30 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 30 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. SELECTION 22 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Local Government Election 975 words
      2. 11-plus System 692 words
      3. Employment Opportunities 1,057 words
      4. Peace Process 1,865 words
      5. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 314 words
      6. Witnesses (Intimidation) 440 words
      7. BSE 502 words
      8. Inward Investment 158 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,227 words
  5. Northern Ireland Parades (North Report) 8,886 words
  6. Food Safety 4,901 words
  7. Business of the House 4,604 words
  8. Questions to the Prime Minister 117 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Civil Procedure Bill [Lords] 13,524 words
    2. CIVIL PROCEDURE BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 90 words
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
    4. PROFESSIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO MEDICINE 26 words
    5. URBAN DEVELOPMENT 28 words
    6. VALUE ADDED TAX 38 words
    7. Mining Subsidence (North Yorkshire) 2,814 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 January 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Metropolitan Police (Vauxhall) 239 words
    2. Identity Cards 75 words
    3. Youth Justice System 89 words
    4. Crime Prevention 227 words
  2. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. British Academy of Sport 29 words
    2. Millennium 74 words
    3. Arts Council 366 words
    4. Sports Sponsorship 230 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Whitemoor Prison (Escape) 135 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Landlord and Tenant Acts 55 words
    2. Greenfinches 118 words
    3. Local Government Finance 435 words
    4. Ammonium Nitrate 100 words
    5. Housing Transfers 663 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Departmental Publications 208 words
    2. European Union (Business) 1,038 words
    3. Commonwealth Institute 257 words
    4. Trade Fairs 48 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Alcohol Booster Kits 68 words
    2. EU Funds (Applications) 250 words
    3. Export Promotion 278 words
    4. Mergers 219 words
  7. SCOTLAND
    1. NHS Trusts (Deficits) 95 words
    2. Oil and Gas Installations 213 words
    3. West Dunbartonshire Council 137 words
    4. Energy Conservation 105 words
    5. NHS Staff 184 words
    6. Speech and Language Disorders 392 words
    7. Speech Therapists 36 words
    8. Poll and Council Tax Arrears 570 words
    9. Language Unit 32 words
    10. NHS Trust Deficits 109 words
    11. Dental Services 76 words
    12. Fossil Fuel Levy 108 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. Sustainable Development 197 words
    2. Pension Age Population 274 words
    3. Death Statistics 263 words
    4. Employment Statistics 283 words
    5. Earnings (Scotland) 451 words
    6. Abortion 192 words
    7. Construction Industry 108 words
    8. Company Cars 57 words
    9. Economic and Finance Council 236 words
    10. Income Tax 98 words
    11. Tax and National Insurance Contributions 140 words
    12. Earnings 540 words
    13. Uncollected Tax 220 words
    14. Taxation of Trusts 260 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Education Expenditure 94 words
    2. Unemployment (Lancashire) 147 words
    3. Training (York) 63 words
    4. College Funding 113 words
    5. Training and Enterprise Councils 93 words
    6. Grant-maintained Schools 1,064 words
    7. Career Development Loans 276 words
    8. Black Country Careers Services Ltd. 131 words
  10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Indonesia 76 words
  11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Trustee Service 233 words
    2. Eviction Warrants 237 words
    3. Legal Aid 56 words
  12. HEALTH
    1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 103 words
    2. Managing Winter Pressures Reports 86 words
    3. Cancer Treatment Waiting Lists 49 words
    4. Hospital Waiting Times (Leeds) 116 words
    5. Colonic Cancer 89 words
    6. NHS Staff 272 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Engagements 53 words
    2. European Court of Human Rights (Compliance Measures) 187 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Yacht 904 words
    2. Rudolf Hess (Death Certificate) 306 words
    3. Services Recruitment 231 words
    4. Iraq 142 words
    5. Defence Procurement Contracts (North-West) 241 words
    6. RAF Personnel Management Agency 422 words
  15. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Sculptures and Pictures 257 words
  16. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Tenant Farmers 158 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Animal Collection Centres 137 words
    2. Certified Herds Scheme 81 words
    3. Birds (Export Certificates) 54 words
    4. Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein 198 words
    5. BSE 944 words
    6. Nitrates 172 words
    7. Cotton Seed Oil 78 words
    8. Bull Testicles 87 words
    9. Organic Farming 177 words
    10. Food Production 97 words
    11. Food Premises Inspections 435 words
    12. Food Safety 559 words
  18. TRANSPORT
    1. Passenger Trains (Crewe) 113 words
    2. Ammonium Nitrate 122 words
    3. Transport Study, Leicestershire 46 words
    4. FirstBus 67 words
    5. Boeing 737 103 words
    6. Passenger Rail Fares 153 words
    7. Airline Safety 124 words
    8. British Railways Board 82 words
    9. Wheelock Bypass 516 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Sheltered Accommodation 137 words
    2. Housing Benefit 130 words
    3. Disability Appeal Tribunals 275 words
    4. Benefits in Kind 466 words
    5. War Pensions 53 words
  20. WALES
    1. Wheelchair Advisory Group 128 words
    2. "Government Expenditure and Review" 85 words
    3. NHS Trusts 290 words
    4. Ministerial Visits 33 words
    5. Energy Efficiency 84 words
    6. Hospitals 65 words
    7. NHS Staff 201 words
    8. Training and Enterprise Councils 97 words
  21. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Security 189 words
    2. Terrorism 163 words
    3. Targeting Social Need 77 words
    4. Peace Process 79 words
    5. School Rolls 91 words
    6. Royal Ulster Constabulary 103 words
    7. Joyriding 117 words
    8. Health and Social Services Boards 79 words
    9. Integrated Schools 61 words
    10. Tourism 169 words
    11. Road Schemes 58 words
    12. Meat and Livestock Industry 166 words
    13. Constitution Talks 53 words
    14. Education and Library Boards 59 words
    15. Action for Community Employment 261 words
    16. Unemployment Review 156 words
    17. Energy Conservation 162 words
    18. Electricity Interconnector 145 words
    19. NHS Staff 174 words

