21 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 21 March 1997

  1. PRAYERS 16 words
    1. Royal Assent 182 words
  2. Prorogation
    1. Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech 1,554 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 March 1997

  1. DEFENCE
    1. Armed Forces (Equipment) 321 words
    2. Public Bodies 518 words
    3. Advisory Bodies (London) 72 words
    4. Organophosphates 69 words
    5. Gulf War Syndrome 90 words
  2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Crown Agents 66 words
    2. Global Environment Facility 67 words
    3. Aid Donors 423 words
    4. Indonesia 92 words
  3. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Packaging Waste 203 words
    2. Building Research Establishment 90 words
    3. Development Corporations 46 words
    4. Public Bodies 1,080 words
    5. Advisory Bodies (London) 68 words
    6. Water Charges 84 words
    7. Prison Ships 117 words
    8. Tyne and Wear Development Corporation 64 words
    9. Planning Inquiries 66 words
    10. Marine Nature Conservation 297 words
    11. Sustainable Development 54 words
    12. Housing Associations 438 words
    13. "Environment News" 53 words
    14. Energy Conservation 232 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Anglo-Irish Secretariat 60 words
    2. Ministerial Responsibilities 125 words
    3. Public Bodies 548 words
    4. Sectarian Harassment 447 words
    5. Safari Park 55 words
    6. Public Appointments 74 words
    7. Orders in Council 70 words
    8. Departmental Private Offices 44 words
    9. Government Legislation 58 words
    10. Personnel Documents 58 words
    11. Citizens Charter 184 words
    12. Social Fund 136 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Departmental Budget 174 words
    2. Citizens Charters 38 words
    3. Prison Building 45 words
    4. Prison Ship 305 words
    5. Police Authorities (Expenditure) 139 words
    6. Reginald Dudley and Robert Maynard 120 words
    7. Data Protection 122 words
    8. Public Bodies 865 words
    9. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 150 words
    10. Crime (London) 60 words
    11. Advisory Bodies (London) 196 words
    12. Albanian Nationals 120 words
    13. Prison Service (Expenditure) 790 words
    14. Prison Population 114 words
    15. Crime (Conviction Rates) 2,560 words
    16. Crime (Sentences) Bill 241 words
    17. Audio Alarms 68 words
    18. Police Authorities (Public Information) 176 words
  6. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Nursery Vouchers 492 words
    2. Class Sizes 142 words
    3. Public Bodies 449 words
    4. Secondary Schools 97 words
    5. Payment of Bills 111 words
    6. Jobseekers 738 words
    7. School Budgets 108 words
    8. Advisory Bodies (London) 338 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. BSE 1,053 words
    2. Pig Exports 72 words
    3. Slaughterhouses 1,191 words
    4. Meat Hygiene 1,015 words
    5. BSE-infected Material (Land Burial) 262 words
    6. Public Bodies 217 words
    7. Advisory Bodies (London) 62 words
    8. Avoparcin 92 words
    9. Cattle Slaughter 460 words
    10. Tuberculosis 42 words
    11. Meat Hygiene Service (Disciplinary Action) 550 words
    12. Organophosphates 109 words
    13. Fur Farms 40 words
  8. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Avenue of Statues (London) 191 words
    2. Public Bodies 518 words
    3. Charity Collections 157 words
    4. National Coal Mining Museum 159 words
    5. Advisory Groups (London) 1,415 words
    6. Printing and Publications 90 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Ethiopia 125 words
    2. Advisory Groups (London) 77 words
  10. TREASURY
    1. Government Borrowing (Scotland) 250 words
    2. Uniform Business Rate 100 words
    3. Basic Pension Plus 228 words
    4. Departmental Legislation 147 words
    5. National Lottery 118 words
    6. ECOFIN 385 words
    7. Unemployed People (Skills and Qualifications) 151 words
    8. Working Hours 384 words
    9. Income 239 words
    10. Corporation Tax 89 words
    11. Adult Learning Courses 34 words
    12. Advisory Groups (London) 65 words
    13. Youth Unemployment 214 words
    14. Cancer Deaths 231 words
    15. Regina v. Rees and Rotheroe 122 words
    16. Public Bodies 316 words
    17. Consultancy Contracts 77 words
    18. Building Societies 76 words
