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Wednesday 24 Mar 1999

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Column: 305

Transport (Eastern Region) [24 Mar 1999]

9.33 am
Mr. Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North)

Column: 306

Column: 307

Column: 308

9.42 am
Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 309

Column: 310

9.53 am
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Column: 311

Mr. Moss

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 312

Column: 313

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Blizzard

10.5 am
Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Column: 314

Mr. Burns

Mr. Baker

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Baker

10.9 am
Miss Melanie Johnson (Welwyn Hatfield)

Column: 315

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Miss Johnson

Column: 316

Column: 317

10.19 am
Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Mr. Anthony D. Wright (Great Yarmouth)

Mr. Simpson

Column: 318

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Simpson

10.24 am
Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)

Column: 319

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mrs. Campbell

Column: 320

10.34 am
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Column: 321

10.37 am
Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 322

10.41 am
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 323

Mr. Hopkins

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 324

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 325

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

Mr. Keith Simpson

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

Ms Jackson

Column: 326

Column: 327

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 328

Metropolitan Police Budget [24 Mar 1999]

11 am
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Column: 329

Column: 330

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Mr. Davey

Column: 331

Column: 332

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Davey

Column: 333

Column: 334

11.21 am
Mr. John Horam (Orpington)

Column: 335

Column: 336

Dr. Tonge

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

Mr. Horam

Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)

Mr. Horam

Column: 337

11.32 am
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 338

Column: 339

11.41 am
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 340

Mr. Fitzpatrick

Mr. Hughes

Column: 341

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Hughes

Column: 342

Column: 343

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Greenway

Column: 344

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Greenway

Column: 345

Column: 346

Column: 347

12.12 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Kate Hoey)

Mr. Simon Hughes

Kate Hoey

Column: 348

Column: 349

Mr. Hughes

Kate Hoey

Column: 350

Column: 351

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 352

Noise Levels (Work) [24 Mar 1999]

12.30 pm
Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

Column: 353

Column: 354

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

Column: 355

Column: 356

Column: 357

Column: 358

Column: 359

Teenage Pregnancy [24 Mar 1999]

1 pm
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Column: 360

Mrs. Teresa Gorman (Billericay)

Dr. Tonge

Column: 361

Column: 362

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Dr. Tonge

1.16 pm
The Minister for Public Health (Ms Tessa Jowell)

Column: 363

Mr. Alan Johnson (Hull, West and Hessle)

Ms Jowell

Dr. Tonge

Column: 364

Ms Jowell

Mrs. Gorman

Ms Jowell

Column: 365

Mrs. Gorman

Ms Jowell

Mrs. Gorman

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Ms Jowell

Column: 366

Al Shifa Factory [24 Mar 1999]

1.29 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 367

Column: 368

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

Column: 369

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Dalyell

Column: 370

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 371

Mr. Michael Trend (Windsor)

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Trend

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 372

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Fatchett

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Fatchett

Column: 373

Column: 374

Column: 375

Oral Answers to Questions [24 Mar 1999]

NORTHERN IRELAND [24 Mar 1999]

Enterprise Support [24 Mar 1999]

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)-- Enterprise Support [24 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Quinn

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Roger Stott (Wigan)

Column: 376

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

Mr. Ingram

Equality Commission [24 Mar 1999]

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)-- Equality Commission [24 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mrs. Fyfe

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

Column: 377

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)

Marjorie Mowlam

Accident and Emergency Services [24 Mar 1999]

Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)-- Accident and Emergency Services [24 Mar 1999]

Column: 378

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

Mr. McWalter

Mr. McFall

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. McFall

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down)

Column: 379

Mr. McFall

Peace Process [24 Mar 1999]

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)-- Peace Process [24 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. Connarty

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 380

Mr. David Trimble (Upper Bann)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Column: 381

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Andrew MacKay (Bracknell)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 382

Mr. MacKay

Marjorie Mowlam

Crime [24 Mar 1999]

Ms Joan Ryan (Enfield, North)-- Crime [24 Mar 1999]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Ms Ryan

Mr. Ingram

Column: 383

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 384

Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. John Prescott)

Mr. George

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 385

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Lilley

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Alan Johnson (Hull, West and Hessle)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

Column: 386

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Paddy Ashdown (Yeovil)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Ashdown

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Derek Foster (Bishop Auckland)

Column: 387

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Angela Smith (Basildon)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Lilley

Column: 388

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Lilley

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 389

Mr. Lilley

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 390

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 391

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Madam Speaker

Mr. Fraser

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Mackinlay

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 392

Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)-- Engagements [24 Mar 1999]

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 393

Points of Order [24 Mar 1999]

3.32 pm
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Madam Speaker

Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Madam Speaker

Column: 394

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

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

Mr. Benn

Madam Speaker

Mr. Benn

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Madam Speaker

Column: 395

Column: 396

Pensions (Amendment) [24 Mar 1999]

