Commons Sitting of 22 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 344

    c1353
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1353
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
        2. c1353
      1. GREENHAM AND CROOKHAM COMMONS BILL (By Order) 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1353-60
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
        2. cc1353-5
      1. Higher Education 942 words
        2. cc1355-7
      2. Local Government Act 1986 847 words
        3. cc1357-8
      3. National Minimum Wage 899 words
        4. cc1358-60
      4. Strategic Rail Authority 760 words
      cc1360-1
    2. ADVOCATE-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND 4 words
        3. cc1360-1
      1. Legislation 445 words
        2. c1361
      2. European Convention on Human Rights 97 words
      cc1361-6
    3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 5 words
        4. cc1361-3
      1. Circuit Judges 664 words
        2. c1363
      2. County Courts 288 words
        3. cc1363-4
      3. Lord Chancellor 434 words
        4. cc1364-5
      4. Solicitors 503 words
        5. cc1365-6
      5. Circuit Judges 202 words
        6. c1366
      6. Community Legal Service 194 words
      cc1366-9
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
        5. cc1366-8
      1. Ministerial Statements 689 words
        2. cc1368-9
      2. House of Commons Commission 355 words
      c1369
    5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL 7 words
        6. c1369
      1. Privy Council 202 words
      cc1369-71
    6. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
        7. cc1369-70
      1. Timetabling (Legislation) 493 words
        2. cc1370-1
      2. Lobby Facilities 229 words
      cc1371-2
    7. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION 15 words
        8. cc1371-2
      1. Reform 294 words
    cc1373-84
  4. Rail Safety 5,865 words
  5. BILL PRESENTED
      6. c1384
    1. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (MODE OF TRIAL) (No. 2) 81 words
    cc1385-9
  6. Television Licence Fee (Abolition) 2,466 words
    7. c1389
  7. TELEVISION LICENCE FEE (ABOLITION) 69 words
    8. cc1390-474
  8. Defence White Paper 47,612 words
    9. c1474
  9. Finance and Services Committee 23 words
    10. cc1475-82
  10. Drug misuse 4,353 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 22 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 344

    c313WH
  1. Preamble 6 words
    2. cc313-33WH
  2. Rural Poverty 11,422 words
    3. cc334-40WH
  3. Rail Traffic (Lincoln) 3,510 words
    4. cc341-50WH
  4. Anti-drugs Co-ordinator 4,549 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 February 2000 Series 6 Vol. 344

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      2. c843W
    1. Lobby Members 56 words
      2. c843W
    2. Modernisation 75 words
      3. c843W
    3. Westminster Hall 127 words
      4. cc843-4W
    4. Parliamentary Questions 57 words
      5. cc844-5W
    5. Hereditary Peers 715 words
      6. c845W
    6. PDVN/Internet (Parliamentary Access) 96 words
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      3. c845W
    1. Paper and Timber Products 149 words
  3. WALES
      4. cc846-7W
    1. Departmental Staff 723 words
      2. cc847-8W
    2. Paper and Timber Products 265 words
      3. c848W
    3. Peat Compost 103 words
  4. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      5. c848W
    1. World Cup 2006 214 words
      2. cc848-50W
    2. National Lottery 702 words
      3. cc850-1W
    3. Sport (Funding) 251 words
      4. c851W
    4. Asset Sales 90 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
      6. cc851-2W
    1. Operation Horseshoe 131 words
      2. c852W
    2. Lord Levy 256 words
      3. cc852-3W
    3. PPS Guidelines 45 words
      4. c853W
    4. Police (West Midlands) 100 words
      5. c853W
    5. Asylum Seekers 70 words
  6. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
      7. c853W
    1. Departmental Staff 126 words
      2. cc853-4W
    2. Racism (CPS) 334 words
      3. cc854-5W
    3. Fast-tracking (Merseyside) 193 words
  7. CABINET OFFICE
      8. c855W
    1. Advertising Budgets 54 words
