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Monday 18 Dec 2000

Volume No. 360 Part No. 09

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SOCIAL SECURITY [18 Dec 2000]

Means Testing [18 Dec 2000]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)-- Means Testing [18 Dec 2000]

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Miss McIntosh

Column: 2

Mr. Darling

Column: 3

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok)

Column: 4

Mr. Darling

Mr. David Willetts (Havant)

Mr. Darling

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham)

Mr. Darling

Housing Benefit (Students) [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Simon Thomas (Ceredigion)-- Housing Benefit (Students) [18 Dec 2000]

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

Mr. Thomas

Column: 5

Angela Eagle

Winter Fuel Allowance [18 Dec 2000]

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)-- Winter Fuel Allowance [18 Dec 2000]

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Helen Jones

Mr. Darling

Column: 6

Mr. Speaker

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Darling

Fuel Poverty [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett (Denton and Reddish)-- Fuel Poverty [18 Dec 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Mr. Bennett

Column: 7

Mr. Bayley

Social Fund (Administration) [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Peter L. Pike (Burnley)-- Social Fund (Administration) [18 Dec 2000]

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

Mr. Pike

Angela Eagle

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Angela Eagle

Column: 8

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

Angela Eagle

Minimum Income Guarantee [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Paul Flynn (Newport, West)-- Minimum Income Guarantee [18 Dec 2000]

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Mr. Flynn

Mr. Darling

Column: 9

Mr. Archy Kirkwood (Roxburgh and Berwickshire)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Column: 10

Mr. Darling

Mr. David Willetts (Havant)

Mr. Darling

Column: 11

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Darling

Means Tests (Pensioners) [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)-- Means Tests (Pensioners) [18 Dec 2000]

The Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Mr. Hughes

Column: 12

Mr. Darling

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney)

Mr. Darling

Column: 13

Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Mr. Darling

Winter Fuel Payments [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)-- Winter Fuel Payments [18 Dec 2000]

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

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Rooker

Fraud [18 Dec 2000]

Dr. Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)-- Fraud [18 Dec 2000]

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

Dr. Jones

Column: 14

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Column: 15

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 16

Prisoners of War (Far East) [18 Dec 2000]

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)-- Prisoners of War (Far East) [18 Dec 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Jane Griffiths

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Patrick Nicholls (Teignbridge)

Mr. Bayley

Mr. Nicholls

Column: 17

Mr. Bayley

Pension Credit [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)-- Pension Credit [18 Dec 2000]

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

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Rooker

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam)

Mr. Rooker

Column: 18

Carers [18 Dec 2000]

Ms Linda Perham (Ilford, North)-- Carers [18 Dec 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Ms Perham

Mr. Bayley

Disability Benefit [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Andrew George (St. Ives)-- Disability Benefit [18 Dec 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hugh Bayley)

Mr. George

Column: 19

Mr. Bayley

Column: 20

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Mr. Bayley

Column: 21

Point of Order [18 Dec 2000]

3.31 pm
Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Speaker

Column: 22

Orders of the Day [18 Dec 2000]

Vehicles (Crime) Bill [18 Dec 2000]

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

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)

Mr. Straw

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Blunt

Column: 23

Mr. Straw

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald)

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Straw

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 24

Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Straw

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Straw

Column: 25

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Straw

Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Straw

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 26

Mr. Straw

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Mr. Straw

Fiona Mactaggart

Mr. Straw

Column: 27

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Column: 28

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Straw

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Straw

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Column: 29

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Straw

Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Mr. Straw

Column: 30

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Straw

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Straw

Mr. Simon Thomas (Ceredigion)

Column: 31

Mr. Straw

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Forth

Mr. Straw

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Straw

Column: 32

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Mr. Straw

Mr. Bercow

Column: 33

Mr. Straw

4.11 pm
Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Column: 34

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. David Lammy (Tottenham)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Simon Thomas

