Table of Contents for
Wednesday 1 Nov 2000

Volume No. 618 Part No. 159

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Multiple Sclerosis: Beta Interferon

Nurses: Recruitment

Inter-Governmental Conference, Nice

Mandatory Life Prisoners

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill

Hepatitis C

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill

Written Answers

Government Cars

Common Agricultural Policy

United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards

Army Base Repair Organisation, Sennybridge: Turn-Round Times

Mr Graham Gaskin

Haemophilia

Biopsy Waiting Times

Incontinence Products and VAT

Children in Poverty

Petrol and Diesel Fuel Duties

House of Lords Management and Services

Student Mobility

Secondary Teachers

Students Qualifying as Teachers: Numbers

Learning and Skills Act: Land Consents

Omagh Bombing: "Panorama" Programme Court Challenge

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Ethical Review Process

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Investigations Scrutiny

Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Justice and Home Affairs Council



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Wednesday 1 Nov 2000

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Column: 939

Multiple Sclerosis: Beta Interferon [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Mackie of Benshie -- Multiple Sclerosis: Beta Interferon [1 Nov 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

Lord Mackie of Benshie

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

Column: 940

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Clement-Jones

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Bruce of Donington

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Column: 941

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Nurses: Recruitment [1 Nov 2000]

2.44 p.m.

Lord Islwyn -- Nurses: Recruitment [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Islwyn

Column: 942

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Rotherwick

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Taylor of Blackburn

Column: 943

Noble Lords

Lord Taylor of Blackburn

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Baroness Northover

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Lord Acton

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Column: 944

Baroness Whitaker

Noble Lords

Baroness Whitaker

The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)

Inter-Governmental Conference, Nice [1 Nov 2000]

2.52 p.m.

Lord Renton of Mount Harry -- Inter-Governmental Conference, Nice [1 Nov 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)

Lord Renton of Mount Harry

Noble Lords

Lord Renton of Mount Harry

Column: 945

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Harrison

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Baroness Williams of Crosby

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Viscount Cranborne

Column: 946

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Barnett

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Lord Howell of Guildford

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Column: 947

Mandatory Life Prisoners [1 Nov 2000]

3 p.m.

The Earl of Longford -- Mandatory Life Prisoners [1 Nov 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)

The Earl of Longford

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Ackner

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: 948

Lord Cope of Berkeley

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Goodhart

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Lord Avebury

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Earl Ferrers

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: 949

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill [1 Nov 2000]

3.6 p.m.

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Byford

Column: 950

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)

Column: 951

3.15 p.m.

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 952

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Column: 953

The Chairman of Committees

Lord Whitty

Column: 954

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 955

3.30 p.m.

Lord Glentoran

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Whitty

Column: 956

Column: 957

Viscount Bledisloe

The Earl of Caithness

Earl Peel

Column: 958

3.45 p.m.

Lord Monro of Langholm

Column: 959

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord Northbourne

Column: 960

Lord Hardy of Wath

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Viscount Brookeborough

Column: 961

Lord Jopling

Column: 962

Lord Rotherwick

Baroness Strange

4 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 963

Viscount Brookeborough

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 964

Column: 965

The Earl of Caithness

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 966

Lord Whitty

4.15 p.m.

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 967

The Earl of Caithness

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 968

Earl Peel

Baroness Byford

Lord Whitty

Column: 969

Baroness Byford

Lord Whitty

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Whitty

Column: 970

Viscount Bledisloe

Noble Lords

Lord Bach

The Earl of Caithness

4.31 p.m.

Division No. 1 (Countryside and Rights of Way Bill) [1 Nov 2000]

Column: 972

4.43 p.m.

Column: 973

Earl Peel

Column: 974

4.45 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Earl Peel

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 975

Baroness Byford

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Baroness Byford

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord Williamson of Horton

Column: 976

Lord Whitty

Viscount Bledisloe

Earl Peel

Column: 977

5 p.m.

Lord Greaves

Column: 978

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Viscount Brookeborough

Column: 979

Lord Marlesford

Column: 980

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

5.15 p.m.

Lord Whitty

Column: 981

Earl Peel

Lord Whitty

Baroness Byford

Column: 982

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Baroness Byford

Lord Whitty

Baroness Byford

Lord Northbrook

Column: 983

Lord Whitty

Lord Northbrook

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The Earl of Carnarvon

Column: 984

Baroness Trumpington

Baroness Byford

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Column: 985

5.30 p.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Hardy of Wath moved

Column: 986

Viscount Brookeborough

Baroness Byford

Column: 987

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 988

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 989

5.45 p.m.

The Duke of Montrose

Column: 990

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Ampthill)

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 991

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Lord Glentoran

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 992

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

The Duke of Montrose

Lord Whitty

6 p.m.

