19 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 19 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Kyoto Summit 11,398 words
    2. Oxford and Cambridge College Fees 12,473 words
    3. European Regional Aid 4,022 words
    4. Storage Tanks (Petrol Leakage) 3,690 words
    5. Kenya (Human Rights) 4,345 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER 4 words
      1. Freedom of Information 785 words
      2. Departmental Appointments 451 words
      3. Better Government Programme 525 words
      4. Non-departmental Public Bodies (Women) 359 words
      5. Charter Objectives 326 words
      6. Quangos 472 words
      7. Open Government 262 words
      8. Non-departmental Public Bodies 498 words
      9. Freedom of Information 347 words
      10. Special Advisers 219 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER
      1. Engagements 2,969 words
      2. Official Visit 773 words
      3. Solar Energy 270 words
      4. Waiting Lists 344 words
  4. Utting Report 6,446 words
  5. Points of Order 1,593 words
  6. Lead in Paint (Health and Safety) 1,327 words
    1. LEAD IN PAINT (HEALTH AND SAFETY) 108 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill 31 words
      1. Clause 1
        1. REFERENDUM 43,763 words, 2 divisions
    2. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 34 words
      1. NORTHERN IRELAND 19 words
      2. NORTHERN IRELAND 25 words
    3. Illegal Drugs 3,618 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 November 1997

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. China 119 words
    2. World Bank Group 205 words
    3. Afghanistan 208 words
    4. East Timor 156 words
    5. Somalia 88 words
    6. Vietnam 77 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Millennium Dome 238 words
    2. Opera and Ballet (London) 117 words
    3. Television Licences (Blind People) 164 words
    4. Radio Rights 107 words
    5. Sports Coverage 73 words
    6. Pay Television 77 words
  3. SCOTLAND
    1. Health Service (Consultant Posts) 969 words
    2. Water Quality 321 words
    3. Kent Report 186 words
  4. HEALTH
    1. Finished Consultant Episodes 74 words
  5. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Rural Employment 216 words
    2. Higher Education (Student Complaints) 128 words
    3. Higher Education (Staff Contracts) 76 words
    4. Youth Council 356 words
    5. Positive Discrimination 76 words
  6. WALES
    1. Welsh Assembly 402 words
    2. Quarries (Planning Permission) 31 words
    3. Training and Enterprise Councils 401 words
    4. Press Releases 77 words
    5. Cycleways 62 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Monetary Union 30 words
    2. Gas Appliances 154 words
    3. Fireworks 155 words
    4. Action 2000 268 words
    5. Funeral Industry 509 words
    6. Health Service (Bereavement and Mortuary Services) 93 words
    7. Inward Investment 678 words
    8. Trade Union Membership 103 words
  8. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Weald and Downland Roads Project 108 words
    2. Climate Change 89 words
    3. Pedestrian Fatalities 218 words
    4. Telecommunications Developments 383 words
    5. Car Airbag Systems 321 words
    6. Severn Bridge Tolls 125 words
    7. Planning Applications 145 words
    8. Water 157 words
    9. Fly Tipping 225 words
    10. EU Environment Council 266 words
    11. Energy Saving Trust 190 words
    12. Household Growth Green Paper 74 words
    13. Wheelchairs 235 words
    14. Press Releases 130 words
    15. Air Quality 345 words
    16. Local Government Finance 78 words
    17. Landfill Sites 523 words
    18. Mesothelioma and Asbestosis 2,598 words
  9. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Strangford-Portaferry Ferry Service 229 words
    2. Roads Schemes 1,204 words
    3. Gas Market 72 words
    4. Driving Disqualifications 148 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Deportations 70 words
    2. Animal Boarding Establishments 52 words
    3. Attacks at Work 233 words
    4. Laser Pens 123 words
    5. Police Complaints 120 words
    6. Police Investigations (Perjury) 78 words
    7. Press Releases 81 words
    8. Young Offenders' Institutions 55 words
    9. Young Offenders 49 words
    10. HMYOI Castington 191 words
    11. Prisons (Drug Workers) 178 words
    12. Animal Experiments 176 words
    13. Telephone Tapping 263 words
    14. MI5 209 words
    15. Intelligence Services Act (Warrants) 122 words
    16. Prison Staff (Pensions) 128 words
    17. Prison Service Advisory Board 90 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Iraq 115 words
    2. Departmental Information 76 words
    3. Press Releases 91 words
    4. Structural and Cohesion Funds 134 words
    5. Amsterdam Treaty (Non-discrimination Legislation) 191 words
    6. Algeria 133 words
    7. Gibraltar 71 words
    8. Turkey (EU Membership) 59 words
  12. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Public Transport 59 words
    2. Engagements 51 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Housing Benefit 1,422 words
    2. Student Loans 87 words
    3. Jobseeker's Allowance 83 words
    4. Income Support (Disabled Claimants) 214 words
  14. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Justices of the Peace 56 words
    2. Conditional Fees 78 words
    3. Traditional Dress 60 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Gulf War Syndrome 64 words
    2. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 84 words
    3. Service Personnel (Exposure to Radiation) 93 words
    4. Exhibitions (China) 87 words
    5. Communications Cables 79 words
    6. Animal Experiments 502 words
    7. E-mail 118 words
  16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Beef Industry 97 words
    2. Agri-environment Schemes 161 words
    3. Departmental Information 77 words
    4. Farming 114 words
  17. TREASURY
    1. Charities 82 words
    2. Tobacco Smuggling 86 words
    3. European Space Vehicles 137 words
    4. Asbestosis 1,132 words
    5. VAT Agreement 94 words
    6. VAT (Cereal Bars) 87 words
    7. Harmful Tax Competition 176 words
    8. Insurance Premium Tax 96 words
    9. Unemployment 345 words
    10. Dorneywood 48 words
  18. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Experience 42 words
  19. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Civil Service (Disability) 152 words
    2. Civil Service 197 words
    3. Charter Mark Standards 88 words
    4. Special Advisers 134 words
    5. Government Information Officers 72 words
    6. Better Government Programme 92 words
    7. Citizens Charter 137 words
    8. Public Bodies 208 words
    9. Food Standards Agency 54 words
    10. Freedom of Information 70 words
    11. Access Business Initiative 85 words
    12. Technology 289 words
    13. Public Services 86 words
    14. Civil Service Budget 92 words
    15. Civil Service and Quango Jobs 273 words
    16. COI Web Site 54 words
    17. Civil Service Employees (Scotland) 85 words
    18. Public Service Delivery (Consultation) 91 words
    19. Overseas Travel 244 words

