24 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 24 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HOME DEPARTMENT 6 words
      1. Asylum Seekers 546 words
      2. Electoral Registration System 379 words
      3. Sentencing (Consistency) 993 words
      4. Drug-related Crime 928 words
      5. Mr. Lakhinder Reel 320 words
      6. Police Officers (Beat Patrol Duties) 1,033 words
      7. Crime Victims (Support) 813 words
      8. Travellers 726 words
      9. Human Rights 695 words
      10. Criminal Justice System 336 words
      11. Crime (Young People) 994 words
      12. Closed Circuit Television 402 words
      13. Racially Motivated Crime 324 words
  4. Jobs Summit 6,830 words
  5. British Board of Film Classification 426 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill 244 words
  7. Clause 1
    1. REFERENDUM 15,061 words, 2 divisions
  8. Schedule
    1. FORM OF BALLOT PAPER 5,736 words, 1 division
  9. Clause 2
    1. ENTITLEMENT TO VOTE 4,618 words
  10. Clause 3
    1. COUNTING OFFICERS 5,023 words, 1 division
  11. Clause 4
    1. REFERENDUM SUPPLEMENTARY 4,399 words
  12. Clause 6
    1. EXCLUSION OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS 2,504 words
  13. Clause 7
    1. FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION 14,643 words, 2 divisions
  14. Clause 9
    1. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT 515 words
  15. Clause 11
    1. PAYMENTS BY SECRETARY OF STATE TO COMMISSION 230 words
  16. Clause 12
    1. EXPENDITURE 170 words
  17. Clause 13
    1. SHORT TITLE 287 words
  18. PETITION
    1. Harold Wood Hospital 145 words
    2. Residential Boat Owners (London) 3,259 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 November 1997

  1. TREASURY
    1. Tax Avoidance Schemes 32 words
    2. Economic and Monetary Union 349 words
    3. Tax and Benefits Task Force 64 words
    4. Public Appointments 100 words
    5. Wealth Tax 107 words
    6. Exchange Rates 493 words
    7. Airbus 65 words
    8. National Asset Register 430 words
  2. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Press Releases 83 words
    2. Departmental Information 411 words
    3. Child Care 95 words
  3. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Student Loans 214 words
    2. Student Fees 99 words
    3. Teachers (Advanced Skilled Status) 91 words
    4. University Admissions (Oxford and Cambridge) 230 words
    5. University Funding 88 words
    6. Age Discrimination 104 words
    7. Student Maintenance Grant 334 words
    8. LEA Funding 414 words
    9. Lancaster Adult College 114 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Local Government (South-East England) 84 words
    2. Rural England White Paper 135 words
    3. Biocidal Products Directive 268 words
    4. Coastguards 158 words
    5. Local Authority Spending 83 words
    6. Bus Lanes 260 words
    7. Social Housing 128 words
    8. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 86 words
    9. Lord Sainsbury 91 words
    10. Local Government Finance 174 words
    11. Tourist Coaches (London) 85 words
    12. Acid Rain 265 words
    13. English Partnerships (Allocation of Funds) 482 words
    14. Fishing Vessels (Safety) 260 words
    15. CITES 99 words
    16. Schools (Safe Routes) 56 words
    17. EU Structural Funds 136 words
    18. South Downs 176 words
    19. Genetically Modified Organisms 112 words
    20. Driving and Diabetes 192 words
    21. EU Committee of the Regions 150 words
    22. London Government 157 words
    23. Office Space 81 words
    24. Thames 2000 667 words
    25. Green Belt (Carrington Moss) 53 words
    26. Housing Corporation 282 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Small Claims 325 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Arson Attacks 382 words
    2. Overseas Travel 234 words
    3. Joint Framework Document 159 words
    4. Policing 55 words
  7. WALES
    1. NHS 225 words
    2. A340–600 Aircraft 44 words
    3. Student Funding 142 words
  8. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Lake Windermere Speed Limit 514 words
    2. Overseas Travel 85 words
    3. E-mail 121 words
    4. Press Releases 85 words
    5. National Lottery 1,169 words
    6. Tourism 57 words
    7. Heritage Lottery Fund 296 words
    8. Visitor Numbers 252 words
  9. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Experience 308 words
  10. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. E-mail 258 words
    2. Web Sites 130 words
  11. DEFENCE
    1. Departmental Information 94 words
    2. Defence Evaluation and Research Agency 222 words
    3. Public Appointments 111 words
    4. Cadet Forces 469 words
    5. Officers (Education) 113 words
    6. RAF Menwith Hill 199 words
    7. Service Women 63 words
    8. Amsterdam Treaty 49 words
    9. Fox Hunting 141 words
    10. Officer Training Corps 295 words
    11. Land (Military Training) 92 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Official Hospitality 194 words
    2. Overseas Travel 180 words
    3. Publicity and Advertising 201 words
    4. Quota-hopping 47 words
    5. Schengen Agreement 313 words
    6. Gibraltar 102 words
    7. Qualified Majority Voting 74 words
    8. Organisation of African Unity 79 words
    9. El Salvador 140 words
    10. Nuclear Weapons 147 words
    11. Congo 86 words
    12. Ottawa Treaty 48 words
    13. Amsterdam Treaty 107 words
    14. Electronic Communications 75 words
    15. Africa (Great Lakes Region) 196 words
    16. Intelligence and Security Committee (Drug Trafficking) 70 words
