This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 12 December 2006

Volume No. 454Part No. 16

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Column: 703

Column: 703

House of Commons [12 Dec 2006]

Prayers [12 Dec 2006]

[Mr. Speaker] [12 Dec 2006]

Oral Answers to Questions [12 Dec 2006]

Scotland [12 Dec 2006]

Climate Change [12 Dec 2006]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Ann McKechin:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 704

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 705

Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Highlands and Islands Enterprise [12 Dec 2006]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (David Cairns):

Mr. Kennedy:

David Cairns:

Column: 706

David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con):

David Cairns:

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

David Cairns:

Column: 707

Cross-border Issues [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (David Cairns):

Mr. Bone:

David Cairns:

Mr. Bone

David Cairns:

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

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Pete Wishart:

Column: 708

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con):

Column: 709

Mr. Alexander:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Property Tax [12 Dec 2006]

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (David Cairns):

Angela Watkinson:

David Cairns:

Rosemary McKenna (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch, East) (Lab):

Column: 710

David Cairns:

Mr. Speaker:

David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con):

David Cairns:

Employment [12 Dec 2006]

Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Column: 711

Ms Clark:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Alexander:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Oil/Gas Industry [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. Frank Doran (Aberdeen, North) (Lab):

Column: 712

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Mr. Doran:

Mr. Alexander:

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 713

Act of Union [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Mr. Hollobone:

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Communities and Local Government [12 Dec 2006]

Sustainable Communities [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Angela E. Smith):

Column: 714

Mr. Reed:

Angela E. Smith:

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Angela E. Smith:

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Column: 715

Angela E. Smith:

Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

Angela E. Smith:

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

Angela E. Smith:

Overview/Scrutiny Committees [12 Dec 2006]

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

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

Column: 716

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ruth Kelly):

Mr. Betts:

Ruth Kelly:

Linda Gilroy:

Ruth Kelly:

Column: 717

Mr. Brian Binley (Northampton, South) (Con):

Ruth Kelly:

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Ruth Kelly:

Column: 718

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con):

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Speaker:

Ruth Kelly:

Thurrock Development Corporation [12 Dec 2006]

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Yvette Cooper):

Andrew Mackinlay:

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 719

Alistair Burt (North-East Bedfordshire) (Con):

Yvette Cooper:

Community Cohesion [12 Dec 2006]

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Ruth Kelly):

Tom Levitt:

Column: 720

Ruth Kelly:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Ruth Kelly:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Ruth Kelly:

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

Ruth Kelly:

Column: 721

Social Housing [12 Dec 2006]

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Meg Munn):

Paul Holmes:

Meg Munn:

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

Meg Munn:

Islamist Extremism [12 Dec 2006]

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend, East) (Con):

Column: 722

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Phil Woolas):

James Duddridge:

Mr. Woolas:

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

Mr. Woolas:

Column: 723

Brownfield Land [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Yvette Cooper):

Column: 724

Mr. Leech:

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 725

Iraq [12 Dec 2006]

3.30 pm

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks) (Con) :

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

Column: 726

Column: 727

Mr. Hague:

Column: 728

Des Browne:

Column: 729

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Mr. Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (LD):

Column: 730

Des Browne:

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op):

Des Browne:

Column: 731

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con):

Column: 732

Des Browne:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Mr. James Arbuthnot (North-East Hampshire) (Con):

Column: 733

Des Browne:

Sir Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Des Browne:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 734

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 735

Des Browne:

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Dr. Julian Lewis (New Forest, East) (Con):

Column: 736

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con):

Des Browne:

Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby) (Lab):

Column: 737

Des Browne:

Column: 738

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

Des Browne:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Column: 739

Personal Accounts [12 Dec 2006]

4.18 pm

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

Column: 740

Column: 741

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

Column: 742

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Hammond:

Column: 743

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 744

Mr. Philip Hammond:

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Column: 745

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Laws

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 746

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 747

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

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 748

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Weir:

Mr. Hutton:

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 749

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

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

Column: 750

Mr. Hutton:

BILLs PRESENTED

Column: 751

Orders of the Day [12 Dec 2006]

Greater London Authority Bill [12 Dec 2006]

4.54 pm

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Yvette Cooper):

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con)

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Field:

Column: 752

Yvette Cooper:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 753

Mr. Andrew Pelling (Croydon, Central) (Con):

Yvette Cooper:

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

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Burrowes:

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 754

Mr. Pelling

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Pelling:

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 755

Mr. Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Yvette Cooper:

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

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 756

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

Yvette Cooper:

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Yvette Cooper:

Several hon. Members

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 757

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

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 758

Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con):

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Mark Field:

Column: 759

Yvette Cooper:

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Burrowes

Mr. Khan

Yvette Cooper:

Mr. Burrowes:

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 760

Mr. Khan:

Yvette Cooper:

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con)

Yvette Cooper:

Justine Greening:

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 761

Ms Buck:

