3 March 1997

Commons Sitting of 3 March 1997

  1. PRAYERS 5 words
  2. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NATIONAL HERITAGE
      1. Heritage Sites 373 words
      2. Sport (Young People) 770 words
      3. Film Industry 772 words
      4. Lottery Grants (Charities) 333 words
      5. Anglers 650 words
      6. Plymouth Millennium Fund 299 words
      7. Tourism Grants 482 words
      8. "Success Through Partnership" 640 words
      9. Arts (Private Sector Sponsorship) 352 words
      10. Weekly Lottery Draws 1,172 words
      11. Popular Music Industry 492 words
    2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      1. Legal Aid (Industrial Tribunals) 323 words
      2. Legal Aid Reform 570 words
      3. Legal Aid Costs 224 words
      4. Legal Aid Budget 504 words
      5. Civil Dispute Resolution 253 words
      6. Criminal Justice Costs 454 words
  3. Information Technology (Government Strategy) 6,132 words
  4. Packaging Waste 11,910 words
  5. Elections (Candidates' Expenses) 2,794 words
  6. Directors' Emoluments 7,144 words
  7. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
  8. SOCIAL SECURITY 113 words
  9. CONTRACTING OUT 30 words
  10. RATING AND VALUATION 69 words
  11. AGRICULTURE 38 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND 25 words
  13. PETITIONS
    1. Child Pornography 261 words
    2. Doorstep Milk Delivery Service 168 words
    3. Cyprus 6,752 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 March 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Water Cannon 89 words
    2. Sexual Orientation (Police Database) 38 words
    3. Charities (Criminal Records Checks) 130 words
    4. Convicted Paedophiles 160 words
    5. Youth Justice System 58 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT
    1. Water Companies 119 words
    2. Sellafield 551 words
    3. Caesium-137 84 words
    4. Biodiversity 86 words
    5. Homes (Greater London) 61 words
    6. Social Housing (Lancashire) 52 words
    7. Countryside Commission 302 words
  3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
    1. Aid and Trade Provision 366 words
    2. Ivory Coast 142 words
  4. WALES
    1. Bron Dyffryn Special School 70 words
    2. Targets for the Planning Inspectorate Agency 308 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobcentres (Jobs Advertised) 496 words
    2. Higher Education 100 words
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 325 words
  6. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Departmental Contracts 198 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Public Authority Contracts (VAT) 157 words
    2. Anti-dumping Duties 2,105 words
    3. Nuclear Power Stations (Decommissioning) 61 words
    4. Army Sales 64 words
    5. Research Grants 86 words
    6. Minimum Age Requirements 148 words
    7. Privatisation Brochure 370 words
    8. Science, Engineering and Technology 378 words
    9. Cecchini Report 183 words
    10. Genetically Engineered Animals 132 words
    11. Research Councils (Employment) 203 words
    12. Institute of Food Research 151 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Disarmament 138 words
    2. Hong Kong 289 words
    3. European Union Offices (Costs) 245 words
    4. Iran 72 words
    5. Burma (Trade) 74 words
  9. DEFENCE
    1. Findlay Court Martial 218 words
    2. RAF Accident Investigation 185 words
    3. West Indian Guardship 53 words
    4. Civilian Affairs Units 70 words
    5. Scimitars (Parachute Dropping) 129 words
    6. Visual Air-to-air Training 162 words
    7. NATO (Extension) 67 words
    8. Media Units 78 words
    9. Aircraft (Visual Practice Interceptions) 126 words
    10. School Armouries and Firing Ranges 56 words
    11. Ministerial Meetings (Hong Kong) 65 words
    12. Minimum Age Requirements 61 words
    13. Chemical Weapons 244 words
    14. BATES 137 words
  10. TREASURY
    1. EU Member States (National Accounts) 567 words
    2. Executive Agencies 63 words
    3. Economic and Monetary Union 174 words
    4. Excess Winter Mortality Rates 1,093 words
    5. Inland Revenue 103 words
    6. Mortgage Interest Tax Relief 233 words
    7. Inflation and Unemployment 98 words
    8. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 238 words
    9. Adlids 183 words
    10. Unemployment Leavers 657 words
    11. Consultants 42 words
    12. Average Weekly Earnings 226 words
    13. Gross Domestic Product 109 words
    14. Income Tax 97 words
  11. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Millennium Exhibition 83 words
  12. NATIONAL HERITAGE
    1. Sports Grounds 84 words
    2. Museums and Galleries (Funding) 85 words
    3. Lottery Awards (Worcestershire) 84 words
    4. British Waterways 122 words
    5. Tourism (Midlands) 120 words
    6. Lottery Awards (Distribution) 106 words
    7. Historic Churches 88 words
    8. Digital Broadcasting 81 words
    9. Television Programmes (Quality) 83 words
    10. British Academy of Sport 72 words
    11. Millennium Celebrations (Wales) 142 words
    12. New Wembley Stadium 132 words
    13. Tourism Industry (Training) 169 words
    14. Camelot 95 words
  13. TRANSPORT
    1. British Rail (Winding-up Costs) 98 words
    2. London Underground (Tunnel Structures) 112 words
    3. Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 143 words
    4. Bus Drivers (London) 37 words
    5. Heavy Goods Vehicles 101 words
    6. Railtrack Land 96 words
    7. London Underground (Finance) 372 words
    8. London Underground (Privatisation) 398 words
    9. London Underground (Service Levels) 85 words
    10. Jubilee Line Extension 87 words
    11. Salisbury Bypass 140 words
  14. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Juvenile Courts (Cullompton) 66 words
    2. Legal Costs (Convicted Criminals) 99 words
    3. Legal Aid Budget 96 words
    4. National Marriage Week 111 words
    5. Civil Justice (Access) 80 words
    6. Limitation Legislation 78 words
    7. Advisory Board on Family Law 169 words
    8. Legal Aid Centres 73 words
    9. Departmental Contracts 397 words
    10. Court Waiting Times 147 words
  15. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Cold-related Illnesses 264 words
    2. Equipment and Furniture 207 words
    3. Social Deprivation Funds 644 words
    4. Council For Catholic Maintained Schools 62 words
    5. Traffic Reduction Powers 186 words
    6. Sectarian Harassment 80 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Departmental Policies (Bournemouth) 103 words
    2. Executive Agencies 131 words
    3. Departmental Contracts 186 words
    4. Bovine Somatotropin 334 words
    5. Genetically Modified Maize 57 words
    6. Rabies 59 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Eye Tests 211 words
    2. Consultant Vacancies 1,009 words
    3. Blood (CJD) 189 words
    4. Committee on Safety of Medicines 711 words
    5. Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals Trust 56 words
    6. Cancelled Operations 37 words
    7. NHS Facilities (Repair and Maintenance Backlog) 58 words
    8. NHS Finances 46 words
    9. Milk Tokens and Vitamin Supplements 104 words
    10. Congenital Rubella Syndrome 162 words
    11. Accident and Emergency Services (London) 123 words
    12. Broadmoor Hospital 310 words
    13. Special Hospitals 90 words
  18. SCOTLAND
    1. Minimum Age Requirements 35 words
    2. Locate In Scotland 85 words
    3. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary 92 words
    4. Prison Construction 167 words
    5. Offenders (Release) 204 words
    6. Prison Population 139 words
    7. Young Offenders 91 words
    8. Sex Offenders 62 words
    9. Food Poisoning 228 words
    10. Farmed Salmon 72 words
    11. Lockerbie 182 words
  19. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Pensioner Incomes 238 words
    2. Claimants (Exempt Work) 77 words
    3. Retirement Incomes 92 words
    4. Home Responsibilities Protection 214 words
    5. Benefit Claimants (Earnings) 136 words
    6. Hazardous Materials (Departmental Buildings) 134 words
    7. Housing Benefit 659 words
    8. Child Care Disregard 194 words
    9. Benefits Agency 230 words
    10. Family Credit 77 words
    11. Disability Benefits 226 words
    12. Claim Processing Costs 345 words
    13. Camborne Benefits Agency Office 195 words

