Commons Sitting of 1 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

    c887
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c887
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c887
      1. BAXI PARTNERSHIP LIMITED TRUSTS BILL [Lords] 8 words
        2. c887
      2. GREENHAM AND CROOKHAM COMMONS BG0 15 words
        3. c887
      3. MERSEY TUNNELS BILL 13 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc887-904
    1. HEALTH 6 words
        2. cc887-8
      1. Nursing Homes 283 words
        2. cc888-90
      2. NHS (Pay) 1,014 words
        3. cc890-1
      3. Cleft Lip and Palate Units 484 words
        4. cc891-2
      4. NICE 503 words
        5. cc892-4
      5. Waiting Lists (Consultants) 849 words
        6. cc894-6
      6. Waiting Lists (Treatments) 880 words
        7. cc896-8
      7. Health Spending 1,139 words
        8. cc898-9
      8. Meningitis 474 words
        9. cc899-901
      9. Drugs (Funding) 1,100 words
        10. cc901-3
      10. NHS (Acute Beds) 1,151 words
        11. cc903-4
      11. Primary Care Trusts 576 words
    cc905-6
  4. Hearing Impairment 188 words
    5. cc907-19
  5. Harold Shipman 7,072 words
    6. cc920-1
  6. Points of Order 593 words
    7. cc922-3
  7. Retail Packaging Recycling 747 words
    8. c923
  8. RETAIL PACKAGING RECYCLING 67 words
  9. Orders of the Day
      10. cc924-1016
    1. Financial Services and Markets Bill 8 words
      1. New Clause 4
          2. cc924-36
        1. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT REVIEW OF RULES MADE UNDER PART IX 6,669 words
      2. New Clause 43
          3. cc936-51
        1. JUDICIAL REVIEW 8,285 words, 1 division
      3. Clause 52
          4. cc951-8
        1. REFERENCES TO THE TRIBUNAL 4,053 words
      4. Clause 10
          5. cc958-69
        1. REVIEWS 5,268 words, 1 division
      5. New Clause 6
          6. cc969-73
        1. EXERCISE OF EEA RIGHTS BY UK FIRMS 2,128 words
      6. New Clause 7
          7. cc973-5
        1. THE THRESHOLD CONDITIONS 1,196 words
      7. New Clause 12
          8. cc975-81
        1. DEPOSIT-TAKING IN BREACH OF GENERAL PROHIBITION 2,897 words
      8. New Clause 13
          9. cc981-91
        1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY: PROCEDURE 5,297 words
      9. New Clause 14
          10. c991
        1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY: PROCEDURE 216 words
        cc991-3
      10. New Clause 15 4 words
        1. PART VIA
            2. cc991-3
          1. CONTROL OF BUSINESS TRANSFERS 565 words
      11. New Clause 16
          12. cc993-4
        1. INSURANCE BUSINESS TRANSFER SCHEMES 230 words
            2. c993
          1. CASE 1 9 words
            2. c993
          2. CASE 2 62 words
            3. cc993-4
          3. CASE 3 98 words
            4. c994
          4. CASE 4 256 words
      12. New Clause 17
          13. cc994-5
        1. BANKING BUSINESS TRANSFER SCHEME 308 words
      13. New Clause 18
          14. c995
        1. APPLICATION FOR ORDER SANCTIONING TRANSFER SCHEME 167 words
      14. New Clause 19
          15. c995
        1. REQUIREMENTS ON APPLICANTS 97 words
      15. New Clause 20
          16. cc995-6
        1. SCHEME REPORTS 106 words
      16. New Clause 21
          17. c996
        1. RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN PR0 71 words
      17. New Clause 22
          18. c996
        1. SANCTION OF THE COURT FOR BUSINESS TRANSFER SCHEMES 139 words
      18. New Clause 23
          19. cc996-8
        1. EFFECT OF ORDER SANCTIONING BUSINESS TRANSFER SCHEME 806 words
      19. New Clause 24
          20. c998
        1. RIGHTS OF CERTAIN POLICY HR0 291 words
      20. New Clause 25
          21. cc998-9
        1. CODES: PROCEDURE 407 words
      21. New Clause 26
          22. c999
        1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY: PROCEDURE 211 words
      22. New Clause 30
          23. c1000
        1. STATEMENTS OF POLICY: PROCEDURE 210 words
      23. New Clause 31
          24. c1000
        1. STATEMENTS UNDER SECTION 351: CONSULTATION 218 words
