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Wednesday 17 Jul 1996

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Column: 1059

Co-operative Movement [17 Jul 1996]

9.34 am
Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)

Column: 1060

Column: 1061

Column: 1062

Column: 1063

Column: 1064

Column: 1065

9.59 am
Mr. Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen)

Column: 1066

Column: 1067

Column: 1068

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Mr. McAvoy

10.11 am
Mr. Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff, Central)

Column: 1069

Column: 1070

Mrs. Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Mr. Jones

10.22 am
Mr. Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton, South-East)

Column: 1071

10.28 am
Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Column: 1072

Column: 1073

10.36 am
Mr. Alfred Morris (Manchester, Wythenshawe)

Column: 1074

10.40 am
Mr. Alistair Darling (Edinburgh, Central)

Column: 1075

Column: 1076

10.48 am
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Angela Knight)

Column: 1077

Column: 1078

Column: 1079

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Column: 1080

Clergy Pensions [17 Jul 1996]

11 am
Mr. Michael Alison (Selby)

Column: 1081

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (Colchester, North)

Mr. Alison

Column: 1082

Column: 1083

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. Alison

Column: 1084

Column: 1085

Column: 1086

11.28 am
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Column: 1087

Column: 1088

Mr. Bernard Jenkin

Mr. Field

Mr. Peter Hardy (Wentworth)

Mr. Field

Column: 1089

Column: 1090

11.50 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Tom Sackville)

Column: 1091

11.55 am
Mr. Alun Michael (Cardiff, South and Penarth)

Column: 1092

Column: 1093

Column: 1094

12.6 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (Colchester, North)

Column: 1095

Column: 1096

12.17 pm
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)

Column: 1097

Mr. Alison

Sir Sydney Chapman

Column: 1098

Petrol Supplies (Highlands and Islands) [17 Jul 1996]

12.21 pm
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)

Column: 1099

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Cromarty and Skye)

Column: 1100

Mrs. Michie

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

Mr. Charles Kennedy

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1101

Column: 1102

Column: 1103

12.50 pm

Column: 1104

Solon Housing Association [17 Jul 1996]

1 pm
Mr. Michael Stern (Bristol, North-West)

Column: 1105

Ms Jean Corston (Bristol, East)

Mr. Stern

Column: 1106

Column: 1107

1.14 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. James Clappison)

Column: 1108

Column: 1109

Mr. Stern

Mr. Clappison

Column: 1110

Column: 1111

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Column: 1112

Belling [17 Jul 1996]

1.30 pm
Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Column: 1113

Dr. Ian Twinn (Edmonton)

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Mr. Pike

Column: 1114

Column: 1115

Column: 1116

Column: 1117

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

Column: 1118

Column: 1119

Column: 1120

Column: 1121

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Jul 1996]

TRADE AND INDUSTRY [17 Jul 1996]

Commercial Debt [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Waterson -- Commercial Debt [17 Jul 1996]

Dr. Spink -- Commercial Debt [17 Jul 1996]

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

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Page

Dr. Spink

Mr. Page

Column: 1122

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Page

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Page

Sir John Cope

Mr. Page

Column: 1123

Rechar Funding [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Barnes -- Rechar Funding [17 Jul 1996]

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

Mr. Barnes

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Tredinnick

Mr. Eggar

Column: 1124

National Minimum Wage [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Ian Bruce -- National Minimum Wage [17 Jul 1996]

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

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Lang

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Lang

Column: 1125

Mr. John Marshall

Mr. Lang

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Lang

Small Firms [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Patrick Thompson -- Small Firms [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Lang

Mr. Thompson

Column: 1126

Mr. Lang

Mr. Harvey

Mr. Lang

Mr. Atkins

Mr. Lang

Mr. Ashton

Column: 1127

Mr. Lang

Mr. Steen

Mr. Lang

Mr. Hain

Mr. Lang

Mr. Thurnham

Mr. Lang

Column: 1128

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Lang

Fireworks [17 Jul 1996]

Ms Church -- Fireworks [17 Jul 1996]

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

Ms Church

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Bernard Jenkin

Column: 1129

Mr. Taylor

Madam Speaker

Telephones (Fraudulent Charging) [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Timms -- Telephones (Fraudulent Charging) [17 Jul 1996]

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

Mr. Timms

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Thomason

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1130

Emerging Technologies [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Rendel -- Emerging Technologies [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Ian Taylor

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Batiste

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1131

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Nigel Evans

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1132

Inward Investment [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Canavan -- Inward Investment [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Lang

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Lang

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Lang

Manufacturing Industry [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Win Griffiths -- Manufacturing Industry [17 Jul 1996]

