30 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 30 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
    1. EYRE REVIEW 46 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. HEALTH 6 words
      1. Kidderminster Hospital 443 words
      2. Dental Services (Shropshire) 259 words
      3. Hospitals (Clinical Performance) 998 words
      4. Teenage Smoking 669 words
      5. Finished Consultant Episodes 1,446 words
      6. National Institute for Clinical Excellence 820 words
      7. Private Medical Insurance 372 words
      8. NHS Management Costs 632 words
      9. Drugs Budgets 391 words
      10. Hospital Waiting Lists 1,051 words
      11. Drug Misuse Services 402 words
      12. Breast Cancer Treatment 353 words
  4. Points of Order 389 words
  5. Unsolicited Facsimile Messages 1,327 words
    1. UNSOLICITED FACSIMILE MESSAGES 57 words
  6. FINANCE (No. 2) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 31 words
  7. FINANCE (NO. 2) BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] 34 words
  8. Orders of the Day
    1. Finance (No. 2) Bill 12 words
      1. New clause 13
        1. DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS AND CLEARANCE SERVICES: EXCHANGES OF SHARES 1,961 words
      2. New clause 14
        1. FIRST-YEAR ALLOWANCES FOR INVESTMENT IN NORTHERN IRELAND 1,119 words
      3. New clause 15
        1. FIRST-YEAR ALLOWANCES: CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS ETC. 480 words
      4. New clause 1
        1. REPAYMENT OF DIVIDEND TAX CREDIT TO NON-TAXPAYERS 11,506 words, 1 division
      5. New clause 5
        1. SPECIAL REGARD TO TRADING PATTERNS OF THE RETAIL INDUSTRY 14,460 words, 1 division
      6. New clause 7
        1. DEFINITION OF NATIONAL DEBT 9,245 words
      7. New clause 8
        1. STAMP DUTY ON TRANSFERS OF LAND TO DEALERS IN OR DEVELOPERS OF LAND 5,100 words
      8. New clause 9
        1. AMOUNT OF INHERITANCE TAX CHARGED IN HERITAGE CHATTELS WHICH DO NOT MEET THE AMENDED HIGHER THRESHOLD TEST 9,872 words
      9. New clause 16
        1. TAX CREDIT COMPENSATION FOR CHARITIES WITH INVESTMENTS IN MIXED FUNDS 5,326 words, 1 division
      10. New clause 18
        1. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES FOR SEA GOING VESSELS 3,566 words, 1 division
    2. RAF Northolt 3,814 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 30 June 1998

  1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Heavy Goods Vehicles 289 words
    2. Nuclear Discharges 252 words
    3. Concessionary Fares 115 words
    4. Carbon Dioxide Emissions 264 words
    5. Combined Heat and Power 112 words
    6. Local Authority Bus Companies 81 words
    7. Government Policies 614 words
    8. Channel Tunnel Rail Link 142 words
    9. Gloucestershire Structure Plan 144 words
    10. Thameslink 2000 194 words
  2. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. Lyric Theatre 53 words
    2. Seaside Tourism 539 words
    3. Action Zones 75 words
    4. Single Occupancy Supplement 128 words
    5. Sustainable Tourism Initiatives 94 words
    6. Television Licence Fees 67 words
    7. Government Policies 151 words
    8. New Opportunities Fund 223 words
    9. Public Registers 60 words
  3. DEFENCE
    1. Data Protection 179 words
    2. Horizon 2000 Frigates 205 words
    3. Exercise Proper Watch 150 words
    4. Strategic Defence Review 170 words
    5. Permanent Joint Headquarters 73 words
    6. Bosnia 55 words
    7. Police Training 165 words
    8. RAF Chicksands 88 words
    9. Defence Committee Report 50 words
    10. Defence Estate (London) 145 words
    11. Challenger 2 80 words
  4. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. Emergency Provisions Act 252 words
