Commons Sitting of 15 September 2003 Series 6 Vol. 410

    c571
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c571
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. cc571-84
    2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
      1. cc571-2
      2. Historic Royal Palaces 334 words
      3. cc572-3
      4. Mind Sports 476 words
      5. cc573-4
      6. Performing Art 611 words
      7. cc574-5
      8. Athletics (North-East) 484 words
      9. cc575-6
      10. Lottery Funding 776 words
      11. cc576-8
      12. Olympic Bid 894 words
      13. cc578-9
      14. Analogue/Digital Television 322 words
      15. cc579-82
      16. BBC 1,413 words
      17. cc582-3
      18. Amateur Sports Clubs 439 words
      19. cc583-4
      20. Free-to-view Television 415 words
      c584
    3. ELECTORAL COMMISSION COMMITTEE 15 words
      1. c584
      2. Marked Electoral Registers 325 words
      cc584-7
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. cc585-6
      2. Sexual Orientation (Employees) 541 words
      3. cc586-7
      4. Church Access (Disability Discrimination) 587 words
      cc587-90
    5. ELECTORAL COMMISSION COMMITTEE 15 words
      1. cc587-8
      2. Postal Votes (Intimidation) 476 words
      3. cc588-90
      4. Boundary Reviews 410 words
    c591
  5. Points of Order 403 words
  6. Programme Motions
    1. cc592-4
    2. WATER BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2) 1,489 words, 1 division
    3. cc594-7
    4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 4) 45 words
      1. cc594-5
      2. Consideration of Lords Amendments 129 words
      3. cc595-7
      4. Subsequent stages 1,458 words, 1 division
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. cc598-637
    2. Local Government Bill 66 words
      1. Clause 11
        1. cc598-622
        2. USE OF CAPITAL RECEIPTS 12,808 words, 1 division
        cc622-37
      2. Before Clause 25 8,019 words, 1 division
      3. Clause 3
        1. cc637-41
        2. DUTY TO DETERMINE AFFORDABLE BORROWING LIMIT 2,007 words
      4. Clause 8
        1. cc641-6
        2. CONTROL OF CREDIT ARRANGEMENTS 2,518 words
      5. Clause 31
        1. cc646-8
        2. POWER TO PAY GRANT 1,093 words
      6. Clause 49
        1. cc648-52
        2. BID REVENUE ACCOUNT 2,001 words
      cc652-60
    3. After Clause 65 4,376 words
    4. Clause 76
      1. cc660-2
      2. SECOND AND EMPTY HOMES: ENGLAND 1,386 words
    5. Clause 117
      1. cc663-5
      2. LOCAL POLLS 1,067 words
      cc665-9
    6. After Clause 117 2,517 words
    7. cc669-80
    8. After Clause 119 5,458 words
  8. Clause 127
    1. c680
    2. COMMENCEMENT 125 words
  9. Clause 127
    1. c680
    2. COMMENCEMENT 107 words
  10. Clause 127
    1. cc681-92
    2. COMMENCEMENT 5,898 words
    c692
  11. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 16 words
    1. c692
    2. NORTHERN IRELAND 27 words
    c692
  12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 14 words
    1. c692
    2. MARITIME TRANSPORT SECURITY 47 words
    c692
  13. EUROPEAN SCRUTINY COMMITTEE 18 words
  14. cc692-3
  15. STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE 415 words
  16. DELEGATED LEGISLATION
    1. c693
    2. WORKING TIME REGULATIONS 21 words
    3. c694
    4. CARE STANDARDS 30 words
  17. PETITION
    1. c694
    2. New Town 210 words
    3. cc695-700
    4. Probate Services 2,567 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 15 September 2003 Series 6 Vol. 410

  1. Solicitor-General
    1. c493W
    2. Child Abuse 107 words
    3. c493W
    4. Fraud (Small Businesses) 81 words
    5. cc493-5W
    6. Victims/Witnesses 582 words
    7. c495W
    8. Street Crime 161 words
    9. cc495-7W
    10. Crown Prosecution Service 685 words
    11. c497W
    12. Domestic Violence 134 words
    13. c497W
    14. Iraq 102 words
    15. cc497-8W
    16. Criminal Justice Reform 168 words
    17. c498W
    18. Criminal Trials 89 words
    19. c498W
    20. Crown Court Cases 99 words
    21. cc498-9W
    22. Magistrates Courts 139 words
    23. c499W
    24. Vulnerable Adults (Video Evidence) 176 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
    1. c499W
    2. Building Works 139 words
