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Column: 867

Oral Answers to Questions [16 Mar 1999]

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS [16 Mar 1999]

Spain [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)-- Spain [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Cook

Column: 868

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Howard

Mr. Cook

Iraq [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)-- Iraq [16 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 869

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

Column: 870

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Fatchett

Debt Relief [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Huw Edwards (Monmouth)-- Debt Relief [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)

Mr. Edwards

Column: 871

Mr. Lloyd

India and Pakistan [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)-- India and Pakistan [16 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Gapes

Mr. Fatchett

Sir Raymond Whitney (Wycombe)

Madam Speaker

Column: 872

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Fatchett

Madam Speaker

Mr. Fatchett

Euro Zone [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Euro Zone [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Swayne

Column: 873

Mr. Cook

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

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Cook

Cyprus (EU Accession) [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)-- Cyprus (EU Accession) [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Ms Joyce Quin)

Column: 874

Mr. Evans

Ms Quin

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)

Ms Quin

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Ms Quin

Column: 875

Export Promotion [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Michael J. Foster (Worcester)-- Export Promotion [16 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Foster

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 876

Ethical Foreign Policies [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)-- Ethical Foreign Policies [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Lloyd

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Lloyd

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Column: 877

Mr. Lloyd

Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)

Mr. Lloyd

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Mr. Lloyd

Column: 878

United Nations (Finances) [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)-- United Nations (Finances) [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)

Mr. Jack

Mr. Lloyd

Land Mines [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South)-- Land Mines [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)

Mr. Griffiths

Mr. Lloyd

Column: 879

Chile [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)-- Chile [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Cook

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 880

Mr. Cook

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Mr. Cook

EU Enlargement [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)-- EU Enlargement [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Column: 881

Mr. Thomas

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Trend (Windsor)

Mr. Cook

EU Institutions [16 Mar 1999]

Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)-- EU Institutions [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Ms Joyce Quin)

Column: 882

Ms Squire

Ms Quin

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Ms Quin

EU Enlargement [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)-- EU Enlargement [16 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Ms Joyce Quin)

Column: 883

Mr. Rammell

Ms Quin

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Ms Quin

Mr. Roger Casale (Wimbledon)

Ms Quin

Tibet [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)-- Tibet [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 884

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

Mr. Baker

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)

Mr. Fatchett

Libya [16 Mar 1999]

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)-- Libya [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Column: 885

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Cook

Column: 886

Select Committee Reports [16 Mar 1999]

Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)-- Select Committee Reports [16 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Canavan

Mr. Cook

Column: 887

European Commission [16 Mar 1999]

3.30 pm
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Column: 888

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Column: 889

Column: 890

The Prime Minister

Column: 891

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Column: 892

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Major (Huntingdon)

The Prime Minister

Column: 893

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

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Cash

Madam Speaker

The Prime Minister

Column: 894

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Column: 895

The Prime Minister

Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 896

The Prime Minister

Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)

The Prime Minister

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

The Prime Minister

Column: 897

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Column: 898

The Prime Minister

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

The Prime Minister

Column: 899

Sir Edward Heath (Old Bexley and Sidcup)

The Prime Minister

Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton, South-West)

The Prime Minister

Column: 900

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 901

The Prime Minister

Column: 902

Crime Reduction [16 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 903

Column: 904

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 905

Mr. Straw

Column: 906

Sir Norman Fowler

Mr. Straw

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)

Mr. Straw

Column: 907

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Straw

Column: 908

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Straw

Column: 909

Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Straw

Column: 910

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Straw

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 911

Mr. Straw

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Straw

Column: 912

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

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

Mr. Straw

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Evans

Column: 913

Mr. Straw

Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)

Column: 914

Mr. Straw

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Mr. Straw

Column: 915

Millennium Compliance [16 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 916

Column: 917

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Column: 918

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 919

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

Column: 920

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Column: 921

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 922

Barbara Follett (Stevenage)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 923

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 924

Mr. Chope

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 925

Mr. William Thompson (West Tyrone)

Mrs. Beckett

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 926

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 927

Column: 928

European Commission [16 Mar 1999]

5.50 pm
Mr. William Cash (Stone)

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

Column: 929

Prevention of Delay in Trials [16 Mar 1999]

