11 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 11 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
    2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Defence Contracts 465 words
      2. Nuclear Weapons 876 words
      3. Eurofighter 541 words
      4. Royal Navy (Recruitment) 685 words
      5. Defence Spending 570 words
      6. Belize 656 words
      7. Royal Air Force (Equipment Budget) 574 words
      8. Surplus Defence Equipment Sales 393 words
      9. Royal Air Force (Germany) 474 words
      10. RAF Halton 227 words
      11. RAF Burtonwood 238 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,023 words
  5. Points of Order 666 words
  6. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
    1. PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION 29 words
  7. Adoptive Mothers (Maternity Leave) 1,425 words
    1. ADOPTIVE MOTHERS (MATERNITY LEAVE) 45 words
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [Lords] 53,925 words, 2 divisions
    2. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (PRIMARY CARE) BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 105 words
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
      1. NORTHERN IRELAND 24 words
    4. PETITION
      1. UNESCO 228 words
  9. Sally-Anne Messenger 4,002 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 February 1997

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Unisex Hairdresser 65 words
  2. DEFENCE
    1. Army Manpower 51 words
    2. Defence-related Equipment Exports 48 words
    3. Cadet Corps 114 words
    4. Royal Yacht 321 words
    5. Royal Navy Manpower 46 words
    6. Ministry of Defence Estate (Ramblers) 51 words
    7. Joint Rapid Deployment Force 96 words
    8. Eurofighter 33 words
    9. Service Men (Retention) 197 words
    10. Chinese Military Strength 103 words
    11. Cruise and Pershing Missiles 78 words
    12. Land Mines 47 words
    13. Trident Programme 77 words
    14. West Indies Guard Ship 84 words
    15. Independent Nuclear Deterrent 43 words
    16. Self-development Education Scheme 277 words
    17. Devonport Dockyard 226 words
    18. Equal Opportunities 183 words
    19. Departmental Decisions (Judicial Review) 179 words
    20. NATO 89 words
    21. Policy Initiatives (Funding) 72 words
    22. Research and Development (Northern Ireland) 93 words
    23. Cadet Force Groups 129 words
    24. Royal Flight 120 words
    25. Service Personnel (Shortages) 53 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Refugee Camps (Thailand-Burma Border) 369 words
    2. China (Tiger Bones) 370 words
    3. Housing Construction (London) 123 words
    4. Israel 73 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Local Government Finance 81 words
    2. Children's Services (Merseyside) 78 words
    3. Local Government Finance (Social Index) 393 words
    4. Local Government Finance 466 words
    5. Children's Services 397 words
    6. E. coli 367 words
    7. Social Landlords 245 words
    8. Unoccupied Housing 118 words
    9. Multiple Occupation Housing (Fire Risks) 200 words
    10. Environmental Information Regulations 139 words
    11. Private Sector Housing 71 words
    12. Data Collection (Postcodes) 95 words
    13. Offshore Drilling Platforms 99 words
    14. Drax Power Station 100 words
    15. Beef Waste 150 words
    16. Housing Corporation 184 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 60 words
    2. Building Society Conversions (Disabled People's Rights) 134 words
    3. Interception of Communications 185 words
    4. Ministerial Visits (Indian Sub-continent) 163 words
  6. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Data Collection (Postcodes) 110 words
    2. Public Record Office 177 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Data Collection (Postcodes) 40 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Sports Council (Grant Aid) 1,205 words
    2. TV Licences 296 words
    3. Sports Council Lottery Fund 307 words
    4. Non-print Publications (Legal Deposit) 419 words
    5. Millennium Exhibition 64 words
    6. Equal Opportunities 57 words
    7. Data Collection (Postcodes) 65 words
    8. Sporting Events (Public Highways) 193 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobmatch 159 words
    2. Special Needs Teaching Training 141 words
    3. Severe Hardship Payments Scheme 183 words
    4. Income Support (Young People) 181 words
    5. Loudwater Combined School 62 words
    6. Seat Belts (School Transport) 114 words
    7. Teachers (Average Age) 663 words
    8. Teachers (Early Retirement) 1,185 words
  10. TREASURY
    1. Cardiff Bay Barrage 241 words
    2. Administration Costs 171 words
    3. Share Option Schemes 247 words
    4. London Transport Funding 104 words
    5. European Community Finance 1,880 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Kenya 238 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Trade Fairs and Seminar Support 108 words
    2. Data Collection (Postcodes) 122 words
    3. Working Time Directive 96 words
    4. Export Credits Guarantee Department 101 words
    5. Trade Mission (Azerbaijan) 132 words
    6. Nanotechnology 143 words
    7. Business Appointment Rules 103 words
    8. Animals (Cosmetics Testing) 92 words
    9. Electricity and Gas Prices 134 words
    10. Competitiveness 405 words
    11. Ford UK 93 words
