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Volume No. 467Part No. 10

House of Commons Debates 21 November 2007

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr. Speaker ]
Oral Answers To Questions
Wales
Employment
Comprehensive Spending Review
Child Poverty
Economy
Benefit Claimants
Legislative Competence
Planning Bill
Prime Minister
Engagements
Opposition Day
Schools Reform
Health Care-associated Infections
Delegated Legislation
European Documents
Petition
Support For Armed Forces
Policing (Northern Ireland)

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Volume No. 467Part No. 10

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Column: 1169

Column: 1169

House of Commons [21 Nov 2007]

Prayers [21 Nov 2007]

[Mr. Speaker ] [21 Nov 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Nov 2007]

Wales [21 Nov 2007]

Employment [21 Nov 2007]

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

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

Mr. Crabb:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1170

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

Mr. Hain:

Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Mr. Hain:

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

Column: 1171

Mr. Hain:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Comprehensive Spending Review [21 Nov 2007]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

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

Mr. Hollobone:

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1172

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

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

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Gillan:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1173

Mr. Hain:

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Mr. Hain:

Child Poverty [21 Nov 2007]

Jenny Willott (Cardiff, Central) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Huw Irranca-Davies):

Column: 1174

Jenny Willott:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy) (Lab):

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Mr. Speaker:

Economy [21 Nov 2007]

Dr. Hywel Francis (Aberavon) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Huw Irranca-Davies):

Column: 1175

Dr. Francis:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

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

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 1176

Huw Irranca-Davies:

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

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Benefit Claimants [21 Nov 2007]

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

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

Nia Griffith:

Mr. Hain:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr. Hain:

Column: 1177

Legislative Competence [21 Nov 2007]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

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

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

Michael Fabricant:

Mr. Hain:

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Hain:

Planning Bill [21 Nov 2007]

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

Column: 1178

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Huw Irranca-Davies):

Mr. Llwyd:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Prime Minister [21 Nov 2007]

Engagements [21 Nov 2007]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Ann McKechin:

Column: 1179

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 1180

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 1181

Mr. Cameron

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 1182

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West) (Lab)

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Ms Hewitt:

The Prime Minister:

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 1183

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 1184

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 1185

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent, South) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 1186

The Prime Minister:

Ben Chapman (Wirral, South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 1187

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Anne Moffat (East Lothian) (Lab):

Column: 1188

The Prime Minister:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1189

Point of Order [21 Nov 2007]

12.31 pm

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1190

Opposition Day [21 Nov 2007]

Schools Reform [21 Nov 2007]

Mr. Speaker:

12.33 pm

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 1191

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Michael Gove:

Mr. Speaker:

Michael Gove:

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Column: 1192

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Helen Jones:

Michael Gove:

Tom Levitt

Michael Gove:

Column: 1193

Tom Levitt:

Michael Gove:

Column: 1194

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con)

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

Michael Gove:

Column: 1195

Mr. Chaytor:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Laws:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Chaytor:

Michael Gove:

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls):

Michael Gove:

Column: 1196

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls

Tony Baldry

Michael Gove:

Tony Baldry:

Michael Gove:

Column: 1197

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

The Minister for Schools and Learners (Jim Knight)

Mr. Chaytor

Michael Gove:

Column: 1198

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

Michael Gove:

Mr. Chaytor:

Column: 1199

Michael Gove:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

Column: 1200

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Jim Knight:

Michael Gove:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 1201

Michael Gove:

John Bercow:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Redwood:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Simon:

Michael Gove:

Column: 1202

Several hon. Members

Michael Gove:

1.8 pm

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls):

Column: 1203

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con)

Ed Balls:

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1204

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Rob Marris:

Column: 1205

Ed Balls:

Several hon. Members

Ed Balls:

Mr. Redwood:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1206

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Column: 1207

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1208

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1209

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1210

Tom Levitt:

Ed Balls:

Several hon. Members

Ed Balls:

Mr. Gibb:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Gibb

Ed Balls:

Column: 1211

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Gibb:

Ed Balls:

Helen Jones:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1212

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Bill Wiggin:

Ed Balls:

Column: 1213

1.43 pm

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Hilary Armstrong (North-West Durham) (Lab):

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1214

Hilary Armstrong:

Mr. Laws:

Hilary Armstrong:

Mr. Laws:

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

Mr. Laws:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1215

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1216

Ed Balls:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Chaytor:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1217

Ed Balls:

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1218

Andrew Gwynne:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 1219

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1220

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Laws:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1221

