16 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 16 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. SHREWSBURY AND ATCHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL BILL [Lords] 6 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS 6 words
      1. EU Troika Visits (Great Lakes and East Timor) 352 words
      2. China 623 words
      3. Kosovo 1,373 words
      4. Central and Eastern Europe 923 words
      5. EU Reform 1,442 words
      6. Nuclear Tests (South Asia) 732 words
      7. Great Lakes 796 words
      8. Sierra Leone 1,155 words
      9. Myanmar 384 words
      10. Middle East Peace Process 483 words
  5. Legal Aid (Reform) 1,210 words
    1. LEGAL AID (REFORM) 58 words
  6. Opposition Day
    1. 13TH ALLOTTED DAY
      1. Hospital Waiting Lists 31,192 words, 1 division
    2. Local Government (Scotland) 25,152 words, 1 division
    3. Council Tax (Derbyshire) 13,510 words, 1 division
      1. DEREGULATION 17 words
        1. METHYLATED SPIRITS SALE (SCOTLAND) 19 words
      2. CRIME AND DISORDER BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) 16 words
        1. Report and Third Reading 71 words
        2. Business Committee 45 words
        3. Conclusion of proceedings 190 words
        4. Miscellaneous 230 words
    4. A27 (Sompting to Shoreham) 4,251 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 June 1998

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Junior Barristers 88 words
  2. WALES
    1. NHS Trusts 108 words
    2. School Vandalism 178 words
    3. Welsh Development Agency 235 words
  3. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Sierra Leone 55 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Road Accident Rates 293 words
    2. Driver Test Centre, Stafford 287 words
    3. Driver Test Centres (Closure) 79 words
    4. Minister for the Environment 57 words
    5. Properties (Derbyshire) 289 words
    6. West Coast Main Line 85 words
    7. Roads (Winter Maintenance) 701 words
    8. M5 213 words
    9. Great Western Trains 192 words
    10. Public Inquiries 126 words
    11. Green Belt (Worcestershire) 84 words
    12. Urban Areas (Green Spaces) 161 words
    13. Electoral Boundaries (Cumbria) 95 words
    14. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 173 words
    15. Eurostar 322 words
    16. Ministerial Travel 81 words
    17. Trans-urban Heavy Rail Scheme 79 words
    18. Accidents (Colchester) 407 words
    19. Private Tenancies (Licensing Schemes) 147 words
    20. Private Hire Vehicles (Disabled People) 114 words
    21. Biodiversity 262 words
    22. Cyclists (Injuries) 85 words
    23. Rail Services (Matlock to Buxton) 99 words
    24. Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 145 words
    25. Public Toilets 68 words
    26. Taxi Vouchers 98 words
    27. Transport White Paper 76 words
    28. Rail Infrastructure 63 words
    29. Cars (London) 322 words
    30. Sewerage 632 words
  5. TREASURY
    1. General Government Expenditure 173 words
    2. Working Families Tax Credit 520 words
    3. National Debt 70 words
    4. Contingent Liabilities 306 words
    5. Economic and Monetary Union 68 words
    6. Low PAY 339 words
    7. Debt Recovery 105 words
  6. SCOTLAND
    1. Skye Bridge 363 words
    2. Reviews 611 words
    3. Prisoners (Television) 125 words
    4. Scottish Parliament 388 words
    5. Local Government Finance 63 words
    6. Tuition Fees 202 words
  7. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Hereford and Worcester Education Authority 269 words
    2. Further Education 463 words
    3. Sixth Form Education 212 words
    4. School Computers (Leicestershire) 73 words
    5. Vocational Training Tax Relief 74 words
    6. Local Authority Youth Services 48 words
    7. UK Presidency (Young People) 127 words
    8. Jean Monnet Awards 206 words
    9. Internet 493 words
    10. Young Consumer Competition 60 words
    11. Economic and Monetary Union 135 words
    12. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis 131 words
    13. Vocational Qualifications 98 words
    14. Student Loans 316 words
    15. School Inspections 78 words
    16. Education Funding (Lincolnshire) 330 words
    17. Dogsthorpe School, Peterborough 69 words
    18. School Play Time 98 words
    19. Nursery Places 36 words
    20. University for Industry 312 words
    21. Schoolchildren (Health) 659 words
    22. Corporal Punishment 48 words
    23. EU Publicity (East Sussex) 74 words
    24. Job Vacancies (Tamworth) 222 words
    25. Head Lice 208 words
  8. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Quangos 67 words
    2. Government Car and Despatch Agency 114 words
    3. Civil Servants 149 words
  9. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
    1. Millennium Dome 400 words
    2. Surfball 93 words
  10. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Royal Parks (Dogs) 50 words
    2. Sustainable Tourism 115 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. EU Funds 92 words
    2. Estate Agents 87 words
    3. Export Licences 223 words
    4. Employees (Overseas Working Conditions) 47 words
    5. Millennium Dome 464 words
    6. Marine Science and Technology Committee 230 words
    7. Independent Radio 152 words
    8. Unions 170 words
    9. World Trade Organisation 552 words
  12. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Departmental Running Costs 112 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Organic Farming 86 words
    2. Quarantine 105 words
    3. Oilseed Rape 87 words
    4. Abattoirs 158 words
    5. Solway and Border Esk Rivers 111 words
    6. Emergency Food Stockpile 113 words
    7. Flood Damage (West Midlands) 86 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Ayaz Sheikh 132 words
    2. NHS Direct (Minicom Service) 91 words
    3. Home Care Services 277 words
    4. Hip Operations 158 words
    5. Child Protection Registers 76 words
    6. Methadone Treatment 161 words
    7. Clinical Trials 273 words
    8. Viagra 97 words
    9. Asylum Seekers 178 words
  15. DEFENCE
    1. Nerve Agent Pre-treatment Sets 415 words
    2. CR Gas 92 words
    3. UN Peacekeeping Operations 241 words
    4. Territorial Army 61 words
    5. King's Own Border Regiment 59 words
    6. Eritrea 144 words
    7. Executive Agencies (Performance Targets) 726 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. War Widows 797 words
    2. Child Support Agency 557 words
    3. ADAPT Project 221 words
    4. National Insurance 204 words
    5. Benefit Fraud Inspectorate 91 words
    6. Parental Leave 152 words
    7. Pensions Education Working Group 262 words
  17. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Fire Safety 48 words
    2. CS Gas 577 words
    3. Prisoners 232 words
    4. Police Officers 780 words
    5. Police Training Procedures 167 words
    6. West Mercia Constabulary 268 words
    7. Asylum Seekers 561 words
    8. Firearms Compensation 185 words
    9. Deaf Prisoners 164 words
    10. Prisons (Beef) 61 words
    11. DNA Results (Exchanges) 57 words
    12. Private Finance Initiative 383 words
    13. Emergency Control Centres 91 words
    14. Chief Police Officers 2,360 words
    15. Motorists (Drug Tests) 97 words
    16. Community Policing 271 words
    17. Bosnian Asylum Seekers (Cumbria) 62 words
    18. 999 Calls 110 words
    19. West Midlands Police 290 words
    20. Police (Deaths and Bravery Awards) 65 words
    21. Prisons (Drugs) 871 words
    22. Operational Police Policy Unit 219 words
    23. Metropolitan Police District 477 words
    24. Animal Procedures Committee 186 words
    25. Probation Services 422 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Arms Exports (European Code of Conduct) 138 words
    2. EU Reform 155 words
    3. Iran 35 words
    4. Algeria 238 words
    5. Caribbean 108 words
    6. War Criminals (Bosnia) 121 words
    7. EU Enlargement 155 words
    8. Turkey 69 words
    9. Sri Lanka 86 words
    10. Afghanistan 75 words
    11. Nigeria 127 words
    12. Iraq 43 words
    13. Missile Technology Control Regime 122 words
    14. Middle East Peace Process 86 words
    15. Ottawa Treaty 54 words
    16. Ethical Foreign Policy 53 words
    17. Nuclear Tests (South Asia) 178 words
    18. GCHQ 86 words
    19. Kosovo 54 words
    20. Fur Coats 93 words
    21. Euro (Publicity Material) 78 words
    22. Gibraltar 88 words
    23. Sierra Leone 132 words
    24. Kashmir 102 words
    25. Mexico 343 words
    26. Former Soviet Union 170 words
    27. Cardiff Summit Table 180 words

