3 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 3 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DEFENCE 6 words
      1. Territorial Army 666 words
      2. Nuclear Weapons 331 words
      3. Defence Diversification Agency 340 words
      4. Bosnia (Implementation Force) 651 words
      5. NATO Enlargement 511 words
      6. Strategic Exports 605 words
      7. RAF Procurement 646 words
      8. Comprehensive Spending Review 789 words
      9. Eurofighter 574 words
      10. Armistice Day 728 words
      11. Gulf War Illness 669 words
    2. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
      1. National Audit Office 417 words
    3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. Millennium 688 words
      2. Clergy Pensions 288 words
  4. Breast Cancer Screening 5,452 words
  5. WELSH AFFAIRS 50 words
  6. Orders of the Day
    1. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 3 words
      1. After Clause 1 12,816 words, 1 division
        1. DISABLED PERSONS: EXEMPTION. 9 words
        2. DISABLED PERSONS: EXEMPTION 172 words
      2. Clause 2
        1. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND APPEALS 240 words
    2. After Clause 2
      1. COMPETITION PISTOLS 11,143 words, 1 division
  7. Education (Student Loans) Bill 7 words
    1. Clause 2
      1. REGULATIONS TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN TERMS OF STUDENT LOAN AGREEMENTS 4,734 words, 1 division
  8. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 82 words
  9. SUPREME COURT (OFFICES) BILL 42 words
  10. Unadopted Roads 4,478 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 November 1997

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. India (Defence Sales) 180 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Archway Tower 265 words
    2. Unoccupied Government Properties 161 words
  3. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Lottery Grants 430 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Diana, Princess of Wales 53 words
    2. Lockerbie 228 words
    3. Security Services Tribunal 207 words
    4. Guyana Rainforest 197 words
    5. BSE (Judicial Inquiry) 51 words
    6. Security Services 111 words
    7. Correspondence 112 words
  5. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
    1. National Audit Office 142 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 210 words
    2. Southern Health and Social Services Board 149 words
    3. Telecommunication Masts 239 words
    4. Local Manufacturers and Producers 173 words
    5. School Enrolments 61 words
    6. War Pensions 133 words
    7. Police Station, Coleraine 59 words
    8. Audit Review Group 43 words
  7. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Church Investments 169 words
    2. Advance Corporation Tax 331 words
    3. Redundant Churches 109 words
    4. Church Pensions 106 words
    5. Monsanto 128 words
  8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Kazakhstan 119 words
    2. Migration and Visa Unit 196 words
    3. Visas 72 words
    4. European Union 792 words
    5. Iran 72 words
    6. European Movement 45 words
    7. Correspondence 111 words
    8. Burma 96 words
  9. TREASURY
    1. National Savings 317 words
    2. Exchange Rate 129 words
    3. European Council 888 words
    4. Dorneywood 52 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Asylum Seekers 1,436 words
    2. North Wales Police 190 words
    3. Late Payments 118 words
    4. Pakistan 71 words
    5. Border and Passport Controls 235 words
    6. Deportations 347 words
    7. Prison Boards of Visitors 94 words
    8. Fire Safety 203 words
    9. Daylight Saving 35 words
    10. Mr. Shayler 41 words
    11. Visitors' Visas 47 words
    12. Chief Constable of Manchester 90 words
    13. Firearms 106 words
    14. Immigration Detainees 115 words
    15. Intelligence Services Act (Warrants) 169 words
    16. Gaming Board 153 words
    17. Volatile Substances 146 words
    18. Prisoner Repatriation 114 words
    19. Exceptional Leave to Remain 158 words
    20. Interception of Communications (Warrants) 227 words
    21. Romany People 726 words
    22. Remand Prisoners 99 words
    23. Immigration Rules 94 words
    24. Police Service Targets 58 words
    25. Individual Cases (Ministerial Meetings) 147 words
    26. Immigration Policy 119 words
    27. Lewes Prison 161 words
    28. Irish Republic (British Subjects) 131 words
    29. War Memorials 159 words
    30. Hazardous Refuse 210 words
  11. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Scientific Research and Development 128 words
    2. Classrooms 152 words
    3. New Deal for Schools 442 words
    4. Student Funding 111 words
    5. Reception Classes 213 words
    6. "Excellence in Schools" 149 words
    7. Grant-maintained Schools 103 words
    8. Free School Milk 83 words
    9. Public Footpaths 81 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pesticides 162 words
    2. Fishing Rights 274 words
    3. Fisheries Council 613 words
    4. Arable Stewardship 109 words
    5. Pigs (Tail Docking) 157 words
    6. Fox Hunting 73 words
    7. Pig Production 178 words
    8. Dietary Supplements 321 words
    9. Tuberculosis 65 words
  13. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Small and Medium Enterprises 498 words
    2. Coal 73 words
    3. Late Payments 301 words
    4. Small Businesses 210 words
    5. Minister for Trade and Competitiveness in Europe 72 words
    6. Payment of Debts 224 words
    7. Clean Coal Technology 146 words
    8. British Nuclear Fuels plc 185 words
    9. Statutory Instruments 227 words
    10. Mixed Oxide Fuel 94 words
    11. Cable Operators 129 words
    12. India 189 words
    13. Pakistan 79 words
    14. Quadrant Catering 120 words
    15. Telemarketing 100 words
    16. Export Credit Insurance 135 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Late Payments 114 words
    2. Lockerbie 74 words
    3. Beta Interferon 169 words
    4. Private Finance Initiative 141 words
    5. Community Care 129 words
    6. Local Government Electorate 66 words
    7. Post-operative Care 104 words
  15. WALES
    1. River Dee Crossing 198 words
    2. Transport Grants 156 words
    3. Welsh Assembly 258 words
  16. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Civil Litigation 213 words
    2. General Practitioner Lists 738 words
    3. Conditional Fee Cases 115 words
    4. Special Advisers 45 words
    5. Solicitors (Complaints) 79 words
  17. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Haulage Companies 407 words
    2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 268 words
    3. Green-belt Land 53 words
    4. Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) 119 words
    5. Housing (Provision of Services) 92 words
    6. Housing (Rented Accommodation) 246 words
    7. Radioactive Substances 408 words
    8. Housing Needs 213 words
    9. Telephone Kiosks 165 words
    10. Salvage Tugs 97 words
    11. Development Plans (Eastern Region) 146 words
    12. Asbestos 73 words
    13. Right to Roam 30 words
    14. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 290 words
    15. Local Government (Grant) 815 words
    16. Cabinet Committee on the Environment 50 words
    17. Cycling 707 words
    18. Standard Spending Assessment (Review) 119 words
    19. Local Government Finance 502 words
    20. Households 147 words
    21. Civil Aviation Authority 76 words
    22. Regional Airports 98 words
    23. Houses in Multiple Occupation Registration Scheme 138 words
    24. Advice and Family Centres 124 words
    25. County Services Standard Spending Assessment 63 words
    26. Housing (London) 294 words
    27. Global Warming 118 words
    28. Homelessness 362 words
    29. London Underground 166 words
    30. Railways (Public Service Obligation Grant) 399 words
    31. Housing Developments (Affordable Housing) 202 words
    32. Local Authority Services (Funding) 100 words
    33. Opencast Coal Mining 195 words
    34. Railway Passengers 270 words
    35. Late Payments 113 words
    36. Correspondence 85 words
    37. Transport Works (Blight) 119 words
    38. Telecommunications Masts 117 words
    39. Railways (Freight) 64 words
    40. Genetic Modification 265 words
    41. Rolling Stock Companies 89 words
    42. Local Authority Reorganisation 836 words
  18. HEALTH
    1. NHS Capital Prioritisation 233 words
    2. Cannabis 42 words
    3. Hospital Car Park Charges 167 words
    4. Step-parents 113 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 807 words
    6. Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Trust 161 words
    7. Health Service (London) 76 words
    8. Young People in Care 81 words
    9. Computers (Century Date Change) 316 words
    10. Correspondence 116 words
  19. DEFENCE
    1. Recruitment 84 words
    2. Eurofighter 109 words
    3. Defence Medical Services 78 words
    4. Defence Diversification Agency 66 words
    5. Comprehensive Spending Review 83 words
    6. Low Flying 69 words
    7. Alcohol Misuse 80 words
    8. Electric Batteries 125 words
    9. Strategic Defence Review 412 words
    10. Royal Marines 92 words
    11. Nuclear Weapons 58 words
    12. Territorial Army 73 words
    13. Former Yugoslavia 133 words
    14. Mission Statement 44 words
    15. Gulf War 45 words
    16. Navy Laundrymen 175 words
    17. Royal Fleet Auxiliary 81 words
    18. Peacekeeping Operations 71 words
    19. Implementation Force Budget 106 words
    20. Bosnia 205 words
    21. Ballistic Missile Defence 41 words
    22. Departmental Overspend 164 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. War Pensions 201 words
    2. Reduced Benefit Directions 240 words
    3. Extra-Statutory Payments 288 words
    4. Asylum Seekers 54 words
    5. Benefit Backdating 480 words
    6. Lone Parents 1,307 words
    7. Pensions Policy Review 233 words
    8. Decision Making and Appeals (Consultation) 86 words