Lords Sitting of 30 January 1997

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. Catering Colleges: Performance 1,139 words
  3. EU: Flexibility 1,392 words
  4. European Council Documents: Scrutiny 1,076 words
  5. Hospitals: Single Sex Accommodation 960 words
  6. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 61 words
  7. Home Energy Rating Surveys Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  8. Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 66 words
  9. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [H.L.] 15,238 words, 1 division
  10. Education Bill 12 words
  11. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 12 words
  12. Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Bill 12,435 words
  13. Geneva Conventions (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 7,890 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 January 1997

  1. Prison Conditions 297 words
  2. Asylum Seekers: Detention 300 words
  3. Asylum Seekers: Work Permits 109 words
  4. Food Safety Council 568 words
  5. IACS Applications 220 words
  6. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 155 words
  7. Horticulture Research International 224 words
  8. Trustee Service 226 words
  9. Parliamentary Services: Consultancy Costs 150 words
  10. Motoring Costs: Information Source 66 words
  11. Research Establishments: Prior Options Reviews 1,158 words
  12. Racial Discrimination: Dependent Territories' Reports to UN Committee 108 words
  13. EC Human Rights Commission Report: Greece v. UK 92 words
  14. Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands: Right of Individual Petition 180 words
  15. Arms: Turkey and Northern Cyprus 287 words
  16. Arms: Cyprus 126 words
  17. Arms: Embargoes 455 words
  18. Transportation of Nuclear Materials: Pacific Teal 144 words
  19. Guantanamo Naval Base 95 words
  20. Great Lakes Region: Committee Report 142 words
  21. Middle East: Organisation for Co-operation 104 words
  22. EU Council: Forthcoming Business 1,001 words
  23. Explanatory Memoranda Select Committee: Proposal 78 words
  24. Commonwealth Institute: Funding 106 words