5 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 5 March 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Hospitals (Northern Ireland) 10,536 words
    2. Asylum Seekers 12,195 words
    3. Mr. Wayne Hood 4,453 words
    4. Franco-German Armaments Agency 3,463 words
    5. M80 (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) 3,981 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SCOTLAND
      1. Lockerbie 738 words
      2. EU Committee of the Regions 904 words
      3. Council Tax 990 words
      4. King Kenneth III 522 words
      5. Capital Challenge Fund 937 words
      6. Hospices 423 words
      7. Income Tax 1,366 words
      8. Wild Salmon 683 words
      9. Health Service Funding 1,241 words
      10. Teachers (Appraisal) 651 words
      11. Secondary Education 654 words
      12. Public Expenditure (Glasgow) 309 words
  4. Hunterston Power Station 3,905 words
  5. Points of Order 1,187 words
  6. Civil Actions (Limit on Proceedings) 1,386 words
  7. CIVIL ACTIONS (LIMIT ON PROCEEDINGS) 39 words
  8. Prevention of Terrorism 24,229 words, 1 division
  9. Northern Ireland Appropriation 19,667 words
  10. POLICE (INSURANCE OF VOLUNTARY ASSISTANTS) BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 63 words
  11. War Crimes 4,249 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 March 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Hunger Strikers 136 words
    2. Taylor Inquiry 109 words
    3. Child Prostitution 89 words
    4. Telephone Interceptions 132 words
    5. Knives 1,037 words
    6. Mrs. Ganiat Lasoye (Deportation Order) 111 words
    7. Prison Staff Ratios 128 words
    8. Inquest Proceedings (Oxford) 74 words
    9. American Prison Ship (Purchase) 117 words
  2. TRANSPORT
    1. Traffic Congestion 945 words
    2. M45 (Litter) 73 words
    3. Ferry Safety 95 words
    4. Overloaded Aircraft 149 words
    5. Coastguard Service 538 words
    6. Railtrack Debts 122 words
    7. Marine Pollution 164 words
    8. Heavy Goods Vehicles 121 words
    9. Regional Railways 173 words
  3. TREASURY
    1. Price Indices 674 words
    2. Income Tax 56 words
    3. Employee Share Ownership Schemes 204 words
    4. Europe Community (UK Contribution) 119 words
    5. Inflation 293 words
    6. Pneumonia Deaths 625 words
    7. Crude Oil Prices 94 words
    8. Private Finance Initiative 222 words
    9. Local Authority Borrowing 65 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Anglo-French Peacekeeping Missions 145 words
    2. Earth Summit II 180 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Parliamentary Answers 123 words
  6. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Breakfast Tours 134 words
    2. European Union Funding 302 words
    3. Airbus 75 words
    4. Timber Exports 44 words
    5. Scientists 124 words
    6. Research and Development 848 words
    7. British Agrochemicals Association Ltd. 128 words
    8. Regional Selective Assistance 178 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Ministerial Accountability 158 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Sport (Students) 544 words
    2. British Academy of Sport 58 words
    3. National Lottery (Crewe and Nantwich) 80 words
    4. Sports Council Lottery Fund 166 words
    5. Earth Summit II 87 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Higher Education (Leeds) 34 words
    2. Nursery Places 320 words
    3. Student Loans 562 words
    4. Local Education Authorities 251 words
    5. Graduate Employment 1,266 words
    6. Student Numbers 133 words
    7. Science A-levels 43 words
    8. Medical Training 345 words
    9. Bradfield House School, Cullompton 319 words
    10. Jobseeker's Allowance 464 words
  10. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Departmental Publications 219 words
    2. UN Earth Summit II 441 words
    3. Air Pollution 191 words
    4. Domestic Heating 189 words
    5. Rough Sleeping 566 words
  11. DEFENCE
    1. Cadets 256 words
    2. Schools 154 words
    3. Goose Bay 198 words
    4. Regiments 182 words
    5. Junior Leader Scheme 116 words
    6. A30 Improvement (Eviction of Protesters) 60 words
  12. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Waste Management 98 words
    2. Incapacity Benefit 340 words
