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Column: 291

Drug Misuse [13 May 1998]

9.34 am
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Column: 292

Column: 293

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Bottomley

Column: 294

Column: 295

Column: 296

9.53 am
Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Column: 297

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Flynn

Column: 298

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Flynn

Column: 299

Column: 300

Column: 301

Column: 302

10.20 am
Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Evans

Mr. Russell

Mr. Evans

Mr. Russell

Mr. Evans

Mr. Russell

Column: 303

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Mr. Russell

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Russell

Column: 304

10.28 am
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Clark

Column: 305

The Minister of State, Home Office (Ms Joyce Quin)

Mr. Clark

Column: 306

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Clark

Mr. Flynn

Mr. Clark

10.38 am
Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Column: 307

Column: 308

Column: 309

10.49 am
The Minister of State, Home Office (Ms Joyce Quin)

Column: 310

Mr. Flynn

Column: 311

Ms Quin

Column: 312

Mr. Alan Clark

Ms Quin

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 313

Plutonium [13 May 1998]

11 am
Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North)

Column: 314

Column: 315

Column: 316

Column: 317

Column: 318

11.22 am
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Column: 319

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Sir Robert Smith

Column: 320

11.29 am
Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley)

11.32 am
Ms Roseanna Cunningham (Perth)

Column: 321

The Minister for Science, Energy and Industry (Mr. John Battle)

Ms Cunningham

Mr. Chaytor

Ms Cunningham

Column: 322

Column: 323

Mr. Dalyell

Ms Cunningham

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Ms Cunningham

Column: 324

11.47 am
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 325

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 326

Sir Robert Smith

Mr. Dalyell

11.54 am
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Column: 327

11.59 am
Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Column: 328

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Boswell

Column: 329

Column: 330

12.13 pm
The Minister for Science, Energy and Industry (Mr. John Battle)

Column: 331

Column: 332

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Battle

Column: 333

Column: 334

Mr. Chaytor

Mr. Battle

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

Column: 335

Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) [13 May 1998]

12.30 pm
Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

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

Mr. Ross

Column: 336

Column: 337

Column: 338

Column: 339

12.46 pm
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Paul Murphy)

Column: 340

Mr. William Ross

Mr. Murphy

Column: 341

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 342

Mr. William Ross

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 343

Road Traffic Accidents [13 May 1998]

1 pm
Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West)

Column: 344

Mr. Brian Cotter (Weston-super-Mare)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 345

Several hon. Members

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

1.13 pm
Mr. John Hutton (Barrow and Furness)

Column: 346

1.15 pm
Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Column: 347

1.19 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)

Column: 348

Ms Hewitt

Column: 349

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 350

Column: 351

Aviation (Capital Allowances) [13 May 1998]

1.29 pm
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 352

Column: 353

Column: 354

1.46 pm
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Dawn Primarolo)

Column: 355

Column: 356

Column: 357

Oral Answers to Questions [13 May 1998]

NORTHERN IRELAND [13 May 1998]

Killyleagh Yarns [13 May 1998]

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)-- Killyleagh Yarns [13 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Ingram

Column: 358

Peace Process [13 May 1998]

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)-- Peace Process [13 May 1998]

Mr. David Hanson (Delyn)-- Peace Process [13 May 1998]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. O'Brien

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 359

Mr. Hanson

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Marjorie Mowlam

Human Rights [13 May 1998]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Human Rights [13 May 1998]

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)-- Human Rights [13 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Paul Murphy)

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Murphy

Column: 360

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Murphy

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. Murphy

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 361

Mr. Andrew MacKay (Bracknell)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. MacKay

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 362

Unemployment [13 May 1998]

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)-- Unemployment [13 May 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Tony Worthington)

Mr. Beggs

Mr. Worthington

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Worthington

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down)

Column: 363

Mr. Worthington

Royal Ulster Constabulary [13 May 1998]

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)-- Royal Ulster Constabulary [13 May 1998]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 364

Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Ingram

Prisoners (Release) [13 May 1998]

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)-- Prisoners (Release) [13 May 1998]

Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)-- Prisoners (Release) [13 May 1998]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Column: 365

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Hunter

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)

Column: 366

Marjorie Mowlam

Irish Referendums [13 May 1998]

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)-- Irish Referendums [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Dr. Godman

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Trimble (Upper Bann)

Column: 367

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Engagements [13 May 1998]

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hawkins

The Prime Minister

Column: 368

Mr. David Crausby (Bolton, North-East)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 369

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 370

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Column: 371

Mr. Phil Woolas (Oldham, East and Saddleworth)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

The Prime Minister

Column: 372

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton, South-West)

The Prime Minister

Column: 373

Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

The Prime Minister

Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

Column: 374

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)-- Engagements [13 May 1998]

Madam Speaker

Mr. Thomas

The Prime Minister

Column: 375

School Transport [13 May 1998]

