Commons Sitting of 20 October 2003 Series 6 Vol. 411

    c355
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c355
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc355-74
    1. WORK AND PENSIONS 6 words
        2. c355
      1. Youth Unemployment 274 words
        2. c356
      2. Health and Safety (Royal Mint Llantrisant) 313 words
        3. cc356-8
      3. Minimum Income Guarantee 591 words
        4. cc358-60
      4. Pensioners (Means-tested Benefits) 1,390 words
        5. cc360-1
      5. Widowers' Benefit 340 words
        6. cc361-4
      6. Social Exclusion 1,157 words
        7. cc364-5
      7. Employment (Older People) 520 words
        8. cc365-6
      8. Private Pension Schemes 724 words
        9. cc366-8
      9. Housing Benefit 605 words
        10. cc368-70
      10. Child Support Agency 1,039 words
        11. cc370-1
      11. Occupational Pensions 727 words
        12. cc371-2
      12. Stakeholder Pensions 372 words
        13. cc372-4
      13. Pension Credit 634 words
    cc375-91
  4. European Council 8,732 words
  5. Orders of the Day
      6. cc392-478
    1. Courts Bill [Lords] 34 words
      1. New Clause 2
          2. cc392-411
        1. JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 11,117 words, 1 division
      2. New Clause 3
          3. cc411-25
        1. CIRCUITS 7,684 words
      3. Clause 1
          4. cc425-7
        1. THE GENERAL DUTY 1,649 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 4
          5. cc427-31
        1. ESTABLISHMENT OF COURTS BOARDS 1,678 words, 1 division
      5. Clause 8
          6. cc431-6
        1. LOCAL JUSTICE AREAS 2,688 words
      6. Clause 17
          7. cc436-42
        1. CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY CHAIRMEN: SELECTION 3,141 words
      7. Clause 30
          8. cc442-51
        1. PLACES, DATES AND TIMES OF SITTINGS 5,314 words, 1 division
      8. Clause 93
          9. cc451-5
        1. AWARD OF COSTS AGAINST THIRD PARTIES 1,411 words
      9. Clause 97
          10. cc455-8
        1. COLLECTION OF FINES AND DISCHARGE OF FINES BY UNPAID WORK 1,805 words
      10. Clause 100
          11. cc458-67
        1. PERIODICAL PAYMENTS 5,004 words
      11. Clause 103
          12. c467
        1. OFFICIAL SOLICITOR OF NORTHERN IRELAND 76 words
      12. Clause 109
          13. c467
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS, REPEALS, ETC. 24 words
      13. New Schedule 1
        1. 'TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
            2. cc467-8
          1. Interpretation 118 words
            2. c468
          2. Local justice areas 32 words
            3. c468
          3. Appointment and assignment of lay justices 95 words
            4. c468
          4. The supplemental list 116 words
            5. c468
          5. Keepers of the rolls 78 words
            6. c468
          6. Chairman and deputy chairmen of the bench 69 words
            7. cc468-9
          7. Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate) 78 words
            8. c469
          8. Justices' clerks and assistant clerks 443 words
            9. cc469-70
          9. Family proceedings courts 52 words
            10. c470
          10. Youth courts 51 words
            11. c470
          11. Inspectors of court administration 42 words
            12. c470
          12. Collection of fines and discharge of fines by unpaid work 59 words
            13. cc470-7
          13. Register of judgments and orders 3,782 words
          c477
        2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
            3. c477
          1. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 32 words
          c477
