9 June 1997

Commons Sitting of 9 June 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Mandatory Minimum Sentences 704 words
      2. Criminal Activity 597 words
      3. Prison Population (Growth) 801 words
      4. Immigration Policy 672 words
      5. Deportees (Detention) 260 words
      6. Crime (Drug Abuse) 715 words
      7. Mandatory Sentences 123 words
      8. Pistol Clubs 532 words
      9. Prison Places 450 words
      10. Women Prisoners 431 words
      11. Young Offenders Institution, Colchester 519 words
      12. Closed Circuit Television Schemes 430 words
      13. Violent Crime 279 words
      14. Probation Service 319 words
      15. Electoral Reform 602 words
      16. Prisons (Illegal Drugs) 406 words
      17. HM Prison Weare 417 words
  4. Breast Screening 2,782 words
  5. Points of Order 413 words
  6. European Union 54,827 words, 2 divisions
  7. Firearms (Compensation Scheme) 12,026 words
  8. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 3,861 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 June 1997

  1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Entry Clearance 153 words
    2. Amsterdam Summit 47 words
    3. Visitor's Visas (Tunisians) 96 words
    4. Nigeria 77 words
    5. St. Helena 119 words
    6. Zimbabwe 77 words
  2. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Zimbabwe 100 words
    2. Biodiversity 69 words
    3. UNESCO 71 words
    4. Indonesia 1,062 words
    5. Military Equipment Sales 190 words
  3. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Cabinet Committees 43 words
  4. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Key Stage 2 Results Booklet 103 words
    2. European Convention on Human Rights (Disabled People) 69 words
    3. School Discipline 105 words
    4. School Deficits 60 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. Illegal Drugs 231 words
    2. Tax Returns 215 words
    3. Price Stability 91 words
    4. EU Agricultural Support 70 words
  6. HEALTH
    1. Private Finance Initiative 359 words
    2. Portsmouth Hospitals (NHS) Trust 242 words
    3. Methadone 112 words
    4. Children in Care (Homelessness) 102 words
    5. Weighted Capitation Funding 121 words
    6. Ambulance Service (Paramedics) 106 words
    7. Hospital Services (London) 140 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Windfall Tax (Pharmaceutical Industry) 42 words
    2. Cabinet Committees 2,610 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Minimum Wage 125 words
  9. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Departmental Publications 95 words
    2. Tourism 559 words
    3. National Lottery 108 words
    4. Television Licences (Pensioners) 302 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. ENVIRONMENT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Environmental Protection and Sustainability 420 words
      2. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 50 words
      3. Green Ministers 114 words
      4. Inquiry (Merry Hill) 37 words
      5. Mine Planning Applications 225 words
      6. Council Tax 55 words
      7. Planning Application (South Yorkshire) 105 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. Cones Hotline 258 words
      2. Rail Services 255 words
      3. Felixstowe-Liverpool-Holyhead Rail Link 92 words
      4. Emergency Towing Vessels (Falmouth) 100 words
      5. Bicycle Bells 124 words
      6. Eurostar Services 46 words
      7. Rail Improvements 104 words
      8. Public Transport 76 words
      9. Light Rail Schemes 116 words
      10. Railtrack 77 words
      11. Rail Ticket Sales 57 words
      12. Road Contracts 67 words
      13. Bristol Channel 156 words
    3. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
      1. Constitutional Bills 67 words
      2. Parliamentary Privilege 229 words
    4. SCOTLAND
      1. Child Labour 44 words
      2. Political and Special Advisors 187 words
      3. Scottish Screen 700 words
      4. Registers of Scotland 239 words
      5. Opencast Development 195 words
      6. Structural Funds 131 words
      7. Partnership Areas 88 words
