Commons Sitting of 14 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 344

    c585
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c585
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc585-602
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
        2. cc585-6
      1. Clandestine Immigrants 719 words
        2. cc586-7
      2. Police (North Yorkshire) 408 words
        3. cc587-8
      3. General Pinochet 603 words
        4. cc588-9
      4. Private Detectives 238 words
        5. cc589-90
      5. Asylum Seekers 612 words
        6. cc590-3
      6. Crime (Metropolitan Police Area) 1,363 words
        7. cc593-4
      7. Clandestine Immigrants 603 words
        8. cc594-7
      8. Asylum Seekers 1,675 words
        9. cc597-8
      9. Witness Protection 305 words
        10. cc598-9
      10. Closed Circuit Television 490 words
        11. cc599-600
      11. Robbery Statistics 418 words
        12. cc600-1
      12. Demonstrations 294 words
        13. cc601-2
      13. Electoral Reform 252 words
        14. c602
      14. Asylum Seekers 194 words
    cc603-15
  4. Thames Safety Inquiry 6,909 words
    5. cc616-7
  5. Points of Order 715 words
  6. BILL PRESENTED
      7. c617
    1. ANALYSIS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS (NAFTA MEMBERSHIP) 62 words
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. cc618-717
    1. Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill 124 words
      1. Clause 1
          2. cc618-25
        1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION 3,661 words
      2. Schedule 1
          3. cc625-55
        1. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION 16,196 words
      3. Clause 2
          4. cc655-68
        1. THE SPEAKER'S COMMITTEE 6,946 words, 1 division
      4. Schedule 2
          5. cc668-73
        1. THE SPEAKER'S COMMITTEE 2,705 words
      5. Clause 3
          6. cc673-84
        1. APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSION CHAIRMAN 6,068 words
      6. Clause 5
          7. cc684-92
        1. REVIEWS OF ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL MATTERS 4,225 words
      7. Clause 6
          8. cc692-3
        1. COMMISSION TO BE CONSULTED ON CHANGES TO ELECTORAL LAW 912 words
      8. Clause 8
          9. cc693-4
        1. GIVING OF ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE 412 words
      9. Clause 9
          10. cc694-9
        1. BROADCASTERS TO HAVE REGARD TO COMMISSION'S VIEWS ON PARTY POLITICAL BROADCASTS 2,608 words
      10. Clause 10
          11. cc699-709
        1. POLICY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 4,934 words
      11. Clause 11
          12. cc709-17
        1. EDUCATION ABOUT ELECTORAL AND DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS 4,601 words, 1 division
      cc718-39
    2. Northern Ireland 11,648 words
      3. c739
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 29 words
        4. c739
      1. COMMON STRATEGY ON UKRAINE 79 words
        2. c739
      2. STATE AID TO THE COAL INDUSTRY 1996–1997 53 words
      cc739-48
    4. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        5. c740
      1. EDUCATION 20 words
        2. c740
      2. DATA PROTECTION 158 words
        3. c740
      3. COMMITTEES 12 words
        4. c740
      4. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 22 words
        5. c740
      5. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 11 words
        6. c740
      6. PROCEDURE 22 words
        7. c740
      7. INFORMATION 29 words
        8. cc741-8
      8. Acute Health Services (East Kent) 4,384 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 344

  1. CABINET OFFICE
      2. c353W
    1. Corporate IT Strategy 69 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
      3. cc353-4W
    1. Parades Commission 310 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      4. c354W
