12 December 1996

Commons Sitting of 12 December 1996

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Dog Licences 337 words
      2. Tourism 1,264 words
      3. French Lorry Drivers' Strike 362 words
      4. Housing Benefit 605 words
      5. Punishment Beatings 1,044 words
      6. Ceasefire 1,510 words
      7. Budget (Health Boards) 554 words
      8. Security Situation 217 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,222 words
  4. Public Expenditure (Wales) 8,246 words
  5. Business of the House 3,392 words
  6. Point of Order 453 words
  7. European Union 44,350 words
  8. M20 (Widening) 3,508 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 December 1996

  1. TRANSPORT
    1. Private Finance Initiative 234 words
    2. Trunk Road Network 39 words
    3. French Lorry Drivers Disputes 184 words
    4. Road and Vehicle Safety Directorate 82 words
    5. Lorries (Wheel Loss) 352 words
    6. Motorway Sound Barriers 301 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Polystyrene (Fire Risks) 216 words
    2. Seat Belts 141 words
    3. Offenders 168 words
    4. Asylum Seekers 165 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. National Lottery 135 words
    2. British Academy of Sport 118 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Iraq 130 words
    2. European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia 119 words
    3. Human Rights 69 words
    4. Nuclear Disarmament 87 words
  5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 304 words
    2. Cattle Cull 162 words
    3. Certified Herds 84 words
    4. Seafish Consumption (Seals) 144 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Bank of England (Archive Material) 76 words
    2. Privatised Companies (Individual Shareholders) 222 words
    3. Long-term Care Insurance 274 words
    4. Paymaster Agency 60 words
    5. European Union Budget 167 words
    6. Self-assessment 146 words
    7. Economic and Monetary Union 426 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Emission Targets 122 words
    2. Building Research Establishment Conservation Support Unit 97 words
    3. Radioactive Waste (Sellafield) 144 words
    4. Rent Rebates 163 words
    5. Estate Action 795 words
    6. Capital Challenge 261 words
    7. Resource Allocation (London) 277 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Cameroon 92 words
    2. Iraq 188 words
    3. Zambia 130 words
  9. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration Appeals 383 words
    2. Legal Aid 504 words
    3. Molestation 117 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 51 words
    2. War Pensions 100 words
  11. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Modern Apprenticeships 85 words
    2. Fire Safety 360 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. National Vocational Qualifications 773 words
    2. Employment Schemes 61 words
    3. European Social Fund Bid 29 words
    4. Education Spending 238 words
    5. Liverpool Blue Coat School 90 words
    6. Project Work 470 words
    7. Contract for Work 318 words
    8. Training and Enterprise Councils 98 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 188 words
    2. In-patient Treatment 79 words
    3. Mental Health Services 67 words
    4. Child Prostitution 185 words
    5. Sheffield Health Authority (Funding) 159 words
    6. Private Finance Initiative 106 words
    7. NHS Executives 70 words
    8. Overseas Adoption Helpline 77 words
    9. Computer Software 56 words
    10. Renal Dialysis Machines 104 words
    11. Ambulance Services 93 words
    12. Intensive Care Provision 148 words
    13. Pay Beds 51 words
    14. General Practitioners 31 words
    15. NHS Trusts (Wartime Huts) 27 words
    16. Speech Therapists 171 words
    17. Nurses 91 words
    18. Departmental Staff (Travel Costs) 111 words
    19. National Blood Authority 115 words
    20. Neo-natal Cots 61 words
    21. Consultants 230 words
    22. Acute and Community Hospitals 80 words
    23. Accident and Emergency Units 68 words
    24. Creche Facilities 32 words
    25. Porters 32 words
    26. Patient Trolleys 38 words
    27. NHS Hospitality 32 words
    28. Care Programme 48 words
    29. NHS Staff Conference Fees 42 words
    30. Air Travel Costs 40 words
    31. Life-support Machines 53 words
    32. Annual Reports (NHS Trusts) 53 words
    33. Hospital Beds 61 words
    34. Hospital Closures 72 words
    35. Working Children 384 words
    36. Food Poisoning 301 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Nuclear Accidents 244 words
    2. Arms Sales 55 words
    3. World Trade Organisation Meeting (Singapore) 65 words
    4. Defence Companies (Corporate Governance) 35 words
    5. Digital Broadcasting 251 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Gourock Ropeworks 158 words
    2. Mental Illness Specific Grant 151 words
    3. Seat Belts 70 words
  16. WALES
    1. NHS Administration 64 words
    2. Welsh Development Agency 607 words
    3. Health Service Staff 3,007 words
    4. Modern Apprenticeships 256 words
    5. Cwmcarn Grant-maintained School 247 words
    6. Meningitis 323 words
    7. Sea Empress 88 words
    8. Village Hall Repairs 156 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Hawk Aircraft 96 words
    2. Low Flying 1,210 words
    3. Sea Harrier Collision 141 words
    4. Christmas Expenditure 99 words
    5. Overseas Police Training 171 words
    6. Convicted Service Men (Cyprus) 230 words
    7. RAF Spadeadam 92 words
    8. Canadian Forces Base, Goose Bay 288 words
    9. Nimrod Aircrew 57 words
    10. Jaguar Aircraft (Accident) 181 words
    11. Joint Rapid Deployment Force 52 words
    12. RAF Boulmer 64 words
    13. Tornado Aircraft 168 words
    14. Gulf War (Injections) 114 words
    15. Correspondence 48 words
    16. Land Access Booklet 192 words
    17. Radiation Experiments 159 words
    18. Operation Purple Star 90 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Peace Process 231 words
    2. Farming Job Losses 118 words
    3. Beef Production 77 words
    4. Interrogation Procedures 82 words
    5. Beef Exports 49 words
    6. BSE-free Herds 195 words
    7. Security Situation 70 words
    8. Fish (Lough Neagh) 73 words
    9. Irish Language 44 words
    10. Inward Investment 63 words
    11. Elective Surgery 293 words
    12. Water Leakages 59 words
    13. Terrorism 101 words
    14. Sectarian Killings 108 words
    15. Traffic (Comber) 186 words
    16. Manse Road, Castlereagh 300 words
    17. Motor Cyclists 307 words
    18. Waiting Lists (Royal Victoria Hospital) 70 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Publicity 98 words
    2. Child Support Agency 60 words
    3. Reduced Earnings Allowance 74 words
    4. National Insurance 407 words
    5. Disability Discrimination Act 151 words
    6. War Widows 133 words
    7. War Pensioners 842 words
    8. Housebuilding 309 words
    9. Pensioner Incomes 1,033 words
    10. Benefits Agency (Doctors) 207 words

