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Column: 1193

Oral Answers to Questions [4 Mar 1999]

TREASURY [4 Mar 1999]

Euro [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)-- Euro [4 Mar 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 1194

Mr. Brown

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Mr. Brown

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 1195

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Dr. Cable

Mr. Brown

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Column: 1196

Mr. Brown

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Column: 1197

Mr. Brown

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Brown

Royal National Lifeboat Institution [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)-- Royal National Lifeboat Institution [4 Mar 1999]

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Column: 1198

Mr. Russell

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

Madam Speaker

Column: 1199

Taxation (Married Couples) [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)-- Taxation (Married Couples) [4 Mar 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Milburn

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Milburn

Yvette Cooper (Pontefract and Castleford)

Column: 1200

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Milburn

Capital Gains Tax (Farmers) [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)-- Capital Gains Tax (Farmers) [4 Mar 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Mullin

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Column: 1201

Dawn Primarolo

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

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Dawn Primarolo

Taxation [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby)-- Taxation [4 Mar 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Mr. Wareing

Column: 1202

Mr. Milburn

Madam Speaker

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Column: 1203

Mr. Milburn

Small Businesses [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)-- Small Businesses [4 Mar 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Mr. Sheerman

Mr. Brown

Mr. John Townend (East Yorkshire)

Column: 1204

Mr. Brown

Tax Demands (Self-employed) [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Paul Truswell (Pudsey)-- Tax Demands (Self-employed) [4 Mar 1999]

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Truswell

Mrs. Roche

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 1205

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)

Mrs. Roche

Single Currency [4 Mar 1999]

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)-- Single Currency [4 Mar 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Dr. Lewis

Column: 1206

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)

Column: 1207

Ms Hewitt

Tax Harmonisation [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)-- Tax Harmonisation [4 Mar 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Paterson

Dawn Primarolo

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1208

Mr. John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Dawn Primarolo

Working Families Tax Credit [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)-- Working Families Tax Credit [4 Mar 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Webb

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1209

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Dawn Primarolo

Married Couples Allowance [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)-- Married Couples Allowance [4 Mar 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Mr. Amess

Ms Hewitt

Pensioners [4 Mar 1999]

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)-- Pensioners [4 Mar 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Column: 1210

Helen Jackson

Ms Hewitt

Small Businesses [4 Mar 1999]

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)-- Small Businesses [4 Mar 1999]

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Boswell

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1212

Column: 1213

Iraq [4 Mar 1999]

12.32 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

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

Column: 1214

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1215

Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)

Column: 1216

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1217

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

Column: 1218

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1219

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 1220

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1221

Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1222

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1223

Trade Sanctions (USA) [4 Mar 1999]

1.9 pm
Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)

Column: 1224

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Byers

Column: 1225

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Byers

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

Column: 1226

Mr. Byers

Mr. Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale)

Mr. Byers

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Column: 1227

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)

Mr. Byers

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 1228

Madam Speaker

Miss McIntosh

Mr. Byers

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Column: 1229

Mr. Byers

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1230

Business of the House [4 Mar 1999]

1.34 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

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

Column: 1231

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1232

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1233

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1234

Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Column: 1235

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1236

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1237

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Column: 1238

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Column: 1239

Mr. Tipping

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1240

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Tipping

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

Column: 1241

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Bercow

Column: 1242

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Tipping

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 1243

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1244

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Paterson

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1245

Orders of the Day [4 Mar 1999]

House of Lords Bill [4 Mar 1999]

2.23 pm
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Column: 1246

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Forth

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Forth

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

2.30 pm
Mr. Forth

Column: 1247

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Column: 1248

Mr. Forth

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Heald

Mr. Forth

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Forth

Column: 1249

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Forth

Dr. Turner

Column: 1250

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Dr. Turner

Mr. Swayne

Caroline Flint (Don Valley)

Mr. Swayne

Column: 1251

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Forth

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Forth

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1252

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1253

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Heald

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. Starkey

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Heald

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1254

Dr. Starkey

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. George Turner

3 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. Turner

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1255

Mr. Winnick

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Winnick

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Column: 1256

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Rammell

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Rammell

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1257

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Keith Bradley (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)

