 words
      27. cc475-6W
    27. NHS Land Sales 266 words
      28. c476W
    28. Private Hospitals 333 words
      29. cc476-7W
    29. Barnsley Hall 140 words
      30. c477W
    30. Cancer Patients 214 words
      31. cc477-8W
    31. Booked Admissions Policy 252 words
      32. c478W
    32. Home Care Companies 70 words
      33. c478W
    33. Environment and Health 171 words
      34. c478W
    34. Breast Cancer 139 words
      35. cc478-9W
    35. Departmental Publications 435 words
      36. cc479-80W
    36. Health Professions Regulatory Body 112 words
      37. c480W
    37. Medium-secure Units 79 words
      38. c480W
    38. Fundholders 60 words
      39. c480W
    39. NHS Direct 132 words
      40. cc480-1W
    40. Strokes 122 words
  14. PRIME MINISTER
      15. c481W
    1. Millennium Compliance 94 words
      2. c481W
    2. White Papers 102 words
      3. cc481-2W
    3. Yugoslavia 334 words
      4. cc482-4W
    4. Government Reports 707 words
      5. c484W
    5. Oral Statements 99 words
      6. c484W
    6. Cabinet Meetings 61 words
      7. c484W
    7. Single Currency 50 words
      8. c484W
    8. MOD Electronic Test Facility 75 words
      9. cc484-5W
    9. Policy Unit (US Visits) 264 words
      10. cc485-6W
    10. Prime Ministerial Meetings (US) 231 words
      11. c486W
    11. Child Poverty 109 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      16. c487W
    1. Millennium Compliance 406 words
      2. cc487-8W
    2. Voluntary Purchase Grant 131 words
      3. c488W
    3. Rent-to-Mortgage Scheme 158 words
      4. cc488-9W
    4. London Airports 304 words
      5. c489W
    5. M4 Bus Lane 165 words
      6. cc489-90W
    6. Swanwick Air Traffic Control 231 words
      7. c490W
    7. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 385 words
      8. cc490-1W
    8. Threatened Species 78 words
      9. cc491-2W
    9. Fuel Poverty 813 words
      10. cc492-3W
    10. Strategic Planning (Spending) 72 words
      11. cc493-6W
    11. GM Micro-organisms 1,768 words
      12. cc496-7W
    12. Jubilee Line 147 words
      13. c497W
    13. Best Value (Sefton) 288 words
      14. cc497-8W
    14. Driving Licences 142 words
      15. c498W
    15. Road Traffic Offences 138 words
      16. cc498-9W
    16. Construction Industry 365 words
      17. c499W
    17. ADAS 2000 216 words
      18. cc499-500W
    18. Rented Accommodation 308 words
      19. cc500-1W
    19. Homelessness 627 words
      20. cc501-6W
    20. HM Coastguard 2,654 words
      21. cc506-7W
    21. Pupil Funding 135 words
      22. c507W
    22. Road Traffic Reduction 61 words
      23. c507W
    23. Forest Products 164 words
      24. cc507-8W
    24. Thameslink (Franchise Extensions) 120 words
      25. c508W
    25. Private Hire Vehicles (Control) Act 1998 89 words
      26. c508W
    26. Train Operators' Performance 87 words
      27. cc508-9W
    27. Ministerial Visits 199 words
      28. c509W
    28. Planning Decisions 164 words
      29. c509W
    29. Regional Government 39 words
      30. c509W
    30. Unoccupied Shops 66 words
      31. cc509-10W
    31. New Homes (Lancashire) 183 words
      32. c510W
    32. Sussex Downs 251 words
      33. c510W
    33. Bird-proofing 79 words
      34. cc510-1W
    34. "Renegade" Collision 112 words
      35. c511W
    35. Disabled Rail Passengers 95 words
      36. c511W
    36. JANSC 89 words
      37. cc511-7W
    37. National Air Traffic Services 3,070 words
      38. cc517-8W
    38. Housing Developments 76 words
      39. c518W
    39. Commercial Airline Pilots 83 words
      40. c518W
    40. Wildlife Sites 147 words
      41. c518W
    41. Lead Shot 167 words
      42. cc518-9W
    42. A13 157 words
      43. c519W
    43. Departmental Publications 255 words
      44. cc519-20W
    44. Flaxmill 84 words
      45. c520W
    45. Diesel Spillages 294 words
      46. cc520-1W
    46. Regional Planning (London) 354 words
      47. c521W
    47. Dangerous Goods Cargo 171 words
      48. cc521-2W
    48. Housing (North-west) 114 words
      49. c522W
    49. Audit Fees 161 words
      50. c522W
    50. Sellafield MOX Plant 83 words
