28 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 28 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. IMPERIAL COLLEGE BILL
    2. TAMAR BRIDGE BILL 6 words
    3. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY
      1. Means-tested Benefit 711 words
      2. Benefit Fraud 478 words
      3. Housing Benefit Fraud 469 words
      4. Cold Weather Payments 1,162 words
      5. Benefits Spending 628 words
      6. Occupational Pensions 501 words
      7. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 407 words
      8. Income Support 931 words
      9. Social Security Budget (Waste) 281 words
      10. Cold Weather Payments 358 words
      11. Pensions 276 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,685 words
      2. Highlands and Islands 244 words
  5. Media Comment (Madam Speaker's Statement) 646 words
  6. Airports and Aerodromes (Noise) 636 words
    1. AIRPORTS AND AERODROMES (NOISE) 48 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Education Bill 348 words
      1. New clause 10
        1. GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL 10,120 words, 1 division
      2. New clause 11
        1. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE TARGETS IN LITERACY 2,162 words
      3. New clause 1
        1. SIBLINGS 1,210 words
      4. New clause 2
        1. SCHOOL PREMISES AND SURPLUS PLACES 7,611 words, 1 division
      5. New clause 12
        1. REDUCTION IN CLASS SIZES 6,073 words, 1 division
      6. New clause 13
        1. LICENSING OF TEACHER AGENCIES 1,973 words
      7. New clause 5
        1. CORPORAL PUNISHMENT LAWFUL WITH PARENTAL CONSENT 15,371 words, 1 division
      8. New clause 7
        1. PROMOTION OF MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD IN MAINTAINED SCHOOLS 3,656 words
      9. Schedule 1
        1. SCHEDULE INSERTED AFTER SCHEDULE 5 TO THE EDUCATION ACT 1996 26 words
      10. Clause 14
        1. GRANTS TO PROMOTERS OF GRANT-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS 149 words
      11. Clause 19
        1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCIPLINE: LEA-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS 80 words
      12. Clause 20
        1. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DISCIPLINE: GRANT-MAINTAINED AND GRANT-MAINTAINED SPECIAL SCHOOLS 80 words
      13. Clause 21
        1. DETENTION OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS LAWFUL DESPITE ABSENCE OF PARENTAL CONSENT 95 words
      14. Clause 23
        1. EXCLUSION OR REINSTATEMENT APPEALS: LEA-MAINTAINED SCHOOLS 134 words
      15. Clause 32
        1. ADOPTION OF BASELINE ASSESSMENT SCHEMES 144 words
      16. Clause 33
        1. ASSESSMENT OF PUPILS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEME 170 words
      17. Clause 39
        1. FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY IN RELATION TO EXTERNAL VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1,824 words
      18. Clause 40
        1. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY 16 words
      19. Clause 41
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISCHARGE BY AUTHORITY OF THEIR FUNCTIONS 54 words
      20. Clause 46
        1. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY 16 words
      21. Clause 47
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO DISCHARGE BY AUTHORITY OF THEIR FUNCTIONS 54 words
      22. Clause 55
        1. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO INSPECTOR BY LEA 126 words
      23. Clause 58
        1. PROVISION OF CAREERS EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS 104 words
      24. Clause 59
        1. SCHOOLS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO CO-OPERATE WITH CAREERS ADVISERS 163 words
      25. Clause 60
        1. PROVISION OF CAREERS INFORMATION AT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 16 words
      26. Schedule 9
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 3,445 words
    2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      1. PESTICIDES 46 words
    3. Gipsy Site (Weston-super-Mare) 3,766 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 January 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Police Cautions 72 words
    2. Breathalysed Drivers 299 words
    3. Police Accommodation 132 words
    4. Ticket Touts 86 words
    5. Female Police 539 words
    6. Football Matches (Policing) 65 words
    7. Police (Court Attendances) 45 words
    8. Young Offenders 74 words
    9. Police (Increased Strength) 55 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Aid and Trade Provision 193 words
    2. Indonesia 74 words
  3. TRANSPORT
    1. Waste Management 453 words
    2. Baggage (Airliners) 105 words
    3. Air Traffic Control Services 105 words
    4. Dangerous Substances 166 words
    5. Overweight Vehicles 486 words
    6. A46/A47 41 words
    7. Motorways (HGVs Overtaking) 54 words
    8. Departmental Publications 77 words
    9. Speed Cameras 186 words
    10. Fuel Tax and Vehicle Excise Duty 149 words
    11. Sustainable Development 150 words
  4. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. EU Directives 203 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Cement and Lime Kilns 600 words
    2. Teesside Development Corporation 83 words
    3. EU Environmental Protection Schemes 339 words
    4. Sustainable Development 549 words
    5. Castle Cement, Clitheroe 39 words
    6. Organic Pollutants 140 words
    7. Water Directives 131 words
    8. Plastics Recycling Scheme 219 words
    9. Badgers (A30) 84 words
    10. Kent County Council 178 words
    11. Air Quality (Bexley) 59 words
    12. Radon 178 words
    13. Water and Sewerage Services 428 words
    14. Building Research Establishment 357 words
    15. Industry Environmental Compliance 111 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Police Forces (Government-sponsored Training) 591 words
    2. Gold (Restitution) 165 words
    3. British Residents Overseas 46 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Venture Capital Trusts 70 words
    2. Income Tax 778 words
    3. Pensioners (Tax) 149 words
