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Wednesday 29 Apr 1998

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Column: 245

Land Reform (Scotland) [29 Apr 1998]

9.34 am
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth)

Column: 246

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Ms Cunningham

Column: 247

Column: 248

Column: 249

Column: 250

Column: 251

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Ms Cunningham

Column: 252

10.1 am
Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Column: 253

Column: 254

10.10 am
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)

Column: 255

Column: 256

10.21 am
Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber)

Column: 257

Column: 258

10.26 am
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Column: 259

Ms Roseanna Cunningham

Mr. Clark

Ms Cunningham

Mr. Clark

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

Mr. Clark

Column: 260

10.35 am
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Column: 261

10.40 am
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Column: 262

Column: 263

10.49 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Calum Macdonald)

Column: 264

Mr. Alan Clark

Mr. Macdonald

Column: 265

Ms Roseanna Cunningham

Column: 266

Mr. Macdonald

Column: 267

Far East Prisoners of War [29 Apr 1998]

11 am
Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Jane Griffiths

Column: 268

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Jane Griffiths

Column: 269

Column: 270

11.13 am
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 271

11.18 am
Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)

Column: 272

Column: 273

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Marsden

11.29 am
Dr. Michael Clark (Rayleigh)

Column: 274

Column: 275

11.38 am
Mr. David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion)

Column: 276

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Mr. Lepper

Column: 277

11.47 am
Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

Column: 278

11.52 am
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Column: 279

11.54 am
Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester)

Column: 280

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Mr. Oaten

Column: 281

Column: 282

12.7 pm
Mr. David Faber (Westbury)

Column: 283

Column: 284

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

Column: 285

Column: 286

Mr. Nicholls

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 287

Column: 288

Alcohol Misuse [29 Apr 1998]

12.30 pm
Mrs. Marion Roe (Broxbourne)

Column: 289

Column: 290

Column: 291

Column: 292

12.45 pm
The Minister for Public Health (Ms Tessa Jowell)

Column: 293

Column: 294

Column: 295

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 296

Lockerbie [29 Apr 1998]

1 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 297

Column: 298

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

Column: 299

Column: 300

Column: 301

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 302

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 303

Palestinian Refugees [29 Apr 1998]

1.30 pm
Mr. David Atkinson (Bournemouth, East)

Column: 304

Column: 305

Column: 306

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

Column: 307

Column: 308

Column: 309

Column: 310

Column: 311

Oral Answers to Questions [29 Apr 1998]

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [29 Apr 1998]

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. John Heppell (Nottingham, East)-- Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative [29 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Heppell

Clare Short

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Clare Short

Column: 312

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)

Clare Short

Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury)

Clare Short

Column: 313

Russian Resettlement Project [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)-- Russian Resettlement Project [29 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Foulkes

United Nations Development Programme [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)-- United Nations Development Programme [29 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Column: 314

Mr. Robathan

Clare Short

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Clare Short

Column: 315

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Clare Short

Bangladesh [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)-- Bangladesh [29 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Bennett

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 316

Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Foulkes

Democracy-building Projects [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)-- Democracy-building Projects [29 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Foulkes

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Democracy-building Projects [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 317

EU Presidency [29 Apr 1998]

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)-- EU Presidency [29 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Ms Stuart

Clare Short

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Clare Short

Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester)

Column: 318

Clare Short

Mr. David Faber (Westbury)

Clare Short

International Monetary Fund-World Bank Meeting [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)-- International Monetary Fund-World Bank Meeting [29 Apr 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Allan

Column: 319

Clare Short

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Clare Short

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Clare Short

Column: 320

South Africa [29 Apr 1998]

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)-- South Africa [29 Apr 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Pike

Mr. Foulkes

Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

Mrs. Anne McGuire (Stirling)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mrs. McGuire

Column: 321

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 322

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

Column: 323

The Prime Minister

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 324

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 325

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 326

Mr. John Heppell (Nottingham, East)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Stephen Timms (East Ham)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 327

Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

The Prime Minister

Dan Norris (Wansdyke)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 328

The Prime Minister

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 329

The Prime Minister

Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)-- Engagements [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 330

The Prime Minister

Column: 331

Sudan [29 Apr 1998]

3.32 pm
Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Savidge

Clare Short

Column: 332

Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury)

Clare Short

Column: 333

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Clare Short

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Clare Short

Column: 334

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Clare Short

Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)

Column: 335

Clare Short

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Clare Short

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 336

Clare Short

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Clare Short

Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Column: 337

Clare Short

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Clare Short

Column: 338

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Clare Short

Column: 339

Questions to Ministers [29 Apr 1998]

3.58 pm
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Column: 340

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. John Denham)