    19. International Monetary Fund 65 words
    20. Finance Act 1997 825 words
    21. Investment Companies 118 words
    22. Stamp Duty 164 words
    23. Mersey Docks and Harbour Company 100 words
    24. Abortions 87 words
    25. Rent Payment 101 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Denmark (Jane Horney) 27 words
    2. St. Helena 117 words
    3. Indonesia 117 words
    4. Riot Control Equipment 57 words
    5. EU Ambassadors 375 words
    6. Public Bodies 251 words
    7. Libya 240 words
    8. Balkans 38 words
    9. Freedom International 49 words
    10. Albania 94 words
    11. European Parliament 53 words
    12. Liverpool Macroeconomic Research 53 words
    13. Sudan 60 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Scottish Members of Parliament 78 words
  13. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Public Bodies 78 words
    2. Drugs 265 words
  14. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Advisory Bodies (London) 115 words
    2. Criminal Conviction Certificates 179 words
    3. Admiralty Arch 211 words
    4. Citizens Charters 204 words
    5. Public Bodies 396 words
  15. WALES
    1. Public Transport (Cardiff) 77 words
    2. Public bodies 941 words
    3. NHS Trusts 251 words
    4. Speech Therapists 229 words
    5. Community Hospitals 81 words
    6. Cardiff Bay Barrage 79 words
    7. Citizens Charters 234 words
    8. Private Finance Initiative 70 words
  16. SCOTLAND
    1. Doctors and Nurses 64 words
    2. Farm Enterprises 73 words
    3. Public Bodies 899 words
    4. Small Towns Initiative 95 words
    5. Mr. W. J. Duff 118 words
    6. Local Enterprise Companies 23 words
    7. Children (Sexual Abuse) 170 words
    8. NHS Trusts (Applications) 51 words
    9. Cullen Inquiry 43 words
    10. Legal Aid Fees 72 words
    11. NHS Salaries 58 words
    12. Official Residence, Charlotte Square 63 words
    13. Scottish Office Quangos 58 words
    14. Special Advisers 63 words
    15. Cottage Hospitals 58 words
    16. Grants and Loans 98 words
    17. Eye Tests 54 words
    18. Hospital Beds 73 words
    19. Cairngorm Funicular Railway 68 words
    20. Convictions 74 words
    21. Citizens Charters 199 words
    22. Rail Privatisation 325 words
  17. TRANSPORT
    1. Milford Haven 72 words
    2. London Underground (Crime Rate) 58 words
    3. Clapham Junction 118 words
    4. Cash Limits 92 words
    5. Sea Empress 116 words
    6. A500 158 words
    7. Full-fare Train Tickets (London-Newcastle) 245 words
    8. London Buses 125 words
    9. Public Bodies 255 words
    10. Advisory Groups (London) 358 words
  18. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Record Office 294 words
    2. Public Bodies 897 words
  19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Firearms Exports 313 words
    2. Indonesia 289 words
    3. Regina v. Rees and Rotheroe 118 words
    4. Advisory Bodies (London) 180 words
    5. Export Licences 74 words
    6. Firearms Dealers 72 words
    7. Japanese Investment 120 words
    8. Stored Plutonium 195 words
    9. Privatisation 118 words
    10. Trade Fairs 278 words
    11. Public Bodies 1,363 words
    12. Pembroke Power Station 71 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support Agency 1,433 words
    2. Income Support (Pensioners) 381 words
    3. Social Fund payments 490 words
    4. Personal Pensions 37 words
    5. Occupational Pensions 106 words
    6. Outturn Expenditure 474 words
    7. Benefits Agency Psychiatrists 358 words
    8. Benefits Agency, Liverpool 208 words
    9. Appeal Tribunals 75 words
    10. Housing Benefit 112 words
    11. National Insurance 179 words
    12. Unclaimed Benefits 81 words
    13. Parent-plus Contracts 42 words
    14. Public Bodies 605 words
    15. Benefits Agency, Manchester 527 words
    16. Contributions Agency 73 words
    17. Reduced Earnings Allowance 41 words
    18. Pensioner Incomes 319 words
    19. Advisory Groups (London) 532 words
    20. Parliamentary Answers 442 words
    21. Fraud 51 words
    22. National Insurance 960 words
  21. HEALTH
    1. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 125 words
    2. Hospital Staff (North Yorkshire) 246 words
    3. Nursing Staff (Wakefield) 69 words
    4. Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccine 148 words
    5. Suicides 326 words
    6. North Hampshire Hospital 377 words
    7. Corticosteroids 35 words