      2. c855W
    2. Peat Compost 49 words
      3. c855W
    3. Draft Equality Bill 54 words
  8. SCOTLAND
      9. cc855-6W
    1. Post Office 168 words
      2. c856W
    2. Higher Education 37 words
      3. c856W
    3. Oil 78 words
      4. c856W
    4. Block Grant 71 words
      5. c856W
    5. National Minimum Wage 55 words
      6. cc856-7W
    6. Economy 144 words
      7. c857W
    7. Scottish MPs 101 words
      8. c857W
    8. Media Officers 65 words
      9. c857W
    9. Export Promotion Services 176 words
      10. cc857-8W
    10. Devolution 58 words
      11. c858W
    11. Pig Industry 54 words
      12. c858W
    12. Shipyards 86 words
      13. c858W
    13. Anti-drugs Strategy 78 words
      14. c858W
    14. New Deal 119 words
      15. cc858-9W
    15. Special Advisers 50 words
      16. c859W
    16. Air Traffic Control, Prestwick 107 words
      17. c859W
    17. Economic and Monetary Union 119 words
  9. ADVOCATE-GENERAL
      10. cc859-60W
    1. Legislation 209 words
      2. c860W
    2. Devolution 110 words
      3. c860W
    3. Departmental Staff 37 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
      11. c860W
    1. Charities 116 words
      2. cc860-1W
    2. Asylum Seekers 129 words
      3. cc861-2W
    3. Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report 507 words
      4. c862W
    4. Youth Justice 282 words
      5. cc862-3W
    5. Global Cultural Diversity Congress 386 words
      6. cc863-4W
    6. Community Sentences 174 words
      7. c864W
    7. Hendon Police College 120 words
      8. cc864-5W
    8. Jury Trial 574 words
      9. c865W
    9. Royal Prerogative 51 words
      10. cc865-6W
    10. Freepost Election Mailings 164 words
      11. c866W
    11. European Crime Convention 177 words
      12. cc866-7W
    12. Secure Training Centres 301 words
      13. c867W
    13. Mr. Ben James 70 words
      14. cc867-8W
    14. Racism 554 words
      15. cc868-9W
    15. Rowe and Davis Case 271 words
      16. c869W
    16. Coroners 133 words
      17. cc869-70W
    17. Mr. Hector Harvey 192 words
      18. c870W
    18. Magistrates 59 words
      19. c870W
    19. Freedom of Information 123 words
      20. cc870-1W
    20. Young Offenders 774 words
      21. cc871-2W
    21. Special Constables (Staffordshire) 153 words
      22. cc872-4W
    22. Metropolitan Police 897 words
      23. cc874-5W
    23. Police Pensions 530 words
      24. c875W
    24. Prisoners (Tariff Date) 63 words
      25. c875W
    25. Peat Compost 83 words
      26. cc875-6W
    26. Police Recruitment 56 words
      27. c876W
    27. Casino Staff 156 words
      28. cc876-8W
    28. Animal Experiments 674 words
      29. c878W
    29. Court Transcripts 72 words
  11. DEFENCE
      12. cc879-80W
    1. Army Trade Training 599 words
      2. c880W
    2. Defence Export Services Organisation (Jakarta) 102 words
      3. cc880-1W
    3. Armed Forces (Morale) 146 words
      4. c881W
    4. Aircraft Crashes 101 words
      5. c881W
    5. Dangerous Substances 207 words
      6. cc881-2W
    6. Cluster Bombs 230 words
      7. c882W
    7. Iraq 170 words
      8. c882W
    8. Overseas Territories 190 words
      9. cc882-3W
    9. Departmental Expenditure 143 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      13. cc883-5W
    1. Qualifications 1,128 words
      2. c885W
    2. Employment Zones 109 words
      3. c885W
    3. GCSE Syllabus 105 words
      4. c885W
    4. Equal Opportunities 31 words
      5. cc885-6W
    5. Free School Meals (Newcastle upon Tyne) 242 words
      6. c886W
    6. Higher Education (Disabled Persons) 102 words
      7. cc886-7W
    7. New Deal 340 words
      8. cc887-8W
    8. Exclusions 135 words
      9. c888W
    9. Further Education 108 words
      10. c888W
    10. Primary and Secondary Pupils (SSAs) 169 words
      11. cc888-9W
    11. New Deal (Young People) 170 words
      12. c889W
    12. Ofsted Reports 60 words
      13. c889W
    13. School Meals 72 words
      14. cc889-91W
    14. Departmental Employees 641 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
      14. cc891-2W
    1. Stakeholder Pensions 527 words
      2. cc892-3W
    2. Benefits 397 words
      3. cc893-4W
