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Wednesday 15 Jan 1997

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Column: 239

British Prisoners of War [15 Jan 1997]

9.34 am
Sir Michael Marshall (Arundel)

Column: 240

Column: 241

Column: 242

9.48 am
Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Column: 243

Mr. Steve Norris (Epping Forest)

Column: 244

Mr. Rendel

9.57 am
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 245

Column: 246

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Nicholls

Column: 247

10.8 am
Mr. Rod Richards (Clwyd, North-West)

Column: 248

10.14 am
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 249

10.19 am
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

10.20 am
Mr. Winston Churchill (Davyhulme)

Column: 250

10.23 am
Dr. John Reid (Motherwell, North)

Column: 251

10.29 am
The Minister of State for the Armed Forces (Mr. Nicholas Soames)

Column: 252

Column: 253

Column: 254

Column: 255

Column: 256

Column: 257

Bus Employees' Pensions [15 Jan 1997]

10.49 am
Mr. Kevin McNamara (Kingston upon Hull, North)

Column: 258

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. McNamara

Column: 259

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

Mr. McNamara

Column: 260

Column: 261

11.9 am
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Column: 262

Column: 263

Column: 264

11.24 am
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)

Column: 265

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Martlew

Column: 266

11.31 am
Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate)

Column: 267

Column: 268

11.40 am
The Minister for Railways and Roads (Mr. John Watts)

Column: 269

Column: 270

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Watts

Column: 271

Mr. Martlew

Mr. Watts

Mr. McNamara

Mr. Watts

Mr. McNamara

Mr. Watts

Mrs. Dunwoody

Column: 272

Mr. Watts

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Watts

Mr. Martlew

Mr. Watts

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Mr. Watts

Mr. McNamara

Mr. Martlew

Mr. Watts

Mr. Martlew

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Watts

Mr. McNamara

Column: 273

Mr. Watts

Column: 274

Column: 275

12.5 pm
Mr. Eddie Loyden (Liverpool, Garston)

12.7 pm
Mr. Max Madden (Bradford, West)

Column: 276

Column: 277

12.15 pm

Pensioners' Welfare [15 Jan 1997]

12.30 pm
Mr. David Porter (Waveney)

Column: 279

Column: 280

Mr. David Nicholson (Taunton)

Mr. Porter

Column: 281

Column: 282

12.46 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Oliver Heald)

Column: 283

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Column: 284

Mr. Heald

Column: 285

Column: 286

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Column: 287

Sustainable Waste Management [15 Jan 1997]

1 pm
Mr. William O'Brien (Normanton)

Column: 288

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 289

1.15 pm
Mr. Robert Atkins (South Ribble)

Column: 290

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

Column: 291

Column: 292

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Clappison

Column: 293

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

Tourism (North-West) [15 Jan 1997]

1.30 pm
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Den Dover (Chorley)

Column: 295

Mr. Evans

Column: 296

Column: 297

Column: 298

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

Column: 299

Column: 300

Column: 301

Column: 302

Column: 303

Oral Answers to Questions [15 Jan 1997]

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS [15 Jan 1997]

Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Nicholas Winterton -- Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet [15 Jan 1997]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Dr. Liam Fox)

Mr. Winterton

Dr. Fox

Middle East Peace Process [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Gunnell -- Middle East Peace Process [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Burden -- Middle East Peace Process [15 Jan 1997]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Malcolm Rifkind)

Column: 304

Mr. Gunnell

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Burden

Mr. Rifkind

Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd

Mr. Rifkind

Column: 305

Sir Timothy Sainsbury

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Janner

Mr. Rifkind

Sir Cyril Townsend

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 306

Mr. Rifkind

Former Yugoslavia [15 Jan 1997]

Lady Olga Maitland -- Former Yugoslavia [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Rifkind

Lady Olga Maitland

Mr. Rifkind

Column: 307

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Rifkind

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Menzies Campbell

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Robin Cook

Column: 308

Mr. Rifkind

Indonesia [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Hanson -- Indonesia [15 Jan 1997]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Jeremy Hanley)

Mr. Hanson

Mr. Hanley

Mr. Waterson

Column: 309

Mr. Hanley

Sir David Steel

Mr. Hanley

European Union (Frontier Controls) [15 Jan 1997]

Dr. Goodson-Wickes -- European Union (Frontier Controls) [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Rifkind

Dr. Goodson-Wickes

Mr. Rifkind

Dr. Marek

Column: 310

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Rifkind

Council of Ministers Secretariat [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Spearing -- Council of Ministers Secretariat [15 Jan 1997]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. David Davis)

