23 July 1991

Commons Sitting of 23 July 1991

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. LONDON REGIONAL TRANSPORT (PENALTY FARES) BILL 6 words
  4. PRIVATE BILLS [LORDS [(SUSPENSION) 104 words
  5. HOOK ISLAND (POOLE BAY) BILL 295 words
    1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 3) BILL [LORDS] 355 words
    2. KING'S CROSS RAILWAYS BILL 282 words
  6. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      1. Nursery Education 501 words
      2. Education Authorities (Reorganisation) 399 words
      3. Scientific Research 568 words
      4. Teacher Training 422 words
      5. School Budgets 462 words
      6. Grant-maintained Schools 984 words
      7. School Budgets 384 words
      8. Local Management of Schools 725 words
      9. Seven-year-olds (Assessment) 393 words
      10. Grant-maintained Schools 975 words
      11. Further Education Colleges 266 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,699 words
  7. Army (Restructuring) 9,128 words
  8. Local Government Finance (England) 7,185 words
  9. Local Government Finance (Wales) 5,376 words
  10. Local Government Finance (Scotland) 5,953 words
    1. WAYS AND MEANS
      1. PORTS BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] (No. 2) 116 words
  11. Orders of the Day
    1. Ports Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 2
        1. TRANSFER OF UNDERTAKINGS 437 words
      2. Clause 3
        1. INITIAL ISSUE OF SECURITIES OF THE SUCCESSOR COMPANY 197 words
      3. Clause 5
        1. CONTROL BY APPROPRIATE MINISTER OVER EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY'S FUNCTIONS UNDER SECTIONS 3 AND 4 7,246 words
      4. Clause 10
        1. SCHEMES INITIATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE 359 words
      5. Clause 17
        1. LEVY ON DISPOSALS OF LAND, ETC. 819 words
      6. Clause 19
        1. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PROPOSALS TO MAXIMISE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN EQUITY OF SUCCESSOR COMPANIES 234 words
      7. Clause 40
        1. GENERAL INTERPRETATION 238 words
      8. Schedule 2
        1. GENERAL. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFER UNDER SECTION 22 845 words
    2. Criminal Justice Bill 17 words
      1. DUTY TO RELEASE DISCRETIONARY LIFE PRISONERS 709 words
    3. Water Industry Bill 473 words
      1. WATER RESOURCES BILL [Lords] 60 words
      2. STATUTORY WATER COMPANIES BILL [Lords] 60 words
      3. LAND DRAINAGE BILL [Lords] 59 words
      4. WATER CONSOLIDATION (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL [Lords] 59 words
    4. Deer Bill [Lords] 207 words
    5. Statute Law Revision (Isle of Man) Bill [Lords] 890 words
    6. Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill [Lords] 268 words
    7. Northern Ireland 109 words
    8. Scottish Bus Company (Privatisation) 10,014 words
    9. Housing (Glasgow) 5,700 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 July 1991