    3. cc499-500W
    4. Parliamentary Ticket Office 329 words
    5. cc500-1W
    6. Recycling 225 words
  3. CABINET OFFICE
    1. c501W
    2. Civil Contingencies 231 words
    3. c501W
    4. Government Vehicles 106 words
    5. cc501-2W
    6. Public Appointments 377 words
    7. cc502-3W
    8. E-Envoy 58 words
  4. TRANSPORT
    1. c503W
    2. Road Haulage Industry (Compensation Claims) 141 words
    3. c503W
    4. A12 229 words
    5. cc503-4W
    6. A27 116 words
    7. c504W
    8. A38 71 words
    9. cc504-7W
    10. Air Transport 1,581 words
    11. cc507-8W
    12. Freight Transport 314 words
    13. c508W
    14. Harbour Revision Orders 72 words
    15. c508W
    16. Public Transport 173 words
    17. cc508-9W
    18. Road Deaths 99 words
    19. cc509-10W
    20. Shipping (Oil and Chemical Transfers) 721 words
    21. cc510-1W
    22. Thameslink 2000 84 words
    23. c511W
    24. Traffic Calming 108 words
    25. c511W
    26. Rail Performance Statistics 81 words
  5. DEFENCE
    1. cc511-2W
    2. Afghanistan 166 words
    3. c512W
    4. Aircraft Carriers 164 words
    5. c512W
    6. British Army Training Unit Suffield 54 words
    7. c512W
    8. Campaign Medals 107 words
    9. cc512-3W
    10. Chatham Dockyard (Radiation Records) 180 words
    11. c513W
    12. Compensation (Asbestosis) 113 words
    13. c513W
    14. Contracts 98 words
    15. cc513-4W
    16. Service Personnel (Religious Faith) 223 words
    17. cc514-7W
    18. Iraq 1,238 words
    19. c517W
    20. Joint Intelligence Committee 106 words
    21. c517W
    22. Military Personnel 40 words
    23. c517W
    24. NATO Scientific Programme 70 words
    25. cc517-8W
    26. Overseas Deployments 231 words
    27. c518W
    28. Army Equipment Purchases 142 words
    29. cc518-9W
    30. Relocations 65 words
    31. c519W
    32. Ro-ro Vessels 144 words
    33. c519W
    34. Rosyth 143 words
    35. cc519-20W
    36. Security Clearance 87 words
    37. c520W
    38. Women (Front-line Deployment) 100 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. c520W
    2. Alastair Campbell 50 words
    3. c520W
    4. Falkland Islands 93 words
    5. cc520-1W
    6. Hutton Inquiry 178 words
    7. c521W
    8. Iraq 165 words
    9. c521W
    10. Ministerial Code of Conduct 45 words
    11. c521W
    12. Multi-national Chairman's Group 58 words
    13. cc521-2W
    14. Public Inquiries 53 words
    15. c522W
    16. Security Service Advice 55 words
    17. c522W
    18. World Trade Talks (Cancun) 93 words
  7. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. c522W
    2. Cathedrals (Financial Support) 77 words
    3. c522W
    4. Church Income 69 words
    5. cc522-3W
    6. Bishops' Emoluments 196 words
    7. cc523-4W
    8. Genetically Modified Crops 391 words
  8. ELECTORAL COMMISSION
    1. c524W
    2. Sunday Elections 73 words
    3. cc524-5W
    4. Disabled Voters 106 words
    5. c525W
    6. Electronic Voting 90 words
  9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. c525W
    2. Mesopotamia (Antiquities) 100 words
    3. cc525-6W
    4. Subtitled Films 107 words
    5. cc526-8W
    6. Olympic Bid 963 words
    7. c528W
    8. Tourism 309 words
    9. cc528-9W
    10. Analogue Television 133 words
    11. c529W
    12. Horseracing Industry 94 words
    13. c529W
    14. BBC Charter 81 words
    15. cc529-30W
    16. Food Expenditure 132 words
    17. c530W
    18. Television (Foul Language) 233 words
    19. c530W
    20. Gatwick Airport Expansion (Listed Buildings) 120 words
    21. cc530-1W
    22. Private Museums 102 words
    23. c531W
    24. National Lottery 164 words
    25. cc531-2W
    26. Sport England 224 words
    27. c532W
    28. Government Art Collection 219 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
    1. c533W
    2. Meat Imports 275 words
    3. cc533-4W
    4. Gatwick Airport (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) 170 words
    5. c534W
    6. Cattle Passport Scheme 149 words
    7. cc534-5W
    8. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 432 words
    9. cc535-6W
    10. Departmental Staff 487 words
    11. c536W
    12. Export Refunds 108 words
    13. cc536-7W
    14. Fallen Stock 540 words
