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Column: 1309

Oral Answers to Questions [22 Jul 1999]

TREASURY [22 Jul 1999]

Gold [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)-- Gold [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)-- Gold [22 Jul 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Mr. Burns

Mr. Brown

Column: 1310

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Brown

Mr. Fabricant

Madam Speaker

Windfall Tax [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)-- Windfall Tax [22 Jul 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Brown

Column: 1311

Mr. Clapham

Mr. Brown

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1312

Financial Services [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington)-- Financial Services [22 Jul 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Mr. Plaskitt

Ms Hewitt

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 1313

Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford, South)

Ms Hewitt

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Ms Hewitt

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 1314

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Ms Hewitt

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Column: 1315

Ms Hewitt

VAT (Buildings) [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)-- VAT (Buildings) [22 Jul 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Russell

Madam Speaker

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Column: 1316

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Dawn Primarolo

Working Families Tax Credit [22 Jul 1999]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Working Families Tax Credit [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)-- Working Families Tax Credit [22 Jul 1999]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 1317

Mr. Brown

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Mr. Brown

Column: 1318

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh, North and Leith)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Column: 1319

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Mr. Brown

Column: 1320

Local Government Finance [22 Jul 1999]

Laura Moffatt (Crawley)-- Local Government Finance [22 Jul 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Laura Moffatt

Mr. Milburn

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Milburn

Column: 1321

EU Economic Convergence [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- EU Economic Convergence [22 Jul 1999]

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Mr. Swayne

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Column: 1322

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Davies

Madam Speaker

Mr. Davies

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Ms Hewitt

Column: 1323

Savings Ratio [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)-- Savings Ratio [22 Jul 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Mr. Syms

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 1324

Mr. Milburn

Green-field Housing Development [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)-- Green-field Housing Development [22 Jul 1999]

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Mullin

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

Column: 1325

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mrs. Roche

Public Sector Investment [22 Jul 1999]

Ms Beverley Hughes (Stretford and Urmston)-- Public Sector Investment [22 Jul 1999]

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Alan Milburn)

Column: 1326

Ms Hughes

Mr. Milburn

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Milburn

VAT (Church Buildings) [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)-- VAT (Church Buildings) [22 Jul 1999]

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mr. Pike

Column: 1327

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Column: 1328

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 1327

Column: 1329

Business of the House [22 Jul 1999]

12.30 pm
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

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

Sir George Young

Column: 1330

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

Column: 1331

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1332

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1333

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Syd Rapson (Portsmouth, North)

Column: 1334

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1335

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Mrs. Beckett

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Column: 1336

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)

Mrs. Beckett

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1337

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1338

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 1339

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mrs. Beckett

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Column: 1340

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1341

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1342

Consumer White Paper [22 Jul 1999]

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

Column: 1343

Column: 1344

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Column: 1345

Mr. Byers

Column: 1346

Several hon. Members

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

Hon. Members

Mr. Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton, South-East)

Column: 1347

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 1348

Mr. Byers

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Byers

Column: 1349

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)

Column: 1350

Mr. Byers

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1351

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Column: 1352

Mr. Byers

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

Mr. Byers

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1353

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Alan W. Williams (East Carmarthen and Dinefwr)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1354

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Mr. Byers

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 1355

Mr. Byers

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Byers

Column: 1356

Points of Order [22 Jul 1999]

2.8 pm
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

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

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Column: 1357

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Ivor Caplin (Hove)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1358

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1359

Orders of the Day [22 Jul 1999]

Food Standards Agency Bill and Employment Relations Bill (Allocation of Time) [22 Jul 1999]

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

Column: 1360

Column: 1361

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

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

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bruce

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 1362

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mrs. Beckett

2.22 pm
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Column: 1363

Column: 1364

Mrs. Beckett

Sir George Young

Mrs. Beckett

Sir George Young

Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

Column: 1365

Sir George Young

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)

Sir George Young

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Sir George Young

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. St. Aubyn

Sir George Young

Column: 1366

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Sir George Young

Mrs. Beckett

Sir George Young

Column: 1367

2.35 pm
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 1368

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1369

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1370

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Tyler

2.46 pm
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Column: 1371

Mr. Shepherd

Fiona Mactaggart

2.52 pm
Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 1372

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Paice

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Paice

Column: 1373

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

Mr. Paice

Column: 1374

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Paice

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Paice

Column: 1375

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Mr. Paice

3.3 pm
Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Davies

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1376

Mr. Davies

3.6 pm
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Column: 1377

Fiona Mactaggart

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Clive Betts (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Tyler

