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Thursday 23 Mar 2006

Volume No. 444 Part No. 131

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Column: 391

Oral Answers to Questions [23 Mar 2006]

TRADE AND INDUSTRY [23 Mar 2006]

Supermarkets [23 Mar 2006]

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)—

Supermarkets [23 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe)

Bob Russell

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 392

Mr. John McFall (West Dunbartonshire)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford)

Mr. Sutcliffe

Column: 393

Mr. Prisk

Mr. Sutcliffe

Nuclear Power [23 Mar 2006]

Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland) (Lab)—

Nuclear Power [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Energy (Malcolm Wicks)

Dr. Kumar

Malcolm Wicks

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton)

Column: 394

Malcolm Wicks

Mr. Davey

Malcolm Wicks

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West)

Malcolm Wicks

Tony Baldry (Banbury)

Malcolm Wicks

Column: 395

National Minimum Wage [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab)—

National Minimum Wage [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)—

National Minimum Wage [23 Mar 2006]

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Alan Johnson)

Mr. Anderson

Alan Johnson

Mr. Brown

Column: 396

Alan Johnson

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York)

Alan Johnson

Renewable Energy [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. Graham Allen (Nottingham, North) (Lab)—

Renewable Energy [23 Mar 2006]

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Alan Johnson)

Column: 397

Mr. Allen

Alan Johnson

Adam Price (Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr)

Alan Johnson

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith)

Column: 398

Alan Johnson

Hon. Members

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome)

Alan Johnson

Manufacturing [23 Mar 2006]

Vera Baird (Redcar) (Lab)—

Manufacturing [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Industry and the Regions (Alun Michael)

Vera Baird

Alun Michael

Column: 399

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire)

Alun Michael

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South)

Alun Michael

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Column: 400

David Simpson (Upper Bann)

Alun Michael

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford)

Alun Michael

Mr. Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton)

Column: 401

Alun Michael

Mr. Duncan

Alun Michael

Gas Prices [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central) (Lab)—

Gas Prices [23 Mar 2006]

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire) (Con)—

Gas Prices [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Energy (Malcolm Wicks)

Mr. Illsley

Column: 402

Malcolm Wicks

Andrew Selous

Malcolm Wicks

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South)

Column: 403

Malcolm Wicks

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus)

Malcolm Wicks

World Trade [23 Mar 2006]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab)—

World Trade [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Trade (Ian Pearson)

Ann McKechin

Column: 404

Ian Pearson

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells)

Ian Pearson

Sub-post Offices [23 Mar 2006]

Matthew Taylor (Truro and St. Austell) (LD)—

Sub-post Offices [23 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Barry Gardiner)

Matthew Taylor

Column: 405

Barry Gardiner

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Emerging Technologies [23 Mar 2006]

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab)—

Emerging Technologies [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Industry and the Regions (Alun Michael)

Laura Moffatt

Alun Michael

Column: 406

EU Gas Market [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) (Con)—

EU Gas Market [23 Mar 2006]

The Minister for Energy (Malcolm Wicks)

Mr. Crabb

Malcolm Wicks

MINISTER FOR WOMEN [23 Mar 2006]

Positive Role Models [23 Mar 2006]

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab)—

Positive Role Models [23 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Meg Munn)

Column: 407

Tony Lloyd

Meg Munn

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire)

Meg Munn

Mr. Edward Davey

Meg Munn

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West)

Meg Munn

Column: 408

Angela Watkinson (Upminster)

Meg Munn

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest)

Meg Munn

Sex Industry [23 Mar 2006]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)—

Sex Industry [23 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Meg Munn)

Mr. Bone

Column: 409

Meg Munn

Vera Baird (Redcar)

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Meg Munn

Column: 410

People Trafficking [23 Mar 2006]

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire, North) (Lab)—

People Trafficking [23 Mar 2006]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Meg Munn)

Jim Sheridan

Meg Munn

Column: 411

11.32 am
Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) (Con)

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon)

Mrs. May

Column: 412

Mr. Hoon

Column: 413

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome) (LD)

Column: 414

Mr. Hoon

Column: 415

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

Mr. Hoon

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 416

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Ann Winterton

Hon. Members

Ann Winterton

Column: 417

Mr. Hoon

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

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 418

Mr. Tom Harris (Glasgow, South) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 419

Vera Baird (Redcar) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD)

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West) (Lab)

Column: 420

Mr. Hoon

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 421

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire, North) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Iris Robinson (Strangford) (DUP)

Column: 422

Mr. Hoon

Mrs. Robinson

Mr. Hoon

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab)

Mr. Hoon

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con)

Column: 423

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 424

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 425

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con)

Mr. Hoon

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP)

Mr. Hoon

Column: 426

Territorial Army Rebalancing [23 Mar 2006]

12.19 pm
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram)

Column: 427

Column: 428

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con)

Column: 429

Column: 430

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Ingram

Column: 431

Mr. Howarth

Mr. Ingram

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

Mr. Ingram

Column: 432

Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD)

Mr. Ingram

Nick Harvey

Mr. Ingram

Column: 433

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab)

Column: 434

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk) (Con)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 435

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 436

Mr. Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth, East) (Con)

Mr. Ingram

Column: 437

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD)

Mr. Ingram

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con)

Column: 438

Mr. Ingram

Column: 437

Column: 439

Orders of the Day [23 Mar 2006]

WAYS AND MEANS [23 Mar 2006]

AMENDMENT OF THE LAW [23 Mar 2006]

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [23 Mar 2006]

1.5 pm
Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset) (Con)

Ed Balls (Normanton) (Lab)