Yvette Cooper:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 762

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

Yvette Cooper:

Richard Ottaway

Yvette Cooper:

Column: 763

5.33 pm

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab):

Column: 764

Mrs. Lait:

Mr. Andrew Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush) (Lab):

Mrs. Lait:

Mr. Raynsford:

Mrs. Lait:

Column: 765

Mr. Slaughter:

Mrs. Lait:

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Mrs. Lait:

Column: 766

Justine Greening:

Mrs. Lait:

Column: 768

Column: 769

Mr. Burrowes:

Mrs. Lait:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mrs. Lait:

Column: 770

Column: 771

6.4 pm

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

Column: 772

Mr. Hands:

Mr. Raynsford:

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 773

Mr. Mark Field:

Mr. Raynsford:

Richard Ottaway:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 774

Mr. Burrowes:

Mr. Raynsford:

Mr. Burrowes

Mr. Raynsford:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 775

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Column: 776

Mr. Raynsford:

Andrew Stunell:

Mr. Raynsford:

Harry Cohen:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 777

6.27 pm

Column: 778

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Kate Hoey:

Tom Brake:

Column: 779

Column: 780

Mr. Raynsford:

Tom Brake:

Column: 781

6.40 pm

Mr. Andrew Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush) (Lab):

Column: 782

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Slaughter:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Mark Field:

Column: 783

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Hands:

Mr. Slaughter:

Column: 784

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Slaughter:

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 785

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Hands:

Mr. Slaughter:

Kate Hoey:

Column: 786

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Pelling:

Mr. Slaughter:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Slaughter:

Justine Greening:

Column: 787

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Hands:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Hands

Mr. Slaughter:

7.5 pm

Column: 788

Mr. John Horam (Orpington) (Con):

Column: 789

Tom Brake:

Mr. Horam:

Column: 790

Justine Greening:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Mr. Horam:

Mr. Love:

Mr. Horam:

Column: 791

7.16 pm

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab):

Column: 792

Kate Hoey:

Column: 793

Mr. Dismore:

Column: 794

Column: 795

Column: 796

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker:

7.30 pm

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

Column: 797

Column: 798

Mr. Dismore:

Richard Ottaway:

Column: 799

7.43 pm

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 800

Column: 801

Mr. Mark Field:

Kate Hoey:

Justine Greening:

Kate Hoey:

Column: 802

Jeremy Corbyn:

Kate Hoey:

7.56 pm

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

Column: 803

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Evennett:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Evennett:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Mr. Evennett:

Mr. Hands:

Column: 804

Mr. Evennett:

Mr. Dismore:

Mr. Evennett:

Column: 805

8.8 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Robert Neill:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 806

Column: 807

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

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Dismore:

Column: 808

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Pelling:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 809

8.24 pm

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

Column: 810

Column: 811

Michael Gove:

Lynne Featherstone:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 812

Lynne Featherstone:

Justine Greening:

Lynne Featherstone:

Column: 813

8.39 pm

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Tom Brake:

Column: 814

Harry Cohen:

Tom Brake:

Harry Cohen:

Column: 815

Column: 816

Simon Hughes:

Harry Cohen:

Mr. Dismore:

Column: 817

Harry Cohen:

8.57 pm

Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North) (Con):

Column: 818

9.1 pm

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Column: 819

Column: 820

9.6 pm

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con):

Column: 821

Column: 822

9.13 pm

Mr. Andrew Pelling (Croydon, Central) (Con):

Column: 823

Tom Brake:

Mr. Pelling:

Column: 824

9.19 pm

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

Column: 825

9.24 pm

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Column: 826

9.28 pm

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 827

Tom Brake:

Michael Gove:

Column: 828

Mr. Raynsford:

Michael Gove:

Column: 829

Tom Brake:

Michael Gove:

Column: 830

Yvette Cooper:

Michael Gove:

Tom Brake:

Michael Gove:

9.43 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Column: 831

Column: 832

Column: 833

Jeremy Corbyn:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Column: 834

Column: 835

Division No. 015 [Greater London Authority Bill] [12 Dec 2006]

Column: 839

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY BILL (PROGRAMME) [12 Dec 2006]

Division No. 016 [Greater London Authority Bill] [12 Dec 2006]

Column: 843

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY BILL [12 Dec 2006]

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [12 Dec 2006]

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 844

petition [12 Dec 2006]

Sunderland Hospitals [12 Dec 2006]

10.29 pm

Bill Etherington (Sunderland, North) (Lab):

Column: 845

Fireworks Depot, Ringmer [12 Dec 2006]

10.31 pm

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

Charles Hendry (Wealden) (Con):

Norman Baker:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Column: 846

Norman Baker:

Charles Hendry:

Column: 847

Norman Baker:

Column: 848

10.42 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Angela E. Smith):

Column: 849

Column: 850

Column: 851

Column: 852

Mike Penning:

Angela E. Smith:


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