9 December 1996

Commons Sitting of 9 December 1996

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      1. Civil Service (Impartiality) 362 words
      2. London Docklands 727 words
      3. Century Date Change (Computers) 325 words
      4. Civil Servants (Responsibilities) 637 words
      5. Juvenile Crime 336 words
      6. Bolton Magistrates Court 182 words
      7. Civil Servants (Numbers) 379 words
      8. Policy Co-ordination 841 words
      9. Millennium Exhibition 551 words
      10. Government Departments (Co-ordination) 383 words
    2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. International Aid Co-operation 544 words
      2. South Africa 424 words
      3. Central Africa (Refugees) 1,061 words
      4. United Nations Aid Target 537 words
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
      1. National Audit Office 630 words
    4. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. Agricultural Holdings 429 words
      2. Clergymen's Widows (Pensions) 261 words
  4. MADAM SPEAKER'S STATEMENT 78 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Bill 38,021 words
    2. NORTHERN IRELAND ARMS DECOMMISSIONING BILL [MONEY] 90 words
    3. CONTRACT (SCOTLAND) BILL 40 words
    4. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      1. AIR CARRIER LIABILITY 39 words
      2. PROTECTION AGAINST THIRD COUNTRY LEGISLATION 52 words
    5. Policing the Streets 4,829 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 December 1996

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Offences (Northern Ireland) 41 words
    2. Security Service 109 words
    3. Publicity 685 words
    4. Prisons 430 words
    5. Chahal Case 58 words
    6. Electronic Tagging 201 words
    7. Caddy Inquiry 138 words
    8. Judicial Reviews 74 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Vocational Qualifications 115 words
    2. Education and Training (Teenagers) 598 words
    3. GCSE Scores 379 words
    4. Grant-maintained Schools 306 words
    5. Education Expenditure 454 words
    6. Publicity 156 words
    7. Personal Services Industry 206 words
    8. Education and Community Values 126 words
    9. Local Education Authorities 277 words
    10. School Funding 569 words
    11. Feversham College, Bradford 217 words
    12. Museums and Galleries 647 words
    13. Free School Meals 68 words
  3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Overnight Accommodation 71 words
  4. DEFENCE
    1. Cyprus 233 words
    2. Ministerial Visits 70 words
    3. RAF Logistics Support Service 443 words
    4. Combined Arms Tactical Trainer 175 words
    5. Discharged Personnel (Allergies) 37 words
    6. Low Flying 75 words
    7. Proposed Force Reductions 159 words
    8. Army Strength 69 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. IRA 27 words
    2. Council of Ministers 116 words
    3. Correspondence 107 words
    4. President Mary Robinson 28 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Iraq 72 words
    2. West Indies Guardship 151 words
    3. French Fishermen (Minquies) 35 words
    4. Afghanistan (National Museum) 72 words
    5. European Union (Government Policy) 59 words
    6. Bosnia-Herzegovina 61 words
    7. High Commission Official (Bradford Visit) 96 words
    8. Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham 264 words
    9. EU General Affairs Council 57 words
    10. Child Labour 84 words
  7. SCOTLAND
    1. Local Government Finance 2,470 words
    2. Roads Programme 64 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. Computers 100 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 60 words
    3. Unemployment 81 words
    4. Christmas Expenditure 45 words
    5. National Insurance 387 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Minimum Wage 69 words
    2. Nuclear Materials (Accounting and Control) 107 words
    3. Child Labour 178 words
    4. EU Common External Tariff Level 193 words
    5. Small Businesses 46 words
    6. Armoured Vehicles (Indonesia) 166 words
    7. Energy Council 455 words
    8. Private Utilities (Directors) 44 words
    9. Electro-magnetic Compatibility Directive 107 words
    10. Competition Policy 74 words
  10. TRANSPORT
    1. M1 693 words
    2. Motorway Cleaning 165 words
    3. Channel Tunnel 61 words
    4. Rail Privatisation (Consultants) 41 words
    5. Rail Service Information 59 words
    6. Rail Passenger Complaints 109 words
    7. Polystyrene (Fire Risks) 94 words
    8. Railway Claims 81 words
    9. Drivers (Eye Tests) 153 words
    10. Rail Franchises 158 words
    11. Fatal Accidents 47 words
    12. French Lorry Drivers' Strike 212 words
    13. Shipping 770 words
  11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Magistrates 611 words
    2. Reconciliation Services 134 words
  12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Emergency Relief 58 words
    2. Rwanda 54 words
    3. Lome Convention 84 words
    4. Belarus 71 words
    5. Bilateral Aid 55 words
  13. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Town Centres 86 words
    2. Local Government Finance 341 words
    3. Self-employed (Deaths and Injuries) 144 words
    4. Shellfish 108 words
    5. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 93 words
    6. Asbestos 128 words
    7. Nuclear Power Stations (Decommissioning) 68 words
    8. Animals (Traditional Habitats) 234 words
    9. Single Regeneration Budget (Bradford, West) 30 words
    10. Departmental Staff (Education) 99 words
    11. Air Pollution 426 words
    12. British Waterways 143 words
    13. Contaminated Land 258 words
    14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    15. Public Bodies 222 words
    16. Inward Investment 775 words
    17. Targeting of Social Need Initiative 198 words
    18. Labour Statistics 387 words
    19. Spring and Mineral Water 125 words
    20. Publicity 71 words
    21. Drug Seizures 114 words
    22. Christmas Expenditure 101 words
    23. Health and Social Services Information 1,978 words
    24. Social Services (Assessment of Need) 115 words
  14. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Vicarages and Palaces (Security) 164 words
    2. Property Holdings 128 words
  15. WALES
    1. Grant-maintained Schools 36 words
    2. Hospital and Ward Closures 186 words
    3. Pupil Statistics 38 words
    4. Beaches 853 words
    5. Dental Services 86 words
    6. Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments 813 words
    7. South East Wales Ambulance Trust 42 words
    8. NHS Trust Directors 41 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Central Science Laboratory 146 words
    2. Beef Imports 212 words
    3. Butter 64 words
    4. BSE 121 words
    5. Genetically Modified Products 114 words
    6. Peanut Products 70 words
    7. Live Animal Exports 125 words
    8. Environmentally Sensitive Areas 245 words
    9. Christmas Expenditure 48 words
  17. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Civil Servants (Impartiality) 49 words
    2. Deregulation (Competition) 126 words
    3. Deregulation (Safety Implications) 48 words
    4. Civil Servants (Numbers) 41 words
    5. Government Policy 42 words
    6. Policy Co-ordination 52 words
    7. Deregulation (Fiches d'impact) 91 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Housing and Council Tax Benefits 334 words
    2. Benefit Recipients 117 words
    3. Disability Living Allowance 450 words
    4. Committees (Membership) 171 words
    5. Benefits Agency (Automatic Payments) 44 words
    6. Cold Weather Payments Scheme 158 words
    7. Pensions 382 words
    8. Disability Access Rights Advice Service 57 words
    9. National Insurance 1,301 words
    10. Child Support 82 words
    11. Child Poverty 303 words
  19. HEALTH
    1. Publicity 722 words
    2. Polio Vaccinations 115 words
    3. Personal Social Services 140 words
    4. General Medical Services Practice Nurses 121 words
    5. Latex Allergy 72 words
    6. Peanut Allergy 79 words
    7. Paracetamol 117 words
    8. Anti-drugs Policies 147 words
    9. Health Authority Expenditure 53 words
    10. Challenge Fund Bids 163 words
    11. NHS Trust Finance 867 words
    12. Contraception 238 words
    13. Bridge Child Care Development Scheme 68 words
    14. Intensive and High Dependency Care 30 words
    15. North Yorkshire Ambulance Service 64 words
    16. Health Authority Finance 62 words
    17. Asylum 46 words
    18. Health Spending (North Kirklees) 93 words
    19. Purchasing Authorities 88 words
    20. Learning Disabilities 66 words

