Table of Contents for
Wednesday 18 Dec 1996

Volume No. 576 Part No. 33

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Royal Assent

Disabled Driving Instructors

Working Time Directive

Nuclear Arms Control: Canberra Report

Hearing Aids

Public Interest Immunity

Business of the House: Debate, 19th December

The Media

Human Rights in China and Tibet

Obscenity Bill [H.L.]

Written Answers

Afghanistan: EU Arms Embargo

Caribbean Dependent Territories

European Union: Six-monthly Business Forecast

Privatisations: Market Stabilisation Operations

Culture Council, 16th December

UHF Relay Station Building Programme

The Scarman Trust, formerly Charter 88 Trust

Charity Commission Investigations

Charity Commission: Orders

Horse Guards Road: Temporary Closure

Commonhold Legislation

Legal Aid: R v Kevin Maxwell & Others

Organophosphates: Enzyme Paraoxynase Research Proposal

Surrendered Handguns: Compensation Valuations

Asylum Seekers: Detentions

Asylum Seekers: Access to Legal Advice

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: Code of Practice

Asylum and Immigration Appeals System: Review

Bribery of Members of Parliament

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Asylum Seekers: Fair Determination of Applications

Veterinary Investigation Centre, Omagh

Longer Term Road Schemes: Withdrawals

St. Pancras Station

London Underground Costs

Transport Council, 12th and 13th December

Bull Bars

Motor Vehicle Export Controls

British Energy plc Privatisation: Market Stabilisation

Plutonium Cargo: Container

Common Fisheries Policy Review Group Report: Response

Intervention Board Executive Agency: Corporate Plan

Rendering Industry: Support Arrangements

Sheep Scab Control: Consultation

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme



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Wednesday 18 Dec 1996

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Column: 1497

Royal Assent [18 Dec 1996]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)

Disabled Driving Instructors [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Campbell of Croy -- Disabled Driving Instructors [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)

Lord Campbell of Croy

Viscount Goschen

Column: 1498

Lord Clinton-Davis

Viscount Goschen

Working Time Directive [18 Dec 1996]

2.40 p.m.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch -- Working Time Directive [18 Dec 1996]

The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Column: 1499

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Rochester

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Boyd-Carpenter

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Column: 1500

Lord Murray of Epping Forest

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Tebbit

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Dean of Beswick

Column: 1501

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Monson

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Haskel

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Column: 1502

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Mackie of Benshie

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Nuclear Arms Control: Canberra Report [18 Dec 1996]

2.53 p.m.

Lord Jenkins of Putney -- Nuclear Arms Control: Canberra Report [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Chesham

Lord Jenkins of Putney

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Lord Chesham

Lord Monkswell

Lord Chesham

Lord Carver

Lord Chesham

Lord Clinton-Davis

Lord Chesham

Lord Jenkins of Putney

Column: 1504

Lord Chesham

Hearing Aids [18 Dec 1996]

2.58 p.m.

Lord Ashley of Stoke -- Hearing Aids [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

Lord Ashley of Stoke

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Gisborough

Column: 1505

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Trefgarne

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Jenkins of Putney

Baroness Cumberlege

Baroness Jay of Paddington

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Ashley of Stoke

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Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Mackie of Benshie

Baroness Cumberlege

Lord Bruce of Donington

Baroness Cumberlege

Column: 1507

Public Interest Immunity [18 Dec 1996]

3.7 p.m.

The Lord Chancellor

Column: 1508

3.13 p.m.

Lord Irvine of Lairg

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Column: 1510

Lord McNally

Column: 1511

The Lord Chancellor

Column: 1512

3.28 p.m.

Lord Campbell of Croy

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Callaghan of Cardiff

Column: 1513

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Sewel

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Jenkins of Hillhead

The Lord Chancellor

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Lord Merlyn-Rees

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Simon of Glaisdale

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The Lord Chancellor

Lord Jenkins of Hillhead

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Callaghan of Cardiff

The Lord Chancellor

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Lord Hutchinson of Lullington

The Lord Chancellor

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1517

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Jenkins of Hillhead

The Lord Chancellor

Lord Renton

Lord Thomas of Gresford

The Lord Chancellor

Business of the House: Debate, 19th December [18 Dec 1996]

3.50 p.m.

