15 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 15 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. British Prisoners of War 10,321 words
  4. Bus Employees' Pensions 11,245 words
  5. Pensioners' Welfare 4,664 words
  6. Sustainable Waste Management 3,782 words
  7. Tourism (North-West) 4,637 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet 241 words
      2. Middle East Peace Process 1,268 words
      3. Former Yugoslavia 988 words
      4. Indonesia 545 words
      5. European Union (Frontier Controls) 509 words
      6. Council of Ministers Secretariat 466 words
      7. Legislative Council 341 words
      8. Human Rights (Commonwealth) 469 words
      9. Intergovernmental Conference 719 words
      10. Burma 479 words
      11. Ministerial Meetings (European Union) 636 words
      12. Foreign Language Services 432 words
      13. Ministerial Meetings 470 words
      14. Middle East Peace Process 372 words
      15. Former Yugoslavia 238 words
      16. Indonesia 530 words
      17. United Nations 517 words
  9. E. Coli (Pennington Report) 8,514 words
  10. Appeal Tribunals 333 words
  11. Overseas Development Co-operation 1,224 words
    1. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION 42 words
  12. Orders of the Day
    1. Crime (Sentences) Bill 8 words
      1. New clause 7
        1. TESTING AND TREATMENT ORDER 9,702 words, 1 division
      2. New clause 14
        1. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT 6,020 words
      3. Clause 1
        1. MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE FOR SECOND SERIOUS OFFENCE 16,805 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 10
        1. AWARD OF EARLY RELEASE DAYS FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR 80 words
      5. Clause 12
        1. PROVISIONAL AWARDS FOR REMAND PRISONERS 60 words
      6. Clause 13
        1. RELEASE SUPERVISION ORDERS 319 words
      7. Clause 22
        1. CONTINUITY OF SENTENCING 4,488 words
      8. Clause 27
        1. DURATION AND CONDITIONS OF LICENCES 51 words
      9. Schedule 2
        1. REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS TO THE BRITISH ISLANDS 26 words
      10. Schedule 4
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 164 words
      11. Schedule 5
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 136 words
      12. Schedule 6
        1. REPEALS 59 words
      13. Clause 31
        1. FINE DEFAULTERS: GENERAL 524 words
      14. Clause 35
        1. OFFENDERS 761 words
      15. Clause 40
        1. CURFEW ORDERS 1,043 words
      16. Clause 42
        1. PUBLICATION OF REPORTS 1,655 words
      17. Schedule 1
        1. TRANSFER OF PRISONERS WITHIN THE BRITISH ISLANDS 476 words
      18. Schedule 2
        1. REPATRIATION OF PRISONERS TO THE BRITISH ISLANDS 53 words
      19. Schedule 4
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 165 words
      20. Schedule 5
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 267 words
      21. Schedule 6
        1. REPEALS 3,509 words, 1 division
  13. PETITION
    1. Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 121 words
  14. Firearms Control (Mr. Thomas McIntyre) 3,964 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 15 January 1997

