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Monday 29 Mar 2004

Volume No. 419 Part No. 565

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Column: 1239

Oral Answers to Questions [29 Mar 2004]

DEFENCE [29 Mar 2004]

Sea Harriers [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford)— Sea Harriers [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Prisk

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Column: 1240

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Ingram

Married Quarters (Policing) [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Robert Key (Salisbury)— Married Quarters (Policing) [29 Mar 2004]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Ivor Caplin)

Mr. Key

Mr. Caplin

Column: 1241

RAF Stafford [29 Mar 2004]

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)— RAF Stafford [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Paul Farrelly

Mr. Ingram

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Column: 1242

Mr. Ingram

Shoeburyness Ranges [29 Mar 2004]

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)— Shoeburyness Ranges [29 Mar 2004]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Ivor Caplin)

Sir Teddy Taylor

Mr. Caplin

Balkans (British Deployment) [29 Mar 2004]

Rachel Squire (Dunfermline, West)— Balkans (British Deployment) [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Column: 1243

Rachel Squire

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1244

Patrick Mercer (Newark)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford)

Mr. Hoon

Warship Procurement [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)— Warship Procurement [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Luff

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Peter Mandelson (Hartlepool)

Column: 1245

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall)

Mr. Ingram

David Cairns (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 1246

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Ingram

British Infantry [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry)— British Infantry [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Boswell

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1247

Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Soames

Column: 1248

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury)

Mr. Hoon

D-day Anniversary [29 Mar 2004]

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)— D-day Anniversary [29 Mar 2004]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Ivor Caplin)

Column: 1249

Shona McIsaac

Mr. Caplin

Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet)

Mr. Caplin

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Column: 1250

Mr. Caplin

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mr. Caplin

Afghanistan [29 Mar 2004]

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley)— Afghanistan [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Kali Mountford

Column: 1251

Mr. Hoon

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1252

Formation Training Cycle [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate)— Formation Training Cycle [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Mr. Blunt

Mr. Ingram

Troop Deployments [29 Mar 2004]

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)— Troop Deployments [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Column: 1253

Jane Griffiths

Mr. Ingram

Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid-Kent)

Mr. Ingram

Territorial Army [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Bill Wiggin (Leominster)— Territorial Army [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Column: 1254

Mr. Wiggin

Mr. Ingram

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Ingram

Budget (Armed Forces) [29 Mar 2004]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)— Budget (Armed Forces) [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Miss McIntosh

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1255

Angus Robertson (Moray)

Mr. Hoon

Iraq [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)— Iraq [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Hoon

International Terrorism [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)— International Terrorism [29 Mar 2004]

Column: 1256

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Hoon

Iraq [29 Mar 2004]

Bob Spink (Castle Point)— Iraq [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Bob Spink

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1257

Redundant Land [29 Mar 2004]

Paul Flynn (Newport, West)— Redundant Land [29 Mar 2004]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Ivor Caplin)

Paul Flynn

Mr. Caplin

Eurofighter [29 Mar 2004]

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell)— Eurofighter [29 Mar 2004]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Column: 1258

Chris Grayling

Mr. Ingram

Kosovo [29 Mar 2004]

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge)— Kosovo [29 Mar 2004]

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mr. Randall

Mr. Hoon

Column: 1259

European Council/Libya [29 Mar 2004]

3.30 pm
The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Column: 1260

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe)

Column: 1261

Column: 1262

Column: 1263

The Prime Minister

Column: 1264

Column: 1265

Mr. Howard

The Prime Minister

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Inverness, West)

Column: 1266

Column: 1267

The Prime Minister

Joyce Quin (Gateshead, East and Washington, West)

Column: 1268

The Prime Minister

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1269

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

The Prime Minister

Sir Teddy Taylor (Rochford and Southend, East)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1270

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Speaker

Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon)

The Prime Minister

David Winnick (Walsall, North)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1271

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

The Prime Minister

Angus Robertson (Moray)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1272

Mr. Win Griffiths (Bridgend)

