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Monday 17 May 1999
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Column: 621
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Woodward
Mr. Smith
Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
Column: 622
Mr. Smith
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Mr. Smith
The Minister for Sport (Mr. Tony Banks)
Mr. Stringer
Column: 623
Mr. Banks
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)
Mr. Banks
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Banks
Mr. Ainsworth
Mr. Banks
Column: 624
Mr. John Maxton (Glasgow, Cathcart)
Mr. Banks
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Banks
Column: 625
The Minister for the Arts (Mr. Alan Howarth)
Helen Jones
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Mr. Howarth
Column: 626
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)
Mr. Howarth
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mrs. Heal
Column: 627
Mr. Smith
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Smith
The Minister for the Arts (Mr. Alan Howarth)
Ms Keeble
Mr. Howarth
Column: 628
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Sawford
Mr. Smith
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)
Mr. Smith
Mr. Richard Spring (West Suffolk)
Column: 629
Mr. Smith
The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting (Janet Anderson)
Mr. Walter
Janet Anderson
Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)
Janet Anderson
Column: 630
The Minister for the Arts (Mr. Alan Howarth)
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. Howarth
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Casale
Mr. Smith
Column: 631
The Minister for Sport (Mr. Tony Banks)
Mr. Illsley
Mr. Banks
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Gray
Column: 632
Mr. Smith
Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
Mr. Smith
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)
Mr. Smith
The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting (Janet Anderson)
Column: 633
Ms Ward
Janet Anderson
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Kali Mountford
Mr. Smith
Column: 634
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)
Mr. Smith
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Smith
Column: 635
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Ms Buck
Mrs. Beckett
Ms Blears
Column: 636
Mrs. Beckett
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 637
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Mrs. Beckett
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)
Mrs. Beckett
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Kali Mountford
Column: 638
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Mrs. Beckett
The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)
Mr. Gapes
Column: 639
Mr. Tipping
Column: 640
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Tipping
Column: 641
3.31 pm
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)
Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame, South)
Column: 642
Madam Speaker
Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Madam Speaker
Column: 643
3.36 pm
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Madam Speaker
Column: 644
Column: 645
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Bayley
Column: 646
Column: 647
3.45 pm
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)
Mr. Bayley
Column: 648
Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)
Mr. Bayley
Mr. Webb
Mr. Bayley
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Bayley
Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)
Column: 649
Mr. Webb
Mrs. Lait
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mrs. Lait
Column: 650
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Madam Speaker
Mrs. Lait
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
4 pm
Mrs. Lait
Column: 651
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)
Mrs. Lait
Column: 652
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Mrs. Lait
Mrs. Browning
Column: 653
Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)
Column: 654
4.15 pm
Mr. Bayley
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Bayley
Mrs. Browning
Column: 655
Mr. Bayley
Column: 656
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Bayley
Column: 657
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 658
4.30 pm
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Bayley
Column: 659
Division No. 177 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 663
4.45 pm
The Minister for Employment, Welfare to Work and Equal Opportunities (Mr. Andrew Smith)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Column: 664
Mr. Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Smith
Column: 665
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)
Mr. Smith
Column: 666
5 pm
Column: 667
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Browning
Column: 668
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Smith
Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)
Column: 669
Mr. Smith
Mr. Burns
Mr. Smith
Mr. Burns
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Browning
Column: 670
Mr. Smith
5.15 pm
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth)
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Lait
Column: 671
Mr. Smith
Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)
Mr. Smith
Ms Hazel Blears (Salford)
Column: 672
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead)
Mr. Smith
Mr. Burns
Mr. Smith
Column: 673
Mr. Chris Pond (Gravesham)
Mr. Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Smith
Column: 674
