Commons Sitting of 18 December 2003 Series 6 Vol. 415

    c1701
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1701
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. c1701
    1. TREASURY 7 words
      2. cc1701-2
    2. Basel II Accords 604 words
      3. cc1702-3
    3. Public Expenditure (West Cumbria) 232 words
      4. cc1703-4
    4. Employment Assistance 867 words
      5. c1705
    5. Stamp Duty Land Tax 363 words
      6. cc1705-6
    6. Energy Efficiency 519 words
      7. cc1706-8
    7. Child Poverty 988 words
      8. cc1708-11
    8. NHS Expenditure 1,182 words
      9. cc1711-2
    9. Public Services (Wigan Borough) 331 words
      10. cc1712-4
    10. Council Tax 881 words
      11. cc1714-5
    11. Climate Change Levy 520 words
      12. cc1715-6
    12. Public Spending 485 words
      13. cc1716-7
    13. Home Energy Efficiency 771 words
      14. cc1717-8
    14. Millennium Development Goals 528 words
      15. cc1718-20
    15. Fund Flows 193 words
    cc1721-33
  4. Police National Computer Records 5,991 words
    5. cc1733-51
  5. Business of the House 9,046 words
    6. c1751
  6. Point of Order 258 words
    7. cc1751-2
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 142 words
    8. cc1752-806
  8. Christmas Adjournment 30,067 words
    9. cc1806-13
  9. Illegal Camping 3,971 words
    10. cc1813-6
  10. Correction 1,570 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 December 2003 Series 6 Vol. 415

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      2. c1003W
    1. Afghanistan 153 words
      2. cc1003-4W
    2. Global Fund 488 words
      3. c1004W
    3. Identity Cards 34 words
      4. cc1004-5W
    4. Iraq (Medicines) 253 words
  2. TREASURY
      3. c1005W
    1. Private Health Care 52 words
      2. c1005W
    2. Council Tax 123 words
      3. c1005W
    3. Information Technology 85 words
      4. c1006W
    4. North-East 122 words
      5. c1006W
    5. Child Trust Funds 70 words
      6. c1006W
    6. Equitable Life 70 words
      7. c1006W
    7. Health Care Funding 69 words
      8. cc1006-7W
    8. International Finance Facility 40 words
      9. c1007W
    9. Child Benefit (Scotland) 63 words
      10. c1007W
    10. Foreign Debt 78 words
      11. c1007W
    11. Progressive Governance Conference 96 words
  3. TRANSPORT
      4. c1007W
    1. Airlines (Disciplinary Action) 86 words
      2. c1008W
    2. Biofuels 154 words
      3. c1008W
    3. British Transport Police 133 words
      4. cc1008-9W
    4. Speed Cameras (East Anglia) 212 words
      5. c1009W
    5. A21 139 words
      6. c1009W
    6. A421 93 words
      7. cc1009-10W
    7. A43 311 words
      8. c1010W
    8. BAe 146 Aircraft 108 words
      9. c1010W
    9. Departmental Spending 115 words
      10. cc1011-2W
    10. Drink Driving 464 words
      11. c1012W
    11. Give as You Earn Scheme 147 words
      12. c1012W
    12. Rail Services 88 words
      13. cc1012-3W
    13. Speed Cameras 202 words
      14. c1013W
    14. Taxis 61 words
      15. c1013W
    15. Transport Funding 203 words
      16. cc1013-4W
    16. U-turns 93 words
  4. CABINET OFFICE
      5. c1014W
    1. Civil Service 346 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
      6. c1015W
    1. Landfill 143 words
      2. c1015W
    2. Warm Front Initiative 104 words
      3. c1015W
    3. 30-month Scheme 109 words
      4. cc1015-6W
    4. Abandoned Cars 326 words
      5. cc1016-7W
    5. Air Quality 430 words
      6. cc1017-8W
    6. American Ships (Decommissioning) 199 words
      7. c1018W
    7. Animal Welfare 218 words
      8. c1018W
    8. Cattle Testing 133 words
      9. c1019W
