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Wednesday 5 Apr 2000

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Column: 957

Oral Answers to Questions [5 Apr 2000]

CABINET OFFICE [5 Apr 2000]

Countryside Policy [5 Apr 2000]

Mr. Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton)-- Countryside Policy [5 Apr 2000]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. Dobbin

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. David Tredinnick (Bosworth)

Column: 958

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 959

Quangos [5 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)-- Quangos [5 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Graham Stringer)

Mrs. Ellman

Mr. Stringer

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Stringer

Government Services (Electronic Delivery) [5 Apr 2000]

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)-- Government Services (Electronic Delivery) [5 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Graham Stringer)

Column: 960

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Andrew Reed (Loughborough)

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. Stringer

Mr. Lansley

Column: 961

Mr. Stringer

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Stringer

Drug Abuse [5 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Ann Winterton (Congleton)-- Drug Abuse [5 Apr 2000]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mrs. Winterton

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 962

Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 963

Social Exclusion [5 Apr 2000]

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)-- Social Exclusion [5 Apr 2000]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Marjorie Mowlam)

Mr. Dismore

Marjorie Mowlam

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Marjorie Mowlam

Column: 964

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)

Marjorie Mowlam

Better Government for Older People [5 Apr 2000]

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)-- Better Government for Older People [5 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Graham Stringer)

Mr. Burstow

Mr. Stringer

Column: 965

PRIME MINISTER [5 Apr 2000]

Engagements [5 Apr 2000]

Q1. [116414]Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Luff

The Prime Minister

Q2. [116415]Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

The Prime Minister

Column: 966

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Column: 967

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 968

Q3. [116416]Mr. Piara S. Khabra (Ealing, Southall)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Kennedy

Madam Speaker

Mr. Kennedy

Column: 969

The Prime Minister

Q4. [116417]Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

The Prime Minister

Column: 970

Q5. [116418]Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

Madam Speaker

Mr. Hague

Column: 971

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Q6. [116419]Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Column: 972

The Prime Minister

Q7. [116420]Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)

The Prime Minister

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

The Prime Minister

Column: 973

Q8. [116421]Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

The Prime Minister

Q9. [116422]Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries)

The Prime Minister

Q10. [116423]Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham)

The Prime Minister

Column: 974

Mr. Bill Michie (Sheffield, Heeley)

The Prime Minister

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

The Prime Minister

Column: 973

Column: 975

Point of Order [5 Apr 2000]

3.32 pm
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)

Madam Speaker

The Minister for Sport (Kate Hoey)

Column: 976

Weights and Measures (Amendment) [5 Apr 2000]

3.34 pm
Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Column: 977

Column: 978

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Madam Speaker

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 979

Madam Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Column: 980

Madam Speaker

Column: 979

Column: 981

Orders of the Day [5 Apr 2000]

Freedom of Information Bill [5 Apr 2000]

3.47 pm
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Madam Speaker

Column: 982

Mr. Cohen

Column: 983

Column: 984

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Cohen

Column: 985

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Cohen

4 pm

Column: 986

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Cohen

Column: 987

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 988

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Mike O'Brien)

Column: 989

4.15 pm
Mr. Dalyell

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 990

Column: 991

Mr. Cohen

Column: 992

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)

Madam Speaker

Dr. Wright

Mr. Hawkins

Dr. Wright

Column: 993

4.30 pm

Column: 994

Column: 995

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Jack Straw)

Dr. Wright

Column: 996

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Dr. Wright

4.45 pm

Column: 997

Mr. Greenway

Column: 998

Mr. Straw

Mr. Greenway

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mr. Greenway

Column: 999

Mr. Tony Benn (Chesterfield)

5 pm

Column: 1000

Column: 1001

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 1002

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Heath

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Heath

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Heath

Column: 1003

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

Column: 1004

Column: 1005

Column: 1006

Mr. David Davis

Column: 1007

5.30 pm

Column: 1008

Mr. Tony Benn

Mr. Davis

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Davis

Column: 1009

Column: 1010

Mr. Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff, Central)

Mr. Davis

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Column: 1011

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

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Prentice

Mr. Robert Maclennan (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross)

Column: 1012

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Maclennan

Dr. David Clark (South Shields)

Column: 1013

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 1014

6 pm

Column: 1015

Column: 1016

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Dalyell

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Column: 1017

6.15 pm
Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Jones

Column: 1018

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1019

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hawkins

Dr. David Clark

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1020

Mr. Patrick Hall (Bedford)

