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Column: 487
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Brown
Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)
Column: 488
Mr. Brown
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)
Column: 489
Mr. Brown
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)
Mr. Woolas
Mr. Morley
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Mr. Morley
Column: 490
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)
Mr. Benn
Mr. Morley
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Mr. Morley
Column: 491
Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)
Mr. Morley
Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)
Mr. Morley
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ms Joyce Quin)
Mr. Cunningham
Column: 492
Ms Quin
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Ms Quin
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Elliot Morley)
Ms Drown
Column: 493
Mr. Morley
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Mr. Morley
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ms Joyce Quin)
Helen Jackson
Column: 494
Ms Quin
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Ms Quin
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Mr. Skinner
Ms Quin
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)
Column: 495
Miss McIntosh
Mr. Brown
Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)
Mr. Brown
Mr. William Thompson (West Tyrone)
Mr. Brown
Column: 496
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Yeo
Madam Speaker
Mr. Yeo
Madam Speaker
Mr. Yeo
Madam Speaker
Mr. Yeo
Mr. Brown
Column: 497
The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Ms Joyce Quin)
Mr. Bradley
Ms Quin
Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)
Column: 498
Ms Quin
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford)
Ms Quin
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Ms Quin
Column: 499
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Mr. Nick Brown)
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Brown
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mr. Brown
Mr. Simon Thomas (Ceredigion)
Column: 500
Mr. Brown
The Solicitor-General (Mr. Ross Cranston)
Dr. Iddon
The Solicitor-General
Column: 501
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
The Solicitor-General
Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)
The Solicitor-General
The Solicitor-General
Miss McIntosh
The Solicitor-General
Column: 502
Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)
The Solicitor-General
Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)
The Solicitor-General
The Solicitor-General
Column: 503
Mr. Levitt
The Solicitor-General
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
The Solicitor-General
Column: 504
The Solicitor-General
Mrs. Gilroy
The Solicitor-General
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
The Solicitor-General
Column: 503
Column: 505
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: 506
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Forth
Mrs. Beckett
Sir George Young
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 507
Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)
Column: 508
Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)
Mrs. Beckett
Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 509
Mr. Christopher Gill (Ludlow)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Charles Wardle (Bexhill and Battle)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 510
Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 511
Angela Smith (Basildon)
Mrs. Beckett
Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 512
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. John Cryer (Hornchurch)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 513
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 514
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Bercow
Mrs. Beckett
Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)
Column: 515
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)
Column: 516
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Column: 517
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)
Column: 518
Mrs. Beckett
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Forth
Mrs. Beckett
Column: 519
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)
Mrs. Beckett
Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)
Column: 520
Mrs. Beckett
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)
Madam Speaker
Column: 521
Madam Speaker
1.16 pm
Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)
Mr. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)
Mr. Streeter
Column: 522
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Streeter
Column: 523
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Streeter
Column: 524
Column: 525
Column: 526
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)
Mr. Streeter
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Column: 527
Mr. Streeter
1.40 pm
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)
Column: 528
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)
Clare Short
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Clare Short
Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)
Clare Short
Column: 529
Mr. Streeter
Clare Short
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Clare Short
Dr. Julian Lewis
Column: 530
Clare Short
Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
Clare Short
Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)
Clare Short
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Clare Short
Mr. Duncan Smith
Clare Short
Mr. Duncan Smith
Clare Short
Column: 531
Mr. Duncan Smith
Clare Short
Mr. Duncan Smith
Clare Short
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Clare Short
Mr. Duncan Smith
Clare Short
Column: 532
Mr. Hayes
Clare Short
Mr. Hayes
Clare Short
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Clare Short
Column: 533
Mr. Fabricant
Clare Short
Mr. Streeter
Clare Short
Mr. Fabricant
Clare Short
Mr. Hayes
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)
Clare Short
Column: 534
Mr. Swayne
Clare Short
Mr. Swayne
Clare Short
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)
Clare Short
Column: 535
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Hayes
Clare Short
Mr. Hayes
Clare Short
Mr. Hayes
Clare Short
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Fabricant
Clare Short
Column: 536
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Mr. Fabricant
Clare Short
Column: 537
Mr. St. Aubyn
Clare Short
Mr. St. Aubyn
Clare Short
Column: 538
Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
2.10 pm
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Dr. Julian Lewis
Dr. Tonge
Mrs. Laing
Dr. Tonge
Column: 539
Clare Short
Dr. Tonge
Mrs. Laing
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Dr. Tonge
Column: 540
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Hayes
