26 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 26 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Coastguard Services 11,883 words
    2. Coal Industry 12,115 words
    3. NHS (Cornwall) 4,842 words
    4. County Council Smallholdings 4,356 words
    5. Penninghame Open Prison 3,258 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 6 words
      1. Integrated Schools 381 words
      2. Northern Ireland Forum 457 words
      3. Peace Process 1,478 words
      4. European Funding 611 words
      5. Hospital Waiting Lists 659 words
      6. Health Budget 376 words
      7. Equal Opportunities 229 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
      1. Social Security Fraud 296 words
      2. Engagements 4,204 words
  4. Points of Order 1,028 words
  5. NEW MEMBER 13 words
  6. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. GOVERNMENT OF WALES 103 words
    2. NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE 97 words
    3. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 60 words
    4. Welfare of Pigs 1,167 words
    5. WELFARE OF PIGS 71 words
    6. Orders of the Day
      1. Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill 27,846 words, 1 division
      2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
      3. BlOTECHNOLOGICAL INVENTIONS 78 words
    7. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Bill [Lords] 7 words
      1. Clause 7
        1. APPEALS FROM THE COMMISSION 5,327 words
    8. Plant Varieties Bill 3 words
      1. Clause 6
        1. PROTECTED VARIETY 999 words
      2. Clause 8
        1. GENERAL EXCEPTIONS 177 words
      3. Clause 9
        1. FARM SAVED SEED 1,454 words
      4. Clause 10
        1. EXHAUSTION OF RIGHTS 732 words
      5. Clause 11
        1. DURATION 318 words
        2. New clause 2,503 words
      6. Clause 45
        1. REGULATIONS AND ORDERS 539 words
      7. Clause 48
        1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 491 words
      8. Schedule 1
        1. THE PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS OFFICE 217 words
      9. Schedule 4
        1. REPEALS 85 words
        2. NORTHERN IRELAND GRAND COMMITTEE 80 words
    9. Over-30-months Scheme 5,125 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 November 1997