      24. New Clause 33
          25. cc1000-6
        1. CARRYING ON REGULATED ACTIVITIES BY WAY OF BUSINESS 2,927 words
        cc1006-12
      25. New Clause 35 3 words
        1. 'PART XVIIIA
            2. cc1006-12
          1. PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONS 2,947 words
      26. New Clause 36
          27. c1012
        1. DESIGNATION OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES 326 words
      27. New Clause 37
          28. cc1012-3
        1. EXEMPTION FROM THE GENERAL PE0 314 words
      28. New Clause 38
          29. c1013
        1. DIRECTIONS IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL PROHIBITION 277 words
      29. New Clause 39
          30. c1014
        1. ORDERS IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL PROHIBITION 233 words
      30. New Clause 40
          31. cc1014-5
        1. CONSULTATION 420 words
      31. New Clause 41
          32. c1015
        1. PROCEDURE ON MAKING OR VARYING ORDERS UNDER SECTION (ORDERS IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL PROHIBITION) 309 words
      32. New Clause 42
          33. c1016
        1. RULES IN RELATION TO PERSONS TO WHOM THE GENERAL PROHIBITION DOES NOT APPLY 193 words
          2. c1016
        2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 31 words
            3. c1016
          1. IMMIGRATION 21 words
            2. c1016
          2. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 24 words
        3. COMMITTEES
            4. c1016
          1. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 25 words
      cc1017-24
    2. Child Support Agency 3,630 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 1 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

    c137WH
  1. Preamble 6 words
    2. cc137-57WH
  2. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders 11,307 words
    3. cc158-64WH
  3. Magistrates Courts (Devon) 3,622 words
    4. cc165-71WH
  4. Ambulance Service 3,464 words
    5. cc172-80WH
  5. Pig Industry 3,704 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      2. cc485-6W
    1. Police 546 words
      2. c486W
    2. Departmental Smoking Policy 159 words
      3. cc486-7W
    3. Firearms 283 words
      4. c487W
    4. Intelligence Activity 102 words
      5. cc487-8W
    5. Union Flag 276 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      3. cc488-95W
    1. Specialist Schools 2,022 words
      2. cc495-6W
    2. Disability Rights Commission for Wales 73 words
      3. cc496-7W
    3. Summer Camps 57 words
      4. c497W
    4. Science Teachers 205 words
      5. c497W
    5. Mobile Phones 66 words
      6. cc497-8W
    6. School Transport 180 words
      7. cc498-503W
    7. Teachers' Review Body 2,789 words
      8. c503W
    8. Local Education Authorities 91 words
      9. cc503-4W
    9. Learning Difficulties 302 words
      10. c504W
    10. Unemployment Statistics 240 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
      4. cc504-6W
    1. Hunting 734 words
      2. cc506-7W
    2. Local Election Pilot Schemes 658 words
      3. cc507-9W
    3. Departmental Staff 306 words
      4. c509W
    4. Mike Tyson 63 words
      5. c509W
    5. Data Protection 157 words
      6. cc509-10W
    6. State Visits 286 words
      7. cc510-1W
    7. Firearms 613 words
      8. cc511-2W
    8. Radio Communications Project 205 words
      9. c512W
    9. Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 130 words
      10. cc512-3W
    10. Sexual Abuse 313 words
      11. c513W
    11. Police Vehicles (Accidents) 231 words
      12. cc513-4W
    12. ORBIS Computer System 167 words
      13. c514W
    13. Research (Primates) 104 words
      14. c514W
    14. Firearms (Compensation) 70 words
      15. cc514-5W
    15. Prisons (Illegal Drugs) 101 words
      16. c515W
    16. Departmental Research Contracts 106 words
      17. cc515-6W
    17. Police Recruits 570 words
      18. c516W
    18. Press Releases 64 words
      19. cc516-7W
    19. Asylum Seekers 269 words
      20. c517W
    20. Correspondence 58 words
      21. c517W
