29 June 1993

Commons Sitting of 29 June 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. ALLIED IRISH BANKS BILL 6 words
      2. HARRIS TWEED BILL [Lords] 13 words
      3. GREATER NOTTINGHAM LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT BILL 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Labour Statistics 363 words
      2. Defence-related Industries 687 words
      3. Working Week Directive 758 words
      4. Invalidity Benefit 379 words
      5. School Leavers 464 words
      6. Training Programmes (Isle of Wight) 233 words
      7. Labour Statistics 764 words
      8. Union Membership 654 words
      9. Labour Statistics 551 words
      10. Works Councils 631 words
      11. Aerospace Industry (Redundancies) 360 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Malnutrition and Infant Mortality (Iraq) 307 words
      2. Engagements 2,065 words
  4. Personal Statement 3,973 words
    1. BILLS PRESENTED
      1. HUMAN RIGHTS (No. 2) 83 words
      2. SALE OF GOODS 44 words
      3. TRADE DESCRIPTIONS 43 words
      4. UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS 92 words
      5. PRODUCT RECALLS 57 words
      6. CONSUMER GUARANTEES 53 words
      7. CONSUMER CREDIT (AMENDMENT) 52 words
      8. FAIR TRADING 53 words
    2. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 18 words
      1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (WALES) 29 words
    3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 31 words
      1. SCHOOL INFORMATION 45 words
      2. MEAT (HYGIENE) 56 words
      3. POST OFFICE 29 words
  5. Workplace Childcare 1,116 words
    1. WORKPLACE CHILDCARE 63 words
  6. Points of Order 1,062 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Criminal Justice Bill [Lords] 12 words
      1. New Clause 14
        1. APPEAL AGAINST ORDER FORFEITING DRUG TRAFFICKING CASH 18 words
          1. Appeal against section 26 order. 209 words
          2. Appeal against section 26 order: Scotland. 2,168 words
      2. New clause 15
        1. POWER TO EXTEND CERTAIN OFFENCES TO CROWN SERVANTS AND TO EXEMPT REGULATORS ETC. 1,220 words
      3. New Clause 1
        1. CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES AND NON-CUSTODIAL SENTENCES: CODE OF PRACTICE 11,548 words, 1 division
      4. New clause 2
        1. VICTIMS OF DRUG-RELATED CRIME 9,169 words, 1 division
      5. New Clause 5
        1. BAIL APPLICATIONS (CODE OF PRACTICE) 6,329 words
      6. New clause 10
        1. REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3(I) OR 7(I) OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 3,036 words
      7. New clause 12
        1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 57 OF NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT I99I 3,190 words
      8. Clause 2
        1. JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF GROUP A OFFENCES 96 words
      9. Clause 19
        1. OFFENCES IN CONNECTION WITH LAUNDERING MONEY FROM DRUG TRAFFICKING: SCOTLAND 299 words
      10. Clause 22
        1. ENFORCEMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND ORDERS: DRUG TRAFFICKING 24 words
      11. Clause 25
        1. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ETC. RECEIVED IN PRIVILEGED CIRCUMSTANCES 47 words
      12. Clause 33
        1. ENFORCEMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND ORDERS: PROCEEDS OF CRIMINAL CONDUCT 24 words
      13. Clause 49
        1. INVESTIGATION OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES 15 words
      14. Clause 64
        1. FIXING OF FINES 9,134 words
      15. Clause 65
        1. POWERS OF COURTS TO DEAL WITH OFFENDERS 191 words
      16. Clause 71
        1. BACKING OF WARRANTS: SAFEGUARDS 2,718 words
      17. Clause 77
        1. SHORT TITLE, EXTENT ETC. 2,085 words
          1. 'SCHEDULE
            1. EXTENSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
              1. The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c.32) 17 words
              2. Extension of certain offences to Crown servants and exemptions for regulators etc. 254 words
              3. The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987 (c.41) 69 words
              4. The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33) 67 words
              5. The Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 (c.4) 73 words
              6. The Criminal Justice ( International Co-operation) Act 1990 (c.5) 66 words
              7. The Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991 (c.24) 75 words
      18. Schedule 3
        1. FINANCIAL PENALTIES 56 words
      19. Schedule 4
        1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 41 words
    2. Shares (Disclosure of Interest) 4,735 words
      1. NATIONAL HERITAGE 30 words
    3. PETITION
      1. VAT and Prescriptions 118 words
    4. Outdoor Education Centres 3,317 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 June 1993

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Solicitors to the Police 94 words
    2. Debtors' Addresses 75 words
    3. Market Testing 74 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Sexual Abuse Cases 74 words
  3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Market Testing 86 words
    2. Cattle Disease 115 words
    3. Forests (Sales) 605 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Homelessness 178 words
    2. Green Belt 81 words
    3. Property Services Agency 41 words
    4. EC Correspondence 90 words
    5. Statistics User Group 65 words
    6. Gas Suppliers 92 words
    7. Standard Spending Assessments 409 words
    8. Council Tax 314 words
    9. Additional Educational Needs 153 words
    10. Building and Construction (Finance) 145 words
  5. HEALTH
    1. Environmental Policy 173 words
    2. Handicapped Children 76 words
    3. Hepatitis and Dysentery 85 words
    4. Emergency Admissions 139 words
    5. Acute Beds 91 words
