5 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 5 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Ford (Halewood) 11,401 words
  4. Revenue Support Grant (Kent) 11,416 words
  5. Poverty (Scotland) 4,449 words
  6. Second Severn Crossing (Approach Roads) 4,052 words
  7. Fire Services (Essex) 3,806 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SCOTLAND
      1. Glasgow (Funding) 930 words
      2. Health Spending 443 words
      3. Borders Health Board 657 words
      4. Electricity Interconnector 769 words
      5. Health and Community Care (Highlands) 457 words
      6. Public Expenditure Settlement 1,831 words
      7. Legislation 881 words
      8. Local Government Finance 1,047 words
      9. Education Institutions (Agency Staff) 324 words
      10. Unemployment 1,630 words
      11. Care in the Community 420 words
  9. Press Release (Madam Speaker's Statement) 178 words
    1. BILLS PRESENTED
      1. MENTAL HEALTH (JOINT COMMISSIONING CONSORTIA) 78 words
      2. TOWN CENTRES (INSURANCE AND RESTORATION) 138 words
  10. Constitutional Change 896 words
    1. CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 48 words
  11. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. National Health Service 30,298 words, 2 divisions
    2. Education 26,014 words, 2 divisions
      1. POLICE (HEALTH AND SAFETY) BILL [MONEY] 69 words
      2. SEXUAL OFFENCES (PROTECTED MATERIAL) BILL [MONEY] 56 words
        1. Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill 36 words
    3. Higher Education 4,285 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 February 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Coroner Procedures (Muslim Communities) 102 words
    2. Gilbert McNamee 181 words
    3. Probation Service (Mid Glamorgan) 456 words
    4. Oncomouse 136 words
    5. Dangerous Dogs Act 183 words
    6. Drug Misuse 198 words
  2. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Departmental Publicity 127 words
    2. London Marathon 65 words
    3. Royal Parks 73 words
    4. Caravan Parks 146 words
    5. Windsor Castle 82 words
    6. British Academy of Sport 40 words
    7. Charities Act 1992 51 words
    8. Sporting Activity 134 words
  3. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. War Pensions Appeals 658 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Travel Costs 128 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Social Chapter 147 words
    2. Exports (Iraq) 103 words
    3. Business Links 86 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Publicity 347 words
    2. Visas 142 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Profit Sharing and Share Option Schemes 367 words
    2. Taxable Incomes 275 words
    3. Monetary Growth Rate (M4) 168 words
    4. "Social Trends 27" 107 words
    5. Value Added Tax 126 words
    6. Pedal Cycles 76 words
    7. Research and Development 194 words
  8. WALES
    1. Mixed-sex Wards 51 words
    2. Head Injuries Rehabilitation 61 words
    3. Lone Parents 97 words
    4. Teachers (Deeside) 77 words
    5. School Homework 54 words
    6. Acid Rain 104 words
    7. Planning Appeals 169 words
    8. Railtrack Depot (Cardiff) 78 words
    9. Pupil Referral Units 70 words
    10. Cancelled Operations 283 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Spiritual and Moral Training 155 words
    2. Training and Enterprise Councils 139 words
    3. School Merger (Cheltenham) 112 words
    4. Eltec Training and Enterprise Council 61 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Water Cannon 236 words
    2. Aircraft 158 words
    3. Nuclear Tests 222 words
    4. HMS Cromwell 73 words
    5. United Arab Emirates (Visit) 77 words
    6. Royal Flight 81 words
    7. Colchester Garrison 96 words
    8. Hawk Jets 114 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Private Care Homes 68 words
    2. Local Government Finance 51 words
    3. European Regional Development Fund 50 words
    4. Brain Injury 131 words
    5. European Council 60 words
    6. Law and Order 62 words
    7. Constitutional Reform 43 words
    8. Homelessness 59 words
    9. Blind Workers 212 words
    10. Dundee City Council (Finance) 41 words
    11. Local Taxes 76 words
    12. Road Construction 68 words
    13. Automatic Life Sentences 93 words
    14. A96 Keith Bypass 62 words
    15. Scotland and Northern Ireland (Joint Projects) 66 words
    16. Coronary Heart Disease 100 words
    17. Health Service Funding 51 words
    18. Glasgow (Economy) 102 words
    19. Fishing Industry 110 words
    20. Local Government Finance 112 words
    21. Food Poisoning (Report) 80 words
    22. Export Prospects 39 words
    23. Activity Centres (Safety) 105 words
    24. Health Service Finance 48 words
    25. Electricity Privatisation 76 words
    26. Operation Cancellations 100 words
    27. Peregrine Falcons 194 words
    28. Cold Weather Protection 92 words
    29. General Practitioner Fundholders 58 words
    30. Departmental Publications 728 words
    31. Development Corporations 212 words
    32. Newcastle Disease 50 words
    33. Student Grants 211 words
    34. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 140 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 78 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Private Finance Projects 967 words
    2. War Pensions 914 words
    3. Benefit Claimants 365 words
    4. Income Support (St. Helens) 197 words
    5. Pensioner Incomes 386 words
    6. Benefits Agency Medical Services 379 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Dentistry (Children) 111 words
    2. General Practitioners 50 words
    3. GP Fundholders 217 words
    4. St. Bartholomew's Hospital 222 words
    5. Butane Gas Lighters 207 words
    6. Doctors 107 words
    7. Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 259 words
    8. Heart Disease 144 words
    9. Cancer 183 words
    10. Dentists 659 words
    11. Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body 40 words
    12. Voluntary Groups 57 words
    13. Prescriptions 83 words
    14. GP Principals 48 words
    15. Operation Cancellations 88 words
  15. TRANSPORT
    1. M6 707 words
    2. Motorway Accidents 202 words
    3. West Coast Main Line 173 words
    4. Cargo (Gibraltar) 123 words
    5. Royal Train 514 words
    6. Driving Examiners 326 words
    7. Freight Aircraft 232 words
    8. Hammersmith Bridge 86 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Public Disturbances 235 words
    2. Anglo-Irish Conference (Public Bodies) 114 words
    3. Anglo-Irish Secretariat 119 words
    4. Beef Export Ban 171 words
    5. Polling Stations 67 words
    6. Water Service (Donaghadee) 223 words
    7. Waste Disposal Strategy 412 words
    8. School Examination Candidates 128 words
    9. Roads (Development) 428 words
    10. Angling 45 words
    11. Farms (Negative Equity) 68 words
    12. Suckler Cow Premium 100 words

Lords Sitting of 5 February 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. European Exchange Rate Mechanism 1,430 words
  3. Engineering: Top Flight Bursaries Scheme 878 words
  4. Nuclear Waste: Underground Disposal 1,092 words
  5. Rail Services: Customer Information 1,410 words
  6. Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill 12 words
  7. Political Parties: Funding 26,925 words, 1 division
  8. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 17,574 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 February 1997

  1. PHOENIX 323 words
  2. Asylum Seekers: Detention at Rochester Prison 76 words
  3. Racism and Xenophobia: EU Monitoring Centre 57 words
  4. Prisoners: In-cell Television 91 words
  5. Associations of Chief Police Officers 194 words
  6. Single Currency 139 words
  7. British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce: Foreign Shareholdings Limit 83 words
  8. Advertising Hoardings 112 words
  9. Scarman Trust 66 words
  10. Broadcasting: Complaints from Foreign Embassies 166 words
  11. Middle East: Forces Build-up 281 words
  12. Defence Spending 82 words