16 July 1996

Commons Sitting of 16 July 1996

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. BELFAST CHARITABLE SOCIETY BILL [Lords] 6 words
    2. CITY OF WESTMINSTER BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
  4. ORDER OF BUSINESS 61 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH
      1. NHS Nurses (Recruitment) 1,262 words
      2. Health Authorities (Market Testing) 523 words
      3. NHS Administrative Costs 1,580 words
      4. Doctors (Recruitment) 379 words
      5. Purchasing Costs 402 words
      6. Cumberland Infirmary 675 words
      7. Tuberculosis 389 words
      8. Read Codes 262 words
      9. Diabetics 351 words
      10. NHS Trusts (Cost Improvement Programmes) 219 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,273 words
  6. Points of Order 1,154 words
  7. Protection and Education of Children 3,060 words, 1 division
  8. PROTECTION AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 43 words
  9. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. Ministry of Defence Housing 27,954 words, 1 division
    2. Energy Policy 24,144 words, 1 division
    3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 47 words
    4. Damages Bill [Lords] 7 words
      1. Clause 5
        1. MEANING OF STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT 542 words
      2. TRUSTS OF LAND AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES BILL [LORDS] 28 words
      3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 39 words
        2. NORTHERN IRELAND 20 words
        3. FEES AND CHARGES 21 words
        4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 26 words
        5. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 21 words
        6. ROAD TRAFFIC 21 words
        7. FAMILY LAW 24 words
    5. PETITION
      1. Selby Bypass 118 words
      2. Stone of Destiny 4,168 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 July 1996

