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Tuesday 30 Mar 1999

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Column: 841

Oral Answers to Questions [30 Mar 1999]

HEALTH [30 Mar 1999]

Primary Care Groups [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)-- Primary Care Groups [30 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Frank Dobson)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Dobson

Mr. David Hinchliffe (Wakefield)

Column: 842

Mr. Dobson

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)

Mr. Dobson

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Dobson

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Mr. Dobson

Column: 843

Bed Blocking [30 Mar 1999]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)-- Bed Blocking [30 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Hutton)

Dr. Cable

Mr. Hutton

Accident and Emergency Services [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Accident and Emergency Services [30 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Frank Dobson)

Column: 844

Mr. Cunningham

Mr. Dobson

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Mr. Dobson

Mr. Bruce Grocott (Telford)

Mr. Dobson

Madam Speaker

Mr. Dobson

Column: 845

Beta Interferon [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)-- Beta Interferon [30 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Denham

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Denham

Column: 846

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Denham

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Denham

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Denham

Children's Services [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Denis Murphy (Wansbeck)-- Children's Services [30 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Hutton)

Column: 847

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Lansley

Mr. Hutton

Miss Melanie Johnson (Welwyn Hatfield)

Mr. Hutton

Column: 848

Nurse Shortages [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)-- Nurse Shortages [30 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Frank Dobson)

Mr. George

Mr. Dobson

Laura Moffatt (Crawley)

Mr. Dobson

Column: 849

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)

Mr. Dobson

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Dobson

Newbury Hospital [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)-- Newbury Hospital [30 Mar 1999]

Column: 850

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

Mr. Rendel

Mr. Denham

Waiting Lists [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)-- Waiting Lists [30 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Denham

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Column: 851

Mr. Denham

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Ivan Lewis (Bury, South)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

Column: 852

Mr. Denham

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Mr. Denham

Column: 853

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)-- Waiting Lists [30 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Denham

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Mr. Denham

Health Professions (Regulation) [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Phil Sawford (Kettering)-- Health Professions (Regulation) [30 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 854

Mr. Sawford

Mr. Denham

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mr. Denham

Mr. John Heppell (Nottingham, East)

Column: 855

Mr. Denham

Madam Speaker

Mr. Denham

Regional Specialist Units (Hillingdon) [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)-- Regional Specialist Units (Hillingdon) [30 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Health (Mr. Frank Dobson)

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Dobson

Column: 856

Mr. Tony McNulty (Harrow, East)

Mr. Dobson

Social Work [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)-- Social Work [30 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Mr. John Hutton)

Mr. Thomas

Mr. Hutton

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Mr. Hutton

Column: 857

Smokers (Health Care Charges) [30 Mar 1999]

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)-- Smokers (Health Care Charges) [30 Mar 1999]

The Minister for Public Health (Ms Tessa Jowell)

Mr. Sheerman

Ms Jowell

Column: 858

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Ms Jowell

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Ms Jowell

Column: 857

Column: 859

Modernising Government [30 Mar 1999]

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

Column: 860

Column: 861

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Column: 862

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 863

Column: 864

Dr. David Clark (South Shields)

Dr. Cunningham

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

Column: 865

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Rhodri Morgan (Cardiff, West)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Column: 866

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)

Dr. Cunningham

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 867

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Dr. Cunningham

Dr. Lewis Moonie (Kirkcaldy)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 868

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 869

Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester)

Dr. Cunningham

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 870

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Dr. Cunningham

Column: 871

Points of Order [30 Mar 1999]

4.15 pm
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Column: 872

Sexual Offences (Anonymity of Defendants) [30 Mar 1999]

4.16 pm
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Column: 873

Column: 874

Column: 875

Orders of the Day [30 Mar 1999]

Employment Relations Bill [30 Mar 1999]

4.26 pm
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 876

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

4.30 pm
Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 877

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 878

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Column: 879

4.45 pm
Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)

