Commons Sitting of 27 March 2000 Series 6 Vol. 347

    c1
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-16
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
        2. cc1-2
      1. Subtitling 371 words
        2. cc2-4
      2. Swimming 618 words
        3. cc4-5
      3. Seaside Resorts 791 words
        4. cc5-7
      4. Coalfield Communities 705 words
        5. cc7-8
      5. Regional Television 554 words
        6. cc8-12
      6. Lottery Funding 1,838 words
        7. cc12-3
      7. Lottery Funds (Allocation) 551 words
        8. c13
      8. NESTA Projects 301 words
        9. cc13-5
      9. Film Industry 776 words
        10. cc15-6
      10. Museums and Galleries 401 words
      cc16-8
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        3. cc16-7
      1. Church Repairs (VAT) 499 words
        2. cc17-8
      2. Consultation 430 words
      cc18-9
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
        4. cc18-9
      1. National Audit Office 513 words
      cc19-20
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
        5. c20
      1. Church Revenues 213 words
    cc21-36
  4. European Council (Lisbon) 8,003 words
    5. c37
  5. Points of Order 405 words
    6. cc38-40
  6. Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes (Medical Records) 1,076 words
      7. c40
    1. RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND NURSING HOMES (MEDICAL RECORDS) 68 words
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. c41
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
      2. c41
    2. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW 135 words
      3. cc41-125
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 46,694 words
      4. cc126-30
    4. 2. BEER (RATE OF DUTY) 2,383 words, 1 division
      5. c130
    5. 3. CIDER (RATES OF DUTY) 93 words
      6. c130
    6. 4. WINE AND MADE-WINE (RATES OF DUTY) 27 words
      7. cc130-5
    7. 5. HYDROCARBON OIL (RATES OF DUTY AND REBATE) 2,296 words, 1 division
      8. c135
    8. 6. HYDROCARBON OIL (MIXING OF LIGHT OIL) 15 words
      9. c135
    9. 7. HYDROCARBON OIL (AMENDMENT OF DEFINITIONS OF TYPES OF OIL) 22 words
      10. cc135-6
    10. 8. HYDROCARBON OIL (MISUSE OF REBATED HEAVY OIL) 1,851 words, 1 division
      11. c136
    11. 9. HYDROCARBON OIL (USE OF REBATED HEAVY OIL AS FUEL) 87 words
      12. cc136-9
    12. 10. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (RATES OF DUTY) 31 words
      13. c139
    13. 11. TOBACCO PRODUCTS DUTY (RETAIL PRICE OF CIGARETTES) 16 words
      14. c139
    14. 12. AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENCE DUTY (RATES OF DUTY) 14 words
      15. c139
    15. 13. AMUSEMENT MACHINE LICENCE DUTY (MEANING OF AMUSEMENT MACHINE) 17 words
      16. cc139-42
    16. 14. AIR PASSENGER DUTY 1,544 words, 1 division
      17. c142
    17. 15. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (GENERAL RATE) 60 words
      18. c142
    18. 16. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (NEW LIGHT PASSENGER OR GOODS VEHICLES) 31 words
      19. cc143-6
    19. 17. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (RATES FOR GOODS VEHICLES ETC.) 1,465 words
      20. cc146-8
    20. 18. VALUE ADDED TAX (REDUCED RATE) 896 words
      21. cc148-9
    21. 19. DISPOSALS OF ASSETS FOR WHICH A VAT REPAYMENT IS CLAIMED 337 words
    22. REGISTRATION IN RESPECT OF DISPOSALS OF ASSETS for WHICH A VAT REPAYMENT IS CLAIMED
        23. c149
      1. Liability to be registered 180 words
        2. c149
      2. Notification of liability and registration 133 words
        3. c149
      3. Notification of end of liability 95 words
        4. cc149-50
      4. Cancellation of registration 196 words
        5. c150
      5. Exemption from registration 218 words
        6. cc150-1
      6. Supplementary 434 words
      cc151-4
    23. 20. CLIMATE CHANGE LEVY 2,077 words, 1 division
      24. cc155-7
    24. 21. INCOME TAX (CHARGE AND RATES FOR 2000–01) 1,577 words, 1 division
