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Thursday 4 Feb 1999

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Column: 1059

Oral Answers to Questions [4 Feb 1999]

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD [4 Feb 1999]

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)

Pesticides [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)-- Pesticides [4 Feb 1999]

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

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1060

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Mr. Rooker

Ms Jean Corston (Bristol, East)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1061

Competitiveness [4 Feb 1999]

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)-- Competitiveness [4 Feb 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)

Dr. Gibson

Mr. Morley

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Mr. Morley

Humanely Reared Meat [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)-- Humanely Reared Meat [4 Feb 1999]

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)

Mr. Mullin

Column: 1062

Mr. Brown

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Brown

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1063

Genetically Modified Foods [4 Feb 1999]

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley)-- Genetically Modified Foods [4 Feb 1999]

Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)-- Genetically Modified Foods [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)-- Genetically Modified Foods [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)-- Genetically Modified Foods [4 Feb 1999]

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

Judy Mallaber

Mr. Rooker

Ms Walley

Column: 1064

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Miller

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Simpson

Column: 1065

Mr. Rooker

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1066

Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1067

Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Mr. Rooker

Imported Meat [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Imported Meat [4 Feb 1999]

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Brown

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Column: 1068

Mr. Brown

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1069

Common Fisheries Policy [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)-- Common Fisheries Policy [4 Feb 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)

Mr. Blizzard

Madam Speaker

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Mr. Morley

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Column: 1070

Mr. Morley

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Mr. Morley

Beef Cattle (Traceability Scheme) [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)-- Beef Cattle (Traceability Scheme) [4 Feb 1999]

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

Mr. Connarty

Column: 1071

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1072

Pig Industry [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)-- Pig Industry [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)-- Pig Industry [4 Feb 1999]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)-- Pig Industry [4 Feb 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)

Mr. Heath

Mr. Morley

Mr. Evans

Mr. Morley

Miss McIntosh

Column: 1073

Mr. Morley

ATTORNEY-GENERAL [4 Feb 1999]

Pro Bono Work [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)-- Pro Bono Work [4 Feb 1999]

The Solicitor-General (Mr. Ross Cranston)

Mr. Chapman

The Solicitor-General

Sentencing [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)-- Sentencing [4 Feb 1999]

The Attorney-General (Mr. John Morris)

Column: 1074

Mr. Mackinlay

The Attorney-General

Mr. Mackinlay

The Attorney-General

Crown Prosecution Service [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Kerry Pollard (St. Albans)-- Crown Prosecution Service [4 Feb 1999]

The Attorney-General

Mr. Pollard

Column: 1075

The Attorney-General

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

The Attorney-General

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

The Attorney-General

Column: 1076

Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)

The Attorney-General

Prosecutions (Juveniles) [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)-- Prosecutions (Juveniles) [4 Feb 1999]

The Solicitor-General

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1077

The Solicitor-General

Mr. David Lock (Wyre Forest)

The Solicitor-General

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD [4 Feb 1999]

[4 Feb 1999]

Madam Speaker

Beef on the Bone [4 Feb 1999]

Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)-- Beef on the Bone [4 Feb 1999]

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)

Column: 1078

Mr. Chapman

Mr. Brown

Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Column: 1079

Mr. Brown

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

Column: 1080

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Brown

Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Brown

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

Column: 1081

Mr. Brown

Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Mr. Brown

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1082

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Mr. Brown

Madam Speaker

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Brown

Mr. William Thompson (West Tyrone)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1083

Business of the House [4 Feb 1999]

12.53 pm
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

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

Sir George Young

Column: 1084

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1085

Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston)

Column: 1086

Madam Speaker

Mr. Clarke

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Lawrence Cunliffe (Leigh)

Column: 1087

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mrs. Beckett

Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)

Mrs. Beckett

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Column: 1088

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1089

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Column: 1090

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Column: 1091

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 1092

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1103

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1105

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1093

Column: 1095

Orders of the Day [4 Feb 1999]

Police [4 Feb 1999]

1.28 pm
The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. Boateng

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1096

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Boateng

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Boateng

Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1097

Sir David Madel

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1098

Column: 1099

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

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Beith

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Vernon Coaker (Gedling)

Column: 1100

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1101

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Boateng

Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1102

Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1103

Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1104

Mr. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent, South)

