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Volume No. 457Part No. 52

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Column: 1045

Column: 1045

House of Commons [1 Mar 2007]

Prayers [1 Mar 2007]

[Mr. Speaker] [1 Mar 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [1 Mar 2007]

Treasury [1 Mar 2007]

Tax Credits [1 Mar 2007]

Mr. Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con):

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr. Holloway:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 1046

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Dawn Primarolo:

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

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 1047

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

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

Dawn Primarolo:

G7 Finance Ministers [1 Mar 2007]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

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

Column: 1048

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

Ann McKechin:

Mr. Brown:

Meg Hillier:

Mr. Brown:

Column: 1049

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

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

Mr. Brown:

Column: 1050

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Mr. Brown:

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Mr. Brown:

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

Column: 1051

Mr. Brown:

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 1052

Mr. Brown:

Housing Market [1 Mar 2007]

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Stephen Timms):

Andrew George:

Column: 1053

Mr. Timms:

Jim Cousins (Newcastle upon Tyne, Central) (Lab):

Mr. Timms:

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

Mr. Timms:

Column: 1054

Ms Dawn Butler (Brent, South) (Lab):

Mr. Timms:

Childhood Well-being [1 Mar 2007]

Mr. Mark Harper (Forest of Dean) (Con):

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls):

Mr. Harper:

Ed Balls:

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Column: 1055

Mr. Speaker:

Ed Balls:

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

No. 11 Downing Street [1 Mar 2007]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Stephen Timms):

Column: 1056

Michael Fabricant:

Mr. Timms:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham) (Con):

Mr. Timms:

Mr. Hoban:

Mr. Timms:

Employment (Warrington) [1 Mar 2007]

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab):

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (John Healey):

Column: 1057

Helen Jones:

John Healey:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

John Healey:

Terrorist Assets [1 Mar 2007]

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

Column: 1058

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls):

Mr. Hands:

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

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

Column: 1059

Ed Balls:

Full Employment [1 Mar 2007]

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

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

Shona McIsaac:

Mr. Brown:

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Column: 1060

Mr. Brown:

Dr. Gavin Strang (Edinburgh, East) (Lab):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab):

Column: 1061

Mr. Brown:

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

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr. Brown:

Tax Credits [1 Mar 2007]

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

Column: 1062

The Paymaster General (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr. Amess:

Mr. Speaker:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Dawn Primarolo:

Childhood Well-being [1 Mar 2007]

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

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls):

Column: 1063

Mr. Burrowes:

Ed Balls:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1064

Household Budgets [1 Mar 2007]

Fiona Mactaggart:

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (John Healey):

Fiona Mactaggart:

John Healey:

Column: 1065

Business of the House [1 Mar 2007]

11.31 am

Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) (Con):

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

Mrs. May:

Column: 1066

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Column: 1067

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1068

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

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 1069

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1070

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1071

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

Mr. Straw:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1072

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1073

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Mr. Straw:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Straw

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1074

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 1075

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1076

Mr. Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD):

Mr. Straw:

Ms Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull, North) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Column: 1077

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1078

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

Mr. Straw:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Column: 1079

Mr. Straw:

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Tom Watson (West Bromwich, East) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

John Bercow:

Column: 1080

Mr. Straw:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1081

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1082

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Mark Lancaster (North-East Milton Keynes) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 1083

Bosnia and Herzegovina [1 Mar 2007]

12.30 pm

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

Column: 1084

Column: 1085

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Column: 1086

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1087

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

Column: 1088

Mr. Ingram:

Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD):

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1089

Mr. Tom Watson (West Bromwich, East) (Lab):

Mr. Ingram:

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1090

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

Mr. Ingram:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 1091

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

Mr. Ingram:

Mr. Mark Lancaster (North-East Milton Keynes) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 1092

Mr. Ingram:

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

Mr. Ingram:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1093

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid-Kent) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1094

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset) (Con):

Mr. Ingram:

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

Mr. Ingram:

Column: 1095

Point of Order [1 Mar 2007]

1.11 pm

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 1096

Welsh Affairs [1 Mar 2007]

1.12 pm

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr. Peter Hain):

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

Column: 1097

Mr. Hain:

Mr. Crabb

Mr. Hain:

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

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con):

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1098

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

David T.C. Davies

Mr. Hain:

David T.C. Davies:

Mr. Hain:

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

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1099

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1100

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1101

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Hain:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Mr. Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1102

Hywel Williams (Caernarfon) (PC):

Mr. Hain:

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1103

Mr. Crabb:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1104

Column: 1105

David T.C. Davies:

Mr. Hain:

Mr. Roger Williams:

Column: 1106

Mr. Hain:

Adam Price:

Column: 1107

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1108

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Adam Price

Column: 1109

Mr. Hain:

Adam Price:

Mr. Hain:

Hywel Williams:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1110

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Hain:

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1111

2.2 pm

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con):

Column: 1112

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mrs. Gillan:

David T.C. Davies:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

David T.C. Davies:

Mrs. Gillan:

Chris Bryant

Mrs. Gillan:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1113

Mrs. Gillan:

Column: 1114

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Albert Owen:

Mrs. Gillan:

Column: 1115

Paul Flynn:

Mrs. Gillan:

Column: 1116

Mr. Don Touhig (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op):

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Crabb:

Mrs. Gillan:

Chris Bryant:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Touhig:

Mrs. Gillan:

Column: 1117

Column: 1118

Column: 1119

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

2.29 pm

Mr. Paul Murphy (Torfaen) (Lab):

Paul Flynn:

Mr. Murphy:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 1120

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) (PC):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 1121

David T.C. Davies:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 1122

2.40 pm

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Column: 1123

Mr. Roger Williams:

Lembit Öpik:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 1124

Nia Griffith:

Column: 1125

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Roger Williams:

Lembit Öpik:

David T.C. Davies:

Column: 1126

Lembit Öpik:

Mark Tami:

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 1127

Jenny Willott (Cardiff, Central) (LD):

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 1128

David T.C. Davies:

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 1129

Column: 1130

Column: 1131

3.11 pm

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 1132

Column: 1133

3.23 pm

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

Column: 1134

Mr. Llwyd:

Mr. Crabb:

Albert Owen:

Mr. Crabb:

Column: 1135

Mr. Touhig:

Mr. Crabb:

Column: 1136

Nia Griffith:

Mr. Crabb:

Column: 1137

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

3.37 pm

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

Column: 1138

David T.C. Davies

Paul Flynn:

David T.C. Davies:

Paul Flynn:

Mr. Llwyd:

Paul Flynn:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Llwyd:

Paul Flynn:

Column: 1139

Column: 1140

Column: 1141

3.50 pm

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

Column: 1142

Lembit Öpik:

Adam Price:

Column: 1143

David T.C. Davies:

Adam Price:

Column: 1144

4.4 pm

Column: 1145

Mr. Don Touhig (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr. Touhig:

Column: 1146

Adam Price:

Mr. Touhig:

David T.C. Davies:

Mr. Touhig:

Column: 1147

Column: 1148

4.15 pm

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

Albert Owen:

David T.C. Davies:

Column: 1149

Chris Ruane:

David T.C. Davies:

Column: 1150

Mr. David Jones (Clwyd, West) (Con):

David T.C. Davies:

Column: 1151

Mr. David:

Chris Ruane:

Mr. David:

Column: 1152

David T.C. Davies:

4.29 pm

Mr. Martin Caton (Gower) (Lab):

Hywel Williams:

Mr. Caton:

Column: 1153

Column: 1154

Column: 1155

4.39 pm

Hywel Williams (Caernarfon) (PC):

Column: 1156

Column: 1157

Column: 1158

4.51 pm

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Column: 1159

Column: 1160

Mark Tami:

John Smith:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

5.2 pm

Mr. Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Column: 1161

Column: 1162

5.8 pm

Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Chris Ruane:

Mark Tami:

Column: 1163

Column: 1164

5.15 pm

Mr. Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent) (Ind):

5.17 pm

Dr. Hywel Francis (Aberavon) (Lab):

Column: 1165

Column: 1166

5.25 pm

Mr. Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 1167

Column: 1168

Hywel Williams:

Mr. David:

5.31 pm

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Column: 1169

5.35 pm

Mr. David Jones (Clwyd, West) (Con):

Albert Owen:

Mr. Jones:

Column: 1170

Column: 1171

Column: 1172

5.47 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Nick Ainger):

Column: 1173

Nia Griffith:

Nick Ainger:

Column: 1174

Mrs. Gillan:

Nick Ainger:

Column: 1175

Column: 1176

Fire Precautions (Schools) [1 Mar 2007]

6 pm

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 1177

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con)

Mr. Howard:

Column: 1178

John Penrose:

Mr. Howard:

Column: 1179

6.12 pm

The Minister for Schools (Jim Knight):

Column: 1180

Mr. Howard:

Column: 1181

Jim Knight:

John Penrose:

Jim Knight:

Column: 1182

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