7 July 1997

Commons Sitting of 7 July 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Workplace Fire Safety 147 words
      2. Wheel Clamping 689 words
      3. Crime (Children) 861 words
      4. European Year against Racism and Xenophobia 567 words
      5. Habitual Criminals (Sentences) 323 words
      6. Fire Safety 366 words
      7. Disorder and Anti-social Behaviour 587 words
      8. Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 561 words
      9. Prison and Probation Services 493 words
      10. Closed Circuit Television 859 words
      11. Police Constables 577 words
      12. Citizenship Applications 314 words
      13. Immigration Advisers 672 words
      14. Crime Prevention 642 words
      15. Young Offenders 319 words
      16. Crime Prevention 283 words
  4. School Standards 7,631 words
  5. Point of Order 227 words
  6. Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) 1,684 words
  7. HAIRDRESSERS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) 79 words
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. WAYS AND MEANS 10 words
    2. WINDFALL TAX 88 words
    3. Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation 48,423 words, 1 division
    4. 2. VALUE ADDED TAX (FUEL AND POWER) 81 words
    5. 3. SPIRITS (RATE OF DUTY) 22 words
    6. 4. BEER (RATE OF DUTY) 22 words
    7. 5. WINE AND MADE-WINE (RATES OE DUTY) 25 words
    8. 6. CIDER (RATES OF DUTY) 22 words
    9. 7. HYDROCARBON OIL (RATES OF DUTIES AND REBATES) 2,135 words, 1 division
    10. 8. TOBACCO PRODUCTS (RATES OF DUTY) 25 words
    11. 9. VEHICLE. EXCISE DUTY (INCREASE IN RATES) 2,144 words, 1 division
    12. 10. VEHICLE LICENSING (FEES WITH LICENCE APPLICATIONS) 60 words
    13. 11. WITHDRAWAL OF RELIEF ON MEDICAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS 2,474 words, 1 division
    14. 12. CORPORATION TAX (RATES FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 1997) 77 words
    15. 13. SURPLUS FRANKED INVESTMENT INCOME 20 words
    16. 14. TAX CREDITS (PENSION FUNDS) 2,627 words, 1 division
    17. 15. INSURANCE COMPANIES AND FRIENDLY SOCITIES (TAX CREDITS) 121 words
    18. 16. INSURANCE COMPANIES, FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AND LLOYD'S UNDERWRITERS 31 words
    19. 17. DEALERS IN SHARES AND OTHER SECURITIES 23 words
    20. 18. PAYMENTS REPRESENTING TAX CREDITS ETC 63 words
    21. 19. UNAUTHORISED UNIT TRUSTS 300 words
    22. 20. RELIEF FOR LOSSES ETC 79 words
    23. 21. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES 99 words
    24. 22. RELIEF FOR FILM PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION EXPENDITURE 32 words
    25. 23. STAMP DUTY (CONVEYANCES AND TRANSFERS ON SALE) 2,527 words, 1 division
    26. 24. STATUTORY EFFECT OF RESOLUTIONS 16 words
    27. PROCEDURE (FUTURE TAXATION) 204 words
    28. FINANCE [MONEY] 127 words
    29. FINANCE BILL 60 words
    30. Paedophiles 4,346 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 July 1997

  1. HEALTH
    1. Information Technology 57 words
    2. HIV Tests 109 words
    3. Private Finance Initiative 274 words
    4. Junior Doctors' Hours 54 words
    5. Higher Specialist Training 104 words
    6. NHS Financial Review 217 words
    7. Prescription Fraud 235 words
    8. Vitamins and Dietary Supplements 135 words
    9. Medical Students 149 words
    10. Wheelchairs 170 words
    11. NHS Doctors 215 words
    12. NHS Trusts and Health Authorities 930 words
    13. Surrogacy 114 words
    14. Trust Boards 103 words
    15. Hospital Trusts (Disabled Employees) 98 words
    16. Rural Health Care 70 words
  2. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Freedom of Information 49 words
    2. Montserrat 210 words
    3. Uganda 86 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Investment (Sustainable Development) 80 words
    2. Supervisory Bodies 164 words
    3. Money Laundering 129 words
    4. Post Office (Quadrant Catering) 119 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Regional Aid 59 words
    2. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 73 words
