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Wednesday 15 Mar 2006

Volume No. 443 Part No. 125

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Column: 1437

Oral Answers to Questions [15 Mar 2006]

NORTHERN IRELAND [15 Mar 2006]

Northern Ireland Assembly [15 Mar 2006]

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham)—

Northern Ireland Assembly [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth, East)—

Northern Ireland Assembly [15 Mar 2006]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Peter Hain)

Daniel Kawczynski

Mr. Hain

Mr. Ellwood

Column: 1438

Mr. Hain

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down)

Mr. Hain

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)

Mr. Hain

Column: 1439

Rev. Ian Paisley (North Antrim)

Mr. Hain

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury)

Mr. Hain

Mr. Lidington

Mr. Hain

Column: 1440

Health and Personal Social Service Regulation and Improvement Authority [15 Mar 2006]

Mrs. Iris Robinson (Strangford)—

Health and Personal Social Service Regulation and Improvement Authority [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward)

Mrs. Robinson

Mr. Woodward

Unemployment [15 Mar 2006]

Ben Chapman (Wirral, South)—

Unemployment [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Angela E. Smith)

Column: 1441

Ben Chapman

Angela E. Smith

Lady Hermon (North Down)

Angela E. Smith

Dr. Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast, South)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Angela E. Smith

Column: 1442

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury)

Angela E. Smith

Mr. John McFall (West Dunbartonshire)

Angela E. Smith

Decommissioning [15 Mar 2006]

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)—

Decommissioning [15 Mar 2006]

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Peter Hain)

Column: 1443

Sir Nicholas Winterton

Mr. Hain

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Electricity Supplies [15 Mar 2006]

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley, East and Mexborough)—

Electricity Supplies [15 Mar 2006]

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr.   David Hanson)

Jeff Ennis

Mr. Hanson

Column: 1444

Mr. Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley)

Mr. Hanson

Unemployment [15 Mar 2006]

Mary Creagh (Wakefield)—

Unemployment [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Angela E. Smith)

Mary Creagh

Angela E. Smith

Paramilitary Ceasefires [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire)—

Paramilitary Ceasefires [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward)

Column: 1445

Mr. Gauke

Mr. Woodward

Northern Ireland Education Order [15 Mar 2006]

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim)—

Northern Ireland Education Order [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Angela E. Smith)

Sammy Wilson

Angela E. Smith

Post-primary Education [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. Greg Hands (Hammersmith and Fulham)—

Post-primary Education [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Angela E. Smith)

Column: 1446

Mr. Hands

Angela E. Smith

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Animal Welfare Legislation [15 Mar 2006]

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin)—

Animal Welfare Legislation [15 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Angela E. Smith)

Mark Pritchard

Angela E. Smith

Mr. Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry)

Angela E. Smith

Column: 1447

PRIME MINISTER [15 Mar 2006]

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair)

Ms Keeble

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Cameron (Witney)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1448

Mr. Cameron

The Prime Minister

Mr. Cameron

The Prime Minister

Column: 1449

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West)

The Prime Minister

Sir Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife)

Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst)

Sir Menzies Campbell

Column: 1450

The Prime Minister

Sir Menzies Campbell

The Prime Minister

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1451

Charlotte Atkins (Staffordshire, Moorlands)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Mr. David Cameron (Witney)

The Prime Minister

Mr. Cameron

Column: 1452

The Prime Minister

Mr. Cameron

The Prime Minister

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock)

The Prime Minister

Column: 1453

Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Helen Jones (Warrington, North)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Little Havens Hospice (Castle Point) [15 Mar 2006]

Bob Spink (Castle Point)—

Little Havens Hospice (Castle Point) [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Bob Spink

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 1454

The Prime Minister

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. Deputy Speaker

The Prime Minister

Column: 1455

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford)

The Prime Minister

Iraq [15 Mar 2006]

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)—

Iraq [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Jeremy Corbyn

The Prime Minister

Column: 1456

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)—

Engagements [15 Mar 2006]

The Prime Minister

Mr. Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington)

The Prime Minister

Point of Order [15 Mar 2006]

12.30 pm
Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York) (Con)

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Miss McIntosh

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Column: 1458

Water and Sewerage Charges (Limit on Household Expenditure) [15 Mar 2006]

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

Column: 1459

Column: 1460

12.41 pm
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con)