Mr. Letwin

Ed Balls

Column: 440

Mr. Letwin

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)

Mr. Letwin

David Wright (Telford) (Lab)

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab)

Column: 441

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Wright

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Ian Austin (Dudley, North) (Lab)

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con)

Mr. Letwin

Column: 442

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con)

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South) (Lab)

Mr. Letwin

Column: 443

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Austin

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Austin

Mr. Letwin

Column: 444

Mr. Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth, East) (Con)

Mr. Letwin

Column: 445

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Letwin

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Mr. Letwin

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Darling

Mr. Letwin

Column: 446

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Letwin

Edward Miliband (Doncaster, North) (Lab)

Mr. Letwin

1.30 pm
The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Alistair Darling)

Column: 447

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Darling

Column: 448

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Darling

Ed Balls

Mr. Darling

Column: 449

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle) (Con)

Mr. Darling

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con)

Column: 450

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Darling

Column: 451

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Darling

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Mr. Letwin

Column: 452

Mr. Darling

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

Mr. Darling

Several hon. Members

Mr. Darling

Mr. Letwin

Mr. Darling

Column: 453

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con)

Mr. Darling

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Darling

John Bercow

Column: 454

Mr. Darling

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Gregory Barker

Mr. Darling

Column: 455

Gregory Barker

Mr. Darling

Gregory Barker

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Darling

Miss Kirkbride

Mr. Darling

Chris Grayling

Mr. Darling

Chris Grayling

Column: 456

Mr. Darling

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Darling

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP)

Mr. Darling

Column: 457

2.5 pm
Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Carmichael

Madam Deputy Speaker

Mr. Carmichael

Column: 458

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Carmichael

Madam Deputy Speaker

Gregory Barker

Mr. Carmichael

Column: 459

Gregory Barker

Mr. Carmichael

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Carmichael

Column: 460

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Carmichael

2.18 pm
Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab)

Column: 461

Gregory Barker

Madam Deputy Speaker

Keith Vaz

Mr. Graham Stuart

Column: 462

Keith Vaz

Mr. Stuart

Keith Vaz

Column: 463

Mr. Gauke

Keith Vaz

Column: 464

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford) (Con)

Keith Vaz

Mr. Burns

Keith Vaz

Column: 465

Mr. Bone

Keith Vaz

Column: 466

2.40 pm
Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con)

Column: 467

Column: 468

Column: 469

Keith Vaz

Mr. Soames

Column: 470

Column: 471

3.4 pm
Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op)

Column: 472

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mark Lazarowicz

Ed Balls

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 473

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

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 474

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Ellwood

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Graham Stuart

Column: 475

Mr. Kevan Jones

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Jones

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 476

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD)

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 477

Paul Rowen

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

Mark Lazarowicz

Ed Balls

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Kevan Jones

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 478

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mark Lazarowicz

Stewart Hosie

Mark Lazarowicz

Stewart Hosie

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 479

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

Mark Lazarowicz

Paul Rowen

Mark Lazarowicz

Column: 480

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab)

Mark Lazarowicz

3.41 pm
Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con)

Column: 481

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab)

Column: 482

Mr. Stuart

Ed Balls

Mr. Stuart

Ed Balls

Mr. Stuart

Column: 483

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Stuart

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Stuart

Mr. Russell Brown

Mr. Stuart

Mr. Brown

Ed Balls

Mr. Stuart

Ed Balls

Mr. Stuart

Ed Balls

Column: 484

Mr. Stuart

Ed Balls

Mr. Stuart

Column: 485

Column: 486

4.4 pm
Mr. Nigel Dodds (Belfast, North) (DUP)

Column: 487

Column: 488

Column: 489

4.18 pm
Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab)

Column: 490

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord)

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Paul Goodman

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Graham Stuart

Column: 491

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Soames

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Bone

Stephen Hesford

Column: 492

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West) (Lab)

Stephen Hesford

Column: 493

Rob Marris

Stephen Hesford

Column: 494

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

Column: 495

Mr. Soames

Mr. Gauke

Column: 496

Ed Balls

Mr. Gauke

Ed Balls

Mr. Gauke

Column: 497

4.57 pm
Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

Column: 498

Column: 499

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Bone

Mr. Gauke

Mr. Bone

Column: 500

Ed Balls

Mr. Bone

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst)

Mr. Bone

Column: 501

Rob Marris

Mr. Bone

Column: 502

5.15 pm
Mr. Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth, East) (Con)

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Ellwood

Dawn Primarolo

Mr. Ellwood

Several hon. Members

Mr. Ellwood

Column: 503

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Ellwood

Column: 504

5.24 pm
Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con)

Column: 505

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Goodman

Stephen Hesford

Column: 506

Mr. Goodman

Keith Vaz

Mr. Goodman

Column: 507

Column: 508

Ed Balls

Mr. Goodman

Ed Balls

Mr. Goodman

Column: 509

5.39 pm
The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo)

Keith Vaz

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 510

Gregory Barker

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 511

Gregory Barker

Dawn Primarolo

Gregory Barker

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 512

Mr. Gauke

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 513

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab)

Dawn Primarolo

Stephen Pound

Dawn Primarolo

Column: 514

PETITION [23 Mar 2006]

Pelican Crossings [23 Mar 2006]

6 pm
Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

Column: 515

Mr. Omid Farivar [23 Mar 2006]

6.1 pm
Clare Short (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab)

Column: 516

Column: 517

Column: 518

Column: 519

6.18 pm
The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality (Mr. Tony McNulty)

Column: 520

Column: 521

Clare Short

Mr. McNulty

Column: 522


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