    21. Animal Experiments 202 words
      22. cc517-8W
    22. Spray Paints 189 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      5. cc518-9W
    1. Standard Spending Assessments 249 words
      2. c519W
    2. RAF East Camp 93 words
      3. c519W
    3. Recycling 158 words
      4. c519W
    4. Aircraft Accidents 173 words
      5. cc519-20W
    5. Radioactive Waste 130 words
      6. c520W
    6. Korean Airlines Crash 62 words
      7. c520W
    7. Mortgage Rates 116 words
      8. c520W
    8. Private Rented Property 95 words
      9. cc520-1W
    9. Local Government Finance 47 words
      10. c521W
    10. Property Insurers 134 words
      11. c521W
    11. Parish and Town Councils 81 words
      12. c521W
    12. Departmental Research Contracts 93 words
      13. cc521-2W
    13. Local Authority Pension Funds 62 words
      14. c522W
    14. West Sussex County Council 66 words
      15. c522W
    15. Driving Test 282 words
      16. cc522-3W
    16. Correspondence 71 words
      17. c523W
    17. Waste Incinerators 368 words
      18. c523W
    18. Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee 48 words
      19. cc523-4W
    19. LTS Trains Ltd. 219 words
      20. cc524-5W
    20. Government Panel on Sustainable Development 281 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      6. c525W
    1. Zimbabwe 244 words
      2. cc525-6W
    2. Serbia (Humanitarian Aid) 107 words
      3. c526W
    3. Research Contracts 319 words
  6. DEFENCE
      7. c526W
    1. Turn-around Times 86 words
      2. cc526-7W
    2. Tornado 38 words
  7. SCOTLAND
      8. c527W
    1. Departmental Consultation 180 words
      2. c527W
    2. Private Finance Initiative 84 words
      3. cc527-8W
    3. Research Contracts 124 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      9. c528W
    1. Broadcasting 100 words
      2. c528W
    2. Staff Bonuses 138 words
      3. cc528-30W
    3. World Class Performance Programme 195 words
      4. cc530-1W
    4. Lottery Grants (Shrewsbury) 142 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      10. cc531-2W
    1. Staff Bonuses 498 words
      2. c532W
    2. Alstom 54 words
      3. c532W
    3. Power Industry 219 words
      4. cc532-3W
    4. UK Competitiveness Indicators 119 words
      5. cc533-4W
    5. Nuclear Materials (Safeguards) 509 words
      6. c534W
    6. Car Insurance Market 111 words
      7. c534W
    7. Bankruptcy 216 words
      8. cc534-5W
    8. Street Lighting 84 words
      9. c535W
    9. Cabling (Licences) 183 words
      10. c535W
    10. Recycling 51 words
      11. cc535-6W
    11. European Southern Observatory 141 words
      12. cc536-8W
    12. Renewable Energy Sources 983 words
  10. WALES
      11. c538W
    1. Child Abuse Inquiry 54 words
      2. c538W
    2. Research Contracts 170 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      12. cc538-9W
    1. Kosovo 546 words
      2. c539W
    2. Visitor Visas 57 words
      3. cc539-40W
    3. Colonel Gaddafi 142 words
      4. cc540-1W
    4. Intergovernmental Conference 311 words
      5. c541W
    5. Qualified Majority Voting 277 words
      6. c541W
    6. Charter of Fundamental Rights 111 words
      7. cc541-2W
    7. EU Enlargement 149 words
      8. c542W
    8. European Resolutions 58 words
      9. c542W
    9. Counter-terrorism (USA) 65 words
      10. cc542-3W
    10. Commonwealth Institute 197 words
      11. c543W
    11. GCHQ 199 words
      12. c543W
    12. Correspondence 44 words
      13. c543W
    13. Beef Ban 89 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
      13. cc543-4W
    1. EU Defence 65 words
      2. c544W
    2. British-Irish Council 71 words
      3. c544W
    3. European Integration 52 words
      4. c544W
    4. Colonel Gaddafi 96 words
      5. c544W
    5. Balkans 81 words
      6. cc544-5W
    6. Privy Council (Judicial Committee) 264 words
      7. c545W
    7. Social Exclusion 88 words
  13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      14. cc545-6W
    1. Court Videolinks 113 words
      2. c546W
    2. Russia 35 words
      3. c546W
