9 June 1998

Commons Sitting of 9 June 1998

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS 6 words
      1. Water Prices 471 words
      2. Environment Agency 270 words
      3. Local Authority Capping 938 words
      4. Brown-field Sites 847 words
      5. Boundary Commission Recommendations 273 words
      6. Standard Spending Assessment 344 words
      7. Greater London Assembly 644 words
      8. Moss Roads 145 words
      9. Heathrow Airport 420 words
      10. Railways (Disabled Access) 292 words
      11. Birmingham Northern Relief Road 375 words
      12. School Journeys 1,076 words
      13. Drink Driving 327 words
      14. Jubilee Line Extension 727 words
      15. Rema 306 words
      16. Vehicle Emissions 367 words
      17. Rail Passenger Safety 376 words
  4. Points of Order 540 words
  5. Youth Parliament 1,509 words
  6. YOUTH PARLIAMENT 59 words
  7. Orders of the Day
    1. Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] 11 words
      1. Clause 2
        1. FUNCTIONS OF THE GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND 8,202 words
      2. Clause 3
        1. REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS 81 words
      3. Clause 8
        1. THE GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR WALES 277 words
    2. Schedule 1
      1. GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR ENGLAND 64 words
    3. New clause 4
      1. SCOTTISH FURTHER EDUCATION FUNDING COUNCIL: "RELEVANT BODY" FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 19(5) OF THE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION ACT 1995 516 words
    4. New clause 7
      1. UNAUTHORISED USE OF "UNIVERSITY" IN TITLE OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, ETC. 1,512 words
    5. New clause 9
      1. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, ETC., NOT TO BE TREATED AS UNIVERSITY 58 words
    6. New clause 10
      1. CHARITABLE STATUS OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATIONS 440 words
    7. New clause 11
      1. COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYERS 5,099 words
    8. Clause 34
      1. JOINT EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONS OF FUNDING COUNCILS IN SCOTLAND 59 words
    9. Clause 36
      1. GENERAL INTERPRETATION 120 words
    10. Clause 38
      1. NORTHERN IRELAND 38 words
    11. Clause 39
      1. SHORT TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 296 words
    12. Schedule 3
      1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 184 words
    13. Schedule 4
      1. REPEALS 31 words
    14. Title 10,030 words, 1 division
  8. European Communities (Amendment) Bill [Allocation of Time] 21 words
  9. Lords Amendment 68 words
  10. Stages subsequent to first Consideration of Lords Amendment 81 words
  11. Reasons Committee 58 words
  12. Miscellaneous 840 words
  13. European Communities (Amendment) Bill 3 words
    1. New clause 25,369 words, 1 division
    2. PRIVATE HIRE VEHICLES (LONDON) BILL 38 words
    3. Gas Industry 3,656 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 June 1998

