Commons Sitting of 24 January 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-20
    1. DEFENCE 6 words
        2. cc1-2
      1. Bowman Tactical Communications System 293 words
        2. cc2-5
      2. Kosovo 1,689 words
        3. cc5-6
      3. Armed Forces (Women) 347 words
        4. cc6-7
      4. Short-term Strategic Airlift Programme 390 words
        5. cc7-9
      5. European Defence and Security Co-operation 727 words
        6. cc9-10
      6. Housing 754 words
        7. cc10-1
      7. Asset Sales 607 words
        8. cc11-3
      8. Defence Medical Services 1,002 words
        9. cc13-4
      9. Royal Fleet Auxiliary 179 words
        10. cc14-7
      10. Kosovo 1,325 words
        11. cc17-8
      11. European Strategic Defence Initiative 470 words
        12. cc18-20
      12. Army Exercises 517 words
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  4. Points of Order 1,891 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc25-77
    1. Disqualifications Bill 28,081 words, 1 division
      2. cc78-118
    2. City of London (Ward Elections) Bill 1,798 words
      1. New Clause 1
          2. cc81-118
        1. STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 19,942 words, 2 divisions
      cc118-9
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        4. c118
      1. CONTRACTING OUT 25 words
        2. c119
      2. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 21 words
        3. c119
      3. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 26 words
      c119
    4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 32 words
      5. c119
    5. NORTHERN IRELAND 23 words
      6. cc120-8
    6. Just-in-time Distribution 4,612 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 January 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

  1. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
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    1. Senator Pinochet 118 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
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    1. Civil Service Press Officers 122 words
      2. cc1-2W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 98 words
      3. cc2-3W
    3. EU Charter of Rights 577 words
      4. c3W
    4. EU Intergovernmental Conference 71 words
      5. c3W
    5. EU Membership (Cost-benefit Analysis) 216 words
      6. cc3-4W
    6. Iran 104 words
      7. c4W
    7. Criminal Assets (Confiscation) 60 words
      8. c4W
    8. Liberal Democrats (Co-operation) 23 words
  3. NORTHERN IRELAND
      4. cc4-5W
    1. Royal Ulster Constabulary 340 words
      2. c5W
    2. Asset Sales 80 words
      3. c5W
    3. Ruskin College, Oxford 56 words
      4. cc5-6W
    4. Mrs. Rosemary Nelson 204 words
      5. c6W
    5. Patten Commission 114 words
      6. c6W
    6. Street Signs (Vandalism) 207 words
      7. cc6-8W
    7. Human Rights 695 words
      8. c8W
    8. Saville Inquiry 55 words
      9. c8W
    9. Young People in Care 93 words
      10. cc8-9W
    10. Parades Commission 74 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      5. cc9-12W
    1. BSE 1,293 words
      2. c12W
    2. Beef Exports 120 words
      3. c12W
    3. Genetically Modified Food 61 words
      4. cc12-3W
    4. Flood Defences (South-West) 161 words
      5. c13W
    5. Interest Rates (Farmers) 103 words
      6. cc13-4W
    6. Departmental Properties 465 words
      7. c14W
    7. Deregulation 107 words
      8. c14W
    8. Fisheries Council 63 words
      9. cc14-5W
    9. Chicken Imports 94 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. c15W
    1. Bonuses 72 words
      2. c15W
    2. Home Detention Curfew 91 words
      3. cc15-6W
    3. Puppy Farms 214 words
      4. cc16-7W
    4. Prison Statistics 698 words
      5. cc17-8W
    5. Road Traffic Offences 415 words
      6. c18W
    6. Domestic Violence 240 words
      7. cc18-9W
    7. Police Manpower (National Insurance) 94 words
      8. c19W
    8. Data Protection 134 words
      9. cc19-20W
    9. General Pinochet 485 words
      10. c20W
