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Tuesday 4 Apr 2000
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Column: 791
The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Mr. McWalter
Ms Armstrong
Column: 792
Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Llew Smith (Blaenau Gwent)
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)
Ms Armstrong
Column: 793
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Don Foster (Bath)
Column: 794
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 795
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Ms Beverley Hughes)
Mr. Amess
Ms Hughes
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Column: 796
Jane Griffiths
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 797
Mr. Norman
Mr. Raynsford
Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 798
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Mr. Fraser
Hon. Members
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 799
Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)
Mr. Raynsford
Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 800
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Mr. Breed
Mr. Hill
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)
Column: 801
Mr. Hill
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Mr. Hill
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Column: 802
Mr. Prentice
Mr. Raynsford
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Mr. Hoyle
Mr. Hill
Column: 803
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Madam Speaker
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Chris Mullin)
Mr. Corbyn
Mr. Mullin
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)
Column: 804
Mr. Mullin
The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Mr. Hughes
Ms Armstrong
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Ms Armstrong
Column: 805
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Mr. Burstow
Mr. Prescott
Angela Smith (Basildon)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Column: 806
Mr. Prescott
The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Michael Meacher)
Mrs. Brinton
Mr. Meacher
Column: 807
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Chris Mullin)
Ms King
Mr. Mullin
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Mr. Nick Raynsford)
Mr. Burns
Mr. Raynsford
Column: 808
Mr. Burns
Mr. Raynsford
The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Ms Hilary Armstrong)
Mr. Rendel
Ms Armstrong
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)
Column: 809
Ms Armstrong
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)
Ms Armstrong
Column: 810
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Chris Mullin)
Mr. Rammell
Mr. Mullin
Column: 809
Column: 811
3.30 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Column: 812
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Forth
Mr. Prescott
Column: 813
Column: 814
Column: 815
Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)
Column: 816
Madam Speaker
Mr. Norman
Mr. Prescott
Column: 817
Column: 818
Madam Speaker
Hon. Members
Mr. Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 819
Mr. Don Foster (Bath)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 820
Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 821
Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 822
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Column: 823
Mr. Prescott
Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)
Column: 824
Mr. Prescott
Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)
Column: 825
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Pike
Ms Margaret Moran (Luton, South)
Column: 826
Mr. Prescott
Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)
Mr. Prescott
Madam Speaker
Column: 827
4.26 pm
Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)
Column: 828
Column: 829
Column: 830
4.37 pm
Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Lidington
Column: 831
Column: 832
4.45 pm
Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
Mr. Maclennan
Column: 833
Mr. Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central)
Column: 834
5 pm
Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)
Column: 835
Column: 836
Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)
Mr. Quentin Davies
Dr. Wright
Column: 837
Column: 838
5.15 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Column: 839
Mr. Dalyell
Column: 840
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Column: 841
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)
5.30 pm
Column: 842
Dr. David Clark (South Shields)
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)
Mr. Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff, Central)
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Jones
Column: 843
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 844
Mr. Lidington
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Shepherd
5.45 pm
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 845
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. O'Brien
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 846
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 847
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. O'Brien
Dr. Tony Wright
Column: 848
Mr. O'Brien
6 pm
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 849
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 850
Mr. Fisher
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Fisher
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 851
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Hon. Members
Mr. Maclennan
Column: 852
Mr. Lidington
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Lidington
6.15 pm
Column: 853
Division No. 141 (Freedom of Information Bill) [4 Apr 2000]
Column: 856
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. David Lock)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Lock
Column: 857
6.30 pm