    9. Cod By-catches 88 words
      10. c1019W
    10. Common Agricultural Policy 143 words
      11. cc1019-20W
    11. Crop Areas 695 words
      12. c1021W
    12. Dairy Industry 333 words
      13. cc1021-3W
    13. Endangered Species 565 words
      14. c1023W
    14. Energy Consumption 153 words
      15. cc1023-4W
    15. Environmental Regulations 383 words
      16. c1024W
    16. Fair Trade Products 185 words
      17. c1024W
    17. Farm Animal Welfare 115 words
      18. c1025W
    18. Farmer Subsidies 201 words
      19. cc1025-6W
    19. Fisheries 303 words
      20. c1026W
    20. Flame Retardants 236 words
      21. cc1026-7W
    21. Game Birds 246 words
      22. c1027W
    22. Legislation 91 words
      23. c1027W
    23. Nitrogen Dioxide (Heathrow) 202 words
      24. cc1027-8W
    24. Organophosphates 200 words
      25. c1028W
    25. Over Thirty Month Scheme 256 words
      26. c1029W
    26. Packaging 93 words
      27. c1029W
    27. Printer Cartridges 124 words
      28. c1029W
    28. Recycling (Christmas) 141 words
      29. cc1029-30W
    29. Set Aside 253 words
      30. c1030W
    30. Single Farm Payment Scheme 78 words
      31. cc1030-1W
    31. Snowfall 498 words
      32. c1031W
    32. Sustainable Development Summit 99 words
      33. c1032W
    33. Turkey Farms 223 words
      34. cc1032-8W
    34. Waste Management 2,922 words
      35. cc1038-9W
    35. Water Bills 576 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
      7. c1039W
    1. Give as You Earn Scheme 144 words
  7. MINISTER FOR WOMEN
      8. cc1039-41W
    1. Equal Pay 471 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. c1041W
    1. Business Investment 105 words
      2. c1041W
    2. Call Centres 81 words
      3. cc1041-2W
    3. Companies (Annual Earnings) 202 words
      4. c1042W
    4. Crown Estate 150 words
      5. c1042W
    5. Departmental Staff 66 words
      6. cc1042-3W
    6. Entrepreneurs 380 words
      7. c1043W
    7. Environmental Liability Directive 86 words
      8. c1043W
    8. European Legislation 83 words
      9. cc1044-5W
    9. Flexible Working 510 words
      10. c1045W
    10. Industrial Tribunals 233 words
      11. c1045W
    11. Iraq 91 words
      12. cc1045-6W
    12. MG Rover 180 words
      13. cc1046-7W
    13. Miners' Compensation 379 words
      14. c1047W
    14. Miners Pensions 111 words
      15. c1047W
    15. Ministerial Visits 51 words
      16. cc1047-8W
    16. National Environment Research Council 232 words
      17. c1048W
    17. Network Reinvention Programme (North Yorkshire) 101 words
      18. c1048W
    18. Oil-fired Appliances 88 words
      19. c1048W
    19. Personnel Administration 72 words
      20. cc1048-9W
    20. Post Offices 122 words
      21. cc1049-50W
    21. Pre-Budget Report 483 words
      22. cc1050-1W
    22. Regional Development Agencies 509 words
      23. cc1051-2W
    23. Second Charge Life Mortgages 737 words
      24. c1052W
    24. Small Businesses 117 words
      25. cc1053-4W
    25. The Accident Group 60 words
      26. cc1054-7W
    26. HOME DEPARTMENT 91 words
      27. c1055W
    27. Anti-Social Behaviour Orders 242 words
      28. cc1055-6W
    28. Community Support Officers 332 words
      29. c1056W
    29. Correspondence 46 words
      30. c1056W
    30. Drug Action Team (Portsmouth) 81 words
      31. c1057W
    31. Miss Eulisa De Freitas 112 words
      32. c1057W
    32. Special Constables 177 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
      10. cc1058-9W
    1. Children's Centres 596 words
      2. c1059W
    2. Children's Commissioner 253 words
      3. cc1059-60W
    3. Higher and Further Education 142 words
