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Wednesday 1 Apr 1998

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Column: 1175

Train Operating Companies [1 Apr 1998]

9.34 am
Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)

Column: 1176

Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1177

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1178

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

Mr. Morgan

Sir Michael Spicer

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1179

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1180

Column: 1181

Column: 1182

Mr. Drew

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Drew

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1183

Dan Norris (Wansdyke)

Mr. Morgan

Column: 1184

Column: 1185

10.16 am
Mr. Matthew Taylor (Truro and St. Austell)

Column: 1186

Column: 1187

10.29 am
Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

Column: 1188

10.33 am
Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

Column: 1189

Mr. Rhodri Morgan

Sir Michael Spicer

10.39 am
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)

Column: 1190

Ms Jean Corston (Bristol, East)

Mr. Ottaway

Column: 1191

Ms Corston

Mr. Ottaway

10.48 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Mr. Ottaway

Ms Jackson

Column: 1192

Ms Corston

Ms Jackson

Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North)

Ms Jackson

Column: 1193

Column: 1194

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1195

D'Oyly Carte [1 Apr 1998]

11 am
Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)

Column: 1196

Column: 1197

11.9 am
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Column: 1198

Mr. Mitchell

Column: 1199

11.15 am
Mr. Richard Spring (West Suffolk)

Column: 1200

Column: 1201

11.23 am
Mr. Barry Gardiner (Brent, North)

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

Mr. Gardiner

Column: 1202

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Gardiner

11.31 am
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 1203

11.35 am
Mr. Ronnie Fearn (Southport)

Column: 1204

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Fearn

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Fearn

11.42 am
Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

Column: 1205

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Steen

Mr. Fraser

Column: 1206

Column: 1207

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Steen

Column: 1208

Column: 1209

Mr. Mitchell

Mr. Steen

Column: 1210

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

Column: 1211

12.7 pm
Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West)

Column: 1212

12.11 pm
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 1213

12.16 pm
Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

Column: 1214

The Minister for Film and Tourism (Mr. Tom Clarke)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1215

Column: 1216

Mr. Steen

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Steen

Mr. Clarke

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

Column: 1217

Deaf Awareness Training [1 Apr 1998]

12.30 pm
Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)

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

Mr. Levitt

Column: 1218

Column: 1219

Column: 1220

Column: 1221

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

Column: 1222

Column: 1223

Column: 1224

Column: 1225

Kingskerswell Bypass [1 Apr 1998]

12.58 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 1226

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Nicholls

Column: 1227

Column: 1228

1.14 pm
Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

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

Mr. Steen

Mr. Deputy Speaker

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Steen

Column: 1229

1.15 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Column: 1230

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Ms Jackson

Column: 1231

Mr. Steen

Ms Jackson

Column: 1232

Mr. Nicholls

Ms Jackson

Column: 1233

Tibet [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Column: 1234

Column: 1235

Column: 1236

Column: 1237

1.47 pm
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Derek Fatchett)

Column: 1238

Mr. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent, South)

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 1239

Column: 1240

Column: 1239

Column: 1241

Oral Answers to Questions [1 Apr 1998]

DUCHY OF LANCASTER [1 Apr 1998]

Better Government Programme [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Derek Twigg -- Better Government Programme [1 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Office of Public Service (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Mr. Twigg

Mr. Kilfoyle

Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Flynn -- Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Jim Cunningham -- Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Dr. David Clark)

Mr. Flynn

Column: 1242

Dr. Clark

Mr. Cunningham

Dr. Clark

Mr. Baldry

Dr. Clark

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. Clark

Column: 1243

Charter Programme [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. Desmond Turner -- Charter Programme [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Dr. Turner

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Beggs

Mr. Kilfoyle

Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. Starkey -- Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Dr. Starkey

Column: 1244

Dr. Clark

Mr. Fabricant

Dr. Clark

Mr. Robert McCartney

Dr. Clark

European Union Regulations [1 Apr 1998]

Mrs. Gilroy -- European Union Regulations [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Mrs. Gilroy

