Table of Contents for
Tuesday 5 May 1998

Volume No. 589 Part No. 147

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

"Powerhouse::uk" Exhibition

Executive Pay

EMU: Italy and the Convergence Criteria

Paedophiles: Release from Prison

Business

School Standards and Framework Bill

Economic and Monetary Union

School Standards and Framework Bill

Fireworks Bill

School Standards and Framework Bill

Written Answers

Horses: Health and Welfare

Fish in UK Exclusive Economic Zone

Pesticides Safety Directorate: Performance Targets

Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Performance Targets

Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Performance Targets

Farming and Rural Conservation Agency: Performance Targets

Meat Hygiene Service: Performance Targets

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Performance Targets

Central Science Laboratory:Performance Targets

Food Safety Incidents: Report

World Trade Organisation and Farm Animal Welfare

Farm Animal Welfare

Pesticide Residues in Food

Military Assistance to Foreign Governments

Roadside Emission Testing

Biocidal Products Directive

Waterloo International and Ashford International Stations

Urban Traffic Management: Capacity Assessment

Allotment Closures

Firearms Consultative Committee

Terrorist Crimes: Pursuit of Perpetrators

War Crimes Prosecutions

Working Peers: Remuneration

House of Lords: Members' Ages

Mentally Incapacitated Adults: Responses to Green Paper

Employment Rights: Pregnant Women

Education Action Zone

Grammar School Selection: Ballots

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Statistics

Pensions Policy

National Insurance: SERPS Accruals

Basic Pension: Uprating Cost

Medical Devices Agency: Targets

UNHRC Reports: Delays

Yad Vashem, Jerusalem: PM's Visit

Achehnese Asylum-Seekers

Tibetan Hunger Strikers

Cuba: Amnesty Appeal

Cuba: US Economic Blockade

EU General Affairs Council 27-28 April

EU Business: May to October 1998



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Column: 471

"Powerhouse::uk" Exhibition [5 May 1998]

Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

Lord Haskel

Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

Lord Haskel

Lord Strabolgi

Lord Haskel

Lord Campbell of Croy

Column: 472

Lord Haskel

Baroness Miller of Hendon

Lord Haskel

Baroness Miller of Hendon

Lord Haskel

Lord Jenkins of Putney

Lord Haskel

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord Haskel

Column: 473

Executive Pay [5 May 1998]

2.42 p.m.

Lord Dormand of Easington

Lord Haskel

Lord Dormand of Easington

Lord Haskel

Lord Avebury

Lord Haskel

Lord Marsh

Column: 474

Lord Haskel

Lord Razzall

Lord Haskel

Lord McCarthy

Lord Haskel

Baroness O'Cathain

Column: 475

Lord Haskel

Lord Wedderburn of Charlton

Lord Haskel

Lord Ezra

Lord Haskel

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Lord Haskel

Lord Dormand of Easington

Lord Haskel

Column: 476

EMU: Italy and the Convergence Criteria [5 May 1998]

2.51 p.m.

Lord Chesham

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Chesham

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Taverne

Column: 477

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Grenfell

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Stoddart of Swindon

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 478

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Bruce of Donington

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Marlesford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Chesham

The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard)

Column: 479

Paedophiles: Release from Prison [5 May 1998]

3.2 p.m.

Lord Rowallan

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

Lord Rowallan

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Lord Dholakia

Column: 480

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Lord Ackner

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Noble Lords

Business [5 May 1998]

Lord Carter

Column: 481

School Standards and Framework Bill [5 May 1998]

3.7 p.m.

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

Baroness Blatch

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Baroness Blatch

Lord Taylor of Blackburn

Baroness Blatch

Column: 482

Lord Taylor of Blackburn

Lord Richard

Baroness Blatch

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Baroness Blatch

Lord Shepherd

Column: 483

Lord Richard

Baroness Blatch

Lord Richard

Column: 484

Baroness Blatch

Lord Carter

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 485

Lord Peston

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 486

Lord Peston

Lord Dixon-Smith

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 487

Column: 488

3.30 p.m.

