Commons Journal 258 Chronological Index Alphabetical Index - Part I Alphabetical Index - Part II   Next J O U R N A L S OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Session 2001–02 The Parliament begun and held at the City of Westminster, on Wednesday, the thirteenth day of June in the fiftieth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith; and in the year of our Lord 2001. [No. 1.] Wednesday 13th June 2001. The House met at half-past Two o'clock. 1 The House being met; and it being the first day of the meeting of this Parliament, pursuant to Proclamation, William Robert McKay, C.B., Clerk of the House of Commons, Roger Blakemore Sands, Clerk Assistant, and Helen Elizabeth Irwin, Principal Clerk of the Table Office, attending in the House, and the other Clerks attending, according to their duty, Sir Hayden Phillips, K.C.B., Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to the said William Robert McKay a book containing a list of the names of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament. Several of the Members repaired to their seats. Mr Tam Dalyell took the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1 (Election of the Speaker: Member presiding). 2 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners,—A Message was received from the Lords Commissioners, by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Members of the House of Commons, The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 3 Accordingly the House went up to the House of Peers, and a Commission having been read for opening and holding the Parliament, the Lords Commissioners directed the House to proceed to the Election of a Speaker, and to present the Speaker Elect in the House of Peers, for the Royal Approbation. 4 And the House having returned; Mr Tam Dalyell, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1A (Re-election of former Speaker), inquired whether Mr Michael J. Martin, as the Member who was Speaker at the dissolution of the previous Parliament, was willing to be chosen as Speaker. Page 2      Wednesday 13th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Mr Michael J. Martin stood up in his place, indicated that he was willing to be so chosen, and submitted himself to the House. A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1A (Re-election of former Speaker), That Mr Michael J. Martin do take the Chair of this House as Speaker—(Sir George Young):—It was agreed to. Resolved, That Mr Michael J. Martin do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Whereupon Mr Tam Dalyell left the Chair, and Mr Michael J. Martin was taken out of his place and conducted to the Chair by Sir George Young and Ann Keen, and, standing on the upper step, he expressed his respectful and humble acknowledgement to the House of the great honour which the House had conferred upon him, and sat down in the Chair. Then the Mace (which before lay under the Table) was placed upon the Table. Whereupon Mr Robin Cook, Mr William Hague, Mr Charles Kennedy, Mr David Trimble, Mr Alex Salmond and the Reverend Ian Paisley congratulated Mr Speaker Elect, and Mr Thomas McAvoy moved, That this House do now adjourn till to-morrow at half-past Two o'clock. The Speaker Elect thereupon put the Question, which being agreed to, the House adjourned accordingly at twenty-four minutes past Three o'clock, till to-morrow, and the Speaker Elect went away without the Mace before him. [Adjourned at 3.24 p.m. [No. 2.] Thursday 14th June 2001. 1 The House met at half-past Two o'clock; and the Speaker Elect having taken the Chair; 2 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners,—A Message was received from the Lords Commissioners, by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Mr Speaker Elect, The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Majesty's Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers. 3 Accordingly the Speaker Elect, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her Majesty's Royal Approbation. Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty's Approbation of the Speaker Elect. 