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Tuesday 18 Apr 2000

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Column: 809

Oral Answers to Questions [18 Apr 2000]

SCOTLAND [18 Apr 2000]

Referendums [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)-- Referendums [18 Apr 2000]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mr. Swayne

Dr. Reid

Column: 810

Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber)

Dr. Reid

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Dr. Reid

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Dr. Reid

Column: 811

Digital Transmission [18 Apr 2000]

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South)-- Digital Transmission [18 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Miss Begg

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Wilson

Column: 812

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Wilson

ONE Pilot [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Douglas Alexander (Paisley, South)-- ONE Pilot [18 Apr 2000]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mr. Alexander

Dr. Reid

Column: 813

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Bruce

Madam Speaker

Dr. Reid

Pensioners [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)-- Pensioners [18 Apr 2000]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Dr. John Reid)

Mr. Worthington

Column: 814

Dr. Reid

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Dr. Reid

Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, Shettleston)

Dr. Reid

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield)

Column: 815

Dr. Reid

Electronic Communications Bill [18 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth)-- Electronic Communications Bill [18 Apr 2000]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Mrs. McKenna

Mr. Wilson

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 816

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Wilson

ADVOCATE-GENERAL FOR SCOTLAND [18 Apr 2000]

EU Directives [18 Apr 2000]

Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)-- EU Directives [18 Apr 2000]

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Dr. Lynda Clark)

Dr. Godman

The Advocate-General

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Column: 817

The Advocate-General

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

The Advocate-General

Civil Service Pension Rights [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Desmond Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun)-- Civil Service Pension Rights [18 Apr 2000]

The Advocate-General for Scotland (Dr. Lynda Clark)

Mr. Browne

The Advocate-General

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Column: 818

The Advocate-General

LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT [18 Apr 2000]

Gravesend Magistrates Court [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Chris Pond (Gravesham)-- Gravesend Magistrates Court [18 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Pond

Jane Kennedy

Column: 819

Rural Magistrates Courts [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)-- Rural Magistrates Courts [18 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Paterson

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Jane Kennedy

Mr. John Burnett (Torridge and West Devon)

Jane Kennedy

Column: 820

Mr. Barry Jones (Alyn and Deeside)

Jane Kennedy

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Jane Kennedy

Family Mediation [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Gareth R. Thomas (Harrow, West)-- Family Mediation [18 Apr 2000]

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

Mr. Thomas

Column: 821

Jane Kennedy

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Jane Kennedy

Judges (Complaints) [18 Apr 2000]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)-- Judges (Complaints) [18 Apr 2000]

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

Dr. Cable

Mr. Lock

Column: 822

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mr. Lock

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Lock

Community Legal Service [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)-- Community Legal Service [18 Apr 2000]

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

Column: 823

Mr. Martlew

Mr. Lock

HOUSE OF COMMONS [18 Apr 2000]

Westminster Hall [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)-- Westminster Hall [18 Apr 2000]

The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)

Mr. Paterson

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 824

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mrs. Beckett

Column: 825

Draft Bills [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)-- Draft Bills [18 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)

Mr. Healey

Mr. Tipping

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Mr. Tipping

Column: 826

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL [18 Apr 2000]

Appointments Commission [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)-- Appointments Commission [18 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)

Mr. Prentice

Mr. Tipping

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)

Mr. Tipping

Column: 827

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Tipping

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

Mr. Tipping

HOUSE OF COMMONS [18 Apr 2000]

Modernisation [18 Apr 2000]

Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)-- Modernisation [18 Apr 2000]

The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)

Mrs. Campbell

Mrs. Beckett

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)

Column: 828

Mrs. Beckett

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL [18 Apr 2000]

Privy Council Judicial Committee [18 Apr 2000]

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)-- Privy Council Judicial Committee [18 Apr 2000]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Privy Council Office (Mr. Paddy Tipping)

Mr. Mackinlay

Mr. Tipping

Column: 829

Points of Order [18 Apr 2000]

3.31 pm
Mr. Tim Yeo (South Suffolk)

Madam Speaker

Column: 830

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Madam Speaker

Column: 829

Column: 831

Corporate Homicide [18 Apr 2000]

3.34 pm
Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon)

Column: 832

Column: 833

Column: 834

Orders of the Day [18 Apr 2000]

Postal Services Bill [Money] (No. 2) [18 Apr 2000]

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

3.46 pm
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Column: 835

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

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Byers

Mr. McLoughlin

3.49 pm
Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 836

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

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Johnson

Column: 837

Postal Services Bill [18 Apr 2000]

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

Madam Speaker

Column: 838

Mr. Byers

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

Mr. Byers

Column: 839

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford)

Mr. Byers

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Byers

4 pm

Column: 840

Mr. David Prior (North Norfolk)

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Mr. Byers

Column: 841

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones (Ynys Mon)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Column: 842

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Byers

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 843

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brian Cotter (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Bercow

Column: 844

4.15 pm
Mr. Byers

Mr. Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton)

Mr. Byers

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Byers

Column: 845

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Byers

Column: 846

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Burns

Mr. Byers

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Byers

Mr. Burns

Column: 847

Mr. Byers

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

Column: 848

Mr. Baldry

Mr. Page

Column: 849

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Page

Column: 850

Mr. Prior

Mr. Page

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Page

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Page

Column: 851

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Page

Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Page

4.45 pm

Column: 852

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Page

The Minister for Competitiveness (Mr. Alan Johnson)