The Prime Minister

Mrs. Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton)

The Prime Minister

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1273

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Forth

The Prime Minister

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1274

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston)

The Prime Minister

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1275

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield)

The Prime Minister

Jane Griffiths (Reading, East)

The Prime Minister

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1276

James Purnell (Stalybridge and Hyde)

The Prime Minister

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1275

Column: 1277

Organised Crime [29 Mar 2004]

4.28 pm
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. David Blunkett)

Column: 1278

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1279

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Column: 1280

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1281

Column: 1282

Mr. John Denham (Southampton, Itchen)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1283

Hugh Bayley (City of York)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. A. J. Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed)

Column: 1284

Mr. Blunkett

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock)

Mr. Blunkett

Andrew Mackinlay

Mr. Blunkett

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1285

Mr. Tom Watson (West Bromwich, East)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West)

Mr. Blunkett

David Cairns (Greenock and Inverclyde)

Column: 1286

Mr. Blunkett

Lady Hermon (North Down)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Nigel Beard (Bexleyheath and Crayford)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1287

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster)

Mr. Blunkett

Tony Cunningham (Workington)

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1288

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok)

Mr. Blunkett

Vera Baird (Redcar)

Mr. Blunkett

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway)

Column: 1289

Mr. Blunkett

Column: 1290

Points of Order [29 Mar 2004]

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

John Cryer (Hornchurch)

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire)

Mr. David Wilshire (Spelthorne)

Madam Deputy Speaker

Column: 1291

Mr. Wilshire

Madam Deputy Speaker

Column: 1292

European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill [29 Mar 2004]

5.20 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. Christopher Leslie)

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. David Watts (St. Helens, North)

Mr. Leslie

Column: 1293

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Nick Hawkins (Surrey Heath)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe)

Column: 1294

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Hawkins

5.30 pm
Mr. Leslie

Mr. David Borrow (South Ribble)

Mr. Leslie

Column: 1295

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Leslie

Column: 1296

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine)

Mr. Leslie

Chris Bryant (Rhondda)

Mr. Leslie

Column: 1297

Mr. Hawkins

Column: 1298

Andy Burnham (Leigh)

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold)

Column: 1299

5.45 pm
Mr. Hawkins

Chris Bryant

Mr. Hawkins

Mr. Kevin Barron (Rother Valley)

Column: 1300

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries)

Mr. Barron

Column: 1301

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Barron

Mr. Heath

Column: 1302

Mr. Watts

Mr. Heath

6 pm
Mr. Barron

Mr. Heath

Andy Burnham

Mr. Heath

Column: 1303

Mr. Russell Brown

Mr. Heath

Andrew Bennett (Denton and Reddish)

Mr. Heath

Chris Bryant

Column: 1304

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Heath

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Heath

Mr. Leslie

Mr. Heath

Column: 1305

Mr. Bercow

Mr. Heath

Mr. Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston)

Sir Robert Smith

Column: 1306

Mr. Miller

Mr. Borrow

Mr. Miller

6.15 pm
Andy Burnham

Mr. Miller

Column: 1307

Sir Patrick Cormack

Andy Burnham

Sir Patrick Cormack

Andy Burnham

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Redwood

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Redwood

Sir Patrick Cormack

Column: 1308

Division No. 112 (European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill) [29 Mar 2004]

Column: 1311

Column: 1312

Employment Relations Bill [29 Mar 2004]

6.36 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1313

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 1314

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal)

Mr. Bellingham

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington)

Column: 1315

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon)

6.45 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1316

Column: 1317

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1318

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1319

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1320

Column: 1321

Column: 1322

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Sutcliffe

Jon Cruddas (Dagenham)

7 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

Jon Cruddas

Column: 1323

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Bellingham

Column: 1324

Column: 1325

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Bellingham

Jim Sheridan (West Renfrewshire)

Column: 1326

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Bill Tynan (Hamilton, South)

Mr. Bellingham

7.15 pm
Mr. Frank Doran (Aberdeen, Central)

