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Wednesday 8 Dec 1999
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Column: 809
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)
Mr. Cunningham
Clare Short
Column: 810
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)
Clare Short
Mr. Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)
Clare Short
Column: 811
Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)
Clare Short
Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford)
Clare Short
Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)
Clare Short
Column: 812
Mr. Streeter
Clare Short
Mr. Streeter
Clare Short
Column: 813
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)
Mr. Dalyell
Mr. Foulkes
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Mr. Foulkes
Column: 814
Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)
Mr. Foulkes
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)
Mr. Russell
Mr. Foulkes
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Foulkes
Column: 815
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)
Mr. Beard
Clare Short
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Clare Short
Column: 816
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Foulkes
Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)
Mr. Foulkes
Column: 817
The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)
Mr. Healey
Clare Short
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)
Clare Short
Column: 818
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)
Mr. Cousins
Mr. Foulkes
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)
Mr. Harvey
The Prime Minister
Column: 819
Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge and Chryston)
The Prime Minister
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Column: 820
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Madam Speaker
Mr. John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)
Madam Speaker
Mr. McDonnell
The Prime Minister
Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)
The Prime Minister
Column: 821
Mr. Kennedy
The Prime Minister
Dr. David Clark (South Shields)
The Prime Minister
Column: 822
The Prime Minister
Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)
The Prime Minister
Column: 823
The Prime Minister
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Column: 824
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks)
The Prime Minister
Column: 825
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Mr. Hague
The Prime Minister
Madam Speaker
Column: 826
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage)
The Prime Minister
Column: 827
3.30 pm
Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)
Madam Speaker
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Madam Speaker
Mr. Blunt
Madam Speaker
Column: 828
Madam Speaker
3.33 pm
Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)
Column: 829
Mr. Malcolm Savidge (Aberdeen, North)
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Michael J. Foster (Worcester)
Mr. Redwood
Column: 830
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Mr. Redwood
Ms Claire Ward (Watford)
Mr. Redwood
Several hon. Members
Madam Speaker
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)
Column: 831
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Martin Salter (Reading, West)
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Tony Clarke (Northampton, South)
Ms Ward
Mr. Redwood
Column: 832
Madam Speaker
Mr. Redwood
Ms Ward
Mr. Redwood
Column: 833
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Ian Stewart (Eccles)
Ms Ward
Madam Speaker
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Stewart
Mr. Redwood
Ms Ward
Mr. Redwood
Column: 834
Several hon. Members
Mr. Redwood
Column: 835
Madam Speaker
Mr. Redwood
Column: 836
3.58 pm
The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. John Prescott)
Column: 837
Madam Speaker
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 838
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Gray
Madam Speaker
Mr. Gray
Madam Speaker
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Mr. John Townend (East Yorkshire)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Madam Speaker
Mr. Prescott
Column: 839
Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Column: 840
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Madam Speaker
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Several hon. Members
Mr. Prescott
Column: 841
Mr. Ken Livingstone (Brent, East)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Prescott
Column: 842
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Prescott
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Mr. Prescott
Column: 843
Mr. Redwood
Mr. Prescott
Column: 844
Mr. Gray
Mr. Prescott
Column: 845
Mr. Townend
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Townend
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Townend
Mr. Ottaway
Madam Speaker
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Column: 846
Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Gray
Mr. Prescott
Column: 847
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Prescott
Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Mr. Prescott
4.35 am
Mr. Michael Portillo (Kensington and Chelsea)
Column: 848
Column: 849
Column: 850
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Portillo
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Portillo
4.48 pm
Mr. Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras)
Column: 851
Mr. Gray
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)
Mr. Dobson
Column: 852
Mr. Portillo
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Portillo
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Dobson
Column: 853
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. Dobson
Column: 854
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
Mr. Dobson
Mr. Brian Sedgemore (Hackney, South and Shoreditch)
Column: 855
Mr. Dobson
Column: 856
5.9 pm
Mr. Don Foster (Bath)
Column: 857
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Foster
Mr. Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)
Mr. Foster
Column: 858
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)
Mr. Foster
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Column: 859
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Dr. Peter Brand (Isle of Wight)
Mr. Foster
Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Foster
Column: 860
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)
Mr. Foster
Mr. Prescott
Column: 861
Mr. Foster
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Foster
Column: 862
5.33 pm
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)
Mr. Ivan Henderson (Harwich)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Bennett
Column: 863
Mr. Ian Bruce
Column: 864
Mr. Bennett
5.43 pm
Mr. Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South)
Column: 865
Mr. Gray
Column: 866
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 867
Mr. Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 868
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ottaway
Column: 869
Mr. Davies
Mr. Ottaway
6.1 pm
Mr. Peter Snape (West Bromwich, East)
Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster, Central)
