2 July 1997

Commons Sitting of 2 July 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 1,876 words
  3. Small Retail Shops 8,216 words
  4. Exchange Rate 11,160 words
  5. M20 (Noise Reduction) 3,498 words
  6. Dyfed Powys Health Authority 4,096 words
  7. Public Bodies (Food Purchasing) 3,934 words
  8. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      1. Sub-standard Contract Work 220 words
      2. Small Businesses 248 words
      3. Open Government 716 words
      4. Food Safety 864 words
      5. Special Advisers 237 words
      6. Senior Civil Servants 360 words
      7. Citizens Charter 202 words
      8. Food Safety 300 words
      9. Open Government 256 words
      10. Citizens Charter 603 words
      11. Open Government 178 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 3,405 words
      2. Ayrshire (Visit) 450 words
      3. Engagements 642 words
  9. Budget Statement (Advance Disclosure) 2,062 words
  10. WAYS AND MEANS
    1. Budget Statement 7,689 words
    2. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES 115 words
  11. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
    1. WINDFALL TAX 41,290 words
    2. War Pensions 4,433 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 July 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Postal Votes 137 words
    2. Firearms 219 words
    3. Polling Stations (Disabled Access) 193 words
    4. Sex Offenders 158 words
    5. Deportations 45 words
    6. New Polling Districts 73 words
    7. Dangerous and Careless Driving 277 words
    8. Drink Driving 258 words
    9. Alcohol Consumption (Young People) 96 words
    10. Murder Case (Abdul Kamal Samad) 110 words
    11. Stephen Lawrence 133 words
    12. Sentencing (Class A Drug Users) 69 words
    13. Polling Stations (School Closures) 61 words
    14. Youth Justice Task Force 130 words
    15. Police Areas 183 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. EU Education Council 198 words
    2. EU Social Affairs Council 1,004 words
    3. Education Authority Reserves 1,988 words
    4. Discretionary Awards 117 words
    5. Brixham and Dartmouth Community Colleges 77 words
    6. Leicestershire Training and Enterprise Council 130 words
    7. Civil Service 226 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Arms Reduction 119 words
  4. HEALTH
    1. Cystic Fibrosis 67 words
    2. General Practitioners 66 words
    3. Fluorosis 81 words
    4. Genetic Material (Health Prognoses) 204 words
    5. Cannabis 178 words
    6. North Lakeland Healthcare Trust 111 words
    7. Electro-magnetic Fields 118 words
    8. Water Fluoridation 96 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. Non-departmental Public Bodies (Fraud) 113 words
    2. Strategic Defence Review 70 words
    3. Construction Industry 91 words
    4. Capital Receipts 53 words
    5. Third World Debt 112 words
    6. Inland Revenue Offices 111 words
    7. Opticians (VAT) 76 words
    8. Single Market 148 words
    9. Single Currency 89 words
    10. Health Spending 54 words
    11. Beer Duty 150 words
    12. Euro 86 words
    13. Local Government Reorganisation 143 words
    14. Dealing Rate 71 words
    15. Taxation 113 words
    16. Local Government Finance (Scotland) 322 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Construction Work Contracts 69 words
    2. Atomic Weapons Establishment 189 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Compensation (Credit Cards) 84 words
    2. Consumer Protection 70 words
    3. Ferry Merger 86 words
    4. Consumer Credit Act 72 words
    5. Departmental Advisers 182 words
    6. Indonesia 32 words
    7. Accountancy Firms 162 words
    8. EU Structural Funds 243 words
    9. Patenting of Animals 70 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Tourism 373 words
    2. British Library 48 words
  9. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Water Services 174 words
    2. Earth Summit 2 68 words
    3. Leghold Traps 109 words
    4. Sewage Outfall (Falmouth) 367 words
    5. Gas Safety 147 words
    6. Diesel (Sulphur Content) 128 words
    7. Town and City Centres 267 words
