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Wednesday 11 Feb 1998
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Column: 285
9.34 am
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Column: 286
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)
Mr. Gale
Miss Widdecombe
Column: 287
Mr. Gale
Column: 288
Column: 289
Column: 290
Column: 291
Column: 292
Column: 293
Column: 294
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
10.7 am
Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)
Column: 295
Column: 296
Column: 297
10.18 am
Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Column: 298
Column: 299
10.28 am
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Column: 300
Column: 301
10.36 am
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Column: 302
10.41 am
Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)
Column: 303
10.45 am
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)
Column: 304
10.46 am
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 305
10.49 am
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. Alan Milburn)
Column: 306
Column: 307
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 308
11 am
Mr. Alan Hurst (Braintree)
Column: 309
Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)
Mr. Hurst
Column: 310
Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)
Mr. Hurst
Column: 311
11.8 am
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Column: 312
Column: 313
11.23 am
Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)
Column: 314
Column: 315
11.35 am
Mr. Kerry Pollard (St. Albans)
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Mr. Pollard
Column: 316
Column: 317
11.43 am
Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)
Column: 318
Column: 319
11.51 am
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Column: 320
Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)
Column: 321
Mr. Drew
Column: 322
12.9 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)
Column: 323
Column: 324
Column: 325
12.19 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Paul Boateng)
Column: 326
Column: 327
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 328
12.30 pm
Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling)
Mr. Norman
Column: 329
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)
Mr. Norman
Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)
Mr. Norman
Column: 330
Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)
Mr. Norman
Column: 331
Column: 332
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)
Column: 333
Mr. Norman
Ms Jackson
Mr. Norman
Ms Jackson
Column: 334
Mr. Michael Jabez Foster
Ms Jackson
Column: 335
Column: 336
12.59 pm
Mr. Fabian Hamilton (Leeds, North-East)
Column: 337
Column: 338
Mr. Paul Truswell (Pudsey)
Mr. Hamilton
Column: 339
1.13 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)
Column: 340
Column: 341
Column: 342
Column: 343
1.25 pm
Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)
Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)
Column: 344
Mr. Bell
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)
Mr. Bell
Column: 345
1.32 pm
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
1.34 pm
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)
Column: 346
Column: 347
Mr. Alan Clark
Mr. Ingram
Column: 348
Rev. Ian Paisley (North Antrim)
Mr. Ingram
Column: 349
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Ingram
Mr. Alan Clark
Mr. Ingram
Column: 350
Mr. Martin Bell
Mr. Ingram
Column: 351
Column: 352
Column: 353
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)
Mr. Corbyn
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Trimble
Column: 354
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. McNamara
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Brooke
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 355
Mr. Robert McCartney
Marjorie Mowlam
Rev. Ian Paisley
Column: 356
Marjorie Mowlam
Ms Southworth
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Öpik
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 357
Mr. Barnes
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. MacKay
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. MacKay
Column: 358
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. Mallon
Marjorie Mowlam
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Tony Worthington)
Mr. Murphy
Column: 359
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Beggs
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Moss
Mr. Worthington
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Paul Murphy)
Kate Hoey
Column: 360
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Forsythe
Mr. Murphy
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)
Siobhain McDonagh
Mr. Ingram
Mr. Donaldson
Column: 361
Mr. Ingram
Marjorie Mowlam
Shona McIsaac
Marjorie Mowlam
Madam Speaker
Marjorie Mowlam
Mr. William Ross
Marjorie Mowlam
Column: 362
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Mr. Casale
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
Column: 363
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
Column: 364
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Ashdown
The Prime Minister
Mr. Ashdown
Column: 365
The Prime Minister
Mr. Ashdown
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Corbyn
The Prime Minister
Column: 366
The Prime Minister
Mr. Barron
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Benn
Column: 367
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 368
Mr. Brooke
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. McGrady
Column: 369
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Levitt
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 370
Mr. Gareth Thomas
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 371
Mrs. Roe
The Prime Minister
3.30 pm
Madam Speaker
Column: 372
Column: 373
3.34 pm
Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury)
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)
Column: 374
Sir Alastair Goodlad
Clare Short
Column: 375
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Clare Short
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Clare Short
Column: 376
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)
Clare Short
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Clare Short
Mr. Hugh Bayley (City of York)
Clare Short
Column: 377
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)
Clare Short
Column: 378
3.51 pm
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)
Madam Speaker
Column: 379
3.54 pm
Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown)
Column: 380
Column: 381
4.4 pm
The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Ron Davies)
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Mr. Davies
Column: 382
Mr. Jones
Mr. Davies
Mr. Smith
Mr. Davies
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Mr. Davies
Column: 383
Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Llwyd
Mr. Davies
Column: 384
Madam Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Mr. Davies
Column: 385
Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Livsey
Mr. Davies
Sir Raymond Powell (Ogmore)
Mr. Davies
Column: 386
Column: 387
Column: 388
Sir Raymond Powell
Mr. Davies
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)
Mr. Davies
Column: 389
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Davies
Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy)
Mr. Davies
Column: 390
4.37 pm
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Column: 391
Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)
Mr. Ancram
Column: 392
Mr. Ron Davies
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Ron Davies
Column: 393
Mr. Ancram
Column: 394
Mr. Gareth Thomas (Clwyd, West)
Mr. Ancram
Mr. David Hanson (Delyn)
Mr. Ancram
Column: 395
Mr. Ron Davies
Mr. Ancram
Column: 396
Column: 397
5.3 pm
Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Column: 398
Column: 399
Column: 400
Mr. Ron Davies
Mr. Rowlands
Column: 401
5.21 pm
Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)
Column: 402
Column: 403
Mr. Öpik
Mr. Livsey
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Column: 404
5.35 pm
Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North)
Mr. Swayne
Ms Morgan
Column: 405
Mr. Öpik
Ms Morgan
Column: 406
5.47 pm
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Column: 407
Column: 408
Column: 409
Mr. Rowlands
Mr. Llwyd
Column: 410
Mr. Rowlands
Mr. Llwyd
Mr. Rowlands
Mr. Llwyd
Column: 411
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
6.6 pm
Mr. Martin Caton (Gower)
Column: 412
Column: 413
6.13 pm
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Column: 414
Mr. Öpik
