3 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 3 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN 40 words
      1. PRIVATE BUSINESS 1,043 words
  3. WAYS AND MEANS
    1. SESSIONAL RETURNS 71 words
    2. CONTINGENCIES FUND ACCOUNTS 1995–96 57 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Single Regeneration Budget 754 words
      2. Parish Councils 239 words
      3. Council House Sale Receipts 1,434 words
      4. Standard Spending Assessments 682 words
      5. Countryside 474 words
      6. Biodiversity 767 words
      7. Mobile Telephone Masts 319 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. Air Transport Strategy 568 words
      2. Road Investment 449 words
      3. M25 411 words
      4. Rail Electrification 380 words
      5. Transport Policies 325 words
      6. M4 201 words
      7. Railways (East Sussex) 294 words
      8. Channel Tunnel Rail Links 627 words
      9. M66 262 words
      10. Speed Limits 296 words
  5. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill (Allocation of Time) 31,725 words, 1 division
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 9 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND 17,104 words, 1 division
        2. Part 1 10,034 words
        3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) 72 words
        4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 64 words
        5. Bahrain 4,205 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 June 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 212 words
    2. Wheel Clamping 134 words
    3. Police Authorities 79 words
    4. Interpol (Drugs Squad) 158 words
    5. Closed Circuit Television 88 words
    6. Youth Offender Teams 101 words
    7. Prisons 251 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Government Agenda 194 words
  3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Chickens 80 words
    2. Departmental Publications 124 words
    3. Social Model (Disability) 100 words
    4. Scrapie 119 words
    5. Public Access (Lancashire) 78 words
  4. DEFENCE
    1. White Paper 98 words
    2. Pricing and Quality Services Organisation 245 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Teaching Staff (Ethnic Minorities) 103 words
    2. Performing Arts Graduates 75 words
    3. Salaries (University Vice-chancellors) 206 words
    4. Departmental Computer Systems 110 words
    5. Funding (Further Education and Tertiary Colleges) 87 words
    6. Training Costs Estimates 235 words
    7. Departmental Publications 122 words
    8. Unemployment (Young People) 58 words
    9. Equal Opportunities Commission 247 words
    10. Modern Apprenticeships 173 words
  6. WALES
    1. Development Orders 71 words
    2. Devolution 120 words
    3. Beef Production 93 words
    4. River Dee Bridge 40 words
    5. Unemployment 124 words
    6. Further Education Colleges 134 words
    7. Film Industry 95 words
    8. Open Government 58 words
    9. Assisted Places Scheme 63 words
    10. Local Education Authorities 39 words
    11. Small Businesses 68 words
    12. Child Labour 45 words
    13. Minimum Wage 58 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Youth Court System 134 words
    2. Departmental Computer Systems 682 words
  8. HEALTH
    1. Capital Developments 267 words
    2. Lariam 212 words
    3. GP Fundholders 88 words
    4. Children (Employment) 48 words
    5. Prisoners (HIV/AIDS) 33 words
  9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Diplomatic Missions (Parking Fines) 533 words
    2. Consular Fees 93 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Question Time 49 words
    2. Disability 229 words
    3. Podiums and Backdrops 32 words
    4. Minister without Portfolio 82 words
    5. Hong Kong 60 words
    6. Horse and Dog Racing 50 words
    7. Government Contracts 44 words
    8. Voluntary Organisations and Charities 178 words
    9. Medical and Dental Officers 223 words
  11. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Indemnity Undertakings 380 words
    2. National Newspapers 78 words
    3. Disability 113 words
  12. SCOTLAND
    1. Scottish Homes 95 words
    2. Private Finance Initiative 74 words
    3. Miscarriages of Justice 91 words
    4. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 59 words
    5. Fisheries Protection Agency 220 words
    6. Boundary Commission 82 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Departmental Publications 192 words
    2. Departmental Computer Systems 69 words
    3. Exports 141 words
    4. Fireworks 116 words
    5. British Airways and American Airlines 101 words
    6. Bus Mergers 186 words
    7. Small Firms (Definition) 89 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support 2,184 words
  15. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Hotels (Value Added Tax) 251 words
    2. Customs and Excise (Merger) 75 words
    3. Interest Rate 531 words
    4. Departmental Advisers 237 words
    5. Labour Statistics 1,616 words
    6. Advanced Corporation Tax 63 words
    7. Bank of England 519 words
    8. Capital Gains Tax 49 words
    9. Single Currency 128 words
    10. Departmental Computer Systems 67 words
    11. Retail Prices Index 174 words
    12. 2001 Census 221 words
    13. Exchange Rates 622 words
    14. Audio-visual Goods (Prices) 240 words
    15. Property Costs 221 words
    16. Manufactures 177 words
    17. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 45 words
    18. Air Passenger Duty 58 words
    19. Social Model (Disability) 100 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Global Warming 68 words
      2. Regional Development Agencies 36 words
      3. Departmental Responsibilities (Scotland) 53 words
      4. Pollution 71 words
      5. Environmental Improvements (West Cumbria) 44 words
      6. Area Cost Adjustment 47 words
      7. Oxfordshire County Council 61 words
      8. Housing (Chester) 104 words
      9. Water Disconnections 61 words
      10. Derelict Land 62 words
      11. Poverty 85 words
      12. Air Pollution 157 words
      13. Housebuilding 56 words
      14. Capital Receipts 53 words
      15. Opencast Mining 182 words
      16. Household Waste 102 words
      17. Household Growth 97 words
      18. London Government 177 words
      19. Departmental Appointments 209 words
      20. Housing Stock Transfers 120 words
      21. Departmental Computer Systems 104 words
      22. Household Projections 727 words
      23. Departmental Merger 76 words
      24. Government Offices 87 words
      25. Standard Spending Assessments 32 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. Gospel Oak to Barking Line 96 words
      2. A34 48 words
      3. Leeds Supertram 48 words
      4. Manchester Airport 62 words
      5. Cycling 109 words
      6. London Underground 85 words
      7. Rail Regulator 108 words
      8. Transport Infrastructure Development 59 words
      9. London Transport Policy 69 words
      10. Extended Franchises 96 words
      11. Rail Electrification 101 words
      12. Roads Programme 42 words
      13. A36 61 words
      14. Channel Tunnel (Safety) 454 words
      15. Road Repairs 144 words
      16. A6(M) (Stockport) 104 words
      17. Vehicle Emissions 203 words
      18. Ferry Subsidies 65 words
      19. A359 to A303 (Sparkford) 82 words

