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Wednesday 3 Dec 1997
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Column: 267
9.34 am
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Column: 268
Column: 269
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)
Mr. Hoyle
Column: 270
Column: 271
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Column: 272
Mr. Hoyle
9.54 am
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)
Column: 273
Column: 274
10.3 am
Mr. John Hutton (Barrow and Furness)
Column: 275
Column: 276
Column: 277
10.16 am
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)
Column: 278
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Column: 279
Mr. Greenway
Mr. Hoyle
Mr. Greenway
Column: 280
10.28 am
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Spellar)
Mr. Key
Column: 281
Column: 282
Column: 283
10.41 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Spellar)
Column: 284
Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)
Column: 285
Mr. Spellar
Column: 286
Column: 287
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Spellar
Column: 288
Column: 289
Column: 290
11 am
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Mr. Salmond
Column: 291
Mr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Mr. Salmond
Column: 292
Column: 293
Column: 294
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Salmond
Column: 295
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Salmond
Column: 296
Column: 297
11.31 am
Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)
Column: 298
Column: 299
Column: 300
Column: 301
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
11.49 am
Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)
Column: 302
Column: 303
Mr. Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale)
Mr. Chidgey
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Mr. Chidgey
Column: 304
11.58 am
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Column: 305
Column: 306
Jacqui Smith (Redditch)
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)
Mr. Fallon
Column: 307
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Fallon
Column: 308
12.15 pm
The Minister for Small Firms, Trade and Industry (Mrs. Barbara Roche)
Column: 309
Mr. Chidgey
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Godman
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Fallon
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Salmond
Column: 310
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Fallon
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Alasdair Morgan
Mrs. Roche
Column: 311
Column: 312
Dr. Fox
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 313
12.30 pm
Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)
Column: 314
Column: 315
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Ms Drown
Column: 316
12.42 pm
Mr. Michael Wills (North Swindon)
Column: 317
Column: 318
12.47 pm
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)
Column: 319
Column: 320
Column: 321
Column: 322
1 pm
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Column: 323
Column: 324
Column: 325
1.16 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Column: 326
Column: 327
Column: 328
Column: 329
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 330
1.30 pm
Mr. Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire)
Column: 331
Column: 332
Column: 333
1.43 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Paul Boateng)
Column: 334
Column: 335
Column: 336
Column: 337
The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Ron Davies)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Davies
Mr. Alan Williams
Mr. Davies
Mr. Livsey
Column: 338
Madam Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Barry Jones
Mr. Davies
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Davies
Mr. Rhodri Morgan
Column: 339
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Davies
Column: 340
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Win Griffiths)
Ann Clwyd
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Ron Davies
Column: 341
Mr. Ruffley
Mr. Davies
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Ruffley
Mr. Davies
Mr. Donald Anderson
Mr. Davies
Mr. Llwyd
Mr. Davies
Column: 342
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ron Davies
Mrs. Winterton
Mr. Davies
Column: 343
Mr. Paterson
Mr. Davies
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Peter Hain)
Mr. Hanson
Mr. Hain
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hain
Column: 344
Mr. Rowlands
Mr. Hain
Mr. Evans
Mr. Hain
Mr. Öpik
Mr. Hain
Mr. Win Griffiths
Mr. Clappison
Column: 345
Mr. Griffiths
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hain
Mr. Flight
Mr. Hain
Mr. Gareth Thomas
Mr. Hain
Mr. Ron Davies
Column: 346
Mr. Heath
Mr. Davies
Mr. Llew Smith
Mr. Davies
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Dr. Tonge
The Prime Minister
Column: 347
Siobhain McDonagh
The Prime Minister
Mr. Ashdown
The Prime Minister
Mr. Ashdown
Column: 348
The Prime Minister
Mr. Borrow
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 349
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Column: 350
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Column: 351
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Charlotte Atkins
The Prime Minister
Hon. Members
Column: 352
Mr. Green
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Shepherd
The Prime Minister
Column: 353
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hogg
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hogg
The Prime Minister
Column: 354
The Prime Minister
Mr. Loughton
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Dalyell
The Prime Minister
Column: 355
Column: 356
Column: 357
3.31 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Column: 358
Column: 359
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)
Column: 360
Mr. Prescott
Column: 361
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 362
Mr. Nick Harvey (North Devon)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 363
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 364
Mr. John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 365
Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Purchase
Madam Speaker
Mr. Prescott
Mr. David Trimble (Upper Bann)
Column: 366
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Mr. Prescott
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Column: 367
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Roger Stott (Wigan)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Column: 368
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 369
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 370
Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)
Mr. Prescott
Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)
Column: 371
Mr. Prescott
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 372
4.21 pm
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dr. John Cunningham)
Column: 373
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)
Column: 374
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 375
Jacqui Smith (Redditch)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
Column: 376
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 377
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 378
Dr. Lewis Moonie (Kirkcaldy)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 379
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
Column: 380