    3. Pensions 727 words
      4. c894W
    4. Earnings Disregards 58 words
      5. cc894-5W
    5. Capital Limits 219 words
      6. cc895-6W
    6. Savings (Income) 289 words
      7. c896W
    7. Disabled People 132 words
      8. cc896-8W
    8. Benefit Claims 809 words
      9. c898W
    9. Unclaimed Benefits 83 words
      10. c898W
    10. Housing Benefit 91 words
      11. c898W
    11. Winter Fuel Allowance 62 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. cc899-901W
    1. Health Services (Hull) 729 words
      2. c901W
    2. Undertakers (Southampton) 635 words
      3. cc901-3W
    3. NHS Direct 909 words
      4. cc903-4W
    4. Health Authority Funding 266 words
      5. cc904-5W
    5. Social Workers 334 words
      6. c905W
    6. Drugs Purchases (North Essex) 210 words
      7. cc905-6W
    7. Nurses 54 words
      8. c906W
    8. NHS Dentistry 159 words
      9. c906W
    9. CCTV 75 words
      10. c906W
    10. Austria (Bilateral Meetings) 53 words
      11. cc906-7W
    11. Dental Laboratories 144 words
      12. c907W
    12. Mind Report 77 words
      13. cc907-8W
    13. Drugs Supply 292 words
      14. cc908-9W
    14. Nurse Training 283 words
      15. c909W
    15. Drugs Bill 158 words
      16. c909W
    16. Drugs Recycling 42 words
      17. c909W
    17. Intensive Care Beds 67 words
      18. cc909-10W
    18. Stoma Services 100 words
      19. c910W
    19. Hospital Outpatient Appointments 258 words
      20. c910W
    20. Devonshire Royal Hospital Site, Buxton 60 words
      21. cc910-1W
    21. Multiple Sclerosis 83 words
      22. c911W
    22. Mrs. Hilary Pearce 202 words
      23. cc911-2W
    23. Premature Deaths (Somerset) 378 words
      24. c912W
    24. Xenotransplantation 230 words
      25. cc912-3W
    25. Midwives 160 words
      26. c913W
    26. Voluntary Organisations (Grants) 117 words
      27. c913W
    27. Electro-convulsive Treatment 151 words
      28. cc913-4W
    28. Naloxone/Nacran 126 words
      29. c914W
    29. Heart Disease 266 words
      30. cc914-5W
    30. Cancer Services 210 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      16. c915W
    1. Congestion Charging 182 words
      2. cc915-6W
    2. Antibiotic Marker Genes 389 words
      3. cc916-9W
    3. Planning Applications 1,115 words
      4. cc919-20W
    4. London Transport 185 words
      5. c920W
    5. Council Tax (Somerset) 87 words
      6. cc920-1W
    6. Housing Development 107 words
      7. c921W
    7. Thameslink 2000 42 words
      8. c921W
    8. Packaging Recovery 94 words
      9. c921W
    9. Hedgerow Regulations 1997 88 words
      10. cc921-2W
    10. Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive 239 words
      11. c922W
    11. Montreal Protocol 103 words
      12. cc922-3W
    12. Conservation 364 words
      13. c923W
    13. Housing Benefit 119 words
      14. cc923-5W
    14. Local Authority Housing 909 words
      15. cc925-6W
    15. Care Leavers and Orphans 361 words
      16. c926W
    16. Post Offices 179 words
      17. cc926-7W
    17. National Air Traffic Services 371 words
      18. cc927-8W
    18. Racist Incidents 257 words
      19. c928W
    19. Council House Sales 97 words
      20. c928W
    20. Driving Test Centres 150 words
      21. cc928-9W
    21. Land Use (Tyne and Wear) 523 words
      22. c929W
    22. Press Officers 136 words
      23. c929W
    23. Macpherson Report 67 words
      24. cc929-30W
    24. Taxis 102 words
      25. c930W
    25. Water Companies 130 words
      26. cc930-1W
    26. Pollution (Falmouth Harbour) 194 words
      27. c931W
    27. Pedestrians 255 words
      28. cc931-2W
    28. Rough Sleeper Deaths 89 words
      29. c932W
    29. Council Tax 199 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      17. cc932-5W
    1. Helsinki Council 890 words
      2. c935W
    2. Departmental Research Contracts 71 words
      3. c935W
    3. Austria 83 words
      4. c935W
    4. Departmental Functions (Food) 57 words
      5. cc935-6W
    5. EU Enlargement 109 words
      6. cc936-9W
    6. EU General Affairs Council 1,070 words
      7. c939W
    7. Kazakhstan 102 words
      8. c939W
    8. Serbia 113 words
      9. cc939-40W