Lord Baker of Dorking

Column: 489

Baroness Young

Column: 490

Lord Dearing

Lord Peyton of Yeovil

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Peyton of Yeovil

Lord Peston

Column: 491

Lord Dixon-Smith

3.45 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 492

Baroness Young

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 493

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 494

The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Murton of Lindisfarne)

Baroness Blatch

Column: 495

Column: 496

4 p.m.

Baroness Maddock

Column: 497

Lord Peston

Column: 498

4.15 p.m.

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Baroness Blatch

Column: 499

Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede

Baroness Young

Column: 500

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Walton of Detchant

Column: 501

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Seccombe

Lord Peyton of Yeovil

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 502

Lord Peston

Lord Belstead

Column: 503

4.30 p.m.

Lord Dormand of Easington

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 504

Lord Baker of Dorking

Column: 505

Baroness Blatch

Lord Peston

Baroness Blatch

Column: 506

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 507

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Economic and Monetary Union [5 May 1998]

4.44 p.m.

Lord Richard

Column: 508

Column: 509

Column: 510

4.53 p.m.

Viscount Cranborne

Column: 511

Column: 512

Lord Richard

Viscount Cranborne

5.3 p.m.

Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank

Column: 513

5.10 p.m.

Lord Richard

Column: 514

Column: 515

5.16 p.m.

Lord Marsh

Column: 516

Lord Richard

Lord Boardman

Lord Barnett

Lord Richard

Noble Lords

Noble Lords

Lord Boardman

Column: 517

Lord Richard

Lord Barnett

Column: 518

Lord Richard

Lord Blaker

Lord Richard

Column: 519

Lord Randall of St. Budeaux

Lord Richard

Lord Tordoff

Column: 520

Lord Richard

Lord Pearson of Rannoch

Lord Richard

Lord Bruce of Donington

Column: 521

Lord Richard

School Standards and Framework Bill [5 May 1998]

5.39 p.m.

Lord Northbourne

Column: 522

Column: 523

5.45 p.m.

Baroness Maddock

Column: 524

Baroness David

Baroness Blatch

Column: 525

Lord Whitty

Column: 526

Baroness Blatch

Lord Whitty

Baroness Young

Column: 527

6 p.m.

Lord Whitty

Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

Lord Whitty

Baroness Blatch

Column: 528

Lord Whitty

Lord Northbourne

Baroness Byford

Column: 529

Baroness Maddock

Column: 530

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Platt of Writtle

Column: 531

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

6.15 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 532

Column: 533

Baroness Blatch

Column: 534

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Young

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Young

Column: 535

6.30 p.m.

Lord Dixon-Smith

Column: 536

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Dixon-Smith

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Column: 537

Baroness Byford

Lord Tope

Column: 538

Column: 539

Baroness Maddock

6.45 p.m.

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 540

Baroness Maddock

Lord Whitty

Column: 541

Column: 542

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Thomas of Walliswood

Lord Whitty

Column: 543

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

7 p.m.

Lord Whitty

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Column: 544

Lord Whitty

Lord Tope

Column: 545

Baroness Maddock

Baroness Young

Column: 546

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

Column: 547

7.15 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

Baroness Blatch

Column: 548

Column: 549

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 550

Lord Elton

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 551

Column: 552

7.30 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Column: 553

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Column: 554

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Young

Column: 555

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Young

Column: 556

Lord Hoyle

Fireworks Bill [5 May 1998]

7.48 p.m.

Lord Monkswell

Lord Kimball

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Column: 557

Viscount Astor

Column: 558

8 p.m.

Lord Rees

Column: 559

Lord Renton

Column: 560

Lord Henley

Column: 561

Lord Haskel

Noble Lords

Lord Haskel

Viscount Astor

8.15 p.m.

Lord Haskel

Column: 562

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Lord Haskel

Lord Campbell of Alloway

Lord Haskel

Lord Mancroft

Column: 563

Lord Haskel

Lord Rees

Column: 564

Lord Haskel

Lord Rees

Lord Haskel

Viscount Astor

Lord Gisborough

Lord Haskel

Lord Renton

Lord Haskel

Viscount Astor

Column: 565

Lord Haskel

Lord Monkswell

Column: 566

8.30 p.m.

