29 October 1997

Commons Sitting of 29 October 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Cyprus 10,708 words
    2. Sport Hunting 12,065 words
    3. Heathrow (Regional Services) 3,818 words
    4. Reduced Earnings Allowance 3,808 words
    5. Fishing Vessel Sapphire (Recovery of Wreckage) 4,260 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. NORTHERN IRELAND 6 words
      1. Parades 1,288 words
      2. Peace Process 2,294 words
      3. Comprehensive Spending Review 675 words
      4. Beef Industry 235 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
      1. Engagements 4,056 words
      2. Harrogate and Knaresborough 209 words
      3. Engagements 290 words
  4. Magistrates Courts 6,845 words
  5. NEW MEMBER 13 words
  6. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. SUPREME COURT (OFFICES) 68 words
    2. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 98 words
  7. Hare Coursing 2,822 words
  8. HARE COURSING 38 words
  9. Wireless Telegraphy Bill [Lords] 43,439 words
  10. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 113 words
  11. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY BILL [LORDS] [WAYS AND MEANS] 55 words
  12. British Coal (Overseas Competition) 4,293 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 October 1997

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Road Scheme Tenders 71 words
    2. West Coast Main Line 58 words
    3. Weald and Downland Roads Project 210 words
    4. Environmental Health Regulations 144 words
    5. Humber Bridge 109 words
    6. Sonus Studies 116 words
    7. Montserrat 357 words
    8. National Forest 53 words
  2. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Trainees 34 words
    2. Social Affairs Council 311 words
    3. Early Retirement 205 words
  3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Goods and Services (Payments) 332 words
    2. Fur Farming 238 words
    3. River Medway 70 words
  4. TREASURY
    1. Goods and Services (Payments) 238 words
    2. Asbestos-related Diseases 277 words
  5. CABINET OFFICE
    1. Millennium Experience 229 words
  6. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Border Controls 328 words
  7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. British Aerospace Employees 118 words
    2. European Commission Committees 129 words
    3. Kenya 67 words
    4. Kyoto Climate Change Conference 56 words
    5. Electro-shock Weapons 163 words
    6. Dependent Territories 62 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Engineering Industry 120 words
    2. Torture Equipment 186 words
    3. Biotechnology 173 words
    4. Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation 78 words
    5. Ministerial Working Arrangements 59 words
    6. Ministers' Shareholdings 149 words
  9. HEALTH
    1. Hepatitis C 538 words
    2. Drinking Water (Phosphates) 69 words
    3. Hospital and Community Health Services 691 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Economic Policies 92 words
    2. Comprehensive Spending Review 78 words
    3. Peace Process 225 words
    4. Anglo-Irish Conference 104 words
    5. Terrorist Arms and Explosives 125 words
    6. Decommissioning 46 words
    7. Northern Ireland Assembly 87 words
    8. Parades 157 words
    9. Unemployment 65 words
    10. Energy Market 54 words
    11. Education 117 words
    12. Terrorism 123 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Learning Difficulties (Adults) 147 words
    2. Constables (Oath) 139 words
    3. Ecstasy 127 words
    4. Food Poisoning 91 words
    5. Kidney Services 110 words

Lords Sitting of 29 October 1997

  1. Preamble 24 words
  2. Lord Levy 39 words
  3. Lord Blackwell 34 words
  4. Lord Dholakia 49 words
  5. Single Currency: Advantages 2,031 words
  6. Lithuania: EU Membership 1,131 words
  7. Anti-drugs Co-ordinator: Priorities 1,376 words
  8. Magistrates' Courts 4,875 words
  9. Business of the House: Debates this Day 78 words
  10. India 18,355 words
  11. Nuclear Waste 7,061 words
  12. Forestry Sales 6,095 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 October 1997

  1. State Pension Provision to Taxpayers 60 words
  2. No. 2 Marsham Street 251 words
  3. Heads of Information: Resignations 96 words
  4. Scottish and Welsh Development Agencies: Job Creation 87 words
  5. "Family": Definition 162 words
  6. Asylum Seekers 206 words
  7. Greenhouse Gases 130 words
  8. Filwood Playing Fields, Bristol: Development 265 words
  9. National Forest 46 words
  10. National Bee Unit 95 words
  11. Vitamin B6 Supplements 265 words
  12. Vitamin B6: Letters to MPs 152 words
  13. Health Authority Revenue Allocations 718 words