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Monday 10 Apr 2000

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Column: 1

Column: 1

Madam Speaker

Oral Answers to Questions [10 Apr 2000]

HOME DEPARTMENT [10 Apr 2000]

Police Numbers (London) [10 Apr 2000]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)-- Police Numbers (London) [10 Apr 2000]

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

Column: 2

Dr. Cable

Mr. Straw

Column: 3

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Straw

Column: 4

Police Numbers [10 Apr 2000]

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)-- Police Numbers [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke)

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Clarke

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 5

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Clarke

Active Community Unit [10 Apr 2000]

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)-- Active Community Unit [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)

Column: 6

Mr. Hope

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Boateng

Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet)-- Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

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

Dr. Ladyman

Column: 7

Mr. Straw

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Straw

Column: 8

Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)

Mr. Straw

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Column: 9

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 10

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 11

Mr. Straw

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Straw

Column: 12

Identity Parades [10 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley)-- Identity Parades [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke)

Mrs. Cryer

Mr. Clarke

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 13

Drug Treatment (Offenders) [10 Apr 2000]

Jackie Ballard (Taunton)-- Drug Treatment (Offenders) [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)

Jackie Ballard

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Martin Linton (Battersea)

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Column: 14

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Boateng

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Boateng

Police Time [10 Apr 2000]

Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire, Moorlands)-- Police Time [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke)

Column: 15

Charlotte Atkins

Mr. Clarke

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 16

Domestic Violence [10 Apr 2000]

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden)-- Domestic Violence [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Paul Boateng)

Siobhain McDonagh

Mr. Boateng

Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)-- Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Mr. Waterson

Column: 17

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 18

Truancy [10 Apr 2000]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Truancy [10 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Home Office (Mr. Charles Clarke)

Mr. Cunningham

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Mr. Clarke

Column: 19

Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)-- Asylum Seekers [10 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Wilkinson

Column: 20

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 19

Column: 21

Licensing Laws [10 Apr 2000]

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

Column: 22

Column: 23

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. Heald

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Heald

Column: 24

Column: 25

Mr. Straw

Column: 26

Madam Speaker

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 27

Mr. Straw

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Straw

Column: 28

Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Straw

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

Mr. Straw

Column: 29

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Column: 30

Mr. Straw

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Mr. Straw

Mrs. Sylvia Heal (Halesowen and Rowley Regis)

Mr. Straw

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 31

Mr. Straw

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Straw

Mr. Roger Casale (Wimbledon)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Column: 32

Mr. Straw

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley)

Mr. Forth

Mrs. Cryer

Mr. Straw

Madam Speaker

Column: 31

Column: 33

Personal Statement [10 Apr 2000]

4.15 pm
Mr. Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea)

Points of Order [10 Apr 2000]

4.16 pm
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Madam Speaker

The Minister for Competition and Consumer Affairs (Dr. Kim Howells)

Column: 34

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Madam Speaker

Column: 33

Column: 35

Orders of the Day [10 Apr 2000]

Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords] [10 Apr 2000]

4.20 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Dr. Kim Howells)

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Dr. Howells

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Column: 36

Dr. Howells

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Dr. Howells

Column: 37

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Dr. Howells

Mr. Bercow

Dr. Howells

Column: 38

Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Dr. Howells

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Dr. Howells

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)

Dr. Howells

Column: 39

Mr. Fabricant

Dr. Howells

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)

Dr. Howells

Column: 40

Mr. Gibb

Dr. Howells

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Dr. Howells

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)

Dr. Howells

Column: 41

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Column: 42

Mr. Maclean

Dr. Howells

Mr. Keetch

Dr. Howells

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Bercow

Dr. Howells

Column: 43

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

4.51 pm
Mr. Richard Page (South-West Hertfordshire)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Page

Column: 44

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

Column: 45

Dr. Howells

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Page

Column: 46

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Page

Column: 47

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Page

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Page

Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)

Mr. Page

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Page

Mr. Robathan

Column: 48

Mr. Page

Mr. Keetch

Mr. Page

Column: 49

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

5.19 pm
Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Column: 50

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Colman

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Colman

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Colman

Column: 51

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Colman

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Colman

Column: 52

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Colman

Mr. Page

Mr. Colman

Mr. Page

Mr. Colman

Column: 53

5.33 pm
Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)

