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Tuesday 9 Nov 1999

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Column: 865

Oral Answers to Questions [9 Nov 1999]

SCOTLAND [9 Nov 1999]

Scotland Office (Funding) [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)-- Scotland Office (Funding) [9 Nov 1999]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mr. Morgan

Dr. Reid

Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

Column: 866

Dr. Reid

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Dr. Reid

Column: 867

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Dr. Reid

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Dr. Reid

Column: 868

Anti-drugs Strategy [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston)-- Anti-drugs Strategy [9 Nov 1999]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Mr. Marshall

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Column: 869

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Mr. Wilson

Rail Safety [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Jimmy Hood (Clydesdale)-- Rail Safety [9 Nov 1999]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mr. Hood

Column: 870

Dr. Reid

Lockerbie [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Lockerbie [9 Nov 1999]

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Dr. Lynda Clark)

Mr. Dalyell

The Advocate-General

Column: 871

Madam Speaker

The Advocate-General

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

The Advocate-General

Beef on the Bone [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)-- Beef on the Bone [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)-- Beef on the Bone [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)-- Beef on the Bone [9 Nov 1999]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Mr. Paice

Mr. Wilson

Column: 872

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Wilson

Column: 873

Mr. Jim Murphy (Eastwood)

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Wilson

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 874

Mr. Wilson

Manufacturing Industry [9 Nov 1999]

Dr. Lewis Moonie (Kirkcaldy)-- Manufacturing Industry [9 Nov 1999]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Dr. Moonie

Dr. Reid

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Column: 875

Dr. Reid

Mr. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)

Dr. Reid

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Dr. Reid

Column: 876

Single Currency [9 Nov 1999]

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)-- Single Currency [9 Nov 1999]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mrs. Laing

Dr. Reid

Mr. Malcolm Chisholm (Edinburgh, North and Leith)

Column: 877

Dr. Reid

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT [9 Nov 1999]

Magistracy [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)-- Magistracy [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Lawrie Quinn (Scarborough and Whitby)-- Magistracy [9 Nov 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Jane Kennedy)

Mr. Linton

Jane Kennedy

Column: 878

Mr. Quinn

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Jane Kennedy

Column: 879

Community Legal Service [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)-- Community Legal Service [9 Nov 1999]

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)-- Community Legal Service [9 Nov 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. David Lock)

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Lock

Ms Keeble

Mr. Lock

Column: 880

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. Lock

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Lock

Office for the Supervision of Solicitors [9 Nov 1999]

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)-- Office for the Supervision of Solicitors [9 Nov 1999]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. David Lock)

Dr. Whitehead

Column: 881

Mr. Lock

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Mr. Lock

Column: 882

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Lock

Column: 883

Pre-Budget Statement [9 Nov 1999]

3.31 pm
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)

Column: 884

Column: 885

Column: 886

Column: 887

Column: 888

Column: 889

Column: 890

Column: 891

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Column: 892

Madam Speaker

Mr. Maude

Column: 893

Column: 894

Mr. Brown

Column: 895

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Matthew Taylor (Truro and St. Austell)

Column: 896

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Brown

Column: 897

Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe)

Column: 898

Mr. Brown

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Mr. Brown

Column: 899

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Mr. Brown

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Column: 900

Mr. Brown

Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Column: 901

Mr. Brown

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Column: 902

Mr. Brown

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

Mr. Brown

Column: 903

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood)

Mr. Brown

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Brown

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Brown

Mr. John Swinney (North Tayside)

Column: 904

Mr. Brown

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Brown

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Column: 905

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

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

Mr. Brown

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Column: 906

Mr. Brown

Mr. John Townend (East Yorkshire)

Mr. Brown

Mr. Maude

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 905

Column: 907

Benefits Uprating [9 Nov 1999]

5 pm
The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Column: 908

Column: 909

Mr. David Willetts (Havant)

Column: 910

Mr. Darling

Column: 911

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Darling

Column: 912

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)

Column: 913

Mr. Darling

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Column: 914

Mr. Darling

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Column: 915

Mr. Darling

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Column: 916

Mr. Darling

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Darling

Column: 917

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Darling

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mr. Darling

Column: 918

Mr. Vernon Coaker (Gedling)

Mr. Darling

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mr. Darling

Column: 919

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Column: 920

Mr. Darling

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Darling

Column: 919

Column: 921

Points of Order [9 Nov 1999]

5.48 pm
Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough)

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

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 922

National Science Strategy [9 Nov 1999]

5.51 pm
Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North)

Column: 923

Column: 924

Orders of the Day [9 Nov 1999]

Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill [9 Nov 1999]