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Hayes
Column: 415
Mr. Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd)
Mr. Hayes
6.23 pm
Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)
Column: 416
Column: 417
6.29 pm
Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Column: 418
6.32 pm
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Mr. Öpik
Mr. Evans
Mr. Öpik
Mr. Evans
Column: 419
Mr. Llew Smith
Mr. Evans
Mr. Rowlands
Mr. Evans
Column: 420
Column: 421
6.46 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Win Griffiths)
Column: 422
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Griffiths
Column: 423
Mr. Evans
Mr. Griffiths
Column: 424
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Griffiths
Column: 425
7.1 pm
The Minister for London and Construction (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Column: 426
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 427
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 428
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Paul Beresford
7.15 pm
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 429
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 430
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Clive Efford (Eltham)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 431
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 432
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 433
7.30 pm
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 434
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 435
Sir Paul Beresford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Ian Bruce
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 436
Mr. Wilkinson
7.45 pm
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 437
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilkinson
Column: 438
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Wilkinson
Column: 439
Mr. John Horam (Orpington)
Column: 440
8 pm
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Horam
Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)
Mr. Horam
Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)
Mr. Horam
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Horam
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Horam
Column: 441
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)
Mr. Horam
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Horam
Column: 442
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Horam
Column: 443
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Horam
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Horam
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
Column: 444
8.15 pm
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 445
Mr. Burstow
Column: 446
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Burstow
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Burstow
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McNulty
Column: 447
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Burstow
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Burstow
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Burstow
Mr. McNulty
Column: 448
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Burstow
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Lansley
8.30 pm
Mr. Burstow
Column: 449
Mr. Lansley
Column: 450
Mr. Horam
Column: 451
Mr. Lansley
Column: 452
Sir Sydney Chapman
8.45 pm
Mr. Lansley
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Lansley
Column: 453
Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 454
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Lansley
Column: 455
Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)
Mr. Lansley
Column: 456
9 pm
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Mr. Lansley
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Brooke
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)
Dr. Tonge
Column: 457
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. McNulty
Column: 458
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Mr. McNulty
Column: 459
Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McNulty
Column: 460
9.15 pm
Mr. Brooke
Column: 461
Column: 462
Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)
Mrs. Laing
Column: 463
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Raynsford
9.30 pm
Mrs. Laing
Sir Sydney Chapman
Column: 464
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Howarth
Mrs. Laing
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 465
Mrs. Laing
The Minister for Transport in London (Ms Glenda Jackson)
Mrs. Laing
Column: 466
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 467
9.45 pm
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 468
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 469
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 470
Column: 471
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 472
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Heald
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 473
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Graham Allen (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)
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Column: 476
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Column: 480
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 481
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Column: 482
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 483
Mr. Lansley
10.45 pm
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 484
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Simon Hughes
Column: 485
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 486
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 487
11 pm
Column: 488
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 489
Mr. Raynsford
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 490
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Simon Hughes
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Hughes
Column: 491
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Deputy Speaker
11.15 pm
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Column: 492
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Brooke
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Column: 493
Mr. Lansley
Column: 494
Mr. Hughes
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Hughes
Column: 495
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
11.30 pm
Mr. Hughes
Column: 496
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Hughes
Column: 497
Mr. Heald
Mr. Hughes
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Hughes
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Mr. Hughes
Column: 498
Column: 499
Mr. Raynsford
11.45 pm
Mr. Hughes
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Hughes
Column: 500
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Forth
Column: 501
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Forth
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Forth
Column: 502
Column: 503
12 midnight
Mr. Wilkinson
Sir Sydney Chapman
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 504
Mr. Wilkinson
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)
Column: 505
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Davey
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davey
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Davey
Column: 506
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Davey
12.15 am
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davey
Column: 507
Mr. Horam
Column: 508
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mr. Horam
Column: 509
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Horam
Sir Sydney Chapman
Mr. Horam
Mr. Brooke
Column: 510
12.30 am
Column: 511
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 512
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 513
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 514
12.45 am
Column: 515
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 516
Ms Glenda Jackson
Mr. Simon Hughes
Ms Jackson
Several hon. Members
Ms Jackson
Column: 517
Hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
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Column: 520
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Column: 523
Mr. Simon Hughes
Column: 524
Mr. Deputy Speaker
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Column: 525
Column: 526
1.33 am
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Column: 527
Column: 528
1.43 am
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)
1.45 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)
Column: 529
Column: 530
Column: 531
Column: 532