    2. Training and Employment Agency 686 words
  5. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Legal Services Ombudsman 45 words
  6. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Committee on Standards in Public Life 73 words
    2. Public Service Delivery 125 words
    3. Local Authorities (Pilot Schemes) 346 words
  7. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
    1. Government Policies 55 words
  8. PRIME MINISTER
    1. Policy Reviews 84 words
    2. Millennium Compliance 413 words
  9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Power Stations 99 words
    2. Oil and Gas 300 words
    3. Multilateral Agreement on Investment 118 words
    4. Sellafield 108 words
    5. Midland Bluebird Bus Company 86 words
    6. EU Research Council 323 words
  10. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Electoral Registration 677 words
    2. Data Protection 153 words
    3. Youth Justice Board 314 words
    4. Deportation 263 words
    5. Murder Victims (Support) 329 words
  11. SCOTLAND
    1. Gender Impact Assessments 175 words
    2. Action Zones 206 words
    3. Employment 244 words
  12. WALES
    1. Small Businesses 119 words
    2. William Crompton and Fiona Ovis 101 words
    3. Government Policies 302 words
  13. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. Moral Studies 134 words
    2. Correspondence 76 words
    3. Tuition Fees 240 words
    4. New Deal 361 words
  14. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Child Support Agency 298 words
    2. Benefit Fraud 50 words
    3. Government Policies 304 words
    4. Council Tax Benefit 135 words
    5. Jobseeker's Allowance 150 words
    6. Social Fund Grants 233 words
    7. Benefit Integrity Project 234 words
    8. Benefits Agency 152 words
  15. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Ritual Slaughter 249 words
    2. Farmers (Late Payments) 87 words
    3. EU Subsidies 141 words
    4. Mr. Alick Barnes 152 words
    5. Gender Impact Assessments 163 words
    6. Primates 180 words
    7. Fish Stocks 143 words
    8. Cumberland Rum Butter 205 words
    9. Feeding Stuffs 274 words
    10. Over-30-months Scheme 132 words
    11. Fallen Stock 186 words
    12. Culled Ewes 156 words
    13. Genetically Modified Pigs 566 words
    14. Badgers 47 words
    15. Public Registers 40 words
    16. French Beef 74 words
    17. Agriculture Council 371 words
    18. Government Policies 266 words
  16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Foreign Policy Centre 141 words
    2. Diplomats 178 words
    3. EU Economic and Social Committee 363 words
    4. Nazi Gold Conference 120 words
    5. British Council 178 words
    6. Libya 161 words
    7. Burundi 197 words
    8. Kashmir 56 words
    9. Holocaust Victims 91 words
    10. Ottawa Convention 87 words
    11. Afghanistan 227 words
  17. HEALTH
    1. Drug Misuse Services 186 words
    2. PFI Hospital (Isle of Sheppey) 92 words
    3. National Performance Frameworks 89 words
    4. Breast Cancer 146 words
    5. NHS Personnel (Management Skills) 90 words
    6. Dental Students 59 words
    7. Primary Care Groups 459 words
    8. Community Health Councils 202 words
    9. Acute Beds 157 words
    10. Hospital Waiting Lists (Essex) 39 words
    11. NHS Beds (West Kent) 70 words
    12. Strategic Health Review (Worcestershire) 115 words
    13. Cancer Treatment 141 words
    14. Professional Conduct Standards 117 words
    15. Hospital and Maternity Provision (Cornwall) 82 words
    16. Health Trusts (Ethnic Minority Appointees) 117 words
    17. NHS Procurement 67 words
    18. NHS Medical Staff Vacancies 34 words
    19. Health Services (Birmingham) 104 words
    20. Hospitals (Clinical Performance) 55 words
    21. Tobacco Advertising 70 words
