28 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 28 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PETITION
      1. Adoptive Mothers (Maternity Leave) 137 words
      2. BILL PRESENTED
        1. BUILDING SOCIETIES 111 words
      3. PETITION
        1. Lewisham Hospital (Elective Surgery) 260 words
        2. Jurisdiction (Conspiracy and Incitement) Bill 710 words, 1 division
        3. Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Bill 12,427 words
        4. Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill 13,145 words
        5. Road Traffic Reduction Bill 8,704 words
  3. Companies (Millennium Computer Compliance) Bill 7 words
    1. Clause 1
      1. AMENDMENT OF PRINCIPAL ACT 1,362 words
    2. Remaining Private Members' Bills
      1. BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) BILL [LORDS] 21 words
      2. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL 8 words
      3. ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE BILL 8 words
      4. LICENSING (REFORM) BILL 8 words
      5. SALE OF MEDICINES (YOUNG PEOPLE) BILL 8 words
      6. BULL BARS (PROHIBITION) BILL 8 words
      7. REGULATION OF DIET INDUSTRY BILL 8 words
      8. AIRPORTS AND AERODROMES (NOISE)BILL 8 words
      9. HOLOCAUST DENIAL BILL 19 words
      10. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 15 words
      11. EDUCATION (SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS) BILL [LORDS] 31 words
      12. TOWN CENTRES (INSURANCE AND RESTORATION) BILL 8 words
      13. ADOPTIVE MOTHERS (MATERNITY LEAVE) BILL 14 words
      14. DANGEROUS DOGS (AMENDMENT) BILL [LORDS] 19 words
      15. DIGNITY AT WORK BILL [LORDS] 13 words
      16. DISABLED PERSONS AND CARERS (SHORT-TERM BREAKS) BILL 14 words
      17. WASTE PREVENTION BILL 19 words
      18. VICTIMS OF CRIME BILL 8 words
      19. RIGHT TO WORK BILL 8 words
      20. SCHOOL INTRUDERS (CRIMINAL OFFENCE) BILL 8 words
      21. SUNDAYS (DANCING AND LICENSING) BILL [LORDS] 14 words
      22. POLICE (INSURANCE OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTANTS) BILL [LORDS] 19 words
      23. GREAT APES (PROHIBITION OF EXPERIMENTS) BILL 14 words
      24. DARTFORD-THURROCK CROSSING (AMENDMENT) BILL 8 words
      25. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) BILL 83 words
      26. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 211 words
      27. Libya and Iraq 4,387 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 February 1997