Column: 1327

David Hamilton (Midlothian)

Mr. Doran

Malcolm Bruce

Column: 1328

David Hamilton

Malcolm Bruce

Column: 1329

Jim Sheridan

Malcolm Bruce

Column: 1330

Mr. Tynan

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Tynan

Mr. Djanogly

Column: 1331

7.30 pm
John McDonnell

Mr. Djanogly

Jim Sheridan

Mr. Djanogly

Column: 1332

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Tynan

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1333

Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1334

David Hamilton

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1335

7.45 pm

Column: 1336

Column: 1337

Column: 1338

Column: 1339

Column: 1340

Valerie Davey (Bristol, West)

Column: 1341

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Valerie Davey

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Column: 1342

8 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

Valerie Davey

Column: 1343

Division No. 113 (Employment Relations Bill) [29 Mar 2004]

Column: 1346

Mr. Bellingham

Column: 1347

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1348

Mr. Bellingham

John McDonnell

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

Column: 1349

Column: 1350

John McDonnell

Column: 1351

8.30 pm

Column: 1352

Column: 1353

Mr. Djanogly

Hywel Williams (Caernarfon)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1354

Column: 1355

8.45 pm

Column: 1356

John McDonnell

John McDonnell

Madam Deputy Speaker

John McDonnell

Column: 1357

Mr. Djanogly

Column: 1358

Mr. Tynan

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Tynan

Mr. David Drew (Stroud)

Mr. Tynan

Column: 1359

Malcolm Bruce

John McDonnell

Malcolm Bruce

9 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1360

John McDonnell

John McDonnell

Column: 1361

Mr. Sutcliffe

John McDonnell

John McDonnell

Madam Deputy Speaker

John McDonnell

Column: 1362

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1363

John McDonnell

John McDonnell

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1364

John McDonnell

John McDonnell

Madam Deputy Speaker

Column: 1365

Column: 1366

John McDonnell

9.15 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

John McDonnell

Mr. Bellingham

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Djanogly

Column: 1367

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mrs. Laing

Madam Deputy Speaker

Brian Cotter (Weston-super-Mare)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1368

Brian Cotter

Mr. Bellingham

Column: 1369

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Bellingham

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Column: 1370

Mr. Djanogly

John Mann (Bassetlaw)

Mr. Djanogly

John Mann

Mr. Bellingham

John Mann

Column: 1371

9.30 pm
Mr. Sutcliffe

Rob Marris

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 1372

Division No. 114 (Employment Relations Bill) [29 Mar 2004]

Column: 1376

9.51 pm
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Ms Patricia Hewitt)

Mr. Redwood

Ms Hewitt

Column: 1377

Mr. Djanogly

Ms Hewitt

Mr. Bellingham

Ms Hewitt

Column: 1378

Column: 1379

Mr. Djanogly

Ms Hewitt

10.5 pm
Mr. Stephen O'Brien

Column: 1380

Column: 1381

Mr. Redwood

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1382

Mr. Archie Norman (Tunbridge Wells)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1383

Ms Hewitt

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1384

Ms Hewitt

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1385

Mr. John Bercow (Buckingham)

Mr. O'Brien

Column: 1386

10.26 pm
Jim Sheridan

Column: 1387

Mr. Bellingham

Jim Sheridan

Anne Picking (East Lothian)

Jim Sheridan

Column: 1388

Mr. Djanogly

Jim Sheridan

Mr. Djanogly

Jim Sheridan

Column: 1389

Division No. 115 (Employment Relations Bill) [29 Mar 2004]

Column: 1392

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1393

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1394

Census 1911 [29 Mar 2004]

10.51 pm
Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)

Column: 1395

Mr. John Taylor (Solihull)

Mr. Carmichael

Column: 1396

Column: 1397

11.4 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Mr. David Lammy)

Column: 1398

Column: 1399

Mr. Carmichael

Mr. Lammy

Column: 1400

Mr. Carmichael

Mr. Lammy

Column: 1401

Column: 1402


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