20 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 20 March 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT
      1. Polling Stations (Accessibility) 490 words
      2. Prisons (Drugs) 1,158 words
      3. Metropolitan Police 524 words
      4. Children (Criminal Activities) 985 words
      5. Jury Trials 369 words
      6. Special Constables 524 words
      7. Closed-circuit Television 269 words
      8. Vandalism 398 words
      9. Prisons (Ministerial Visits) 486 words
      10. Criminal Justice System 630 words
      11. Young Offenders 306 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,082 words
  4. Electoral Registration 431 words
  5. Points of Order 1,994 words
  6. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [MONEY] (No. 2) 55 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE ON FURTHER CONVICTION FOR CERTAIN OFFENCES 542 words
        2. Hedgerows 8,165 words
        3. Public Entertainment Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill 101 words
        4. TAX SIMPLIFICATION BILLS 84 words
        5. TAX SIMPLIFICATION BILLS 324 words
        6. ALL-PARTY AND PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS 114 words
        7. Standing Orders (Revision) 983 words
        8. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
        9. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 30 words
        10. DEREGULATION 30 words
        11. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS 23 words
        12. CASINOS AND BINGO CLUBS 23 words
        13. FOOTBALL POOLS 19 words
        14. BETTING AND BINGO ADVERTISING 21 words
        15. NON-FOSSIL FUEL 23 words
        16. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
        17. STRUCTURAL FUNDS AND COHESION POLICY 91 words
      2. PETITIONS
        1. Green Belt Land 225 words
        2. Athletics 191 words
      3. PETITION
        1. Jobseeker's Allowance 157 words
        2. Child Support Agency 6,969 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 March 1997

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Child Support (Legal Aid) 47 words
    2. Payment of Bills 91 words
    3. Court Fees (Exemptions) 419 words
    4. Land Registry 434 words
    5. The Court Service 175 words
    6. Public Trust Office 263 words
  2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Portcullis House (Jubilee Line Extension) 349 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Go-karts 97 words
    2. Cetaceans 105 words
    3. Pollution Abatement Technology 80 words
    4. Metropolitan Councils (Capital Receipts) 279 words
    5. Nirex Ltd. 321 words
    6. Local Government Finance (Devon) 291 words
    7. Irrigation (Water Abstraction) 63 words
    8. Fur 132 words
    9. Payment of Bills 92 words
    10. Housing Associations 94 words
    11. Hedgerow Regulations 303 words
    12. Zinc 128 words
    13. Multi-occupancy Accommodation 153 words
    14. Polychlorinated Biphenyls 235 words
    15. Departmental Annual Report 123 words
    16. Environment Agency 335 words
    17. Council Tax Capping 87 words
    18. Cash Limits 615 words
    19. Sellafield (Rock Characterisation Facility) 84 words
    20. Wirral, South (Visits) 45 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Basic Pension Plus 55 words
    2. Contraceptives (Minors) 74 words
  5. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Payment of Bills 124 words
    2. Next Steps Principles 96 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Government Car Service 198 words
    2. Compliance Cost Assessments 151 words
    3. Scott Inquiry 166 words
    4. Payment of Bills 79 words
    5. Bletchley Park 179 words
  7. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Football Trust 90 words
    2. Lottery Awards 172 words
    3. Crystal Palace 105 words
    4. North West Tourist Board (Charter) 188 words
    5. Globe Theatre Site 198 words
    6. Listed Buildings (Ecclesiastical Exemption) 239 words
    7. Payment of Bills 75 words
    8. Works of Art (Acceptance in Lieu of Tax) 534 words
    9. Lottery Funding (Advice) 174 words
    10. Museums and Galleries (Attendances) 372 words
    11. Return of Historic Objects 143 words
    12. Library and Information Matters (Report) 50 words
    13. English Sports Council 99 words
    14. Public Libraries (Information Technology) 80 words
    15. Lottery Award Information 95 words
    16. Flounder's Folly, Craven Arms 112 words
  8. WALES
    1. EU Funding 235 words
    2. Departmental Employees 103 words
    3. Social Security Expenditure 93 words
    4. Outturn Expenditure 105 words
    5. Pharmaceutical, Dental and Ophthalmic Services 96 words
    6. Health Service Revenue (Charges) 101 words
    7. Glaucoma 215 words
    8. Health Service Contracts 56 words
    9. Health Service Salaries and Wages 415 words
    10. Countryside Council for Wales 123 words
    11. General Practitioners 160 words
    12. Public Bodies 151 words
    13. Derwen and Pembrokeshire Trusts (Merger) 59 words
    14. Wentlooge Levels (Flood Defences) 66 words
    15. Asthma 2,203 words
    16. Hedgerow Regulations 148 words
    17. Schot Nippon Factory 47 words
    18. Inward Investment 151 words
    19. Nursery Vouchers 327 words
    20. M4 (Baglan Bridge) 94 words
    21. Rivers (Pollution) 98 words
    22. Payment of Bills 90 words
    23. Dental Services 200 words
    24. Baglan Hospital 108 words
    25. Care for the Vulnerable 55 words
    26. Velodrome Cymru Centre 56 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Live Animal Exports 713 words
    2. Red Meat (Hygiene) 103 words
    3. BSE 1,017 words
    4. Chickens 160 words
    5. Offal Ban 101 words
    6. Cattle Cull 221 words
    7. Salmonellosis 202 words
