Table of Contents for
Wednesday 19 Mar 1997

Volume No. 579 Part No. 77

Clicking on an entry will fetch the appropriate file and position it with the item at the top of the screen.

Following the Table of Contents is a more detailed list which gives subject headings, timelines and names of speakers

Pensions: Downrating during Hospitalisation

Inward Investment and Employment Statistics

NAAFI: Food Supply Contract

Digital Television Services

Police (Property) Bill

Finance Bill

Education Bill

Royal Assent

Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill

Building Societies Bill

Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill

Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill

Police and Firemen's Pensions Bill

Contract (Scotland) Bill

Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Bill

Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill

Welsh Development Agency Bill

Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Bill

Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Bill

Pensions Measure

Town and Country Planning (Compensation for Restrictions on Mineral Working and Mineral Waste Depositing) Regulations 1997

Deregulation (Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907) Order 1997

Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Severe Disablement Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1997

Felixstowe: Rail Links

Imperial College Bill

Written Answers

US Ballistic Missile Defence: Deployment

A.90 Road Conversion Plan

Defence Estate Organisation

Army Training Land

Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons

Government Business: Conduct Guidance

Remploy: Performance Targets

Abnormal Loads: Notifications to Highway Authorities

Porpoises: Protection

Water Abstraction: Licence Information

Power Stations

ECSC Products: Anti-Dumping Duties Review

Cotton Greycloth: Anti-Dumping Duties Review

Health Service: Recruitment and Retention

Parking on Horse Guards Parade and Mall North Horseride

Asylum Seekers: Application Forms

Asylum Seekers: Prison Detention

Asylum Seekers in Detention: Bail Applications

Asylum Seekers: Campsfield House

Mistakes of Law and Restitution: Report

Law Courts: Computerisation

Law Courts: Statistics



This Table of Contents lists subject headings, timelines and
names of speakers in the Lords Hansard text for
Wednesday 19 Mar 1997

Clicking on an entry will fetch the appropriate file and position it with the item at the top of the screen.

Column: 893

Pensions: Downrating during Hospitalisation [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Fisher of Rednal

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

Baroness Fisher of Rednal

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Column: 894

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Baroness Fisher of Rednal

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Inward Investment and Employment Statistics [19 Mar 1997]

2.38 p.m.

The Viscount of Oxfuird

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

The Viscount of Oxfuird

Column: 895

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Bruce of Donington

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Clark of Kempston

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Mackie of Benshie

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Column: 896

Lord Gisborough

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Sewel

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Elton

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Peston

Column: 897

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Peston

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Beloff

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Lord Stallard

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Earl Russell

Column: 898

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

NAAFI: Food Supply Contract [19 Mar 1997]

2.52 p.m.

Baroness Turner of Camden

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)

Baroness Turner of Camden

Earl Howe

Column: 899

Earl Attlee

Earl Howe

Lord Williams of Elvel

Earl Howe

Column: 900

Lord Dean of Beswick

Earl Howe

Lord Palmer

Earl Howe

Baroness Turner of Camden

Earl Howe

Column: 901

The Countess of Mar

The Lord Privy Seal (Viscount Cranborne)

Digital Television Services [19 Mar 1997]

3.2 p.m.

Lord McNally

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

Lord McNally

Lord Inglewood

Lord Donoughue

Column: 902

Lord Inglewood

Lord Renton

Lord Inglewood

Lord Thomson of Monifieth

Lord Inglewood

Column: 903

Police (Property) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

3.8 p.m.

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)

Finance Bill [19 Mar 1997]

3.9 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 904

Column: 905

3.16 p.m.

Lord Eatwell

Column: 906

Column: 907

Column: 908

3.24 p.m.

Lord Taverne

Column: 909

Column: 910

3.35 p.m.

Lord Boyd-Carpenter

Column: 911

3.38 p.m.

Lord Ezra

Column: 912

3.44 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 913

Lord Taverne

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 914

Column: 915

Column: 916

Lord Eatwell

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Education Bill [19 Mar 1997]

3.57 p.m.

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley)

Lord Northbourne

Column: 917

Lord Henley

Lord Northbourne

Lord Henley

Column: 918

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Lord Tope

Column: 919

Lord Henley

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Lord Henley

Baroness David

Column: 920

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Column: 921

Lord Henley

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Lord Henley

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Lord Henley

Column: 922

Lord Henley

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale

Column: 923

Baroness David

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

4.15 p.m.

Lord Henley

Column: 924

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Column: 925

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Tope

Column: 926

Column: 927

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Column: 928

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Column: 929

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Lord Henley

Column: 930

Lord Henley

Lord Morris of Castle Morris

Column: 931

Column: 932

4.30 p.m.

