Friday 9 May 1997

The House met at half-past Nine o'clock

[MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair]

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

• Glenda May Jackson, CBE, Hampstead and Highgate
• Terence Lewis, esquire, Worsley
• Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham
• Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, esquire, Croydon, South
• John Quentin Davies, esquire, Grantham and Stamford
• Peter David Robinson, esquire, Belfast, East
• Peter James Luff, esquire, Mid-Worcestershire
• Nigel Martin Evans, esquire, Ribble Valley
• John Rhodes Horam, esquire, Orpington
• Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley
• Derek John Fatchett, esquire, Leeds, Central
• Paul Peter Murphy, esquire, Torfaen
• Ian McCartney, esquire, Makerfield
• David Anthony Atkinson, esquire, Bournemouth, East
• Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, esquire, Gainsborough
• John Dominic Battle, esquire, Leeds, West
• Joseph Alan Meale, esquire, Mansfield
• David Anthony Andrew Amess, esquire, Southend, West
• Ian Stewart, esquire, Eccles
• Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, esquire, Chorley
• Dr. Howard Geoffrey Alvin Stoate, Dartford
• Beverley June Hughes, Stretford and Urmston
• Linda Perham, Ilford, North
• John Healey, esquire, Wentworth
• Ronald Cyril Fearn, esquire, Southport
• Louise Joyce Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside
• Jacqueline Rita, Mrs. Lawrence, Preseli Pembrokeshire
• Philip Hammond, esquire, Runnymede and Weybridge
• Timothy Paul Loughton, esquire, Worthing, East and Shoreham
• Candice Kathleen Atherton, Falmouth and Camborne

• Shaun Anthony Woodward, esquire, Witney
• James Andrew Plaskitt, esquire, Warwick and Leamington
• Dr. John Vincent Cable, Twickenham
• Brian Joseph Cotter, esquire, Weston-super-Mare
• Adrian Mark Sanders, esquire, Torbay
• Sydney Norman John Rapson, esquire, Portsmouth, North
• David William St. John Heath, esquire, Somerton and Frome
• Timothy William George Collins, esquire, Westmorland and Lonsdale
• William Ernest Rammell, esquire, Harlow
• Mark Oaten, esquire, Winchester
• Thomas Anthony Brake, esquire, Carshalton and Wallington
• Fiona Margaret Mactaggart, Slough
• Ivor Keith Caplin, esquire, Hove
• Christopher Richard Pond, esquire, Gravesham
• Gillian Joanna Merron, Lincoln
• Kelvin Peter Hopkins, esquire, Luton, North
• Theresa Mary, Mrs. May, Maidenhead
• Graham Brady, esquire, Altrincham and Sale, West
• Martin Philip Caton, esquire, Gower
• John Simon Bercow, esquire, Buckingham
• Stuart Bell, esquire, Middlesbrough
• Right honourable Derek Foster, Bishop Auckland
• Nicholas John Gibb, esquire, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
• Christopher Nigel Beard, esquire, Bexleyheath and Crayford
• Stephen John Ladyman, esquire, South Thanet
• Stephen Hepburn, esquire, Jarrow
• Nicholas Francis St. Aubyn, esquire, Guildford
• Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead, esquire, Southampton, Test
• Daphne Barbara Follett, Stevenage
• Gisela Gschaider, Mrs. Stuart, Birmingham, Edgbaston
• Brian David Jenkins, esquire, Tamworth
• Patricia Hope Hewitt, Leicester, West
• Jonathan Sayeed, esquire, Mid-Bedfordshire
• Brian Arthur Robert White, esquire, Milton Keynes, North-East
• Nicholas Douglas Palmer, esquire, Broxtowe
• Ivan John Henderson, esquire, Harwich
• Paul Gordon Clark, esquire, Gillingham
• Lawrence William Quinn, esquire, Scarborough and Whitby
• Alan Arthur Johnson, esquire, Kingston upon Hull, West and Hessle
• Hywel Rhodri Morgan, esquire, Cardiff, West Julie Morgan, Cardiff, North
• Paul David Stinchcombe, esquire, Wellingborough
• Steven John Byers, esquire, Tyneside, North

• Charles Rodway Clarke, esquire, Norwich, South
• Claire Margaret Ward, Watford
• Debra Ann Shipley, Stourbridge
• Michael David Wills, esquire, North Swindon
• Gwynfor Mathews Prosser, esquire, Dover
• Charlotte Atkins, Staffordshire, Moorlands

10.10 am

Sitting suspended.

10.45 am

On resuming—

• Eric Jack Pickles, esquire, Brentwood and Ongar
• Barry Strachan Gardiner, esquire, Brent, North
• lain Coleman, esquire, Hammersmith and Fulham
• Right honourable Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Kensington and Chelsea
• Margaret Moran, Luton, South
• Oona Tamsyn King, Bethnal Green and Bow
• Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley
• Andrew Guy Tyrie, esquire, Chichester
• Philip James Woolas, esquire, Oldham, East and Saddleworth
• Stephen Twigg, esquire, Enfield, Southgate
• Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, esquire, Beaconsfield
• David Roy Lidington, esquire, Aylesbury
• David Anthony Crausby, esquire, Bolton, North-East
• Philip Andrew Sawford, esquire, Kettering
• Eileen, Mrs. Gordon, Romford
• Andrew Love, esquire, Edmonton
• Geraint Richard Davies, esquire, Croydon, Central
• Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews, esquire, Medway

• David Lepper, esquire, Brighton, Pavilion
• Dr. John Reid, Hamilton, North and Bellshill

11 am

Sitting suspended.

11.45 am

On resuming—

• Right honourable Sir Peter Norman Fowler, Sutton Coldfield
• John Martin Linton, esquire, Battersea
• Paul William Barry Marsden, esquire, Shrewsbury and Atcham
• David Laurie Ruffley, esquire, Bury St. Edmunds
• Piers Rolf Garfield Merchant, esquire, Beckenham
• Right honourable Andrew David Smith, esquire, Oxford, East
• Anthony Joseph Lloyd, esquire, Manchester, Central
• Judith Ann Church, Dagenham
• John Eric Austin, esquire, Erith and Thamesmead
• Norman John Baker, esquire, Lewes
• Desmond Angus Swayne, esquire, New Forest, West
• Trevor Keith Hill, esquire, Streatham
• Fiona Elizabeth Ann Jones, Newark
• Alun Edward Michael, esquire, Cardiff, South and Penarth
• Joan Marie Ryan, Enfield, North

Resolved,

That this House do now adjourn till Tuesday 13 May at half-past Two o'clock.—[Mrs. Bridget Prentice.]

Adjourned accordingly at Twelve noon.