Lords Sitting of 12 December 1996

  1. Preamble 41 words
  2. Great Lakes Region, Africa 1,337 words
  3. Trident Nuclear Submarines: Costs 926 words
  4. Training and Enterprise Councils: Finance 1,212 words
  5. Public Examination Standards 1,145 words
  6. Business of the House: Consolidated Fund Bill 65 words
  7. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [H.L.] 87 words
  8. Land Registration [H.L.] 78 words
  9. National Heritage Bill [H.L.] 1,556 words
  10. Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 1,644 words
  11. Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland Consequential Amendments) Order 1997 35 words
  12. Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 914 words
  13. Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 33 words
  14. Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act) Order 1996 1,150 words
  15. Welfare of Broiler Chickens Bill [H.L.] 5,587 words
  16. British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill [H.L.] 12,403 words
  17. Dangerous Dogs (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 6,236 words
  18. Education Low-Priced Book Scheme 10,418 words
  19. Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 16 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 December 1996

  1. Treaty on European Union: Anti-Discrimination Proposal 103 words
  2. Israel and Iranian Nuclear Development Project 130 words
  3. Turkey and Bosnia: Military Relations 110 words
  4. Turkey and NATO Enlargement 74 words
  5. WEU Use of NATO Facilities: Turkish Veto 103 words
  6. Civil Service: Male/Female Ratio 261 words
  7. RUC: Recruitment of Roman Catholics 518 words