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Volume No. 453Part No. 7

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Column: 805

House of Commons [27 Nov 2006]

Prayers [27 Nov 2006]

[Mr. Speaker] [27 Nov 2006]

Oral Answers to Questions [27 Nov 2006]

Work and Pensions [27 Nov 2006]

City Strategies [27 Nov 2006]

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

The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Allen:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 806

Income Statistics [27 Nov 2006]

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Greg Clark:

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Terry Rooney (Bradford, North) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. David Ruffley (Bury St. Edmunds) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 807

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 808

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Benefits (Overpayment) [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. James Plaskitt):

Mr. Boswell:

Mr. Plaskitt:

Column: 809

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Mr. Plaskitt:

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney) (Lab):

Mr. Plaskitt:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Mr. Plaskitt:

Heating Allowance [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Column: 810

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs. Anne McGuire):

Mr. Anderson:

Mrs. McGuire:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mrs. McGuire:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 811

Mrs. McGuire:

Pensioners (Means Testing) [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Minister for Pensions Reform (James Purnell):

Mr. Hollobone:

James Purnell:

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

James Purnell:

Column: 812

Mr. Hammond:

James Purnell:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

James Purnell:

Contact Centres (PAC Report) [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West) (Con):

The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Amess:

Column: 813

Mr. Murphy:

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (LD):

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 814

Child Support Agency [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 815

Mr. Hutton:

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 816

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Unemployment (Older People) [27 Nov 2006]

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Anne Main:

Mr. Murphy:

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South) (Lab):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 817

Mr. Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con):

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Murphy:

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 818

Disabled People (Heating Costs) [27 Nov 2006]

Greg Mulholland (Leeds, North-West) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs. Anne McGuire):

Greg Mulholland:

Mrs. McGuire:

Pensions [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Mr. Holloway:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 819

Age Discrimination Regulations (State Pensions) [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

The Minister for Pensions Reform (James Purnell):

Mr. Newmark:

James Purnell:

Child Support Agency [27 Nov 2006]

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. James Plaskitt):

Miss McIntosh:

Mr. Plaskitt:

Column: 820

Disabled People (Benefit Services) [27 Nov 2006]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mrs. Anne McGuire):

Dr. Kumar:

Mrs. McGuire:

Mr. Jeremy Hunt (South-West Surrey) (Con):

Mrs. McGuire:

Column: 821

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Mrs. McGuire:

Leader of the House [27 Nov 2006]

Back-Bench Legislative Proposals [27 Nov 2006]

Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey) (LD):

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Jack Straw):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 822

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Sitting Hours [27 Nov 2006]

Barbara Follett (Stevenage) (Lab):

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Nigel Griffiths):

Column: 823

Barbara Follett:

Nigel Griffiths:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Accountability (Summer Recess) [27 Nov 2006]

Ben Chapman (Wirral, South) (Lab):

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Jack Straw):

Column: 824

Ben Chapman:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Shailesh Vara (North-West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 825

Alexander Litvinenko [27 Nov 2006]

3.32 pm

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con) :

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (John Reid):

Column: 826

David Davis:

Column: 827

John Reid:

Column: 828

Mr. David Winnick (Walsall, North) (Lab):

John Reid:

Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD):

John Reid:

Column: 829

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

John Reid:

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

John Reid:

Column: 830

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

John Reid:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

John Reid:

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

John Reid:

Column: 831

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

John Reid:

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

John Reid:

Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey and Wood Green) (LD):

John Reid:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 832

John Reid:

Mr. Ben Wallace (Lancaster and Wyre) (Con):

John Reid:

Mrs. Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) (Con):

John Reid:

Mr. Greg Hands (Hammersmith and Fulham) (Con):

John Reid:

Column: 833

Points of Order [27 Nov 2006]

4.3 pm

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Adam Price (Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr) (PC):

Mr. Speaker:

Bill Presented [27 Nov 2006]

Column: 834

Orders of the Day [27 Nov 2006]

Debate on the Address [27 Nov 2006]

Treasury and Work and Pensions [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Speaker:

4.6 pm

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Column: 835

Column: 836

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

Mr. Osborne:

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab)

Column: 837

Mr. Osborne:

Andrew Miller:

Mr. Osborne:

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

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab)

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Osborne:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 838

Kitty Ussher (Burnley) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 839

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)

Mr. Osborne:

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Osborne:

John McFall (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Osborne:

John McFall:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 840

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab)

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 841

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Osborne:

4.28 pm

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Column: 842

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Column: 843

Mr. Redwood

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Column: 844

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. Edward Vaizey (Wantage) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

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

Mr. Brown:

Philip Davies

Mr. Brown:

Column: 845

Column: 846

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Brown:

Column: 847

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Brown:

Column: 848

Philip Davies

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Bone

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Brown

Mr. Bone

Column: 849

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Brown:

Column: 850

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

4.58 pm

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 851

Mr. Redwood:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 852

Column: 853

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, South-West) (Lab/Co-op):

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 854

Dr. Cable:

Column: 855

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 856

5.18 pm

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab):

Mr. Redwood:

Dr. Wright:

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Dr. Wright:

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 858

Column: 859

5.36 pm

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 860

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

Mr. Redwood:

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls):

Column: 861

Mr. Redwood:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Column: 862

Mr. Redwood:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Mr. Redwood:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Dunne:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 863

Column: 864

Column: 865

Column: 866

5.56 pm

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

Column: 867

Stewart Hosie:

Michael Connarty:

Column: 868

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Column: 869

Michael Connarty:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 870

Michael Connarty:

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP):

Michael Connarty:

Column: 871

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

6.15 pm

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 872

Column: 873

Column: 874

6.26 pm

Jon Cruddas (Dagenham) (Lab):

Column: 875

Column: 876

Column: 877

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD):

Jon Cruddas:

6.40 pm

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

Column: 878

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Kennedy:

Column: 879

Column: 880

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

Mr. Kennedy:

Column: 881

6.55 pm

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 882

Column: 883

Mr. Newmark:

Helen Goodman:

Column: 884

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Helen Goodman:

7.10 pm

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

Column: 885

Column: 886

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Gauke:

Column: 887

Column: 888

7.27 pm

Column: 889

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

Column: 890

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

Mr. Austin:

Column: 891

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Austin:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Austin:

Michael Gove

Mr. Devine

Mr. Austin:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Devine:

Column: 892

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Austin:

Michael Gove:

Column: 893

Mr. Austin:

7.44 pm

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 894

Mr. Newmark:

Mr. Weir:

Column: 895

Column: 896

Mr. Jim McGovern (Dundee, West) (Lab):

Mr. Weir:

Column: 897

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Mr. Weir:

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Weir:

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Weir:

Column: 898

8.1 pm

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North) (Lab):

Mr. Weir:

Column: 899

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Ms Keeble:

Column: 900

Mr. Newmark:

Column: 901

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Newmark

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Ian Austin:

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Newmark:

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Ian Austin:

Ms Keeble:

Column: 902

Mr. Philip Hammond

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Hammond:

Ms Keeble:

Column: 903

8.19 pm

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr. Peter Robinson (Belfast, East) (DUP):

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 904

Mr. Devine:

Sammy Wilson:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 905

Kelvin Hopkins:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr. Peter Robinson:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr. Newmark:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Devine:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 906

Column: 907

8.35 pm

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Column: 908

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Anderson:

Column: 909

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Mr. Anderson:

Mr. McGovern:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Anderson:

Column: 910

Column: 911

8.48 pm

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Kelvin Hopkins:

Column: 912

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mr. Dunne:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mr. Dunne:

Mr. Newmark:

Mr. Dunne:

Column: 913

Kelvin Hopkins

Mr. Dunne:

Column: 914

Column: 915

Column: 916

9.8 pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 917

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Jeremy Hunt (South-West Surrey) (Con):

Column: 918

Mr. Bone:

Column: 919

Column: 920

9.22 pm

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Column: 921

Column: 922

9.30 pm

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

Column: 923

Column: 924

Ed Balls:

Mr. Hammond:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Hammond:

Column: 925

Column: 926

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

9.45 pm

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Column: 927

Mrs. Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 928

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Mr. Hutton:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Mr. Hutton:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Hutton:

Michael Gove:

Column: 929

Mr. Hutton:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 930

Michael Gove:

Mr. Hutton:

Division No. 003 [Treasury and Work and Pensions] [27 Nov 2006]
Division No. 004 [Treasury and Work and Pensions] [27 Nov 2006]
Division No. 005 [Treasury and Work and Pensions] [27 Nov 2006]

ADJOURNMENT (CHRISTMAS) [27 Nov 2006]

SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE [27 Nov 2006]

COMMITTEES [27 Nov 2006]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 942

Petitions [27 Nov 2006]

Bingley Post Office [27 Nov 2006]

10.44 pm

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Acute Services (Teesside) [27 Nov 2006]

10.45 pm

Mr. Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Column: 943

Rural Post Offices [27 Nov 2006]

10.46 pm

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset) (Con):

Column: 944

Christians in Pakistan [27 Nov 2006]

10.47 pm

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 945

Column: 946

Mr. David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate) (Con):

Column: 947

Mr. Prentice:

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

Mr. Prentice:

Column: 948

11.6 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Joan Ryan):

Column: 949

Column: 950

Mr. Gordon Prentice:

Joan Ryan:


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