27 July 1993

Commons Sitting of 27 July 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PETITIONS
      1. Hertford County Hospital 221 words
      2. Timex Dispute 155 words
      3. Sub-Post Offices 340 words
      4. Bus Services (Deregulation) 146 words
      5. Charing Cross Hospital 4,332 words
      6. Adoption Leave 5,702 words
      7. Job Losses (Aerospace Industry) 5,650 words
      8. Stansted Airport 5,417 words
      9. Angola 4,050 words
      10. Brewing Industry 4,209 words
      11. Drug Abuse (London) 3,813 words
      12. M1 (Widening) 3,995 words
      13. District Auditor 4,297 words
      14. Royal Assent 124 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 July 1993

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Inquests 230 words
    2. Computer Consultancies 274 words
    3. Data Processing 317 words
    4. Small Businesses 86 words
    5. Contracting Out 336 words
    6. Magistrates Courts 370 words
    7. Legal Aid 126 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 54 words
    2. Iraq (Sanctions) 116 words
    3. No. 10 Downing Street 107 words
    4. Desert Storm Syndrome 29 words
    5. Scott Inquiry 249 words
    6. Thailand (Drug Smugglers) 64 words
  3. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Open Government 132 words
    2. Public Bodies 355 words
    3. Small Businesses 54 words
    4. Computer Consultancies 342 words
    5. Contracting Out 171 words
    6. Research Council Chair 88 words
    7. Research Vessel Services 126 words
    8. Non-departmental Public Bodies 563 words
  4. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Public Bodies 416 words
    2. Contracting Out 146 words
    3. Computer Consultancies 179 words
    4. ITV Levy 133 words
    5. National Lottery 573 words
    6. Sports Grants 441 words
    7. Items in Lieu of Tax 106 words
    8. Writers in Residence 114 words
    9. Tourism 1,377 words
    10. English Tourist Board 210 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Data Processing 162 words
    2. Contracting Out 142 words
    3. Computer Consultancies 325 words
    4. Small Businesses 189 words
    5. Regina v. Brown 110 words
    6. Court Proceedings 68 words
  6. EDUCATION
    1. Complaints (Young People) 570 words
    2. Nursery Education 389 words
    3. Student Unions 114 words
    4. Public Bodies 32 words
    5. Student Funding 68 words
    6. Public Spending 231 words
    7. Assisted Places 2,628 words
    8. Churston Grammar School 54 words
    9. Primary School Teachers 92 words
    10. City Technology Colleges 167 words
    11. Governing Bodies 687 words
    12. Schools Funding Agency 153 words
    13. Non-departmental Public Bodies 101 words
    14. Drugs 97 words
    15. Pupil Exclusions 121 words
    16. Further Education Funding Councils 112 words
  7. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Devon and Cornwall TEC 121 words
    2. Training 241 words
    3. Methyl Bromide 130 words
    4. Small Businesses 379 words
    5. Blind and Partially Sighted People 201 words
    6. Contracting Out 101 words
    7. Data Processing 264 words
    8. Computer Consultancies 1,671 words
    9. Executive Staff 122 words
    10. Public Bodies 129 words
    11. Earnings 5,719 words
    12. Maternity Rights 44 words
    13. Unemployment, East Midlands 71 words
    14. Training and Enterprise Councils 194 words
    15. Employment Statistics 106 words
    16. Pit Closures 132 words
    17. Social Chapter 164 words
    18. Social Charter 140 words
    19. Unemployment, South-east Essex 131 words
    20. Sickness Certification 151 words
    21. Accident Victims (Refraining) 95 words
    22. Labour Market 106 words
    23. Health and Safety at Work 42 words
    24. Young People 392 words
    25. Women in Management 163 words
    26. Horse Racing 65 words
    27. Manufacturing Employment 117 words
    28. Working Population 90 words
    29. Home Workers 62 words
    30. Business Start-up Scheme 97 words
    31. Nuclear Safety 76 words
    32. Redundancy Legislation 62 words
    33. Careers Service 450 words
    34. Labour Statistics 90 words
    35. EC Social Policy 100 words
    36. Child Care 67 words
    37. Social and Labour Affairs Council 127 words
    38. Disability 666 words
    39. Astra Training 527 words
    40. North Norfolk Action Scheme 414 words
    41. Youth Training 65 words
    42. Unlawful Industrial Action 216 words
    43. Job Clubs 257 words
    44. Inward Investment 511 words
    45. Disabled People 870 words
    46. Executive Staff (Scotland) 70 words
    47. Departmental Budget 124 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Contracting Out 622 words
    2. Computer Consultancies 117 words
    3. RFA Refits 203 words
    4. Exports 77 words
    5. Blind and Partially Sighted People 366 words
    6. US Bases 174 words
    7. RAF Northolt 243 words
    8. Radioactive Shells 170 words
    9. Military Equipment Exports 68 words
    10. Radiation-related Illness 582 words
    11. Atomic Weapons Establishments 372 words
    12. Defence Commitments 325 words
    13. Staff Numbers 328 words
    14. Northern Ireland 42 words
    15. Gurkha Pensioners 234 words
    16. Helicopters 51 words
    17. Property Disposals 66 words
    18. Danger Money 72 words
