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Wednesday 17 Jan 1996

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Column: 655

Mental Illness [17 Jan 1996]

9.34 am
Mr. John Marshall (Hendon, South)

Mr. David Martin (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Marshall

Column: 656

Column: 657

Column: 658

Column: 659

Column: 660

9.57 am
Mr. David Hinchliffe (Wakefield)

Column: 661

Column: 662

Column: 663

10.11 am
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Column: 664

Column: 665

Column: 666

10.30 am
Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Column: 667

Column: 668

10.36 am
Mr. Alan Milburn (Darlington)

Column: 669

Column: 670

10.46 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Bowis)

Column: 671

Column: 672

Column: 673

[17 Jan 1996]

Column: 674

11 am
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Port Glasgow)

Mr. Salmond

Column: 675

Column: 676

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. George Kynoch)

Mr. Salmond

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Mr. Salmond

Column: 677

Column: 678

Column: 679

Column: 680

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Mr. Salmond

Column: 681

Column: 682

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

11.30 am
Mr. Bill Walker (North Tayside)

Column: 683

Column: 684

11.37 am
Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston)

Column: 685

Column: 686

11.46 am
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 687

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Cromarty and Skye)

Mr. Wallace

Column: 688

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Wallace

Column: 689

11.56 am
Mr. Mike Watson (Glasgow, Central)

Column: 690

The Minister of State, Scottish Office (Lord James Douglas-Hamilton)

Mr. Watson

Dr. Godman

Column: 691

Mr. Watson

12.1 pm
Mr. Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh, Leith)

Several hon. Members

12.4 pm
Mr. George Robertson (Hamilton)

Column: 692

Column: 693

Column: 694

12.16 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. George Kynoch)

Column: 695

Column: 696

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Kynoch

Column: 697

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. Kynoch

Column: 698

Column: 699

12.30 pm
Mr. Barry Field (Isle of Wight)

Column: 700

Column: 701

12.41 pm
The Minister for Transport in London (Mr. Steve Norris)

Column: 702

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Mr. Norris

Column: 703

Column: 704

Column: 705

Column: 706

Column: 707

12.59 pm
Mr. Peter Hardy (Wentworth)

Column: 708

Column: 709

Column: 710

1.18 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Horam)

Column: 711

Column: 712

Mr. Hardy

Mr. Horam

Column: 713

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

[17 Jan 1996]

Column: 714

1.30 pm
Mr. David Porter (Waveney)

Column: 715

Column: 716

Column: 717

Column: 718

1.43 pm
The Minister for Railways and Roads (Mr. John Watts)

Column: 719

Column: 720

Column: 721

Column: 722

Column: 723

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Jan 1996]

TRADE AND INDUSTRY [17 Jan 1996]

North Channel Gas Pipeline [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Foulkes -- North Channel Gas Pipeline [17 Jan 1996]

The President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Ian Lang)

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Lang

Mr. Beggs

Mr. Lang

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Lang

Column: 724

Export Levels [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Pawsey -- Export Levels [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Lang

Mr. Pawsey

Mr. Lang

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Lang

Column: 725

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Lang

Telephone Numbers [17 Jan 1996]

Ms Janet Anderson -- Telephone Numbers [17 Jan 1996]

The Minister for Science and Technology (Mr. Ian Taylor)

Ms Anderson

Mr. Taylor

Mr. John Marshall

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Hoon

Column: 726

Mr. Taylor

Electronics Industry [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Congdon -- Electronics Industry [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Ian Taylor

Mr. Congdon

Mr. Taylor

Column: 727

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Taylor

Export Support [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Nigel Evans -- Export Support [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Lang

Mr. Evans

Column: 728

Mr. Lang

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Lang

Mr. Thomason

Mr. Lang

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

Mr. Lang

Column: 729

Trade with Japan [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Dunn -- Trade with Japan [17 Jan 1996]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Phillip Oppenheim)

Mr. Dunn

Madam Speaker

Mr. Dunn

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Oppenheim

Column: 730

Mr. Atkins

Mr. Oppenheim

Coalfield Communities [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Tipping -- Coalfield Communities [17 Jan 1996]

The Minister for Small Business, Industry and Energy (Mr. Richard Page)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Page

Mr. Battle

Column: 731

Mr. John Marshall

Mr. Page

Insurance and Financial Services [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. John Greenway -- Insurance and Financial Services [17 Jan 1996]

The Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs (Mr. John M. Taylor)

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Olner

Column: 732

Mr. Taylor

Small Businesses [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Hawkins -- Small Businesses [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Page