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Departmental Reorganisation 688 words
    2. Veterinary Investigation Centres 123 words
    3. Farm Woodland Scheme 272 words
    4. Agricultural Prices 190 words
    5. Fish Products 361 words
    6. Chemical Spraying 116 words
    7. Marine Mammals 752 words
    8. Drift Nets 63 words
    9. Interest Charges 158 words
    10. State Veterinary Service 118 words
    11. Alcohol Labelling 192 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Land Registry 204 words
    2. Crown Prosecution Service 62 words
    3. Assistant Recorders 405 words
    4. Women Lawyers 95 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. UN Arms Sales Register 124 words
    2. Israel (Nuclear Weapons) 86 words
    3. Mr. Scott Joyce 166 words
    4. Criminal Matters 79 words
  4. TRANSPORT
    1. British Rail Property 240 words
    2. Jubilee Line 127 words
    3. Dartford Bridge 85 words
    4. Channel Tunnel 87 words
    5. Ferries 70 words
    6. Radioactive Material 42 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. New Cars 203 words
    2. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 231 words
    3. Northern Ireland (Human Rights) 36 words
    4. Midland Bank 91 words
    5. Share Option Schemes 74 words
    6. Authorised Banks 140 words
    7. Small Businesses 379 words
    8. Debt 214 words
    9. Inland Revenue 61 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Terrorism 211 words
    2. Publications 336 words
    3. Hearing Therapists 85 words
    4. Competitive Tendering 200 words
    5. Education 706 words
    6. Prisoners (Release on Licence) 268 words
  7. ENERGY
    1. Renewable Energy 47 words
    2. Plutonium 122 words
    3. Preservation of Amenities 69 words
    4. Electricity Prices 157 words
    5. Gas and Electricity (Imports and Exports) 110 words
    6. Gas 201 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Research and Development 108 words
    2. Wena Hotels 78 words
    3. Ozone Layer 82 words
    4. "This Common Inheritance" 44 words
    5. Executive Agencies 182 words
    6. Engagements 52 words
    7. Security Vetting 271 words
  9. WALES
    1. Further Education 191 words
    2. Community Dental Service 54 words
    3. Local Government Review 157 words
    4. Dental Services, Gower 58 words
    5. Doctors and Dentists 69 words
    6. Waiting Lists 140 words
    7. Unemployment 148 words
    8. Trecwn Naval Base 88 words
    9. Cardiff Airport 35 words
    10. Welsh Language 187 words
    11. Education Expenditure 38 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Divorce Law Reform 79 words
    2. Marriage Guidance 51 words
    3. Relate 115 words
    4. Police Training 159 words
    5. Crime Prevention Week 152 words
    6. Probation Hostels 40 words
    7. Prisons (Slopping Out) 154 words
    8. Mr. Michael Thynne 121 words
    9. Prisoners (Work) 84 words
    10. Humberside Police 55 words
    11. Data Protection 165 words
    12. Racial Attacks 292 words
    13. Police Pensions 156 words
    14. Traffic Wardens 60 words
    15. Religious Discrimination 380 words
    16. Broadcasting 107 words
    17. Derbyshire Constabulary 97 words
    18. Election Expenses 78 words
    19. Police Complaints Authority 69 words
    20. Diamorphine 88 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Environment Exhibition 114 words
    2. Sierra Leone 80 words
    3. Development Projects (Pollution) 112 words
    4. Africa 180 words
  12. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Education Choice 88 words
    2. Further Education 78 words
    3. State Schools 104 words
    4. Special Education Needs 65 words
    5. Sports Sponsorship 59 words
    6. AS Examination 75 words
    7. Instrumental Music Teaching 49 words
    8. Student Support 63 words
    9. Polytechnics 46 words
    10. Assisted Places Scheme 195 words
    11. A-Levels 59 words
    12. Grant-maintained Schools 335 words
    13. South Africa (Sporting Links) 260 words
    14. English Teaching 85 words
    15. GCSE 76 words
    16. Daresbury Nuclear Structure Facility 95 words
    17. School Sports 36 words
    18. Data Protection 64 words
    19. Speech Therapy 83 words
    20. Teachers' Pay 113 words
    21. City Technology Colleges 132 words
    22. Hearing-Impaired Children 428 words
    23. Student Loans 122 words
    24. Illiteracy 145 words
    25. Higher Education 275 words
    26. Higher Education students 179 words
    27. Public Expenditure 78 words
    28. Reading Standards 157 words
    29. "Fundamental Science for Fundamental Issues" 76 words
    30. Staff-Student Ratios 551 words
    31. Student Maintenance 234 words
    32. Education and Training White Paper 72 words
    33. Braille Examination Papers 70 words
    34. Education Services, Inner London 111 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Supervisory Bodies 162 words
    2. Regional Assistance 195 words
    3. Toxic Shock Syndrome 112 words
    4. Auditors 527 words
    5. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 127 words
    6. Food Processing 359 words
    7. Small Businesses 979 words
    8. Petroleum Coke 232 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Dental Survey 43 words
    2. NHS Patients 101 words
    3. Peri-operative Deaths 167 words
    4. Alzheimer's Disease 56 words
    5. HIV 118 words
    6. Smoking 134 words
    7. Midwives 72 words
    8. Original Pack Dispensing 212 words
    9. Community Health Councils 103 words
    10. Lung Conditions 175 words
    11. Health Authorities (Union Members) 77 words
    12. Act Now 91 words
    13. Hearing Aids 311 words
    14. Hearing Therapists 306 words
    15. Training Courses (Grants) 110 words
    16. Southern Derbyshire District Health Authority 171 words
    17. Tobacco Advertising 91 words
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Chamber Lighting 408 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. Community Care 61 words
    2. Toxoplasmosis 156 words
    3. Air Pollution 138 words
    4. Homelessness 265 words
    5. Pine Wood Nematode 302 words
    6. Cruden Houses 156 words
    7. Labour Statistics 797 words
    8. Registers of Scotland 36 words
    9. Adult Education 295 words
    10. Electricity 91 words
    11. Drinking Water 51 words
    12. Railways 201 words
    13. Homelessness 247 words
    14. Youth Training 117 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Housing Statistics 93 words
    2. Standard Spending Assessments 70 words
    3. Local Government Finance 307 words
    4. Radioactive Pollution (Soviet Union) 87 words
    5. Home Improvement Grants 143 words
    6. Recycling 84 words
    7. Private Sector Schools 40 words
    8. Disabled Facilities Grants 254 words
    9. Housing 268 words
    10. City Grant 61 words
    11. Cruden Houses 55 words
    12. European Community Environment Directives 347 words
    13. Atmospheric Pollution 373 words
    14. Fire Retardants 160 words
    15. National Parks 173 words
    16. MINIS 12 37 words
    17. Crown Suppliers 345 words
    18. Council House Sales 86 words
    19. Detergents 344 words
    20. Youth Training Places 119 words
    21. Council Tax 68 words
    22. Aggregates 284 words
    23. Recycled Metals 295 words
    24. Petroleum Coke 109 words
    25. Small Businesses 238 words
    26. Homes (Demolition) 102 words
    27. Local Authority Short-term Leases 434 words
  18. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Industrial Training Boards 207 words
    2. Remploy 117 words
    3. East London TEC 207 words
    4. Training and Enterprise Councils 105 words
    5. Labour Statistics 48 words
    6. Unemployment Benefit 90 words
    7. Open Tech and Open College 571 words
    8. Business (VAT) 71 words
    9. Accident Management Software 215 words
    10. Technical and Vocational Education Initiative 116 words
    11. Small Businesses 921 words
    12. Horizon and Tide Programmes 128 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Operational Strategy 132 words
    2. Incomes Statistics 963 words
    3. Supportive Housing Accommodation 133 words
    4. Debt 110 words
    5. Residential Care Homes 231 words
    6. Family Support 179 words
    7. Industrial Deafness 164 words
    8. Social Fund 966 words
    9. Industrial Injuries 460 words
    10. Pensioners' Incomes 377 words
    11. Resettlement Facilities