29 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 29 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT 6 words
      1. Press Complaints Commission 225 words
      2. Tourism 507 words
      3. Design Promotion 407 words
      4. Tourism 1,166 words
      5. Sport (Social Exclusion) 630 words
      6. 2006 World Cup 626 words
      7. Heritage Lottery Fund (Access Fund) 454 words
      8. Broadcasting (Impartiality) 526 words
      9. Football (Racism) 208 words
      10. Millennium Commission Grants (North-west Region) 279 words
      11. Creative Industries 276 words
    2. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO (MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE) 4 words
      1. Millennium Experience 936 words
      2. Spirit Zone 480 words
    3. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS 11 words
      1. Overseas Investments 409 words
      2. Spirit Zone 559 words
      3. Ethical Investments 151 words
      4. Clergy Funding 212 words
  4. Opposition Day 3 words
    1. The Economy 31,113 words, 1 division
    2. Class Sizes 24,013 words, 1 division
    3. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 30 words
      1. ANIMALS 20 words
      2. NORTHERN IRELAND 21 words
      3. VALUE ADDED TAX 28 words
      4. SOCIAL SECURITY 27 words
      5. PUBLIC HEALTH 23 words
      6. CIVIL AVIATION 23 words
    4. Wembley Stadium 4,480 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 June 1998

  1. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Gender Impact Assessments 83 words
    2. Action Zones 210 words
    3. Departmental Reviews 151 words
  2. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Payments to Farmers 74 words
    2. Elections Review 90 words
    3. Union Flag (Ulster Hospital) 135 words
    4. Multiple Births 282 words
    5. Gender Impact Assessments 142 words
    6. Health and Social Services Boards 251 words
    7. Bloody Sunday Inquiry 108 words
    8. Housing Grants 142 words
    9. Higher Education Applications 727 words
    10. University Students 116 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. Scottish Parliament 76 words
    2. Gulf War Syndrome 666 words
    3. MOD Police 267 words
    4. Gender Impact Assessments 83 words
    5. Divisional Headquarters, York 94 words
    6. Death Penalty 56 words
    7. Greenwich Hospital Site 181 words
    8. Large Aircraft 117 words
    9. RAF Stanmore Park 123 words
    10. Parachute Regiment 71 words
    11. WE177 Weapon 424 words
    12. Commachio Group Royal Marines 98 words
    13. HMS Ocean 270 words
    14. SA80 and M16 Rifles 75 words
    15. UFOs 115 words
    16. Underwater Monitoring 71 words
    17. Air Traffic Control 91 words
    18. Training Aircraft 123 words
    19. Territorial Army (Shropshire) 91 words
    20. Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle 88 words
    21. Nuclear Accidents 279 words
    22. Nuclear Weapons (Transport) 51 words
    23. Agency Newsletters 380 words
    24. Northern Ireland 72 words
  4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
    1. Adjournment Debates 629 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Traffic Policing 324 words
    2. Probation Service 205 words
    3. Victim Support 128 words
    4. Action Zones 399 words
    5. Incapacitant Sprays 102 words
    6. Child Safety Week 57 words
    7. Football Hooligans 225 words
    8. Correspondence 93 words
    9. Public Registers 167 words
    10. Data Protection 487 words
    11. Offshore Financial Regulatory System 216 words
    12. Mentally Ill Prisoners 95 words
    13. Key Cutting 252 words
    14. Recidivism 130 words
  6. TREASURY
    1. UK Areas 368 words
    2. Private Finance Initiative 521 words
    3. Unemployment 77 words
    4. Public Sector Investment 123 words
    5. Economic and Fiscal Strategy 123 words
    6. Public Spending 469 words
    7. Departmental Underspending 96 words
    8. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 173 words
    9. Hospital Repairs 43 words
    10. Comprehensive Spending Review 112 words
    11. VAT (Art Market) 230 words
    12. Economic Forecasts 155 words
    13. Third World Debt (Donations) 142 words
    14. Public Finance 225 words
    15. Departmental Expenditure Limits 46 words
    16. Low Pay 875 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER
    1. European Policy 152 words
    2. Cabinet Ministers (Security) 27 words
    3. Public Sector Pay Review Bodies 230 words
  8. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Public Registers 31 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Overseas Travel 79 words
    2. Children's Reporter Administration 79 words
    3. Public Registers 430 words
    4. Higher Education 159 words
  10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    1. EU Commission Documents 143 words
    2. EC Programmes (Developing Countries) 88 words
    3. Sudan 101 words
    4. Public Registers 38 words
    5. Coral Reefs 444 words
  11. HEALTH
    1. Primary Care Groups 106 words
    2. Trauma Patients 720 words
    3. Mental Health 96 words
    4. Nurses (Working Holidays Visas) 240 words
    5. Testosterone 298 words
    6. Food Safety (Cheese) 222 words
    7. Waiting Times 73 words
    8. Drugs Misuse (London) 267 words
    9. Elderly People (Discrimination) 130 words
    10. Wheelchairs 173 words
    11. Correspondence 139 words
    12. Data Protection 239 words
    13. NHS Drugs 216 words
    14. Microbiological Research Authority 141 words
    15. Tattoo Removal 88 words
    16. Maternity Services (North Essex) 68 words
