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Wednesday 2 Dec 1998

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Column: 797

Vaccine Damage (Compensation) [2 Dec 1998]

9.33 am
Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Column: 798

Column: 799

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

Mr. Stewart

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802

9.56 am
Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mr. Llew Smith

Mr. Rendel

Column: 803

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Mr. Rendel

Column: 804

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Rendel

10.7 am
Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

Column: 805

10.11 am
Ms Jean Corston (Bristol, East)

Column: 806

Column: 807

Column: 808

Column: 809

10.28 am
Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Column: 810

10.32 am
Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Column: 811

Mr. Kevin Hughes (Doncaster, North)

Mr. Pickles

Column: 812

Column: 813

10.45 am
The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. John Denham)

Column: 814

Column: 815

Column: 816

Column: 817

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 818

Seaside Towns [2 Dec 1998]

11 am
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Column: 819

Mr. Ronnie Fearn (Southport)

Mr. Sanders

Column: 820

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Sanders

Column: 821

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Mr. Sanders

Column: 822

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Steen

Mr. Sanders

Column: 823

11.22 am
Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)

Column: 824

Column: 825

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Marsden

Column: 826

Mr. Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)

Column: 827

Mr. Marsden

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Marsden

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Marsden

Column: 828

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

11.43 am
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Column: 829

Column: 830

11.53 am
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)

Column: 831

Column: 832

12.1 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 833

12.6 pm
Mr. Ronnie Fearn (Southport)

Column: 834

12.8 pm
Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Column: 835

12.12 pm
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Column: 836

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Burns

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Quinn

Mr. Burns

Column: 837

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

Column: 838

Mr. Nicholls

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Nicholls

Mr. Caborn

Column: 839

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

Column: 840

Aid (Burundi) [2 Dec 1998]

12.30 pm
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Column: 841

12.36 pm
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)

Column: 842

Column: 843

12.46 pm
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Column: 844

Column: 845

Mr. Dawson

Clare Short

Column: 846

Column: 847

Audiology Services [2 Dec 1998]

12.58 pm
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Column: 848

Column: 849

1.11 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Hutton)

Column: 850

Column: 851

Column: 852

Column: 853

Column: 854

Column: 855

Territorial Army (Chorley) [2 Dec 1998]

1.27 pm
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Column: 856

Mr. Hoyle

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

Mr. Hoyle

Column: 857

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Hoyle

Column: 858

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Mr. Hoyle

Column: 859

1.47 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Spellar)

Column: 860

Mr. Brazier

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Brazier

Mr. Spellar

Column: 861

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Spellar

Column: 862

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Spellar

Column: 863

Column: 864

Column: 865

Oral Answers to Questions [2 Dec 1998]

NORTHERN IRELAND [2 Dec 1998]

1. Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

2. Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

3. Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. Woodward

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Luff

Column: 866

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Hammond

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Marjorie Mowlam

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 867

Mr. Andrew MacKay (Bracknell)

Marjorie Mowlam

Madam Speaker

Marjorie Mowlam

Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 868

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)

Column: 869

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Andrew MacKay (Bracknell)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. MacKay

Column: 870

Marjorie Mowlam

4. Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

8. Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

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

Mr. Paterson

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Ingram

Column: 871

Mr. Robert McCartney (North Down)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mr. Ingram

5. Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Column: 872

Mr. Wilkinson

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 873

Marjorie Mowlam

6. Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

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

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 874

PRIME MINISTER [2 Dec 1998]

Q1.[61228]Mr. William Cash (Stone)

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Cash

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Column: 875

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 876

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 877

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hague

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Cummings (Easington)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

Column: 878

The Prime Minister

Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester)

The Prime Minister

Q2.[61229]Mr. Richard Spring (West Suffolk)

The Prime Minister

Column: 879

Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

The Prime Minister

Q3.[61230]Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

The Prime Minister

Caroline Flint (Don Valley)

The Prime Minister

Q4.[61231]Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead)

Column: 880

The Prime Minister

Q5.[61232]Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Mates (East Hampshire)

The Prime Minister

Column: 881

Q6.[61233]Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Column: 882

The Prime Minister

Q7.[61234]Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)

The Prime Minister

Column: 883

Local Government Finance [2 Dec 1998]

3.30 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)

Column: 884

Column: 885

Column: 886

Mrs. Gillian Shephard (South-West Norfolk)

Column: 887

Mr. Prescott

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Prescott

Column: 888

Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 889

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 890

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 891

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central)

