Commons Sitting of 27 January 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

    c559
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c559
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      4. c559
    1. BAXI PARTNERSHIP LIMITED TRUST BILL [Lords] 10 words
  4. BILL PRESENTED
      5. c559
    1. COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR (ERISKAY CAUSEWAY) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 52 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
      6. cc559-78
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY 6 words
        2. cc559-60
      1. Regulation 529 words
        2. cc560-1
      2. E-Communications 446 words
        3. cc561-2
      3. Ice-cream (Impulse Buying) 450 words
        4. cc562-4
      4. Minimum Wage 829 words
        5. cc564-5
      5. Debts (Late Payment) 442 words
        6. cc565-6
      6. Mail Order 438 words
        7. cc566-7
      7. Debts (Late Payment) 219 words
        8. cc567-8
      8. Poor Countries (Exports) 435 words
        9. cc568-9
      9. Coal Industry 471 words
        10. cc569-70
      10. British Nuclear Fuels 949 words
        11. cc570-2
      11. Dairy Industry 922 words
        12. cc572-3
      12. Trade Union Recognition 227 words
        13. cc573-5
      13. Textile Industry 904 words
        14. cc575-6
      14. Car Pricing 396 words
        15. cc576-7
      15. Business Competitiveness 446 words
        16. cc577-8
      16. Telecommunications 176 words
    cc579-92
  6. Business of the House 7,123 words
    7. c593
  7. Points of Order 329 words
  8. BILL PRESENTED
      9. c593
    1. POSTAL SERVICES 137 words
    cc594-9
  9. Financial Services and Markets Bill 2,820 words
    10. c599
  10. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] (No. 2) 121 words
  11. Orders of the Day
      12. cc600-75
    1. Financial Services and Markets Bill 10 words
      1. Schedule 1
          2. cc600-32
        1. THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY 17,382 words, 1 division
      2. New Clause 8
          3. cc632-41
        1. LEGAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME 4,624 words
      3. New Clause 9
          4. c641
        1. PROVISIONS OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME 140 words
      4. New Clause 10
          5. cc641-2
        1. FUNDING OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME 410 words
      5. New Clause 11
          6. cc642-3
        1. TAX TREATMENT OF LEVIES AND REPAYMENTS 141 words
            2. cc642-3
          1. Levies and repayments under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 152 words
            2. c643
          2. Levies and repayments under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000: investment companies 155 words
      6. New Clause 27
          7. cc643-70
        1. REPORTS BY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAIR TRADING 14,150 words, 1 division
      7. New Clause 28
          8. cc670-1
        1. CONSIDERATION BY COMPETITION COMMISSION 405 words
      8. New Clause 29
          9. cc671-2
        1. ROLE OF THE TREASURY 509 words
      9. New Clause 32
          10. c672
        1. MISLEADING THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FAIR TRADING 60 words
      10. New Clause 1
          11. cc672-5
        1. RESTRICTIONS ON POWERS OF TREASURY 1,654 words
      c676
    2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        3. c676
      1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 36 words
        2. c676
      2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 26 words
      c676
    3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 88 words
      4. cc677-84
    4. Police Complaints (Civilian Employees) 3,823 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 27 January 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

    c107WH
  1. Preamble 6 words
    2. cc107-36WH
  2. Prison Service (Northern Ireland) 15,690 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 January 2000 Series 6 Vol. 343