Mr. Spearing

Column: 311

Mr. Davis

Mr. Batiste

Mr. Davis

Legislative Council [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Austin Mitchell -- Legislative Council [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Mitchell

Mr. Rifkind

Column: 312

Human Rights (Commonwealth) [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Simon Hughes -- Human Rights (Commonwealth) [15 Jan 1997]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Sir Nicholas Bonsor)

Mr. Hughes

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Mr. Butterfill

Madam Speaker

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 313

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Intergovernmental Conference [15 Jan 1997]

Sir David Knox -- Intergovernmental Conference [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Gapes -- Intergovernmental Conference [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. David Davis

Sir David Knox

Mr. Davis

Mr. Gapes

Mr. Davis

Mr. Churchill

Column: 314

Mr. Davis

Mr. Robin Cook

Mr. Davis

Sir Roger Moate

Mr. Davis

Burma [15 Jan 1997]

Mrs. Fyfe -- Burma [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Hanley

Mrs. Fyfe

Column: 315

Mr. Hanley

Sir Cranley Onslow

Mr. Hanley

Rev. Martin Smyth

Mr. Hanley

Ministerial Meetings (European Union) [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. David Shaw -- Ministerial Meetings (European Union) [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Shaw

Column: 316

Mr. Davis

Mr. Llew Smith

Mr. Davis

Mr. Jacques Arnold

Mr. Davis

Ms Quin

Mr. Davis

Column: 317

Foreign Language Services [15 Jan 1997]

Sir Jim Spicer -- Foreign Language Services [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Hanley

Sir Jim Spicer

Mr. Hanley

Mr. Eastham

Mr. Hanley

Column: 318

Ministerial Meetings [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Fabricant -- Ministerial Meetings [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. MacShane

Mr. Rifkind

Column: 319

Middle East Peace Process [15 Jan 1997]

Sir Robert Hicks -- Middle East Peace Process [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Rifkind

Sir Robert Hicks

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. Faulds

Mr. Rifkind

Mr. John Marshall

Mr. Rifkind

Former Yugoslavia [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Barnes -- Former Yugoslavia [15 Jan 1997]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Column: 320

Mr. Barnes

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Indonesia [15 Jan 1997]

Mrs. Clwyd -- Indonesia [15 Jan 1997]

Mr. Hanley

Mrs. Clwyd

Mr. Hanley

Column: 321

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Hanley

United Nations [15 Jan 1997]

Mrs. Helen Jackson -- United Nations [15 Jan 1997]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Mrs. Jackson

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Column: 322

Sir Jim Lester

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Mr. Tony Lloyd

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

Column: 323

E. Coli (Pennington Report) [15 Jan 1997]

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

Column: 324

Column: 325

Column: 326

Mr. George Robertson (Hamilton)

Column: 327

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 328

Column: 329

Sir Hector Monro (Dumfries)

Mr. Forsyth

Dr. Jeremy Bray (Motherwell, South)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 330

Mr. Allan Stewart (Eastwood)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 331

Mr. Phil Gallie (Ayr)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Sam Galbraith (Strathkelvin and Bearsden)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 332

Dr. John Reid (Motherwell, North)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. John Garrett (Norwich, South)

Column: 333

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 334

Mr. Toby Jessel (Twickenham)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Column: 335

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 336

Several hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Norman Hogg (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 337

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

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Adam Ingram (East Kilbride)

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 338

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

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Forsyth

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Forsyth

Column: 339

Appeal Tribunals [15 Jan 1997]

4.34 pm
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Madam Speaker

Overseas Development Co-operation [15 Jan 1997]

4.36 pm
Mr. Hugh Bayley (York)

Column: 341

Column: 342

Column: 343

Orders of the Day [15 Jan 1997]

Crime (Sentences) Bill [15 Jan 1997]

Column: 344

4.46 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Geoffrey Lofthouse)

Mr. Clive Soley (Hammersmith)

Column: 345

Column: 346

Column: 347

Mr. John Hutton (Barrow and Furness)

Column: 348

Column: 349

Column: 350

Mr. George Howarth (Knowsley, North)

5.15 pm

Column: 351

Column: 352

Column: 353

5.30 pm

Column: 354

Column: 355

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

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Sackville

Column: 356

Mr. Soley

Mr. Sackville

Division No. 39 (Crime (Sentences) Bill) [15 Jan 1997]

Column: 360

Mr. Tony Marlow (Northampton, North)

