9 July 1997

Commons Sitting of 9 July 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. European Fighter Aircraft 11,909 words
    2. Fishing Fleet 12,835 words
    3. Middleton, Norfolk (Bypass) 3,622 words
    4. Freedom of Information 4,614 words
    5. GCSE Results (Stoke-on-Trent) 4,088 words
    6. NEW WRIT 16 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Sinn Fein-IRA (Relationship) 993 words
      2. Unemployment 327 words
      3. Peace Process 2,253 words
      4. Educational Standards 430 words
      5. Sean Quinn Glass Factory 248 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Ministerial Visit 185 words
      2. Engagements 4,396 words
  4. NATO Summit 6,709 words
  5. BILL PRESENTED
    1. SOCIAL SECURITY 108 words
    2. Disability Discrimination (Provision of Voting Facilities) 1,390 words
      1. DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION (PROVISION OF VOTING FACILITIES) 55 words
    3. Opposition Day 3 words
      1. Pensions 48,361 words, 1 division
      2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
        1. SOCIAL SECURITY 29 words
      3. PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGE 24 words
    4. PETITIONS
      1. Dedham Vale 143 words
      2. Ongar War Memorial Hospital 142 words
    5. James Miles and Paul Loseby 4,244 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 July 1997

  1. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Privy Council 62 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Council of Europe 95 words
    2. Division Lobbies (Alterations) 40 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Electoral Register 202 words
    2. Altcourse Prison 36 words
    3. Young Offenders 326 words
    4. Police Act 1997 76 words
    5. Rohypnol 215 words
    6. Attendance Centres 79 words
    7. CS Gas 90 words
    8. Urban Disturbances 276 words
    9. Rehabilitation of Offenders 120 words
    10. Blind and Partially Sighted Voters 189 words
    11. Drink Driving 108 words
    12. Handguns (Compensation) 146 words
    13. Perjury 477 words
    14. Voting (Residential Homes) 43 words
  4. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Royal Fine Art Commission 259 words
    2. Seaside Piers 52 words
    3. Old Documents 107 words
    4. Sporting Events (Television Coverage) 139 words
    5. Freedom of Information 54 words
    6. English Heritage Grants 70 words
    7. Dance and Drama Students 133 words
    8. Royal Parks 56 words
    9. Computers (Century Date Change) 163 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Debt 100 words
    2. United Nations Industrial Development Organisation 130 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Unemployment 581 words
    2. Drugs 191 words
    3. Bereavement Allowance 50 words
    4. Insurance Premium Tax 79 words
    5. Hotels (VAT) 44 words
    6. Double Taxation 235 words
    7. Public Expenditure 74 words
    8. Budget Leaks 78 words
    9. Windfall Tax 36 words
    10. Private Finance Initiative 56 words
    11. Personal Pensions (Misselling) 714 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Small Claims Procedure 116 words
  8. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Benefits 198 words
    2. Primary Teaching 106 words
    3. Deal Primary School 60 words
    4. Class Sizes 90 words
    5. Pupil Exclusions 109 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Departmental Advisers 172 words
    2. Bermuda 71 words
    3. Plutonium 133 words
    4. EU Social Agreement 181 words
    5. Russia 100 words
    6. NATO 126 words
    7. Arms Exports 129 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 101 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Regional Aid 131 words
    2. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 107 words
    3. Strategic Defence Review 75 words
    4. Nuclear Power 273 words
    5. Car Boot Sales 85 words
    6. Climate Change 155 words
    7. European Patent System 166 words
    8. Newspaper Publishing 126 words
    9. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 109 words
    10. Solar Energy 54 words
    11. Public Records 117 words
    12. Post Office 62 words
    13. EU Internal Market Council 141 words
    14. EU Telecommunications Council 139 words
    15. Trade Associations 37 words
  12. DEFENCE
    1. Defence Postal and Courier Services 665 words
    2. Defence Industry 49 words
    3. Challenger Tanks 55 words
    4. Low Flying 365 words
    5. Eurofighter 73 words
    6. Ghurka Soldiers 144 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. NHS Trust Executives 806 words
    2. Monktonhall Colliery Site 73 words
    3. Beaufort's Dyke 219 words
    4. Highlands and Islands Convention 551 words
    5. A80 75 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Leyton Relief Road 60 words
    2. Drivers (Alcohol Levels) 55 words
    3. Heathrow Airport (Terminal 5) 142 words
    4. Zinc Air Batteries 135 words
    5. Rivers Wye and Lugg 270 words
    6. Oil and Gas Exploration 71 words
    7. Dry Stone Walls 350 words
    8. Education Standard Spending Assessment 87 words
    9. Hybrid Wolves 268 words
    10. Council Houses (Solar Power) 222 words
    11. Water Regulations (Health and Safety) 87 words
    12. Computers (Century Date Change) 201 words
    13. Sustainable Development 164 words
    14. Empty Council Properties 161 words
    15. Local Authorities (Debt) 244 words
    16. Carers 69 words
    17. Capital Receipts Initiative 98 words
    18. Sports Grounds (Wheelchair Spaces) 121 words
    19. Postal Votes 57 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. GP Fundholders 150 words
    2. NHS Appointments (Members of Parliament) 139 words
    3. NHS Management 109 words
    4. NHS Funding Formula 1,157 words
    5. Vitamin, B6 217 words
    6. Eye Tests 178 words
    7. Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 355 words
    8. Community Care 73 words
    9. Drug Costs 80 words
    10. Clinical Effectiveness 73 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Live Animal Transport 115 words
    2. Rabies 127 words
    3. Quarantine 72 words
    4. Computers (Century Date Change) 230 words
    5. Live Poultry Sales 81 words
    6. Cattle Cull (Orkney) 351 words
    7. Wild Plant Seeds 84 words
    8. Weald Meadows Initiative 294 words
  17. WALES
    1. Bowel Cancer 53 words
    2. Social Housing 130 words
    3. Pyrethroid Sheep Dips 80 words
    4. Welsh Assembly 69 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Sinn Fein 92 words
    2. Political Process 72 words
    3. Peace Process 245 words
    4. Marches and Parades 284 words
    5. Electricity Interconnector 104 words
    6. Unemployment 121 words
    7. Employment Equality Review 61 words
    8. Economy (Expansion) 79 words
    9. Belfast Port 85 words
    10. Cross-border Security 55 words
    11. Irish Language Teaching 112 words
    12. Punishment Beatings 100 words
    13. Hospitals (Complaints) 108 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Means Testing 73 words
    2. Benefit Take-up 79 words
    3. Child Maintenance Bonus 175 words
    4. Back to Work Bonus 301 words
    5. Child Support Agency 143 words
    6. Housing Benefit 70 words
    7. Retirement Pensions 82 words
    8. Pensioners' Christmas Bonus 45 words
    9. Widows 59 words
    10. Disability Living Allowance 356 words
    11. Carers 477 words
    12. Social Fund 58 words
    13. Income Support 259 words
    14. Incapacity Benefit 139 words
    15. Community Care Grants 244 words
    16. Freedom of Information 49 words

