12 July 1993

Commons Sitting of 12 July 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      1. Arts Funding 951 words
      2. Independent Television 1,084 words
      3. Broadcasting Act 1990 527 words
      4. London Hospitals 601 words
      5. Performing Arts 781 words
      6. National Lottery 257 words
      7. Tourism, West Yorkshire 603 words
      8. Theatre in Education 270 words
      9. Independent Television 175 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. Magistrates Courts 546 words
      2. London Borough of Bromley 481 words
      3. Asil Nadir 375 words
      4. Lenient Sentences 266 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Elephants 266 words
      2. Kenya 283 words
      3. European Development Fund 383 words
      4. Population and Development Conference 306 words
      5. Russian Federation 208 words
  4. Economic Summit (Tokyo) 7,977 words
  5. Points of Order 2,446 words
  6. Ways and Means
    1. SCOTTISH TRUSTS 27 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance (No. 2) Bill 14 words
      1. New clause 17
        1. SCOTTISH TRUSTS 1,275 words
      2. New clause 1
        1. COMMENCEMENT OF SECTION 174 9,073 words
      3. New clause 3
        1. HOME INCOME PLANS (INVESTMENT BOND SCHEMES) 9,380 words
      4. New clause 8
        1. POWERS OF THE BOARD OF INLAND REVENUE 2,181 words
      5. New clause 11
        1. ENGLISH WINE SALES (RELIEF OF DUTY) (No. 1) 5,737 words
      6. New clause 23
        1. TAXATION OF FISHING VESSEL DECOMMISSIONING GRANT 4,620 words
      7. Clause 42
        1. FUEL AND POWER FOR DOMESTIC OR CHARITY USE 18,761 words, 1 division
      8. Clause 78
        1. RATE OF ADVANCE CORPORATION TAX AND TAX CREDITS 3,700 words
      9. Clause 107
        1. INDEXATION OF ALLOWANCES ETC. FOR 1994–95 ONWARDS 92 words
      10. International Development Association 9,894 words
      11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c 18 words
        1. PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING 153 words
      12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
        1. AIR TRANSPORT 98 words
        2. FRONTIER CONTROLS 98 words
      13. SOCIAL SECURITY 30 words
      14. Flint Bypass 4,186 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 July 1993

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Commercial Leases 377 words
    2. Legal Aid 83 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Asil Nadir 52 words
    2. Appointments 429 words
    3. Magistrates Courts 57 words
    4. Constitutional and Legal Functions 45 words
    5. Crown Prosecution Service 55 words
    6. International Investments Ltd. 155 words
    7. Serious Fraud Office 87 words
    8. United Nations 69 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Silverware 64 words
    2. Vote Office 166 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Market Testing 98 words
    2. Nuclear Waste 98 words
    3. Building Regulations (Fuel and Power) 260 words
    4. Waste Disposal 95 words
    5. Letting Value 220 words
    6. Olympic Games 239 words
    7. Water Contamination 67 words
    8. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 177 words
    9. Radioactive Waste 62 words
    10. Housing Associations 115 words
    11. Shelter 111 words
    12. Houses in Multiple Occupation 58 words
    13. Local Authority Management 53 words
    14. Homelessness 94 words
    15. Local Government Commission 72 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. China 55 words
    2. Maastricht Treaty 97 words
    3. Macedonia 449 words
    4. Multi-fibre Arrangement 140 words
    5. Overseas Visits 710 words
    6. Yugoslavia 219 words
    7. Mrs. Naseem Akhtar 104 words
    8. Sudan 59 words
  6. TRANSPORT
    1. Teesside Park 73 words
    2. Superintendent Earnshaw 42 words
    3. M66, Manchester 76 words
    4. Al, Lancashire 82 words
    5. A13, Newham 82 words
    6. Roads 49 words
    7. Ferries 81 words
    8. M25 232 words
    9. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 157 words
    10. Departmental Expenditure 122 words
    11. British Rail 74 words
    12. Railways (Vandalism) 46 words
    13. A6(M) 151 words
    14. Motor Vehicles 234 words
    15. Speed Limits 106 words
    16. M27 Aircraft Crash 70 words
    17. Night Flights 394 words
    18. Bus Companies 77 words
    19. East London River Crossing 59 words
    20. Civil Aircraft 192 words
    21. German Merchant Fleet 90 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Stefan Kiszko 113 words
    2. Firearms 426 words
    3. False Imprisonment 121 words
    4. Mr. John Matthews 301 words
    5. Notifiable Offences, London 51 words
    6. Parliamentary Boundaries 127 words
    7. Fire Services, Merseyside 139 words
    8. Ex-offenders 455 words
    9. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 155 words
    10. Bosnian Refugees 100 words
    11. Anti-Abortion Protesters 124 words
    12. City of London (Road Closures) 132 words
    13. Immigration Rules 61 words
    14. Macedonia 31 words
    15. Car Park Attacks 155 words
    16. Sheehy Inquiry 88 words
    17. Electoral Register 244 words
    18. Quangos 232 words
    19. Racial Incidents 216 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Oxfam 97 words
    2. Kashmir 59 words
    3. Vegetable Waste (Exports) 103 words
    4. Indonesia 119 words
