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Monday 7 Dec 1998

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[7 Dec 1998]

DEFENCE [7 Dec 1998]

Eurofighter Typhoon [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)-- Eurofighter Typhoon [7 Dec 1998]

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

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Spellar

Column: 2

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Column: 3

Mr. Spellar

Territorial Army [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)-- Territorial Army [7 Dec 1998]

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Doug Henderson)

Mr. McWalter

Mr. Henderson

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Henderson

Column: 4

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Henderson

United Nations Peace Support Operations [7 Dec 1998]

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)-- United Nations Peace Support Operations [7 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. George Robertson)

Sir Sydney Chapman

Column: 5

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)

Mr. Robertson

Recruitment (Ethnic Minorities) [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Fabian Hamilton (Leeds, North-East)-- Recruitment (Ethnic Minorities) [7 Dec 1998]

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Doug Henderson)

Column: 6

Mr. Hamilton

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Henderson

Military Training (National Parks) [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)-- Military Training (National Parks) [7 Dec 1998]

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

Mr. Steen

Mr. Spellar

Column: 7

Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)

Mr. Spellar

Dry Dock Facilities (South America) [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)-- Dry Dock Facilities (South America) [7 Dec 1998]

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

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok)

Column: 8

Mr. Spellar

European Defence Review [7 Dec 1998]

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)-- European Defence Review [7 Dec 1998]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)-- European Defence Review [7 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. George Robertson)

Dr. Tonge

Mr. Robertson

Dr. Cable

Column: 9

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon)

Column: 10

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Maples

Mr. Robertson

Column: 11

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Robertson

Territorial Army [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby)-- Territorial Army [7 Dec 1998]

Column: 12

Mr. Doug Henderson)

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Mr. Henderson

Gulf [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)-- Gulf [7 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. George Robertson)

Column: 13

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Robertson

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 14

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Mr. Robertson

NATO [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North)-- NATO [7 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. George Robertson)

Mr. Chaytor

Mr. Robertson

Column: 15

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

Mr. Robertson

Public Buildings (PFI) [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)-- Public Buildings (PFI) [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission)

Column: 16

Mr. Corbyn

Mr. Sheldon

Pensions and Stipends [7 Dec 1998]

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)-- Pensions and Stipends [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Stuart Bell (Second Church Estates Commissioner, representing the Church Commissioners)

Sir Sydney Chapman

Mr. Bell

Column: 17

Government Information and Communication Service [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)-- Government Information and Communication Service [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission)

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Sheldon

Assessment [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)-- Assessment [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Stuart Bell (Second Church Estates Commissioner, representing the Church Commissioners)

Column: 18

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Bell

National Audit Office [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)-- National Audit Office [7 Dec 1998]

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission)

Mr. Heath

Column: 19

Mr. Sheldon

Column: 20

Column: 21

Post Office [7 Dec 1998]

3.30 pm
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Peter Mandelson)

Column: 22

Column: 23

Column: 24

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Redwood

Column: 25

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Redwood

Column: 26

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 27

Mr. Alan Johnson (Hull, West and Hessle)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 28

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 29

Mr. Bob Laxton (Derby, North)

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Column: 30

Mr. Mandelson

Madam Speaker

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Richard Page (South-West Hertfordshire)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. John McWilliam (Blaydon)

Column: 31

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 32

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 33

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Mr. Mandelson

Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 34

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 35

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 36

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 37

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Mandelson

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Column: 38

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Jack

Column: 39

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 40

Orders of the Day [7 Dec 1998]

Water Industry Bill [7 Dec 1998]

4.42 pm
The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Michael Meacher)

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Meacher

Column: 41

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)

Column: 42

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Simon Burns

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Column: 43

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Column: 44

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)

Mr. Meacher

Column: 45

Mr. Gray

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Heath

Mr. Meacher

Column: 46

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Gray

Mr. Meacher

Column: 47

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Brake

Column: 48

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Meacher

Column: 49

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Brady

Mr. Meacher

Column: 50

Column: 51

5.27 pm
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Column: 52

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Burns

Helen Jackson

Mr. Burns

Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Helen Jackson

Mr. Burns

Helen Jackson

Mr. Burns

Helen Jackson

Column: 53

Mr. Burns

Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

Mr. Burns

Column: 54

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mr. Burns

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Gray

Column: 55

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Burns

Mr. Burden

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Burns

Column: 56

Several hon. Members

Mr. Burns

Mr. Burden

Mr. Burns

Column: 57

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Burns

Mr. Burden

Mr. Burns

Column: 58

Column: 59

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Burns

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Burns

Column: 60

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Burns

Column: 61

6.7 pm
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)

Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

Column: 62

Helen Jackson

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

Helen Jackson

Column: 63

Mr. Woodward

Helen Jackson

Column: 64

6.26 pm
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Column: 65

Helen Jackson

Mr. Gale

Column: 66

Mr. Burden

Mr. Gale

Column: 67

Column: 68

Column: 69

6.46 pm
Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and Cleveland, East)

Mr. Woodward

Dr. Kumar

Column: 70

Column: 71

6.58 pm
Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)

Column: 72

Column: 73

Column: 74

7.9 pm
Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

Column: 75

Column: 76

Mr. Brake

Mr. Burden

Column: 77

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Column: 78

Mr. Burden

Column: 79

7.30 pm
Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

Column: 80

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Quinn

Mr. Woodward

Column: 81

7.42 pm
Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Column: 82

7.46 pm
Mr. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion)

Column: 83

Column: 84

Column: 85

7.57 pm
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Column: 86

Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Burns

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 87

Mr. Burns

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Burns

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 88

8.11 pm
Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Column: 89

Column: 90

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mrs. Gorman

8.24 pm
Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Column: 91

Column: 92

Mr. Brake

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Brake

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Letwin

Column: 93

Mrs. Gilroy

8.35 pm
Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Column: 94

Column: 95

8.41 pm
Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Column: 96

Column: 97

8.48 pm
Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Column: 98

Mr. Letwin

Dr. Brand

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Dr. Brand

8.57 pm
Mrs. Helen Brinton (Peterborough)

Column: 99

Column: 100

Dr. Brand

Mrs. Brinton

9.4 pm
Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Column: 101

Column: 102

9.10 pm
Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby)

Column: 103

9.15 pm
Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Column: 104

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

Column: 105

9.23 pm
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)

Column: 106

9.27 pm
Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mrs. McKenna

9.30 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Column: 107

Column: 108

Column: 109

Column: 110

9.44 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Calum Macdonald)

Column: 111

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mr. Macdonald

Column: 112

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mr. Macdonald

Column: 113

Column: 114

Column: 115

Madam Speaker

Column: 116

Health Services (Berkshire) [7 Dec 1998]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Electricity Pylons (Vale of York) [7 Dec 1998]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 117

Community Health Care (Berkshire) [7 Dec 1998]

10.2 pm
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Madam Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Madam Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Madam Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 118

Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Salter

Madam Speaker

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

Mr. Salter

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 119

Column: 120

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

Column: 121

Column: 122

Column: 123

Column: 124


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