Commons Journal 262 Chronological Index Alphabetical Index - Part I Alphabetical Index - Part II   Next J O U R N A L S OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS Session 2005–06 The Parliament begun and held at the City of Westminster, on Wednesday, the eleventh day of May in the fifty-fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ELIZABETH, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith; and in the year of our Lord 2005. [No. 1.] Wednesday 11th May 2005. The House met at half-past Two o’clock. 1 The House being met; and it being the first day of the meeting of this Parliament, pursuant to Proclamation, Roger Blakemore Sands, Clerk of the House of Commons, Douglas George Millar, Clerk Assistant, and Helen Elizabeth Irwin, Principal Clerk of the Table Office, attending in the House, and the other Clerks attending, according to their duty, Alexander Claud Stuart Allan, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, delivered to the said Roger Blakemore Sands a book containing a list of the names of the Members returned to serve in this Parliament. Several of the Members repaired to their seats. Mr Alan Williams took the Chair, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1 (Election of the Speaker: Member presiding). 2 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners,—A Message was received from the Lords Commissioners, by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Members of the House of Commons, The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 3 Accordingly the House went up to the House of Peers, and a Commission having been read for opening and holding the Parliament, the Lords Commissioners directed the House to proceed to the Election of a Speaker, and to present the Speaker Elect in the House of Peers, for the Royal Approbation. 4 And the House having returned; Mr Alan Williams, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1A (Re-election of former Speaker), inquired whether Mr Michael J. Martin, as the Member who was Speaker at the dissolution of the previous Parliament, was willing to be chosen as Speaker. Mr Michael J. Martin stood up in his place, indicated that he was willing to be so chosen, and submitted himself to the House. Page 2            2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top A Motion was made, and the Question being put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 1A (Re-election of former Speaker), That Mr Michael J. Martin do take the Chair of this House as Speaker—(Mrs Angela Browning):—It was agreed to. Resolved, That Mr Michael J. Martin do take the Chair of this House as Speaker. Whereupon Mr Alan Williams left the Chair, and Mr Michael J. Martin was taken out of his place and conducted to the Chair by Mrs Angela Browning and Ann Keen, and, standing on the upper step, he expressed his respectful and humble acknowledgement to the House of the great honour which the House had conferred upon him, and sat down in the Chair. Then the Mace (which before lay under the Table) was placed upon the Table. Whereupon Mr Geoffrey Hoon, Mr Michael Ancram, Sir Menzies Campbell, The Reverend Ian Paisley and Mr Alex Salmond congratulated Mr Speaker Elect, and Mr Vernon Coaker moved, That this House do now adjourn till to-morrow at Eleven o’clock. The Speaker Elect thereupon put the Question, which being agreed to, the House adjourned accordingly at nineteen minutes past Three o’clock, till to-morrow, and the Speaker Elect went away without the Mace before him. [Adjourned at 3.19 p.m. [No. 2.] Thursday 12th May 2005. 1 The House met at Eleven o’ clock; and the Speaker Elect having taken the Chair; 2 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners,—A Message was received from the Lords Commissioners, by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: Mr Speaker Elect, The Lords, authorised by virtue of Her Majesty’s Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Peers. 3 Accordingly the Speaker Elect, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Royal Approbation. Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s Approbation of the Speaker Elect. 