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Wednesday 10 Nov 1999
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Column: 1045
Madam Speaker
9.33 am
Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)
Column: 1046
Column: 1047
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Mr. Clapham
Column: 1048
Column: 1049
9.52 am
Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Column: 1050
Column: 1051
Column: 1052
10.3 am
Mr. Denis Murphy (Wansbeck)
Column: 1053
Column: 1054
10.11 am
Dr. Michael Clark (Rayleigh)
Column: 1055
10.20 am
Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)
Column: 1056
10.23 am
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Column: 1057
10.28 am
Mr. Eric Clarke (Midlothian)
Column: 1058
10.33 am
Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)
Column: 1059
Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central)
Mr. O'Brien
10.36 am
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)
Column: 1060
10.41 am
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Column: 1061
Column: 1062
10.49 am
The Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe (Mrs. Helen Liddell)
Column: 1063
Column: 1064
Mr. Cash
Mrs. Liddell
Column: 1065
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)
Mrs. Liddell
Column: 1066
11 am
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)
Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)
Dr. Harris
Column: 1067
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Dr. Harris
Column: 1068
Column: 1069
Dr. Palmer
Column: 1070
Dr. Harris
Column: 1071
Column: 1072
Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Dr. Harris
Dr. Ladyman
Column: 1073
Dr. Harris
Column: 1074
11.30 am
Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Column: 1075
Column: 1076
11.39 am
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)
Column: 1077
Column: 1078
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mrs. Bottomley
11.49 am
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Column: 1079
Column: 1080
Column: 1081
Mrs. Bottomley
Dr. Ladyman
Dr. Harris
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Dr. Harris
Dr. Ladyman
12.1 pm
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
Column: 1082
Column: 1083
12.8 pm
Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)
Column: 1084
Column: 1085
Column: 1086
12.19 pm
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)
Column: 1087
12.25 pm
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. John Denham)
Column: 1088
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 1087
Column: 1089
12.30 pm
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East)
Column: 1090
Column: 1091
Column: 1092
12.48 pm
Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)
Column: 1093
12.51 pm
The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke)
Column: 1094
Column: 1095
Column: 1096
12.59 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Column: 1097
Column: 1098
Column: 1099
Column: 1100
Column: 1101
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Column: 1102
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Shepherd
1.27 pm
The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1103
1.30 pm
Mr. Denis Murphy (Wansbeck)
Column: 1104
Column: 1105
Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Mr. Murphy
1.40 pm
Mr. Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)
Column: 1106
1.44 pm
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)
Column: 1107
Mr. Beith
Mr. Morley
Column: 1108
Column: 1109
Column: 1110
Column: 1111
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)
Mr. Evans
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Hilary Benn (Leeds, Central)
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 1112
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 1113
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)
Shona McIsaac
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 1114
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)
Marjorie Mowlam
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 1115
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr. Ian McCartney)
Mr. Touhig
Mr. McCartney
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Column: 1116
Mr. McCartney
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Graham Stringer)
Ms Lawrence
Column: 1117
Mr. Stringer
Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)
Mr. Stringer
Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)
Mr. Stringer
Column: 1118
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)
Mrs. Bottomley
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)
Column: 1119
Marjorie Mowlam
The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)
Mr. Quinn
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Column: 1120
Marjorie Mowlam
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Dr. Lewis
Madam Speaker
Dr. Lewis
The Prime Minister
Column: 1121
The Prime Minister
Mr. Touhig
The Prime Minister
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
The Prime Minister
Column: 1122
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 1123
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Kennedy
The Prime Minister
Column: 1124
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 1125
Mr. Tony Clarke (Northampton, South)
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 1126
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
Column: 1127
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Column: 1128
Madam Speaker
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 1129
3.30 pm
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Brooke
Madam Speaker
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Column: 1130
Madam Speaker
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Madam Speaker
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Madam Speaker
Column: 1129
Column: 1131
3.35 pm
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 1132
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 1133
3.45 pm
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Column: 1134
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1135
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Column: 1136
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1137
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gill
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tony Benn
Mrs. Beckett
4 pm
Mr. Benn
Column: 1138
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Forth
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Bercow
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Bercow
Column: 1139
Mrs. Beckett
Madam Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1140
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Howarth
Column: 1141
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Mackinlay
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1142
Mr. Gill
Mrs. Beckett
4.15 pm
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Mrs. Beckett
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)
Column: 1143
Mr. Gummer
Sir George Young
Column: 1144
Angela Smith (Basildon)
Sir George Young
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Sir George Young
Column: 1145
Mrs. Beckett
Sir George Young
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Column: 1146
Sir George Young
Mr. Mackinlay
Sir George Young
Mr. Bercow
Sir George Young
4.30 pm
Column: 1147
Mr. Benn
Column: 1148
Column: 1149
Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage)
Column: 1150
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1151
Mr. Jackson
Mr. Deputy Speaker
4.45 pm
Mr. Jackson
Angela Smith
Mr. Jackson
Column: 1152
Angela Smith
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Angela Smith
Column: 1153
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)
Angela Smith
Mrs. Laing
Angela Smith
Column: 1154
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Angela Smith
Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Column: 1155
5 pm
Mr. Tony Benn
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Maclennan
Column: 1156
