26 February 1991

Commons Sitting of 26 February 1991

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY BILL [ Lords] 9 words
      2. LONDON UNDERGROUND (No. 2) BILL 12 words
      3. HEATHROW EXPRESS RAILWAY BILL [Lords] 72 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Employment Training 934 words
      2. Labour Statistics 907 words
      3. Training and Enterprise Councils 289 words
      4. Training Credits 430 words
      5. Labour Statistics 398 words
      6. Perivale Skillcentre 210 words
      7. Training 605 words
      8. Labour Statistics 919 words
      9. Training 333 words
      10. Labour Statistics 379 words
      11. Industrial Disputes 495 words
      12. Company Closures 347 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,258 words
  4. The Gulf 5,404 words
  5. Veterans 686 words
    1. VETERANS 63 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Road Traffic Bill 7 words
      1. New Clause 4
        1. SUPPLY OF UNROADWORTHY VEHICLES ETC. 583 words
      2. New Clause 5
        1. DISAPPLICATION OF RTA SECTIONS 1 to 3 FOR AUTHORISED MOTORING EVENTS 606 words
      3. New clause 12
        1. VARIABLE SPEED LIMITS 1,195 words
      4. New Clause 1
        1. DESIGNATION OF PRINCIPAL ROUTES 4,199 words
      5. New Clause 2
        1. RANDOM BREATH TESTING AT ROADSIDE CHECKPOINTS 28,081 words, 1 division
      6. New clause 3
        1. DESIGNATION OF PARKING CONTROL AUTHORITY 2,542 words
      7. New Clause 17
        1. PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS 1,626 words
      8. New Clause 19
        1. PROHIBITION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON BYWAYS 1,204 words
      9. Clause 3
        1. CAUSING DEATH BY CARELESS DRIVING WHEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRINK OR DRUGS. 262 words
      10. Clause 5
        1. CAUSING DANGER TO ROAD-USERS 197 words
      11. Clause 18
        1. INFORMATION AS TO IDENTITY OF DRIVER ETC. 595 words
      12. Clause 26
        1. DISQUALIFICATION FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES 26 words
      13. Clause 31
        1. CONDITIONAL OFFER OF FIXED PENALTY 727 words
      14. Clause 34
        1. DISQUALIFICATION WHERE VEHICLE USED FOR ASSAULT 19 words
      15. Clause 35
        1. DISQUALIFICATION IN SCOTLAND WHERE VEHICLE USED TO COMMIT OFFENCE 55 words
      16. Clause 36
        1. POWER TO INSTALL EQUIPMENT FOR DETECTION OF TRAFFIC OFFENCES 1,967 words
      17. Clause 41
        1. DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY ROUTES 13,004 words, 1 division
      18. Clause 43
        1. THE TRAFFIC DIRECTOR FOR LONDON 955 words
      19. Clause 45
        1. DUTY OF LONDON AUTHORITIES TO PREPARE LOCAL PLANS 3,891 words
      20. Clause 45
        1. DUTY OF LONDON AUTHORITIES TO PREPARE LOCAL PLANS 132 words
      21. Clause 46
        1. THE DIRECTOR'S TRUNK ROAD LOCAL PLANS 43 words
      22. Clause 47
        1. THE MINISTER'S TRUNK ROAD LOCAL PLANS 769 words
      23. Clause 54
        1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S PARKING GUIDANCE 50 words
      24. Clause 62
        1. REPRESENTATIONS IN RELATION TO IMMOBILISATION OF VEHICLES UNDER SECTION 6o 44 words
      25. Clause 63
        1. APPOINTMENT OF PARKING ADJUDICATORS BY JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON AUTHORITIES 962 words
      26. Clause 64
        1. FIXING OF CERTAIN PARKING AND OTHER CHARGES FOR LONDON 14 words
      27. Clause 69
        1. INTERPRETATION OF PART II 56 words
      28. Schedule 2
        1. AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 2 TO THE ROAD TRAFFIC OFFENDERS ACT 1988 1,038 words
      29. Schedule 3
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 289 words
      30. Schedule 5
        1. PARKING PENALTIES 19 words
      31. Schedule 6
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS IN RELATION TO LONDON 127 words
      32. Schedule 7
        1. REPEALS 2,168 words
    2. Lomé Convention 11,037 words
    3. Optical Fibres 2,263 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 February 1991

