24 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 24 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] 15 words
  4. SELECTION 23 words
  5. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH
      1. Breast Cancer 798 words
      2. Infant Health 452 words
      3. EU Health Council 168 words
      4. NHS Trusts (Debt) 1,143 words
      5. EU Health Council 245 words
      6. Health Authorities Act 1995 998 words
      7. National Screening Programmes 951 words
      8. Primary Health Care 520 words
      9. Waiting Times 634 words
      10. Private Finance Initiative 1,034 words
      11. Paediatric Intensive Care 196 words
      12. Private Partnerships 331 words
      13. Breast Cancer 220 words
  6. Denver Summit 9,602 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Plant Varieties Bill 20,940 words, 1 division
      1. Clause 2
        1. THE PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS OFFICE 564 words
      2. Clause 4
        1. CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF RIGHTS 573 words
      3. Clause 6
        1. PROTECTED VARIETY 977 words
      4. Clause 9
        1. FARM SAVED SEED 1,831 words
      5. Clause 11
        1. DURATION 523 words
      6. Clause 13
        1. REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT 350 words
      7. Clause 15
        1. COMPULSORY LICENCES 613 words
      8. Clause 16
        1. SELECTION AND REGISTRATION OF NAMES 743 words
      9. Clause 32
        1. REFERENCE COLLECTIONS OF PLANT MATERIAL 418 words
      10. New clause 2
        1. REFERENCE OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS TO THE MONOPOLIES AND MERGERS COMMISSION 896 words
      11. Schedule 2
        1. CONDITIONS FOR THE GRANT OF PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHTS 642 words
    2. Solicitor-General (Salary) 4,706 words
    3. Plymouth Ocean Projects Ltd. 4,174 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 June 1997

