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Tuesday 9 May 2000

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Column: 627

Oral Answers to Questions [9 May 2000]

ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS [9 May 2000]

Small-scale Enterprise (Rural Areas) [9 May 2000]

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)-- Small-scale Enterprise (Rural Areas) [9 May 2000]

The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Michael Meacher)

Mr. Blizzard

Column: 628

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Hilton Dawson (Lancaster and Wyre)

Mr. Meacher

Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)

Column: 629

Mr. Meacher

New Houses (South-east) [9 May 2000]

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)-- New Houses (South-east) [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Flight

Mr. Raynsford

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 630

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Raynsford

Rough Sleepers [9 May 2000]

Laura Moffatt (Crawley)-- Rough Sleepers [9 May 2000]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)-- Rough Sleepers [9 May 2000]

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

Laura Moffatt

Column: 631

Ms Armstrong

Fiona Mactaggart

Ms Armstrong

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Column: 632

Ms Armstrong

New Deal for Communities [9 May 2000]

Mr. Bob Laxton (Derby, North)-- New Deal for Communities [9 May 2000]

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)

Mr. Laxton

Hon. Members

Madam Speaker

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Norman

Column: 633

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Hilary Benn (Leeds, Central)

Mr. Prescott

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 634

Homelessness [9 May 2000]

Mr. Patrick Hall (Bedford)-- Homelessness [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Hall

Mr. Mullin

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. Mullin

Column: 635

Beacon Councils Scheme [9 May 2000]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Beacon Councils Scheme [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Cunningham

Ms Hughes

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Ms Hughes

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Ms Hughes

Column: 636

Road Improvements [9 May 2000]

Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)-- Road Improvements [9 May 2000]

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)

Mr. Bruce

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)

Column: 637

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye)

Column: 638

Mr. Prescott

Local Authority Funding [9 May 2000]

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)-- Local Authority Funding [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Webb

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)

Ms Armstrong

Column: 639

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Ms Armstrong

Mr. Jeff Ennis (Barnsley, East and Mexborough)

Ms Armstrong

Council Tax [9 May 2000]

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)-- Council Tax [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Heath

Column: 640

Ms Hughes

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Ms Hughes

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Column: 641

Ms Hughes

Disadvantaged Communities [9 May 2000]

Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)-- Disadvantaged Communities [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Rammell

Ms Hughes

Column: 642

Road Haulage Forum [9 May 2000]

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)-- Road Haulage Forum [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Hill

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Mr. Hill

Column: 643

Non-domestic Properties [9 May 2000]

Mr. Bill O'Brien (Normanton)-- Non-domestic Properties [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. O'Brien

Ms Armstrong

Column: 644

Empty Properties [9 May 2000]

Mr. Norman Baker (Lewes)-- Empty Properties [9 May 2000]

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

Mr. Baker

Mr. Mullin

Column: 643

Column: 645

Rover-BMW [9 May 2000]

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

Column: 646

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Column: 647

Mr. Byers

Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)

Column: 648

Mr. Byers

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)

Mr. Byers

Column: 649

Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)

Mr. Byers

Sir Norman Fowler (Sutton Coldfield)

Column: 650

Mr. Byers

Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)

Mr. Byers

Column: 651

Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West)

Mr. Byers

Column: 652

Mr. Robin Corbett (Birmingham, Erdington)

Mr. Byers

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Byers

Column: 653

Mr. John M. Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Byers

Ms Debra Shipley (Stourbridge)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Mr. Byers

Column: 654

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mr. Byers

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Dennis Turner (Wolverhampton, South-East)

Column: 655

Mr. Byers

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Snape

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ian Pearson (Dudley, South)

Mr. Byers

Column: 656

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)

Mr. Byers

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Column: 657

Mr. Byers

Column: 658

Point of Order [9 May 2000]

4.16 pm
Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Madam Speaker

New Member [9 May 2000]

Column: 659

Ethical Trading [9 May 2000]

4.20 pm
Mr. Andrew Rowe (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Column: 660

Column: 659

Column: 661

Transport Bill (Programme) [9 May 2000]

Column: 662

Column: 663

4.28 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Mr. Forth

Column: 664

4.33 pm
Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)

Column: 665

Mr. Forth

Mr. Shepherd

Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown)

Column: 666

Mr. Shepherd

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Mr. Shepherd

4.42 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)

Column: 667

Column: 668

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Prescott

4.46 pm
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Column: 667

Column: 669

Orders of the Day [9 May 2000]

Transport Bill [9 May 2000]

4.47 pm
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 670

Column: 671

Column: 672

Column: 673

Mrs. Dunwoody

Column: 674

Mr. Don Foster (Bath)

Column: 675

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Foster

5 pm

Column: 676

Dr. Gavin Strang (Edinburgh, East and Musselburgh)

Column: 677

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 678

Ms Sandra Osborne (Ayr)

Column: 679

5.15 pm

Column: 680

Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown)

Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire)

Dr. Turner

Column: 681

Mrs. Maria Fyfe (Glasgow, Maryhill)

Dr. Turner

Column: 682

5.30 pm
Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Mr. Todd

Column: 683

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Todd

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Todd

Dr. Desmond Turner

Mr. Todd

Dr. Turner

Mr. Todd

Column: 684

Mr. John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan)

