17 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 17 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SCOTLAND
      1. Devolution (Referendum) 967 words
      2. Inward Investment 691 words
      3. A90 (Road Safety) 218 words
      4. Government Spending 760 words
      5. Local Government Finance 247 words
      6. Skye Bridge Tolls 382 words
      7. Scottish Office Spending 600 words
      8. NHS Trusts (Borders) 335 words
      9. Health Boards (Funding) 502 words
      10. NHS Trusts (Management Efficiency) 387 words
      11. Economic Development 615 words
      12. Roads Programme 236 words
      13. Public Expenditure 195 words
      14. Constituency Sizes 171 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Summer Adjournments 669 words
      2. Child Care 689 words
      3. Public Access 709 words
      4. Taking of the Oath 181 words
      5. Smoking Policy 244 words
  4. Points of Order 541 words
  5. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
    1. BENEFITS 30 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Bill 54,899 words, 1 division
    2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (SUPPLEMENTARY CREDIT APPROVALS) BILL [MONEY] 72 words
    3. Auditors (Regulation) 4,429 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 June 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Asylum Seekers 132 words
    2. Criminal Injuries 260 words
    3. Performing Animals 92 words
    4. Ivy Batten Murder Case 122 words
    5. CS Mist Sprayer 46 words
    6. Corruption 38 words
    7. Wrongful Conviction (Compensation) 97 words
    8. Interception of Communications 102 words
    9. Task Force on Youth Justice 219 words
    10. Wild Boar 46 words
  2. HEALTH
    1. Slimming Pills 156 words
    2. Tobacco Advertising 82 words
    3. Hospital Appointments (Non-attendance) 189 words
    4. EC Health Council 255 words
    5. Young People (Psychiatric Treatment) 157 words
    6. Diabetes 58 words
    7. Breast Cancer 166 words
    8. East Surrey Hospital 220 words
    9. Carers 195 words
    10. Community Care 64 words
    11. Mixed Sex Wards 70 words
    12. General Practitioners 295 words
    13. Trench Foot 133 words
    14. Hospital Closures 185 words
    15. Food Poisoning 344 words
    16. Non-emergency Treatment 130 words
  3. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Correspondence 2,020 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Magistrates Courts 371 words
    2. Ripon Court 1,880 words
    3. Croydon County Court 172 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. Internet 64 words
    2. Taxation 89 words
    3. Windfall Tax 85 words
    4. Interest Rate 132 words
    5. Growth Rate 77 words
    6. Gross Domestic Product 96 words
    7. Taxes 179 words
    8. Pornographic Material 104 words
    9. Speeding 100 words
    10. Assisted Places Scheme 67 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Inward Investment 89 words
    2. Gibraltar 67 words
  7. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Market Testing 50 words
    2. Vanuatu 58 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Tourist Boards 104 words
    2. Seaside Resorts 94 words
    3. Rail Privatisation 59 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Vibration White finger 186 words
    2. Credit Rating System 98 words
    3. Windfall Tax 58 words
    4. Small Businesses 66 words
    5. Fossil Fuel Subsidies 45 words
    6. EU and Government Grants 69 words
    7. Newsagents 41 words
    8. Defence Industry (Redundancies) 286 words
    9. Pneumoconiosis Scheme 173 words
    10. Zaire (Exports) 99 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Jamaica, Trinidad and Belize 153 words
    2. Departmental Sites (Disposal) 191 words
    3. Scottish Service Personnel 95 words
    4. Eurofighter Aircraft 110 words
    5. Vacant MOD Homes 163 words
    6. Land Rover Patrol Vehicles 105 words
    7. Defence Exports 274 words
    8. Electric Shock Equipment 140 words
    9. NATO (Nuclear Plans) 115 words
    10. Former POWs 66 words
    11. Friend or Foe Identification System 315 words
    12. Scottish Personnel 166 words
  11. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Anti-drugs Policy 69 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Staff (Telephone Calls for Members) 55 words
    2. Division Procedures (Reform) 120 words
    3. Lockerbie 39 words
    4. Procedures and Administration (Reform) 116 words
    5. Select Committees 65 words
    6. Security Staff (Incident) 90 words
    7. Life Support Training 81 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. Scottish Constituencies (Voter Numbers) 42 words