    3. Departmental Targets 87 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
      15. cc546-50W
    1. Benefit Decisions 1,911 words
      2. cc550-1W
    2. Benefits (Shropshire) 304 words
      3. cc551-2W
    3. Automated Credit Transfer 469 words
      4. c552W
    4. Departmental Research Contracts 61 words
      5. c552W
    5. Winter Fuel Payments 58 words
      6. cc552-3W
    6. New Deal (Lone Parents) 78 words
      7. c553W
    7. Benefit Payment Methods 89 words
      8. c553W
    8. Fraud Inquiry 45 words
      9. c553W
    9. Gardening Leave 76 words
  15. CABINET OFFICE
      16. c553W
    1. Non-departmental Public Bodies 78 words
      2. cc553-4W
    2. Civil Service (Political Activities) 105 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. c554W
    1. Cosmetic Surgery 180 words
      2. c554W
    2. Beta Interferon 87 words
      3. cc554-5W
    3. Ovarian Cancer 95 words
      4. c555W
    4. NHS Direct 233 words
      5. c555W
    5. Cancer Services 78 words
      6. cc555-6W
    6. Vibration White Finger 111 words
      7. c556W
    7. Flu Outbreak 80 words
      8. c556W
    8. Waiting Times (Operations) 65 words
      9. c556W
    9. A and E Departments 73 words
      10. cc556-7W
    10. Lichfield Victoria and Hammerwich Hospitals 97 words
      11. c557W
    11. Primary Care Groups 83 words
      12. c557W
    12. Dementia 97 words
      13. cc557-8W
    13. Nurses (Recruitment and Retention) 195 words
      14. c558W
    14. General Practitioners 108 words
      15. c558W
    15. Out-of-area Treatment 179 words
      16. cc558-9W
    16. NHS Spending 102 words
      17. c559W
    17. Eye Tests 77 words
      18. c559W
    18. Health Spending 75 words
      19. c559W
    19. Midwifery (North Essex) 159 words
      20. cc559-60W
    20. Head Lice 130 words
      21. c560W
    21. Waiting Lists (Consultants) 48 words
      22. c560W
    22. Southend and Thameside Community Care Trusts 168 words
      23. c560W
    23. Meningitis 74 words
      24. cc560-1W
    24. NICE 118 words
      25. cc561-2W
    25. Older Carers 690 words
      26. c562W
    26. Intensive Care Beds 67 words
      27. cc562-3W
    27. Blood Donors 438 words
      28. cc563-4W
    28. Cerebral Palsy 430 words
      29. cc564-5W
    29. Waiting Lists 198 words
      30. cc565-6W
    30. NHS Consultants (Private Practice) 579 words
      31. cc566-7W
    31. Private Finance Initiative (Hospitals) 442 words
      32. c567W
    32. Piped Oxygen 78 words
      33. cc567-8W
    33. NHS Hospitals (Training) 111 words
      34. c568W
    34. Bio-medical Scientists 115 words
      35. cc568-9W
    35. Breast Cancer 146 words
      36. c569W
    36. Community Hospital (Lymington) 82 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      18. c569W
    1. Country of Origin Labelling 75 words
      2. cc569-70W
    2. Red Tape Review 167 words
      3. c570W
    3. Over-30-month Scheme 61 words
      4. cc570-2W
    4. Asset Sales 1,141 words
      5. cc572-3W
    5. West Devon Meats 159 words
      6. c573W
    6. EU Leader Plus Programme 116 words
      7. c573W
    7. Sugar 86 words
      8. cc573-4W
    8. Pig Sector 236 words
      9. c574W
    9. Regulation 144 words
      10. c574W
    10. New Forest Draghounds 46 words
      11. c574W
    11. Press Releases 66 words
      12. cc574-5W
    12. Rodenticides 196 words
      13. c575W
    13. Departmental Employment 100 words
      14. cc575-6W
    14. Intervention Board 202 words
      15. c576W
    15. Fanning (Shropshire) 75 words
      16. cc576-7W
    16. Pigmeat 258 words
      17. c577W
    17. Forestry 33 words
      18. c577W
    18. Welsh Assembly 172 words
      19. cc577-8W
    19. Fishing Quotas 325 words
      20. c578W
    20. Fisheries Aid 89 words
  18. TREASURY
      19. c578W
    1. Official Visits 84 words
      2. c578W
    2. Child Benefit 89 words
      3. cc578-9W
    3. VAT (Labour-intensive Industry) 76 words
      4. c579W
    4. Working Families Tax Credit 93 words
      5. c579W
    5. Tobacco Smuggling 197 words
      6. cc579-80W
    6. Income Tax Revenue 196 words
      7. c580W