Column: 870
Mr. Snape
Column: 871
Mr. Brake
Mr. Snape
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Snape
Column: 872
Column: 873
Mr. Martlew
Mr. Snape
Mr. Paterson
Mr. Snape
Column: 874
6.17 pm
Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)
Column: 875
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Wilkinson
Column: 876
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Wilkinson
Column: 877
6.31 pm
Mr. Ken Livingstone (Brent, East)
Column: 878
Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Livingstone
Column: 879
Mr. Don Foster
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Ottaway
Mr. Livingstone
Column: 880
Column: 881
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Wilkinson
Column: 882
Mr. Livingstone
Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington)
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Cohen
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Cohen
Column: 883
Mr. Livingstone
Column: 884
6.56 pm
Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire)
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Gray
Mr. Ian Bruce
Mr. Gray
Column: 885
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Gray
Column: 886
Column: 887
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Gray
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Gray
Mr. Davies
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Gray
Mr. Davies
Mr. Gray
Column: 888
Mr. Livingstone
Mr. Gray
Column: 889
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Gray
Mr. Davies
Mr. Gray
Column: 890
Mr. Paterson
Mr. Gray
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Gray
Column: 891
Mr. Davies
Mr. Gray
7.20 pm
Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle)
Column: 892
Column: 893
Mr. Ronnie Fearn (Southport)
Mr. Martlew
7.30 pm
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Column: 894
Mr. Christopher Leslie (Shipley)
Column: 895
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Bruce
Column: 896
Column: 897
Mr. Bercow
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Leslie
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Leslie
Column: 898
Mr. Bruce
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Mr. Bruce
Mr. Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)
Column: 899
Mr. Deputy Speaker
7.50 pm
Angela Smith (Basildon)
Column: 900
Mr. Damian Green (Ashford)
Angela Smith
Mr. Mackinlay
Angela Smith
Mr. Ian Bruce
Angela Smith
Column: 901
Column: 902
Column: 903
8.4 pm
Mr. Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Brake
Column: 904
Mr. Green
Mr. Brake
Column: 905
Column: 906
Column: 907
8.21 pm
Mr. Patrick Hall (Bedford)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Hall
Column: 908
Column: 909
8.32 pm
Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)
Column: 910
Mr. David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Brake
Mr. St. Aubyn
Mr. Patrick Hall
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 911
Column: 912
Mr. Clifton-Brown
Mr. St. Aubyn
Column: 913
8.45 pm
Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)
Column: 914
8.50 pm
Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Paterson
Column: 915
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Paterson
Column: 916
Column: 917
9.2 pm
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside)
Column: 918
Mr. Paterson
Mrs. Ellman
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mrs. Ellman
Column: 919
Mr. Davies
Mrs. Ellman
Column: 920
9.17 pm
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex)
Mr. Mackinlay
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 921
Mr. Geraint Davies
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Paterson
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 922
Column: 923
Mr. Prescott
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jenkin
Column: 924
Column: 925
9.37 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Mr. Keith Hill)
Column: 926
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Hill
Column: 927
Column: 928
Mr. Gray
Mr. Hill
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Hill
Mr. Brake
Mr. Hill
Column: 929
Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)
Mr. Hill
Mr. Jenkin
Mr. Hill
Mr. Snape
Mr. Hill
Mr. Snape
Mr. Hill
Column: 930
Mr. James Arbuthnot (North-East Hampshire)
Division No. 14 (Tube Investment) [8 Dec 1999]
Column: 934
Division No. 15 (Tube Investment) [8 Dec 1999]
Column: 938
Column: 939
10.28 pm
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Mr. Ian Bruce (South Dorset)
Mr. Gibb
Column: 940
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)
Mr. Gibb
Column: 941
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Gibb
Column: 942
Column: 943
Mr. Forth
Mr. Gibb
Column: 944
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
10.47 pm
Mr. Martin O'Neill (Ochil)
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. O'Neill
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. O'Neill
Column: 945
Mr. Forth
Mr. O'Neill
Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire)
Mr. O'Neill
Mr. Gibb
Mr. O'Neill
Column: 946
10.54 pm
Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)
Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch)
Dr. Cable
Mr. Christopher Fraser (Mid-Dorset and North Poole)
Dr. Cable
Column: 947
Mr. Gibb
Dr. Cable
Mr. Fabricant
Dr. Cable
Mr. Fabricant
Dr. Cable
Mr. Fabricant
Dr. Cable
Column: 948
11.2 pm
Mr. Bob Laxton (Derby, North)
Column: 949
11.5 pm
Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Column: 950
11.8 pm
Mr. David Drew (Stroud)
Column: 951
11.15 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Alan Johnson)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Fabricant
Column: 952
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Fabricant
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Chope
Mr. Johnson
Column: 953
Several hon. Members
Mr. Johnson
Column: 954
Mr. Llwyd
Mr. Johnson
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Sir George Young
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Johnson
Column: 955
Mr. Gibb
Mr. Johnson
Division No. 16 (Post Office) [8 Dec 1999]
Column: 958
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)
Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael J. Martin)
Column: 959
The President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mrs. Margaret Beckett)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mrs. Beckett
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Several hon. Members
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)
Column: 960
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Several hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Hon. Members
Hon. Members
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
Mr. Jack
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Jack
Column: 961
Mr. Deputy Speaker
11.48 pm
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Welsh
Mr. Deputy Speaker
Mr. Welsh
Column: 962
11.50 pm
Mr. Tim Collins (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Column: 963
Column: 964
Column: 965
12.3 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Yvette Cooper)
Column: 966
Column: 967
Column: 968
Mr. Collins
Yvette Cooper