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Column: 347

Oral Answers to Questions [12 Apr 2000]

NORTHERN IRELAND [12 Apr 2000]

Education Funding [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Roy Beggs (East Antrim)-- Education Funding [12 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. George Howarth)

Mr. Beggs

Column: 348

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Kevin McNamara (Hull, North)

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. McNamara

Mr. Howarth

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Howarth

Column: 349

Executive [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)-- Executive [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Executive [12 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. George Howarth)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Howarth

Column: 350

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Column: 351

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Robert McCartney (North Down)

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Andrew MacKay (Bracknell)

Mr. Howarth

Column: 352

Mr. MacKay

Mr. Howarth

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Howarth

Security [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)-- Security [12 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Column: 353

Mr. Nicholls

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Tony Clarke (Northampton, South)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. John D. Taylor (Strangford)

Column: 354

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Peter Robinson (Belfast, East)

Mr. Ingram

Fuel Tax [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down)-- Fuel Tax [12 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. McGrady

Column: 355

Mr. Ingram

PRIME MINISTER [12 Apr 2000]

Engagements [12 Apr 2000]

Q1. [117445]Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Ms Keeble

The Prime Minister

Column: 356

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 357

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Madam Speaker

The Prime Minister

Column: 358

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

The Prime Minister

Q2. [117446]Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)

The Prime Minister

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

The Prime Minister

Column: 359

Mr. Kennedy

The Prime Minister

Column: 360

Q4. [117448]Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

The Prime Minister

Q5. [117449]Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Column: 361

The Prime Minister

Q6. [117450]Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

The Prime Minister

Mr. George Galloway (Glasgow, Kelvin)

The Prime Minister

Column: 362

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Mr. Hague

The Prime Minister

Column: 363

Q7. [117451]Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

The Prime Minister

Column: 364

Ms Linda Perham (Ilford, North)

The Prime Minister

Column: 363

Column: 365

Points of Order [12 Apr 2000]

3.31 pm
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Jack

Madam Speaker

Mr. Jack

Madam Speaker

Column: 366

Registered Fair Rents [12 Apr 2000]

3.34 pm
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay)

Column: 367

Column: 368

Column: 367

Column: 369

Sub-post Offices [12 Apr 2000]

Madam Speaker

3.42 pm
Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Mrs. Browning

Column: 370

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Mrs. Browning

Column: 371

Column: 372

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Miller

Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Browne

Mrs. Browning

Column: 373

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mrs. Browning

Column: 374

Mr. Miller

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Winterton

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Column: 375

The Minister for Competitiveness (Mr. Alan Johnson)

Mrs. Browning

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Browning

Column: 376

The Minister of State, Department of Social Security (Mr. Jeff Rooker)

Mrs. Browning

4.9 pm
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Stephen Byers)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 377

Several hon. Members

Mr. Byers

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Byers

Column: 378

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Byers

Several hon. Members

Mr. Byers

Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Mr. Byers

Column: 379

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Byers

Several hon. Members

Mr. Byers

Column: 380

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mr. Miller

Column: 381

Mr. Byers

Mr. Nicholls

Mr. Byers

Several hon. Members

Mr. Byers

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Byers

Column: 382

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Byers

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Heath

Mr. Byers

Column: 383

Mr. Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Byers

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Byers

Column: 384

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Byers

Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Collins

Column: 385

Mr. Byers

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Column: 386

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Byers

Column: 387

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Mr. Byers

4.48 pm
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Column: 388

Mr. Browne

Dr. Cable

Column: 389

Column: 390

4.59 pm
Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby)

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Wareing

Column: 391

Mr. Brian Cotter (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Wareing

Column: 392

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Gale

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Wareing

Mr. Gale

Mr. Wareing

Column: 393

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Wareing

Column: 394

5.18 pm
Sir Peter Emery (East Devon)

Column: 395

5.28 pm
Miss Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Miss Smith

Column: 396

Mr. Duncan

Miss Smith

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Miss Smith

Column: 397

Mr. Evans

Miss Smith

Column: 398

5.39 pm
Mr. John MacGregor (South Norfolk)

