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Friday 19 Mar 1999
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Column: 823
Written Answers to Questions [19 Mar 1999]
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [19 Mar 1999]
EU Fraud [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Grieve -- EU Fraud [19 Mar 1999]
Clare Short
Commonwealth Development Corporation [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Streeter -- Commonwealth Development Corporation [19 Mar 1999]
Clare Short
British Council [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Streeter -- British Council [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 824
Clare Short
Debt Relief [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Streeter -- Debt Relief [19 Mar 1999]
Clare Short
Departmental Staff [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Streeter -- Departmental Staff [19 Mar 1999]
Clare Short
HOME DEPARTMENT [19 Mar 1999]
999 Calls [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Beith -- 999 Calls [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 825
Mr. Boateng
Column: 825
Column: 825
Interception of Communications Act 1985 [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Beith -- Interception of Communications Act 1985 [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
Column: 826
Column: 827
Mr. Beith -- Interception of Communications Act 1985 [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
Surveillance [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Beith -- Surveillance [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
Immigration and Nationality Directorate [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Edward Davey -- Immigration and Nationality Directorate [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Column: 828
Mr. Vaz -- Immigration and Nationality Directorate [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Police Statistics [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Evans -- Police Statistics [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Boateng
Court Welfare Officers [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. May -- Court Welfare Officers [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. George Howarth
Mrs. May -- Court Welfare Officers [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. George Howarth
Animal Experiments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cox -- Animal Experiments [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 829
Mr. George Howarth
Column: 830
Public Appointments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Vaz -- Public Appointments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
Column: 829
Column: 829
Column: 831
Column: 831
Fires [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Fitzpatrick -- Fires [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. George Howarth
Asylum Seekers [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Blunt -- Asylum Seekers [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Cummings -- Asylum Seekers [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 832
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Column: 833
Immigration and Asylum Appeals [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Malins -- Immigration and Asylum Appeals [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Immigration Detainees [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Malins -- Immigration Detainees [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Column: 834
Working Time Directive [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Tyrie -- Working Time Directive [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
Column: 835
Immigration and Asylum Bill [19 Mar 1999]
Fiona Mactaggart -- Immigration and Asylum Bill [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Ministerial Meetings (US) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Matthew Taylor -- Ministerial Meetings (US) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
West Yorkshire Police [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Truswell -- West Yorkshire Police [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Boateng
European Elections [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mitchell -- European Elections [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. George Howarth
Column: 836
West Mercia Police Force [19 Mar 1999]
Miss Kirkbride -- West Mercia Police Force [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Boateng
Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
Sir Brian Mawhinney -- Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Boateng
Electronic Red Boxes [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- Electronic Red Boxes [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Straw
SOCIAL SECURITY [19 Mar 1999]
Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Mr. Gibb -- Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 837
Mr. Timms
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Mrs. Gilroy -- Pensioners (Minimum Income Guarantee) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Minimum Funding Requirement [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Gibb -- Minimum Funding Requirement [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Column: 838
Statutory Sick Pay [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- Statutory Sick Pay [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Bayley
Pensioners (Income Support) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Pensioners (Income Support) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Bereavement Benefits [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cousins -- Bereavement Benefits [19 Mar 1999]
Angela Eagle
Column: 839
Housing Benefit [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Webb -- Housing Benefit [19 Mar 1999]
Angela Eagle
Private Pensions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Fearn -- Private Pensions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Timms
Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Duncan Smith -- Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 840
Mr. Darling
SCOTLAND [19 Mar 1999]
Meat Imports [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Alan Clark -- Meat Imports [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Macdonald
Local Government Employees (Pay) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Gorrie -- Local Government Employees (Pay) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Gorrie -- Local Government Employees (Pay) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McLeish
Column: 841
Mr. Gorrie -- Local Government Employees (Pay) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McLeish
Sentencing Policy [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Osborne -- Sentencing Policy [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McLeish
PRIME MINISTER [19 Mar 1999]
Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Sir Brian Mawhinney -- Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 842
The Prime Minister
EU Political Committee [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- EU Political Committee [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
EU Special European Council [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- EU Special European Council [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Genetically Modified Organisms [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Matthew Taylor -- Genetically Modified Organisms [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Commission for Racial Equality [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Vaz -- Commission for Racial Equality [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Column: 843
