Teletext Recovery - 02/12/1999

P144 CEEFAX 1 144 Thu 02 Dec 19:26/04         1/5 FRIDAY'S AGENDA AT WESTMINSTER Neither the Commons nor the Lords is sitting. Both reconvene on Monday. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main menu

P144 CEEFAX 1 144 Thu 02 Dec 19:26/28         2/5 THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER ■ Health Secretary Alan Milburn has unveiled plans to set up a new independent watchdog to boost standards of long-term care for the elderly. Tory MP Philip Hammond described the scheme, set to come into effect by early 2002, as a "smokescreen". ■ School Standards Minister Estelle Morris has said keeping class sizes down to 30 is vital. Having pupils attend schools of their choice is not as important, she added. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main menu

P144 CEEFAX 1 144 Thu 02 Dec 19:26/42         3/5 THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER ■ Parliament should consider changing the wording of the oath of allegiance to let Sinn Fein members sit in the Commons, said Labour MP David Winnick. Commons leader Margaret Beckett said the issue would be considered. ■ Education Secretary David Blunkett said he had had 16 complaints about bias in campaigns for local ballots on the future status of grammar schools. ■ The MoD has killed 62 goats after use in experiments, a written reply stated. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main menu

P144 CEEFAX 1 144 Thu 02 Dec 19:23/04         4/5 THURSDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS AT WESTMINSTER ■ Minister for London Keith Hill said millennium revellers in London will be able to celebrate without fear by the Thames, following a safety audit. ■ The Lords rejected a move to end the 298-year ban on Roman Catholics ascending to the throne. Voting was 65 to 14 against Lord Forsyth's initiative ■ Tory peer Lord Cope of Berkeley said the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) Bill shoudl be scrapped. It would restrict rights to jury trial. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main menu

P144 CEEFAX 1 144 Thu 02 Dec 19:21/27         5/5 PRIVATISE THE BBC, DEMANDS MACKENZIE Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie has urged the privatisation of the BBC. Mr MacKenzie, now head of Talk Radio, told the Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport that that taxpayers should not fund broadcasting. The BBC's "economic and political power" had prevented the development of a "vibrant commercial network" of radio stations, as found in the US, he added. Taxpayer funding has meant the BBC has an unfair advantage, he told MPs. Home news digest and in brief.... 141 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160 Letters News Indx Extra Main menu

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