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Column: 677

Oral Answers to Questions [18 Nov 1996]

NATIONAL HERITAGE [18 Nov 1996]

Southern Arts [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Faber -- Southern Arts [18 Nov 1996]

The Minister of State, Department of National Heritage (Mr. Iain Sproat)

Mr. Faber

Mr. Sproat

Millennium Projects [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Corbyn -- Millennium Projects [18 Nov 1996]

The Secretary of State for National Heritage (Mrs. Virginia Bottomley)

Column: 678

Mr. Corbyn

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Jessel

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 679

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Tony Banks

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Dicks

Mrs. Bottomley

Dr. Moonie

Column: 680

Mrs. Bottomley

Arts Sponsorship [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Colvin -- Arts Sponsorship [18 Nov 1996]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Colvin

Column: 681

Mrs. Bottomley

Millennium Celebration [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Alison -- Millennium Celebration [18 Nov 1996]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Alison

Mrs. Bottomley

Column: 682

Mr. Dalyell

Mrs. Bottomley

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Tony Banks

Mrs. Bottomley

Column: 683

Sport in Schools [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Congdon -- Sport in Schools [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Sproat

Mr. Congdon

Mr. Sproat

Tourism [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. McAvoy -- Tourism [18 Nov 1996]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. McAvoy

Column: 684

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Mans

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Pendry

Mrs. Bottomley

Column: 685

Screen Violence [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Bernard Jenkin -- Screen Violence [18 Nov 1996]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Jenkin

Mrs. Bottomley

Mr. Maxton

Mrs. Bottomley

Column: 686

Mr. Simon Coombs

Mrs. Bottomley

National Lottery (Derbyshire) [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Skinner -- National Lottery (Derbyshire) [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Sproat

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Sproat

Column: 687

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Sproat

Channel 4 [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Whittingdale -- Channel 4 [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Sproat

Mr. Whittingdale

Mr. Sproat

Mr. Chris Davies

Mr. Sproat

Dr. Moonie

Column: 688

Mr. Sproat

Tourism [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Robert G. Hughes -- Tourism [18 Nov 1996]

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Hughes

Mrs. Bottomley

Column: 689

Mr. Alan Howarth

Mrs. Bottomley

Midweek Lottery Draw [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Spring -- Midweek Lottery Draw [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Sproat

Mr. Spring

Mr. Sproat

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT [18 Nov 1996]

Legal Aid [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. William O'Brien -- Legal Aid [18 Nov 1996]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Gary Streeter)

Column: 690

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Streeter

Sir Dudley Smith

Mr. Streeter

Woolf Report [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Llwyd -- Woolf Report [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Llwyd

Column: 691

Mr. Streeter

Sir Donald Thompson

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Streeter

Weymouth Land Registry [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Ian Bruce -- Weymouth Land Registry [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Bruce

Column: 692

Mr. Streeter

Departmental Accountability [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Flynn -- Departmental Accountability [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Flynn

Mr. Streeter

Sir Ivan Lawrence

Column: 693

Mr. Streeter

Departmental Agencies [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Barnes -- Departmental Agencies [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Barnes

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Bernard Jenkin

Mr. Streeter

Column: 694

Law Centres [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Booth -- Law Centres [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Booth

Mr. Streeter

Legal Aid [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. John Marshall -- Legal Aid [18 Nov 1996]

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Marshall

Mr. Streeter

Points of Order [18 Nov 1996]

3.31 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Mr. David Shaw (Dover)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Mon)

Madam Speaker

Column: 696

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton)

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Cohen

Madam Speaker

Mr. Corbyn

Column: 697

Madam Speaker

Firearms (Amendment) Bill [Money] [18 Nov 1996]

3.39 pm
Sir Terence Higgins (Worthing)

Column: 699

Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)

Sir Terence Higgins

Sir Donald Thompson (Calder Valley)

Column: 700

Sir Terence Higgins

3.47 pm
Mr. Jack Straw (Blackburn)

Sir Jerry Wiggin (Weston-super-Mare)

Column: 701

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey and Waterside)

