5 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 5 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      1. Inward Investment 758 words
      2. Monopolies and Mergers Policy 638 words
      3. European Union 413 words
      4. Former Coal Mining Areas 563 words
      5. Trade Unions 878 words
      6. Fireworks 503 words
      7. Business Rates 453 words
      8. Pit Closures 285 words
      9. Small Businesses 689 words
      10. Aerospace Industry 403 words
      11. Political Donations 252 words
      12. Manufacturing Investment 1,091 words
      13. Low Pay Commission 536 words
      14. Post Office 373 words
      15. Low Pay 418 words
  4. Business of the House 5,812 words
  5. Points of Order 440 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Education (Schools) Bill 10 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. ABOLITION OF ASSISTED PLACES SCHEME IN ENGLAND AND WALES 39,909 words, 3 divisions
      2. Clause 2
        1. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EXISTING ASSISTED PUPILS 25,151 words, 3 divisions
        2. Orsett Hospital, Thurrock 4,000 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 June 1997

  1. TREASURY
    1. Revenue and Expenditure 221 words
    2. Value Added Tax 138 words
    3. Windfall Levy 219 words
    4. Ministerial Offices (Refurbishment) 70 words
    5. Payroll Donations (Charities) 61 words
    6. Court of the Bank of England 103 words
  2. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Referendums 56 words
    2. Nuclear Test Veterans 161 words
    3. Council of Ministers (Stability Pact) 39 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Diplomatic Representation (Tehran) 42 words
    2. Iranian Diplomatic Representation (London) 36 words
    3. Iranian Dissidents 126 words
    4. Treaty of Rome (Prosecutions) 875 words
    5. Defence Exports 211 words
    6. Gibraltar 127 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Conduct of Defence by Accused Persons 170 words
    2. Unpursued Legal Matters 215 words
    3. Legal Aid 172 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Animal Experimentation 179 words
    2. Immigration and Nationality Directorate 95 words
    3. Disability 98 words
    4. Immigration (Primary Purpose Rule) 466 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Arms Supplies (Central Africa) 289 words
    2. Equipment Exhibition (Farnborough) 270 words
    3. Animal Experimentation 303 words
    4. Asbestos-related Diseases 57 words
    5. National Service 145 words
    6. HMS Ark Royal 66 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Nuclear Waste 238 words
      2. MOX Fuel 91 words
      3. Basking Sharks 111 words
      4. Rough Sleepers Initiative 602 words
  8. TRANSPORT
    1. Manchester Airport (Environmental Protest) 141 words
    2. Integrated Transport Policy 306 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Animal Exports 348 words
    2. BSE 722 words
    3. Beef Premium Claims 222 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Departmental Computer Systems 60 words
    2. Disability 100 words
    3. Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance 284 words
    4. Highlands and Islands University 108 words
    5. Consultant Post Vacancies 863 words
    6. New Homes (Energy Rating) 106 words
    7. Ivermectin (Salmon Farms) 102 words
    8. Local Authority Capping 56 words
    9. Water Quangos 412 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Competition Law 70 words
    2. Small Businesses 323 words
    3. Airbus Project 80 words
    4. Minimum Wage 157 words
    5. Industrial Investment (Yorkshire) 47 words
    6. Trading Agreements (Social Clause) 83 words
    7. European Union 74 words
    8. Regional Aid 186 words
    9. Export Controls 130 words
    10. Inward Investment 51 words
    11. Aerospace Industry 144 words
    12. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 120 words
    13. Public Utilities (Regulation) 41 words
    14. Offshore Oil Technology and Supply Office 134 words
    15. Export Companies 61 words
  12. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. National Lottery 175 words
    2. Churchill Papers 83 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Incapacity Benefit 78 words
    2. Income Support (Pensioners) 287 words
    3. Pension Sharing 491 words
  14. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Stability Pact 45 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. Dental Services 230 words
    2. Blood Processing (Liverpool) 239 words
    3. Radiography 298 words
    4. Dementia 85 words
    5. HIV/AIDS 36 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. English and French Children 120 words
    2. Primary Class Sizes 184 words
    3. Head Teachers (Primary Schools) 84 words
    4. Grant-maintained Schools 85 words
    5. Assisted Places Scheme 709 words
    6. Music and Ballet Scheme 98 words
    7. Teaching Staff 308 words
    8. Disability 71 words
  17. WALES
    1. Assisted Places Scheme 59 words
    2. Wrexham to Bidston Line 84 words
    3. Repair and Improvement Grants 300 words
    4. Unemployment 292 words
    5. Class Sizes 113 words
    6. Derelict Land 51 words
    7. Holyhead to Crewe Line 65 words
    8. Industry 71 words
    9. Buses 105 words
    10. Incapacity 78 words
    11. Disused Railway Lines 127 words
    12. Beef Farms 53 words
    13. Right to Roam 55 words
    14. Index of Socio-economic Conditions 144 words
    15. GP Fundholders 314 words
  18. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Overseas Aid 182 words
    2. Indian Subcontinent 92 words
    3. Montserrat 118 words

Lords Sitting of 5 June 1997

  1. Preamble 27 words
  2. Gulf War: Pensions Policy 1,599 words
  3. Bangladesh: Bihari Refugees 772 words
  4. Devolution: Publication of White Paper 1,407 words
  5. Benefits: Disentitlement 910 words
  6. Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill 12 words
  7. House of Lords Offices: Select Committee 158 words
  8. Deputy Chairmen of Committees 138 words
  9. Statutory Instruments Select Committee 786 words
  10. Wireless Telegraphy Bill [H.L.] 9,783 words
  11. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Bill [H.L.] 12,178 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 June 1997

  1. British Academy of Sport 131 words
  2. Millennium Exhibition Project: Funding 255 words
  3. BSE: Herd History 90 words
  4. Integrated Transport Policy 307 words
  5. Assisted Places Scheme 166 words
  6. Education Policy 466 words
  7. Pension Sharing for Divorced Couples 504 words
  8. Immigration: Primary Purpose Rule 462 words