  1. DEFENCE
      2. c223W
    1. HMS Glorious 310 words
      2. cc223-4W
    2. Parachute Regiment 186 words
      3. cc224-5W
    3. Departmental Staff 505 words
      4. c225W
    4. Equal Opportunities 222 words
      5. cc225-6W
    5. Depleted Uranium 460 words
      6. c226W
    6. Kosovo 106 words
      7. cc226-7W
    7. Underspends 120 words
      8. c227W
    8. Falklands 148 words
      9. cc227-8W
    9. Medical Services 244 words
      10. c228W
    10. Northern Ireland 103 words
      11. c228W
    11. Nimrod Pilots 54 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. cc228-9W
    1. Immigration (Un-opened Mail) 867 words
      2. c229W
    2. Naturalisation Applications 115 words
      3. cc229-30W
    3. Departmental Fees 149 words
      4. cc230-1W
    4. Currency Counterfeiting 419 words
      5. cc231-2W
    5. Schengen Information System 416 words
      6. cc232-3W
    6. Prison Service 661 words
      7. cc233-4W
    7. Prisons 434 words
      8. cc234-5W
    8. Prisoners (Self-harm) 315 words
      9. c235W
    9. Prison Mother and Baby Units 165 words
      10. cc235-6W
    10. Prison Suicides 263 words
      11. c236W
    11. Prison Places 232 words
      12. cc236-7W
    12. EU Mutual Assistance Convention 544 words
      13. cc237-9W
    13. Firearms 1,036 words
      14. cc239-41W
    14. Mike Tyson 748 words
      15. c241W
    15. Asylum Seekers 61 words
      16. c241W
    16. Hunting (Committee of Inquiry) 61 words
      17. cc241-2W
    17. Police Funding 653 words
      18. cc242-3W
    18. Security Services 50 words
      19. c243W
    19. Passports 292 words
      20. cc243-5W
    20. Integrated Casework Directive 1,316 words
      21. c245W
    21. Commission for Racial Equality 67 words
      22. cc245-6W
    22. UK Passport Agency (Sick Leave) 170 words
      23. cc246-7W
    23. Family Reunification Directive 157 words
      24. cc247-8W
    24. Indirect Discrimination 476 words
      25. c248W
    25. Attendance Centres 269 words
      26. cc248-9W
    26. Police Statistics 151 words
      27. c249W
    27. Fine Defaulters 123 words
      28. c249W
    28. Home Detention Curfew Scheme 194 words
      29. cc249-50W
    29. Crown Court Appeals 238 words
      30. c250W
    30. Police Complaints Authority 137 words
      31. cc250-1W
    31. Alexander Schweidler 101 words
      32. c251W
    32. Senator Pinochet 268 words
      33. cc251-2W
    33. Private Finance Initiative 91 words
  3. SOCIAL SECURITY
      4. c252W
    1. Medical Assessments 310 words
      2. cc252-3W
    2. Expenditure 697 words
      3. cc253-5W
    3. Correspondence 269 words
      4. c255W
    4. Examining Medical Practitioners 162 words
      5. c255W
    5. Private Finance Initiative 87 words
      6. cc255-6W
    6. Child Support Agency 259 words
      7. c256W
    7. Winter Fuel Allowance 124 words
      8. c256W
    8. Carers 56 words
      9. cc256-7W
    9. State Pension 242 words
      10. c257W
    10. Benefits (Young People) 227 words
      11. cc257-8W
    11. National Minimum Wage 346 words
      12. cc258-9W
    12. Pensioner Statistics 289 words
      13. c259W
    13. State Second Pension 207 words
      14. c259W
    14. Invalid Care Allowance 88 words
      15. cc259-60W
    15. Press Releases 157 words
      16. c260W
    16. Independent Living Funds 220 words
      17. cc260-1W
    17. Chief Adjudication Officer's Report 338 words
  4. TREASURY
      5. c261W
    1. Public Expenditure 62 words
      2. cc261-2W
    2. Post Offices 223 words
      3. c262W
    3. Economic Stability 148 words
      4. c262W
    4. Brussels Council 37 words
      5. cc262-4W
    5. Mortgages 1,018 words
      6. c264W
    6. School and Hospital Budgets 53 words
      7. cc264-5W
    7. Working Families Tax Credit 67 words
      8. c265W
    8. Fees 286 words
      9. cc265-6W
    9. Parliamentary Questions 299 words
      10. c266W
    10. Public Debt 32 words
      11. c266W
    11. Northern Ireland 107 words
      12. c266W
