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Monday 24 Jul 2000

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Column: 743

Oral Answers to Questions [24 Jul 2000]

HOME DEPARTMENT [24 Jul 2000]

Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)-- Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Dr. Iddon

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton)

Column: 744

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 745

Sunday Dancing [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. John Grogan (Selby)-- Sunday Dancing [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Grogan

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Column: 746

Mr. O'Brien

Press Office [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)-- Press Office [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Gray

Mr. Straw

Column: 747

Mr. Clive Soley (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush)

Mr. Straw

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire)

Mr. Straw

Closed Circuit Television [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Colin Burgon (Elmet)-- Closed Circuit Television [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Burgon

Column: 748

Mr. Boateng

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Boateng

Local Elections [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)-- Local Elections [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Pike

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 749

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley)

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Phil Woolas (Oldham, East and Saddleworth)

Mr. O'Brien

Metropolitan Police Authority [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)-- Metropolitan Police Authority [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Wilkinson

Column: 750

Mr. Straw

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Straw

Column: 751

Police Recruitment [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Derek Twigg (Halton)-- Police Recruitment [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- Police Recruitment [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Twigg

Mr. Straw

Mr. Cunningham

Mr. Straw

Column: 752

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Straw

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Hilary Benn (Leeds, Central)

Mr. Straw

Column: 753

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 754

Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Helen Jones

Mrs. Roche

Column: 755

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Madam Speaker

Mr. Robathan

Mrs. Roche

European Convention on Human Rights [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)-- European Convention on Human Rights [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Barnes

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Column: 756

Mr. O'Brien

Hilda Murrell [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Hilda Murrell [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Boateng

Madam Speaker

Police Numbers [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)-- Police Numbers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Paterson

Column: 757

Mr. Clarke

Gillian Merron (Lincoln)

Mr. Clarke

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Clarke

Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

Ms Christine Russell (City of Chester)-- Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Ms Russell

Column: 758

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Dale Campbell-Savours (Workington)

Mrs. Roche

Column: 759

Police Numbers [24 Jul 2000]

Ms Claire Ward (Watford)-- Police Numbers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Ms Ward

Mr. Boateng

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Boateng

Anti-social Behaviour [24 Jul 2000]

Maria Eagle (Liverpool, Garston)-- Anti-social Behaviour [24 Jul 2000]

Column: 760

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

Maria Eagle

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)

Mr. Clarke

Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Paul Clark (Gillingham)-- Asylum Seekers [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Clark

Mrs. Roche

Column: 761

Closed Circuit Television [24 Jul 2000]

Mr. Phil Hope (Corby)-- Closed Circuit Television [24 Jul 2000]

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

Mr. Hope

Column: 762

Mr. Clarke

Column: 761

Column: 763

G8 Summit [24 Jul 2000]

3.31 pm
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Column: 764

Column: 765

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)

Column: 766

The Prime Minister

Column: 767

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

Column: 768

The Prime Minister

Column: 769

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

The Prime Minister

Column: 770

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

The Prime Minister

Ms Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North)

The Prime Minister

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

Column: 771

The Prime Minister

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

The Prime Minister

Column: 772

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

The Prime Minister

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

The Prime Minister

Column: 773

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John McAllion (Dundee, East)

The Prime Minister

Column: 774

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)

The Prime Minister

Column: 775

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)

The Prime Minister

Column: 776

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

The Prime Minister

Column: 775

Column: 777

Spending Review (Defence) [24 Jul 2000]

4.17 pm
The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Column: 778

Column: 779

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)

Column: 780

Column: 781

Column: 782

Mr. Hoon

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

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hoon

Column: 783

Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Column: 784

Mr. Hoon

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Column: 785

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mr. Brazier

Mr. Mackinlay

Mr. Hoon

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 786

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Syd Rapson (Portsmouth, North)

Column: 787

Mr. Hoon

Mr. William Ross (East Londonderry)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Column: 788

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 789

Mr. Hoon

Column: 790

Points of Order [24 Jul 2000]

5 pm
Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

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

Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Column: 791

Mr. Deputy Speaker

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

Column: 792

Orders of the Day [24 Jul 2000]

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill [24 Jul 2000]

5.5 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Angela Eagle)

