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Column: 1025

Oral Answers to Questions [2 Feb 2000]

CABINET OFFICE [2 Feb 2000]

Rural Affairs [2 Feb 2000]

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)-- Rural Affairs [2 Feb 2000]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. Bercow

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 1026

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Marjorie Mowlam

Drugs Strategy (North Wales) [2 Feb 2000]

Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy)-- Drugs Strategy (North Wales) [2 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr. Ian McCartney)

Column: 1027

Mrs. Williams

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. McCartney

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Column: 1028

Mr. McCartney

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

Mr. McCartney

Open Days [2 Feb 2000]

Mr. Vernon Coaker (Gedling)-- Open Days [2 Feb 2000]

Column: 1029

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

Mr. Coaker

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Stringer

Truancy [2 Feb 2000]

Mrs. Sylvia Heal (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)-- Truancy [2 Feb 2000]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mrs. Heal

Column: 1030

Marjorie Mowlam

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)

Marjorie Mowlam

News Releases [2 Feb 2000]

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)-- News Releases [2 Feb 2000]

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

Mr. Baker

Column: 1031

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Stringer

Online Government Services [2 Feb 2000]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)-- Online Government Services [2 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr. Ian McCartney)

Miss McIntosh

Column: 1032

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. McCartney

Mr. Lansley

Mr. McCartney

Column: 1033

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Mr. McCartney

PRIME MINISTER [2 Feb 2000]

Engagements [2 Feb 2000]

Q1. [106612]Mr. Piara S. Khabra (Ealing, Southall)

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Khabra

Madam Speaker

Mr. Khabra

The Prime Minister

Column: 1034

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 1035

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw)

Column: 1036

The Prime Minister

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Kennedy

The Prime Minister

Column: 1037

Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Hon. Members

The Prime Minister

Q2. [106614] Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Vernon Coaker (Gedling)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1038

Q3. [106615] Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)

The Prime Minister

Q4. [106616] Mr. Dennis Canavan (Falkirk, West)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 1039

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Tom Pendry (Stalybridge and Hyde)

Column: 1040

The Prime Minister

Q5. [106617] Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Maclennan

The Prime Minister

Column: 1041

Mr. Bob Laxton (Derby, North)

The Prime Minister

Q6. [106618] Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1042

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1041

Column: 1043

Points of Order [2 Feb 2000]

3.31 pm
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Madam Speaker

Column: 1044

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Chope

Madam Speaker

Column: 1043

Column: 1045

Register of Medical Practitioners (Amendment) [2 Feb 2000]

3.35 pm
Ms Linda Perham (Ilford, North)

Column: 1046

Column: 1047

Column: 1048

Asylum and Immigration [2 Feb 2000]

Madam Speaker

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

Madam Speaker

Several hon. Members

Madam Speaker

3.47 pm
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Column: 1049

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

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1050

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

Miss Widdecombe

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1051

Mr. Marsha Singh (Bradford, West)

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Hon. Members

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1052

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1053

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1054

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Miss Widdecombe

Mrs. Roche

Madam Speaker

Mrs. Roche

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1055

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1056

Mr. Prosser

Dr. Iddon

Miss Widdecombe

Dr. Iddon

Madam Speaker

Miss Widdecombe

Dr. Iddon

Miss Widdecombe

Dr. Iddon

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1057

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

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1058

Mr. Straw

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Straw

Column: 1059

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 1060

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 1061

Mr. Prosser

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 1062

Mr. Straw

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Straw

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Straw

Column: 1063

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Straw

Column: 1064

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 1065

Mr. Straw

Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking)

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Straw

Mr. Malins

Mr. Straw

Column: 1066

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Straw

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Straw

Column: 1067

4.56 pm
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 1068

Mr. Straw

Mr. Hughes

Column: 1069

Mr. Howard

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Howard

Mr. Hughes

Column: 1070

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Mr. Hughes

Column: 1071

Column: 1072

Column: 1073

Column: 1074

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

5.20 pm
Mr. George Mudie (Leeds, East)

Column: 1075

Column: 1076

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)

Mr. Mudie

Sir Peter Lloyd (Fareham)

Mr. Mudie

Column: 1077

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Mudie

Column: 1078

5.37 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Column: 1079

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Howard

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Howard

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Howard

Column: 1080

5.48 pm
Mr. Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath)

Column: 1081

Column: 1082

Column: 1083

6.1 pm
Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking)

Column: 1084

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Malins

Column: 1085

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Malins

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Malins

Column: 1086

6.12 pm
Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)

Column: 1087

Column: 1088

6.21 pm
Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Column: 1089

Mr. Gale

Mr. Lilley

Column: 1090

Ms Oona King

Mr. Lilley

6.33 pm
Mr. Richard Allan (Sheffield, Hallam)

Column: 1091

Column: 1092

Column: 1093

6.42 pm
Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Lidington

Column: 1094

Column: 1095

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Lidington

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

Column: 1096

Mr. Malins

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Lilley

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lilley

Column: 1097

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lilley

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Howard

Mrs. Roche

Column: 1098

Division No. 58 (Asylum and Immigration) [2 Feb 2000]

Column: 1099

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Column: 1100

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Division No. 59 (Asylum and Immigration) [2 Feb 2000]

Column: 1103

Column: 1104

Development Policy [2 Feb 2000]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

7.28 pm
Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)