    9. South-Eastern Europe 246 words
      10. c940W
    10. Danube 93 words
      11. c940W
    11. European Union Political and Security Committee 123 words
      12. cc940-1W
    12. Departmental Employees 128 words
      13. c941W
    13. Russia 69 words
      14. c941W
    14. Middle East 71 words
      15. c941W
    15. Peat Compost 62 words
      16. c941W
    16. Departmental Energy Use 47 words
      17. cc941-2W
    17. British Council 245 words
      18. c942W
    18. Export Licences (Pakistan) 150 words
      19. c942W
    19. Recycling 69 words
      20. cc942-3W
    20. "Your Britain, Your Europe" Roadshow 179 words
      21. c943W
    21. EuroMed 106 words
      22. cc943-4W
    22. European Union 134 words
      23. c944W
    23. Seal Culling (Russia) 77 words
      24. c944W
    24. Colonel Gaddafi 86 words
      25. c944W
    25. Iran 150 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      18. cc944-5W
    1. Power Stations 359 words
      2. c945W
    2. National Minimum Wage 97 words
      3. cc945-6W
    3. British American Tobacco 111 words
      4. c946W
    4. Working Time Directive 53 words
      5. cc946-8W
    5. Post Offices 843 words
      6. c948W
    6. Nannies 86 words
      7. c948W
    7. Holocaust Survivors 129 words
      8. cc948-51W
    8. Departmental Staff 1,352 words
      9. c951W
    9. Departmental Initiatives 85 words
      10. c951W
    10. Paid Parental Leave 108 words
      11. cc951-2W
    11. Retail Price Comparisons 108 words
      12. cc952-3W
    12. Indonesia 686 words
      13. cc953-4W
    13. Arms Brokering 209 words
      14. c954W
    14. Recycling 46 words
      15. c954W
    15. Credit Blacklisting 107 words
      16. c954W
    16. Assisted Areas Map 65 words
      17. c954W
    17. Gardening Leave 46 words
      18. cc954-5W
    18. Transfer Technology Ltd. 178 words
      19. cc955-6W
    19. Austria (Trade) 722 words
      20. cc956-7W
    20. Export Credit Guarantees 581 words
      21. cc957-8W
    21. National Regional Aid 134 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
      19. cc958-9W
    1. Departmental Consultation 107 words
      2. c959W
    2. Terrorist Violence (Victim Compensation) 276 words
      3. cc959-60W
    3. Departmental Research Contracts 286 words
      4. c960W
    4. Deaths (Investigations) 121 words
      5. c960W
    5. Thiepval Memorial Tower 53 words
      6. cc960-1W
    6. Probation Service 216 words
      7. c961W
    7. Prosecutions 305 words
  19. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      20. c962W
    1. Magistrates Courts 154 words
      2. c962W
    2. JPs 97 words
      3. cc962-3W
    3. Immigration and Asylum 60 words
      4. c963W
    4. Peat Compost 123 words
      5. c963W
    5. Recycling 95 words
      6. cc963-5W
    6. Conditional Fees 819 words
      7. cc965-6W
    7. Insurance Premiums 220 words
      8. cc966-7W
    8. National Insurance Commissioners 801 words
  20. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      21. cc968-70W
    1. BSE 983 words
      2. c970W
    2. Lamb 118 words
      3. c970W
    3. Feedingstuff Regulations 96 words
      4. cc970-1W
    4. Exchange Rate 157 words
      5. c971W
    5. Regulation 226 words
      6. c971W
    6. Sheep Premium 56 words
      7. cc971-2W
    7. British Cattle Movement Service 214 words
      8. c972W
    8. Farming (Promotion) 112 words
      9. c972W
    9. Hedgerows 85 words
      10. cc972-3W
    10. Beef on the Bone 67 words
      11. c973W
    11. Agriculture Development Scheme 68 words
      12. c973W
    12. Food Chain Group 161 words
      13. cc973-4W
    13. GM Crops 231 words
      14. c974W
    14. Pet Travel Scheme 104 words
  21. TREASURY
      22. cc974-81W
    1. Underweight Babies 5,653 words
      2. cc981-3W
    2. Import/Export Traders 557 words
      3. cc983-4W
    3. Personal Services (Taxation) 109 words
      4. c984W
    4. Pensioner Incomes 248 words
      5. cc984-5W
    5. National Insurance Contributions 493 words
      6. cc985-6W
    6. NIRS2 358 words
      7. c986W
    7. Tobacco Smuggling 74 words
      8. c986W
    8. E-commerce 88 words
      9. c986W
    9. Office for National Statistics 68 words
      10. cc986-7W