Mr. Boateng

Column: 1105

2.12 pm
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Mr. Boateng

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1106

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1107

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Sir Norman Fowler

Angela Smith

Sir Norman Fowler

Angela Smith

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Mike Hall (Weaver Vale)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1108

Mr. Boateng

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Boateng

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

Sir Norman Fowler

Ms Lawrence

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1109

Ms Lawrence

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1110

Column: 1111

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Sir Norman Fowler

2.35 pm
Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)

Column: 1112

Column: 1113

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Davies

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Davies

2.44 pm
Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)

Column: 1114

Column: 1115

Column: 1116

2.53 pm
Ms Hazel Blears (Salford)

Column: 1117

Column: 1118

Column: 1119

3.6 pm
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Column: 1120

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Allan

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Allan

Column: 1121

Mr. Brake

Mr. Allan

Column: 1122

Column: 1123

3.17 pm
Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Maria Eagle

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Maria Eagle

Column: 1124

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Maria Eagle

Column: 1125

3.25 pm
Mr. John Horam (Orpington)

Column: 1126

Column: 1127

3.33 pm
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 1128

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Greenway

Column: 1129

Column: 1130

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Greenway

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

Mr. Greenway

3.47 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Kate Hoey)

Column: 1131

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Kate Hoey

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 1132

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Kate Hoey

Mr. Allan

Kate Hoey

Column: 1133

Column: 1134

Division No. 57 (Police) [4 Feb 1999]

Column: 1137

Column: 1138

Local Government Finance [4 Feb 1999]

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

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

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Column: 1139

Mr. Prescott

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 1140

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Column: 1141

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 1142

Column: 1143

Mr. Allan

Mr. Prescott

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 1144

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Prescott

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Mr. Prescott

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

Column: 1145

Mr. Prescott

4.36 pm
Mrs. Gillian Shephard (South-West Norfolk)

Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage)

Column: 1146

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Shephard

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1147

Mr. Prescott

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Prescott

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central)

Column: 1148

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Michael J. Foster (Worcester)

Mrs. Shephard

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Baldry

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1149

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. Prescott

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1150

Mr. David Lock (Wyre Forest)

Mrs. Shephard

Mr. David Watts (St. Helens, North)

Mrs. Shephard

Column: 1151

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mrs. Shephard

4.57 pm
Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)

Column: 1152

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1153

5.7 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 1154

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)

Mr. Curry

Mr. Willis

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Mr. Curry

Column: 1155

Column: 1156

5.16 pm
Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Column: 1157

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Marshall

Column: 1158

5.26 pm
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Burstow

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Burstow

Column: 1159

Mr. Barry Gardiner (Brent, North)

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Burstow

Column: 1160

Column: 1161

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Burstow

Jackie Ballard (Taunton)

Mr. Burstow

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Column: 1162

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Burstow

Column: 1163

5.41 pm
Mr. David Watts (St. Helens, North)

Column: 1164

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Watts

Column: 1165

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Watts

5.50 pm
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

Column: 1166

The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)

Sir Paul Beresford

Column: 1167

5.58 pm
Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Column: 1168

Column: 1169

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Column: 1170

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Taylor

Mr. McLoughlin

Column: 1171

Ms Armstrong

Mr. McLoughlin

Ms Armstrong

Mr. McLoughlin

6.16 pm
Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

Column: 1172

Column: 1173

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Twigg

6.24 pm
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 1174

Column: 1175

6.30 pm
Mr. Tony Clarke (Northampton, South)

Column: 1176

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Gardiner

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

6.36 pm
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Column: 1177

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Love

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Love

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1178

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1179

6.45 pm
The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)

Column: 1180

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Ms Armstrong

Jackie Ballard

Column: 1181

Ms Armstrong

Mrs. Shephard

Ms Armstrong

Mrs. Shephard

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1182

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Gardiner

Ms Armstrong

Column: 1183

Division No. 58 (Local Government Finance) [4 Feb 1999]

Column: 1186

National Lottery [4 Feb 1999]

Division No. 59 (National Lottery) [4 Feb 1999]

Column: 1189

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Sir Peter Emery

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1190

Motorway Bridges [4 Feb 1999]

7.24 pm
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Cohen

Column: 1191

Column: 1192

Column: 1193

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

Column: 1194

Column: 1195

Column: 1195

Mr. Cohen

Ms Glenda Jackson

Column: 1195


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