Andrew Gwynne:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1222

2.10 pm

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

Michael Gove

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 1223

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Sheerman:

Jim Knight:

Mr. Sheerman:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 1224

Stephen Williams (Bristol, West) (LD):

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 1225

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 1226

2.28 pm

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

Column: 1227

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Mr. Harper:

Column: 1228

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Harper:

Jim Knight

Mr. Harper:

Column: 1229

2.41 pm

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

Column: 1230

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 1231

Mr. Slaughter:

Column: 1232

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Slaughter:

Column: 1233

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Slaughter:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Slaughter:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Slaughter:

Column: 1234

2.58 pm

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Column: 1235

Column: 1236

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Newmark:

3.8 pm

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

Column: 1237

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

Mr. Chaytor:

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Chaytor:

Column: 1238

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Chaytor:

Column: 1239

Column: 1240

Column: 1241

3.25 pm

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Column: 1242

David Taylor:

Mr. Stuart:

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 1243

3.33 pm

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con):

Mr. Chaytor:

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Chaytor:

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Gibb:

Column: 1244

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Gibb:

Jim Knight:

Column: 1245

Mr. Gibb:

Column: 1246

Mr. Chaytor

Mr. Gibb:

Column: 1247

3.47 pm

The Minister for Schools and Learners (Jim Knight):

Column: 1248

Michael Gove:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Jim Knight:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Jim Knight:

Mr. Gibb:

Column: 1249

Jim Knight:

Mr. Gibb:

Jim Knight:

Mr. Laws:

Jim Knight:

Column: 1250

Michael Gove:

Jim Knight:

Column: 1251

Division No. 6 [Schools Reform] [21 Nov 2007]

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 1256

Health Care-Associated Infections [21 Nov 2007]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

4.16 pm

Mr. Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire) (Con):

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

Mr. Lansley:

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 1258

Mr. Lansley:

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

Mr. Lansley:

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1259

Column: 1260

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr. Lansley:

The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson):

Mr. Lansley:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1261

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1262

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1263

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

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1264

4.44 pm

The Secretary of State for Health (Alan Johnson):

Column: 1265

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Alan Johnson:

Mr. Hoyle:

Column: 1266

Alan Johnson:

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 1267

Alan Johnson:

Greg Clark:

Alan Johnson:

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1268

Alan Johnson:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

Column: 1269

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

Alan Johnson:

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

Norman Lamb:

Alan Johnson:

Column: 1270

Angela Browning:

Alan Johnson:

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

Column: 1271

Norman Lamb:

Alan Johnson:

Greg Clark:

Alan Johnson:

Column: 1272

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1273

Alan Johnson:

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con):

Alan Johnson:

5.15 pm

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1274

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1275

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Norman Lamb:

Alan Johnson:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1276

Column: 1277

Column: 1278

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

5.37 pm

Column: 1279

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Devine:

Miss Widdecombe:

Mr. Devine:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 1280

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Lansley:

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Devine:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Stuart:

Andrew Mackinlay:

Column: 1281

Mr. Devine:

5.46 pm

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con):

Column: 1282

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 1283

5.57 pm

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Mr. Lansley:

Column: 1284

Shona McIsaac:

Mr. Lansley:

Shona McIsaac:

Column: 1285

6.7 pm

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

Column: 1286

Miss Widdecombe:

Mr. Scott:

6.12 pm

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Column: 1287

Column: 1288

6.21 pm

Column: 1289

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Shona McIsaac:

Column: 1290

Mr. Bone:

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Bone:

Column: 1291

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Ann Keen):

Mr. Bone:

6.31 pm

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Column: 1292

Column: 1293

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire) (Con):

Greg Clark:

6.40 pm

Anne Milton (Guildford) (Con):

Column: 1294

Column: 1295

Column: 1296

6.49 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Ann Keen):

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

Ann Keen:

Column: 1297

Mr. Lansley:

Ann Keen:

Column: 1298

Mr. Lansley:

Ann Keen:

Mr. Lansley:

Ann Keen:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con)

Division No. 007 [Health Care-Associated Infections] [21 Nov 2007]
Division No. 008 [Health Care-Associated Infections] [21 Nov 2007]

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [21 Nov 2007]

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTS [21 Nov 2007]

Column: 1307

petition [21 Nov 2007]

Support for Armed Forces [21 Nov 2007]

7.26 pm

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Column: 1308

Policing (Northern Ireland) [21 Nov 2007]

7.28 pm

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Column: 1309

Column: 1310

Column: 1311

7.45 pm

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Paul Goggins):

Column: 1312

Column: 1313

Column: 1314

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