        3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 29 words
        cc477-8
      14. DRAFT GAMBLING BILL (JOINT COMMITTEE) (POWER TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM) 57 words
      c478
    2. COMMITTEES 12 words
        3. c478
      1. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT 15 words
        2. c478
      2. JOINT COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS 19 words
      c478
    3. COMMITTEES 12 words
        4. c478
      1. ACCOMMODATION AND WORKS 17 words
        2. c478
      2. DEFENCE 26 words
        3. c478
      3. EDUCATION AND SKILLS 17 words
        4. c478
      4. HEALTH 23 words
        5. c478
      5. NORTHERN IRELAND AFFAIRS 18 words
        6. c478
      6. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS 16 words
        7. c478
      7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY 25 words
        8. c478
      8. TREASURY 16 words
    4. PETITION
        5. c479
      1. Crown Immunity 155 words
    cc480-8
  6. Veterinary Prescriptions 4,056 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 October 2003 Series 6 Vol. 411

  1. WORK AND PENSIONS
      2. c353W
    1. Pensioner Benefit Payments 126 words
      2. c353W
    2. Departmental Job Losses 86 words
      3. cc353-4W
    3. Savings Policy 158 words
      4. c354W
    4. Stakeholder Pensions 64 words
      5. c354W
    5. State Pension Reform 159 words
      6. cc354-5W
    6. Pension Credit 298 words
      7. c355W
    7. Mr. Douglas Gowan 47 words
      8. c355W
    8. Child Support Agency 111 words
  2. CABINET OFFICE
      3. cc355-6W
    1. Special Advisers 161 words
      2. c356W
    2. Parliamentary Questions 25 words
  3. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
      4. cc356-7W
    1. Iraq 405 words
  4. WALES
      5. c357W
    1. Coroners Courts 59 words
      2. c357W
    2. European Year of Disabled People 146 words
  5. ADVOCATE-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND
      6. cc357-8W
    1. Legislative Competence 61 words
  6. TRANSPORT
      7. c358W
    1. Essex Coastguard Service 38 words
      2. c358W
    2. Biofuels 104 words
      3. c358W
    3. Correspondence 48 words
      4. c358W
    4. Flight Paths (Walthamstow) 164 words
      5. cc358-9W
    5. Unmanned Level Crossings 147 words
      6. c359W
    6. St Christopher House 116 words
      7. cc359-60W
    7. Thelwall Viaduct 407 words
      8. c360W
    8. US Ships (Dismantling) 209 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      8. cc360-1W
    1. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline 376 words
      2. c361W
    2. Call Centres 37 words
      3. cc361-2W
    3. Developing Countries 186 words
      4. c362W
    4. Ethiopia 155 words
      5. cc362-4W
    5. Fossil Fuel Projects 1,033 words
      6. cc364-5W
    6. General Agreement on Trade in Services 149 words
      7. c365W
    7. Iraq 261 words
      8. cc365-6W
    8. Kyoto Protocol 226 words
      9. c366W
    9. Malawi 102 words
      10. cc366-8W
    10. Multinational Enterprises 695 words
      11. c368W
    11. Renewable Energy 333 words
      12. cc368-9W
    12. Reproductive Health 188 words
      13. c369W
    13. Sugar Regime 180 words
      14. cc369-70W
    14. Unused Medicines 203 words
      15. c370W
    15. Zimbabwe 260 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
      9. c370W
    1. Cabinet Committee on Biotechnology 69 words
      2. cc370-1W
    2. Departmental Staff 142 words
      3. c371W
    3. International Treaties 100 words
      4. cc371-2W
    4. Iraq 305 words
      5. c372W
    5. Ministerial Code 48 words
      6. c372W
    6. Reports (Provenance) 84 words
      7. c372W
    7. Security Clearance 57 words
