13 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 13 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TREASURY
      1. Endangered Species 561 words
      2. Share Ownership 880 words
      3. Value Added Tax 1,313 words
      4. Public Expenditure 894 words
      5. Value Added Tax 728 words
      6. Household Incomes (Tax) 234 words
      7. European Monetary Union 354 words
      8. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 456 words
      9. European Monetary Union 806 words
      10. National Income (Business Taxation) 223 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,240 words
  4. Business of the House 5,391 words
  5. Companies (Payment Practice) 6,573 words
  6. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 46 words
    1. PART I OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Amendment 37 words
    2. PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Additional entries 104 words
      2. Entry omitted 11 words
    3. PART III OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Additional entries 483 words
      2. Entries omitted 344 words
      3. Other amendments 288 words
    4. PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Entry omitted 19 words
      2. Other amendments 4,953 words
      3. 'Additional Entry 6,431 words
    5. PART I OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Amendment 37 words
    6. PART II OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Additional entries 103 words
      2. Entry omitted 12 words
    7. PART III OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Additional entries 488 words
      2. Entries omitted 343 words
      3. Other amendments 290 words
    8. PART IV OF SCHEDULE 1
      1. Entry omitted 19 words
      2. Other amendments 94 words
    9. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
      1. MERCHANT SHIPPING 26 words
    10. DEREGULATION 115 words
  7. Welwyn Hatfield Council (Slough Estates) 2,766 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 13 February 1997