Column: 1461

Column: 1462

Orders of the Day [15 Mar 2006]

Education and Inspections Bill [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

12.48 pm
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Ruth Kelly)

Column: 1463

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab/Co-op)

Ruth Kelly

Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab)

Column: 1464

Ruth Kelly

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Angela Eagle

Sarah Teather

Mr. Phil Willis

Ruth Kelly

Angela Eagle

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1465

Sarah Teather

Ruth Kelly

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

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1466

Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con)

Ruth Kelly

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Ruth Kelly

Margaret Moran (Luton, South) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1467

Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton) (Lab/Co-op)

Ruth Kelly

Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1468

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD)

Ruth Kelly

Mr. David Willetts (Havant) (Con)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1469

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

Ruth Kelly

Mr. Turner

Ruth Kelly

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey) (LD)

Column: 1470

Ruth Kelly

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

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1471

Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1472

Several hon. Members

Ruth Kelly

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1473

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)

Ruth Kelly

Column: 1474

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North) (Lab)

Ruth Kelly

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

Ruth Kelly

1.33 pm
Mr. David Willetts (Havant) (Con)

Mr. Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich, West) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1475

Mr. Bailey

Mr. Willetts

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1476

Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth, North) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Greg Clark

Mr. Willetts

Greg Clark

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1477

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Ms Angela C. Smith

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1478

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Alan Simpson

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1479

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1480

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Ruth Kelly

Mr. Willetts

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

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1481

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Dr. John Pugh (Southport) (LD)

Column: 1482

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Gregory Barker

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1483

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Mr. Willetts

Several hon. Members

Column: 1484

Mr. Willetts

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab)

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1485

Tom Levitt

Mr. Willetts

Column: 1486

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

2.13 pm
Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside) (Lab)

Column: 1487

Column: 1488

2.21 pm
Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD)

Column: 1489

Several hon. Members

Sarah Teather

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Hall Green) (Lab)

Sarah Teather

Mr. Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op)

Sarah Teather

Column: 1490

Mr. Khan

Sarah Teather

Tom Levitt

Sarah Teather

Mr. Andrew Turner

Column: 1491

Sarah Teather

Sarah McCarthy-Fry

Sarah Teather

Mr. Dismore

Sarah Teather

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab)

Column: 1492

Sarah Teather

Meg Hillier (Hackney, South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)

Sarah Teather

Dr. Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab)

Sarah Teather

Column: 1493

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

Sarah Teather

Mary Creagh

Sarah Teather

Mr. Bailey

Sarah Teather

Mr. Bailey

Sarah Teather

Column: 1494

Several hon. Members

Sarah Teather

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sarah Teather

Column: 1495

Mr. Andrew Turner

Sarah Teather

Ms Angela C. Smith

Sarah Teather

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)

Column: 1496

Sarah Teather

Mr. Khan

Sarah Teather

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Sarah Teather

Column: 1497

2.51 pm
Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op)

Column: 1498

Column: 1499

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)

Mr. Sheerman

3 pm
Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con)

Column: 1500

Column: 1501

Lynne Jones

Mr. Willis

Mr. Clarke

Mr. Willis

Mr. Clarke

Column: 1502

Lynne Jones

Mr. Clarke

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

3.10 pm
Mr. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)

Column: 1503

Column: 1504

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

Column: 1505

Meg Hillier (Hackney, South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Maples

Column: 1506

Linda Gilroy

Mr. Maples

Linda Gilroy

Mr. Maples

3.25 pm
Mr. Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South) (Lab)

Column: 1507

Column: 1508

3.33 pm
Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con)

Column: 1509

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Skills (Phil Hope)

Mr. Clappison

Column: 1510

Phil Hope

Mr. Clappison

3.41 pm
Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South) (Lab)

Column: 1511

Column: 1512

3.49 pm
Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD)

Column: 1513

Ms Angela C. Smith

Mr. Willis

Column: 1514

Lynne Jones

Mr. Willis

Lynne Jones

Mr. Willis

Column: 1515

3.58 pm
Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab)

Column: 1516

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

Martin Salter

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab)

Martin Salter

Column: 1517

4.7 pm
Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con)

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con)

Mr. Leigh

Mr. Willis

Mr. Leigh

Column: 1518

Mr. Kilfoyle

Mr. Leigh

Jeremy Corbyn

Column: 1519

Mr. Leigh

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield) (LD)

