29 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 29 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. European Union 12,028 words
  4. Cold Weather Payments (Scotland) 12,917 words
  5. Kidney Transplants 3,585 words
  6. Neurological Disorders 4,529 words
  7. Engineering 4,380 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. LEVER PARK BILL 15 words
      2. SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW BILL 6 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
      1. Disabled People (Employment) 411 words
      2. Jobseeker's Allowance 251 words
      3. Children's Homework 537 words
      4. Teachers' Early Retirement Scheme 1,183 words
      5. Unemployment Statistics 717 words
      6. Education Funding (Lancashire) 468 words
      7. Primary School Funding (Cheshire) 567 words
      8. Young People (Opportunities) 1,321 words
      9. Primary School Funding (Staffordshire) 440 words
      10. Part-time Employment 890 words
      11. University Research Assessment Exercise 310 words
      12. University Staff Recruitment 789 words
      13. Teachers (Morale) 514 words
  9. Hunger Strikers (Rochester Prison) 5,051 words
  10. Parliamentary Questions 410 words
  11. Holocaust Denial 1,081 words
    1. HOLOCAUST DENIAL 62 words
  12. Media Comment (Madam Speaker's Statement) 79 words
  13. Orders of the Day
    1. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 8 words
      1. Clause 4
        1. RESTRICTION OF LIBERTY ORDERS 17,743 words, 3 divisions
      2. Clause 5
        1. DISPOSAL IN CASES OF MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS 3,507 words
      3. Clause 6
        1. EFFECT OF HOSPITAL DIRECTION 1,944 words, 1 division
      4. Clause 9
        1. MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS 148 words
      5. Clause 13
        1. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR CERTAIN SEXUAL OFFENCES 91 words
      6. Clause 14
        1. DRIVING DISQUALIFICATIONS 146 words
      7. Clause 15
        1. DESIGNATED LIFE PRISONERS 104 words
      8. Clause 21
        1. APPEAL BY PROSECUTOR AGAINST FAILURE TO IMPOSE SUPERVISED RELEASE ORDER 15 words
      9. Clause 22
        1. APPEALS AGAINST ORDERS UNDER SECTION 49 OF THE 1995 ACT 49 words
      10. Clause 25
        1. EXTENSION OF POWER TO TAKE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN BY COMMISSIONER 15 words
      11. Clause 29
        1. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 1,607 words
      12. Clause 30
        1. EARLY RELEASE 1,318 words
      13. Clause 31
        1. PRISONERS HELD ON REMAND 47 words
      14. Clause 32
        1. AMENDMENTS TO 1989 ACT 156 words
      15. Clause 35
        1. FINE DEFAULTERS AND PERSONS CONVICTED OF CONTEMPT OF COURT 99 words
      16. Clause 38
        1. TESTING OF PRISONERS FOR ALCOHOL 27 words
      17. Clause 41
        1. POLICE GRANT 31 words
      18. Clause 43
        1. RECORD OF EVIDENCE TAKEN FROM EXTERNAL PARTS OF BODY 59 words
      19. Clause 44
        1. SAMPLES ETC. FROM CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS 1,030 words
      20. Clause 45
        1. CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 4,040 words
      21. Clause 46
        1. EMPLOYMENT OF SOLICITORS IN RELATION TO CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 533 words
      22. Clause 48
        1. CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVISION OF CRIMINAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE 42 words
      23. Clause 49
        1. POWER OF INVESTIGATION OF SCOTTISH LEGAL AID BOARD 217 words
      24. Clause 54
        1. CONFISCATION OF ALCOHOL FROM PERSONS UNDER 18 519 words
      25. Clause 57
        1. INTERPRETATION 13 words
      26. Clause 58
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 46 words
      27. New schedule 2
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 1,752 words
      28. Schedule 1
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 1,194 words
      29. Schedule 2
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO EARLY RELEASE 22 words
      30. Schedule 3
        1. REPEALS 6,299 words, 1 division
    2. Police Grant (England and Wales) 12,673 words
      1. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 32 words