    1. Local Transport Plans 104 words
      2. cc354-5W
    2. Driving Licences 252 words
      3. c355W
    3. Workplace Car Parking Charges (West Midlands) 135 words
      4. c355W
    4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 254 words
      5. cc355-6W
    5. Road Haulage Forum 189 words
      6. cc356-7W
    6. Euratom 535 words
      7. c357W
    7. Paper and Timber Products 181 words
      8. cc357-9W
    8. Council Tax (Derbyshire) 341 words
      9. c359W
    9. Correspondence 78 words
      10. c359W
    10. Fishing Vessel Accidents 126 words
      11. cc359-60W
    11. Marine Freight Facilities Grant 266 words
      12. c360W
    12. Highways Agency 63 words
      13. c360W
    13. Energy-efficient Lighting 110 words
      14. cc360-1W
    14. Air Pollution 361 words
      15. c361W
    15. DVLA 132 words
      16. c361W
    16. HFC Emissions 83 words
      17. cc361-2W
    17. Tax Discs 197 words
      18. c362W
    18. Regional Development Agencies 102 words
      19. cc362-3W
    19. Repetitive Strain Injury 442 words
      20. cc363-4W
    20. M4 Corridor Study 53 words
      21. c364W
    21. Council Rents (Wakefield) 44 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
      5. c364W
    1. Post Offices 119 words
      2. c364W
    2. EU Defence 45 words
  5. SCOTLAND
      6. c364W
    1. Departmental Smoking Policy 43 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      7. c365W
    1. North-east Regional Investment Fund 185 words
      2. cc365-6W
    2. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. 382 words
      3. c366W
    3. National Minimum Wage 313 words
      4. cc366-7W
    4. Gas Industry 66 words
      5. c367W
    5. Vibration White Finger 47 words
      6. c367W
    6. Gas-powered Generating Stations 151 words
      7. c367W
    7. Pakistan 64 words
      8. cc367-8W
    8. Polish Coal 195 words
      9. c368W
    9. Coalfields Enterprise Fund 150 words
      10. c368W
    10. Wireless Telegraphy Deregulation 148 words
  7. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
      8. c369W
    1. Crown Prosecution Service 327 words
  8. DEFENCE
      9. cc369-70W
    1. Territorial Army 188 words
      2. c370W
    2. Aircraft 303 words
      3. cc370-1W
    3. TIALD System 205 words
      4. c371W
    4. Imphal Barracks 97 words
      5. c371W
    5. Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn 158 words
      6. c371W
    6. Altcar Rifle Range 61 words
      7. cc371-2W
    7. Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty 33 words
      8. c372W
    8. Computers 345 words
      9. cc372-3W
    9. Accommodation (Royal Navy) 361 words
      10. cc373-4W
    10. South Atlantic 149 words
      11. c374W
    11. Naval Manpower (South Atlantic) 43 words
      12. c374W
    12. Falkland Islands 96 words
      13. c374W
    13. Lloyd's Register 123 words
      14. c374W
    14. Nepal 94 words
      15. cc374-5W
    15. Austria (Bilateral Meetings) 125 words
      16. c375W
    16. Departmental Contracts 254 words
      17. cc375-6W
    17. Procurement (Capability Working Groups) 83 words
      18. c376W
    18. Service Discipline 80 words
      19. c376W
    19. Declaration of Principles 51 words
      20. c376W
    20. Challenger 2 90 words
      21. c376W
    21. TRACER 133 words
      22. cc376-7W
    22. Armed Forces Legal Branches 54 words
      23. c377W
    23. Royal Military Police 93 words
      24. c377W
    24. Smart Procurement 125 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      10. c377W
    1. Parliamentary Questions 84 words
    2. HEALTH
        3. c378W
      1. Departmental Press Releases 109 words
        2. c378W
      2. BCG Vaccination 201 words
        3. cc378-9W
      3. Death Rates 146 words
        4. c379W
      4. Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia 294 words
        5. cc379-80W
      5. MRSA 113 words
        6. c380W
