5 July 1993

Commons Sitting of 5 July 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY
      1. Invalidity Benefit 1,258 words
      2. Social Security Payments 1,162 words
      3. Family Support 1,027 words
      4. Pensioners (Income) 416 words
      5. State Pension Age 321 words
      6. Social Fund 323 words
      7. Benefits Uprating 421 words
      8. Single Mothers 550 words
      9. Child Benefit 224 words
    2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. Church Congregations 426 words
      2. Property Assets 222 words
    3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      1. Commonhold 377 words
      2. Legal Aid 916 words
      3. Judges 642 words
      4. Lawyers 273 words
  4. Defence Estimates, 1993 8,555 words
  5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c 18 words
  6. MERCHANT SHIPPING 35 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. OPPOSITION DAY 3 words
    2. Pit Closures 49,179 words, 2 divisions
    3. Coal Sales (Financial Assistance) 12,511 words
    4. Coal Industry (Restructuring Grants) 6,478 words
    5. European Community Documents 30 words
    6. FOODSTUFFS (COLOURING) 56 words
    7. STRUCTURAL FUNDS 40 words
    8. Statutory Instruments, &c. 31 words
    9. CHANNEL TUNNEL 20 words
    10. CIVIL DEFENCE (SCOTLAND) 23 words
    11. DRUG TRAFFICKING PROCEEDS (SCOTLAND) 29 words
    12. OVERSEAS FORFEITURE ORDERS (SCOTLAND) 34 words
    13. AGRICULTURE 28 words
    14. EDUCATION 28 words
    15. HEALTH 28 words
    16. TRANSPORT 29 words
    17. Castle Point Borough Council (Capping) 3,377 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 July 1993

  1. HEALTH
    1. Folic Acid 241 words
    2. Waterborne Diseases 72 words
    3. GP Fund Holding 248 words
    4. Specialties 127 words
    5. Specialty Reviews, London 68 words
    6. Eye Tests 421 words
    7. Mr. Jonathan Zito 73 words
    8. Dentistry 69 words
    9. Abortions 141 words
    10. Nurses and Midwives 78 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Council Tax 78 words
    2. Construction Industry 273 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. Market Testing 35 words
    2. Woolwich Tunnel 124 words
    3. InterCity Trains 87 words
    4. Jubilee Line Extension 43 words
    5. Passenger Service Franchises 55 words
    6. British Rail Maintenance Ltd. 61 words
    7. Passenger Rail Vehicles 123 words
    8. BR Staff (Working Hours) 128 words
    9. BR Staff (Maintenance) 45 words
    10. Shipping Companies (State Aid) 95 words
    11. Search and Rescue 274 words
    12. Railways (Disabled Passengers) 106 words
    13. Pilots 149 words
    14. M27 Aircraft Crash 41 words
    15. Sheehy Committee 107 words
    16. Rail Privatisation 50 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Palace of Westminster (Fire Safety) 147 words
    2. Police Complaints Authority 110 words
    3. Prisoner Transfers 264 words
    4. Police Batons 70 words
    5. Housing Estates (Crime) 66 words
    6. Police 179 words
    7. Asylum 101 words
    8. Pepper Sprays 50 words
    9. Central European Time 62 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. No. 10 Downing Street 430 words
    2. Mr. Asil Nadir 112 words
    3. Vietnam 71 words
    4. Plaques 57 words
    5. Republic of Ireland President 110 words
    6. Heads of State 302 words
    7. Yugoslavia 536 words
    8. Unemployment, Liverpool 65 words
    9. Mr. Shabir Shan and Mr. Yasin Malik 314 words
    10. Mr. Gazanfer Ali 82 words
  6. EDUCATION
    1. Class Sizes 183 words
    2. Delegated Funding 2,337 words
    3. Education Assets Board 206 words
    4. Disabled Students 167 words
    5. Grant-maintained Schools 1,327 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Know-how Funds 61 words
    2. PHARE Funds 52 words
    3. Technical Assistance Funds 249 words
    4. Aid and Trade Provision 117 words
    5. Commonwealth Development Corporation 56 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Colombia 411 words
    2. Conventional Arms Transfer Register 109 words
    3. Bosnia 123 words
    4. Diplomatic Service (School Fees) 145 words
    5. Nigeria 541 words
    6. South Africa 230 words
  9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Market Testing 64 words
  10. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Market Testing 62 words
    2. BBC 105 words
    3. Scotch Whisky 85 words
    4. Business Exapansion Scheme 140 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Taxation 131 words
    2. Scrip Dividends 107 words
  12. WALES
    1. Market Testing 57 words
    2. Radiography 239 words
    3. IACS Forms 75 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. THORP 413 words
    2. Post Office (Pension Payments) 108 words
    3. Loan Guarantee Scheme 157 words
    4. Cable Television 95 words
    5. Steel 176 words
    6. Postal Services 75 words
    7. Video Copyright 114 words
    8. Research and Development 123 words
    9. Nuclear Power 63 words
    10. Public Houses 66 words
    11. Beer 147 words
    12. Brewery Industry 408 words
    13. British Nuclear Fuels 102 words
    14. Furniture (Safety) 125 words
    15. Textile and Clothing 243 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Mental Health Act 1983 148 words
    2. Leadhill Primary School 217 words
    3. Abortion 325 words
    4. Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights 274 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefits Uprating 40 words
    2. Invalidity and Sickness Benefits 187 words
    3. Medical Appeal Tribunal 58 words
    4. Pensioner Owner-occupiers 52 words
    5. Back to Work Initiative 53 words
    6. Disability Working Allowance 87 words
    7. Social Security Review 70 words
    8. Social Fund 63 words
    9. Family Credit 57 words
    10. Housing Benefit 54 words
    11. Pensioners (Income Support) 66 words
    12. Sick and Disabled People 81 words
    13. Pensions 53 words
    14. Personal Pensions 51 words
    15. Invalidity Benefit 346 words
    16. Students (Income Support) 56 words
    17. Family Support 64 words
    18. Claimants (Co-located Facilities) 124 words
  16. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Murder Cases 74 words
    2. Conciliation Services 38 words
  17. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Women Priests 88 words
    2. Redundant Church Buildings 101 words
    3. Women Priests (Pensions) 90 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Refugees and Asylum Seekers 498 words
    2. Damp Housing 77 words
    3. Ethnic Minorities 44 words
    4. Homelessness 46 words
    5. Care of the Elderly 824 words
    6. Ambulance Service 406 words
    7. Forestry 267 words
    8. Coastal Planning 109 words
    9. Uranium-tipped Shells 63 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Integrated Administration and Control System 148 words
    2. Set-aside 100 words
    3. Bovine Somatotropin 151 words
    4. Days-at-Sea Limitations 1,605 words
    5. PA Management Consultants 111 words
  20. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Passive Smoking 83 words
    2. Smoking 102 words
    3. Holidays 82 words
  21. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Fraud Prosecutions 162 words
  22. DEFENCE
    1. Pathfinder Initiative 257 words
    2. European Future Large Aircraft Project 89 words
    3. Underground Nuclear Tests 152 words
    4. Nuclear Test Sites 73 words
    5. Britannia 54 words
    6. RMAS Golden Eye 79 words
    7. Yugoslavia 123 words
    8. Depleted Uranium Ammunition 73 words
    9. Submarines 83 words
    10. Radiation Compensation Scheme 49 words
    11. MOD Police 269 words
    12. Vexatious Litigation 61 words

