10 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 10 March 1997

  1. PRAYERS 5 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
      1. River Thames 669 words
      2. Millennium Festival 612 words
      3. Traffic Congestion, London 603 words
      4. South West Trains 1,165 words
      5. Barking to Gospel Oak Line 331 words
      6. South West Trains 643 words
      7. European Ground Handling Directives 287 words
      8. London Underground 345 words
      9. Road Markings 251 words
      10. Rail Investment 733 words
      11. Air Services Agreement 368 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Disabled Staff 690 words
      2. Staff (General Election) 271 words
      3. Staff (Overtime) 158 words
    3. TRANSPORT
      1. M25 245 words
      2. Road and Rail Traffic 471 words
    4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
      1. Legislative Programme 267 words
      2. London Grand Committee 284 words
      3. Summer Recess 160 words
      4. European Directives 157 words
  3. Point of Order 356 words
  4. Orders of the Day
    1. Opposition Day 4 words
      1. Public Responsibility For Social Justice 29,346 words, 1 division
      2. Building Societies Bill 20,524 words
        1. BUILDING SOCIETIES BILL [MONEY] 83 words
        2. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL 53 words
        3. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL [MONEY] 88 words
        4. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 34 words
          1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE (ENGLAND) 26 words
          2. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 45 words
          3. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING 34 words
        5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
          1. COURT OF AUDITORS 102 words
        6. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
          1. GOVERNMENT TRADING FUNDS 26 words
        7. WASTE PREVENTION BILL [MONEY] 55 words
      3. PETITION
        1. Health Care (Cambridgeshire) 203 words
      4. Street Children 4,255 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 March 1997

  1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Millennium Commission Awards 72 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Schools Renewal Challenge Fund (Sheffield) 98 words
    2. Jobmatch Scheme 133 words
    3. Payment of Bills 108 words
    4. Pupil Statements 989 words
    5. LEAs (Capital Borrowing Allocation) 130 words
    6. Assisted Places Scheme 1,028 words
    7. Nursery Vouchers 53 words
    8. Schools Renewal Challenge Fund 90 words
    9. Free School Meals 1,887 words
    10. Bradfield House School, Cullompton 100 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Parliamentary Questions 91 words
    2. Parliamentary Finances 49 words
    3. Engagements 16 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 118 words
  4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Anti-personnel Land Mines 103 words
    2. Sri Lanka 400 words
    3. Disarmament 37 words
    4. MacBride Principles 276 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Whitemoor Prison 150 words
    2. Telephone Interception 232 words
    3. Polling Stations (Disabled Access) 118 words
    4. Commission for Racial Equality 162 words
    5. Extradition 1,125 words
    6. Rehabilitation of Prostitutes 302 words
    7. Angola 46 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Sri Lanka 166 words
    2. Aid Projects 410 words
    3. Commonwealth Development Corporation 88 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Scottish Grand Committee 121 words
    2. Customs and Excise 132 words
    3. Chancery Bank 64 words
    4. Secretaries of State (Annual Reports) 142 words
    5. European Funding 169 words
    6. Self-Assessment Tax System 68 words
    7. Value Added Tax 74 words
    8. Petrol and Diesel Oil (Tax) 343 words
    9. Payment of Bills 104 words
  8. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Parliamentary Questions 270 words
    2. Ministerial Visit (Scotland) 219 words
    3. Deregulation 292 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. London Underground (Privatisation) 301 words
    2. Eversholt and Porterbrook Leasing 50 words
    3. Government Investment 70 words
    4. Charter Flights 106 words
    5. Road and Bridge Maintenance 96 words
    6. A5 57 words
    7. Air Pollution 113 words
    8. Rail Investment 42 words
    9. London, Tilbury, Southend Line 64 words
    10. Sea Empress Disaster 48 words
    11. Road Links (East Sussex) 163 words
    12. Railtrack (Property Sales) 41 words
    13. High-speed Rail Links 87 words
    14. Bus Passenger Journeys 46 words
    15. Departmental Web Site 117 words
    16. Dial-a-ride Services (London) 39 words
    17. Rail Departure Information Boards 37 words
    18. Train Leasing Companies 67 words