    19. Equal Opportunities 74 words
    20. Surplus Land 68 words
  9. HEALTH
    1. Information Technology 51 words
    2. Tranquilliser Addiction 117 words
    3. Herbal Products 277 words
    4. NHS Trusts 85 words
    5. NHS Computer Procurement 57 words
    6. Prescriptions 145 words
    7. Mental Health 86 words
    8. Zoplicone 258 words
    9. Drugs (Misleading Advertising) 64 words
    10. Young People (Complaints) 284 words
    11. Complaint Procedures (Schools) 145 words
    12. Rights of the Child 317 words
    13. Accident and Emergency Departments 45 words
    14. Public Bodies 255 words
    15. Community Child Health Services 58 words
    16. Fluoridation 59 words
    17. Heart Treatments 38 words
    18. Care Homes 409 words
    19. Community Care 228 words
    20. Organ Donations 57 words
    21. Child Birth 37 words
    22. Ethnic Minority Patients and Staff 354 words
    23. NHS Boards 143 words
    24. Child Migration 287 words
    25. Refugees 42 words
    26. Trauma Operations 188 words
    27. NHS Trust Directors (Political Affiliation) 69 words
    28. Orthopaedic Surgeons 153 words
    29. Orthopaedic Consultants 86 words
    30. Executive Agencies 175 words
    31. Maternity Hospitals 74 words
    32. NHS Staff 1,945 words
    33. Folic Acid 95 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Training Courses 227 words
    2. Blind and Partially Sighted People 698 words
    3. Data Processing 1,657 words
      1. Northern Ireland Office 34 words
    4. Health and Social Services 140 words
    5. Belfast Harbour 312 words
    6. Public Bodies 200 words
    7. Rural Poverty 402 words
    8. Creggan to Glassdrummond Road, Armagh 73 words
    9. EC Assistance 93 words
    10. Housing (Grants) 309 words
    11. Camlough Lake, Armagh 199 words
    12. Belfast International Airport 265 words
    13. Selective Financial Assistance 43 words
    14. Electricity 53 words
    15. Rural Planning Strategy 126 words
    16. Post Office Robberies 166 words
  11. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police Computers (Misuse) 250 words
    2. Deer 195 words
    3. Public Bodies 51 words
    4. Young Detainees 591 words
    5. Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority 99 words
    6. Hypnotics 127 words
    7. Data Protection 146 words
    8. Racial Equality 72 words
    9. Life Prisoners 105 words
    10. Knives 113 words
    11. Passports 282 words
    12. Murder (Life Sentences) 121 words
    13. Juvenile Offenders 241 words
    14. Settlement 91 words
    15. Asylum 123 words
    16. Deportation 85 words
    17. Working Holidaymakers 194 words
    18. Retired Firefighters 141 words
    19. EC Work Seekers 305 words
    20. Police (Encrypted Radios) 70 words
    21. Asylum and Immigration 78 words
    22. Terrorists 139 words
    23. Mrs. Fiona Jones 69 words
    24. Police Radio Service 80 words
    25. Merseyside Fire and Civil Defence Authority 99 words
    26. Drugs Education 77 words
    27. Secure Accommodation 657 words
    28. Mandatory Life Sentences 1,536 words
    29. Forensic Science Service 127 words
    30. Channel Tunnel 330 words
    31. Police Complaints Authority 163 words
    32. Returning Residents 1,526 words
    33. Immigration 473 words
    34. Electoral Registration 55 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Sustainable Development 73 words
    2. House Committees 111 words
    3. Boundaries 66 words
    4. Staff Manning Levels 221 words
    5. Parliamentary Buildings 144 words
    6. Amar Appeal 62 words
  13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Contracting Out 319 words
    2. World Development Conference 225 words
    3. Malawi 95 words
    4. Environmental Consultancies 242 words
  14. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Bank of England 54 words
    2. VAT 420 words
    3. Eco-tax 38 words
    4. Tax Returns 115 words
    5. Gross National Product 62 words
    6. Single Person Households 129 words
    7. Economy 47 words
    8. Disabled People 120 words
    9. Public Bodies 72 words
    10. 11 Downing Street 51 words
    11. Football 50 words
    12. Personal Debt 72 words
    13. Unemployment 75 words
    14. Expenditure 93 words
    15. Commission Disclosure 115 words
    16. Carbon Emissions 126 words
    17. Inland Revenue 179 words
    18. Tobacco 88 words
    19. Tax Returns 177 words
    20. Bear Products 163 words
    21. Taxation 136 words
    22. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 109 words
    23. Civil Servants (Relocation) 114 words
    24. Tax Fraud 93 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Regional Assistance 222 words
    2. Agriculture Expenditure 1,006 words
    3. Sheep 193 words
    4. Public Bodies 66 words
    5. Fur Farms 660 words
    6. Sugar 403 words
    7. Industrial and Marine Bacteria 76 words
    8. Fishing Vessels 1,285 words
    9. Northmoor Pumping Station 191 words
    10. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 120 words
    11. Trade Balance 168 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
    1. THORP 432 words
    2. Recycling 2,390 words
    3. Nuclear Waste 232 words
    4. Rural Sewerage, Yorkshire 81 words
    5. Radioactive Waste 161 words
    6. Computer Consultancies 87 words
    7. New Towns 259 words