Lord Henley

Lord Monkswell

Lord Kimball

Column: 567

Lord Monkswell

Lord Kimball

Lord Kimball

Lord Haskel

Column: 568

Lord Henley

Lord Monkswell

Lord Rees

Lord Mancroft

Column: 569

Lord Monkswell

Lord Kimball

Lord Kimball

8.45 p.m.

Lord Haskel

Viscount Astor

Lord Haskel

Column: 570

Viscount Astor

Lord Renton

Lord Gisborough

Lord Monkswell

Lord Henley

Lord Monkswell

Column: 571

Lord Mancroft

Lord Kimball

Column: 572

Lord Boardman

Lord Henley

Column: 573

Lord Monkswell

Lord Annaly

Lord Monkswell

Lord Boardman

Column: 574

Lord Carter

School Standards and Framework Bill [5 May 1998]

9.2 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 575

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Column: 576

Column: 577

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

9.15 p.m.

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Column: 578

Column: 579

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

The Lord Bishop of Ripon

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 580

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 581

Baroness Byford

Column: 582

9.30 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Young

Column: 583

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Column: 584

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

9.45 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Column: 585

Column: 586

Column: 587

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 588

Column: 589

10 p.m.

Baroness Maddock

Column: 590

Baroness Young

Baroness Blatch

Baroness Blackstone

Column: 591

Baroness Blatch

Column: 592

Column: 593

10.15 p.m.

Baroness Blackstone

Lord Pilkington of Oxenford

Baroness Blatch

Column: 594

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch

Column: 595

Baroness Blatch

Column: 596

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 597

10.30 p.m.

Baroness Blatch

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Column: 598

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 599

Baroness Blatch

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Blatch

Column: 600

Baroness Blatch

Column: 601

Column: 602

Lord Whitty

Column: 603

Column: 604

Baroness Blatch

Column: 605

Baroness Blatch

Column: 606

Baroness Byford

Lord Whitty

Baroness Byford

Column: WA45

Written Answers [5 May 1998]

Horses: Health and Welfare [5 May 1998]

Lord Cope of Berkeley -- Horses: Health and Welfare [5 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Lord Donoughue)

Fish in UK Exclusive Economic Zone [5 May 1998]

Lord Pearson of Rannoch -- Fish in UK Exclusive Economic Zone [5 May 1998]

Column: WA46

Lord Donoughue

Pesticides Safety Directorate: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

The Countess of Mar -- Pesticides Safety Directorate: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA47

Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

The Countess of Mar -- Veterinary Medicines Directorate: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA48

Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

The Countess of Mar -- Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Farming and Rural Conservation Agency: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

The Countess of Mar -- Farming and Rural Conservation Agency: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA49

Meat Hygiene Service: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

The Countess of Mar -- Meat Hygiene Service: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA50

Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Graham of Edmonton -- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science: Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Central Science Laboratory:Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Graham of Edmonton -- Central Science Laboratory:Performance Targets [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA51

Food Safety Incidents: Report [5 May 1998]

Lord Graham of Edmonton -- Food Safety Incidents: Report [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

World Trade Organisation and Farm Animal Welfare [5 May 1998]

Baroness Anelay of St. Johns -- World Trade Organisation and Farm Animal Welfare [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA52

Baroness Anelay of St. Johns -- World Trade Organisation and Farm Animal Welfare [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Farm Animal Welfare [5 May 1998]

Baroness Anelay of St. Johns -- Farm Animal Welfare [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Pesticide Residues in Food [5 May 1998]

Baroness Turner of Camden -- Pesticide Residues in Food [5 May 1998]

Lord Donoughue

Column: WA53

Military Assistance to Foreign Governments [5 May 1998]

The Earl of Carlisle -- Military Assistance to Foreign Governments [5 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert)

Roadside Emission Testing [5 May 1998]

Viscount Simon -- Roadside Emission Testing [5 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Baroness Hayman)

Column: WA54

Biocidal Products Directive [5 May 1998]

Lord Stoddart of Swindon -- Biocidal Products Directive [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Lord Stoddart of Swindon -- Biocidal Products Directive [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA55

