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Wednesday 17 Mar 1999

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Column: 1035

Greening Government Initiative [17 Mar 1999]

9.34 am
Mr. John Horam (Orpington)

Column: 1036

Column: 1037

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Horam

Column: 1038

Mr. Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)

Mr. Horam

Column: 1039

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

Column: 1040

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)

Ms Walley

Column: 1041

10.1 am
Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Column: 1042

Column: 1043

Column: 1044

10.12 am
Mr. Paul Truswell (Pudsey)

Column: 1045

Column: 1046

10.16 am
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 1047

10.22 am
Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Column: 1048

Column: 1049

10.30 am
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Column: 1050

Column: 1051

Column: 1052

Mr. Loughton

Mr. Burns

10.43 am
Mrs. Helen Brinton (Peterborough)

Column: 1053

Column: 1054

10.48 am
The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Michael Meacher)

Column: 1055

Mr. Baker

Mr. Meacher

Column: 1056

Column: 1057

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 1058

Maritime and Coastguard Agency [17 Mar 1999]

11 am
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Column: 1059

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mrs. Dunwoody

Column: 1060

Column: 1061

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mrs. Dunwoody

11.16 am
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 1062

Column: 1063

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Wallace

Column: 1064

11.28 am
Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame, South)

Column: 1065

11.33 am
Mrs. Ray Michie (Argyll and Bute)

Column: 1066

Column: 1067

11.40 am
Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby)

Column: 1068

Column: 1069

Column: 1070

11.53 am
Mr. Alan Campbell (Tynemouth)

Column: 1071

Column: 1072

12 noon
Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Column: 1073

12.6 pm
Mr. Joe Benton (Bootle)

12.8 pm
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Column: 1074

12.11 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 1075

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

Column: 1076

Mr. Jenkin

Ms Jackson

Column: 1077

Column: 1078

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 1079

Soccer Grounds (Northern Ireland) [17 Mar 1999]

12.30 pm
Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Column: 1080

Column: 1081

Mr. Clifford Forsythe (South Antrim)

Mr. Ross

Column: 1082

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

Column: 1083

Column: 1084

Column: 1085

Mr. William Ross

Mr. McFall

Column: 1086

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 1087

Suburban Areas [17 Mar 1999]

1 pm
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 1088

Column: 1089

Column: 1090

Column: 1091

Column: 1092

1.18 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Alan Meale)

Column: 1093

Column: 1094

Column: 1095

Column: 1096

Water Charges [17 Mar 1999]

1.30 pm
Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall)

Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)

Mr. Breed

Column: 1097

Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne)

Mr. Breed

Column: 1098

Column: 1099

1.44 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Alan Meale)

Column: 1100

Ms Atherton

Mr. Meale

Column: 1101

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Meale

Column: 1102

Column: 1103

Column: 1104

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 1105

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Mar 1999]

CABINET OFFICE [17 Mar 1999]

Drug-testing Programmes [17 Mar 1999]

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)-- Drug-testing Programmes [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Mrs. Winterton

Dr. Cunningham

Better Regulation Task Force [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)-- Better Regulation Task Force [17 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 1106

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Government Modernisation [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)-- Government Modernisation [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Robathan

Column: 1107

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)

Dr. Cunningham

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Dr. Cunningham

Genetically Modified Foods [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)-- Genetically Modified Foods [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1108

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Mr. Mullin

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 1109

Public Consultation [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Paul Clark (Gillingham)-- Public Consultation [17 Mar 1999]

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)-- Public Consultation [17 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Mr. Clark

Mr. Kilfoyle

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 1110

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Kilfoyle

People's Panel [17 Mar 1999]

Jacqui Smith (Redditch)-- People's Panel [17 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Jacqui Smith

Mr. Kilfoyle

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 1111

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Kilfoyle

Dr. David Clark (South Shields)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Regulations [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)-- Regulations [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Mr. Jack

Dr. Cunningham

Information Technology [17 Mar 1999]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Information Technology [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1112

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Genetically Modified Foods [17 Mar 1999]

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)-- Genetically Modified Foods [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Sir Sydney Chapman

Column: 1113

Dr. Cunningham

Civil Servants [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)-- Civil Servants [17 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kilfoyle

Illegal Drugs [17 Mar 1999]

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)-- Illegal Drugs [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Dr. Turner

Column: 1114

Dr. Cunningham

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)-- Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration [17 Mar 1999]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Dr. Jack Cunningham)

Mr. Pike

Dr. Cunningham

Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Heald

Column: 1115

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1116

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 1117

Mr. Clive Efford (Eltham)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Column: 1118