Column: 1133

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

Mr. Griffiths

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Oppenheim

Mrs. Mahon

Mr. Oppenheim

Column: 1134

Mrs. Mahon

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Forman

Mr. Oppenheim

Dr. Howells

Mr. Oppenheim

Column: 1135

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Jacques Arnold

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Arnold

Mr. Winterton

Hon. Members

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Purchase -- Manufacturing Industry [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Oppenheim

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Oppenheim

Column: 1136

Mr. Jacques Arnold

Mr. Oppenheim

Insurance Market [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Pickthall -- Insurance Market [17 Jul 1996]

The Minister for Trade (Mr. Anthony Nelson)

Mr. Pickthall

Mr. Nelson

Mr. Bell

Mr. Michael Brown

Column: 1137

Mr. Bell

Mr. Nelson

National Minimum Wage [17 Jul 1996]

Mrs. Lait -- National Minimum Wage [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Lang

Mrs. Lait

Column: 1138

Mr. Lang

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Lang

Mr. Congdon

Mr. Lang

Steel [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. MacShane -- Steel [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Eggar

Mr. MacShane

Column: 1139

Mr. Eggar

Mr. Budgen

Mr. Eggar

Research Industry [17 Jul 1996]

Mr. Bill Michie -- Research Industry [17 Jul 1996]

Column: 1140

Mr. Ian Taylor

Mr. Michie

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1141

Points of Order [17 Jul 1996]

3.30 pm
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Max Madden (Bradford, West)

Madam Speaker

Mr. David Alton (Liverpool, Mossley Hill)

Column: 1142

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Alton

Madam Speaker

Column: 1143

Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness and Sutherland)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Flynn

Column: 1144

Madam Speaker

Mr. David Shaw (Dover)

Madam Speaker

Column: 1145

3.40 pm
Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South-East)

Column: 1146

Column: 1147

Column: 1148

The Economy [17 Jul 1996]

Madam Speaker

3.49 pm
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Kenneth Clarke)

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1149

Mr. Gordon Brown (Dunfermline, East)

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Gordon Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Column: 1150

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1151

Mr. Gordon Brown

Mr. Clarke

Several hon. Members

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1152

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Column: 1153

Mr. Clarke

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mr. Clarke

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1154

Mr. Malcolm Bruce

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 1155

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Ken Livingstone (Brent, East)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1156

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1157

Several hon. Members

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe)

Column: 1158

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1159

Column: 1160

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1161

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Clarke

4.35 pm
Mr. Gordon Brown (Dunfermline, East)

Column: 1162

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1163

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Column: 1164

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Brown

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Rod Richards (Clwyd, North-West)

Mr. Douglas French (Gloucester)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1165

Mr. Quentin Davies (Stamford and Spalding)

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Shaw (Dover)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brown

Column: 1166

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Brown

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford)

Column: 1167

Mr. Brown

Mr. Richards

Mr. Brown

Mr. Richards

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Shaw

Mr. Brown

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brown

Mr. Anthony Coombs (Wyre Forest)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Coombs

Mr. Brown

Column: 1168

Mr. Michael Brown (Brigg and Cleethorpes)

Mr. Gordon Brown

Mr. Michael Brown

Mr. Gordon Brown

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brown

Column: 1169

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Brown

Column: 1170

5.4 pm
Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Column: 1171

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Redwood

Column: 1172

Mr. Bruce Grocott (The Wrekin)

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Connarty

Mr. Redwood

Column: 1173

Column: 1174

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Redwood

5.20 pm
Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Column: 1175

Column: 1176

Column: 1177

Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)

Mr. Sheldon

Mr. Ray Whitney (Wycombe)

Mr. Sheldon

Column: 1178

Mr. Barry Legg (Milton Keynes, South-West)

Mr. Sheldon

5.36 pm
Mr. John Townend (Bridlington)

Column: 1179

Column: 1180

Mr. Rogers

Mr. Townend

Column: 1181

Mr. Richard Spring (Bury St. Edmunds)

Mr. Townend

Mr. Rogers

Mr. Townend

Column: 1182

5.52 pm
Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Column: 1183

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Tim Smith (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1184

Mr. Livingstone

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1185

Mr. Barry Field (Isle of Wight)

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Spring

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1186

Column: 1187

6.9 pm
Mr. Richard Spring (Bury St. Edmunds)

Column: 1188

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Spring

Mr. Rogers

Column: 1189

Mr. Spring

Column: 1190

Column: 1191

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Spring

Dr. Jeremy Bray (Motherwell, South)

Mr. Spring

Column: 1192

6.31 pm
Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)

Column: 1193

Column: 1194

Mr. Spring

Mr. Davies

Column: 1195

6.46 pm
Mr. Ray Whitney (Wycombe)

Column: 1196

Column: 1197

Column: 1198

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

7.2 pm
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West)