    15. cc537-40W
    16. Departmental Staff 713 words
    17. c540W
    18. Lantra 67 words
    19. cc540-1W
    20. Levies 539 words
    21. cc541-2W
    22. Light Pollution 261 words
    23. cc542-3W
    24. Sheep Dip 282 words
    25. c543W
    26. Training Opportunities (Countryside) 107 words
    27. cc543-4W
    28. Urban Commons 181 words
    29. c544W
    30. Varroa 344 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. cc544-5W
    2. Music Piracy 218 words
    3. c545W
    4. Civil Relationships Registration Scheme 91 words
    5. c545W
    6. Coal Investment Aid 75 words
    7. c545W
    8. Corporate Responsibility Bill 64 words
    9. cc545-6W
    10. Illegal Imports 58 words
    11. c546W
    12. Langage Power Station 65 words
    13. c546W
    14. Mineworkers' Compensation 33 words
    15. cc546-7W
    16. Ministerial Visits 281 words
    17. c547W
    18. Nuclear Safety 121 words
    19. cc547-8W
    20. Royal Mail 546 words
    21. c548W
    22. Science and Engineering (Women Employees) 162 words
    23. cc548-9W
    24. Telecommunications 201 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
    1. cc549-50W
    2. Modern Apprenticeships 286 words
    3. c550W
    4. Specialist Teaching (Sign Language) 262 words
    5. cc550-1W
    6. Adult Non-vocational Courses 120 words
    7. c551W
    8. Animal Experiments 114 words
    9. c551W
    10. Early Literacy Programme 133 words
    11. cc551-2W
    12. Learning and Skills Council 201 words
    13. c552W
    14. Further Education 265 words
    15. cc552-3W
    16. Higher Education 197 words
    17. c553W
    18. Student Income and Expenditure Survey 75 words
    19. c553W
    20. Tuition Fees 289 words
    21. cc553-4W
    22. University Entry Criteria 116 words
  13. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. c554W
    2. Micro-finance 233 words
    3. cc554-6W
    4. Afghanistan 584 words
    5. c556W
    6. Agricultural Produce (EU Reforms) 252 words
    7. cc556-7W
    8. International Conference on Population and Development 161 words
    9. c557W
    10. Iraq 281 words
    11. cc557-8W
    12. Sierra Leone 131 words
  14. WORK AND PENSIONS
    1. c558W
    2. Benefit Applications 120 words
    3. c558W
    4. Child Support Agency 254 words
    5. cc558-61W
    6. International Labour Organisations 1,468 words
    7. cc561-3W
    8. Employment (People with Learning Disabilities) 255 words
    9. cc563-4W
    10. Pensioners (Means-tested Benefits) 346 words
    11. cc564-5W
    12. Pension Credit 552 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. cc565-6W
    2. Agriculture Training 383 words
    3. cc566-7W
    4. Autism Services 343 words
    5. c567W
    6. Beef Exports 122 words
    7. cc567-8W
    8. BSE 287 words
    9. c568W
    10. Causeway Health and Social Services Trust 150 words
    11. c568W
    12. Mature Students (Child Care Support) 54 words
    13. cc568-9W
    14. Child Support Agency 92 words
    15. c569W
    16. Freedom of Information 146 words
    17. cc569-70W
    18. Entrepreneurship/Education 346 words
    19. c570W
    20. Environmental Appraisals 85 words
    21. cc570-3W
    22. Sport Funding 951 words
    23. c573W
    24. Health 318 words
    25. cc573-4W
    26. High Technology/Telecommunications Industries 293 words
    27. cc574-5W
    28. Horses 230 words
    29. c575W
    30. Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust 250 words
    31. cc575-6W
    32. Literacy/Numeracy 281 words
    33. cc576-7W
    34. Northern Ireland Fishing Task Force 265 words
    35. c577W
    36. Policing Board/Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission 205 words
    37. c577W
    38. Primary Schools 143 words
    39. cc577-8W
    40. Road Safety 147 words
    41. c578W
    42. School Examinations 132 words
    43. c578W
    44. Schools Finance 96 words
    45. cc578-9W
    46. Social Security Appeal Tribunals 157 words
    47. c579W
    48. Sports Funding 316 words
    49. c579W
    50. Ulster Scots Academy 57 words
    51. SCOTLAND
      1. cc579-80W
      2. Beef Farming 16 words
      3. c580W
      4. Stevens Inquiry 95 words
      5. c580W
      6. Teachers 187 words
      7. cc580-1W
      8. Fishing Industry 78 words