    10. Crime Statistics 93 words
      11. cc20-1W
    11. VAT (National Crime Squad and National Criminal Intelligence Service) 141 words
      12. c21W
    12. Prison Ships 82 words
      13. c21W
    13. Correspondence 91 words
      14. c21W
    14. Prison, Ashford 59 words
      15. cc21-2W
    15. Asylum Seekers 458 words
      16. cc22-3W
    16. Settlement Applications 426 words
      17. cc23-4W
    17. Entry Refusals 150 words
      18. c24W
    18. Correspondence 72 words
      19. c24W
    19. Czech Republic (Visa Requirement) 101 words
  6. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      7. cc24-5W
    1. Entrepreneurship Lessons 310 words
      2. c25W
    2. Life Education Centres 158 words
      3. cc25-7W
    3. Asset Sales 764 words
      4. c27W
    4. Reception Classes 165 words
      5. c27W
    5. Student Loans 67 words
      6. cc27-8W
    6. Schools Adjudicators 209 words
      7. cc28-9W
    7. Subsidised Recycled Computers Scheme 319 words
      8. c29W
    8. Special Educational Needs 410 words
      9. cc29-30W
    9. Autism 113 words
      10. c30W
    10. Employment Action Zones 102 words
      11. cc30-1W
    11. Pupil Statistics 430 words
      12. c31W
    12. Higher Education Access Funds 40 words
      13. c31W
    13. Youth Employment (Shropshire) 211 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      8. c32W
    1. Age Discrimination 298 words
      2. cc32-3W
    2. Europe Roadshow 411 words
      3. c33W
    3. Cologne Presidency Conclusions 126 words
      4. cc33-4W
    4. EMU 159 words
      5. c34W
    5. International Federation of Europe Houses 134 words
      6. c34W
    6. Departmental Smoking Policy 183 words
      7. cc34-5W
    7. Golden Fleece 130 words
      8. c35W
    8. Corpus Juris 59 words
      9. c35W
    9. Xenophobia 77 words
      10. cc35-6W
    10. Arms Exports 212 words
      11. c36W
    11. Nuclear Deterrent 116 words
      12. c36W
    12. Pakistan 162 words
      13. cc36-7W
    13. Kosovo 299 words
      14. c37W
    14. Private Finance Initiative 79 words
      15. c37W
    15. EU Common Defence and Security Policy 97 words
      16. cc37-8W
    16. World Trade Organisation (Croatian Membership) 308 words
      17. c38W
    17. Visa Regimes (Europe) 51 words
      18. cc38-9W
    18. East Timor 128 words
      19. c39W
    19. Commercial Guidelines 81 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. cc39-40W
    1. World Trade Organisation 637 words
      2. cc40-1W
    2. Stakeholder Pensions 151 words
      3. c41W
    3. Company Assistance (Non-assisted Areas) 217 words
      4. cc41-3W
    4. Export Credits Guarantee Department 854 words
      5. cc43-4W
    5. EU Structural Funds 102 words
      6. c44W
    6. Enterprise Grant 262 words
      7. cc44-5W
    7. National Minimum Wage 138 words
      8. c45W
    8. Post Offices 196 words
      9. c45W
    9. Benefit Payment Methods 212 words
      10. cc45-6W
    10. "The Rising Tide" 180 words
      11. cc46-8W
    11. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 1,037 words
      12. c48W
    12. Information Technology 129 words
      13. cc48-9W
    13. Companies (Political Fundraising) 393 words
      14. c49W
    14. Ethical Trading Initiative 103 words
      15. c49W
    15. Internet 87 words
      16. cc49-50W
    16. Defence-related Exports 214 words
      17. c50W
    17. Parental Leave 158 words
      18. cc50-1W
    18. European Employment Pact 132 words
  9. DEFENCE
      10. c51W
    1. Territorial Army 60 words
      2. c51W
    2. European Defence and Security Policy 78 words
      3. c51W
    3. Elvington Airfield 57 words
      4. c51W
    4. Royal Ordnance 103 words
      5. cc51-2W
    5. Kosovo 205 words
      6. c52W
    6. Armed Forces (Homosexuals) 242 words
      7. cc52-3W
    7. Transport Aircraft 61 words
      8. c53W
    8. Type 45 Destroyers 129 words
      9. c53W
    9. US (Discussions) 35 words
      10. c53W
    10. Cadets 94 words
      11. cc53-4W
    11. Service Families (Schools) 181 words
      12. c54W
    12. Armed Forces (Women) 105 words
