18 July 1995

Commons Sitting of 18 July 1995

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
      1. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 59 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE BILL 4 words
      1. LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES (No. 2) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 13 words
      2. BARINGS REPORT 32 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH
      1. Cycling and Walking 664 words
      2. Accident and Emergency Departments 768 words
      3. Consultants 607 words
      4. West Sussex NHS 271 words
      5. Junior Doctors 832 words
      6. Parents (Travel Costs Allowance) 547 words
      7. Cigarette Smoking 511 words
      8. GP Fundholders 636 words
      9. Waiting Lists (Dorset) 587 words
      10. Resource Allocation 669 words
      11. Finchley Memorial Hospital 161 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,201 words
  5. Business of the House 1,452 words
  6. Barings 10,332 words
  7. Standards in Public Life 6,114 words
  8. Points of Order 1,106 words
  9. House of Commons (Abolition) 2,515 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS (ABOLITION) 43 words
  11. Metropolitan Railway Grant 11,252 words
  12. Sea Fisheries 13,185 words
  13. Appropriation (Northern Ireland) 16,384 words
  14. CRIMINAL EVIDENCE BILL [Lords] 49 words
  15. Statutory Instruments, &c. 631 words
  16. BROADCASTING 1,466 words, 2 divisions
  17. VALUE ADDED TAX 93 words
  18. SCOTTISH AFFAIRS 30 words
  19. ACCOMMODATION AND WORKS 30 words
  20. ADMINISTRATION 28 words
  21. Paris Club (Naples Terms) 4,445 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 July 1995

