23 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 23 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. SCOTLAND 6 words
      1. Undergraduate Course Applications 828 words
      2. Road Deaths 792 words
      3. Business Support 703 words
      4. East Ayrshire 1,503 words
      5. Atomic Energy Policy 1,013 words
      6. Direct Labour Organisations 278 words
      7. North Lanarkshire 511 words
      8. Exchange Rate 387 words
    2. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 5 words
      1. County Court Services 288 words
      2. Magistrates Courts Committees (Devon and Cornwall) 436 words
      3. Terrorism 275 words
      4. Legal Aid 713 words
      5. Barristers' Earnings 540 words
  4. Temporary Classrooms 1,320 words
    1. TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS 105 words
  5. Orders of the Day
    1. Crime and Disorder Bill [Lords] 8 words
      1. New Clause 9
        1. INTERACTION WITH SENTENCES OF DETENTION 10,805 words
      2. New clause 12
        1. FOOTBALL SPECTATORS: FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REPORTING DUTY 106 words
      3. New clause 2
        1. DRUG TREATMENT SENTENCE 3,484 words
      4. Clause 1
        1. ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR ORDERS 7,347 words
      5. Clause 6
        1. FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIES 4,305 words
      6. Clause 16
        1. REMOVAL OF TRUANTS TO DESIGNATED PREMISES ETC 78 words
      7. Clause 17
        1. DUTY TO CONSIDER CRIME AND DISORDER IMPLICATIONS 39 words
      8. Clause 23
        1. ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AS GROUND OF EVICTION 2,173 words
      9. Clause 28
        1. RACIALLY-AGGRAVATED OFFENCES: ENGLAND AND WALES 7,659 words, 1 division
      10. Clause 33
        1. RACIALLY-AGGRAVATED OFFENCES 121 words
      11. Clause 35
        1. EFFECT OF CHILD'S SILENCE AT TRIAL 2,343 words
      12. Clause 42
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 28 words
      13. Clause 47
        1. POWERS OF YOUTH COURTS 190 words
      14. Clause 56
        1. BAIL: RESTRICTIONS IN CERTAIN CASES OF HOMICIDE OR RAPE 2,658 words
      15. Clause 62
        1. REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN ORDERS 153 words
      16. Clause 63
        1. PERIODIC REVIEWS 42 words
      17. Clause 64
        1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO ORDERS 100 words
      18. Clause 67
        1. REPARATION ORDERS 47 words
      19. Clause 69
        1. ACTION PLAN ORDERS 24 words
      20. Clause 72
        1. BREACH OF REQUIREMENTS IN SUPERVISION ORDERS 67 words
      21. Clause 74
        1. DUTIES AND POWERS OF COURT 22 words
      22. Clause 79
        1. SENTENCING GUIDELINES 1,774 words
      23. Clause 84
        1. SEXUAL OR VIOLENT OFFENDERS 988 words
      24. Clause 85
        1. FURTHER PROVISION AS TO EXTENDED SENTENCES 33 words
      25. Clause 88
        1. REQUIREMENTS AND PROVISIONS TO BE INCLUDED IN DRUG TREATMENT AND TESTING ORDERS 14 words
      26. Clause 94
        1. OFFENCES RACIALLY AGGRAVATED 119 words
      27. Clause 97
        1. POWER TO RELEASE SHORT-TERM PRISONERS ON LICENCE 2,866 words
      28. Clause 99
        1. EARLY RELEASE: TWO OR MORE SENTENCES. 62 words
      29. Clause 109
        1. EARLY RELEASE IN SCOTLAND: TWO OR MORE SENTENCES. 131 words
      30. Clause 112
        1. ORDERS AND REGULATIONS. 15 words
      31. Clause 119
        1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT. 173 words
      32. Schedule 2
        1. THE YOUTH JUSTICE BOARD: FURTHER PROVISIONS. 40 words
      33. Schedule 3
        1. PROCEDURE WHERE PERSONS ARE SENT FOR TRIAL UNDER SECTION 51. 12 words
          1. 'Use of depositions as evidence 180 words
      34. Schedule 4
        1. ENFORCEMENT ETC. OF DRUG TREATMENT AND TESTING ORDERS. 169 words
      35. Schedule 5
        1. ENFORCEMENT OF REPARATION AND ACTION PLAN ORDERS. 573 words
