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Wednesday 3 Feb 1999

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Column: 843

Genetically Modified Food [3 Feb 1999]

9.33 am
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)

Column: 844

Mr. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion)

Column: 845

Ms Walley

Column: 846

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Ms Walley

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Ms Walley

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Column: 847

Ms Walley

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Ms Walley

Mr. Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh)

Column: 848

Ms Walley

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Ms Walley

Column: 849

Column: 850

Column: 851

Column: 852

10.7 am
Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Column: 853

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Steen

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Steen

10.14 am
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford)

Column: 854

Column: 855

Dr. Lynne Jones

Joan Ruddock

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Joan Ruddock

Dr. Gibson

Joan Ruddock

Column: 856

10.26 am
Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Column: 857

Dr. Gibson

Mr. Baker

Column: 858

10.33 am
Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Column: 859

Dr. Gibson

Mr. Colman

10.38 am
Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Column: 860

10.40 am
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Column: 861

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Yeo

Column: 862

10.49 am
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Column: 863

Column: 864

Mr. Alan Simpson

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 865

London Fire Service [3 Feb 1999]

11 am
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 866

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Column: 867

Dr. Cable

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Dr. Cable

Column: 868

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

Dr. Cable

Column: 869

11.18 am
Dr. Rudi Vis (Finchley and Golders Green)

Column: 870

Column: 871

11.28 am
Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)

Column: 872

Column: 873

Column: 874

11.37 am
Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

11.41 am
Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)

Column: 875

Ms Linda Perham (Ilford, North)

Column: 876

Mr. Cryer

11.48 am
Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)

Column: 877

Mrs. Eileen Gordon (Romford)

Mr. Darvill

Column: 878

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Darvill

Column: 879

Column: 880

12.2 pm
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 881

Mr. Clive Efford (Eltham)

Mr. McDonnell

Column: 882

12.10 pm
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 883

Mr. Efford

Mr. Greenway

Column: 884

Column: 885

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

Column: 886

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

Column: 887

The Muslim World [3 Feb 1999]

12.30 pm
Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)

Column: 888

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Derek Fatchett)

Mr. Galloway

Column: 889

Column: 890

12.44 pm
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Derek Fatchett)

Column: 891

Mr. Galloway

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 892

Mr. Galloway

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 893

Column: 894

Column: 895

Elderly (West Sussex) [3 Feb 1999]

12.59 pm
Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)

Column: 896

Column: 897

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Mr. Loughton

Column: 898

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

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

Mr. Bottomley

Column: 899

Mr. Deputy Speaker

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

1.14 pm
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

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

Column: 900

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Loughton

Column: 901

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Hutton

Column: 902

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Hutton

Column: 903

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 904

Chemical Engineering Education [3 Feb 1999]

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

Column: 905

Column: 906

Column: 907

Dr. Michael Clark (Rayleigh)

Column: 908

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. George Mudie)

1.45 pm
Dr. Michael Clark (Rayleigh)

1.46 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. George Mudie)

Column: 909

Column: 910

Column: 911

Column: 912

Column: 913

Oral Answers to Questions [3 Feb 1999]

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [3 Feb 1999]

Tobacco Control [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion)-- Tobacco Control [3 Feb 1999]

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

Mr. Dafis

Mr. Foulkes

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 914

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Mr. Foulkes

Aid (EU) [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Aid (EU) [3 Feb 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Swayne

Column: 915

Clare Short

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Clare Short

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Clare Short

Mr. Wilkinson

Clare Short

Column: 916

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Clare Short

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Clare Short

Mr. Streeter

Clare Short

Column: 917

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Clare Short

Montserrat [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)-- Montserrat [3 Feb 1999]

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

Mr. Chapman

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 918

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Foulkes

Sudan [3 Feb 1999]

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)-- Sudan [3 Feb 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Ann Clwyd

Clare Short

Column: 919

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Clare Short

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

Clare Short

Column: 920

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Clare Short

International Financial Institutions [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton)-- International Financial Institutions [3 Feb 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Dobbin

Clare Short

Column: 921

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Clare Short

Caribbean (Crop Diversification) [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)-- Caribbean (Crop Diversification) [3 Feb 1999]

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

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 922

Debt Relief [3 Feb 1999]

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)-- Debt Relief [3 Feb 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mrs. Fyfe

Clare Short

Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Taylor

The Prime Minister

Column: 923

Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Angela Smith (Basildon)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 924

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 925

The Prime Minister

Sir Archie Hamilton (Epsom and Ewell)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Column: 926

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 927

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

The Prime Minister

Column: 928

Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame, South)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

The Prime Minister

Column: 929

Mr. John Home Robertson (East Lothian)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Column: 930

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Column: 931

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)-- Engagements [3 Feb 1999]

The Prime Minister

Column: 932

Column: 933

Insolvency Act 1986 (Amendment) [3 Feb 1999]

3.30 pm
Mr. Richard Page (South-West Hertfordshire)

Column: 934

Column: 935

Column: 936

Pensions [3 Feb 1999]

Madam Speaker

3.40 pm
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford, South)