Lords Sitting of 3 March 1997

  1. Latin America: London Conference 1,266 words
  2. Treaty of Rome: Taxation Provisions 1,437 words
  3. Railways: North Wales Coast Line 1,835 words
  4. Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Bill 14 words
  5. Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill 12 words
  6. Road Traffic Reduction Bill 12 words
  7. Architects Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  8. Lieutenancies Bill [H.L.] 253 words
  9. Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Bill [H.L.] 11 words
  10. Justices of the Peace Bill [H.L.] 66 words
  11. Pharmacists (Fitness to Practise) Bill 67 words
  12. Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Bill 6 words
  13. Education Bill 34,260 words, 1 division
  14. Design 8,273 words
  15. Education Bill 54,131 words, 1 division
  16. British Nationality (Hong Kong) Bill [H.L.] 23 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 March 1997

  1. Pollution Inspectorate: Research Budget 140 words
  2. Offending by Children: Green Paper 35 words
  3. Telecommunications Interception: Memorandum of Understanding with EU 229 words
  4. Single Currency: Publicity Exercise 136 words
  5. Northern Ireland: Training and Employment Schemes 254 words
  6. Family Law: Advisory Board 158 words
  7. Hedgerows 109 words
  8. ADAS: Salt 166 words
  9. Breast Feeding, Glasgow 276 words
  10. NATO: Minister's Kiev Speech 308 words
  11. Information Warfare 100 words
  12. The Constitution: Ministerial Responsibility 49 words
  13. Armed Forces: Medical Officers 418 words