3 July 1997

Commons Sitting of 3 July 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Renewable Energy 744 words
      2. Regional Selective Assistance 445 words
      3. Post Office 779 words
      4. South Africa 446 words
      5. Gas and Electricity Supply 301 words
      6. Utilities (Investment) 290 words
      7. Small Businesses 619 words
      8. St. Ivel Creamery, Rose-an-grouse 329 words
      9. Textiles (Anti-dumping Levy) 262 words
      10. Libya (Sanctions) 258 words
      11. Competitiveness UK Initiative 606 words
      12. Business Services (Rural Areas) 408 words
      13. Regional Selective Assistance 464 words
      14. Inward Investment 337 words
      15. May Day Public Holiday 317 words
      16. Competitiveness 428 words
      17. Post Office 421 words
      18. Post Office 496 words
      19. Imported Toys (Safety) 338 words
      20. Car Industry 146 words
  4. Business of the House 5,224 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
    2. WINDFALL TAX 97 words
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 45,850 words
    4. Transport (Middlesbrough and Cleveland) 3,443 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 July 1997

  1. WALES
    1. Economic Regeneration 91 words
    2. Welsh Assembly 87 words
    3. School Polling Stations 121 words
    4. Transport Policy 315 words
    5. Referendum 48 words
    6. Public Bodies 126 words
    7. NHS Trusts 322 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Indonesian Military and Police Personnel 204 words
    2. UN (Budget Contributions) 99 words
    3. Security Policy 140 words
    4. Mr. Peter Lowes 81 words
    5. Human Rights 107 words
    6. UN Register of Conventional Arms 150 words
  3. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Better Regulation 311 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Legal Aid (Personal Injury Litigation) 413 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Further Education Colleges 254 words
    2. Youth Service 110 words
  6. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Millennium Commission and Lottery Awards 72 words
    2. McDonald's (Advertising) 139 words
    3. County Record Offices 143 words
    4. Digital Broadcasting 187 words
    5. Sport Sponsorship 161 words
    6. Museums 356 words
    7. Digital Terrestrial Television 281 words
  7. HEALTH
    1. Haemophiliacs 104 words
    2. GPs (Home Visits) 150 words
    3. Millennium Commission 41 words
    4. Adoption 123 words
    5. Bed Blocking 95 words
    6. III Health Costs 111 words
    7. Television Programme Sponsorship 118 words
    8. Workshop on Sexuality 185 words
    9. Private Finance Initiative 704 words
    10. Turner Village Hospital, Colchester 104 words
    11. CS Gas 79 words
    12. General Social Services Council 163 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Minister without Portfolio 217 words
    2. Intelligence and Security Committee 47 words
    3. Ministers (Transport Costs) 51 words
    4. Policy Reviews 149 words
    5. Sustainable Development 852 words
    6. Single Market 77 words
    7. NATO Summit 174 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Crime Victims 649 words
    2. Sex Offenders 219 words
    3. Identity Cards 36 words
    4. Fire Stations, Wales 48 words
    5. Cookham Wood Secure Training Centre 412 words
    6. Alcohol (Minors) 88 words
    7. Electoral Register 340 words
    8. General Election 194 words
    9. Deportation 112 words
    10. Abdul Onibiyo 91 words
    11. Asylum Seekers 48 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Railings (World War II) 45 words
    2. Regional Development Agencies 72 words
    3. European Regional Development Fund 147 words
    4. Recycling 215 words
    5. Affordable Housing 79 words
    6. Area Cost Adjustment 115 words
    7. English Partnerships 153 words
    8. Mobile Homes 102 words
    9. Public Buildings (Access) 368 words
    10. Building Regulations 149 words
    11. Watercraft 198 words
    12. Planning Appeals (Fast Food Restaurants) 1,660 words
    13. Pressurised Drink Containers 147 words
    14. Arctic Warming 129 words
    15. Local Government Pension Scheme 427 words
    16. Home Insulation Grants 226 words
    17. European Funds 260 words
    18. Channel Tunnel 170 words
    19. Mobile Telephones 122 words
    20. Mixed Oxide Fuel 79 words
    21. Roads Programme Review 115 words
    22. Traffic Accidents (Alcohol) 184 words
    23. Traffic Enforcement Officers (Powers) 71 words
    24. Driving Hours 414 words
    25. Dartford Crossing (Toll) 266 words
    26. M25 Widening 265 words
    27. Aircraft Noise, Heathrow 112 words
  11. DEFENCE
    1. Strategic Defence Review 88 words
    2. Trident 107 words
    3. Gulf War Veterans 150 words
    4. Logistic Information Systems Agency 119 words
    5. Gordon Foxley 165 words
    6. Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency 163 words
  12. TREASURY
    1. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 126 words
    2. Building Society Conversions 19 words
    3. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 61 words
    4. Banking Ombudsman 83 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Sheep Scab Order 1997 147 words
    2. Departmental Advisers 390 words
    3. Sewage Outfall, Falmouth 71 words
    4. Animal Slaughter 76 words
    5. Minestone Tipping (Northumberland) 125 words
    6. Green Pound 57 words
    7. Beef Assurance Scheme 76 words
    8. Cohesion Cod 79 words
    9. Sand Eels 463 words
  14. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. European Assistance (Cornwall) 124 words
    2. Competitiveness 168 words
    3. Child Labour 102 words
    4. Clean Coal Technology 188 words
    5. Partnership in Industry 83 words
    6. Manufacturing Investment 83 words
    7. Greenpeace 30 words
    8. Late Payment of Bills 174 words
    9. Aerospace Industry 72 words
    10. Gas and Electricity Industries 46 words
    11. Sustainable Energy 77 words
    12. Post Office 66 words
    13. Inward Investment 85 words
    14. Small Businesses 128 words
    15. Defence Industry 123 words
    16. Edgware Sorting Office 92 words
    17. Electrical Goods 334 words
    18. Office of Science and Technology 469 words
    19. Accountancy Firms 727 words
    20. Trade and Aid 111 words
    21. Social Chapter 78 words
    22. Machine Tool Industry 59 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Mineral Exploitation 162 words
    2. Philippines 45 words
    3. Financing Institutions (Development Criteria) 96 words
    4. Aid Projects 46 words
    5. Poverty 50 words
    6. Debt Burden 202 words
    7. Small and Medium Businesses 86 words
    8. Developing Countries (Investment) 83 words
    9. Functions Transfer 61 words
    10. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 96 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. EU Afforestation Budget 35 words
    2. GP Fundholding 84 words
    3. Ferry Services (Orkney and Shetland) 140 words
    4. Pyrethroid Sheep Dips 176 words
    5. Legal Services (Orkney and Shetland) 234 words
    6. RAF Edzell 94 words
    7. Skye Bridge 87 words
  17. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Gallaher (Subsidy Payments) 59 words
    2. Ice Making Plant (Portavogie) 90 words
    3. Water Meters 559 words
    4. Trade Union Subscriptions 71 words
    5. Traffic (Bangor) 265 words
    6. Departmental Mergers 135 words
    7. Scrabo High School 169 words
    8. Teachers and Lecturers 141 words
    9. Pension Schemes 81 words
    10. Social Security Agency 497 words
    11. Public Record Office 341 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Late Claims 72 words
    2. Benefit Claimants (Motherwell and Wishaw) 434 words
    3. Child Support Agency 852 words
    4. Citizens Advice Bureau 383 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 187 words