  1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. South Africa 241 words
  2. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Voluntary Bodies 1,016 words
    2. Television Licences (Pensioners) 65 words
  3. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Habitual Residence Test 1,966 words
    2. Housing and Council Tax Benefits 165 words
    3. War Pensions 119 words
  4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Selective Cull Scheme 88 words
    2. Common Agricultural Policy 111 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Insolvency Service 106 words
  6. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Juvenile Cases (Legal Aid) 71 words
  7. DEFENCE
    1. Radiobiological Research Laboratory Alverstoke 902 words
    2. Defence Costs Studies 72 words
    3. Nuclear Tests (Compensation) 229 words
    4. Law of Armed Conflict 232 words
    5. Family Quarters (Rents) 139 words
    6. Scots Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 61 words
    7. Aircraft Crashes (Investigations) 107 words
    8. Empty Homes (Disposal) 159 words
    9. A1 Bilad Building 79 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. Income Tax (Recovery of Interest) 67 words
    2. Repair and Maintenance (VAT) 83 words
    3. Inland Revenue (Corruption) 103 words
    4. Vehicle and Fuel Taxation 456 words
    5. Local Tax Offices 115 words
    6. Weatherguard, Halbeath, Fife 117 words
    7. Income Tax 345 words
    8. European Funds (Republic of Ireland) 149 words
    9. Public Finance Initiative 83 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Private Employment Agencies 1,295 words
    2. Departmental Contracts 646 words
    3. Privatisation 130 words
    4. Inward Investment 224 words
  10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. St. Helenians 55 words
    2. Departmental Contracts 312 words
    3. Nursery Schools 110 words
    4. Nursery Vouchers 74 words
    5. Schools (Staff Checks) 131 words
    6. New Nursery Classes 1,441 words
    7. Teachers' Pensions 224 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. MV Braer 105 words
    2. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 92 words
    3. London Underground 64 words
    4. Rolling Stock Leasing Companies 99 words
    5. Railfreight Distribution 48 words
    6. National Bus Company 59 words
    7. Train Operating Companies (Redundancy Payments) 123 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Lockerbie 186 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Departmental Contracts 372 words
    2. Embassies and High Commissions 357 words
    3. Metin Goktepe 160 words
    4. Seals (Russia) 88 words
    5. EU Information Offices 88 words
    6. European Council 1,300 words
  14. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prison Medical Examinations (Video-recording) 150 words
    2. Whitemoor Prison (Escape) 417 words
    3. Belmarsh Prison (Books and Periodicals) 256 words
    4. Metropolitan Police Manpower 124 words
    5. Roisin McAliskey 149 words
    6. Policing (London) 860 words
    7. Young Offenders 75 words
    8. Parliamentary Answers 246 words
    9. EU Citizens (Employment Applications) 150 words
    10. Equipment and Furniture 152 words
    11. Executive Agencies 98 words
    12. Police Officers (Secondment to Department) 90 words
    13. Prisons (Rule 43) 137 words
    14. Prisons (Drug Testing) 628 words
    15. Prisoners (Birth) 437 words
    16. New Prisons (Construction) 157 words
    17. Prisoners (Restraints) 450 words
    18. Police Custody Deaths 118 words
    19. Prison Visitors (Searches) 46 words
    20. Prisons (Babies) 257 words
    21. London Prisons (Drug Finds) 152 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. Multiple Sclerosis 429 words
    2. Cold-related Illnesses 232 words
    3. Nursing and Midwifery Students 126 words
    4. Second-level Registered Nurses 105 words
    5. NHS Non-clinical Managers 57 words
    6. Mental Health 43 words
    7. Emergency Patients 42 words
    8. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 137 words
    9. Forest Healthcare Trust 70 words
    10. Ecstasy 361 words
    11. Disabled Parents 335 words
    12. Glaucoma 607 words
    13. Operations (Cancellations) 75 words
    14. Nurses (Training) 75 words
    15. Long-term Care (Legislation) 92 words
    16. Buckinghamshire Health Authority 162 words
    17. Health Authority Finance 65 words
    18. Prescriptions 95 words
  16. WALES
    1. Pupil Exclusions (Clwyd) 98 words
    2. High Technology Companies 185 words
    3. Unemployment (Clywd) 88 words
    4. Youth Unemployment 47 words
    5. River Dee Estuary 79 words
    6. Aerospace and Air Passenger Transport Industries 63 words
    7. Prescriptions 285 words
    8. Nursery Education 80 words
    9. NHS (Private Finance Initiative) 209 words
    10. Nursery Vouchers 65 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Paedophiles 639 words
    2. Child Abuse 73 words
    3. Mr. William Duff 1,227 words
    4. Dental Services 446 words
    5. Ministerial Visits 647 words
    6. Equipment and Furniture 118 words
    7. Sleep Disorders 796 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Social Housing 299 words
    2. Equipment and Furniture 137 words
    3. Landfill Directive 72 words
    4. Landfill Sites (Methane) 127 words
    5. Waste Disposal 107 words
    6. Landfill Sites 148 words
    7. Departmental Contracts 222 words
    8. Sellafield 50 words
    9. Local Government Finance 138 words
    10. Correspondence 164 words

Lords Sitting of 28 February 1997

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. Legal Advice and Assistance (Scope) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 2,074 words
  3. Legal Aid (Functions) Order 1997 90 words
  4. Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 1997 2,160 words
  5. Farm Woodland (Amendment) Scheme 1997 32 words
  6. Courses for Drink-Drive Offenders (Experimental Period) Order 1997 2,639 words
  7. Police (Property) Bill 2,387 words
  8. Building Societies (Distributions) Bill 3,792 words
  9. Police (Health and Safety) Bill 2,752 words
  10. Company Accounts (Disclosure of Directors' Emoluments) Regulations 1997 2,681 words
  11. Companies Act 1985 (Directors' Report) (Statement of Payment Practice) Regulations 1997 3,977 words
  12. Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Bill 3,584 words
  13. Deregulation (Employment in Bars) Order 1997 1,663 words
  14. Deregulation (Casinos) Order 1997 1,524 words
  15. Deregulation (Betting Licensing) Order 1997 760 words
  16. The Cornish Economy 12,143 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 February 1997

  1. Low Income Countries: Education Assistance 312 words
  2. Aid Trade Provision 269 words
  3. General Affairs Council, Brussels, 24 February 1,017 words
  4. Ecstasy Drug 362 words
  5. Merseyside Dock and Harbour Company: Government Shares 144 words
  6. British Airways—American Airlines Proposed Merger: Competition Concerns 331 words
  7. NATO 128 words
  8. N. I.: Dept. of Economic Development, Branch Studies 104 words
  9. Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Speed Capability 290 words