      36. Schedule 7
        1. PRE-CONSOLIDATION AMENDMENTS: POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS. 51 words
      37. Schedule 8
        1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS. 84 words
          1. 'Sexual Offences Act 1956 (c. 69) 35 words
          2. Sexual Offences Act 1967 (c. 60) 33 words
          3. 'Criminal Procedure (Attendance of Witnesses) Act 1965 (c.69) 268 words
          4. Application of section 12 of Criminal Justice Act 1991 etc 2,600 words
      38. Schedule 9
        1. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS 12 words
          1. 'Football spectators: failure to comply with reporting duty 29 words
      39. Schedule 10
        1. REPEALS 149 words
      40. Title 7,316 words
    2. Israeli-occupied Territories 4,065 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 June 1998

  1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. Sierra Leone 68 words
    2. Departmental Cash Limits 126 words
    3. Departmental Reviews 85 words
    4. Jubilee 2000 148 words
  2. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Audit Commission 165 words
    2. Businesses (Environmental Practice) 415 words
    3. Air Quality 264 words
    4. Environment Agency 116 words
    5. US-UK Air Services Agreement 62 words
    6. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 194 words
    7. National Air Traffic Services 200 words
    8. Private Hospitals (Business Rates) 58 words
    9. Marine Safety 322 words
    10. Fishing Vessels 172 words
    11. Gipsy Sites 243 words
    12. Wandsworth 120 words
    13. Extinct Species 64 words
    14. Freight 67 words
    15. Road Traffic Reduction Legislation 170 words
    16. Unauthorised Camping 100 words
    17. Road Accidents (Costs) 115 words
    18. Local Authority Development Plans 180 words
    19. M6 91 words
    20. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 117 words
    21. Bathing Water (Cliftonville) 120 words
    22. Rail Safety 280 words
    23. English Partnerships 265 words
    24. Departmental Cash Limits 109 words
    25. Local Government Reorganisation (Basildon) 127 words
    26. Nuclear Discharges 167 words
  3. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Social Exclusion (Coventry) 203 words
    2. Football Hooligans 150 words
    3. Drug-related Offences 124 words
    4. Police (Out-of-court Settlements) 74 words
    5. Lloyd Report 46 words
    6. International Criminal Court 243 words
    7. Prisoners (Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme) 96 words
    8. Road Traffic Offences 209 words
    9. Ballot Papers 146 words
    10. Road Safety 71 words
    11. Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 267 words
    12. Cumbria Police 247 words
    13. Police Grant (Kent) 123 words
    14. Community Policing 97 words
    15. Unlawful Sexual Intercourse 429 words
  4. TREASURY
    1. Mutual Building Societies 98 words
    2. Sierra Leone 255 words
    3. Royal Mint 186 words
    4. Contingency Reserves 126 words
    5. Departmental Underspending 95 words
    6. Public Sector Spending 359 words
    7. Stability and Growth Pact 75 words
    8. Local Authority Budgets 84 words
    9. Economic and Fiscal Strategy 596 words
    10. Inflation 58 words
    11. Capital Gains Tax 505 words
    12. Tax (Hypothecation) 83 words
    13. Current and Capital Expenditure 103 words
    14. Vehicle Excise Duty 82 words
    15. Vehicle Taxation 143 words
    16. Education Spending 34 words
    17. Pensions Mis-selling 51 words
    18. Diesel Duty 175 words
    19. Heavily Indebted Poor Countries 664 words
    20. Local Authorities (Asset Sales) 66 words
    21. Income Tax 207 words
    22. VAT (Safety Helmets) 53 words
    23. Millennium Compliance 163 words
    24. HIPC Initiative 62 words
    25. Rating and Council Tax 239 words
    26. Departmental Cash Limits 152 words
  5. WALES
    1. Local Deprivation 98 words