  9. DEFENCE
      10. c373W
    1. Euro 106 words
      2. c373W
    2. Bailed Soldiers 56 words
      3. c373W
    3. Departmental Travel 43 words
      4. cc373-4W
    4. Young Service Personnel (Welfare) 207 words
      5. c374W
    5. Iraq 380 words
      6. cc374-5W
    6. Private Tesoni Vakacakaudrove 52 words
      7. c375W
    7. Sergeant Roger Timothy Paul Clements-Hunt 102 words
      8. c375W
    8. Corporal Thomas Rees 94 words
      9. cc375-6W
    9. Defence Export Services Organisation 201 words
      10. c376W
    10. Aldermaston 106 words
      11. cc376-7W
    11. Colchester Garrison 397 words
      12. cc377-8W
    12. Departmental Staff (Scotland) 290 words
      13. c378W
    13. Detached Duties 37 words
      14. c378W
    14. National Army Museum (North) 115 words
      15. cc378-9W
    15. Northern Ireland 210 words
      16. c379W
    16. Organophosphates 73 words
      17. c379W
    17. Parliamentary Questions 123 words
      18. c379W
    18. Private Peter Watson 96 words
      19. cc379-80W
    19. Recruitment 102 words
      20. c380W
    20. Reserve Forces 86 words
      21. c380W
    21. Service Accommodation 190 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      11. cc380-1W
    1. Afghanistan 367 words
      2. cc381-2W
    2. Embassy Staff 148 words
      3. c382W
    3. Slovakia 102 words
      4. c382W
    4. Intergovernmental Conference 264 words
      5. cc382-3W
    5. Military Nuclear Testing 223 words
      6. c383W
    6. Euro 176 words
      7. cc383-4W
    7. Pakistan 345 words
      8. cc384-5W
    8. Visas 252 words
      9. c385W
    9. Turkey 104 words
      10. c385W
    10. Call Centres 119 words
      11. cc385-6W
    11. Iraq 263 words
      12. c386W
    12. Cyprus 220 words
      13. cc386-7W
    13. Democratic Republic of Congo 268 words
      14. c387W
    14. Somalia 126 words
      15. c387W
    15. Bechtel 70 words
      16. cc387-8W
    16. Public Diplomacy 380 words
      17. c388W
    17. Burma 77 words
      18. cc388-9W
    18. Colombia (Human Rights) 243 words
      19. c389W
    19. Jamaica 79 words
      20. cc389-90W
    20. Surplus Armaments 293 words
      21. cc390-1W
    21. Switzerland 423 words
      22. c391W
    22. Stamp Duty 155 words
      23. c391W
    23. Correspondence 47 words
      24. c391W
    24. Debt 16 words
  11. TREASURY
      12. c392W
    1. Job Numbers 324 words
      2. cc392-3W
    2. Equitable Life 64 words
      3. c393W
    3. Family Incomes 170 words
      4. c393W
    4. Industrial and Provident Societies 64 words
      5. cc393-4W
    5. Iraq 322 words
      6. c394W
    6. Pensions 73 words
      7. c394W
    7. Pool Re 136 words
      8. cc394-5W
    8. Oil Revenue. 94 words
      9. c395W
    9. Tax Burden 86 words
      10. c395W
    10. Unemployment (Wirral, South) 162 words
      11. cc395-6W
    11. Banking 225 words
      12. c396W
    12. VAT (Children's Clothes) 188 words
      13. cc396-7W
    13. Woodlands 711 words
      14. cc397-8W
    14. Beef Exports 37 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
      13. c398W
    1. Milk 202 words
      2. cc398-9W
    2. Large Combustion Plants Directive 520 words
      3. cc399-400W
    3. Animal Movements 78 words
      4. c400W
    4. Animal Welfare 272 words
      5. c400W
    5. Atrazine 98 words
      6. cc400-1W
    6. Fisheries 80 words
      7. c401W
    7. GM Crop Trials 107 words
      8. cc401-2W
    8. Illegal Chemicals (Agricultural Produce) 325 words
      9. c402W
    9. Special Advisers 115 words
      10. cc402-3W
    10. Waste Management 431 words
  13. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      14. c404W
    1. Broadcasting Impartiality 220 words