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 675
Mr. Andrew Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 676
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Column: 677
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Pond
5.45 pm
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 678
Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Field
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 679
Column: 680
Mr. Andrew Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Bercow
Column: 681
Mr. Duncan Smith
6 pm
Mr. Andrew Smith
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 682
Mrs. Lait
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Andy King
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 683
Mr. Rendel
Column: 684
6.15 pm
Mr. Burns
Mr. Andrew Smith
Column: 685
Mr. Burns
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Burns
Column: 686
Mr. Gray
Mr. Burns
Mr. McWalter
Column: 687
Mr. Burns
Mrs. Browning
6.30 pm
Mr. Burns
Mrs. Lait
Mr. Burns
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Burns
Column: 688
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mrs. Browning
Column: 689
Column: 690
Mrs. Lait
Mrs. Browning
6.45 pm
Column: 691
Column: 692
Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Column: 693
7 pm
Mr. Andrew Smith
Column: 694
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Smith
Column: 695
Mr. Burns
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Smith
Mrs. May
Column: 696
Mr. Smith
7.15 pm
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Smith
Column: 697
Division No. 178 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 701
Column: 702
Column: 703
Column: 704
The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. Stephen Timms)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Timms
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Timms
Column: 705
Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)
Mr. Timms
Column: 706
Mr. Webb
Mr. Timms
Column: 707
Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)
Mr. Timms
Mr. Clifford Forsythe (South Antrim)
Mr. Timms
Column: 708
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Mr. Timms
Column: 709
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)
Column: 710
Column: 711
Mr. Webb
Mr. Davies
8 pm
Column: 712
Column: 713
Mr. Bayley
Mr. Davies
Column: 714
Column: 715
8.15 pm
Mr. Webb
Mr. Davies
Column: 716
Mr. Webb
Column: 717
Mr. Quentin Davies
Mr. Webb
Mr. Forsythe
Column: 718
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 719
8.30 pm
Mr. Timms
Column: 720
Mr. Quentin Davies
Mr. Timms
Mr. Davies
Mr. Timms
Column: 721
Mr. Rendel
Mr. Timms
Column: 722
Mr. Duncan Smith
8.45 pm
Division No. 179 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 726
Column: 727
Column: 728
Column: 729
Column: 730
Column: 731
9 pm
Mr. Timms
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Timms
Column: 732
Column: 733
Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)
Mr. Timms
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Timms
Column: 734
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Timms
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Timms
Column: 735
Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester)
Mr. Timms
Mr. Tyrie
Mr. Timms
Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)
Mr. Timms
9.15 pm
Mr. Burnett
Mr. Timms
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Timms
Mrs. Lait
Column: 736
Miss McIntosh
Mrs. Lait
Column: 737
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Mrs. Lait
Column: 738
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mrs. Lait
9.30 pm
Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Column: 739
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Miller
Column: 740
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 741
Column: 742
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Forth
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Forth
9.45 pm
Column: 743
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Forth
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Forth
Mr. Burns
Column: 744
Mr. Forth
Mr. Brady
Mr. Forth
Column: 745
Column: 746
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Forth
Mr. Forth
Column: 747
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)
Column: 748
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Dr. Cable
Column: 749
Mr. Bercow
Dr. Cable
Mr. Chope
Column: 750
10.15 pm
Column: 751
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Chope
Column: 752
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)
Column: 753
Sir Robert Smith
Column: 754
10.30 pm
Miss McIntosh
Column: 755
Mr. Burnett
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Burnett
Column: 756
Mr. Timms
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Timms
Column: 757
10.45 pm
Mr. Forth
Mr. Timms
Mr. Burnett
Mr. Timms
Column: 758
Sir Robert Smith
Mr. Timms
Mr. Brady
Mr. Timms
Column: 759
Mr. Brady
Mr. Timms
Mr. Chope
Mr. Timms
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 760
Column: 761
Division No. 180 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 765
Column: 766
Column: 767
11.15 pm
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Column: 768
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Pickles
Column: 769
Column: 770
Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)
11.30 pm
Mr. Pickles
Column: 771
Column: 772
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Webb
Column: 773
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Duncan Smith
11.45 pm
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Mr. Pickles
Column: 774
