13 March 1991

Commons Sitting of 13 March 1991

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 572 words
      2. EXPLANATORY MEMORANDA 142 words
      3. COMMITTEES ON OPPOSED BILLS 69 words
      4. OPPOSED BUSINESS (CONSIDERATION AND THIRD READING) 206 words
      5. OPPOSED BUSINESS (LORDS AMENDMENTS) 114 words
      6. QUORUM OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONFIRMATION BILL OR SPECIAL PROCEDURE ORDER 128 words
      7. TABLE OF FEES 44 words
      8. I—FEES TO BE PAID BY THE PROMOTERS OF A PRIVATE BILL 86 words
      9. II—FEES TO BE PAID BY PETITIONERS AND MEMORIALISTS 46 words
      10. III—FEES TO BE PAID BY APPLICANTS FOR AND PETITIONERS AGAINST A PROVISIONAL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 48 words
      11. IV—FEES TO BE PAID FOR PROCEEDINGS ON A SPECIAL PROCEDURE ORDER 37 words
      12. IV—FEES TO BE PAID ON THE TAXATION OF COSTS ON PRIVATE LEGISLATION 21 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. South Africa 884 words
      2. Middle East 594 words
      3. Kuwait 454 words
      4. Middle East 974 words
      5. Germany 852 words
      6. European Community 520 words
      7. Drugs 300 words
      8. EC Intergovernmental Conferences 384 words
      9. BBC World Service 358 words
      10. Thailand 279 words
      11. Middle East 605 words
      12. Israel 440 words
      13. The Gulf 390 words
      14. Middle East 404 words
      15. Shrines (Damage) 455 words
      16. Cambodia 167 words
  4. GP Fund Holding Scheme 5,489 words
  5. BILL PRESENTED
    1. MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS 105 words
    2. Statutory Instruments &c. 64 words
    3. Education (Publication of Examination Results) 1,130 words
    4. EDUCATION (PUBLICATION OF EXAMINATION RESULTS) 107 words
  6. Opposition Day
    1. 9TH ALLOTTED DAY
      1. Poll Tax (Abolition) 25,204 words, 2 divisions
      2. Family Hardship 22,908 words, 1 division
      3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 68 words
      4. Court of Auditors 3,316 words
      5. Court of Auditors 8,132 words, 1 division
      6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 34 words
      7. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1,952 words
      8. British Rail 3,514 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 March 1991