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Taxi Fares 82 words
    2. Mr. Colin Duffy 46 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. National Debt 82 words
    2. European Court of Justice 52 words
    3. Engagements 60 words
    4. Berlin Bombing 1986 118 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Sewage Treatment, Isle of Wight 134 words
    2. Sandown Bay 285 words
    3. Eye Tests 95 words
    4. Isle of Wight (Expenditure) 117 words
    5. River Thames Working Party 176 words
    6. Parliamentary Questions 96 words
    7. Limestone Pavements 110 words
    8. Residential Apartments 63 words
    9. Ordnance Survey 46 words
    10. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 223 words
    11. Duchy Agricultural College 66 words
  4. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Administrative Grade Personnel 64 words
    2. Her Majesty's Stationery Office 135 words
    3. Security Classifications 500 words
  5. TRANSPORT
    1. West Coast Main Line 282 words
    2. Motorways (Interval Chevrons) 169 words
    3. Catalytic Converters 158 words
    4. Transport and Works Act 111 words
    5. Greater Manchester Light Rapid Transport System 94 words
    6. Highways Agency 373 words
    7. Cycling Policy 228 words
    8. Parliamentary Questions 90 words
    9. Bus Lane Enforcement 58 words
    10. Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre 129 words
    11. Bristol-Plymouth-Penzance Rail Link 152 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. EU Referendums 230 words
    2. Prince Michael of Kent 57 words
    3. Bosnia 143 words
    4. Nuclear Weapons 165 words
    5. Law of the Sea Convention 144 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Slave Trade 50 words
    2. Toughened Safety Glassware 87 words
    3. Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 115 words
    4. Amusement Arcades 320 words
    5. Drugs (Prisons) 144 words
    6. Gambling 85 words
    7. Buckley Hall Prison 750 words
    8. Banned Drugs 70 words
    9. Criminal Records (Computerisation) 104 words
    10. Dr. Bayo Omoyiole 75 words
    11. Victims of Terrorism 120 words
    12. Small Firms (Compliance Costs) 254 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Magistrates Courts (Lancashire) 49 words
    2. Legal Aid 166 words
  9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Non-governmental Organisations 209 words
    2. Human Reproduction (Research Funding) 605 words
    3. Health and Family Planning 77 words
    4. Tied Aid 133 words
  10. TREASURY
    1. Financial Incentives (Environmental Practice) 74 words
    2. "Europe's Finances" 79 words
    3. Private Finance Initiative 245 words
    4. Exchange and Interest Rates 92 words
    5. Balance of Trade 198 words
    6. Internet 131 words
    7. Migration 162 words
    8. Perinatal Mortality 153 words
    9. Mr. F. G. Higgins 79 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Hawk Aircraft 23 words
    2. Business Grants 89 words
    3. Scottish Gas 87 words
    4. Indonesia 750 words
    5. Missile Exports 171 words
    6. Foreign Companies (Investment) 73 words
    7. Inward Investment 110 words
    8. Wages Councils 49 words
    9. Samsung 122 words
    10. Insolvency (Reviewers of Complaints) 459 words
    11. Auditing Requirements 89 words
    12. Limited Liability Partnerships Legislation 36 words
    13. Accountancy Firms 28 words
    14. Caparo Judgment 35 words
    15. Electrical Equipment (Plugs) 79 words
    16. Industrial Development (Greater London) 50 words
    17. EU Working Tune Directive 78 words
    18. Hubble Space Telescope 113 words
    19. Scott Report 36 words
    20. Ice Cream (Inquiry) 170 words
    21. Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors 404 words
    22. FalFab 375 words
    23. Companies (Financial Assistance) 213 words
    24. South West Industrial Development Board 250 words
    25. Electro-shock Equipment 67 words
    26. Research Councils 291 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Contracts 74 words
    2. Public Bodies 70 words
    3. Departmental Costs 85 words
    4. Departmental Staff 106 words
    5. Pupils, Devon 66 words
    6. Internet 100 words
    7. Nursery Vouchers 1,418 words
    8. School Standards 259 words
    9. European Social Fund 49 words
    10. Teacher Training 127 words
    11. Pre-school Provision 273 words
    12. Agency Printing Costs 140 words
    13. Primary School Pupils 729 words
  13. WALES
    1. Child Abuse 76 words
    2. Chapels (Preservation) 363 words
    3. Population Statistics 197 words
    4. Statistical Forms 272 words
    5. Full-time Education 405 words
    6. Wheelchairs 114 words
    7. Youth Training 418 words
    8. Traffic Congestion 81 words
    9. Modern Apprenticeships 166 words
    10. Eurofreight Terminal 133 words
    11. Extra-contractual Referral System 107 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Saltire 60 words
    2. Local Government Reorganisation 150 words
    3. Speech and Language Disorders 123 words
    4. Special Educational Needs 332 words
    5. Poverty 85 words
    6. Scottish Homes 377 words
    7. Statistical Forms 581 words
    8. Nuclear Reactor 99 words
    9. Public Appointments 98 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Precision Guided Missiles 206 words
    2. Lariam 42 words
    3. Trident Programme 151 words
    4. Iraq 122 words
    5. Internet 88 words
    6. Nuclear Weapons 309 words
    7. Married Quarters Estate 137 words
    8. Transport and Movements Executive 476 words
    9. Chemical Defence Establishment 105 words
    10. Armed Forces Accommodation 67 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. Nurses (Pay Award) 44 words
    2. Ambulance Response Times (Cornwall) 66 words
    3. Smoking-related Deaths 56 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 190 words
    5. General Practitioners 40 words
    6. Consultant Anaesthetists 41 words
    7. Administrative Costs 141 words
    8. Health Service Managers 130 words
    9. Newbury Community Hospital 59 words
    10. Hospital Appointments (Waiting Times) 100 words
    11. Paediatric Nurses 62 words
    12. Cancer Treatments 70 words
    13. Nursing Students 47 words
    14. Health Authority Budgets (Cheshire) 296 words
    15. Pharmaceutical Services 78 words
    16. Behavioural Psychotherapy 51 words
    17. Alcohol Abuse 130 words
    18. Lariam 299 words
    19. Isle of Wight 64 words
    20. GP Fundholders 41 words
    21. Contaminated Blood Products 216 words
    22. Infant Mortality 248 words
    23. Ethnic Minorities 185 words
    24. Life Expectancy 302 words
    25. Abortion 941 words
    26. Leucodystrophies 65 words
    27. Breast Screening 58 words
    28. Dental Services 72 words
    29. Mental Health Services (Sheffield) 70 words
    30. In-patient Operations (Costs) 82 words
    31. Cardiac Rehabilitation Units 67 words
    32. Radiological Emergencies (Planning) 62 words
    33. Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Consultant Posts) 121 words
    34. Local Community Care Charters 35 words
    35. NHS Advertising 472 words
    36. Consultancy Index 59 words
    37. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 117 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Earnings Disregard 442 words
    2. Benefit Fraud 113 words
    3. Child Support Agency 2,314 words
    4. Incapacity Benefit 599 words
    5. Social Fund Loans 378 words
    6. Income Support 418 words
    7. Benefits Agency 278 words
    8. Benefits Agency Medical Service 682 words
    9. Benefits Agency Freeline 348 words
    10. Unemployment Benefit 289 words
    11. Industrial Injuries Benefit 47 words
    12. Executive Agencies 69 words
    13. Housing Benefit 217 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Calf Brains 104 words
    2. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 52 words
    3. Fisheries 140 words
    4. Set-aside Land 165 words
    5. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy 243 words
    6. Fishery, Weymouth 91 words
    7. Oyster Farming 65 words
    8. Tuna 340 words
    9. Cattle Slaughter 501 words