Lords Sitting of 5 July 1993

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Personal Statement by the Lord Dean of Beswick 151 words
  3. Falkland Islands Garrison: Food Supplies 629 words
  4. Hong Kong: UK Passports Quota 2,018 words
  5. Cross-Channel Travel: Competition 654 words
  6. Airline Safety 782 words
  7. Business 111 words
  8. Railways Bill 19,908 words, 1 division
  9. Defence Estimates 1993 8,652 words
  10. Railways Bill 1,890 words
  11. Local Government (Amendment) Bill 8 words
  12. Channel Tunnel (International Arrangements) Order 1993 5,046 words
  13. Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 5,285 words
  14. Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) Regulations 1993 47 words
  15. Railways Bill 26,565 words
  16. Video Recordings Bill [H.L.] 6 words
  17. Bail (Amendment) Bill 9 words
  18. Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Bill 9 words
  19. Criminal Justice Bill [H.L.] 26 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 July 1993

  1. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: OPERATION IN VIETNAM 48 words
  2. NORTH KOREA: NUCLEAR POLICY 114 words
  3. UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: SPECIAL PROCEDURES SECTION 319 words
  4. NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 119 words
  5. UN CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: BUDGET AND WORKLOAD 200 words
  6. SOUTHERN SUDAN: AMBASSADOR'S REPORT 72 words
  7. SUDAN: VISIT OF UN RAPPORTEUR 79 words
  8. SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SUDAN: NAIROBI TALKS 130 words
  9. BT: SALE OF SHARES 289 words
  10. EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND KONVER INITIATIVE GRANTS 114 words
  11. SEVERE HARDSHIP PAYMENTS TO YT APPLICANTS 327 words
  12. THE GREEN BELT: RESEARCH PROJECT 39 words
  13. BEER IMPORTS 79 words
  14. REPROCESSED PLUTONIUM EXPORT CRITERIA 145 words