Mr. Bercow

Column: 35

Mr. Miller

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Miller

Mr. Bercow

Column: 36

Mr. Straw

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mr. Bercow

Column: 37

Mr. Forth

Column: 38

Mr. Bercow

Column: 39

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Chidgey

Mr. Bercow

Column: 40

Column: 41

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Bercow

Column: 42

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Column: 43

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Gilroy

Column: 44

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Bercow

Column: 45

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Kidney

Mr. Bercow

Column: 46

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Column: 47

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Bercow

Column: 48

Column: 49

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Blunt

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Bercow

Column: 50

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

Mr. Bercow

Column: 51

Column: 52

Column: 53

5.30 pm
Mr. Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. McCabe

Column: 54

Mr. Bercow

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 55

Mr. McCabe

Column: 56

Mr. Bercow

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Bercow

Column: 57

Mr. McCabe

Column: 58

Mr. Heald

Mr. McCabe

5.53 pm
Mr. David Chidgey (Eastleigh)

Column: 59

Column: 60

Mr. Heald

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 61

Mr. Simon Hughes (Southwark, North and Bermondsey)

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 62

Column: 63

Mr. Forth

Mr. Chidgey

Column: 64

Column: 65

6.23 pm
Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Column: 66

Column: 67

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Mr. Kidney

Column: 68

6.38 pm
Mrs. Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton)

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Gilroy

Column: 69

Mr. Heald

Mrs. Gilroy

Column: 70

Column: 71

Mr. Heald

Column: 72

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Heald

Mrs. Gilroy

Angela Smith (Basildon)

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Gilroy

Column: 73

Mr. Bercow

Mrs. Gilroy

6.59 pm
Mr. Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Column: 74

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 75

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 76

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 77

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Column: 78

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Bercow

Column: 79

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Heald

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 80

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mrs. Gilroy

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Heald

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 81

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Kidney

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 82

Mr. Syms

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 83

Mr. Syms

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 84

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Heald

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Mark Hendrick (Preston)

Column: 85

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 86

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Hill

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Hill

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 87

7.53 pm
Helen Jones (Warrington, North)

Column: 88

Mr. Fabricant

Helen Jones

Mr. Bercow

Helen Jones

Mr. Bercow

Column: 89

Helen Jones

8.4 pm
Mr. Jonathan Shaw (Chatham and Aylesford)

Column: 90

Column: 91

Mr. Syms

Mr. Shaw

8.13 pm
Mr. Keith Darvill (Upminster)

Column: 92

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Darvill

Column: 93

Mr. McCabe

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 94

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Darvill

Column: 95

8.31 pm
Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Column: 96

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Syms

Column: 97

Mr. Shaw

Mr. Syms

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Syms

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Syms

Column: 98

8.44 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Column: 99

Mr. Syms

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Column: 100

Mr. Forth

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Forth

Mr. Darvill

Mr. Forth

Column: 101

Mr. Heald

Mr. Forth

Column: 102

Mr. Fabricant

Mr. Forth

Column: 103

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Fabricant

Column: 104

Mr. Forth

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Column: 105

Mr. Fabricant

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Forth

Column: 106

Mr. Bercow

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Forth

Column: 107

Column: 108

9.22 pm
Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire)

Column: 109

Column: 110

Mr. Miller

Mr. Heald

Column: 111

Mr. Miller

Mr. Heald

Mr. Straw

Mr. Heald

Column: 112

Column: 113

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

Mr. Miller

Mr. Hill

Column: 114

Column: 115

Column: 116

Mr. Miller

Mr. Hill

Mr. Heald

Mr. Hill

Mr. Heald

Mr. Hill

Column: 117

Column: 118

Vehicle Crimes Bill (Programme) [18 Dec 2000]

9.59 pm
Mr. Hill

Mr. Heald

Mr. Hill

Mr. Heald

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Hill

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Miller

Mr. Hill

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Speaker

Column: 119

Mr. Hill

10.4 pm
Mr. Heald

Column: 120

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Heald

Column: 121

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Heald

Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge)

