30 October 1997

Commons Sitting of 30 October 1997

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. NEW WRIT 45 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TREASURY 7 words
      1. Spending Allocations 652 words
      2. Petrol Tax 495 words
      3. Private Finance Initiative (Schools) 339 words
      4. UK Investment 712 words
      5. Profit-related Pay 679 words
      6. Competitiveness 1,023 words
      7. Business Fluctuations 402 words
      8. Domestic Fuel (VAT) 687 words
      9. Inflation 364 words
      10. Single Currency 1,193 words
      11. Interest Rates 476 words
      12. Beer Imports 556 words
      13. Economic Stability 349 words
      14. Taxation 288 words
  4. Counter-terrorism Legislation 5,865 words
  5. Business of the House 5,787 words
  6. BILLS PRESENTED
    1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) 94 words
    2. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS 64 words
  7. Standards and Privileges 1,017 words
  8. Special Immigration Appeals Commission Bill [Lords] 11,800 words
  9. SPECIAL IMMIGRATION APPEALS COMMISSION BILL [LORDS] [MONEY] 66 words
  10. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
  11. INCOME TAX 150 words
  12. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 13 words
  13. LIAISON 31 words
  14. Standard Spending Assessment 4,248 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 October 1997

  1. DEFENCE
    1. Cyprus 110 words
    2. Security Clearances 105 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Works of Art (Exports) 49 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Record Office 85 words
    2. Magistrates (Warrington) 131 words
    3. Late Payments 106 words
    4. Immigration Appeals 33 words
  4. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Criminal Justice System 723 words
    2. Electronic Tagging 155 words
    3. Chief Constables 1,134 words
    4. Prisoners (Release) 57 words
    5. Prisons (Psychiatric Services) 258 words
    6. European Convention on Human Rights 62 words
    7. Identity Cards 111 words
    8. Fire Safety 107 words
    9. Fire Service 786 words
    10. Immigration 309 words
    11. Police Constables 77 words
    12. Licensing Hours 72 words
    13. Surveillance Systems 181 words
    14. Deportation 111 words
    15. Asylum Seekers 108 words
    16. Prison Population 94 words
    17. Mr. Shayler 153 words
  5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. International Whaling Commission 299 words
    2. Chocolate Directive 140 words
    3. Hunt Kennels 117 words
    4. Thames (Flooding) 67 words
    5. Food Safety 135 words
    6. Late Payments 107 words
    7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    8. Six-month Entry Visas 115 words
    9. Goods and Services (Payments) 153 words
    10. Argentina 61 words
    11. Rwanda 120 words
    12. Bosnia and Herzegovina 121 words
    13. Late Payments 109 words
  6. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Pensioner Savings 758 words
    2. Independent Tribunal Service 102 words
    3. Housing Benefit 499 words
    4. Means-tested Benefits 147 words
    5. Lone Parents 112 words
    6. Social Security Advisory Committee 98 words
    7. Cold Weather Payments 872 words
    8. Income Support Mortgage Interest Scheme 48 words
    9. Late Payments 107 words
  7. PRIME MINSTER
    1. Computers (Century Date Change) 79 words
    2. Ministers (Conflict of Interest) 78 words
    3. WPC Yvonne Fletcher 102 words
    4. Lockerbie 133 words
    5. Written Parliamentary Questions 177 words
    6. Chequers 65 words
    7. Social Exclusion Unit 236 words
    8. Unpaid Advisers 355 words
    9. Special Advisers 192 words
    10. Security Service 90 words
    11. Telephone Tapping 136 words
    12. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 40 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Grace and Favour Residences 132 words
  9. HEALTH
    1. Childbirth Costs 194 words
    2. Hospital Appointment Cancellations 128 words
    3. Abortions 74 words
    4. Charging Policy (Disabled People) 77 words
    5. Hospitals (Cornwall) 139 words
    6. Dental Health (Children) 183 words
    7. Trusts (Appointments) 215 words
    8. Late Payments 231 words
    9. Transplants 126 words
  10. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Jobseeker's Allowance 203 words
    2. Southampton University (Merger) 221 words
    3. TEC Efficiency Scrutiny 132 words
    4. Grant-maintained Schools 242 words
    5. Tuition Fees 377 words
    6. Late Payments 109 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Timeshare Industry 101 words
    2. Minister's Unpublished Articles 62 words
    3. Inward Investors 92 words
    4. Competition Policy 132 words
    5. Used Car Sales 62 words
    6. Consumer Affairs 80 words
    7. Goods and Services (Payments) 176 words
    8. Minimum Wage 56 words
    9. Export Licences 883 words
    10. Late Payments 99 words
    11. Export Credits (Indonesia) 117 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Sex Offenders 172 words
    2. Drumcree Disturbances 72 words
  13. WALES
    1. Voluntary Sector 98 words
    2. Late Payment 106 words
    3. Local Government Funding 181 words
  14. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Local Government Reorganisation 835 words
  15. SCOTLAND
    1. Land Ownership and Management 200 words
    2. Lockerbie 71 words
    3. Pupils with Medical Needs 64 words
    4. Travellers 159 words
    5. Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. 180 words
    6. Woodland Sales 81 words
  16. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Montserrat 154 words
    2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 111 words
    3. Bananas 139 words
    4. Late Payments 107 words
    5. Kenya 79 words
  17. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Small Businesses 137 words
    2. Late Payments 136 words
  18. TREASURY
    1. Welfare to Work 263 words
    2. Foreign Income Dividends 104 words
    3. Advance Corporation Tax 158 words
    4. Single Currency 45 words
    5. Tax and National Insurance 127 words
    6. Public Investment Projects 76 words
    7. Securities and Investments Board 38 words
    8. Bank of England 114 words
    9. Economic Stability 40 words
    10. Sterling Exchange Rate 126 words
    11. Inflation 59 words
    12. VAT (Domestic Fuel) 66 words
    13. Small and Medium Enterprises 64 words
    14. VAT Crime Prevention Devices 92 words
    15. Private Health Insurance 128 words
    16. Capital Gains Tax (Avoidance) 53 words
    17. Environment (Tax Incentives) 70 words
    18. Aviation Fuel 26 words
    19. Consultation Paper 97 words
    20. Comprehensive Spending Review 191 words