    2. Further Education Funding Council 81 words
    3. Departmental Cash Limits 99 words
    4. Welsh Assembly 78 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Royal Yeomanry and Queen's Own Yeomanry 382 words
    2. Conscientious Objection 185 words
    3. Chemical and Biological Weapons 168 words
    4. Dundrennan Test Range 209 words
    5. Berlin Airlift 89 words
    6. Air Transport Procurement 101 words
    7. Defence Exports 78 words
  7. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Creative Industries 133 words
    2. Tourism 203 words
  8. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Public Trust Office 77 words
    2. Community Disputes 39 words
    3. Barristers' Earnings 77 words
    4. Litigation (Offshore Companies) 63 words
    5. Women Judges 109 words
    6. Personal Injury Claims 53 words
    7. Magistrates Courts 130 words
    8. Legal Aid (Divorce Proceedings) 47 words
    9. Family Law 49 words
  9. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Teacher Training 273 words
    2. Teacher Vacancies (Greater London) 251 words
    3. Further Education (Hampshire) 162 words
    4. National Vocational Qualifications 100 words
    5. Universities 512 words
    6. Collective Acts of Worship 57 words
    7. Sixth Form Education 594 words
    8. Music 75 words
    9. Departmental Cash Limits 338 words
    10. School Performance 65 words
    11. School Inspections 70 words
    12. Local Management of Schools 79 words
    13. Special Schools 138 words
  10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Sierra Leone 234 words
    2. Departmental Reviews 156 words
    3. Pakistan 112 words
    4. Departmental Cash Limits 142 words
    5. International Criminal Court 415 words
    6. Cyprus 411 words
  11. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Schools (Capital Works) 190 words
    2. Ms Rita O'Hare 109 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. National Minimum Wage 170 words
    2. Patent Office 154 words
    3. Seafarers 55 words
    4. EU Structural Funds 133 words
    5. Maternity Leave 187 words
    6. Export Credit Loans 1,266 words
    7. Renewable Energy 471 words
    8. Buried Ordnance 205 words
    9. Working Time Directive 107 words
    10. Small Businesses 121 words
  13. SCOTLAND
    1. Celtic Heritage 81 words
    2. Agenda 2000 76 words
    3. Textile Industry 84 words
    4. Trunk Roads 63 words
    5. Exchange Rate 72 words
    6. Breast Cancer Services 63 words
    7. Direct Labour Organisations 52 words
    8. Local Government Finance 47 words
    9. Public Sector Housing 69 words
    10. Higher Education 48 words
    11. Interest Rates 88 words
    12. Schools (Early Intervention and Literacy Programmes) 47 words
    13. Minimum Wage 51 words
    14. North Lanarkshire 123 words
    15. Health Service 209 words
    16. North Sea Oil and Gas 71 words
    17. Export Initiatives 79 words
    18. Skye Toll Bridge 150 words
    19. Ayrshire and Arran Health Board 82 words
    20. NHS Workers 54 words
    21. Dounreay 206 words
    22. Small Business Loan Scheme 54 words
    23. Reconditioned Diesel Engines 73 words
    24. Health Service Review Panel (Neonatal Deaths) 158 words
    25. Further Education 213 words
    26. Freshwater Fishing 77 words
  14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Pesticides 109 words
    2. Dairy Farming 75 words
    3. Live Animal Exports 163 words
    4. Bovine Tuberculosis 1,006 words
    5. Poultry 236 words
    6. Livestock Support 522 words
  15. HEALTH
    1. Young Carers 156 words
    2. Newspaper Rounds 31 words
    3. Nurses Day 239 words
    4. Departmental Cash Limits 234 words
    5. Medical Negligence 119 words
    6. Residential Child Care Initiative 146 words
    7. Young People in Care 86 words
    8. Residential Social Workers (Training) 119 words
    9. Health Services (Worcestershire) 58 words
    10. Anti-acne Drugs 433 words
    11. Council Tax Relief 79 words
  16. SOCIAL SECURITY