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Tuesday 23 Mar 1999
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Column: 141
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Sam Galbraith)
Mrs. Michie
Mr. Galbraith
Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber)
Column: 142
Mr. Galbraith
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)
Mr. Galbraith
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Mr. Galbraith
Dr. Fox
Mr. Galbraith
Column: 143
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)
Miss Begg
Mr. Dewar
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 144
Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 145
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)
Mr. Donohoe
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 146
The Minister for Education, Scottish Office (Mrs. Helen Liddell)
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Liddell
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)
Mrs. Liddell
Column: 147
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)
Mr. Home Robertson
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Boswell
Column: 148
Mr. Dewar
Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)
Mr. Dewar
Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)
Mr. Dewar
Column: 149
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Calum Macdonald)
Mr. Morgan
Mr. Macdonald
Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)
Mr. Macdonald
Column: 150
The Minister for Home Affairs and Devolution, Scottish Office (Mr. Henry McLeish)
Mrs. McKenna
Mr. McLeish
Mr. James Wallace (Orkney and Shetland)
Mr. McLeish
Column: 151
Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)
Mr. McLeish
Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)
Mr. McLeish
Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)
Column: 152
Mr. McLeish
The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Donald Dewar)
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Dewar
Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston)
Column: 153
Mr. Dewar
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Mr. Dewar
The Minister for Education, Scottish Office (Mrs. Helen Liddell)
Column: 154
Mr. Canavan
Mrs. Liddell
The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Kidney
Column: 155
Mr. Hoon
Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)
Mr. Hoon
Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)
Column: 156
Mr. Hoon
The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Hoon
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Hoon
Dr. Lynda Clark (Edinburgh, Pentlands)
Mr. Hoon
Column: 157
The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Brady
Mr. Hoon
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Mr. Hoon
Column: 158
The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Baker
Mr. Hoon
Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)
Mr. Hoon
Column: 159
The Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Sir Sydney Chapman
Column: 160
Mr. Hoon
Column: 159
Column: 161
3.30 pm
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Column: 162
Column: 163
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
Column: 164
The Prime Minister
Column: 165
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
The Prime Minister
Column: 166
Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)
The Prime Minister
Sir Archie Hamilton (Epsom and Ewell)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Bruce George (Walsall, South)
Column: 167
The Prime Minister
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)
Column: 168
The Prime Minister
Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Column: 169
The Prime Minister
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)
The Prime Minister
Column: 170
Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Column: 171
The Prime Minister
Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)
The Prime Minister
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Column: 172
The Prime Minister
Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)
The Prime Minister
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)
The Prime Minister
Column: 173
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Column: 174
The Prime Minister
Mr. John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead)
The Prime Minister
Column: 175
4.24 pm
Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Column: 176
4.31 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 177
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Mr. Forth
Column: 178
Column: 179
4.38 pm
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Column: 180
4.40 pm
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. Lansley
Column: 181
The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Mr. Lansley
Column: 182
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Lansley
Column: 183
4.53 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 184
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
5 pm
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Column: 185
5.2 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 186
5.5 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Forth
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Forth
Mr. Letwin
Column: 187
5.10 pm
The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Column: 188
Mr. Lansley
Ms Armstrong
Column: 189
Sir Paul Beresford
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Jenkin
Ms Armstrong
Column: 190
Division No. 125 (Local Government Bill [Money] (No. 2)) [23 Mar 1999]
Column: 192
Column: 193
5.33 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Jon Owen Jones)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Jones
Column: 194
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
Mr. Jones
Mr. Curry
Column: 195
Mr. Jones
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)
Mr. Jones
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 196
Mr. Jones
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jones
5.45 pm
Mr. Clive Efford (Eltham)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jones
Column: 197
Mr. Curry
Mr. Jones
Mr. Curry
Mr. Jones
Mr. Curry
Mr. Jones
Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 198
Mr. Jones
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 199
Column: 200
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Column: 201
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 202
Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 203
6.15 pm
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 204
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 205
Mr. Lansley
The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Mr. Jenkin
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 206
Mr. Jenkin
6.30 pm
Jackie Ballard (Taunton)
Mr. Curry
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 207
Mr. Curry
Jackie Ballard
Mr. Curry
Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)
Mr. Curry
Column: 208
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Curry
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Curry
Mr. Lansley
Mr. Curry
Column: 209
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Curry
