18 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 18 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS 6 words
      1. Housing 648 words
      2. Regional Development Agencies 718 words
      3. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 672 words
      4. Businesses 799 words
      5. Local Government Finance 1,034 words
      6. Advance Corporation Tax 327 words
      7. Opencast Mining 239 words
      8. London Underground 655 words
      9. Trunk Roads 485 words
      10. Road Transport 646 words
      11. Rail Engines 719 words
      12. Concessionary Travel 369 words
      13. Rail Regulation 434 words
  4. Egypt (British Citizens) 3,159 words
  5. Personal Pensions (Mis-selling) 4,277 words
  6. Formula One 400 words
  7. National Health Service (Equity of Funding) 1,184 words
  8. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (EQUITY OF FUNDING) 60 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Bill 27,731 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL [MONEY] 64 words
  11. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
    1. HOUSING (SCOTLAND) 21 words
    2. VALUE ADDED TAX 33 words
    3. FINANCIAL SERVICES 35 words
    4. SUMMER TIME 31 words
    5. MERCHANT SHIPPING 24 words
    6. PUBLIC HEALTH 256 words
    7. NHS (North Essex) 10,551 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 November 1997

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Kenya 336 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Compliance Cost Assessments 125 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Film Industry 198 words
    2. National Lottery 100 words
    3. Tourism (Crown Scheme) 140 words
    4. Academy of Sport 148 words
    5. Dance and Drama 113 words
  4. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Experience 90 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Cleared-up Crime (Definition) 446 words
    2. Animal Experiments 345 words
    3. Police Forces (Finances) 1,426 words
    4. Crime (Conviction and Clear-up Rates) 98 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 138 words
    6. Police Complaints 105 words
    7. Intrusive Surveillance 100 words
    8. Interception of Communications 876 words
    9. M15 300 words
    10. Scottish Devolution 129 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. India 160 words
    2. Export Promotion 120 words
    3. Human Rights 257 words
    4. Indonesia 134 words
    5. MI6 85 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Overseas Travel 698 words
    2. Locate in Scotland 76 words
    3. Critical Illness Insurance 80 words
    4. Patents (Genes) 278 words
    5. Post Office 129 words
    6. Inward Investment 166 words
    7. Press Releases 70 words
    8. Discrimination 129 words
    9. Competition Bill 68 words
    10. BT Entertainment Services 76 words
    11. Body Piercing 122 words
  8. WALES
    1. E-mail 98 words
    2. Welsh Economy 54 words
  9. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 72 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Students 110 words
    2. Springvale University 105 words
    3. Jury Trials 104 words
    4. May 1974 Bomb Attacks 73 words
    5. International Decommissioning Commission 84 words
    6. Victims of Violence 130 words
  11. TREASURY
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 117 words
    2. Contingency Reserve 130 words
    3. Dividends (Tax Credits) 93 words
    4. Pension Funds 79 words
    5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 215 words
    6. EU Customs Information Convention 222 words
    7. Official Hospitality 250 words
    8. Overseas Travel 271 words
    9. Publicity and Advertising 431 words
    10. CAP (Fontainebleau Rebate) 119 words
    11. Dorneywood 85 words
  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Public Appointments 126 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Hill Farmers 197 words
    2. Soil Survey Data 86 words
    3. Soil Protection 89 words
    4. Live Animal Exports 238 words
    5. Climate Change 195 words
    6. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 157 words
    7. Farmers (Hunting) 63 words
    8. Agriculture Tenancies Act 1995 113 words
    9. Farmers (Surveys) 303 words
    10. Organic Farming 73 words
    11. Slaughter 97 words
    12. Cloning 143 words
    13. Animal Feed Contents Labels 61 words
    14. Radioactive Waste 266 words
    15. Ostriches 117 words
    16. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
      1. Homes (Brown-field Sites) 109 words
    17. Rough Sleepers Initiative 100 words
    18. Planning Applications 76 words
    19. Flood Defence 58 words
    20. Climate Change Conference 464 words
    21. Regional Government 133 words
    22. Homes (Developed Land) 76 words
    23. National Parks 88 words
    24. Local Authorities (Best Value Pilot Schemes) 148 words
    25. Regional Development Agencies 108 words
    26. Revenue Support Grant 157 words
    27. Green Belt 44 words
    28. Planning Authorities 176 words
    29. Business Rates 95 words
    30. Petrol Leaks 242 words
    31. Local Authorities 85 words
    32. Road Schemes 76 words
    33. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 52 words
    34. Airports and Aviation 73 words
    35. Rural Railway Stations 76 words
    36. Thames Crossing 81 words
    37. Fishing Vessels (Safety) 85 words
    38. Eurofreight Terminal 45 words
    39. Driving Tests 97 words
    40. London Underground (Acton) 108 words
    41. Civil Aviation Authority 66 words
    42. Road Congestion 66 words
    43. Transport Policy 74 words
    44. Railway Investment 54 words
    45. British Rail (Planning Obligations) 118 words
    46. British Hauliers (France) 117 words
    47. Speed Cameras 328 words
    48. Speed Limits 306 words
    49. E-mail 104 words
    50. EU Bathing Water Directive 96 words
    51. Sea Water (Bacteria and Viruses) 157 words
    52. Medium-density Fibreboard 592 words
    53. Subways 48 words
    54. Sewage Treatment 146 words
    55. Bridleways 40 words
    56. Water 107 words
    57. Coastguards 88 words
    58. Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals 124 words
    59. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 140 words
    60. Road Safety Education 346 words
    61. Cyclists (Helmets) 153 words
    62. Compressed Air Powered Vehicles 35 words
    63. Homelessness (Christmas) 172 words
    64. Energy Efficiency 298 words
    65. London Underground (Investment) 88 words
    66. Council Homes 163 words
    67. Deep Water Harbour (Merseyside) 99 words
    68. Schools (Safe Routes) 123 words
    69. Scottish Parliament 131 words
    70. Road Speed Limits 67 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Stakeholder Pensions 44 words
    2. Supported Housing 173 words
    3. Official Engagements 52 words
    4. Asylum Seekers 82 words
    5. "Removing Barriers" 96 words
    6. Cold Weather Payments 111 words
    7. Income Support 41 words
    8. LETS Credits 118 words
    9. Earnings Top-up Claimants 65 words
    10. Family Credit 96 words
    11. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 95 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Higher Education (Borders Region) 200 words
    2. Obstetrics and Gynaecology 83 words
    3. Forestry Commission Sales 1,638 words
    4. Compulsory Competitive Tendering 147 words
    5. Trunk Roads 85 words
    6. Student Fees 237 words
    7. Land Policy 286 words
    8. Scottish Environment Protection Agency 117 words
  16. DEFENCE
    1. Defence Conversion 112 words
    2. Mustard Gas 336 words
    3. Nuclear Materials 147 words
    4. Press Releases 106 words
    5. Courts Martial 334 words
    6. Boarding School Allowance 1,001 words
    7. Chinook Helicopters 772 words
    8. Strategic Review 78 words
    9. Fox Hunting 117 words
    10. HMY Britannia 198 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 158 words
    2. Primary Schools (Class Sizes) 65 words
    3. Universities (Building, Equipment and Collaborative Projects) 167 words
    4. University for Industry 89 words
    5. Electronic Data (Access) 68 words
    6. Dance and Drama 84 words
    7. Training (Fraud) 94 words
    8. Training and Enterprise Councils (Internet) 437 words
    9. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 70 words
    10. Overseas Travel 100 words
    11. Welfare to Work 211 words
    12. Montserrat Evacuees 90 words
    13. Student Support Agency 102 words
    14. Student Funding 120 words
    15. Student Loan Book 69 words
    16. Americans with Disabilities Act 239 words
    17. Higher and Further Education 109 words
    18. School Playing Fields 227 words
    19. GCSE Results 190 words
    20. Smoking 117 words
    21. University Funding 176 words
    22. Child Care 155 words
    23. Social Fund Training Courses 342 words
    24. Disability Discrimination Act 1995 78 words
    25. Student Loans Company 37 words
    26. Employment Service 2,589 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Blood 897 words
    2. Hearing 101 words
    3. Waiting Lists (Sportspeople) 82 words
    4. Incontinence 229 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 479 words
    6. London Strategic Review 61 words
    7. Community Hospitals 114 words
    8. Young People (Assistance) 167 words
    9. Trust and Health Authority Boards 79 words
    10. Publicity and Advertising 296 words