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Civil Service (Sickness Absence) 108 words
    2. Cash Limits 200 words
  2. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Cash Limits 132 words
    2. National Lottery 91 words
    3. Camelot Directors 61 words
    4. Accommodation Grading Schemes 122 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Navy Fleet Maintenance and Repair Organisation 554 words
    2. Science and Technology Division 440 words
    3. Polaris 192 words
    4. Chemical Weapons 107 words
    5. Trident 73 words
    6. Dockyard Workers, Chatham 107 words
    7. Falklands Garrison 59 words
    8. Nuclear Submarines, Chatham 136 words
    9. Family Quarters 65 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Speeding Offences (Fines) 193 words
    2. Tote 165 words
    3. Puppy Farms 45 words
    4. HM Prison, Weare 147 words
    5. Animal Welfare 78 words
    6. Cash Limits 160 words
    7. Police Grant 59 words
    8. Internet 138 words
    9. UK Passport Agency 242 words
    10. Drugs 7,755 words
    11. Deportations 300 words
    12. Polygraphs 263 words
    13. Electro-shock Devices 180 words
    14. Departmental Advisers 129 words
    15. Protection from Harassment Act 234 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Sustainable Development 170 words
    2. Training and Enterprise Councils 460 words
    3. University Degrees 88 words
    4. Drug Abuse 226 words
    5. Education Action Zones 49 words
    6. Key Stage 2 147 words
    7. Further Education Colleges 47 words
    8. Racial Discrimination 165 words
    9. Young People 71 words
    10. Jobseeker's Allowance 400 words
    11. Vocational Courses 131 words
    12. Nursery Education 81 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Social Chapter 109 words
    2. "Britain: The Preferred Location in Europe" 35 words
    3. National Physical Laboratory (Land Disposal) 90 words
    4. Indonesia 156 words
    5. Chemical Weapons Convention 198 words
    6. Computers (Century Date Change) 166 words
    7. Fuel Poverty 121 words
    8. Auditors 61 words
    9. Atomic Energy 133 words
    10. Cash Limits 268 words
    11. Kenya 90 words
    12. Post Office 201 words
    13. Nuclear Power Stations 724 words
    14. Political Parties (Donations) 63 words
    15. Social Chapter 99 words
    16. Oil Exploration 109 words
    17. Defence-related Jobs 58 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Bank of England 51 words
    2. Gini Coefficient 116 words
    3. Income Support 67 words
    4. Internet 133 words
    5. Personal Pensions (Misselling) 699 words
    6. Interest Rates 673 words
    7. Dependent Children 577 words
    8. Average Earnings 301 words
    9. Unemployment 228 words
    10. Low Pay 246 words
    11. Spending Review 197 words
    12. Privatisation 46 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Amsterdam Treaty 674 words
    2. European Commission (School Packs) 54 words
    3. European Union (Public Image) 136 words
    4. Montevideo Convention 54 words
    5. Former Prisoners of War (Japan) 160 words
    6. Indonesia (Arms Exports) 66 words
    7. Saudi Arabia 90 words
    8. Diplomatic Immunity 169 words
    9. Cash Limits 160 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Malawi 119 words
    2. Internation Development White Paper 79 words
  10. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Church of England Pensions Board 114 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Cigarette Smokers 274 words
    2. Pensions Agency 139 words
    3. Prison Service 571 words
    4. Capital Receipts 515 words
    5. Schools 38 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Low Pay 324 words
    2. Nursery Education 1,556 words
    3. Government Training Centres 175 words
    4. Southern Area Health Board Headquarters 109 words
    5. Health Centres 254 words
    6. Arts Policy 75 words
    7. Council for Voluntary Action 55 words
    8. Targeting Social Need Policy 78 words
    9. Unemployment 201 words
  13. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Courts (Essex) 697 words
    2. Running Costs 65 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Town Centre Management Schemes 111 words
    2. Unfit Homes (Portsmouth) 178 words
    3. Environmental Taskforce 67 words
    4. Regional Development Agencies 52 words
    5. Sex Offenders 231 words
    6. Housing Estates (Pavements) 122 words
    7. Environment Agency 121 words
    8. Composting Sites 67 words
    9. Solar Homes 184 words
    10. Oil Extraction (Atlantic Ocean) 133 words
    11. Zoo Licensing Act 1981 97 words
    12. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 119 words
    13. Footpaths and Bridleways 133 words
    14. Energy Efficiency 120 words
    15. Leghold Traps 222 words
    16. Council Tax (Carer's Discount) 245 words
    17. Police Wildlife Liaison Officers 292 words
    18. Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Police) 106 words
    19. Housing, London 442 words
    20. OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investment 107 words
    21. Nuclear Waste 169 words
    22. Road Accidents 92 words
    23. Cones Hotline 489 words
    24. Variable Speed Limiters 280 words
    25. Cycling (London) 357 words
    26. A27 Polegate Bypass 111 words
    27. Air Services (London) 63 words
    28. Cycling 103 words
    29. Integrated Transport Policy 169 words
    30. Warsaw Convention Compensation 332 words
    31. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 126 words
    32. Traffic Control 141 words
  15. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Mr. McCall 114 words
    2. Absent Parents 111 words
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 64 words
    4. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 242 words
    5. Fraud 183 words
  16. WALES
    1. Class Sizes 92 words
    2. Nursery Education 140 words
    3. Ponthir Primary School 68 words
    4. Monnow Bridge 181 words
    5. School Transport 229 words
    6. Assisted Places Scheme 209 words
    7. Speech Therapists 117 words
    8. Smoke Detectors 65 words
    9. Hip Replacements 119 words
    10. NHS Expenditure 51 words
    11. NHS Service Provision 84 words
    12. Exports and Imports 102 words
    13. Teacher:Pupil Ratios 362 words
    14. Ambulance Service 109 words
    15. Cigarette Smokers 88 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Hospital Performance Ratings 89 words
    2. Surrogacy 191 words
    3. Accident and Emergency Services 71 words
    4. Social Service Funding 51 words
    5. Children (Domestic Violence) 90 words
    6. Life Expectancy 52 words
    7. Locality Commissioning Projects 85 words
    8. NHS Pharmacists Bill 28 words
    9. Bureaucracy 60 words
    10. Dental Services 47 words
    11. Redbridge and Waltham Forest 89 words
    12. NHS Trusts (Deficits) 103 words
    13. Consultation 35 words
    14. Hospital Ward Closures (North Thames Region) 76 words
    15. Breast Cancer Services 81 words
    16. Silicone Breast Implants 47 words
    17. Elderly People (Care) 95 words
    18. GP Fundholders (Croydon) 40 words
    19. NHS Funding (Northern England) 77 words
    20. Public Health Minister 195 words
    21. Hospital Closures (Mental and Psychiatric Care) 94 words
    22. Hepatitis C 194 words
    23. Adoption 117 words
    24. Radiotherapy 293 words
    25. Hernias 300 words
    26. Alternative and Complementary Medicine 92 words
    27. Drugs 281 words
    28. Asthma 143 words
    29. Cystic Fibrosis 69 words
    30. Prescription Charges 89 words
    31. Sight Testing Scheme 48 words
    32. Cash Limits 107 words
    33. Radiotherapy Overdoses (Compensation) 400 words
    34. Occupational Health Services 91 words
    35. Regional Health Authorities 48 words
    36. Speech Impediments 91 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Landfill Sites (BSE Waste) 146 words

Lords Sitting of 24 June 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Lord Molyneaux of Killead 38 words
  3. The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells 33 words
  4. Mandatory Life Sentence for Murder 1,105 words
  5. Law of the Sea Convention 693 words
  6. Combined Heat and Power 1,069 words
  7. Road Schemes: Assessment Criteria 975 words
  8. Business 94 words
  9. House of Lords' Offices: Select Committee Report 52 words
  10. Finance and Staff Sub-Committee 48 words
  11. Administration and Works Sub-Committee 51 words
  12. Library and Computers Sub-Committee 40 words
  13. Refreshment Sub-Committee 35 words
  14. Advisory Panel on Works of Art 39 words
  15. Education (Schools) Bill 5,974 words
  16. The Denver Summit 5,312 words
  17. Education (Schools) Bill 24,499 words
  18. Solicitor-General's Salary Order 1997 1,609 words
  19. Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Stratford Station and Subsidiary Works) Order 1997 7,852 words
  20. Organophosphates 6,333 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 June 1997

  1. St. Helena: Aid Budget 79 words
  2. Baltic States: English Language Textbooks 129 words
  3. Religious Discrimination 64 words
  4. Firearms: Penalties for Illegal Possession 115 words
  5. Passport Agency: Performance against Targets 256 words
  6. Child Benefit for Over-16s 71 words
  7. British Citizens from Sierra Leone: Habitual Residence Test 67 words
  8. Chemical Manufacture and Export Information 197 words
  9. Legal Aid: R. v. Kevin Maxwell and Others 189 words
  10. Dr. Jawad Hashim: Payments to Counsel 118 words
  11. "Highway Code": Revision 60 words
  12. "Manifesto for Change" 286 words