4 The House having returned; 5 The Speaker reported, That the House had been in the House of Peers, where Her Majesty was pleased by Her Majesty’s Commissioners to approve the choice the House had made of him to be its Speaker, and that he had in its name and on its behalf by humble Petition to Her Majesty made claim to all its ancient and undoubted Rights and Privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion may require, and that the most favourable construction should be placed upon all its proceedings; which he said Her Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, had been pleased to allow and confirm to it in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by Her Majesty or any of Her Majesty’s Royal Predecessors. And then the Speaker repeated his very respectful acknowledgements and grateful thanks to the House for the great honour it had conferred upon him. The Speaker then put the House in mind that the first thing to be done was to take and subscribe the Oath required by law. 6 The Speaker takes the Oath,—Thereupon the Speaker first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath. 7 Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—Then the following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Right honourable Alan John Williams for Swansea West Right honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair Sedgefield Right honourable John Leslie Prescott Kingston upon Hull East Right honourable James Gordon Brown Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Right honourable John Whitaker Straw Blackburn Right honourable David Blunkett Sheffield, Brightside Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett Derby South Right honourable Patricia Hope Hewitt Leicester West Page 3      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Right honourable Alistair Maclean Darling Edinburgh South West Right honourable Alan Arthur Johnson Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Right honourable Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell Dulwich and West Norwood Right honourable Charles Rodway Clarke Norwich South Right honourable Hilary James Benn Leeds Central Right honourable Peter Gerald Hain Neath Right honourable John Reid Airdrie and Shotts Right honourable Ruth Maria Kelly Bolton West Right honourable David Wright Miliband South Shields Right honourable Desmond Henry Browne Kilmarnock and Loudon Douglas Garven Alexander Paisley and Renfrewshire South Right honourable Ian McCartney Makerfield Right honourable Geoffrey William Hoon Ashfield Right honourable Hilary Jane Armstrong North West Durham Right honourable Michael Howard Folkestone and Hythe Right honourable David Michael Davis Haltemprice and Howden Right honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude Horsham Christopher Stephen Grayling Epsom and Ewell Oliver Heald North East Hertfordshire Right honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind Kensington and Chelsea David William Donald Cameron Witney Right honourable Oliver Letwin West Dorset Right honourable Theresa Mary May Maidenhead Caroline Alice Spelman Meriden Andrew David Lansley South Cambridgeshire David Roy Lidington Aylesbury George Gideon Oliver Osborne Tatton Alan James Carter Duncan Rutland and Melton Right honourable David John Maclean Penrith and The Border Right honourable Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman Manchester, Gorton Right honourable Dawn Primarolo Bristol South Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke Rushcliffe Right honourable Charles Peter Kennedy Ross, Skye and Lochaber Right honourable Gavin Steel Strang Edinburgh East Right honourable Alan James Beith Berwick-upon-Tweed Right honourable Robin Cook Livingston The Reverend Ian Richard Kyle Paisley North Antrim Right honourable Thomas Clarke Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Right honourable David Maurice Curry Skipton and Ripon Right honourable John McFall West Dunbartonshire Right honourable Andrew James Mackay Bracknell Right honourable Frank Gordon Dobson Holborn and St Pancras Right honourable Eric Forth Bromley and Chislehurst Right honourable Frank Field Birkenhead Right honourable John Michael Jack Fylde Right honourable Jacqueline Jill Smith Redditch