      4. cc1060-1W
    4. Higher Education 433 words
      5. c1061W
    5. Mental Health 165 words
      6. cc1061-2W
    6. Pre-school Sector 178 words
      7. c1062W
    7. Royal National Institute of the Blind 339 words
      8. cc1062-3W
    8. Public Services (Ethnicity) 85 words
      9. c1063W
    9. Standard Attainment Tests 74 words
      10. c1063W
    10. Sure Start 179 words
      11. c1063W
    11. Sustainable Development 89 words
      12. c1064W
    12. Top-up Fees 114 words
      13. c1064W
    13. Tuition Fees 173 words
      14. c1064W
    14. University Bursaries 95 words
  10. DEFENCE
      11. c1065W
    1. Armed Forces (Christmas Post) 142 words
      2. c1065W
    2. Armed Forces Recruitment 280 words
      3. c1066W
    3. Armed Forces Staffing Levels 129 words
      4. c1066W
    4. Arms Exports 188 words
      5. c1066W
    5. Army (Merging Regiments) 83 words
      6. cc1066-7W
    6. Attitude Surveys 389 words
      7. cc1067-8W
    7. Battle of Trafalgar 153 words
      8. c1068W
    8. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 85 words
      9. c1068W
    9. Iraq 78 words
      10. c1068W
    10. Joint Strike Fighter 37 words
      11. c1068W
    11. Michael Morgan 67 words
      12. c1069W
    12. Procurement (Risk Assessment) 127 words
      13. c1069W
    13. Secondments 78 words
      14. cc1069-70W
    14. Warships 329 words
  11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      12. c1070W
    1. Disabled Civil Servants 60 words
      2. c1070W
    2. Funding for Children's Play 63 words
      3. c1070W
    3. Identity Cards 71 words
      4. cc1070-1W
    4. Intellectual Property (Performers) 77 words
      5. c1071W
    5. Lottery Grants 130 words
      6. cc1071-2W
    6. Tourism (North-East) 370 words
  12. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      13. c1072W
    1. Fair Trade Products 138 words
      2. c1072W
    2. Landfill Directive 91 words
      3. c1072W
    3. Local Authority Funding 51 words
      4. c1073W
    4. Councillors 55 words
      5. c1073W
    5. Pupil Mobility 123 words
      6. c1073W
    6. Regional Assemblies 123 words
      7. cc1073-4W
    7. Tenancy Deposit Scheme 166 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
      14. c1074W
    1. 22 July Briefing 107 words
      2. c1074W
    2. Canada 75 words
      3. cc1074-5W
    3. Honours 204 words
      4. c1075W
    4. Imad Hage 98 words
      5. c1075W
    5. Iraq 50 words
      6. cc1075-6W
    6. Kyoto Protocol 182 words
      7. c1076W
    7. People's Peers 33 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
      15. c1076W
    1. Airports 263 words
      2. cc1076-7W
    2. Antisocial Behaviour 164 words
      3. c1077W
    3. Arrhythmia 116 words
      4. c1077W
    4. Cannabis Reclassification 166 words
      5. cc1077-8W
    5. Childhood Obesity 102 words
      6. c1078W
    6. Cycling 65 words
      7. c1078W
    7. Fishing Industry 58 words
      8. cc1078-9W
    8. Further Education 494 words
      9. cc1079-80W
    9. Give as You Earn Scheme 211 words
      10. c1080W
    10. Northern Ireland Civil Service 91 words
      11. c1080W
    11. Palliative Care 101 words
      12. cc1080-1W
    12. Ports 613 words
      13. c1082W
    13. Public Transport 379 words
      14. cc1082-3W
    14. Rail Freight 108 words
      15. c1083W
    15. Remicade 193 words
      16. c1083W
    16. Road Accidents 75 words
      17. cc1083-4W
    17. Road Congestion 261 words
      18. c1084W
    18. Road Haulage Industry 78 words
  15. WORK AND PENSIONS
      16. cc1084-5W
    1. Housing Benefit 245 words
      2. c1085W
