Commons Sitting of 11 March 1997

The House met at half-past Two o'clock

  1. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. PRIVATE BUSINESS
      1. IMPERIAL COLLEGE BILL 29 words
      2. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE
      1. Defence Export Services Organisation 654 words
      2. RAF (Establishment) 383 words
      3. Departmental Art Collection 357 words
      4. Defence Exports 795 words
      5. "Options for Change" 932 words
      6. Army (Establishment) 987 words
      7. Cadet Forces 638 words
      8. Equipment Expenditure 560 words
      9. Eurofighter 520 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,322 words
  3. Points of Order 2,392 words
  4. BILL PRESENTED
    1. SINGLE HOMELESS PERSONS (SCOTLAND) 142 words
    2. Warm Homes and Energy Conservation (Fifteen Year Programme) 1,023 words
    3. WARM HOMES AND ENERGY CONSERVATION (FIFTEEN YEAR PROGRAMME) 82 words
    4. FINANCE BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 91 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance Bill 286 words
  6. New clause 8
    1. ANNUITY BUSINESS OF INSURANCE COMPANIES 3,248 words
  7. New clause 9
    1. CONSORTIUM CLAIMS FOR GROUP RELIEF 1,666 words
  8. New clause 10
    1. FUTURES AND OPTIONS: TRANSACTIONS WITH GUARANTEEDRETURNS 2,439 words
  9. New clause 3
    1. REGISTRATION OF PROFIT-RELATED PAY SCHEMES 9,185 words, 1 division
  10. New clause 4
    1. DISTRAINT ETC. OF PROPERTY ONLY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A COURT 3,615 words
  11. New clause 13
    1. RELIEF FROM INCOME TAX ON EXPENDITURE ON ENERGY SAVING MATERIALS 9,539 words, 1 division
  12. New Clause 15
    1. REPORT ON VAT ON ENERGY SAVING MATERIALS (No. 2) 42 words
  13. New clause 16
    1. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY AND ISLES BASED VEHICLES 3,799 words
  14. Clause 7
    1. ULTRA LOW SULPHUR DIESEL 227 words
    2. "SCHEDULE 2 B
    3. Low CANCER-RISK PART-RENEWABLE BLENDED DIESEL 1,334 words
  15. Clause 9
    1. RATES OF AIR PASSENGER DUTY 10,425 words, 2 divisions
  16. Clause 12
    1. LIABILITY TO PAY GAMING DUTY 30 words
  17. Clause 25
    1. CERTAIN FEES TO BE TREATED AS PREMIUMS UNDER HIGHER RATE CONTRACTS 2,281 words
  18. Clause 37
    1. SUPPLIES TO NON-TAXABLE PERSONS ETC. 1,886 words
  19. Clause 54
    1. ATTACHMENT OF DEBTS 22 words
  20. New Schedule 1
    1. 'SCHEDULE
      1. FUTURES AND OPTIONS: TAXATION OF GUARANTEED RETURNS 12 words
        1. "SCHEDULE 5AA
          1. GUARANTEED RETURNS ON TRANSACTIONS IN FUTURES AND OPTIONS
            1. Charge to tax etc. 576 words
            2. Production of guaranteed return 223 words
            3. Disposals of futures or options 568 words
            4. The return from one or more disposals 262 words
            5. Related transactions 189 words
            6. Special rule for trusts 177 words
            7. Transfer of assets abroad 91 words
            8. Apportionment in the case of insurance companies 93 words
  21. Schedule 11
    1. LEASING ARRANGEMENTS: FINANCE LEASES AND LOANS 1,714 words
    2. 'Capital allowances 1,054 words
  22. Schedule 17
    1. REPEALS 3,574 words, 1 division
  23. PETITIONS
    1. Eruthianathan Family 227 words
    2. Children (Sexual Exploitation) 235 words
    3. Police (Leicester) 106 words
  24. Liskeard School and Community College 3,352 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 March 1997