    12. Public Investment 49 words
      13. cc266-7W
    13. Departmental Budgets 84 words
      14. c267W
    14. Farming 79 words
      15. c267W
    15. Electronic Business 126 words
      16. cc267-8W
    16. Small Companies (Employee Incomes) 637 words
      17. c268W
    17. Ministerial Meetings 60 words
      18. cc268-9W
    18. Landfill Tax 99 words
      19. c269W
    19. EU Structural Funds 79 words
      20. cc269-70W
    20. Asset Sales 374 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      6. c270W
    1. Local Government Finance (London) 249 words
      2. cc270-1W
    2. Rent Levels 121 words
      3. c271W
    3. Regeneration (Birmingham) 121 words
      4. c271W
    4. Sutton Railway Station 82 words
      5. c271W
    5. Green Belt 153 words
      6. cc271-2W
    6. Architects Registration Board 69 words
      7. c272W
    7. Rail Safety 275 words
      8. c272W
    8. Millennium Towns 120 words
      9. cc272-3W
    9. Conveyancing 349 words
      10. c273W
    10. Pollution Control 100 words
      11. cc273-4W
    11. New Year's Eve 135 words
      12. c274W
    12. Freight Forwarding Companies 72 words
      13. c274W
    13. VED Discounts 147 words
      14. cc274-5W
    14. Nabishi Radios 134 words
      15. c275W
    15. Local Government (Camden) 44 words
      16. c275W
    16. Car Statistics 175 words
      17. cc275-7W
    17. DVLA 637 words
      18. c277W
    18. Standard Spending Assessments 63 words
      19. cc277-8W
    19. Driving Licences 478 words
      20. c278W
    20. Air Service Agreements 159 words
      21. cc278-9W
    21. Airlines 285 words
      22. c279W
    22. Portsmouth Harbour 216 words
      23. cc279-80W
    23. Private Finance Initiative 91 words
      24. c280W
    24. Trains (Deaths) 219 words
      25. c280W
    25. Private Hire Vehicles 88 words
      26. cc280-1W
    26. Departmental Staff 148 words
      27. c281W
    27. Rail Franchises 120 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. c281W
    1. Security Services 40 words
      2. c281W
    2. Policy Unit 29 words
      3. cc281-2W
    3. Arms Exports 192 words
      4. c282W
    4. Intelligence and Security Committee 37 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      8. c282W
    1. Inward Investment 131 words
      2. c282W
    2. Metrication 83 words
      3. cc282-3W
    3. E-Commerce 483 words
      4. cc283-4W
    4. Post Offices 119 words
      5. c284W
    5. National Minimum Wage 111 words
      6. c284W
    6. Telecommunications 168 words
      7. cc284-5W
    7. Pollution 184 words
      8. c285W
    8. Science Parks 146 words
      9. c285W
    9. Out-of-town Supermarkets 59 words
      10. cc285-6W
    10. Scientific Research 217 words
      11. c286W
    11. Manufactured Goods 125 words
      12. c286W
    12. TransTec 105 words
      13. cc286-7W
    13. Science Base 106 words
      14. c287W
    14. Renewable Energy 47 words
      15. c287W
    15. Synchrotron 94 words
      16. c287W
    16. Cluster Developments 93 words
      17. cc287-8W
    17. Miners Compensation 305 words
      18. cc288-9W
    18. Phthalates 361 words
      19. c289W
    19. Drug Companies (Mergers) 213 words
      20. c289W
    20. Clean Coal Technology 110 words
      21. cc289-90W
    21. Photovoltaics 240 words
      22. c290W
    22. Regional Assistance 207 words
      23. cc290-2W
    23. Export Credits Guarantee Department 809 words
      24. c292W
    24. Energy Safety Management Audit 64 words
      25. cc292-3W
    25. North Yorkshire Power Line 190 words
      26. c293W
    26. Export Licences (RDX) 110 words
      27. c293W
    27. UK Competitiveness Indicators 161 words
      28. cc293-4W
    28. Private Finance Initiative 87 words
      29. c294W
    29. EU Structural Funds 140 words
      30. cc294-5W
    30. Fuel Poverty 395 words
      31. c295W
    31. Oil and Gas (Scotland) 232 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
      9. c295W
    1. Murder Inquiry (Robert Hamill) 58 words
      2. cc295-6W
    2. RUC School Visits 129 words
