18 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 18 March 1997

  1. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. BODMIN MOOR COMMONS BILL [Lords] 7 words
    2. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 12 words
    3. LEVER PARK BILL (By Order) 15 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH
      1. Primary Care Provision 578 words
      2. Dental Charges 630 words
      3. Chief Nursing Officers 177 words
      4. General Practitioners 915 words
      5. Clinical Services 1,055 words
      6. Mental Health Patients 395 words
      7. Hospital Waiting Lists (Manchester) 627 words
      8. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore 260 words
      9. Rehabilitation Services (Elderly People) 610 words
      10. Patient Care 658 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 1,664 words
      2. Casualty Units (London) 385 words
    3. BILL PRESENTED
      1. ROAD TRAFFIC SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION 55 words
  3. Points of Order 662 words
  4. House Numbering and Home Delivery 1,075 words
  5. HOUSE NUMBERING AND HOME DELIVER 56 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Transfer of Crofting Estates (Scotland) Bill [Lords] 7 words
    2. New clause 1 997 words
  7. Clause 1
    1. DISPOSAL OF CROFTING PROPERTY 1,540 words
  8. Clause 2
    1. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSAL 8,110 words
    2. Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Bill [Lords] 7 words
      1. Clause 34
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 3,274 words
      2. Schedule 1
        1. COMPENSATION PAYMENTS 5,192 words
        2. Business of the House 2,694 words
        3. BIRDS (REGISTRATION CHARGES) BILL 13 words
        4. POLICE 29 words
        5. Criminal Law 365 words
        6. Treasure 2,199 words
        7. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE 45 words
        8. POLICE AND FIREMEN'S PENSIONS BILL 29 words
      3. PETITION
        1. Prepayment Devices (North West Water) 84 words
        2. Child Poverty 9,437 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 March 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Legislation 375 words
    2. Crime Statistics 1,588 words
    3. Asylum Seekers 217 words
    4. Police Authorities (Staff) 727 words
    5. Police Cautions 153 words
    6. Acquittals 120 words
    7. Child Support Agency 658 words
    8. Possession of Cannabis (Court Proceedings) 389 words
    9. Police Stations 76 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. "Competing for Quality" 676 words
    2. Civil Service Salaries 59 words
    3. Parliamentary Questions 77 words
    4. HMSO 77 words
    5. Government Business 59 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Legislation 95 words
    2. Justices Chief Executive (Hartlepool) 50 words
  4. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Departmental Legislation 39 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. International Treaties 156 words
    2. Departmental Legislation 94 words
    3. Montserrat 111 words
  6. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Trans-Pennine Trail 58 words
    2. Departmental Web Site 182 words
  7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Treason Charges (Nigeria) 144 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. McDermott v. Diana, Princess of Wales 81 words
    2. Internet 307 words
    3. British Bankers Association (Code of Practice) 306 words
    4. National Minimum Wage 147 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. Ringway Parliamentary Support Group 115 words
    2. Bus Working Group (Consultation) 85 words
    3. Bus Companies (Customer Complaints) 41 words
    4. Departmental Legislation 157 words
    5. Salisbury Bypass 143 words
    6. Marine Aids to Navigation 379 words
    7. East London River Crossing 88 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Future Large Aircraft 146 words
    2. Army Technical Support Agency 238 words
    3. RAF (Reserve Personnel) 199 words
    4. Service Personnel 834 words
    5. Loan Service Personnel 296 words
    6. Foreign Military Personnel (Training) 188 words
    7. Gulf War 69 words
    8. Service Accommodation 114 words
    9. Nuclear Test Programme (Participation) 211 words
    10. Departmental Legislation 87 words
    11. Retirement Pensions 64 words
    12. Gulf War Syndrome 136 words
    13. Otterburn Training Area 104 words
    14. Defence Estate Organisation 469 words
    15. Gulf War (Carcases) 128 words
  11. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Official Visits 32 words
    2. Employment Prospects (Lichfield) 68 words
    3. Engagements 60 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Homelessness (Disabled People) 108 words
    2. Hedgerows 318 words
    3. Straw Bale House Construction 162 words
    4. Water Pollution 99 words
    5. Sewerage Discharges 226 words
    6. Water Protection Policy 57 words
    7. UN Environment Programme 166 words
    8. Chemicals Convention 124 words
    9. Departmental Legislation 100 words
    10. Water and Sewerage Companies 55 words
    11. Show Houses (Taxation) 90 words
    12. Advisory Committee on Release to the Environment 177 words
    13. Genetically Modified Organisms 942 words
    14. Abattoirs (Liquid Waste Discharges) 78 words
    15. Slaughtered Cattle (Disposal) 284 words
    16. Green Belt, Nottinghamshire 169 words
    17. Ordnance Survey 225 words
    18. Local Government Finance 693 words
    19. Community Alarm Systems 123 words
    20. Central-local Government Information Flows 441 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobcentre Vacancies 423 words
    2. Jobseeker's Direction 208 words
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 347 words
    4. Grant-maintained Schools 556 words
