1 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 1 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
      1. Regional Theatre 477 words
      2. Art Market 255 words
      3. Elgin Marbles 495 words
      4. Media Ownership 431 words
      5. Performing Arts (Kettering) 336 words
      6. Sport (Social Exclusion) 648 words
      7. Museum Funding 511 words
      8. Performing Arts (National Lottery Reforms) 456 words
      9. New Opportunities Fund 338 words
      10. Tourism 658 words
      11. Commercial Television 287 words
      12. Millennium Projects 176 words
    2. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE) 4 words
      1. Cost Overruns 948 words
      2. Ticketing 560 words
    3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. Bishops' Chauffeurs 242 words
      2. Assets 275 words
      3. Ethical Investment 314 words
    4. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION 9 words
      1. Non-departmental Public Bodies 384 words
    5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. Assets 194 words
  4. Nuclear Tests (South Asia) 6,306 words
  5. Northern Ireland Referendum 4,806 words
  6. Crown Prosecution Service 5,597 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. PETROLEUM BILL [LORDS] 40 words
    2. AUDIT COMMISSION BILL [LORDS] 39 words
  8. National Lottery Bill [Lords] 7 words
    1. New clause 2
      1. ADDITIONALITY 16,102 words, 1 division
    2. New clause 4
      1. WINDING UP OF FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER SECTION 22(3)(c) 9,566 words
    3. Clause 6
      1. THE NEW GOOD CAUSE AND THE RE-ALLOCATION OF LOTTERY MONEY 1,669 words, 1 division
    4. Clause 17
      1. OBJECTS 9,217 words, 1 division
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 47 words
  10. Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Bill [Lords] 7 words
    1. Clause 6
      1. RATE OF STATUTORY INTEREST 3,852 words
    2. Clause 11
      1. TREATMENT OF ADVANCE PAYMENTS OF THE CONTRACT PRICE 973 words
    3. Clause 17
      1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 7,655 words
  11. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 63 words
  12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
    1. FISHERIES MONITORING UNDER THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY 72 words
  13. HUMAN RIGHTS BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) 15 words
    1. Committee of the whole House 95 words
  14. Business Committee 47 words
  15. Conclusion of proceedings 316 words
  16. Supplementary 117 words
  17. Interpretation 28 words
  18. Strathclyde Police (Racism) 3,862 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 June 1998

  1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Better Regulation Task Force 293 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Marine Conservation 140 words
    2. Standards in Public Life 110 words
    3. Consultation Papers 390 words
    4. Public Appointments 65 words
    5. Public Bodies 141 words
    6. Deaf and Blind Pedestrians 122 words
    7. Structural Funds 80 words
    8. Accident Inquiries 169 words
    9. Millennium Compliance 236 words
    10. Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment 212 words
    11. Genetically Modified Organisms 581 words
    12. Energy Efficiency (Domestic Appliances) 349 words
    13. Heathrow Airport 526 words
    14. Housebuilding (West Sussex) 194 words
    15. Microbiological Contamination 51 words
    16. Chemical Pollution 41 words
    17. Angela Eagle: 1,745 words
    18. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 78 words
    19. Mediation UK 134 words
    20. Social Housing 135 words
    21. South Downs 108 words
    22. Bicycles 124 words
    23. Refrigerants 470 words
    24. Unleaded Petrol 114 words
    25. Cleaner Vehicles Task Force 155 words
    26. Motor Vehicle Fraud 67 words
    27. Land Spreading 92 words
    28. Sewage Treatment 213 words
    29. Domestic Water 94 words
    30. Older People 59 words
    31. International Programme of Chemical Safety 216 words
    32. Merchant Shipping 99 words
    33. Trunk Roads (Greater London) 115 words
    34. Red Routes 45 words
    35. Disused Railway Land 189 words
    36. National Cycle Network 182 words
    37. Rough Sleepers Initiative 131 words
    38. Drink-driving 131 words
    39. Drug-related Road Accidents 48 words
    40. Town Centre Management 95 words
    41. Car Rear Lamps 132 words
    42. School Crossing Patrols 191 words
    43. Duty Free 82 words
    44. Bear Hide Imports 133 words
    45. Circus Animals 104 words
    46. Road Accidents 369 words
    47. Rights of Way 66 words
    48. Railways 190 words
    49. Housing Development 1,109 words
    50. Structure Plans 660 words
    51. Local Government Act 1988 57 words
    52. Paper Pulp Disposal 235 words
    53. Motor Cycles 112 words
    54. Local Government Finance 113 words
    55. Motorway Service Area (M4) 71 words
    56. Rail Vehicle Accessibility 63 words
    57. Small Businesses 98 words
    58. Central Railway 70 words
    59. Endangered Birds 77 words
    60. Tewkesbury Borough Council 74 words
    61. Parish and Town Councils 77 words
    62. Greenwich Peninsula (Toxic Waste) 199 words
    63. Prison Site, Middleton Sands 92 words
    64. Air Traffic Control 135 words
    65. Water Quality 109 words
    66. Sewerage 413 words
    67. Polegate Bypass 94 words
    68. Millennium Experience 362 words
  3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Charity Taxation 115 words
    2. Parishes (Assets) 106 words