Madam Speaker

Column: 341

Building Societies (Joint Account Holders) [29 Apr 1998]

4.1 pm
Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)

Column: 342

Column: 343

Orders of the Day [29 Apr 1998]

4.10 pm
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael J. Martin)

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

The First Deputy Chairman

Mr. Lilley

Column: 344

Mr. Ross Cranston (Dudley, North)

Mr. Lilley

Column: 345

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Lilley

Column: 346

Column: 347

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Cranston

4.30 pm
Mr. Lilley

Column: 348

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

The First Deputy Chairman

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Barry Gardiner (Brent, North)

Column: 349

Mr. Hogg

Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Column: 350

Column: 351

4.45 pm
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Column: 352

Column: 353

Mr. Cranston

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Davies

Column: 354

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Davies

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Davies

The First Deputy Chairman

5 pm
Mr. Davies

Column: 355

Column: 356

Column: 357

Mr. Loughton

5.15 pm

Column: 358

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Loughton

Column: 359

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Loughton

Column: 360

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Loughton

Column: 361

5.30 pm
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 362

Column: 363

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Column: 364

5.45 pm

Column: 365

Mr. Gibb

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. Gibb

Column: 366

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Gibb

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Gibb

Column: 367

Column: 368

6 pm
Mr. Loughton

Mr. Gibb

Column: 369

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 370

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Hogg

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Davies

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Davies

Column: 371

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

6.15 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Hogg

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gardiner

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. St. Aubyn

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 372

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Quentin Davies

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 373

Mr. Hogg

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Hogg

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Hogg

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. St. Aubyn

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 374

Mr. Bermingham

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Hon. Members

Dawn Primarolo

The Chairman

Mr. Hogg

The Chairman

6.30 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Column: 375

Mr. Quentin Davies

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 376

Mr. St. Aubyn

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 377

Mr. Quentin Davies

Column: 378

Dawn Primarolo

6.45 pm
Mr. Lilley

Column: 379

Mr. Gardiner

Column: 380

Mr. Lilley

Column: 381

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Lilley

Division No. 261 (Orders of the Day) [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 384

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 385

Mr. Bermingham

7.15 pm
Dr. Cable

Column: 386

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 387

Dr. Cable

Division No. 262 (Orders of the Day) [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 389

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Column: 390

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Mr. James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington)

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 391

7.45 pm

Column: 392

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 393

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mr. Bermingham

Dr. Cable

Column: 394

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Dr. Cable

Mr. Plaskitt

Dr. Cable

Column: 395

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

8 pm
Dr. Cable

Mr. Collins

Column: 396

Column: 397

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Column: 398

Dr. Cable

Mr. Darling

Column: 399

Dr. Cable

Mr. Darling

Mr. Baker

Mr. Darling

Mr. Baker

Column: 400

8.15 pm
Mr. Darling

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Darling

Mr. Baker

Mr. Darling

Dr. Cable

Mr. Darling

Column: 401

Dr. Cable

Mr. Darling

Dr. Cable

Mr. Darling

Mr. Baker

Column: 402

Mr. Darling

Mr. Baker

Mr. Darling

Column: 403

Column: 404

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Mr. Darling

Division No. 263 (Orders of the Day) [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 406

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 407

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

8.45 pm

Column: 408

Mr. Collins

Mrs. Spelman

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 409

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Column: 410

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Mr. Brazier

Column: 411

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Brazier

9 pm
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Flight

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Flight

Column: 412

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Flight

The Second Deputy Chairman

Mr. Flight

Mr. Love

Mr. Flight

Column: 413

Mr. Love

Mr. Flight

Mr. Letwin

Column: 414

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Letwin

Column: 415

9.15 pm
Mr. Brazier

Column: 416

Mr. Letwin

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Mr. Letwin

Column: 417

Mr. Brazier

The Chairman

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Letwin

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Column: 418

The Chairman

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Love

Mr. Letwin

Mrs. Ann Winterton

The Chairman

Mrs. Winterton

Column: 419

9.30 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 420

Mr. Gibb

The Chairman

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)

Column: 421

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Column: 422

9.45 pm

Column: 423

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Letwin

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 424

Mr. Letwin

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Brazier

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 425

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Division No. 264 (Orders of the Day) [29 Apr 1998]

Column: 428

Hon. Members

Column: 429

Local Government Finance (Essex) [29 Apr 1998]

10.13 pm
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)

Mr. Rammell

Column: 430

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Mr. Rammell

Column: 431

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Rammell

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Mr. Rammell

Column: 432

10.27 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Column: 433

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 434

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Amess

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 435

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Raynsford

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 436

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 437

Mr. Russell

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 438


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