      2. c404W
    2. Football (Violent Behaviour) 122 words
      3. cc404-5W
    3. Public Libraries 175 words
  14. SCOTLAND
      15. c405W
    1. European Year of Disabled People 89 words
      2. c405W
    2. Manufacturing 156 words
      3. cc405-6W
    3. Microsoft (Licensing Fees) 78 words
      4. c406W
    4. Official Engagements 68 words
      5. c406W
    5. Winter Fuel Allowance 75 words
  15. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      16. c406W
    1. Appointments 193 words
      2. cc406-7W
    2. Building Control Performance Standards Advisory Group 216 words
      3. c407W
    3. Compensation Claims 38 words
      4. cc407-8W
    4. Councillors 256 words
      5. c408W
    5. Essex Fire and Rescue Service 44 words
      6. c408W
    6. Light Pollution (Astronomy) 61 words
      7. cc408-9W
    7. Local Government Finance 240 words
      8. cc409-10W
    8. Mobile Phone Masts 471 words
      9. c410W
    9. Parish Councils 121 words
      10. c410W
    10. Parliamentary Questions 50 words
      11. cc410-1W
    11. Regeneration Schemes 134 words
      12. c411W
    12. US Ships (Dismantling) 104 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
      17. cc411-3W
    1. Criminal Records 912 words
      2. c413W
    2. Aylesbury Young Offenders Institution 85 words
      3. cc413-5W
    3. Child Abuse Investigations 892 words
      4. c415W
    4. Consultancies 160 words
      5. cc415-6W
    5. Criminal Justice Bill 613 words
      6. cc416-7W
    6. Home Detention Curfew Orders 206 words
      7. c417W
    7. Drug Rape 212 words
      8. cc417-8W
    8. Food Expenditure 393 words
      9. c418W
    9. Timber 177 words
      10. cc418-9W
    10. Juvenile Prisoners (Strip Searches) 419 words
      11. cc419-20W
    11. Community Policing 127 words
      12. c420W
    12. Probation Services 76 words
      13. cc420-1W
    13. Terrorism Act 896 words
  17. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
      18. cc421-2W
    1. British-Irish Council 123 words
      2. c422W
    2. Good Friday Agreement 80 words
      3. c422W
    3. Post-mortem Retentions 131 words
      4. cc422-3W
    4. Appeals (Terrorism/Immigration and Nationality Acts) 316 words
      5. c423W
    5. Call Centres 25 words
      6. c423W
    6. Law of Limitation (Child Sexual Abuse 102 words
      7. cc423-4W
    7. Magistrates Courts (North Yorkshire) 112 words
      8. c424W
    8. Magistrates Courts (Private Finance Initiative) 83 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
      19. c424W
    1. Anticoagulants 187 words
      2. cc424-5W
    2. Child Protection Training 121 words
      3. c425W
    3. Commercial Rates 56 words
      4. c425W
    4. Concessionary Fares 84 words
      5. c425W
    5. Delayed Discharges 162 words
      6. cc425-6W
    6. Drug Treatment 42 words
      7. c426W
    7. Equality Commission 66 words
      8. c426W
    8. Exotic Pets 153 words
      9. cc426-7W
    9. Fuel Poverty 233 words
      10. c427W
    10. General Practice 34 words
      11. cc427-8W
    11. Health Service IT 397 words
      12. c428W
    12. Organ/Tissue Retention 56 words
      13. c428W
    13. IRA Weapons Stocks 101 words
      14. cc428-9W
    14. Manufacturing Exports 130 words
      15. c429W
    15. Northern Ireland Mother and Baby Association 49 words
      16. c429W
    16. Planning (Ravenblack) 111 words
      17. c429W
    17. Police Leisure Facilities 128 words
      18. cc429-30W
    18. Prison Budgets 115 words
      19. c430W
    19. Queen's University 53 words
      20. c430W
    20. Road Deaths 58 words
      21. c430W
    21. Security Measures (Health Service) 44 words
      22. cc430-1W
    22. Sports Funding 188 words
