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Wednesday 31 Mar 1999

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Column: 1007

Adjournment (Easter) [31 Mar 1999]

9.33 am
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Column: 1008

9.41 am
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Column: 1009

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Rowe

Column: 1010

Column: 1011

9.50 am
Mr. Alan Hurst (Braintree)

Column: 1012

9.55 am
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Gill

Column: 1013

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Gill

Column: 1014

10.8 am
Mr. Tom Cox (Tooting)

Column: 1015

Column: 1016

10.17 am
Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Mr. Hurst

Mr. Amess

Column: 1017

Column: 1018

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Amess

Column: 1019

10.28 am
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)

Column: 1020

10.35 am
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)

Column: 1021

Column: 1022

Column: 1023

10.45 am
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Gill

Mr. Skinner

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Skinner

Column: 1024

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Skinner

Column: 1025

10.54 am
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1026

Mr. Martlew

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1027

Column: 1028

Column: 1029

Column: 1030

11.10 am
Ms Jenny Jones (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Column: 1031

11.18 am
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Column: 1032

Column: 1033

11.26 am
Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)

Column: 1034

Column: 1035

Column: 1036

11.37 am
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 1037

Mr. Rowe

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1038

Mr. Gill

Mr. Tyler

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1039

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1040

11.55 am
Mr. Jon Trickett (Hemsworth)

Column: 1041

Column: 1042

12.4 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 1043

Column: 1044

Column: 1045

Mr. Skinner

Sir Patrick Cormack

12.18 pm
The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)

Column: 1046

Column: 1047

Column: 1048

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1049

Secondary Education (Plympton) [31 Mar 1999]

12.30 pm
Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Column: 1050

Column: 1051

Column: 1052

12.43 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Mr. Charles Clarke)

Column: 1053

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1054

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1055

Column: 1056

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1057

A500 (Stoke-on-Trent) [31 Mar 1999]

1 pm
Mr. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent, South)

Column: 1058

Column: 1059

1.14 pm
Mr. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central)

Column: 1060

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

Column: 1061

Mr. Stevenson

Ms Jackson

Column: 1062

Column: 1063

Chelmsford Prison [31 Mar 1999]

1.26 pm
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Alan Hurst (Braintree)

Mr. Burns

Column: 1064

Column: 1065

Column: 1066

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

Column: 1067

Column: 1068

Column: 1069

Column: 1070

Column: 1071

Oral Answers to Questions [31 Mar 1999]

WALES [31 Mar 1999]

Post-devolution Responsibilities [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)-- Post-devolution Responsibilities [31 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Alun Michael)

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Michael

Sir Raymond Powell (Ogmore)

Mr. Michael

Column: 1072

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring)

Mr. Michael

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Michael

Dr. Fox

Mr. Michael

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Column: 1073

Mr. Michael

Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)

Mr. Michael

Job Losses [31 Mar 1999]

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)-- Job Losses [31 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Peter Hain)

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Hain

Column: 1074

Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

Column: 1075

Mr. Hain

Genetically Modified Crops [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)-- Genetically Modified Crops [31 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Baker

Mr. Jones

Mr. Huw Edwards (Monmouth)

Mr. Jones

Column: 1076

Council Tax [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)-- Council Tax [31 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Jones

Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)

Column: 1077

Mr. Jones

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Mon)

Mr. Jones

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Jones

Column: 1078

Steel Industry [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)-- Steel Industry [31 Mar 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Peter Hain)

Mr. Flynn

Mr. Hain

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Mr. Hain

Column: 1079

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Hain

Madam Speaker

Concessionary Transport [31 Mar 1999]

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)-- Concessionary Transport [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Don Touhig (Islwyn)-- Concessionary Transport [31 Mar 1999]

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Alun Michael)

Ann Clwyd

Mr. Michael

Column: 1080

Mr. Touhig

Mr. Michael

Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Flight

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Column: 1081

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1082

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Beith

The Prime Minister

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Column: 1083

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1084

The Prime Minister

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Column: 1085

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 1086

Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1087

The Prime Minister

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1088

The Prime Minister

Angela Smith (Basildon)-- Engagements [31 Mar 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Jenkin

The Prime Minister

Column: 1089

Kosovo Refugees (Humanitarian Assistance) [31 Mar 1999]

3.31 pm
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Column: 1090

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Column: 1091

Clare Short

Column: 1092

Mr. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)

Clare Short

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Column: 1093

Clare Short

Column: 1094

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

Clare Short

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Clare Short

Column: 1095

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Clare Short

Mr. Alan Clark (Kensington and Chelsea)

Column: 1096

Clare Short

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Clare Short

Sir Alastair Goodlad (Eddisbury)

Clare Short

Column: 1097

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Clare Short

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Clare Short

Column: 1098

Mr. David Lock (Wyre Forest)

Clare Short

Mr. Cynog Dafis (Ceredigion)