Lords Sitting of 3 July 1997

  1. Preamble 27 words
  2. Paramedics 584 words
  3. Terminally Ill Patients: Medication 1,592 words
  4. Strikes 1,058 words
  5. Camelot: Directors' Bonuses 823 words
  6. Southampton International Boat Show Bill 8 words
  7. National Health Service (Private Finance) Bill [H.L.] 4,958 words
  8. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 30,031 words, 2 divisions
  9. Northern Ireland Act 1974 (Interim Period Extension) Order 1997 9,296 words
  10. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 3,621 words
  11. UNDUE INFLUENCE 3,920 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 July 1997

  1. UNIDO 102 words
  2. European Commission for Democracy through Law 59 words
  3. Klaus Barbie: Papers 114 words
  4. Turkish Forces in Northern Iraq 91 words
  5. General Affairs Council, 2–3 June 1,172 words
  6. EU Enlargement: Tobacco Regime 134 words
  7. Common Fisheries Policy 375 words
  8. Sustainable Development: UN Special Session 865 words
  9. NATO Summit, 8–9 July: Programme 183 words
  10. NHS and the Private Finance Initiative 568 words
  11. Cookham Wood Secure Training Centre 423 words
  12. Local Government Duties 87 words
  13. Sixth Form Colleges 60 words
  14. Environmental Education: the Spiritual Dimension 250 words