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Thursday 31 Jul 1997
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Column: 433
The Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs (Mr. Nigel Griffiths)
Mr. Heppell
Mr. Griffiths
The Minister for Small Firms, Trade and Industry (Mrs. Barbara Roche)
Column: 434
Mr. Singh
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Ian Taylor
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Michael Jabez Foster
Mrs. Roche
Column: 435
The President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Mr. Clappison
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Winnick
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Harvey
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 436
Mr. Redwood
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Redwood
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 437
The Minister for Science, Energy and Industry (Mr. John Battle)
Mrs. Mahon
Mr. Battle
Mr. Bercow
Madam Speaker
Mr. Battle
Mr. Alasdair Morgan
Column: 438
Mr. Battle
Mr. Baker
Mr. Battle
Mrs. Gillan
Mr. Battle
The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Mr. Ian McCartney)
Column: 439
Mr. Dawson
Mr. McCartney
Mrs. May
Mr. McCartney
Mr. Battle
Column: 440
Dr. Jones
Mr. Battle
Mrs. Ann Winterton
Mr. Battle
Madam Speaker
Mr. Nigel Griffiths
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Griffiths
Column: 441
Mr. Nicholas Winterton
Madam Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Nigel Griffiths
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Griffiths
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Spring
Column: 442
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Olner
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Fallon
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Breed
Column: 443
Mrs. Roche
Mrs. Roche
Dr. Gibson
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Paterson
Mrs. Roche
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 444
Mr. Beith
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gunnell
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Forth
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Reed
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 445
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. George
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mrs. Beckett
Miss McIntosh
Column: 446
Mrs. Beckett
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Dalyell
Mrs. Roche
Mr. Baldry
Mrs. Roche
Column: 447
Mr. Ian McCartney
Mr. Cousins
Mr. McCartney
Mr. Nigel Griffiths
Mr. Galloway
Column: 448
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Gray
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Battle
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Battle
Column: 449
Mr. Battle
Dr. Cable
Mr. Battle
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 450
Mr. Battle
Mr. Battle
Mrs. Gilroy
Mr. Battle
Column: 449
Column: 451
3.30 pm
Madam Speaker
Column: 452
3.31 pm
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)
Column: 453
Madam Speaker
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Madam Speaker
Column: 454
3.36 pm
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 455
Madam Speaker
Column: 456
3.39 pm
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)
Hon. Members
Mr. Dewar
Column: 457
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Dewar
Column: 458
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 459
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Column: 460
Mr. Dewar
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 461
Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Bruce
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dewar
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dewar
Column: 462
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 463
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Mr. Dewar
Dr. Fox
Mr. Dewar
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 464
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)
Mr. Dewar
Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 465
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Column: 466
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. Dewar
Column: 467
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 468
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Dewar
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dewar
Column: 469
Column: 470
Madam Speaker
Column: 471
4.31 pm
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Mr. Ancram
Column: 472
Dr. Lynda Clark (Edinburgh, Pentlands)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Dr. Clark
Mr. Ancram
Column: 473
Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Mr. Ancram
Column: 474
Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)
Mr. Ancram
Column: 475
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Ancram
Column: 476
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Ancram
Column: 477
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Dewar
Column: 478
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ancram
Column: 479
Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)
Mr. Ancram
4.59 pm
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)
Mr. Salmond
Mrs. Michie
Column: 480
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mrs. Michie
Mr. Dalyell
Mrs. Michie
Mr. Salmond
Mrs. Michie
Mr. Salmond
Mrs. Michie
Column: 481
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Michie