Lords Sitting of 16 June 1998

  1. Preamble 26 words
  2. The Lord Chancellor: Leave of Absence 43 words
  3. Multiple Sclerosis and Beta-interferon 1,429 words
  4. Written Answers and e-mail 846 words
  5. Criminal Memoirs: "Cries Unheard" 811 words
  6. Electronic Tagging: Contracts 1,429 words
  7. Business 719 words
  8. School Standards and Framework Bill 3,013 words
  9. INSPECTION OF VOLUNTARY AIDED AND FOUNDATION SCHOOLS 10,109 words, 2 divisions
  10. PAYMENT OF SCHOOL EXPENSES; GRANT OF SCHOLARSHIPS, ETC 16,182 words, 1 division
  11. EDUCATION TRANSFER COUNCIL: ALTERATION OF FUNCTIONS AND PROVISION FOR DISSOLUTION 7,942 words
  12. MINOR AUTHORITIES 1,675 words
  13. SCHEDULE
    1. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION TRANSFER COUNCIL 5,056 words
    2. Nurses in the NHS 8,971 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 June 1998

  1. Sudan 145 words
  2. Afghanistan 186 words
  3. Sierra Leone 124 words
  4. Government Expenditure Per Capita 144 words
  5. Government Cars 530 words
  6. The Prime Minister: Press Articles 79 words
  7. Intelligence and Security Committee: Appointment 72 words
  8. Prison Service Health Care Directorate: Temporary Staff 108 words
  9. Metropolitan Police District Boundaries 456 words
  10. Metropolitan Police: Missing Data 145 words
  11. Dangerous Personality-disordered Offenders 102 words
  12. ACPO Firearms Licensing Sub-committee 230 words
  13. Putney Hospital 115 words
  14. Cannabis: Therapeutic Aspects 102 words
  15. Office of Science and Technology 96 words
  16. Gulf Veterans' Medical Assessment Programme 815 words
  17. Operation Granby: NBC Logs 113 words
  18. Anthrax Vaccine and the Armed Forces 354 words
  19. In-flight Air Quality 345 words