Column: 399

Column: 400

Miss Geraldine Smith

Mr. MacGregor

Column: 401

Dr. George Turner

Mr. MacGregor

Mr. Letwin

Mr. MacGregor

Column: 402

5.56 pm
Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Column: 403

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Borrow

Column: 404

6.4 pm
Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)

Column: 405

6.10 pm
Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)

Column: 406

Column: 407

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

Column: 408

6.24 pm
Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Column: 409

Column: 410

6.29 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

6.32 pm
Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Column: 411

Miss Geraldine Smith

Mr. Duncan

Miss Smith

Mr. Duncan

Miss Smith

Column: 412

Mr. Duncan

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Duncan

Column: 413

Column: 414

6.45 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Alan Johnson)

Column: 415

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Johnson

Column: 416

Mr. Davis

Mr. Johnson

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Johnson

Mrs. Browning

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Duncan

Mr. Johnson

Column: 417

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Johnson

Column: 418

Division No. 163 (Sub-post Offices) [12 Apr 2000]

Column: 421

Column: 422

Division No. 164 (Sub-post Offices) [12 Apr 2000]

Column: 425

Column: 426

Asylum Seekers [12 Apr 2000]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

7.26 pm
Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South)

Column: 427

Mr. Lidington

Several hon. Members

Mr. Lidington

Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North)

Mr. Lidington

Column: 428

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

Mr. Lidington

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

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Straw

Mr. Lidington

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Mr. Lidington

Several hon. Members

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Column: 429

Mr. Lidington

Column: 430

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lidington

Column: 431

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Lidington

Column: 432

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow)

Mr. Lidington

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Lidington

Column: 433

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)

Mr. Lidington

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Mr. Lidington

Column: 434

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Lidington

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Lidington

Column: 435

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

Column: 436

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Howard

Mr. Straw

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Mr. Howard

Mr. Straw

Mr. Howard

Mr. Straw

Several hon. Members

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Straw

Column: 437

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Column: 438

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Mr. Howard

Column: 439

Mr. Straw

Column: 440

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Mr. Gale

Mr. Straw

Column: 441

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Simon Hughes

Mr. Straw

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Column: 442

Mr. Straw

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Straw

Column: 443

Column: 444

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Heald

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

Mr. Heald

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Straw

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Column: 445

Mr. Straw

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Straw

8.39 pm
Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Hughes

Column: 446

Ms Abbott

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Winnick

Mr. Hughes

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Hughes

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Mr. Hughes

Dr. Turner

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hughes

Column: 447

Ms Abbott

Mr. Hughes

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)

Mr. Hughes

Dr. Turner

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Woodward

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Woodward

Mr. Hughes

Column: 448

Ms Abbott

Column: 449

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Iain Coleman (Hammersmith and Fulham)

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Coleman

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Coleman

Mr. Hughes

Column: 450

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Hughes

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hughes

Column: 451

Column: 452

9.3 pm
Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Kaufman

Column: 453

Column: 454

Column: 455

9.15 pm
Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Column: 456

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Howard

Mr. Gerrard

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Howard

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Howard

Column: 457

Mr. Gerrard

Mr. Howard

Dr. Harris

Mr. Howard

Mr. Gerrard

Column: 458

Mr. Howard

Ms Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate)

Mr. Howard

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Howard

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Howard

Column: 459

9.32 pm
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)

Column: 460

Column: 461

Column: 462

9.43 pm
Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Heald

Column: 463

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Heald

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Column: 464

Mr. Heald

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Heald

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

Column: 465

Dr. George Turner

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Mrs. Roche

Column: 466

Division No. 165 (Asylum Seekers) [12 Apr 2000]

Column: 469

Division No. 166 (Asylum Seekers) [12 Apr 2000]

Column: 473

Division No. 167 (Asylum Seekers) [12 Apr 2000]

Column: 476

Column: 477

Village Post Offices [12 Apr 2000]

10.39 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Column: 478

Bail Hostels [12 Apr 2000]

10.40 pm
Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Column: 479

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

Column: 480

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Boateng

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Boateng

Column: 481

Column: 482


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