3.31 pm
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 376

Column: 377

Column: 378

Orders of the Day [13 May 1998]

Social Security Bill [13 May 1998]

3.42 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Madam Speaker

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Keith Bradley)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 379

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Mr. Bradley

Column: 380

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Madam Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 381

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Column: 382

4 pm
Mr. Letwin

Mr. Waterson

Column: 383

Column: 384

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Madam Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Column: 385

Column: 386

4.15 pm
Mr. Swinney

Mr. Keith Bradley

Column: 387

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

Madam Speaker

Mr. Denham

Column: 388

Mr. Letwin

Column: 389

Column: 390

4.30 pm

Column: 391

Mr. Burns

Mr. Letwin

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Column: 392

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Column: 393

Column: 394

4.45 pm
Mr. Letwin

Mr. Leigh

Column: 395

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Leigh

Column: 396

Mr. Denham

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Mr. Leigh

Column: 397

5 pm
Mr. Denham

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Mr. Leigh

Column: 398

Mr. Denham

Mr. Keith Bradley

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

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Bradley

Column: 399

Mr. Waterson

Column: 400

Column: 401

5.15 pm

Column: 402

Mr. Swinney

Column: 403

Miss Kirkbride

5.30 pm
Mr. Keith Bradley

Column: 404

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Bradley

Column: 405

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Column: 406

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 407

Mr. Burns

Column: 408

5.45 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Burns

Mr. Keith Bradley

Column: 409

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 410

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Bradley

Column: 411

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Denham

6 pm

Column: 412

Mr. Letwin

Column: 413

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Letwin

Column: 414

Column: 415

6.15 pm
Mr. Burns

Mr. Letwin

Column: 416

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Column: 417

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Mr. Burns

Mr. Denham

Column: 418

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 419

6.30 pm
Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Denham

Column: 420

Column: 421

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Denham

Column: 422

Column: 423

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Denham

Mr. Burns

Mr. Denham

Column: 424

6.45 pm
Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Denham

Column: 425

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Denham

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Denham

Column: 426

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Column: 427

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 428

7 pm
Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 429

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 430

Column: 431

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Column: 432

7.15 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 433

Mr. Davies

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Davies

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Davies

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Davies

Column: 434

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Davies

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 435

Mr. Davies

7.30 pm

Column: 436

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Davies

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Davies

Column: 437

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Davies

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 438

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Swayne

7.45 pm
Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 439

Column: 440

Column: 441

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Rendel

Column: 442

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Swayne

8 pm
Mr. Rendel

Column: 443

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Swayne

Column: 444

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 445

Mr. Swayne

8.15 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 446

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Letwin

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Letwin

Column: 447

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Letwin

Column: 448

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Letwin

Column: 449

8.30 pm
Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Column: 450

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Browne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Browne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Letwin

Column: 451

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Letwin

Column: 452

Mr. Browne

Mr. Letwin

Column: 453

Mr. Denham

Mr. Letwin

8.45 pm

Column: 454

Mr. Browne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Browne

Column: 455

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Browne

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Browne

Column: 456

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Browne

Mr. Hope

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Browne

Mr. Hope

Column: 457

Mr. Browne

9 pm
Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Browne

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 458

Mr. Browne

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Browne

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 459

Column: 460

9.15 pm
Mr. Hope

Column: 461

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Hope

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Hope

Column: 462

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Hope

Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West)

Mr. Hope

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Hope

Column: 463

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Hope

Miss Kirkbride

Column: 464

9.30 pm

Column: 465

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Miss Kirkbride

Ms Hewitt

Column: 466

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Burns

Column: 467

Column: 468

9.45 pm
Mr. Rendel

Mr. Burns

Column: 469

Mr. Denham

Column: 470

Mr. Burns

Mr. Denham

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Denham

Mr. Davies

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 471

Mr. Denham

Division No. 274 (Social Security Bill) [13 May 1998]

Column: 474

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Denham

Column: 475

10.15 pm
Mr. Waterson

Mr. Denham

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Denham

Column: 476

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 477

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Column: 478

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 479

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Keith Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bradley

Column: 480

10.30 pm
Mr. Burns

The Minister for Welfare Reform (Mr. Frank Field)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Field

Mr. Burns

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Dismore

Column: 481

Mr. Burns

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Keith Bradley

Column: 482

Mr. Keith Bradley

Column: 483

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Column: 484

Mr. Denham

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Waterson

Column: 485

10.45 pm

Column: 486

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Denham

Column: 487

Division No. 275 (Social Security Bill) [13 May 1998]

Column: 490

Duty-free Sales [13 May 1998]

11.10 pm
Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)

Column: 491

Oil and Gas Platforms [13 May 1998]

11.12 pm
Mr. Anthony D. Wright

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Mr. Wright

Column: 492

Column: 493

Column: 494

11.23 pm
The Minister for Science, Energy and Industry (Mr. John Battle)

Column: 495

Column: 496


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