29 March 1993

Commons Sitting of 29 March 1993

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
      1. Labour Statistics 1,362 words
      2. Assisted Areas 268 words
      3. Government in Wales 604 words
      4. Primary Schools 241 words
      5. NHS Trusts and GP Fund Holders 301 words
      6. Police 531 words
      7. Local Government Boundaries 1,018 words
      8. Labour Statistics 755 words
      9. Japanese Corporations 466 words
    2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      1. Scientific and Technical Research 316 words
      2. Charter Marks 525 words
      3. Freemasons (Public Servants) 546 words
      4. Charterline 349 words
      5. Next Steps Agencies 632 words
      6. Citizens Charter 564 words
      7. Charter Mark 277 words
  4. Points of Order 1,429 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Consolidated Fund [No. 3] Bill 57 words
    2. Coal Industry 57,418 words, 2 divisions
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
    4. SHEEP AND GOAT FARMING 79 words
    5. COHESION FUND 1,555 words, 1 division
    6. TREASURY AND CIVIL SERVICE 23 words
    7. Royal Assent 63 words
  6. PETITIONS
    1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 239 words
    2. Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education 270 words
    3. Security Service 4,474 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 March 1993

  1. TRANSPORT
    1. Market Testing 129 words
    2. Crossrail 212 words
    3. Bus Deregulation (London) 85 words
    4. Red Routes 64 words
    5. Drivers, Vehicles and Operators Information Technology 110 words
    6. Transport Council 56 words
    7. British Rail Pensions 164 words
    8. Red Star Parcels 49 words
    9. British Rail 770 words
    10. Infrastructure Developments 216 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Legal Aid 515 words
    2. Magistrates Courts 2,146 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. Hunting 1,200 words
    2. Shooting Rights 267 words
    3. Belize 71 words
    4. United Arab Emirates 142 words
    5. Falkland War (Troops' Behaviour) 78 words
    6. Nuclear Testing 74 words
    7. Amphibious Helicopter Carrier 70 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Executive Agencies 412 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. National Debt 138 words
    2. Domestic Fuel 61 words
    3. Departmental Courses 73 words
    4. Personal Tax Allowances 96 words
    5. Family Expenditure Survey 201 words
    6. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 76 words
    7. Tax Havens 103 words
    8. Tax-immune Foreigners 71 words
    9. VAT 82 words
    10. Petroleum Revenue Tax 177 words
    11. ECOFIN 98 words
    12. Paymaster General's Office 257 words
    13. Council Tax 178 words
    14. GDP 81 words
    15. Care Homes 549 words
  6. HEALTH
    1. Charitable Trust Funds 2,880 words
    2. Health Promotion Clinics 114 words
    3. Complementary Therapies 133 words
    4. Foot Surgery 59 words
    5. Hepatitis B 343 words
    6. Angina 102 words
    7. Eileen House 90 words
    8. London Implementation Group 154 words
    9. Primary Care (London) 627 words
    10. Electoral Roll (Newbury) 838 words
    11. District Health Authorities 1,087 words
    12. Radon Gas 122 words
    13. NHS Administrators 2,559 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Political Parties (Funding) 57 words
    2. Bill of Rights 36 words
    3. Environment 146 words
    4. Equal Opportunities 250 words
    5. Full Employment 49 words
    6. South Africa 89 words
    7. Nuclear Weapons 134 words
  8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Sheep Scab 103 words
    2. Integrated Administration and Control 583 words
    3. Mineral Hydrocarbons 172 words
    4. Departmental Contracts 139 words
    5. Agricultural Tourism 87 words
    6. Lambs and Kids 206 words
    7. Basking Sharks 194 words
    8. Grants and Subsidies 92 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Coal Industry 37 words
    2. Coal Imports 53 words
    3. Market Testing 109 words
    4. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 152 words
    5. Drinks Measures 77 words
    6. Non-fossil Fuel Obligation 130 words
    7. Electricity 227 words
    8. Nuclear Review 102 words
    9. Manufacturing, Planning and Implementation Scheme 88 words
    10. Colliery Review 81 words
    11. Domestic Fuel 154 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Bletchley Park Memorial 107 words
    2. Radioactive Discharges 128 words
    3. Council Tax, Lambeth 162 words
    4. Red Squirrels 101 words
    5. Oil Pollution 99 words
    6. Environmental Action Fund 143 words
    7. Women and the Environment 63 words
    8. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 1,056 words
    9. Property Services Agency 94 words
    10. Building Regulations 243 words
    11. Defence Personnel (Housing) 108 words
    12. Burghfield Base 90 words
    13. Building Research Establishment 112 words
    14. Planning Appeals (Costs) 96 words
    15. Council Tax 89 words
    16. Homeless Families (Cooking Facilities) 78 words
    17. Mackmurdo Building 45 words
    18. Opencast Mining 134 words
    19. Water Quality (Norfolk) 125 words
    20. Conservation Areas 65 words
    21. Polluted Land 80 words
    22. Hedgerows 206 words
    23. Services Resettlement 177 words
    24. Toxic Waste 118 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Fair Employment 417 words
    2. Hospital House Officers 322 words
  12. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Children's Play Facilities 36 words
    2. Hospital Broadcasting 63 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. Correspondence 406 words
  14. EDUCATION
    1. Classroom Practice 63 words
    2. Disabled Students 211 words
    3. Foreign Languages (Primary Schools) 40 words
    4. University Students 82 words
    5. Grant-maintained Schools 502 words
    6. Assisted Places 3,237 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. National Insurance Benefits 83 words
    2. Over-60s (Benefits) 326 words
    3. Repetitive Strain Injury 218 words
    4. Diability Living Allowance 50 words
    5. VAT (Fuel and Power) 59 words
    6. Housing Benefit 44 words
    7. Industrial Injuries 300 words
    8. Bed-and-Breakfast Accommodation 103 words
    9. Pensions (Report) 45 words
    10. VAT (Heating Fuels) 95 words
    11. Housing Benefit 82 words
    12. Pensions (Payment Methods) 474 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Departmental Contracts 1,155 words
    2. UNESCO 172 words
    3. North Korea 320 words
    4. Market Testing 98 words
    5. Cambodia 115 words
    6. Belize 142 words
    7. United Arab Emirates 89 words
  17. WALES
    1. Economic Base 61 words
    2. Patient Treatments 46 words
    3. Coal Industry 38 words
    4. Structural Funding 78 words
    5. North Coast Main Line 41 words
    6. Redundancies 29 words
    7. European Regional Fund 43 words
    8. Source Wales 83 words
    9. Democracy 43 words
    10. Valleys Initiative 41 words
    11. Inward Investment 503 words
    12. Local Government Legislation 25 words
    13. Disability 425 words
    14. Hepatitis B 74 words
    15. Down's Syndrome 101 words
    16. Regional Assistance 43 words
    17. Council Tax 59 words
    18. Grant maintained Schools 113 words
    19. Bees Officers 81 words
    20. Assisted Areas 62 words
    21. Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 72 words
    22. Toxic Waste Imports 162 words
    23. Business Rate Relief 175 words
    24. Public Bodies 35 words
    25. Radon Gas 80 words
  18. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Citizens Charter 70 words
    2. Ministerial Responsibilities 60 words
    3. Duchy Administration (Bolton) 77 words
    4. Secrecy in Government 41 words
    5. Science (White Paper) 38 words
    6. Market Testing 104 words
    7. Science (Public Awareness) 308 words
  19. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 53 words
    2. Departmental Contracts 120 words
    3. Market Testing 109 words
    4. Jobcentres 264 words
    5. Business Start-ups 71 words
    6. Workstart 99 words
    7. Community Action 94 words
    8. Disallowance of Benefit 351 words
    9. Consultants 51 words
    10. Disabled People 479 words
  20. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police Forces (Wales) 92 words
    2. Crime (Greater Manchester) 131 words
    3. Citizenship 49 words
    4. Ethnic Minorities 151 words
    5. Cautions 2,016 words
    6. Immigration 199 words
    7. Domestic Violence 712 words
    8. Transgenic Animals 83 words
    9. Boundaries (Essex) 61 words
    10. Falklands War (Troops' Behaviour) 48 words
    11. United Arab Emirates 126 words
    12. Hong Kong 40 words

