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Monday 24 Jan 2000
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Column: 1
Column: 1
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith
Column: 2
Mr. Hoon
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Howarth
Column: 3
Mr. Hoon
Ms Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Column: 4
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)
Mr. Hoon
Column: 5
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)
Mr. Hoon
Column: 6
Mr. John Spellar)
Mrs. Gordon
Mr. Spellar
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Spellar
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Collins
Column: 7
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)
Mr. Hoon
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Gapes
Column: 8
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Denzil Davies (Llanelli)
Column: 9
Mr. Hoon
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)
Mr. Gray
Mr. Kilfoyle
Column: 10
Dr. Doug Naysmith (Bristol, North-West)
Mr. Kilfoyle
Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)
Mr. Kilfoyle
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Peter Kilfoyle)
Column: 11
Mr. Ruffley
Mr. Kilfoyle
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Mr. Kilfoyle
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Mr. Kilfoyle
Column: 12
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. John Spellar)
Mr. Viggers
Mr. Spellar
Mr. Ernie Ross (Dundee, West)
Mr. Spellar
Column: 13
Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)
Mr. Spellar
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)
Mr. Spellar
Column: 14
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. John Spellar)
Mr. Heath
Mr. Spellar
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Hoon
Column: 15
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)
Mr. Hoon
Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Column: 16
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Hoon
Column: 17
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. MacShane
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Column: 18
Mr. Hoon
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. John Spellar)
Dr. Iddon
Mr. Spellar
Column: 19
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Column: 20
Mr. Spellar
Column: 19
Column: 21
3.31 pm
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Key
Madam Speaker
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)
Column: 22
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Hogg
Madam Speaker
Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)
Column: 23
Madam Speaker
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Howarth
Madam Speaker
Mr. Campbell-Savours
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dalyell
Madam Speaker
Mr. Dalyell
Column: 24
Madam Speaker
Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)
Madam Speaker
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
Madam Speaker
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Madam Speaker
Column: 23
Column: 25
3.43 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mr. Howarth
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Bercow
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 26
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 27
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Mr. O'Brien
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Michael Mates (East Hampshire)
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 28
Mr. Mates
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Hogg
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Hogg
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 29
Mr. Mates
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Hogg
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 30
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. Howard
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Howard
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Maginnis
Column: 31
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 32
Several hon. Members
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 33
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Mr. O'Brien
Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 34
Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Ross
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Viggers
Madam Speaker
4.15 pm
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)
Column: 35
Mr. Hogg
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 36
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. O'Brien
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. O'Brien
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Miss Widdecombe
Column: 37
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Forth
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Hughes
Miss Widdecombe
Mr. Forth
Miss Widdecombe
Column: 38
Column: 39
4.31 pm
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)
Column: 40
4.35 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Howard
Dr. Palmer
Mr. Howard
Column: 41
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Howard
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Howard
Column: 42
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Howard
Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)
Mr. Howard
4.45 pm
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Column: 43
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Mates
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Mates
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Forth
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Forth
Column: 44
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Forth
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 45
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Mackinlay
Rev. Martin Smyth
Column: 46
Mr. Mackinlay
Mrs. Dunwoody
Column: 47
Mr. Mackinlay
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Mackinlay
5.2 pm
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Swayne
Mr. Hughes
Column: 48
Mr. Forth
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Hughes
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Mr. Hughes
Column: 49
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hughes
Column: 50
Mr. William Ross
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hughes
Column: 51
Mr. Mates
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Column: 52
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hughes
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Hughes
Column: 53
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hughes
5.25 pm
Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)
Column: 54
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Ross
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Ross
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Ross
Column: 55
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Ross
Column: 56
Column: 57
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. George Howarth)
Mr. Ross
Mr. Howarth
Mr. Ross
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. Ross
Column: 58
5.44 pm
Mr. Michael Mates (East Hampshire)
Column: 59
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Mates
Mr. William Thompson (West Tyrone)
Mr. Mates
Column: 60
5.53 pm
Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Column: 61
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hogg
Column: 62
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Hogg
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Hogg
Column: 63
6.4 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 64
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Forth
Mrs. Dunwoody
Mr. Forth
Column: 65
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Forth
Mr. Hogg
Mr. Forth
Column: 66
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)
Mr. Forth
Rev. Martin Smyth
Mr. Forth
Mr. Andrew Hunter (Basingstoke)
Mr. Forth
Column: 67
6.20 pm
Mr. Ken Maginnis (Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
Column: 68
Column: 69
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maginnis
Column: 70
6.37 pm
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Simon Hughes
Sir Patrick Cormack
Column: 71
Column: 72
6.46 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. George Howarth)
Rev. Martin Smyth
Mr. Howarth
Column: 73
Mr. Maginnis
Mr. Howarth
Column: 74
Sir Patrick Cormack
Mr. Howarth
Column: 75
Division No. 34 (Disqualifications Bill) [24 Jan 2000]
Column: 77
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 78
7.16 pm
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 79
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 80
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 81
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 82
7.30 pm
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 83
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Column: 84
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Martin Bell (Tatton)
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 85
7.45 pm
Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 86
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 87
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Column: 88
8 pm
Column: 89
Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)
Column: 90
Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)
Mr. Benn
Column: 91
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)
Mr. David Heath
Mr. Brooke
Column: 92
8.15 pm
Mr. John Cryer
Mr. Brooke
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 93
Mr. Brooke
Mr. Tony Benn
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Brooke
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Column: 94
Mr. Syms
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 95
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 96
8.30 pm
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 97
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 98
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 99
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. McDonnell
8.45 pm
Column: 100
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 101
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Column: 102
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)
Column: 103
Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)
Mr. Dismore
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Dismore
9 pm
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Column: 104
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Column: 105
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Tony Benn
Mr. Dismore
Column: 106
Mr. David Heath
Mr. Dismore
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Cohen
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Cohen
Column: 107
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. McDonnell
9.15 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)
Column: 108
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 109
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. John Cryer
Column: 110
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Column: 111
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Peter Bradley
Column: 112
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Dismore
Mr. McDonnell
9.30 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Dismore
Column: 113
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Bermingham
Mr. Hill
Mr. McDonnell
Mr. Hill
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hill
Mr. Bermingham
Column: 114
Mr. Hill
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Hill
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hill
Mr. Cohen
Column: 115
Mr. Hill
Mr. Dismore
Mr. Peter Bradley
Mr. Hill
Mr. Brooke
Division No. 35 (City of London (Ward Elections) Bill) [24 Jan 2000]
Column: 117
Division No. 36 (City of London (Ward Elections) Bill) [24 Jan 2000]
Column: 118
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 119
Column: 120
10.3 pm
Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)
Column: 121
Column: 122
Column: 123
Column: 124
Column: 125
10.20 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Column: 126
Column: 127
Column: 128
Column: 127