10 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 10 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. Leasehold Reform 11,966 words
    2. Preventive Health Care 12,457 words
    3. Sports Grounds 4,082 words
    4. Magistrates Courts (Suffolk) 4,256 words
    5. Mr. Raymond Herring 4,585 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. DUCHY OF LANCASTER 4 words
      1. Official Duties 361 words
      2. Correspondence 594 words
      3. Freedom of Information 417 words
      4. Electronic Government 824 words
      5. Internet 430 words
      6. Property Holdings 217 words
      7. Freedom of Information 360 words
      8. Elderly People 429 words
      9. Freedom of Information 589 words
    2. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
      1. Engagements 4,455 words
  4. Points of Order 735 words
  5. BILL PRESENTED
    1. PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE AND HOME INSULATION 74 words
    2. Restoration of Damage to Sites of Special Scientific Interest 1,138 words
    3. RESTORATION OF DAMAGE TO SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST 85 words
    4. Orders of the Day
      1. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill 47,655 words, 1 division
      2. NORTHERN IRELAND (SENTENCES) BILL [MONEY] 65 words
      3. Grantham Hospital 3,365 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 10 June 1998

  1. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Secondary Legislation 144 words
    2. Spending Review 83 words
    3. Portcullis House 81 words
    4. Recycling Sacks 64 words
    5. Government Announcements 99 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Departmental Energy Use 243 words
    2. Staff Car Mileage Allowance 74 words
    3. Reviews 419 words
    4. Libraries (Large Print Books) 88 words
    5. Artefacts (Repatriation) 64 words
    6. Tourism Forum 1,080 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Curfews (Electronic Monitoring) 113 words
    2. Cab Drivers (Offences) 313 words
    3. Animal Tests 231 words
    4. Hand Guns 632 words
    5. Mediation UK 78 words
    6. Foreign Nationals (Drug Offences) 188 words
  4. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Drug Testing Kits 144 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Millennium Line 73 words
    2. Leasehold Commercial Premises 60 words
    3. Housing Corporation 252 words
    4. Pennine Bridleway 378 words
    5. Transport Council 133 words
    6. Housing Policy Guidance (Cumbria) 143 words
    7. Housing Stock Renovation 193 words
    8. Rivers (SSSI Status) 52 words
    9. Road Signs 348 words
    10. Carlisle Airport (Nuclear Material) 39 words
    11. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 381 words
    12. Heathrow-Paris Eurostar Service 142 words
    13. Travellers 121 words
    14. Energy Efficiency 107 words
    15. Mobile Telecommunications 237 words
    16. Housing Benefit 71 words
    17. Building Regulations 333 words
    18. Second Homes 315 words
    19. Kent County Council 91 words
    20. Radioactive Material (Transport) 415 words
    21. Merchant Seamen (Sickness) 306 words
    22. LCR and Eurostar 73 words
    23. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 116 words
    24. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 83 words
    25. Local Government Reorganisation 113 words
    26. Regional Airports 192 words
    27. Air Quality Standards 175 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Direct Labour and Services Organisations 326 words
    2. Arts Sponsorship 109 words
    3. Unemployment 245 words
    4. Fisheries Research 190 words
    5. Road Accident Deaths 202 words
  7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Conditional Fee Agreements 250 words
    2. Fast-track System 100 words
    3. Civil Justice Reforms 154 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. No. 11 Downing Street (Receptions) 60 words
    2. Economic and Monetary Union 127 words
    3. Bank of England 137 words
    4. Euro 56 words
    5. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 265 words
    6. Inheritance Tax 78 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Sierra Leone 378 words
    2. Indigenous People 333 words
    3. Debt Relief 157 words
  10. WALES
    1. Reviews 240 words
    2. Economic and Monetary Union 84 words
    3. Arts Funding 125 words
    4. Orchestras 71 words
    5. Millennium Projects 126 words
    6. Theatres 53 words
    7. Tourism 148 words
    8. Museums 79 words
    9. Cricket Clubs 97 words
    10. Local Government Boundary Reviews 236 words
    11. Housing 110 words
    12. House Renovation Grants 497 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Export Credit Guarantees 145 words
    2. Export Licences 166 words
    3. Post Office 124 words
    4. Dounreay 930 words
    5. Research Councils 122 words
    6. Eureka Programme 214 words
    7. Human Genome Sequencing 68 words
    8. Nuclear Weapons (Developing Countries) 79 words
    9. Nuclear Power Stations (Health Risks) 306 words
  12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. BSE 1,325 words
    2. E. Coli 155 words
    3. Coastal Erosion 140 words
    4. Toxocariasis 142 words
  13. HEALTH
    1. Chiropody 60 words
    2. Recruitment Agencies 95 words
    3. Travel Vaccinations 370 words
    4. Fatal Diseases (Overseas Travel) 218 words
    5. Ongar War Memorial Hospital 60 words
    6. Pathogen Sales 281 words
    7. Community Hospitals 94 words
    8. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 207 words
    9. Abortion 49 words
    10. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 103 words
    11. Medicines Control Agency 44 words
  14. DEFENCE
    1. Ex-service Men 86 words
    2. Army Personnel 51 words
    3. Royal Navy Vessels (Crew) 70 words
    4. Nuclear Threat Assessment 72 words
    5. Western European Union (Training) 105 words
    6. Royal Navy (Fuel Quota) 52 words
    7. Soldiers (Exercises and Operations) 51 words
    8. Iraq 285 words
    9. Persian Gulf 464 words
    10. Royal Navy (Peacekeeping) 176 words
    11. Overseas Personnel 706 words
  15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Algeria 339 words
    2. Sudan 206 words
    3. Chevening Scholarships 419 words
    4. People's Europe Event 227 words
    5. Sierra Leone 136 words
    6. Cameroon 205 words
    7. Yemen 167 words
    8. James Miles and Paul Loseby 305 words
    9. Tehran Embassy 103 words
  16. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Government Information and Communication Service 127 words
    2. Better Government White Paper 171 words
    3. Freedom of Information 363 words
    4. Clergymen 92 words
    5. Civil Service (UK Nationals) 1,003 words
    6. Marsham Street 249 words
    7. Crown Copyright 188 words
    8. E-mail 88 words
  17. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. New Deal (Young People) 103 words
    2. Teachers' Pay 43 words
    3. GCSE/GNVQ Scores 345 words
    4. Music Funding 134 words
    5. School Closures 92 words
    6. Village Schools 97 words
    7. Primary Schools 57 words
    8. School Exclusions (West Chelmsford) 143 words
    9. Grant-maintained Schools 155 words
    10. Assisted Places Scheme 98 words

