House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 11 October 2007

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

Column: 428

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

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

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

Column: 429

Hydrogen [11 Oct 2007]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Paul Rowen:

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

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Column: 430

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

Nuclear Power [11 Oct 2007]

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. John Hutton):

Mr. Goodwill:

Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North) (Lab):

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Column: 431

Charles Hendry (Wealden) (Con):

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Postal Services [11 Oct 2007]

The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr. Pat McFadden):

Column: 432

Mr. Robathan:

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

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

Column: 433

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

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

Column: 434

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Post Office Network [11 Oct 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. John Hutton):

Column: 435

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Geraldine Smith:

Mr. John Grogan (Selby) (Lab):

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Column: 436

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

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con):

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

Column: 437

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

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Column: 438

Alan Duncan:

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 439

Small Businesses [11 Oct 2007]

The Minister for Competitiveness (Mr. Stephen Timms):

Mr. Hollobone:

Mr. Timms:

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

Column: 440

Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford) (Con):

Mr. Timms:

Energy Tariffs [11 Oct 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. John Hutton):

Column: 441

Mark Lazarowicz:

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

Small Businesses [11 Oct 2007]

The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr. Pat McFadden):

Mr. Bellingham:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Column: 442

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

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

UK Competitiveness [11 Oct 2007]

The Minister for Competitiveness (Mr. Stephen Timms):

James Duddridge:

Mr. Timms:

Column: 443

Women and Equality [11 Oct 2007]

Pensions [11 Oct 2007]

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

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

The Minister for Women and Equality (Ms Harriet Harman):

Column: 444

Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) (Con):

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West) (Lab):

Human Trafficking [11 Oct 2007]

Column: 445

The Minister for Equality (Barbara Follett):

Mrs. Hodgson:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 446

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

Mental Health [11 Oct 2007]

The Minister for Equality (Barbara Follett):

Ms Barlow:

Mrs. Theresa May (Maidenhead) (Con):

Column: 447

Business of the House [11 Oct 2007]

11.32 am

The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman):

Mrs. May:

Column: 448

Column: 449

Mr. Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole) (Lab):

Column: 450

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

Column: 451

Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South) (Lab):

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Column: 452

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

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

Ms Harman

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 453

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab):

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

Column: 454

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol, East) (Lab):

Column: 455

Mr. Nigel Dodds (Belfast, North) (DUP):

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

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

Column: 456

Dan Norris (Wansdyke) (Lab):

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

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Column: 457

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Column: 458

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire) (Con):

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

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

Mr. David Chaytor (Bury, North) (Lab):

Column: 459

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

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

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Column: 460

David Taylor:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

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

Column: 461

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Alistair Darling):

Column: 462

Financial Market Instability [11 Oct 2007]

12.22 pm

Column: 463

Column: 464

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Column: 465

Column: 466

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

Column: 467

Column: 468

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 469

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 470

Mr. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne, North) (Lab):

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 471

Mr. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge) (Lab):

Column: 472

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

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

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

Column: 473

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West) (Lab):

Mr. Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (LD):

Column: 474

Mr. George Mudie (Leeds, East) (Lab):

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Column: 475

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

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

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 476

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab):

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 477

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Peter Viggers (Gosport) (Con):

Column: 478

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

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 479

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall) (LD):

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Mr. Fraser Kemp (Houghton and Washington, East) (Lab):

Column: 480

Dr. Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab):

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

GREATER LONDON AUTHORITY BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2) [11 Oct 2007]

Column: 481

Orders of the Day [11 Oct 2007]

Greater London Authority Bill [11 Oct 2007]

1.24 pm

Column: 482

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

1.30 pm

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Column: 483

Mr. Mark Field:

Mr. Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush) (Lab):

Column: 484

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

Mr. Evennett:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Column: 485

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab):

Column: 486

1.45 pm

Mr. Mark Field:

Column: 487

Tom Brake:

Mr. Field:

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

Column: 488

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Field:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 489

Division No. 208 [Greater London Authority Bill] [11 Oct 2007]

Column: 490

2 pm

Column: 491

Column: 492

Column: 493

Column: 494

2.15 pm

Column: 495

Column: 496

Column: 497

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 501

Column: 502

2.45 pm

Clive Efford:

Mr. Boris Johnson (Henley) (Con):

Mr. Dismore:

Clive Efford:

Column: 503

Mr. Boris Johnson:

Mr. Slaughter

Mr. Boris Johnson:

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Column: 504

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

Column: 505

Column: 506

3 pm

Column: 507

Tom Brake:

Column: 508

Column: 509

Column: 510

3.15 pm

Column: 511