17 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 17 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. WALES
      1. Unemployment 1,168 words
      2. Nursery Vouchers 1,225 words
      3. Cardiff International Airport (Link Road) 286 words
      4. Hospitals (Dyfed Powys) 510 words
      5. Nurses and Midwives 667 words
      6. Income Statistics 862 words
      7. Local Government Finance 452 words
      8. Health Service Funding 485 words
      9. Pupil Exclusions 256 words
      10. Structural Funds 256 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. Crown Prosecution Service 894 words
      2. Racial Harassment 587 words
      3. Criminal Offences (Police Officers) 260 words
      4. Crown Prosecution Service (Book Expenditure) 268 words
  4. POINT OF ORDER 84 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Opposition Day 3 words
    2. BSE Crisis 53,432 words, 1 division
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 16 words
    4. RAW TOBACCO 150 words
    5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
    6. TAKEOVER BIDS 57 words
    7. ROAD TRAFFIC REDUCTION BILL [MONEY] 88 words
    8. BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 62 words
    9. Theory Test Centre (Huddersfield) 3,652 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 February 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Telephone Tapping 442 words
    2. Animal Experiments 1,149 words
    3. Criminal Cases Review Commission 59 words
    4. Obscenity Law 1,208 words
    5. Repatriated Prisoners (Sentences) 384 words
  2. DEFENCE
    1. Resolution Class Submarines 410 words
    2. Military Personnel (Wales) 618 words
    3. Quantock School 300 words
    4. Boarding Schools Allowance Scheme 57 words
    5. Land Mines 111 words
    6. Bowman Project 166 words
    7. Firing Ranges (Schools) 201 words
    8. Polaris 76 words
    9. RAF Bases (Running Costs) 102 words
    10. Welsh Regiments 115 words
    11. Empty Homes (Disposal) 64 words
    12. Gurkhas 800 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Sports Council Lottery Fund 1,871 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Towels 69 words
    2. New Parliamentary Building 120 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Armoured Vehicles (Indonesia) 262 words
    2. Sellafield 99 words
    3. Industrial Tribunals 197 words
    4. British Shipbuilders 81 words
    5. British Gas 245 words
    6. Land Mines 65 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Taxes and National Insurance 368 words
    2. Departmental Publicity 97 words
    3. Deaths 249 words
    4. Dorneywood 67 words
    5. Profit-related Pay Schemes 132 words
  7. HEALTH
    1. GP Fundholders 1,223 words
    2. Senior House Officers (West Midlands) 249 words
    3. Staff Training (North Staffordshire) 92 words
    4. Strokes 310 words
    5. Junior Doctors 49 words
    6. Blood Products 60 words
    7. Dentures 48 words
    8. Hospital Waiting Lists 35 words
    9. Abortion 83 words
  8. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Assisted Places Scheme 3,656 words
    2. Attendance Database (Bolton) 988 words
    3. Special Needs 5,475 words
    4. Employment Directions (EU) 448 words
    5. Jobmatch Scheme 487 words
    6. Jobseeker's Allowance 222 words
    7. Bridging Allowance 182 words
    8. School Uniforms 60 words
    9. Teacher (Early Retirement) 133 words
    10. Quantock School 79 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. Minimum Age Requirements 45 words
    2. Drink Driving 163 words
    3. MV Derbyshire 64 words
  10. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Prosecution Guidelines 72 words
    2. Asil Nadir 49 words
    3. Government Property Lawyers 104 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Albania 599 words
    2. European Institutions (Running Costs) 219 words
    3. UN Rapid Deployment Brigade 144 words
    4. Sudan 102 words
    5. Israel 245 words
    6. China 113 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Terrorism 219 words
    2. Newcastle Disease 185 words
    3. Arthur Andersen 90 words
    4. Gun Laws 163 words
    5. Private Finance Initiative 466 words
    6. Farm and Countryside Enhancement Scheme 52 words
    7. Health Clinic Facilities (Armagh) 264 words