  1. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 624 words
    2. Local Authority Services (Mergers) 112 words
    3. Metropolitan District Budgets 527 words
    4. Ceramic Fibres 178 words
    5. Poll Tax and Council Tax 247 words
    6. Metropolitan District Staff 453 words
    7. Birds of Prey 71 words
    8. Building Research Establishment 1,363 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Section 2 Awards 451 words
    2. National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education 133 words
    3. University Research 329 words
    4. Adult Training Courses 98 words
    5. Skill Shortages 42 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Illegal Drugs 44 words
    2. Immigration Detainees 213 words
    3. Asylum Seekers 160 words
    4. Street Crime (East Staffordshire) 148 words
    5. Surveillance Equipment 441 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Live Animal Transport (MV Cap Afrique) 113 words
    2. BSE 578 words
    3. Turkeys 185 words
  5. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Flander's Folly, Craven Arms 191 words
  6. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Income Support 314 words
    2. Jobseeker's Allowance (Devon) 370 words
    3. National Insurance Contributions 116 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Homelessness (London) 58 words
    2. Engagements 68 words
    3. Secretary of State for Health 36 words
    4. NHS (Performance) 337 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Recorders (Members of Parliament) 108 words
    2. Land Registration Act 1925 79 words
    3. Mr. Colin Balchin 197 words
    4. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 112 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Post Office Users Council for Northern Ireland 92 words
    2. Garden Birds (Export) 66 words
    3. Coal Industry 63 words
    4. North-West Konver Working Group 209 words
    5. Iraq (Trade Restrictions) 90 words
    6. Prohibited Weapons (Export) 45 words
    7. Privatised Utilities (Information) 163 words
    8. Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme 104 words
    9. Consultants 933 words
    10. Local Development Agencies 159 words
  10. TRANSPORT
    1. Driving Standards Agency 237 words
    2. London Underground (Blood Alcohol Tests) 98 words
    3. Thames Bridge Construction 60 words
    4. Aircraft Safety 257 words
    5. Railways (Targets) 38 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Cyprus 179 words
  12. HEALTH
    1. Nerve Gas Attack (Japan) 249 words
    2. Data Collection (Postcodes) 207 words
    3. GP Fundholder Appeals 71 words
    4. Lariam 753 words
    5. Iron Deficiency (Children) 185 words
    6. Dental Services 68 words
    7. Food Poisoning 133 words
    8. Eye Disease Treatment 58 words
    9. Pepper Gas 98 words
    10. Skin Diseases 505 words
    11. Research Units 68 words
    12. Mental Health 102 words
    13. Skin Ailments 252 words
    14. Sheffield Health Authority 454 words
    15. Junior Doctors 43 words
    16. Blood 72 words
  13. WALES
    1. Health Service Staff 122 words
    2. Salmon 501 words
    3. Power Stations 79 words
    4. Air Pollution 162 words
    5. Roseate Tern 81 words
    6. Child Care 169 words
    7. Health Authority Finance 43 words
    8. Osiris Network 306 words
    9. Grant-maintained Schools 183 words
    10. North Gwent Mental Health Project 61 words
    11. Chief Inspector of Schools 69 words
    12. Police Forces (Finance) 93 words
    13. Driftnet Fishing 66 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Irish Regiment 98 words
    2. Non-proliferation Treaty 153 words
  15. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 119 words
    2. Notes on Clauses 78 words
    3. Consultants 134 words
    4. House of Commons Disqualification Act 379 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Hepatitis B Vaccination 136 words
    2. Regent House Grammar School, Newtownards 79 words
    3. Cold Weather Payments 1,202 words
    4. Moseys Arch, Killyleagh 186 words
    5. Stalking 113 words
    6. Data Collection (Postcodes) 199 words
    7. Drinks Licences 237 words
    8. Building Societies and Banks (Employees) 89 words
    9. Benefit Claimants 844 words
    10. Handguns 84 words
    11. Department of the Environment (Compensation) 141 words
    12. Hospital and Nursing Home Beds 1,233 words
    13. Local Government Finance 246 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Judicial Reviews 137 words
    2. Scottish Charities Office 118 words
    3. Songbirds 96 words
    4. Rights of Way 89 words
    5. Nursery Vouchers 326 words
    6. Feudal System (Abolition) 241 words
    7. Fish Farming 80 words
    8. European Council 259 words
  18. TREASURY
    1. Income Tax 61 words
    2. Tax Allowances (Teachers) 34 words
    3. Mortgage Tax Relief 79 words
    4. Business Investment 87 words
    5. Business Taxation 78 words
    6. VAT (Fuel) 41 words
    7. Taxation 103 words
    8. Investment 70 words
    9. Single Currency (Convergence Criteria) 82 words
    10. Mortgage Interest Relief 85 words
    11. VAT 190 words
    12. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 77 words
    13. Cumulative Debt 110 words
    14. Economic and Monetary Union 60 words
    15. VAT (Food) 93 words
    16. Earnings Statistics 60 words
    17. UK Economy (Growth Prospects) 141 words
    18. European Single Currency 75 words
    19. Factor 8 (VAT) 68 words
    20. Paymaster 343 words
    21. Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 63 words
    22. Arms Supplies (Rwanda) 113 words
    23. "Social Trends" Data 452 words
    24. 2001 Census 186 words
    25. Car Production 64 words

Lords Sitting of 13 February 1997

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. EU: Visits by Foreign Secretary 1,571 words
  3. Treaties: Parliamentary Scrutiny 1,214 words
  4. Prisons: Use of Police Cells 2,053 words
  5. Education Bill 113 words
  6. Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 65 words
  7. Overseas Domestic Workers (Protection) Bill [H.L.] 72 words
  8. Crime (Sentences) Bill 26,307 words, 2 divisions
  9. Wind Farms and the Rural Environment 8,857 words
  10. Crime (Sentences) Bill 26,096 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 13 February 1997

  1. NATO Enlargement 90 words
  2. Riyadh Bombing, November 1995 60 words
  3. Liberia: Elections 103 words
  4. Asylum Seekers 367 words
  5. Blood, Meat and Bone Meal Fertilisers 170 words
  6. CFE Treaty 276 words
  7. Sea Ferret Missile 78 words
  8. Peaceful Uses of Space: WEU/ESA Collaboration 84 words
  9. HELIOS II and Horus Satellites 95 words