Lords Sitting of 16 July 1996

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Grenadier Guards: Manpower 1,142 words
  3. Armed Forces: Recruitment 1,247 words
  4. Non-food Exports: EU Powers 1,017 words
  5. Clydesdale District Council: Proceedings 923 words
  6. Liaison: Select Committee Report 527 words
  7. Broadcasting Bill: Commons Amendments 56 words
  8. Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996 (No. 2) 4,992 words
  9. Deregulation (Building) (Initial Notices and Final Certificates) Order 1996 1,041 words
  10. Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Tax Billing, Collection and Enforcement Functions) Order 1996 1,706 words
  11. Local Authorities (Contracting Out of Investment Functions) Order 1996 33 words
  12. Berkshire (Structural Change) Order 1996 23,453 words, 1 division
  13. Hereford and Worcester (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 238 words
  14. Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay) (Structural Change) Order 1996 142 words
  15. Essex (Boroughs of Colchester, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock and District of Tendring) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 95 words
  16. Cambridgeshire (City of Peterborough) (Structural, Boundary and Electoral Changes) Order 1996 153 words
  17. Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996 155 words
  18. Shropshire (District of The Wrekin) (Structural Change) Order 1996 154 words
  19. Cheshire (Boroughs of Halton and Warrington) (Structural Change) Order 1996 1,464 words
  20. Lancashire (Boroughs of Blackburn and Blackpool) (Structural Change) Order 1996 2,075 words
  21. Statutory Instruments (Production and Sale) Bill 5,186 words
  22. Asylum and Immigration Bill 50 words
  23. Belfast Charitable Society Bill [H.L.] 24 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 July 1996

  1. Chief Inspector of Prisons: Terms and Conditions of Service 116 words
  2. Chief Inspector of Prisons: Public Discussion of Prison Policy 110 words
  3. Chief Inspector of Prisons: Annual Report 104 words
  4. Identity Cards within the EU 88 words
  5. Identity Cards: Government Decision 69 words
  6. Israel: Weapons Export Control Regimes 90 words
  7. Bosnia: Foreign Islamic Personnel 93 words
  8. Scott Report: Appendices 33 words
  9. Arbitration: Model Law 92 words
  10. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Executive Agency 231 words
  11. Ordnance Survey Strategic Plan 1996–2001 43 words