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Column: 749

Oral Answers to Questions [15 Feb 2000]

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS [15 Feb 2000]

World Peace Council [15 Feb 2000]

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)-- World Peace Council [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Keith Vaz)

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Vaz

Column: 750

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

Mr. Vaz

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

Madam Speaker

Russia (Arms Exports) [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)-- Russia (Arms Exports) [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Keith Vaz)

Mr. Miller

Column: 751

Mr. Vaz

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Vaz

EU Enlargement [15 Feb 2000]

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)-- EU Enlargement [15 Feb 2000]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Column: 752

Helen Jackson

Mr. Cook

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Maude

Column: 753

Mr. Cook

Middle East [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)-- Middle East [15 Feb 2000]

Ms Christine Russell (City of Chester)-- Middle East [15 Feb 2000]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Cook

Column: 754

Ms Russell

Mr. Robin Cook

Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Cook

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Mr. Cook

Column: 755

Mr. Stephen Twigg (Enfield, Southgate)

Mr. Cook

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Mr. Cook

Zimbabwe [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)-- Zimbabwe [15 Feb 2000]

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)-- Zimbabwe [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Peter Hain)

Column: 756

Mr. Randall

Mr. Hain

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Hain

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Column: 757

Mr. Hain

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Hain

Column: 758

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Hain

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)

Mr. Hain

"Your Britain, Your Europe" [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)-- "Your Britain, Your Europe" [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)-- "Your Britain, Your Europe" [15 Feb 2000]

Column: 759

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Keith Vaz)

Mr. Browne

Mr. Vaz

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)

Mr. Vaz

Column: 760

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds)

Mr. Vaz

Mr. Richard Spring (West Suffolk)

Mr. Vaz

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. Vaz

Column: 761

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Vaz

EuroMed Agreements [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)-- EuroMed Agreements [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Peter Hain)

Mr. Marsden

Column: 762

Mr. Hain

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Hain

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Hain

Sierra Leone [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)-- Sierra Leone [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Peter Hain)

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Hain

Column: 763

Austria (Bilateral Meetings) [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Jim Murphy (Eastwood)-- Austria (Bilateral Meetings) [15 Feb 2000]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Cook

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Column: 764

Mr. Cook

Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Cook

East Timor [15 Feb 2000]

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)-- East Timor [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. John Battle)

Kali Mountford

Mr. Battle

Column: 765

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Mr. Battle

Human Rights [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)-- Human Rights [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Peter Hain)

Mr. Llwyd

Mr. Hain

Column: 766

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Hain

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

Mr. Hain

Column: 767

Burma [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)-- Burma [15 Feb 2000]

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. John Battle)

Mr. Syms

Column: 768

Mr. Battle

Column: 767

Column: 769

Intergovernmental Conference White Paper [15 Feb 2000]

3.30 pm
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Robin Cook)

Column: 770

Column: 771

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham)

Mr. Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth)

Mr. Maude

Column: 772

Mr. Cook

Column: 773

Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Column: 774

Mr. Cook

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Colvin (Romsey)

Column: 775

Mr. Cook

Mr. Donald Anderson (Swansea, East)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton)

Column: 776

Mr. Cook

Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)

Mr. Robin Cook

Column: 777

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Mackinlay

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Cook

Mr. John McFall (Dumbarton)

Column: 778

Mr. Cook

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Mr. Cook

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 779

Mr. Cook

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

Mr. Cook

Mr. John Townend (East Yorkshire)

Mr. Cook

Column: 780

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. Cook

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Mr. Cook

Column: 781

Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Cook

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Cook

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Cook

Column: 782

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Cook

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Cook

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Cook

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Cook

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Column: 783

Mr. Cook

Column: 784

Child Abuse (North Wales) [15 Feb 2000]

4.18 pm
The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Paul Murphy)

Column: 785

Column: 786

Column: 787

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Column: 788

Column: 789

Column: 790

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Martyn Jones (Clwyd, South)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Richard Livsey (Brecon and Radnorshire)

Column: 791

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Gareth Thomas (Clwyd, West)

Column: 792

Mr. Murphy

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 793

Mr. Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd)

Mr. Murphy

Several hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 794

Ms Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Win Griffiths (Bridgend)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Paul Stinchcombe (Wellingborough)

Column: 795

Mr. Murphy

Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff, Central)

Column: 796

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

Mr. Murphy

Mrs. Llin Golding (Newcastle-under-Lyme)

Mr. Murphy

Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 797

Mr. Frank Cook (Stockton, North)

Mr. Murphy

Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge)

Column: 798

Mr. Murphy

Mr. John McFall (Dumbarton)

Mr. Murphy

Column: 799

Marine Wildlife Protection [15 Feb 2000]

5.13 pm
Mrs. Helen Brinton (Peterborough)

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802

Orders of the Day [15 Feb 2000]

Postal Services Bill [15 Feb 2000]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

