27 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 27 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Action for Community Employment 937 words
      2. Peace Process 2,072 words
      3. Education Expenditure 1,054 words
      4. Northern Ireland Forum 774 words
      5. Security Situation 906 words
      6. Youth Unemployment 464 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,599 words
  4. Criminal Justice 7,189 words
  5. Business of the House 5,437 words
  6. Building Research Establishment 609 words
  7. Point of Order 265 words
  8. Welsh Affairs 9,777 words
  9. ROYAL ASSENT 104 words
  10. Welsh Affairs 26,854 words
  11. ADJOURNMENT 16 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 February 1997

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Courts (Induction Loop Systems) 312 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Civil Servants (London Supplement) 117 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prisoners (Drug Tests) 178 words
    2. Prison Visits (Recording) 307 words
    3. Belmarsh Prison 379 words
    4. Prisons (Special Secure Units) 254 words
    5. Roisin McAliskey 180 words
    6. Firearms (Amendment) Bill (Administration) 145 words
    7. Foreign Students (Residence Restrictions) 157 words
    8. Criminal Case Papers 493 words
  4. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Deregulation 89 words
    2. Departmental Regional Services 195 words
    3. Institute of Food Research 173 words
    4. Genetic Testing (Insurance) 479 words
    5. Industrial Action and Trade Unions 110 words
  5. TRANSPORT
    1. Rail Privatisation 465 words
    2. Contracts 264 words
    3. Freight Facilities Grants 145 words
    4. Pescado (Sinking) 168 words
    5. Highways Agency 137 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT
    1. South Yorkshire Supertram 114 words
    2. Estates Renewal Challenge Fund (Wythenshawe) 214 words
    3. Wild Birds 102 words
    4. Terrorism 213 words
    5. Direct Labour (Wolverhampton) 158 words
    6. Granny Annexes 253 words
    7. Landlord and Tenant Report 476 words
    8. Non-fossil Fuel Obligation 66 words
  7. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Public Appointments 122 words
    2. Sports Clubs and Recreational Charities 171 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Overseas Aid 113 words
    2. International Fund for Agricultural Development 215 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. Income Tax 96 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 580 words
    3. Death Rate 430 words
    4. Equipment and Furniture 303 words
    5. Inheritance Tax (Access to Works of Art) 363 words
    6. National Savings 153 words
    7. Pension Funds 33 words
    8. Pensions Misselling 49 words
    9. Inheritance Tax 36 words
    10. Statistics (Rounding) 51 words
    11. Married Couple's Tax Allowance 84 words
    12. Food Poisoning 254 words
    13. Tax Law Rewrite Steering Committee 73 words
  10. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. National Insurance 500 words
    2. Scottish Grand Committee 125 words
    3. Benefits Agency 492 words
    4. Pensioners 460 words
    5. Incapacity Benefit 462 words
    6. Jobseeker's Allowance 350 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Albania 64 words
    2. European Summit (Cardiff) 63 words
    3. Hong Kong 224 words
    4. Immigration 79 words
    5. European Council 1,587 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Personal Injury Actions 162 words
    2. Stubbing and Others v. the United Kingdom 101 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Letters to Shareholders 76 words
    2. Engagements 85 words
    3. Parliamentary Answers 143 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Animal Feed 215 words
    2. Salmon 48 words
    3. Private Employment Agencies 527 words
    4. Equipment and Furniture 113 words
    5. North-east Drift Net Fishery 334 words
    6. Veterinary Service 417 words
    7. Research and Development 833 words
    8. Quarantine 274 words
    9. Live Animal Exports 89 words
    10. Sheep Scab 202 words
    11. Parasiticides 261 words
    12. Pigs 91 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Taoiseach (Meeting) 43 words
    2. Airport Tax (Effect on Tourism) 55 words
    3. Beef Markets 98 words
    4. Long-term Unemployment 50 words
    5. Millennium Celebrations 50 words
    6. Security Situation 76 words
    7. Sinn Fein 42 words
    8. Electoral Registers 130 words
    9. Cross-border Co-operation 145 words
    10. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 104 words
    11. Electricity Interconnector 247 words
    12. Peace Process 53 words
    13. Paramilitary Violence 106 words
    14. Terrorist Suspects (Recording of Interviews) 166 words
    15. Local Authority Powers 112 words
    16. Parades Commission 64 words
    17. Sectarian Intimidation 56 words
    18. Rating and Valuation 60 words
    19. Action for Community Employment 215 words
    20. Legislation 99 words
    21. North Report 99 words
    22. Electoral Count (Objections) 409 words
    23. Prospect Downs Development 327 words
    24. Council for Catholic Maintained Schools 67 words
    25. Teachers (redundancies) 71 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Further Education Funding 107 words
    2. School Security (Sheffield) 125 words
    3. Vacancies (Follow-up) 270 words
    4. Jobseekers (Minimum Wage) 299 words
    5. Modern Apprentices 14,693 words
    6. Cash Limits 335 words
    7. Admissible Schools List 90 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Married Quarters (Rent) 66 words
    2. Proof and Experimental Work 139 words
    3. Eskmeal and Shoeburyness Ranges 170 words
    4. Guards (Hours) 109 words
    5. BSE 67 words
    6. Equipment and Furniture 3,545 words
    7. Royal Yacht 366 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Waiting Times 702 words
    2. Lariam 148 words
    3. Departmental Contracts 153 words
    4. Local Authority Social Services 459 words
    5. Dental Services (Wandsworth) 57 words
    6. District Health Authorities (Purchasing) 109 words
    7. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 84 words
    8. Influenza Immunisation 257 words
    9. General Practitioners 73 words
    10. Hospital Travel Costs Scheme 47 words
    11. Elderly Care Costs 113 words
    12. Food Poisoning 568 words
    13. Hospitals (Military Personnel) 423 words
  19. WALES
    1. Fiscal Deficit and Government Expenditure 172 words
    2. Tax 182 words
    3. Motorways 82 words
    4. Council House Sales 141 words
    5. Meningitis 62 words
    6. Prescriptions 66 words
    7. Influenza Immunisation 119 words
    8. General Practitioners 405 words
    9. European Summit (Cardiff) 118 words
  20. SCOTLAND
    1. Data Collection (Postcodes) 316 words
    2. Motorways 68 words
    3. Road Markings and Signposting 164 words
    4. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 73 words
    5. Electronic Tagging 55 words
    6. Holocaust Denial 227 words
  21. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Written Questions 99 words