Right honourable Beverley June Hughes Stretford and Urmston Right honourable Sir Walter Menzies Campbell North East Fife Right honourable Alun Edward Michael Cardiff South and Penarth Right honourable Douglas Martin Hogg Sleaford and North Hykeham Right honourable Paul Peter Murphy Torfaen Right honourable David Philip Heathcoat-Amory Wells Right honourable John Dominic Battle Leeds West Right honourable Sir John Paul Stanley Tonbridge and Malling Right honourable Robert William Ainsworth Coventry North East Page 4      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst Saffron Walden Kim Scott Howells Pontypridd Sir John Valentine Butterfill Bournemouth West Right honourable Kevin John Barron Rother Valley Sir Michael Nicholson Lord Central Suffolk and North Ipswich George Edward Howarth Knowsley North and Sefton East Right honourable John Francis Spellar Warley Right honourable Ann Clwyd Cynon Valley Elliot Anthony Morley Scunthorpe Right honourable Richard George Caborn Sheffield Central Gerald Sutcliffe Bradford South John Derek Twigg Halton Right honourable Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy Rutherglen and Hamilton West Ivan Lewis Bury South Stephen John Ladyman South Thanet Fiona Margaret Mactaggart Slough David Marshall Glasgow East David Julian Winnick Walsall North James Whiteside Gray North Wiltshire David Gordon Clelland Tyne Bridge Peter Kilfoyle Liverpool, Walton Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd Aldridge-Brownhills Shaun Anthony Woodward St Helens South Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw Exeter Simon Robert Key Salisbury Peter David Robinson Belfast East Jeremy Bernard Corbyn Islington North Kenneth Purchase Wolverhampton North East Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo South Suffolk Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody Crewe and Nantwich Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell Louth and Horncastle Anthony Joseph Lloyd Manchester Central William Nigel Paul Cash Stone Eric Evlyn Illsley Barnsley Central James Dolan Cunningham Coventry South Patrick Allen McLoughlin West Derbyshire John Heppell Nottingham East Gillian Joanna Merron Lincoln James Fitzpatrick Poplar and Canning Town Frank Roy Motherwell and Wishaw Simon Henry Ward Hughes North Southwark and Bermondsey Malcolm Gray Bruce Gordon Malcolm Hunt Wicks Croydon North David George Hanson Delyn Diana Julie Abbott Hackney North and Stoke Newington Keith Vaz Leicester East Terrence Henry Rooney Bradford North Claire Margaret Ward Watford Kevin Denis Brennan Cardiff West Martyn David Jones Clwyd South Piara Singh Khabra Ealing Southall Right honourable John Yorke Denham Southampton, Itchen John Scott Cummings Easington Right honourable Harriet Harman Camberwell and Peckham Eric Anthony Martlew Carlisle Bridget Theresa Prentice Lewisham East Karen Patricia Buck Regent’s Park and Kensington North Angela Evans Smith Basildon Phillip James Woolas Oldham East and Saddleworth Page 5      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Caroline Louise Flint Don Valley Joan Marie Ryan Enfield North Sir Michael William Hardy Spicer West Worcestershire Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton Macclesfield Jane Ann, Lady Winterton Congleton Roger James Gale North Thanet David Anthony Andrew Amess Southend West Paul Phillip Flynn Newport West Michael Clapham Barnsley West and Penistone John Eric Austin Erith and Thamesmead Roger Leslie Berry Kingswood Richard Haines Burden Birmingham, Northfield Rachel Anne Squire Dunfermline and West Fife Andrew Peter Miller Ellesmere Port and Neston Edward Henry Garnier Harborough Eric Jack Pickles Brentwood and Ongar Ian Phares Pearson Dudley South Nigel Martin Evans Ribble Valley Robert Nelson Wareing Liverpool, West Derby Ronald Campbell Blyth Valley Ian Arthur Cawsey Brigg and Goole James Donnelly Touhig Islwyn Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway Croydon South Graham William Allen Nottingham North John Robert Greenway Ryedale Sylvia Lloyd Heal Halesowen and Rowley Regis Right honourable Alan Milburn Darlington Timothy Eric Boswell Daventry James Edward Thornton Paice South East Cambridgeshire Thomas Anthony