      6. Notifiable Diseases 132 words
        7. cc380-1W
      7. Radiation (Sellafield) 481 words
        8. c381W
      8. Drugs and Alcohol (Women) 74 words
        9. c381W
      9. Haemorrhoid Treatment 129 words
        10. cc381-2W
      10. Cancer Operations 65 words
        11. c382W
      11. Irish Community 115 words
        12. c382W
      12. Credit Ratings 171 words
        13. c382W
      13. Mouth Cancer 73 words
        14. cc382-3W
      14. Nurse Vacancies 105 words
        15. c383W
      15. Cervical Smears 235 words
        16. cc383-4W
      16. Harold Shipman 131 words
        17. c384W
      17. Research Contracts 150 words
        18. c384W
      18. Influenza 38 words
        19. cc384-5W
      19. Tuberculosis 136 words
        20. c385W
      20. Recycling 105 words
        21. c385W
      21. In-patient Statistics 194 words
        22. cc385-6W
      22. Patient Records 309 words
        23. c386W
      23. Hepatitis B 78 words
        24. cc386-7W
      24. Waiting Times 76 words
        25. c387W
      25. Miscarriages 231 words
        26. cc387-8W
      26. Births 438 words
        27. c388W
      27. New Variant CJD 102 words
        28. cc388-9W
      28. Fluoridation 44 words
        29. c389W
      29. Diabetics 57 words
        30. c389W
      30. Infectious Diseases (Immunisation) 95 words
        31. c389W
      31. Child Labour 59 words
        32. c389W
      32. Care Leavers 83 words
        33. cc389-90W
      33. Wheelchairs 141 words
        34. c390W
      34. Nurses 90 words
        35. c390W
      35. Asset Sales 110 words
    3. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
        4. cc390-1W
      1. School Leavers (Cambridgeshire and Peterborough) 418 words
        2. cc391-2W
      2. Sure Start 79 words
        3. c392W
      3. Student Incomes 160 words
        4. c392W
      4. Medical School Places 138 words
        5. cc392-3W
      5. Dental School Places 146 words
        6. c393W
      6. University Tuition Fees 344 words
        7. cc393-4W
      7. New Deal 153 words
        8. cc394-5W
      8. Class Sizes (Witney) 250 words
        9. c395W
      9. Educational Qualifications 107 words
        10. c395W
      10. University Staff 233 words
        11. cc395-6W
      11. Mature Students 457 words
        12. cc396-7W
      12. University Degrees 146 words
        13. c397W
      13. Departmental Contracts 93 words
        14. c397W
      14. Further Education Colleges 256 words
        15. cc397-8W
      15. Higher Education Staff 120 words
        16. c398W
      16. Class Sizes (Key Stages) 88 words
        17. c398W
      17. Dartford West High School for Boys 49 words
        18. cc398-9W
      18. Age Discrimination 183 words
        19. c399W
      19. Teachers' Pay 135 words
        20. c399W
      20. A-levels 82 words
        21. cc399-400W
      21. Remploy 267 words
        22. c400W
      22. Supported Employment 186 words
    4. HOME DEPARTMENT
        5. cc400-1W
      1. Closed Circuit Television 269 words
        2. c401W
      2. Crime (Sussex) 63 words
        3. c401W
      3. Police (Surrey) 126 words
        4. c401W
      4. Community Beat Officers 101 words
        5. cc401-2W
      5. Unauthorised Camping 218 words
        6. c402W
      6. Clandestine Immigrants 69 words
        7. c402W
      7. Anti-social Behaviour Orders 71 words
        8. c402W
      8. Prisons (School Links) 63 words
        9. cc402-3W
      9. Crime and Disorder 86 words
        10. c403W
      10. Prisoners 59 words
        11. c403W
      11. Crime Reduction 88 words
        12. cc403-4W
      12. Asylum Seekers 490 words
        13. cc404-5W
      13. Immigration Advisers 136 words
        14. c405W
      14. Kosovo Refugees 235 words
        15. c405W
      15. Police (Costs) 85 words
        16. cc405-6W
      16. Racism 368 words
        17. c406W
      17. Crime (London) 102 words
        18. c406W