    3. Millennium Dome (Christian Dimension) 103 words
    4. Disestablishment 76 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Debt 314 words
    2. Police Services 88 words
    3. Legal Projects 171 words
    4. Sudan 223 words
    5. Human Rights 182 words
    6. Special Advisers 369 words
    7. UN Agencies 73 words
    8. Street Children 91 words
    9. Afghanistan 452 words
    10. India 58 words
    11. Birmingham Summit 330 words
    12. Export Subsidies 79 words
    13. Eastern Myanmar and Western Thailand 173 words
    14. Kosovo 95 words
    15. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative 139 words
    16. Ecologically Sensitive Areas 62 words
  5. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Sport (Young People) 183 words
    2. Film Industry 180 words
    3. National Lottery Grants 104 words
    4. Press Regulation (Children) 85 words
    5. Film Task Force 65 words
    6. Public Buildings (Cologne) 128 words
    7. Royal Parks 74 words
    8. Creative Industries Task Force 106 words
    9. Voluntary Sector (National Lottery Grants) 81 words
    10. Tourism 109 words
    11. Small Businesses 47 words
    12. Broadcasting 191 words
    13. Arts Council 71 words
    14. UK Sports Institute 80 words
    15. Royal Opera House 37 words
    16. Museums 61 words
    17. Sportsmatch 78 words
    18. Listed Sporting Events 151 words
    19. Employee Travel 160 words
    20. Official Hospitality 137 words
    21. Sports Council 79 words
    22. Sport Governing Bodies 175 words
    23. Cricket (Racism) 192 words
  6. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Portcullis House 140 words
  7. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Immigration and Nationality Policy 328 words
    2. Prisoners (Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme) 847 words
    3. Private Finance Initiative 86 words
    4. Feltham Young Offenders Institution 156 words
    5. Security Services 78 words
    6. National Police Computer 190 words
    7. Road Traffic Offences 154 words
    8. Re-offenders 70 words
    9. Correspondence 45 words
    10. Small Businesses 213 words
    11. Prison Site, Middleton Sands 249 words
    12. Asylum Seekers 94 words
    13. Channel Islands 125 words
    14. Immigration 179 words
    15. Prison Officers 80 words
    16. Prisoners (Health Care) 80 words
    17. Deaths in Custody 94 words
    18. Prisoners (Suicide and Self-harm) 123 words
    19. Coroners 63 words
    20. Prisoners 570 words
    21. Police (Training) 287 words
    22. Probation Services 571 words
  8. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
    1. Expenditure 147 words
    2. Regional Exhibitions 78 words
    3. Serious Play Zone 72 words
    4. International Debt 106 words
    5. Visitors 100 words
  9. WALES
    1. Small Businesses 123 words
    2. National Health Service 121 words
    3. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 48 words
    4. Community Hospitals 165 words
    5. Occupational Health 106 words
    6. Asthma 422 words
    7. Further Education 149 words
  10. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Ministerial Visits 307 words
    2. Consultation Papers 45 words
    3. Employee Travel 225 words
    4. Civil Servants 189 words
    5. Reproductive Health Care 267 words
    6. Petroleum Products 291 words
    7. Small Businesses 94 words
  11. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Fines (Lincolnshire) 121 words
    2. Public Trust Office 573 words
    3. Court of Protection 192 words
    4. Personal Injury Cases 197 words
    5. Legal Aid 663 words
    6. Defamation Act 98 words
    7. Public Bodies 162 words
    8. Public Appointments 54 words
    9. Public Inquiries 102 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Fur Farming 512 words
    2. Animal Welfare 208 words
    3. Marine Research Laboratory 211 words
    4. Common Fisheries Policy 274 words
    5. Food Safety 195 words
    6. Antibiotic Growth Promoters 276 words
    7. Green-top Milk 132 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. Buildings Refurbishment 399 words
    2. Police Complaints 96 words
    3. Public Appointments 255 words
    4. Green Belt 1,000 words
    5. Scottish National Sleep Laboratory 274 words
    6. Association of Chief Police Officers 318 words
    7. Grampian Constabulary 129 words
    8. Information 49 words
    9. Voluntary Sports Clubs 41 words
    10. Scottish Parliament 88 words
    11. High Rise Flats, Shettleston 49 words
    12. Housing 163 words
    13. Asthma 486 words
    14. Small Businesses 85 words
  14. TREASURY
    1. Information 164 words
    2. Working Hours 210 words
    3. Mortality Statistics 278 words
    4. Dividend Tax Credits 397 words
    5. Euro-X Committee 276 words
    6. Capital Receipts 70 words
    7. Official Engagements 185 words
    8. Korea 93 words
    9. HIPC Initiative 498 words
    10. Asian Crisis 157 words
  15. PRIME MINISTER
    1. BSkyB 137 words
    2. Sierra Leone 424 words
    3. Consultation Papers 57 words
    4. North Korea 190 words
    5. China 84 words
    6. Asia-Europe Meeting 326 words
    7. Information 54 words
    8. Whaling (Japan) 90 words
    9. Former Service Personnel 201 words
    10. Party Funding 66 words
  16. DEFENCE
    1. British Beef 136 words
    2. Service Fatalities 195 words
    3. WE177 Bombs 310 words
    4. RAF Menwith Hill 111 words
    5. Sierra Leone 1,767 words
    6. Merlin and Astor Programmes 158 words
    7. Foreign Armed Forces Training and Assistance) 88 words
    8. Air Bases (Joint Use) 106 words