4 November 1997

Commons Sitting of 4 November 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
      1. Criminal Justice System 802 words
      2. Welfare to Work 919 words
      3. Council of Ministers 886 words
      4. Local Government Finance 610 words
      5. Prison Places 674 words
      6. Health Service 136 words
      7. Skye Bridge 376 words
      8. Local Government Finance 798 words
      9. Scottish Parliament 464 words
      10. Health Trusts 373 words
      11. Scottish Parliament 317 words
    2. HOUSE OF COMMONS 7 words
      1. Modernisation of the House 636 words
      2. Speeches (Time Limits) 450 words
      3. Modernisation of the House 439 words
      4. Thursday Sittings 262 words
      5. Regional Affairs 422 words
  4. UN Observers (Iraq) 449 words
  5. Points of Order 452 words
  6. Division No. 79 (Corrected Figures) 92 words
  7. Prohibition of Bull Bars 843 words
    1. PROHIBITION OF BULL BARS 43 words
  8. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. Student Finance 31,169 words, 2 divisions
    2. Rural Life 24,620 words, 2 divisions
    3. Roads (East Sussex) 3,549 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 November 1997

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Child Labour 528 words
    2. Computers (Century Date Change) 494 words
    3. Ethiopia 65 words
    4. Banana Imports 227 words
    5. Papua New Guinea 102 words
  2. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Market Testing 666 words
    2. Computers (Century Date Change) 931 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Protection from Harassment Act 1997 109 words
    2. Correspondence 49 words
    3. Access to Neighbouring Land Act 54 words
  4. TREASURY
    1. Euro Symbol 101 words
    2. Late Payments 381 words
    3. Economic and Monetary Union 406 words
    4. Taxation (EU) 50 words
    5. Savings 155 words
    6. Insurance Premium Tax 265 words
    7. Computers (Century Date Change) 66 words
    8. Trade Statistics 584 words
    9. Elderly People (Winter Mortality) 190 words
    10. EC Spending 230 words
    11. Private Finance Initiative 30 words
    12. International Meetings 1,632 words
  5. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Welfare-to-work Programme 103 words
    2. Computers (Century Date Change) 383 words
    3. Correspondence 58 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 723 words
    2. Equipment Exhibition (Indonesian Delegation) 71 words
    3. Appointments 159 words
    4. Trident 101 words
    5. Eurofighter 445 words
    6. NATO Expansion 269 words
    7. Arms Exports (Indonesia) 45 words
    8. Ships (Names) 118 words
    9. Defence Diversification Agency 48 words
    10. Naval Forces (Gulf) 52 words
    11. Contingency and Operational Procurement Exhibition 58 words
    12. Correspondence 83 words
    13. Equipment Exhibition 154 words
    14. Late Payments 631 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Delegated Legislation 30 words
  8. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Drugs 179 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Probation Studies Diploma 138 words
    2. Remand 829 words
    3. Firearms Compensation Scheme 417 words
    4. New Prison (Colchester) 174 words
    5. Feltham Young Offenders Institute 139 words
    6. Butane Gas 151 words
    7. Daylight Saving 80 words
    8. Intrusive Surveillance 82 words
    9. Correspondence 141 words
    10. Computers (Century Date Change) 456 words
    11. Animal Experiments 106 words
    12. Car Boot Sales 89 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Parliamentary Answers 78 words
    2. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 67 words
    3. Semicircular Seating 72 words
    4. Modernisation of the House 48 words
    5. Recesses (School Holidays) 93 words
    6. Advisory Committee on Works of Art 173 words
    7. Members' Staff 44 words
    8. Statutory Instruments 67 words
    9. Student Visits 245 words
    10. Smoking 114 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Coal Board Housing 78 words
    2. Cornish Tin Mining Industry 161 words
    3. Bank of Credit and Commerce International 74 words
    4. Yemen (Trade Mission) 189 words
    5. Small and Medium Enterprises 201 words
    6. Partnership Legislation 40 words
    7. Regional Challenge 178 words
    8. Computers (Century Date Change) 98 words
    9. EU Enlargement 272 words
    10. Bio-Technology 114 words
    11. Export Forum 351 words
    12. European Council 103 words
  12. WALES
    1. Beta Interferon 76 words
    2. Schools (Funding) 64 words
    3. Dental Services 283 words
    4. Inward Investment 148 words
    5. Computers (Century Date Change) 489 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Food and Drink Industry 112 words
    2. Bananas 1,608 words
    3. Multi-annual Guidance Programme 199 words
    4. Sheep 128 words
    5. Cows 81 words
    6. Computers (Century Date Change) 695 words
    7. Correspondence 90 words
    8. Cattle Passports 72 words
    9. Poultry (De-beaking) 122 words
    10. Fur Farms 121 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Official Hospitality 51 words
    2. Diesel Fuel Subsidies 118 words
    3. Rivers and Canals (Safety) 153 words
    4. "Rural England" White Paper 54 words
    5. Jet-skis 119 words
    6. Train Services 55 words
    7. Transport Services (Mill Hill Broadway) 176 words
    8. Sea Transport (Fuel) 107 words
    9. Local Government Finance 542 words
    10. Education Expenditure, Derbyshire 287 words
    11. Wood Dust and Formaldehyde 1,014 words
    12. Fibreboard 241 words
    13. Local Authority Housing 791 words
    14. Bus Companies 97 words
    15. Radioactive Waste 87 words
    16. Nursery Vouchers 85 words
    17. Paper Pulp Waste 157 words
    18. Music (Sound Levels) 303 words
    19. Solar Panels 145 words
    20. Regional Development Agencies 54 words
    21. Al Red Route (Accidents) 73 words
    22. Zoo Directive 134 words
    23. Hedgerows 483 words
    24. Computers (Century Date Change) 411 words
    25. Traffic Speed (Central London) 221 words
    26. Correspondence 115 words
    27. Genetically Modified Maize 65 words
    28. White Rock Business Park, Paignton 74 words
    29. Telecommunications Masts 368 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Health Living 183 words
    2. Criminal Cases Review Authority 46 words
    3. Fisheries (Quota Hopping) 94 words
    4. Devolution 45 words
    5. Dearing and Garrick Reports 52 words
    6. Scotch Whisky Association 60 words
    7. Health Boards 47 words
    8. New Prisons 74 words
    9. Nursery Education 88 words
    10. Agriculture 74 words
    11. Referendum 100 words
    12. Class Sizes 48 words
    13. Funding 81 words
    14. Forestry Commission 73 words
    15. Caledonian MacBrayne 99 words
    16. Health Service 55 words
    17. Residential and Nursing Homes 102 words
    18. Degrees Course Tuition Fees 198 words
    19. Health Education 252 words
    20. Scottish Parliament 309 words
    21. Health Trust Deficits 152 words
    22. Computers (Century Date Change) 440 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Medical Students 142 words
    2. Employment Service 885 words
    3. School Meals 501 words
    4. Computers (Century Date Change) 518 words
    5. Correspondence 70 words
  17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Six-month Entry Visas 184 words
    2. Cuba 148 words
    3. Israeli Service Men 132 words
    4. Immigration Correspondence 420 words
    5. Congo 222 words
    6. NATO Expansion 127 words
    7. UN Disarmament Debate 136 words
    8. Kenya and Uganda 167 words
    9. Sea Level Rises 111 words
    10. Arms Exports 68 words
    11. Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe 69 words
    12. United Nations Day 74 words
    13. Lockerbie 363 words
    14. Human Rights 329 words
    15. Individual Cases (Ministerial Meetings) 74 words
    16. European Court of Justice 139 words
    17. Correspondence 94 words
    18. Social Chapter 60 words
    19. Amsterdam Treaty 788 words
    20. Computers (Century Date Change) 565 words
    21. European Movement 83 words
    22. Bull Fighting 69 words
    23. Australia 33 words
    24. India 81 words
    25. France 166 words
    26. Western Sahara 112 words
    27. Kenya 62 words
  18. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Housing Improvement Grants 414 words
    2. Computers (Century Date Change) 436 words
  19. HEALTH
    1. Beta Interferon 305 words
    2. Roads (Al2–A134 Junction) 113 words
    3. Health Service Management Savings 160 words
    4. Public Health Laboratory Service, Colindale 119 words
    5. Emergency and Elective Treatments 562 words
    6. GP Fundholding 67 words
    7. Health Authority Budgets 104 words
    8. Crime Victims (Guidance) 167 words
    9. Dental Services 69 words
    10. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 396 words
    11. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority 270 words
    12. Multiple Sclerosis 262 words
    13. Departmental Budget 95 words
    14. Expenditure 98 words
    15. Tax Avoidance 77 words
    16. Health Trusts (Deficits) 61 words
    17. Health Authorities (Deficits) 63 words
    18. Private Medicine (Tax Reliefs) 78 words
    19. Computers (Century Date Change) 585 words
    20. Correspondence 71 words
    21. Waiting Lists 282 words
    22. NHS Capacity 131 words
    23. Diabetic Pen Needles 76 words
  20. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefits Agency 174 words
    2. Mortgage Interest Payments 77 words
    3. Child Support Agency 313 words
    4. Computers (Century Date Change) 661 words
    5. Asylum Seekers 50 words
    6. Reciprocal Pension Agreements 47 words
    7. Mobility Allowance 128 words