Mrs. Browning

Column: 1378

3.15 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 1379

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1380

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1381

3.28 pm
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Column: 1382

Mr. Drew

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1383

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Maclean

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1384

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Maclean

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 1385

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Barron

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1386

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Maclean

3.47 pm
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Column: 1387

3.50 pm
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Column: 1388

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 1389

Mr. St. Aubyn

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. St. Aubyn

Column: 1390

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. St. Aubyn

4 pm
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 1391

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Mr. Gill

Mrs. Winterton

Column: 1392

Mr. Gill

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Gill

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

Column: 1393

Mr. Gill

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Gill

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gill

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Column: 1394

Mr. Gill

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Gill

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Gill

Column: 1395

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gill

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Gill

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gill

4.21 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 1396

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1397

Mr. Barron

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1398

Mr. Tipping

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Hoyle

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1399

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Sir Patrick Cormack

4.38 pm
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Column: 1400

Mr. Gill

Mr. Rooker

Several hon. Members

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1401

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1402

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paice

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Tyler

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Tyler

Column: 1403

Mr. Rooker

Division No. 271 (Food Standards Agency Bill and Employment Relations Bill (Allocation of Time)) [22 Jul 1999]

Column: 1406

Column: 1407

Column: 1408

Orders of the Day [22 Jul 1999]

Food Standards Bill [22 Jul 1999]

5.3 pm
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1409

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1410

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1411

5.15 pm
Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1412

Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown)

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Column: 1413

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. George

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1414

5.30 pm

Column: 1415

Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)

Mr. Gill

Dr. Brand

Column: 1416

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Dr. Brand

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1417

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Maclean

Column: 1418

5.45 pm
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Column: 1419

Column: 1420

Mr. Hoyle

Mrs. Winterton

Mr. Luff

Mrs. Winterton

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith (Wealden)

Column: 1421

Mr. Rooker

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

Mr. Rooker

6 pm

Column: 1422

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paice

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1423

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1424

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Mon)

Column: 1425

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

Mr. Jones

6.15 pm

Column: 1426

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

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

Column: 1427

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset)

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

Column: 1428

Mr. Walter

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

Mr. Walter

Column: 1429

6.30 pm

Column: 1430

Dr. Brand

Column: 1431

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)

Column: 1432

6.45 pm

Column: 1433

Mr. Paice

Column: 1434

Dr. Brand

Mr. Paice

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Paice

Mr. Mullin

Column: 1435

Mr. Paice

Mr. Gill

Mr. Paice

Mr. Luff

Column: 1436

7 pm
Dr. Gibson

Mr. Luff

Column: 1437

Column: 1438

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith

Mr. Andrew George

Column: 1439

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. George

Mr. Hancock

Mr. George

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1440

Mr. Paice

Mr. Rooker

7.15 pm
Mr. Gill

Column: 1441

Dr. Gibson

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Mullin

Column: 1442

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1443

Mr. Gill

Column: 1444

Column: 1445

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gill

The Minister for Public Health (Ms Tessa Jowell)

Column: 1446

7.45 pm

Column: 1447

Mrs. Spelman

Mr. Gill

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Spelman

Column: 1448

Mr. Gill

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Spelman

Ms Jowell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Jowell

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Ms Jowell

Column: 1449

Mrs. Spelman

Ms Jowell

Column: 1450

8 pm
Mrs. Spelman

Dr. Brand

8 pm
Mr. Paice

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Paice

Column: 1451

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paice

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paice

Column: 1452

Dr. Brand

Column: 1453

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Gill

Mr. Rooker

Column: 1454

Column: 1455

Column: 1456

Column: 1457

Local Government Finance [22 Jul 1999]

Column: 1458

Coleridge Community College [22 Jul 1999]

8.18 pm
Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)

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

Mrs. Campbell

West Midlands Special Needs Transport Ltd. [22 Jul 1999]

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)

Hunted Animals [22 Jul 1999]

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Column: 1459

Elderly (East Sussex) [22 Jul 1999]

8.22 pm
Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Column: 1460

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

Mr. Waterson

Column: 1461

Column: 1462

Column: 1463

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

Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)

Column: 1464

Mr. Hutton

Column: 1465

Column: 1466

Column: 1467

Column: 1468


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