      51. cc522-3W
    51. Green Ministers Committee 209 words
      52. c523W
    52. Powered Garden Tools 53 words
      53. cc523-4W
    53. Special Advisers 453 words
      54. c524W
    54. Ministerial Meetings (United States) 80 words
      55. cc524-5W
    55. MTBE Contamination 272 words
      56. c525W
    56. FPSO (Fires) 168 words
      57. cc525-6W
    57. School Bus Transport 245 words
      58. c526W
    58. Rent Service 264 words
      59. cc526-7W
    59. London Transport 624 words
  16. CABINET OFFICE
      17. cc527-8W
    1. Millennium Compliance 256 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      18. cc528-9W
    1. Millennium Compliance 244 words
      2. c529W
    2. Vocational Programmes 269 words
      3. cc529-30W
    3. Level 2 Graduation Test 203 words
      4. c530W
    4. Able Pupils 50 words
      5. c530W
    5. Level 3 Qualifications 147 words
      6. cc530-1W
    6. Student Loans 396 words
      7. cc531-2W
    7. Learning Accounts 164 words
      8. c532W
    8. Inspection Procedures 138 words
      9. c532W
    9. Social Exclusion Unit Report 79 words
      10. cc532-3W
    10. Careers Education 160 words
      11. c533W
    11. Tuition Fees 114 words
      12. c533W
    12. Lecturers (Professional Qualifications) 67 words
      13. cc533-4W
    13. Adult Education (Funding) 240 words
      14. c534W
    14. Study Leave 122 words
      15. c534W
    15. Post-16 Education 118 words
      16. c534W
    16. Hardship Loans 49 words
      17. c534W
    17. Schools Access Initiative 93 words
      18. cc534-7W
    18. Special Educational Needs 1,108 words
      19. c537W
    19. Academic Standards 90 words
      20. c537W
    20. Young Carers 57 words
      21. c537W
    21. Education Business Partnerships 69 words
      22. cc537-8W
    22. Educational Maintenance Allowances 288 words
      23. c538W
    23. Learning Direct Helpline 67 words
      24. c538W
    24. Small Business Service Areas 112 words
      25. cc538-9W
    25. National Record of Achievement 109 words
      26. c539W
    26. Return Rates (Education) 97 words
      27. c539W
    27. Discount Card 205 words
      28. cc539-40W
    28. School Sixth Forms 68 words
      29. c540W
    29. Learning Support Assistants 125 words
      30. c540W
    30. "On a Wing and a Prayer" 207 words
      31. cc540-1W
    31. "Learning to Succeed" 229 words
      32. c541W
    32. Pupil Numbers (Crosby) 101 words
      33. c541W
    33. Private Finance Initiative 42 words
      34. cc541-2W
    34. Science Laboratories 235 words
      35. c542W
    35. National Curriculum for Science 174 words
      36. c542W
    36. Building Bulletin 80 69 words
      37. cc542-3W
    37. Maths Year 2000 180 words
      38. c543W
    38. Teachers' Pay 162 words
      39. c543W
    39. Corporal Punishment 73 words
      40. cc543-4W
    40. Departmental Publications 244 words
      41. cc544-5W
    41. Employment Service Appeals Procedure 833 words
      42. cc545-6W
    42. Professor Barber 204 words
      43. cc546-7W
    43. Postgraduate Students 350 words
      44. cc547-8W
    44. Careers Service 750 words
      45. cc548-9W
    45. Departmental Staff 276 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. cc549-50W
    1. Millennium Compliance 347 words
      2. c550W
    2. Special Advisers 109 words
      3. c550W
    3. Ministerial Visits 63 words
      4. c550W
    4. Common Fisheries Policy 197 words
      5. cc550-3W
    5. Live Animal Exports 1,213 words
      6. c553W
    6. Concordat (Wales) 79 words
      7. c553W
    7. Equal Treatment 159 words
      8. cc553-4W
    8. Fur Farming 136 words
      9. c554W
    9. Market Research 70 words
      10. cc554-5W
    10. Departmental Employees 94 words
      11. c555W
    11. Government Patents 335 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
      20. cc555-6W
    1. Raynaud's Disease 100 words
      2. c556W
    2. Family Credit 103 words
      3. c556W
    3. Lone Parents (New Deal) 204 words
      4. cc556-7W
    4. Millennium Compliance 339 words
      5. c557W
    5. Benzodiazepine 161 words
      6. cc557-8W
    6. Social Fund 442 words