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Nick Ainger (West Carmarthen and South Pembrokeshire)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 381
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)
Dr. Cunningham
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)
Column: 382
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Martyn Jones (Clwyd, South)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. William Thompson (West Tyrone)
Dr. Cunningham
Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster, Central)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 383
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Dr. Cunningham
Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 384
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Alan W. Williams (East Carmarthen and Dinefwr)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Williams
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)
Column: 385
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire)
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Column: 386
Dr. Cunningham
Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)
Column: 387
Dr. Cunningham
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)
Dr. Cunningham
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)
Dr. Cunningham
Sir Michael Spicer
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Column: 388
Dr. Cunningham
Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)
Dr. Cunningham
Column: 389
Column: 390
5.33 pm
Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)
Madam Speaker
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Madam Speaker
Column: 391
Mr. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)
Column: 392
Madam Speaker
Column: 393
5.41 pm
Mr. John Gunnell (Morley and Rothwell)
Column: 394
Column: 395
Column: 396
5.50 pm
The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)
Column: 397
Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)
Mr. Gapes
Column: 398
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Cash
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
6 pm
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Column: 399
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Column: 400
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Column: 401
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Robathan
Column: 402
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Radice
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Swayne
6.15 pm
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Radice
Column: 403
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Walter
Column: 404
Mr. Radice
Mr. Walter
Mr. Radice
Column: 405
Mr. Walter
6.30 pm
Column: 406
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Column: 407
Mr. Brady
Column: 408
Mr. Vernon Coaker (Gedling)
6.45 pm
Mr. Brady
Column: 409
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Brady
Column: 410
Column: 411
Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)
Column: 412
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pound
Mr. Cash
Mr. Pound
7 pm
Mr. Brady
Mr. Pound
Mr. Brady
Mr. Pound
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Pound
Column: 413
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Pound
Column: 414
Mr. Brady
Mr. Pound
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pound
Column: 415
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Mr. Pound
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pound
Mr. Letwin
Column: 416
Mr. Radice
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pound
Several hon. Members
Mr. Pound
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Pound
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Mr. Pound
Column: 417
7.15 pm
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Pound
Mr. Cash
Column: 418
Mr. Radice
Mr. Cash
Column: 419
Mr. Radice
Mr. Cash
Column: 420
Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
7.30 pm
Mr. Cash
Column: 421
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)
Column: 422
Mr. Cash
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Radice
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Rammell
Column: 423
Mr. David Davis
Mr. Rammell
Column: 424
Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Mr. Rammell
7.45 pm
Column: 425
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Swayne
Column: 426
Mr. David Davis
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Coaker
Column: 427
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Mr. Coaker
8 pm
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Coaker
Column: 428
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)
Mr. Coaker
Mr. Radice
Mr. Coaker
Column: 429
Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)
Mr. Coaker
Column: 430
Sir Teddy Taylor
Column: 431
8.15 pm
Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)
Column: 432
The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. McNulty
Column: 433
Column: 434
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Doug Henderson)
Column: 435
8.30 pm
Column: 436
Column: 437
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Column: 438
Column: 439
Division No. 104 (European Communities (Amendment) Bill) [3 Dec 1997]
Column: 442
9 pm
Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)
The First Deputy Chairman
Column: 443
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Radice
Mr. Streeter
Column: 444
Mr. Gapes
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Streeter
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Mr. Streeter
Column: 445
Mr. Roger Casale (Wimbledon)
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Streeter
Column: 446
Mr. Cash
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Radice
Mr. Streeter
Column: 447
9.15 pm
Mr. Menzies Campbell
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Menzies Campbell
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Streeter
Column: 448
Mr. Casale
The First Deputy Chairman
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Streeter
Column: 449
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Doug Henderson
Mr. Streeter
Column: 450
Dr. Ladyman
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Radice
Mr. Streeter
Column: 451
Dr. Ladyman
9.30 pm
Mr. Streeter
Column: 452
Mr. Radice
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Radice
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Radice
Column: 453
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Radice
Mr. Brady
Mr. Radice
Column: 454
Mr. Cash
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
Mr. Cash
Mr. Radice
Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)
Mr. Radice
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
Column: 455
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
9.45 pm
Mr. Brady
Mr. Radice
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Radice
The Second Deputy Chairman
Mr. Radice
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Radice
Mr. Bercow
Column: 456
Mr. Radice
Mr. Collins
Mr. Radice
Mr. Menzies Campbell
Mr. Radice
Column: 457
Mr. Collins
Column: 458
Dr. Ladyman
Mr. Collins
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Collins
Column: 459
Column: 460
10.1 pm
Mr. Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth)
Column: 461
Column: 462
Column: 463
Column: 464
Column: 465
10.18 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Spellar)
Column: 466
Column: 467
Column: 468