Lord Tope

Column: 933

Column: 934

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

Lord Beloff

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Column: 935

Lord Howie of Troon

Column: 936

Royal Assent [19 Mar 1997]

4.45 p.m.

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Aberdare)

Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

4.46 p.m.

The Lord Advocate (Lord Mackay of Drumadoon)

Column: 937

Column: 938

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 939

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Sewel

Column: 940

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

5 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 941

Lord Sewel

Lord Sewel

The Deputy Speaker

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 942

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 943

The Deputy Speaker

Lord Harris of Greenwich

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Harris of Greenwich

The Earl of Balfour

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 944

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 945

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

5.15 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 946

Column: 947

Column: 948

Column: 949

Column: 950

Column: 951

Column: 952

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 953

The Earl of Balfour

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Harris of Greenwich

Column: 954

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Harris of Greenwich

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 955

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 956

5.30 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 957

Lord Kirkhill

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 958

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 959

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

5.45 p.m.

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 960

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 961

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

The Earl of Balfour

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 962

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 963

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 964

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 965

Lord Sewel

Column: 966

6.3 p.m.

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

6.5 p.m.

Lord Hope of Craighead

Column: 967

6.7 p.m.

The Earl of Balfour

Lord Mackie of Benshie

6.8 p.m.

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Building Societies Bill [19 Mar 1997]

6.9 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 968

Column: 969

6.14 p.m.

Lord Eatwell

Column: 970

6.16 p.m.

Lord Kimball

Column: 971

Noble Lords

Lord Kimball

6.23 p.m.

The Earl of Kinnoull

Column: 972

Column: 973

6.30 p.m.

Lord Brabazon of Tara

Column: 974

Column: 975

6.36 p.m.

Lord Ezra

Column: 976

6.40 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 977

Column: 978

6.50 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 979

Lord Brabazon of Tara

Column: 980

Lord Stewartby

Column: 981

Column: 982

7 p.m.

Lord Kimball

Lord Ezra

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 983

Column: 984

Column: 985

Lord Brabazon of Tara

Column: 986

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

7.22 p.m.

The Earl of Kinnoull

Column: 987

Lord Monson

The Earl of Kinnoull

Column: 988

7.30 p.m.

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Lord Harris of Greenwich

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Monson

Column: 990

Lord Monson

The Earl of Mar and Kellie

Column: 991

The Earl of Kinnoull

The Earl of Courtown

Column: 992

Lord Monson

7.45 p.m.

Lord Monson

The Earl of Kinnoull

Lord Monson

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Monson

Column: 993

The Earl of Kinnoull

Public Entertainments Licences (Drug Misuse) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

7.50 p.m.

Lord Meston

Column: 994

Viscount Ullswater

Lord Gladwin of Clee

Column: 995

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Lord Harris of Greenwich

8 p.m.

Lord Monson

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 996

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Column: 997

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Viscount Ullswater

Column: 998

Lord Harris of Greenwich

Lord Meston

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 999

Lord Meston

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 1000

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Column: 1001

Lord Meston

8.15 p.m.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 1002

Lord Meston

Column: 1003

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 1004

Lord Meston

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Column: 1005

The Earl of Courtown

Lord Meston

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Lord Gladwin of Clee

Lord Meston

Column: 1006

The Earl of Courtown

Police and Firemen's Pensions Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Contract (Scotland) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

8.32 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 1007

Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman and Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Column: 1008

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon

Flood Prevention and Land Drainage (Scotland) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

8.37 p.m.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (The Earl of Lindsay)

The Earl of Lindsay

Welsh Development Agency Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Lucas

Column: 1009

Prisons (Alcohol Testing) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Berners

Sexual Offences (Protected Material) Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Byford

Pensions Measure [19 Mar 1997]

8.41 p.m.

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

Column: 1010

Column: 1011

Lord Williams of Elvel

Column: 1012

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

Lord Williams of Elvel

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

Column: 1013

Lord Thurlow

The Lord Bishop of Bristol

Town and Country Planning (Compensation for Restrictions on Mineral Working and Mineral Waste Depositing) Regulations 1997 [19 Mar 1997]

8.56 p.m.

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Earl Ferrers)

Column: 1014

Lord Williams of Elvel

Earl Ferrers

Lord Williams of Elvel

Earl Ferrers

Deregulation (Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1907) Order 1997 [19 Mar 1997]

8.59 p.m.

Earl Ferrers

Lord Williams of Elvel

Column: 1015

Earl Ferrers

Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Severe Disablement Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1997 [19 Mar 1997]

9 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 1016

Baroness Gould of Potternewton

Earl Russell

Column: 1017

Column: 1018

Column: 1019

9.15 p.m.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Earl Russell

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Column: 1020

Column: 1021

Felixstowe: Rail Links [19 Mar 1997]

9.24 p.m.

