6 February 1997

Commons Sitting of 6 February 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. Cattle Cull 455 words
      2. Sea Defences 412 words
      3. Genetically Modified Food 1,072 words
      4. Animal Welfare 1,308 words
      5. Beef Exports 1,054 words
      6. Food Safety 525 words
      7. Common Fisheries Policy 484 words
      8. Cattle Cull 363 words
      9. Food Safety 222 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,197 words
  4. Business of the House 6,140 words
  5. Points of Order 505 words
  6. Royal Air Force 44,296 words
  7. St. Margaret's Hospital, Great Barr 3,622 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 6 February 1997

  1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Football Matches 179 words
    2. D'Oyly Carte Opera Company 153 words
    3. Voluntary Groups 293 words
    4. Computer Crime 128 words
    5. Lottery Awards (Yorkshire) 74 words
    6. Millennium Exhibition 115 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. No. 1 Carlton Gardens 128 words
    2. Scott Inquiry 116 words
    3. Former Prisoners of War (Japan) 80 words
    4. Mrs. Yasmin Akhtar Sarfraz 80 words
    5. Chevening 579 words
    6. Computer Crime 101 words
    7. Mr. Ghafoor Ahmed 83 words
    8. Scott Inquiry 82 words
  3. WALES
    1. Fuel Consumption 73 words
    2. Councils (Increased Functions) 75 words
    3. Hearing-impaired People (Employment) 103 words
    4. Computer Crime 123 words
    5. Education Revenue Budget 130 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Publicity 1,012 words
    2. Police Expenditure 401 words
    3. Police (Wales) 2,734 words
    4. Police Pension Scheme 106 words
    5. Asylum Seekers (Rochester Prison) 49 words
    6. Computer Crime 98 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 64 words
    2. Public Appointments Unit 115 words
    3. Computer Crime 119 words
    4. Scott Inquiry 173 words
  6. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Mine Water 141 words
    2. Local Government Finance 345 words
    3. Equal Opportunities 53 words
    4. Departmental Decisions (Judicial Review) 86 words
    5. Consultants 61 words
    6. Computer Crime 113 words
    7. Radioactive Waste Storage 215 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Tax Allowances 78 words
    2. Oil and Gas Revenues 141 words
    3. Unit Trusts 343 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 140 words
    5. Self-Assessment 116 words
    6. Tax Evasion 66 words
    7. Taxation 229 words
    8. Rudolf Hess (Death Certificate) 252 words
    9. Dorneywood 48 words
    10. Revenue and Expenditure Balance (Scotland) 567 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Chemical Weapons (Iraq) 111 words
    2. Queen's Flight (Helicopters) 186 words
    3. Guard Duty, Plymouth 137 words
    4. RAF Valley (Helicopters) 101 words
    5. Army Regiments 211 words
    6. Airborne Stand-off Radar Procurement 44 words
    7. Food Supply Tenders 115 words
    8. Scott Inquiry 200 words
    9. Royal Yacht 88 words
    10. Publicity 78 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Greater Glasgow Health Board 120 words
    2. East Ayrshire Health Services 581 words
    3. Private Finance Initiative 433 words
    4. Speech and Language Disorders 103 words
    5. Sheep Dips 97 words
    6. Non-domestic Rates 179 words
    7. Suckler Cow Premium 86 words
    8. Drinking Offences 177 words
    9. Electoral Registers 2,095 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Coal Miners (Public Safety) 116 words
    2. Regional Assistance 341 words
    3. Fireworks 81 words
    4. Non-fossil Fuel Obligation 873 words
    5. Directors' Emoluments 137 words
    6. Computer Crime 170 words
    7. Department-funded Schemes 146 words
    8. Offshore Drilling Platforms 75 words
    9. Defence Equipment Exports (United Arab Emirates) 326 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Ministerial Visit (Salcombe) 29 words
    2. Pay Review Bodies 1,258 words
    3. Engagements 53 words
  12. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Scott Inquiry 197 words
  13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Funding (Multilateral Agencies) 371 words
  14. TRANSPORT
    1. Great Eastern Rail Services 61 words
    2. Road Safety 226 words
    3. Computer Crime 112 words
    4. Driving Examiners 89 words
    5. Fishing Boats (Safety) 296 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobcentres 119 words
    2. Further Education 168 words
    3. Quantock School, Taunton 53 words
    4. Schools (Capital Allocation) 361 words
    5. Assisted Places Scheme 117 words
  16. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Scottish Grand Committee 824 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefits Fraud Hotline 460 words
    2. Incapacity Benefit 216 words
    3. Benefit Claimants 174 words
    4. Rent Allowances 545 words
    5. Benefit Uprating 249 words
    6. War Pensions 290 words
    7. Jobseeker's Allowance 414 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. BSE (Germany) 58 words
    2. Animal Welfare 61 words
    3. BSE 59 words
    4. Conservation 76 words
    5. Fruit and Vegetables 79 words
    6. Common Fisheries Policy 141 words
    7. Common Agricultural Policy 60 words
    8. Broiler Chickens 43 words
    9. Farm Paperwork 104 words
    10. Live Animal Transport 85 words
    11. Beef Exports 80 words
    12. Rural White Paper 57 words
    13. Nutritional Policy 43 words
    14. Food Labelling 45 words
    15. Fishing Targets 100 words
    16. Natural Habitats 98 words
    17. Geese 72 words
    18. Cattle Cull 480 words
    19. Computer Crime 182 words
    20. Genetic Engineering 282 words
    21. Live Animal Transport (MV Cap Afrique) 46 words
    22. Cattle Tracing 67 words
    23. Farms (Negative Equity) 77 words
    24. Departmental Publicity 172 words
  19. HEALTH
    1. GP Trainees 67 words
    2. District Nurses and Health Visitors 51 words
    3. Volatile Substance Abuse 86 words
    4. Prostate Cancer 140 words
    5. HIV-AIDS 138 words
    6. Health Expenditure 130 words
    7. Medicinal Drugs (Driving) 188 words
    8. Benzodiazepines and Tricyclates 96 words
    9. Medicinal Drugs (Labelling) 306 words
    10. Medicinal Drugs (Sales to Children) 69 words
    11. Medicinal Drugs (Sales) 152 words
    12. Cancer Screening 185 words
    13. Computer Crime 121 words
    14. Meningitis 380 words
  20. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Prison Visits 474 words
    2. Local Government Finance 56 words
    3. Social Security Benefits 347 words
    4. Educational Expenditure 234 words
    5. Computer Crime 158 words

Lords Sitting of 6 February 1997

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Defence Medical Services 1,691 words
  3. World Bank: Policy Implementation 687 words
  4. Registration: Qualified Voters 1,019 words
  5. Educational Standards: Ofsted Report 1,287 words
  6. Overseas Domestic Workers (Protection) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  7. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 283 words
  8. Local Government and Rating Bill 16,878 words
  9. Sheffield Development Corporation (Area and Constitution) Order 1997 1,664 words
  10. Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Board) Order 1997 2,508 words
  11. Industrial Training Levy (Construction Board) Order 1997 34 words
  12. Professions Supplementary to Medicine (Prosthetists and Orthotists Board) Order of Council 1997 1,499 words
  13. United Nations Personnel Bill 1,891 words
  14. Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 10,530 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 6 February 1997

  1. Sudan 129 words
  2. Wildlife in Arable Areas 191 words
  3. "Britannia" 75 words
  4. Message Handling Review 129 words
  5. Motorway and Trunk Road Cleansing 480 words
  6. Northern Ireland: Child Sexual Abuse Compensation 146 words
  7. Merchant Fleet: UK Ownership and Registration 257 words