20 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 20 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY 9 words
      1. Export Promotion 878 words
      2. Formula One Racing 479 words
      3. Post Office Network 599 words
      4. Working Time Directive 376 words
      5. Minimum Pay Rates 776 words
      6. Low Pay Commission 608 words
      7. Radio Spectrum 407 words
      8. Private Shareholdings 502 words
      9. Rolls-Royce 578 words
      10. Coal Industry 1,175 words
      11. European Structural Funds 451 words
      12. Competition 889 words
      13. Exporters 168 words
  4. Home Detention Curfew 5,650 words
  5. Business of the House 4,920 words
  6. Public Accounts 27,706 words
  7. Insulin Pen Needles 3,038 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 November 1997

  1. DEFENCE
    1. Burma Railway Memorial 163 words
    2. Correspondence 60 words
    3. Eurofighter 54 words
    4. Gene Science 199 words
    5. Army (Engineer Resources) 337 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Penalty Points 78 words
    2. Poaching 45 words
    3. Rural Crime 450 words
    4. Crime Prevention 142 words
    5. Alcohol Abuse 65 words
    6. Prison Enterprise Services 124 words
    7. Beer Glasses 84 words
    8. Amsterdam Treaty 164 words
    9. Drugs Prevention Initiative 95 words
    10. Animal Experiments 602 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Departmental Information 109 words
    2. Press Releases 77 words
    3. "The Last Governor" 221 words
  4. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Amsterdam Treaty 39 words
  5. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Press Releases 88 words
    2. Government Car Service 198 words
  6. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Farmed Land (Foreign Ownership) 129 words
    2. Family Law 872 words
    3. Courts 336 words
    4. Legal Aid 160 words
  7. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Amsterdam Treaty 133 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. Taxation Changes 539 words
    2. Business Insolvency 122 words
    3. Elderly People (North Norfolk) 305 words
    4. Airport Taxes 159 words
    5. Brewing Industry 22 words
  9. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Television (Sporting Event) 127 words
    2. Tourism 71 words
    3. Museums (Tyne and Wear) 211 words
    4. Listed Buildings (Ecclesiastical Exemption) 231 words
    5. "The BBC and the Future of Broadcasting" 83 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. British Dependent Territories 74 words
    2. Quota Hopping 89 words
    3. EU Border Controls 136 words
    4. EU Enlargement 136 words
    5. Media Relations 55 words
    6. Amsterdam Treaty 94 words
    7. Brazil 150 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Accident Reports 81 words
    2. Local Government Funding 221 words
    3. Montserrat Evacuees 284 words
    4. Amsterdam Treaty 43 words
    5. Gaelic 188 words
  12. WALES
    1. Clydach Hospital 86 words
    2. NHS Bureaucracy and Waste 167 words
    3. Smoking 94 words
    4. Departmental Information 57 words
    5. Student Funding 70 words
    6. Amsterdam Treaty 43 words
    7. Fires 1,057 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Overseas Travel 212 words
    2. E-mail 116 words
    3. Tobacco Sponsorship 525 words
    4. Cabinet Business 101 words
    5. Political Donations 132 words
    6. Anglo-French Summit 132 words
    7. Chequers 143 words
    8. Xenotransplantation 261 words
    9. Prime Minister's Diary 30 words
  14. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 187 words
    2. Union Flag 132 words
    3. Street Lighting (Millisle) 252 words
    4. Prisoner Transfers 111 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Forestry Commission Land 143 words
    2. E-mail 68 words
    3. Beef Imports 472 words
    4. Dairy Farmers 69 words
    5. Bovine Tuberculosis 268 words
    6. BSE 164 words
    7. Fishing Vessels 65 words
    8. Agriculture Council 431 words
    9. Cattle Passport Scheme 383 words
    10. Arable Area Payments Scheme 442 words
    11. Amsterdam Treaty 179 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 311 words
    2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 78 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Competitiveness 211 words
    2. Low Pay Commission 50 words
    3. Agricultural Development Councils 67 words
    4. Scientific Research 112 words
    5. Inward Investment 197 words
    6. Business Support Services 118 words
    7. Minors (Illegal Sales) 102 words
    8. Duty Free Purchases 66 words
    9. Scotland (Departmental Responsibilities) 64 words
    10. Research and Development 149 words
    11. Aerospace Industry 257 words
    12. Scottish Powercards 67 words
    13. Amsterdam Treaty (Social Provisions) 83 words
    14. Competition 60 words
    15. Economic and Monetary Unity 137 words
    16. Information Technology 130 words
    17. Electrical Retailers 104 words
    18. Assisted Areas 56 words
    19. Prostitution 172 words
    20. Small and Specialist Businesses 55 words
    21. Biotechnological Inventions 651 words
    22. European Space Agency 166 words
    23. Surveillance and Listening Equipment 138 words
    24. Ferry Services (Merger) 67 words
    25. Manufacturing Industry 217 words
    26. Political Donations 73 words
  18. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support Agency 897 words
    2. Montserratian Evacuees 317 words
    3. Ministerial Visits 113 words
    4. Disability Benefits 188 words
    5. Correspondence 86 words
    6. Minister for Women 633 words
    7. National Insurance (Actors) 45 words
  19. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Offshore Safety 164 words
    2. Climate Change Convention 80 words
    3. Drivers (Eyesight) 151 words
    4. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 231 words
    5. Lost Shipping (The Gaul) 391 words
    6. Airspace (London) 216 words
    7. Newcastle upon Tyne (Population) 121 words
    8. EU Institutions (Regional Representation) 74 words
    9. Housing (Staffordshire) 311 words
    10. Air Quality 519 words
    11. Single Regeneration Budget (West Midlands) 1,031 words
    12. Contaminated Land 80 words
    13. Euroregions 131 words
    14. Planning Applications 129 words
    15. Pentland Coastguard Station 288 words
    16. Government Homes 902 words
    17. Road Safety (Mobile Phones) 328 words
    18. House Building 130 words
    19. HEALTH
      1. Myelograms 251 words
    20. Ill Health Retirement 824 words
    21. Renal Dialysis (East Lancashire) 155 words
    22. Tobacco-related Illnesses 91 words
    23. National Blood Authority 57 words
    24. Ambulance Service 134 words
    25. CS Gas 114 words
    26. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 148 words
    27. Lariam 201 words
    28. Donated Blood Products 101 words
    29. Special Advisers 48 words
    30. Diabetes 224 words
    31. Heart Disease 380 words
    32. Contraception 252 words
    33. Departmental Information 54 words
    34. Press Releases 84 words
    35. Appendicitis 190 words
    36. Utting Report 34 words
    37. NHS Trusts (Mergers) 197 words
    38. Obesity 308 words
    39. Infertility 92 words
    40. Metered Dose Inhalers 200 words
    41. Private Health Insurance 37 words
    42. Patient Care 102 words
    43. Engagements 104 words
    44. Minister for Public Health 44 words
    45. Junior Doctors (Hours) 450 words
    46. Hospital Waiting Lists 138 words
    47. Health Care (Geographical Discrepancies) 64 words
    48. Health Authorities and Trusts (Expenditure) 144 words
    49. Emergency Admissions and Elective Surgery 168 words
    50. Official Hospitality 230 words