Lords Sitting of 3 November 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Lord Higgins 35 words
  3. Lord Burlison 35 words
  4. Lord Razzall 42 words
  5. The "Marchioness"/"Bowbelle" Collision 763 words
  6. Millennium Exhibition Site 1,383 words
  7. Bosnia: UK Troops 704 words
  8. Gulf War: Armed Forces' Healthcare 331 words
  9. Human Rights Bill [H.L.] 46,336 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 3 November 1997

  1. Community Fire Safety Task Force Report 363 words
  2. Terrorist Exclusion Orders 149 words
  3. Prisoners: Repatriation to the Irish Republic 108 words
  4. Police Service Objectives and Performance Indicators 63 words
  5. Liberia: Aid 143 words
  6. OECD Agreement on Investment 106 words
  7. Kurds in Northern Iraq: Internal Conflict 68 words
  8. Human Rights Issues: UN Commission Meetings 144 words
  9. Algeria 131 words
  10. Democratic Republic of Congo: Missing Persons 230 words
  11. Turkey: UK Diplomatic Visits to South-eastern Region 90 words
  12. UN Human Rights Investigations: Access Refusals 89 words
  13. OECD Agreement on Investment: Discussions with Developing Countries 85 words
  14. Horses: Designation 39 words
  15. Industrial Tribunal Case 13528 378 words
  16. Scottish Parliament and Capital Punishment 199 words
  17. Cantray Steading: Accommodation for Disabled Young People 129 words
  18. Queen Mary's University Hospital, Roehampton 339 words
  19. Guardsmen Wright and Fisher 115 words