    2. Interest Rates 202 words
      3. cc1085-6W
    3. Pensioner Poverty 136 words
      4. c1086W
    4. Age Discrimination 379 words
      5. c1087W
    5. Bank and Post Office Card Accounts 102 words
      6. c1087W
    6. Benefit and Pensions Payment 241 words
      7. cc1087-8W
    7. Benefit Claims 123 words
      8. cc1088-9W
    8. Benefit Payments 500 words
      9. c1089W
    9. Bereavement Benefit 46 words
      10. cc1089-90W
    10. Child Support 355 words
      11. cc1090-2W
    11. Child Support Agency 1,177 words
      12. c1092W
    12. Child Trust Fund 64 words
      13. c1092W
    13. Correspondence 63 words
      14. cc1092-3W
    14. Council Tax Benefit 354 words
      15. cc1093-4W
    15. Departmental Hospitality 352 words
      16. c1094W
    16. Disability Living Allowance Fraud 186 words
      17. cc1094-5W
    17. E-mail 90 words
      18. c1095W
    18. Employment Retention and Advancement Project 108 words
      19. c1095W
    19. Exceptions Service 141 words
      20. cc1095-6W
    20. Fair Trade Products 127 words
      21. c1096W
    21. Financial Services Industry 160 words
      22. cc1096-7W
    22. Guaranteed Minimum Pension 593 words
      23. cc1097-8W
    23. Incapacity Benefit 183 words
      24. c1098W
    24. National Employment Panel 69 words
      25. cc1098-100W
    25. New Deal 857 words
      26. c1100W
    26. Payment Modernisation Project 168 words
      27. cc1100-2W
    27. Pension Credit 776 words
      28. c1102W
    28. Pension Rights (Business Transfer) 226 words
      29. cc1102-3W
    29. Progress2Work 105 words
      30. c1103W
    30. Rent Service (Correspondence) 154 words
      31. cc1103-4W
    31. Retirement 493 words
      32. cc1104-5W
    32. Social Fund 274 words
      33. c1105W
    33. Student Incomes 329 words
      34. c1106W
    34. Triplex Peterborough 74 words
      35. c1106W
    35. Winter Fuel Payment 310 words
      36. cc1106-7W
    36. Work and Pensions Projects (St. Helens) 236 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      17. c1107W
    1. Correspondence 61 words
      2. cc1107-8W
    2. European Constitution 181 words
      3. c1108W
    3. Food Supplements Directive 202 words
      4. c1108W
    4. Give as You Earn Scheme 157 words
      5. cc1108-9W
    5. Guantanamo Bay 270 words
      6. c1109W
    6. Iraq 40 words
      7. c1109W
    7. Mrs. Heather Saunders 35 words
      8. cc1109-10W
    8. Northern Cyprus 137 words
      9. c1110W
    9. Olympic Games 118 words
      10. c1110W
    10. Pitcairn Island 140 words
      11. c1110W
    11. Roger Short 84 words
      12. cc1110-1W
    12. Student Visas 234 words
      13. c1111W
    13. UN Declaration of Human Rights 227 words
      14. cc1111-2W
    14. Yemen 87 words
  17. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
      18. c1112W
    1. 1911 Census 242 words
      2. c1112W
    2. Call Centres 95 words
      3. cc1112-5W
    3. Compensation Orders 1,213 words
      4. c1115W
    4. Correspondence 64 words
      5. c1115W
    5. Departmental Identity Cards 52 words
      6. cc1115-6W
    6. Electoral Commission 232 words
      7. c1116W
    7. Give as You Earn Scheme 162 words
      8. c1116W
    8. Legal Aid 183 words
      9. c1117W
    9. Mental Incapacity Bill 249 words
      10. c1117W
    10. Public Defender Service 119 words
  18. HEALTH
      19. cc1117-8W
    1. Aphasia 169 words
      2. c1118W
    2. Chemotherapy-induced Anaemia 163 words
      3. cc1118-9W
    3. Community Paediatric Service 190 words
      4. c1119W
    4. Correspondence 58 words
      5. c1119W
    5. Delayed Discharges (Suffolk) 157 words
      6. c1119W