Column: 880

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 881

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 882

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 883

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Redwood

Column: 884

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Redwood

5 pm

Column: 885

Mr. Byers

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Column: 886

Mr. Redwood

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Redwood

Column: 887

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Redwood

Column: 888

5.15 pm

Column: 889

Mr. Bercow

Column: 890

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Bercow

Column: 891

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Column: 892

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

5.30 pm
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 893

Column: 894

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 895

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Bercow

Column: 896

5.45 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Column: 897

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Column: 898

Mr. Wilkinson

Column: 899

6 pm
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 900

Column: 901

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Gill

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Byers

Column: 902

Mr. Fabricant

6.15 pm

Column: 903

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 904

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 905

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Ian Bruce

Column: 906

Miss Kirkbride

6.30 pm
Mr. Bercow

Column: 907

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Bercow

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Brady

Column: 908

Mr. Bercow

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

Mr. Brady

Column: 909

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Brady

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Column: 910

6.45 pm
Mr. Byers

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 911

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Byers

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Byers

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Mr. Redwood

Column: 912

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 913

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Byers

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Redwood

Column: 914

7 pm
Mr. Bercow

Column: 915

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Redwood

Column: 916

Division No. 133 (Employment Relations Bill) [30 Mar 1999]

Column: 920

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Boswell

Column: 921

Column: 922

7.30 pm

Column: 923

Column: 924

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Column: 925

Mr. Boswell

7.45 pm
Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Sayeed

Column: 926

Mr. Ian Bruce

Column: 927

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Byers

Column: 928

8 pm
Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Byers

Column: 929

Mr. Boswell

Column: 930

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 931

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 932

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 933

Mr. Brady

8.15 pm
Mr. Chidgey

Column: 934

Mr. Brady

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Brady

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 935

Mr. Brian Cotter (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 936

Column: 937

8.30 pm
Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 938

Mr. Healey

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Healey

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Healey

Column: 939

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 940

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)

Column: 941

8.45 pm
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Mr. Marsden

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 942

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 943

9 pm
Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Column: 944

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Borrow

Column: 945

Mr. Brady

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brady

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brady

Column: 946

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Brady

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 947

Mr. Brady

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Brady

Column: 948

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Cotter

Column: 949

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Cotter

Column: 950

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

9.30 pm

Column: 951

Column: 952

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 953

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Boswell

Column: 954

9.45 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Michael Wills)

Column: 955

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Wills

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Wills

Column: 956

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Wills

Column: 957

Dr. Harris

Mr. Wills

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Wills

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Wills

Column: 958

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Mr. Chidgey

Division No. 134 (Employment Relations Bill) [30 Mar 1999]

Column: 961

Column: 962

Division No. 135 (Employment Relations Bill) [30 Mar 1999]

Column: 964

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 965

Mr. Redwood

Column: 966

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

10.30 pm
Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 967

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Soames

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Soames

Mr. Redwood

Column: 968

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Redwood

Column: 969

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Mike Hall (Weaver Vale)

Mr. Redwood

Column: 970

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Redwood

10.45 pm
Mr. Sayeed

Column: 971

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Barry Gardiner (Brent, North)

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 972

Mr. Wills

Column: 973

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Wills

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Wills

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Wills

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Wills

Mr. Boswell

Column: 974

Division No. 136 (Employment Relations Bill) [30 Mar 1999]

Column: 977

Column: 978

11.15 pm
Mr. Brady

Column: 979

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brady

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

Mr. Brady

Mr. Ian Bruce

Column: 980

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Bruce

Column: 981

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Bruce

11.30 pm
Mr. Wills

Column: 982

Mr. Brady

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Brady

Column: 983

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Boswell

Column: 984

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Campbell-Savours

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Boswell

Mrs. Fyfe

Column: 985

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

11.45 pm
Mr. Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 986

Mr. Byers

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Byers

Column: 987

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Byers

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 988

Mr. Boswell

Column: 989

12 midnight
Mr. Byers

Mr. Brady

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brady

Column: 990

Mr. John Maxton (Glasgow, Cathcart)

Mr. Brady

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brady

Column: 991

Mr. Bercow

Column: 992

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

12.15 am
Mr. Wills

Column: 993

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Wills

Column: 994

Mr. Brady

Mr. Brady

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Brady

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)

Column: 995

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brady

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Wills

Column: 996

Mr. Brady

Column: 997

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 998

Column: 999

Motor Cycling [30 Mar 1999]

12.30 am
Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)

Column: 1000

12.36 am
Ms Hazel Blears (Salford)

Column: 1001

Mr. Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Canning Town)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Ms Blears

Column: 1002

Column: 1003

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

Column: 1004

Column: 1005

Column: 1006


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