This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for Wednesday 5 March 2003

Volume No. 400 Part No. 356

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Column: 799

Oral Answers to Questions [5 Mar 2003]

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [5 Mar 2003]

Housing Licences [5 Mar 2003]

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East)— Housing Licences [5 Mar 2003]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Tony McNulty)

Dr. Iddon

Mr. McNulty

Column: 800

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)

Mr. McNulty

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

Mr. McNulty

Housing (South Swindon) [5 Mar 2003]

Ms Julia Drown (South Swindon)— Housing (South Swindon) [5 Mar 2003]

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. John Prescott)

Ms Drown

Mr. Speaker

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 801

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

The Deputy Prime Minister

David Davis

The Deputy Prime Minister

Regional Government [5 Mar 2003]

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater)— Regional Government [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 802

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Liddell-Grainger

The Deputy Prime Minister

Jim Knight (South Dorset)

The Deputy Prime Minister

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon)

Mr. Speaker

The Deputy Prime Minister

Column: 803

High-performing Councils [5 Mar 2003]

Linda Perham (Ilford, North)— High-performing Councils [5 Mar 2003]

The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Linda Perham

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 804

Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Peter Pike (Burnley)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 805

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar)

Mr. Raynsford

Low-cost Housing [5 Mar 2003]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)— Low-cost Housing [5 Mar 2003]

The Minister for Social Exclusion and Deputy Minister for Women (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Michael Fabricant

Mrs. Roche

Column: 806

Mr. George Stevenson (Stoke-on-Trent, South)

Mrs. Roche

Parish Councillors [5 Mar 2003]

Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)— Parish Councillors [5 Mar 2003]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Christopher Leslie)

Mr. O'Brien

Mr. Leslie

David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Column: 807

Mr. Leslie

Local Government [5 Mar 2003]

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East)— Local Government [5 Mar 2003]

The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Mr. Purchase

Mr. Raynsford

Social Exclusion Unit [5 Mar 2003]

Mr. Gareth Thomas (Harrow, West)— Social Exclusion Unit [5 Mar 2003]

The Minister for Social Exclusion and Deputy Minister for Women (Mrs. Barbara Roche)

Column: 808

Mr. Thomas

Mr. Speaker

Mrs. Roche

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Mrs. Roche

PRIME MINISTER [5 Mar 2003]

Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Mr. Bellingham — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 809

The Prime Minister

Roger Casale (Wimbledon)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Duncan Smith — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Duncan Smith — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 810

The Prime Minister

Mr. Gareth Thomas (Harrow, West)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Kennedy — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 811

The Prime Minister

Mr. Eric Joyce (Falkirk, West)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Column: 812

Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Richard Bacon (South Norfolk)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Iain Luke (Dundee, East)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Column: 813

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Duncan Smith — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Duncan Smith — Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 814

The Prime Minister

Andy King (Rugby and Kenilworth)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Adrian Flook (Taunton)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Speaker

Column: 815

The Prime Minister

Mr. Huw Edwards (Monmouth)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Derek Conway (Old Bexley and Sidcup)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Column: 816

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Stewart (Inverness, East, Nairn and Lochaber)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Column: 817

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 818

Mr. Speaker

The Prime Minister

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire)— Engagements [5 Mar 2003]

The Prime Minister

Column: 819

Points of Order [5 Mar 2003]

12.32 pm

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Alex Salmond (Banff and Buchan)

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Speaker

Column: 820

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Robin Cook)

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

Mr. Speaker

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Mr. Speaker

Lembit Öpik

Mr. Speaker

Column: 821

Local Government Bill [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 822

12.39 pm

The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 823

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)

Column: 824

12.45 pm

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Hammond

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Hammond

Column: 825

Mr. Davey

Column: 826

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Hammond

Column: 827

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Hammond

Column: 828

1 pm

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 829

Column: 830

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 831

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

1.15 pm

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 832

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 833

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 834

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Column: 835

Mr. Raynsford

1.30 pm

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 836

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 837

Column: 838

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. Christopher Leslie)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

Mr. Leslie

Column: 839

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Leslie

David Winnick (Walsall, North)

Mr. Leslie

Column: 840

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Davey

Mr. Leslie

Column: 841

1.45 pm

Mr. Hammond

Column: 842

David Winnick

Mr. Hammond

David Winnick

Mr. Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)

David Winnick

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Deputy Speaker

David Winnick

Column: 843

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Deputy Speaker

David Winnick

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Davey

Column: 844

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole)