    7. Dwellings (VAT) 124 words
      8. c580W
    8. Fees 64 words
      9. c580W
    9. VAT 63 words
      10. cc580-1W
    10. Departmental Accommodation 92 words
      11. cc581-2W
    11. Research Contracts 143 words
      12. c582W
    12. Invest to Save 54 words

Lords Sitting of 1 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 609

    c67
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc67-70
  2. Prison Suicides 1,257 words
    3. cc70-2
  3. Youth Unemployment 1,055 words
    4. cc72-4
  4. Wales: EU Objective One 988 words
    5. cc75-7
  5. Victoria History of the Counties of England 1,101 words
    6. c77
  6. Cheques (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
    7. c77
  7. Business of the House: Debate, 2nd February 49 words
    8. cc77-132
  8. Local Government Bill [H.L.] 27,278 words
    9. cc132-42
  9. PROPOSALS NOT REQUIRING REFERENDUM 5,148 words, 1 division
    10. cc142-3
  10. OPERATION OF DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE ARRANGEMENTS 182 words
    11. c143
  11. ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 271 words
    12. cc143-51
  12. OPERATION OF ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 3,845 words
    13. cc151-68
  13. Kosovo 8,346 words
    14. cc168-70
  14. Local Government Bill [H.L.] 1,085 words
    15. c170
  15. POWER TO REQUIRE REFERENDUM 263 words
    16. cc170-201
  16. INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO DISCHARGE OF FUNCTIONS ETC 15,196 words
    17. cc201-13
  17. ALLOWANCES AND PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN LOCAL AUTHORITY MEMBERS 5,947 words
    18. cc213-23
  18. STANDARDS COMMITTEES OR SUB-COMMITTEES FOR PARISH COUNCILS 4,217 words
    19. cc223-5
  19. MATTERS REFERRED TO MONITORING OFFICERS 985 words
    20. cc225-6
  20. DECISIONS OF INTERIM CASE TRIBUNALS 744 words
    21. c226
  21. Baxi Partnership Limited Trusts Bill [H.L.] 21 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 609

    c15WA
  1. Deaths in Police Custody: Proceedings 169 words
    c15WA
  2. Hedgerows 148 words
    cc15-6WA
  3. Lead Shot Restriction: Enforcement of Regulations 186 words
    c16WA
  4. Lead Shot Restriction, Scotland and Wales 68 words
    cc16-7WA
  5. London Underground: Performance Targets 179 words
    cc17-8WA
  6. Commercial Pilots: Age Limit 379 words
    c18WA
  7. Train Operating Companies: Response to Complaint 72 words
    c18WA
  8. Touting by Unlicensed Taxi Drivers 116 words
    c18WA
  9. Mobile Phone Use on Public Transport 58 words
    c19WA
  10. Heathrow: Take-off Statistics 96 words
    c19WA
  11. Visual Arts: Support for Contemporary Work 211 words
    cc19-20WA
  12. Youth Unemployment 70 words
    c20WA
  13. Short-term Working Groups 81 words
    c20WA
  14. Knowledge Network System 74 words
    cc20-1WA
  15. Apiculture Council, 24 and 25 January 292 words
    c21WA
  16. Pig Offal Exports 194 words
    cc21-2WA
  17. Organophosphorus Sheep Dips 283 words
    cc22-3WA
  18. Brittany: Pesticide Levels in Drinking Water 180 words
    c23WA
  19. Northern Ireland Act 1998: Section 75 Designations 178 words
    c23WA
  20. Garda Siochana and RUC: Members' Religious Affiliations 69 words
    cc23-4WA
  21. Irish Population: Religious Affiliations 133 words
    c24WA
  22. Côte d'Ivoire: Coup 167 words
    cc24-5WA
  23. Commonwealth Institute 195 words
    c25WA
  24. GCHQ: Compensation to Former Employees 72 words
    cc25-6WA
  25. DSS Staff: Assistance to Scottish and Welsh Administrations 331 words
    c26WA
  26. EU Member States: Human Rights and Armed Forces Discipline 131 words
    cc26-7WA
  27. Chinook Fleet: Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorders 115 words
    c27WA
  28. Armed Forces: Premature Voluntary Retirement Applications 177 words
    cc27-8WA
  29. Defence Medical Services: Medical Consultants 60 words
    c28WA
  30. Mr Mike Tyson's Entourage: Leave to Enter UK 68 words
    cc28-9WA
  31. General Pinochet 349 words
    cc29-30WA
  32. Police Officers: Injuries 429 words
    cc30-2WA
  33. Local Elections: Pilot Schemes 859 words