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Tribunals (Legal Representation) 56 words
    2. Leybucht Bay 75 words
  2. WALES
    1. Planning Applications, Wales 143 words
    2. Hospitals 54 words
    3. Road Repairs 155 words
    4. Roads 96 words
    5. Sea Defences 59 words
    6. Waste Disposal 1,145 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. Railway Bridge, Osgodby 69 words
    2. Red Routes 190 words
    3. Road Accidents 183 words
    4. Street Lighting 95 words
    5. Orange Badge Scheme 149 words
    6. London Underground 134 words
    7. Seat Belts 83 words
    8. Road Repairs 262 words
    9. Global Warming 52 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Ethiopia 64 words
    2. EC Assistance 198 words
    3. Debt 250 words
    4. Assured Tenancies 85 words
    5. Disabled Access 156 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Government Expenditure 69 words
    2. Loop System 106 words
    3. Building Regulations 116 words
    4. Local Government Finance 623 words
    5. Environmental Assessment 170 words
    6. Air Pollution 182 words
    7. Bird Rescue 204 words
    8. Housing 152 words
  6. THE ARTS
    1. London Arts Board 86 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 57 words
    2. Civil Servants 113 words
    3. The Gulf 113 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Denmark (Refugees) 67 words
    2. Police, Northumbria 116 words
    3. Police Statistics 243 words
    4. Gulf War (Arrests) 99 words
    5. Football Hooliganism 58 words
    6. National Security 332 words
    7. Football Spectators Act 1989 64 words
    8. Departmental Picket 153 words
    9. Crime Prevention 312 words
    10. Television Licence Fees 31 words
    11. Murderers 119 words
    12. Anabolic Steroids 200 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Chemicals and Sewage Sludge 120 words
    2. Departmental Achievements 1,428 words
    3. Seabirds (Fishing Nets) 69 words
    4. Capital Investment 49 words
    5. Cheese 326 words
    6. Butter 110 words
  10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Grant-maintained Schools 243 words
    2. Mr. David Marshall 70 words
    3. Pre-school Education 136 words
    4. Students 119 words
    5. Grammar Schools 67 words
    6. School Premises 61 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Co-operatives 118 words
    2. Brain Injuries 258 words
    3. Health Care Costs 147 words
    4. Ancillary Health Services 58 words
    5. Labour Statistics 36 words
    6. Smoked Food 290 words
    7. East Fortune Hospital 259 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Mortgage Interest Relief 115 words
    2. Departmental Achievements 226 words
    3. Capital Gains Tax 227 words
    4. National Health Service 68 words
    5. Incomes 433 words
    6. Corporation Tax 304 words
    7. Savings (Advertising) 222 words
    8. Inflation 67 words
    9. Kuwaiti Bank Holdings 112 words
    10. Public Expenditure 120 words
    11. The Gulf 509 words
    12. Insolvent Companies 93 words
    13. Vehicle Tax 103 words
    14. Tax Burden (Distribution) 68 words
    15. TESSAs 41 words
    16. Income Tax 87 words
    17. Irradiated Food 99 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Computers 888 words
    2. Stock Exchange 74 words
    3. Electricity Prices 75 words
    4. Import Restrictions 242 words
    5. Company liquidations 123 words
  14. ENERGY
    1. Statistics 95 words
    2. Coal Mining Subsidence 73 words
    3. OFFER 609 words
    4. Waste Recycling 95 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Housing 89 words
    2. Hospital Wards and Beds 146 words
    3. Fraud 32 words
    4. Housing Executive 109 words
    5. Cardiac Surgery 80 words
    6. Larne-Belfast Road (Accidents) 171 words
    7. Larne Borough Council 220 words
    8. Policy Co-ordination Committee 60 words
    9. Mortgage Repossessions 90 words
    10. Ministerial Meetings 55 words
    11. Alzheimer's Disease 279 words
    12. Local Government Superannuation 90 words
    13. Student Loans 85 words
    14. Social Security 316 words
    15. Electricity Supply 275 words
    16. Clenbuteral 423 words
    17. Education 165 words
    18. Action for Community Employment 577 words
  16. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
    1. Appointments 131 words
    2. Visual Display Units 367 words
  17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Libya 92 words
    2. Baltic States 152 words
    3. Yemen 153 words
    4. Mr. Brian Angel 92 words
    5. Lebanon 74 words
    6. Occupied Territories 75 words
    7. The Gulf 305 words
    8. Human Rights 643 words
    9. El Salvador 66 words
    10. Kuwait 129 words
    11. Western Sahara 91 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Health Services, Kent 686 words
    2. Standard Spending Assessments 89 words
    3. Cervical Cancer 51 words
    4. Operations 35 words
    5. Audit Commission 134 words
    6. Firework Injuries 44 words
    7. Health Education Authority 133 words
    8. Family Planning 118 words
    9. Residential Homes 211 words
    10. Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys 352 words
    11. Maternity Services 405 words
    12. Patient Services 140 words
    13. Health Authority Spending 387 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Defence Export Services Organisation 33 words
    2. Quality Assurance Unit 58 words
    3. Equipment Procurement 60 words
    4. Jordan (Arms Sales) 51 words
    5. The Gulf 622 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Pensioners (Overseas) 1,395 words
    2. Fraud 191 words
    3. Social Fund 51 words
    4. Child Benefit 68 words
    5. Housing Benefit 96 words
    6. Family Credit 350 words
  21. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Small Businesses 67 words
    2. Training 212 words
    3. Tourism 155 words
    4. Coal Mine Safety 95 words
    5. National Council for Vocational Qualifications 237 words
    6. Labour Statistics 99 words
    7. South Glamorgan TEC 432 words
    8. Safety Representatives 339 words
    9. Repetitive Strain Injury 69 words
    10. Disabled People 73 words
    11. Rover Learning Business 83 words
    12. Earnings Statistics 61 words

Lords Sitting of 26 February 1991

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Runcie 43 words
  3. Baroness Seccombe 34 words
  4. Geothermal Energy: Research 637 words
  5. The Gulf War: Cease-fire Proposal 1,035 words
  6. Motorcyclists: Off-Street Training 554 words
  7. Parliament: Supply of Information 1,077 words
  8. Business 48 words
  9. Folkestone Harbour Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  10. Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Bill [H.L.] 10 words
  11. Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Bill 4,856 words
  12. The Gulf War 1,066 words
  13. Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Bill 13,331 words
  14. Part-time and Temporary Employment: ECC Report 13,536 words
  15. The Dalai Lama 20,396 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 February 1991

  1. THE BIRMINGHAM SIX 141 words
  2. COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN NORTHERN IRELAND 306 words
  3. UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS 59 words
  4. KUWAIT: FUTURE CONSTITUTION AND RECONSTRUCTION 128 words
  5. KUWAIT: RECONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS 106 words
  6. KUWAIT INVESTMENT OFFICE: LOCATION 42 words
  7. "BRITANNIA": OPERATING COSTS 115 words
  8. THE GULF WAR: AVAILABILITY OF NAPALM 104 words
  9. THE GULF WAR: ATTACKS ON NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL PLANTS 133 words