4 July 1995

Commons Sitting of 4 July 1995

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Naval Refits 818 words
      2. Bosnia (Arms Embargo) 508 words
      3. RAF Personnel (Overseas Peployment) 588 words
      4. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty 420 words
      5. Partnership for Peace 349 words
      6. Defence Equipment Exports 469 words
      7. Front-line Infantry 504 words
      8. China (Arms Embargo) 161 words
      9. French Armed Forces (Co-operation) 359 words
      10. Faslane 570 words
      11. Bett Report 321 words
      12. Nuclear Weapons Testing 325 words
      13. Bosnia 264 words
      14. Land Mines 284 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,291 words
  4. Points of Order 798 words
  5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c 18 words
  6. INCOME-RELATED BENEFITS 64 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Pensions Bill [Lords] 591 words
  8. New clause 22
    1. HYBRID OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES 723 words
  9. New clause 3
    1. CENTRAL DISCONTINUANCE FUNDS 8,820 words, 1 division
  10. New clause 23
    1. PENSIONS ON DIVORCE, ETC.: SCOTLAND 1,407 words
    2. Pensions 1,238 words
    3. Life Assurance 21,901 words
  11. New clause 1
    1. PENSIONS ON DIVORCE, ETC. 12 words
    2. Pensions 3,391 words, 1 division
  12. Clause 164
    1. PENSIONS ON DIVORCE, ETC. 160 words
    2. Pensions: lump sums 272 words
    3. Pensions: supplementary 481 words
  13. Clause 7
    1. APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES 16,489 words
  14. Clause 16
    1. REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBER-NOMINATED TRUSTEES 2,470 words, 1 division
  15. New clause 21
    1. EXTENSION OF PENSIONS APPEAL TRIBUNALS ACT 1943 763 words
  16. New clause 11
    1. ONE THIRD RATE SERVICE WIDOWS' PENSION 10,846 words, 1 division
  17. New clause 7
    1. CONSULTATION ON PENSIONS UPRATING (RESIDENCE OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN) 7,348 words, 1 division
  18. New clause 10
    1. ENTITLEMENT TO PENSION UPRATING (RESIDENCE OUTSIDE GREAT BRITAIN) (PHASED INTRODUCTION) (No. 2) 1,135 words, 1 division
  19. New clause 19
    1. HOME RESPONSIBILITY PROTECTION 1,184 words
    2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 84 words
    3. Black People (Deaths in Custody) 4,102 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 July 1995