    3. Social Fund 226 words
    4. Jobseeker's Allowance 108 words
    5. Housing Benefit 308 words
    6. State Earnings-related Pensions Scheme 291 words
    7. Disability Appeal Tribunals 93 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. Water and Sewerage Services 47 words
    2. Scottish Grand Committee 159 words
    3. Unemployment 109 words
    4. Shipbuilding 80 words
    5. Employment Trends 52 words
    6. Economy (North Ayrshire) 49 words
    7. Islands Needs Allowance 58 words
    8. Glenmore 60 words
    9. Local Government Finance 356 words
    10. Teaching Posts 40 words
    11. Flood Prevention 173 words
    12. Dumfries and Galloway Health Board 60 words
    13. Scottish Enterprise 34 words
    14. Clinical Services 100 words
    15. Income Tax 50 words
    16. Electronic Tagging 106 words
    17. Felling Licence (Balblair) 615 words
    18. Prison Population 226 words
    19. Community Councils 257 words
    20. Nutritional Standards 979 words
    21. Meat Hygiene Inspectors 68 words
    22. Scientists 372 words
    23. Research and Development Expenditure 276 words
    24. Veterinary Surgeons 90 words
    25. Veterinary Scientists 78 words
    26. Assisted Places Scheme 913 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Emergency Beds 102 words
    2. Admissions 95 words
    3. Cancelled operations 73 words
    4. Doctors 28 words
    5. Cancer Patients 35 words
    6. Accident and Emergency Services 27 words
    7. Breast Screening 38 words
    8. Cryptosporidium 81 words
    9. Operation Waiting List 73 words
    10. Mental Health 122 words
    11. Unlicensed Medicines 157 words
    12. Broadmoor Special Hospital 146 words
    13. Recombinant Factor 8 61 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Newcastle Disease 113 words
    2. Action for Community Employment (Staff Reductions) 313 words
    3. Punishment Shootings 180 words
    4. Meat Hygiene Inspectors 120 words
    5. Food and Agriculture Scientists 437 words
    6. Veterinary Surgeons 158 words
    7. Veterinary Scientists 61 words
    8. Scientific Establishments 116 words
    9. Research and Development Expenditure 677 words
    10. Local Government Finance 72 words
  16. WALES
    1. Cold-related Illnesses 468 words
    2. Winter Mortality Rates 425 words
    3. Welsh Language Electoral Forms 392 words
    4. BSE 272 words
    5. Local Authority Employees 1,472 words
    6. Greenmeadow Inn (Demolition) 101 words
    7. Gastroschisis 355 words
    8. Research and Development 580 words
    9. Veterinary Surgeons 56 words
    10. Meat Hygiene Inspectors 45 words
  17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Research and Development 50 words
    2. BSE 71 words
    3. British Agrochemicals Association 96 words
    4. Drug-resistant Parasites 123 words
    5. Scientists 1,500 words
    6. Meat Hygiene Inspectors 312 words
    7. Vitamin B6 Supplements 375 words
    8. Food Safety Investigations 88 words
    9. Sustainability Indicators (Agrochemicals) 342 words
    10. Diseased Animals (Compensation) 348 words
    11. Intervention Storage 395 words
    12. Rendering Industry 176 words
    13. Veterinary Scientists 343 words
    14. Research Establishments 83 words
    15. Veterinary Surgeons 556 words

Lords Sitting of 5 March 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. Earl Howe: Personal Statement 130 words
  3. Young Voters 1,519 words
  4. The Post Office: Future 1,327 words
  5. Business of the House: Debate this Day 47 words
  6. The Economy 39,606 words
  7. Welsh Development Agency Bill 12 words
  8. Lloyds TSB Bill [H.L.] 12,687 words
  9. Armed Forces: Medical Provision 12,131 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 March 1997

  1. Karen Refugees 149 words
  2. Gibraltar 96 words
  3. NATO and Russia 502 words
  4. EU Fisheries Council: Total Allowable Catches 261 words
  5. MAFF Research Establishments 93 words
  6. Trunk Road Programme Cancellations: Respondents' Expenses 119 words
  7. DoT Research Site, Crowthorne: Sale 126 words
  8. Local Air Pollution Control: Revised Charges 198 words
  9. 9mm Centrefire Weapons and Ammunition 217 words
  10. Royal Parks: Facilities for Cyclists 926 words
  11. Fluoridation of Water 126 words