    6. Market Testing 59 words
    7. Wessex Regional Health Authorities 82 words
    8. Research 1,027 words
    9. "The Health of the Nation" 143 words
    10. Ethnic Minorities 229 words
    11. Nurses and Midwives 972 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. HMSO 38 words
    2. Market Testing 62 words
  7. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Freight 111 words
    2. Traffic Volume 221 words
    3. Traffic Growth 114 words
    4. Rail Track (European Gauges) 118 words
    5. Driver Training 104 words
    6. Market Testing 71 words
    7. Ships (Pollution Control) 309 words
  8. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police Inspection 256 words
    2. Young Offenders 331 words
    3. Drug Offences 85 words
    4. Entry Clearance 289 words
    5. Crime Prevention, Portsmouth 98 words
    6. Domestic Violence 63 words
    7. Chinese Refugees 168 words
    8. Market Testing 81 words
    9. Sheehy Report 40 words
    10. Immigration Statistics 502 words
    11. Hong Kong 197 words
    12. NORTHERN IRELAND 91 words
    13. Hepatitis and Dysentery 37 words
    14. 11-plus Examination 240 words
    15. Market Testing 99 words
    16. Disabled People 159 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. HIV 461 words
    2. NHS Reforms 92 words
    3. Hepatitis and Dysentery 466 words
    4. Market Testing 83 words
    5. Tourism 674 words
    6. Health Service Costs 352 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. RECHAR 69 words
    2. Contact Lens Cleaners 142 words
    3. Manufacturing Industry 77 words
    4. Assisted Areas 70 words
    5. Environmental Policy 122 words
    6. Accounting Firms 75 words
    7. House Insurance 131 words
    8. Deregulation 67 words
    9. Nuclear Power Industry 89 words
    10. Coal Industry 240 words
    11. Exports 35 words
    12. Inward Investment 141 words
    13. Plutonium 240 91 words
    14. National Environmental Technology Centre 81 words
    15. British Nuclear Fuels 44 words
    16. Assisted Areas 88 words
    17. Public Appointments 1,396 words
  11. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Environmental Policy 349 words
    2. Market Testing 37 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
    1. European Council 222 words
    2. Third World Debt 137 words
    3. Yugoslavia 244 words
    4. Engagements 61 words
  13. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Environmental Policy 139 words
    2. Departmental Speeches 89 words
    3. Unit Trusts 165 words
    4. Finance Industry (Debt) 47 words
    5. Corporation Tax 46 words
    6. Construction Industry 292 words
    7. VAT 239 words
    8. Uncollected Tax 641 words
    9. Tax Relief (Domestic Maintenance Work) 159 words
    10. Non-domicile Taxpayers 51 words
    11. Income Tax 117 words
    12. Foreign-owned Firms 80 words
    13. Valuation Office 102 words
    14. Nationalised Industries 136 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Pugin Room (Rodents) 27 words
    2. Palace of Westminster Terrace 385 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. World Service Television 90 words
    2. Non-proliferation Treaty 70 words
    3. Sudan 56 words
    4. Hong Kong Airport 97 words
    5. China 373 words
    6. Market Testing 79 words
    7. Subsidiarity 132 words
    8. Immigration 235 words
    9. Consular Co-operation 83 words
    10. Trade Negotiations 185 words
  16. EDUCATION
    1. Ethnic Minorities 86 words
    2. Secondary Transfer 45 words
    3. LEA Secondary Schools 240 words
    4. Teacher: Pupil Ratios 103 words
    5. Special Needs 119 words
    6. Primary School Teachers 468 words
    7. City Technology Colleges 676 words
    8. Ethnic Minority Languages 425 words
    9. EC Students 123 words
    10. School Leavers 73 words
    11. Class Sizes 39 words
    12. Market Testing 78 words
    13. Pupils (Ethnic Minorities) 203 words
    14. Standard Spending Assessments 142 words
    15. "A Common Funding Formula in Schools" 96 words
  17. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Local Training Initiatives (Essex) 64 words
    2. Labour Statistics 336 words
    3. Agriculture and Horticulture 102 words
    4. Invalidity Benefit 88 words
    5. Accidents (Retraining) 67 words
    6. Productivity 68 words
    7. Industrial Relations 120 words
    8. Job Clubs 77 words
    9. Training (TEC Funding) 47 words
    10. May Day Bank Holiday 82 words
    11. Apprentices 434 words
    12. Off-shore Oil and Gas Workers 112 words
    13. Working Week (Manufacturing) 55 words
    14. Noel Employment Ltd. 201 words
    15. Work Permits 159 words
    16. Residential Care Workers 70 words
  18. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. Malawi 192 words
  19. WALES
    1. Schools and Colleges (Performance) 63 words
    2. Home Helps 119 words
    3. Dental Services 332 words
    4. Hepatitis B 93 words
    5. Road Safety 86 words
    6. Hepatitis and Dysentary 366 words
    7. Environmental Policy 124 words
    8. Telephone Helplines 106 words
    9. AIDS 153 words
    10. Public Transport 109 words
    11. Wind Farms 67 words
    12. Prince Philip Hospital, Llanelli 110 words
    13. Radiographers 37 words
    14. HIV 103 words
    15. Teenage Vandalism 248 words
    16. Hospital Waiting Lists 113 words
    17. Children (Injuries) 110 words
    18. NHS Trusts 334 words
    19. Market Testing 55 words
    20. Ancient Monuments Board for Wales 59 words
    21. Council Tax 40 words
    22. Assisted Areas 315 words
    23. School Meals 254 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Income Support 89 words
    2. Child Benefit 207 words
    3. European Year of the Elderly 110 words
    4. Pensioners (State Benefits) 184 words
    5. Benefits 181 words
    6. Income Support 51 words
    7. Resettlement Agency 106 words
    8. Market Testing 59 words
    9. Social Fund 188 words
    10. Invalidity Benefit 241 words
    11. Local Offices 266 words