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This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 8 March 2007

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Column: 1651

Column: 1651

House of Commons [8 Mar 2007]

Prayers [8 Mar 2007]

[Mr. Speaker] [8 Mar 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [8 Mar 2007]

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [8 Mar 2007]

Publicly Procured Food [8 Mar 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Miliband):

Andrew Selous:

David Miliband

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1652

David Miliband:

Kitty Ussher (Burnley) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

David Miliband:

Column: 1653

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

David Miliband:

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

David Miliband:

Column: 1654

Carbon Emissions [8 Mar 2007]

Mr. Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich, West) (Lab/Co-op):

The Minister for Climate Change and the Environment (Ian Pearson):

Mr. Bailey:

Ian Pearson:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Ian Pearson:

Column: 1655

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

Ian Pearson:

Dairy Industry [8 Mar 2007]

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

The Minister for Local Environment, Marine and Animal Welfare (Mr. Ben Bradshaw):

Mr. Williams:

Mr. Bradshaw:

Column: 1656

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Bradshaw:

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Mr. Bradshaw:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Bradshaw:

Column: 1657

Mr. Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon) (Con):

Mr. Bradshaw:

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

Mr. Bradshaw:

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

Mr. Bradshaw:

Column: 1658

Climate Change [8 Mar 2007]

Mr. Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Miliband):

Mr. Simon:

David Miliband:

Gordon Banks:

Column: 1659

David Miliband:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

David Miliband:

Column: 1660

Mr. Bill Olner (Nuneaton) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

David Miliband:

Colin Challen (Morley and Rothwell) (Lab):

Column: 1661

David Miliband:

Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Ainsworth:

David Miliband:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 1662

David Miliband:

Mr. Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Warm Home Zone Scheme [8 Mar 2007]

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North) (Lab):

The Minister for Climate Change and the Environment (Ian Pearson):

Joan Walley:

Column: 1663

Ian Pearson:

Jeremy Wright (Rugby and Kenilworth) (Con):

Ian Pearson:

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

Column: 1664

Ian Pearson:

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

Ian Pearson:

Drought Orders [8 Mar 2007]

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

The Minister for Climate Change and the Environment (Ian Pearson):

Andrew Gwynne:

Column: 1665

Ian Pearson:

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Ian Pearson:

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

Ian Pearson:

Column: 1666

Common Agricultural Policy Schemes [8 Mar 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (David Miliband):

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

David Miliband:

Paddy Tipping (Sherwood) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 1667

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire) (Con):

David Miliband:

Mr. Paterson:

David Miliband:

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

David Miliband:

Environmental Taxation [8 Mar 2007]

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

Column: 1668

The Minister for Climate Change and the Environment (Ian Pearson):

Mr. Ruffley:

Ian Pearson:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Ian Pearson:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Ian Pearson:

Column: 1669

Mr. Bob Blizzard (Waveney) (Lab):

Column: 1670

Ian Pearson:

Column: 1671

Business of the House [8 Mar 2007]

11.31 am

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

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

Column: 1672

Mr. Vara:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr. Vara:

Column: 1673

Nigel Griffiths:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1674

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

Column: 1675

Nigel Griffiths:

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1676

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Nigel Griffiths:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1677

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Column: 1678

Nigel Griffiths:

Gwyn Prosser (Dover) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Pete Wishart:

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1679

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. Garnier

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Column: 1680

Nigel Griffiths:

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD):

Column: 1681

Nigel Griffiths:

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Dr. Evan Harris:

Column: 1682

Nigel Griffiths:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1683

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

Nigel Griffiths:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1684

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Nigel Griffiths:

Mr. Speaker:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Column: 1685

Nigel Griffiths:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1686

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Nigel Griffiths:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

Mike Penning:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1687

Women, Justice and Gender Equality [8 Mar 2007]

12.27 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Vera Baird):

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Vera Baird:

Mark Pritchard:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Mark Pritchard:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1688

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Vera Baird:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Column: 1689

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Vera Baird:

Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab):

John Bercow

Vera Baird:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Vera Baird:

John Bercow:

Vera Baird:

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Column: 1690

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

Vera Baird:

Column: 1691

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

Vera Baird:

Column: 1692

John Bercow:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1693

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

Vera Baird:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 1694

Vera Baird:

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Vera Baird:

Column: 1695

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab):

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Moon:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1696

Mrs. Maria Miller:

Vera Baird:

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

Vera Baird:

Column: 1697

Joan Ruddock:

Vera Baird:

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford) (Con):

Column: 1698

Vera Baird:

Mr. Burns:

Vera Baird:

Mr. Heath:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1699

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Vera Baird:

John Bercow:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1700

Mary Creagh:

Vera Baird:

Lynne Jones:

Vera Baird:

Column: 1701

1.19 pm

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

Column: 1702

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab)

Mrs. Laing:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mrs. Laing:

Mrs. Moon:

Mrs. Laing:

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1703

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1704

Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge) (Lab):

Mrs. Laing:

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1705

Anne Milton (Guildford) (Con):

Mrs. Laing:

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

Mrs. Laing:

Mary Creagh:

Mrs. Laing:

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab):

Column: 1706

Mrs. Laing:

Several hon. Members

Mrs. Laing:

Lynda Waltho:

Mrs. Laing:

Laura Moffatt:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1707

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

Mrs. Laing:

Mr. Burns:

Mrs. Laing:

Mary Creagh:

Mrs. Laing:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Column: 1708

Mrs. Laing:

Angela Watkinson:

Mrs. Laing:

Mr. Russell Brown:

Mrs. Laing:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mrs. Laing:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mrs. Laing:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Column: 1709

Mrs. Laing:

Anne Milton:

Mrs. Laing:

Dr. Julian Lewis:

Mrs. Laing

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1710

Vera Baird:

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1711

Vera Baird:

Column: 1712

Mrs. Laing:

Column: 1713

Column: 1714

The Minister for Women and Equality (Meg Munn):

Mrs. Laing:

Meg Munn:

Mrs. Laing:

Meg Munn:

Column: 1715

Mrs. Laing:

2.22 pm

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Ms Taylor:

Column: 1716

Column: 1717

Mrs. Maria Miller:

Ms Taylor:

Column: 1718

Angela Watkinson:

Ms Taylor:

Column: 1719

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab):

Ms Taylor:

Mrs. Maria Miller:

Ms Taylor:

Column: 1720

2.50 pm

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Column: 1721

Angela Watkinson:

Lorely Burt:

Column: 1722

Meg Munn:

Lorely Burt:

Column: 1723

Mrs. Laing:

Lorely Burt:

Meg Munn:

Lorely Burt:

Mrs. Maria Miller:

Lorely Burt:

Column: 1724

Ms Dari Taylor:

Lorely Burt:

Angela Watkinson:

Lorely Burt:

Column: 1725

Ms Dari Taylor:

Lorely Burt:

Ms Taylor:

Lorely Burt:

3.11 pm

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Column: 1726

Ms Dari Taylor:

Mrs. Moon:

Column: 1727

Lorely Burt:

Mrs. Moon:

Column: 1728

Ms Dari Taylor:

Mrs. Moon:

Column: 1729

Column: 1730

3.34 pm

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

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

Column: 1731

Mrs. Miller:

Meg Munn:

Mrs. Miller:

Column: 1732

Column: 1733

Ms Dari Taylor:

Mrs. Miller:

Mrs. Moon:

Column: 1734

Mrs. Miller:

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Mrs. Miller:

Ms Diana R. Johnson:

Column: 1735

Mrs. Miller:

Column: 1736

Mrs. Moon:

Mrs. Miller:

4.3 pm

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

Column: 1737

Justine Greening:

Ms Johnson:

Mrs. Moon:

Ms Johnson:

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Ms Johnson:

Column: 1738

Mrs. Laing:

Ms Johnson:

Column: 1739

Barbara Keeley:

Ms Johnson:

Column: 1740

Column: 1741

4.21 pm

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Meg Munn:

Column: 1742

Angela Watkinson:

Barbara Keeley:

Angela Watkinson:

Column: 1743

Justine Greening:

Angela Watkinson:

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Angela Watkinson:

Column: 1744

Lynda Waltho:

Angela Watkinson:

Justine Greening:

Angela Watkinson:

Column: 1745

Lynda Waltho:

Angela Watkinson:

Column: 1746

4.43 pm

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab):

Column: 1747

Column: 1748

Column: 1749

Column: 1750

Column: 1751

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

5.4 pm

Column: 1752

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Column: 1753

Lorely Burt:

Column: 1754

Annette Brooke:

Column: 1755

5.17 pm

Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge) (Lab):

Column: 1756

Column: 1757

Column: 1758

5.28 pm

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 1759

5.35 pm

Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab):

Column: 1760

Column: 1761

5.41 pm

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

Column: 1762

Column: 1763

Column: 1764

Column: 1765

Column: 1766

Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Mr. Frank Roy):

petition [8 Mar 2007]

Banking Provision (Higham Ferrers) [8 Mar 2007]

5.59 pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 1767

Local Government Funding (Poole) [8 Mar 2007]

6.1 pm

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Column: 1768

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Mr. Syms:

Column: 1769

Column: 1770

6.13 pm

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

Column: 1771

Mr. Syms:

Column: 1772

Angela E. Smith:

Column: 1773

Column: 1774

Mr. Syms:

Angela E. Smith:

Annette Brooke:

Angela E. Smith:

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