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Column: 487

Oral Answers to Questions [16 Mar 2000]

AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD [16 Mar 2000]

Farm Incomes [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)-- Farm Incomes [16 Mar 2000]

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

Environmentally Sensitive Areas [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Phil Woolas (Oldham, East and Saddleworth)-- Environmentally Sensitive Areas [16 Mar 2000]

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

Wild Birds [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Hilary Benn (Leeds, Central)-- Wild Birds [16 Mar 2000]

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

Agricultural Development Scheme [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Agricultural Development Scheme [16 Mar 2000]

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

Organic Farming [16 Mar 2000]

Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)-- Organic Farming [16 Mar 2000]

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

Hill Farmers [16 Mar 2000]

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)-- Hill Farmers [16 Mar 2000]

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

Pig Farming [16 Mar 2000]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)-- Pig Farming [16 Mar 2000]

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

Organic Farming [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Peter Bradley (The Wrekin)-- Organic Farming [16 Mar 2000]

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

Livestock Farmers [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Huw Edwards (Monmouth)-- Livestock Farmers [16 Mar 2000]

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

SOLICITOR-GENERAL [16 Mar 2000]

Ministerial Meetings [16 Mar 2000]

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)-- Ministerial Meetings [16 Mar 2000]

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

EU Law [16 Mar 2000]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)-- EU Law [16 Mar 2000]

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

Crown Prosecution Service [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)-- Crown Prosecution Service [16 Mar 2000]

The Solicitor-General

Column: 503

Mr. Levitt

The Solicitor-General

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

The Solicitor-General

Column: 504

Charities Litigation [16 Mar 2000]

Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)-- Charities Litigation [16 Mar 2000]

The Solicitor-General

Mrs. Gilroy

The Solicitor-General

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

The Solicitor-General

Column: 503

Column: 505

Business of the House [16 Mar 2000]

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

Personal Statement [16 Mar 2000]

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Stephen Pound (Ealing, North)

Madam Speaker

Column: 521

Mozambique [16 Mar 2000]

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

Future of Rover [16 Mar 2000]

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

Gareth and Richard Perrett [16 Mar 2000]

7.12 pm
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mrs. Mahon

Benefit Payments [16 Mar 2000]

7.14 pm
Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon)

Column: 616

Mentally Ill People [16 Mar 2000]

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)


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