Mr. Heald

Column: 122

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Heald

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Heald

Column: 123

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Heald

Mr. Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mr. Heald

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Column: 124

Mr. Heald

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Heald

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Mr. Heald

Column: 125

10.27 pm
Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

10.29 pm
Mr. Forth

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Forth

Column: 126

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Forth

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Forth

Mr. Miller

Mr. Forth

Mr. Maclean

Column: 127

Mr. Forth

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Forth

Mr. John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West)

Mr. Forth

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Forth

Column: 128

Mr. Heald

Mr. Forth

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet)

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Hogg

Column: 129

Mr. Speaker

10.42 pm
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Division No. 9 (Vehicle Crimes Bill (Programme)) [18 Dec 2000]

Column: 132

Column: 133

Division No. 10 (Vehicle Crimes Bill (Programme)) [18 Dec 2000]

Column: 136

Division No. 11 (Vehicle Crimes Bill (Programme)) [18 Dec 2000]

Column: 139

Column: 140

National Lottery [18 Dec 2000]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Hon. Members

11.23 pm
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Smith

Column: 141

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Smith

Column: 142

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

Mr. Smith

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)

Mr. Smith

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Column: 143

Mr. Smith

Mr. Syd Rapson (Portsmouth, North)

Mr. Smith

Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)

Mr. Smith

Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Mr. Smith

Column: 144

11.41 pm
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)

Column: 145

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 146

Column: 147

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Ainsworth

11.53 pm
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)

Column: 148

Mr. Michael Heseltine (Henley)

Column: 149

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Mr. Heseltine

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Mr. Heseltine

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Column: 150

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

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

Column: 151

12.11 am
Mr. Michael Heseltine (Henley)

Column: 152

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Column: 153

Mr. Heseltine

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Mr. Heseltine

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Heseltine

Column: 154

12.25 am
Mr. David Maclean (Penrith and The Border)

Column: 155

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Maclean

Column: 156

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Maclean

Mr. Forth

Column: 157

Mr. Maclean

12.36 am
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Column: 158

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Brooke

12.40 am
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 159

12.46 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Janet Anderson)

Column: 160

Column: 161

Column: 162

Madam Deputy Speaker

Hon. Members

Column: 163

12.53 am
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Chris Smith)

Column: 164

12.58 am
Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey)

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Ainsworth

Column: 165

Column: 166

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Ainsworth

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

Column: 167

Mr. Ainsworth

Mr. Maclennan

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 168

1.15 am
Mr. Peter Brooke (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 169

Mr. Brooke

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Mr. Brooke

Column: 170

1.24 am
Mr. John Greenway (Ryedale)

Column: 171

Mr. Chris Smith

Mr. Greenway

Mr. Smith

Mr. Greenway

Column: 172

1.33 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Janet Anderson)

Column: 173

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall)

Janet Anderson

Mr. Brooke

Janet Anderson

Mr. Peter Ainsworth

Column: 174

Janet Anderson

Mr. Ainsworth

Janet Anderson

Mr. Ainsworth

Janet Anderson

Mr. Maclennan

Column: 175

Janet Anderson

Mr. Ainsworth

Janet Anderson

Mr. Brooke

Janet Anderson

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Michael Lord)

Hon. Members

Column: 176

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Hon. Members

Hon. Members

Hon. Members

Hon. Members

Hon. Members

Hon. Members

Column: 177

Hon. Members

Heswall and West Kirby Fire Stations [18 Dec 2000]

1.45 am
Mr. Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)

Column: 178

School Swimming [18 Dec 2000]

1.46 am
Valerie Davey (Bristol, West)

Column: 179

Column: 180

Column: 181

2.1 am
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Jacqui Smith)

Column: 182

Mr. Bob Russell (Colchester)

Jacqui Smith

Column: 183

Column: 184

Column: 185

Column: 186


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