27 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 27 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      1. Deregulation 419 words
      2. Information Technology (Government Departments) 411 words
      3. Royal Yacht 888 words
      4. Government Policy 2,612 words
      5. Value Added Tax 225 words
    2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Cyprus 484 words
      2. Rwanda 618 words
      3. Tanzania 299 words
      4. Great Lakes 648 words
      5. Aid Budget 221 words
    3. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
      1. National Audit Office (Staff) 485 words
    4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      1. Angola 213 words
    5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      1. Disestablishment 641 words
      2. Church Funds 346 words
  4. Points of Order 661 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Sex Offenders Bill 27,812 words
    2. Education Bill 106 words
      1. New clause 3
        1. RELAXATION OF CONTROLS ON ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES 3,380 words, 1 division
      2. New clause 4
        1. POWER OF MEMBERS OF STAFF TO RESTRAIN PUPILS 4,108 words
      3. New clause 8
        1. LOCAL PUBLIC INQUIRIES 1,814 words
      4. New clause 9
        1. EXCLUSION OF BASELINE ASSESSMENT SCHEME FROM SELECTION 17,738 words, 1 division
  6. FLOOD PREVENTION AND LAND DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL 40 words
  7. FLOOD PREVENTION AND LAND DRAINAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL [MONEY] 71 words
  8. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 21 words
    2. BROADCASTING 23 words
  9. PETITION
    1. Sexual Offenders (Rehabilitation Unit) 161 words
    2. PRC Homes (Southampton) 4,894 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 January 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 77 words
    2. Detainees 317 words
    3. Asylum Seekers 1,378 words
    4. Immigration (Detention and Deportation) 607 words
    5. Marchioness Inquiry 100 words
    6. Gambling 102 words
    7. Prisoners (Restraints) 524 words
    8. Hong Kong Residents 72 words
    9. Woodhill Prison 278 words
    10. Prison Births 201 words
  2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Publications 87 words
    2. Magistrates Courts 150 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 225 words
    2. Cold Weather (Energy Efficiency) 70 words
    3. Minerals Local Plans 309 words
    4. Local Government Finance 382 words
    5. Fish-eating Birds 114 words
    6. Aggregate Extraction Licences 376 words
    7. Bathing Water Directives 112 words
    8. Sanitary Products 115 words
    9. Revenue Support Grant (Manchester) 108 words
    10. Song Birds 109 words
    11. Departmental Publications 100 words
    12. Asbestos 787 words
    13. Care Leavers 158 words
  4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Desertification 77 words
    2. Rwanda and Burundi 71 words
    3. European Union 77 words
    4. Indonesia 325 words
  5. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. National Lottery 119 words
    2. Football Grounds 168 words
    3. Performing Arts 164 words
    4. Museum Councils 189 words
    5. English Tourist Board 90 words
    6. Foundation for Sport and the Arts 77 words
    7. National Academy of Sport 52 words
    8. EU Funding 446 words
    9. Tourism (Consultants) 1,145 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Economic Growth 87 words
    2. Business Breakfasts 126 words
    3. White Asbestos 270 words
    4. Information Technology 93 words
    5. Wind Farm Schemes 259 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Germany 385 words
    2. Antarctic Treaty 74 words
    3. European Commission (General Election) 61 words
    4. Indonesia 259 words
    5. European Union 42 words
    6. Amsterdam Summit 56 words
    7. Ministers for Children 39 words
    8. European Single Currency 115 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Mutual Defence Agreement 297 words
    2. Sandia National Laboratories 67 words
    3. Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston 114 words
    4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 103 words
    5. Laser Defence System 92 words
    6. Arctic Convoys 271 words
    7. Test Ban Treaty 99 words
    8. Service Redundancies 189 words
    9. Departmental Publications 100 words
    10. Military Museums 251 words
    11. Abbey Wood, Bristol 99 words
    12. Service Accommodation 218 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. Jersey (Financial Institutions) 187 words
    2. Utility Bills 275 words
    3. Value Added Tax 126 words
    4. Hypothermia 214 words
    5. Taxation 103 words
    6. Green Book (Revision) 74 words
    7. Cardiff Bay Barrage 182 words
    8. Exchange Rate Mechanism 255 words
    9. Labour Statistics 164 words
    10. Unemployment 211 words
    11. Drug Misuse (Deaths) 233 words
    12. Treasury Building 124 words
  10. WALES
    1. Personalised Number Plates (Executive Agencies) 53 words
    2. Unemployment 332 words
    3. Special Educational Needs 527 words
    4. Greenmeadow Inn, Machen 63 words
    5. Departmental Publications 138 words
    6. Nurses 333 words
    7. Bird Reserve, Gwent 79 words
    8. Meningitis 92 words
    9. Cardiff International Airport 103 words
