17 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 17 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. DEATH OF A MEMBER 55 words
  4. PETITION
    1. Dogs (Breeding and Sale) 124 words
    2. Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 29,888 words
    3. Cold Weather Payments (Wind Chill Factor) Bill 7,023 words
    4. Remaining Private Member's Bills
      1. UNITED NATIONS PERONNEL BILL 150 words
      2. BREEDING AND SALE OF DOGS BILL 14 words
      3. POLICE (PROPERTY) BILL 3 words
      4. PHARMACISTS (FITNESS TO PRACTISE) BILL 50 words
      5. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) BILL 14 words
      6. LAND REGISTRATION BILL [LORDS] 3 words
      7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 90 words
    5. Criminal Justice, Salford 2,501 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 January 1997

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Newcastle Disease 682 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobsearch Assistance 142 words
    2. Assisted Places Scheme 77 words
    3. Teaching Methods 55 words
    4. Science Teachers 94 words
    5. Reading Skills 180 words
    6. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 35 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Trade Fairs and Seminars 495 words
    2. Business Links 398 words
    3. Overseas Projects Fund 123 words
    4. Arbitration Act 1996 361 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Electronic Tagging 86 words
    2. Research (Dogs and Cats) 70 words
    3. Animal Procedures Committee 74 words
    4. Shoplifting 155 words
    5. Deaf-blind People 145 words
    6. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 144 words
    7. Prison Interviews 103 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Parliamentary Questions 345 words
    2. Hon. Members (Swearing In) 71 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Administration Costs 587 words
    2. Betting Duty 182 words
  7. TRANSPORT
    1. Channel Tunnel (Safety) 89 words
    2. Roads Programme (Property Purchases) 265 words
    3. Thai-registered Airlines 214 words
    4. London Transport Annual Settlement 108 words
    5. London Underground Power Generation 122 words
    6. London Underground (Consultants) 188 words
    7. Heathrow to London Rail Link 93 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Absenteeism 59 words
    2. Opencast Mining (Environmental Effects) 436 words
    3. Newcastle Disease 46 words
  9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. NHS (Emergency Capacity) 92 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Private Health Providers 153 words
    2. Consultants 234 words
    3. Efficiency Training 70 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Arts Council 293 words
    2. Raising School Standards Initiative 159 words
    3. Teachers (Discretionary Support) 83 words
    4. Newcastle Disease 187 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefits Agency Medical Services 114 words
    2. Asylum Seekers 110 words
    3. Pensioner Incomes 218 words
    4. Jobseeker's Allowance 152 words
    5. Corporate Date (Access System) 121 words
    6. Child Support 104 words
    7. Invalidity and Incapacity Benefit (Barrow and Furness) 298 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. General Practitioners 47 words
    2. NHS Trusts (Patients' Cash) 75 words
    3. Meningitis 269 words
    4. Tuberculosis and Rickets 309 words
    5. Child Malnutrition 389 words
    6. Care for the Elderly 1,197 words
    7. District Nurses 381 words
    8. Personal Social Services 103 words
    9. Operations 334 words
    10. Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening 103 words
    11. NHS Expenditure 72 words
    12. Patient Statistics 64 words
    13. Manchester Health Authority 161 words
    14. Opencast Coal Mines (Health Hazards) 144 words
    15. Newcastle Disease 119 words
  14. WALES
    1. Health Service Expenditure 68 words
    2. Meningitis 58 words
    3. Welsh Development Agency 72 words
    4. Water Quality 107 words
    5. Newcastle Disease 150 words
    6. Private Finance Initiative 94 words
    7. Cancer Treatment Centre, Bodelwyddan 80 words
    8. Workshop on GP Work Force Planning 76 words
    9. Cardiff Bay Barrage 107 words
    10. Information Technology 94 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. European Union 109 words
    2. Nuclear Weapons 87 words
    3. EU Legislative Instruments 434 words
    4. Government Employees Abroad 230 words
    5. Bougossa Family 204 words
    6. China 84 words
    7. Burma 58 words
    8. Hong Kong (Vietnamese Boat People) 123 words
    9. Irish Republic (Agreements) 88 words
    10. Caribbean Dependent Territories 63 words
    11. Government Communications Headquarters, Cheltenham 149 words
    12. Argentina 108 words