18 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 18 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 21 words
  4. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRADE AND INDUSTRY 9 words
      1. Energy Policy 698 words
      2. Airbus A3XX 870 words
      3. Bribery 304 words
      4. Automotive Industry 892 words
      5. Foresight Programme 449 words
      6. Low Pay Commission 463 words
      7. Sterling 1,115 words
      8. Part-time Workers Directive 325 words
      9. Small and Medium Businesses 650 words
      10. Sterling 853 words
      11. Public Sector Workers 281 words
      12. Balance of Trade 546 words
      13. Economic and Monetary Union 394 words
  5. National Minimum Wage 6,840 words
  6. Business of the House 4,277 words
  7. Bristol Royal Infirmary 5,878 words
  8. Point of Order 397 words
  9. Orders of the Day
    1. Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill 6 words
      1. Clause 3
        1. APPLICATIONS 9,899 words, 1 division
      2. Schedule 3
        1. SENTENCES PASSED OUTSIDE NORTHERN IRELAND 14,835 words, 1 division
    2. National Institutions Measure 4,902 words
    3. Civic Amenities Sites (Northumberland) 4,475 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 June 1998

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Ogden Tables 113 words
    2. Legal Aid 123 words
    3. Asylum Seekers 72 words
  2. DEFENCE
    1. RAF Northolt 117 words
    2. "Shaping the Future Together" 139 words
    3. Prisoners of War 117 words
    4. Land Mines 131 words
    5. National Air Traffic Services 66 words
    6. Bulldog Training Aircraft 437 words
    7. Gallantry Medals 445 words
    8. Royal Armoured Corps 115 words
  3. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. European Parliament 83 words
    2. Military Complaints Procedures 188 words
    3. Tuition Fees 58 words
  4. SCOTLAND
    1. Higher Education 321 words
    2. Teacher Training 94 words
  5. WALES
    1. Public Appointments 127 words
    2. Chernobyl 75 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. Foreign Earnings Deductions 304 words
    2. Savings and Investments 91 words
    3. Budget Measures 133 words
    4. EU Code of Conduct Group 244 words
    5. Post Office 320 words
    6. Tax Demands 233 words
    7. Propane (Vehicle Fuel) 223 words
    8. Diesel Duties 119 words
    9. Duty Free 174 words
    10. Smugglers' Vehicles 201 words
    11. Alcohol Duty 387 words
    12. Tax Collection 240 words
    13. Frozen Assets (Iraq) 72 words
  7. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. West Coast Main Line 352 words
    2. Rural Development and Countryside Commissions 128 words
    3. New Zealand Flatworm 101 words
    4. Local Agenda 21 312 words
    5. Rented Accommodation 235 words
    6. Housing 218 words
    7. Packaging Waste 99 words
    8. Genetically Modified Organisms 529 words
    9. Open Government 171 words
    10. Motorcycles 80 words
    11. Biodiversity 134 words
    12. Sewerage 912 words
    13. Recycled Plastics 169 words
    14. Diabetic Drivers 152 words
    15. Sellafield 262 words
    16. Dolby Stereo (Cinemas) 58 words
    17. Moorside Drift Mine 98 words
    18. Throckmorton Airfield 68 words
    19. Coalfield Taskforce Report 256 words
    20. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 82 words
    21. Water Abstraction 102 words
    22. Private Coach Hire Companies 130 words
  8. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Development Assistance 204 words
    2. World Bank 164 words
  9. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Parc Prison 228 words
    2. Zero Tolerance Policing 1,197 words
    3. Prison Service 2,907 words
    4. Prisoners 199 words
    5. Police Funding Formula 370 words
    6. Police (Health) 254 words
    7. Chief Police Officers 404 words
    8. Drivers (Sentences) 156 words
    9. Protection from Harassment Act 183 words
    10. Air Guns 155 words
    11. Cricket 282 words
    12. Police (Minimum Height) 52 words
    13. Vehicle Fleets (Fuel) 88 words
    14. Closed Circuit Television (London) 631 words
    15. Restriction Orders 117 words
    16. Football Hooligans (France) 110 words
    17. Racial Abuse 124 words
  10. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
    1. Millennium Experience 644 words
  11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. National Lottery 171 words
    2. Millennium Commission 60 words
  12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Journalists in Europe Project 90 words
    2. European Commission of Human Rights 140 words
    3. Sierra Leone 438 words
    4. Mochovce Power Plant, Western Slovakia 41 words
    5. Intergovernmental Authority on Development 91 words
    6. EU Youth Forum 92 words
    7. Intelligence 85 words
    8. Export Promotion 240 words
  13. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Ms Yvonne Davies 74 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Drugs Treatment 189 words
    2. NHS Pension Scheme 98 words
    3. General Practitioners 56 words
    4. Primary Care Groups 196 words
    5. NHS (Patient Satisfaction) 66 words
    6. Female Consultants 93 words
    7. Food Poisoning 265 words
    8. Tuberculosis 150 words
    9. Direct Payments 321 words
    10. Health Services (Worcestershire) 106 words
    11. Smoking Trends 277 words
  15. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Heads of Information 85 words
  16. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Teachers' Pay 272 words
    2. Physical Education 142 words
    3. Skills Mismatches 103 words
    4. Staffordshire TEC 56 words
    5. Tuition Fees 62 words
  17. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Sierra Leone 74 words
    2. Intelligence Services 178 words
    3. House of Lords 60 words
    4. Lockerbie 129 words
    5. British Nuclear Fuels 59 words
    6. Ambassadors' Telegrams 59 words
    7. Dounreay 428 words
    8. ASEM 86 words
  18. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Small and Medium Businesses 193 words
    2. Industry Productivity 145 words
    3. "Fairness at Work" 72 words
    4. Manufacturing Industry 209 words
    5. Post Office 67 words
    6. Framework Research Programme 289 words
    7. EH101 Helicopter 88 words
    8. Clothing and Textile Industry 323 words
    9. Economic and Monetary Union 85 words
    10. Ice-cream Industry 66 words
    11. EU Structural Funds 185 words
    12. Minimum Wage 54 words
    13. Millennium Compliance 306 words
    14. Regional Development Funds 233 words
    15. Steel Industry 171 words
    16. Gas-fired Power Stations 69 words
    17. Nuclear Material 103 words
    18. Sellafield 111 words
    19. Power Generation (South-East England) 128 words
    20. Legislation 116 words
    21. Military Exports 74 words
    22. Anglia TV (Shares) 110 words
    23. Diesel 80 words
    24. Key Cutting 168 words
  19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Live Animal Exports 170 words
    2. Egg Producers 76 words
    3. Flood Damage 125 words
    4. Grade 1 Land 80 words
    5. Rabbits 191 words
    6. Meat Labelling 78 words
    7. EU Wine Subsidies 76 words