        1. LEGAL PROFESSION 60 words
        2. INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT 24 words
      2. POLICE (PROPERTY) BILL [MONEY] 58 words
      3. PETITION
    3. Bridges (River Calder) 177 words
    4. Public Services (East Midlands) 3,783 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 January 1997

  1. DEFENCE
    1. Weather Centres 326 words
    2. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 119 words
    3. Cadet Force 67 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Dentists (Prison Sentences) 134 words
    2. Prisons (Drugs Testing) 858 words
    3. Prisoners (Life Sentences) 142 words
    4. Immigration (Detention and Deportation) 989 words
    5. Prison Sieges 206 words
    6. Paedophiles 314 words
    7. Disabled Prisoners 252 words
    8. Prisons (Drugs Misuse Report) 97 words
    9. Vivisection 129 words
    10. Police Grant 586 words
    11. Police Scientific Development Branch 132 words
    12. Mr. Barry Horne 336 words
    13. Breathalysed Motorists 286 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. EU Town Twinning Scheme 61 words
    2. Thames Gateway Initiative 105 words
    3. Telecommunication Masts 224 words
    4. Area Cost Adjustments 415 words
    5. Energy Conservation Reports 103 words
    6. Packaging Waste Regulations 516 words
    7. Special Financial Assistance (Manchester) 174 words
    8. Local Government Finance (Manchester) 117 words
    9. Venomous Snakes 102 words
    10. Mine Safety 198 words
    11. Partners in Technology Programme 219 words
    12. Planning Policy 148 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Burma 157 words
    2. Singapore Summit 159 words
    3. Hong Kong 165 words
    4. Visas 202 words
    5. Kuwaiti Citizens (Iraq) 116 words
    6. Mr. Steve Bryant 79 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Office of Telecommunications 165 words
    2. UK Subsidiaries Abroad 129 words
    3. North Sea Oil Bids 202 words
    4. Greece 335 words
    5. Paid Holiday Leave 86 words
    6. Research Establishments 1,150 words
    7. Textile Industry 142 words
    8. Shipbuilding Intervention Fund 200 words
    9. Departmental Publications 122 words
    10. Waste Incinerator (Belevedere) 70 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Inheritance Tax 290 words
    2. Travel Insurance 222 words
    3. Paymaster General's Office (Privatisation) 188 words
    4. Excise Duty 226 words
    5. Tobacco Products 525 words
    6. Value Added Tax 184 words
    7. Income Tax 300 words
    8. Vehicle Fuel Duties 108 words
    9. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 113 words
    10. Departmental Publications 109 words
    11. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 109 words
    12. National Debt 270 words
  7. SCOTLAND
    1. Dog Fouling (Prosecutions) 47 words
    2. Forestry Commission (Woodland Sales) 852 words
    3. Scottish Enterprise 51 words
    4. Assisted Places Scheme 4,286 words
    5. Erskine Bridge (Collision) 684 words
    6. National Galleries 79 words
    7. Housing Capital Provision 135 words
    8. Agricultural and Biological Institutes 274 words
  8. TRANSPORT
    1. Channel Tunnel (Safety) 111 words
  9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Tourism (Bexley) 277 words
    2. National Lottery 187 words
    3. Sustainable Development 192 words
    4. Millennium Exhibition 166 words
    5. Television Licensing 95 words
  10. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Magistrates and Crown Courts 63 words
    2. Legal Aid 66 words
  11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Bosnia 513 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Part-time Employment 65 words
    2. Home-school Agreements 108 words
    3. Class Sizes 193 words
    4. Nursery Vouchers 49 words
    5. Temporary Contracts 86 words
    6. Mathematics Tests 55 words
    7. Teachers' Pension Scheme 132 words
    8. School Discipline 64 words
    9. Claimant Statistics 77 words
    10. Further and Higher Education 373 words
    11. Inner-city Schools 157 words
    12. Secondary Education Reforms 79 words
    13. Jobcentres (Advertisements) 147 words
    14. School Funding 80 words
    15. Unemployment-related Benefits 169 words