4 The House having returned; 5 The Speaker reported, That the House had been in the House of Peers, where Her Majesty was pleased by Her Majesty's Commissioners to approve the choice the House had made of him to be its Speaker, and that he had in its name and on its behalf by humble Petition to Her Majesty made claim to all its ancient and undoubted Rights and Privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion may require, and that the most favourable construction should be placed upon all its proceedings; which he said Her Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, had been pleased to allow and confirm to it in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by Her Majesty or any of Her Majesty's Royal Predecessors. And then the Speaker repeated his very respectful acknowledgements and grateful thanks to the House for the great honour it had conferred upon him. The Speaker then put the House in mind that the first thing to be done was to take and subscribe the Oath required by law. 6 The Speaker takes the Oath,—Thereupon the Speaker first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath. 7 Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—Then the following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Right honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair for Sedgefield Right honourable John Leslie Prescott Kingston upon Hull East Right honourable James Gordon Brown Dunfermline East Page 3      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Right honourable John Whitaker Straw Blackburn Right honourable David Blunkett Sheffield, Brightside Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett Derby South Right honourable Clare Short Birmingham, Ladywood Right honourable Andrew David Smith Oxford East Right honourable Alan Milburn Darlington Right honourable Tessa Jane Jowell Dulwich & West Norwood Right honourable Helen Liddell Airdrie & Shotts Right honourable Geoffrey William Hoon Ashfield Right honourable Paul Peter Murphy Torfaen Right honourable Estelle Morris Birmingham, Yardley Right honourable Patricia Hope Hewitt Leicester West Charles Rodway Clarke Norwich South Right honourable John Reid Hamilton North & Bellshill Right honourable Hilary Jane Armstrong North West Durham Right honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude Horsham Right honourable Ann Noreen Widdecombe Maidstone & The Weald Angela Frances Browning Tiverton & Honiton Right honourable Andrew James Mackay Bracknell David Lindsay Willetts Havant Andrew David Lansley South Cambridgeshire Edward Henry Garnier Harborough Gary Nicholas Streeter South West Devon Theresa Mary May Maidenhead Oliver Letwin West Dorset Archibald John Norman Tunbridge Wells Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo South Suffolk Peter Michael Ainsworth East Surrey Right honourable David Philip Heathcoat-Amory Wells Right honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot North East Hampshire Right honourable John Anderson Cunningham Copeland Right honourable Gerald Bernard Kaufman Manchester, Gorton Right honourable Ian McCartney Makerfield Right honourable Keith John Charles Bradley Manchester, Withington Right honourable Alun Edward Michael Cardiff South & Penarth Right honourable Paul Yaw Boateng Brent South Right honourable Adam Ingram East Kilbride Right honourable Charles Peter Kennedy Ross, Skye & Inverness West Right honourable David Trimble Upper Bann Right honourable Derek Foster Bishop Auckland Right honourable Frank Gordon Dobson Holborn & St Pancras Right honourable David Maurice Curry Skipton & Ripon Right honourable Joyce Gwendolen Quin Gateshead East & Washington West Right honourable Winifred Ann Taylor Dewsbury Right honourable Thomas Clarke Coatbridge & Chryston Right honourable Sir Brian Stanley Mawhinney North West Cambridgeshire Right honourable David John Maclean Penrith & The Border Right honourable Douglas Martin Hogg Sleaford & North Hykeham Right honourable Eric Forth Bromley & Chislehurst Right honourable David Michael Davis Haltemprice & Howden Right honourable John Michael Jack Fylde Page 4      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Right honourable John Alan Redwood Wokingham Right honourable Walter Menzies Campbell North East Fife Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst Saffron Walden Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke Rushcliffe Right honourable Terry Davis Birmingham, Hodge Hill Right honourable Michael Howard Folkestone & Hythe Right honourable Michael Andrew Ancram Devizes Right honourable Gregory Knight East Yorkshire Right honourable John Yorke Denham Southampton, Itchen Melanie Jane Johnson Welwyn Hatfield Beverley June Hughes Stretford & Urmston Robert William Ainsworth Coventry North East John Francis Spellar Warley George Foulkes Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley Graham Eric Stringer Manchester, Blackley Denis MacShane Rotherham Lynda Margaret Clark Edinburgh Pentlands Right honourable Frank Field Birkenhead The Reverend Ian Richard Kyle Paisley North Antrim The Reverend William Martin Smyth Belfast South James Donnelly Touhig Islwyn Dawn Primarolo Bristol South