Mr. Godman
Mrs. Michie
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mrs. Michie
Column: 482
Mrs. Fyfe
Mrs. Michie
Column: 483
Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)
Dr. Fox
Mrs. Michie
Dr. Fox
Mrs. Michie
Column: 484
Mr. Laurence Robertson
Mrs. Michie
5.22 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Column: 485
Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)
Mr. Dalyell
Column: 486
Mr. Gorrie
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. Gorrie
Mr. Dalyell
Column: 487
Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)
Mr. Dalyell
Column: 488
5.39 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Forth
Mr. James Wray (Glasgow, Baillieston)
Mr. Forth
Column: 489
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Gray
Mr. Forth
Column: 490
Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)
Mr. Forth
Ms Squire
Mr. Forth
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Forth
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Forth
Column: 491
5.53 pm
Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)
Mrs. Laing
Ms Squire
Mrs. Laing
Column: 492
Ms Squire
Sir Robert Smith
Ms Squire
Mr. Grieve
Ms Squire
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Ms Squire
Mr. Swayne
Ms Squire
Column: 493
Mr. Grieve
Ms Squire
Column: 494
Mr. Gray
Ms Squire
Column: 495
6.10 pm
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Salmond
Column: 496
Mr. Forth
Mr. Salmond
Column: 497
Column: 498
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Salmond
Dr. Fox
Mr. Salmond
Column: 499
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Salmond
Column: 500
Column: 501
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Mr. Salmond
Several hon. Members
Mr. Salmond
Column: 502
6.39 pm
Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)
Column: 503
Mr. Grieve
Mrs. Fyfe
Column: 504
Mr. Salmond
Mrs. Fyfe
Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)
Mrs. Fyfe
Mr. Swinney
Mrs. Fyfe
Column: 505
Mr. Dalyell
Mrs. Fyfe
6.51 pm
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Column: 506
Column: 507
Column: 508
Mr. Salmond
Column: 509
Mr. Leigh
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Leigh
7.8 pm
Mr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Column: 510
Column: 511
Mr. Cash
Mr. Godman
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Mr. Godman
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Godman
Column: 512
Column: 513
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Godman
7.27 pm
Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)
Column: 514
Mr. Gray
Mr. Day
Mr. Swinney
Mr. Day
Column: 515
Column: 516
7.42 pm
Dr. Lynda Clark (Edinburgh, Pentlands)
Mr. Grieve
Dr. Clark
Column: 517
Column: 518
7.49 pm
Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)
Column: 519
Column: 520
7.58 pm
Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)
Column: 521
Mr. Swayne
Mrs. McKenna
Column: 522
Mr. Dalyell
Mrs. McKenna
Column: 523
8.9 pm
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)
Sir Robert Smith
Column: 524
Mr. Sayeed
Column: 525
8.20 pm
Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Savidge
Column: 526
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Mr. Savidge
Mrs. Ewing
Column: 527
Mr. Savidge
Column: 528
8.33 pm
Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)
Column: 529
Mr. Day
Mr. Gorrie
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Gorrie
Mr. Swinney
Column: 530
Mr. Gorrie
Dr. Fox
Mr. Gorrie
Mr. Gerald Howarth
Mr. Gorrie
8.43 pm
Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)
Column: 531
Column: 532
Mr. Day
Mr. McAllion
Column: 533
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. McAllion
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. McAllion
Column: 534
Mr. Swinney
Column: 535
Mr. McAllion
Column: 536
Column: 537
Column: 538
9.9 pm
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Gray
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Gray
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Gray
Column: 539
Mr. Swinney
Mr. Gray
Column: 540
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Gray
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth)
Mr. Gray
Column: 541
9.21 pm
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Column: 542
Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Flynn
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Flynn
Mr. Howarth
Column: 543
9.27 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Shepherd
Column: 544
9.30 pm
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Mr. Dalyell
Dr. Fox
Column: 545
Mr. Flynn
Dr. Fox
Mr. Flynn
Dr. Fox
Column: 546
Mr. Salmond
Dr. Fox
Column: 547
Mr. Swinney
Dr. Fox
Column: 548
Mr. Dewar
Dr. Fox
Mr. Salmond
Dr. Fox
Mr. Salmond
Mr. Deputy Speaker
9.46 pm
The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)
Column: 549
Mr. Ancram
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Ancram
Mr. McLeish
Column: 550
Mr. Ancram
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McLeish
Column: 551
Mr. Forth
Mr. McLeish
Column: 552
Column: 553
10 pm
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Ewing
Mr. Kennedy
Column: 554
10.2 pm
Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby)
Column: 555
Column: 556
Column: 557
Column: 558
Column: 559
10.21 pm
The Minister for Science, Energy and Industry (Mr. John Battle)
Column: 560
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Column: 561
Mr. Battle
Column: 562
Column: 561