      9. c581W
      10. Official Engagements 49 words
      11. c581W
      12. Over-30-months Scheme 55 words
      13. c581W
      14. Quality Meat Scotland 52 words
      15. c581W
      16. Sewel Motions 119 words
    52. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. c582W
      2. Air Weapons 488 words
      3. cc582-3W
      4. Al Mujaharoon 162 words
      5. c583W
      6. Bailiffs 52 words
      7. cc583-5W
      8. Asylum Seekers 858 words
      9. c585W
      10. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 102 words
      11. cc585-6W
      12. Criminal Records Bureau 191 words
      13. c586W
      14. Faith Communities 90 words
      15. c586W
      16. Internet Grooming 240 words
      17. cc586-7W
      18. Passports 325 words
      19. cc587-8W
      20. Probation Service 274 words
      21. c588W
      22. Restorative Justice 244 words
      23. cc588-9W
      24. West Sussex Safe House Project 280 words
    53. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. c589W
      2. Andrew Wang 88 words
      3. c589W
      4. Arms Promotion (Czech Republic) 156 words
      5. cc589-90W
      6. Brazil 136 words
      7. c590W
      8. Chechnya 252 words
      9. c590W
      10. Colombia 125 words
      11. cc590-1W
      12. Cyprus 225 words
      13. cc591-2W
      14. European Union 400 words
      15. c592W
      16. Food Expenditure 203 words
      17. cc592-3W
      18. British Detainees (Guantanamo Bay) 130 words
      19. c593W
      20. Immigration and Asylum 90 words
      21. cc593-4W
      22. Iraq 375 words
      23. c594W
      24. Israel 235 words
      25. c594W
      26. Pakistan 107 words
      27. cc594-5W
      28. Peter Bleach 198 words
      29. cc595-6W
      30. Somali People (Entry Clearance) 323 words
      31. c596W
      32. Tibet 103 words
    54. TREASURY
      1. c596W
      2. Audit Requirements 127 words
      3. c596W
      4. Bruemark Ruling 41 words
      5. cc596-7W
      6. Computer Fraud 118 words
      7. c597W
      8. Corporation Tax 258 words
      9. cc597-8W
      10. Correspondence 164 words
      11. c598W
      12. Developing Countries 307 words
      13. cc598-9W
      14. Employer-loaned Computers 75 words
      15. c599W
      16. Employment 148 words
      17. c599W
      18. Enterprise Investment Scheme 210 words
      19. cc599-600W
      20. Enterprise Management Incentives 361 words
      21. c600W
      22. Household Debt 58 words
      23. cc600-1W
      24. Individual Learning Accounts 55 words
      25. c601W
      26. Inheritance Tax 60 words
      27. c601W
      28. Lung Cancer 198 words
      29. c601W
      30. National Insurance Fund 66 words
      31. cc601-2W
      32. North Sea Fiscal Regime 137 words
      33. c602W
      34. Customs Detector Dogs 96 words
      35. c602W
      36. Premium Bonds 45 words
      37. c602W
      38. Regional Pay 59 words
      39. c602W
      40. Research and Development Tax Credit 88 words
      41. cc602-3W
      42. Residential Property Sales 140 words
      43. c603W
      44. Savings 75 words
      45. c603W
      46. Special Advisers 131 words
      47. cc603-5W
      48. Tax Credits 698 words
      49. cc605-6W
      50. Third World Debt 430 words
      51. c606W
      52. Water Efficient Technologies 92 words
    55. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
      1. c606W
      2. Immigration Work (Legal Practices) 101 words
      3. cc606-7W
      4. Legal Services Commission 301 words
      5. c607W
      6. Sheriffs 137 words
    56. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      1. c608W
      2. Alconbury Airfield 111 words
      3. cc608-9W
      4. Local Authority Housing 478 words
      5. c609W
      6. Census Forms 187 words
      7. c609W
      8. Correspondence 49 words
      9. cc609-10W
      10. Disability Grants 267 words
      11. c610W
      12. Dispute Resolution 120 words
      13. cc610-1W
      14. Fire Sprinklers 153 words
      15. c611W
      16. General Permitted Development Order 107 words
      17. c611W
      18. Housing 197 words
      19. cc611-2W
      20. Housing Development (Sewerage Networks) 264 words
      21. c612W
      22. Local Rates 99 words