Mr. Giles Radice (North Durham)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Hall

Column: 1021

Mr. Straw

6.30 pm
Mr. Tony Benn

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

Mr. Straw

Column: 1022

Mr. Benn

Mr. Jones

Mr. Straw

Mr. Benn

Mr. Straw

Column: 1023

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Straw

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Straw

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Straw

Column: 1024

Mr. Brian White (Milton Keynes, North-East)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Jon Owen Jones

Column: 1025

6.45 pm
Mr. Straw

Mr. White

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Straw

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Straw

Column: 1026

Mr. Radice

Mr. Straw

Column: 1027

Mr. Fisher

Mr. Straw

Column: 1028

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Straw

Dr. Tony Wright

Mr. Straw

Mr. David Davis

7 pm
Mr. Straw

Column: 1029

Mr. Radice

Mr. Straw

Dr. Tony Wright

Column: 1030

Mr. Straw

Dr. Wright

Column: 1031

Division No. 144 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1034

Column: 1035

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Mr. David Lock)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Lock

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Lock

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1036

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1037

Column: 1038

Column: 1039

Mr. Hawkins

7.30 pm

Column: 1040

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Lock

Column: 1041

Column: 1042

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Bercow

7.45 pm
Mr. Hughes

Column: 1043

Mr. Greenway

Column: 1044

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1045

Division No. 145 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1048

Column: 1049

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1050

8.15 pm

Column: 1051

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Lock

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Lock

Column: 1052

Column: 1053

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1054

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1055

8.30 pm

Column: 1056

Mr. Fisher

Column: 1057

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mr. Fisher

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Column: 1058

8.45 pm
Mr. Fisher

Column: 1059

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1060

Column: 1061

Mr. Shepherd

9 pm

Column: 1062

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Column: 1063

Mr. Heath

Column: 1064

Column: 1065

Dr. Tony Wright

9.15 pm

Column: 1066

Mr. White

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Column: 1067

Column: 1068

Mr. David Heath

Division No. 146 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1071

Division No. 147 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1074

Division No. 148 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1078

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 1079

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclennan

Dr. Tony Wright

Column: 1080

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

Dr. Tony Wright

Mr. Davies

Dr. Wright

Mr. Davies

Column: 1081

10.15 pm
Mr. Fisher

Column: 1082

Mr. Simon Hughes

Column: 1083

Dr. Lynne Jones

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Greenway

Column: 1084

10.30 pm
Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Lock

Column: 1085

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Lock

Column: 1086

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Lock

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 1087

Division No. 149 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1089

Column: 1090

Division No. 150 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1093

Column: 1094

Mr. Straw

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Straw

Column: 1095

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Straw

Column: 1096

11.15 pm
Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Straw

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Straw

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 1097

Mr. Straw

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Straw

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Radice

Mr. Greenway

Column: 1098

Column: 1099

Dr. Tony Wright

11.30 pm

Column: 1100

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Shepherd

Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate)

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1101

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1102

Dr. David Clark

11.45 pm
Mr. Quentin Davies

Column: 1103

Mr. Fisher

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Fisher

Column: 1104

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 1105

Mr. Straw

12 midnight

Column: 1106

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Straw

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Straw

Column: 1107

Column: 1108

Column: 1109

Column: 1110

Division No. 151 (Freedom of Information Bill) [5 Apr 2000]

Column: 1113

Column: 1114

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Quentin Davies

Column: 1115

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Mr. Davies

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Column: 1116

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1117

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Quentin Davies

12.30 am

Column: 1118

Mr. Mike O'Brien

Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1119

12.36 am
Mr. Straw

12.38 am
Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1120

12.41 am
Dr. Tony Wright

12.43 am
Mr. Maclennan

Column: 1121

12.48 am
Mr. Shepherd

Column: 1122

12.50 am
Mr. Quentin Davies

Column: 1123

Column: 1124

British Sign Language [5 Apr 2000]

12.54 am
Mr. Tom Levitt (High Peak)

Column: 1125

Column: 1126

Ms Candy Atherton (Falmouth and Camborne)

Mr. Levitt

Column: 1127

Column: 1128

1.12 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Ms Margaret Hodge)

Column: 1129

Column: 1130

Column: 1131

Column: 1132


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