Column: 1099

Clare Short

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Clare Short

Column: 1100

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Clare Short

Ms Tess Kingham (Gloucester)

Column: 1101

Clare Short

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Clare Short

Column: 1102

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Clare Short

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Clare Short

Column: 1103

Points of Order [31 Mar 1999]

4.22 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. David Faber (Westbury)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1104

Prescription Charges (Hormone Replacement Therapy) [31 Mar 1999]

4.23 pm
Dr. Howard Stoate (Dartford)

Column: 1105

Column: 1106

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Division No. 137 (Prescription Charges (Hormone Replacement Therapy)) [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1109

Column: 1110

Orders of the Day [31 Mar 1999]

Employment Relations Bill [31 Mar 1999]

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1111

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Byers

Dr. Godman

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1112

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Column: 1113

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 1114

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Phil Woolas (Oldham, East and Saddleworth)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Bruce

5 pm
Mr. Byers

Column: 1115

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1116

Column: 1117

Column: 1118

5.15 pm

Column: 1119

Column: 1120

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1121

5.30 pm
Mr. Bercow

Column: 1122

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1123

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1124

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1125

5.45 pm
Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1126

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Hayes

Mr. Bruce

Miss Kirkbride

Column: 1127

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1128

6 pm

Column: 1129

Column: 1130

Column: 1131

Mr. Hayes

6.15 pm
Mr. Bruce

Column: 1132

Column: 1133

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1134

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Bruce

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1135

6.30 pm
Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Stewart

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

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1136

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Sayeed

Column: 1137

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Sayeed

Column: 1138

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Miss Kirkbride

Column: 1139

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. St. Aubyn

Miss Kirkbride

Column: 1140

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Boswell

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 1141

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Column: 1142

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. St. Aubyn

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. St. Aubyn

7 pm
Mr. Byers

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1143

Mr. Byers

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bruce

Column: 1144

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Byers

Column: 1145

Mr. Sayeed

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Bruce

Mr. Byers

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 1146

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

7.15 pm

Column: 1147

Mr. Redwood

Column: 1148

Column: 1149

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Redwood

Column: 1150

Division No. 138 (Employment Relations Bill) [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1153

Column: 1154

Column: 1155

Column: 1156

Column: 1157

Column: 1158

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

Column: 1159

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Brady

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Brady

Column: 1160

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

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

Mr. Brady

Column: 1161

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brady

8 pm
Mr. Boswell

Column: 1162

Mr. Forth

Column: 1163

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Forth

Column: 1164

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

8.15 pm
Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 1165

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 1166

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 1167

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brady

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brady

Mr. Byers

Column: 1168

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

8.30 pm
Mr. Brady

Mr. Byers

Column: 1169

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brady

Column: 1170

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1171

Mr. Ian Stewart

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1172

8.45 pm
Mr. Stewart

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1173

Mr. Stewart

Mr. Boswell

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1174

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 1175

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

9 pm
Mr. Fabricant

Column: 1176

Mr. Byers

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Boswell

Column: 1177

Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1178

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Welsh

Mr. Richard Page (South-West Hertfordshire)

Mr. Welsh

Mr. Page

Mr. Welsh

Column: 1179

Mr. Chidgey

9.15 pm
Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

Column: 1180

Column: 1181

Mr. Page

Mr. Boswell

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Column: 1182

Mr. Wills

Mr. Welsh

Column: 1183

Division No. 139 (Employment Relations Bill) [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1185

Mr. Byers

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 1186

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1187

Column: 1188

Column: 1189

Column: 1190

Column: 1191

Column: 1192

Column: 1193

Column: 1194

Column: 1195

Column: 1196

Column: 1197

9.41 pm
Mr. Byers

Column: 1198

9.45 pm
Mr. Boswell

Column: 1199

9.49 pm
Mr. Chidgey

Column: 1200

Division No. 140 (Employment Relations Bill) [31 Mar 1999]

Column: 1203

Column: 1204

Kosovo [31 Mar 1999]

10.4 pm
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. George Robertson)

Column: 1205

Column: 1206

Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon)

Column: 1207

Column: 1208

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1209

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1210

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Column: 1211

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)

Mr. Robertson

Column: 1212

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. John Austin (Erith and Thamesmead)

Column: 1213

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Column: 1214

Mr. Robertson

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

Mr. Robertson

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Column: 1215

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Mr. Robertson

Mrs. Margaret Ewing (Moray)

Column: 1216

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Column: 1217

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Robertson

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

Column: 1218

Mr. Robertson

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

Nuclear Waste [31 Mar 1999]

10.59 pm
Ms Jackie Lawrence (Preseli Pembrokeshire)

Column: 1219

Cystic fibrosis [31 Mar 1999]

11 pm
Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)

Column: 1220

Column: 1221

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Mr. Norman

Column: 1222

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

Column: 1223

Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Mr. Denham

Mr. Stunell

Mr. Denham

Column: 1224

Column: 1225

Column: 1226


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