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Tuesday 16 Mar 1999
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Column: 867
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
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
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)
Mr. Edwards
Column: 871
Mr. Lloyd
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
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
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
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Derek Fatchett)
Mr. Foster
Mr. Fatchett
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Fatchett
Column: 876
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
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)
Mr. Jack
Mr. Lloyd
The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Tony Lloyd)
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Lloyd
Column: 879
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
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)
Column: 881
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Cook
Mr. Michael Trend (Windsor)
Mr. Cook
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
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
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
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)
Column: 885
Sir Teddy Taylor
Mr. Cook
Column: 886
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)
Mr. Canavan
Mr. Cook
Column: 887
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
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
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
5.50 pm
Mr. William Cash (Stone)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 929
5.52 pm
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Column: 930
Column: 931
Column: 932
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
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
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