      13. c54W
    13. Anglo-French Co-operation 172 words
      14. cc54-5W
    14. Defence Medical Services 67 words
      15. c55W
    15. Ballistic Missile 50 words
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    16. Missile Systems 74 words
      17. c55W
    17. Merchant Ships 93 words
      18. c55W
    18. Navy Manpower 84 words
      19. cc55-6W
    19. Eurofighter 329 words
      20. c56W
    20. Joint Rapid Reaction Force 101 words
      21. cc56-7W
    21. Service Personnel (Medical Treatment) 99 words
      22. c57W
    22. A400M Project 180 words
      23. cc57-9W
    23. Gardening Leave 838 words
      24. c59W
    24. Unexploded Ordnance 73 words
      25. cc59-60W
    25. AWE Aldermaston 223 words
      26. c60W
    26. Indonesia 184 words
      27. c60W
    27. Departmental Smoking Policy 91 words
      28. c60W
    28. Departmental Property Disposals 105 words
      29. cc60-2W
    29. Departmental Lawyers 702 words
      30. cc62-3W
    30. Departmental Fees 580 words
      31. cc63-4W
    31. European Peacekeeping Corps. 301 words
      32. cc64-5W
    32. Engineers 440 words
      33. cc65-6W
    33. Training 305 words
      34. c66W
    34. Sonar 171 words
      35. c66W
    35. Overstretch 83 words
      36. cc66-7W
    36. Press Releases 61 words
      37. c67W
    37. British Forces Post Office 57 words
      38. c67W
    38. Battle of Britain 116 words
      39. cc67-8W
    39. Royal Irish Regiment 230 words
      40. c68W
    40. Prison Ships 52 words
      41. cc68-9W
    41. Recruitment Advertising 624 words
      42. cc69-70W
    42. SA80 Weapon System 361 words
      43. c70W
    43. Nancekuke 190 words
      44. c70W
    44. GPS Guided Munitions 125 words
      45. cc70-1W
    45. Private Finance Initiative 74 words
  10. CABINET OFFICE
      11. cc71-2W
    1. Civil Service Management (Delegations) 528 words
      2. c72W
    2. Government Reports 42 words
      3. c72W
    3. Departmental Smoking Policy 100 words
  11. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      12. cc72-3W
    1. World Trade Organisation 537 words
      2. cc73-4W
    2. Kosovo 270 words
      3. cc74-5W
    3. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 232 words
      4. c75W
    4. Bilateral Debt Relief 94 words
      5. cc75-6W
    5. Departmental Expenditure 292 words
      6. c76W
    6. Special Advisers 69 words
      7. c76W
    7. Ministerial Offices 66 words
      8. c76W
    8. Indigenous Cultures 81 words
      9. cc76-7W
    9. UN Reform 348 words
      10. c77W
    10. Departmental Premises 41 words
      11. cc77-8W
    11. Aid Suspensions 98 words
      12. c78W
    12. North Caucasus 123 words
      13. c78W
    13. British Council 102 words
      14. c78W
    14. Departmental Public Information Line 43 words
      15. cc78-9W
    15. Departmental Website 49 words
      16. c79W
    16. Russia 58 words
  12. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      13. c79W
    1. House of Lords 71 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
      14. cc79-80W
    1. Organised Fraud 349 words
      2. c80W
    2. Child Support Agency 150 words
      3. c80W
    3. Post Offices 61 words
      4. cc80-1W
    4. Winter Fuel Payments 324 words
      5. cc81-2W
    5. Pensioner Incomes 520 words
      6. cc82-3W
    6. Benefit Payment Methods 142 words
      7. c83W
    7. Councillors (Incapacity Benefit) 176 words
      8. cc83-4W
    8. Departmental Smoking Policy 281 words
      9. c84W
    9. Pensions (Non-residents) 344 words
      10. cc84-5W
    10. Disability Living Allowance 206 words
      11. cc85-6W
    11. State Pension 701 words
      12. cc86-7W
    12. Habitual Residence Test 146 words
      13. c87W
    13. Correspondence 68 words
  14. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      15. cc87-8W
    1. Wembley Stadium 434 words
      2. c88W
    2. Olympic Games Stadium 129 words
      3. c88W
    3. Sports Tourism Strategy 80 words
      4. cc88-9W
    4. Swimming Pools 199 words
      5. c89W
    5. Departmental Smoking Policy 137 words
