22 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 22 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Intensive Care 10,773 words
  4. St. Helena 11,161 words
  5. House Condition Survey (Energy Reports) 3,984 words
  6. US-UK Air Service Agreement 4,348 words
  7. Unemployment and Poverty (Cornwall) 4,956 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Mid Kent Water Company 459 words
      2. Electricity Industry 358 words
      3. Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Merger 620 words
      4. Regional Policy 1,389 words
      5. Inward Investment 1,134 words
      6. Government Policy (North-West England) 878 words
      7. Research and Development 396 words
      8. Public Sector Research Establishments 633 words
      9. Manufacturing Investment 960 words
      10. Scientific Research 452 words
      11. Manufacturing Industry 685 words
      12. Retail Sales 326 words
      13. Trade (Thames Valley) 458 words
      14. Power Supply Interruptions 412 words
  9. Royal Yacht 7,115 words
  10. BILL PRESENTED
    1. GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HEADQUARTERS (RESTORATION OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS) 60 words
  11. Building Societies (Distributions) 1,261 words
    1. BUILDING SOCIETIES (DISTRIBUTIONS) 52 words
  12. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance Bill 166 words
      1. Clause 82
        1. WRITING-DOWN ALLOWANCES ON LONG-LIFE ASSETS 11,821 words
      2. Clause 62
        1. PHASING OUT OF RELIEF FOR PROFIT-RELATED PAY 7,335 words
      3. Clause 92
        1. AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY RELIEF 20,424 words, 1 division
      4. Family Mediation Scotland 3,726 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 January 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Animal Experiments (Greyhounds) 213 words
    2. Child Abuse 976 words
    3. Police Bill 198 words
    4. Interception of Communications 66 words
    5. Immoral Earnings 158 words
    6. Police Numbers 157 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Business Licences 65 words
    2. Child Care Facilities 121 words
    3. Departmental Public Relations Budgets 36 words
    4. Public Appointments 83 words
    5. Scott Inquiry 908 words
  3. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. National Lottery 84 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Judges 399 words
    2. Legal Aid 401 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. Incomes 709 words
    2. Correspondence 42 words
    3. Schedule A Income Tax 258 words
    4. Charity Donations 117 words
    5. Central Bank Independence 33 words
    6. Manufacturing Investment 95 words
    7. Pesticides and Fertilisers (Excise Duty) 111 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Ministerial Visits 102 words
    2. Personalised Number Plates 33 words
    3. Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenston Bypass 128 words
    4. Local Government Reorganisation 202 words
    5. M74–M6 168 words
    6. Local Authority Employment 117 words
    7. Pensioners (Glasgow) 62 words
    8. Health Boards (Finance) 195 words
    9. Marshall Food Group Ltd. 206 words
    10. Intensive Care Beds 198 words
    11. Prescription Drugs 126 words
    12. Employment (Glasgow) 182 words
    13. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 50 words
    14. Stone of Destiny 182 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Scotch Whisky Industry 124 words
    2. UN Special Session (Environment) 37 words
  8. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Export Licences 89 words
    2. Bahrain 388 words
    3. Police, Security and Paramilitary Bodies 74 words
    4. Yemen 707 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Child Care Facilities 47 words
    2. Gibraltar 260 words
    3. Council of Europe 130 words
    4. EU-Israel Trade Agreement 46 words
    5. Entry Certificate Officers 120 words
    6. Visa Applicants 498 words
    7. Pillar Point Refugee Centre (Hong Kong) 116 words
    8. Far East 72 words
  10. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefit Fraud Hotline 178 words
    2. Asylum Seekers 290 words
    3. War Widows' Pensions 127 words
    4. Cold Weather Payments 674 words
    5. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 34 words
    6. Child Care Facilities 23 words
    7. Maternity Leave 188 words
    8. Appeal Tribunals (Membership) 40 words
    9. Computers 434 words
  11. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Capital Spending Projects (Schools) 123 words
    2. Clinical and Academic Medicine (Pay Parity) 91 words
    3. Teachers (Early Retirement) 797 words
    4. Local Education Authorities (Finance) 2,749 words
    5. Training (Small Firms) 298 words
    6. Education and Business Links 309 words
    7. Education Welfare Service 84 words
    8. Nursery Vouchers 699 words
    9. Nursery Inspectors 184 words
  12. TRANSPORT
    1. Vehicle Emissions 149 words
    2. Emergency Towing Vessels 43 words
    3. Milford Haven Port Authority 112 words