      3. c296W
    3. Decommissioning 74 words
      4. c296W
    4. Firearms Database 240 words
      5. cc296-7W
    5. Union Flag 215 words
      6. c297W
    6. Firearms Certificates 96 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      10. c297W
    1. Embargoes 65 words
      2. cc297-8W
    2. EU Procedures 79 words
      3. c298W
    3. Lebanon 121 words
      4. c298W
    4. Cameroon 81 words
      5. c298W
    5. Malaysia 125 words
      6. cc298-9W
    6. Entry Clearance Refusals 267 words
      7. cc299-300W
    7. Indonesia 223 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      11. cc300-1W
    1. National Lottery 751 words
      2. cc301-2W
    2. Deregulation 167 words
      3. cc302-3W
    3. Subtitling 744 words
      4. cc303-4W
    4. ITV (Mergers) 69 words
      5. c304W
    5. Channel 5 112 words
      6. c304W
    6. Tobacco Sponsorship 192 words
  11. SCOTLAND
      12. c305W
    1. Firearms 126 words
      2. c305W
    2. Regional Selective Assistance 217 words
      3. cc305-6W
    3. Post Offices 48 words
      4. c306W
    4. Departmental Productivity 92 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      13. c306W
    1. New Deal (Waltham Forest) 177 words
      2. cc306-7W
    2. A-levels 215 words
      3. c307W
    3. Assisted Places (Worcester) 170 words
      4. cc307-8W
    4. Local Learning Partnerships 245 words
      5. c308W
    5. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 199 words
      6. cc308-9W
    6. Free School Meals (Blyth Valley) 96 words
      7. c309W
    7. Standard Spending Assessments 202 words
      8. c309W
    8. Special Measures Schools 79 words
      9. cc309-10W
    9. Higher Education 85 words
      10. c310W
    10. Sixth-form Curriculum 119 words
      11. c310W
    11. Independent Sector 113 words
      12. cc310-1W
    12. Special Educational Needs 212 words
      13. c311W
    13. Occasional and Unqualified Teachers 84 words
      14. c311W
    14. Private Finance Initiative 88 words
      15. c311W
    15. Islington Council 97 words
      16. c311W
    16. Pupil Funding 65 words
      17. cc311-2W
    17. Teachers (Performance-Related Pay) 197 words
      18. c312W
    18. Child Labour 69 words
  13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      14. c312W
    1. Jury Trial 118 words
      2. cc312-3W
    2. Prisoners (Court Hearings) 88 words
      3. cc313-5W
    3. Judges 906 words
  14. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      15. c315W
    1. Departmental Staff 31 words
      2. cc315-6W
    2. Kosovo 257 words
      3. c316W
    3. Ministerial Meetings 52 words
      4. cc316-7W
    4. Departmental Consultations 493 words
      5. c317W
    5. Aid Criteria 42 words
      6. c317W
    6. World Trade Organisation 138 words
      7. cc317-8W
    7. Russia 177 words
      8. c318W
    8. Literacy 108 words
      9. c318W
    9. Guyana 93 words
      10. cc318-9W
    10. Congo 181 words
      11. c319W
    11. Great Lakes (HIV) 173 words
      12. c319W
    12. Trade (Globalisation) 130 words
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      16. c320W
    1. Members' Allowances (Devolution) 69 words
      2. c320W
    2. Doorkeepers 256 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      17. cc320-1W
    1. Common Fisheries Policy 565 words
      2. cc321-3W
    2. GM Seeds 314 words
      3. c323W
    3. Beef Imports 157 words
      4. c323W
    4. Holbeck Holdings 63 words
      5. cc323-4W
    5. BSE (Compensation) 101 words
  17. CABINET OFFICE
      18. c324W
    1. Departmental Consultation 142 words
      2. cc324-5W
    2. External Consultants 60 words
  18. WALES
      19. c325W
    1. Private Finance Initiative 89 words
      2. c325W
    2. Welsh Assembly 40 words
      3. c325W
    3. Operations (Cancellation) 40 words
      4. c325W
    4. EU Structural Funding 86 words
      5. cc325-6W
    5. Armed Robberies (Alyn and Deeside) 53 words
      6. c326W
    6. Transport 293 words
      7. c326W
    7. Contaminated Land 65 words
