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Wednesday 8 Dec 1999

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Column: 809

Oral Answers to Questions [8 Dec 1999]

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT [8 Dec 1999]

World Trade Organisation [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)-- World Trade Organisation [8 Dec 1999]

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

Danube [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)-- Danube [8 Dec 1999]

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

St. Helena [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)-- St. Helena [8 Dec 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Russell

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 815

Tropical Diseases [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford)-- Tropical Diseases [8 Dec 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Beard

Clare Short

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Clare Short

Column: 816

Kosovo [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South)-- Kosovo [8 Dec 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Griffiths

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 817

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. John Healey (Wentworth)-- Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative [8 Dec 1999]

The Secretary of State for International Development (Clare Short)

Mr. Healey

Clare Short

Mr. Nick St. Aubyn (Guildford)

Clare Short

Column: 818

Afghan Refugees (Iran) [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)-- Afghan Refugees (Iran) [8 Dec 1999]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. George Foulkes)

Mr. Cousins

Mr. Foulkes

PRIME MINISTER [8 Dec 1999]

Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

Mr. Nick Harvey (North Devon)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

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

Mr. Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

The Prime Minister

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)

The Prime Minister

Column: 823

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Shaun Woodward (Witney)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

Column: 824

The Prime Minister

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

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

Mr. Gwyn Prosser (Dover)-- Engagements [8 Dec 1999]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Robert Jackson (Wantage)

The Prime Minister

Column: 827

Points of Order [8 Dec 1999]

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

Tube Investment [8 Dec 1999]

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

Post Office [8 Dec 1999]

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

Emergency Services [8 Dec 1999]

11.48 pm
Mr. Andrew Welsh (Angus)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Welsh

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Welsh

Column: 962

Medicines Control Agency [8 Dec 1999]

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


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