  1. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Sewage (UV Disinfection) 260 words
    2. Sewage Discharge 64 words
    3. Departmental Web Site 134 words
    4. Water Safety 103 words
    5. Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 314 words
    6. Art (Open Spaces) 72 words
    7. Port of Tilbury (Ammonium Nitrate) 102 words
    8. Countryside Commission 131 words
    9. Fuel Tanker Incident (West Thurrock) 84 words
    10. Wytham Woods Experimental Site 127 words
    11. Commission for the New Towns 491 words
    12. Environment Council 490 words
    13. Petrol Vapour Recovery 335 words
  2. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Parishes Protection Group 159 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Business Tenants 114 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Entry Clearance (Mr. Javed Iqbal) 115 words
    2. Yardies 121 words
    3. Deportation 184 words
    4. Criminal Injuries Compensation 153 words
    5. Drug Education 337 words
    6. Prison Ship (Portland Harbour) 226 words
    7. Prisons (Drugs Testing) 596 words
    8. Privately Operated Prisons 197 words
    9. Firearms (Compensation) 108 words
    10. Blakenhurst Prison 139 words
    11. Irish Republic (Repatriation of Prisoners) 98 words
    12. National Criminal Intelligence Service 758 words
    13. Child Prostitutes 170 words
    14. Asylum Seekers 67 words
    15. Polling Stations (Disabled Access) 172 words
    16. Deaths in Police Custody 113 words
    17. CS Gas 92 words
  5. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Institutes) 191 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 105 words
    3. Research Councils 69 words
    4. Chemical Weapons Convention Advisory Committee 77 words
    5. Lloyd's (Solvency) 475 words
    6. Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme 55 words
    7. Research and Development 78 words
    8. Advisory Committee on Chemical Weapons 105 words
    9. Architectural Technologists (Guidance Booklet) 74 words
    10. Clean Technologies 130 words
    11. Environmental Technologies 491 words
    12. Pollution Abatement Technology 52 words
    13. Roslin Institute 64 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Rural Residents (Buses) 72 words
    2. Schools (Safe Routes) 57 words
    3. Local Government (Overseas Visits) 268 words
    4. Blind and Partially Sighted People 35 words
    5. Parliamentary Questions 105 words
    6. Oral Cancer 108 words
    7. Cataracts 107 words
    8. Housing 201 words
    9. Electoral Registers 508 words
    10. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 173 words
    11. Fisheries Research Services Agency 58 words
  7. TREASURY
    1. Private Employment Agencies 524 words
    2. Public Debt 79 words
    3. European Tax Levels 74 words
    4. Married Couples (Taxation) 165 words
    5. Inland Revenue (Targets) 135 words
  8. TRANSPORT
    1. Automatic Train Protector System 354 words
    2. Ambulance Service Minibus Drivers 130 words
    3. Ferry Safety 1,023 words
    4. Air Traffic Services (Contracts) 151 words
  9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. UNHCR 81 words
    2. Red Cross 93 words
  10. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Interception of Communications and Security Service Tribunals 171 words
    2. Official Transport 104 words
    3. Engagements 60 words
    4. Interception of Communications 97 words
    5. Albania 53 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Roads (Water) 273 words
    2. Nursery Vouchers 62 words
    3. Government Training Centres 479 words
    4. Housing Executive Dwellings 167 words
    5. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 172 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Bahrain 98 words
    2. Treaties 53 words
    3. Departmental Web Site 209 words
    4. Parliamentary Questions 109 words
    5. Entry Clearance (Shakil Hamid) 114 words
    6. Albania 82 words
    7. Entry Clearance (Taqir Mahmood) 97 words
    8. Entry Clearance (Mr. Javed Iqbal) 114 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Nursery Vouchers 177 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 106 words
    3. European Social Fund 112 words
    4. Pupil to Teacher Ratios 67 words
    5. Primary School Classes 3,056 words
    6. Nursery Classes 450 words
    7. Schools 550 words
    8. School Inspections 53 words
    9. Jobseeker's Allowance 410 words
    10. Latin and Ancient Greek 438 words
    11. School League Tables 91 words
    12. Early Retirement (Teachers) 59 words
    13. Education Council 94 words
    14. Residential Visits 39 words
    15. School Governing Bodies 106 words
    16. Teachers (Disciplinary Procedures) 65 words
    17. Assisted Places Scheme 166 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 691 words
    2. Negligence Claims 433 words
    3. Brain Scans 31 words
    4. Prescriptions (Information) 150 words
    5. NHS Numbers 84 words
    6. Blind and Partially Sighted People 69 words
    7. Complaints and Disciplinary Issues 687 words
    8. Medicines Control Agency 97 words
    9. Cataracts 57 words
    10. Oral Cancer 1,083 words
    11. Human Embryos 92 words
    12. Diabetics (Prescription on Needles) 91 words
    13. Royal London Hospital Air Ambulance 75 words
    14. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 149 words
  15. WALES
    1. South Wales Sea Fisheries Committee 75 words
    2. Oral Cancer 108 words
    3. Cataracts 107 words
    4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 470 words
    5. Examination Results 625 words
    6. Local Government Finance 837 words
    7. Public Bodies (Expenditure) 1,702 words
    8. Organic Farming 229 words
  16. DEFENCE
    1. Eurofighter 80 words
    2. Food Poisoning Deaths 85 words
    3. Wrens 32 words
    4. Army (Expenditure) 64 words