      7. cc558-9W
    7. British Pensioners (Overseas) 375 words
      8. c559W
    8. War Pensions 130 words
      9. cc559-60W
    9. Income Support 79 words
      10. cc560-2W
    10. Child Maintenance 1,209 words
      11. c562W
    11. Tribunal Hearings 81 words
      12. cc562-3W
    12. Housing Benefit 95 words
      13. c563W
    13. Pensions Reform 363 words
  20. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      21. cc563-4W
    1. Access to Justice Act 163 words
      2. cc564-5W
    2. Benefits 303 words
      3. cc565-70W
    3. Judicial Appointments 1,791 words
      4. c570W
    4. Road Accident Victims 120 words
      5. c570W
    5. Magistrates Courts (Sign Language) 140 words
      6. cc570-1W
    6. Civil Procedure Rules 88 words
      7. c571W
    7. Impecunious Litigants 252 words
      8. cc571-2W
    8. Departmental Publications 268 words
      9. c572W
    9. Legal Aid (Northern Ireland) 97 words
      10. c572W
    10. Oral Statements 103 words
      11. cc572-3W
    11. Millennium Compliance 273 words
      12. c573W
    12. Motoring Offences 105 words
  21. WALES
      22. c573W
    1. Mixed Sex Wards 73 words
      2. cc573-4W
    2. NHS Patients 69 words
      3. c574W
    3. Consultant Posts (NHS) 407 words
      4. cc574-5W
    4. Class Sizes 158 words
      5. c575W
    5. Millennium Compliance 161 words
      6. cc575-6W
    6. Departmental Publications 256 words
      7. c576W
    7. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 142 words
      8. c576W
    8. Ministerial Engagements 87 words
      9. cc576-7W
    9. Welsh Concordats 165 words
      10. c577W
    10. Comprehensive Spending Review 49 words
      11. c577W
    11. Election Reform 32 words
      12. c577W
    12. Employment Concordats 76 words
      13. c577W
    13. Beef Exports 88 words
      14. c577W
    14. Milk Marque 67 words
      15. cc577-8W
    15. Traffic Congestion 110 words
      16. c578W
    16. Welsh Assembly 60 words
      17. c578W
    17. Private Office (Running Costs) 114 words
      18. c578W
    18. Abattoirs 100 words

Lords Sitting of 19 October 1999 Series 5 Vol. 605

    c929
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c929
  2. Lord Woolmer of Leeds 40 words
    3. c929
  3. Lord Goldsmith 32 words
    4. c929
  4. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 53 words
    5. cc929-31
  5. Civil Servants: Memoirs 867 words
    6. cc931-4
  6. European Union: Trade and Jurisdiction 1,426 words
    7. cc935-6
  7. Armed Forces: Internal Complaints Procedure 593 words
    8. cc936-7
  8. Long-term Carers: Status 552 words
    9. c937
  9. Business 42 words
    10. cc937-46
  10. Greater London Authority Bill 4,134 words
    11. cc946-60
  11. Special European Council, Tampere 7,177 words
    12. cc961-1012
  12. Greater London Authority Bill 25,480 words, 1 division
    13. cc1012-29
  13. Young Homeless People 8,607 words
    14. cc1029-90
  14. Greater London Authority Bill 28,591 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 October 1999 Series 5 Vol. 605

    c105WA
  1. China and Tibet 128 words
    c105WA
  2. Arms Exports 198 words
    cc105-6WA
  3. Indonesia: UK Arms Exports 144 words
    c106WA
  4. East Timor 234 words
    cc106-7WA
  5. EU: Common Foreign and Defence Policy 214 words
    c107WA
  6. UK-US Bilateral Treaties 107 words
    cc107-8WA
  7. Electoral Procedures: Working Party Report 251 words
    cc108-11WA
  8. Foreign Nationals in Prison 2,705 words
    cc111-3WA
  9. Asylum Application 1,016 words
    cc113-5WA
  10. Eastern Caribbean: British Military Assistance Training Team 179 words
    c115WA
  11. Copyright: Proposed EU Information Society Directive 201 words
    cc115-6WA
  12. Coastguard Station Closures at Oban and Pentland Firth 410 words
    cc116-7WA
  13. Train Protection Warning System 224 words
    c117WA
  14. Train Emergency Exits 108 words
    cc117-8WA
  15. Train Signals Passed at Danger 246 words
    cc118-9WA
  16. Train Driver Training 214 words
    cc119-20WA
  17. EU Transport Council, 6 October 549 words
    c120WA
  18. Schools: Collective Worship 102 words