      6. c89W
    6. Post Offices 63 words
      7. cc89-90W
    7. Departmental Properties 229 words
      8. c90W
    8. Television Subtitles 238 words
      9. cc90-1W
    9. National Lottery 159 words
      10. c91W
    10. Television Licences (Pensioners) 167 words
      11. c91W
    11. Running Tracks 31 words
      12. cc91-2W
    12. Tourist Attractions (North-West) 91 words
  15. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      16. cc92-4W
    1. Hague Convention 1,056 words
      2. c94W
    2. Post Offices 58 words
      3. c94W
    3. Private Finance Initiative 76 words
  16. HEALTH
      17. c95W
    1. Gammahydroxybutyrate 203 words
      2. c95W
    2. Thrombolytic Drugs 148 words
      3. cc95-6W
    3. Food Hygiene 55 words
      4. c96W
    4. In-vitro Fertilisation 77 words
      5. c96W
    5. Malnutrition 186 words
      6. cc96-7W
    6. Breast Feeding 507 words
      7. cc97-8W
    7. Employment Statistics 277 words
      8. cc98-9W
    8. Drug Treatment 405 words
      9. c99W
    9. Vaccinations 306 words
      10. cc99-100W
    10. Infectious Diseases 111 words
      11. c100W
    11. Lung Cancer 172 words
      12. cc100-1W
    12. Neurology Treatment 216 words
      13. c101W
    13. Heart Disease 95 words
      14. c101W
    14. Diabetics 37 words
      15. c101W
    15. NHS Litigation Authority 107 words
      16. c101W
    16. Babies (Heroin Addiction) 44 words
      17. cc101-2W
    17. Generic Drugs 81 words
      18. c102W
    18. Morphine and Diamorphine 334 words
      19. cc102-3W
    19. Intensive Care Beds 343 words
      20. cc103-5W
    20. NHS Staff 978 words
      21. c105W
    21. Data Protection 119 words
      22. c105W
    22. Accident and Emergency Departments (West Midlands) 85 words
      23. cc105-6W
    23. Diseases 392 words
      24. cc106-7W
    24. National Radiological Protection Board 207 words
      25. c107W
    25. Dentistry 219 words
      26. cc107-8W
    26. Hospital Waiting Lists (Mid-Essex) 289 words
      27. c108W
    27. Pay Settlement (North-West Lancashire) 136 words
      28. cc108-9W
    28. Private Finance Initiative 58 words
      29. c109W
    29. Hearing Aids 98 words
  17. TREASURY
      18. c109W
    1. House Repossessions (Income Support) 92 words
      2. c109W
    2. Deregulation 91 words
      3. cc109-11W
    3. Debt Relief 869 words
      4. cc111-2W
    4. Friendly Societies 128 words
      5. c112W
    5. VAT 205 words
      6. c112W
    6. Personal Allowances 98 words
      7. cc112-3W
    7. Income Tax 360 words
      8. c113W
    8. Economic and Monetary Union 110 words
      9. cc113-4W
    9. Law Students (Vocational Training Relief) 174 words
      10. c114W
    10. Armed Forces Commitment 62 words
      11. c114W
    11. Bilateral Financial Assistance 155 words
      12. cc114-5W
    12. Departmental Consultation 103 words
      13. c115W
    13. Transferable Tax Allowance 211 words
      14. c115W
    14. Childcare Tax Credit 130 words
      15. cc115-6W
    15. Financial Services Authority 237 words
      16. c116W
    16. Higher Rate Taxpayers 237 words
      17. cc116-7W
    17. Departmental Smoking Policy 67 words
      18. c117W
    18. Credit Unions 54 words
      19. c117W
    19. Revenue Losses 71 words
      20. c117W
    20. Financial Secretary (Shareholdings) 65 words
      21. c117W
    21. Efficiency Improvements 88 words
      22. cc117-8W
    22. Private Finance Initiative 256 words
      23. c118W
    23. National Insurance Records 83 words
      24. cc118-21W
    24. Agricultural Workers (Suicide) 1,521 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      19. c121W
    1. GM Crops 169 words
      2. cc121-2W
    2. Korean Airlines Crash, Stansted 260 words
      3. c122W
    3. Driving Licences 80 words
      4. c122W
    4. Homeless People 106 words
      5. cc122-3W
    5. Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee 112 words
      6. c123W
    6. Tourist Attractions 110 words
      7. c123W
    7. Councillors 101 words
      8. cc123-4W
    8. Council Housing 171 words
