14 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 14 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Stanmore Park RAF Base 267 words
      2. Armed Services (Rapid Deployment) 925 words
      3. Ministerial Responsibilities 664 words
      4. Defence Exports 698 words
      5. Armed Forces (Manpower) 687 words
      6. Defence Contracts 1,338 words
      7. NATO 474 words
      8. Nuclear Capability 328 words
      9. Overseas Service 286 words
      10. No-fly Zone (Northern Iraq) 239 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,234 words
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 64 words
  4. Bull Bars (Prohibition) 1,337 words
    1. BULL BARS (PROHIBITION) 54 words
  5. Points of Order 429 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance Bill 52,950 words, 2 divisions
  7. Business of the House 193 words
    1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 29 words
      1. THE INFORMATION SOCIETY: PRIORITIES AND IMPLICATIONS 131 words
      2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIAL DIALOGUE 84 words
      3. SCOTTISH GRAND COMMITTEE 48 words
      4. Local Government Finance (Buckinghamshire) 2,645 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 January 1997

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Civil Service Management Functions 566 words
    2. Government Information 222 words
    3. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Pools Industry 556 words
    4. ENVIRONMENT
      1. Holiday Caravan Parks 262 words
      2. Private Finance Initiative 102 words
      3. Wild Mushrooms 53 words
      4. Road Signs (Corporate Logos) 67 words
      5. Waste Water Treatment Directive 112 words
      6. Algal Bloom 79 words
      7. Town and Country Planning 759 words
    5. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      1. Historic Royal Palaces Agency 76 words
      2. Sportsmark 195 words
    6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. EU Fisheries Council 949 words
      2. Live Animal Transport (West Sussex Meeting) 81 words
      3. Live Animal Imports 126 words
    7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      1. Public Interest Immunity 124 words
    8. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 55 words
    9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Staff 173 words
      2. Mid-Kent Water 92 words
      3. Child Labour 87 words
      4. Research Councils (Equal Initiative) 277 words
      5. Energy Consumption 177 words
      6. Consultants 469 words
      7. Trade and the Environment 96 words
      8. Arms Sales 151 words
    10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Chartered Aircraft 139 words
      2. Hong Kong 204 words
    11. TREASURY
      1. Publicity 178 words
      2. Manufactured Imports 298 words
      3. Staff 61 words
      4. Unemployment 308 words
      5. Tax Evasion 308 words
      6. Value Added Tax 149 words
      7. Information Technology 90 words
    12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
      1. Indonesia 1,419 words
      2. Crown Agents 324 words
      3. Street Children 176 words
    13. TRANSPORT
      1. Bus Subsidies 111 words
    14. SCOTLAND
      1. Skye Bridge Toll 392 words
      2. Scottish Office Pensions Agency 272 words
      3. Judicial Training 358 words
      4. Research Institutes 1,298 words
      5. Consultants 118 words
      6. Yester House and Yester Chapel 171 words
      7. Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 127 words
    15. SOCIAL SECURITY
      1. Benefit Fraud 53 words
      2. Benefit Claimants 34 words
      3. Disability Living Allowance 553 words
      4. Attendance Allowances 157 words
      5. Ministerial Visits 116 words
      6. Housing Benefit 125 words
      7. Incapacity Benefit 113 words
      8. Child Support 184 words
      9. Overseas Pensions 122 words
      10. Jobseeker's Allowance 178 words
    16. HEALTH
      1. Dental Services 69 words
      2. Practice Nurses 82 words
      3. NHS Trusts 83 words
      4. Chlorofluorocarbons 155 words
    17. DEFENCE
      1. Equipment Contracts (Gloucestershire) 81 words
      2. Cadet Forces 42 words
      3. Helicopters (Unauthorised Use) 51 words
      4. Departmental Land Disposal (Hampshire) 78 words
      5. Anglo-American Defence Arrangements 72 words
      6. Departmental Budget 98 words
      7. Eurofighter 82 words
      8. Racial Harassment 232 words
      9. West Indies Guard Ship 93 words
      10. Overseas Service 114 words
      11. Royal Navy (Upgrades) 164 words
      12. Organophosphate Pesticides 176 words
      13. Ex-Service Affairs Unit 87 words
      14. Hong Kong 99 words
      15. Defence Industry (Employment) 110 words
      16. Peacekeeping 135 words
      17. Ministerial Responsibilities 36 words
      18. Executive Agencies 44 words
      19. Gulf War Syndrome 137 words
      20. Relocation Assistance 1,029 words
      21. Range Facilities 927 words
      22. Nuclear Submarines 172 words
    18. Ex-service Personnel 380 words
    19. Meniere's Disease (Compensation) 144 words
    20. Naval Vessel Tendering 73 words
    21. Project Horizon 85 words
    22. Royal Navy (Alcohol) 116 words
    23. Consultants 102 words
    24. RAF Stanmore Park 150 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Cancer Services 892 words
    2. Zoonotic Diseases 62 words

Lords Sitting of 14 January 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Hutton 61 words
    1. Drinking and Driving: Breath Tests 1,453 words
    2. Gurkhas: Accompanied Service in UK 1,198 words
    3. Income Support: Direct Payments 749 words
    4. Railtrack: Investment 1,347 words
    5. Business of the House: Debate,15th January 51 words
    6. House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report 1,662 words
      1. 1. Appointment of Sub-Committees 8 words
        1. Finance and Staff Sub-Committee 40 words
        2. Administration and Works Sub-Committee 51 words
        3. Library and Computers Sub-Committee 36 words
        4. Refreshment Sub-Committee 35 words
        5. Advisory Panel on Works of Art 31 words
      2. 2. Smoking in the Writing Room 50 words
      3. 3. Enhanced Message Service 67 words
      4. 4. Yeoman Usher's apartment 33 words
      5. 5. Salaries of the Chairman and Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees 19 words
      6. 6. Staff of the House 52 words
  3. Welfare of Broiler Chickens Bill [H.L.] 4 words
  4. Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Bill [H.L.] 17,047 words, 1 division
  5. Home Energy Rating Surveys Bill [H.L.] 1,971 words
  6. Takeover Bids: ECC Report 18,013 words
  7. London Local Authorities Bill [H.L.] 6 words
  8. King's College London Bill [H.L.] 66 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 January 1997

  1. Hong Kong: Transfer of Privy Council Judicial Committee Business to Court of Final Appeal 200 words
  2. Hong Kong Ethnic Minorities: Consular Protection 94 words
  3. The European Movement 116 words
  4. European Court of Human Rights: Judicial Appointments 123 words
  5. World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference: Action Programme 335 words
  6. Gulf War Veterans: Medical Notes 121 words
  7. Gulf War: Provision of Vaccination Details 111 words
  8. Gulf War: Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons 88 words
  9. Fisheries Council, 19th and 20th December 1,003 words
  10. Pools Industry Deregulation 580 words
  11. Police Cautions: Disclosure 103 words
  12. British Refugee Council 64 words
  13. Non Self-contained Accommodation Units 353 words
  14. Single Currency 216 words
  15. Trusts: Tax Rate 93 words
  16. Company Car Use: Costs 94 words
  17. Planning System: Reform Proposals 779 words