      23. c612W
      24. Park Homes 63 words
      25. cc612-3W
      26. Planning 372 words
      27. cc613-4W
      28. Regional Assemblies 137 words
      29. c614W
      30. Social Exclusion 349 words
      31. cc614-5W
      32. Voter Turnouts 117 words
    57. HEALTH
      1. c615W
      2. National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse 187 words
      3. cc615-6W
      4. Anti-TNF Therapy 411 words
      5. cc616-7W
      6. Broomfield Hospital (Waiting Times) 184 words
      7. c617W
      8. Care Home Beds (London) 83 words
      9. c617W
      10. Carers 135 words
      11. c617W
      12. Delayed Discharges 75 words
      13. cc617-8W
      14. Disabled Children (Family Support) 99 words
      15. c618W
      16. Health Professionals (Suicide) 128 words
      17. c618W
      18. Health Protection Agency 217 words
      19. cc618-9W
      20. Health Service (Worcestershire) 273 words
      21. cc619-20W
      22. Heartburn 417 words
      23. cc620-1W
      24. Hospital-acquired Infections 371 words
      25. c621W
      26. Learning Disability Services 113 words
      27. cc621-2W
      28. Lymphoedema 151 words
      29. c622W
      30. Medicines and Health Care Products Agency 195 words
      31. cc622-3W
      32. Waiting Lists/Times Trust 164 words
      33. c623W
      34. NHS Dentistry 476 words
      35. cc623-4W
      36. Care Standards Act 250 words
      37. cc624-5W
      38. Prosthetic Services 349 words
      39. c625W
      40. Pulmonary Care 193 words
      41. cc625-6W
      42. Redundant/Empty Hospital Buildings 116 words
      43. c626W
      44. Stroke Services 312 words
      45. cc626-8W
      46. Tooth Decay 176 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 15 September 2003 Series 6 Vol. 410

  1. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
    1. c37WS
    2. Planning Policy (Rural Areas) 334 words
    3. cc37-8WS
    4. Council Tax 168 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. cc38-9WS
    2. Sexual/Violent Offenders 358 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. cc39-40WS
    2. Armed Forces (Pension/Compensation Schemes) 825 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. cc40-1WS
    2. British Council 45 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc41-2WS
    2. Volcanic Activity (Montserrat) 145 words

Lords Sitting of 15 September 2003 Series 5 Vol. 652

    c657
  1. Preamble 25 words
  2. cc657-8
  3. National Asylum Support Service 509 words
  4. cc658-60
  5. Iraq: WMD Investigations 783 words
  6. cc660-2
  7. School Budgets 952 words
  8. cc662-5
  9. Criminal Records Bureau: Disclosure Checks 1,453 words
  10. c665
  11. Fireworks Bill 53 words
  12. cc665-87
  13. Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Bill [H.L.] 11,145 words, 2 divisions
  14. cc687-734
  15. Criminal Justice Bill 9,595 words, 1 division
    1. cc707-34
    2. CHAPTER A1 89A CRIMINAL EVIDENCE RULES 13,808 words, 3 divisions
    cc734-5
  16. Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Modification) (No. 2) Order 2003 605 words
  17. cc735-6
  18. Partnerships etc. (Removal of Twenty Member Limit) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 480 words
  19. c737
  20. Northern Ireland (Monitoring Commission etc.) Bill [H.L.] 54 words
  21. cc737-54
  22. Criminal Justice Bill 8,879 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 15 September 2003 Series 5 Vol. 652

    c153WA
  1. Judicial Appointments 186 words
    c153WA
  2. British Council Trustees: Annual Report and Accounts 73 words
    cc153-4WA
  3. Multi-agency Public Protection Arrangements: Annual Reports 388 words
    cc154-6WA
  4. Iraq: Costs of Military Campaign 596 words
    cc156-7WA
  5. Planning Policy Statement: Rural Areas in England 366 words
    c157WA
  6. Local Authority Budgets: Capping 188 words
    cc157-8WA
  7. Economic and Social Research Council 170 words
    c158WA
  8. Tax Credits 110 words
    cc158-9WA
  9. Asylum Seekers: Unsuccessful Candidates 136 words
    c159WA
  10. Public Sector Jobs 65 words
    cc159-60WA
  11. Inland Revenue: Self-assessment Tax Returns 69 words
    c160WA
  12. Immigration Advisory Services: Transfer of Funding 151 words