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Monday 16 Nov 1998
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Column: 587
The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. John Denham)
Mr. Llwyd
Mr. Denham
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Column: 588
Mr. Denham
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Mr. Denham
The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)
Column: 589
Mr. McNulty
Mr. Darling
Laura Moffatt
Mr. Darling
Mr. Miller
Mr. Darling
Mr. Woodward
Column: 590
Mr. Darling
Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)
Mr. Darling
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Mr. Darling
Column: 591
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Darling
Madam Speaker
Mr. Darling
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Mr. Dobbin
Mr. Timms
Column: 592
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Mr. Brazier
Angela Eagle
Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)
Angela Eagle
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)
Column: 593
Angela Eagle
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Angela Eagle
Mr. Duncan Smith
Angela Eagle
Column: 594
The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)
Mrs. Humble
Mr. Darling
Mr. Rooney
Mr. Darling
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)
Column: 595
Mr. Darling
Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester)
Mr. Darling
Mr. Malcolm Wicks (Croydon, North)
Mr. Darling
Column: 596
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead)
Mr. Darling
Column: 597
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Angela Eagle
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)
Angela Eagle
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Helen Jackson
Column: 598
Angela Eagle
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Angela Eagle
The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)
Helen Jones
Column: 599
Mr. Darling
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)
Mr. Darling
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Column: 600
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Timms
Mr. Syms
Mr. Timms
Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)
Column: 601
Mr. Timms
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Mr. Amess
Angela Eagle
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Column: 602
Mr. Chapman
Mr. Timms
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Mr. Timms
Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)
Mr. Timms
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Column: 603
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Angela Eagle
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Ms Lawrence
Mr. Timms
Column: 604
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Mr. Evans
Mr. Timms
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Mr. Pearson
Angela Eagle
Column: 605
Madam Speaker
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Hon. Members
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Column: 606
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Timms
Column: 605
Column: 607
3.30 pm
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Column: 608
Column: 609
Column: 610
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
Column: 611
The Prime Minister
Column: 612
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Column: 613
The Prime Minister
Mr. John Major (Huntingdon)
Column: 614
The Prime Minister
Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Column: 615
The Prime Minister
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
The Prime Minister
Column: 616
Sir John Stanley (Tonbridge and Malling)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)
The Prime Minister
Column: 617
Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)
The Prime Minister
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
The Prime Minister
Column: 618
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
The Prime Minister
Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)
Column: 619
The Prime Minister
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
The Prime Minister
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Column: 620
The Prime Minister
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
The Prime Minister
Column: 621
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Column: 622
The Prime Minister
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)
The Prime Minister
Column: 623
Ms Bridget Prentice (Lewisham, East)
The Prime Minister
Column: 624
4.31 pm
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)
Column: 625
Column: 626
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)
Column: 627
Column: 628
Mr. Brown
Several hon. Members
Mr. Brown
Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)
Column: 629
Mr. Brown
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
Column: 630
Mr. Brown
Dr. Gavin Strang (Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)
Mr. Brown
Column: 631
Ms Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley)
Mr. Brown
Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)
Mr. Brown
Column: 632
Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)
Mr. Brown
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Brown
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)
Column: 633
Mr. Brown
Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)
Mr. Brown
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)
Mr. Brown
Column: 634
Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Win Griffiths (Bridgend)
Column: 635
Mr. Brown
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)
Mr. Brown
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Paddy Tipping (Sherwood)
Column: 636
Mr. Brown
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Column: 637
Mr. Brown
Mr. Nick Ainger (West Carmarthen and South Pembrokeshire)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Alan W. Williams (East Carmarthen and Dinefwr)
Column: 638
Mr. Brown
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire)
Mr. Brown
Column: 639
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)
Mr. Brown
Column: 640
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Mr. Brown
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 641
5.30 pm
The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. McLeish
Column: 642
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Column: 643
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mr. McLeish
