24 July 1991

Commons Sitting of 24 July 1991

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. LONDON UNDERGROUND (SAFETY MEASURES) BILL [Lords] ( By Order) 15 words
      2. KING'S CROSS RAILWAYS BILL ( By Order) 13 words
      3. EAST COAST MAIN LINE (SAFETY) BILL (By Order) 26 words
      4. KING'S CROSS RAILWAYS BILL 281 words
      5. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 3) BILL [Lords] 357 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Caribbean 347 words
      2. Southern Africa 958 words
      3. South Africa 816 words
      4. Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe 830 words
      5. British Virgin Islands 155 words
      6. Kurdish Leader 530 words
      7. South Africa 842 words
      8. Dalai Lama 848 words
      9. Iraq 610 words
      10. Sri Lanka 288 words
      11. Middle East 1,241 words
      12. New Zealand 210 words
      13. Baltic States 367 words
      14. Middle East 274 words
  4. Industrial Relations 7,204 words
  5. BILL PRESENTED
    1. REGISTERED HOMES (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) 98 words
    2. Points of Order 2,449 words
    3. Immigration (Dependent Children) 2,751 words, 1 division
  6. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. Government Economic Policies 42,907 words, 1 division
    2. DANGEROUS DOGS BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 13 words
    3. Lords Amendments 579 words
    4. Supplemental 204 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Dangerous Dogs Bill 11 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. DOGS BRED FOR FIGHTING 289 words
      2. Clause 8
        1. SHORT TITLE, INTERPRETATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 965 words
        2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
        3. BUILDING SOCIETIES 43 words
        4. SOCIAL SECURITY 44 words
        5. SOCIAL SECURITY 43 words
        6. PUBLIC HEALTH 57 words
        7. PUBLIC HEALTH 39 words
    2. European Community Documents
      1. MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (LEGAL PROTECTION) 386 words
      2. ECOLOGICAL LABELLING (NO. 2) 84 words
    3. PETITIONS
      1. Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend 454 words
      2. Gipsy Caravan Site, Langlebury 427 words
      3. Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend 331 words
      4. A27 (Worthing) 4,072 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 July 1991