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mr. Maclennan
Column: 1157
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Gummer
Column: 1158
Mr. Rammell
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Mr. Rammell
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Mr. Rammell
Hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1159
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Allan
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Rammell
Column: 1160
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Nicholas Winterton
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Rammell
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Rammell
Column: 1161
Mr. Tyrie
Angela Smith
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Rammell
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Rammell
Column: 1162
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Fraser
Mr. Rammell
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Rammell
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Rammell
Column: 1163
5.30 pm
Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
Column: 1164
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)
Column: 1165
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Tyrie
Column: 1166
Mr. Winnick
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Robert Jackson
Mr. Tyrie
Column: 1167
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Tyrie
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tyrie
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)
Column: 1168
5.45 pm
Mr. Fraser
Mr. Marshall-Andrews
Column: 1169
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Winnick
Mr. Gummer
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gummer
Column: 1170
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gummer
Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)
Mr. Gummer
Column: 1171
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gummer
6 pm
Mr. Rammell
Column: 1172
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Gummer
Column: 1173
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Gummer
Column: 1174
Mr. Peter Bradley
Column: 1175
Mr. Deputy Speaker
6.15 pm
Mr. Bradley
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Bradley
Column: 1176
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Bradley
Mr. Fraser
Mr. Bradley
Mr. Fraser
Mr. Bradley
Column: 1177
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Bradley
Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)
Mr. Bradley
Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)
Column: 1178
Column: 1179
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. MacGregor
6.30 pm
Mr. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central)
Column: 1180
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Fisher
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Fisher
Column: 1181
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Fisher
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Fisher
Column: 1182
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)
6.45 pm
Column: 1183
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Viggers
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 1184
Column: 1185
Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Fraser
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Fisher
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 1186
Dr. Ladyman
Column: 1187
7 pm
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)
Column: 1188
Column: 1189
Mr. Forth
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 1190
Mr. Forth
7.15 pm
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Forth
Column: 1191
Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
Column: 1192
Mr. Nicholls
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 1193
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 1194
7.30 pm
Mr. Fallon
Column: 1195
Column: 1196
Mr. Forth
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Column: 1197
Column: 1198
7.45 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Column: 1199
Column: 1200
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 1201
8 pm
Column: 1202
Mr. Tipping
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1203
Mr. Fisher
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tyrie
Mrs. Beckett
Mrs. Laing
Mrs. Beckett
Mrs. Laing
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 1204
Column: 1205
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Tyrie
Division No. 318 (House of Lords Bill) [10 Nov 1999]
Column: 1208
Column: 1209
Column: 1210
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Tipping
8.30 pm
Column: 1211
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1212
Mr. Brady
Mr. Tipping
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1213
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Tipping
Several hon. Members
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Column: 1214
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Tipping
8.45 pm
Column: 1215
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1216
Mr. Clarke
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Forth
Mr. Tipping
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 1217
Mr. Hogg
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 1218
Dr. Godman
Sir Patrick Cormack
9 pm
Mr. Leigh
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 1219
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Fisher
Column: 1220
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Hogg
Column: 1221
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 1222
9.15 pm
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)
Mr. Mackinlay
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 1223
Column: 1224
Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)
Column: 1225
Column: 1226
9.30 pm
Column: 1227
Dr. Godman
Column: 1228
Mr. Mackinlay
Dr. Godman
Mr. Hogg
Column: 1229
Dr. Godman
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)
9.45 pm
Column: 1230
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)
Mr. Tyrie
Dr. Turner
Column: 1231
Mr. Grieve
Dr. Turner
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Hogg
Column: 1232
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Column: 1233
10 pm
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Tyrie
Column: 1234
Column: 1235
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Grieve
Column: 1236
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Grieve
Column: 1237
10.15 pm
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1238
Division No. 319 (House of Lords Bill) [10 Nov 1999]
Column: 1241
10.30 pm
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1242
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Tipping
Column: 1243
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Mr. Tipping
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 1244
Mr. Forth
Column: 1245
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Forth
10.45 pm
Column: 1246
Mr. Fallon
Column: 1247
Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)
Mr. Robathan
Column: 1248
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
11 pm
Mr. Grieve
Column: 1249
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Tipping
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1250
Division No. 320 (House of Lords Bill) [10 Nov 1999]
Column: 1253
11.19 pm
Mr. Forth
Mr. Swayne
Column: 1254
Mr. Forth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Forth
Column: 1255
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
Column: 1256
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1257
Division No. 321 (House of Lords Bill) [10 Nov 1999]
Column: 1259
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 1260
11.49 pm
Valerie Davey (Bristol, West)
Column: 1261
11.50 pm
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Column: 1262
Column: 1263
Column: 1264
12.4 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State forthe Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Beverley Hughes)
Dr. Fox
Column: 1265
Ms Hughes
Column: 1266
Column: 1267
Column: 1268