      25. cc157-8
    25. 22. INCOME TAX (EXTENSION OF STARTING RATE) 145 words
      26. c158
    26. 23. CORPORATION TAX (CHARGE AND RATE FOR 2001) 19 words
      27. c158
    27. 24. CORPORATION TAX (SMALL COMPANIES' RATE FOR 2000) 39 words
      28. cc158-61
    28. 25. GIFT AID PAYMENTS BY INDIVIDUALS 1,621 words
      29. cc161-2
    29. 26. GIFT AID PAYMENTS BY COMPANIES 800 words
      30. cc162-3
    30. 27. COVENANTED PAYMENTS TO CHARITIES 334 words
      31. c163
    31. 28. DISPOSALS OF INVESTMENTS TO CHARITIES ETC. 20 words
      32. c163
    32. 29. EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PLANS 17 words
      33. c163
    33. 30. PROFIT SHARING SCHEMES (CORPORATION TAX RELIEF) 30 words
      34. c163
    34. 31. PROFIT SHARING SCHEMES (ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOANS) 227 words
      35. cc163-4
    35. 32. PROFIT SHARING SCHEMES (RESTRICTIONS ON TYPES OF SHARES) 496 words
      36. c164
    36. 33. PROVISION OF SERVICES THROUGH INTERMEDIARY 15 words
      37. c164
    37. 34. RENT-FACTORING 35 words
      38. c164
    38. 35. GROUPS OF COMPANIES ETC. 18 words
      39. c165
    39. 36. ENTERPRISE INVESTMENT SCHEME 20 words
      40. c165
    40. 37. VENTURE CAPITAL TRUSTS 17 words
      41. c165
    41. 38. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 12 words
      42. c165
    42. 39. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 12 words
      43. c165
    43. 40. RELIEF FOR INTEREST ON LOANS TO Buy ANNUITIES 20 words
      44. c165
    44. 41. TAX TREATMENT OF ACQUISITION, DISPOSAL OR REVALUATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS 66 words
      45. c165
    45. 42. CHARGEABLE GAINS (GIFTS AND TRUSTS) 51 words
      46. c165
    46. 43. CHARGEABLE GAINS (COMPANIES) 29 words
      47. cc165-9
    47. 44. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 2,030 words, 1 division
      48. c169
    48. 45. CONTROLLED FOREIGN COMPANIES 25 words
      49. c169
    49. 46. USE OF STERLING AND OTHER CURRENCIES 25 words
      50. c169
    50. 47. INSURANCE 51 words
      51. c169
    51. 48. PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX 31 words
      52. c169
    52. 49. PAYMENTS UNDER DEDUCTION OF TAX 12 words
      53. c170
    53. 50. FILM PRODUCTION ETC. 18 words
      54. cc170-3
    54. 51. STAMP DUTY ON CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER ON SALE (RATES) 2,182 words, 1 division
      55. cc173-4
    55. 52. STAMP DUTY ON LEASES (RENT) 125 words
      56. cc174-5
    56. 53. STAMP DUTY (SEVEN YEAR LEASES) 771 words
      57. c175
    57. 54. STAMP DUTY (VARIATION BY REGULATIONS) 15 words
      58. cc175-6
    58. 55. STAMP DUTY (LAND TRANSFERRED ETC. FOR OTHER PROPERTY) 584 words
      59. cc176-7
    59. 56. STAMP DUTY (TRANSFER OF LAND TO CONNECTED COMPANY) 596 words
      60. cc177-8
    60. 57. STAMP DUTY (GRANT OF LEASE TO CONNECTED COMPANY) 477 words
      61. cc178-9
    61. 58. STAMP DUTY (MARKETABLE SECURITIES TRANSFERRED ETC. FOR EXEMPT PROPERTY) 462 words
      62. c179
    62. 59. STAMP DUTY (MISCELLANEOUS) 65 words
      63. cc179-80
    63. 60. STAMP DUTY (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) 764 words
      64. cc180-1
    64. 61. STAMP DUTY (NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY COMMISSION) 154 words
      65. cc181-4
    65. 62. LANDFILL TAX (RATE) 2,001 words, 1 division
      66. c184
    66. 63. LANDFILL TAX (RECOVERY) 19 words
      67. c184
    67. 64. RELIEF FROM TAX (INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL CHARGES) 35 words
      68. c185
    68. PROCEDURE (MUTUAL SECURING OF EXCISE DUTIES) 48 words
      69. c185
    69. PROCEDURE (DONATIONS TO CHARITY) 72 words
      70. c185
    70. PROCEDURE (R&D TAX CREDITS) 44 words
      71. c185
    71. PROCEDURE (MUTUAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION) 134 words
      72. cc185-6
    72. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 226 words
      73. c186
    73. FINANCE [Money] 231 words