Lords Sitting of 9 July 1997

  1. Preamble 26 words
  2. Violent and Sexual Offences: Sentencing 906 words
  3. Self-chilling Cans 662 words
  4. Quarantine 1,493 words
  5. HIV/AIDS Patients: Numbers 1,106 words
  6. Business 42 words
  7. Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Bill [H.L.] 125 words
  8. Local Government (Contracts) Bill 12 words
  9. Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Bill 12 words
  10. Business of the House: Debates this Day 61 words
  11. Jubilee 2000 Scheme 11,659 words
  12. NATO Summit 4,846 words
  13. Jubilee 2000 Scheme 8,974 words
  14. Machinery of Government 12,559 words
  15. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 7,814 words
  16. Imperial College Bill 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 July 1997

  1. Titan 3 Pyramid Selling Scheme 135 words
  2. Tobacco 232 words
  3. Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill 115 words
  4. Immigration and Nationality Directorate: New Caseworking System 275 words
  5. Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme 44 words
  6. Pensioners and National Prosperity 188 words
  7. Single Mothers and Benefit 265 words
  8. Young Unemployed People and Housing Benefit 346 words
  9. Child Support Agency 143 words
  10. Harbour Porpoises 73 words
  11. Museums: Admission Charges 293 words
  12. Museums and Galleries: Grant-in-Aid 339 words