Lord Marlesford -- Felixstowe: Rail Links [19 Mar 1997]

Column: 1022

Column: 1023

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Lord Marlesford

Column: 1024

Column: 1025

9.38 p.m.

Lord Gladwyn

Column: 1026

Column: 1027

9.46 p.m.

Lord Astor of Hever

Column: 1028

Column: 1029

9.55 p.m.

Lord Bridges

Column: 1030

Column: 1031

10.2 p.m.

Lord Cochrane of Cults

Column: 1032

Column: 1033

10.9 p.m.

Viscount Bridgeman

10.10 p.m.

Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove

Column: 1034

Column: 1035

10.19 p.m.

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

Column: 1036

Column: 1037

Column: 1038

Lord Graham of Edmonton

Viscount Goschen

Lord Carmichael of Kelvingrove

Viscount Goschen

Column: 1039

Lord Marlesford

Viscount Goschen

Earl Attlee

Viscount Goschen

Column: 1040

Column: 1041

Column: 1042

Imperial College Bill [19 Mar 1997]

Column: WA63

Written Answers [19 Mar 1997]

US Ballistic Missile Defence: Deployment [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Kennet -- US Ballistic Missile Defence: Deployment [19 Mar 1997]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)

A.90 Road Conversion Plan [19 Mar 1997]

Lady Saltoun of Abernethy -- A.90 Road Conversion Plan [19 Mar 1997]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (The Earl of Lindsay)

Defence Estate Organisation [19 Mar 1997]

Viscount Davidson -- Defence Estate Organisation [19 Mar 1997]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)

Column: WA64

Column: WA65

Army Training Land [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Lyell -- Army Training Land [19 Mar 1997]

Earl Howe

Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons [19 Mar 1997]

The Viscount of Oxfuird -- Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadrons [19 Mar 1997]

Earl Howe

Column: WA66

Government Business: Conduct Guidance [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Harris of Greenwich -- Government Business: Conduct Guidance [19 Mar 1997]

Earl Howe

Remploy: Performance Targets [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Carnegy of Lour -- Remploy: Performance Targets [19 Mar 1997]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Lord Henley)

Abnormal Loads: Notifications to Highway Authorities [19 Mar 1997]

Earl Attlee -- Abnormal Loads: Notifications to Highway Authorities [19 Mar 1997]

Column: WA67

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

Porpoises: Protection [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Beaumont of Whitley -- Porpoises: Protection [19 Mar 1997]

The Minister of State, Department of the Environment (Earl Ferrers)

Water Abstraction: Licence Information [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Marlesford -- Water Abstraction: Licence Information [19 Mar 1997]

Column: WA68

Earl Ferrers

Power Stations [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Marlesford -- Power Stations [19 Mar 1997]

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

ECSC Products: Anti-Dumping Duties Review [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Pearson of Rannoch -- ECSC Products: Anti-Dumping Duties Review [19 Mar 1997]

Column: WA69

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Cotton Greycloth: Anti-Dumping Duties Review [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Pearson of Rannoch -- Cotton Greycloth: Anti-Dumping Duties Review [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Fraser of Carmyllie

Health Service: Recruitment and Retention [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Turner of Camden -- Health Service: Recruitment and Retention [19 Mar 1997]

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

Column: WA70

Parking on Horse Guards Parade and Mall North Horseride [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Berkeley -- Parking on Horse Guards Parade and Mall North Horseride [19 Mar 1997]

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

Column: WA71

Asylum Seekers: Application Forms [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Anelay of St. Johns -- Asylum Seekers: Application Forms [19 Mar 1997]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)

Asylum Seekers: Prison Detention [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Dubs -- Asylum Seekers: Prison Detention [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Blatch

Asylum Seekers in Detention: Bail Applications [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Dubs -- Asylum Seekers in Detention: Bail Applications [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Blatch

Column: WA72

Asylum Seekers: Campsfield House [19 Mar 1997]

The Earl of Sandwich -- Asylum Seekers: Campsfield House [19 Mar 1997]

Baroness Blatch

Mistakes of Law and Restitution: Report [19 Mar 1997]

The Earl of Kinnoull -- Mistakes of Law and Restitution: Report [19 Mar 1997]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)

Column: WA73

Law Courts: Computerisation [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill -- Law Courts: Computerisation [19 Mar 1997]

The Lord Chancellor

Law Courts: Statistics [19 Mar 1997]

Lord Lester of Herne Hill -- Law Courts: Statistics [19 Mar 1997]

The Lord Chancellor

Column: WA74

Column: WA73


Lords Hansard Home Page