    5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Urban Disturbances 75 words
      2. Asylum and Immigration Act 44 words
      3. Violent Crime 104 words
      4. European Convention on Human Rights 39 words
      5. Drink-related Crime 75 words
      6. Youth Crime 104 words
      7. Asylum Applications 88 words
      8. Prisons (Illegal Drugs) 115 words
      9. Police Constables 74 words
      10. Prison Service 87 words
      11. Arrested Persons (Heroin Addicts) 131 words
      12. Police Authorities (Funding) 60 words
      13. Young Offenders 72 words
      14. Crime Victims (Rights) 181 words
      15. Alcopops 162 words
      16. Serious Criminal Offences 92 words
      17. Minimum Mandatory Sentences 43 words
      18. Crime 89 words
      19. Human Rights 63 words
      20. Probation Service 59 words
      21. European Convention on Human Rights 55 words
      22. Firearms Compensation Scheme 761 words
      23. Ethnic Minorities 1,306 words
      24. Deportees 2,416 words
      25. Asylum Seekers 4,481 words
      26. Immigration 56 words
      27. Essex Constabulary 103 words
      28. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 70 words
      29. Immigration Officers (Heathrow) 53 words
      30. Policing 321 words
      31. Closed Circuit Television 77 words
      32. Criminal Record Certificates 89 words
      33. Merseyside Constabulary 214 words
      34. .22 Calibre Pistols (Deaths) 53 words
      35. Radioactive Waste Disposal (Hurd Deep) 51 words
      36. Bribery and Corruption 138 words
      37. Controlled Drugs (Lancashire) 189 words
    6. WALES
      1. Teachers 89 words
      2. Red Barn Development 143 words
      3. Pen y Fal Hospital 66 words
      4. Chepstow Community Hospital 99 words
      5. Ovarian Cancer 64 words
      6. Private Finance Initiative 209 words
      7. Chepstow Bypass 69 words
    7. DEFENCE
      1. Navy Personnel 59 words
      2. National Service 97 words
      3. European Court of Human Rights 75 words
      4. Departmental Land 305 words
      5. Gallium Removal 84 words
      6. Regimental Strengths 69 words
      7. MOD Police, Colchester 190 words
      8. Flagship Training Ltd. 195 words
      9. Eurofighter Project 246 words
    8. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      1. Broiler Chickens 88 words
      2. Laying Hens 87 words
      3. Ostriches 66 words
      4. Fisheries 70 words
      5. Beef Exports 141 words
      6. ADAS 96 words
      7. Genetically Modified Organisms 698 words
      8. Forestry Commission (Woodlands) 177 words
    9. NORTHERN IRELAND
      1. Departmental Computer Systems 68 words
      2. Nursing Care 87 words
      3. Civil Service 179 words
      4. Tower Hill, Armagh 84 words
      5. Incapacity Benefit 77 words
      6. Family Law Act 185 words
      7. Stalking 96 words
      8. Disability 121 words
      9. Retail Stores 265 words
      10. Political and Special Advisers 205 words
      11. Parades 227 words
      12. Police Complaints Commission 381 words

Lords Sitting of 9 June 1997

  1. Preamble 27 words
  2. Local Authorities: Release of Capital Receipts 1,258 words
  3. Quota-Hopping: IGC Discussions 330 words
  4. Bahrain: Human Rights 418 words
  5. Financial Services: Legislation 1,077 words
  6. Privileges: Select Committee 147 words
  7. Procedure of the House: Select Committee 141 words
  8. Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 Compensation Scheme 7,430 words
  9. EC Tobacco Regime: European Communities Committee Report 15,732 words
  10. Prison and Probation Services 9,423 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 June 1997

  1. Corruption in Public Life 147 words
  2. BSE: Additional Controls 752 words
  3. Beef Production Subsidies: Readjustment 218 words
  4. British Library 138 words
  5. Nuclear Reprocessing 191 words
  6. Prion Homologues 137 words
  7. Investigating Accountants: Impartiality 201 words
  8. Parliamentary Privilege 231 words
  9. Ministerial Committees: Membership 60 words
  10. Ministerial Committee on Defence and Overseas Policy (DOP) 2,507 words