5.52 pm
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 930

Column: 931

Column: 932

Orders of the Day [16 Mar 1999]

House of Lords Bill [16 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 933

Column: 934

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Davis

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 935

Mr. Tyrie

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 936

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tyrie

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 937

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 938

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

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 939

6.29 pm
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Column: 940

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Fox

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Dr. Fox

Column: 941

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

Dr. Fox

Mrs. Beckett

Dr. Fox

Column: 942

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Dr. Fox

Mrs. Beckett

Dr. Fox

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Column: 943

Dr. Fox

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Dr. Fox

Column: 944

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

Dr. Fox

Column: 945

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Dr. Fox

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Fox

Column: 946

6.53 pm
Mr. Peter Mandelson (Hartlepool)

Column: 947

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Mandelson

Dr. Fox

Column: 948

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Mandelson

Mr. Wells

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Mandelson

Column: 949

Column: 950

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

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 951

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Maclennan

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 952

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 953

7.27 pm
Mr. Gerry Steinberg (City of Durham)

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Steinberg

Column: 954

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Steinberg

Column: 955

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Steinberg

Column: 956

Mr. Fraser

Mr. Steinberg

Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)

Mr. Steinberg

Sir Nicholas Lyell

Column: 957

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. Steinberg

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Steinberg

Column: 958

7.46 pm
Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)

Angela Smith

Column: 959

Sir Nicholas Lyell

Column: 960

Column: 961

7.58 pm
Mr. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central)

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 962

Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fisher

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fisher

Angela Smith

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fisher

Column: 963

Dr. Fox

Mr. Fisher

Column: 964

8.9 pm
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)

Column: 965

Mr. Fallon

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Fallon

Dr. Starkey

Column: 966

Mr. Fallon

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Fallon

Column: 967

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

Column: 968

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Tyrie

Dr. Starkey

Column: 969

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Grieve

Column: 970

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Grieve

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Clark

Dr. Starkey

Column: 971

8.39 pm
Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)

Column: 972

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Alan Clark

Mr. Tyrie

Column: 973

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Tyrie

Column: 974

Column: 975

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tyrie

8.55 pm
Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Column: 976

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Linton

Column: 977

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Linton

Column: 978

Mr. Alan Clark

Mr. Linton

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Linton

Column: 979

Mr. Grieve

Mr. Linton

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Linton

9.11 pm
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 980

Column: 981

Several hon. Members

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

Column: 982

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Tyrie

Column: 983

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Tyrie

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Fisher

Mr. Hoon

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Hoon

Column: 984

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Hoon

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Peter Bradley

Column: 985

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hoon

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Hoon

Column: 986

Dr. Ladyman

Mr. Hoon

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, South)

Mr. Hoon

Sir Nicholas Lyell

Column: 987

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Hoon

Column: 988

9.45 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 989

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Patrick Cormack

Dr. George Turner

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Column: 990

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 991

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Sir Patrick Cormack

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

Division No. 106 (House of Lords Bill) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 994

Column: 995

Division No. 107 (House of Lords Bill) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 998

Column: 999

Prevention of Terrorism [16 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 1000

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Straw

Column: 1001

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Mr. Straw

Column: 1002

Column: 1003

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Column: 1004

Mr. Straw

Column: 1005

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 1006

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Sir Norman Fowler

Column: 1007

10.59 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 1008

11.3 pm
Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Hunter

Column: 1009

Column: 1010

11.15 pm
Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Column: 1011

Column: 1012

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Öpik

11.24 pm
Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)

Column: 1013

Column: 1014

Mr. Hunter

Mr. Maginnis

Column: 1015

11.38 pm
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 1016

11.43 pm
Mr. Straw

Column: 1017

Division No. 108 (Prevention of Terrorism) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 1020

Division No. 109 (Prevention of Terrorism) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 1022

Division No. 110 (Prevention of Terrorism) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 1024

Column: 1025

Division No. 111 (Prevention of Terrorism) [16 Mar 1999]

Column: 1027

Column: 1028

National Stadium (Northern Ireland) [16 Mar 1999]

12.32 am
Mr. John Grogan (Selby)

Column: 1029

Column: 1030

Column: 1031

12.44 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. John McFall)

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

Mr. McFall

Column: 1032

Column: 1033

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Mr. McFall

Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

Mr. McFall

Column: 1034


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