28 October 1997

Commons Sitting of 28 October 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. NEW WRIT 26 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS 6 words
      1. Single Currency 669 words
      2. Indonesia 403 words
      3. Middle East Peace Process 590 words
      4. European Union Enlargement 795 words
      5. Entry Clearance (Islamabad) 360 words
      6. Kashmir 952 words
      7. Bosnia 461 words
      8. Cyprus 545 words
      9. Indonesia 611 words
      10. Lockerbie 754 words
      11. Employment Charter 671 words
      12. China 507 words
      13. European Court of Justice 276 words
      14. EU Budget 542 words
      15. EU Common Foreign and Security Policy 257 words
  5. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 6,387 words
  6. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. BANK OF ENGLAND 153 words
    2. GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY (REFERENDUM) 96 words
    3. Higher Education (Scotland) 150 words
    4. Prevention of Delay in Trials 1,282 words
    5. PREVENTION OF DELAY IN TRIALS 62 words
    6. Defence Policy 46,966 words
    7. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 26 words
    8. Aircraft Noise (South-west London) 4,171 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 October 1997

  1. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Family Credit 108 words
    2. Backdating 97 words
    3. Social Fund 253 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Football Grounds 189 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Special Secure Units 483 words
    2. Parole Board 119 words
    3. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 59 words
    4. Prison Service 682 words
    5. Prisoner Transfers 1,194 words
    6. "Corpus Juris" 145 words
    7. Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 261 words
  4. SCOTLAND
    1. Sewerage Charges 133 words
  5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Goods and Services (Payments) 265 words
    2. PHARE 84 words
    3. Kenya 201 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. VAT (Schools) 149 words
    2. Financial Services Regulation 290 words
    3. Indirect Taxation 75 words
    4. Taxation (Expatriates) 33 words
    5. National Assets Register 45 words
    6. Economic and Monetary Union 136 words
    7. Public Expenditure 130 words
    8. Single European Currency 59 words
    9. Pension Schemes 113 words
  7. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. BNFL 633 words
    2. DTI Recruitment 363 words
    3. Company Auditors 72 words
    4. Lloyd's of London 142 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Judicial Appointments 719 words
    2. Mental Incapacity Report 159 words
  9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Nectarines 146 words
    2. Agriculture Councils 750 words
    3. International Whaling Commission 152 words
    4. Cattle Slaughter Scheme 1,194 words
  10. DEFENCE
    1. Naval Bases and Supply Agency 206 words
    2. Territorial Army and Volunteer Reserves 566 words
    3. Army Equipment Support 122 words
    4. Ministry of Defence Police 71 words
  11. HEALTH
    1. Nurse Recruitment 68 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Quota Hopping 79 words
    2. EU Enlargement 133 words
    3. Kashmir 123 words
    4. EU Common Foreign and Security Policy 96 words
    5. European Court of Justice 77 words
    6. Bosnia 49 words
    7. Middle East Peace Process 109 words
    8. Cyprus 48 words
    9. Indonesia 54 words
    10. EU Budget 67 words
    11. Taiwan 61 words
    12. UN Reform 71 words
    13. EU Institutions (Communication) 86 words
    14. Cuba 154 words
    15. Strategic Defence Review 71 words
    16. Kenya 261 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. School Enrolments 275 words
    2. Lanark Way, Belfast 185 words
    3. Central Services Agency 345 words
    4. Grammar Schools, Belfast 59 words
    5. Prison Service 114 words
    6. Decommissioning Commission 121 words
    7. Training and Employment Agency 232 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Trees 164 words
    2. Director of Transport Security Report 35 words
    3. Sustainable Development Unit 632 words
    4. Water and Sewerage 429 words
    5. European Union 85 words
    6. Railway Lines (Children) 66 words
    7. British Railways Board 113 words
    8. Radioactive Waste 277 words
    9. Train Operating Companies 89 words
    10. New Local Authorities 62 words
    11. Radioactive Materials 98 words
    12. West Coast Main Line 111 words
    13. M25 385 words
    14. Motorway Drivers (Tests) 101 words
    15. Local Government Reorganisation 2,094 words

Lords Sitting of 28 October 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Lord Selkirk of Douglas 41 words
  3. Lord Lang of Monkton 40 words
  4. Lord Gordon of Strathblane 33 words
  5. Gibraltar: Constitutional Status 770 words
  6. Suicides: Data 1,026 words
  7. National Bus Company: Pension Fund 951 words
  8. Low Pay Commission: Consultations 986 words
  9. Business 45 words
  10. Magistrates' Courts (Procedure) Bill [H.L.] 360 words
  11. Local Government Finance (Supplementary Credit Approvals) Bill 639 words
  12. Local Government (Contracts) Bill 2 words
  13. Public Processions etc. (Northern Ireland) Bill [H.L.] 5,761 words
  14. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 5,043 words
  15. Public Processions etc. (Northern Ireland) Bill [H.L.] 11,929 words
  16. The "Ministerial Code" 11,659 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 October 1997

  1. Mr. Reginald Buckland: Court Documents 261 words
  2. Central and Eastern Europe: Military Training Assistance 142 words
  3. RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridg: Nuclear Weapons Allegations 303 words
  4. Prisoners Detained During Her Majesty's Pleasure: Parole Board Rules 117 words
  5. Prison Service Business Plan 1997–98 703 words
  6. Prisoners: Transfer Provisions 1,203 words
  7. Director of Transport's Annual Report 28 words
  8. Equestrian Establishments: Rating 101 words
  9. "Canberra" 70 words
  10. Interest Rates 67 words
  11. Working Time Directive and the Fishing Industry 87 words
  12. Agriculture Councils 799 words
  13. Northern Ireland Border Areas: Return to Vacated Property 102 words