51.   The bill now goes back to the Commons, which can eventually force the Lords to give way if the government insists.

52.   The British government has always insisted the Irish Republican Army would never bomb its way to the negotiating table.

53.   The British government insists that Sinn Fein not be admitted to negotiations until the IRA has begun to disarm.

54.   The Chirac government has insisted the records remain secret.

55.   The Chinese government insists the ethnic Uighur seeking a separate state of East Turkestan in Xinjaing have links to Osama bin Laden and the al Qaida terrorist network.

56.   The Bosnian government insists that the two questions are linked and have to treated as one.

57.   The British government insisted it was not a listening device.

58.   The Bucaram government insisted should all service contracts should be changed to participation contracts.

59.   The Croatian government insists it is looking into alleged war crimes dispassionately, without regard to whether the victims are Serb or Croat.

60.   The current Rwandan government insists that it is only because of such intimidation that the refugees are not returning.