18 February 1991

Commons Sitting of 18 February 1991

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 13 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
      1. Dyslexia 258 words
      2. Community Charge 893 words
      3. Countryside Council for Wales 448 words
      4. Labour Statistics 783 words
      5. Heartbeat Wales 259 words
      6. A55 503 words
      7. Green Belts Conference 502 words
      8. Schools (Opting Out) 266 words
      9. Manufacturing Output 538 words
      10. Rural Economy 428 words
      11. Foreign Languages 372 words
    2. THE ARTS
      1. Arabic History and Art 292 words
      2. Gift Aid 532 words
      3. Business Support 789 words
    3. CIVIL SERVICE
      1. Trade Unions 376 words
      2. Te Gulf 403 words
      3. Trade Unions 1,072 words
  4. The Gulf 7,770 words
  5. Points of Order 787 words
  6. Statutory Instruments, &c. 132 words
    1. WELSH AFFAIRS 25 words
  7. Point of Order 147 words
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. Maintenance Enforcement Bill [Lords] 16,528 words
    2. Cardiff Bay Barrage Bill [Lords] 24,743 words, 1 division
      1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 24 words
    3. Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Bill 73 words
      1. Clause 6
        1. EXCHEQUER CONTRIBUTIONS TO PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY PENSION FUND 5,829 words
      2. CENSUS (CONFIDENTIALITY) BILL [LORDS] 17 words
      3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
        1. AGRICULTURE 30 words
        2. ROAD TRAFFIC 30 words
      4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS
        1. AIR POLLUTION FROM DIESEL ENGINED VEHICLES 131 words
      5. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION 83 words
      6. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 70 words
    4. Police and Fire Services (West Yorkshire) 4,283 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 February 1991