Lords Sitting of 18 June 1998

  1. Preamble 29 words
  2. Methodist Central Hall, Westminster 536 words
  3. Developing Countries: Unsustainable Debt 1,347 words
  4. Takeovers: EU Proposals 1,116 words
  5. Bosnia and Kosovo: British Forces Costs 220 words
  6. Business 83 words
  7. Business of the House: Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill 474 words
  8. Pensions (Amendment) Bill [H.L.] 64 words
  9. Scotland Bill 3,137 words
  10. The National Minimum Wage 7,992 words
  11. Scotland Bill 43,045 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 June 1998

  1. Harassment 240 words
  2. Khat 70 words
  3. Political Parties: Registration 119 words
  4. Prison Enterprise Service: Internal Services 91 words
  5. Export Promotion 230 words
  6. RAF Feltwell 32 words
  7. Gulf Veterans: CIA Documents 159 words
  8. RAF New Training Aircraft 302 words
  9. Varroa Mite 92 words
  10. Beekeeping: EU Support 124 words
  11. Avebury and Stonehenge World Heritage Site 101 words
  12. House of Lords: Parked Cars 63 words
  13. Cancer Charities 338 words
  14. "Customer" 195 words
  15. Interest Rate Rise 92 words
  16. Pay-TV: ITC Proposals 194 words
  17. Strategic Communications Unit 101 words
  18. Water Abstraction Licensing 101 words
  19. Coalfields Task Force: Report 254 words
  20. World Heritage Sites: Agricultural Buildings 173 words
  21. Access to the Open Countryside in England and Wales: Consultation Paper 398 words