Cunningham Workington Michael Connarty Linlithgow and East Falkirk Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh Vale of York Alan Campbell Tynemouth Ian Stewart Eccles David Leonard Watts St Helens North Parmjit Singh Dhanda Gloucester Robert Andrew Raymond Syms Poole Gordon Prentice Pendle Nicholas Richard Ainger Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Gregory James Pope Hyndburn Maria Eagle Liverpool, Garston George Edward Mudie Leeds East Michael John Gapes Ilford South Matthew Owen John Taylor Truro and St Austell Angela Frances Browning Tiverton and Honiton Alex Elliot Anderson Salmond Banff and Buchan Elfyn Llwyd Meirionnydd Nant Conwy Glenda May Jackson Hampstead and Highgate William John Olner Nuneaton Peter James Luff Mid Worcestershire Peter James Bottomley Worthing West Vernon Rodney Coaker Gedling Michael John Foster Worcester Anthony David Wright Great Yarmouth Ann Coffey Stockport David Elliott Drew Stroud Lindsay Harvey Hoyle Chorley James Dobbin Heywood and Middleton David Anthony Crausby Bolton North East Geraldine Smith Morecambe and Lunesdale Page 6      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Robert Laxton Derby North Mohammad Sarwar Glasgow Central Barry Strachan Gardiner Brent North Margaret Patricia Munn Sheffield, Heeley Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean Burton David Neil Kidney Stafford Alexander John Randall Uxbridge Clive James Charles Betts Sheffield, Attercliffe Donald Michael Ellison Foster Bath Gregory Lloyd Campbell East Londonderry Denis Murphy Wansbeck Michael Thomas Hall Weaver Vale Peter Michael Ainsworth East Surrey Gary Nicholas Streeter South West Devon Iris Robinson Strangford The Reverend Robert Thomas William McCrea South Antrim Ashok Kumar Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Neil Francis Gerrard Walthamstow Joan Mary Ruddock Lewisham, Deptford Bernard Christison Jenkin North Essex William James Clappison Hertsmere Denis MacShane Rotherham Anthony Wayland Wright Cannock Chase Barry John Sheerman Huddersfield Helen Mary Jones Warrington North Jovanka Joan Humble Blackpool North and Fleetwood Shona McIsaac Cleethorpes John Rhodes Horam Orpington Colin Edward Breed South East Cornwall Phyllis Margaret Starkey Milton Keynes South West Julie Morgan Cardiff North Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait Beckenham Damian Howard Green Ashford Graham Stuart Brady Altrincham and Sale West Jeffrey Ennis Barnsley East and Mexborough Frank Doran Aberdeen North Brian David Jenkins Tamworth Right honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot North East Hampshire Lynne Mary Jones Birmingham, Selly Oak Anne Begg Aberdeen South Betty Helena Williams Conwy Kali Carol Jean Mountford Colne Valley Nicolas John Gibb Bognor Regis and Littlehampton David Michael Chaytor Bury North Andrew Hartley Dismore Hendon Brian Iddon Bolton South East Andrew John Reed Loughborough David William St John Heath Somerton and Frome Laurence Anthony Robertson Tewkesbury Rudolf Jan Vis Finchley and Golders Green John Robertson Glasgow North West George Philip Willis Harrogate and Knaresborough Colin Robert Challen Morley and Rothwell Jeffrey Mark Donaldson Lagan Valley Margaret Moran Luton South Tom Levitt High Peak Adrian Edward Bailey West Bromwich West Nigel Christopher Waterson Eastbourne Page 7      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Fraser Kemp Houghton and Washington East James Murphy East Renfrewshire Ann McKechin Glasgow North Derek Leslie Conway Old Bexley and Sidcup Lembit O­pik Montgomeryshire Mark Fraser Williams Ceredigion James Keith Chapman Wirral South Eric Joyce Falkirk Andrew Henry George St Ives Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz Edinburgh North and Leith David Stewart Havard Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Andrew Guy Tyrie Chichester Paul Kenneth Burstow Sutton and Cheam Helen Mary Southworth Warrington South Christine Margaret Russell City of Chester Angus Robertson Moray Peter Wishart Perth and North Perthshire Nigel Alexander Dodds Belfast North Mark Wainwright Todd South Derbyshire John Cradock Maples Stratford-on-Avon James Sheridan Paisley and Renfrewshire North Tom Harris