Column: 892

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Column: 893

Mr. Prescott

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 894

Mr. Paddy Tipping (Sherwood)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 895

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. Prescott

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Prescott

Dr. Howard Stoate (Dartford)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 896

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Column: 897

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Column: 898

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 899

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Prescott

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 900

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Winterton

Madam Speaker

Mr. Barry Gardiner (Brent, North)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 901

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 902

Millennium Compliance (Quarterly Review) [2 Dec 1998]

4.38 pm
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)

Column: 903

Column: 904

Column: 905

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Column: 906

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 907

Column: 908

Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Nigel Jones (Cheltenham)

Column: 909

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 910

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Dalyell

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 911

Mr. White

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 912

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. David Atkinson (Bournemouth, East)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 913

Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Redwood

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 914

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Column: 915

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 916

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 917

European Parliamentary Elections Bill (Allocation of Time) [2 Dec 1998]

5.34 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)

Column: 918

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Mr. Straw

Column: 919

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)

Mr. Straw

Column: 920

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Mr. Straw

Column: 921

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Column: 922

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Straw

Column: 923

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Mr. Straw

Column: 924

5.57 pm
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 925

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. George Howarth)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 926

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Shepherd

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 927

Mr. Cash

Sir Norman Fowler

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Column: 928

Sir Norman Fowler

6.13 pm
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Allan

Column: 929

Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Allan

Column: 930

6.18 pm
Miss Melanie Johnson (Welwyn Hatfield)

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Miss Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Column: 931

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Miss Johnson

Column: 932

6.25 pm
Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

Column: 933

Mr. George Howarth

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Column: 934

Mr. George Howarth

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Howarth

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Column: 935

Mr. Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)

Sir Brian Mawhinney

6.41 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 936

Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Mr. Curry

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Curry

Column: 937

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Curry

Mr. Soley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Curry

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Curry

Column: 938

6.50 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Allan

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 939

Column: 940

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 941

Mr. George Howarth

Mr. Shepherd

7.6 pm
Mr. Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)

Column: 942

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Soley

Column: 943

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Soley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Soley

Column: 944

7.15 pm
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Allan

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Allan

Column: 945

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Lansley

Column: 946

Division No. 5 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill (Allocation of Time)) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 949

Column: 950

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Column: 951

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

Column: 952

Orders of the Day [2 Dec 1998]

European Parliamentary Elections Bill [2 Dec 1998]

7.39 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 953

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

Mr. Straw

Column: 954

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Linton

Mr. Straw

Mr. Linton

Mr. Straw

Column: 955

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Mr. Straw

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

Column: 956

Mr. Straw

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Straw

7.58 pm
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 957

Column: 958

Column: 959

Mr. Straw

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Sir Norman Fowler

8.9 pm
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Column: 960

Column: 961

Mr. Beith

Mr. Allan

Column: 962

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Mr. Allan

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Allan

Mr. Swayne

Column: 963

Mr. Allan

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Allan

8.21 pm
Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Column: 964

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Dr. Palmer

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)

Dr. Palmer

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Palmer

Column: 965

Mr. Lansley

Dr. Palmer

8.30 pm
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Column: 966

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Swayne

Column: 967

8.38 pm
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Column: 968

8.45 pm
Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Column: 969

Column: 970

Column: 971

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Linton

Column: 972

Mr. Linton

Mr. Randall

Mr. Linton

Mr. Clappison

Column: 973

Mr. Linton

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Linton

Column: 974

9.9 pm
Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Column: 975

Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)

Mr. Sayeed

Column: 976

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Linton

Mr. Lansley

Column: 977

Mr. Linton

Mr. Lansley

Column: 978

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. Lansley

Column: 979

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. George Howarth)

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Lansley

Column: 980

Mr. Beith

Mr. Lansley

Division No. 6 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 983

Column: 984

Division No. 7 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 987

Division No. 8 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 990

Division No. 9 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 993

Division No. 10 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 996

Division No. 11 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 999

Division No. 12 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1002

Division No. 13 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1005

Division No. 14 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1008

Division No. 15 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1011

Division No. 16 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1013

Column: 1014

Division No. 17 (European Parliamentary Elections Bill) [2 Dec 1998]

Column: 1016

Column: 1017

Harefield Hospital [2 Dec 1998]

11.50 pm
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 1018

Column: 1019

Column: 1020

12.5 am
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Column: 1021

Column: 1022


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