    8. Queen's University (Student Intake) 218 words
    9. Union Flag 284 words
    10. Raising School Standards Initiative 44 words
  13. WALES
    1. Job Creation 224 words
    2. Hospital Admissions (Suspension) 78 words
    3. Job Insecurity 38 words
    4. Activity Centres (Safety) 83 words
    5. Roads Expenditure 99 words
    6. Devolved Government 47 words
    7. Unemployment 43 words
    8. Technical Advice 247 words
    9. St. Asaph Business Park 114 words
    10. Welsh Development Agency 161 words
    11. Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 68 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Water Pollution 149 words
    2. Nuclear Waste 102 words
    3. Commission for the New Towns (Corby) 165 words
    4. Local Authority Employees (Northamptonshire) 412 words
    5. Environment Agency (Prosecutions) 189 words
    6. Global Warming 290 words
    7. Factory Shop Complex (Ashford) 48 words
    8. Estate Action Schemes 86 words
    9. Local Government Finance 188 words
    10. Climate Change Convention 80 words
    11. Rough Sleeping 403 words
    12. Minerals Compensation Regulations 121 words
    13. Estates Renewal Challenge Fund 61 words
    14. Asbestos 189 words
    15. Waste Recycling 198 words
    16. Sustainable Development 106 words
    17. Cash Limits 103 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Pensioner Incomes 246 words
    2. National Insurance 306 words
    3. Social Security Appeals 98 words
    4. National Insurance Numbers 257 words
    5. Disabled Ex-service Personnel 48 words
    6. Rent Allowances 364 words
    7. Child Support 93 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Sheep Dips 817 words
    2. Dairy Products 369 words
    3. Beef (Intervention Stocks) 93 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Departmental Publicity 313 words
    2. Equal Opportunities 147 words
    3. Scots Pines, Loch Fleet 95 words
    4. Computer Crime 123 words
    5. Legal Aid 364 words
    6. M80 Extension 265 words
    7. M74 92 words
    8. Scottish Natural Heritage 75 words
    9. Nurses 874 words
    10. Prison Officers 696 words
    11. Toll Bridges (Revenue) 183 words
    12. Prisoners 643 words
    13. General Practitioner Practices 369 words
    14. Hospitals 443 words
    15. Sewerage Charges 118 words

Lords Sitting of 17 February 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Millennium Funding: New Churches 1,013 words
  3. Dogs: Assistance to the Disabled 394 words
  4. Gibraltar: European Parliament Elections 628 words
  5. The Economy: Inflation 2,686 words
  6. Police (Health and Safety) Bill 14 words
  7. Building Societies (Distributions) Bill 12 words
  8. Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Bill 12 words
  9. Police (Insurance of Voluntary Assistants) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  10. Local Government (Gaelic Names) (Scotland) Bill 65 words
  11. Telecommunications (Fraud) Bill 6 words
  12. Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill 22,563 words
  13. Register of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes Regulations 1997 819 words
  14. Merchant Shipping (Ro-Ro Passenger Ship Survivability) Regulations 1997 4,592 words
  15. Protection from Harassment Bill 17,934 words
  16. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 14 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 February 1997

  1. Saudi Arabia: Al Khobar Bombing 151 words
  2. OECD Conference: Social Investment 114 words
  3. Space Plane 123 words
  4. Firearms (Amendment) Bill: Compensation 136 words
  5. Hong Kong: Public Order Laws 262 words
  6. Floating Prison 194 words
  7. Cultural Property: UNESCO Convention 304 words
  8. Employment of Children 109 words
  9. Gas Safety Regulations: Effect of Amendment 122 words
  10. Sustainable Development: White Paper 102 words
  11. Minerals Compensation Regulations 119 words
  12. Single Currency: Effect of UK Adoption 111 words
  13. US Nuclear Strategy: Allegation 87 words
  14. Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Programmes 95 words
  15. Nuclear Test Veterans: Human Rights Commission Finding 131 words
  16. MoD Properties: Disposals 58 words
  17. Gurkhas: Terms and Conditions of Service 803 words