  19. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
      20. c431W
    1. University Applications 194 words
      2. cc431-2W
    2. Dyslexia 225 words
      3. c432W
    3. Additional School Funding (Armed Forces) 96 words
      4. c432W
    4. Pregnant Asylum Seekers 198 words
      5. cc432-4W
    5. Child Care 600 words
      6. c434W
    6. Children and Young People's Unit 326 words
      7. cc434-5W
    7. Examinations 482 words
      8. cc435-6W
    8. Minister for Children 69 words
      9. c436W
    9. Good Friday Agreement 91 words
      10. c436W
    10. Graduate Teacher Scheme 53 words
      11. cc436-7W
    11. Electronics/Electrical Engineering 276 words
      12. c437W
    12. School Noise Reduction 180 words
      13. cc437-8W
    13. Ofsted 98 words
      14. c438W
    14. PGCE Citizenship Courses 181 words
      15. c438W
    15. School Finance (Essex) 94 words
      16. cc438-9W
    16. Sector Skills Councils 103 words
      17. c439W
    17. Sure Start 328 words
      18. c439W
    18. Teachers (Essex) 74 words
      19. cc439-41W
    19. Teaching Assistants (Leicestershire) 489 words
      20. c441W
    20. Tuition Fees 222 words
  20. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      21. cc441-2W
    1. Alstom 100 words
      2. c442W
    2. Arms Sales 222 words
      3. cc442-3W
    3. Asbestos 400 words
      4. c443W
    4. BAC Strikemaster 70 words
      5. c443W
    5. Construction Industry 68 words
      6. cc443-4W
    6. Consultancies 125 words
      7. c444W
    7. Aggregate Exports 136 words
      8. cc444-5W
    8. Power Supply 277 words
      9. c445W
    9. Environmental Measures 128 words
      10. c445W
    10. EU Emissions Trading Scheme 128 words
      11. cc445-6W
    11. Hawk Contract 277 words
      12. c446W
    12. Iraq 87 words
      13. c446W
    13. IT Industry 120 words
      14. cc446-7W
    14. Liverpool John Lennon Airport 139 words
      15. c447W
    15. National Grid 54 words
      16. c447W
    16. Post Office Closures 139 words
      17. c447W
    17. Power Stations 177 words
      18. cc447-51W
    18. Science Research Councils 1,014 words
      19. c451W
    19. SMEs 133 words
      20. c451W
    20. South Africa 56 words
      21. cc451-2W
    21. WTO Conference 168 words
  21. MINISTER FOR WOMEN
      22. c452W
    1. Special Advisers 38 words
  22. HEALTH
      23. c452W
    1. Water Fluoridation 119 words
      2. cc452-3W
    2. Accident and Emergency Services 397 words
      3. cc453-4W
    3. Breast Cancer 611 words
      4. cc454-5W
    4. Call Centres 46 words
      5. c455W
    5. Cancelled Operations 164 words
      6. cc455-6W
    6. Criminal Records 504 words
      7. c456W
    7. Care Homes 126 words
      8. cc456-7W
    8. Child Health Statistics 356 words
      9. cc457-8W
    9. Dental Access Centres 386 words
      10. c458W
    10. Diagnostic and Treatment Centres 119 words
      11. cc458-9W
    11. NHS Direct 267 words
      12. cc459-60W
    12. Efexor 446 words
      13. c460W
    13. Energy Use Targets 140 words
      14. cc460-1W
    14. Epsom and St. Helier Hospitals 316 words
      15. cc461-2W
    15. Eye Tests 399 words
      16. c462W
    16. Food Products (Health Claims) 87 words
      17. cc462-3W
    17. Good Friday Agreement 127 words
      18. c463W
    18. GPs/Dentists 331 words
      19. cc463-5W
    19. Health Services (Battersea) 673 words
      20. c465W
    20. Hospitals (Leicestershire) 300 words
      21. cc465-6W
    21. Housing Benefit 335 words
      22. cc466-7W
    22. Hypertension 254 words
      23. cc467-8W
    23. Influenza Vaccinations 233 words
      24. c468W
    24. IVF Treatment 93 words
      25. c468W
    25. Licensing of Medicines 130 words