    10. Asset Sales 69 words
      11. c987W
    11. Fuel Taxation 433 words
      12. cc987-8W
    12. VAT 54 words
      13. c988W
    13. Russian Debt 84 words
      14. c988W
    14. Capital Modernisation Fund 96 words
      15. cc988-9W
    15. Recycling 66 words
      16. c989W
    16. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative 182 words
      17. c989W
    17. Peat Compost 46 words
      18. c989W
    18. Electricity 40 words
      19. cc989-90W
    19. Departmental Staff 120 words
      20. c990W
    20. Drug Enforcement 79 words
      21. c990W
    21. National Minimum Wage 104 words
      22. c990W
    22. National Insurance Numbers 171 words
      23. cc990-7W
    23. Primary Care (Death Rates) 3,447 words
      24. c997W
    24. Job Vacancies (Newcastle upon Tyne) 462 words
      25. cc997-8W
    25. Taxation 201 words
      26. cc998-1000W
    26. Youth Unemployment (Sundorne) 1,101 words
      27. cc1000-1W
    27. Suicides (Somerset) 709 words
      28. cc1001-2W
    28. Wages (Somerset) 402 words

Lords Sitting of 22 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 610

    c123
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c123
  2. Lord Joffe 36 words
    3. c123
  3. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 59 words
    4. cc123-6
  4. Armed Forces Disciplinary System: Personnel Rights 1,382 words
    5. cc126-8
  5. Democratic Republic of Congo 1,052 words
    6. cc128-9
  6. UK Membership of European Union 470 words
    7. cc130-3
  7. Sex Education 1,308 words
    8. c133
  8. Suspension of Hospital Medical Practitioners Bill [H.L.] 61 words
    9. c133
  9. Alliance & Leicester Group Treasury plc (Transfer) Bill [H.L.] 41 words
    10. c133
  10. Colchester Borough Council Bill [H.L.] 43 words
    11. cc133-4
  11. Business 246 words
    12. cc134-6
  12. Greater London Authority (Disqualification) Order 2000 833 words
    13. cc136-82
  13. Greater London Authority (Election Expenses) Order 2000 24,131 words, 1 division
    14. cc182-5
  14. Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000 1,575 words, 1 division
    15. cc185-224
  15. Electronic Communications Bill 20,214 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 February 2000 Series 5 Vol. 610

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  1. Kosovo: Trafficking in Young Women 151 words
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  2. Belgium: British Missions and the Union Flag 74 words
    cc13-4WA
  3. India: Religious Tolerance 90 words
    c14WA
  4. Weapons of Mass Destruction 81 words
    c14WA
  5. Chile: Presidential Inauguration 40 words
    cc14-5WA
  6. Bicameral Democracies: Non-elected second chambers 145 words
    c15WA
  7. Serbia and Kosovo: Deaths, Injuries and Homelessness 239 words
    c15WA
  8. Mozambique: Landmine Clearance 134 words
    cc15-6WA
  9. Police Pursuit Driver Training 20 words
    c16WA
  10. Charity Accounting 130 words
    c16WA
  11. Youth Justice 168 words
    cc16-7WA
  12. Stephen Lawrence Inquiry: Action Plan 145 words
    c17WA
  13. Asylum Seekers: Support Arrangements 124 words
    cc17-8WA
  14. Gulf War Illnesses 255 words
    c18WA
  15. Service Families Accommodation: Rodent Control 92 words
    cc18-9WA
  16. Army Manpower 409 words
    c19WA
  17. Estate Agents: Regulation 132 words
    cc19-20WA
  18. Works of Art: Droit de Suite Tax 108 words
    c20WA
  19. Part-time Work Regulations: Effects on Hotel and Restaurant Sector 152 words
    cc20-1WA
  20. Ripon Grammar School Ballot 438 words
    cc21-4WA
  21. Primary School Pupils in Private Education 1,053 words
    c24WA
  22. South Yorkshire Objective One Programme 117 words
    cc24-5WA
  23. Construction Industry 423 words
    cc25-6WA
  24. Organophosphorus Sheep Dips 206 words
    c26WA
  25. Pituitary glycoproteins 104 words
    cc26-7WA
  26. Tissue Extracts from Slaughterhouses 231 words
    c27WA
  27. Farmers: Early Retirement Schemes 88 words
    cc27-8WA
  28. Organophosphorus Compounds: Container Design 319 words
    c28WA
  29. Epichlorohydrin 106 words
    cc28-9WA
  30. Agriculture Development Scheme Awards 125 words
    cc29-30WA
  31. House of Lords Reform: Evidence to Royal Commission 121 words