Hon. Members

Mr. Green

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Mr. Green

Column: 1105

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Green

Several hon. Members

Mr. Green

Ms Claire Ward (Watford)

Mr. Green

Column: 1106

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Mr. Green

Ms Ward

Mr. Green

Several hon. Members

Mr. Green

Column: 1107

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Mr. Green

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Mr. Green

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Green

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Green

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Green

Column: 1108

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Green

Column: 1109

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Mr. Green

Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)

Mr. Green

Several hon. Members

Mr. Green

Column: 1110

7.49 pm
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Column: 1111

Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1112

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1113

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1114

Mr. Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1115

Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1116

Mr. Gummer

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Steen

Mr. Raynsford

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)

Column: 1117

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Steen

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1118

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Mr. Raynsford

Ms Ward

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Blizzard

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 1119

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 1120

8.22 pm
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Column: 1121

Mr. Norman

Mr. Hancock

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Hancock

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

Mr. Hancock

Column: 1122

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Hancock

Column: 1123

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Hancock

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 1124

Mr. Hancock

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Hancock

Column: 1125

Several hon. Members

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

8.42 pm
Mr. Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central)

Column: 1126

Mr. Brady

Mr. Lloyd

Mr. Brady

Mr. Lloyd

Column: 1127

Column: 1128

Mr. Soames

Mr. Lloyd

8.52 pm
Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Column: 1129

Mr. Steen

Mr. Gummer

Column: 1130

Column: 1131

Column: 1132

Ms Hazel Blears (Salford)

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Ms Blears

Column: 1133

Column: 1134

Column: 1135

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 1136

Column: 1137

Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)

Mr. Curry

Column: 1138

9.27 pm
Mr. Colin Burgon (Elmet)

Column: 1139

9.33 pm
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Column: 1140

Column: 1141

9.39 pm
Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Column: 1142

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Tony Lloyd

Column: 1143

Mr. Waterson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Waterson

Column: 1144

9.50 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Beverley Hughes)

Mr. Brady

Ms Hughes

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Hughes

Column: 1145

Mr. Brady

Ms Hughes

Column: 1146

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ms Hughes

Division No. 60 (Development Policy) [2 Feb 2000]

Column: 1150

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

Column: 1151

Column: 1152

House of Commons Commission [2 Feb 2000]

10.13 pm
Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

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

Mr. Miller

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Miller

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Column: 1153

Mr. Miller

Lorna Fitzsimons (Rochdale)

Mr. Miller

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Miller

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Hon. Members

Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire, Moorlands)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Several hon. Members

Mr. Miller

Ms Claire Ward (Watford)

Column: 1154

Mr. Miller

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Miller

Several hon. Members

Mr. Miller

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Miller

Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1155

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley)

Mr. Miller

Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1156

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Miller

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Miller

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Miller

Ms Joan Ryan (Enfield, North)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1157

Several hon. Members

Mr. Miller

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1158

Mr. Michael J. Foster (Worcester)

Mr. Miller

Several hon. Members

Mr. Miller

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1159

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)

Mr. Miller

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Mr. Miller

Column: 1160

10.46 pm
Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Ms Ward

Mr. Kirkwood

Column: 1161

Judy Mallaber

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw)

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Clive Efford (Eltham)

Mr. Kirkwood

Column: 1162

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Kirkwood

Mr. David Taylor

Mr. Kirkwood

Column: 1163

10.58 pm
Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. David Taylor

Angela Smith

Mr. Michael J. Foster

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Angela Smith

Column: 1164

Mr. David Taylor

Angela Smith

Mr. White

Angela Smith

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Angela Smith

Column: 1165

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Angela Smith

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Angela Smith

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Swayne

Angela Smith

Ms Ward

Angela Smith

Mr. Salter

Column: 1166

Angela Smith

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)

Angela Smith

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Angela Smith

Mr. Dismore

Angela Smith

Mr. Dismore

Angela Smith

Column: 1167

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Angela Smith

11.15 pm
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Column: 1168

11.17 pm
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. David Taylor

Mr. Rammell

Column: 1169

Mr. John Cryer

Mr. Rammell

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Rammell

Column: 1170

Mr. Jim Murphy (Eastwood)

Mr. Rammell

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Mr. Rammell

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Rammell

Column: 1171

Mr. Dismore

Mr. Rammell

11.29 pm
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Column: 1172

11.31 pm
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. St. Aubyn

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 1173

Mr. Wilshire

Fiona Mactaggart

Ms Ward

Fiona Mactaggart

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Fiona Mactaggart

Column: 1174

11.38 pm
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Peter Bradley

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bradley

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Bercow

Dr. Lewis

Column: 1175

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Lewis

Ms Ward

Mr. Forth

Dr. Lewis

Division No. 61 (House of Commons Commission) [2 Feb 2000]

Column: 1176

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Column: 1177

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Butterfill

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Miller

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1178

Liane Singleton [2 Feb 2000]

11.58 pm
Mr. Phil Woolas (Oldham, East and Saddleworth)

Television Licences [2 Feb 2000]

11.59 pm
Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Column: 1179

Cattle Welfare (East Anglia) [2 Feb 2000]

12 midnight
Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 1180

Mr. Pickles

Column: 1181

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. Pickles

Angela Smith

Column: 1182

Mr. Pickles

12.16 am
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ms Joyce Quin)

Column: 1183

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin

Column: 1184

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin

Column: 1185

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin

Column: 1186

Mr. Pickles

Ms Quin


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