Lords Sitting of 10 June 1998

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 53 words
  3. Falkland Islands: Oil and Gas Exploration 1,231 words
  4. Health of the Nation: Government Policy 855 words
  5. Local Government: Public Participation 1,222 words
  6. Feature Films: Lottery Funding 847 words
  7. Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Bill [H.L.] 30 words
  8. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 14 words
  9. COMMONS AMENDMENT 1,171 words
  10. COMMONS AMENDMENT 522 words
  11. COMMONS AMENDMENT 68 words
  12. COMMONS AMENDMENT 653 words
  13. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 246 words
  14. School Standards and Framework Bill 32,786 words
  15. BALLOT REGULATIONS: ELIGIBILITY OF PARENTS TO REQUEST AND VOTE IN BALLOT 1,911 words, 1 division
  16. PROPOSALS BY GOVERNING BODY OF MAINTAINED SCHOOL TO INTRODUCE SELECTIVE ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS 818 words
  17. Lomé Convention and the Caribbean 8,247 words
  18. School Standards and Framework Bill 22,195 words
  19. TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDREN RECEIVING NURSERY EDUCATION OTHERWISE THAN AT SCHOOL 659 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 10 June 1998

  1. Poverty Elimination Targets 407 words
  2. Commonwealth Development Corporation 135 words
  3. Regional Airports: International Access Policy 190 words
  4. Air Quality Standards: Expert Panel 177 words
  5. Northern Ireland: Organic Production 267 words
  6. Northern Ireland: Audio-recording of Police Interviews 170 words
  7. Firearms Licensing: Medical Information 96 words
  8. Service Personnel: Hearing Tests 96 words
  9. Gulf War Service Personnel: Hearing Tests 236 words
  10. Service Personnel: Noise and Hearing Research 96 words
  11. Agriculture Council, 25–26 May 362 words
  12. Incontinence Services, Scotland 188 words
  13. Continence: Policy 108 words
  14. NHS Trusts: Depreciation Requirements 245 words
  15. Water Fluoridation 408 words
  16. Medicines Control Agency: Key Targets 43 words
  17. Turkey: Licences for Supply of Arms and Military Equipment 1,223 words