  1. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Ministerial Visits 22 words
    2. Cabinet Committees 2,246 words
    3. Celebration (4 July) 49 words
    4. Sir Peter Levene 72 words
    5. French Nuclear Testing 45 words
    6. Engagements 43 words
    7. Exchange Rate Mechanism 89 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Legal Aid (False Declarations) 174 words
    2. Small Claims 202 words
    3. Legislative Plans 41 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. A303 (Stonehenge) 89 words
    2. National Rail Timetable Information 97 words
    3. M3 (Bar End-Compton) 123 words
    4. Legislative Plans 41 words
    5. Public Service Vehicles 227 words
    6. Vehicle Emissions 320 words
    7. Automatic Train Protection Systems 103 words
    8. Departmental Contracts 103 words
    9. Double-decker Buses 32 words
    10. Prestwick Airport 54 words
    11. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 323 words
    12. Swindon Development Agency 386 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. World Wide Web 174 words
    2. Mr. Harry Wu 92 words
    3. Exports 75 words
    4. Pitcairn Island 37 words
    5. United Nations Special Commission 136 words
    6. Weapons Tests 406 words
    7. East Timor 59 words
    8. Antarctic Secretariat 87 words
    9. Legislative Plans 44 words
    10. Western Sahara 100 words
    11. Consultants 70 words
    12. Westminster Foundation for Democracy 143 words
    13. Foreign Affairs Council (Geneva) 239 words
  5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Nicaragua 96 words
    2. Indonesia 209 words
    3. Competitive Tendering 134 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Car Allowance 73 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Pornography 180 words
    2. "Why Civil Liberties" 93 words
    3. Legislative Plans 43 words
    4. CS Gas 326 words
    5. Police Complaints Authority 92 words
    6. Forensic Science Service 43 words
    7. Immigration 984 words
    8. Criminal Records 81 words
    9. Street Robberies 685 words
    10. Relocation of Prisoners (Northern Ireland) 80 words
    11. Prosecution and Cautioning Data 1,628 words
    12. Immigration 87 words
    13. Bail Hostel (Port Talbot) 41 words
    14. Bingo 58 words
    15. Violent Crimes 155 words
    16. Serious Crimes (Low-income Households) 93 words
    17. Police Personnel 54 words
    18. Immigration (Detention) 167 words
    19. Immigration (Carriers' Liability) 172 words
    20. Prisons (Disabled Visitors' Facilities) 259 words
    21. Trainee Immigration Officers 60 words
    22. Mr. Raghbir Singh Johal 68 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Performance Targets (Agencies) 208 words
    2. Serious Fraud Office 50 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. Statistics (EU) 867 words
    2. Inheritance and Capital Transfer Taxes 192 words
    3. Single Currency 80 words
    4. Pension Contributions 108 words
    5. Capital Investment 91 words
    6. Barings 51 words
    7. Non-European Union Import Tariffs 72 words
    8. Value Added Tax 125 words
    9. National Lottery 57 words
    10. Internal Examinations 271 words
    11. Resource Accounting and Budgeting 265 words
    12. Monetary Union 109 words
    13. Privatisation Receipts 286 words
    14. Royal Ordnance (Shipments to Iran) 88 words
    15. National Debt 118 words
    16. Income Tax 148 words
    17. Gilts and Bonds 394 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 145 words
    2. Privatisation (Debts) 224 words
    3. Office of First Secretary of State 49 words
    4. Legislative Plans 42 words
    5. World Wide Web 72 words
    6. Small Businesses 575 words
    7. Consultants 486 words
    8. Departmental Contracts 842 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Ministerial Visits 1,112 words
    2. Consultants 95 words
    3. Common Fisheries Policy 70 words
    4. New Zealand Flatworm 148 words
    5. Research and Development 106 words
    6. European Union (Statutory Duties) 46 words
    7. Dietary Supplements 325 words
    8. Sandeels 103 words
    9. Legislative Plans 1,132 words
    10. Service Delivery Targets 61 words
    11. Decommissioning 62 words
    12. Agriculture Council (Luxembourg) 364 words
    13. Set-aside 82 words
    14. Departmental Redundancies 67 words
    15. Common Agricultural Policy 223 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Genetically Modified Organisms 496 words
    2. British River Monitoring 44 words
    3. Alkyl Phenol Ethoxylates 87 words
    4. Big Splash Site, Wandsworth 273 words
    5. Ministerial Responsibilities 201 words
    6. Construction Industry 102 words
    7. Home Renovation Grants 110 words
    8. Council House Investment 206 words
    9. Housing 779 words
    10. Homelessness 107 words
    11. Nuclear Waste 171 words
    12. Safe Water Standards 191 words
    13. Local Government Finance 272 words
    14. Mortgage Indemnities 46 words
    15. County Hall 73 words
    16. Contaminated Land 446 words
    17. World Wide Web 147 words
    18. Green Ministers 73 words
    19. Air Pollution 100 words
    20. Water Industry 334 words
    21. Subsidence 167 words
    22. Legislative Plans 42 words
    23. Probationary Tenancies 592 words
    24. Waste Disposal 299 words
    25. Single Regeneration Budget 1,453 words
    26. Road Inquiries 345 words
  13. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. National Lottery 143 words
    2. Sport (Expenditure) 67 words
    3. Digital Broadcasting 119 words
    4. Tower Hill Excavations 95 words
    5. Environment Action Fund 86 words
    6. Regional Sports Councils 162 words
    7. Sports (Lottery) 250 words
    8. Media Ownership 71 words
    9. Community Radio 113 words
    10. Independent National Radio Licences 57 words
    11. Chess 120 words
    12. Legislation 43 words
    13. County Hall 87 words
    14. Brodsworth Hall 401 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Ministerial Visits 580 words
    2. Mortgage Protection Insurance 138 words
    3. World Wide Web 150 words
    4. Small Businesses 1,061 words
    5. Incomes 1,808 words
    6. Child Support Agency 185 words
    7. Correspondence 258 words
    8. Housing Benefit 243 words
    9. Disability Living Allowance 421 words
    10. Nursery Vouchers 40 words
    11. National Insurance 290 words
    12. Incapacity Benefit 240 words
    13. SOCIAL SECURITY 50 words
    14. Pensions 697 words
    15. Income Support 762 words
    16. Housing Benefit 58 words
    17. Severe Disablement Allowance 134 words
    18. Energy Efficiency Programme 144 words
    19. Disability Working Allowance 340 words
    20. Performance Targets 204 words
    21. Legislative Plans 42 words
    22. Administration Costs 108 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Forestry 80 words
    2. Water Executive 606 words
    3. Schools (Capital Expenditure) 49 words
    4. Small Businesses 233 words
    5. Department of Public Prosecutions 194 words
    6. Legislative Plans 105 words
    7. School Curriculum 265 words
    8. Special Education 107 words
    9. GP Surgeries 141 words
    10. Armagh Hospitals 457 words
    11. Robbery and Burglary Detection Rates 159 words
    12. Prisoners (Costs of Detention) 154 words
    13. World Wide Web 206 words
    14. Department of Finance and Personnel 300 words
    15. Youth Service 449 words
    16. Four-year-olds (Primary Schools) 47 words
    17. Mott MacDonald Ltd. and NatWest Markets 41 words
    18. Student Funding 107 words
    19. University Lecturers 50 words
    20. Higher Education Buildings 91 words
    21. Livestock Premium Schemes 142 words
    22. Department of Education (Compulsory Competitive Tendering) 44 words
    23. Surplus School Places 89 words
    24. Higher Education 377 words
    25. Universities (Student:Staff Ratio) 101 words
    26. Nursery Education 52 words
    27. Class Sizes 95 words
    28. Ports (Privatisation) 161 words
    29. Prison Sentences (Remission) 105 words
    30. Ports (European Financial Assistance) 109 words
    31. Northern Ireland Railways 62 words
    32. British Fluoridation Association 153 words
    33. Inward Investment 227 words
    34. Health Service Providers 82 words
    35. Private Patients 258 words
    36. NHS Trusts 259 words
    37. GP Fundholders 422 words
    38. Unfair Dismissal 148 words
    39. Sickness Absence 100 words
    40. Hypothermia (Deaths) 51 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. Civil Servants 149 words
    2. Habitats Directive 758 words
    3. Health Care International 613 words
    4. New Zealand Visitors 161 words
    5. Small Businesses 672 words
    6. World Wide Web 190 words
    7. Schools (Fundraising) 117 words
    8. Forestry Commission (Sales) 63 words
    9. NHS Trust Boards 47 words
    10. Private Patient Income 61 words
    11. Roads Budget 166 words
    12. NHS Expenditure 33 words
    13. Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 180 words
    14. Historic Scotland 40 words
    15. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 49 words
    16. Local Government Finance 187 words
    17. Court Waiting Periods 906 words
    18. Sheriff and Supreme Courts (Office Business) 680 words
    19. Crofters 162 words
    20. Post-natal Paediatricians 181 words
    21. Glasgow Royal Infirmary 88 words
    22. Rutherglen Maternity Hospital 115 words
    23. Hospital Closures 92 words
    24. Unfair Dismissal 81 words
    25. Trees (Planting) 372 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Consultant Oncologists 94 words