Mr. Page

Column: 853

Column: 854

5 pm

Column: 855

Mr. Drew

Mr. Lilley

Column: 856

Mr. Drew

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Drew

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Drew

Column: 857

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Drew

Column: 858

Mr. Cotter

5.15 pm

Column: 859

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Brady

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Prior

Mr. Cotter

Column: 860

Mr. Page

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Lilley

Column: 861

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Gale

Column: 862

5.30 pm
Mr. Lilley

Column: 863

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Letwin

Column: 864

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Prior

Mr. Lilley

Column: 865

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Lilley

5.45 pm

Column: 866

Mr. Drew

Mr. Lilley

Column: 867

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Lilley

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Lilley

Column: 868

Column: 869

6 pm
Mr. Bercow

Mr. Lilley

Column: 870

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Lilley

Column: 871

Mr. Mike Wood (Batley and Spen)

Column: 872

6.15 pm

Column: 873

Mr. Baldry

Column: 874

Column: 875

Column: 876

6.30 pm

Column: 877

Column: 878

Column: 879

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

Column: 880

Mr. Prior

Column: 881

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Prior

Mr. Brady

Mr. David Jamieson (Lord Commissioner to the Treasury)

Mr. Brady

Column: 882

Mr. John M. Taylor

Mr. Brady

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Brady

Mr. Taylor

Mr. Brady

Column: 883

7 pm
Mr. Swayne

Mr. Brady

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

Column: 884

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Brady

Column: 885

7.15 pm
Mr. Stephen Day (Cheadle)

Mr. Brady

Column: 886

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Column: 887

Column: 888

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. John M. Taylor

Mr. Forth

Column: 889

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Brady

Mr. Forth

Mr. Brady

Mr. Forth

7.30 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 890

Column: 891

Column: 892

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Column: 893

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Byers

Column: 894

7.45 pm

Column: 895

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Byers

Mr. Brady

Mr. Byers

Column: 896

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Byers

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Byers

Column: 897

8 pm
Mr. Alan Johnson

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

Mr. Johnson

Column: 898

Mr. Page

Column: 899

Mr. Johnson

Column: 900

Column: 901

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Column: 902

8.15 pm
Mr. Page

Mr. Bercow

Column: 903

Mr. Page

Column: 904

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

Mr. Alan Johnson

Column: 905

Mr. Bercow

8.30 pm
Mr. Johnson

Mr. Brady

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Page

Column: 906

Mr. Byers

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Byers

Column: 907

Mr. Page

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Page

Column: 908

Mr. Bercow

Column: 909

Mr. Page

Column: 910

Column: 911

Column: 912

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Page

Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Mr. Page

Dr. Turner

Mr. Page

Column: 913

9 pm
Mr. Cotter

Column: 914

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Johnson

Column: 915

Column: 916

Mr. Page

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Column: 917

9.15 pm

Column: 918

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Column: 919

Mr. Page

Column: 920

Mr. Drew

Mr. Page

Column: 921

9.30 pm
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hancock

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hancock

Mr. Page

Column: 922

Mr. Alan Johnson

Column: 923

Column: 924

Column: 925

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Column: 926

Mr. Bowen Wells (Hertford and Stortford)

Mr. Johnson

9.45 pm
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 927

Mr. Johnson

Mr. McDonnell

Mr. Johnson

Column: 928

Mr. McDonnell

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Column: 929

Mr. Johnson

Mr. McDonnell

Mr. Johnson

Column: 930

Mr. Page

Column: 931

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Page

Mr. Page

Column: 932

Mr. Alasdair Morgan (Galloway and Upper Nithsdale)

Mr. Page

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Column: 933

Mr. Alasdair Morgan

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham)

Mr. Winterton

Mr. Baldry

Column: 934

Mr. Alan Johnson

Column: 935

Mr. Drew

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Simon Thomas (Ceredigion)

10.15 pm
Mr. Johnson

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Johnson

Column: 936

Mr. Page

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Johnson

Mr. Forth

Column: 937

Mr. Johnson

Column: 938

Column: 939

10.26 pm
Mr. Byers

Column: 940

10.29 pm
Mr. Page

Column: 941

10.37 pm
Mr. Cotter

Column: 942

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mr. Cotter

Mr. Hancock

Mr. Cotter

Column: 943

10.42 pm
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)

Mr. Leigh

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

Mr. Leigh

Column: 944

10.49 pm
Mr. Baldry

Column: 945

10.53 pm
Mr. Burns

Column: 946

Column: 947

11.2 pm
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Column: 948

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Collins

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Collins

11.6 pm
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Column: 949

Mr. Alan Johnson

Mr. Davey

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Davey

Column: 950

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Davey

Column: 951

11.18 pm
Mr. McLoughlin

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. McLoughlin

Column: 952

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

Column: 951

Column: 953

Assisted Areas Map [18 Apr 2000]

11.24 pm
Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire)

Column: 954

Column: 955

Column: 956

11.42 pm
Dr. George Turner (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 957

11.45 pm
The Minister for Trade (Mr. Richard Caborn)

Column: 958

Column: 959

Column: 960


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