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Thursday 28 Jan 1999

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Column: 455

Oral Answers to Questions [28 Jan 1999]

TREASURY [28 Jan 1999]

Private Finance Initiative [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)-- Private Finance Initiative [28 Jan 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Milburn

Column: 456

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Mr. Milburn

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Mr. Milburn

Column: 457

Health and Education [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Ivor Caplin (Hove)-- Health and Education [28 Jan 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Mr. Caplin

Mr. Brown

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Brown

Column: 458

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Column: 459

Mr. Brown

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Mr. Brown

Low-Income Families [28 Jan 1999]

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)-- Low-Income Families [28 Jan 1999]

Caroline Flint (Don Valley)-- Low-Income Families [28 Jan 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Column: 460

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Brown

Caroline Flint

Mr. Brown

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Brown

Column: 461

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Brown

Exchange Rate Mechanism [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)-- Exchange Rate Mechanism [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)-- Exchange Rate Mechanism [28 Jan 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Mr. Brady

Column: 462

Mr. Brown

Mr. Cryer

Mr. Brown

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Column: 463

Mr. Brown

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Mr. Brown

Comprehensive Spending Review [28 Jan 1999]

Jackie Ballard (Taunton)-- Comprehensive Spending Review [28 Jan 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Jackie Ballard

Mr. Milburn

Column: 464

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Column: 465

Mr. Milburn

Madam Speaker

Withholding Tax [28 Jan 1999]

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)-- Withholding Tax [28 Jan 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 466

Madam Speaker

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford)

Dawn Primarolo

Euro [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)-- Euro [28 Jan 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 467

Mr. Chapman

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Ms Hewitt

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Column: 468

Ms Hewitt

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 469

Harmful Tax Competition [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)-- Harmful Tax Competition [28 Jan 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Loughton

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 470

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Dawn Primarolo

Inheritance Tax [28 Jan 1999]

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)-- Inheritance Tax [28 Jan 1999]

Column: 471

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Bennett

Mrs. Roche

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 472

Public Services [28 Jan 1999]

Ms Joan Ryan (Enfield, North)-- Public Services [28 Jan 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Ms Ryan

Mr. Milburn

Column: 471

Column: 473

Business of the House [28 Jan 1999]

12.30 pm

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)

Column: 474

Sir George Young

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John McWilliam (Blaydon)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Column: 475

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 476

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 477

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 478

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 479

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mrs. Beckett

Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)

Column: 480

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 481

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 482

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 483

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 484

Point of Order [28 Jan 1999]

1.6 pm

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Madam Speaker

Column: 485

Orders of the Day [28 Jan 1999]

Social Security [28 Jan 1999]

1.8 pm

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Column: 486

Mr. Darling

Mr. Field

Mr. Darling

Mr. Field

Mr. Darling

Column: 487

Column: 488

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Darling

Column: 489

Column: 490

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Webb

Mr. Darling

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mr. Darling

Column: 491

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Darling

Column: 492

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Column: 493

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Darling

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Darling

Mr. Davies

Column: 494

Mr. Darling

Mr. Davies

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

Mr. Darling

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Darling

Column: 495

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Darling

Column: 496

1.47 pm

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 497

Mr. Webb

Column: 498

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 499

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 500

Mr. Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale, East)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 501

Mr. Chris Pond (Gravesham)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Field

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 502

Column: 503

Column: 504

2.17 pm

Mrs. Joan Humble (Blackpool, North and Fleetwood)

Column: 505

Mr. Field

Mrs. Humble

Column: 506

Mr. Webb

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Humble

Column: 507

2.27 pm

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Rendel

Column: 508

Column: 509

Column: 510

2.43 pm

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Column: 511

Column: 512

Column: 513

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Ms Stuart

Column: 514

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Ms Stuart

Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester)

Ms Stuart

Column: 515

3.3 pm

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Column: 516

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Heald

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Leigh

Column: 517

Mr. Pond

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Pond

Mr. Leigh

Column: 518

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Heald

Mr. Leigh

Column: 519

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Pond

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Pond

Column: 520

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Leigh

Column: 521

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Webb

Mr. Leigh

Column: 522

3.35 pm

Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster, Central)

Column: 523

Column: 524

Column: 525

3.49 pm

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Column: 526

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Kirkwood

Column: 527

Column: 528

Column: 529

4.6 pm

Mr. Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale, East)

Mr. Oaten

Mr. Goggins

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. Goggins

Hon. Members

Mr. Hayes

Column: 530

Mr. Goggins

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Goggins

Column: 531

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Goggins

Column: 532

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Goggins

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Goggins

Column: 533

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Goggins

Column: 534

Column: 535

4.29 pm

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

Column: 536

Column: 537

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Fraser

Column: 538

4.42 pm

Mr. Chris Pond (Gravesham)

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Pond

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Pond

Column: 539

Column: 540

Column: 541

4.55 pm

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 542

Column: 543

Ms Stuart

Mr. Flight

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Flight

Column: 544

Mr. Pond

Mr. Flight

Column: 545

5.16 pm

Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Column: 546

Column: 547

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)

Mr. Gorrie

5.23 pm

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Column: 548

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Davies

Column: 549

Ms Rosie Winterton

Column: 550

Mr. Davies

Column: 551

Mr. Goggins

Mr. Davies

Mr. Goggins

Mr. Davies

Column: 552

Mr. Pond

Mr. Davies

Column: 553

Column: 554

Mr. Pond

Mr. Davies

Column: 555

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Mr. Davies

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Davies

Column: 556

6.2 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Column: 557

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Bayley

Column: 558

Mr. Rendel

Column: 559

Mr. Bayley

Column: 560

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 561

Mr. Bayley

Column: 562

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Bayley

Column: 563

Column: 564

HMS Glorious [28 Jan 1999]

6.28 pm

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Column: 565

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Beith

Column: 566

Column: 567

Column: 568

Column: 569

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Beith

Column: 570

6.49 pm

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 571

6.54 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Spellar)

Column: 572

Mr. Spellar

Column: 573

Mr. Beith

Mr. Spellar

Column: 574

Column: 574

Mr. Beith

Column: 574

Mr. Spellar

Column: 575

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