14 April 1993

Commons Sitting of 14 April 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. NEW WRIT 15 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Russia 444 words
      2. Know-how Funds 282 words
      3. France 425 words
      4. European Foreign Policies 727 words
      5. Middle East 1,162 words
      6. Maastricht Treaty (Danish Referendum) 314 words
      7. Hong Kong 628 words
      8. Bosnia 1,275 words
      9. United States 479 words
      10. South Korea 347 words
      11. Hong Kong 369 words
      12. Peru 298 words
      13. Malaysia 291 words
      14. Serbia and Montenegro 862 words
      15. Commonwealth of Independent States 315 words
  4. Bosnia 6,999 words
  5. Competition 4,479 words
  6. Points of Order 957 words
    1. BILL PRESENTED
      1. WELFARE OF ANIMALS AT MARKETS 47 words
  7. Coastal Waters (Water Quality Standards) (Costs) 2,116 words, 1 division
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. Criminal Justice Bill [Lords] 37,583 words
    2. CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 99 words
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      1. CANE SUGAR 132 words
      2. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 50 words
    4. RIGHT TO KNOW BILL [MONEY] 112 words
    5. CARDIFF BAY BARRAGE BILL 50 words
  9. PETITION
    1. Rail Privatisation 174 words
    2. Arachnoiditis 3,296 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 April 1993

  1. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Contracting-out 97 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Court Listing 186 words
    2. Legal Aid 180 words
    3. Public Bodies 80 words
    4. Landlord Mortgages 63 words
    5. Child Abuse 231 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Caravan Sites 76 words
    2. Contaminated Land 140 words
    3. Home Insulation Grants 170 words
    4. Enterprise Zones 489 words
    5. London Buses 168 words
    6. Homelessness 186 words
    7. Mortgages 57 words
    8. Rents to Mortgages 113 words
    9. Rough Sleepers 264 words
    10. Housebuilding, London 130 words
    11. Regional Arts Boards 43 words
    12. Council Rented Houses 59 words
    13. Sellafield 200 words
    14. Devon Structure Plan 137 words
    15. Air Quality 195 words
    16. Environment Council 64 words
  4. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. School Leavers 124 words
    2. Equal Opportunities 702 words
    3. Travellers 69 words
    4. Public Appointments 185 words
    5. EC Science Funding 279 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Public Appointments 79 words
    2. European Investment Fund 120 words
    3. European Monetary Institute 97 words
    4. Departmental Contracts 70 words
    5. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 246 words
    6. VAT 46 words
    7. Recruitment Policies 92 words
    8. Civil Service Relocation 197 words
    9. Business Rents 47 words
    10. Finance (No. 2) Bill 48 words
  6. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Green Minister 107 words
    2. Irish Republic 224 words
    3. Nuclear Test Veterans 101 words
    4. Service Pensions 86 words
    5. Market Testing 153 words
    6. Egypt 175 words
    7. Bosnia-Herzegovina 123 words
  7. WALES
    1. Environmental Digest for Wales 184 words
    2. Mink Farms 27 words
  8. EDUCATION
    1. Further Education 401 words
    2. Teachers' Pay 740 words
    3. National Curriculum 81 words
    4. Local Management of Schools 101 words
    5. Nursery Education 430 words
    6. National Curriculum English Order 194 words
    7. Education Staff 1,025 words
    8. Pupil Exclusions 161 words
    9. Data Protection Act 1984 250 words
    10. Medical Students 54 words
    11. Education Expenditure 2,170 words
    12. Public Appointments 64 words
    13. Pupil-teacher Ratios 43 words
    14. Truancy 135 words
    15. Grant-maintained Schools 79 words
    16. Special Needs Education 81 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Regional Services 166 words
    2. Direct Selling 72 words
    3. European Community (Contracts) 176 words
    4. Employees (Religious Affiliation) 62 words
    5. Aerospace Industry 94 words
    6. Business Development, Greater London 156 words
    7. Strategic Technology 52 words
    8. Postal Services 145 words
  10. TRANSPORT
    1. Railway Investment 356 words
    2. Road Transport, London 59 words
    3. Search and Rescue 116 words
    4. Road Traffic, London 102 words
    5. Travelcard 635 words
    6. Public Service Vehicle Test 115 words
    7. Severn Bridge 77 words
    8. London Commuter Services 93 words
    9. Nuclear Materials (Transport) 56 words
    10. London Buses 448 words
    11. Thames (Transport Potential) 130 words
    12. Vehicle Inspectorate 47 words
    13. Bus Engines 81 words
    14. Development Control Guidance 49 words
    15. Public Appointments 110 words
    16. Thames Crossing 243 words
    17. Heavy Goods Vehicles 53 words
    18. MOT Diesel Smoke Test 332 words
    19. Passenger Rail Services (Finance) 101 words
    20. Air Transport Operators' Licences 671 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Foie Gras 69 words
    2. Set-aside Land 221 words
    3. Dog Poisoning 64 words