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Hayes
Column: 541
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Blunt
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Duncan Smith
Dr. Tonge
Column: 542
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Duncan Smith
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Duncan Smith
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Duncan Smith
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Dr. Tonge
Column: 543
2.28 pm
Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)
Mr. Streeter
Column: 544
Ann Clwyd
Column: 545
Column: 546
2.44 pm
Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)
Column: 547
Column: 548
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Wells
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Wells
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Wells
Column: 549
Clare Short
Mr. Wells
Mr. Blunt
Mr. Wells
Column: 550
3.1 pm
Mr. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)
Column: 551
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Worthington
Column: 552
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Worthington
Column: 553
Mr. Streeter
Mr. Worthington
3.15 pm
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Column: 554
Mr. Wells
Mr. Robathan
Column: 555
Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)
Mr. Robathan
Clare Short
Mr. Robathan
Column: 556
Clare Short
Mr. Robathan
Clare Short
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Robathan
Column: 557
Dr. Tonge
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
3.30 pm
Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)
Column: 558
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 559
Column: 560
Column: 561
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Duncan Smith
Column: 562
3.45 pm
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)
Mr. Blunt
Column: 563
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Wells
Mr. Hoon
Mr. David Heath
Column: 564
Mr. Hoon
Mr. Duncan Smith
Mr. Hoon
Column: 565
Mr. Robathan
Mr. Hoon
Column: 566
Division No. 115 (Mozambique) [16 Mar 2000]
Column: 569
Column: 570
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
4.13 pm
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)
Column: 571
Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield)
Mrs. Browning
Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)
Mrs. Browning
Column: 572
Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Browning
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)
Mrs. Browning
Column: 573
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Cunningham
Column: 574
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Byers
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Sheerman
Mrs. Browning
Column: 575
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Browning
Column: 576
4.37 pm
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)
Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)
Column: 577
Mr. Byers
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Byers
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Byers
Column: 578
Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)
Mr. Byers
Mr. John M. Taylor
Mr. Byers
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)
Column: 579
Mr. Byers
Several hon. Members
Mr. Byers
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Tom King (Bridgwater)
Mr. Byers
Dr. Cable
Column: 580
Mr. Byers
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Mr. Byers
Column: 581
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Gibb
Mr. Byers
Column: 582
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Byers
Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)
Mr. Byers
Mr. Butterfill
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 583
Mr. Byers
Mr. Butterfill
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Byers
Mr. Butterfill
Mr. Byers
Miss Kirkbride
Mr. Byers
Miss Kirkbride
Mr. Byers
Column: 584
Miss Kirkbride
Mr. Byers
Miss Kirkbride
Mr. Byers
5.8 pm
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)
Mr. Butterfill
Dr. Cable
Column: 585
Mrs. Browning
Dr. Cable
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Dr. Cable
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
Column: 586
Dr. Cable
Mr. Robinson
Dr. Cable
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Dr. Cable
Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Column: 587
Dr. Cable
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
Dr. Cable
Mr. Robinson
Dr. Cable
Mr. Robinson
Dr. Cable
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)
Column: 588
Dr. Cable
Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)
Dr. Cable
Dr. Harris
Dr. Cable
Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)
Dr. Cable
Mr. Snape
Dr. Cable
Column: 589
5.27 pm
Mr. Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield)
Column: 590
Column: 591
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson
Mr. Burden
Mr. Butterfill
Mr. Burden
Column: 592
Column: 593
5.43 pm
Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)
Column: 594
Column: 595
5.52 pm
Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)
Column: 596
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. McCabe
Column: 597
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. McCabe
Column: 598
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
6.6 pm
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Column: 599
Column: 600
Mr. Butterfill
Miss Kirkbride
Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)
Miss Kirkbride
Column: 601
Mr. Terry Davis (Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Column: 602
Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)
6.23 pm
Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West)
Mrs. Browning
Column: 603
Mr. Robinson
Column: 604
Mrs. Browning
Mr. Robinson
Column: 605
6.34 pm
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)
Dr. Lynne Jones
Mr. Baldry
Column: 606
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)
Mr. Baldry
6.39 pm
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Column: 607
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Gibb
Mr. Burden
Mr. Gibb
Column: 608
Mr. Burden
Mr. Gibb
6.48 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Alan Johnson)
Column: 609
Column: 610
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Johnson
Column: 611
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Division No. 116 (Future of Rover) [16 Mar 2000]
Column: 614
Column: 615
Hon. Members
7.12 pm
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mrs. Mahon
7.14 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)
Column: 616
7.14 pm
Mr. Mike Wood (Batley and Spen)
Column: 617
Column: 618
7.27 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)
Column: 619
Column: 620
Audrey Wise (Preston)
Angela Eagle
Column: 621
Column: 622
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)