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Monday 17 May 2004

Volume No. 421 Part No. 587

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Column: 657

Oral Answers to Questions [17 May 2004]

DEFENCE [17 May 2004]

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

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

Dr. Cable

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 658

Mr. Peter Viggers (Gosport)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham)

Mr. Hoon

Royal Air Force [17 May 2004]

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon)—

Royal Air Force [17 May 2004]

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

Mr. Djanogly

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk)

Column: 659

Mr. Ingram

Angus Robertson (Moray)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot)

Mr. Ingram

Bosnia and Herzegovina [17 May 2004]

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood)—

Bosnia and Herzegovina [17 May 2004]

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

Column: 660

Mr. Wilkinson

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Jim Marshall (Leicester, South)

Mr. Hoon

Infantry (Urgent Deployments) [17 May 2004]

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham)—

Infantry (Urgent Deployments) [17 May 2004]

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

Column: 661

Tim Loughton

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax)

Mr. Hoon

Bob Russell (Colchester)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk)

Column: 662

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth)

Mr. Hoon

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Charles Hendry (Wealden)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

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

Column: 663

Charles Hendry

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Carmichael

Mr. Hoon

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead)

Column: 664

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough)

Mr. Hoon

Chris Bryant (Rhondda)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 665

Mr. Soames

Mr. Speaker

Mr. Hoon

Adam Price (East Carmarthen and Dinefwr)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

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

Adam Price

Column: 666

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Eric Joyce (Falkirk, West)

Mr. Hoon

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)

Mr. Hoon

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Column: 667

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

Mr. Steen

Mr. Ingram

Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford)

Column: 668

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Mr. Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

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

Column: 669

Mr. Barnes

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Luff

Mr. Hoon

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 670

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East)

Mr. Hoon

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 671

Persian Gulf (Deployments) [17 May 2004]

Patrick Mercer (Newark)—

Persian Gulf (Deployments) [17 May 2004]

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

Patrick Mercer

Mr. Ingram

David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 672

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby)—

Iraq [17 May 2004]

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

Mr. Robathan

Mr. Ingram

Column: 673

Civil Service Relocation [17 May 2004]

Hugh Bayley (City of York)—

Civil Service Relocation [17 May 2004]

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

Hugh Bayley

Mr. Ingram

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Mr. Ingram

Gibraltar [17 May 2004]

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley)—

Gibraltar [17 May 2004]

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

Column: 674

Mr. Hoyle

Mr. Hoon

Wind Farms [17 May 2004]

Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater)—

Wind Farms [17 May 2004]

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

Mr. Liddell-Grainger

Mr. Ingram

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 675

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 676

NATO [17 May 2004]

Mr. John MacDougall (Central Fife)—

NATO [17 May 2004]

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

Mr. MacDougall

Mr. Hoon

Column: 675

Column: 677

Iraq [17 May 2004]

Mr. Speaker

3.31 pm
Sir Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Column: 678

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 679

Geraint Davies (Croydon, Central) (Lab)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 680

Mr. Robert N. Wareing (Liverpool, West Derby) (Lab)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid-Kent) (Con)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 681

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)

Column: 682

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. Wareing

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. Speaker

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 683

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

Column: 684

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Donald Anderson (Swansea, East) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Anne Campbell (Cambridge) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 685

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Alice Mahon (Halifax) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Clare Short

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Hogg

Column: 686

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Helen Jackson (Sheffield, Hillsborough) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 687

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 688

Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 689

Tony Baldry

Mr. Hoon

Tony Baldry

Mr. Hoon

Column: 690

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 691

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Michael Ancram

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Ancram

Column: 692

Mr. Hoon

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Richard Younger-Ross

Mr. Speaker

4.21 pm
Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con)

Column: 693

Clare Short

Mr. Ancram

Clare Short

Mr. Ancram

Column: 694

Mr. Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab)

Mr. Ancram

Several hon. Members

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Mr. Ancram

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Ancram

Column: 695

Column: 696

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con)

Mr. Ancram

Paul Flynn

Mr. Ancram

Column: 697

Mr. Hogg

Mr. Ancram

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)

Mr. Ancram

Column: 698

Column: 699

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

4.41 pm
Mrs. Barbara Roche (Hornsey and Wood Green) (Lab)

Column: 700

4.49 pm
Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con)

Column: 701

Clare Short

Mr. Maples

Column: 702

Column: 703

4.58 pm
Mr. George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Dalyell

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 704

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD)

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab)

Mr. Foulkes

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Foulkes

Column: 705

5.6 pm
Dr. Jenny Tonge (Richmond Park) (LD)

Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire) (Lab)

Column: 706

Dr. Tonge

Mr. Dalyell

Dr. Tonge

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab)

Angus Robertson

Dr. Tonge

Column: 707

5.14 pm
David Winnick (Walsall, North) (Lab)

Chris Bryant

David Winnick

Column: 708

Mr. Keetch

David Winnick

Column: 709

5.24 pm
John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD)

