31 January 1997

Commons Sitting of 31 January 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Jurisdiction (Conspiracy and Incitement) Bill 33,488 words
  4. Witness Protection Bill 4,808 words
  5. Remaining Private Members' Bills
    1. POLICE (HEALTH AND SAFETY) BILL 19 words
    2. SEXUAL OFFENCES (PROTECTED MATERIAL) BILL 19 words
    3. DANGEROUS DOGS (AMENDMENT) BILL [Lords] 151 words
    4. UNITED KINGDOM MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (REFERENDUM) BILL 14 words
    5. DISABLED PERSONS AND CARERS (SHORT-TERM BREAKS) BILL 27 words
    6. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 14 words
    7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 103 words
    8. SEX OFFENDERS BILL 29 words
  6. Alcoholism (Rehabilitation) 3,960 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 31 January 1997

  1. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Cabinet Office 110 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Written Questions 59 words
  3. SCOTLAND
    1. Highlands and Islands Enterprise 82 words
    2. Meat Hygiene (Retailers) 148 words
    3. Parkhead Hospital 150 words
    4. Rural Pharmacies 66 words
    5. Cash Limits 1,043 words
    6. Hedgerows 122 words
  4. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Cash Limits 107 words
  5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Cash Limits 200 words
  6. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Departmental Publications 115 words
    2. Ecclesiastical Heritage 75 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Legal Costs 867 words
    2. Right to Secrecy 83 words
    3. Asylum Seekers 1,930 words
    4. Immigration Detainees 101 words
    5. Danny McNamee 178 words
    6. Cash Limits 194 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Record Office 126 words
    2. Legal Aid 502 words
    3. Unqualified Solicitors 164 words
  9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Cash Limits 244 words
    2. Parliamentary and Health Service Commissioners 89 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Rural Development Commission 397 words
    2. Select Committee Report 43 words
    3. Cash Limits 1,103 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Fund Licences 156 words
    2. Heavy Goods Vehicles 93 words
    3. Bus Passenger Journeys 184 words
    4. Cash Limits 755 words
    5. Rail Industry (Performance) 170 words
    6. Railway Maintenance 64 words
    7. Seafarer Training (English Language) 102 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Maintained Schools 90 words
    2. Higher and Further Education, Lancashire 279 words
    3. Medical Students 255 words
    4. Nursing and Employment Service 500 words
    5. Further Education 99 words
    6. Cash Limits 667 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Toothpaste 37 words
    2. Water Fluoridation 73 words
    3. Dental Hygiene 37 words
    4. Dental Services 200 words
    5. Hospital Consultants 107 words
    6. Fulwood Hospital, Sheffield 78 words
    7. Cash Limits 359 words
    8. Volatile Substance Abuse 401 words
    9. Emergency and Intensive Care Services 108 words
    10. Elective Admission Waiting List 103 words
    11. St. Thomas's Hospital 150 words
    12. Life Expectancy 67 words
    13. NHS Employees 100 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Organophosphates 123 words
    2. Newcastle Disease 762 words
    3. Ostriches 129 words
    4. Quarantine Premises 187 words
    5. Live Animal Exports 489 words
    6. Hedley Lomas (Ireland) Ltd. 35 words
    7. Sheep (Collection Centres) 111 words
    8. Rice 248 words
    9. Deer 50 words
    10. Cash Limits 270 words
    11. Farm Incomes 101 words
  15. WALES
    1. Social Lettings 63 words
    2. Council House Sales 1,091 words
    3. European Summit 75 words
    4. Poll Tax Arrears 56 words
    5. Electricity Supplies 51 words
    6. Beaches 69 words
    7. Cash Limits 374 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Public Bodies (External Audit) 102 words
    2. Cash Limits 452 words
    3. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance 91 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. EU Funds (Applications) 144 words
    2. Cash Limits 1,005 words
    3. Research Councils 492 words
    4. SPUR and SMART 162 words
    5. Exotic Animal Imports 122 words
    6. Exports (Iraq) 192 words
    7. Ammonium Nitrate 123 words
    8. Armoured Vehicles (Indonesia) 558 words
  18. TREASURY
    1. Private Finance Initiative 167 words
    2. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 232 words
    3. Pools Betting Levy and National Lottery 154 words
    4. Dorneywood 112 words
    5. Privatised Companies 94 words
    6. Privatisation Proceeds 97 words
    7. Cash Limits 653 words
    8. Insurance Premium Tax 299 words
    9. Public Sector Debt 139 words
    10. Interest Rates 251 words
    11. Company Cars 58 words
    12. Value Added Tax (Domestic Fuel) 75 words
  19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Chevening 162 words
    2. No. 1 Carlton Gardens 223 words
    3. Cash Limits 184 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefit Entitlement Awareness 577 words
    2. Child Support Agency 790 words
    3. War Pensions Agency 233 words
    4. Income Support 195 words
    5. Jobseeker's Allowance 108 words
    6. Mortgage Interest Payments 127 words
    7. Cash Limits 610 words
  21. DEFENCE
    1. Cash Limits 376 words
    2. Royal Yacht 1,499 words
    3. Royal Flight 758 words
    4. Duke of York (Helicopter Flight) 73 words
    5. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 46 words
    6. Castlemartin Camp 149 words
    7. Hawk Aircraft 57 words
    8. Mull of Kintyre (Air Crash) 153 words

Lords Sitting of 31 January 1997

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. Vehicles (Price Indication) Bill [H.L.] 4,389 words
  3. European Communities (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 53,367 words, 1 division

Written Answers (Lords) of 31 January 1997

  1. European Court of Human Rights: Saunders Judgment 130 words