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Legal Aid 129 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Accommodation 83 words
    2. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommodation 140 words
    3. Private Sector Leasing 103 words
    4. Maybury School, Woking 100 words
    5. County Council Staff 41 words
    6. County Hall, London 118 words
    7. Union Flags 85 words
    8. Housing 113 words
    9. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 61 words
    10. Private Rented Properties 194 words
    11. Mortgage Possession Orders 146 words
    12. Parish and Town Councils 116 words
    13. Community Forums 81 words
    14. Cash Limits 98 words
    15. Local Government Finance 289 words
    16. Housing and Urban Renewal 310 words
    17. Bristol Channel 252 words
    18. Urban Programme 672 words
    19. Snow 117 words
    20. Kirklees Metropolitan Council 126 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Nuclear Technology 112 words
    2. Eastern Europe 69 words
    3. Bankruptcies, Wales 39 words
    4. Export Guarantees Advisory Council 117 words
    5. Gulf Crisis 95 words
    6. Timesharing 614 words
    7. Export Control 192 words
  4. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Northern Ireland Councils (VAT) 75 words
    2. 1851 Exhibition 69 words
    3. Value Added Tax 215 words
    4. Borrowing Requirement 55 words
    5. Takeover Bids 197 words
    6. Agriculture and Manufacturing 130 words
    7. British Rail Services 78 words
    8. Low-energy Light Bulbs 72 words
    9. Civil Service 58 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Firearms 151 words
    2. Juvenile Prisoners 220 words
    3. Prisoners (HIV) 115 words
    4. Probation Officers (Pay) 41 words
    5. Low-energy Light Bulbs 106 words
    6. Television Programmes (Local Papers) 67 words
    7. Strip Searches 291 words
    8. Sexual Offences 612 words
    9. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 75 words
    10. Community Charge 96 words
    11. Press Complaints Commission 57 words
    12. Child Murders 190 words
    13. Mr. Jamal Khafaji 56 words
  6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. CAP Payments 123 words
    2. Gulf Oil Slicks 98 words
    3. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 51 words
    4. Gulf Forces (Beef Supply) 129 words
    5. Potatoes 163 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Namibia 133 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. The Gulf 124 words
  9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Minister for Sport 173 words
    2. Student Loans 820 words
    3. Physical Education 79 words
    4. Youth Workers 345 words
    5. Dual Use Facilities 150 words
    6. Child Abuse 263 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Women Employees 48 words
    2. Disabled Employees 69 words
    3. Public Relations Officers 35 words
    4. Agencies 130 words
  11. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Satellite Television 113 words
    2. Appeal Tribunal 131 words
    3. Severe Disability Premium 110 words
    4. Community Charge Benefit 58 words
    5. Cold Weather Payments 64 words
    6. Retirement Pension 98 words
  12. THE ARTS
    1. Cultural Matters (EC Competence) 102 words
    2. Museums and Galleries 59 words
    3. Scholarships 90 words
    4. Funding, London 100 words
    5. Arts Council Grant 118 words
  13. ENERGY
    1. Electricity Privatisation 580 words
    2. Nuclear Power Stations 110 words
    3. Kansai Electric Power Station 153 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Hospital Beds 205 words
    2. The Gulf 216 words
    3. Health Authority Funding 71 words
    4. Young Offenders 336 words
    5. Hospital Closures, Doncaster 168 words
    6. Census Data 215 words
    7. Population Forecasts 144 words
    8. Gulf Casualties 818 words
    9. Constituency Electorates 67 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists 424 words
    11. NHS Personnel (Gulf War) 50 words
    12. Iran-Iraq War Casualties 41 words
    13. Residential Homes 64 words
    14. Water-Borne Pathogens 44 words
    15. Cold-related Deaths 76 words
    16. Hip Replacement 110 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Hazardous Waste 128 words
    2. Pensioners 53 words
    3. Disabled Workers 131 words
    4. Severe Weather Payments 88 words
  16. WALES
    1. European Regional Development Fund 64 words
    2. Recession 79 words
    3. Welsh Language 250 words
    4. CBI 51 words
    5. Labour Statistics 100 words
    6. Investment 119 words
    7. Renal Units 55 words
    8. Hospitals (Construction Projects) 173 words
    9. Foreign Languages 229 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists 70 words
    11. Local Government Finance 320 words
    12. Housing, Swansea 100 words
    13. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances 90 words
    14. Dairy Cattle 101 words
    15. Common Agricultural Policy Payments 127 words
    16. Export Clinics 88 words
    17. Valleys Loan Scheme 69 words
    18. Hospitals (Postal Services) 76 words
    19. Surplus School Places 253 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Drink Driving 122 words
    2. Vehicle Emissions 620 words
    3. Trains, London 93 words
    4. Racism 95 words
    5. Railway Drivers 48 words
    6. Driving Tests 66 words
    7. Private Contractors 132 words
    8. Parking 209 words
    9. East London River Crossing 61 words
    10. Blighted Homes 391 words
    11. Cyprus Airways 105 words
    12. Airline Companies 475 words
    13. Semtex 65 words
    14. Showmen's HGVs 143 words
    15. MOT Test 79 words
    16. Greater Manchester Relief Road 65 words
  18. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Privy Council 53 words
  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Video Facility 96 words
  20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Soviet Union 175 words
    2. United Nations 126 words
    3. Foreign Visitors (Safety) 78 words
    4. Disarmament Conference 39 words
    5. International Labour Adviser 173 words
    6. Occupied Territories 125 words
    7. Equatorial Guinea 70 words
    8. BBC World Service 135 words
    9. The Gulf 556 words
    10. Weapons Technology 88 words
    11. Ivory 440 words
    12. Endangered Species 295 words
    13. East Timor 93 words
  21. Employment
    1. Training and Enterprise Councils 152 words
    2. Youth Training 115 words
    3. Employment Service 103 words
    4. South Glamorgan TEC 160 words
    5. Jobcentres 66 words
    6. Earnings 136 words
  22. SCOTLAND
    1. Neil Duncan 50 words
    2. Scottish Development Agency 129 words
    3. CAP Payments 104 words
    4. Local Health Councils 81 words
    5. Local Government Finance 273 words
    6. Enterprise Ayrshire 257 words
    7. Hospitals 165 words
    8. Food Poisoning 215 words
    9. Labour Statistics 98 words
  23. DEFENCE
    1. Welsh Service Personnel 113 words
    2. The Gulf 1,612 words
    3. Falkland Islands 85 words
    4. Incubators, Iraq 90 words
    5. RAF (Training) 216 words
    6. Fishing Vessels 389 words
    7. Gulf Forces (Food Supplies) 371 words
    8. Military Manoeuvres 134 words

Lords Sitting of 18 February 1991

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. NHS Facilities for Mentally Ill Offenders 1,013 words
  3. London Underground Limited: Finances 857 words
  4. Medical Negligence: Compensation 1,322 words
  5. NHS: Erythropoietin Availability 532 words
  6. Business 37 words
  7. Horseracing Industry 4,068 words
  8. The Gulf War 2,903 words
  9. Horseracing Industry 33,332 words
  10. South Africa and Sanctions 11,310 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 February 1991

  1. GULF SEABIRDS: RSPCA ASSISTANCE 94 words
  2. DEFENCE COMMUNICATIONS MASTS: SITE PROPOSALS 72 words
  3. EC SURPLUS FOOD SCHEME 304 words
  4. COMMUNITY CHARGE 216 words
  5. DIOCESE OF GUILDFORD (EDUCATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS) ORDER: SALES OF PROPERTY 822 words