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Tuesday 24 Mar 1998
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Column: 161
The Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Frank Dobson)
Ms Winterton
Mr. Dobson
Caroline Flint
Column: 162
Mr. Dobson
Mrs. Roe
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Dobson
Mr. White
Mr. Dobson
Column: 163
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. Alan Milburn)
Mr. Baldry
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Hinchliffe
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hinchliffe
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hinchliffe
Mr. Milburn
Column: 164
Dr. Harris
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Truswell
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Maples
Column: 165
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Maples
Mr. Milburn
The Minister for Public Health (Ms Tessa Jowell)
Dr. Wright
Ms Jowell
Mr. Wardle
Column: 166
Ms Jowell
Mrs. Betty Williams
Ms Jowell
Ms Roseanna Cunningham
Ms Jowell
Mr. Robert McCartney
Ms Jowell
Column: 167
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Clappison
Mr. Milburn
Audrey Wise
Mr. Milburn
Ms Jowell
Column: 168
Mr. Wallace
Ms Jowell
Mr. Blizzard
Ms Jowell
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Paul Boateng)
Mr. Lock
Column: 169
Mr. Boateng
Mr. Levitt
Mr. Boateng
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
Mr. Boateng
Mrs. Ann Winterton
Mr. Boateng
Column: 170
Ms Jowell
Mr. Dismore
Ms Jowell
Sir Peter Tapsell
Ms Jowell
Mr. Grocott
Ms Jowell
Mr. Nicholls
Ms Jowell
Column: 171
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Milburn
Ms Jowell
Mr. Corbett
Ms Jowell
Rev. Martin Smyth
Column: 172
Ms Jowell
Mr. Sheerman
Ms Jowell
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Breed
Mr. Milburn
Column: 173
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Milburn
Mr. Dawson
Mr. Milburn
Column: 174
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Ruffley
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Prior
Mr. Dobson
Column: 175
Mr. Hepburn
Mr. Dobson
Miss Melanie Johnson
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Simon Hughes
Column: 176
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Dobson
Mr. McCabe
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Boateng
Mr. Winterton
Column: 177
Mr. Boateng
Column: 178
Dr. Iddon
Mr. Boateng
Column: 177
Column: 179
3.30 pm
Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)
Mr. Beith
Column: 180
Mr. Straw
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mr. Straw
Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Straw
Column: 181
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Mr. Straw
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Column: 182
Mr. Straw
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)
Mr. Straw
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Mr. Straw
Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)
Column: 183
Mr. Straw
Mr. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)
Mr. Straw
Column: 184
3.46 pm
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Column: 185
Madam Speaker
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hoyle
Madam Speaker
Column: 186
3.52 pm
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)
Column: 187
Column: 188
Column: 189
4.1 pm
Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)
Column: 190
Column: 191
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead)
Column: 192
4.15 pm
Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
Column: 193
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)
Column: 194
The Minister for School Standards (Mr. Stephen Byers)
Mr. Willis
Mr. Byers
Column: 195
4.30 pm
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 196
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)
Column: 197
The Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. David Blunkett)
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
Mrs. Browning
Column: 198
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling)
4.45 pm
Column: 199
Mr. Willis
Column: 200
Mrs. May
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 201
5 pm
Column: 202
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Byers
Column: 203
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)
Mr. Byers
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Byers
Column: 204
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Byers
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
Column: 205
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
5.15 pm
Column: 206
Mrs. Browning
Column: 207
Mr. Don Foster (Bath)
Mrs. Browning
Column: 208
Division No. 220 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 211
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 212
Column: 213
Mr. Byers
5.45 pm
Column: 214
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 215
Mr. Byers
Mr. Foster
Division No. 221 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 218
Mr. Byers
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Byers
Column: 219
Mr. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dafis
Column: 220
Miss Widdecombe
6.15 pm
Column: 221
Column: 222
Mr. Willis
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Willis
Column: 223
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 224
Mr. Willis
Mr. Dorrell
6.30 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Ms Estelle Morris)
Column: 225
Mrs. May
Ms Morris
Column: 226
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Ms Morris
Miss Widdecombe
Ms Morris
Column: 227
Miss Widdecombe
Ms Morris
Mr. Dorrell
Ms Morris
Mr. Dorrell
Ms Morris
Column: 228
Mr. Willis
Ms Morris
Mr. Don Foster
Ms Morris
Mr. Foster
6.45 pm
Ms Morris
Column: 229
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Foster
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 230
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 231
Ms Estelle Morris
Column: 232
Mr. Dorrell
Ms Morris
Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)
7 pm
Ms Morris
Mr. Dorrell
Ms Morris
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 233
Division No. 222 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 236
7.15 pm
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 237
Mr. Dafis
Column: 238
Column: 239
Ms Estelle Morris
Column: 240
7.30 pm
Mr. Dafis
Ms Morris
Column: 241
Mr. Dafis
Ms Estelle Morris
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Ms Morris
Column: 242
Column: 243
Mr. Byers
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Byers
7.45 pm
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
Column: 244
Column: 245
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hughes
Column: 246
Column: 247
Mr. Dafis
Column: 248
8 pm
Mr. Willis
Column: 249
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 250
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 251
Mr. Simon Hughes
Column: 252
8.15 pm
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 253
Mr. Foster
Column: 254
Column: 255
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. Foster
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 256
Column: 257
8.30 pm
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 258
Column: 259
Mr. Tom Cox (Tooting)
8.45 pm
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 260
Mr. Cox
Column: 261
Mr. Dafis
Column: 262
9 pm
Column: 263
Column: 264
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Mrs. May
Column: 265
Column: 266
9.15 pm
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 267
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)
Column: 268
Column: 269
Mr. Byers
9.30 pm
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Byers
Column: 270
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Byers
Mr. Brady
Mr. Byers
Column: 271
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 272
Division No. 223 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 274
Division No. 224 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 277
Column: 278
Sir John Stanley
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 279
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. David Jamieson (Plymouth, Devonport)
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 280
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)
Mr. Dorrell
10.15 pm
Column: 281
Column: 282
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 283
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Fallon
Column: 284
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Bercow
10.30 pm
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 285
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 286
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
Column: 287
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Mr. Curry
Column: 288
10.45 pm
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)
Mr. Curry
Column: 289
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Curry
Mr. Brady
Mr. Curry
Column: 290
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mr. Curry
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Curry
Mr. Dawson
Mr. Curry
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Column: 291
Mr. Curry
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Curry
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Curry
11 pm
Miss Widdecombe
Column: 292
Several hon. Members
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Rowe
Miss Widdecombe
Mrs. Browning
Column: 293
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Fallon
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Fallon
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Dawson
Miss Widdecombe
Column: 294
Mr. Brady
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Rowe
Column: 295
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Deputy Speaker
11.15 pm
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Brady
Column: 296
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Brady
Column: 297
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Brady
Mr. Levitt
Mr. Brady
Column: 298
Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)
Mr. Brady
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Brady
Column: 299
Mr. Bercow
11.30 pm
Mr. Brady
Column: 300
Column: 301
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. Brady
Mr. Byers
Mr. Brady
Mrs. Browning
Column: 302
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Brady
Mr. Levitt
Mr. Brady
Column: 303
11.45 pm
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Fallon
Column: 304
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mr. Fabricant
Column: 305
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Fabricant
Column: 306
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)
Mr. Fabricant
12 midnight
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Column: 307
Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Grieve
Column: 308
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)
Mr. Letwin
Mr. MacShane
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Letwin
Mr. MacShane
Mr. Letwin
Column: 309
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Fabricant
Column: 310
12.15 am
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. Bercow
Column: 311
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Lidington
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Grieve
Column: 312
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Bercow
Column: 313
Mr. Rowe
12.30 am
Mr. Bercow
Column: 314
Mr. Byers
Mr. Bercow
Column: 315
Mr. Byers
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Byers
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Byers
Mr. Fallon
Column: 316
Mr. Byers
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Byers
Several hon. Members
Mr. Byers
Column: 317
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Byers
12.45 am
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Bercow
Column: 318
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Hayes
