12 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 12 March 1997

  1. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Tariff Rebate Subsidy (Northern Isles) 11,596 words
    2. Dairy Industry 12,512 words
    3. Democracy (Central and Eastern Europe) 3,827 words
    4. H. H. Robertson (Pension Fund) 3,689 words
    5. National Lottery 4,187 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      1. Sri Lanka 562 words
      2. Romania 324 words
      3. Kashmir 662 words
      4. Hong Kong 868 words
      5. Intergovernmental Conference (Ministerial Group) 799 words
      6. Iran 784 words
      7. Intelligence Services 182 words
      8. Kashmir 547 words
      9. Libya 425 words
      10. Arms Exports (Belarus, Ukraine and Russia) 467 words
      11. Israel 1,038 words
      12. Royal Family (Overseas Visits Costs) 431 words
      13. Middle East Peace Process 618 words
      14. EU Political Co-operation 518 words
      15. Nigeria 504 words
      16. Israel 408 words
  3. Electronic Devices (Madam Speaker's Statement) 366 words
    1. Social Services 7,101 words
    2. Meat Hygiene Service 7,312 words
    3. Points of Order 799 words
    4. Rights at Work and in Retirement 1,060 words
      1. RIGHTS AT WORK AND IN RETIREMENT 45 words
    5. Representation of the People 4,994 words
  4. Orders of the Day
    1. National Health Service (Primary Care) Bill [Lords] 7 words
      1. New clause 1
        1. DUTY OF REGISTERED OPTICIANS TO REFER CERTAIN PERSONS TO REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 4,105 words
      2. New clause 8
        1. EMPLOYMENT OF PRE-REGISTRATION HOUSE OFFICERS IN MEDICAL PRACTICES 1,968 words
      3. New clause 2
        1. PROVISION OF PERSONAL MEDICAL OR PERSONAL OR DENTAL SERVICES UNDER A PILOT SCHEME (DISQUALIFIED BODIES) 311 words
        2. Persons with whom agreements may not be made 255 words
        3. "Persons with whom agreements may not be made." 7,001 words
      4. New clause 4
        1. EVALUATION OF PILOT SCHEMES 6,977 words
      5. New clause 5
        1. PRIOR APPROVAL OF MEDICAL PRACTICES COMMITTEE FOR AGREEMENTS 14 words
        2. Prior approval of agreements by Medical Practices Committee 72 words
        3. Prior approval of agreements by Medical Practices Committee 2,534 words
      6. New clause 6
        1. WHISTLEBLOWERS' RIGHTS 79 words
        2. Whistleblowers' rights 90 words
        3. Whistleblowers' rights 1,336 words
      7. New clause 9
        1. PROVISION OF SPECIAL OPHTHALMIC SERVICES UNDER A PILOT SCHEME 1,229 words, 1 division
      8. Clause 1
        1. PILOT SCHEMES 16 words
      9. Clause 4
        1. PROPOSALS FOR PILOT SCHEMES 73 words
      10. Clause 5
        1. APPROVAL OF PILOT SCHEMES 3,764 words
      11. Clause 10
        1. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THIS PART AND THE 1978 Act 29 words
      12. Clause 11
        1. MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO BE SUITABLY EXPERIENCED 114 words
      13. Clause 21
        1. PROVISION OF PERSONAL MEDICAL OR DENTAL SERVICES 27 words
      14. Clause 22
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS 475 words
      15. Clause 28
        1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ETC. 29 words
      16. Clause 30
        1. PROVISION OF CERTAIN SERVICES UNDER NHS CONTRACTS 60 words
      17. Clause 37
        1. REGULATIONS AND DIRECTIONS 64 words
      18. Clause 38
        1. INTERPRETATION 69 words
      19. Clause 39
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT, ETC. 146 words
      20. Schedule 2
        1. AMENDMENTS 949 words
        2. Immunisation 71 words
        3. Use of accommodation 587 words
        4. 'The Medical Act 1983 (c.54) 373 words
      21. Title
        1. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (PRIMARY CARE) 1,886 words
      22. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
        1. ROAD TRAFFIC 22 words
        2. NORTHERN IRELAND 19 words
        3. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 24 words
      23. DEREGULATION 30 words
      24. SCHOOL ACTION PLANS 23 words
      25. OCCASIONAL PERMISSIONS 57 words
    2. ESTIMATES, 1997–98 (NAVY) VOTE A 37 words
    3. ESTIMATES, 1997–98 (ARMY) VOTE A 59 words
    4. ESTIMATES, 1997–98 (AIR) VOTE A 61 words
    5. ESTIMATES, EXCESSES, 1995–96 47 words
    6. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1996–97 93 words
      1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 53 words
      2. CONSOLIDATED FUND (No. 2) BILL 61 words
    7. PETITIONS
      1. Child Protection 470 words
    8. Lariam 4,327 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 March 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Prisons (Random Drugs Tests) 223 words
    2. Prison Suicides 219 words
    3. Full Sutton Prison (Disturbance) 172 words
    4. Prisons Board 674 words