  12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Millennium Compliance 148 words
    2. Small Businesses 175 words
    3. Newspaper Pricing 102 words
    4. Insolvency Proceedings 74 words
    5. Eastern Natural Gas 189 words
    6. Employment Rights Act 196 words
    7. Manufacturing Exports 146 words
    8. Manufacturing Investment 103 words
    9. Dounreay 121 words
    10. Pharmaceutical Industry 165 words
    11. Biotechnology 87 words
    12. Car Prices 94 words
    13. Lord Archer 350 words
    14. European Working Hours Directive 102 words
    15. Director General of Fair Trading 64 words
    16. Post Office 160 words
    17. Minimum Wage 226 words
    18. Coal Mining 122 words
    19. Research Councils 129 words
    20. Export Licences 382 words
    21. BNFL 79 words
    22. De Ia Rue, Gateshead 116 words
    23. Midland Bluebird Bus Company 170 words
    24. Volvo Bus, Irvine 186 words
  13. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMISSION
    1. Housing Association Audits 150 words
  14. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
    1. Public Registers 28 words
  15. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. 2006 World Cup 54 words
    2. National Lottery (Community Projects) 75 words
    3. English Tourist Board 89 words
    4. Film Industry 143 words
    5. Tourism 75 words
    6. NESTA 134 words
    7. Creative Arts (Liverpool) 89 words
    8. EU Audiovisual Conference 128 words
    9. New Opportunities Fund 68 words
    10. National Lottery (Unclaimed Prizes) 67 words
    11. Independent Television Franchises 57 words
    12. Channel 4 74 words
    13. Museum Admission Charges 77 words
    14. Creative Industries 43 words
    15. Digital Terrestrial Television 66 words
    16. Football Merchandise 91 words
    17. Concessionary Television Licences 92 words
    18. Ancient Monuments Laboratory 391 words
    19. HMS Cavalier 144 words
    20. National Swim Week 77 words
    21. Rugby League World Cup 114 words
    22. Wembley Stadium 140 words
    23. National Lottery (Wales) 158 words
  16. WALES
    1. Local Authority Funding 521 words
    2. Multiple Births 156 words
    3. Gender Impact Assessments 119 words
    4. Action Zones 288 words
    5. Optec DD Factory 118 words
    6. Child Care 292 words
    7. National Minimum Wage 143 words
    8. River Dee Bridge 74 words
    9. Development Assistance 94 words
    10. Higher Education 447 words
  17. MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
    1. Millennium Exhibitions 74 words
    2. Millennium Dome 152 words
    3. Millennium Experience 178 words
  18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. EU Funds 91 words
    2. Turkey 71 words
    3. Sierra Leone 79 words
    4. Lockerbie 90 words
    5. European Policy 87 words
    6. Export Licences 306 words
    7. Ramsgate-Ostend Ferries 108 words
    8. Drugs Trade 95 words
    9. Democratic Republic of the Congo 96 words
    10. South China Sea 96 words
    11. Cuba 101 words
    12. Pakistan 120 words
    13. Togo 119 words
    14. Africa (Embassy Services) 375 words
    15. Guinea Bissau 190 words
    16. North Korea 144 words
    17. Eritrea (British Embassy) 66 words
    18. Iraq 372 words
  19. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Departmental Reviews 125 words
    2. Gender Impact Assessments 84 words
    3. "Opening Up Quangos" 485 words
  20. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Epping-Ongar Rail Line 84 words
    2. Weald and Downland DBFO Project 85 words
    3. Newsprint Recycling 414 words
    4. Local Government Reorganisation 1,537 words
    5. Action Zones 195 words
    6. UN World Environment Day 118 words
    7. Cleaner Motor Vehicles 131 words
    8. Shipping Industry 52 words
    9. Government Vehicles 118 words
    10. North West Water 682 words
    11. Advanced Driving Instructors 143 words
    12. Executive Agencies 404 words
    13. Nuclear Material (Trains) 804 words
    14. Energy Efficiency 119 words
    15. Air Traffic 103 words
    16. Council Ward Boundaries 75 words
    17. Greenwich Peninsula (Cable Car) 105 words
    18. Jubilee Line Extension 170 words
    19. Greenwich Peninsula (Bathing Facilities) 29 words
    20. Globe Conference 137 words
    21. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 477 words
    22. Green Ministers 421 words
    23. Public Participation Convention 153 words
    24. Sellafield 78 words
    25. Millennium Experience Site 114 words
    26. Green-Field Land 53 words
    27. Non-fuel-powered Cars 158 words
    28. Housing (Planning Permission) 223 words
    29. Coal-fired Power Stations 359 words
    30. Benefit Fraud (Data Matching) 97 words
    31. Public Registers 35 words
    32. Leasehold Reform 30 words
    33. Ramsgate-Ostend Ferries 76 words
    34. Wembley Park Underground Station 139 words
    35. Cycling 632 words
    36. Irish Sea (Pollution) 668 words
    37. Marine Pollution 306 words
    38. Plankton Recording 147 words
    39. Algal Blooms 95 words
    40. Rural Transport Grant 282 words
    41. Local Government Finance 115 words
    42. Ministerial Helicopter Travel 114 words
  21. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Unemployment 94 words
    2. Teachers Pension Scheme 135 words
    3. University Students (Residence) 380 words
    4. Education Action Zones 224 words
    5. Higher Education 574 words
    6. Class Sizes 41 words
    7. School Classes (Age Mix) 89 words
  22. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Cull Ewes 323 words
    2. Policy Reviews 271 words
    3. Quarantine 62 words