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Page

Mr. Gordon Prentice

Mr. Page

Column: 733

Sir Michael Grylls

Mr. Page

EU Directives [17 Jan 1996]

Mrs. Gorman -- EU Directives [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Oppenheim

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Pike

Column: 734

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Budgen

Mr. Oppenheim

Dr. Howells

Mr. Oppenheim

Aerospace Industry [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. David Evans -- Aerospace Industry [17 Jan 1996]

The Minister for Industry and Energy (Mr. Tim Eggar)

Column: 735

Mr. Evans

Mr. Eggar

Rev. Martin Smyth

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Eggar

Water Companies [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Hanson -- Water Companies [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. John M. Taylor

Mr. Hanson

Column: 736

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Harry Greenway

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Nigel Griffiths

Mr. Taylor

Steel Industry [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Barry Jones -- Steel Industry [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Jones

Mr. Eggar

Column: 737

Mr. Michael Brown

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Hardy

Mr. Eggar

Digital Terrestrial Services [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Fabricant -- Digital Terrestrial Services [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Ian Taylor

Column: 738

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Miller

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Ian Bruce

Column: 739

Mr. Taylor

Fuel Supply [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Canavan -- Fuel Supply [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Eggar

Column: 740

Mr. Jacques Arnold

Mr. Eggar

Telephone Numbers [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Timms -- Telephone Numbers [17 Jan 1996]

Mr. Ian Taylor

Mr. Timms

Mr. Taylor

Column: 739

Column: 741

Water Charges (Amendment) [17 Jan 1996]

3.30 pm
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 742

Column: 743

[17 Jan 1996]

Column: 744

3.40 pm
The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Mr. Eric Forth)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Forth

Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey)

Column: 745

Mr. Forth

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Forth

Column: 746

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman (Lancaster)

Mr. Forth

Column: 747

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough and Horncastle)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Forth

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Forth

Column: 748

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Campbell

Mr. Forth

Mr. Alan Howarth (Stratford-on-Avon)

Mr. Forth

Column: 749

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Forth

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Forth

Column: 750

Ms Eagle

Mr. Forth

Column: 751

Column: 752

Column: 753

Mr. Alan Howarth

Mr. Forth

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Forth

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Forth

Column: 754

Ms Eagle

Mr. Frank Field

Mr. Alan Howarth

Mr. Forth

Ms Eagle

Mr. Forth

Mr. Frank Field

Mr. Forth

Mr. Field

Mr. Forth

Column: 755

Mr. Field

Madam Speaker

Mr. Forth

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)

Mr. Forth

Column: 756

4.22 pm
Mr. Ian McCartney (Makerfield)

Column: 757

Mr. Forth

Mr. McCartney

Column: 758

Mr. Forth

Column: 759

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Duncan

Mr. McCartney

Column: 760

Mr. Duncan

Mr. McCartney

Column: 761

Column: 762

Column: 763

Column: 764

Mr. Forth

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Forth

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Forth

Mr. McCartney

Column: 765

4.55 pm
Mr. Robert G. Hughes (Harrow, West)

Mr. Gary Streeter (Plymouth, Sutton)

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Hughes

Mr. David Shaw (Dover)

Mr. Hughes

Column: 766

Ms Eagle

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Hughes

Ms Eagle

Mr. Hughes

Column: 767

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Hughes

Column: 768

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Ian McCartney

Mr. Hughes

Column: 769

Mr. David Shaw

Mr. Hughes

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Mr. Hughes

5.12 pm
Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)

Column: 770

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Purchase

Column: 771

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury)

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Joseph Ashton (Bassetlaw)

Column: 772

Mr. Purchase

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Forth

Column: 773

Mr. Ian McCartney

Madam Deputy Speaker

5.28 pm
Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Ms Eagle

Mr. Duncan

Column: 774

Mr. Ian McCartney

Mr. Duncan

Column: 775

Column: 776

5.41 pm
Ms Liz Lynne (Rochdale)

Column: 777

Ms Eagle

Ms Lynne

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Roger Evans)

Ms Lynne

Column: 778

Mr. Evans

Ms Lynne

Mr. Duncan

Ms Lynne

5.52 pm
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury)

Column: 779

Column: 780

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 781

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 782

6.5 pm
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Forth

Column: 783

Mr. Field

Mr. Nigel Evans

Mr. Field

Column: 784

6.18 pm
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Column: 785

Ms Eagle

Mr. Evans

Column: 786

Column: 787

Mr. Harold Elletson (Blackpool, North)

Mr. Evans

6.31 pm
Mr. Keith Bradley (Manchester, Withington)