    12. Iveco Ford 67 words
    13. Prior Options Reviews 123 words
    14. Manufacturing Output 84 words
    15. North Sea Oil 81 words
    16. Companies (Investigation) 79 words
    17. Money Laundering 46 words
    18. Caparo Judgment 35 words
    19. Publicity 88 words
    20. Royal Ordnance, Chorley 84 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Schemes 193 words
    2. London Transport Prestige Project 79 words
    3. Heavy Goods Vehicles 112 words
    4. Railtrack (Code of Conduct) 30 words
    5. Rail Privatisation 70 words
    6. Level Crossing Grant 85 words
    7. Railways (Advice Costs) 52 words
    8. West Coast Main Line 185 words
    9. Emissions 2000 Directive 159 words
    10. Towing Vessels 47 words
    11. Vehicle Excise Duty Exemption 102 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Parkhead Hospital 94 words
    2. Mr. Ian Dutton 85 words
    3. Skye Toll Bridge 63 words
    4. Crofting Townships (Woodland Planting) 416 words
    5. Algrade Trust 1,675 words
    6. Self-governing Schools 113 words
  15. WALES
    1. Local Government Reorganisation 148 words
    2. Nurses' Pay 69 words
    3. Equal Opportunities 63 words
    4. NHS Salaries and Wages 104 words
    5. Dr. William Price 113 words
    6. Health Service Vacancies 43 words
    7. Green Belts 44 words
    8. A465 (Accidents) 61 words
    9. Correspondence 51 words
    10. Capital Challenge 86 words
    11. Claimant Numbers 411 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Ostriches 129 words
    2. Post-Chernobyl Restrictions 109 words
    3. Animal Feed 148 words
    4. Data Collection (Postcodes) 91 words
    5. BSE 571 words
    6. Rabies 85 words
    7. Beef Waste 126 words
    8. Notifiable Disease 857 words
  17. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. BSE 363 words
  18. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Dangerous Driving 1,109 words
    2. Dog Breeders 210 words
    3. Rochester Prison 646 words
    4. Police Complaints Authority Reports 133 words
    5. Pet Animals Act 57 words
    6. Departmental Decisions (Judicial Review) 99 words
    7. Firearms Certificates 169 words
    8. Police Complaints Authority (Appointments) 63 words
    9. Money Laundering 156 words
    10. Asylum Seekers 168 words
    11. Police Bill 355 words
  19. HEALTH
    1. GP Fundholders 661 words
    2. VAT (Incontinence Products) 74 words
    3. Equal Opportunities 86 words
    4. Asthma 356 words
    5. Orthodontists 45 words
    6. Community Care 68 words
    7. Read Codes 211 words
    8. Policy Initiatives (Funding) 78 words
    9. Hospital Patients (Visits) 73 words
    10. Osteoporosis 330 words
    11. Dental Access Fund 50 words
    12. Disabled People 480 words
    13. Care Plans 159 words
    14. Residential Care (Coventry) 550 words
    15. GP Fundholder Budgets (Buckinghamshire) 202 words
    16. Food Poisoning 548 words
    17. Drinking Water 171 words
  20. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Anglo-Irish Secretariat (Briefings) 276 words
    2. Newcastle Disease 103 words
    3. Early Release (Spiritual Conversion) 78 words
    4. Irish Medium Teaching Courses 359 words
    5. Job Creation (Belfast, West) 193 words
    6. Inward Investment (Belfast, West) 304 words
    7. Departmental Decisions (Judicial Review) 88 words
    8. Inner-city Action (Belfast, West) 270 words
    9. Investment (Belfast, West) 120 words
    10. Equal Opportunities 102 words
    11. Muckamore Abbey Hospital 191 words
    12. EU Agriculture Funding 210 words
  21. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Equal Opportunities 104 words
    2. Benefits Agency 27 words
    3. Housing Benefit (Domestic Violence) 110 words
    4. Habitual Residence Test 135 words
    5. Disabled People (Income Support) 300 words
    6. All Work Test 187 words
    7. Benefits in Kind 316 words
    8. Computer Crime 174 words
    9. Benefits Agency Medical Services 911 words
    10. Benefit Payment Security Cards 679 words

Lords Sitting of 11 February 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Asylum Seekers: Detention Conditions 1,848 words
  3. Pyramid Selling 1,149 words
  4. Nuclear Weapons 1,058 words
  5. Business of the House: Debate, 12th February 51 words
  6. Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 496 words
  7. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 33,197 words, 1 division
  8. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 26,528 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 11 February 1997

  1. Prisoners in Hospital: Use of Restraints 279 words
  2. Prisoner in Addenbrooke's Hospital:Use of Restraints 240 words
  3. Police Bill, Part III: Amendments 349 words
  4. Value Added Tax 195 words
  5. VAT and Repairs to Buildings 78 words
  6. VAT: EC Provisions 356 words
  7. Forestry Commission Research Agency:Framework Document 55 words
  8. Space Use: Management and Planning 162 words
  9. NATO Command Structure 96 words
  10. MoD Housing: Sale Proceeds 121 words
  11. Iraq 44 words
  12. Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands: Right of Individual Petition 225 words
  13. EC Human Rights Commission Report: Greece v. UK 109 words
  14. World Bank: Yacyreta Project 256 words
  15. Liberia: UN Arms Embargo Enforcement 304 words
  16. Public Record Office Prior Options Review 187 words