Lords Sitting of 18 November 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Lord Bassam of Brighton 35 words
  3. Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne 43 words
  4. Lord Monro of Langholm 39 words
  5. EU Accession: Minority Protection 1,026 words
  6. Phone Boxes: Unauthorised Display of Numbers 921 words
  7. Beer Imports: Illegal Sales 498 words
  8. Training and Enterprise Councils 1,307 words
  9. Business 41 words
  10. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 8,207 words
  11. Personal Pensions: Mis-selling 4,764 words
  12. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 18,945 words
  13. General Lighthouse Authorities (Beacons: Maritime Differential Correction Systems) Order 1997 1,572 words
  14. Transport and Works (Description of Works Interfering with Navigation) (Amendment) Order 1997 1,220 words
  15. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 15,130 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 November 1997

  1. Tenancy Succession Rights 294 words
  2. Cycling 239 words
  3. A.44: Accident Statistics 129 words
  4. Interest Rates 66 words
  5. Millennium Dome 185 words
  6. Dr. Jawad Hashim: Payments to Counsel 241 words
  7. Tobacco Advertising and Formula One 288 words
  8. Student Loans Company: Annual Report and Accounts 33 words
  9. Pregnant Women and Employment Law 176 words
  10. Excluded Pupils 421 words
  11. Schools' Budget Statements, England 912 words