    6. Departmental Job Losses 81 words
      7. c1120W
    7. Electronic Care Record System 168 words
      8. c1120W
    8. Five-a-Day Programme 176 words
      9. cc1120-1W
    9. Food Standards Agency 403 words
      10. cc1121-3W
    10. Fraud 620 words
      11. c1123W
    11. General Practitioners 113 words
      12. c1123W
    12. Health Authority Staff 56 words
      13. c1123W
    13. Health Protection Agency 171 words
      14. c1124W
    14. Healthy Living Centres 144 words
      15. cc1124-5W
    15. Mental Health 290 words
      16. cc1125-7W
    16. Microbiologists 956 words
      17. cc1127-8W
    17. Midwives 463 words
      18. cc1128-9W
    18. National Health Statistics 694 words
      19. cc1129-30W
    19. Patient Deterioration 159 words
      20. cc1130-1W
    20. Nurses 264 words
      21. c1131W
    21. Obesity 233 words
      22. cc1131-2W
    22. Orthopists 131 words
      23. c1132W
    23. Paediatricians 107 words
      24. cc1132-3W
    24. Prisoners 268 words
      25. c1133W
    25. Public Health Laboratory Service 278 words
      26. cc1133-4W
    26. Respiratory Syncytial Virus 222 words
      27. c1134W
    27. Self-administered Treatments 133 words
      28. c1134W
    28. Speech and Language Therapists 101 words
      29. cc1134-6W
    29. Tuberculosis 213 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 18 December 2003 Series 6 Vol. 415

  1. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      2. c145WS
    1. Regional and Local Referendums 158 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. cc145-7WS
    1. Newton Committee 1,092 words
      2. cc147-8WS
    2. Draft Corruption Bill 222 words
      3. c148WS
    3. Yarl's Wood 188 words
      4. cc148-9WS
    4. Ian Huntley 499 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      4. cc149-50WS
    1. Overseas Territories Consultative Council 270 words
  4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      5. c150WS
    1. World Trade Organisation General Council 160 words
      2. cc150-1WS
    2. Milk Marque 266 words
      3. c151WS
    3. General Agreement on Trade in Services 92 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
      6. cc151-2WS
    1. Higher Education Research Forum Membership 251 words
  6. DEFENCE
      7. c152WS
    1. Fylingdales 180 words
      2. cc152-3WS
    2. Future Attack Submarine Programme 204 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
      8. c153WS
    1. Combined Heat and Power 97 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
      9. cc153-4WS
    1. Criminal Justice System 110 words
  9. WORK AND PENSIONS
      10. c154WS
    1. Housing Benefit 258 words
      2. cc154-5WS
    2. Child Poverty 170 words
  10. TRANSPORT
      11. cc155-6WS
    1. Local Transport Settlement 436 words

Lords Sitting of 18 December 2003 Series 5 Vol. 655

    c1277
  1. Preamble 31 words
    2. cc1277-9
  2. Gulf War 1990-91: Vaccines 1,122 words
    3. cc1279-82
  3. Foreign Office Travel Advice 1,178 words
    4. cc1282-4
  4. Legislative Process: Public Involvement 1,049 words
    5. cc1284-6
  5. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy 953 words
    6. c1286
  6. Executive Powers and Civil Service Bill [H.L.] 107 words
    7. c1287
  7. Wild Mammals (Protection) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 53 words
    8. cc1287-326
  8. Gender Recognition Bill [H.L.] 20,651 words
    9. cc1327-30
  9. Local Government Best Value (Exemption) (England) Order 2003 1,760 words
    10. cc1330-5
  10. Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 2,293 words
    11. cc1335-40