The Second Deputy Chairman

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 1258

Mr. Heald

3.15 pm
Mr. Grieve

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Grieve

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

Mr. Grieve

Column: 1259

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Grieve

Column: 1260

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Howarth

Column: 1261

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Howarth

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Caroline Flint

Mr. Howarth

Caroline Flint

Mr. Howarth

Column: 1262

3.30 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Howarth

Dr. Starkey

Column: 1263

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Linton

Mr. Rammell

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Linton

Column: 1264

Mr. Howarth

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Howarth

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Column: 1265

Mr. Howarth

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Howarth

The Chairman

Mr. Heald

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Heald

Column: 1266

3.45 pm
Mr. Howarth

Caroline Flint

Mr. Howarth

Column: 1267

Mr. Gray

Mr. Howarth

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

Mr. Howarth

Column: 1268

Mr. Rammell

The Chairman

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Heald

Column: 1269

Mr. Forth

Mr. Heald

Mr. Forth

Mr. Heald

4 pm

Column: 1270

Mr. Miller

Mr. Heald

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

Mr. Heald

The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Heald

Column: 1271

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1272

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1273

4.15 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tipping

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Tipping

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1274

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Patrick Cormack

The Chairman

Sir Patrick Cormack

The Chairman

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1275

Mr. Peter Temple-Morris (Leominster)

Column: 1276

Mr. Tipping

4.30 pm
Mr. Temple-Morris

Column: 1277

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Temple-Morris

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Temple-Morris

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1278

Mr. Temple-Morris

Mr. Forth

Column: 1279

4.45 pm
Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Column: 1280

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Clappison

Column: 1281

Mr. Fallon

Mr. Temple-Morris

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1282

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Tipping

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Tipping

Column: 1283

Mr. Grieve

5 pm
Mr. Tipping

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1284

Mr. Tipping

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. Fox

The Chairman

Column: 1285

Dr. Fox

Column: 1286

Column: 1287

Mr. Hoon

Dr. Fox

Mr. Fallon

Dr. Fox

Column: 1288

5.15 pm

Column: 1289

Mrs. Beckett

Dr. Fox

Column: 1290

Mr. Fallon

The Chairman

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1291

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fallon

Dr. Fox

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1292

The Chairman

5.30 pm
Mr. Fallon

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Fallon

Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1293

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Fallon

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Fallon

Column: 1294

Mr. Garnier

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Garnier

Column: 1295

Dr. Starkey

5.45 pm
Mr. Garnier

Mr. Letwin

Column: 1296

Mr. Garnier

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Stunell

Mr. Garnier

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

Mr. Garnier

Column: 1297

Mr. Stevenson

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Stevenson

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Brady

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Column: 1298

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

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Rammell

Mr. Garnier

Column: 1299

Mr. Letwin

6 pm
Mr. Garnier

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Taylor

The First Deputy Chairman

Mr. Taylor

The First Deputy Chairman

Mr. Brady

Mr. Garnier

Column: 1300

Mr. Forth

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Stevenson

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Stevenson

Column: 1301

Column: 1302

Mr. Forth

6.15 pm

Column: 1303

Mr. Fallon

Mr. Forth

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Garnier

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1304

Dr. Fox

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1305

Mr. Tyrie

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tyrie

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tyrie

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1306

6.30 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 1307

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Stevenson

Mr. Letwin

Column: 1308

Dr. Fox

Division No. 90 (House of Lords Bill) [4 Mar 1999]

Column: 1311

Column: 1312

Points of Order [4 Mar 1999]

6.53 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

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

Mr. Howard

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. King

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Column: 1313

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. King

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Division No. 91 (Points of Order) [4 Mar 1999]

Column: 1316

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 1317

Division No. 92 (Points of Order) [4 Mar 1999]

Column: 1319

Division No. 93 (Points of Order) [4 Mar 1999]

Column: 1321

Column: 1322

South Downs [4 Mar 1999]

7.34 pm
Mr. David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion)

Column: 1323

Mr. Nicholas Duff [4 Mar 1999]

7.36 pm
Mr. Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West)

Column: 1324

Column: 1325

Column: 1326

7.53 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Column: 1327

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Mr. Bayley

Column: 1328

Mr. Hesford

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Bayley

Column: 1329

Column: 1330

Column: 1329


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