    5. Football Pools Industry 155 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Customer Charters 523 words
    2. Ceasefire 545 words
    3. Harryville Chapel Protest 201 words
    4. Rate Bills 387 words
    5. Department of Education 66 words
    6. Earth Summit 110 words
    7. Departmental Legislation 149 words
    8. Ulster Hospital (Union Flag) 211 words
  15. WALES
    1. Customer Charters 273 words
    2. Public Bodies 110 words
    3. Upland Species and Habitats 54 words
    4. Overgrazing 158 words
    5. Lamb and Beef Exports 44 words
    6. NHS Trusts (Expenses and Rewards) 689 words
    7. Departmental Legislation 72 words
    8. Schools Budgets 129 words
    9. Local Government Finance 681 words
    10. A487 (Bypass) 121 words
    11. Therapy Services 332 words
    12. Talygarn Treatment Centre 129 words
  16. TREASURY
    1. Cardiff Bay Barrage 167 words
    2. Value Added Tax 377 words
    3. Inland Revenue (Standard Letters) 52 words
    4. Century Date Change (Computers) 86 words
    5. Earnings Statistics 180 words
    6. Tax Underpayment 48 words
    7. Abortions 308 words
    8. Live Births 171 words
    9. EU Countries (Income) 201 words
    10. Michael Allcock Case 61 words
    11. Inward Investment 136 words
    12. Landfill Tax 79 words
    13. Nomura Securities 70 words
    14. Investment Income (Tax) 94 words
    15. Abortion and Maternal Deaths 279 words
    16. Dependent Children 259 words
    17. Heads of Households 199 words
    18. Parliamentary Questions 59 words
    19. Labour Statistics 626 words
    20. Government Expenditure 69 words
    21. Data Collection (Postcodes) 171 words
    22. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 330 words
    23. Unemployment-related Benefits 217 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Land Purchases (Grants) 630 words
    2. Local Government Reforms 85 words
    3. External Consultants 62 words
    4. Departmental Legislation 352 words
    5. Health Service Property (Ayrshire and Arran) 105 words
    6. Inward Investment 98 words
    7. Electronic Surveillance 206 words
    8. Consumer Protection 96 words
    9. Children (Sexual Abuse) 317 words
    10. Sex Offenders 93 words
    11. Salmon Strategy Task Force 84 words
    12. Customer Charters 370 words
    13. Glenfeshie and Rothiemurchus Estates 176 words
    14. Mr. W. J. Duff 138 words
    15. Slaughterhouse Hygiene 188 words
    16. Assisted Businesses (Political Objectives) 112 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Milk Quota 419 words
    2. Correspondence 72 words
    3. Cattle Feed 331 words
    4. Incineration Contracts 183 words
    5. Earth Summit 102 words
    6. Scrapie 168 words
    7. Feline Spongiform Encephalopathy 118 words
    8. Chlamydial Disease Research Unit 76 words
    9. Departmental Legislation 143 words
    10. Mineral Hydrocarbons 121 words
    11. Channel Tunnel (Animal Electrocution Apparatus) 156 words
    12. Rabies 229 words
    13. Slaughtered Cattle (Disposal) 147 words
    14. Meat Hygiene Service 92 words
    15. Departmental Cash Limits 68 words
    16. "Agriculture in the United Kingdom" 46 words
    17. Slaughter Practices 114 words
    18. BSE 217 words
    19. State Veterinary Service 243 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Departmental Legislation 177 words
    2. All-work Test 118 words
    3. Housing Benefit 463 words
    4. Savings 137 words
    5. Income Support 366 words
    6. War Pensions (Gulf War) 137 words
    7. Child Benefits 483 words
    8. Appeal Tribunals 435 words
    9. War Pensions 255 words
    10. National Insurance 189 words
    11. Departmental Agencies (Performance Targets) 908 words
    12. Young Offenders 276 words
    13. Truro Benefits Agency 400 words
  20. HEALTH
    1. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus 120 words
    2. Insulin Pens (Disposable Needles) 45 words
    3. St. Cross Hospital, Rugby 52 words
    4. Health Boards and Trusts (Membership) 58 words
    5. Factor 8 73 words
    6. Community Pharmacies 65 words
    7. Tobacco Companies 45 words
    8. Drugs Budget 122 words
    9. Prescription Charges 58 words
    10. Cancer Treatment (Lancashire) 92 words
    11. Private Finance Initiative 78 words
    12. Orthodontists (North West) 143 words
    13. Bed Blocking 163 words
    14. Doctors (Training) 116 words
    15. NHS Budgets 113 words
    16. NHS Capital Expenditure 74 words
    17. NHS Waiting Lists 372 words
    18. Primary Care 100 words
    19. Special Hospitals 145 words
    20. Prescriptions 55 words
    21. Medical Officers 124 words
    22. Children in Need 41 words
    23. GP Fundholding 99 words
    24. Hepatitis B 209 words
    25. Ondine's Curse 95 words
    26. Medicines Control Agency 77 words
    27. Social Services Expenditure 82 words
    28. Bristol Royal Infirmary 121 words
    29. Earth Summit 73 words
    30. Lewisham Hospital 106 words
    31. Accident and Emergency Service 57 words
    32. Departmental Legislation 168 words
    33. Committee on Safety of Medicines 296 words
    34. Product Licences 188 words
    35. Oral Contraceptives 300 words
    36. Clinical Trials 100 words
    37. Ministerial Responsibilities 85 words
    38. Medicines Control Agency 163 words
    39. Clinical Depression 251 words
    40. Organophosphates 338 words
    41. Mineral Hydrocarbons 116 words
    42. NHS Beds (North Yorkshire) 59 words
    43. Finished Consultant Episodes 87 words
    44. Local Pay 35 words
    45. Nurses 110 words
    46. Patients (Readmissions) 73 words
    47. Private Finance Initiative 53 words
    48. NHS Trusts (North Yorkshire) 245 words
    49. Patients (Purchasing) 57 words
    50. Lease Cars 53 words
    51. Clinical Negligence 83 words
    52. Depression Alliance 71 words
    53. Ambulances (North Yorkshire) 71 words