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Tuesday 21 Apr 1998

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Column: 575

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Apr 1998]

SCOTLAND [21 Apr 1998]

Health Inequalities [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston)-- Health Inequalities [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Sam Galbraith)

Mr. Marshall

Mr. Galbraith

Mr. John Maxton (Glasgow, Cathcart)

Column: 576

Mr. Galbraith

Criminal Justice System [21 Apr 1998]

Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth)-- Criminal Justice System [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Criminal Justice System [21 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)

Ms Cunningham

Mr. Dewar

Column: 577

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 578

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Column: 579

Mr. Dewar

Lockerbie [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Lockerbie [21 Apr 1998]

The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. McLeish

NHS Trusts [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Douglas Alexander (Paisley, South)-- NHS Trusts [21 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)

Column: 580

Mr. Alexander

Mr. Dewar

Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame, South)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Column: 581

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

Mr. Dewar

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Column: 582

Mr. Dewar

Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)

Mr. Dewar

Millennium Compliance [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)-- Millennium Compliance [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Sam Galbraith)

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Galbraith

Column: 583

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Galbraith

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Mr. Galbraith

Social Exclusion [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)-- Social Exclusion [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw)-- Social Exclusion [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Calum Macdonald)

Mr. Kirkwood

Column: 584

Mr. Macdonald

Mr. Roy

Mr. Macdonald

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Macdonald

Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)

Mr. Macdonald

Column: 585

Criminal Sentences [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)-- Criminal Sentences [21 Apr 1998]

The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)

Mr. Browne

Mr. McLeish

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 586

Mr. McLeish

Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr)

Mr. McLeish

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. McLeish

New Deal [21 Apr 1998]

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South)-- New Deal [21 Apr 1998]

The Minister for Education and Industry, Scottish Office (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Miss Begg

Column: 587

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Mr. Wilson

Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Mr. Wilson

Column: 588

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT [21 Apr 1998]

Scotland Bill [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Scotland Bill [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Column: 589

Mr. Hoon

Departmental Advisers [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)-- Departmental Advisers [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Ruffley

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Hoon

Immigration Appeal Tribunal [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Keith Vaz (Leicester, East)-- Immigration Appeal Tribunal [21 Apr 1998]

Column: 590

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Vaz

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking)

Mr. Hoon

Asylum Seekers [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)-- Asylum Seekers [21 Apr 1998]

Column: 591

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Hoon

Civil Justice Review [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)-- Civil Justice Review [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Hoon

Column: 592

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Hoon

Magistrates Courts [21 Apr 1998]

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)-- Magistrates Courts [21 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Russell

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 593

Column: 594

Column: 595

Points of Order [21 Apr 1998]

3.30 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Madam Speaker

Mrs. Gillan

Madam Speaker

Column: 596

Deregulation of Racecourses [21 Apr 1998]

3.33 pm
Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)

Column: 597

Column: 598

Column: 599

Finance (No. 2) Bill [21 Apr 1998]

Madam Speaker

3.44 pm
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Column: 600

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Darling

Column: 601

Column: 602

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Darling

Column: 603

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Mr. Darling

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Mr. Darling

Column: 604

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Darling

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Darling

Column: 605

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Darling

Column: 606

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Mr. Darling

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Column: 607

Mr. Darling

Mr. Kidney

Mr. Darling

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr. Darling

Sir Peter Tapsell

Mr. Darling

Column: 608

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Darling

Column: 609

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Swinney

Mr. Darling

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Darling

Mr. Swinney

Mr. Darling

Column: 610

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Darling

4.22 pm
Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Column: 611

Column: 612

Column: 613

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 614

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Mr. Darling

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 615

Column: 616

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 617

4.49 pm
Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Sheldon

Column: 618

Column: 619

Column: 620

5.3 pm
Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Column: 621

Column: 622

Column: 623

5.16 pm
Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Column: 624

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Kidney

Column: 625

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Column: 626

Mr. Kidney

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Kidney

Column: 627

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Kidney

5.32 pm
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Column: 628

Column: 629

Column: 630

Liz Blackman (Erewash)

Mr. Davies

Column: 631

5.48 pm
Mrs. Helen Brinton (Peterborough)