      9. c124W
    9. Departmental Smoking Policy 107 words
      10. cc124-5W
    10. Cable Telecommunications 343 words
      11. c125W
    11. Washable Nappies 98 words
      12. c125W
    12. Rural Bus Services (Chorley) 86 words
      13. cc125-6W
    13. Europe/North-West Rail Link 81 words
      14. c126W
    14. Traffic Congestion 137 words
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    15. Wide Loads 80 words
      16. cc126-7W
    16. Waste Disposal (London) 561 words
      17. cc127-8W
    17. Water Industry 264 words
      18. c128W
    18. Road Safety Schemes 92 words
      19. cc128-9W
    19. Leasehold Valuation Tribunals 222 words
      20. c129W
    20. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 229 words
      21. c129W
    21. House Building (Shropshire) 60 words
      22. cc129-30W
    22. Rats 140 words
      23. c130W
    23. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 101 words
      24. c130W
    24. Post Offices 215 words
      25. cc130-1W
    25. Housing Associations 327 words
      26. cc131-2W
    26. Airline Accidents 244 words
      27. c132W
    27. London Underground 81 words
      28. c132W
    28. Jubilee Line Extension 153 words
      29. cc132-3W
    29. Rail Passenger Partnership (Merseyside) 87 words
      30. c133W
    30. Greenbelt Land 93 words
      31. cc133-4W
    31. Local Government Finance 322 words
      32. c134W
    32. Welsh Assembly 125 words
      33. cc134-5W
    33. Rail Franchising 136 words
      34. c135W
    34. Storm Damage 104 words
      35. c135W
    35. Multilateral Environmental Agreements 249 words
      36. cc135-6W
    36. Severn Trent Water 326 words
      37. c136W
    37. French Lorry Strike 91 words
      38. cc136-7W
    38. School Buses 143 words
      39. c137W
    39. Motor Insurance 166 words
      40. cc137-8W
    40. DVLA 352 words
      41. c138W
    41. Regional Chambers 85 words
      42. cc138-9W
    42. Salisbury Railway Station 469 words
      43. cc139-40W
    43. Ministerial Engagements 117 words
      44. c140W
    44. Allington, Incinerator 223 words

Lords Sitting of 24 January 2000 Series 5 Vol. 608

    c1317
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1317-8
  2. OECD Anti-bribery Convention 532 words
    3. cc1318-22
  3. House of Lords Reform 2,039 words
    4. cc1323-5
  4. Probation Service 1,068 words
    5. cc1325-7
  5. Deaths in Custody 728 words
    6. c1327
  6. Race Relations (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 56 words
    7. cc1327-44
  7. Armed Forces Discipline Bill [H.L.] 8,941 words
    8. cc1344-51
  8. Nuclear Safeguards Bill [H.L.] 3,768 words
    9. cc1352-410
  9. Limited Liability Partnerships Bill [H.L.] 30,018 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 January 2000 Series 5 Vol. 608

    c165WA
  1. Ridgeway National Trail 226 words
    cc165-6WA
  2. Multi-storey Car Parks 395 words
    cc166-7WA
  3. River Wye Navigation Order 198 words
    cc167-8WA
  4. Eurocontrol: Charges 542 words
    c168WA
  5. Anti-personnel Mines Stocked in UK 75 words
    cc168-9WA
  6. Nuclear Deterrent 205 words
    cc169-70WA
  7. Organophosphates: Long-term Low-level Exposure 529 words
    cc170-1WA
  8. Gulf War: Biological Warfare Immunisation Programme 351 words
    c171WA
  9. Alleged Chemical Warfare Incident, Al Jubayl, 19 January 1991 193 words
    cc171-2WA
  10. Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme Audit 143 words
    c172WA
  11. Objective 2 Areas 89 words
    c172WA
  12. A & E Facilities, City of London 102 words
    cc172-3WA
  13. NHS Trusts: Waiting List Reduction 71 words
    cc173-4WA
  14. "Epidemic": Definition 375 words
    c174WA
  15. Private Intensive Care Beds Available to NHS Trusts 98 words
    cc174-5WA
  16. Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill [H.L.] 437 words
    cc175-6WA
  17. Criminal Justice System and Ethnicity 456 words
    cc176-7WA
  18. Income Support and Lone Parents 425 words
    cc177-8WA
  19. Minimum Wage 85 words
    c178WA
  20. Reduced Benefit Directions 162 words