Iraq [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Dalyell -- Iraq [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Mr. Dalyell -- Iraq [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Howard -- Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Patten Commission [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Robert McCartney -- Patten Commission [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
Column: 844
Mr. Gordon Prentice -- Patten Commission [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Ingram
Oil Payments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cousins -- Oil Payments [19 Mar 1999]
The Prime Minister
NORTHERN IRELAND [19 Mar 1999]
Northern Ireland Electricity Report [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McGrady -- Northern Ireland Electricity Report [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Ingram
Mr. McGrady -- Northern Ireland Electricity Report [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Ingram
Column: 845
Birth Defects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McGrady -- Birth Defects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McFall
Health Care [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Pound -- Health Care [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. McFall
Northern Ireland Assembly [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. William Ross -- Northern Ireland Assembly [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Paul Murphy
Biological Scientists [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. William Ross -- Biological Scientists [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 846
Mr. McFall
Working Time Directive [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Tyrie -- Working Time Directive [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 847
Mr. Paul Murphy
HEALTH [19 Mar 1999]
NHS Appointments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Brady -- NHS Appointments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Denham
Column: 848
Free Eye Prescriptions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Shaw -- Free Eye Prescriptions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Denham
Medical School Places [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Greenway -- Medical School Places [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Denham
Elderly People (Care) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Sanders -- Elderly People (Care) [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 849
Mr. Hutton
Tobacco [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. Lait -- Tobacco [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hutton
CS Gas [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Matthew Taylor -- CS Gas [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hutton
Termination Payments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Simon Hughes -- Termination Payments [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Denham
Column: 850
Column: 851
Column: 852
Column: 853
Advertising Expenditure [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Simon Hughes -- Advertising Expenditure [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Denham
Column: 854
Column: 853
Column: 853
Opencast Mining [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Kelly -- Opencast Mining [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hutton
LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT [19 Mar 1999]
Residence Applications [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. May -- Residence Applications [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hoon
Contact Orders [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. May -- Contact Orders [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 854
Mr. Hoon
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT [19 Mar 1999]
Osborne House [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Blunt -- Osborne House [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Alan Howarth
Column: 855
TREASURY [19 Mar 1999]
Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Duncan Smith -- Select Committee Reports [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Gordon Brown
Working Families Tax Credit [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- Working Families Tax Credit [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Mr. Hancock -- Working Families Tax Credit [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Column: 856
Tax Burden [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Evans -- Tax Burden [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Stamp Duty (Shares) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Loughton -- Stamp Duty (Shares) [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Hewitt
EU Fraud [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Grieve -- EU Fraud [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Hewitt
Column: 857
Budget Publications [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Malcolm Bruce -- Budget Publications [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Capital Gains Tax [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Loughton -- Capital Gains Tax [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Business Taxes [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Jack -- Business Taxes [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 858
Dawn Primarolo
Duty Free [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Nigel Jones -- Duty Free [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
RAF Airfields (Exports) [19 Mar 1999]
Ann Clwyd -- RAF Airfields (Exports) [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Military Cargo [19 Mar 1999]
Ann Clwyd -- Military Cargo [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
VAT Liability [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Maclean -- VAT Liability [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
Petroleum [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Whittingdale -- Petroleum [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 859
Dawn Primarolo
Diesel [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Whittingdale -- Diesel [19 Mar 1999]
Dawn Primarolo
EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT [19 Mar 1999]
Toddington Primary School [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Toddington Primary School [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Estelle Morris
Column: 860
Under-fives [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Under-fives [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Hodge
DEFENCE [19 Mar 1999]
Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 861
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Hancock -- Military Exercises [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 862
Mr. Doug Henderson
EU Directives and Regulations [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Key -- EU Directives and Regulations [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Spellar
Service Personnel (Homosexuality) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Key -- Service Personnel (Homosexuality) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 861
Column: 863
Depleted Uranium [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Steinberg -- Depleted Uranium [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Naval Bases and Supply Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Naval Bases and Supply Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 864