Column: 319
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 320
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 321
Division No. 225 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 324
Column: 325
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Foster
Column: 326
1.15 am
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Foster
Column: 327
Mrs. Browning
Column: 328
Column: 329
Mr. Hayes
1.30 am
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Foster
Column: 330
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Hayes
Column: 331
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hayes
Mrs. May
Column: 332
Column: 333
Mr. Don Foster
1.45 am
Mrs. May
Mr. Bercow
Mrs. May
Column: 334
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 335
Mr. Hayes
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 336
Mr. Willis
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. St. Aubyn
2 am
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Column: 337
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Hayes
Column: 338
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Willis
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Column: 339
Mr. Letwin
2.15 am
Column: 340
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Letwin
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Letwin
Column: 341
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Letwin
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 342
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Letwin
Column: 343
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Ms Estelle Morris
2.30 am
Column: 344
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 345
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Foster
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Foster
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Foster
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 346
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Byers
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Byers
Column: 347
2.45 am
Ms Estelle Morris
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Ms Morris
Mr. Byers
Column: 348
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Byers
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 349
Column: 350
Ms Estelle Morris
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Ms Morris
Column: 351
Column: 352
Column: 353
2.45 am
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 354
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 355
Column: 356
Column: 357
3 am
Mr. Brady
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 358
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 359
Column: 360
Mr. Willis
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Willis
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Dorrell
Column: 361
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)
Column: 362
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 363
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Blunkett
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 364
Mr. Dorrell
Division No. 226 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 366
3.45 am
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 367
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Foster
Column: 368
Column: 369
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Hayes
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Byers
Column: 370
4 am
Mr. Dorrell
Mr. Don Foster
Division No. 227 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 372
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
Column: 373
4.15 am
Mr. Byers
Column: 374
Mr. Burstow
Mr. Willis
Mrs. Browning
Column: 375
Mr. Byers
Mr. Willis
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 376
Column: 377
Mr. Foster
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Mr. Foster
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)
Column: 378
Mr. Foster
4.30 am
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Mr. Foster
Dr. Lewis
Mr. Foster
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Foster
Column: 379
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)
Column: 380
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Mrs. Browning
Column: 381
4.45 am
Mr. David Hinchliffe (Wakefield)
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Hinchliffe
Column: 382
Dr. Julian Lewis
Mr. Hinchliffe
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 383
Dr. Julian Lewis
Mr. Nicholls
Dr. Julian Lewis
Mr. Nicholls
Column: 384
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Column: 385
Mr. Dawson
Mr. Howarth
5 am
Mr. Nicholls
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Nicholls
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Dawson
Mr. Howarth
Column: 386
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Howarth
Dr. Julian Lewis
Column: 387
Column: 388
Mr. Willis
5.15 am
Column: 389
Dr. Julian Lewis
Mr. Willis
Mr. Dawson
Column: 390
Mr. Lansley
Column: 391
Ms Estelle Morris
Mr. Robathan
Ms Morris
Column: 392
Mr. Don Foster
5.30 am
Ms Morris
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Ms Morris
Column: 393
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth)
Mr. Foster
Column: 394
Column: 395
Division No. 228 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 397
Mr. Dafis
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Dafis
Column: 398
Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)
Mr. Dafis
Ms Estelle Morris
Column: 399
Mr. Dafis
Column: 400
Column: 401
5.59 am
Mr. Blunkett
Column: 402
6 am
Mr. Dorrell
6.2 am
Mr. Don Foster
Column: 403
Division No. 229 (School Standards and Framework Bill) [24 Mar 1998]
Column: 404
Column: 405
Column: 406
6.14 am
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Column: 407
Column: 408
Column: 409
Column: 410
6.30 am
The Minister for School Standards (Mr. Stephen Byers)
Column: 411
Column: 412
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Mr. Byers
Column: 413
Column: 414