Column: 1245

Dr. Clark

Mrs. Ann Winterton

Dr. Clark

Departmental Responsibilities [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Gordon Prentice -- Departmental Responsibilities [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Prentice

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 1246

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Kilfoyle

Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Rhodri Morgan -- Freedom of Information [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Mr. Morgan

Dr. Clark

Better Regulation Task Force [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Efford -- Better Regulation Task Force [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Mr. Efford

Column: 1247

Dr. Clark

Career Exchanges [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. Whitehead -- Career Exchanges [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Kilfoyle

Millennium Compliance [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Ben Chapman -- Millennium Compliance [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Column: 1248

Mr. Chapman

Dr. Clark

Madam Speaker

Dr. Clark

Mrs. Gillan

Dr. Clark

Column: 1249

Small Businesses [1 Apr 1998]

Jane Griffiths -- Small Businesses [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Jane Griffiths

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Kilfoyle

Lancashire [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Bayley -- Lancashire [1 Apr 1998]

Dr. David Clark

Column: 1250

Mr. Bayley

Dr. Clark

Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Flight -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Flight

The Prime Minister

Dr. Gibson

The Prime Minister

Column: 1251

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 1252

Madam Speaker

Mr. Kaufman

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Column: 1253

Mr. Caplin

The Prime Minister

Mr. Prior -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Crausby -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

Madam Speaker

Mr. Quentin Davies

The Prime Minister

Mr. Skinner -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

Column: 1254

The Prime Minister

Mr. Randall

The Prime Minister

Mr. McNulty -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 1255

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Shaw

Column: 1256

The Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew George -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Angela Smith -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Official Visits [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Bob Russell -- Official Visits [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Russell

Column: 1257

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ivan Henderson

Madam Speaker

The Prime Minister

Miss McIntosh -- Official Visits [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Miss McIntosh

The Prime Minister

Column: 1258

Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

Mr. Stephen Twigg -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Heald -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Fiona Mactaggart

The Prime Minister

Column: 1259

Mr. Thompson -- Engagements [1 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 1260

Column: 1259

Column: 1261

Points of Order [1 Apr 1998]

3.30 pm
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Madam Speaker

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Madam Speaker

Sir Peter Tapsell

Madam Speaker

Column: 1262

Legal Reform [1 Apr 1998]

3.33 pm
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Column: 1263

Column: 1264

Column: 1265

Regional Development Agencies Bill [Money] (No. 2) [1 Apr 1998]

3.41 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Mr. Forth

Column: 1266

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Forth

Column: 1267

Mr. Soames

Madam Speaker

Mr. Soames

Madam Speaker

Mr. Soames

Mr. Forth

Column: 1268

3.53 pm
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Soames

Madam Speaker

Mr. Soames

Column: 1269

Madam Speaker

Mr. Soames

Column: 1270

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Madam Speaker

4.2 pm
The Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning (Mr. Richard Caborn)

Column: 1271

Mr. Soames

Column: 1272

Madam Speaker

Mr. Soames

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mr. Soames

Madam Speaker

Column: 1273

Orders of the Day [1 Apr 1998]

Regional Development Agencies Bill [1 Apr 1998]

4.7 pm
The Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning (Mr. Richard Caborn)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1274

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Yeo

Madam Speaker

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1275

Column: 1276

4.15 pm
Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1277

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1278

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Column: 1279

4.30 pm

Column: 1280

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Column: 1281

Column: 1282

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1283

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall)

4.45 pm
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Breed

Column: 1284

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Breed

Column: 1285

Mr. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Several hon. Members

Mr. Soames

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 1286

Mr. Soames

Mr. Flight

5 pm
Mr. David Taylor

Column: 1287

Mr. Flight

Mr. Lansley

Mrs. Ellman

Column: 1288

Mr. Lansley

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1289

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1290

Mr. Soames

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Soames

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Soames

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Soames

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1291

5.15 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1292

Mr. Curry

Column: 1293

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Paul Clark (Gillingham)

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1294

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Paul Clark

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1295

Division No. 240 (Regional Development Agencies Bill) [1 Apr 1998]