    10. Health Authorities and Trusts 221 words
    11. Audiometry Patients 74 words
    12. Mentally Handicapped People 383 words
    13. Local Government Finance 970 words
    14. Welsh Medium Schools 138 words
  11. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Clergy (Pensions) 119 words
    2. Investments 52 words
    3. Vicarages and Palaces (Security) 150 words
    4. Episcopal Residences 115 words
    5. Archbishops Commission 111 words
    6. Poverty 75 words
    7. Set-aside Arrangements 50 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pesca Scheme 177 words
    2. Beef Steers (Prices) 162 words
    3. Fisheries 127 words
    4. Beef Exports 43 words
    5. Avropacia 281 words
    6. Departmental Publications 94 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Training 809 words
    2. Police Authority for Northern Ireland 199 words
    3. Police Complaints 121 words
    4. Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 59 words
    5. Magheramorne Landfill Project 443 words
  14. TRANSPORT
    1. Parking Penalties 169 words
    2. Roads Programme 78 words
    3. Vehicle Excise Duty 141 words
    4. A74 646 words
    5. Local Roads and Transport (Capital Allocation) 2,928 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Medical Consultants 723 words
    2. GP Fundholders 64 words
    3. Powered Wheelchairs 124 words
    4. Acute Beds 369 words
    5. Overseas Travel (Diseases) 554 words
    6. Self-governing Schools 261 words
    7. Food Poisoning 1,017 words
    8. Road Building 653 words
    9. Fishing 99 words
    10. Local Government Finance 695 words
    11. Lockerbie 161 words
    12. BSE 347 words
    13. Land Court 158 words
    14. Public Bodies 222 words
    15. District Councils (Rent Arrears) 859 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Assisted Places Scheme 341 words
    2. Teachers (Early Retirement) 76 words
    3. Teachers (Northamptonshire) 159 words
    4. Nursery Vouchers 190 words
    5. GCSE Grades 4,587 words
    6. Nursery Vouchers 234 words
    7. Standard Spending Assessments 1,511 words
    8. Pupil Qualifications 4,257 words
    9. Teachers' Pay 1,511 words
    10. School Leavers 35 words
    11. Liskeard School and Community College 116 words
    12. School Inspections 72 words
    13. Departmental Publications 118 words
    14. Care Leavers 60 words
    15. Income Support 653 words
    16. Surplus Places 2,885 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefit Fraud Hotline 148 words
    2. Contributions Agency 345 words
    3. Social Fund 51 words
    4. Housing Benefit 110 words
    5. National Insurance 132 words
    6. Income Support 116 words
    7. Departmental Publications 147 words
    8. Habitual Residence Test 49 words
    9. Revenue Support Grant 109 words
    10. Jobseeker's Allowance 115 words
    11. Benefits Agency (Computers) 102 words
    12. Child Support Agency 68 words
    13. Prime Project 68 words
    14. Prime Programme 125 words
    15. Social Security Administration (Fraud) Bill 90 words
    16. Benefits Agency Medical Services 86 words
    17. All Work Test 84 words
    18. Data Protection 188 words
    19. Cannabis 372 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Mental Illness 96 words
    2. E. Coli 352 words
    3. Royal Free NHS Trust 318 words
    4. Rehabilitation and Support Services 196 words
    5. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 983 words
    6. Mental Health 29 words
    7. Dental Services 47 words
    8. Long-term Care (Pensions) 101 words
    9. General Chiropractic Council 308 words
    10. Government Policy (Children) 83 words
    11. Deregulation (Medicinal Drugs) 64 words
    12. Xenotransplantation 156 words
    13. NHS Employment Costs 81 words
    14. Eye Tests 112 words
    15. Child Migrants 77 words
    16. Insulin 416 words
    17. Prescription Charges 70 words
    18. Service Provision 139 words
    19. Dental Checks 98 words
    20. Nurse Education 52 words
    21. Departmental Publications 151 words
    22. Care Leavers 261 words
    23. Children's Rights (UN Report) 68 words
    24. Meningitis 286 words
    25. Pharmaceuticals 230 words
  19. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Government Policy 152 words
    2. Magistrates (Bolton) 64 words
    3. Political Advisers 41 words
    4. Civil Servants 63 words
    5. Deregulation 168 words
    6. Safety (Young People) 69 words
    7. Millennium Exhibition 102 words
    8. Computers (Millennium) 64 words
    9. Departmental Publications 176 words

Lords Sitting of 27 January 1997

  1. Preamble 23 words
  2. Civil Court Fees 1,020 words
  3. Gulf War: War Pensions 1,458 words
  4. Computers: the "Millennium Bug" 1,051 words
  5. Combined Cadet Force 895 words
  6. Obscenity Bill [H.L.] 124 words
  7. Crime (Sentences) Bill 58,810 words
  8. Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Bill 12 words
  9. Policyholders Protection Bill 12 words
  10. Knives Bill 20 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 January 1997

  1. Treaty of Rome: Ministerial Advice 151 words
  2. Pilotless Aircraft 123 words
  3. Hormone Mimics 302 words
  4. Millennium Exhibition Site 104 words
  5. Unemployment Comparisons 253 words
  6. Covert Use of Listening Devices 751 words
  7. British Summer Time 625 words
  8. Prison Inspections 1,827 words
  9. General Chiropractic Council 274 words