      74. cc186-7
    74. FINANCE BILL 230 words
      75. c187
    75. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 45 words
      76. c187
    76. FINANCIAL SERVICES 46 words
      77. c187
    77. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 45 words
      78. c187
    78. CONTRACTING OUT 45 words
      79. c188
    79. SOCIAL SECURITY 42 words
      80. c188
    80. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 53 words
      81. cc188-90
    81. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 1,395 words, 1 division
      82. cc191-200
    82. Graffiti and Vandalism 4,501 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 March 2000 Series 6 Vol. 347

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      2. cc1-3W
    1. Crime Fighting Fund 1,329 words
      2. cc3-4W
    2. Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Bill 138 words
      3. c4W
    3. Race Equality 85 words
      4. c4W
    4. Sexual Assaults 198 words
      5. cc4-5W
    5. Freedom of Information 80 words
      6. c5W
    6. Probation Service 766 words
      7. cc5-9W
    7. Prison Accommodation 1,927 words
      8. cc9-12W
    8. Home Detention Curfew Scheme 1,134 words
      9. cc12-3W
    9. Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill 438 words
      10. c13W
    10. Prisoners (Activity) 132 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      3. cc13-6W
    1. Road Traffic Targets 1,562 words
      2. cc16-7W
    2. Park-and-Ride Schemes 43 words
      3. c17W
    3. Affordable Housing (London) 83 words
      4. c17W
    4. Regional Assemblies 54 words
      5. c17W
    5. Housing Development (Transport Links) 117 words
      6. c17W
    6. Speed Limits 37 words
      7. cc17-8W
    7. Radioactive Waste 145 words
      8. c18W
    8. Regional Development Agencies 66 words
      9. c18W
    9. GM Crops 168 words
      10. cc18-9W
    10. Local Authorities (Leaders) 56 words
      11. c19W
    11. Euratom Directive 58 words
      12. c19W
    12. Child Cyclists 300 words
      13. cc19-20W
    13. Breakdown and Recovery Vehicles 251 words
      14. cc20-1W
    14. Rent Rebates 430 words
      15. c21W
    15. Housing Revenue (Subsidy) 125 words
      16. cc21-2W
    16. Disabled Drivers 93 words
      17. cc22-3W
    17. Regional Planning Guidance 815 words
      18. c23W
    18. Green Glass Waste 77 words
      19. cc23-4W
    19. Wembley Stadium 127 words
      20. c24W
    20. Local Transport Plans 186 words
      21. cc24-5W
    21. Construction Industry 168 words
  3. DEFENCE
      4. c25W
    1. Lord Levy 209 words
      2. c25W
    2. Korean War (50th Anniversary) 154 words
      3. cc25-6W
    3. Seatbelts 396 words
      4. c26W
    4. Correspondence 68 words
      5. cc26-7W
    5. Global Positioning System 180 words
      6. c27W
    6. Iraq 111 words
      7. c27W
    7. Hong Kong 57 words
      8. c27W
    8. Military Land 101 words
      9. c27W
    9. Property Procurement 54 words
      10. cc27-8W
    10. Naval Vessels 36 words
      11. c28W
    11. Working Time Directive (TA) 87 words
      12. c28W
    12. Credit Facilities 121 words
      13. cc28-9W
    13. Accommodation (Scotland) 269 words
      14. c29W
    14. Zimbabwe 124 words
      15. c29W
    15. RAF Base Budgets 55 words
      16. c29W
    16. Indonesia 127 words
  4. SOCIAL SECURITY
      5. c30W
    1. Child Benefit 301 words
      2. c30W
    2. SERPS 159 words
      3. cc30-1W
    3. Pensioner Households 313 words
      4. c31W
    4. Benefits Agency (Internal Security) 90 words
      5. c31W
    5. Personal Pensions 181 words
      6. cc31-2W
    6. Pensioners (Benefits) 174 words
      7. cc32-3W
    7. Rent Rebates 209 words
      8. c33W
    8. Child Support 219 words
      9. c33W
    9. Winter Fuel Payment 71 words
      10. cc33-4W
    10. State Second Pension 72 words
      11. c34W
    11. Industrial Injury Benefit 98 words
      12. c34W
    12. Incapacity Benefit 56 words
      13. c34W
    13. Stakeholder Pensions 108 words