Lords Sitting of 3 June 1997

  1. Preamble 35 words
  2. Antiquities: Illegal Traffic 1,116 words
  3. Speech Therapists: Equal Pay 1,099 words
  4. School Playing Fields 1,240 words
  5. Mobile Phones and Pagers: Use in House 1,118 words
  6. European Communities: Select Committee 359 words
  7. Science and Technology: Select Committee 290 words
  8. National Health Service (Private Finance) Bill [H.L.] 21,622 words
  9. Pharmacists Bill [H.L.] 4,650 words
  10. Poverty Traps 7,610 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 June 1997

  1. Serious Fraud Office 42 words
  2. Mr. Asil Nadir: Allegations 104 words
  3. Prescriptions 93 words
  4. National Focus: Reporting Arrangements 159 words
  5. Human Fertilisation and Embryology: Report 75 words
  6. CJD: UK 65 words
  7. CJD: EU 54 words
  8. Liverpool: Corporation Documents 195 words
  9. Mersey Docks: Dispute 183 words
  10. New Export Initiative 198 words
  11. Estate Agents: Regulation 98 words
  12. Gibraltar Dockyard 49 words
  13. Commonwealth Trade: Meetings 495 words
  14. London Diplomatic Missions: Unpaid Parking Fines 100 words
  15. Consular Fees 88 words
  16. Former Yugoslavia: Criminal Tribunal 135 words
  17. World Wide Web: British Embassy Sites 127 words
  18. NATO: Enlargement 70 words
  19. Human Rights: Mr. Nigel Rodley's Report 145 words
  20. Service Dental and Medical Officers: Pay 223 words
  21. Education: 17 and 18 year-olds 180 words
  22. Education: 11 year olds 199 words
  23. Vocational Qualifications: Skills Audit 148 words
  24. Schools: Standards 126 words
  25. Education: Results Data 241 words
  26. Comprehensive Schools: Data 102 words
  27. Education: Performance Targets 124 words
  28. Forestry: Ministerial Responsibility 111 words
  29. Wildlife Monitoring: Scotland 102 words
  30. Historic Scotland: Performance Targets 242 words
  31. Sterling Area 31 words
  32. Eurostat Report on Poverty in Britain 158 words
  33. Unemployment Rates 249 words
  34. Volunteers Week 181 words
  35. Surrender of Prohibited Weapons: Record of Payments 174 words
  36. Scarman Trust: Inquiry Details 85 words
  37. Electoral Registration: Procedure 100 words
  38. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Hill 92 words
  39. Secure Training Centres: Plans 73 words
  40. European Parliament: Voting System 56 words
  41. UK: Radioactive Waste Levels 99 words
  42. Wild Boar: Indiscriminate Release 118 words
  43. Parliament Square: Works 122 words
  44. Freshwater Fish and Shellfish Water Quality: Regulations 168 words
  45. Army Personnel: Deployment 242 words
  46. MoD Performance Report 97 words
  47. Quarantine Kennels: Inspection Legislation 378 words
  48. BSE: Statistics 611 words
  49. Agriculture Council, Brussels, 20 May 556 words
  50. CAP: Payments 56 words
  51. Quota Hopping 48 words
  52. Hemp 148 words
  53. Prisoners: Housing Benefit 35 words
  54. Freedom of Information: Legislation 66 words
  55. Broadcasting of Religious Advertising: Prohibition 135 words
  56. Millennium Exhibition: Sponsors 94 words
  57. Royal Opera House: Funding 201 words
  58. Tate Gallery of Modern Art 120 words