10 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 10 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
      1. Millennium Projects 490 words
      2. Tourism (Minimum Wage) 915 words
      3. Museums (Minimum Wage) 605 words
      4. Television Licence 456 words
      5. Athletics 402 words
      6. Children's Radio 304 words
      7. Sport (Disabled People) 321 words
      8. Radio Licences 275 words
      9. Tourism (Welfare-to-Work Programme) 148 words
      10. National Lottery 974 words
      11. Sport (Television Coverage) 285 words
    2. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE) 4 words
      1. Transport Infrastructure 845 words
    3. LORD CHANCELLOR 5 words
      1. Morley Magistrates Court 307 words
      2. Immigration Adjudicators 322 words
      3. Legal Aid 776 words
      4. Magistrates Courts 473 words
      5. Accommodation (Palace of Westminster) 385 words
  4. Iraq 3,675 words
  5. Points of Order 798 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill 49,430 words, 1 division
    2. GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY (REFERENDUM) BILL [MONEY] 230 words
    3. House of Commons Members' Fund 3,206 words
    4. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE 11 words
      1. ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT COMMITTEE 279 words
    5. Court Closures (Essex) 3,449 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 November 1997

  1. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Yemen 53 words
    2. Former Prime Ministers (Private Offices) 153 words
    3. European Council 85 words
    4. Focus Groups 71 words
    5. Correspondence 53 words
  2. TREASURY
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 64 words
    2. Government Expenditure 293 words
    3. Income Tax 99 words
    4. Public Expenditure 54 words
  3. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Visas (Correspondence) 86 words
    2. Iraq 133 words
    3. Bananas 392 words
    4. EU Presidency 148 words
    5. Kenya 73 words
    6. Chechnya 149 words
    7. Algeria 114 words
    8. European Courts 132 words
    9. Bosnia 56 words
    10. GCHQ 112 words
    11. International Criminal Court 125 words
    12. Refugees and Asylum Seekers 102 words
    13. EU Legislation (Gibraltar) 152 words
    14. EU (Police and Judiciary) 115 words
    15. EU Territory 42 words
    16. EU Commissioners 116 words
    17. Amsterdam Treaty (Visas) 190 words
    18. BBC World 181 words
  4. WALES
    1. Bathing Beaches 77 words
    2. Health Care Providers 134 words
  5. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Charles Haughey 109 words
    2. Environmental Protection Agency 73 words
    3. Electricity Prices 206 words
    4. Stormont 60 words
    5. Telecommunication Masts 68 words
    6. Delegated Legislation 61 words
    7. Cattle 346 words
    8. Monitor Consultancy 63 words
    9. Beef Cattle 64 words
    10. Mr. Andy Wood 169 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Student Awards Agency 785 words
    2. EU Students (Tuition Fees) 146 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Animal Welfare 395 words
    2. Common Agricultural Policy 86 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Human Rights 54 words
    2. Mail Services 345 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Hawk Aircraft (Indonesia) 90 words
    2. Delegated Legislation 83 words
    3. Correspondence 105 words
    4. India 52 words
    5. Cabinet 2000 116 words
    6. Holocaust (Confiscated Funds) 120 words
    7. River Wear (Quays) 79 words
    8. Tax Advice 67 words
    9. Lookalike Products 68 words
    10. Cable Television (West Midlands) 271 words
    11. Mr. Roger Levitt 278 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Radio Stations (West Midlands) 82 words
    2. National Lottery 431 words
    3. Eastern Arts Board 90 words
    4. Industrial Heritage 65 words
    5. UEFA Cup 74 words
    6. Film Industry 87 words
    7. Jazz 86 words
    8. Millennium Projects 74 words
    9. Operetta 76 words
    10. Arts (Accessibility) 112 words
    11. World Cup 95 words
    12. British Academy of Sport 79 words
  11. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Irish Republic (British Subjects) 108 words
    2. Surveillance Systems 138 words
    3. Immigration 638 words
    4. Prisoners 1,483 words
    5. Hampshire Police Authority 235 words
    6. CS Spray 309 words
    7. Deaths in Police Custody 66 words
    8. Elections (European Parliament) 66 words
    9. Remand Prisoners 443 words
    10. Mr. Ronnie Clark 110 words
    11. Prison Medical Staff 185 words
    12. Danny McNamee 111 words
    13. Special Secure Units 124 words
    14. Prisons (Drug Misuse) 135 words
    15. Life Sentences 120 words
    16. Human Rights 156 words
    17. Asylum Seekers 1,358 words
    18. Freemasonry (Police and Judiciary) 79 words
    19. Firearms 166 words
    20. "The Mail on Sunday" 79 words
    21. Proposed Prisons 89 words
    22. House of Lords Judgments 2,158 words
    23. Prison Service Management and Organisation 761 words
  12. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration Appeals 64 words
    2. Secret Societies 89 words
    3. Legal Aid 880 words
    4. Civil Cases (Conditional Fees) 56 words
    5. Statute of Limitations 104 words
    6. Criminal Injuries Compensation 112 words
    7. Delegated Legislation 62 words
    8. Magistrates Courts 269 words
    9. Conditional Fees 89 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Winter Mortality Rates 256 words
    2. Mental Health (Extra-contractual Referrals) 90 words
    3. Dental Services 363 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 508 words
    5. National Blood Service 107 words
    6. Social Services (Winter Funding) 188 words
    7. National Care Council 70 words
    8. Hospital and Community Health Services 169 words
    9. Adhesive Arachnoiditis 63 words
    10. NHS Pay Awards 86 words
    11. Nottingham Health Authority 232 words
    12. Mentally Ill Patients 147 words
    13. Refugees and Asylum Seekers 121 words
    14. Basildon and Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 608 words
    15. NHS Funding 294 words
    16. Suicides 146 words
    17. Monitor Consultancy 388 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Train Passengers 609 words
  15. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Pollution (South-East Asia) 126 words
    2. UNESCO 60 words
    3. Delegated Legislation 63 words
    4. Windward Islands 76 words
    5. Montserrat 107 words
  16. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. E-Mail 82 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Employment 407 words
    2. Welfare to Work 244 words
    3. Delegated Legislation 238 words
    4. Discretionary Grants 54 words
    5. Student Loans 92 words
    6. Home Education 71 words
    7. School Places 109 words
    8. University Applications 140 words
    9. Overseas Students 218 words
    10. Higher Education Grants 116 words
    11. Grammar Schools 185 words
    12. Teachers 372 words
    13. Tennis 91 words
    14. Monitor Consultancy 73 words
    15. University Students 314 words
    16. Oxford, Cambridge and Durham Colleges 313 words
    17. Undergraduates (Private School Background) 86 words
    18. Grant-maintained Schools 96 words
  18. DEFENCE
    1. Racism 533 words
    2. UFOs 116 words
    3. RAF Menwith Hill 60 words
    4. Trident 134 words
    5. Hunting 118 words
  19. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Dome 256 words
    2. Ministerial Visits 128 words
    3. Media Reporting 63 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Welfare-to-Work Programme 198 words
    2. Mr. Steve Reardon 574 words
    3. Benefits Fraud Inspectorate 215 words
    4. Press Conferences 36 words
    5. National Insurance Contributions 247 words
    6. Appeals Backlog 197 words
    7. Mortgage Interest Payments 72 words
    8. Incapacity Benefit 217 words
    9. Cold Weather Payments 45 words
    10. Supported Housing 348 words