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 993

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 994

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Dubs

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 995

6.15 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Column: 996

Baroness Nicol

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 997

Lord Northbourne

Lord Waddington

Column: 998

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Viscount Bledisloe

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Dubs

Lord Northbourne

Lord Dubs

Column: 999

6.30 p.m.

Lord Greaves

Column: 1000

Baroness Strange

Lord Greaves

Column: 1001

Baroness Strange

The Deputy Speaker

Lord Greaves

Baroness Byford

Lord Greaves

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Viscount Brookeborough

Column: 1002

Earl Russell

Lord Willoughby De Broke

Earl Peel

Lord Dubs

Earl Peel

Column: 1003

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 1004

6.45 p.m.

Lord Judd

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne

Baroness Gale

Lord Whitty

Column: 1005

Lord Cavendish of Furness

Lord Whitty

Column: 1006

Earl Peel

Lord Whitty

Column: 1007

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1008

Column: 1009

7.4 p.m.

Division No. 2 (Countryside and Rights of Way Bill) [1 Nov 2000]

Column: 1011

7.15 p.m.

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1012

Baroness Byford

Lord Northbourne

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Jopling

Column: 1013

Baroness Hamwee

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1014

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1015

7.30 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Column: 1016

The Deputy Speaker (Baroness Turner of Camden)

Baroness Young of Old Scone

Lord Mancroft

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1017

Lord Burlison

Hepatitis C [1 Nov 2000]

7.35 p.m.

Earl Howe

Column: 1018

Column: 1019

Column: 1020

7.48 p.m.

Baroness Masham of Ilton

Column: 1021

Column: 1022

7.55 p.m.

Lord Colwyn

Column: 1023

Column: 1024

8.4 p.m.

Lord Turnberg

Column: 1025

8.7 p.m.

Lord Clement-Jones

Column: 1026

Column: 1027

8.13 p.m.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Column: 1028

Column: 1029

Column: 1030

Column: 1031

Lord Burlison

Column: 1032

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1033

Lord Monro of Langholm

Column: 1034

8.45 p.m.

Earl Peel

Column: 1035

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Hardy of Wath

Baroness Young of Old Scone

Column: 1036

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 1037

Lord Bragg

9 p.m.

Earl Peel

Lord Bragg

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1038

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Glentoran

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1039

Column: 1040

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1041

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1042

Lord Glentoran

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Glentoran

Lord Whitty

Column: 1043

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Column: 1044

Lord Greaves

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Column: 1045

9.30 p.m.

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Greaves

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1046

Lord Judd

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Column: 1047

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 1048

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord Mancroft

Column: 1049

9.45 p.m.

Lord Greaves

Lord Mancroft

Lord Judd

Lord Mancroft

Column: 1050

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1051

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Roberts of Conwy

Column: 1052

Lord Whitty

Column: 1053

Earl Peel

Column: 1054

10 p.m.

Lord Monson

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Hardy of Wath

The Duke of Montrose

Column: 1055

Baroness Carnegy of Lour

Lord Luke

Lord Whitty

Column: 1056

Earl Peel

Lord Whitty

Lord Monson

Lord Whitty

Column: 1057

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Whitty

10.15 p.m.

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1058

Lord Hardy of Wath

Lord Northbourne

Baroness Byford

Column: 1059

Earl Peel

Lord Monson

The Countess of Mar

Column: 1060

Lord Monro of Langholm

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen

Lord Mancroft

Column: 1061

10.30 p.m.

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 1062

Lord Whitty

Column: 1063

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1064

Earl Peel

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Whitty

Lord Whitty

Column: 1065

Viscount Bledisloe

Column: 1066

10.45 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Earl Peel

Column: 1067

Baroness Hamwee

Lord Whitty

The Countess of Mar

Column: 1068

Lord Whitty

Lord Glentoran

Lord Whitty

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Whitty

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 1069

11 p.m.

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 1070

Lord Whitty

Lord Hardy of Wath

Column: 1071

Lord Whitty

Lord Bragg

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

The Earl of Caithness

Lord Whitty

Lord Bragg

Column: 1072

Viscount Bledisloe

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Marlesford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Bragg

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 1073

Column: 1074

11.15 p.m.

Lord Jopling

Column: 1075

Lord Bragg

Baroness Young of Old Scone

Column: 1076

Lord Marlesford

Column: 1077

The Duke of Montrose

Lord Mancroft

Lord Dubs

Column: 1078

Earl Peel

11.30 p.m.