Column: 937

Mr. Duncan Smith

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Column: 938

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Column: 939

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 940

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Webb

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Ms Stuart

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 941

Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Ms Stuart

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 942

Kali Mountford

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 943

Column: 944

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Mr. Duncan Smith

Ms Stuart

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 945

Column: 946

4.13 pm
The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Column: 947

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Darling

Mr. Butterfill

Column: 948

Mr. Darling

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Darling

Column: 949

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Darling

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Darling

Column: 950

Mr. Burnett

Mr. Darling

Column: 951

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Darling

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Darling

Mr. Davies

Mr. Darling

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 952

Mr. Darling

Column: 953

Column: 954

Mr. Quentin Davies

Column: 955

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Davies

Mr. Deputy Speaker

4.42 pm
Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Column: 956

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Webb

Mr. Rendel

Column: 957

Mr. Webb

Column: 958

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Mr. Webb

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Webb

Column: 959

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Webb

Kali Mountford

Mr. Webb

Column: 960

Mr. Viggers

Mr. Webb

Kali Mountford

Mr. Webb

Column: 961

5.2 pm
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Field

Column: 962

Column: 963

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Field

Mr. Malcolm Wicks (Croydon, North)

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Mr. Field

Column: 964

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Field

Column: 965

5.18 pm
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Column: 966

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Viggers

Column: 967

5.27 pm
Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford, South)

Column: 968

Mr. Viggers

Mr. Sutcliffe

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 969

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 970

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 971

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Sutcliffe

5.42 pm
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 972

Column: 973

Column: 974

5.54 pm
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Column: 975

Column: 976

6.2 pm
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Column: 977

Mr. Field

Miss Kirkbride

Dr. George Turner

Miss Kirkbride

Column: 978

Mr. Leigh

Column: 979

Miss Kirkbride

6.14 pm
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)

Column: 980

Mr. Rendel

Kali Mountford

Column: 981

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Kali Mountford

6.24 pm
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Column: 982

Mr. Field

Column: 983

Mr. Leigh

6.30 pm
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Darling

Column: 984

Mr. Davies

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Davies

Column: 985

Column: 986

Column: 987

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Davies

6.45 pm
The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)

Column: 988

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Timms

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Timms

Column: 989

Column: 990

Mr. Quentin Davies

Mr. Timms

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Timms

Column: 991

Division No. 54 (Pensions) [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 995

Column: 996

Planning [3 Feb 1999]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

7.13 pm
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mr. Burns

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Column: 997

Mr. Burns

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

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Burns

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Burns

Mr. Raynsford

Hon. Members

Mr. Gummer

Mr. Burns

Mr. Gummer

Column: 998

Mr. Burns

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Burns

Column: 999

Barbara Follett (Stevenage)

Mr. Burns

Barbara Follett

Mr. Burns

Mr. Gummer

Mr. Burns

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Mr. Burns

Column: 1000

Column: 1001

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

Mr. Burns

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Burns

Column: 1002

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

Column: 1003

Column: 1004

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Raynsford

Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Mr. Raynsford

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Column: 1005

Mr. Raynsford

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Burns

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1006

Mr. Burns

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1007

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1008

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1009

Column: 1010

8.3 pm
Mr. Matthew Taylor (Truro and St. Austell)

Column: 1011

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1012

Column: 1013

Column: 1014

Mr. Gray

Mr. Taylor

Column: 1015

Mr. Keith Vaz (Leicester, East)

Column: 1016

Mr. Matthew Taylor

Mr. Vaz

Column: 1017

Column: 1018

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Mr. Soames

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Soames

Column: 1019

Column: 1020

8.41 pm
Mr. Colin Pickthall (West Lancashire)

Column: 1021

Column: 1022

Column: 1023

Column: 1024

8.54 pm
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)

Column: 1025

Mr. Gray

Barbara Follett

Mr. Gray

Column: 1026

Mr. Drew

Mr. Gray

Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)

Mr. Gray

Column: 1027

Ms Drown

Mr. Gray

9.7 pm
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Column: 1028

Column: 1029

Column: 1030

9.17 pm
Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)

Column: 1031

Mr. Drew

Mr. Norman

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)

Mr. Norman

Column: 1032

Column: 1033

9.29 pm
Barbara Follett (Stevenage)

Mr. Heald

Column: 1034

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

Barbara Follett

Mr. Blunt

Barbara Follett

Column: 1035

9.37 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Curry

Column: 1036

Column: 1037

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Curry

Column: 1038

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

Column: 1039

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1040

Mr. Caborn

Mr. Matthew Taylor

Mr. Caborn

Column: 1041

Mr. James Arbuthnot (North-East Hampshire)

Division No. 55 (Planning) [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 1044

Division No. 56 (Planning) [3 Feb 1999]

Column: 1048

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

Column: 1049

Hospitalfield, Arbroath [3 Feb 1999]

10.25 pm
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)

Column: 1050

Education Services (Somerset) [3 Feb 1999]

10.26 pm
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Heath

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Column: 1051

Mr. Heath

Column: 1052

Jackie Ballard (Taunton)

Mr. Heath

Column: 1053

Column: 1054

The Minister for School Standards (Ms Estelle Morris)

Column: 1055

Mr. David Heath

Column: 1056

Ms Morris

Mr. Heath

Ms Morris

Mr. Heath

Ms Morris

Column: 1057

Column: 1058


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