Lord Stoddart of Swindon -- Biocidal Products Directive [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Waterloo International and Ashford International Stations [5 May 1998]

Lord Berkeley -- Waterloo International and Ashford International Stations [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA56

Urban Traffic Management: Capacity Assessment [5 May 1998]

Lord Berkeley -- Urban Traffic Management: Capacity Assessment [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Allotment Closures [5 May 1998]

Baroness Byford -- Allotment Closures [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA57

Baroness Byford -- Allotment Closures [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA58

Firearms Consultative Committee [5 May 1998]

Lord Burton -- Firearms Consultative Committee [5 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

Terrorist Crimes: Pursuit of Perpetrators [5 May 1998]

Lord Tebbit -- Terrorist Crimes: Pursuit of Perpetrators [5 May 1998]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

War Crimes Prosecutions [5 May 1998]

Lord Tebbit -- War Crimes Prosecutions [5 May 1998]

Lord Williams of Mostyn

Column: WA59

Working Peers: Remuneration [5 May 1998]

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn -- Working Peers: Remuneration [5 May 1998]

Column: WA60

The Lord Privy Seal (Lord Richard)

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn -- Working Peers: Remuneration [5 May 1998]

Lord Richard

House of Lords: Members' Ages [5 May 1998]

Lord Kilbracken -- House of Lords: Members' Ages [5 May 1998]

Lord Richard

Column: WA59

Column: WA59

Mentally Incapacitated Adults: Responses to Green Paper [5 May 1998]

Lord Braine of Wheatley -- Mentally Incapacitated Adults: Responses to Green Paper [5 May 1998]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Column: WA60

Employment Rights: Pregnant Women [5 May 1998]

Earl Russell -- Employment Rights: Pregnant Women [5 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Simon of Highbury)

Earl Russell -- Employment Rights: Pregnant Women [5 May 1998]

Column: WA61

Lord Simon of Highbury

Education Action Zone [5 May 1998]

Baroness Blatch -- Education Action Zone [5 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

Baroness Blatch -- Education Action Zone [5 May 1998]

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Blatch -- Education Action Zone [5 May 1998]

Baroness Blackstone

Grammar School Selection: Ballots [5 May 1998]

Baroness Blatch -- Grammar School Selection: Ballots [5 May 1998]

Column: WA62

Baroness Blackstone

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Statistics [5 May 1998]

Lord Avebury -- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Statistics [5 May 1998]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: WA63

Pensions Policy [5 May 1998]

Baroness Castle of Blackburn -- Pensions Policy [5 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)

National Insurance: SERPS Accruals [5 May 1998]

Baroness Castle of Blackburn -- National Insurance: SERPS Accruals [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Column: WA64

Basic Pension: Uprating Cost [5 May 1998]

Baroness Castle of Blackburn -- Basic Pension: Uprating Cost [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Column: WA65

Medical Devices Agency: Targets [5 May 1998]

Baroness Serota -- Medical Devices Agency: Targets [5 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

UNHRC Reports: Delays [5 May 1998]

Lord Avebury -- UNHRC Reports: Delays [5 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

Yad Vashem, Jerusalem: PM's Visit [5 May 1998]

Lord Braine of Wheatley -- Yad Vashem, Jerusalem: PM's Visit [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Achehnese Asylum-Seekers [5 May 1998]

Lord Avebury -- Achehnese Asylum-Seekers [5 May 1998]

Column: WA66

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Tibetan Hunger Strikers [5 May 1998]

Lord Avebury -- Tibetan Hunger Strikers [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Cuba: Amnesty Appeal [5 May 1998]

Lord Hylton -- Cuba: Amnesty Appeal [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Cuba: US Economic Blockade [5 May 1998]

Lord Hylton -- Cuba: US Economic Blockade [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Column: WA67

EU General Affairs Council 27-28 April [5 May 1998]

Baroness Hilton of Eggardon -- EU General Affairs Council 27-28 April [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Column: WA68

Column: WA69

EU Business: May to October 1998 [5 May 1998]

Lord Mason of Barnsley -- EU Business: May to October 1998 [5 May 1998]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Column: WA70

Column: WA69


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