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Wednesday 16 Dec 1998

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Column: 887

Adjournment (Christmas) [16 Dec 1998]

9.33 am
Mr. Tom Cox (Tooting)

Column: 888

Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Cox

Column: 889

9.47 am
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Column: 890

Column: 891

Column: 892

9.59 am
Mr. Brian Sedgemore (Hackney, South and Shoreditch)

Column: 893

10.3 am
Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)

Column: 894

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Bell

10.8 am
Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Column: 895

Column: 896

Column: 897

10.20 am
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Column: 898

Column: 899

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Mr. Rowe

Mr. Clark

Mr. Rowe

Column: 900

10.35 am
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)

Column: 901

Column: 902

Column: 903

10.45 am
Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Column: 904

Column: 905

Column: 906

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Rev. Martin Smyth

Mr. Ross

Rev. Martin Smyth

Column: 907

11.4 am
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Column: 908

Column: 909

Column: 910

11.22 am
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Column: 911

Column: 912

11.29 am
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Alan Clark

Mr. McDonnell

Column: 913

Column: 914

11.36 am
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Column: 915

Column: 916

Column: 917

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Mr. Viggers

Mr. Amess

Column: 918

Column: 919

12 noon
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 920

Column: 921

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 922

Column: 923

12.15 pm
The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)

Column: 924

Column: 925

Column: 926

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

Mr. Tipping

Column: 927

British Science [16 Dec 1998]

12.29 pm
Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Column: 928

Column: 929

12.39 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Alan Meale)

Column: 930

Column: 931

Column: 932

Column: 933

12.56 pm

Column: 934

Railtrack [16 Dec 1998]

1 pm
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Column: 935

Column: 936

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Dr. Harris

Column: 937

Column: 938

1.16 pm
Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Column: 939

1.20 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Column: 940

Column: 941

Column: 942

Brown-field Sites (Teesside) [16 Dec 1998]

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

Column: 943

Column: 944

Column: 945

1.41 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Column: 946

Column: 947

Column: 948

Column: 949

Oral Answers to Questions [16 Dec 1998]

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [16 Dec 1998]

Departmental Annual Report [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)-- Departmental Annual Report [16 Dec 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Jack

Mr. Foulkes

Nepal [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)-- Nepal [16 Dec 1998]

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Nepal [16 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Column: 950

Mr. Corbett

Clare Short

Helen Jones

Clare Short

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Clare Short

Column: 951

Mr. Streeter

Clare Short

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Clare Short

Column: 952

Street Children Projects [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)-- Street Children Projects [16 Dec 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Foulkes

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 953

Zimbabwe [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)-- Zimbabwe [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)-- Zimbabwe [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)-- Zimbabwe [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Zimbabwe [16 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Hunter

Clare Short

Mr. Howarth

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Howarth

Column: 954

Clare Short

Mr. Winterton

Clare Short

Column: 955

Mr. Swayne

Clare Short

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Clare Short

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Clare Short

Column: 956

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Clare Short

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Clare Short

Column: 957

Former Republic of Yugoslavia [16 Dec 1998]

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)-- Former Republic of Yugoslavia [16 Dec 1998]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Dr. Godman

Mr. Foulkes

World Bank [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)-- World Bank [16 Dec 1998]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Canavan

Column: 958

Clare Short

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Clare Short

Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Column: 959

Mr. Chapman

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 960

Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston)

The Prime Minister

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

The Prime Minister

Mr. Beith

The Prime Minister

Column: 961

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

The Prime Minister

Column: 962

Ministerial Visits [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)-- Ministerial Visits [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Steen

The Prime Minister

Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

Column: 963

The Prime Minister

Dan Norris (Wansdyke)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 964

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 965

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 966

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 967

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)-- Engagements [16 Dec 1998]

The Prime Minister

Column: 968

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Column: 967

Column: 969

Competitiveness [16 Dec 1998]

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

Column: 970

Column: 971

Column: 972

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Mr. Redwood

Column: 973

Column: 974

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 975

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 976

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 977

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 978

Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Foster

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 979

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Column: 980

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 981

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 982

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Mandelson

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 983

Column: 984

Points of Order [16 Dec 1998]

4.30 pm
Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Madam Speaker

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

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Madam Speaker

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)

Column: 985

Madam Speaker

Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Madam Speaker

Column: 986

Modernisation of the House [16 Dec 1998]