  1. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Closed Circuit Television 56 words
    2. Amsterdam Treaty 51 words
    3. Youth Crime 125 words
    4. Schengen Agreement 117 words
    5. General Pinochet 82 words
    6. Extradition 103 words
    7. Firearms Compensation Claims 405 words
  2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Fazal-Ur-Rahman 82 words
    2. Police Training 298 words
    3. Imports (Verification of Labelling) 157 words
    4. DNA Tests (Immigration) 112 words
    5. Western Sahara 453 words
    6. Egypt 337 words
    7. Kurds 155 words
    8. Antarctic Treaty 111 words
    9. EU (Immigration and Asylum) 203 words
    10. European Commission (Employees) 120 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Museum Funding 231 words
    2. EU Culture Council 296 words
  4. TREASURY
    1. European Central Bank 115 words
    2. ECOFIN 279 words
    3. Commemorative Coins 151 words
    4. Hauliers (Fuel Fraud) 93 words
  5. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Carry-over of Bills 148 words
    2. Parliamentary Business 341 words
  6. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Western Sahara 158 words
    2. World Bank (Independent Inquiry Committees) 69 words
    3. Overseas Investment Insurance Scheme 102 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 81 words
    2. Widdecombe Rules 127 words
    3. Motor Traders (Pre-sales Inspections) 118 words
    4. Motor Cycles (Deaf Riders) 115 words
    5. Road Users (Disabled People) 60 words
    6. Vehicle Identification Number Plates 92 words
    7. Enterprise Zones 203 words
    8. Environment Agency (Staffing) 93 words
    9. Technology Foresight 301 words
    10. Eurostar 74 words
    11. Household Growth Green Paper 209 words
    12. Kyoto Conference 182 words
    13. Single Person Households 132 words
    14. Dry Stone Walls 94 words
    15. Local Authority Rents 244 words
    16. Valuation Tribunals 507 words
  8. DEFENCE
    1. Overseas Travel 482 words
    2. Cadet Forces 277 words
    3. Land Mines 78 words
    4. Technology Foresight 255 words
    5. MODIX 47 words
    6. HMS Dreadnought 119 words
    7. The Mount, Gibraltar 101 words
    8. Royal Squadron 293 words
    9. Air Space (Military Use) 38 words
    10. RAF (Civilian Servicing Contracts) 142 words
    11. Land Disposal (Gosport) 124 words
    12. Military Personnel (Turkey) 108 words
  9. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Reduced Earnings Allowance 332 words
    2. Benefits (Taxation) 147 words
    3. War Disablement Pension 631 words
    4. Incapacity Benefit 154 words
    5. Welfare and Pensions Green Papers 109 words
    6. Motability 115 words
    7. Former Miners 232 words
    8. Industrial Disablement Benefit 87 words
    9. Maternity Allowance 112 words
    10. Pensions (Overseas Residents) 350 words
    11. Means-tested Benefits (Pensioners) 64 words
    12. Income Support 181 words
    13. Christmas Bonus 234 words
    14. State Pension 240 words
    15. Cold Weather Payments 152 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 97 words
    2. Development Area Status 182 words
    3. Nuclear Power Industry 354 words
    4. Telecommunications 139 words
    5. Biodiversity and Biomedicine Conventions 232 words
    6. BT (Special Share) 134 words
    7. Register of Quality Assessed Companies 317 words
    8. Policy Guidelines 165 words
    9. Food Imports 325 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. University Funding 156 words
    2. Training 94 words
  12. WALES
    1. Further Education 258 words
    2. Flintshire LEA 51 words
    3. North-East Wales Institute 49 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Peace Process 199 words
    2. United States 207 words
    3. Employment 84 words
    4. Deregulation 52 words
    5. Convicted Terrorists 121 words
    6. Parades 211 words
    7. Look-out Posts (County Armagh) 86 words
    8. Tourism 83 words
    9. Emergency Provisions 74 words
    10. Guardsmen Fisher and Wright 57 words
    11. Ceasefire 53 words
    12. Inward Investment 50 words
    13. Employment 104 words
    14. Castle Buildings Negotiations 126 words
    15. Fair Trade (Coffee and Tea) 85 words
    16. E-mail 120 words
    17. Press Releases 106 words
    18. University Funding 90 words
    19. NHS 172 words
    20. Schools 53 words
    21. Sinn Fein 61 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Vitamin B6 Supplements 192 words
    2. Animal Identification Scheme 79 words
    3. Multi-annual Guidance Programme 235 words
    4. Ritually Slaughtered Animals 89 words
    5. Vitamins Ban 165 words
    6. Hill Farmers 166 words
    7. Scientific Research and Development 144 words
    8. Research Institutes 135 words
    9. Organic Farming 77 words
    10. Badgers 34 words
    11. Radioactive Waste 122 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Child Care 112 words
    2. Expenditure 1,226 words
    3. Oxford and Cambridge Universities 131 words
  16. HEALTH
    1. Accident and Emergency 168 words
    2. Ritalin 235 words
    3. Children in Care 802 words
    4. Kidderminster Hospital 300 words
    5. Nurses 147 words
    6. Ambulance Service 125 words
    7. Radiotherapy 211 words
    8. Technology Foresight 199 words
    9. Child Care Task Force 69 words
    10. Cannabis 45 words
    11. Community Care 104 words
    12. Food Poisoning 65 words
    13. NHS Trusts (Membership) 150 words
    14. Ministerial Meetings and Visits (London) 537 words
    15. Influenza 322 words

Lords Sitting of 26 November 1997

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. ME: Diagnosis and Treatment 1,290 words
  3. Traffic in London 1,121 words
  4. Folic Acid 467 words
  5. Health and Safety Executive 1,416 words
  6. Petition: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 76 words
  7. Business 39 words
  8. Teaching and Higher Education Bill [H.L.] 135 words
  9. Local Government (Experimental Arrangements) Bill [H.L.] 85 words
  10. Sport in Schools 18,341 words
  11. Gibraltar 13,357 words
  12. Business Improvement Districts Bill [H.L.] 9,559 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 26 November 1997

  1. EU Tobacco: CAP Funding 152 words
  2. EU Tobacco: Exports 61 words
  3. Dr. Ann Braidwood: Hearing Loss Review 462 words
  4. Broadcasting: Freedom of Reception 202 words
  5. Royal Parks: Cycle Tracks 251 words
  6. HMS "Cavalier" 215 words
  7. The Arts: Waverley Criteria 125 words
  8. Culture Council, 24 November 293 words
  9. Bahrain Citizens: Asylum Applications 149 words
  10. Campsfield House 264 words
  11. Prison Service: Annual Report and Accounts 109 words
  12. Women's Prisons: Management 184 words
  13. Juveniles: Secure Remand 371 words
  14. Motor Racing: Environmental Pollution 164 words
  15. Local Authority Guideline Rents 251 words
  16. Valuation Tribunals: Response to Consultation Paper 630 words