Mr. Leigh

Helen Jones

Mr. Leigh

Paul Holmes

Mr. Leigh

Paul Holmes

Mr. Leigh

Paul Holmes

Mr. Leigh

Column: 1520

4.18 pm
Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab)

Column: 1521

Column: 1522

Dr. Blackman-Woods

Martin Linton

Column: 1523

4.26 pm
Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP)

Column: 1524

4.34 pm
Mr. John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab)

Column: 1525

Michael Connarty

Mr. Denham

Column: 1526

Clive Efford

Mr. Denham

Column: 1527

4.43 pm
Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con)

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab)

Robert Key

Column: 1528

Column: 1529

Mr. Jamie Reed (Copeland) (Lab)

Robert Key

4.51 pm
Mr. Michael Meacher (Oldham, West and Royton) (Lab)

Column: 1530

Column: 1531

4.59 pm
Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West) (Con)

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

Mr. Brady

Column: 1532

Mr. Jamie Reed

Mr. Brady

Mr. Reed

Mr. Brady

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab)

Column: 1533

Mr. Brady

Column: 1534

5.10 pm
Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North) (Lab)

Column: 1535

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)

Mr. Chaytor

Column: 1536

Michael Connarty

Mr. Chaytor

Column: 1537

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

5.19 pm
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)

Column: 1538

Meg Hillier

Tim Farron

Column: 1539

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker

5.28 pm
Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab)

Column: 1540

Column: 1541

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

Column: 1542

5.39 pm
Liz Blackman (Erewash) (Lab)

Column: 1543

5.42 pm
Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham) (Con)

Column: 1544

5.45 pm
Colin Burgon (Elmet) (Lab)

5.48 pm
Mr. Rob Wilson (Reading, East) (Con)

Column: 1545

5.50 pm
Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire) (Lab)

Column: 1546

5.54 pm
John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con)

Column: 1547

5.56 pm
Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton) (Lab/Co-op)

5.59 pm
Mr. Brian Binley (Northampton, South) (Con)

Column: 1548

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

Column: 1549

6.6 pm
Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con)

Column: 1550

6.8 pm
Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab)

Column: 1551

6.11 pm
Mrs. Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con)

Column: 1552

6.14 pm
Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) (Lab)

6.17 pm
Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con)

Column: 1553

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

Column: 1554

6.23 pm
Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab)

Column: 1555

6.26 pm
Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)

6.30 pm
Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con)

Column: 1556

Nia Griffith

Mr. Gibb

Tom Levitt

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1557

Clive Efford

Mr. Gibb

Column: 1558

Column: 1559

6.43 pm
The Minister for Schools (Jacqui Smith)

Column: 1560

John Bercow

Column: 1561

Jacqui Smith

Column: 1562

Column: 1563

David T.C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)

Jacqui Smith

Division No. 192 (Education and Inspections Bill) [15 Mar 2006]

Column: 1567

EDUCATION AND INSPECTIONS BILL (PROGRAMME) [15 Mar 2006]

Column: 1568

Division No. 193 (EDUCATION AND INSPECTIONS BILL (PROGRAMME)) [15 Mar 2006]

Column: 1572

EDUCATION AND INSPECTIONS BILL [MONEY] [15 Mar 2006]

EDUCATION AND INSPECTIONS BILL [WAYS AND MEANS] [15 Mar 2006]

Column: 1573

CHILDREN AND ADOPTION BILL [LORDS] (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2) BILL [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

PETITIONS [15 Mar 2006]

Business Rates [15 Mar 2006]

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con)

Free Residential Care [15 Mar 2006]

7.35 pm
Mr. Nicholas Brown (Newcastle upon Tyne, East and Wallsend) (Lab)

Column: 1574

Asylum Seekers [15 Mar 2006]

7.35 pm
Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester) (LD)

Pet Crematoria [15 Mar 2006]

7.36 pm
Mark Simmonds (Boston and Skegness) (Con)

Red Diesel Derogation [15 Mar 2006]

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

Column: 1575

Older Drivers [15 Mar 2006]

7.38 pm
Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East) (Lab)

Column: 1576

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

Dr. Iddon

Column: 1577

Column: 1578

Column: 1579

7.52 pm
The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Dr. Stephen Ladyman)

Column: 1580

Mr. Drew

Dr. Ladyman

Column: 1581

Column: 1582


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