Column: 710

Column: 711

5.29 pm
Mr. Harry Barnes (North-East Derbyshire) (Lab)

Column: 712

Chris Bryant

Mr. Barnes

Column: 713

5.38 pm
Mr. Peter Kilfoyle (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab)

Column: 714

Mr. Keetch

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway) (Lab)

Mr. Kilfoyle

Column: 715

5.49 pm
Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab)

Column: 716

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD)

Column: 717

Ms Taylor

5.59 pm
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab)

Column: 718

Dr. John Pugh (Southport) (LD)

Clare Short

Column: 719

Column: 720

6.8 pm
Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD)

Column: 721

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab)

Column: 722

Richard Younger-Ross

6.15 pm
Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow) (Lab)

Column: 723

6.19 pm
Sir Brian Mawhinney (North-West Cambridgeshire) (Con)

Dr. Pugh

Sir Brian Mawhinney

Column: 724

Column: 725

6.28 pm
Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Column: 726

6.37 pm
Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD)

Column: 727

Column: 728

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East) (Con)

Mr. Keetch

Column: 729

6.45 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr. Bill Rammell)

Jeremy Corbyn

Column: 730

Mr. Rammell

Clare Short

Mr. Rammell

Clare Short

Mr. Rammell

Column: 731

Dr. Julian Lewis

Mr. Rammell

Mr. Marshall-Andrews

Mr. Rammell

Sir Menzies Campbell

Mr. Rammell

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 732

Mr. Rammell

Column: 733

Column: 734

Division No. 176 (Iraq) [17 May 2004]

Column: 737

Column: 738

Local Government Finance [17 May 2004]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

7.16 pm
Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Mrs. Annette L. Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD)

Mr. Davey

Column: 739

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire) (Con)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Peter Pike (Burnley) (Lab)

Column: 740

Mr. Davey

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con)

Mr. Davey

Column: 741

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes) (Con)

Mr. Davey

Column: 742

Mr. Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con)

Mr. Davey

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

Mr. Paul Tyler (North Cornwall) (LD)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Swire

Column: 743

Mr. Davey

Several hon. Members

Mr. Davey

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings) (Con)

Mr. Davey

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab)

Column: 744

Mr. Davey

Several hon. Members

Mr. Davey

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con)

Column: 745

Mr. Davey

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD)

Mr. Davey

Column: 746

Several hon. Members

Mr. Davey

Column: 747

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Davey

Mr. Turner

Mr. Davey

Column: 748

7.48 pm
The Minister for Local and Regional Government (Mr. Nick Raynsford)

Column: 749

Mr. Steen

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 750

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Andrew Turner

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 751

David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Davey

Column: 752

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. David Drew (Stroud) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 753

Mr. Edward Davey

Column: 754

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 755

Matthew Green (Ludlow) (LD)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 756

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 757

Several hon. Members

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester) (Lab)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 758

David Wright (Telford) (Lab)

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe) (Lab)

Mr. Raynsford

Column: 759

Mr. Steen

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

8.23 pm
Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con)

Column: 760

Column: 761

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Neil Turner (Wigan) (Lab)

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Dhanda

Mr. Cameron

Column: 762

Mr. Raynsford

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Betts

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Davey

Column: 763

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Steen

Mr. Cameron

Dr. Whitehead

Mr. Cameron

Dr. Whitehead

Column: 764

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Davey

Mr. Cameron

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD)

Mr. Cameron

Column: 765

Column: 766

Dr. Harris

Mr. Cameron

8.45 pm
Mr. Neil Turner (Wigan) (Lab)

Column: 767

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Turner

Matthew Green

Mr. Turner

Column: 768

Mr. Betts

Column: 769

Mr. Turner

Matthew Green

Mr. Turner

Column: 770

Mr. Edward Davey

Mr. Turner

Column: 771

9.2 pm
Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire) (Con)

Column: 772

Column: 773

Hugh Bayley

Mr. Moss

Column: 774

Column: 775

9.21 pm
Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab)

Column: 776

Mr. Edward Davey

Hugh Bayley

Column: 777

Column: 778

9.32 pm
Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD)

Mr. Neil Turner

Mr. Sanders

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Sanders

Column: 779

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)

Mr. Sanders

Column: 780

9.40 pm
Matthew Green (Ludlow) (LD)

David Taylor

Matthew Green

Mr. Paul Marsden (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (LD)

Column: 781

Matthew Green

Mr. Neil Turner

Matthew Green

Column: 782

Mr. David Watts (St. Helens, North) (Lab)

Matthew Green

Hugh Bayley

Matthew Green

9.49 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (Phil Hope)

Column: 783

Column: 784

Column: 785

Mr. Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD)

Division No. 177 (Local Government Finance) [17 May 2004]

Column: 789

Division No. 178 (Local Government Finance) [17 May 2004]

Column: 792

Column: 793

Column: 794

Bus Re-regulation (Manchester) [17 May 2004]

10.30 pm
Mr. Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley) (Lab)

Column: 795

Column: 796

Column: 797

Column: 798

10.49 pm
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tony McNulty)

Column: 799

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802


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