Matthew Green (Ludlow)

2 pm

Mr. Syms

Mr. Leslie

Column: 845

David Winnick

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Leslie

Column: 846

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Speaker

Column: 847

Mr. Hammond

Column: 848

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Column: 849

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

2.15 pm

Column: 850

Column: 851

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Hammond

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire)

Mr. Hammond

Column: 852

Matthew Green

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde)

Mr. Hammond

Column: 853

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Hammond

Column: 854

Column: 855

Column: 856

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Column: 857

2.45 pm

Column: 858

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 859

Matthew Green

Mr. Davey

Column: 860

3 pm

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Davey

Column: 861

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Davey

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Davey

Column: 862

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Davey

Column: 863

Matthew Green

Mr. Davey

Column: 864

3.15 pm

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 865

Matthew Green

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Davey

Column: 866

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 867

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 868

3.30 pm

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 869

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 870

Mr. Andrew Turner

Column: 871

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 872

3.45 pm

Column: 873

Mr. Hammond

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Hammond

Column: 874

Division No. 101 (Local Government Bill) [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 877

4 pm

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 878

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Matthew Green

Column: 879

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Matthew Green

Madam Deputy Speaker

Matthew Green

Madam Deputy Speaker

Matthew Green

Column: 880

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Matthew Green

Mr. Syms

Column: 881

4.15 pm

Mr. Leslie

Matthew Green

Mr. Leslie

Column: 882

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Syms

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Column: 883

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Column: 884

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Leslie

Matthew Green

Mr. Leslie

Matthew Green

Mr. Leslie

Matthew Green

Mr. Leslie

Column: 885

4.30 pm

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West)

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 886

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 887

Column: 888

Division No. 102 (Local Government Bill) [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 891

Andrew Selous

Column: 892

Alistair Burt (North-East Bedfordshire)

Andrew Selous

Column: 893

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe)

5 pm

Andrew Selous

Rev. Martin Smyth (Belfast, South)

Andrew Selous

David Cairns (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Andrew Selous

Matthew Green

Column: 894

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Matthew Green

David Cairns

Column: 895

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon)

Andrew Selous

Mr. Streeter

Column: 896

Mr. Syms

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Steve Webb (Northavon)

Column: 897

5.15 pm

Mr. Goodman

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)

Column: 898

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Swayne

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 899

Mr. Raynsford

Alistair Burt

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 900

Mr. Streeter

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Goodman

Mr. Raynsford

Matthew Green

Mr. Raynsford

Rev. Martin Smyth

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 901

5.30 pm

Mr. Calum MacDonald (Western Isles)

Mr. Raynsford

Andrew Selous

Column: 902

Mr. Raynsford

Andrew Selous

Mr. Raynsford

Andrew Selous

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Andrew Selous

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 903

Andrew Selous

Mr. MacDonald

Andrew Selous

Mr. Streeter

Andrew Selous

Column: 904

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Column: 905

Mr. Edward Davey

5.45 pm

Column: 906

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

Column: 907

Column: 908

Mr. Clifton-Brown

6 pm

Column: 909

Mr. Leslie

Column: 910

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

Column: 911

Mr. Davey

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Davey

Column: 912

Matthew Green

6.15 pm

Mr. Davey

Mr. Andrew Turner

Column: 913

Mr. Davey

Mr. Turner

Mr. Davey

Column: 914

Mr. Turner

Mr. Davey

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Davey

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 915

Mr. Luff

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Luff

Column: 916

6.30 pm

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 917

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Column: 918

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 919

Andrew Bennett (Denton and Reddish)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Luff

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 920

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 921

Mr. Edward Davey

Andrew Bennett

Mr. Davey

Column: 922

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Division No. 103 (Local Government Bill) [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 924

Mr. Clifton-Brown

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 925

Division No. 104 (Local Government Bill) [5 Mar 2003]

Column: 928

7.19 pm

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge)

The Minister for Local Government and the Regions (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Column: 929

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Mr. Steen

Column: 930

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 929

Column: 931

Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation [5 Mar 2003]

7.23 pm

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone)

Column: 932

David Hamilton (Midlothian)

Mr. Clapham

Column: 933

Column: 934

7.38 pm

The Minister for Energy and Construction (Mr. Brian Wilson)

Column: 935

David Hamilton

Column: 936

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

Mr. Wilson

Column: 937

Mr. Skinner

Mr. Wilson

Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

Column: 938

Mr. Wilson


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