    2. Government Expenditure 51 words
    3. Tobacco-related Deaths 90 words
    4. Unemployment 60 words
    5. Highlands and Islands 68 words
    6. Higher Education 97 words
    7. Scottish Parliament (Running Costs) 103 words
    8. Food Standards 53 words
    9. Public Bodies 47 words
    10. Devolution Bill 63 words
    11. Nursery Vouchers 207 words
    12. Council House Sales 97 words
    13. Low Pay 63 words
    14. Scottish Health Trusts 102 words
    15. Fish Quotas 199 words
    16. Food Poisoning 85 words
    17. Service Personnel 152 words
  14. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Welfare to Work 175 words
    2. Special Needs 109 words
    3. Media Advice Notes for Schools 67 words
    4. Jobseeker's Allowance 101 words
    5. Single Parents 76 words
    6. Swimming Lessons 120 words
    7. Schools (Police) 45 words
    8. Teachers' Pensions and Early Retirement 70 words
    9. Building Society Conversions (Discrimination) 194 words
    10. National Vocational Qualifications 68 words
    11. Schools (Asbestos) 116 words
    12. Training and Enterprise Councils 112 words
    13. Schools (Transfer Ages) 149 words
    14. Pupil-specific Data 97 words
    15. Nursery Provision 77 words
    16. School Children (London) 184 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Income Support 386 words
    2. Bronchitis and Emphysema 253 words
    3. Asbestos (Teachers) 187 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Anglo-Irish Secretariat 107 words
    2. Multi-party Talks 189 words
    3. Departmental Documents 458 words
    4. Illegal Arms Decommissioning 134 words
  17. WALES
    1. Preventive Medicine 348 words
    2. Mature Students 222 words
    3. Llanelleu Bridge 123 words
    4. Workers Education Association 87 words
    5. Poverty 148 words
    6. World Environment Day 77 words
    7. Nevill Hall Hospital 47 words
    8. Council House Sales 220 words
    9. Food Poisoning 146 words
    10. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 140 words
  18. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Agricultural Waste 90 words
      2. New Forest 248 words
      3. Construction Work (Engineering Contracts) 143 words
      4. Environmental Policy 73 words
      5. Nuclear Waste Disposal 282 words
      6. English Partnerships 161 words
      7. Wild Boar 118 words
      8. Business Rates 64 words
      9. Housing (Energy Efficiency) 119 words
      10. District Councils 125 words
      11. EU Wildlife Trade Regulation 251 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. Roads (Verge Cutting) 72 words
      2. M6 (Congestion) 93 words
      3. Road Contracts 64 words
      4. A46 (Dualling) 117 words
      5. Road Programme (Bypasses) 60 words
      6. Railway Stations (Disabled Access) 150 words
      7. Radioactive Material (Transport by Plane) 176 words
    3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. Aquaculture 143 words
      2. Special Advisers 183 words
      3. Fibre Flax Production 102 words
      4. BSE 111 words
      5. Horticulture 53 words
      6. MAFF Regional Panels 69 words
      7. Fish Quotas 294 words
      8. Slaughterhouses 67 words

Lords Sitting of 17 June 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Jopling 34 words
  3. Lord Dixon 41 words
  4. Former Zaire: Relations with New Regime 1,194 words
  5. Forestry Commission: Land Sales 781 words
  6. Tourist Coaches: Parking in London 860 words
  7. Quota-Hopping: IGC Discussions 1,416 words
  8. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 80 words
  9. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 62,462 words
  10. Private Business 1,038 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 June 1997

  1. Aid Spending 85 words
  2. Security Council: UK Seat 45 words
  3. Task Force on Youth Justice 211 words
  4. Wrongful Conviction: Ex-Gratia Compensation 100 words
  5. Lottery Odds 84 words
  6. Common Agricultural Policy 113 words
  7. No. 10 Downing Street: Charitable Events 98 words
  8. Unemployment 79 words
  9. A-Levels: Costs per Student 192 words
  10. Teacher Training 64 words
  11. Literacy Targets 79 words
  12. Assisted Places Scheme 156 words
  13. Small Firms: Investors in People Scheme 206 words
  14. Asylum Seekers: Food Voucher Proposal 128 words
  15. Nurse Prescribing 91 words
  16. Parental Leave 137 words
  17. EU Wildlife Trade Regulation: Licence Charges 240 words
  18. Buses: EU Directive Proposal 50 words
  19. Japanese Knotweed 128 words
  20. "Marchioness" Sinking: Public Inquiry Proposal 100 words