Douglas Alexander Paisley South Ruth Maria Kelly Bolton West Elliot Anthony Morley Scunthorpe Brian Wilson Cunninghame North Anne McGuire Stirling David Charles Jamieson Plymouth, Devonport Hazel Anne Blears Salford Gerald Sutcliffe Bradford South Right honourable Bruce Thomas George Walsall South Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw Exeter Desmond Henry Browne Kilmarnock & Loudoun Jacqueline Jill Smith Redditch Christopher Michael Leslie Shipley Sally Curtis Keeble Northampton North Rosalie Winterton Doncaster Central Hilary James Benn Leeds Central Keith Hill Streatham Angela Evans Smith Basildon Ivor Keith Caplin Hove James Fitzpatrick Poplar & Canning Town Anthony James McNulty Harrow East David George Hanson Delyn Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy Glasgow Rutherglen Nicholas Richard Ainger Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire Dan Norris Wansdyke Kevin McNamara Kingston-upon-Hull North David Julian Winnick Walsall North David Marshall Glasgow Shettleston Sir Patrick Thomas Cormack South Staffordshire Martin John O'Neill Ochil Marion Audrey Roe Broxbourne Francis Cook Stockton North Page 5      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top William O'Brien Normanton Peter David Robinson Belfast East Margaret Eve Hodge Barking Thomas Michael Cox Tooting James Marshall Leicester South Brian Charles John Sedgemore Hackney South & Shoreditch John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson Ruislip-Northwood John David McWilliam Blaydon Roy Beggs East Antrim Jane Ann Winterton Congleton Sir Raymond Powell Ogmore Mark Fisher Stoke-on-Trent Central John McFall Dumbarton Peter Kilfoyle Liverpool, Walton Anthony Joseph Lloyd Manchester Central Ann Clwyd Cynon Valley Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody Crewe & Nantwich Catharine Letitia Hoey Vauxhall Right honourable Peter Benjamin Mandelson Hartlepool Angela Eagle Wallasey Maria Eagle Liverpool, Garston Terence Lewis Worsley Robert Nelson Wareing Liverpool, West Derby Winston James Griffiths Bridgend Roger James Gale North Thanet Simon Robert Key Salisbury Sir Sydney Brooks Chapman Chipping Barnet Peter James Bottomley Worthing West John Mark Taylor Solihull Edward Julian Egerton Leigh Gainsborough Michael Nicholson Lord Central Suffolk & North Ipswich Jonathan Sayeed Mid-Bedfordshire Antony Brian Baldry Banbury David Anthony Atkinson Bournemouth East Anne Campbell Cambridge Glenda May Jackson Hampstead & Highgate John Battle Leeds West Simon Henry Ward Hughes North Southwark & Bermondsey Kevin John Barron Rother Valley Paul Philip Flynn Newport West Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood Roxburgh & Berwickshire David Martin Hinchliffe Wakefield Alice Mahon Halifax Diana Julie Abbott Hackney North & Stoke Newington Harold Barnes North East Derbyshire Ronald Campbell Blyth Valley Gerald Neil Steinberg City of Durham John Scott Cummings Easington Ernest Ross Dundee West Katherine Adams Paisley North Terence Henry Rooney Bradford North George William Stevenson Stoke-on-Trent South Fraser Kemp Houghton & Washington East Ian Phares Pearson Dudley South John Heppell Nottingham East Phillip James Woolas Oldham East & Saddleworth Ivan Lewis Bury South Page 6      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Sylvia Lloyd Heal Halesowen & Rowley Regis Andrew Peter Miller Ellesmere Port & Neston John Valentine Butterfill Bournemouth West James Douglas Cran Beverley & Holderness John Quentin Davies Grantham & Stamford Alex Elliot Anderson Salmond Banff & Buchan William James Clappison Hertsmere John Matthew Patrick Hutton Barrow & Furness Jean Ann Corston Bristol East Gregory James Pope Hyndburn Jon Owen Jones Cardiff Central Dennis Turner Wolverhampton South East Peter Landreth Atkinson Hexham Oliver Heald North East Hertfordshire Nicholas John Hawkins Surrey Heath Nigel Martin Evans Ribble Valley Elfyn Llwyd Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Alan John Simpson Nottingham South George Edward Mudie Leeds East Kevin Michael Hughes Doncaster North Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames Mid-Sussex Bridget Prentice Lewisham East Michael Thomas Hall Weaver Vale Ian Stewart Eccles John Derek Twigg Halton Elizabeth Marion Blackman Erewash Mark Wainwright Todd South Derbyshire Colin Pickthall West Lancashire Barry Strachan Gardiner Brent North Dari Jean Taylor Stockton South Caroline Louise Flint Don Valley Linda Perham Ilford North Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh Vale of York John Simon Bercow Buckingham Michael Thomas Hancock Portsmouth South Graham Stuart Brady Altrincham & Sale West Alexander John Randall Uxbridge Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean Burton David Neil Kidney Stafford Desmond Stanley Turner Brighton, Kemptown John Rhodes Horam Orpington Frank Doran Aberdeen Central Joan Mary Ruddock Lewisham, Deptford Kali Carol Jean Mountford Colne Valley James Edward Thornton Paice South East Cambridgeshire Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan Chesham & Amersham Timothy Eric Boswell Daventry Richard Michael Bacon South Norfolk Stephen John Ladyman South Thanet William Ernest Rammell Harlow Denis Murphy Wansbeck Christine McCafferty Calder Valley James Andrew Plaskitt Warwick & Leamington Gareth Richard Thomas Harrow West Gareth Thomas Clwyd West Hugh Bayley City of York Ross Fredrick Cranston Dudley North Constance Ann Cryer Keighley Page 7      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Ian Colin Taylor Esher & Walton Ian Gibson Norwich North Rachel Anne Squire Dunfermline West David John Stewart Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber William Tynan Hamilton South Frank Roy Motherwell & Wishaw Michael Connarty Falkirk East Helen Margaret Jackson Sheffield, Hillsborough Kerry Patrick Pollard St Albans James Dolan Cunningham Coventry South Barbara Maureen Roche Hornsey & Wood Green William John Olner Nuneaton Sir Paul Alexander Beresford Mole Valley Brian David Jenkins Tamworth James Keith Chapman Wirral South John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale Maldon & East Chelmsford Adrian Edward Bailey West Bromwich West John Robertson Glasgow Anniesland Ivan John Henderson Harwich Anthony Richard Clarke Northampton South John Henry Hayes South Holland & The Deepings Alan Arthur Hurst Braintree Michael Clapham Barnsley West & Penistone Kenneth Purchase Wolverhampton North East Shona McIsaac Cleethorpes Helen Mary Jones Warrington North Ian Arthur Cawsey Brigg & Goole Mike Wood Batley & Spen Jon Hedley Trickett Hemsworth Brian Iddon Bolton South East John Douglas Naysmith Bristol North West Harold Best Leeds North West Vernon Rodney Coaker Gedling Lawrence William Quinn Scarborough & Whitby Alan Campbell Tynemouth Neil Turner Wigan Nicholas Raymond Winterton Macclesfield Rosemary McKenna Cumbernauld & Kilsyth Patrick Hall Bedford Richard John Grenville Spring West Suffolk Alan Keen Feltham & Heston Ann Lloyd Keen Brentford & Isleworth Valerie Davey Bristol West Charlotte Atkins Staffordshire Moorlands John Cradock Maples Stratford-on-Avon Huw William Edmund Edwards Monmouth Martyn David Jones Clwyd South Sydney Norman John Rapson Portsmouth North John Eric Austin Erith & Thamesmead Nigel David Jones Cheltenham Andrew Mackinlay Thurrock John Robert Cryer Hornchurch Right honourable Harriet Harman Camberwell & Peckham Andrew John Reed Loughborough Jovanka Joan Humble Blackpool North & Fleetwood Phyllis Margaret Starkey Milton Keynes South West Michael O'Brien North Warwickshire Andrew King Rugby & Kenilworth Page 8      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway Croydon South Malcolm Kemp Savidge Aberdeen North Margaret Patricia Munn Sheffield, Heeley Stephen Hepburn Jarrow Stephen James McCabe Birmingham, Hall Green Christopher John Mullin Sunderland South Calum Alistair Macdonald Western Isles Donald Michael Ellison Foster Bath Evan Leslie Harris Oxford West & Abingdon David William St John Heath Somerton & Frome Andrew Henry George St Ives Robert Laxton Derby North David Leslie Taylor North West Leicestershire Linda Gilroy Plymouth, Sutton Gordon Prentice Pendle Rudi Jan Vis Finchley & Golders Green Yvette Cooper Pontefract & Castleford Stephen Creswell Timms East Ham Jim Murphy Eastwood Stephen Rothwell O'Brien Eddisbury David Digby Rendel Newbury Nicolas John Gibb Bognor Regis & Littlehampton Iris Robinson Strangford Nigel Alexander Dodds Belfast North Gregory Lloyd Campbell East Londonderry William David Wiggin Leominster Andrew Richard Rosindell Romford David William Donald Cameron Witney George Galloway Glasgow Kelvin James Hood Clydesdale Kevin Denis Brennan Cardiff West Colin Robert Challen Morley & Rothwell Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz Edinburgh North & Leith Wayne David Caerphilly Simon Patrick Tipping Sherwood Christopher Stephen Grayling Epsom & Ewell Laurence Anthony Robertson Tewkesbury Jonathan Cruddas Dagenham Jeffrey Mark Donaldson Lagan Valley Jamie Charles Cann Ipswich Ann McKechin Glasgow Maryhill Anthony Wayland Wright Cannock Chase Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt Reigate Edward O'Hara Knowsley South Thomas Anthony Watson West Bromwich East George Phillip Willis Harrogate & Knaresborough