Lords Sitting of 20 November 1997

  1. Preamble 21 words
  2. Great Lakes Region, Africa 1,274 words
  3. Prescription Charges 481 words
  4. EU Member States and the European Commission 1,275 words
  5. Museums and Galleries: Entry Charges 1,263 words
  6. Business of the House: Question Time 356 words
  7. Business 38 words
  8. Electronic Monitoring of Offenders 5,603 words
  9. Financial Services Act 1986 (Extension of Scope of Act) Order 1997 1,826 words
  10. Shops (Sunday Trading &c.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 5,737 words
  11. Waste and Contaminated Land (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
  12. Industrial Pollution Control (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 6,503 words
  13. Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Bill [H.L.] 14,571 words
  14. Terminally Ill Patients 12,985 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 November 1997

  1. Interest Rate Increases 140 words
  2. National Museums: VAT Payments 91 words
  3. Cold Weather Payments 283 words
  4. Drugs Prevention Initiative: Annual Report 94 words
  5. War Crimes: Prosecutions in British Courts 175 words
  6. Army Engineer Resources 342 words
  7. Baltic Defence College 115 words
  8. Scotland: Religious Education in Non-denominational Schools 92 words
  9. Fish Catches: Discarding 221 words
  10. Common Fisheries Policy: Reform 82 words
  11. Company Takeovers: Directive 128 words
  12. Guinness plc: Costs of Inspectors' Report 110 words
  13. Guinness plc: Inspectors' Brief 156 words
  14. Feral Pigeons and Meningitis 165 words
  15. Local Authority Secure Accommodation 261 words
  16. Mobile Telephones: Use While Driving 289 words
  17. Housing: Redevelopment of Previously Developed Land 122 words
  18. Empty Government-owned Homes 876 words