The House met at half-past Two o'clock.
PRAYERS.
1 Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
| for Stalybridge and Hyde |
Right honourable John Alan Redwood
| Wokingham |
| Pontefract and Castleford |
Right honourable Michael Andrew Ancram
| Devizes |
Right honourable John Matthew Patrick Hutton
| Barrow and Furness |
Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns
| West Chelmsford |
| Stockton North |
| South Dorset |
| Banbury |
| Lanark and Hamilton East |
| North Warwickshire |
| Wentworth |
| North East Cambridgeshire |
| Castle Point |
| Feltham and Heston |
| Halifax |
| Eltham |
Right honourable Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young
| North West Hampshire |
| Torbay |
| Dumfries and Galloway |
| Bristol North West |
| Broxtowe |
Elizabeth Marion Blackman
| Erewash |
| Crawley |
Right honourable Andrew David Smith
| Oxford East |
| New Forest West |
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt
| Reigate |
| Eddisbury |
Alexander Morrison Carmichael
| Orkney and Shetland |
Lynne Choona Featherstone
| Hornsey and Wood Green |
| Edinburgh West |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
| South Down |
| East Antrim |
Right honourable William Jefferson Hague
| Richmond (Yorks) |
| Scarborough and Whitby |
| Gower |
| Hemsworth |
| Selby |
| Blaenau Gwent |
Adam James Harold Holloway
| Gravesham |
| North East Derbyshire |
| Bassetlaw |
Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods
| City of Durham |
| Ochil and South Perthshire |
Robert Charles Douglas Flello
| Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Sunderland North |
| Knowsley South |
Right honourable Adam Ingram
| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow |
Richard John Grenville Spring
| West Suffolk |
| Faversham and Mid Kent |
Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds
| Boston and Skegness |
| Newark |
| Birmingham, Erdington |
| Tunbridge Wells |
| Surrey Heath |
| South Ribble |
| Sheffield, Hillsborough |
| Wigan |
| Liverpool, Riverside |
| Hove |
| Bootle |
| Vauxhall |
| Reading West |
| Henley |
| Bristol East |
| Newport East |
| Kingston upon Hull North |
| Beverley and Holderness |
John Archibald, Viscount Thurso
| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross |
| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East |
| Mid Bedfordshire |
Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames
| Mid Sussex |
| Elmet |
| Yeovil |
| Manchester, Withington |
| Jarrow |
| Gosport |
Right honourable Jane Elizabeth Kennedy
| Liverpool, Wavertree |
| Doncaster Central |
| Birmingham, Hodge Hill |
Right honourable Clare Short
| Birmingham, Ladywood |
Right honourable Stephen James Dorrell
| Charnwood |
| Newcastle upon Tyne North |
| Edinburgh South |
Robert Graham Marshall-Andrews
| Medway |
Alistair James Hendrie Burt
| North East Bedfordshire |
David John Barrington Burrowes
| Enfield, Southgate |
| Vale of Clwyd |
| Birmingham, Perry Barr |
| Stoke-on-Trent North |
| Brent South |
| Redcar |
| Islington South and Finsbury |
| Worsley |
| Bury St Edmunds |
Michael Louis David Fabricant
| Lichfield |
| Argyll and Bute |
| Leyton and Wanstead |
| Great Grimsby |
| Stoke-on-Trent Central |
| Woodspring |
Right honourable Michael John Mates
| East Hampshire |
Paul Alexander Cyril Goodman
| Wycombe |
| Havant |
| Harrow East |
| Gateshead East and Washington West |
Andrew John Bower Mitchell
| Sutton Coldfield |
| Bolsover |
| Torridge and West Devon |
| Billericay |
| Hexham |
| Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush |
Gregory Leonard George Barker
| Bexhill and Battle |
John Alexander Melvin Hemming
| Birmingham, Yardley |
| Hayes and Harlington |
| Aberavon |
| Dundee West |
| West Bromwich East |
| Runnymede and Weybridge |
| Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath |
| Sittingbourne and Sheppey |
| Central Ayrshire |
| Brecon and Radnorshire |
Sylvia Eileen, Lady Hermon
| North Down |
| East Ham |
| Bromsgrove |
| Christchurch |
Right honourable Gregory Knight
| East Yorkshire |
| Doncaster North |
| Coventry North West |
| Copeland |
Right honourable George Iain Duncan Smith
| Chingford and Woodford Green |
| Crosby |
| Croydon Central |
| Spelthorne |
Right honourable Michael Hugh Meacher
| Oldham West and Royton |
| Dudley North |
| Chesterfield |
| Dewsbury |
| Esher and Walton |
| Ludlow |
| Na h-Eileanan an Iar |
| North Dorset |
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at twenty-five minutes past Eleven o'clock.