Mr. Straw

Column: 702

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mr. Straw

Column: 703

3.58 pm
Sir Hector Monro (Dumfries)

Column: 704

4.2 pm
Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Column: 705

4.7 pm
Sir Jerry Wiggin (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Column: 706

4.10 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Michael Howard)

Mr. Nicholas Budgen (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Mr. Howard

Sir Cranley Onslow (Woking)

Mr. Howard

Column: 707

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Mr. Howard

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Howard

Mr. George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley)

Mr. Howard

Column: 708

Mr. Tony Marlow (Northampton, North)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Thomas Graham (Renfrew, West and Inverclyde)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Straw

Mr. Howard

4.20 pm
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Column: 709

Column: 710

Column: 711

Firearms (Amendment) Bill (Allocation of Time) [18 Nov 1996]

4.24 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Michael Howard)

Column: 712

Column: 713

Column: 714

Column: 715

4.27 pm
Mr. Jack Straw (Blackburn)

Column: 716

Mr. Nicholas Budgen (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Tony Marlow (Northampton, North)

Mr. Straw

Sir Jim Spicer (West Dorset)

Mr. Straw

Column: 717

Mr. Budgen

Mr. Straw

4.36 pm
Mr. Nicholas Budgen (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Column: 718

Mr. Terry Dicks (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Budgen

Mr. John Garrett (Norwich, South)

Mr. Budgen

Mr. Garrett

Mr. Budgen

Column: 719

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Budgen

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Mr. Budgen

Column: 720

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Budgen

4.51 pm
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Column: 721

Column: 722

Sir Jerry Wiggin (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Winnick

5.1 pm
Mr. Michael Alison (Selby)

Column: 723

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Mr. Alison

5.5 pm
Mr. Martin O'Neill (Clackmannan)

Column: 724

Mr. David Mellor (Putney)

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Mellor

Mr. O'Neill

Column: 725

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. O'Neill

5.13 pm
Sir Jerry Wiggin (Weston-super-Mare)

Column: 726

5.16 pm
Mr. Tony Marlow (Northampton, North)

Column: 727

5.21 pm
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Column: 728

5.23 pm
Sir Dudley Smith (Warwick and Leamington)

5.25 pm
Mr. Straw

Column: 729

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

Mr. Straw

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman (Lancaster)

Mr. Straw

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Straw

Column: 730

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Straw

Mr. Marlow

Mr. Straw

5.31 pm
The Minister of State, Home Office (Miss Ann Widdecombe)

Mr. Peter Brooke (City of London and Westminster, South)

Column: 731

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 732

Column: 733

Column: 734

Column: 735

Orders of the Day [18 Nov 1996]

Firearms (Amendment) Bill [18 Nov 1996]

5.35 pm
Sir Jerry Wiggin (Weston-super-Mare)

The Minister of State, Home Office (Miss Ann Widdecombe)

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Sir Jerry Wiggin

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Dame Janet Fookes)

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Column: 736

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Howard)

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Howard

Column: 737

Mr. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne, North)

5.45 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 738

Mr. James Couchman (Gillingham)

Sir Jerry Wiggin

The Second Deputy Chairman

Column: 739

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Mr. Henderson

Column: 740

Sir Jerry Wiggin

The Second Deputy Chairman

Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Sir Anthony Durant (Reading, West)

Column: 741

Mr. Rod Richards (Clwyd, North-West)

6 pm
Mr. Thomas Graham (Renfrew, West and Inverclyde)

Column: 742

Mr. Bill Walker (North Tayside)

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Howard

Column: 743

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough and Horncastle)

Mr. Howard

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 744

Mr. Howard

Dr. John Gilbert (Dudley, East)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Leigh

Column: 745

6.15 pm
Mr. Howard

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Mr. Graham

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Column: 746

Mr. Robert G. Hughes (Harrow, West)

The Second Deputy Chairman

Mr. Hughes

Column: 747

Mr. Terry Dicks (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Richards

Mr. Hughes

Column: 748

Mr. Bill Walker

Mr. Hughes

6.30 pm
Mr. George Robertson (Hamilton)