Lords Sitting of 4 November 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Baron Orme 40 words
  3. Baroness Knight of Collingtree 34 words
  4. Baroness Pitkeathley 42 words
  5. Quarantine: Animal Welfare 1,207 words
  6. European Union Budget 1,288 words
  7. Prescription Fraud 954 words
  8. Counselling 995 words
  9. Education (Student Loans) Bill 14 words
  10. Delegated Powers and Deregulation Select Committee 44 words
  11. Local Government (Contracts) Bill 672 words
  12. Plant Varieties Bill 618 words
  13. Social Security (Lone Parents) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 8,699 words, 1 division
  14. Student Fees in Scotland 12,413 words
  15. Firearms (Amendment) Bill 38 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 November 1997

  1. China: Family Planning 126 words
  2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 56 words
  3. Development Education Expenditure 348 words
  4. Tribunal Case 13528 210 words
  5. OECD Agreement on Investment 247 words
  6. EU Enlargement: Consultations 263 words
  7. Unemployment Comparisons 255 words
  8. Mentally Ill Patients and Crime 93 words
  9. Foetal Pain 132 words
  10. Vitamin B6 Prescriptions 56 words
  11. European Fisheries Council, 30 October 639 words
  12. Vitamin B6: Sales Restrictions 239 words
  13. Organophosphate Exposure: Scientific Studies 242 words
  14. North East Coast Drift Net Fishery 233 words
  15. European Council: Future Programme 798 words
  16. Export Forum Report 352 words
  17. Pregnant Women: Seat Belt Wearing 81 words
  18. London Bus Routes</