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Column: 635

Duty-free Sales [6 May 1998]

9.34 am
Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)

Column: 636

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

Column: 637

Mr. O'Brien

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Mr. O'Brien

9.47 am
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Column: 638

Mr. Mackinlay

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 639

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 640

9.58 am
Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)

Column: 641

Column: 642

Several hon. Members

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

10.5 am
Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 643

Mr. Mackinlay

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 644

10.12 am
Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)

Column: 645

10.16 am
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 646

10.22 am
Mr. Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale, East)

Column: 647

Column: 648

10.27 am
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Column: 649

10.32 am
Mr. Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North)

Column: 650

10.35 am
Mr. Syd Rapson (Portsmouth, North)

Mr. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)

Mr. Rapson

10.38 am
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Column: 651

10.40 am
Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Column: 652

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 653

10.47 am
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Blunt

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Blunt

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 654

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 655

Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 656

Infertility Treatment [6 May 1998]

11 am
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

Column: 657

Column: 658

Column: 659

Column: 660

Column: 661

11.23 am
Mr. Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington, East)

11.27 am
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Column: 662

Column: 663

11.34 am
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Column: 664

11.40 am
Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Column: 665

11.45 am
Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Column: 666

Column: 667

11.53 am
Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Column: 668

11.59 am
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Column: 669

Column: 670

12.8 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 671

Column: 672

Column: 673

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

Column: 674

Column: 675

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 676

Affordable Housing (London) [6 May 1998]

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

Column: 677

12.36 pm
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North)

Column: 678

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Ms Buck

Column: 679

Mr. Dismore

Ms Buck

Column: 680

12.48 pm
The Minister for London and Construction (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Column: 681

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 682

Column: 683

Column: 684

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 685

Territorial Army [6 May 1998]

1 pm
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Column: 686

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Column: 687

Miss Widdecombe

1.13 pm
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Dr. John Reid)

Column: 688

Miss Widdecombe

Dr. Reid

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Dr. Reid

Column: 689

Mr. Gill

Dr. Reid

Mr. Brazier

Dr. Reid

Column: 690

Mr. Brazier

Dr. Reid

Column: 691

Mr. Gill

Dr. Reid

Column: 692

Mr. Brazier

Dr. Reid

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 693

Water Fluoridation [6 May 1998]

1.30 pm
Mr. David Lock (Wyre Forest)

Column: 694

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Mr. Lock

Column: 695

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Lock

Column: 696

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 697

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

Mr. Butterfill

Ms Jowell

Column: 698

Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Ms Jowell

Mr. Butterfill

Ms Jowell

Column: 699

Column: 700

Column: 701

Oral Answers to Questions [6 May 1998]

DUCHY OF LANCASTER [6 May 1998]

Citizens Charter [6 May 1998]

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)-- Citizens Charter [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Kilfoyle

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 702

Millennium Compliance [6 May 1998]

Mr. David Hanson (Delyn)-- Millennium Compliance [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Hanson

Dr. Clark

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Dr. Clark

Column: 703

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Dr. Clark

Civil Servants [6 May 1998]

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)-- Civil Servants [6 May 1998]

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

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 704

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Public Appointments [6 May 1998]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Public Appointments [6 May 1998]

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

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Kilfoyle

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 705

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Electronic Service Delivery [6 May 1998]

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)-- Electronic Service Delivery [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Fabricant

Dr. Clark

Column: 706

Ministerial Visits [6 May 1998]

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)-- Ministerial Visits [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Evans

Dr. Clark

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Dr. Clark

Column: 707

Freedom of Information (Scottish Parliament) [6 May 1998]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Freedom of Information (Scottish Parliament) [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Dalyell

Dr. Clark

Citizens Charter [6 May 1998]

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)-- Citizens Charter [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Bradley

Column: 708

Mr. Kilfoyle

EU Bureaucracy [6 May 1998]

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)-- EU Bureaucracy [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Heath

Dr. David Clark

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 709

Dr. Clark

Public Consultation [6 May 1998]

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)-- Public Consultation [6 May 1998]

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

Mr. Rammell

Dr. Clark

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

Dr. Clark

Column: 710

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Dr. Clark

Engagements [6 May 1998]

Mr. David Crausby (Bolton, North-East)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Crausby

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Column: 711

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 712

Ms Jean Corston (Bristol, East)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 713

Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

Column: 714

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 715

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

The Prime Minister

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 716

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

Column: 717

The Prime Minister

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead)

Column: 718

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Janet Dean (Burton)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)-- Engagements [6 May 1998]

Column: 719

The Prime Minister

Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)

Column: 720

The Prime Minister

Column: 719

Column: 721

Sierra Leone (Arms Sales) [6 May 1998]

3.31 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Column: 722

Mr. Howard

Column: 723

Mr. Cook

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Mr. Cook

Column: 724

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

Mr. Cook

Column: 725

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Cook

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Mr. Cook

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Mr. Cook

Column: 726

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Cook

Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Mr. Cook

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Column: 727

Mr. Cook

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Column: 728

Mr. Cook

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Cook

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Mr. Cook

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Column: 729

Mr. Cook

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 730

Mr. Cook

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Cook

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Madam Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hogg