Ms Keeble
6.45 pm
Mr. Curry
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Mr. Curry
Column: 210
Mr. Fallon
Column: 211
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Mr. Hunter
Column: 212
7 pm
Column: 213
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Forth
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 214
Mr. Forth
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Mr. Forth
Column: 215
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jones
Column: 216
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Jones
Mr. Forth
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Forth
7.15 pm
Column: 217
Column: 218
Mr. Lansley
Column: 219
Column: 220
7.30 pm
Mr. Forth
Mr. Lansley
Column: 221
Column: 222
Mr. Grieve
Column: 223
7.45 pm
Column: 224
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 225
Mr. Jones
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jones
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jones
Column: 226
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Jenkin
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 227
8 pm
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Fallon
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 228
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 229
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 230
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 231
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
8.15 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 232
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 233
Jackie Ballard
Mr. Jenkin
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 234
Mr. Curry
Ms Armstrong
8.30 pm
Mr. Curry
Column: 235
Mr. Gray
Mr. Curry
Mr. Forth
Mr. Curry
Column: 236
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
Column: 237
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Burstow
Column: 238
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)
Mr. Burstow
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Curry
Mr. Letwin
8.45 pm
Mr. Gray
Mr. Letwin
Column: 239
Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)
Mr. Letwin
Ms Keeble
Mr. Letwin
Column: 240
Column: 241
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Letwin
9 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Letwin
Column: 242
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Letwin
Ms Keeble
Mr. Letwin
Column: 243
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 244
Mr. Letwin
Sir Paul Beresford
Column: 245
9.15 pm
Mr. Gray
Column: 246
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gray
Ms Keeble
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gray
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
Column: 247
Mr. Gray
Column: 248
Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)
Mr. Gray
Ms Keeble
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gray
Column: 249
9.30 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Fallon
Mr. Gray
Column: 250
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)
Mr. Waterson
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilshire
Column: 251
Column: 252
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Wilshire
9.45 pm
Column: 253
Column: 254
Mr. Fallon
Column: 255
Mr. Fallon
Column: 256
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Forth
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Forth
Column: 257
Mr. Waterson
Column: 258
10.15 pm
Column: 259
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Alan Meale)
Column: 260
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Meale
Column: 261
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Meale
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Meale
Sir Paul Beresford
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Meale
Column: 262
Division No. 126 (Local Government Bill) [23 Mar 1999]
Column: 265
Mr. Keith Bradley (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household)
10.45 pm
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 266
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gummer
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gummer
Column: 267
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gummer
Column: 268
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)
Column: 269
11 pm
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)
Mr. Bottomley
Mr. Sanders
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Sanders
Column: 270
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Sanders
Mr. Forth
Mr. Field
Mr. Forth
Mr. Field
Mr. Forth
Column: 271
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Forth
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Forth
Mr. Fabricant
Column: 272
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Forth
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Forth
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Forth
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Forth
Column: 273
11.15 pm
Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Field
Mr. Wilshire
Column: 274
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilshire
Column: 275
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Wilshire
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)
Column: 276
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Wilshire
11.30 pm
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Mr. Wilshire
Column: 277
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Peter Bottomley
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 278
Mr. Jenkin
Mrs. Beckett
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Peter Bottomley
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 279
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 280
Mr. Wilshire
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Winterton
Column: 281
Mr. Deputy Speaker
11.45 pm
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Winterton
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Bradley
Column: 282
Division No. 127 (Local Government Bill) [23 Mar 1999]
Column: 285
Division No. 128 (Local Government Bill) [23 Mar 1999]
Column: 288
Column: 289
12.17 am
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 290
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)
Several hon. Members
Mr. Burstow
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Column: 291
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Sir Nicholas Lyell (North-East Bedfordshire)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)
Column: 292
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)
Column: 293
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gummer
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 294
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury)
Column: 295
Mrs. Beckett
Sir George Young
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 296
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 297
12.41 am
Mr. David Atkinson (Bournemouth, East)
Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)
Mr. Atkinson
Column: 298
Column: 299
Column: 300
Column: 301
12.56 am
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Doug Henderson)
Column: 302
Column: 303
Column: 304