    8. English Partnerships 235 words
    9. Development Agency (East Midlands) 75 words
    10. Estates Renewal Challenge Fund 218 words
    11. Disability Discrimination Act 121 words
    12. Fuel Lubricants 69 words
    13. Inland Waterways (Union Jack) 73 words
    14. Channel Tunnel 349 words
    15. Heathrow and Gatwick Airports 126 words
    16. Southport-Preston Train Services 124 words
    17. Transport Safety 154 words
    18. Seahorse and Exodus Incident 75 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. General Affairs Council 1,151 words
    2. British Council 87 words
    3. Amsterdam Treaty 83 words
    4. BBC World Service 222 words
  11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Live Animal Transport 389 words
    2. Fur Farms 129 words
    3. Rare and Endangered Species 53 words
    4. Slaughterhouse Pre-stunning Equipment 228 words
    5. Association of Sea Fisheries Committees 126 words
    6. Bees 192 words
    7. Ritual Slaughter 102 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. PFI Projects (Effect on Staff) 339 words
    2. Public Appointments 137 words
    3. Devolution 58 words
    4. Foxes 85 words
    5. Museums 311 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Fair Employment Commission 58 words
    2. Fox and Mink Factory Farms 24 words
    3. Sir David Fell 67 words
    4. Dundonald Training Centre 307 words
    5. Director of Public Prosecutions 356 words
    6. Royal Group of Hospitals, Belfast 182 words
    7. Public Appointments 116 words
    8. Extradition 84 words
    9. Disturbances (Belfast) 46 words
  14. WALES
    1. "Welsh Economic Trends" 68 words
    2. Nursery Education 134 words
    3. Low Pay Commission 60 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. State Retirement Pension 181 words
    2. Disabled People (Computer Equipment) 179 words
    3. Cold Weather Payments 48 words
    4. Housing Benefit (Portsmouth) 100 words
    5. Internet 128 words
    6. Child Support 335 words
    7. Benefit Entitlement (Capital Limits) 153 words
    8. Appeal Tribunals 315 words
    9. Absent Parents 167 words
    10. Industrial Injuries 205 words
    11. Departmental Spending Plans 872 words
    12. Publications (Blind and Partially Sighted People) 255 words
    13. Benefits Agency 423 words
    14. Camborne Benefits Advice Shop 406 words
    15. Benefits Agency Staff 233 words
  16. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Meetings 66 words
  17. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Better Regulation Unit 77 words
    2. Public Services (Young People) 55 words
    3. Public Appointments (Freemasons) 110 words
    4. Quangos 130 words
    5. Freedom of Information 217 words
    6. Open Government 112 words
    7. Disabled People (Access to Information) 118 words
    8. Efficiency and Effectiveness Group 152 words
    9. Deregulation 55 words
    10. New Government 69 words
    11. Special Advisers 70 words

Lords Sitting of 2 July 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Patten 39 words
  3. Sudan 1,334 words
  4. Diabetes 1,315 words
  5. Nuclear Weapons 799 words
  6. Schools: Collective Daily Worship 1,011 words
  7. Business 125 words
  8. Business of the House: Debates this Day 60 words
  9. Youth Crime 5,744 words
  10. The Budget 1,789 words
  11. Youth Crime 18,315 words
  12. Armed Forces 20,103 words
  13. Acts of Parliament in Force 3,248 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 2 July 1997

  1. UN Security Council 64 words
  2. EU Arms Exports Code of Conduct 122 words
  3. European Commission for Democracy through Law 176 words
  4. Democratic Republic of the Congo 266 words
  5. EU Council Business 760 words
  6. Subsidence: Role of Tree Roots 444 words
  7. London Government Referendum 106 words
  8. London Government Proposals 69 words
  9. Sierra Leone: Asylum Status 152 words
  10. NATO: Theatre Missile Defence 120 words
  11. Prison Population Forecast 155 words
  12. Prison Staff Numbers Forecast 118 words
  13. Prisons and Detention Centres: Visits by Members of Parliament 91 words
  14. Games of Skill: Odds 154 words
  15. Age Discrimination 83 words