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Holohoax 76 words
  2. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Building 606 words
    2. Litter 161 words
    3. Goods Vehicles 709 words
    4. Anti-fouling Paint 109 words
  3. ENERGY
    1. Power Stations 323 words
    2. Nuclear Power 69 words
    3. Electricity Privatisation 73 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Sunbeam Nursery, Croydon 71 words
    2. Child Care, Croydon 120 words
    3. Deportation 61 words
    4. Racist Literature 41 words
    5. Speeding Offences 99 words
    6. Fire Service 718 words
    7. Metropolitan Police 49 words
    8. Iraqis 113 words
    9. Probation Service 127 words
    10. Local Government Finance 125 words
    11. Bomb Hoaxes 197 words
    12. Asylum 293 words
    13. Iraqi Nationals 94 words
    14. Animal Experiments 121 words
  5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. Expenditure, Northern Region 78 words
    2. Free School Meals 101 words
    3. Student Allowances 215 words
    4. Access Funds 91 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Social Security 325 words
    2. Pensioners 87 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Arms Purchases 99 words
    2. Iraq 264 words
    3. Angola 93 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Windowers' Pensions 92 words
    2. Regeneration Programmes 209 words
    3. Uniform Business Rate 45 words
    4. Local Authority Accounts 222 words
    5. Northern Region 91 words
    6. Waste Disposal 190 words
    7. Local Government Finance 221 words
    8. Stocken Hall, Rutland 143 words
    9. Community Charge 489 words
    10. Leeds Development Corporation 347 words
    11. Greening Street Playing Held 55 words
    12. Lambeth Council 100 words
    13. Private Rented Houses 71 words
    14. Right-to-Buy Scheme 54 words
    15. Housing Statistics 96 words
    16. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 202 words
    17. Local Government Finance 266 words
  9. THE ARTS
    1. Arts Bodies (Restructuring) 117 words
    2. Arts Funding 60 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
    1. Next Steps 109 words
  11. WALES
    1. Badgers 189 words
    2. Public Health Laboratory Service 108 words
    3. Small and Medium-sized Businesses 761 words
    4. Child Care 244 words
    5. Unemployment 620 words
    6. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 134 words
    7. NHS Trusts 73 words
    8. Children in Care 112 words
    9. Departmental Failure 564 words
    10. Government Achievements 24 words
    11. Local Government Fmance 2,972 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Social Fund 85 words
    2. Cold Weather Payments 393 words
    3. National Insurance 46 words
    4. Unemployment Benefit 127 words
    5. Income Support 107 words
    6. Child Benefit 124 words
    7. Pensioners' Costs 693 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Cosmetology 66 words
    2. Child Care 322 words
    3. Balance of Trade 259 words
    4. Northern Region 321 words
    5. Exports 303 words
    6. British Satellite Broadcasting 149 words
    7. Export Credits Guarantee Department 121 words
    8. No Smoking Day 91 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Visitors Taxes 51 words
    2. South Africa 152 words
    3. Middle East 246 words
    4. Germany 103 words
    5. Kuwait 35 words
    6. Iraq 103 words
    7. Somalia 70 words
    8. Climate Change 92 words
    9. EC Foreign Policies 67 words
    10. EC Subsidiarity 67 words
    11. Hong Kong 49 words
    12. India 74 words
    13. Yugoslavia 112 words
    14. Sri Lanka 94 words
    15. Baltic States 133 words
    16. Human Rights 106 words
    17. British Hostages, Beirut 115 words
    18. Zimbabwe 200 words
    19. Jordan 71 words
    20. Kurds 72 words
  15. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Capital Debt (Write-off) 274 words
    2. Aid (Less Developed Countries) 290 words
    3. Employee Share Ownership 223 words
    4. Mortgage Tax Relief 238 words
    5. Income Tax 377 words
    6. Community Charge 204 words
    7. Tourism 209 words
    8. Balance of Trade 75 words
  16. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Labour Statistics 569 words
    2. Northern Region 93 words
    3. Self-employed 100 words
    4. Training 251 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Product Licences 63 words
    2. Waiting Lists 73 words
    3. Drugs 80 words
    4. Food Safety 504 words
    5. Paediatrics 197 words
    6. North West RHA 361 words
    7. Birth Statistics 214 words
    8. Pregnancy 138 words
    9. Crown Immunity 92 words
    10. Value for Money 157 words
    11. Infant Food 128 words
    12. Residential Homes 146 words
    13. Long-stay Beds 91 words
    14. Basingstoke District Hospital 103 words
    15. NHS Neglect 261 words
    16. Computers 77 words
    17. London Ambulance Service 62 words
    18. Day Centres 177 words
    19. Smoking 407 words
    20. Death Statistics 727 words
    21. Electoral Registration 1,147 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Bananas 293 words
    2. Maryport Harbour 86 words
    3. National Rivers Authority 80 words
    4. Badgers 128 words
    5. Exports 536 words
    6. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 486 words
    7. Fishing Engines 295 words
    8. Agriculture Budget (EC) 236 words
    9. Child Care 288 words
    10. Brown Trout 34 words
    11. Purchasing and Distribution 161 words
    12. Tributyltin 103 words
    13. Slaughterhouses 96 words
    14. Seafood 188 words
    15. Value for Money 189 words
    16. Foxes 50 words
    17. Wheat 135 words
    18. Import Levies 135 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. The Gulf 36 words
    2. Birmingham Arms Fair 35 words
    3. Trident 115 words
  20. SCOTLAND
    1. Badgers 208 words
    2. Nature Conservancy Council 79 words
    3. Legal System 240 words
    4. Child Care 179 words
    5. M8 1,220 words
    6. Housing 917 words
    7. An Comunn Gaidhealach 67 words
    8. Nurses 73 words
    9. Higher Education 216 words
    10. Recycling 309 words
    11. Infertility 122 words
    12. Health Services 33 words
    13. Local Government Finance 706 words
    14. Scottish Homes 57 words
    15. Public Appointments 11,494 words
    16. Ambulance Service 68 words
    17. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 155 words
    18. Landfill Sites 358 words
    19. Waste Disposal Authorities 41 words
    20. Waste Disposal Departments 101 words
    21. Homelessness 2,959 words
    22. Fords 231 words
  21. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Accommodation 636 words

Lords Sitting of 13 March 1991

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. London Transport Buses: Smoking Ban 867 words
  3. Alcohol Misuse: Health Warnings 1,147 words
  4. Ice Patrol Ship: Replacement 1,427 words
  5. Friendly Societies: Legislation 375 words
  6. Business 190 words
  7. Parents' and Governors' Role in Education 20,107 words
  8. Government Statistics: Quality 18,372 words
  9. River Usk Barrage Bill [H.L.] 15,830 words
  10. Commercial and Private Bank Bill [H.L.] 14 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 13 March 1991

  1. BOMB HOAXES: PENALTIES 186 words
  2. STUDENT NURSES: BURSARY LEVELS 49 words
  3. SSSIs: PLANNING CONTROLS CONSULTATION PAPER 193 words
  4. COMMUNITY CHARGE: CAPPING CRITERIA 263 words