      8. cc326-7W
    8. Departmental Budgets 120 words
      9. c327W
    9. NHS Funding 90 words
      10. c327W
    10. Airbus 110 words
      11. c327W
    11. Departmental Smoking Policy 62 words
      12. cc327-8W
    12. Employment Statistics 235 words
      13. c328W
    13. Asset Sales 145 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. cc328-9W
    1. Children Act 1989 104 words
      2. c329W
    2. Strokes 365 words
      3. cc329-30W
    3. CJD 143 words
      4. c330W
    4. NHS (Overseas Patients) 97 words
      5. c330W
    5. Nerve Gas 152 words
      6. cc330-1W
    6. Cardiac Surgery (Hampshire) 62 words
      7. c331W
    7. National Framework for Heart Disease 31 words
      8. c331W
    8. Asset Sales 209 words
      9. cc331-2W
    9. Drug Addicts 155 words
      10. c332W
    10. Well-man Clinics 51 words
      11. c332W
    11. Bowel Cancer 92 words
      12. cc332-3W
    12. Telecommunications Masts 557 words
      13. cc333-4W
    13. Influenza 367 words
      14. c334W
    14. Preventive Health Care 173 words
      15. cc334-5W
    15. Cervical Cancer 128 words
      16. c335W
    16. BCG Vaccinations 72 words
      17. cc335-6W
    17. Physiotherapists 383 words
      18. cc336-7W
    18. NHS Budget 582 words
      19. cc337-8W
    19. Death Rates (Suicides and Accidents) 400 words
      20. c338W
    20. Folic Acid 100 words
      21. cc338-43W
    21. Psychiatric Beds 1,898 words
      22. c343W
    22. Consultants (Suspensions and Dismissals) 62 words
      23. cc343-5W
    23. Wheelchairs (North-West) 259 words
      24. cc345-6W
    24. Cancer Services 176 words
      25. c346W
    25. Intensive Care Beds 118 words
      26. c346W
    26. Hearing Aids 251 words
      27. cc346-7W
    27. NHS Direct 145 words
      28. c347W
    28. NHS Funding 60 words
      29. cc347-8W
    29. NHS Pay 494 words
      30. cc348-9W
    30. Generic Drugs 238 words
      31. cc349-50W
    31. Food Poisoning 731 words
      32. cc350-1W
    32. Health Service (Somerset) 378 words
      33. c351W
    33. Milk Tokens 67 words
      34. c351W
    34. Accident and Emergency Departments (Barnet) 132 words
      35. c351W
    35. Diabetes 79 words
      36. cc351-2W
    36. NHS Staff (Employment Contract Renewals) 78 words
      37. c352W
    37. Health Spending (Southend) 137 words
      38. c352W
    38. Parliamentary Questions 51 words
      39. c352W
    39. NHS Net 121 words
      40. cc352-4W
    40. Departmental Staff 234 words

Lords Sitting of 27 January 2000 Series 5 Vol. 608

    c1661
  1. Preamble 29 words
    2. cc1661-3
  2. Remploy 1,045 words
    3. cc1663-5
  3. Exchange Rates 1,072 words
    4. cc1665-8
  4. Equality for Women 1,428 words
    5. cc1669-70
  5. Arable Area Payments and Wildlife 811 words
    6. cc1670-2
  6. Business of the House 667 words
    7. c1672
  7. Learning and Skills Bill [H.L.] 124 words
    8. cc1672-708
  8. Race Relations (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 18,544 words
    9. cc1709-22
  9. Census (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 6,208 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 January 2000 Series 5 Vol. 608

    c205WA
  1. International Conventions: Explanatory Memoranda 93 words
    c205WA
  2. Burma: Imprisonment of James Mawdsley 158 words
    cc205-6WA
  3. Burma: Human Rights 118 words
    c206WA
  4. Higher Education: Expenditure 209 words
    cc206-7WA
  5. Sand Eels 63 words
    c207WA
  6. EU: Over-quota Fish Catches 242 words
    cc207-8WA
  7. Health Authorities: Eligibility Criteria 187 words
    c208WA
  8. Social Inclusion Action Plan 110 words
    cc208-9WA
  9. Sports Tourism 170 words
    c209WA
  10. Knives Act 1997 270 words
    cc209-10WA
  11. Offences Against the Person Act 1861 38 words
    c210WA
  12. Criminal Law Revision Committee 55 words
    c210WA
  13. Task Forces 93 words
    cc210-1WA
  14. Attendance Centres 271 words
    c211WA
  15. Security Service: Accountability 40 words
    cc211-2WA
  16. Police Authorities: Funding 653 words