This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for
Tuesday 4 Apr 2000

Clicking on an item will fetch the appropriate file and position it with the item at the top of the screen.


Column: 791

Oral Answers to Questions [4 Apr 2000]

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS [4 Apr 2000]

Council Constitutions [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Tony McWalter (Hemel Hempstead)-- Council Constitutions [4 Apr 2000]

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

London Transport [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)-- London Transport [4 Apr 2000]

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

Standard Spending Assessment (Southend) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West)-- Standard Spending Assessment (Southend) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Amess

Ms Hughes

Housing Density (South-East) [4 Apr 2000]

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)-- Housing Density (South-East) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Single-person Households [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)-- Single-person Households [4 Apr 2000]

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

Safety At Sea [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall)-- Safety At Sea [4 Apr 2000]

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

Housing Stock [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)-- Housing Stock [4 Apr 2000]

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

Column: 802

Mr. Prentice

Mr. Raynsford

Train Services (Euxton) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)-- Train Services (Euxton) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Council and Housing Association Dwellings (London) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)-- Council and Housing Association Dwellings (London) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Urban Taskforce [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)-- Urban Taskforce [4 Apr 2000]

The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Ms Hilary Armstrong)

Mr. Hughes

Ms Armstrong

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Ms Armstrong

Column: 805

Concessionary Fares [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)-- Concessionary Fares [4 Apr 2000]

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

Ivory Trade [4 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Helen Brinton (Peterborough)-- Ivory Trade [4 Apr 2000]

The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Michael Meacher)

Mrs. Brinton

Mr. Meacher

Column: 807

Social Housing (Single Tenancy Agreement) [4 Apr 2000]

Ms Oona King (Bethnal Green and Bow)-- Social Housing (Single Tenancy Agreement) [4 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Chris Mullin)

Ms King

Mr. Mullin

Housebuilding (Chelmsford) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)-- Housebuilding (Chelmsford) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Burns

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 808

Mr. Burns

Mr. Raynsford

Council Tax (Second Homes) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)-- Council Tax (Second Homes) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Housing Revenue (Resource Accounting) [4 Apr 2000]

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)-- Housing Revenue (Resource Accounting) [4 Apr 2000]

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

Housing Green Paper [4 Apr 2000]

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

Health Care Standards for Elderly Persons [4 Apr 2000]

4.26 pm
Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham)

Column: 828

Column: 829

Column: 830

Orders of the Day [4 Apr 2000]

Freedom of Information Bill [4 Apr 2000]

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

Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill [Money] [4 Apr 2000]

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

Family Law Act 1996 [4 Apr 2000]

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


  Home Page