51.   In addition, the committee decided that socialist deputies would vote against the possible candidacy of Popular Party deputy Federico Trillo as speaker of the Congress of Deputies.

52.   In parliament last week, an anti-abortion amendment was thrown out when only three conservative deputies voted for it.

53.   In the end, deputies voted narrowly to scrap the motion of thanks altogether, rather than back the amendment.

54.   According to Akhyat Idigov, the speaker of the current acting parliament, deputies voted to declare results valid in those constituencies where voter turnout reached acceptable levels.

55.   At the opening of the session the deputies may also vote whether they wish to hear the senior public prosecutor Jacques Velu.

56.   Belgian deputies voted Thursday to ban the manuafacture, acquisition and sale of landmines in a groundbreaking measure which they hope to see followed up by countries worldwide.

57.   But at a stormy meeting of the CSSD parliamentary group last Monday, only four deputies voted for the accord in a trial ballot.

58.   But deputies voted against a proposal by ultra-nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky to invalidate the results of peace talks with secessionist Chechen leaders in Grozny.

59.   But sufficient Social Democrat and Green deputies voted with the conservative-led coalition government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl to ensure it had a comfortable majority.

60.   But Prime Minister John Major refused to allow deputies to vote outside party lines on the measure, fearing defeat.