      14. cc34-5W
    14. Key Client Groups 115 words
      15. c35W
    15. Australia (Pensions) 167 words
  5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      6. c35W
    1. Correspondence 46 words
      2. c35W
    2. National Hunt Horses 48 words
      3. cc35-6W
    3. Food Supplements 587 words
      4. cc36-7W
    4. Meat and Bone Meal 71 words
      5. c37W
    5. Quarantine Kennels 91 words
      6. c37W
    6. Regional Service Centres 235 words
      7. cc37-8W
    7. GM Crops 129 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
      7. c38W
    1. Synchrotron 88 words
      2. c38W
    2. Telecommunications Industry 108 words
      3. c38W
    3. UN Millennium Summit 31 words
      4. cc38-9W
    4. Interactive Website 269 words
      5. c39W
    5. Pig Farmers 119 words
      6. c39W
    6. Roger Liddle 98 words
  7. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      8. c40W
    1. "Computers for Teachers" 114 words
      2. c40W
    2. Advertising 230 words
      3. cc40-1W
    3. New Deal (18 to 24-year-olds) 147 words
      4. c41W
    4. Child Care 199 words
      5. c41W
    5. Early Years Development Plans 48 words
      6. cc41-2W
    6. Employment Service 259 words
      7. c42W
    7. Footballers 68 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      9. c42W
    1. Polis III System 184 words
      2. cc42-3W
    2. All-party Groups 350 words
      3. c43W
    3. Overseas Research Assistants 47 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      10. cc43-4W
    1. Cluster Development 231 words
      2. c44W
    2. West Midlands Task Force 101 words
      3. c44W
    3. Hydro Agri (Immingham) 114 words
      4. cc44-5W
    4. Welding Institute, Cambridge 178 words
      5. c45W
    5. Taiwan 416 words
      6. c45W
    6. Synchrotron 18 words
      7. cc45-6W
    7. Global Enterprise Initiative 131 words
      8. c46W
    8. Banana Dispute 122 words
  10. TREASURY
      11. cc46-7W
    1. Departmental Secondment 306 words
      2. c47W
    2. Bank Closures 104 words
      3. cc47-8W
    3. Earnings Statistics 381 words
      4. cc48-9W
    4. Working Families Tax Credit 617 words
      5. cc49-50W
    5. Tax Credits 137 words
      6. c50W
    6. National Insurance Contributions Office 197 words
      7. c50W
    7. Disabled Person's Tax Credit 53 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
      12. cc50-1W
    1. Protected Tenancy Dwellings 320 words
      2. c51W
    2. Household Division 96 words
      3. c51W
    3. Police Authority 104 words
      4. cc51-2W
    4. Prisoner Release 217 words
  12. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      13. c52W
    1. Church Sales 69 words
      2. c52W
    2. Common Worship 66 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      14. cc52-3W
    1. Chinese President (State Visit) 193 words
      2. c53W
    2. Dialogue on Europe 246 words
      3. cc53-4W
    3. Tibet 79 words
      4. c54W
    4. Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 182 words
      5. c54W
    5. East Timor 100 words
      6. c54W
    6. Diplomatic Relations 46 words
      7. cc54-5W
    7. Minority Languages 119 words
  14. HEALTH
      15. c55W
    1. Medical Technical Officers 294 words
      2. cc55-6W
    2. Adoption 483 words
      3. cc56-7W
    3. HSG(94)27 1,038 words
      4. cc57-8W
    4. NHS Staff 40 words
      5. cc58-9W
    5. Drug Prescribing (Children) 311 words
      6. c59W
    6. Centrally Funded Special Schemes 49 words
      7. c59W
    7. Correspondence 41 words
      8. cc59-60W
    8. Psychiatric Beds 83 words
      9. c60W
    9. Children's Services (Human Rights Act) 85 words
      10. c60W
    10. Waterhouse Report 124 words
      11. c60W
    11. Outpatients (Avon) 141 words
      12. cc60-1W
    12. Learning Disabilities 113 words
      13. c61W
    13. Weston Area Health Trust 90 words
      14. c61W
    14. Avon Health Authority 74 words
      15. c61W
    15. Capital Prioritisation Process 60 words