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
    1. European Structural Funds 155 words
    2. Belfast Agreement 102 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses 78 words
    2. Correspondence 56 words
    3. Community Sentence Orders 71 words
    4. Young Offenders 534 words
    5. Police Complaints and Discipline 189 words
    6. Cardiff and Parc Prisons 142 words
    7. Prison Site, Middleton Sands 137 words
  3. DUCHY OF LANCASTER
    1. Cottage Industries 101 words
  4. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
    1. Magistracy (Ethnic Minorities) 106 words
    2. Correspondence 47 words
    3. Fines (Greater Manchester) 832 words
  5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. Sierra Leone 102 words
    2. Indonesia 198 words
    3. Ethnic Minority Employees 185 words
    4. Ottawa Treaty 50 words
    5. Arms Exports 101 words
  6. DEFENCE
    1. Pay and Personnel Agency 257 words
    2. Arms Tactical Training Centre 216 words
    3. Territorial Army 959 words
    4. Armed Service Personnel (Germany) 70 words
    5. Land Disposal 76 words
    6. Reserve Forces 99 words
    7. Departmental Energy Use 109 words
    8. Employees (Wales) 67 words
  7. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
    1. BBC 119 words
    2. Departmental Energy Use 49 words
    3. English Tourist Board 58 words
    4. Tourism (National Lottery) 494 words
  8. TREASURY
    1. Quarrying Tax 32 words
    2. Government-guaranteed Loans 85 words
    3. International Debt 637 words
    4. Economic and Monetary Union 121 words
    5. EU Contributions 185 words
    6. Low Pay 706 words
    7. Education Qualifications 255 words
    8. Breast Cancer 622 words
  9. SCOTLAND
    1. Towns (City Status) 105 words
    2. Procurator Fiscal Service 978 words
    3. School Books 48 words
    4. Legal Aid 137 words
  10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    1. Seaward Petroleum Licensing 337 words
    2. Parcel Services 60 words
    3. Electricity 229 words
    4. Arms Exhibitions 127 words
    5. Export Credits 214 words
    6. Miners 229 words
    7. Tobacco Products 94 words
    8. UK Investors (Russia) 187 words
    9. Internet Watch Foundation 129 words
    10. Wind Farming 241 words
    11. Gas-fired Power Stations 210 words
    12. Renewables 123 words
    13. European Structural Funds 249 words
    14. Crown Post Office, Watford 114 words
    15. Printing, Packaging and Graphics Communications Industry 88 words
  11. PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
    1. Reviews 69 words
  12. ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS
    1. Regional Development Agencies 246 words
    2. Council Tax (Second Homes) 109 words
    3. Inland Waterways 62 words
    4. Brown-field Sites 254 words
    5. Social Housing 79 words
    6. Local Government Finance 145 words
    7. Housing Benefit 49 words
    8. Sports Grounds (Housing Development) 89 words
    9. Greenhouse Gases 292 words
    10. Heathrow Airport 64 words
    11. Standard Spending Assessment 134 words
    12. Greater London Authority 228 words
    13. Rail Fares 117 words
    14. Rail Performance Standards 60 words
    15. National Rail Inquiry Service 52 words
    16. Bicycling 204 words
    17. Bus Companies 58 words
    18. Leeds-Harrogate-York Line 169 words
    19. British Road Federation 108 words
    20. M74 Motorway 69 words
    21. Car Parking 77 words
    22. London Underground 193 words
    23. Vintage Motor Vehicles 123 words
    24. Trunk Roads 117 words
    25. Stray Dogs 98 words
    26. Sewage Treatment 173 words
    27. Chrysolite 138 words
    28. Hammersmith Bridge 130 words
    29. New Forest 193 words
    30. National Parks 64 words
    31. Walkers 72 words
    32. Fuel Storage Tanks 78 words
    33. Carlisle Airport 43 words
    34. Motorway Service Areas 122 words
    35. Motor Cycles 56 words
    36. District Council Wards (Northamptonshire) 97 words
    37. Special Needs Transport 95 words
    38. Threatened Plants 166 words
    39. West Coast Main Line 91 words
    40. Respirable Quartz 186 words
    41. Asbestos 696 words
    42. Hazardous Substances 255 words
    43. Train Services 257 words
    44. Air Traffic Control 229 words
    45. Housing (South Devon) 109 words
    46. Connex South Central 106 words
    47. Genetically Modified Organisms 143 words
    48. Tritium Waste 187 words
    49. Marine Dredging 206 words
  13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. Staff Car Mileage Allowance 331 words
    2. Departmental Energy Use 333 words
    3. Agricultural Gangmasters 675 words
    4. Countryside Stewardship Scheme 82 words
    5. Tuberculosis 127 words
    6. Bees 230 words
    7. Milk Quotas 199 words
    8. Dogs (Worming) 82 words
    9. Tobacco 96 words
    10. Sheep 222 words
    11. Ecu 70 words
    12. Tallow 152 words
    13. Beef Export Ban 188 words
    14. Barley 143 words
    15. Slaughterhouses 611 words
    16. Live Animal Transport 181 words
    17. Pig Farms 171 words
    18. Goat's Milk 88 words
    19. Food Poisoning 81 words
    20. Genetically Modified Organisms 84 words
    21. Food and Drink Regulations 141 words
    22. Artificial Insemination 132 words
    23. Sheep Dips 86 words
  14. HEALTH
    1. Chiropody Services 86 words
    2. Emergency Contraception 100 words
    3. NHS Frameworks (User Input) 83 words
    4. Epilepsy 220 words
    5. Ambulance Response Times 68 words
    6. Community Pharmacists 135 words
    7. Complementary Medicine 333 words
    8. Primary Pharmacy Groups 18 words
    9. Learning Disabilities 273 words
    10. Health Trusts 26 words
    11. MRSA 225 words
    12. Hospital Beds (Liverpool) 117 words
    13. Dental Services (Cumbria) 140 words
    14. Bournewood Judgment 169 words
    15. Insulin Injection Pen Needles 65 words
    16. Health Authorities (Greater Manchester) 105 words
    17. Waiting Lists (York) 81 words
    18. NHS Pension Scheme 56 words
    19. Millennium Compliance 80 words
    20. Sight Tests 93 words
    21. NHS Executive Regions 55 words
    22. West Kent Health Authority 68 words
  15. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT
    1. New Deal (Disabled People) 94 words
    2. New Deal 551 words
    3. Disability Discrimination Act 280 words
  16. WALES
    1. Cardiff Bay 75 words
    2. Prescription Drugs 71 words
    3. Directors of Social Services 68 words
    4. Local Government Reform 107 words
  17. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. Benefit Integrity Project 302 words
    2. Uprating 48 words
    3. Working Benefits (Advertising) 229 words
    4. Housing Benefit 240 words
    5. Disability Living Allowance 1,323 words
    6. Benefit Recovery 73 words
    7. National Insurance Fund 75 words
    8. Vaccine Damage 82 words
    9. Pensioners 345 words
    10. Council Tax Benefit 150 words
    11. Pensions 194 words
    12. Pensions Education Working Group 51 words
    13. Correspondence 151 words
    14. Child Support Agency 1,066 words
    15. Winter Fuel Payments 833 words