Column: 632

5.55 pm
Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Column: 633

Column: 634

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mrs. Lait

6.6 pm
Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)

Column: 635

Column: 636

Column: 637

6.18 pm
Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

Column: 638

Column: 639

Column: 640

6.32 pm
Mr. Ross Cranston (Dudley, North)

Mr. Woodward

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Cranston

Column: 641

Mr. Brooke

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Cranston

Column: 642

Column: 643

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Ruffley

Column: 644

Mr. Cranston

6.55 pm
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Column: 645

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Davey

Column: 646

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Davey

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Mr. Davey

Column: 647

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

Mr. Davey

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Davey

Column: 648

Column: 649

Column: 650

7.19 pm
Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

Column: 651

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Twigg

Column: 652

Mr. Ruffley

Mr. Twigg

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Twigg

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Twigg

Column: 653

Column: 654

7.33 pm
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Column: 655

Column: 656

Column: 657

Column: 658

7.51 pm
Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Column: 659

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Love

Column: 660

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Love

Column: 661

Column: 662

8.7 pm
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Column: 663

Mr. Derek Twigg

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Twigg

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Twigg

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Ruffley

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 664

Mr. Derek Twigg

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 665

Mr. Ruffley

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 666

Ms Moran

Mr. St. Aubyn

8.28 pm
Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Column: 667

Column: 668

Column: 669

8.42 pm
Ms Helen Southworth (Warrington, South)

Mr. St. Aubyn

Ms Southworth

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)

Ms Southworth

Column: 670

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Ms Southworth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Southworth

Column: 671

Mr. St. Aubyn

Ms Southworth

Column: 672

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Southworth

Mr. St. Aubyn

Ms Southworth

Column: 673

8.56 pm
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 674

Mr. Fallon

Mr. Heath

Column: 675

9.7 pm
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Column: 676

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 677

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 678

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Mr. Clifton-Brown

9.20 pm
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Column: 679

Ms Keeble

Mr. Fallon

Column: 680

Column: 681

Column: 682

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Fallon

9.40 pm
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Dawn Primarolo)

Column: 683

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 684

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 685

Mr. Grieve

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Edward Davey

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 686

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 687

Division No. 249 (Finance (No. 2) Bill) [21 Apr 1998]

Column: 691

Division No. 250 (Finance (No. 2) Bill) [21 Apr 1998]

Column: 694

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Column: 695

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gummer

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 696

European Community (Convergence Criteria) [21 Apr 1998]

10.28 pm
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Helen Liddell)

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mrs. Liddell

Column: 697

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mrs. Liddell

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 698

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mrs. Liddell

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Mrs. Liddell

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mrs. Liddell

Column: 699

Column: 700

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Liddell

Several hon. Members

Mrs. Liddell

Dr. Fox

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Liddell

Column: 701

Mr. Cash

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Liddell

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mrs. Liddell

10.49 pm
Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Mrs. Liddell

Mr. Streeter

Column: 702

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Streeter

Column: 703

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Bercow

Column: 704

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 705

Mr. Streeter

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. Streeter

Column: 706

Mrs. Liddell

Mr. Streeter

11.8 pm
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

Column: 707

Column: 708

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

Mr. Benn

Mr. Cash

Mr. Benn

Column: 709

11.16 pm
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Column: 710

Mr. Cash

Dr. Fox

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Dr. Fox

Column: 711

Mrs. Liddell

Dr. Fox

Mrs. Liddell

Dr. Fox

Mr. Jenkin

Dr. Fox

Column: 712

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Dr. Fox

Mr. Winterton

Dr. Fox

Column: 713

Column: 714

Mr. Fitzpatrick

Dr. Fox

11.37 pm
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Column: 715

Column: 716

Column: 717

11.50 pm
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Column: 718

Dr. Cable

Mr. Paterson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Cable

Column: 719

11.57 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 720

Column: 721

Hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 722

Column: 723

A47 (Dualling) [21 Apr 1998]

12.1 am
Mr. Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth)

Column: 724

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Mr. Wright

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Mr. Wright

Column: 725

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Wright

Column: 726

12.15 am
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 727

12.17 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Column: 728

Column: 729

Column: 730


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