Lords Sitting of 30 October 1997

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Lord Janner of Braunstone 42 words
  3. Lord Hunt of Wirral 46 words
  4. Higher Education: Fees 1,209 words
  5. The Doctor-Patient Partnership 1,107 words
  6. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 964 words
  7. Asylum Seekers 1,251 words
  8. Permanent Counter-terrorist Legislation 3,533 words
  9. Public Processions etc.
    1. (Northern Ireland) Bill [H.L.] 46 words
    2. Competition Bill [H.L.] 27,048 words
    3. Tourism on the Thames 12,052 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 October 1997

  1. COT: Members' Financial Interests 117 words
  2. Malathion Exposure 609 words
  3. Pesticide and Chemical Pollutant Exposure: Survey Proposal 143 words
  4. Partial-birth Abortion 39 words
  5. The Reference Nutrient Intake 98 words
  6. Euthanasia and Advance Directives 152 words
  7. Abortions and Human Embryos 127 words
  8. Vitamin B6 Supplements: Adverse Reactions 333 words
  9. Vitamin B6 Supplements: Studies 614 words
  10. Child Protection: Royal Commission Proposal 241 words
  11. Firearm Certificate Additional Conditions: Appeals 203 words
  12. Firearms Law: Police Guidance 130 words
  13. Asylum 132 words
  14. Export Licences: Information Processing System 879 words
  15. International Whaling Commission's AGM, 20–24 October 1,087 words
  16. Northern Iraq: Turkish Troops 130 words
  17. Tibet: Forced Sterilisation Reports 161 words
  18. FCO: BBC Monitoring Service Reports 48 words
  19. FCO: "Le Monde Diplomatique" Reports 26 words
  20. Congo (Brazzaville) 209 words
  21. Ascension Island: Radar Site 91 words
  22. Chadrel Rinpoche 138 words
  23. Nuclear Weapons: Prohibition Goal 79 words
  24. Rwanda Refugees: Armoured Land Rovers 110 words
  25. Argentina: Arms Embargo Exception 55 words
  26. Former Yugoslavia: Riot Shields 112 words
  27. Khamisiyah Weapons Dump: 32 Field Hospital 165 words
  28. African Group: Greenhouse Gas Emissions 161 words
  29. Asylum Seekers Housed by Kent County Council 67 words
  30. Single Vehicle Approval Test 343 words
  31. London Taxis: Passenger Seat Belts 186 words