    17. Economic and Monetary Union 112 words
    18. War Crimes 72 words
    19. Intergovernmental Conference 76 words
    20. European Union (Co-operation) 106 words
    21. European Union (Enlargement) 180 words
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 63 words
    23. European Union (International Agreements) 94 words
    24. Euro-Mediterranean Process 128 words
    25. Amsterdam Treaty (Foreign Policy) 357 words
    26. Fontainebleau Rebate 119 words
    27. Amsterdam Treaty (Social Charter) 91 words
    28. European Union (Common Concern Principle) 114 words
  13. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Political Donations 229 words
    2. Tobacco Sponsorship 35 words
    3. Planning Policy (Supermarkets) 151 words
    4. Lord Sainsbury 31 words
    5. Iraq 137 words
    6. Departmental Reviews 321 words
    7. Diana, Princess of Wales 74 words
    8. Ministerial Task Force on Child Care 84 words
    9. Carrington Moss (Planning Application) 142 words
    10. UK Parliamentary Delegation 53 words
    11. Mr. Jonathan Powell 72 words
    12. Official Meetings 84 words
    13. Anglo-French Summit 88 words
    14. British Film Industry 46 words
  14. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Bicycle Allowance 89 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Radioactive Waste 346 words
    2. Quarantine Reform 576 words
    3. Flood Warnings (Somerset) 102 words
    4. Bruton Flood Detention Dam 157 words
    5. Regional Panels 39 words
  16. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Biotechnological Invention 484 words
    2. Patents (Biological Materials) 102 words
    3. Publicity and Advertising 1,043 words
    4. Competition Bill 92 words
    5. Export Licences 334 words
    6. Fossil Fuel Levy 310 words
    7. Business Opportunities 122 words
    8. Electrical Retailing 310 words
    9. Recommended Retail Prices 129 words
    10. Departmental Announcements 114 words
    11. Stena and P&O Merger 204 words
    12. Plutonium 138 words
    13. Coal Supplies 119 words
    14. Low Pay Commission 51 words
    15. BP Power Station 109 words
    16. Written Questions 58 words
    17. Fax and Telephone Installation Costs 29 words
  17. SCOTLAND
    1. Departmental Information 65 words
    2. Press Releases 103 words
    3. Student Funding 581 words
    4. Tuition Fees 131 words
    5. Quangos 347 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Abortion 114 words
    2. NHS Dentists Register 128 words
    3. Fluoridation 163 words
    4. Tobacco Sponsorship 241 words
    5. General Practitioners (Correspondence) 100 words
    6. Trauma Centres 101 words
    7. Nursing and Residential Homes 145 words
    8. Cancer 184 words
    9. Hospitals (Performance Indicators) 128 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists 448 words
    11. NHS Bureaucracy 233 words
    12. NHS Contracts 84 words
    13. Clinical Depression 266 words
    14. GP Fundholding 198 words
    15. Hospital Waiting Lists (Essex) 161 words
    16. Minister for Public Health 140 words
    17. Funding Formula 74 words
    18. Bed Blocking 119 words
    19. NHS Trusts (Finances) 238 words
  19. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Criminal Anti-social Behaviour 85 words
    2. Juveniles 127 words
    3. Parole 142 words
    4. Victim Support 68 words
    5. Criminal Justice System (Delays) 90 words
    6. Prison Officers 63 words
    7. Metropolitan Police Recruitment 52 words
    8. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 104 words
    9. Police (Resources) 84 words
    10. Members of Parliament (Bribery) 112 words
    11. European Elections (Electoral Arrangements) 56 words
    12. Restorative Justice 47 words
    13. Restraint Methods 105 words
    14. Young Offenders (Parents) 129 words
    15. Prison and Probation Services 96 words
    16. Anti-social Neighbours 78 words
    17. Alcopops 97 words
    18. Sex Offenders 131 words
    19. Human Rights 82 words
    20. Drugs and Crime 203 words
    21. Youth Crime 96 words
    22. Prison Service 172 words
    23. Police Officers 77 words
    24. Bus Lanes 435 words
    25. Departmental Reviews 235 words
    26. Huntingdon Life Sciences (Dog Breeding) 151 words
    27. Illegal Entrants 115 words
    28. Breath Testing 121 words
    29. Electronic Tagging 222 words
    30. Asylum Seekers 86 words
    31. WPC Fletcher 83 words
    32. Telecommunications (Interception) 66 words
    33. Private Security Industry 72 words
    34. Right to Silence 116 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support Agency 408 words
    2. Official Hospitality 340 words
    3. Overseas Travel 286 words
    4. Publicity and Advertising 196 words
    5. Benefit Recipients (Income Tax) 243 words
    6. Health Action Zones 74 words
    7. Lone Parents 84 words
    8. Housing Benefit 242 words
  21. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Overseas Travel 220 words
    2. World Bank 252 words
    3. El Salvador 149 words
    4. Iraq 127 words
    5. Aid and Trade Provision 348 words
    6. Commonwealth Development Corporation 50 words
    7. Zimbabwe and Zambia 247 words
    8. Somalia 83 words

Lords Sitting of 24 November 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Baroness Young of Old Scone 35 words
  3. Lord Hattersley 39 words
  4. Lord Ryder of Wensum 37 words
  5. European Monetary Union: Pension Funds 1,162 words
  6. Vitamin B6 1,007 words
  7. Prisoners: Suicides 1,133 words
  8. Ferry Passengers: UK Entry Procedure 633 words
  9. Business 38 words