Lords Sitting of 9 June 1998

  1. Preamble 22 words
  2. House of Lords Reform: Pay Implications 1,263 words
  3. Coal-powered Generating Stations 750 words
  4. Forestry Authority: Monitoring Performance 966 words
  5. Pensions Policy: Green Paper 1,524 words
  6. Procedure of the House: Select Committee Report 12,591 words
  7. Community Care (Residential Accommodation) Bill 8 words
  8. Government of Wales Bill 24,413 words
  9. International Criminal Court 7,964 words
  10. Government of Wales Bill 4,450 words
  11. APPLICATION OF BILL OF RIGHTS AND CLAIM OF RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS 12,573 words
  12. WELSH ADMINISTRATION OMBUDSMAN 63 words
  13. AMENDMENTS OF HEALTH SERVICE COMMISSIONERS ACT 1993 92 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 June 1998

  1. Treatment of Vulnerable or Intimidated Witnesses: Report 75 words
  2. National Blood Authority and NHS, Scotland 42 words
  3. Incontinence Services, Scotland 179 words
  4. Disability Discrimination Act 1995: Implementation 286 words
  5. Primary Class Sizes 119 words
  6. Corporal Punishment of Children by Childminders 164 words
  7. Marine Dredging 200 words
  8. Cannabis: Reports 115 words
  9. NHS Staff: Pay Awards 71 words
  10. NHS Waiting Lists 160 words
  11. Disabled Living Allowance and BIP 185 words
  12. Reasonable Doubt: Interpretation 182 words
  13. Droit de Suite 170 words
  14. Agricultural Gangmasters 577 words
  15. Food Standards Agency: White Paper 219 words
  16. Set-aside: Evaluation 203 words
  17. International Whaling Commission 901 words