Column: 749

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

Mr. Howard

Mr. Robertson

Sir Michael Marshall (Arundel)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 750

Mr. Howard

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Richards

Mr. Robertson

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Michael Forsyth)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 751

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Richards

Mr. Dicks

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Dicks

Mr. Robertson

Column: 752

Mr. Richards

Mr. Robertson

6.45 pm

Column: 753

Mr. Howard

Mr. Robertson

Column: 754

Mr. Richards

Mr. Robertson

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Mr. Robertson

Column: 755

Mr. David Mellor (Putney)

Column: 756

7 pm
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd (Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Mr. Mellor

Column: 757

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Mellor

Mr. Elliot Morley (Glanford and Scunthorpe)

Mr. Mellor

Column: 758

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Mr. Mellor

Column: 759

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Mellor

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Mellor

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury)

Mr. Mellor

7.15 pm

Column: 760

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Column: 761

Column: 762

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 763

7.30 pm

Column: 764

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Winnick

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 765

Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Mitchell

Column: 766

Mr. Howard

Mr. Mitchell

7.45 pm
Sir Terence Higgins (Worthing)

Mr. Mitchell

Column: 767

Mr. Robert Banks

Mr. Mitchell

Column: 768

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Mitchell

Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd (Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Column: 769

Column: 770

Mr. Austin Mitchell

8 pm
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd

Column: 771

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Column: 772

Column: 773

Mr. Hugh Dykes (Harrow, East)

Column: 774

8.15 pm
Mr. Rupert Allason (Torbay)

Mr. Dykes

Mr. Allason

Mr. Dykes

Column: 775

Column: 776

Mr. Sam Galbraith (Strathkelvin and Bearsden)

Column: 777

Sir Wyn Roberts (Conwy)

8.30 pm
Mr. Galbraith

Column: 778

Mr. Bill Walker (North Tayside)

Column: 779

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Walker

Column: 780

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Walker

Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Column: 781

8.45 pm
Mr. Winnick

Mrs. Mahon

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cirencester and Tewkesbury)

Column: 782

Column: 783

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Howard

Column: 784

Mr. Austin Mitchell

9 pm
Mr. Howard

Column: 785

Mr. Mitchell

Mr. Howard

Mr. Mellor

Mr. Howard

Column: 786

Mr. George Robertson

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Howard

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Howard

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Howard

Column: 787

Mr. Jack Straw (Blackburn)

Mr. Howard

Column: 788

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Howard

9.15 pm
Mr. Robert G. Hughes

Column: 789

Division No. 15 (Firearms (Amendment) Bill) [18 Nov 1996]

Column: 793

Miss Widdecombe

The Chairman

Miss Widdecombe

The Chairman

Miss Widdecombe

Sir Michael Spicer (South Worcestershire)

Column: 794

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Couchman

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 795

Sir Teddy Taylor (Southend, East)

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Column: 796

9.45 pm
Mr. Couchman

Mr. Dalyell

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Peter Griffiths (Portsmouth, North)

Mr. Henderson

Column: 797

Sir Jerry Wiggin

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Brooke

Column: 798

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Andrew Hargreaves (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Column: 799

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Allason

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey and Waterside)

10 pm
Mr. Allason

Mr. O'Neill

Column: 800

Mr. Allason

Column: 801

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Morris)

Mr. Allason

Sir David Steel (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale)

Column: 802

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Column: 803

The Chairman of Ways and Means

10.15 pm
Mr. Gapes

Column: 804

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Gapes

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Henderson

Sir David Steel

Column: 805

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Henderson

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 806

Sir Jerry Wiggin

10.30 pm
Miss Widdecombe

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 807

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Leigh

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 808

University Funding [18 Nov 1996]

10.35 pm
Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Fransware Nursing Home [18 Nov 1996]

10.38 pm
Sir David Mitchell (North-West Hampshire)

Column: 810

Column: 811

Column: 812

10.52 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Simon Burns)

Column: 813

Column: 814

Column: 815

Column: 816


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