    4. MV Canberra (Inquiry) 145 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Qualified Majority Voting 58 words
    2. World Trade Organisation 296 words
    3. Electricity Industry 43 words
    4. Small Businesses 100 words
    5. Industrial Action 77 words
    6. Privatisation 78 words
    7. Public Sector Research Establishments 73 words
    8. Nano-technology 77 words
    9. Manufacturing Industry 38 words
    10. Working Time Directive 40 words
    11. Private Creditors 80 words
    12. Industrial Development Boards 102 words
    13. Regional Policy 60 words
    14. Manufacturing Exports 78 words
    15. Manufacturing Investment 63 words
    16. Employee Participation 59 words
    17. Competition Policy 57 words
    18. UK Space Industry 115 words
    19. Radiocommunications Agency 100 words
    20. Policyholders Protection Act 254 words
    21. Payment Practice 41 words
    22. Prohibited Weapons (Export) 55 words
    23. Nuclear Power Stations (Ukraine) 130 words
    24. Personalised Number Plates 317 words
    25. Mid Kent Water 127 words
    26. Dounreay Castle (Decontamination) 60 words
    27. Nuclear Waste Reprocessing 89 words
    28. Nuclear Waste Transportation 65 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Housing (Northamptonshire) 349 words
    2. Water Undertakers 215 words
    3. Snow Clearance (Allowances) 209 words
    4. River Ouse 444 words
    5. Teesside Development Corporation 271 words
    6. Sub-standard Homes 130 words
    7. Sewage Outfalls (Yorkshire) 144 words
    8. Environmental Information (Disclosure) 79 words
    9. Housing (West Midlands) 201 words
    10. Packaging Waste Regulations 36 words
    11. Radioactive Waste 226 words
    12. Energy Efficiency 88 words
    13. Genetically Altered Food 125 words
    14. Walton Bridge Replacement 136 words
    15. Standard Spending Assessment 374 words
    16. Standard Spending Assessment (Pupil Numbers) 84 words
    17. Local Government Finance 1,527 words
    18. Standing Spending Assessment (Jobseeker's Allowance) 66 words
    19. Pollution (Energy Conservation) 142 words
    20. Local Education Authority Spending 69 words
  15. WALES
    1. Sea Empress Oil Spill 112 words
    2. Hedgerow Preservation 65 words
    3. Public Expenditure 81 words
    4. Cardiff Print Centre and Bookshop 92 words
    5. Public Appointments Panel 174 words
    6. Private Finance Initiative 146 words
    7. North Wales Health Authority Funding 40 words
    8. General Practice 113 words
    9. Community Hospital, Porthmadog 78 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Northern Ireland Grand Committee 101 words
    2. Eye Surgery 168 words
    3. Targeting Social Need Policy 189 words
    4. Further Education Initiative 88 words
    5. School Closures 95 words
    6. Legislation Programme 122 words
    7. Action for Community Employment 382 words
    8. Higher Education (Research Support) 90 words
    9. Gallaher Ltd. 92 words
    10. Youth Service Budget 207 words
    11. Student Awards 174 words
    12. Urban Regeneration 125 words
    13. Royal Ulster Constabulary 139 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 347 words
    2. Hypothermia 33 words
    3. Dental Services 46 words
    4. Rural Pharmacies 55 words
    5. Residential Care Costs 153 words
    6. Capital Projects (Greater London) 559 words
    7. Neurologists 228 words
    8. Multiple Sclerosis 164 words
    9. Accident and Emergency Departments 116 words
    10. Cannabis 38 words
    11. NHS Finance 316 words
    12. Obesity 71 words
    13. Walsgrave Hospital 75 words
    14. Income and Expenditure Returns 139 words
    15. Hospital Beds 103 words
    16. Salmonella Gold Coast Contamination 188 words
    17. In Vitro Fertilisation 331 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Child Care Facilities 47 words
    2. Poultry Feed (Antibiotics) 290 words
    3. BSE 72 words
    4. Disintensification (Rules and Policies) 152 words
    5. Food Premises Inspections 113 words
    6. Agriculture Council 177 words
    7. Agro-food Quality 132 words
  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Members' Staffing Costs 55 words
    2. Child Care Facilities 53 words
  20. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Consultants 118 words
    2. Child Care Facilities 48 words

Lords Sitting of 22 January 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. The Lord Bishop of Hereford 23 words
  3. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 57 words
  4. European Union: Enlargement 1,001 words
  5. Secure Training Centres 1,428 words
  6. Gurkhas: Accompanied Service in UK 357 words
  7. Russia 1,501 words
  8. The City of London 27,509 words
  9. Industrial Action 17,399 words
  10. Cuba 9,701 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 January 1997

  1. Iraq: UN International Observers 125 words
  2. Iraq: Oil Exports to Turkey 138 words
  3. NATO's Nuclear Policy and the Soviet Union 152 words
  4. NATO Enlargement: Treaty 40 words
  5. NATO Enlargement: Nuclear Guarantees 80 words
  6. Audit Commission Report: Electronic Publication 71 words
  7. Government Information: Electronic Publication 178 words