Ships Support Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Ships Support Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Pay and Personnel Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Pay and Personnel Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Medical Supply Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Medical Supply Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 865
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Spellar
Defence Dental Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hancock -- Defence Dental Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 866
Mr. Hancock -- Defence Dental Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Gulf Veterans [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Dalyell -- Gulf Veterans [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 867
Column: 868
Column: 869
Mr. Dalyell -- Gulf Veterans [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Lorna Fitzsimons -- Gulf Veterans [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 870
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Column: 871
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Key -- Macedonia [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
"Just in Time" [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Keith Simpson -- "Just in Time" [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Territorial Army [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hoyle -- Territorial Army [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Hoyle -- Territorial Army [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 872
Mr. Doug Henderson
Parliamentary Questions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Key -- Parliamentary Questions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Doug Henderson
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS [19 Mar 1999]
Sierra Leone [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. Gillan -- Sierra Leone [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Tony Lloyd
Column: 873
Dubai [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Swayne -- Dubai [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Fatchett
Human Rights [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cox -- Human Rights [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Firearms [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cox -- Firearms [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Boateng
WALES [19 Mar 1999]
Airports and Air Services [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Opik -- Airports and Air Services [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 874
Mr. Hain
Links Magazine [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Swayne -- Links Magazine [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hain
Mr. Swayne -- Links Magazine [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Hain
TRADE AND INDUSTRY [19 Mar 1999]
Science Budget [19 Mar 1999]
Mrs. Ewing -- Science Budget [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Battle
Column: 875
Column: 875
Column: 875
Column: 875
Column: 876
University Science Projects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Lansley -- University Science Projects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Battle
Longbridge [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Redwood -- Longbridge [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 877
Mr. Byers
ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS [19 Mar 1999]
Genetically Modified Crops [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Mitchell -- Genetically Modified Crops [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meacher
Mr. Moss -- Genetically Modified Crops [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meacher
Mr. Yeo -- Genetically Modified Crops [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 878
Mr. Meacher
Advisory Committee on Releases to the [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Stinchcombe -- Advisory Committee on Releases to the [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meacher
Driving Tests [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cox -- Driving Tests [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Glenda Jackson
Car Ownership [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Cox -- Car Ownership [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Glenda Jackson
R. J. B. Mining Ltd. [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Kelly -- R. J. B. Mining Ltd. [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 879
Mr. Raynsford
Fast-growing Hedges [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Rowe -- Fast-growing Hedges [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meale
Planning Inspectorate [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Vaz -- Planning Inspectorate [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 880
Tyres [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Gorrie -- Tyres [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Glenda Jackson
Airports (Passenger Service Charges) [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. William Ross -- Airports (Passenger Service Charges) [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Glenda Jackson
Column: 883
Column: 883
Carbon Dioxide Emissions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Malcolm Bruce -- Carbon Dioxide Emissions [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meale
Column: 884
Birth Defects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Oaten -- Birth Defects [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meale
Column: 885
Regional Development Agencies [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Laurence Robertson -- Regional Development Agencies [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meale
Column: 886
Trading Credit Approvals [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Willis -- Trading Credit Approvals [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Armstrong
Column: 885
Column: 885
Mr. Willis -- Trading Credit Approvals [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Willis -- Trading Credit Approvals [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 886
Ms Armstrong
Countryside Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Bennett -- Countryside Agency [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Meacher
Column: 887
Direct Labour Organisations [19 Mar 1999]
Liz Blackman -- Direct Labour Organisations [19 Mar 1999]
Ms Armstrong
Column: 888
AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD [19 Mar 1999]
Genetically Modified Organisms [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Baker -- Genetically Modified Organisms [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Rooker
Column: 887
Column: 889
Column: 890
Column: 889
Column: 889
Column: 890
Overseas Visits [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Yeo -- Overseas Visits [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Nick Brown
Column: 889
Column: 891
Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
Sir Brian Mawhinney -- Correspondence [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Nick Brown
Artificial Insemination [19 Mar 1999]
Lorna Fitzsimons -- Artificial Insemination [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Rooker
Crustacea [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Todd -- Crustacea [19 Mar 1999]
Column: 892
Mr. Morley
Ministerial Travel [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Terry Lewis -- Ministerial Travel [19 Mar 1999]
Mr. Nick Brown
Column: 891