Mr. Ashdown

The Prime Minister

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1119

The Prime Minister

Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 1120

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1121

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1122

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Column: 1123

The Prime Minister

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)-- Engagements [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1124

The Prime Minister

Column: 1125

Overseas Territories [17 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 1126

Column: 1127

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Column: 1128

Mr. Cook

Column: 1129

Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Marshall

Column: 1130

Mr. Cook

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Cook

Column: 1131

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Mr. Cook

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Mr. Cook

Column: 1132

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

Column: 1133

Mr. Cook

Mr. John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Cook

Column: 1134

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Cook

Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok)

Column: 1135

Mr. Cook

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley)

Column: 1136

Mr. Cook

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Mr. Cook

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Cook

Column: 1137

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Cook

Column: 1138

Iraq [17 Mar 1999]

4.15 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Column: 1139

Leasehold Reform [17 Mar 1999]

4.17 pm
Mr. Gareth Thomas (Clwyd, West)

Column: 1140

Column: 1141

Column: 1142

Orders of the Day [17 Mar 1999]

Tax Credits Bill [17 Mar 1999]

4.28 pm
Madam Speaker

Madam Speaker

Column: 1143

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Column: 1144

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Bercow

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1145

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1146

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Column: 1147

4.45 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Dawn Primarolo

Miss McIntosh

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Bercow

Column: 1148

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Pickles

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1149

Mr. Pickles

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1150

5 pm

Column: 1151

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

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1152

Mr. Webb

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Column: 1153

Mr. Webb

Mrs. Lait

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Lait

Column: 1154

Dawn Primarolo

5.15 pm
Mrs. Lait

Column: 1155

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Column: 1156

Dawn Primarolo

Miss Kirkbride

Dawn Primarolo

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1157

Miss Kirkbride

Dawn Primarolo

Miss Kirkbride

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Deputy Speaker

5.30 pm
Miss Kirkbride

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Webb

Column: 1158

Column: 1159

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1160

Column: 1161

5.45 pm
Mrs. Roche

Mr. Pickles

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1162

Mr. Webb

Division No. 112 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1165

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1166

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1167

Mr. Pickles

Mrs. Roche

6.15 pm

Column: 1168

Mr. Webb

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Pickles

Division No. 113 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1172

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1173

Mr. Webb

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Webb

Column: 1174

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Alan Johnson (Hull, West and Hessle)

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1175

Column: 1176

6.45 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1177

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Webb

Column: 1178

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Mr. Webb

Column: 1179

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Webb

Column: 1180

Mrs. Lait

7 pm

Column: 1181

Mr. Pickles

Mrs. Lait

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

Mrs. Lait

Column: 1182

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Leigh

Column: 1183

7.15 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1184

Mr. Gibb

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Leigh

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1185

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1186

Division No. 114 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1189

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1190

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1191

7.45 pm

Column: 1192

Mr. Webb

Column: 1193

Mr. Syms

Column: 1194

Column: 1195

Mr. Webb

Mr. Syms

8 pm
Mrs. Roche

Column: 1196

Mr. Webb

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Webb

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1197

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1198

Mr. Gibb

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Gibb

Division No. 115 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1201

Column: 1202

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

8.26 pm
Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1203

Mr. Pickles

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1204

Column: 1205

Column: 1206

Miss McIntosh

Dawn Primarolo

8.47 pm
Mr. Pickles

Mr. Collins

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1207

Mr. James Cran (Beverley and Holderness)

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1208

Mr. Webb

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Greg Pope (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Cran

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1209

Mr. Webb

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1210

Column: 1211

9.10 pm
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Column: 1212

Column: 1213

9.18 pm
Mr. Webb

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Webb

Column: 1214

Column: 1215

Column: 1216

Column: 1217

9.32 pm
Miss McIntosh

Column: 1218

9.37 pm
Mr. Collins

Column: 1219

Column: 1220

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Collins

9.45 pm
Mr. Gibb

Column: 1221

Column: 1222

9.52 pm
Mrs. Roche

Column: 1223

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1224

Division No. 116 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1227

Division No. 117 (Tax Credits Bill) [17 Mar 1999]

Column: 1230

Column: 1231

Column: 1232

Rural Services [17 Mar 1999]

10.24 pm
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Column: 1233

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Hayes

Column: 1234

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Hayes

Column: 1235

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Hayes

Column: 1236

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

Column: 1237

Mr. Hayes

Ms Jackson

Column: 1238

Mr. Hayes

Ms Jackson

Column: 1239

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Ms Jackson

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Ms Jackson

Column: 1240

Mr. Hayes


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