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Departmental Nurseries 53 words
  2. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Research Institutes 289 words
    2. Fairtrade Foundation 73 words
    3. Science Budget 305 words
    4. Telecommunications Council 180 words
  3. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Pupil Costs 980 words
    2. Hampstead Garden Suburb Institute 63 words
    3. Assaults on Teachers 40 words
    4. Ministerial Visits 163 words
    5. Teachers (Wiltshire) 121 words
    6. Schools (Wiltshire) 297 words
    7. Office for Standards in Education Inspections 60 words
    8. Investors in People 262 words
  4. TRANSPORT
    1. Heavy Goods Vehicles 347 words
    2. Jubilee Line Extension 165 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Noise Act 1996 101 words
    2. Landfill 145 words
    3. Building Research Establishment Conservation Support Unit 98 words
    4. New Housing 202 words
    5. Rented Housing 292 words
    6. Planning Application (Wallsend) 148 words
    7. Manchester Airport 163 words
    8. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution Report 362 words
    9. Water Directives 222 words
    10. Housing (Newcastle) 488 words
    11. Anglian Water (Pollution) 111 words
    12. Water Company Returns 87 words
    13. Pollution Incident Categories 273 words
    14. Water Pressure 182 words
    15. Minke Whales 127 words
    16. Endangered Species (Import and Export Act 1976) 262 words
    17. Industrial Pollution 108 words
  6. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support Agency 791 words
    2. Partners' Working Hours Rule 106 words
    3. Child Care Disregard 259 words
    4. Ministerial Leave 85 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 74 words
    6. Disability Working Allowance 55 words
    7. Cold Weather Payments 238 words
    8. Benefits Agency (Doctors) 360 words
    9. Pensioner Incomes 273 words
    10. National Insurance 257 words
  7. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Carrickmannon Lake 82 words
    2. Veterinary Laboratory, Omagh 50 words
    3. Veterinary Post-mortems 370 words
    4. Subway Security (Belfast) 56 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Radioactivity (Greenham Common) 169 words
    2. Sandhurst 319 words
    3. Royal Marines 184 words
    4. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 115 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Criminal Cases Review Commission 250 words
    2. Police Expenditure 1,742 words
    3. Paedophiles 817 words
    4. Police Grants 604 words
    5. Consultants 928 words
    6. Closed Circuit Television 1,159 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Netherlands (Visit) 69 words
    2. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 60 words
    3. Chlorofluorocarbons 87 words
    4. Royal Travel 129 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Suckler Cow Premium 40 words
    2. Public Bodies 403 words
    3. Local Government Finance 475 words
    4. Farmers (Negative Equity) 63 words
    5. Strathclyde Police Force 47 words
  12. TREASURY
    1. Petrol and Diesel Duties 156 words
    2. Consultants 162 words
    3. Gross Domestic Product 1,239 words
    4. EU Contributions 223 words
    5. Duty Free Allowance 125 words
    6. Pension Funds 168 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Cattle Cull 135 words
    2. Ministerial Leave 84 words
    3. BSE 1,150 words
    4. Quarantine Regulations 34 words
    5. Arable Area Payments 91 words
  14. WALES
    1. Class Sizes 83 words
    2. Staff 116 words
    3. Health Service Expenditure 173 words
    4. Ambulance Services 384 words
    5. Ministerial Leave 76 words
    6. General Practitioners 197 words
    7. Hospital Beds 646 words
    8. Treatment Centres 358 words
    9. Hospital Admission Units 68 words
    10. Clwydian Community Trust 58 words
    11. Cardiff Bay Barrage 322 words
    12. Rugby World Cup 143 words
    13. EU Regional Affairs Commissioner 68 words
    14. Housing 82 words
    15. Jobs 47 words
    16. Sea Empress Oil Spill 59 words
    17. School Assessment 81 words
    18. Farmers (Negative Equity) 38 words
    19. Local Government Finance 1,406 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Intergovernmental Conference 281 words
    2. Poland 69 words
    3. China 57 words
    4. Israel 30 words
    5. Serbia 67 words
    6. Burma 132 words
    7. Brazil 28 words
    8. Former Yugoslavia 59 words
    9. NATO, Western European Union and Partnership for Peace 116 words
    10. Iraq 89 words
    11. Cyprus (European Union Accession) 68 words
    12. Embassies and Consulates 116 words
    13. United Nations 79 words
    14. Indonesia and East Timor 263 words
    15. Centre for Racism and Xenophobia 72 words
    16. Zaire 72 words
    17. Anglo-Spanish Relations 75 words
    18. Consultants 213 words
    19. Gulf Co-operation Council 104 words
    20. Hong Kong 136 words
    21. Immigration Appeals 153 words
    22. Libya 113 words
    23. Bahamas and Antigua (Chemical Weapons Tests) 106 words

Lords Sitting of 15 January 1997

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Veterinary Products Committee: Code of Conduct 1,275 words
  3. Prisons and Religious Organisations 1,262 words
  4. West Bank and East Jerusalem: Illegal Settlements 1,055 words
  5. Teachers: Early Retirement 914 words
  6. Housing Needs 37,694 words
  7. Sundays (Dancing and Licensing) Bill [H.L.] 4,335 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 15 January 1997

  1. Right of Individual Petition: Official Records 87 words
  2. Atrush Camp, Northern Iraq 223 words
  3. High Security Prisons 259 words