    4. Mink Farms 79 words
    5. Comfrey 166 words
    6. Potatoes 459 words
    7. Beef 107 words
    8. Public Appointments 82 words
    9. Intervention Beef 96 words
    10. Common Agricultural Policy 118 words
    11. Environmental and Conservation Programmes 141 words
    12. Data Protection Act 1984 35 words
    13. Oil Dispersants 133 words
    14. Departmental Forms 189 words
  12. DEFENCE
    1. Atomic Weapons Establishments 136 words
    2. Nuclear Tests 84 words
    3. Nuclear Submarines 45 words
    4. Surplus Departmental Properties 54 words
    5. Departmental Properties 150 words
    6. Helicopter Carrier 111 words
    7. Journalists (Transport and Accommodation) 48 words
    8. MPs (Transport and Accommodation) 50 words
    9. Scott Inquiry 164 words
    10. Bosnia No-fly Zone 130 words
    11. Falkland Islands 56 words
    12. Data Protection Act 1984 34 words
    13. War Crimes 221 words
    14. Redundancies 191 words
    15. Army Houses 102 words
    16. Equal Opportunities 611 words
  13. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Correspondence 45 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Middle East 137 words
    2. Russia 70 words
    3. Maastricht Treaty 57 words
    4. Singapore 165 words
    5. South Africa 170 words
    6. Iran 57 words
    7. Bosnia 161 words
    8. European Community (Responsibility) 80 words
    9. Japan 124 words
    10. Angola 83 words
    11. Sudan 93 words
    12. United Nations (Reform) 100 words
    13. Yugoslavia 679 words
    14. Kenya 55 words
    15. Know-how Funds 59 words
    16. Israel 627 words
    17. Nuclear Testing 38 words
    18. Weapons Conventions 127 words
    19. Public Appointments 53 words
    20. Norway 102 words
    21. St. Helena 139 words
    22. Nuclear Non-proliferation 72 words
    23. Iraq 437 words
    24. Korea 136 words
    25. Hong Kong 68 words
    26. Correspondence 64 words
    27. Cyprus 89 words
    28. Somalia 198 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Local Government Reform 511 words
    2. Transplants 105 words
    3. Agency Nurses 162 words
    4. European Community 159 words
    5. Forestry Commission 108 words
    6. Pupil-teacher Ratio 80 words
    7. Countryside (Access) 133 words
    8. Fishing Exclusion Zone 105 words
    9. Al (Upgrading) 333 words
    10. Child Care 96 words
    11. Health Board Staff 140 words
    12. Forestry 235 words
    13. Untreated Cream 89 words
    14. Hunting 43 words
    15. Historic Scotland 154 words
    16. Mink 34 words
    17. Offshore Oil and Gas 301 words
    18. Care in the Community 391 words
    19. River Clyde (Dredging) 258 words
    20. Young People 72 words
    21. Employment Protection 118 words
    22. Edinburgh Dental School 58 words
  16. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployed Young People 91 words
    2. Job Schemes 57 words
    3. Unemployment, Llanfair Caereinion 76 words
    4. Lost Working Days 54 words
    5. Public Appointments 106 words
    6. Gas Boilers 111 words
    7. Vocational Training 97 words
    8. Data Protection Act 1984 49 words
    9. Family Size 74 words
    10. Training Programmes 539 words
    11. Part-time Employment 310 words
    12. Job Search 776 words
    13. Career Development Loans 70 words
    14. Workplace Nurseries 91 words
    15. Employment Schemes 227 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. GP Prescribing 155 words
    2. Health Checks 57 words
    3. Medicines 238 words
    4. Pharmacies 137 words
    5. London Ambulance Service 127 words
    6. Drugs 991 words
    7. Child Health Services 551 words
    8. NHS Pay 131 words
    9. Child Psychologists 34 words
    10. Drugs (Side-effects) 102 words
    11. Female Circumcision 41 words
    12. Special Health Authorities 327 words
    13. Hepatitis B 103 words
    14. NHS Information 106 words
    15. NHS Pay Award 48 words
    16. Child Protection Teams 74 words
    17. Drug Licences 64 words
    18. Hospital Waiting Lists 72 words
    19. Data Protection Act 1984 46 words
    20. Paediatric Waiting Lists 55 words
    21. Child Accident Prevention 105 words
    22. GP Fund Holders 339 words
    23. Hip Replacement 341 words
    24. Disabled People 112 words
    25. Wessex RHA (Computers) 235 words
    26. Advisory Committee on NHS Drugs 347 words
    27. Regional Health Authorities 430 words
    28. Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation 38 words
    29. Schizophrenia 139 words
    30. Care Providers 63 words
    31. Community Care 72 words
    32. Health Visitors 80 words
    33. Hospital Services 35 words
    34. Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation 240 words
    35. Needs Assessment 46 words
    36. Miss Gibelli 88 words
    37. AIDS 418 words
    38. Administrative Costs 98 words
    39. Wolds Prison 267 words
    40. Foreign Nationals 349 words
    41. Prisoners 476 words
    42. Woolf Report 229 words
    43. Re-offenders 108 words
    44. Prison Accommodation 1,108 words
    45. Squatting 155 words
    46. Police Training College 61 words
    47. Market Testing 588 words
    48. Contracting Out 169 words
    49. Police National Computer 499 words
    50. Emergency Planning Strategy 92 words
    51. Somali Asylum Seekers 80 words