Lords Sitting of 9 December 1996

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Gulf War Forces: Medical Confidentiality 1,137 words
  3. The Water Companies 572 words
  4. Single Parent Families 1,429 words
  5. The Royal Observatories 373 words
  6. Succession to the Crown 711 words, 1 division
  7. Scottish Borders Council (Jim Clark Memorial Rally) Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
  8. Western Isles Council (Berneray Causeway) Order Confirmation Bill 6 words
  9. Theft (Amendment) Bill 2 words
  10. Civil Procedure Bill [H.L.] 17,762 words
  11. High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1996 570 words
  12. Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Bill 69 words
  13. European Police Office (Legal Capacities) Order 1996 1,852 words
  14. European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Latvia) Order 1996 2,249 words
  15. European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Lithuania) Order 1996 37 words
  16. European Communities (Definition of Treaties) (Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Estonia) Order 1996 35 words
  17. Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules 7,008 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 December 1996

  1. Treaty of the European Union 46 words
  2. UNIDO 66 words
  3. EU Council Programme of Business 2,449 words
  4. Public Record Office 301 words
  5. Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark Health Authority: Psychotherapy Services 126 words
  6. Malathion 154 words
  7. Local Air Pollution Control System: Progress Report 430 words
  8. Illegal Entrants to the UK 119 words
  9. Asylum Application Decisions 116 words
  10. Equal Opportunities Commission 278 words
  11. Equal Opportunities for Men 146 words
  12. Teachers: Male/Female Ratio 149 words
  13. University Museums, Galleries and Collections 491 words