4 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 4 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. DTI Inquiries 12,869 words
    2. Cyprus 10,511 words
    3. Prime Minister's Question Time 4,977 words
    4. GPs (Sunderland) 8,461 words
    5. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 80 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
      1. Civil Service (Legislation) 975 words
      2. Civil Service (Management) 333 words
      3. Intestacy 214 words
      4. Citizens Charters 581 words
      5. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration 208 words
      6. Freedom of Information 457 words
      7. Public Services (Value for Money) 451 words
      8. Civil Service (Ethnic Monitoring) 219 words
      9. Citizens Charter 270 words
      10. Freedom of Information 304 words
      11. Release of Documents 281 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Earth Summit 422 words
      2. Engagements 4,103 words
  4. Points of Order 1,243 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 12 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. REFERENDUM IN SCOTLAND 253 words
        2. Part 1 9,444 words, 1 division
          1. Part 1 46 words
          2. or 15,733 words, 2 divisions
        3. Clause 2
          1. REFERENDUM IN WALES 29,371 words, 2 divisions
        4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 43 words
        5. Modernisation of the House of Commons 10,731 words
        6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS (JOINT COMMITTEE) 48 words
        7. Local Government Finance (Oxfordshire) 4,631 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 June 1997

  1. HEALTH
    1. Departmental Publications 334 words
    2. General Osteopathic Council 357 words
    3. Neurological Damage 111 words
    4. Medicines Control Agency 58 words
    5. Prisoners (HIV/AIDS) 105 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. European Convention on Human Rights 88 words
    2. Assisted Prison Visits 121 words
    3. Huntingdon Life Sciences 478 words
    4. Dogs (Scientific Procedures) 110 words
    5. Departmental Publications 161 words
    6. Animal Experiments 181 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. National Competitiveness 151 words
    2. British Telecom 50 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. United Nations (Dues in Arrears) 227 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Competitiveness 158 words
    2. Minimum Wage 272 words
    3. ECGD 270 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Retail Prices Index (Scotland) 35 words
    2. Windfall tax 190 words
    3. No. 11 Downing Street (Catering) 73 words
    4. Fuel (VAT) 128 words
    5. Additional Voluntary Contributions 50 words
    6. Political and Personal Appointments 65 words
    7. Interest Rates 65 words
    8. Monetary Policy 187 words
    9. European Union Grants 231 words
    10. Mortgage Interest Relief 195 words
  7. DEFENCE
    1. Armed Services (Redundancies) 41 words
    2. Departmental Computer Systems 223 words
    3. MOD Homes (Isle of Wight) 50 words
  8. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployment (Young People) 90 words
    2. Unemployment Benefit Disqualifications 2,436 words
    3. Class Sizes 140 words
    4. Assisted Places 394 words
    5. Disability 113 words
    6. Nursery Places (Dorset) 162 words
    7. Teaching Redundancies 59 words
    8. Newly Qualified Teachers 343 words
    9. Office for Standards in Education Reports 67 words
    10. Primary Class Sizes 80 words
  9. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Open Government 236 words
    2. Quangos 76 words
    3. Freedom of Information (Commercial Confidentiality) 59 words
    4. Government Departments (Electronic Access) 55 words
    5. Civil Service 43 words
    6. Government Agencies 87 words
    7. Government Appointments 82 words
    8. Deregulation 62 words
    9. Scottish Devolution 49 words
    10. Internet 75 words
    11. Civil Service (Staff Morale) 44 words
  10. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Civil Service (Ethnic Minorities) 148 words
    2. Long-term Unemployment 120 words
    3. Appeals Tribunal 57 words
    4. Child Support 508 words
  11. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Competitive Tendering 138 words
      2. Whales and Dolphins 135 words
      3. Plutonium Waste 273 words
      4. Magnox Power Stations 161 words
      5. Radioactive Waste 53 words
      6. Internal Migration 241 words
      7. Capital Receipts 76 words
      8. Household Projections Survey 226 words
      9. Local Authority Financial Support 122 words
      10. Regional Development Agencies 52 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. Marine Safety Agency 499 words
    3. SCOTLAND
      1. Special Needs Education 364 words
      2. Scottish Homes 58 words
      3. Whisky Industry 101 words
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Departmental Publications 58 words
    5. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      1. Privy Council Office (Ethnic Minorities) 128 words
      2. Disability 100 words
      3. Drugs Misuse 118 words
    6. WALES
      1. Devolution 255 words
      2. Departmental Publications 248 words
      3. Public Bodies 829 words
      4. Beef Farms 61 words
      5. Transport Minor Works 69 words
      6. Ministerial Visit (Broughton) 69 words
      7. Departmental Computer Systems 67 words
    7. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Compensation Agency 62 words
    8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. Chickens 95 words
      2. Animal Exports 247 words
      3. BSE 368 words
    9. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      1. Disability 66 words
      2. Overseas Aid 183 words

Lords Sitting of 4 June 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Baroness Lestor of Eccles 48 words
  3. Unemployment: Statistics 1,108 words
  4. Operation Granby: Medical Assessment Programme 1,386 words
  5. Digital Terrestrial TV: Licences 828 words
  6. European Union and the IGC 898 words
  7. Business of the House: Debate this Day 50 words
  8. Delegated Powers and Deregulation: Select Committee 235 words
  9. Public Service: Select Committee 339 words
  10. Intergovernmental Conference 26,602 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 June 1997

  1. Written Answers 137 words
  2. RAF Bentwaters 111 words
  3. Defence Expenditure Comparisons 177 words
  4. Gulf War Illness: Research 183 words
  5. Game Licences 82 words
  6. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oliver Hill 135 words
  7. Scrapie 127 words
  8. Alleviation of Poverty 174 words
  9. DSS Change Programme 68 words
  10. Saunders v United Kingdom: Execution of Judgment 106 words
  11. Human Rights: Incorporation of European Convention 171 words
  12. Medicines Control Agency: Key Business Targets 57 words