    5. Prison Service Advisory Board 73 words
    6. Long Lartin Prison 134 words
    7. Roisin McAliskey 113 words
    8. Asylum Seekers (Sudan) 194 words
    9. Parliamentary Questions 107 words
    10. Bookmakers Committee 47 words
    11. Police Scientific Development Branch 72 words
    12. Whitemoor Prison (Escapes) 114 words
    13. American Prison Ship (Purchase) 538 words
    14. Fixed Penalty Notices (Ethnic Monitoring) 145 words
    15. Departmental Web Site 234 words
    16. Customer Charters 248 words
    17. Immigration 179 words
    18. Albania 89 words
    19. CS Gas 115 words
    20. Asylum Seekers (Hunger Strikes) 145 words
    21. Police (Disciplinary Penalties) 87 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Next Steps Review 184 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Solicitors 88 words
    2. Legal Services (Contracts) 194 words
    3. County Court Fees 68 words
    4. Magistrates Courts Committees 215 words
  4. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Television Licences 100 words
    2. Executive Agencies 127 words
    3. Channel 5 158 words
    4. Football Clubs 99 words
    5. International Olympic Committee 165 words
    6. Churches and Cathedrals (National Lottery Funding) 52 words
    7. National Lottery Awards (Crewe and Nantwich) 85 words
    8. Payment of Bills 146 words
    9. Television Violence 193 words
    10. Parliamentary Questions 106 words
    11. National Lottery 136 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Sheltered Housing 138 words
    2. Utility Disconnections 103 words
    3. Customer Charters 130 words
    4. Royal Seaforth Terminals 67 words
    5. Mobile Telephones 225 words
    6. National Air Quality Strategy 611 words
    7. Data Collection (Postcodes) 235 words
    8. Local Authority Estates (Mapping) 93 words
    9. UN General Assembly (Special Session) 195 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Borrowing Programme 69 words
  7. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Pupil Exclusions (Wandsworth) 81 words
    2. Teachers 169 words
    3. Riddlesdown High School, Croydon 78 words
    4. School Budgets 109 words
    5. Essex Education Expenditure 325 words
  8. Overseas Development Administration
    1. Guatemala 702 words
    2. Ivory Coast 97 words
    3. Nigeria 75 words
    4. Ethiopia 152 words
    5. Sudan 110 words
    6. Land Mines 79 words
    7. Police (UK Study Tours) 71 words
  9. DEFENCE
    1. Auxiliary Oilers (Contracts) 299 words
    2. Nuclear Submarines (Personnel) 100 words
    3. Territorial Army 167 words
    4. Military Provost Guard Service 56 words
    5. Testing and Firing Ranges 586 words
    6. Compulsory Redundancies 146 words
    7. Nuclear Test Programme Records 220 words
    8. Mr. David Hart 35 words
  10. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Barristers (Fees) 79 words
    2. Crown Prosecutors (Salaries) 71 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Departmental Web Site 141 words
    2. Licensing (Scotland) Act 183 words
    3. Community Care 576 words
    4. Scottish Office Quangos 205 words
  12. WALES
    1. EU Funding 83 words
    2. European Committee of the Regions 58 words
    3. Nursery Vouchers 85 words
    4. Anglers 55 words
    5. Rate Support Grant Settlement 90 words
    6. Dyfed Powys Consultation Paper 79 words
    7. Blind and Partially Sighted People 41 words
    8. Long-term Unemployment 40 words
    9. BSE 105 words
    10. Schools Staffing 74 words
    11. M4 (Baglan Bridge) 104 words
    12. Power Station Emissions 60 words
    13. Council House Sales 1,024 words
    14. Pollution 91 words
    15. Rents to Mortgages Scheme 90 words
    16. Air Pollution 36 words
    17. Local Government Finance 91 words
    18. Assisted Places Scheme 107 words
  13. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Drug Abuse Resistance Education 181 words
  14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Kashmir 95 words
    2. Sri Lanka 53 words
    3. Thailand (Burmese Refugees) 119 words
    4. NATO Expansion 51 words
    5. China 198 words
    6. Middle East Peace Process 120 words
    7. Israel 77 words
    8. Human Rights Abuses (Monitoring) 60 words
    9. United Nations (Reform) 76 words
    10. Disarmament Negotiations 70 words
    11. Indonesia 117 words
    12. Former Dominions 90 words
    13. Intergovernmental Conference 93 words
    14. Saudi Arabia 246 words
    15. Customer Charters 437 words
    16. British Phosphate Commission (Assets) 65 words
    17. Sudan 176 words
    18. Germany 65 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. High Risk Prisoners 571 words
    2. Independent Commissioner for Holding Centres 111 words
  16. TRANSPORT
    1. M25 Works 798 words
    2. Train Drivers 471 words
    3. Customer Charters 295 words
    4. Automatic Train Protector System 99 words
    5. Motorcycle Strategy Group 82 words