Lords Sitting of 19 November 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Lord Smith of Clifton 35 words
  3. Lord Watson of Invergowrie 35 words
  4. Lord Thomas of Macclesfield 35 words
  5. Higher Education Tuition Fees 1,377 words
  6. Rail Services: Government Objectives 957 words
  7. Charity Cases and the Attorney-General: Costs 601 words
  8. BSE: Statistics 799 words
  9. Business 39 words
  10. Constitutional Change: Cross-party Co-operation 7,228 words
  11. The Utting Report 5,670 words
  12. Constitutional Change: Cross-party Co-operation 14,115 words
  13. Organ Donation 4,144 words
  14. 7.1 p.m. 7,919 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 19 November 1997

  1. Immigration Rules: New Concession 135 words
  2. Albert Memorial Exhibition Centre 69 words
  3. Channel 5 Obligations: Retuning of Videos 239 words
  4. Fish: Landing Sizes 188 words
  5. Common Fisheries Policy: EU Decision 115 words
  6. Glasgow to Ayr Road Link 69 words
  7. Tolls on Scottish Bridges 172 words
  8. Scottish Parliament: Voting Procedures 77 words
  9. Scottish Parliament: Standing Orders 180 words
  10. Child Protection in Scotland 144 words
  11. Water Quality Survey of Scotland 599 words
  12. Single Vehicle Approval Test 651 words
  13. London Cycle Network 124 words
  14. Lord Chancellor's Residence: Refurbishment 284 words