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

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Mr. Byers

Column: 803

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Byers

Column: 804

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Byers

Column: 805

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Baldry

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Browning

Column: 806

Mr. Byers

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Byers

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Byers

Column: 807

Mrs. Browning

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 808

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Mr. Byers

Dr. Cable

Mr. Byers

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Byers

Column: 809

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Byers

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Mr. Byers

Column: 810

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Mr. Byers

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Byers

Column: 811

Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Byers

Column: 812

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brown

Mr. Byers

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Byers

Column: 813

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Byers

Column: 814

Column: 815

6.9 pm
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Column: 816

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mrs. Browning

Column: 817

Mrs. Gilroy

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Browning

Column: 818

Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Mrs. Browning

Column: 819

Several hon. Members

Mrs. Browning

Mrs. Gilroy

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Letwin

Mrs. Browning

Several hon. Members

Mrs. Browning

Column: 820

Column: 821

Column: 822

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

6.36 pm
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Column: 823

Mr. Bercow

Miss Smith

Column: 824

6.45 pm
Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Column: 825

Column: 826

Mr. Drew

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

6.55 pm
Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Column: 827

Column: 828

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Connarty

Column: 829

7.4 pm
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 830

Mr. Letwin

Dr. Cable

Column: 831

Mr. Letwin

Dr. Cable

Column: 832

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Cable

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Alan Johnson)

Dr. Cable

Column: 833

7.19 pm
Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Column: 834

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Mr. O'Neill

Column: 835

7.29 pm
Mr. Simon Thomas (Ceredigion)

Column: 836

Column: 837

Column: 838

7.38 pm
Mr. Sam Galbraith (Strathkelvin and Bearsden)

Column: 839

Column: 840

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Galbraith

Mr. Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw)

Mr. Galbraith

7.48 pm
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 841

Column: 842

Column: 843

7.58 pm
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 844

Column: 845

8.8 pm
Mr. Richard Page (South-West Hertfordshire)

Column: 846

Column: 847

8.17 pm
Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Column: 848

Column: 849

8.26 pm
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Column: 850

Column: 851

Column: 852

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

8.36 pm
Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Column: 853

Column: 854

8.46 pm
Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)

Column: 855

Column: 856

8.56 pm
Mrs. Diana Organ (Forest of Dean)

Column: 857

Column: 858

Column: 859

9.4 pm
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Column: 860

Column: 861

9.13 pm
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Column: 862

9.19 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Column: 863

Column: 864

Column: 865

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Column: 866

Mr. Connarty

Mr. Duncan

Column: 867

Column: 868

9.42 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Alan Johnson)

Column: 869

Column: 870

Column: 871

Mr. Page

Mr. Johnson

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Johnson

Column: 872

Column: 873

Division No. 74 (Postal Services Bill) [15 Feb 2000]

Column: 876

Division No. 75 (Postal Services Bill) [15 Feb 2000]

Column: 880

Column: 881

London Government [15 Feb 2000]

10.28 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 882

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 883

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 884

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

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 885

10.46 pm
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Ms Abbott

Column: 886

10.51 pm
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Davey

Column: 887

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Davey

Column: 888

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Davey

Column: 889

11.4 pm
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 890

Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)

Column: 891

Mr. McDonnell

11.10 pm
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Column: 892

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Wilkinson

11.16 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)

Column: 893

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Hill

Mr. Brake

Mr. Hill

Column: 894

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

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Column: 895

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Hill

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Ms Abbott

Mr. Hill

Several hon. Members

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Column: 896

Division No. 76 (London Government) [15 Feb 2000]

Column: 899

Column: 900

London Government [15 Feb 2000]

11.41 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Hill

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Hill

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 901

Mr. Hill

Column: 902

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mr. Hill

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Hill

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Sir Robert Smith

Mr. Hill

Mrs. Lait

Mr. Hill

Column: 903

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Sir Robert Smith

Mr. Hill

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Hill

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Tony Banks (West Ham)

Mr. Hill

Column: 904

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Hill

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mr. Hill

Column: 905

11.59 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 906

Mr. Banks

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Banks

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 907

Mr. Roger Casale (Wimbledon)

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 908

12.11 am
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Ms Abbott

12.13 am
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Column: 909

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Davey

Mr. Simon Hughes

Column: 910

Mr. Davey

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Mr. Davey

Column: 911

12.25 am
Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham)

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. MacShane

Column: 912

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Greenway

Mr. MacShane

12.30 am
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Brooke

Column: 913

Column: 914

12.37 am
Audrey Wise (Preston)

Column: 915

12.41 am
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Column: 916

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Jack

12.47 am
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 917

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Hughes

12.50 am
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Mr. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central)

Mr. Bermingham

12.52 am
Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Column: 918

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mrs. Lait

Mr. Casale

Mrs. Lait

Column: 919

Mr. Greenway

Mrs. Lait

Division No. 77 (London Government) [15 Feb 2000]

Column: 922

Column: 923

Children's Ombudsman [15 Feb 2000]

1.11 am
Mr. Tom Cox (Tooting)

Column: 924

Column: 925

Column: 926

1.29 am
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. John Hutton)

Column: 927

Column: 928

Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Mr. Hutton

Column: 929

Column: 930


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