25 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 25 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS 6 words
      1. Amsterdam Treaty 745 words
      2. Kyoto Conference 589 words
      3. Export Forum 228 words
      4. Information Campaigns 512 words
      5. Japan 808 words
      6. Israeli Prime Minister 594 words
      7. Environmental Objectives 383 words
      8. Republic of Ireland 229 words
      9. Visa Applications (Punjab) 237 words
      10. Export Promotion 705 words
      11. Gibraltar 429 words
      12. Employment Summit 716 words
      13. Social Chapter 200 words
      14. Lockerbie 534 words
      15. Ministerial Visits 263 words
      16. Sri Lanka 150 words
      17. Iraq 525 words
      18. Strategic Defence Review 168 words
      19. European Union 277 words
      20. European Co-operation 218 words
  4. Pre-Budget Statement 13,740 words
  5. NEW MEMBER 13 words
  6. Welsh Assembly 169 words
  7. Reform of Quarantine Regulations 1,238 words
  8. REFORM OF QUARANTINE REGULATIONS 70 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. European Parliamentary Elections Bill 40,854 words, 1 division
    2. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BILL [MONEY] 93 words
    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 29 words
    4. LANDFILL OF WASTE 29 words
    5. TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES: CONTROLS ON CATTLE, SHEEP AND GOATS 52 words
    6. DRAFT BUDGET FOR 1998 56 words
    7. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
    8. NORTHERN IRELAND 43 words
    9. CIVIL AVIATION 30 words
    10. MT Gaul 3,935 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 November 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Manslaughter (Custodial Sentences) 299 words
    2. Prison Service (Medical and Health Care Research) 110 words
    3. Prisons (Disability Officers) 67 words
    4. Police Manpower 372 words
    5. Europol 226 words
    6. Prisons (Private Finance Initiative) 182 words
    7. Laser Pens 79 words
    8. Gaol Sentences 76 words
    9. Departmental Information 64 words
    10. Vehicle Examinations 145 words
    11. Youth Crime 132 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Sports Broadcasting 354 words
    2. Dance and Drama 202 words
    3. New Opportunities Fund 142 words
    4. Blackhill Control Centre 88 words
    5. National Transcommunications Ltd. 164 words
    6. Local Television Channels 98 words
    7. Departmental Information 92 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Mr. Philip Dale 113 words
    2. Manslaughter Sentences 191 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Ministerial Meetings 61 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Hereford By-pass 80 words
    2. Conservation Directive 224 words
    3. Green-belt Land 92 words
    4. Public Appointments 155 words
    5. Railways (Rolling Stock) 74 words
    6. Roads (A65) 72 words
    7. Planning Applications (Supermarkets) 67 words
    8. House Building (Brown-field Sites) 177 words
    9. Rail Network 137 words
    10. Road Accidents 59 words
    11. Bathing Beaches 294 words
    12. Agenda 21 150 words
    13. Coastguard 474 words
    14. Local Government Finance 180 words
    15. Kyoto Conference 140 words
    16. Greater London Authority 410 words
    17. Genetically Modified Organisms 203 words
    18. Driving Licences (GP Reports) 99 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Compliance Costs 81 words
    2. CAP (Fontainebleau Rebate) 107 words
    3. Financial Services Authority 233 words
    4. Landfill Tax 99 words
    5. Newry VAT Registration Unit 231 words
    6. VAT (Passenger Transport) 36 words
    7. Income Tax 177 words
    8. Scientific Research Associations (Taxation) 73 words
    9. Budget Measures (Environmental Impact) 59 words
    10. Indonesia 36 words
    11. European Central Bank 88 words
    12. VAT (Building Conversion) 46 words
    13. Somerset House 325 words
    14. Abortions 292 words
  7. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Citizens Charters 318 words
    2. Special Advisers 99 words
    3. Political Advisers 478 words
  8. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Dome 116 words
  9. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Bar Glasses 95 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Mission Statement 30 words
    2. Nigeria 62 words
    3. Kashmir 99 words
    4. Israeli Prime Minister 118 words
    5. Mr. George Atkinson 68 words
    6. Iraq 78 words
    7. Human Rights 389 words
    8. Common Foreign and Security Policy 81 words
    9. Australia (Native Title) 35 words
    10. Maastricht Treaty 41 words
    11. Export Promotion 66 words
    12. European Union 111 words
    13. China 101 words
    14. Visa Applicants 450 words
    15. Entry Certificate Officers 117 words
    16. Migration and Visa Correspondence Unit 92 words
    17. Treaty of Rome 160 words
    18. Asia-Europe Meeting 74 words
    19. Dalai Lama 38 words
    20. Turkey 48 words
    21. Torture Equipment 84 words
    22. East Timor 224 words
    23. EU Defence Co-operation 120 words
    24. Burma 154 words
    25. Algeria 88 words
    26. Gibraltar 190 words
    27. Military Training Assistance 59 words
    28. Tunisia 43 words
    29. Hong Kong 56 words
    30. Contingency and Operational Procurement Exhibition 73 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Paramilitary Beatings 119 words
    2. Police Station, Coleraine 66 words
    3. Traffic Flows 819 words
    4. Farmers and Farm-workers 168 words