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

Angela Eagle

Angela Eagle

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Angela Eagle

Column: 793

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Angela Eagle

Column: 794

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Angela Eagle

Mr. Pickles

Angela Eagle

5.15 pm
Mr. Pickles

Column: 795

Mr. Webb

Column: 796

Angela Eagle

Mr. Pickles

Angela Eagle

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

Column: 797

Mr. Webb

Column: 798

5.30 pm

Column: 799

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Flynn

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Flynn

Column: 800

Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. McDonnell

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

Column: 801

Mr. Rooker

Mr. McDonnell

Mr. Rooker

Column: 802

Mr. Webb

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Flynn

5.45 pm
Mr. Rooker

Mr. Rooker

Column: 803

Mr. Pickles

Column: 804

Column: 805

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Webb

6 pm

Column: 806

Column: 807

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Webb

Mr. Rooker

Column: 808

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Webb

Mr. Rooker

Column: 809

Mr. Wigley

Mr. Rooker

Division No. 281 (Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Bill) [24 Jul 2000]

Column: 812

Mr. Rooker

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

6.30 pm

Column: 813

Mr. Webb

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Rooker

Column: 814

Mrs. Lait

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 815

Mr. Rooker

Mrs. Lait

Column: 816

Mr. Rooker

Column: 817

6.45 pm
Mrs. Lait

Column: 818

Mr. Rooker

Mrs. Lait

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 819

Angela Eagle

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Angela Eagle

Column: 820

Mr. Pickles

Column: 821

7 pm
Mr. Webb

Column: 822

Angela Eagle

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Rooker

Column: 823

Angela Eagle

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Angela Eagle

Mr. Webb

Column: 824

Mr. Pickles

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Pickles

Column: 823

Column: 825

Government Resources and Accounts Bill [24 Jul 2000]

7.11 pm
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Miss Melanie Johnson)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Miss Johnson

Column: 826

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset)

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Column: 827

Mr. Letwin

Column: 828

Column: 829

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Davey

Mr. Howard Flight (Arundel and South Downs)

Mr. Davey

Column: 830

7.30 pm
Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Column: 831

Miss Johnson

Miss Melanie Johnson

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

Miss Johnson

Column: 832

Mr. Robert Sheldon (Ashton-under-Lyne)

Miss Johnson

Column: 833

Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Mr. David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Miss Johnson

Mr. Edward Davey

7.45 pm
Miss Johnson

Column: 834

Column: 835

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Davis

Column: 836

Column: 837

8 pm
Mr. Letwin

Column: 838

Mr. David Davis

Mr. William Cash (Stone)

Mr. Davis

Column: 839

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 840

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Davey

Column: 841

Mr. Alan Williams (Swansea, West)

Column: 842

Column: 843

Mr. Cash

Mr. Williams

Mr. David Davis

Mr. Williams

Column: 844

8.30 pm
Mr. Brooke

Column: 845

Mr. Sheldon

Column: 846

Mr. David Rendel (Newbury)

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Rendel

Column: 847

Mr. Cash

Mr. Deputy Speaker

8.45 pm
Mr. Cash

Column: 848

Mr. Flight

Mr. Letwin

Column: 849

Column: 850

Mr. Cash

Mr. Letwin

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Brooke

Miss Johnson

Mr. Brooke

Miss Johnson

Column: 851

9 pm
Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Miss Johnson

Column: 852

Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Column: 853

Mr. Rendel

Miss Johnson

Mr. David Davis

Miss Johnson

Mr. Davis

Column: 854

Miss Johnson

Mr. Alan Williams

Miss Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Column: 855

Division No. 282 (Government Resources and Accounts Bill) [24 Jul 2000]

Column: 858

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne)

Column: 859

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

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Column: 860

Column: 861

Mr. Dafydd Wigley (Caernarfon)

Mr. Letwin

9.45 pm
Mr. Wigley

Column: 862

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Wigley

Column: 863

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Column: 864

Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Column: 865

Miss Melanie Johnson

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Miss Johnson

Mr. Letwin

Miss Johnson

Division No. 283 (Government Resources and Accounts Bill) [24 Jul 2000]

Column: 868

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Column: 869

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Garnier

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 870

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Nicholas Lyell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sir Nicholas Lyell

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bottomley

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Leigh

Column: 871

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 872

Government Resources and Accounts Bill [24 Jul 2000]

10.20 pm
Miss Melanie Johnson

Column: 873

Brand Names [24 Jul 2000]

10.23 pm
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby)

Column: 874

Column: 875

Column: 876

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

Mr. Mitchell

Dr. Howells

Mr. Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Dr. Howells

Column: 877

Mr. Mitchell

Dr. Howells

Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Dr. Howells

Column: 878

Mr. Öpik

Dr. Howells

Mr. Öpik

Dr. Howells

Mr. Taylor

Dr. Howells

Mr. Taylor

Dr. Howells

Column: 879

Column: 880


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