The Lord Privy Seal (Viscount Cranborne)

Column: 1518

The Media [18 Dec 1996]

3.51 p.m.

Lord Chalfont

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Column: 1522

4.5 p.m.

Lord Saatchi

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4.12 p.m.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

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4.17 p.m.

Lord Chadlington

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4.24 p.m.

Lord Annan

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4.29 p.m.

Lord Wrottesley

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Column: 1529

4.33 p.m.

Viscount Tenby

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4.39 p.m.

Lord Renton

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4.45 p.m.

Baroness Park of Monmouth

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Column: 1533

4.50 p.m.

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

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4.55 p.m.

Lord Ashburton

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Column: 1536

5.2 p.m.

The Earl of Cromer

Column: 1537

5.7 p.m

Lord Gisborough

Column: 1538

5.11 p.m.

Lord Palmer

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5.15 p.m.

Lord Vivian

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Column: 1541

5.23 p.m.

Lord Burnham

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5.26 p.m.

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

Column: 1543

5.27 p.m.

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

5.28 p.m.

Lord McNally

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Column: 1545

Column: 1546

5.40 p.m.

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde

Column: 1547

Column: 1548

5.50 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood)

Column: 1549

Noble Lords

Lord Inglewood

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Column: 1553

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Column: 1555

6.10 p.m.

Lord Chalfont

Column: 1556

Human Rights in China and Tibet [18 Dec 1996]

6.12 p.m.

Lord Avebury

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Column: 1560

6.27 p.m.

Lord Astor of Hever

Column: 1561

6.33 p.m.

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde

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6.40 p.m.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

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Column: 1565

6.47 p.m.

Lord Ashbourne

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Column: 1567

6.52 p.m.

The Earl of Sandwich

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7 p.m.

Lord Belhaven and Stenton

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Column: 1570

7.6 p.m.

Lord Rea

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7.15 p.m.

Viscount Mersey

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7.23 p.m.

Lord Thurlow

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7.30 p.m.

Viscount Brentford

Column: 1577

7.36 p.m.

Viscount Craigavon

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7.44 p.m.

Lord Thomas of Gresford

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Column: 1582

7.56 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

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Column: 1585

8.10 p.m.

Lord Inglewood

Column: 1586

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Column: 1591

8.30 p.m.

Lord Avebury

Column: 1592

Column: 1593

Obscenity Bill [H.L.] [18 Dec 1996]

8.34 p.m.

The Earl of Halsbury

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Column: 1596

8.47 p.m.

The Earl of Longford

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Column: 1598

8.55 p.m.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

Column: 1599

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Column: 1601

Viscount Brentford

Column: 1602

9.14 p.m.

Lord Ashbourne

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Lord McIntosh of Haringey

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Column: 1606

9.29 p.m.

The Earl of Courtown

Column: 1607

Column: 1608

9.36 p.m.

The Earl of Halsbury

Column: 1609

Column: 1610

Column: 1609

Column: WA123

Written Answers [18 Dec 1996]

Afghanistan: EU Arms Embargo [18 Dec 1996]

The Earl of Munster -- Afghanistan: EU Arms Embargo [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Chesham

Caribbean Dependent Territories [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Burnham -- Caribbean Dependent Territories [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Chesham

European Union: Six-monthly Business Forecast [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Willoughby de Broke -- European Union: Six-monthly Business Forecast [18 Dec 1996]

Column: WA124

Lord Chesham

Column: WA125

Column: WA126

Privatisations: Market Stabilisation Operations [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Spens -- Privatisations: Market Stabilisation Operations [18 Dec 1996]

The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish)

Column: WA127

Lord Spens -- Privatisations: Market Stabilisation Operations [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Culture Council, 16th December [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Flather -- Culture Council, 16th December [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of National Heritage (Lord Inglewood)

Column: WA128

UHF Relay Station Building Programme [18 Dec 1996]

The Earl of Kinnoull -- UHF Relay Station Building Programme [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Inglewood

