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Column: 621

Oral Answers to Questions [17 May 1999]

CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT [17 May 1999]

Libraries [17 May 1999]

Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)-- Libraries [17 May 1999]

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

Sport Governing Bodies [17 May 1999]

Mr. Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley)-- Sport Governing Bodies [17 May 1999]

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

Touring Productions [17 May 1999]

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Touring Productions [17 May 1999]

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

Out of School Hours Activities [17 May 1999]

Mrs. Sylvia Heal (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)-- Out of School Hours Activities [17 May 1999]

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

Youth Theatre [17 May 1999]

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)-- Youth Theatre [17 May 1999]

The Minister for the Arts (Mr. Alan Howarth)

Ms Keeble

Mr. Howarth

Column: 628

Museums (Free Entry) [17 May 1999]

Mr. Phil Sawford (Kettering)-- Museums (Free Entry) [17 May 1999]

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

Tourism (Dorset) [17 May 1999]

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)-- Tourism (Dorset) [17 May 1999]

The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting (Janet Anderson)

Mr. Walter

Janet Anderson

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Janet Anderson

Column: 630

Arts Funding (Scotland) [17 May 1999]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Arts Funding (Scotland) [17 May 1999]

The Minister for the Arts (Mr. Alan Howarth)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Howarth

Libraries [17 May 1999]

Mr. Roger Casale (Wimbledon)-- Libraries [17 May 1999]

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)

Mr. Casale

Mr. Smith

Column: 631

Sporting Projects (Barnsley) [17 May 1999]

Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central)-- Sporting Projects (Barnsley) [17 May 1999]

The Minister for Sport (Mr. Tony Banks)

Mr. Illsley

Mr. Banks

MILLENNIUM EXPERIENCE [17 May 1999]

Archbishop of Canterbury [17 May 1999]

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)-- Archbishop of Canterbury [17 May 1999]

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

Millennium Dome (Medical Facilities) [17 May 1999]

Ms Claire Ward (Watford)-- Millennium Dome (Medical Facilities) [17 May 1999]

The Minister for Tourism, Film and Broadcasting (Janet Anderson)

Column: 633

Ms Ward

Janet Anderson

Marketing [17 May 1999]

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)-- Marketing [17 May 1999]

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

Children's Promise [17 May 1999]

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)-- Children's Promise [17 May 1999]

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)

Mr. Thomas

Mr. Smith

Column: 635

HOUSE OF COMMONS [17 May 1999]

Modernisation [17 May 1999]

Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North)-- Modernisation [17 May 1999]

Ms Hazel Blears (Salford)-- Modernisation [17 May 1999]

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

House of Lords Reform [17 May 1999]

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)-- House of Lords Reform [17 May 1999]

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

Summer Recess [17 May 1999]

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)-- Summer Recess [17 May 1999]

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

Points of Order [17 May 1999]

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

Orders of the Day [17 May 1999]

Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill [17 May 1999]

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

Litter Laws [17 May 1999]

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


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