      16. c61W
    16. Oxted and Limpsfield Community Hospital 75 words
      17. cc61-2W
    17. Hospital Waiting Lists 81 words
      18. c62W
    18. Children's Homes (Staff) 134 words
      19. c62W
    19. Oxaliplatin 70 words
      20. c62W
    20. Prozac 111 words
      21. cc62-3W
    21. Broomfield Hospital 111 words
      22. c63W
    22. Long-term Care 79 words
      23. c63W
    23. Seafood (Technetium) 100 words
      24. c63W
    24. Perioperative Deaths 107 words
      25. cc63-4W
    25. NHS Funding 61 words
  15. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      16. c64W
    1. Millennium Dome 198 words
      2. c64W
    2. Film Industry 127 words
      3. cc64-5W
    3. Regional Theatre 213 words
      4. c65W
    4. Sport Action Zones 92 words
      5. c65W
    5. Libraries 105 words
      6. cc65-6W
    6. Tourism Summit 185 words
      7. c66W
    7. School Sports 88 words
      8. c66W
    8. Green Spaces Initiative 102 words
      9. cc66-7W
    9. Televised Sport Revenues 131 words
      10. c67W
    10. Seaside Resorts 60 words
      11. c67W
    11. Lottery Funding 206 words
      12. c67W
    12. National Sports Museum 45 words
      13. c67W
    13. Correspondence 56 words
      14. cc67-8W
    14. Historic Railway Engines 69 words
  16. CABINET OFFICE
      17. c68W
    1. Drugs 195 words
      2. c68W
    2. Bank Closures 71 words
      3. cc68-70W
    3. Knowledge Network Project 223 words
      4. c70W
    4. Euro 119 words

Lords Sitting of 27 March 2000 Series 5 Vol. 611

    c491
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c491
  2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 51 words
    3. cc491-3
  3. UN Millennium NGO Forum 953 words
    4. cc493-4
  4. Data Protection Codes: Revision 584 words
    5. cc494-6
  5. Football: Proposed Regulator 892 words
    6. cc497-500
  6. GM Technologies and the Developing World 1,643 words
    7. c500
  7. Business 40 words
    8. cc500-3
  8. House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report 1,501 words
    9. cc503-12
  9. Financial Services and Markets Bill 4,493 words
    10. cc512-26
  10. Lisbon: Special European Council 6,974 words
    11. cc526-76
  11. Financial Services and Markets Bill 24,256 words, 2 divisions
    12. cc576-92
  12. British History 8,621 words
    13. cc593-632
  13. Financial Services and Markets Bill 18,587 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 March 2000 Series 5 Vol. 611

    c43WA
  1. Merrywood School 97 words
    c43WA
  2. Cattle Slaughter: Pithing 134 words
    cc43-4WA
  3. CAP Administration: IT Systems 157 words
    c44WA
  4. UK Automobile Industry and the Euro 160 words
    c44WA
  5. Sudan: Export of Oil-related Equipment 95 words
    cc44-5WA
  6. UK Bicentenary: Commemorative Postage Stamp 166 words
    cc45-6WA
  7. Art Resales: Droit de Suite Terms 295 words
    c46WA
  8. Magistrates from Afro-Caribbean and Asian Ethnic Minorities 172 words
    cc46-7WA
  9. Electoral Commission: Initial Expenses 142 words
    cc47-50WA
  10. Crime Fighting: New Funding 1,339 words
    c50WA
  11. Race Equality Performance Indicators 85 words
    cc50-1WA
  12. Police Officers: Injuries 320 words
    c51WA
  13. Asylum Applications from Citizens of Council of Europe States 108 words
    c51WA
  14. Airguns Used in Commission of Offences: Forfeiture 132 words
    cc51-2WA
  15. Prison Chaplaincy: Mission Statement 132 words
    c52WA
  16. Prison Chaplain General 48 words
    c52WA
  17. Armed Forces Pensions Scheme: Widows' and Widowers' Pensions 135 words
    cc52-4WA
  18. Hospices and Palliative Care 694 words
    c54WA
  19. Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy Services 198 words
    cc54-6WA
  20. New Variant CJD Cases 706 words
    cc56-7WA
  21. Abnormal Prions in Blood: Tests 340 words
    cc57-9WA
  22. TSE: Transmission 835 words
    cc59-60WA
  23. Village Halls: VAT Refunds 377 words
    c60WA
  24. Employment Changes 1948–98, by Industry 204 words