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Lords Hansard for 15 December 1997 (Volume 584)

                From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated 
11 May 2018 at 1.25pm.
            

Lords Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Lords main chamber.

House Of Lords (item number 1) (id 19086a93-9fe9-4370-bab9-9df66e3f504d)

The Mining Engineering Industry (item number 2) (id f1dfb263-6ac2-4cb2-a2bb-0cb677274984)

Sir Walter Raleigh: Statue (item number 3) (id bdc27a90-626d-4d5d-90f6-5ebf21c9bcec)

Young Offenders: Secure Accommodation (item number 4) (id dd637ea0-b9aa-4f61-819c-0e301e601bd6)

Skill Training For Young People (item number 5) (id 577d0b38-03aa-4bd4-841e-36878207e34d)

Business (item number 6) (id 7822e8c4-ce4e-4c65-8616-cd7ded11c747)

Petroleum Bill Hl (item number 7) (id 91983e82-8b47-4669-b6e8-73d965ae7cc0)

Business Of The House: Consolidated Fund Bill (item number 8) (id 5a827b34-92d5-4ff9-9289-55dd2b7a4a15)

Scottish Agricultural College Order Confirmation Bill (item number 9) (id a73a1053-bfa7-4765-a9b7-4dcd5e5fc449)

Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill (item number 10) (id b79b186a-5c07-4590-a116-be3231f7c168)

European Council: Agenda 2000 (item number 11) (id 77aabdaf-7051-4f1a-89ed-77a410a04a6f)

Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill (item number 12) (id 2af521fc-79e3-4a5f-9eeb-5e7ed3496e3c)

Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Bill (item number 13) (id e6bf8f61-2c6b-4a27-8a00-c7ac7316452b)

Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 1997 (item number 14) (id e2680dfa-efbd-41a8-b414-c40249e5037c)

Homeless Persons (Priority Need) (Scotland) Order 1997 (item number 15) (id c38427fe-919d-4af7-ac26-1a2636e22f68)

Air Quality Regulations 1997 (item number 16) (id 8db0c3fc-9380-46d0-9611-b14af4e001e7)

Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) Regulations 1997 (item number 17) (id 2e7b2ea4-0591-46c8-87c8-afa348239903)

European Communities (Definition Of Treaties) (European Police Office) Order 1997 (item number 18) (id e7057801-b1d4-410c-90b9-9c503a01f265)

European Communities (Immunities And Privileges Of The European Police Office)Order 1997 (item number 19) (id 97390f0d-d957-416a-ab30-b0a6974f1c85)

Ospar Commission (Immunities And Privileges) Order 1997 (item number 20) (id 326506c0-e4f2-4ed1-84d5-8c95f58cf9a5)

Channel 4 (Application Of Excess Revenues) Order 1997 (item number 21) (id 5c17bba2-20e0-46c9-8db5-00caf34322af)

Dyslexia (item number 22) (id 1ee8a8b3-ae0d-43dc-aca0-8b5bc8451bf2)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers (item number 1) (id dc8995e1-5973-4d2d-bedc-ee9dae562b52)

Health And Population Projects: Funding (item number 2) (id 1dceff90-ab95-4a50-91d0-993cd272c943)

Overseas Spending On Water And Forestry Projects (item number 3) (id 7159e61a-0d53-41c6-9792-7127db309ae9)

Overseas Spending On Education (item number 4) (id 9020ceb5-7726-4d97-a304-766a205bd44c)

Un Voluntary Fund For Victims Of Torture (item number 5) (id d17508f4-33e6-4756-a2d0-92bdb47be35f)

Angola: Human Rights Monitoring (item number 6) (id e7594ff5-826a-45b4-98ed-d8abfb9a8b16)

Zimbabwe: Compulsory Acquisition Of Farms (item number 7) (id 92450759-bc30-48ce-addf-c99e4ba238ea)

General Affairs Council, 8 December (item number 8) (id c5ae3c35-990f-4b08-a509-01b53f9427cb)

Vitamin B6 (item number 9) (id 206d4ef7-e8f7-407a-a2e7-b26b9dab12f2)

Bse And Mammalian Blood Products (item number 10) (id d00d1792-44ac-48af-9184-083e36cc3f3f)

Cod Stocks (item number 11) (id e557117e-b2fd-4bf7-9cf1-27418b22fcca)

Farm Incomes (item number 12) (id 3063f03b-779b-45c2-856f-4d45551f4ee3)

Bse: Us Export Of Specified Risk Material (item number 13) (id 5907129d-3bd0-4ed4-9942-74bcf0a7d379)

Cjd: Research (item number 14) (id aa0b9045-d0be-4007-abb7-68c8a4311341)

Mod And Dti Budget Reductions (item number 16) (id 7208ddbf-4c1a-45d9-b4df-525ea733d554)

Coal: Movement By Rail Contracts (item number 17) (id d7525087-5cdc-41ea-ae81-70bc198d7a6e)

Remand Delay Reduction: Consultation (item number 18) (id cd92f12a-c87d-4bb7-bd41-45f2443fe4b2)

Stephen Lawrence: Police Complaints Authority Report (item number 19) (id a64f2cf3-530b-4ea9-a4b0-367bb4d7387a)

Racial Violence And Harassment: Responses To Consultation (item number 20) (id bebdd439-4c34-4db9-baa0-8e29586896b6)

Youth Justice System: Responses To Consultation (item number 21) (id b21e23b0-bc30-4dcb-acc5-b608220125bd)

National Crime Intelligence Service: Objectives (item number 22) (id ef2d4ab6-c8fa-4d6e-8fe9-4378f440c29d)

National Criminal Intelligence Service Objectives (item number 23) (id 29fb1560-0290-475e-96b5-ab9e982d35b1)

National Crime Squad Objectives (item number 24) (id e9a5399e-4475-417e-81ff-2f646576c447)

Firearms Control (item number 25) (id 166dea55-cb22-440b-9c0f-380368315821)

Asylum Seekers: Return Procedures (item number 26) (id ec8f0ac5-ddf6-49be-adcb-188c2f62ed76)

Immigration And Asylum Policies: Ec Communication (item number 27) (id 8e8af0d5-5cea-4a49-8db1-d6e7b89c1b60)

Life Sentence Tariff Recommendation (item number 28) (id 8ab0d2f7-7982-4617-846c-42938b710fb7)

Immigration Rules: New Concession (item number 29) (id 372ea9c6-85e4-444a-b0fe-9f248445cc03)

Restricted Patients: Transfer From Prison To Hospital (item number 30) (id 60da6f77-4e85-4a0f-a3d1-4789a6ac6b85)

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