Lords Sitting of 29 March 1993

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Credit Cards: Fraud 964 words
  3. Honorary Consuls: Selection 984 words
  4. European Elections 1,444 words
  5. Royal Parks Agency 985 words
  6. Business 61 words
  7. Business of the House: Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Bill 509 words
  8. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 63 words
  9. Housing and Urban Development Bill 33,264 words, 1 division
  10. Consolidated Fund (No. 3) Bill 54 words
  11. Carrying of Knives etc. (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  12. Licensing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  13. Local Government (Overseas Assistance) Bill 12 words
  14. Protection of Animals (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  15. Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) Regulations 1993 1,422 words
  16. Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 1993 4,671 words
  17. Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 37 words
  18. Advice and Assistance (Assistance by Way of Representation) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993 35 words
  19. Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993 35 words
  20. Advice and Assistance (Scotland) (Prospective Cost) Amendment Regulations 1993 37 words
  21. Royal Assent 88 words
  22. Housing and Urban Development Bill 18,861 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 March 1993

  1. ADJUVANTS 204 words
  2. EC POTATO GROWERS: SUBSIDY 106 words
  3. ABATTOIRS: HYGIENE STANDARDS 185 words
  4. EC BEEF STOCKS 114 words
  5. SUGAR: EXPORT REFUNDS 216 words
  6. CHILDREN BORN WITHOUT EYES 573 words
  7. EYE DEFECTS AND PESTICIDES 201 words
  8. NHS SENIOR MANAGER CONTRACTS 98 words
  9. FAMILY DOCTOR REGISTRATIONS, CENTRAL LONDON 36 words
  10. CONSULTANCY FIRMS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 63 words
  11. COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCES 113 words
  12. TWH MANAGEMENT LTD: LICENSED DEALERS TRIBUNAL REPORT 191 words
  13. TWH MANAGEMENT: LICENSED DEALERS TRIBUNAL MEMBERSHIP 112 words
  14. CONSULTANCY FIRMS EMPLOYED BY THE TREASURY 68 words
  15. CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK: EC SUPPORT 144 words
  16. CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 121 words
  17. CHANNEL TUNNEL RAIL LINK: IMPACT ON HACKNEY 139 words
  18. CROSS-RAIL 79 words
  19. COMMUTERS INTO LONDON 49 words
  20. AMPHIBIOUS HELICOPTER CARRIER 66 words
  21. EC COHESION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 85 words
  22. CANCELLATION OF ISRAELI WEAPONS SALES TO ARGENTINA 35 words
  23. CONSULTANCY FIRMS EMPLOYED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 56 words