Lords Sitting of 10 November 1997

  1. Preamble 25 words
  2. Baroness Rendell of Babergh 35 words
  3. Lord Montague of Oxford 35 words
  4. Lord Onslow of Woking 39 words
  5. Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Organisation 1,364 words
  6. Local Authority Expenditure: Capping 715 words
  7. Bangladesh: Bihari Refugees 835 words
  8. Jubilee Line Extension 979 words
  9. Business 70 words
  10. Supreme Court (Offices) Bill 12 words
  11. Competition Bill [H.L.] 127 words
  12. British Nationality (St. Helena) Bill [H.L.] 67 words
  13. International Development 6,716 words
  14. Iraq 2,598 words
  15. International Development 26,355 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 10 November 1997

  1. Montserrat 220 words
  2. Bosnia: US Train and Equip Programme 114 words
  3. Pocklington Canal 88 words
  4. PLA Pilotage Direction No. 5 322 words
  5. Mine Closure Areas: Economic Support 312 words
  6. Benefits Agency: Performance Related Pay 33 words
  7. Mine Safety 79 words
  8. Hammersmith Bridge: Traffic Data 412 words
  9. All Work Test for Incapacity Benefit 82 words
  10. NHS Trust Board Appointments 104 words
  11. Psychotherapists 125 words
  12. University Funding 88 words
  13. Self-assessment and Farmers' Expenses 56 words
  14. Listed Houses 222 words
  15. Abortion Statistics 152 words
  16. Prison Service: Director General's Review 755 words
  17. R v Secretary of State for the Home 1,390 words
  18. R v Secretary of State for the Home 975 words
  19. Turkish Nationals: Asylum Application Data 472 words
  20. Wales: Higher Education Funding 81 words