Column: 361

6 pm
Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock (Batley and Spen)

Column: 362

Mr. Marlow

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. Marlow

Mr. Llwyd

Mrs. Peacock

Mr. Llwyd

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman (Lancaster)

Column: 363

Mr. Warren Hawksley (Halesowen and Stourbridge)

Column: 364

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

Mr. Marlow

Mr. Beith

6.15 pm
Dame Jill Knight (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Column: 365

Mr. Beith

Mr. Hawksley

Mr. Beith

Column: 366

Mr. Marlow

Mr. Beith

Mr. Alun Michael (Cardiff, South and Penarth)

Mr. Beith

Mr. John Townend (Bridlington)

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Column: 367

Mr. Townend

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Townend

Column: 368

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. David Maclean)

Mr. Townend

Mr. Maclean

Sir Ivan Lawrence (Burton)

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Townend

Mr. Maclean

Column: 369

6.30 pm
Mrs. Peacock

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Walter Sweeney (Vale of Glamorgan)

Column: 370

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Michael

Mr. Marlow

Column: 371

Mr. Llwyd

Madam Speaker

Column: 372

6.45 pm
Mr. Llwyd

Column: 373

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Llwyd

Column: 374

Column: 375

Column: 376

Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham)

Column: 377

Mr. Llwyd

7 pm
Mr. Michael

Mr. Llwyd

Sir Peter Lloyd

Column: 378

Mr. Michael

Sir Peter Lloyd

Mr. Michael

Sir Peter Lloyd

Column: 379

Column: 380

Mr. Maclean

7.15 pm
Sir Peter Lloyd

Column: 381

Mr. Beith

Column: 382

Column: 383

Column: 384

7.30 pm
Sir Ivan Lawrence

Column: 385

Mr. Beith

Sir Ivan Lawrence

Column: 386

Mr. Michael

Column: 387

Sir Peter Lloyd

Mr. Michael

Sir Peter Lloyd

7.45 pm
Mr. Michael

Mr. Beith

Mr. Michael

Column: 388

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Michael

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Michael

Column: 389

Column: 390

Column: 391

Column: 392

8 pm
Mr. Beith

Mr. Michael

Mr. Gary Waller (Keighley)

Column: 393

Mr. Maclean

Column: 394

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Mr. Maclean

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Janet Fookes)

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman

Madam Deputy Speaker

Dr. John Reid (Motherwell, North)

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Column: 395

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Maclean

Column: 396

8.15 pm
Mr. Michael

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Michael

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Michael

Mr. Maclean

Column: 397

Column: 398

Mr. Beith

Mr. Maclean

Column: 399

Mr. Llwyd

Division No. 40 (Crime (Sentences) Bill) [15 Jan 1997]

Column: 401

Mr. Michael

Column: 402

Mr. Michael

Mr. Maclean

Column: 403

Mr. Michael

Madam Deputy Speaker

8.45 pm
Mr. Michael

Column: 404

Sir Ivan Lawrence

Column: 405

Column: 406

Column: 407

9 pm
Mr. Jack Straw (Blackburn)

Column: 408

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Straw

Column: 409

Mr. Maclean

Sir Ivan Lawrence

Mr. Maclean

Column: 410

Mr. Michael

Column: 411

9.15 pm

Column: 412

Mr. Straw

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Straw

Mr. Sackville

Column: 413

Mr. Straw

Mr. Beith

Column: 414

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Beith

Column: 415

Mr. Beith

Mr. Beith

Column: 416

Mr. Maclean

9.30 pm

Column: 417

Mr. Llwyd

Column: 418

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Llwyd

Column: 419

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Maclean

Column: 420

Mr. Llwyd

Column: 421

Column: 422

9.44 pm
Mr. Beith

Column: 423

Mr. Straw

Mr. Beith

9.47 pm
Mr. George Walden (Buckingham)

Column: 424

Column: 425

9.52 pm
Mr. Michael Stephen (Shoreham)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Morris)

9.53 pm
Mr. Straw

Column: 426

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

Column: 427

Division No. 41 (Crime (Sentences) Bill) [15 Jan 1997]

Column: 428

Column: 429

Sir Ivan Lawrence

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust [15 Jan 1997]

10.11 pm
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Cromarty and Skye)

Firearms Control (Mr. Thomas McIntyre) [15 Jan 1997]

10.13 pm
Dr. John Reid (Motherwell, North)

Column: 431

Column: 432

Column: 433

Column: 434

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

Column: 435

Column: 436

Dr. Reid

Miss Widdecombe


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