Column: 644
Column: 645
5.45 pm
Column: 646
Dr. Fox
Mr. McLeish
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Column: 647
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)
Mr. McLeish
Column: 648
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Column: 649
Mr. McLeish
Column: 650
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. McLeish
Dr. Fox
Column: 651
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Letwin
Mr. McLeish
Column: 652
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Letwin
Column: 653
6.15 pm
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Mrs. Laing
Column: 654
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Laing
Mr. Hayes
Mrs. Laing
Mr. McLeish
Column: 655
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McLeish
Column: 656
Dr. Fox
Mr. Thomas McAvoy (Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household)
Dr. Fox
Column: 657
6.30 pm
Mr. Dalyell
Dr. Fox
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Column: 658
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)
Mr. McLeish
Column: 659
Dr. Fox
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Grieve
Mr. McLeish
Column: 660
Mr. Letwin
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. McLeish
Dr. Fox
Column: 661
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Grieve
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Hayes
Column: 662
Mr. Grieve
Mr. Syms
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Syms
Mr. McLeish
Column: 663
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Column: 664
Mr. McLeish
Mr. Beith
Dr. Fox
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
7 pm
Mr. McLeish
Column: 665
Column: 666
Mr. Beith
Mr. McLeish
Column: 667
Dr. Fox
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Column: 668
7.9 pm
The Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning (Mr. Richard Caborn)
Column: 669
7.10 pm
The Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning (Mr. Richard Caborn)
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)
Column: 670
Mr. Caborn
7.15 pm
Mr. Caborn
Mr. Caborn
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Caborn
Column: 671
Column: 672
Mr. Caborn
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Caborn
Column: 673
7.20 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Straw
Column: 674
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Straw
Column: 675
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)
Mr. Straw
Column: 676
Mr. Deputy Speaker
7.30 pm
Mr. Straw
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Straw
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)
Mr. Straw
Column: 677
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Mr. Straw
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)
Mr. Straw
Column: 678
Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)
Mr. Straw
Column: 679
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 680
7.45 pm
Mr. Ivor Caplin (Hove)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Caplin
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Straw
Mr. Caplin
Mr. Straw
Column: 681
Sir Norman Fowler
Column: 682
Column: 683
Column: 684
Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Stunell
8 pm
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Sir Norman Fowler
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Column: 685
Mr. Beith
Mr. Benn
Column: 686
Mr. Beith
Mr. Benn
Mr. Beith
Mr. Benn
Mr. Beith
Mr. Benn
Column: 687
Mr. Allan
Column: 688
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)
8.15 pm
Mr. Allan
Column: 689
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Allan
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Allan
Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)
Column: 690
Mr. Allan
Mr. Benn
Mr. Allan
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Allan
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Allan
Column: 691
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)
Mr. Allan
Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)
Column: 692
8.30 pm
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)
Mr. Linton
Column: 693
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Linton
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Linton
Column: 694
Mr. Llew Smith
Mr. Linton
Mr. Benn
Mr. Linton
Column: 695
Mr. Swayne
8.45 pm
Mr. Linton
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mr. Linton
Column: 696
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Linton
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Caplin
Mr. Sayeed
Column: 697
Mr. Caplin
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth)
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Beith
Mr. Sayeed
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Sayeed
Column: 698
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Caplin
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Loughton
Column: 699
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Sayeed
Mr. Beith
Column: 700
Mr. Sayeed
9 pm
Mr. Mitchell
Column: 701
Mr. Benn
Mr. Mitchell
Mr. Linton
Mr. Mitchell
Column: 702
Mr. Peter Bottomley
Column: 703
Column: 704
Mrs. Dunwoody
9.15 pm
Column: 705
Mr. Nicholas Winterton
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Winterton
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Loughton
Column: 706
Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)
Mr. Loughton
Column: 707
Mr. Allan
Mr. Loughton
Column: 708
9.30 pm
Mr. Barnes
Column: 709
Mr. Allan
Mr. Barnes
Column: 710
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Column: 711
9.45 pm
Mr. Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate)
Column: 712
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Twigg
Mr. Barnes
Mr. Twigg
Column: 713
Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)
Column: 714
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. George Howarth)
Mr. Clappison
Column: 715
Mr. Allan
Mr. Clappison
Column: 716
Column: 717
Mr. George Howarth
Mr. Peter Bottomley
Mr. Howarth
Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Column: 718
Division No. 377 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [16 Nov 1998]
Column: 721
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 722
Column: 723
10.21 pm
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)
Column: 724
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)
Column: 725
Mr. Wallace
Column: 726
Column: 727
10.38 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Calum Macdonald)
Column: 728
Column: 729
Column: 730