      18. Police Officer Recruitment 62 words
        19. cc406-7W
      19. Trial by Jury 61 words
        20. c407W
      20. Metropolitan Police 712 words
        21. cc407-8W
      21. Home Security 82 words
        22. cc408-9W
      22. Crime Reduction Targets 409 words
        23. c409W
      23. Criminal Records Bureau 84 words
        24. cc409-10W
      24. Homicide Weapons 271 words
        25. c410W
      25. Firearms Offences 141 words
        26. cc410-1W
      26. Murders 376 words
        27. c411W
      27. Corporate Liability 98 words
        28. cc411-2W
      28. Freemasons 81 words
        29. c412W
      29. Security Industry 78 words
        30. c412W
      30. Interception of Communications 101 words
        31. cc412-3W
      31. Correspondence 260 words
        32. c413W
      32. Somalia 451 words
        33. cc413-4W
      33. Senator Pinochet 371 words
        34. cc414-5W
      34. Terrorism Bill 156 words
        35. c415W
      35. Race Relations (Amendment) Bill 55 words
        36. c415W
      36. Fire Service College 423 words
        37. cc415-6W
      37. Afghan Hijacking 191 words
        38. cc416-7W
      38. HMP Manchester 438 words
        39. c417W
      39. Prison Tenders 77 words
        40. cc417-8W
      40. Royal Parks (Trading Bill) 133 words
        41. c418W
      41. Curfews (Drugs Offences) 169 words
        42. cc418-9W
      42. Animal Experiments 125 words
        43. cc419-20W
      43. Immigration Rules 190 words
    5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
        6. c421W
      1. Research Contracts 95 words
        2. c421W
      2. Beef Special Premium Scheme 238 words
        3. c421W
      3. Baby Foods 77 words
        4. cc421-2W
      4. Farmer Incomes 206 words
        5. c422W
      5. Pigmeat 137 words
    6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
        7. cc422-3W
      1. Austria 284 words
        2. c423W
      2. Departmental Staff 136 words
        3. c423W
      3. Pakistan 71 words
        4. cc423-4W
      4. Kosovo 376 words
        5. cc424-5W
      5. General Pinochet 162 words
        6. c425W
      6. Bahrain 101 words
        7. cc425-6W
      7. Somalia 315 words
        8. cc426-7W
      8. Iraq 504 words
        9. c427W
      9. Lebanon 85 words
        10. cc427-9W
      10. Angola 772 words
    7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
        8. cc429-30W
      1. Locally Employed Staff (Wages) 729 words
        2. cc430-1W
      2. Somalia 247 words
        3. cc431-2W
      3. Child Employment 287 words
        4. c432W
      4. Pakistan 64 words
        5. c432W
      5. Angola 271 words
    8. SOCIAL SECURITY
        9. cc432-3W
      1. Benefits Agency Doctors 375 words
        2. cc433-4W
      2. Fraud 288 words
        3. cc434-5W
      3. Housing Benefit 840 words
        4. cc435-6W
      4. Verification Framework 221 words
        5. cc436-7W
      5. Disregards 560 words
        6. c437W
      6. Simplification Project 43 words
        7. cc437-9W
      7. Data Protection 133 words
        8. c439W
      8. Stakeholder Pensions 291 words
        9. c439W
      9. Correspondence 48 words
        10. cc439-40W
      10. Winter Fuel Payments 86 words
        11. c440W
      11. Appeals 193 words
    9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
        10. cc440-1W
      1. Music Library Services (North-West) 96 words
        2. c441W
      2. Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 84 words
        3. c441W
      3. Funding Agreements 73 words
        4. c441W
      4. Departmental Contracts 62 words
        5. c441W
      5. Burma (Olympic Games) 61 words
        6. c441W
      6. Millennium Dome 35 words
        7. cc441-2W
      7. New Millennium Experience Company 203 words
        8. c442W
      8. Subtitling 149 words
        9. c442W
      9. Public Service Broadcasting 81 words
        10. cc442-3W