Column: 858
Column: 859
Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)
Column: 860
Mr. Simon Hughes
6.45 pm
Mr. Lock
Column: 861
Mr. Hughes
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Hughes
Column: 862
Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hughes
Column: 863
Mr. Fisher
Column: 864
Mr. Hawkins
7 pm
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Bercow
Column: 865
Mr. Fisher
Column: 866
Mr. Shepherd
Column: 867
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Lock
Column: 868
7.15 pm
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. Lock
Mr. Fisher
Column: 869
Mr. Lock
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Lock
Column: 870
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Lock
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Lock
Column: 871
Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Heath
Column: 872
7.30 pm
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Heath
Column: 873
Dr. Tony Wright
Column: 874
Mr. David Davis
Column: 875
7.45 pm
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 876
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hughes
Column: 877
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Fisher
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)
Column: 878
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)
Column: 879
8 pm
Mr. Shepherd
Column: 880
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 881
Mr. David Heath
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 882
Column: 883
8.15 pm
Mr. White
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Simon Hughes
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 884
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Mike O'Brien
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. O'Brien
Dr. Wright
Mr. O'Brien
Column: 885
Dr. Wright
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. David Heath
Column: 886
Mr. McWalter
8.30 pm
Mr. Heath
Column: 887
Division No. 142 (Freedom of Information Bill) [4 Apr 2000]
Column: 890
8.45 pm
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 891
Column: 892
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. White
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 893
Mr. Lock
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 894
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 895
9 pm
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 896
Column: 897
Mr. Allan Rogers (Rhondda)
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Hawkins
Dr. Tony Wright
Column: 898
9.15 pm
Column: 899
Mr. David Davis
Column: 900
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Column: 901
Mr. Lock
Mr. Jones
Column: 902
9.30 pm
Mr. Lock
Mr. Jones
Mr. Simon Hughes
Column: 903
Mr. Jon Owen Jones
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Jones
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Hughes
Column: 904
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Hughes
Mr. White
Column: 905
Mr. Rogers
9.45 pm
Mr. Lock
Column: 906
Column: 907
Column: 908
Column: 909
Column: 910
Mr. Lock
Column: 911
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Lock
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 912
Division No. 143 (Freedom of Information Bill) [4 Apr 2000]
Column: 915
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Column: 916
Dr. Wright
Column: 917
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)
Column: 918
10.30 pm
Column: 919
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Straw
Column: 920
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. Straw
Column: 921
Mr. White
Mr. Straw
10.45 pm
Column: 922
Mr. Maclennan
Mr. Straw
Column: 923
Dr. Wright
Mr. Straw
Column: 924
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Straw
11 pm
Column: 925
Dr. David Clark
Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough)
Mr. Straw
Dr. Clark
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Straw
Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)
Mr. Straw
Helen Jackson
Column: 926
Mr. Straw
Mr. Radice
Mr. Straw
Mr. Mackinlay
Column: 927
Mr. Straw
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Straw
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Straw
Mr. Fisher
Column: 928
11.15 pm
Mr. Straw
Column: 929
Mr. Quentin Davies
Mr. Straw
Mr. Shepherd
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. David Heath
Column: 930
Mr. Straw
Mr. Heath
Column: 931
11.30 pm
Dr. David Clark
Mr. Hawkins
Column: 932
Fiona Mactaggart
Mr. Hawkins
Fiona Mactaggart
Mr. Hawkins
Fiona Mactaggart
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Hawkins
Mr. Straw
Column: 933
Mr. David Heath
Mr. Straw
Mr. Heath
Mr. Straw
Mr. Heath
Mr. Straw
Column: 934
Dr. Tony Wright
Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)
Column: 935
11.45 pm
Dr. Wright
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Column: 936
11.46 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Column: 937
Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)
Mr. Forth
Column: 938
Column: 939
12 midnight
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maclean
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maclean
Column: 940
Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
Mr. Maclean
Column: 941
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maclean
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maclean
Column: 942
Column: 943
Mr. Forth
Mr. Maclean
Column: 944
Column: 945
12.24 am
Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)
12.26 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Chris Mullin)
Column: 946
12.28 am
Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)
Column: 947
12.29 am
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley (South-West Surrey)
Column: 948
Column: 949
Column: 950
Column: 951
Column: 952
12.48 am
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Jane Kennedy)
Column: 953
Column: 954
Column: 955
Column: 956