    19. Coastguard Officers (Scotland) 204 words
    20. M25 Works 83 words
    21. Emergency Towing Vessels 115 words
    22. Parliamentary Questions 47 words
    23. Jubilee Line Extension 48 words
    24. Driving Instruction 264 words
    25. National Air Traffic Service 104 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Onshore Petroleum Licences 258 words
    2. Roslin Institute 196 words
    3. BBSRC Institutes 79 words
    4. Mirror Group Newspapers Flotation 95 words
    5. Accountants Joint Disciplinary Scheme 123 words
    6. EC Framework V Programme 270 words
    7. Research and Development 233 words
    8. Intellectual Property Royalties 312 words
    9. Electrical Goods Industry (Inquiry) 230 words
    10. Dreamtell Ltd. 51 words
    11. Titan Business Club 130 words
    12. National Minimum Wage 104 words
    13. Utilities (Pre-payment Meters) 29 words
    14. Departmental Web Site 172 words
    15. Loan Guarantee Scheme 80 words
  11. WALES
    1. Rural Residents (Buses) 85 words
    2. Llanelli Town Centre (Redevelopment) 167 words
    3. Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Expenditure) 131 words
    4. Non-NHS Health Care Providers 295 words
    5. NHS Trusts 118 words
    6. NHS Staff 826 words
    7. Nurses 315 words
    8. Barry Community Hospital 191 words
    9. Parliamentary Questions 106 words
    10. NHS Employees' Pay 151 words
    11. Training and Enterprise Councils 544 words
    12. Incomes and Taxes 72 words
    13. Local Government Expenditure 59 words
    14. Community Hospitals 59 words
    15. Dyfed Powys Health Authority 452 words
    16. Health Authorities (Funding Formula) 86 words
    17. Pembrokeshire Islands 350 words
    18. Research Councils (Commissions) 62 words
  12. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Parliamentary questions 96 words
  13. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Tackling Drugs Together 113 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. European Legislation 77 words
    2. Back Benchers 46 words
    3. Easter Recess 58 words
    4. Voting Procedures 55 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Rendering Industry 546 words
    2. Private Finance Initiative 87 words
    3. BSE 1,980 words
    4. Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee 160 words
    5. Dairy Farms (Rents) 156 words
    6. Cattle (Mortality Rates) 118 words
    7. Central Veterinary Laboratory 126 words
    8. Departmental Data 200 words
    9. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
  16. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Private Employment Agencies 223 words
    2. Rev. David Templeton (Assault) 100 words
    3. Action for Community Employment 316 words
    4. Rural Residents (Buses) 45 words
    5. Water Pollution 477 words
    6. Policing (Harryville) 69 words
    7. Housing (Disabled Tenants) 301 words
    8. Housing Executive Estates (Lorry Parking) 176 words
    9. Countryside Enhancement Scheme 369 words
    10. Road Accident Fatalities (Costs) 37 words
    11. Road Safety 342 words
    12. Sub-programme for Agricultural and Rural Development 98 words
    13. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
    14. Research Councils (Commissions) 63 words
    15. Emergency Provisions Act 139 words
  17. DEFENCE
    1. Organophosphates 58 words
    2. Netheravon Airfield 74 words
    3. On-site Inspections 148 words
    4. Trident 62 words
    5. NATO 47 words
    6. Army Foundation College 113 words
    7. Guns 61 words
    8. Former Prisoners of War 61 words
    9. Parliamentary Questions 100 words
    10. Naval Movements (Ayrshire) 92 words
    11. Corporal Simon Cullen 80 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Cycle Challenge Fund 85 words
    2. Scientists 97 words
    3. Non-NHS Health Care Providers 248 words
    4. NHS Employees' Pay 107 words
    5. Nurses 558 words
    6. Irvine Housing Association 669 words
    7. NHS Staff 224 words
    8. NHS Administration (Costs) 185 words
    9. Local Government Reorganisation 167 words
    10. Health Boards (Publicity Budgets) 33 words
    11. Stone of Destiny 50 words
    12. Health Care International, Clydebank 82 words
    13. Farmed Salmon 93 words
    14. Sleep Laboratory (Funding) 69 words
    15. Scottish Homes 257 words
    16. Research Councils (Commissions) 216 words
    17. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 93 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Waste Water (High Natural Dispersion Areas) 159 words
    2. Gas and Electricity (Standards of Performance Scheme) 101 words
    3. Cryptosporidium 472 words
    4. Salisbury Bypass 92 words
    5. Council Leaseholders 58 words
    6. Willenhall Shopping Precinct Project 244 words
    7. English Partnerships 105 words
    8. Parliamentary Questions 101 words
    9. Teesside Development Corporation 179 words
    10. House Conditions 95 words
    11. Residuary Bodies 77 words