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Bayley
Mr. Pickles
Column: 775
Mr. Brazier
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Pickles
Column: 776
12 midnight
Mr. Field
Column: 777
Column: 778
Mr. Rendel
Column: 779
12.15 am
Column: 780
Column: 781
Mrs. Dunwoody
Column: 782
12.30 am
Miss McIntosh
Column: 783
Mr. Hayes
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Eddie O'Hara (Knowsley, South)
Column: 784
Column: 785
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 786
12.45 am
Column: 785
Column: 787
Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)
Mr. Brazier
Column: 788
Column: 789
Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)
1 am
Column: 790
Mr. Rendel
Mr. Cousins
Mr. Brady
Column: 791
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Brady
Mr. McWalter
Mr. Brady
Column: 792
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
1.15 am
Mr. Brady
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)
Column: 793
Mr. Hayes
Column: 794
Column: 795
Column: 796
1.30 am
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)
Mr. Quentin Davies
Column: 797
Mr. Simpson
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Simpson
Column: 798
Column: 799
1.45 am
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Letwin
Column: 800
Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)
Column: 801
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Garnier
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Letwin
Column: 802
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Garnier
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Letwin
Column: 803
2 am
Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)
Mr. Letwin
Column: 804
Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)
Mr. Bercow
Sir Peter Emery
Column: 805
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir Peter Emery
Mr. Swayne
Column: 806
2.15 am
Mr. Timms
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Timms
Mr. Pickles
Column: 807
Mr. Timms
Dr. Lynne Jones
Mr. Timms
Mr. Rendel
Mr. Timms
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Timms
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Timms
Column: 808
Mr. Malcolm Wicks (Croydon, North)
Mr. Timms
Mrs. Fyfe
Mr. Timms
Column: 809
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Timms
Mrs. Fyfe
Mr. Timms
Column: 810
2.30 am
Mr. Cousins
Mr. Timms
Mr. Ruffley
Mr. Timms
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Quentin Davies
Mr. Timms
Column: 811
Audrey Wise (Preston)
Mr. Timms
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Rendel
Mr. Pickles
Column: 812
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Letwin
Mr. Pickles
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Pickles
Column: 813
Mr. Webb
Column: 814
2.45 am
Column: 815
Column: 816
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Webb
Column: 817
Mr. Quentin Davies
Column: 818
Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Bayley
3 am
Mr. Davies
Column: 819
Mr. Garnier
Column: 820
Mr. Webb
Mr. Garnier
Column: 821
Sir Richard Body (Boston and Skegness)
3.15 am
Column: 822
Mr. Rendel
Mr. Timms
Column: 823
Mr. Webb
Mr. Timms
Mr. Webb
Column: 824
Mr. Timms
Mr. Webb
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Webb
Column: 825
Division No. 181 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 827
Column: 828
Division No. 182 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 831
Mr. Quentin Davies
Column: 832
Mr. Burns
Mr. Davies
Miss McIntosh
Column: 833
4 am
Mr. Davies
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Garnier
Mr. Davies
Column: 834
Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Garnier
Mr. Davies
Mr. Corbyn
Mr. Davies
Mrs. Browning
Column: 835
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Corbyn
Mr. Davies
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Corbyn
Column: 836
Mr. Davies
Column: 837
4.15 am
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)
Mr. Davies
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Sir Richard Body
Mr. Burns
Mr. Garnier
Mr. Davies
Sir Richard Body
Column: 838
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir Richard Body
Mr. Davies
Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mr. Burns
Mr. Davies
Column: 839
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Burns
Mr. Davies
Mr. Burns
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Burns
Mr. Davies
Mr. Garnier
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Davies
Mr. Garnier
Column: 840
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Davies
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Davies
Column: 841
Mr. Hayes
4.30 am
Mr. Davies
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Davies
Column: 842
Sir Richard Body
Mr. Davies
Mr. Keith Bradley (Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household)
Division No. 183 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 844
4.45 am
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Column: 845
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Gale
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gale
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gale
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gale
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Division No. 184 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [17 May 1999]
Column: 847
Column: 848
4.57 am
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)
Column: 849
Column: 850
Column: 851
5.13 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Alan Meale)
Column: 852
Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)
Mr. Meale
Column: 853
Column: 854