5.59 pm
The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

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

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 925

Mr. Rooker

6 pm

Column: 926

Mr. Michael Trend (Windsor)

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston)

Mr. Trend

Column: 927

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Column: 928

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

Column: 929

6.15 pm
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 930

Division No. 311 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 934

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Darling

Column: 935

Column: 936

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Darling

Column: 937

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Mr. David Willetts (Havant)

6.45 pm

Column: 938

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Audrey Wise (Preston)

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 939

Mr. Webb

Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)

Mr. Webb

Mr. Roger Berry (Kingswood)

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 940

Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)

Column: 941

Division No. 312 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 944

Column: 945

Division No. 313 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 949

7.24 pm
Division No. 314 (Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 953

7.37 pm
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 954

Immigration and Asylum Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time) [9 Nov 1999]

7.38 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)

Column: 955

Column: 956

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Straw

Column: 957

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Straw

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Straw

Column: 958

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Mr. Straw

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 959

Ms Abbott

Mr. Straw

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Straw

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Straw

Column: 960

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Straw

Column: 961

7.59 pm
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 962

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 963

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Simon Hughes

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 964

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

8.12 pm
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Column: 965

Mr. Shepherd

Dr. Godman

Mr. Shepherd

Dr. Godman

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Godman

Column: 966

8.18 pm
Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Stunell

Column: 967

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Stunell

8.22 pm
Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Column: 968

8.27 pm
Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Column: 969

Mr. Straw

Mr. Salmond

Column: 970

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

8.34 pm
Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)

Column: 971

Mr. Straw

Division No. 315 (Immigration and Asylum Bill (Supplemental Allocation of Time)) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 975

Column: 976

Column: 977

Column: 978

Immigration and Asylum Bill [9 Nov 1999]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

8.53 pm
Mr. Straw

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Straw

Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Column: 979

Mr. Straw

Column: 980

Mr. Simon Hughes

9 pm
Mr. Straw

Dr. Godman

Mr. Straw

Column: 981

Mr. Allan

Mr. Straw

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Mr. Straw

Column: 982

Column: 983

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Mr. Straw

Column: 984

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Mr. Straw

9.15 pm

Column: 985

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)

Ms Abbott

Mr. Straw

Ms Abbott

Mr. Straw

Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Straw

Column: 986

Column: 987

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Straw

Mr. Lidington

Column: 988

9.30 pm
Mr. Marsha Singh (Bradford, West)

Column: 989

Mr. Lidington

Column: 990

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Allan

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Gerrard

Column: 991

Column: 992

Mr. Straw

Mr. Gerrard

Column: 993

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Allan

Column: 994

Column: 995

Column: 996

10 pm
Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Column: 997

Mr. Singh

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Column: 998

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Howard

Mr. Corbyn

Mr. Howard

Column: 999

10.15 pm
Ms Abbott

Column: 1000

Mr. Straw

Ms Abbott

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

Column: 1001

Division No. 316 (Immigration and Asylum Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 1003

Column: 1004

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Simon Hughes

Column: 1005

Column: 1006

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)

Mr. Hughes

10.45 pm

Column: 1007

Column: 1008

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Hughes

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Column: 1009

Mr. Gerrard

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1010

11 pm
Mr. Gapes

Mrs. Roche

Fiona Mactaggart

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Clappison

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1011

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mrs. Roche

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

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1012

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Corbyn

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1013

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mrs. Roche

11.15 pm

Column: 1014

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Keetch

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Heath

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Heath

Column: 1015

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Allan

Column: 1016

Mr. Lidington

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lidington

Column: 1017

Mr. McDonnell

Mrs. Roche

Mr. McDonnell

Column: 1018

Mrs. Roche

Mr. McDonnell

Column: 1019

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Column: 1020

Mr. Simon Hughes

11.45 pm
Sir Teddy Taylor

Column: 1021

Column: 1022

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Gapes

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 1023

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Simon Hughes

Column: 1024

Mr. Gerrard

12 midnight
Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Column: 1025

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1026

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lansley

Column: 1027

Mr. Corbyn

12.15 am

Column: 1028

Mr. Allan

Column: 1029

Column: 1030

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Allan

Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)

Column: 1031

Mr. Allan

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Allan

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Allan

Mr. Dawson

Column: 1032

Mrs. Roche

12.30 am
Mr. Dawson

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1033

Division No. 317 (Immigration and Asylum Bill) [9 Nov 1999]

Column: 1035

Column: 1036

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 1037

Executive and Legislature [9 Nov 1999]

12.48 am
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

Column: 1038

Column: 1039

Column: 1040

Column: 1041

Column: 1042

1.10 am
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Graham Stringer)

Column: 1043

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Stringer

Column: 1044

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Stringer


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