Madam Speaker

Column: 731

Mr. Wilshire

Madam Speaker

Column: 732

Protection of Animals (Amendment) [6 May 1998]

4.5 pm
Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Column: 733

Column: 734

Orders of the Day [6 May 1998]

Scotland Bill [6 May 1998]

4.12 pm
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ancram

Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 735

Mr. Ancram

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

Mr. Ancram

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Column: 736

Mr. Ancram

Column: 737

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Ancram

Column: 738

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Column: 739

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok)

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Ancram

Column: 740

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 741

Mr. Davidson

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Hogg

Column: 742

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 743

4.45 pm
Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 744

Dr. Godman

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 745

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

Column: 746

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Kennedy

5 pm
Mr. Ancram

Mr. Kennedy

Column: 747

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Kennedy

Column: 748

Dr. Godman

Mr. Kennedy

Column: 749

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Kennedy

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Kennedy

Column: 750

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

5.15 pm
Mr. Kennedy

Column: 751

Mr. Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh, North and Leith)

Column: 752

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 753

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Grieve

Column: 754

5.30 pm
Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Chisholm

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)

Column: 755

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Chisholm

Mr. Gray

Mr. Chisholm

Dr. Godman

Mr. Chisholm

Several hon. Members

Mr. Chisholm

Column: 756

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)

Column: 757

Dr. Godman

Mr. Clarke

Column: 758

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Mr. Clarke

5.45 pm

Column: 759

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 760

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Clarke

Column: 761

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Clarke

Column: 762

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

6 pm
Mr. Hogg

Column: 763

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Canavan

Column: 764

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Canavan

Column: 765

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Canavan

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Canavan

Column: 766

6.15 pm
Mr. Swinney

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Canavan

Column: 767

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Mr. MacGregor

Column: 768

Mr. Dewar

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Mr. MacGregor

Column: 769

Mr. Robathan

Mr. MacGregor

Column: 770

6.30 pm

Column: 771

Dr. Godman

Column: 772

Column: 773

Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth)

Dr. Godman

Mrs. Gorman

6.45 pm
Dr. Godman

Column: 774

Mr. Maclean

Dr. Godman

Column: 775

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Morgan

Column: 776

Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Morgan

Column: 777

7 pm
Mr. Savidge

Column: 778

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Savidge

Column: 779

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Savidge

Column: 780

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Savidge

7.15 pm
Mr. Rowe

Column: 781

Sir Robert Smith

Mr. Rowe

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Column: 782

Mr. Rowe

Ms Roseanna Cunningham

Mr. Rowe

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)

Column: 783

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Home Robertson

Dr. Fox

Mr. Home Robertson

Column: 784

7.30 pm
Mr. Grieve

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Home Robertson

Column: 785

Dr. Fox

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. Swinney

Mr. Home Robertson

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Home Robertson

Column: 786

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 787

7.45 pm
Mr. Canavan

Mr. Curry

Column: 788

Column: 789

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Curry

Column: 790

Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)

Column: 791

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. McAllion

Mr. Robathan

Mr. McAllion

Column: 792

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Mr. McAllion

8 pm
Mr. Grieve

Mr. McAllion

Column: 793

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. McAllion

Mr. Robathan

Column: 794

Mr. McAllion

Mr. Swinney

Mr. McAllion

Column: 795

Column: 796

Mrs. Gorman

8.15 pm
Mr. McAllion

Mr. Leigh

Mr. McAllion

Column: 797

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hogg

Column: 798

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hogg

Column: 799

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Swinney

Mr. Dewar

Column: 800

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Dewar

8.30 pm
Mr. Ancram

Column: 801

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Dewar

Column: 802

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 803

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Column: 804

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. Dewar

8.45 pm

Column: 805

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Charles Kennedy

Mr. Dewar

Column: 806

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Dewar

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Dewar

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Dewar

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Dewar

Column: 807

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Dewar

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Dewar

Column: 808

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Dewar

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Dewar

9 pm
Dr. Fox

Column: 809

Mr. Dewar

Column: 810

Mr. Gorrie

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Gorrie

Column: 811

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

Mr. Gorrie

Mr. Davidson

Column: 812

9.15 pm

Column: 813

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Davidson

Column: 814

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mrs. Gorman

Column: 815

9.30 pm
Mr. Paice

Column: 816

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Paice

Column: 817

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Paice

Column: 818

Mr. Swinney

9.45 pm

Column: 819

Column: 820

Column: 821

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Column: 822

10 pm

Column: 823

Mr. Robathan

Column: 824

Mrs. Laing

Mr. Robathan

Column: 825

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Leigh

Column: 826

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Leigh

Column: 827

10.15 pm
Mr. Grieve

Mr. Salmond

Mr. Grieve

Column: 828

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 829

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mrs. Laing

Mr. Mackinlay

Column: 830

Dr. Fox

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

10.30 pm
Dr. Fox

Column: 831

Column: 832

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Dr. Fox

Column: 833

Division No. 267 (Scotland Bill) [6 May 1998]

Column: 836

Column: 837

High Newton and Low Newton Bypass [6 May 1998]

10.54 pm
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Column: 838

Freemasons [6 May 1998]

10.55 pm
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 839

Column: 840

Column: 841

Column: 842

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

Column: 843

Column: 844


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