  11. Adjournment 1,998 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 December 2003 Series 5 Vol. 655

    c161WA
  1. Northern Ireland: Advice to Ministers 113 words
    c161WA
  2. Northern Ireland: Religious Discrimination 52 words
    c161WA
  3. North/South Language Body: Budget 94 words
    cc161-3WA
  4. North/South Implementation Bodies 794 words
    cc163-4WA
  5. Special European Union Programmes Body: Chief Executive 192 words
    c164WA
  6. North/South Ministerial Secretariat 120 words
    c164WA
  7. Northern Ireland Parliament 1921–72: Legislation 75 words
    c165WA
  8. Northern Ireland Police Fund 183 words
    c165WA
  9. North/South Language Body 82 words
    cc165-6WA
  10. Northern Ireland Executive for Education 59 words
    c166WA
  11. Northern Ireland Executive for Health 144 words
    c166WA
  12. Ulster-Scots Community: Parity of Esteem 100 words
    cc166-7WA
  13. Construction Industry Training Board: NI Firms Working Abroad 118 words
    c167WA
  14. Northern Ireland: Conservation Areas and Demolitions 62 words
    c167WA
  15. Olympic Games 2012: London Bid and Prime Minister's Support 62 words
    cc167-8WA
  16. Trade Liberalisation: Impact on Developing Countries 273 words
    c168WA
  17. Millennium Development Goals 133 words
    cc168-9WA
  18. Fair Trade: Chocolate 136 words
    c169WA
  19. House of Lords: Peers' Motor Mileage and Bicycle Allowances 259 words
    cc169-71WA
  20. Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001: Newton Report 1,138 words
    cc171-2WA
  21. Corruption Bill 239 words
    cc172-3WA
  22. Yarl's Wood Removal Centre 221 words
    cc173-4WA
  23. Ian Huntley: Employment Vetting Inquiry 526 words
    cc174-5WA
  24. Literacy Rates for 10 Year-olds 225 words
    c175WA
  25. Astute Class Submarine: BAE Contract Negotiations 219 words
    c175WA
  26. Duchess of Kent Hospital, Catterick: Staff Redeployment 76 words
    cc175-6WA
  27. Defence Medical Services: Golden Hello Scheme 174 words
    c176WA
  28. War Widows: Pensions 104 words
    cc176-7WA
  29. Gulf War 1990–91: Vaccines 374 words
    c177WA
  30. Armed Forces: Recruitment and Retention 202 words
    cc177-8WA
  31. Afghanistan: Peace-keeping Troops 251 words
    cc178-9WA
  32. RAF Fylingdales: Early Warning Radar 230 words
    cc179-80WA
  33. State Pension: 25 per cent Rule 501 words
    c180WA
  34. Minimum Income Guarantee: Temporary Visits and Entitlement Reductions 188 words
    cc180-1WA
  35. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 106 words
    c181WA
  36. Employment Statistics 217 words
    cc181-2WA
  37. Weightlifting and Diving Training Facilities 135 words
    c182WA
  38. Domesday Book: Sports Facilities in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 35 words
    cc182-3WA
  39. Sports Boards 271 words
    c183WA
  40. Disability Sports 124 words
    c183WA
  41. Sport: Anti-doping Policy 94 words
    cc183-4WA
  42. Carers 100 words
    c184WA
  43. National Health Service: Waiting Times 185 words
    cc184-5WA
  44. Darent Valley Hospital PFI 265 words
    cc185-6WA
  45. Huntington's Disease 312 words
    c186WA
  46. Obesity 237 words
    cc186-7WA
  47. Nutrition 169 words
    c187WA
  48. Health Professions Council: Grandparenting Procedure 163 words
    cc187-8WA
  49. Medical Training 141 words
    c188WA
  50. Department of Health: Purchase of Alcohol 67 words
    cc188-9WA
  51. Public Appointments 441 words
    cc189-90WA
  52. Iraq: Expenditure on Military Activity and on Reconstruction 204 words
    c190WA
  53. M6 Toll 120 words
    cc190-1WA
  54. Congleton: Railway Service 130 words
    cc191-2WA
  55. Wales Office: Legislation and Welsh Assembly 108 words