    3. Lockerbie 338 words
    4. Tibet 90 words
    5. Millennium 41 words
    6. Budget Leaks 161 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. Overseas Accounts 144 words
    2. Housing Conditions 71 words
    3. Beer (Illegal Imports) 70 words
    4. Landowners (Tax Exemptions) 124 words
    5. Building Society Conversions 78 words
    6. Sanitary Protection (VAT) 61 words
    7. Erb's Palsy 290 words
    8. Unemployment (Chipping Barnet) 261 words
    9. Economic Stability 71 words
    10. Internet 151 words
    11. Value Added Tax 65 words
  6. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. County Court Closures 169 words
    2. Small Claims 167 words
    3. Litigants 526 words
    4. Court Fees 195 words
    5. Office Refurbishment 183 words
    6. Mental Incapacity 88 words
  7. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Ministerial Responsibilities 72 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 47 words
  8. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Open Government 420 words
    2. Freedom of Information 116 words
    3. Citizens Charter 140 words
  9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Culture Council 155 words
    2. Lottery Bids (Stoke-on-Trent, North) 604 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Kenya 206 words
    2. Freedom of Information 55 words
    3. Visitors' Visas 117 words
    4. Mrs. S. U. Patel 69 words
    5. Kailashchandra Sukdev Roy 135 words
    6. Jaswinder Kaurr 69 words
    7. Bhag Singh and Rattan Kaur 79 words
    8. Amsterdam Treaty 143 words
    9. Indonesia (Defence Sales) 90 words
    10. Euro 102 words
    11. Defence Sales Review 171 words
    12. Gibraltar 153 words
    13. Indonesia 65 words
    14. Baghdad 96 words
    15. Saudi Arabia 68 words
  11. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Water Regulations 139 words
    2. Radioactive Discharges 97 words
    3. White Asbestos 106 words
    4. Nuclear Waste 259 words
    5. Derelict Houses 98 words
    6. Freedom of Information 58 words
    7. Business Rates 83 words
    8. Carbon Emissions 249 words
    9. Waste Disposal 364 words
    10. Deprivation Index 174 words
    11. Council House Sales 292 words
    12. Occupational Injury and Ill Health 682 words
    13. Drinking Water Inspectorate 96 words
    14. Single Regeneration Budget Challenge Fund 850 words
    15. Bletchley to Bicester Railway Line 49 words
    16. Barking to Gospel Oak Rail Services 79 words
    17. Roads Expenditure 230 words
    18. A27 Polegate Bypass 72 words
    19. London Transport Buses 269 words
    20. London Underground 76 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. TECs 579 words
    2. Freedom of Information 54 words
    3. School Furniture 342 words
    4. Undergraduate Courses 4,590 words
    5. Geoffrey Chaucer School, London 92 words
    6. Teachers (Early Retirement) 1,956 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Tourism and Hospitality Training 302 words
    2. Inward Investment 57 words
    3. Freedom of Information 57 words
    4. Waste Imports and Exports 181 words
  14. WALES
    1. Conservation (Cardigan Bay) 42 words
    2. Housing Needs (Women) 126 words
    3. Daily Post Article 50 words
    4. Bathing Beaches 156 words
    5. Freedom of Information 55 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Defence Review Seminars 68 words
    2. Falklands 84 words
    3. Parliamentary Armed Forces Scheme 102 words
    4. Defence Diversification Agency 44 words
    5. Ship Workers 297 words
    6. Former Yugoslavia 109 words
    7. Strategic Defence Review 225 words
    8. Peacekeeping Forces 82 words
    9. 1 Armoured Division (Transfer) 47 words
    10. Departmental Advisers 51 words
    11. Homosexuals 132 words
    12. Workers (Exposure to Chemicals) 385 words
  16. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Closed Circuit Television 69 words
    2. Crime Prevention 314 words
    3. European Convention on Human Rights 44 words
    4. New Prisons 130 words
    5. Anti-social Behaviour 96 words