    5. Irrigation Projects 85 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Hotel and Restaurant Industry 61 words
    2. THORP 40 words
    3. Music Industry 80 words
    4. Regional Assistance 185 words
    5. Post Office (Privatisation) 212 words
    6. Public Houses 489 words
    7. Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 74 words
    8. Nuclear Waste 185 words
    9. European Regional Development Fund 65 words
    10. Misleading Pricing 122 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Ballygowan 70 words
    2. Optical Appliances Vouchers 168 words
    3. Opera House, Belfast 73 words
    4. Arts Council 100 words
    5. President, Irish Republic 90 words
    6. Disallowed Unemployment Benefit 509 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. UK-Japan Nuclear Trade 45 words
    2. Serbia 321 words
    3. Public Bodies 118 words
    4. Overseas Visits 285 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Mortgage Rescue Schemes 94 words
    2. Crown Office 352 words
    3. Labour Statistics 78 words
  13. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Foreign Tourists 105 words
    2. British Library 38 words
    3. Theatre-in-Education 67 words
    4. English Heritage 46 words
    5. Industrial Heritage 86 words
    6. Arts and Sports, Chelmsford 225 words
    7. The Crescent. Buxton 88 words
    8. Sports Grant 55 words
    9. Television News 79 words
    10. Press Regulation 91 words
    11. Hotel Tax 117 words
    12. British Broadcasting Corporation 54 words
    13. National Museums 56 words
    14. Taylor Report 58 words
    15. National Lottery 206 words
    16. Windsor Castle 106 words
    17. Regional Theatre 72 words
  14. EDUCATION
    1. LEA Spending 72 words
    2. Non-teaching Staff 1,032 words
    3. Local Management of Schools 85 words
    4. Grant-maintained Schools 97 words
    5. Special Needs 213 words
    6. Cumbria County Council (Court Case) 48 words
    7. Education Assets Board 402 words
    8. Teachers' Pay 279 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. UN Troops (Cyprus) 136 words
    2. Defence Expenditure 119 words
    3. Queen's Flight 180 words
    4. Navy Salaries 121 words
    5. Research and Development 59 words
    6. Service Projects 144 words
    7. Anthrax Inoculation 69 words
    8. Nuclear Test Veterans 206 words
    9. Air Defence Alerting Device 190 words
  16. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Quangos 187 words
    2. Gross Domestic Product (Hong Kong) 58 words
    3. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 339 words
    4. Civil Servants (Offices) 263 words
    5. Public Sector Pay 165 words
    6. Public Sector Pension Schemes 232 words
    7. Pension Commitments 70 words
    8. Over-paid Income Tax 104 words
    9. Inland Revenue (Employers' Returns) 80 words
    10. Third-world Debt 532 words
    11. Value Added Tax 73 words
    12. Fishing Vessel Decommissioning 164 words
    13. Private Medical Insurance 71 words
    14. Inheritance Tax 61 words
    15. Doubtful Debts 100 words
    16. Oil Companies 64 words
    17. Private Landlords 174 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Redundancies 177 words
    2. Working-time Directive 107 words
    3. Jobcentres 36 words
    4. Mining Industry (Doncaster) 177 words
    5. Female Employees 196 words
    6. National Alliance of Women's Organisations 106 words
    7. Wage Settlements 118 words
    8. Young People 269 words
    9. Job Vacancies 599 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Nottingham Clinic 189 words
    2. Abortion 91 words
    3. HIV/AIDS 174 words
    4. Doctors 249 words
    5. Drugs 214 words
    6. Triazolam 310 words
    7. NHS Trusts 301 words
    8. Care Homes 221 words
    9. Hospital Closures, London 60 words
    10. Purchasing Policies 132 words
    11. Children in Hospital 117 words
    12. Medicines Control Agency 215 words
    13. NHS Fraud 61 words
    14. Children in Care 141 words
    15. Hospital Closures 79 words
    16. Colostomy Bags 314 words
    17. Abuse of the Elderly 81 words
    18. Hydatidosis 136 words
    19. Smoking 92 words
    20. Hospital Provision 64 words
    21. Corporate Governance 725 words
    22. Research Review 124 words
  19. WALES
    1. Police Stations 1,181 words
    2. Abattoirs 502 words
    3. Farms (Plant and Machinery) 129 words
    4. Public Houses 361 words
    5. Fire Stations 122 words
    6. Livestock Markets 142 words
    7. Job Centers 135 words
    8. Post Offices 48 words
    9. Theatre Education 37 words
    10. Low Pay 93 words
    11. Nuclear Fuel Transport 61 words
    12. Radon 49 words
    13. Brynglas Tunnels 64 words
  20. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. G7 Science Ministers 66 words
  21. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. "Gamekeepers' Code" 171 words
    2. Embryotomy 148 words
    3. Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 83 words
    4. Comfrey 93 words
    5. Essex Coast 67 words
    6. Fisheries (Legal Action) 96 words
    7. Fishery Protection Vessels 718 words
    8. Ammonium Ferric Hexacyanoferrate 113 words
    9. Foreign Fishing Vessels 151 words
    10. Meat Imports 96 words
    11. United Kingdom Wine 263 words
    12. North East Salmon Drift Net Fishery 138 words
    13. Beef Exports 93 words
    14. Food Exports 102 words
    15. Sea Defences 171 words
  22. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Tourist Resorts (Benefits) 184 words