4.36 pm
Madam Speaker

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)

Column: 987

Madam Speaker

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Madam Speaker

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

Column: 988

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 989

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Column: 990

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Jenkin

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Column: 991

Mrs. Beckett

Caroline Flint (Don Valley)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 992

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 993

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 994

Mr. Winterton

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Hawkins

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 995

Column: 996

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Mrs. Beckett

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 997

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Pike

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 998

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mrs. Beckett

5.18 pm
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Sir George Young

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir George Young

Column: 999

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

Sir George Young

Column: 1000

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

Sir George Young

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Column: 1001

Sir George Young

Helen Jackson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir George Young

Caroline Flint

Sir George Young

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1002

Sir George Young

Column: 1003

Mr. Hawkins

Sir George Young

Mr. Hawkins

Sir George Young

Column: 1004

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

Column: 1005

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Mr. Soley

Column: 1006

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)

Mr. Soley

Mrs. Ann Winterton

Mr. Soley

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Soley

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 1007

Mr. Soley

Column: 1008

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Soley

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Soley

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Soley

Column: 1009

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Soley

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Soley

Column: 1010

5.57 pm
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 1011

Column: 1012

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1013

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tyler

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1014

Mr. Tyler

6.14 pm
Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Column: 1015

Mrs. Ann Winterton

Mr. Sheldon

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Sheldon

Column: 1016

Column: 1017

Column: 1018

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Sheldon

6.32 pm
Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Column: 1019

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1020

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Tyler

Sir Peter Emery

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery

Column: 1021

Dr. Starkey

Sir Peter Emery

Dr. Starkey

Sir Peter Emery

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Sir Peter Emery

Column: 1022

Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)

Sir Peter Emery

Column: 1023

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery

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

Mrs. Ann Winterton

Dr. Starkey

Mrs. Winterton

Column: 1024

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Starkey

Column: 1025

Mr. Sheldon

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Derek Foster

Dr. Starkey

Mrs. Beckett

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1026

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Derek Foster

Dr. Starkey

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Starkey

Column: 1027

Column: 1028

Mr. Deputy Speaker

7.11 pm
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1029

Mr. Winterton

Column: 1030

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Winterton

Column: 1031

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Winterton

Column: 1032

7.31 pm
Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Column: 1033

Column: 1034

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Column: 1035

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Butterfill

Column: 1036

7.48 pm
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Column: 1037

7.53 pm
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Column: 1038

Mr. Derek Foster

Mr. Ivor Caplin (Hove)

Mr. Foster

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gale

Column: 1039

8.1 pm
Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire, Moorlands)

Column: 1040

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Charlotte Atkins

Sir Patrick Cormack

Charlotte Atkins

Column: 1041

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Charlotte Atkins

8.9 pm
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Column: 1042

Column: 1043

Column: 1044

8.19 pm
Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

Column: 1045

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Wyatt

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Wyatt

Column: 1046

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Wyatt

8.25 pm
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Column: 1047

8.29 pm
Sir George Young

Column: 1048

8.38 pm
Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1049

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1050

Division No. 26 (Modernisation of the House) [16 Dec 1998]

Column: 1054

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Division No. 27 (Modernisation of the House) [16 Dec 1998]

Column: 1057

Column: 1058

Division No. 28 (Modernisation of the House) [16 Dec 1998]

Column: 1060

Column: 1153

Business of the House [16 Dec 1998]

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

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1155

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

MMR Vaccine [16 Dec 1998]

9.25 pm
Caroline Flint (Don Valley)

Column: 1061

Column: 1063

A14 (Cambridgeshire) [16 Dec 1998]

9.26 pm
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Column: 1064

Column: 1065

Column: 1066

Column: 1067

Column: 1068

9.48 pm
Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)

Column: 1069

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mrs. Campbell

9.56 pm
Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 1070

Mr. Paice

Mrs. Anne Campbell

Mr. Paice

Column: 1071

Mrs. Campbell

Mr. Paice

Column: 1072

10.7 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Glenda Jackson)

Column: 1073

Column: 1074

Mr. Lansley

Ms Jackson

Column: 1075

Mr. Lansley

Ms Jackson

Column: 1076

Mr. Lansley

Ms Jackson

Column: 1185

Column: 1187


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