    4. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 166 words
    5. Capital Gains Tax 95 words
    6. Environmental and Social Costs 131 words
    7. National Lottery 132 words
    8. Bank of England 142 words
    9. Inflation 91 words
    10. Gross Domestic Product 241 words
    11. Employment Statistics 1,196 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. D'Oyly Carte 145 words
    2. Accounts of Exempted Charities 181 words
    3. National Lottery Outlets 55 words
    4. Digital Transmissions 116 words
    5. National Lottery Charities Board 125 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Sight and Sound 95 words
    2. Manufacturing Apprenticeships 56 words
    3. Further Education 49 words
    4. International Labour Organisation Conference 167 words
    5. EU Funding 1,029 words
    6. Technology College Initiative 471 words
    7. Grant-maintained Schools, Kent 201 words
  10. WALES
    1. BSE 267 words
    2. Deaf People (Funding) 153 words
    3. Dual Carriageway (Flintshire) 56 words
    4. Assisted Places Scheme 67 words
    5. Dental Services 45 words
    6. Agri-environment Schemes 320 words
    7. Schools (Performance) 51 words
    8. Baglan Hospital 66 words
    9. Inward Investment (Aberavon) 119 words
    10. Ambulance Services 193 words
    11. Local Government Finance 441 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Arms Exports 101 words
    2. European Council 61 words
    3. Derek Bentley 55 words
    4. Minister for Children 131 words
    5. Engagements 45 words
  12. HEALTH
    1. Dental Services 497 words
    2. Water Fluoridation 341 words
    3. Eye Tests 99 words
    4. Mental Health Services 198 words
    5. Hospital Long-stay Beds 69 words
    6. Breast Cancer Screening 149 words
    7. Paediatric Intensive Care 94 words
    8. Doctors 295 words
    9. Medical Services (Commercial Organisations) 49 words
    10. Breast Implants 307 words
    11. Silicone Poisoning 65 words
    12. Human Prostheses 71 words
    13. Alpha-l-antitrypsin Deficiency 96 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Companies House 798 words
    2. Insolvency Service 503 words
    3. Airbus Project 56 words
    4. Working Time Directive 83 words
    5. Exports 53 words
    6. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 466 words
    7. Packet Radio 67 words
    8. Out-of-town Supermarkets 90 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Special Schools 395 words
    2. Joyriding 429 words
    3. New House Completions (Belfast) 123 words
    4. Murders 123 words
    5. Power Supply (Newry and Mourne) 387 words
    6. Departmental Publications 432 words
    7. Extradition 128 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Food Safety 106 words
    2. Inward Investment (Glasgow) 344 words
    3. Public Appointments 113 words
    4. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 113 words
    5. Public Relations 606 words
    6. Scottish Enterprise Contracts 124 words
    7. Forestry Commission Land 595 words
    8. Business Rates 143 words
    9. Local Government Finance 1,529 words
    10. Capping Limits 94 words
    11. Water Grants 578 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Sustainable Development 223 words
    2. Rabies 52 words
    3. Cattle Breeds 95 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefit Fraud 75 words
    2. Cold Weather Payments 58 words
    3. Pensioners 68 words
    4. Incapacity Benefit 83 words
    5. Child Support Agency 364 words
    6. Benefits Spending 51 words
    7. Parent Plus Scheme 97 words
    8. Income Support 248 words
    9. Christmas Bonus 60 words
    10. Means-tested Benefits 224 words
    11. Benefit Recipients 508 words
    12. Child Benefit 97 words
    13. Disabled People (Council Tax) 145 words
    14. National Insurance 220 words
    15. Departmental Estate 68 words
    16. War Pensions Agency 254 words
    17. Asylum Seekers 81 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Military Museums 522 words
    2. Low Flying 385 words
    3. Mutual Defence Agreement 352 words
    4. Research and Development 157 words
    5. Disciplinary Offences 263 words
    6. Official Ministerial Visits 123 words
    7. Smoking (Service Personnel) 190 words
    8. Duke of York (Helicopter Flight) 415 words
    9. Sustainable Development 123 words
    10. War Pensions 89 words
    11. Auxiliary Oilers 47 words
    12. Trafalgar Class Submarines 62 words
    13. Gulf War Syndrome 72 words
    14. Royal Yacht 1,301 words
    15. Harrier Pilots (Redundancies) 71 words
    16. Service Personnel 63 words
    17. Armed Forces (Employment Rights) 133 words
    18. Private Lee Clegg 78 words
    19. Cadet Scheme 537 words
    20. Gulf War (Dosimeters) 46 words
    21. Disciplinary Sentences (Salaries) 172 words
    22. Food Supply Contract 207 words

Lords Sitting of 28 January 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Vehicle Registration System 657 words
  3. Gurkhas: Accompanied Service in the UK 346 words
  4. Chinook Helicopter Crash Verdict 986 words
  5. Rwanda: Arms Allegations 821 words
  6. Justices of the Peace Bill [H.L.] 68 words
  7. Business of the House: Debates, 3rd February 96 words
  8. Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 15 words
  9. Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 15 words
  10. Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  11. Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  12. Police Bill [H.L.] 24,071 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 January 1997

  1. Saudi Arabia: Arrest of British Citizens 122 words
  2. Politico-Military Aspects of Security: Code of Conduct 666 words
  3. European Court of Human Rights: Judicial Appointments 100 words
  4. Treaty on European Union: Anti-Discrimination Safeguards 276 words
  5. European and International Anti-Discrimination Legislation: Comparison 203 words
  6. Privatisations: Management Bids 68 words
  7. Guinness plc: Inspectors' Report 191 words
  8. Guinness plc: European Court Judgment 133 words
  9. Immigration Appeals Tribunal 237 words
  10. Ballistic Missile Defence Systems 177 words
  11. Water and Sewerage Services: Competition 425 words