    8. Apples 182 words
    9. Rendering Industry 515 words
    10. Payment of Bills 98 words
    11. Soil Erosion 92 words
    12. Agriculture Council 688 words
    13. Livestock Cleanliness 210 words
    14. Veterinary Medicines Directorate 217 words
    15. Central Science Laboratory 195 words
    16. Veterinary Laboratories Agency 104 words
    17. Meat Hygiene Service 311 words
    18. Meat Disposal Chain 278 words
    19. Sea Fish Conservation 175 words
    20. Butchers' Shops (Survey) 354 words
    21. Pesticides Safety Directorate 402 words
    22. Swann Report 51 words
    23. Fur Farms 118 words
    24. Grain Store, York 371 words
    25. Bovine Tissue 168 words
    26. Newcastle Disease 131 words
    27. Pigs (Welfare) 353 words
  10. SCOTLAND
    1. Scientists 314 words
    2. Woodlands 1,452 words
    3. Executive Search Agencies 53 words
    4. NHS Trusts (Grants) 623 words
    5. Drug Misuse 89 words
    6. Prisoners 125 words
    7. Local Enterprise Companies 435 words
    8. Departmental Equipment (Theft) 112 words
    9. Crime 483 words
    10. Loch Ewe Several Order 54 words
    11. Glaucoma 208 words
    12. Hospital Trusts (Contracts) 74 words
    13. Hospital Waiting Times 71 words
    14. Highlands and Islands Enterprise 158 words
    15. Payment of Bills 90 words
    16. Prison Secure Unit 206 words
    17. Health Service Commissioner 199 words
    18. Fox and Mink Farms 33 words
    19. Cairn Gorm Funicular Railway 112 words
    20. Trunk Road Projects 198 words
    21. Class Sizes 48 words
    22. Housing Waiting Lists 65 words
    23. Health Board Funding 170 words
    24. Homelessness 83 words
    25. Small Town Initiative 81 words
    26. Scottish Borders Enterprise 59 words
    27. Farm Enterprises 57 words
    28. House Building 475 words
    29. Local Government Staff Commission Report 52 words
    30. Scottish Agricultural Science Agency 161 words
    31. Public Bodies 561 words
    32. Scottish Office Quangos 221 words
    33. Employment 418 words
    34. Public Relations 39 words
  11. TRANSPORT
    1. Whitburn Street Relief Road, Bridgnorth 111 words
    2. A46 Dualling 85 words
    3. Westhaven AH190 (Sinking) 710 words
    4. M25 (Widening) 75 words
    5. A36 (Improvements) 161 words
    6. Departmental Management Plans 119 words
    7. London Underground (Service Objectives) 310 words
    8. London Transport Finance 83 words
    9. Electrically Powered Vehicles 94 words
    10. Transport Council 476 words
    11. Executive Agencies 1,773 words
    12. Sefton Eurogateway Regional Challenge 66 words
    13. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 349 words
    14. A49 (Improvements) 133 words
    15. London Underground (Northern Line Improvements) 169 words
    16. Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 Inquiry 202 words
    17. A36 (Salisbury Bypass) 566 words
    18. British Rail Passenger Companies 142 words
    19. Railfreight Distribution 383 words
    20. British Railfreight Companies 145 words
    21. Payment of Bills 86 words
    22. Roads (Expenditure) 38 words
    23. A34 52 words
    24. M6 206 words
    25. London Taxi Fares and Fees 148 words
    26. A249 Iwade to Queensborough Improvement 154 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Ireland (Diplomatic Status) 74 words
    2. Asylum Seekers 407 words
    3. Russian Prisons 152 words
    4. Foreign Students 271 words
    5. St. Helena 202 words
    6. Bahrain 81 words
    7. China 65 words
    8. Mrs. Tasmeen Ahmed 94 words
    9. Payment of Bills 88 words
    10. Visas 109 words
    11. Russia 50 words
    12. Peto Institute 221 words
    13. Estonia 108 words
    14. Hong Kong 63 words
    15. Arms Embargoes 1,051 words
    16. Intergovernmental Conference 258 words
    17. Asylum and Immigration Appeals 406 words
    18. United Nations 508 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Defence Equipment (Export Licences) 126 words
    2. Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant 139 words
    3. Departmental Legislation 100 words
    4. Patent Office European Patents Special Reserve Fund 80 words
    5. European Space Agency Conference 834 words
    6. Public Bodies 99 words
    7. Business Grants (Devon) 62 words
    8. Food Chain (Foresight Investigation) 234 words
    9. Companies House 362 words
    10. Fur Sales 38 words
    11. English Regional Development Organisations 425 words
    12. Radio Spectrum 150 words
    13. Inward Investment (English Language Training) 53 words
    14. Insolvency Service 328 words
    15. Patent Office 259 words
    16. Radiocommunications Agency 445 words
    17. Employment Tribunals Service 262 words
    18. Monopolies and Mergers Commission Cases 62 words
    19. Payment of Bills 92 words
    20. Financial Services Industry Employees 50 words
    21. National Weights and Measures Laboratory 153 words
  14. TREASURY
    1. Valuation Office 276 words
    2. Customer Charters 50 words
    3. Basic Pension Plus 96 words
    4. Computers (Century Date Change) 161 words
    5. Public Expenditure 157 words
    6. Labour Statistics 615 words
    7. National Lottery 139 words
    8. Economic and Monetary Union 240 words
    9. Personal Pensions (Misselling) 179 words
    10. Payment of Bills 78 words
    11. State Earnings-related Pension Scheme 103 words
    12. Earnings 459 words
    13. Jobs (Plymouth and Torbay) 176 words
    14. Illegitimate Births 371 words
    15. Correspondence 43 words
    16. Private Finance Initiative 749 words
    17. Defence Personnel (Taxation) 129 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. NHS Trusts (Chief Executives) 30 words
    2. Networks 33 words
    3. Medicines Control Agency 145 words