Glasgow South William David Wiggin Leominster Michael Thomas Hancock Portsmouth South David Lindon Lammy Tottenham Richard Thomas Taylor Wyre Forest Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend Gordon Marsden Blackpool South David Simpson Upper Bann David Leslie Taylor North West Leicestershire Martin Charles Horwood Cheltenham David Wright Telford Right honourable Ann Noreen Widdecombe Maidstone and The Weald John Henry Hayes South Holland and The Deepings Andrew Robert George Robathan Blaby Charles Ashley Rupert Walker Broxbourne Hugh Bayley City of York David Lepper Brighton, Pavilion Keith Robert Simpson Mid Norfolk Hugo Swire East Devon Paul Stuart Keetch Hereford Thomas Anthony Brake Carshalton and Wallington Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve Beaconsfield Ian Richard Liddell-Grainger Bridgwater Michael Fraser Weir Angus Albert Owen Ynys Mo(r)n Christine McCafferty Calder Valley Paul Anthony Truswell Pudsey Fabian Hamilton Leeds North East Timothy Paul Loughton East Worthing and Shoreham Kelvin Peter Hopkins Luton North John David Pugh Southport Christopher David Mole Ipswich Stephen Pelham Pound Ealing North Charles Hendry Wealden Robert Edward Russell Colchester Gisela Gschaider Stuart Birmingham, Edgbaston Andrew William Murrison Westbury Humfrey Jonathan Malins Woking Page 8      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Ian Colin Lucas Wrexham Angela Eagle Wallasey Kevan David Jones North Durham Desmond Stanley Turner Brighton, Kemptown Hywel Williams Caernarfon John William Patrick Smith Vale of Glamorgan Ian Gibson Norwich North Judy Mallaber Amber Valley Paul Gerard Goggins Wythenshawe and Sale East Hazel Anne Blears Salford Dari Jean Taylor Stockton South Sandra Julia Gidley Romsey Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate Dartford Jonathan Rowland Shaw Chatham and Aylesford Constance Ann Cryer Keighley Jonathan Simon Djanogly Huntingdon Annette Lesley Brooke Mid Dorset and North Poole Sandra Osborne Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Anne Picking East Lothian Michael Kevin Moore Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Mark Richard Tami Alyn and Deeside Andrew John Turner Isle of Wight Sarah Louise Teather Brent East Philip Ian Hope Corby Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan Chesham and Amersham Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Cotswold Sir Alexander Paul Beresford Mole Valley Adam Price Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Henry Campbell Bellingham North West Norfolk Mark Gino Francois Rayleigh Mark Christopher Field Cities of London and Westminster John William MacDougall Glenrothes Richard Younger-Ross Teignbridge David Alan Heyes Ashton under Lyne Anne McGuire Stirling Robert Howard Marris Wolverhampton South West Christopher Paul Farrelly Newcastle-under-Lyme Paul Gordon Clark Gillingham Mark Phillip Hendrick Preston Wayne David Caerphilly James Gerald Douglas Howarth Aldershot Sir Stuart Bell Middlesbrough Angela Eileen Watkinson Upminster Andrew Stuart Mackinlay Thurrock Edward Jonathon Davey Kingston and Surbiton Andrew Stunell Hazel Grove Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous South West Bedfordshire Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies Ogmore Iain David Wright Hartlepool Richard Michael Bacon South Norfolk Gwynfor Mathews Prosser Dover Mike Wood Batley and Spen Sally Curtis Keeble Northampton North Mark Prisk Hertford and Stortford Julian William Hendy Brazier Canterbury Norman John Baker Lewes John David Cairns Inverclyde Right honourable Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford Greenwich and Woolwich Ian Graham Davidson Glasgow South West Martin Linton Battersea Page 9      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top David Anderson Blaydon Sia(r)n Catherine James Swansea East Tobias Martin Ellwood Bournemouth East Adam Afriyie Windsor Jeremy Richard Browne Taunton Daniel John Rogerson North Cornwall Nicholas William Peter Clegg Sheffield, Hallam Timothy James Farron Westmorland and Lonsdale Anne Frances Milton Guildford Ann Lloyd Keen Brentford and Isleworth James Andrew Plaskitt Warwick and Leamington Anne Margaret Main St Albans