    16. Teaching Methods 64 words
    17. Student Grants 120 words
    18. Long-term Unemployment 128 words
    19. Schools (Financial Improprieties) 97 words
    20. Nursery Inspectors (Police Checks) 51 words
    21. GCSE Scores (Lancashire) 106 words
    22. Academic Selection (Bromley) 189 words
    23. Local Education Authorities (Administration Costs) 111 words
    24. Derwent Buildings 107 words
    25. Further Education Funding Council (Publication Pack) 77 words
    26. Career Development Loans 136 words
    27. Medical Students 644 words
    28. Training and Enterprise Councils 147 words
    29. Student Loans 103 words
    30. Hardship Fund 87 words
    31. Homework 60 words
    32. Examination Results (Grant-maintained Schools) 80 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Social Services White Paper 32 words
    2. AIDS and Motor Neurone Disease 530 words
    3. Meningitis 335 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 1,163 words
    5. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 81 words
    6. Cardiothoracic Surgery 187 words
    7. Geriatric Services 249 words
    8. Prior Options Reviews 372 words
    9. Elective Surgery 68 words
    10. Orthopaedic Services (South Manchester) 255 words
    11. "The House Party" 199 words
    12. Intensive Care Services 502 words
    13. Nurses 179 words
    14. Purchasing Authorities (Buckinghamshire) 64 words
    15. Nursing Students 147 words
    16. Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority 64 words
    17. NHS Executive 195 words
  14. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. EU Subsidies 71 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. BSE 2,216 words
    2. Meat Products and Spreadable Fish Products Regulations 1984 372 words
    3. Urban Food Production 163 words
    4. Integrated Administration and Control System 219 words
    5. Genetically Modified Animals 96 words
    6. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 166 words
    7. Horticulture Research International 224 words
    8. Fisheries 310 words
  16. WALES
    1. Clwyd Interpreting and Communication Service 150 words
    2. Assisted Places Scheme 264 words
    3. Unfit Housing 80 words
    4. A465 (Accidents) 57 words
    5. Training and Enterprise Councils 513 words
    6. Regional Selective Assistance 80 words
    7. Student Funding 829 words
    8. Further and Higher Education 82 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Incapacity Benefit 50 words
    2. University Research Institutions 255 words
    3. Supported Accommodation 138 words
    4. Cold Weather Payments 1,171 words
    5. Funeral Bonds 109 words
    6. War Pensions 921 words
    7. Jobseeker's Allowance 165 words
    8. Housing Benefit 250 words
    9. Asylum Seekers 75 words
    10. Benefits Agency 333 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Castle Buildings Talks 176 words
    2. Drinking Water (Fluoride and Aluminium) 814 words
    3. Road Safety Education 170 words
    4. Litter 247 words
    5. Environmental Legislation 331 words
    6. Scrabo High School 116 words
    7. Disability Living Allowance and Incapacity Benefit 900 words
    8. Smokeless Fuel Regulations 83 words
    9. Road Deaths 54 words
    10. Royal Ulster Constabulary (Sexual Orientation) 223 words
    11. Education and Library Boards 64 words
    12. Northern Ireland Water 379 words
    13. Criminal Damage and Criminal Injuries 270 words
    14. Public Service Vehicle Licence Holders 41 words

Lords Sitting of 29 January 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Deafblind People: Communicator Guide Schemes 1,343 words
  3. Golf Courses: VAT Liability 1,388 words
  4. Rail Privatisation: Benefits 1,582 words
  5. Cyprus 18,000 words
  6. The Commonwealth 20,047 words
  7. British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill [H.L.] 5,105 words
  8. Liquor Licensing 10,193 words
  9. Architects Bill [H.L.] 16 words
  10. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Bill [H.L.] 16 words
  11. Lieutenancies Bill [H.L.] 24 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 January 1997

  1. Jubilee Line Extension 125 words
  2. Lorry Weight Increases 108 words
  3. War Pensions: Revised Provisions 827 words