Mr. Todd

Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)

Column: 685

5.45 pm

Column: 686

Mr. Sam Galbraith (Strathkelvin and Bearsden)

Column: 687

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Galbraith

Dr. Strang

Mr. Galbraith

Dr. Desmond Turner

Mr. Galbraith

Dr. Turner

Mr. Galbraith

Mrs. Dunwoody

Mr. Galbraith

Mrs. Dunwoody

Column: 688

Mr. Galbraith

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Mr. Galbraith

Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 689

6 pm
Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)

Mr. McDonnell

Column: 690

Column: 691

Mr. Donald Gorrie (Edinburgh, West)

Column: 692

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Mr. Gorrie

Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Column: 693

Mr. Connarty

Mr. Davies

6.15 pm

Column: 694

Mr. John Smith

Mr. Davies

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 695

Mrs. Fyfe

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Mrs. Fyfe

Column: 696

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Column: 697

6.30 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)

Mr. Redwood

Column: 698

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

Mrs. Dunwoody

Jane Griffiths

Column: 699

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Geraint Davies

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Pike

Column: 700

6.45 pm
Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Column: 701

Column: 702

Mr. Alan Keen (Feltham and Heston)

Mr. Michael Connarty (Falkirk, East)

Column: 703

Column: 704

7 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)

Column: 705

Column: 706

Mr. Prescott

Column: 707

7.15 pm

Column: 708

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Prescott

Column: 709

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Prescott

Column: 710

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Prescott

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

Mr. Prescott

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 711

Mr. Prescott

Ms Osborne

Mr. Prescott

Column: 712

7.30 pm
Dr. Strang

Mr. Prescott

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)

Mr. Prescott

Column: 713

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Prescott

Column: 714

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Prescott

Column: 715

Mrs. Dunwoody

Column: 716

Division No. 184 (Transport Bill) [9 May 2000]

Column: 719

Division No. 185 (Transport Bill) [9 May 2000]

Column: 723

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 724

Division No. 186 (Transport Bill) [9 May 2000]

Column: 727

Column: 728

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 729

Mr. Raynsford

8.30 pm

Column: 730

Column: 731

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 732

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 733

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 734

8.45 pm
Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 735

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 736

Column: 737

Mr. Cash

9 pm
Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 738

Column: 739

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 740

Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Cunninghame, South)

Column: 741

9.15 pm
Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Column: 742

Column: 743

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Mr. Wilkinson

Column: 744

9.30 pm
Mr. Duncan Smith

Column: 745

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 746

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cash

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 747

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Duncan Smith

Mr. Raynsford

9.45 pm
Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 748

Mr. Donohoe

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 749

Division No. 187 (Transport Bill) [9 May 2000]

Column: 753

Column: 754

Column: 755

Column: 756

Column: 757

Column: 758

Column: 759

Column: 760

Column: 761

Column: 762

Column: 763

Column: 764

Column: 765

Column: 766

Column: 767

Column: 768

Column: 769

Column: 770

Column: 771

Column: 772

Column: 773

Column: 774

Mr. Don Foster

Column: 775

10.15 pm

Column: 776

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

Column: 777

Column: 778

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Column: 779

Mr. Hill

10.30 pm
Mr. Don Foster

Mr. Hill

Column: 780

Sir David Madel (South-West Bedfordshire)

Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)

Column: 781

Mr. Don Foster

Column: 782

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham)

Mr. Foster

Mr. Atkinson

Column: 783

10.45 pm
Mr. Foster

Division No. 188 (Transport Bill) [9 May 2000]

Column: 786

Mr. Hill

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

Mr. Hill

Column: 787

Valerie Davey (Bristol, West)

Mr. Hill

Column: 788

Mr. Syms

Column: 789

11.15 pm
Mr. Don Foster

Column: 790

Column: 791

Mr. Stephen O'Brien

Column: 792

11.30 pm
Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)

Column: 793

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Column: 794

Mr. Peter Atkinson

Mr. Luff

Mr. Hill

Column: 795

Mr. Don Foster

11.45 pm
Mr. Hill

Column: 796

Mr. Snape

Mr. Hill

Mr. Don Foster

Mr. Hill

Column: 797

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Column: 798

Mr. Hill

Mr. Michael Moore (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale)

Column: 799

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802

Column: 803

Column: 804

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 805

12 midnight
Mr. Moore

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Moore

Column: 806

Mr. Snape

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Mr. Snape

Mr. Don Foster

Column: 807

Mr. Snape

Mr. Moore

Mr. Snape

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Column: 808

12.15 am
Mr. Peter Atkinson

Column: 809

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Mr. Hill

Column: 810

Mr. Don Foster

Mr. Hill

Mr. Foster

Mr. Hill

Mrs. Laing

Mr. Hill

Mrs. Laing

Column: 811

Mr. Hill

Mr. Jenkin

Column: 812

Column: 813

Column: 814

Column: 813

Column: 815

Crimestoppers [9 May 2000]

12.28 am
Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Russell

Column: 816

Mr. Tony Colman (Putney)

Column: 817

Mr. Russell

Column: 818

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

Column: 819

Column: 820

Mr. Russell

Mr. Clarke

Column: 821

Column: 822


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