Column: 1298

Mrs. Jackie Ballard (Taunton)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1299

Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1300

5.45 pm
Mr. Caborn

Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1301

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 1302

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1303

Mrs. Ellman

Sir Norman Fowler

6 pm
Mr. David Watts (St. Helens, North)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1304

Mr. Lansley

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Lansley

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)

Column: 1305

Mrs. Ballard

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Ruffley

Column: 1306

Mr. Pearson

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pearson

6.15 pm

Column: 1307

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Pearson

Column: 1308

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Pearson

Mr. Curry

Column: 1309

Column: 1310

6.30 pm
Mr. Pickles

Column: 1311

Mr. Curry

Mr. Pickles

Dr. Doug Naysmith (Bristol, North-West)

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1312

Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)

Mr. Pickles

Mr. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge)

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Day

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Curry

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1313

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

6.45 pm

Column: 1314

Mr. Pearson

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Pickles

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1315

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1316

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Angela Eagle)

Column: 1317

7 pm
Mr. Pickles

Angela Eagle

Column: 1318

Column: 1319

Mr. Lansley

Angela Eagle

Column: 1320

Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1321

Division No. 241 (Regional Development Agencies Bill) [1 Apr 1998]

Column: 1324

Column: 1325

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)

7.30 pm

Column: 1326

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1327

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1328

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Lansley

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1329

Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)

7.45 pm

Column: 1330

Mr. Breed

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1331

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1332

Mr. Bennett

Column: 1333

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1334

8 pm
Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Day

Column: 1335

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1336

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1337

8.15 pm

Column: 1338

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1339

Mr. Lansley

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Column: 1340

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Cousins

8.30 pm
Mr. Pickles

Mr. Cousins

Column: 1341

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1342

Column: 1343

8.45 pm
Angela Eagle

Column: 1344

Mr. Pickles

Angela Eagle

Mr. Curry

Angela Eagle

Column: 1345

Mr. Yeo

Angela Eagle

Column: 1346

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Cousins

Column: 1347

Mr. Yeo

Division No. 242 (Regional Development Agencies Bill) [1 Apr 1998]

Column: 1350

Mr. Caborn

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

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1351

Mr. Curry

Mr. Caborn

9.15 pm

Column: 1352

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Yeo

Column: 1353

Column: 1354

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Day

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Day

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1355

Mr. Yeo

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1356

9.30 pm
Angela Eagle

Column: 1357

Mr. Yeo

Angela Eagle

Mr. Curry

Column: 1358

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1359

Mr. Curry

Mr. Curry

Column: 1360

9.45 pm

Column: 1361

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Curry

Column: 1362

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Curry

Column: 1363

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1364

Mr. Curry

Angela Eagle

Column: 1365

10 pm
Angela Eagle

Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1366

10.3 pm
Mr. Caborn

Column: 1367

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1368

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1369

10.16 pm
Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1370

Mr. Sheerman

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1371

10.25 pm
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Kumar

Column: 1372

Column: 1373

10.33 pm
Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1374

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Mrs. Ballard

Mr. Caborn

Mrs. Ballard

Column: 1375

10.41 pm
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)

Column: 1376

10.45 pm
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)

Column: 1377

10.50 pm
Ms Jenny Jones

Column: 1378

10.52 pm
Mrs. Ellman

Column: 1379

10.55 pm
Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

Column: 1380

10.57 pm
Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Lansley

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Pickles

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1381

11.2 pm
Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster, Central)

11.4 pm
Mr. Yeo

Column: 1382

11.5 pm
Mr. Caborn

Hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Division No. 243 (Regional Development Agencies Bill) [1 Apr 1998]

Column: 1385

Column: 1386

Regions [1 Apr 1998]

11.19 pm
Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)

Column: 1387

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. George

Column: 1388

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Mr. George

Column: 1389

Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne)

Mr. George

11.33 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Angela Eagle)

Column: 1390

Column: 1391

Mr. Andrew George

Angela Eagle

Column: 1392

Column: 1393

Column: 1394

Column: 1393


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