Andrew Murray Burnham Leigh James Mark Dakin Purnell Stalybridge & Hyde David Wright Telford Laura Jean Moffatt Crawley Anne Picking East Lothian David Wright Miliband South Shields Derek Murray Wyatt Sittingbourne & Sheppey Susan Kathleen Doughty Guildford John Mann Bassetlaw David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick Bosworth Gillian Joanna Merron Lincoln Kevan David Jones North Durham Page 9      Thursday 14th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Right honourable Richard George Caborn Sheffield Central Alan James Carter Duncan Rutland & Melton John Andrew Barrett Edinburgh West Alexander Morrison Carmichael Orkney & Shetland Sandra Julia Gidley Romsey Alan Reid Argyll & Bute John Archibald, Viscount Thurso Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross David Hamilton Midlothian David Hywel Francis Aberavon Mark Phillip Hendrick Preston Colin Edward Breed South East Cornwall Vera Baird Redcar Parmjit Singh Dhanda Gloucester Helen Mary Southworth Warrington South Andrew Love Edmonton Paul David Stinchcombe Wellingborough Janet Anderson Rossendale & Darwen Sandra Osborne Ayr James Patrick Dowd Lewisham West Nicholas Barton Harvey North Devon 8 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Fraser Kemp.) And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till one minute past Five o'clock, adjourned till to-morrow. [Adjourned at 5.01 p.m. [No. 3.] Friday 15th June 2001. The House met at half-past Nine o'clock. PRAYERS. 1 Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Page 10      Friday 15th June 2001       2001-2002      Volume 258      Back to top Right honourable Robin Cook for Livingston Right honourable William Jefferson Hague Richmond (Yorks) Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait Beckenham Nigel Christopher Waterson Eastbourne Paul Stuart Keetch Hereford Jennifer Louise Tonge Richmond Park Jacqueline Rita Lawrence Preseli Pembrokeshire David Elliott Drew Stroud Andrew Hartley Dismore Hendon Roger Leslie Berry Kingswood Desmond Angus Swayne New Forest West John Grogan Selby Michael Fraser Weir Angus Anthony David Wright Great Yarmouth Lynne Mary Jones Birmingham, Selly Oak John William MacDougall Central Fife David Stuart Havard Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney Sio(r)n Llewelyn Simon Birmingham, Erdington Anthony David Steen Totnes Christopher Richard Pond Gravesham Gregory Leonard George Barker Bexhill & Battle Fiona Margaret Mactaggart Slough John Charles Baron Billericay Bernard Christison Jenkin North Essex Candice Kathleen Atherton Falmouth & Camborne Clive James Charles Betts Sheffield, Attercliffe Roger Duncan Godsiff Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath Helen Rosemary Brinton Peterborough Richard Beecroft Allan Sheffield, Hallam Philip Hammond Runnymede & Weybridge Mark Prisk Hertford & Stortford Alexander Boris Johnson Henley Mark Gino Francois Rayleigh Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous South West Bedfordshire Hugo Swire East Devon Howard Emerson Flight Arundel & South Downs Khalid Mahmood Birmingham, Perry Barr Eric Joyce Falkirk West Douglas John Henderson Newcastle upon Tyne North Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman Wycombe Mark Jonathon Mortlock Simmonds Boston & Skegness Brian Arthur Robert White North East Milton Keynes Stephen Pelham Pound Ealing North Thomas Anthony Brake Carshalton & Wallington Oona Tamsyn King Bethnal Green & Bow Stuart Bell Middlesborough Colin Burgon Elmet Andrew Robert George Robathan Blaby Sir Michael William Hardy Spicer West Worcestershire Andrew Guy Tyrie Chichester Gwynfor Mathews Prosser Dover David Lepper Brighton, Pavilion Clive Stafford Soley Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush Iain Coleman Hammersmith & Fulham Mark Christopher Field Cities of London & Westminster Neil Francis Gerrard Walthamstow Martin Linton Battersea Julie Kirkbride Bromsgrove David Lindon Lammy Tottenham Right honourable Christopher Robert Smith Islington South & Finsbury Christopher Nigel Beard Bexleyheath & Crayford David Wilshire Spelthorne Henry Campbell Bellingham North West Norfolk Paul Kenneth Burstow Sutton & Cheam Geraldine Smith Morecambe & Lunesdale David Laurie Ruffley Bury St Edmunds 2 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn till Tuesday 19th June.—(Mr Keith Hill.) And accordingly the House, having continued to sit till thirteen minutes to Twelve o'clock, adjourned till Tuesday 19th June. [Adjourned at 11.47 a.m.   Chronological Index Next   Part I Alphabetical Index Part II Alphabetical Index     © Parliamentary copyright 2006 Prepared 30 October 2006