Column: WA129

The Scarman Trust, formerly Charter 88 Trust [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- The Scarman Trust, formerly Charter 88 Trust [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Inglewood

Charity Commission Investigations [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- Charity Commission Investigations [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Inglewood

Charity Commission: Orders [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- Charity Commission: Orders [18 Dec 1996]

Column: WA130

Lord Inglewood

Horse Guards Road: Temporary Closure [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Colwyn -- Horse Guards Road: Temporary Closure [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Inglewood

Column: WA131

Commonhold Legislation [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Jeger -- Commonhold Legislation [18 Dec 1996]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)

Legal Aid: R v Kevin Maxwell & Others [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- Legal Aid: R v Kevin Maxwell & Others [18 Dec 1996]

The Lord Chancellor

Organophosphates: Enzyme Paraoxynase Research Proposal [18 Dec 1996]

The Countess of Mar -- Organophosphates: Enzyme Paraoxynase Research Proposal [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

Column: WA132

Surrendered Handguns: Compensation Valuations [18 Dec 1996]

The Earl of Haddington -- Surrendered Handguns: Compensation Valuations [18 Dec 1996]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)

Asylum Seekers: Detentions [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill -- Asylum Seekers: Detentions [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Blatch

Asylum Seekers: Access to Legal Advice [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill -- Asylum Seekers: Access to Legal Advice [18 Dec 1996]

Column: WA133

Baroness Blatch

Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: Code of Practice [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Peyton of Yeovil -- Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996: Code of Practice [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Blatch

Asylum and Immigration Appeals System: Review [18 Dec 1996]

The Earl of Balfour -- Asylum and Immigration Appeals System: Review [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Blatch

Column: WA134

Bribery of Members of Parliament [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Dixon-Smith -- Bribery of Members of Parliament [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Blatch

Criminal Cases Review Commission [18 Dec 1996]

Viscount Bridgeman -- Criminal Cases Review Commission [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Blatch

Asylum Seekers: Fair Determination of Applications [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill -- Asylum Seekers: Fair Determination of Applications [18 Dec 1996]

Column: WA135

Baroness Blatch

Veterinary Investigation Centre, Omagh [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Alderdice -- Veterinary Investigation Centre, Omagh [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)

Longer Term Road Schemes: Withdrawals [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Marlesford -- Longer Term Road Schemes: Withdrawals [18 Dec 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Viscount Goschen)

St. Pancras Station [18 Dec 1996]

Baroness Jeger -- St. Pancras Station [18 Dec 1996]

Viscount Goschen

Column: WA136

London Underground Costs [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Berkeley -- London Underground Costs [18 Dec 1996]

Viscount Goschen

Transport Council, 12th and 13th December [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Skelmersdale -- Transport Council, 12th and 13th December [18 Dec 1996]

Viscount Goschen

Column: WA137

Bull Bars [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas of Chilworth -- Bull Bars [18 Dec 1996]

Viscount Goschen

Column: WA138

Motor Vehicle Export Controls [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Campbell of Croy -- Motor Vehicle Export Controls [18 Dec 1996]

The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Fraser of Carmyllie)

British Energy plc Privatisation: Market Stabilisation [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Spens -- British Energy plc Privatisation: Market Stabilisation [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Plutonium Cargo: Container [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Jenkins of Putney -- Plutonium Cargo: Container [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Column: WA139

Common Fisheries Policy Review Group Report: Response [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Broughham and Vaux -- Common Fisheries Policy Review Group Report: Response [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas

Intervention Board Executive Agency: Corporate Plan [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Brougham and Vaux -- Intervention Board Executive Agency: Corporate Plan [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas

Rendering Industry: Support Arrangements [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Brougham and Vaux -- Rendering Industry: Support Arrangements [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas

Column: WA140

Sheep Scab Control: Consultation [18 Dec 1996]

The Countess of Mar -- Sheep Scab Control: Consultation [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas

Column: WA141

Farm Woodland Premium Scheme [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Skelmersdale -- Farm Woodland Premium Scheme [18 Dec 1996]

Lord Lucas

Column: WA142

Column: WA141


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