  12. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Remploy 232 words
    2. EU Education Council 259 words
    3. Higher and Further Education (Top-up Fees) 82 words
    4. Education Authority Spending 179 words
    5. Employment Service 444 words
    6. New Deal 795 words
    7. Secondary Schools (Selection Process) 940 words
    8. Grammar Schools (Admissions) 246 words
    9. School Tests (Costs) 172 words
  13. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Bosnia and Herzegovina 69 words
    2. Land Mines 132 words
    3. Technology Foresight 168 words
    4. Sierra Leone 119 words
    5. Official Hospitality 188 words
    6. Former Yugoslavia 105 words
    7. Aid (Human Rights) 241 words
    8. Indonesia 204 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Contingency and Operational Procurement Exhibition 69 words
    2. Gulf War Syndrome 250 words
    3. Commander John Brookes 80 words
    4. Chatham Dockyard 107 words
    5. Battledress 122 words
    6. Stabilisation Force 620 words
    7. Fox Hunting 294 words
    8. Strategic Defence Review 124 words
    9. Porton Down 232 words
    10. UK Hydrographic Office 171 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. European Union 58 words
    2. Road Accident Reports 51 words
    3. Health Expenditure 216 words
  16. WALES
    1. Farm Incomes 66 words
    2. Substance Abuse 171 words
    3. Manslaughter 62 words
    4. Cattle Prices 74 words
    5. Health Expenditure 128 words
    6. Further Education 232 words
    7. Welfare-to-work Programme 152 words
    8. European Union 67 words
    9. Secondary Schools 388 words
    10. Student Funding 186 words
    11. Welsh Assembly 141 words
    12. Ministerial Meetings 178 words
  17. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. EU Research Council 443 words
    2. Renewable Energy 1,190 words
    3. Coal Mining Museum 114 words
    4. Parliamentary Question 51 words
    5. Single Market 110 words
    6. Private Finance Initiative 118 words
    7. Export Credits 130 words
    8. Monitor Consultancy 535 words
    9. Export Licences 661 words
    10. Ministerial Interests 193 words
    11. Coal Industry 88 words
    12. Inward Investment 163 words
    13. Rolls-Royce 100 words
    14. Laser Pens 184 words
    15. EU Patent Directive 308 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. Lariam 94 words
    2. E-mail 184 words
    3. Varicose Veins 206 words
    4. Diet and Cancer 556 words
    5. Medical Negligence Claims 84 words
    6. Health Care (Rural Areas) 71 words
    7. Tobacco Sponsorship 122 words
    8. Community Care (Direct Payments) Act 1996 50 words
    9. Breast Screening 107 words
    10. NHS Trusts (Age Discrimination) 86 words
    11. NHS Trusts (Shropshire) 79 words
    12. Stabilisation Force 89 words
    13. Hospital Waiting Lists 81 words
    14. Hepatitis A Immunisation 92 words
    15. Winter Emergencies 360 words
    16. Blood 52 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Specialist Advisory Committees 63 words
    2. Raw Cows' Milk 213 words
    3. Ministerial Meetings 50 words
    4. Food Standards 77 words
    5. EU Committees 115 words
    6. Cattle Passports 63 words
    7. Animal Slaughter (Religious Methods) 47 words
    8. Dairy Cattle 32 words
    9. Gene-manipulated Foods 92 words
    10. Food Labelling 118 words
    11. Cattle Consumption 95 words
    12. Milk Quotas 79 words
    13. Crop Spraying 262 words
    14. Press Releases 99 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Means-tested Benefits 324 words
    2. Lone Parents (Employment) 230 words
    3. Habitual Residence Test 172 words
    4. Delegated Legislation 60 words
    5. Domestic Violence 328 words
    6. Welfare Reform 91 words
    7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 162 words
    8. Jobseeker's Allowance 51 words
    9. Invalid Care Allowance 194 words
    10. incapacity Benefit 211 words
    11. Industrial Disablement Benefit 1,143 words
    12. Press Releases 76 words
    13. Child Support Agency 536 words
    14. Child Benefit 143 words
    15. Benefits Office (Grays, Essex) 407 words
    16. Welfare to Work 212 words
    17. Income Support 60 words
    18. Poverty Record 96 words
    19. Cold Weather Payments 171 words
    20. State Pensions 223 words
    21. All-work Test 114 words
    22. Lone Parents 284 words
    23. Social Security Bill 54 words
    24. Christmas Bonus 61 words
    25. Private Pension Funds 60 words
    26. Pensions Forums 193 words
    27. Statutory Services 68 words
    28. Disability Living Allowance 50 words
    29. Wisconsin Project 110 words
    30. Pension Review 158 words
    31. Benefit Claims (Backdating) 59 words
    32. Lone Mothers 144 words

Lords Sitting of 25 November 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Lord Bishop of Bradford 29 words
  3. War Veterans 902 words
  4. Student Fees in Scotland 1,415 words
  5. EU: Tax Code of Conduct 1,062 words
  6. Pedestrianisation: Benefits 781 words
  7. Business 39 words
  8. Competition Bill [H.L.] 4,223 words
  9. Pre-Budget Report 10,688 words
  10. Competition Bill [H.L.] 17,681 words
  11. Supreme Court (Offices) Bill 7,299 words
  12. Competition Bill [H.L.] 22,117 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 November 1997

  1. Remploy: Performance Figures 211 words
  2. HIV/AIDS Treatment: Costs 98 words
  3. Gulf War Veterans 196 words
  4. Special Nuclear Materials Flights 161 words
  5. Human Rights Bill: "Public Authority" Definition 150 words
  6. European Convention on Human Rights: "Public Authority" Definition 101 words