    6. Young People (Alcohol) 75 words
    7. Police 72 words
    8. Drugs and Crime 169 words
    9. Bribery (Members of Parliament) 140 words
    10. Police and School Liaison 68 words
    11. Immigration Advisers 54 words
    12. Pub Opening Hours 50 words
    13. Fire Safety 43 words
    14. Racial Harassment 69 words
    15. Prisons (Crime) 65 words
    16. Young Offenders 1,016 words
    17. Electoral Registers 293 words
    18. General Election 75 words
    19. Prisons (Drug Testing) 110 words
    20. Freedom of Information 56 words
    21. Alcohol Sales (Minors) 136 words
    22. Immigration Detainees 31 words
    23. Animal Experimentation 129 words
    24. Licensing Laws 50 words
    25. Air Rifles 90 words
    26. Sex Offenders Act 1997 51 words
    27. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 77 words
    28. Probation Officers 88 words
    29. Immigration 75 words
    30. Asylum Seekers 1,185 words
    31. Crime Costs 69 words
    32. Crime Statistics 242 words
    33. Crime (Urban Areas) 101 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Housing (Scotland) 135 words
    2. Minimum Wage 90 words
    3. Child Support 768 words
    4. Pensions 1,232 words
    5. VAT on Fuel 163 words
    6. Commissioners' Decisions 122 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Highlands and Islands Convention 50 words
    2. GP Funding 116 words
    3. Freedom of Information 51 words
    4. NHS Trusts 509 words
    5. Nurses 300 words
    6. Health Service Staff Vacancies 120 words
    7. General Practitioner Trainees 38 words
    8. Hospital Beds 102 words
    9. NHS Finance 653 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Beef 234 words
    2. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries 93 words
    3. Freedom of Information 55 words
    4. Fish (Abnormal Isoforms) 212 words
    5. Food (Radioactive Contamination) 395 words
    6. Departmental Accommodation 583 words
    7. EU Presidency 63 words

Lords Sitting of 7 July 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Museums and Galleries: Admission Charges 1,184 words
  3. Cruelty to Wild Animals: 1951 Report 947 words
  4. Higher Education: Dearing Report 687 words
  5. Commercial Vehicles: Weight Limits 1,413 words
  6. Business 88 words
  7. Succession to the Crown 86 words
  8. Coordinated Universal Time Bill [H.L.] 2 words
  9. Law Officers Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  10. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 11,311 words
  11. School Standards White Paper 7,077 words
  12. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 16,739 words
  13. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Bill [H.L.] 4,456 words
  14. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 19,046 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 July 1997

  1. Jobseeker's Allowance: Evaluation 229 words
  2. Social Security: Married and Unmarried Couples 162 words
  3. Asylum Seekers: Detention Policy 117 words
  4. Probation Service: Budget 116 words
  5. School Meals: Review 40 words
  6. Defence Review 96 words
  7. Government Reviews 1,687 words
  8. Tax System: Married and Unmarried Couples 26 words
  9. Employment: Labour Force Survey 321 words
  10. Interest Rates and Tax: Example 125 words
  11. Carbon Dioxide Emissions: Reduction Target 135 words
  12. NATO Membership: Russia 70 words
  13. EC Treaty: Co-operation and Co-decision Procedures 431 words
  14. Peacekeeping Costs: Reimbursement 95 words
  15. US Intelligence Activities 44 words
  16. NATO-Russia Founding Act 89 words
  17. UN Register of Conventional Arms: UK's Return 148 words
  18. UK: International Human Rights Instruments 102 words
  19. Council Tax: Capping 123 words
  20. Buses: EU Directive Proposal 206 words
  21. Osteoporosis Report: Implementation 367 words
  22. Osteoporosis: Males 135 words
  23. Osteoporotic Fractures 131 words
  24. NHS: Mixed Sex Wards 54 words
  25. Asylum Seekers: National Assistance Act 104 words
  26. AIDS: Survivors 247 words
  27. NHS: Patient and Administration Costs 441 words