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Travel Claims 61 words
    2. Planning Inspectorate 122 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Travel Claims 83 words
    2. Magistrates 196 words
    3. Small Claims Court 113 words
    4. Libel Law (Printers) 54 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 61 words
    2. European Monetary Union 126 words
    3. Chemical Weapons Convention 129 words
    4. No. 10 Downing Street 68 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Travel Claims 73 words
    2. Former Foreign Heads of State 153 words
    3. Prisoners 893 words
    4. Film Censorship 170 words
    5. Voluntary Organisations 145 words
  5. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Hotels 93 words
    2. Radios 68 words
    3. Television 225 words
  6. HEALTH
    1. District Auditor Reports 144 words
    2. Pay Review Bodies 125 words
    3. Counselling 127 words
    4. Pregnancies 598 words
    5. Voluntary Organisations 110 words
    6. Temazepam 202 words
    7. Nursing Homes 227 words
    8. Bridge Consultancy Report 63 words
    9. Private Health Care Facilities 101 words
    10. Residential Homes 64 words
    11. Medicines Control Agency 57 words
    12. National Blood Service 90 words
    13. Cancer Screening 171 words
    14. Travel Claims 135 words
    15. Consultants (Suspension) 261 words
    16. Asthma 240 words
  7. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Travel Claims 133 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Albania 82 words
    2. Voluntary Organisations 65 words
    3. Development Co-operation Policy 242 words
    4. China 441 words
    5. Zimbabwe 293 words
    6. European Development Fund 317 words
    7. Indonesia 359 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. Travel Claims 102 words
    2. Central Gilts Office 94 words
  10. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Travel Claims 137 words
    2. Inland Revenue (Software) 109 words
    3. Barlow Clowes 142 words
    4. Personal Pensions 69 words
  11. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members' Staff 279 words
    2. Combined Heat and Power 107 words
  12. TRANSPORT
    1. Chairmen of British Rail and Railtrack 44 words
    2. Travel Claims 52 words
    3. Euro-freight Terminal 62 words
    4. Bull Bars 174 words
    5. Vehicle Emissions 224 words
    6. Highway Code Booklet 55 words
    7. Network SouthCentral 188 words
    8. Chief Executive Pay 878 words
    9. Driving Tests 36 words
    10. Roll-on Roll-off Ferries 196 words
    11. Night Flights 117 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. United Arab Emirates 461 words
    2. Iran 95 words
    3. Sudan 91 words
    4. Former Yugoslavia 95 words
    5. European Union (Perception of UK) 65 words
    6. Drugs 180 words
    7. Travel Claims 103 words
    8. Former Foreign Heads of State 70 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Veterinary Medicines Directorate 174 words
    2. Sheep Dip 460 words
    3. Electro-ejaculation 101 words
    4. Slaughterhouses 256 words
    5. Sheep 230 words
    6. Hormones 187 words
    7. Infant formula (Labelling) 135 words
    8. Bovine Tuberculosis 1,836 words
    9. Common Agricultural Policy 113 words
    10. Arable Area Payment Scheme 74 words
    11. Live Exports 114 words
    12. Travel Claims 177 words
    13. Meat and Livestock Commission Levy 223 words
    14. European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund 492 words
    15. Folic Acid 68 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Nursing Homes 451 words
    2. Gaelic 253 words
    3. Right to Buy 65 words
    4. M74 72 words
    5. M8 156 words
    6. Civil Servants 329 words
    7. Residential Care 114 words
    8. Flood Damage 768 words
    9. Local Government Reorganisation 189 words
    10. Anti-Social Behaviour 238 words
    11. Privatisation 105 words
    12. Community Care 103 words
    13. Summary Cause Actions 167 words
    14. Competitive Tendering 155 words
    15. Scottish Ambulance Service 114 words
    16. Health Care International 345 words
    17. Kelvin Central Bus Co. 49 words
  16. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing 563 words
    2. Inward Investment 321 words
    3. Travel Claims 194 words
    4. Gifts to Ministers 151 words
    5. Deregulation Task Force 237 words
    6. Teaching Company Schemes 390 words
    7. Business Links 106 words
    8. Insurance Policy Sales 74 words
    9. Television Rental Industry 59 words
    10. Voluntary Organisations 61 words
    11. Insolvency Practitioners 151 words
    12. Insolvency Service Computer Project 39 words
    13. Official Receiver 739 words
    14. British Nuclear Fuels plc 157 words
    15. Gas Regulator 77 words
    16. Gas Bill (Shippers Licences) 99 words
    17. Brent Spar 1,085 words
    18. Private Finance Initiative 181 words
    19. Health and Safety 63 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Disabled People 572 words
    2. Education and Library Boards 267 words
    3. Dial-a-ride Schemes 83 words
    4. Education Inspectorate Boards 115 words
    5. Public Bodies 105 words
    6. Terrorist Offenders 307 words
    7. Travel Claims 104 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Leicestershire Museums, Arts and Records Service 117 words
    2. Voluntary Organisations 133 words
    3. Subsidence 193 words
    4. Bell Green (Contaminated Land) 95 words
    5. Battersea Power Station 99 words
    6. Capital Receipts 174 words
    7. Water Companies 280 words
    8. Travel Claims 97 words
    9. Radioactive Waste Management 1,131 words
    10. Vehicle Emissions 89 words
  19. EDUCATION
    1. Special Education 171 words
    2. Grant-maintained Schools 45 words
    3. Travel Claims 55 words
    4. Higher Education 433 words
    5. Overseas Students 345 words
    6. Absence (Respiratory Problems) 58 words
    7. Out-of-school Provision 38 words
    8. School Meals 227 words
    9. Voluntary Organisations 77 words
  20. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Incomes 76 words
    2. Benefits 208 words
    3. Training 609 words
    4. Merseyside TEC 315 words
    5. Labour Statistics 385 words
    6. Trichloroethylene 142 words
    7. Workplace Accidents (Children) 597 words
    8. Training and Enterprise Councils 338 words
    9. Industrial Tribunals 276 words
    10. Health and Safety Executive 720 words
    11. Travel Claims 80 words
    12. Jobseeker's Allowance 194 words
    13. International Labour Organisation 108 words
    14. Social Affairs Council 332 words
  21. DEFENCE
    1. National Parks (Live Ammunition) 84 words
    2. Naval Refits 95 words
    3. BMARC 43 words
    4. Cadet Forces 68 words
    5. European Procurement 57 words
    6. Tornadoes (Compensation Claim) 74 words
    7. Bosnia 163 words
    8. Test Ban Treaty 56 words
    9. Service Accommodation 262 words
    10. Conference on Disarmament, Geneva 51 words
    11. Land Mines 109 words
    12. Coulport and Faslane 42 words
    13. Arms Exports 101 words
    14. Nuclear Weapons Testing 171 words
    15. RAF Air Crew (Self-authorising Status) 147 words
    16. UN Peacekeeping Operations 172 words
    17. War Graves 155 words
    18. Argentina (Arms Sales) 53 words
    19. Music Training 327 words
    20. Dog Training 214 words
    21. Travel Claims 96 words
    22. Wrongful Dismissal 138 words
  22. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Contributions Agency 1,677 words
    2. Social Fund 616 words
    3. Income Support 640 words
    4. Pilot Correspondence 379 words
    5. Voluntary Organisations 100 words
    6. Incapacity Benefit 546 words
    7. Jobseeker's Allowance 197 words
    8. National Insurance 227 words
    9. Travel Claims 80 words
    10. Residential Care Homes 128 words
    11. Former Foreign Heads of State 53 words
  23. WALES
    1. Housing Renovation Grants 206 words
    2. Voluntary Organisations 131 words
    3. Trunk Road Improvements 689 words
    4. Infertility Treatment 34 words
    5. Schools Performance 130 words
    6. Assisted Places Scheme 220 words
    7. Rent and Council Tax 810 words
    8. Grant-Maintained Schools 79 words
    9. Travel Claims 104 words
    10. Euro-Freight Terminal 29 words
    11. Nurses' Pay 54 words

Lords Sitting of 4 July 1995

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1,094 words
  3. Seatbelts in Minibuses and Coaches 869 words
  4. Electoral Law: Ballot Papers 820 words
  5. International Development Association 1,105 words
  6. Scotland: Alternative Forms of Government 33,994 words
  7. Asylum Seekers 8,895 words
  8. Queen Mary and Westfield College Bill 21 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 July 1995

  1. Serbia: Alleged Forcible Repatriation of Refugees 108 words
  2. UN Conference on Women, Beijing: Agenda 87 words