Column: 54

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Keetch

Column: 55

5.39 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Maclean

Column: 56

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Column: 57

Mr. Keetch

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Column: 58

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Column: 59

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Forth

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Forth

Column: 60

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Column: 61

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Column: 62

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Column: 63

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Column: 64

Mr. Forth

Column: 65

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Forth

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Forth

Column: 66

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Column: 67

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Column: 68

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Forth

Dr. Howells

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Column: 69

Mr. Forth

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Forth

Dr. Lewis

Column: 70

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Column: 71

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Dr. Julian Lewis

Column: 72

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Column: 73

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Forth

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 74

Mr. Deputy Speaker

6.58 pm
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Mr. Colman

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Julian Lewis

Column: 75

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 76

Mr. Davis

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Colman

Column: 77

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Forth

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Forth

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 78

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Howells

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 79

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 80

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Dr. Lewis

Column: 81

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Savidge

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 82

Mr. Colman

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 83

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 84

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 85

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Gerald Howarth

Column: 86

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Wilshire

Dr. Lewis

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 87

Mr. Forth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 88

Mr. Forth

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Keetch

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 89

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Wilshire

8.1 pm
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 90

Mr. Cohen

Column: 91

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Cohen

Dr. Julian Lewis

Column: 92

Mr. Cohen

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Cohen

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Cohen

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Cohen

Column: 93

8.15 pm
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Maclean

Column: 94

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Column: 95

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Column: 96

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Column: 97

Column: 98

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Column: 99

Column: 100

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Column: 101

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Maclean

Column: 102

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Maclean

Column: 103

Dr. Howells

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Maclean

Column: 104

Column: 105

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Maclean

Column: 106

Dr. Howells

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Column: 107

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Maclean

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Maclean

Column: 108

9.22 pm
Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 109

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Keetch

Mr. Howarth

Column: 110

Mr. Thomas McAvoy (Glasgow, Rutherglen)

Division No. 156 (Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords]) [10 Apr 2000]

Column: 111

Column: 112

Madam Speaker

Division No. 157 (Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords]) [10 Apr 2000]

Column: 113

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Column: 114

Madam Speaker

Division No. 158 (Nuclear Safeguards Bill [Lords]) [10 Apr 2000]

Column: 116

Column: 117

Television Licences (Disclosure of Information) Bill [10 Apr 2000]

10.13 pm
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Smith

Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Mr. Smith

Column: 118

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Smith

Column: 119

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Smith

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Smith

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Column: 120

Mr. Smith

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Smith

Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Mr. Smith

Column: 121

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mr. Smith

Column: 122

10.32 pm
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)

Mr. John Maxton (Glasgow, Cathcart)

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 123

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 124

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Ainsworth

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South)

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 125

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 126

Column: 127

10.54 pm
Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Column: 128

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 129

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 130

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 131

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Kaufman

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Kaufman

11.7 pm
Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)

Column: 132

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Baker

Column: 133

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Baker

11.17 pm
Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

Column: 134

11.21 pm
Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Column: 135

11.24 pm
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Column: 136

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 137

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 138

11.33 pm
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Thomas McAvoy (Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household)

Mr. Maclean

Column: 139

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Flight

Mr. Maclean

Column: 140

Column: 141

Column: 142

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)

Mr. Maclean

Column: 143

11.57 pm
Mr. Gerald Bermingham (St. Helens, South)

Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston)

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 144

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bermingham

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bermingham

Column: 145

12.6 am
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Column: 146

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Column: 147

12.15 am
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Column: 148

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 149

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 150

Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)

Mr. Wilshire

Column: 151

12.31 am
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 152

Column: 153

12.43 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Janet Anderson)

Column: 154

Mr. Fabricant

Janet Anderson

Mr. Jim Dowd (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)

Janet Anderson

Column: 155

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Janet Anderson

Column: 156

Mr. Baker

Janet Anderson

Mr. Fabricant

Janet Anderson

Column: 157

Column: 158

Policing (South Cumbria) [10 Apr 2000]

12.59 am
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Column: 159

Magistrates Courts [10 Apr 2000]

1 am
Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Jane Kennedy)

Mr. Burnett

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Burnett

Column: 160

Column: 161

1.10 am
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Column: 162

1.15 am
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Jane Kennedy)

Mr. Burnett

Column: 163

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Burnett

Column: 164

Jane Kennedy

Column: 165

Column: 166


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