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Wednesday 21 May 1997

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Column: 629

Adjournment of the House [21 May 1997]

9.34 am
Mr. Ross Cranston (Dudley, North)

Column: 630

Column: 631

9.43 am
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Column: 632

Column: 633

9.52 am
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Column: 634

Column: 635

Column: 636

10.3 am
Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Column: 637

Column: 638

Column: 639

10.18 am
Liz Blackman (Erewash)

Column: 640

Column: 641

10.25 am
Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Column: 642

Column: 643

10.35 am
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Column: 644

Column: 645

Column: 646

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)

Mr. Barnes

10.52 am
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 647

Column: 648

Column: 649

Column: 650

11.5 am
Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale)

Column: 651

Column: 652

Column: 653

11.20 am
Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

Column: 654

Column: 655

11.30 am
Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Column: 656

Column: 657

11.41 am
Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Column: 658

Column: 659

Column: 660

11.53 am
Ms Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)

Column: 661

Column: 662

Column: 663

Column: 664

12.7 pm
Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)

12.10 pm
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Ann Taylor)

Column: 665

Column: 666

Column: 667

Column: 668

Column: 669

Column: 670

Electoral Fraud [21 May 1997]

12.30 pm
Mr. Brian Sedgemore (Hackney, South and Shoreditch)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)

Mr. Sedgemore

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Sedgemore

Column: 671

Column: 672

12.40 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. George Howarth)

Column: 673

Column: 674

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Mr. Howarth

Column: 675

Column: 676

Column: 677

Gangmasters (South Lincolnshire) [21 May 1997]

12.59 pm
Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness)

Column: 678

Column: 679

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Column: 680

Ms Gillian Merron (Lincoln)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 681

Sir Richard Body

Column: 682

Mr. Rooker

Sir Richard Body

Mr. Rooker

Column: 683

Column: 684

Mr. Peter Windass [21 May 1997]

1.25 pm
Mr. Hugh Bayley (City of York)

Column: 685

Column: 686

Column: 687

1.41 pm
The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Alun Michael)

Column: 688

Column: 689

Column: 690

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Michael

Column: 691

Column: 692

Column: 691

Column: 693

Oral Answers to Questions [21 May 1997]

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [21 May 1997]

Great Lakes Region [21 May 1997]

Mr. Ainger -- Great Lakes Region [21 May 1997]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Ainger

Clare Short

Column: 694

Third-world Debt [21 May 1997]

Mr. Mullin -- Third-world Debt [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Mullin

Clare Short

Mr. Menzies Campbell

Clare Short

Column: 695

Dr. Fox

Clare Short

Kenya [21 May 1997]

Mr. Cox -- Kenya [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Cox

Clare Short

Column: 696

Mr. Brooke

Clare Short

Aid and Trade Provision [21 May 1997]

Mr. Wareing -- Aid and Trade Provision [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Wareing

Clare Short

Mr. Wilkinson

Column: 697

Clare Short

Child Labour [21 May 1997]

Mr. Canavan -- Child Labour [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Canavan

Clare Short

Column: 698

Sir John Stanley

Clare Short

Mr. Corbyn

Clare Short

Aid Target [21 May 1997]

Mr. Baker -- Aid Target [21 May 1997]

Column: 699

Mr. Luff -- Aid Target [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Baker

Clare Short

Mr. Luff

Clare Short

Column: 700

Mr. Cunliffe

Clare Short

Dr. Godman

Clare Short

Dr. Fox

Clare Short

Column: 701

Africa [21 May 1997]

Mr. Purchase -- Africa [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Purchase

Clare Short

Mr. Soames

Clare Short

Column: 702

Rain Forests [21 May 1997]

Mr. Jack -- Rain Forests [21 May 1997]

Clare Short

Mr. Jack

Clare Short

Madam Speaker

Engagements [21 May 1997]

Mr. Ian Taylor -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Column: 703

Mr. Taylor

The Prime Minister

Ms Corston

The Prime Minister

Mr. Swinney -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Column: 704

Mr. Stephen Twigg

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

Column: 705

The Prime Minister

Mr. Stuart Bell

The Prime Minister

Mr. Major

The Prime Minister

Column: 706

Mr. Major

The Prime Minister

Mr. Major

The Prime Minister

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 707

The Prime Minister

Mr. Luff -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Lorna Fitzsimons

The Prime Minister

Mr. Curry -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Illsley -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

Column: 708

The Prime Minister

Mr. Robert Jackson

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Jackson

The Prime Minister

Mr. Winnick -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Column: 709

Mr. Trimble

The Prime Minister

Pensioner Poverty [21 May 1997]

Mr. Pickthall -- Pensioner Poverty [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Pickthall

The Prime Minister

Column: 710

Engagements [21 May 1997]