      26. c468W
    26. NHS Compensation Payments 32 words
      27. cc468-9W
    27. NHS Dental Registration (Children) 215 words
      28. c469W
    28. NHS Dentists 236 words
      29. c469W
    29. Otitis Media 27 words
      30. cc469-70W
    30. Paediatric Continence Services 248 words
      31. c470W
    31. Private Operations 63 words
      32. cc470-1W
    32. Rheumatoid Arthritis 120 words
      33. c471W
    33. Sexual Health 121 words
      34. cc471-2W
    34. Smoking 214 words
      35. c472W
    35. Psychologists (South Essex) 153 words
      36. cc472-4W
    36. Stroke Services 281 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 20 October 2003 Series 6 Vol. 411

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      2. c25WS
    1. Extradition Bill (Draft Code of Practice) 120 words
      2. c25WS
    2. Criminal Records Bureau (Basic Disclosures) 83 words
  2. CABINET OFFICE
      3. cc25-6WS
    1. Efficiency Review 112 words
  3. WORK AND PENSIONS
      4. c26WS
    1. Guaranteed Minimum Pension 419 words
  4. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
      5. c27WS
    1. Fine Enforcement 243 words
  5. TREASURY
      6. cc27-30WS
    1. Stamp Duty Land Tax 889 words

Lords Sitting of 20 October 2003 Series 5 Vol. 653

    c1261
  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. c1261
  2. The Lord Bishop of Liverpool 23 words
    3. cc1261-4
  3. Public Finances 1,166 words
    4. cc1264-6
  4. Bullying at Work 966 words
    5. cc1266-8
  5. GM Crop Trials 860 words
    6. cc1268-71
  6. Agricultural Land: Development Policy 1,347 words
    7. c1271
  7. Business 29 words
    8. c1271
  8. Privileges 172 words
    9. cc1271-94
  9. Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 10,811 words
    10. cc1294-321
  10. Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 14,510 words, 1 division
    11. cc1323-6
  11. Business of the House 1,838 words
    12. cc1326-39
  12. Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 6,375 words
    13. cc1339-56
  13. Railways 8,780 words
    14. cc1356-490
  14. Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill 63,782 words, 4 divisions

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 October 2003 Series 5 Vol. 653

    c141WA
  1. Prime Minister: Working Days 143 words
    c141WA
  2. Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan Draft 167 words
    cc141-2WA
  3. Northern Ireland: Planning Appeals 83 words
    c142WA
  4. Government Bills: Hours Spent in Committee 413 words
    cc142-3WA
  5. Prisoners: Voting Rights 357 words
    cc143-4WA
  6. Violent Crime: Convenience Stores 410 words
    c144WA
  7. Anti-social Behaviour 55 words
    cc144-5WA
  8. Mr Hadi Soleimanpour 80 words
    c145WA
  9. Police: Sexually Discriminatory Behaviour 382 words
    c146WA
  10. Firearms: National Register 172 words
    c146WA
  11. Interfaith Consultations 192 words
    cc146-8WA
  12. Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001: Retention of Communications Data 739 words
    c149WA
  13. Asylum Applications: Delays 104 words
    c149WA
  14. Basic Disclosures 117 words
    cc149-50WA
  15. Extradition: Draft Code of Practice 152 words
    c150WA
  16. Millennium Dome 358 words
    c151WA
  17. Court Service: Staffing 132 words
    cc151-2WA
  18. Fines: Enforcement 267 words
    c152WA
  19. International Development: Financing 141 words
    cc152-3WA
  20. World Heritage Sites 368 words
    c153WA
  21. State Pension: Cost of Uprating 344 words
    c154WA
  22. Bovine Tuberculosis 349 words
    cc154-5WA
  23. Biofuels 280 words
    cc155-6WA
  24. HW Points Machines 150 words
    c156WA
  25. Public Sector: Efficiency Review 138 words