    22. Drugs Budget 92 words
    23. Efficiency Gains 138 words
    24. Trauma Patients 65 words
    25. Bristol Royal Infirmary 174 words
    26. Dental Amalgam 95 words
    27. Waiting Lists 93 words
    28. ENT Services (Gloucestershire) 64 words
    29. Pharmacists 43 words
    30. Diabetes Day 139 words
    31. Registered Homes Act 1984 125 words
    32. Correspondence 59 words
    33. Pharmacies 78 words
    34. NHS Funding 61 words
    35. Government Policies 183 words
    36. Junior Doctors 98 words
    37. Nursing Homes 79 words
  18. TREASURY
    1. Registration (Births, Deaths and Marriages) 180 words
    2. Parliamentary Questions 40 words
    3. Tax Liability 160 words
    4. Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report 100 words
    5. Working Families Tax Credit 359 words
    6. Casino Industry 109 words
    7. Public Registers 38 words
    8. Individual Savings Account 214 words
    9. VAT (Empty Properties) 39 words
    10. Gender Impact Assessments 80 words
    11. Retirement Benefit Schemes 143 words
    12. Trusts (Compliance Strategy) 40 words
    13. Bank Notes 127 words
    14. Financial Services Authority 68 words
    15. Engineers 336 words

Lords Sitting of 30 June 1998

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. European Union: UK Presidency 1,383 words
  3. Gibraltar Waters: Unlawful Fishing 992 words
  4. War Widows: Reimbursement of Tax 640 words
  5. Film Review Group Report: A Bigger Picture 876 words
  6. Pesticides Bill 186 words
  7. School Standards and Framework Bill 20 words
  8. CHAPTER AI
    1. KEY STAGE 1: ANNUAL PERFORMANCE TABLES
      1. KEY STAGE 1: PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCE TABLES 18,392 words, 3 divisions
  9. MAKING AND APPROVAL OF GENERAL GUIDANCE ON CLASS SIZE REDUCTION PLANS 17,837 words, 1 division
  10. Council of Europe 8,718 words
  11. School Standards and Framework Bill 11,732 words
  12. CHARITABLE STATUS OF MAINTAINED SCHOOLS, ETC 6,728 words
  13. RIGHT OF APPEAL AGAINST DECISION OF ADJUDICATOR 6,505 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 30 June 1998

  1. Savings Tax: EU Directive 59 words
  2. United Kingdom Boundaries 388 words
  3. NATO Expansion: Costs 136 words
  4. Diplomatic List: UK Nationality 101 words
  5. Dayton Agreement: Former Yugoslav States 119 words
  6. EU Human Rights Working Group: UK Presidency 163 words
  7. Armenian Massacre, 1915 150 words
  8. Commonwealth Institute: Funding 106 words
  9. London Diplomatic List: Diplomatic Immunity 211 words
  10. EU Legislative Proposals: UK Support 147 words
  11. Military Consultants: Regulation 87 words
  12. EU Economic and Social Committee: UK Candidates 354 words
  13. Diplomatic Community: Alleged Offences 156 words
  14. Immigration Appellate Authority: Computer Delivery 239 words
  15. Asylum Appeals 198 words
  16. Legal Services Ombudsman: Annual Report 42 words
  17. Youth Justice Board 314 words
  18. Job Creation and Development Organisations 772 words
  19. Low Pay Commission Report 532 words
  20. Guide Dogs and Quarantine 130 words
  21. Freshwater Fish: Disease and Live Imports 142 words
  22. Bovine Immuno-deficiency Virus 115 words
  23. IDA and the World Bank 223 words
  24. Additional Hospital Beds: Recruitment of Nurses 57 words
  25. NHS: Treatment of "Customers" 126 words
  26. Defence Estate: Reduction 145 words
  27. Scotland: Forestry Commissioners 99 words
  28. Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland): Annual Report 146 words
  29. SFO: Disclosure Undertakings 186 words
  30. Unauthorised Encampments: Research Project 112 words
  31. Channel Tunnel Link: Listed Buildings at St. Pancras 75 words
  32. Railtrack: Thameslink 2000 Project 173 words