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Public Record Office 86 words
    2. Judges (Pensions) 172 words
  2. TRANSPORT
    1. Lead-free Petrol 128 words
    2. A13, Canning Town 127 words
    3. Noise Prevention 91 words
    4. Taxis (Seat Belts) 109 words
    5. Transpennine Road Crossings 49 words
    6. School Crossing Safety 104 words
    7. M11 Link Road 286 words
    8. Diesel Pollution 218 words
    9. Seat Belts 120 words
    10. Ship Ownership and Registration 175 words
    11. Inland Waterways Freight 199 words
    12. Network SouthEast 107 words
    13. Vehicle Inspectorate 38 words
    14. Orange Badges 238 words
    15. Traffic Examiners 183 words
    16. Overloading 100 words
    17. Steam-driven Vehicles 130 words
  3. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Potholes 71 words
    2. Pollution Control 171 words
    3. Rural Housing 90 words
    4. Education 172 words
    5. Blue-ear Pig Disease 233 words
    6. Cruden Houses 51 words
    7. Waste Incinerator 78 words
    8. Toxic Waste 203 words
    9. Small Businesses 210 words
    10. Youth Training 60 words
  4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Grant-maintained Schools 2,185 words
    2. Parallel Processor Research 125 words
    3. Schools (Opting Out) 392 words
    4. "Polytechnics in Tomorrow's Britain" 76 words
    5. Education Expenditure 997 words
    6. Teachers 567 words
    7. City Technology Colleges 275 words
    8. Class Sizes 352 words
    9. Assisted Places Schemes 795 words
    10. Open University 125 words
    11. Education Authority Employees 148 words
    12. Foundation for Sport and the Arts 92 words
    13. Research Councils 201 words
    14. Ministerial Visits 190 words
    15. Teacher Appraisal 306 words
    16. Higher Education Funding Councils 155 words
    17. Environmental Education 372 words
  5. ENERGY
    1. Coal Mining 77 words
    2. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. 112 words
    3. Energy Research 132 words
    4. EC Directives 629 words
    5. Home Insulation 89 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Non-natural Disasters 38 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prison Medical Service 155 words
    2. Crime Prevention 124 words
    3. Begging 51 words
    4. Young Offenders 159 words
    5. Sexual Offences 125 words
    6. Terrorism 122 words
    7. Civil Defence Grant 51 words
    8. Probation Hostels 274 words
    9. Immigration 25 words
    10. Hong Kong 1,950 words
    11. Visa Applications 1,354 words
    12. Naturalisation and Registration 116 words
    13. Citizenship 202 words
    14. Entry Clearance 409 words
    15. Data Protection 148 words
    16. Escapees 80 words
    17. Animal Experiments 310 words
    18. Jury System 290 words
    19. Football 300 words
    20. Immigration (Carriers' Liability) 224 words
    21. Deportation 248 words
    22. Deportation 366 words
    23. Naturalisation 94 words
    24. Asylum Seekers 49 words
    25. Gipsy Encampments 150 words
    26. Police, Rochdale 66 words
    27. National Lottery 138 words
    28. Community Service Orders 91 words
    29. Sexual Offences Bill, Isle of Man 199 words
    30. Winston Silcott 90 words
    31. UK Charity Lotteries Ltd. 90 words
    32. Prisons 697 words
  8. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 258 words
    2. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 517 words
    3. Long-term Care 80 words
    4. Value Added Tax 69 words
    5. EC Directives 56 words
    6. Charities (Tax Relief) 381 words
    7. Civil Service 755 words
    8. Football Pools 132 words
    9. Duty-free Shopping 140 words
    10. Council Tax 218 words
    11. Civil Service Pay 823 words
    12. Tax Reliefs 472 words
    13. Taxation 802 words
    14. ECU Bonds 113 words
    15. Young People (Incomes) 352 words
    16. Business Expansion Scheme 98 words
    17. Banks 86 words
    18. Foundation for Sport and the Arts 359 words
    19. Project Funding 157 words
  9. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Training and Enterprise Councils 150 words
    2. Health and Safety 97 words
    3. Earnings 1,836 words
    4. Offshore Safety Inspectorate 893 words
    5. Health and Safety Executive 308 words
    6. Offshore Safety Inspectors 286 words
    7. Health and Safety 122 words
    8. Earnings 87 words
    9. Safety Representatives 106 words
    10. Works Permits 321 words
    11. EC Directives 427 words
    12. EC Social Action Programme 232 words
    13. Special Needs 666 words
    14. Employment Service 60 words
    15. Picketing 66 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Civil Service Management 142 words
  11. THE ARTS
    1. Items in Lieu of Tax 225 words
    2. Arts in London 71 words
    3. Foundation for Sport and the Arts 102 words
  12. WALES
    1. Furnished Rented Accommodation 62 words
    2. Housing Renovation Grants 857 words
    3. Children 191 words
    4. Dentistry 583 words
    5. Treasury Allocation Formula 111 words
    6. Unfit Accommodation 42 words
    7. Electricity Supply 51 words
    8. Air Pollution 72 words
    9. Household Sizes 251 words
    10. Ethnic Minorities 100 words
    11. Lone-Parent Families 219 words
    12. Cardiff Bay Barrage 64 words
    13. Family Incomes 124 words
    14. Birth Statistics 135 words
    15. Bishop of Llandaff High School 58 words
    16. Trawsfynydd Lake 128 words
    17. History Teaching 81 words
    18. Local Government Finance 169 words
    19. British Steel 117 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. UN Arms Export Register 105 words
    2. Tibet 100 words
    3. Turkey 102 words
    4. Yugoslavia 163 words
    5. European Foreign Policies 84 words
    6. Eastern Europe 70 words
    7. South Africa 218 words
    8. Bophuthatswana 38 words
    9. Caribbean 74 words
    10. Antarctica 156 words
    11. Saudi Arabia 55 words
    12. Burma 506 words
    13. Cambodia 118 words
    14. Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe 98 words
    15. Israel 52 words
    16. Lebanon 78 words
    17. G7 Summit 54 words
    18. Indonesia 89 words
    19. Exit Visas 124 words
    20. Sri Lanka 296 words
    21. Croatia 146 words
    22. Entry Clearance 921 words
    23. Immigration Applicants 445 words
    24. Human Rights 101 words
    25. Falkland Islands 139 words
    26. Mr. Ramesh Kumar 52 words
    27. Central America 97 words
    28. Nigeria 35 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Manufacturing Employment 101 words
    2. Education (Placing Requests) 190 words
    3. Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal 131 words
    4. Coal Mines 79 words
    5. Income Distribution 117 words
    6. Labour Statistics 387 words
    7. Railways 81 words
    8. Mental Hospitals 105 words
    9. Foresterhill Hospital 324 words
    10. National Health Service Finance 297 words
    11. Football 130 words
    12. Local Authorities 260 words
    13. Council Tax 248 words
    14. Disability Manifesto 122 words
    15. Special Environmental Grants 757 words
    16. Caledonian Pine Forest 69 words
    17. Student Support 265 words
  15. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Construction Training 83 words
    2. London Docklands Development Corporation 336 words
    3. Landscape Conservation 101 words
    4. Pollution Control 572 words
    5. Business (Environmental Considerations) 91 words
    6. Air Quality 129 words
    7. Environment Debate 1,198 words
    8. Planning Guidance 235 words
    9. Council Houses, Tower Hamlets 253 words
    10. Riding Schools 62 words
    11. Integrated Pollution Control 134 words
    12. Food Labelling 99 words
    13. Housing Management Grants 167 words
    14. Community Charge 110 words
    15. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 59 words
    16. Right to Buy 77 words
    17. Gypsy Sites 108 words
    18. EC Directives 347 words
    19. Sleeping Rough 78 words
    20. Property Services Agency 665 words
    21. Eco-labelling 201 words
    22. Green Belt 432 words
    23. Housing Associations 147 words
    24. Waste Carriers 378 words
    25. Planning Applications 343 words
    26. Building Regulations 599 words
    27. Unauthorised Development 233 words
    28. House Improvement Grants 219 words
    29. Structure Plans 247 words
    30. Departmental Documents 108 words
    31. Local Plans 173 words
    32. Roads 84 words
    33. Long Grass 84 words
    34. Urban Development Corporations 179 words
    35. Food Safety Act 1990 6