3.39 pm
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Mackinlay

Column: 397

Column: 398

Column: 399

Orders of the Day [24 Mar 1999]

Local Government Bill (Allocation of Time) [24 Mar 1999]

3.47 pm
The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)

Column: 400

3.51 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

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

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 401

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Jenkin

3.56 pm
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Column: 402

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Hogg

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Hogg

4 pm
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Column: 403

4.1 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 404

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 405

4.8 pm
Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Division No. 129 (Local Government Bill (Allocation of Time)) [24 Mar 1999]

Column: 409

Column: 410

Column: 411

Local Government Bill [24 Mar 1999]

4.23 pm
Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley)

Madam Speaker

Column: 412

Sir Paul Beresford

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Column: 413

Sir Paul Beresford

4.30 pm

Column: 414

Column: 415

Column: 416

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Sir Paul Beresford

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Column: 417

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Gray

Mr. Sanders

4.45 pm

Column: 418

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Column: 419

Mr. Gray

Mr. Waterson

The Minister for Local Government and Housing (Ms Hilary Armstrong)

Mr. Waterson

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Waterson

Column: 420

Sir Paul Beresford

Mr. Waterson

Column: 421

5 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Waterson

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Waterson

Column: 422

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Waterson

Column: 423

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Waterson

Column: 424

5.15 pm

Column: 425

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Chope

Column: 426

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Column: 427

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Letwin

Column: 428

5.30 pm
Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Mr. Letwin

Ms Armstrong

Column: 429

Mr. Sanders

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Swayne

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Swayne

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Burstow

Column: 430

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Sanders

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Sanders

Ms Armstrong

Column: 431

5.45 pm
Sir Paul Beresford

Ms Armstrong

Column: 432

Mr. Waterson

Ms Armstrong

Sir Paul Beresford

Ms Armstrong

Column: 433

Mr. Burstow

Ms Armstrong

Sir Paul Beresford

Ms Armstrong

Column: 434

Sir Paul Beresford

Ms Armstrong

Column: 435

6 pm
Mr. Gray

Column: 436

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Ms Armstrong

Sir Paul Beresford

Division No. 130 (Local Government Bill) [24 Mar 1999]

Column: 440

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hayes

Column: 441

Column: 442

Column: 443

6.30 pm
Mr. Burstow

Column: 444

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

Column: 445

Column: 446

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Meale

Column: 447

6.45 pm
Mr. Swayne

Mr. Meale

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Burstow

Column: 448

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Meale

Mr. Hayes

Column: 449

Mr. Meale

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Meale

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

Mr. Meale

Mr. Hayes

Column: 450

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 451

7 pm

Column: 452

Jackie Ballard (Taunton)

Mr. Jenkin

Jackie Ballard

Ms Armstrong

Jackie Ballard

Column: 453

Mr. Lansley

Column: 454

7.15 pm

Column: 455

Dr. Whitehead

Column: 456

Ms Armstrong

Column: 457

7.30 pm

Column: 458

Mr. Lansley

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 459

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 460

Mr. Waterson

Column: 461

7.45 pm

Column: 462

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Sanders

Column: 463

Mr. Lansley

Column: 464

Ms Armstrong

8 pm

Column: 465

Column: 466

Mr. Chope

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Chope

Column: 467

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Armstrong

Column: 468

8.15 pm

Column: 469

Column: 470

Column: 471

Mr. Waterson

Ms Armstrong

Column: 472

8.30 pm
Mr. Waterson

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 473

Mr. Burstow

Column: 474

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Jon Owen Jones)

Column: 475

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Jenkin

Ms Armstrong

Column: 476

Column: 477

Column: 478

Division No. 131 (Local Government Bill) [24 Mar 1999]

Column: 482

Column: 483

Kosovo [24 Mar 1999]

9.5 pm
The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. John Prescott)

Column: 484

Column: 485

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 486

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 487

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 488

Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 489

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Bruce George (Walsall, South)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton)

Column: 490

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Column: 491

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 492

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 493

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby)

Column: 494

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Wareing

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Wareing

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 495

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Madam Speaker

Madam Speaker

Column: 496

Madam Speaker

Mr. David Hanson (Delyn)

Madam Speaker

Royal Hospital Haslar [24 Mar 1999]

9.53 pm
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Viggers

Column: 497

Column: 498

Branded drugs [24 Mar 1999]

9.55 pm
Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Column: 499

Mr. Bradley

Dr. Howard Stoate (Dartford)

Mr. Bradley

Column: 500

Dr. Stoate

Mr. Bradley

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Bradley

Column: 501

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Bradley

Column: 502

Column: 503

10.18 pm
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. John Denham)

Column: 504

Column: 505

Column: 506


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