Katy Clark North Ayrshire and Arran David Anthony Evennett Bexleyheath and Crayford Daniel Grian Alexander Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Lee Scott Ilford North Stephen Roy Williams Bristol West Julia Anne Goldsworthy Falmouth and Camborne Alison Jane Seabeck Plymouth, Devonport Stewart Hosie Dundee East Daphne Barbara Follett Stevenage Grant V Shapps Welwyn Hatfield Michael Alan Penning Hemel Hempstead Nicholas Richard Hurd Ruislip-Northwood Kitty Ussher Burnley Lynda Ellen Waltho Stourbridge Daniel Robert Kawczynski Shrewsbury and Atcham Justine Greening Putney Jeremy Paul Wright Rugby and Kenilworth Brian Arthur Roland Binley Northampton South James Philip Duddridge Rochford and Southend East James Peter Brokenshire Hornchurch Eleanor Fulton Laing Epping Forest Philip Thomas Hollobone Kettering Theresa Anne Villiers Chipping Barnet Christopher John Mullin Sunderland South Robert Wilson Reading East Peter William Bone Wellingborough Andrew McCulloch Love Edmonton David Michael Gauke South West Hertfordshire Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert Arundel and South Downs David Ross Howarth Cambridge Mark James Harper Forest of Dean David Gordon Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Christopher Murray Paul Huhne Eastleigh Christopher James Fraser South West Norfolk Madeleine Moon Bridgend John David Penrose Weston-Super-Mare Mark Andrew Pritchard The Wrekin Maria Frances Lewis Miller Basingstoke Julian Murray Lewis New Forest East Shailesh Lakhman Vara North West Cambridgeshire Gareth Richard Thomas Harrow West Jonathon Cruddas Dagenham Richard Henry Ronald Benyon Newbury Mark Gerard Hoban Fareham John Douglas Wilson Carswell Harwich John Quentin Davies Grantham and Stamford John Mark Lancaster North East Milton Keynes Page 10      Thursday 12th May 2005       2005-2006      Volume 262      Back to top Gregory William Hands Hammersmith and Fulham Right honourable Keith Trevor Hill Streatham Sadiq Aman Khan Tooting Right honourable Bruce Thomas George Walsall South Evan Leslie Harris Oxford West and Abingdon Jennifer Nancy Willott Cardiff Central Andrew Richard Rosindell Romford James Patrick Dowd Lewisham West Janet Anderson Rossendale and Darwen Edward Michael Balls Normanton Robert Ben Lobban Wallace Lancaster and Wyre Jeremy Hunt South West Surrey Lorely Jane Burt Solihull David Thomas Charles Davies Monmouth David Ian Jones Clwyd West Paul John Rowen Rochdale Michael Jabez Foster Hastings and Rye Lyn Carol Brown West Ham Philip Andrew Davies Shipley Stephen William Hammond Wimbledon Jo Swinson East Dunbartonshire Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby Leicester South Edward Henry Butler Vaizey Wantage Andrew John Gwynne Denton and Reddish Stewart James Jackson Peterborough Stephen Crabb Preseli Pembrokeshire Anne Christine Snelgrove South Swindon Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead Southampton, Test Edward Julian Egerton Leigh Gainsborough Graham Eric Stringer Manchester, Blackley John Simon Bercow Buckingham Anthony David Steen Totnes Brooks Newmark Braintree Steven John Webb Northavon Gregory Thomas Mulholland Leeds North West Mary Helen Creagh Wakefield John Mark Durkan Foyle Right honourable Stephen John Byers North Tyneside Alasdair McDonnell Belfast South Susan Veronica Kramer Richmond Park James MacKay Cousins Newcastle upon Tyne Central Linda Gilroy Plymouth, Sutton Sarah Louise McCarthy-Fry Portsmouth North Michael Cathel Fallon Sevenoaks Siobhain Ann McDonagh Mitcham and Morden Helen Catherine Goodman Bishop Auckland Patrick Bosco McFadden Wolverhampton South East Right honourable Margaret Eve Hodge Barking John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale Maldon and East Chelmsford Meg Hillier Hackney South and Shoreditch William Ernest Rammell Harlow John Vincent Cable Twickenham 8 Adjournment,—Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Joan Ryan.) And accordingly, the House, having continued to sit till three minutes past Four o’clock, adjourned till Monday 16th May. [Adjourned at 4.03 p.m.   Chronological Index Next   Part I Alphabetical Index Part II Alphabetical Index     © Parliamentary copyright 2008 Prepared 12 March 2008