Mr. Wallace -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gordon Prentice -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gray -- Engagements [21 May 1997]

The Prime Minister

Column: 711

Mrs. Fyfe

Column: 712

The Prime Minister

Column: 711

Column: 713

Points of Order [21 May 1997]

3.31 pm
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Brooke

Madam Speaker

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Madam Speaker

Column: 714

Several hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Madam Speaker

Several hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Madam Speaker

Column: 715

Orders of the Day [21 May 1997]

Referendums (Scotland and Wales) Bill [21 May 1997]

Madam Speaker

3.36 pm
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)

Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Livsey

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Madam Speaker

Column: 716

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Hon. Members

Mr. Dewar

Column: 717

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Dewar

Several hon. Members

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Column: 718

Mr. Dewar

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Cash

Mr. Dewar

Column: 719

Several hon. Members

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Dewar

Column: 720

Mr. Bernard Jenkin

Mr. Dewar

Column: 721

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Dewar

Column: 722

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Garnier

Madam Speaker

Hon. Members

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Garnier

Column: 723

Mrs. Ewing

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Dewar

Column: 724

Mr. Andrew Rowe

Mr. Dewar

Column: 725

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Dewar

Column: 726

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Dewar

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Column: 727

Mr. Dewar

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Dewar

Several hon. Members

Mr. Dewar

Column: 728

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Wigley

Mr. Dewar

Madam Speaker

Mr. Dewar

Column: 729

Mr. Wigley

Mr. Dewar

Column: 730

Mr. Heald

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hague

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hague

Mr. Dewar

4.28 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Column: 731

Column: 732

Column: 733

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Howard

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Thomas Graham (West Renfrewshire)

Column: 734

Mr. Howard

Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Salmond

Column: 735

Mr. Howard

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Cash

Mr. Howard

Column: 736

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Howard

Column: 737

Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Howard

Column: 738

Mrs. Fyfe

Mr. Howard

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Howard

Column: 739

4.58 pm
Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South)

Column: 740

Column: 741

5.6 pm
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Mr. Salmond

Column: 742

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Wallace

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Jon Owen Jones (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)

Column: 743

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Ancram

Column: 744

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Ancram

Column: 745

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. Ancram

5.23 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 746

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Column: 747

Mr. Dalyell

5.32 pm
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 748

Column: 749

Column: 750

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Wallace

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Wallace

Column: 751

Column: 752

5.49 pm
Ms Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Column: 753

Column: 754

6.1 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 755

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 756

Column: 757

6.11 pm
Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Column: 758

Column: 759

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. O'Neill

Column: 760

6.25 pm
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Column: 761

Column: 762

Column: 763

6.37 pm
Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Column: 764

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Rowlands

Column: 765

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Rowlands

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Rowlands

Column: 766

6.52 pm
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Column: 767

Column: 768

Mr. Rhodri Morgan

Mr. Salmond

Column: 769

Column: 770

Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)

Mr. Salmond

Column: 771

7.12 pm
Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber)

Column: 772

Column: 773

7.20 pm
Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Column: 774

Column: 775

7.30 pm
Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Column: 776

Mr. Wallace

Mr. Home Robertson

Column: 777

Column: 778

7.40 pm
Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Column: 779

Mr. Rhodri Morgan

Mr. Gorrie

Column: 780

Column: 781

7.52 pm
Dr. Lynda Clark (Edinburgh, Pentlands)

Column: 782

7.59 pm
Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)

Column: 783

Column: 784

8.9 pm
Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)

Column: 785

Column: 786

Column: 787

Column: 788

8.22 pm
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 789

Column: 790

Column: 791

Column: 792

8.38 pm
Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)

Column: 793

Column: 794

Column: 795

8.52 pm
Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Column: 796

Column: 797

9.2 pm
Mr. Eric Clarke (Midlothian)

Column: 798

Column: 799

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Clarke

9.11 pm
Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802

9.21 pm
Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Column: 803

Column: 804

9.30 pm
The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)

Column: 805

Mr. Swayne

Mr. McLeish

Mr. Swayne

Mr. McLeish

Column: 806

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. McLeish

Column: 807

Column: 808

Mr. Salmond

Mr. McLeish

Column: 809

Mr. Grieve

Column: 810

Mr. McLeish

Mr. Lansley

Mr. McLeish

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. Salmond

Column: 811

Mr. McLeish

Mr. O'Neill

Mr. McLeish

Column: 812

Column: 813

Whipps Cross Hospital [21 May 1997]

10 pm
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)

Mr. Cohen

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Cohen

Column: 814

Column: 815

Column: 816

10.12 pm
Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Column: 817

10.14 pm
Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)

Column: 818

10.19 pm
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Column: 819

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Milburn

Column: 820


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