      10. Departmental Expenditure Limit 226 words
        11. c443W
      11. Orchestras 139 words
        12. cc443-4W
      12. Media Releases 130 words
    10. TREASURY
        11. cc444-5W
      1. Cambridgeshire Statistics 836 words
        2. cc445-6W
      2. Rural Areas (GDP) 321 words
        3. c446W
      3. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 155 words
        4. cc446-7W
      4. Austria (Bilateral Meetings) 96 words
        5. cc447-8W
      5. Israel 506 words
        6. c448W
      6. Personal Services (Tax Avoidance) 100 words
        7. cc448-50W
      7. Ivory 958 words
        8. cc450-1W
      8. Working Families Tax Credit 105 words
        9. c451W
      9. National Insurance 95 words
        10. c451W
      10. Health Expenditure 141 words
        11. cc451-2W
      11. Asset Sales 100 words
        12. c452W
      12. Training Allowance 55 words
    11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
        12. cc452-4W
      1. Legal Aid Board 1,090 words
        2. c454W
      2. Rail Crash (Paddington) 92 words
        3. cc454-5W
      3. Conditional Fee Agreements 310 words
        4. c455W
      4. Indemnity 249 words
        5. cc455-6W
      5. Freemasons 178 words
        6. cc456-8W
      6. Departmental Contracts 1,011 words

Lords Sitting of 14 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 609

    c909
  1. Preamble 23 words
    2. cc909-12
  2. House of Lords Reform 1,646 words
    3. cc912-5
  3. British Coal Pension Fund: Surpluses 1,404 words
    4. cc915-8
  4. Health Development Agency 1,208 words
    5. cc918-55
  5. Representation of the People Bill 18,702 words, 1 division
    6. cc955-89
  6. REGISTRATION AND VOTING RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS 17,059 words
    7. cc989-90
  7. Accountability of registration officers to Electoral Coninfission. 885 words
    8. cc991-1008
  8. Football: Commercial Issues 9,272 words
    9. cc1008-10
  9. Representation of the People Bill 671 words
    10. cc1010-58
  10. GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY ELECTIONS; CANDIDATE'S RIGHT TO SEND ELECTION ADDRESSES POST FREE 25,212 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 609

    c121WA
  1. Bloody Sunday Inquiry: Costs 38 words
    c121WA
  2. Social Security Budget and National Insurance 133 words
    cc121-3WA
  3. UK Trade with US 721 words
    c123WA
  4. Asylum Applications: Confidentiality 90 words
    c123WA
  5. Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Verification Protocol 118 words
    cc123-4WA
  6. Child Soldiers 169 words
    c124WA
  7. Council of Europe Committee of Ministers: Meetings 175 words
    cc124-5WA
  8. Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Aviation Industry 115 words
    c125WA
  9. Oil Shipment Standards: "Erika" Incident 129 words
    c125WA
  10. Common Land and Village Greens 93 words
    cc125-6WA
  11. Lead Shot Restriction: Entry to Private Premises 376 words
    cc126-7WA
  12. Lead Shot Restriction and the Devolved Authorities 163 words
    c127WA
  13. Arable Area Payments Scheme: Retrospection 76 words
    c127WA
  14. CS Disinfectant 133 words
    cc127-8WA
  15. Aged Hospital Patients: Statistics 276 words
    c128WA
  16. Treasury Statutory Instruments 61 words
    c128WA
  17. Business Sponsorship of Government Activity: Tax Treatment 51 words
    cc128-31WA
  18. Inward Investment to UK 1,081 words
    cc131-2WA
  19. Film Industry: Working Conditions for Women 144 words
    c132WA
  20. Tourist Attractions: Closures 102 words
    cc132-3WA
  21. Sterling: Values 326 words
    c133WA
  22. House of Lords Authorities 40 words
    c133WA
  23. Homeless Prisoners: Discharge Grant 114 words
    c133WA
  24. Women in the Fire Service 176 words
    cc133-4WA
  25. General Pinochet 115 words
    cc134-5WA
  26. Parole Board 272 words
    cc135-6WA
  27. Crime Reduction Targets 908 words