Baroness Byford

Column: 1079

Lord Dubs

Lord Whitty

Column: 1080

The Earl of Caithness

Lord Whitty

Lord Hardy of Wath

The Deputy Speaker (Lord Ampthill)

Lord Whitty

The Deputy Speaker

Lord Whitty

The Deputy Speaker

Column: 1081

Lord Whitty

Viscount Bledisloe

Baroness Byford

Lord Williamson of Horton

The Duke of Montrose

Column: 1082

11.45 p.m.

Lord Marlesford

Column: 1083

Lord Whitty

Viscount Bledisloe

Baroness Byford

Column: 1084

11.52 p.m.

Division No. 3 (Countryside and Rights of Way Bill) [1 Nov 2000]

Column: 1085

Midnight

Baroness Byford

Lord Monson

Column: 1086

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1087

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Byford

Column: 1088

Baroness Young of Old Scone

12.15 a.m.

Lord Whitty

Column: 1089

Lord Marlesford

Lord Whitty

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 1090

Lord Whitty

The Earl of Caithness

Baroness Byford

Column: 1091

Lord Whitty

Baroness Byford

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 1092

Lord Whitty

Baroness Byford

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1093

12.30 a.m.

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Lord Glentoran

The Earl of Caithness

Lord Whitty

Column: 1094

The Earl of Caithness

Lord Whitty

The Earl of Caithness

Column: 1095

Baroness Byford

Column: 1096

Lord Jopling

Column: 1097

12.45 a.m.

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1098

Baroness Byford

Column: 1099

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Baroness Byford

Baroness Byford

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: 1100

Baroness Byford

Lord Rotherwick

Column: 1101

1 a.m.

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1102

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Rotherwick

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Rotherwick

Column: 1103

Lord Luke

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Lord Luke

Column: 1104

Lord Glentoran

Column: 1105

1.15 a.m.

Lord Rotherwick

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 1106

Lord Rotherwick

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 1107

Lord Glentoran

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: 1108

Lord Glentoran

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Column: WA97

Written Answers [1 Nov 2000]

Government Cars [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Hoyle -- Government Cars [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Amos

Lord Hoyle -- Government Cars [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton

Common Agricultural Policy [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Dubs -- Common Agricultural Policy [1 Nov 2000]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Baroness Hayman)

Column: WA98

United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Dubs -- United Kingdom Register of Organic Food Standards [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Hayman

Column: WA99

Army Base Repair Organisation, Sennybridge: Turn-Round Times [1 Nov 2000]

Earl Attlee -- Army Base Repair Organisation, Sennybridge: Turn-Round Times [1 Nov 2000]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean)

Mr Graham Gaskin [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Alton of Liverpool -- Mr Graham Gaskin [1 Nov 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath)

Column: WA100

Haemophilia [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Jeger -- Haemophilia [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Biopsy Waiting Times [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Marlesford -- Biopsy Waiting Times [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Column: WA101

Incontinence Products and VAT [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Morris of Manchester -- Incontinence Products and VAT [1 Nov 2000]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Children in Poverty [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Higgins -- Children in Poverty [1 Nov 2000]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Petrol and Diesel Fuel Duties [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Lipsey -- Petrol and Diesel Fuel Duties [1 Nov 2000]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

Column: WA102

House of Lords Management and Services [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- House of Lords Management and Services [1 Nov 2000]

The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)

Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe -- House of Lords Management and Services [1 Nov 2000]

The Chairman of Committees

Student Mobility [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Judd -- Student Mobility [1 Nov 2000]

The Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment (Baroness Blackstone)

Column: WA103

Secondary Teachers [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Sharp of Guildford -- Secondary Teachers [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Blackstone

Baroness Sharp of Guildford -- Secondary Teachers [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Blackstone

Column: WA104

Students Qualifying as Teachers: Numbers [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Sharp of Guildford -- Students Qualifying as Teachers: Numbers [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Blackstone

Learning and Skills Act: Land Consents [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Walmsley -- Learning and Skills Act: Land Consents [1 Nov 2000]

Column: WA105

Baroness Blackstone

Omagh Bombing: "Panorama" Programme Court Challenge [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Laird -- Omagh Bombing: "Panorama" Programme Court Challenge [1 Nov 2000]

The Lord Chancellor (Lord Irvine of Lairg)

Column: WA106

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Ethical Review Process [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Brookman -- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Ethical Review Process [1 Nov 2000]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Bassam of Brighton)

Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Investigations Scrutiny [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Desai -- Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act: Investigations Scrutiny [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA117

Investigatory Powers Tribunal [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Desai -- Investigatory Powers Tribunal [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Justice and Home Affairs Council [1 Nov 2000]

Baroness Gould of Potternewton -- Justice and Home Affairs Council [1 Nov 2000]

Lord Bassam of Brighton

Column: WA118


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