Mr. Whitney

Mr. Robinson

Column: 1199

Column: 1200

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Robinson

Column: 1201

7.12 pm
Mr. Nigel Forman (Carshalton and Wallington)

Column: 1202

Mr. Whitney

Mr. Forman

Column: 1203

7.22 pm
Dr. Jeremy Bray (Motherwell, South)

Column: 1204

Column: 1205

Column: 1206

7.50 pm
Mr. Barry Legg (Milton Keynes, South-West)

Column: 1207

Column: 1208

7.14 pm
Mr. Ken Livingstone (Brent, East)

Column: 1209

Column: 1210

7.51 pm
Mr. Anthony Coombs (Wyre Forest)

Column: 1211

Column: 1212

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Coombs

Column: 1213

8 pm
Mr. Hugh Bayley (York)

Column: 1214

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. William Waldegrave)

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Waldegrave

Mr. Bayley

Column: 1215

8.10 pm
Mr. David Tredinnick (Bosworth)

Column: 1216

Column: 1217

8.20 pm
Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, West)

Mr. Tim Smith

Mr. Pearson

Column: 1218

Column: 1219

8.29 pm
Mr. Tim Smith (Beaconsfield)

Column: 1220

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Smith

Column: 1221

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Smith

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Smith

Column: 1222

8.39 pm
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Column: 1223

8.47 pm
Mr. David Shaw (Dover)

Column: 1224

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Shaw

Column: 1225

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse)

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1226

8.58 pm
Mr. Stephen Timms (Newham, North-East)

Column: 1227

Column: 1228

9.6 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (Colchester, North)

Column: 1229

Column: 1230

9.17 pm
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 1231

9.20 pm
Mr. Andrew Smith (Oxford, East)

Column: 1232

Mr. Robert G. Hughes (Harrow, West)

Mr. Smith

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Smith

Column: 1233

Mr. David Congdon (Croydon, North-East)

Mr. Smith

Column: 1234

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Column: 1235

Mr. Smith

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Smith

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Smith

Column: 1236

9.40 pm
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. William Waldegrave)

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Waldegrave

Column: 1237

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Waldegrave

Column: 1238

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Waldegrave

Column: 1239

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Waldegrave

Column: 1240

Column: 1241

Division No. 205 (The Economy) [17 Jul 1996]

Column: 1245

Column: 1246

Orders of the Day [17 Jul 1996]

Nursery Education and Grant-maintained Schools Bill [17 Jul 1996]

10.15 pm
Mr. Nigel Spearing (Newham, South)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Column: 1247

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mrs. Gillian Shephard)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1248

Mr. Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Column: 1249

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1250

10.30 pm
Mr. Iain Mills (Meriden)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1251

Sir Donald Thompson (Calder Valley)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Win Griffiths (Bridgend)

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1252

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1253

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. Robin Squire)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1254

10.45 pm
Mr. Graham Riddick (Colne Valley)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. John Sykes (Scarborough)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1255

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Mills

Column: 1256

Column: 1257

11 pm
Mr. Spearing

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Spearing

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Spearing

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Spearing

Column: 1258

Mr. Nigel Forman (Carshalton and Wallington)

Column: 1259

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mr. Barry Field (Isle of Wight)

Column: 1260

Mr. Foster

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Foster

Mr. Deputy Speaker

11.15 pm
Mr. Foster

Column: 1261

Mr. Tim Rathbone (Lewes)

Column: 1262

Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)

Column: 1263

Ms Estelle Morris (Birmingham, Yardley)

Column: 1264

11.30 pm

Column: 1265

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. Robin Squire)

Mr. Harry Greenway (Ealing, North)

Mr. Squire

Column: 1266

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Squire

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Squire

Column: 1267

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Squire

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Squire

Column: 1268

Division No. 206 (Nursery Education and Grant-maintained Schools Bill) [17 Jul 1996]

Column: 1272

Column: 1273

Education Vouchers [17 Jul 1996]

11.59 pm
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Rail Freight [17 Jul 1996]

12 midnight
Mr. Tim Smith (Beaconsfield)

War Memorial (East End) [17 Jul 1996]

12.1 am
Ms Mildred Gordon (Bow and Poplar)

Column: 1274

Mentally Ill People (Blaenau Gwent) [17 Jul 1996]

12.2 am
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

Column: 1275

Column: 1276

12.14 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Gwilym Jones)

Column: 1277

Mr. Smith

Mr. Jones

Mr. Smith

Mr. Jones

Mr. Smith

Mr. Jones

Mr. Smith

Column: 1278

Mr. Jones

Mr. Llew Smith

Mr. Jones

Mr. Llew Smith

Column: 1279

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Mr. Jones

Mr. Smith

Mr. Jones

Column: 1280

Column: 1281

Mr. Llew Smith

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Jones

Column: 1282

Mr. Llew Smith

Mr. Jones


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