Lords Sitting of 27 February 1997

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Guardsmen Wright and Fisher: Sentences 1,020 words
  3. Mental Health Services 580 words
  4. Israel: Oslo Agreements 755 words
  5. Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, Part I 799 words
  6. Delay in the Criminal Justice System: Review 7,450 words
  7. Contract (Scotland) Bill 14 words
  8. Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Bill 12 words
  9. Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  10. Policyholders Protection Bill 65 words
  11. United Nations Personnel Bill 6 words
  12. National Heritage Bill [H.L.] 1,098 words
  13. Crime (Sentences) Bill 22,454 words, 1 division
  14. Royal Assent 94 words
  15. Excise Duties 8,331 words
  16. Crime (Sentences) Bill 28,415 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 February 1997

  1. EU Council: Forthcoming Business 1,586 words
  2. Central Africa: Refugees 159 words
  3. Central Africa: Refugees 167 words
  4. Great Lakes Region: Peace Negotiations 173 words
  5. NATO 453 words
  6. Democracy in Europe: US Role 100 words
  7. IAEA Enhanced Safeguards System 245 words
  8. Mr. Metin Goktepe 233 words
  9. International Fund for Agricultural Development: Replenishment 202 words
  10. Scottish Law Reform Projects 222 words
  11. Paedophiles: ACPO Representations 79 words