Column: 788

Column: 789

Column: 790

6.44 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Roger Evans)

Column: 791

Column: 792

Mr. Ian McCartney

Mr. Evans

Mr. Frank Field

Mr. Evans

Column: 793

Mr. Ian McCartney

Mr. Evans

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Evans

Column: 794

Division No. 26 () [17 Jan 1996]

Column: 798

Education (Student Loans) Bill [17 Jan 1996]

7.14 pm
Mr. Stephen Byers (Wallsend)

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Mr. Eric Forth)

Mr. Byers

Column: 800

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Port Glasgow)

Mr. Byers

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman (Lancaster)

Mr. Byers

Column: 801

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough and Horncastle)

Mr. Byers

Mr. James Pawsey (Rugby and Kenilworth)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Byers

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Column: 802

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse)

Mr. Byers

Column: 803

7.30 pm

Column: 804

Column: 805

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Byers

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Byers

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

7.45 pm
Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Column: 806

Mr. Gordon Oakes (Halton)

Column: 807

Mr. Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire)

Mr. Oakes

Mr. Mike Hall (Warrington, South)

Column: 808

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Hall

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Hall

Column: 809

8 pm

Column: 810

Mr. Forth

Mr. Hall

Column: 811

Mr. Forth

Mr. Hall

Mr. Forth

Column: 812

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

8.15 pm
Mr. Forth

Mr. Byers

Mr. Anthony Coombs (Wyre Forest)

Mr. Byers

Column: 813

Mr. Hall

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Fyfe

Mr. Byers

Column: 814

Mr. Byers

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 815

Column: 816

8.30 pm
Mrs. Fyfe

Column: 817

Mr. Forth

Column: 818

Mr. Byers

Mr. Forth

Mr. Byers

Column: 819

Mr. Forth

Mr. Pickthall

Mr. Forth

Mr. Pickthall

8.45 pm
Mr. Forth

Column: 820

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bryan Davies (Oldham, Central and Royton)

Column: 821

Column: 822

Column: 823

9 pm
Mr. Forth

Column: 824

Division No. 27 (Education (Student Loans) Bill) [17 Jan 1996]

Column: 827

Mr. Deputy Speaker

9.17 pm
Mr. Forth

Column: 828

9.20 pm
Mr. Bryan Davies

Column: 829

9.26 pm
Mr. George Walden (Buckingham)

Column: 830

9.28 pm
Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Column: 831

Division No. 28 (Education (Student Loans) Bill) [17 Jan 1996]

Column: 835

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

[17 Jan 1996]

Column: 836

9.46 pm
The Minister for Rural Affairs (Mr. Tim Boswell)

Mr. James Pawsey (Rugby and Kenilworth)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 837

Mr. Paddy Tipping (Sherwood)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Paul Marland (West Gloucestershire)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 838

Mr. David Harris (St. Ives)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 839

Mr. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent, South)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Boswell

Sir Peter Tapsell (East Lindsey)

Column: 840

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Nick Ainger (Pembroke)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 841

Mr. Boswell

10.7 pm
Mrs. Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Mr. Home Robertson

Mrs. Golding

Mr. Pawsey

Mrs. Golding

Mr. Stevenson

Column: 842

Mrs. Golding

Mr. Boswell

Mrs. Golding

Column: 843

Mr. Marland

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Marland

Mrs. Golding

Column: 844

Mr. Bill Walker (North Tayside)

Hon. Members

Mrs. Golding

Mr. Walker

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. Walker

Mrs. Golding

Mr. Boswell

Mrs. Golding

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Raymond S. Robertson)

Mrs. Golding

Column: 845

10.23 pm
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Column: 846

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Mr. Gale

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Gale

10.30 pm
Mr. Nick Ainger (Pembroke)

Column: 847

Column: 848

10.35 pm
Mr. David Harris (St. Ives)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 849

Mr. Harris

10.41 pm
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Gale

Mr. Tyler

Column: 850

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Tyler

Column: 851

10.50 pm
Mr. Martyn Jones (Clwyd, South-West)

Column: 852

10.54 pm
Mr. D. N. Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Column: 853

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Column: 854

11 pm
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

11.1 pm
Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Column: 855

11.4 pm
Mr. Boswell

Column: 856

Mr. Ainger

Mr. Boswell

Column: 857

Division No. 29 () [17 Jan 1996]

Column: 860

Column: 861

11.25 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 862

Column: 863

11.35 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Sir Paul Beresford)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Sir Paul Beresford

Column: 864

Sir Patrick Cormack

Sir Paul Beresford

Column: 863


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