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Volume No. 468Part No. 17

House of Commons Debates 4 December 2007

House Of Commons
Prayers
Oral Answers To Questions
Transport
London Bridge Station
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Bus Services
Lewes-uckfield Line
Concessionary Bus Travel
Railway Safety
Concessionary Bus Travel
Quality Contracts
Railway Overcrowding
Topical Questions
Nimrod Xv230
Political Parties (Funding)
Department For Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Delegated Legislation
European Documents
Petitions
Community Hospital (Braintree)
2012 Olympic Tax Levy
Post Office Closures (Brighton)
Adjournment

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Volume No. 468Part No. 17

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Column: 665

Column: 665

House of Commons [4 Dec 2007]

Prayers [4 Dec 2007]

[Mr. Speaker] [4 Dec 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [4 Dec 2007]

Transport [4 Dec 2007]

London Bridge Station [4 Dec 2007]

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Tom Brake:

Mr. Harris:

Column: 666

Patrick Hall (Bedford) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Harris:

Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Harris:

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab):

Column: 667

Mr. Harris:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr. Harris:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Mr. Harris:

Carbon Dioxide Emissions [4 Dec 2007]

Dr. Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly):

Column: 668

Dr. Ladyman:

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

Ruth Kelly:

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Column: 669

Ruth Kelly:

Bus Services [4 Dec 2007]

Mr. Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham, Perry Barr) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Ms Rosie Winterton):

Mr. Mahmood:

Ms Winterton:

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Column: 670

Ms Winterton:

Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley) (Lab):

Ms Winterton:

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

Ms Winterton:

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

Column: 671

Ms Winterton:

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

Ms Winterton:

Mr. Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op):

Ms Winterton:

Column: 672

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

Ms Winterton:

Lewes-Uckfield Line [4 Dec 2007]

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Norman Baker:

Mr. Harris:

Charles Hendry (Wealden) (Con):

Column: 673

Mr. Harris:

Concessionary Bus Travel [4 Dec 2007]

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Laura Moffatt:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

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

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Column: 674

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Railway Safety [4 Dec 2007]

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Ms Barlow:

Column: 675

Mr. Harris:

Concessionary Bus Travel [4 Dec 2007]

Mr. Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Mr. Holloway:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Column: 676

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Speaker:

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Ms Rosie Winterton):

Column: 677

Judy Mallaber:

Ms Winterton:

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

Ms Winterton:

Quality Contracts [4 Dec 2007]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Ms Rosie Winterton):

Column: 678

Mr. Betts:

Ms Winterton:

Railway Overcrowding [4 Dec 2007]

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Martin Horwood:

Mr. Tom Harris:

Topical Questions [4 Dec 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly):

Column: 679

Andrew Selous:

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly):

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Ms Rosie Winterton):

Column: 680

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

Ruth Kelly:

Mrs. Villiers:

Mr. Speaker:

Ruth Kelly:

Mr. Speaker:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 681

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Column: 682

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly):

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Ruth Kelly):

Column: 683

Mr. Speaker:

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

Column: 684

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Column: 685

Nimrod XV230 [4 Dec 2007]

3.31 pm

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

Column: 686

Column: 687

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 688

Column: 689

Des Browne:

Column: 690

Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife) (LD):

Des Browne:

Column: 691

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Column: 692

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

Des Browne:

Several hon. Members

Column: 693

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Mrs. Joan Humble (Blackpool, North and Fleetwood) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Column: 694

Des Browne:

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

Des Browne:

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

Column: 695

Des Browne:

Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Des Browne:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Des Browne:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Column: 696

Des Browne:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Column: 697

Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con):

Des Browne:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Des Browne:

Political Parties (Funding) [4 Dec 2007]

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

4.18 pm

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham) (Con):

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

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Simon:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Maude:

Column: 699

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Maude:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab)

Mr. Maude:

Ian Lucas:

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Maude:

Ian Lucas:

Column: 700

Mr. Maude:

Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Mr. Maude:

Mr. John Spellar (Warley) (Lab)

Mr. Simon:

Hon. Members:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Maude:

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 701

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Simon

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Maude:

Stephen Pound:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Maude:

Column: 702

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Simon

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Mr. Maude:

Column: 703

Mr. Skinner:

Mr. Maude:

Column: 704

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Mr. Maude:

Clive Efford:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Clive Efford:

Mr. Maude:

Column: 705

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab)

Mr. Maude:

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Mr. Maude:

Column: 706

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab)

Mr. Maude:

Anne Snelgrove:

Mr. Maude:

Column: 707

4.51 pm

The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Jack Straw):

Column: 708

Mr. Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 709

Mr. Edward Vaizey (Wantage) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Burns

Mr. Spellar:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Spellar:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Burns:

Column: 710

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Straw:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Several hon. Members

Column: 711

Mr. Straw:

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab)

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Prentice

Column: 712

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Column: 713

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Vaizey:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 714

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 715

Helen Jones:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 716

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 717

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con)

Column: 718

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Gauke

Mr. Straw:

5.27 pm

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

Column: 719

Mr. Spellar:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD):

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Spellar:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 720

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

Mr. Heath:

Column: 721

Clive Efford

Mr. Spellar

Mr. Heath:

Clive Efford:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 722

Mr. Gordon Prentice:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Spellar:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 723

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

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Clelland:

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 724

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Heath:

Ms Butler

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab)

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con):

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Swire:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Swire:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 725

Mr. Swire

Ms Butler

Martin Linton

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Mr. Heath:

Mr. MacNeil

Mr. Heath:

Mr. MacNeil:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 726

5.54 pm

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Tony Lloyd:

Mr. Swire:

Tony Lloyd:

Column: 727

Ms Butler:

Tony Lloyd:

Stephen Pound:

Tony Lloyd:

Mr. MacNeil:

Tony Lloyd:

Column: 728

Mr. Maude:

Tony Lloyd:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 729

6.4 pm

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Tyrie:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Tyrie:

Column: 730

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Tyrie:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Tyrie:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Tyrie:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Tyrie:

Column: 731

Ian Lucas:

Mr. Tyrie:

Column: 732

6.16 pm

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

Column: 733

Mr. Swire:

Mr. Winnick:

Ms Butler:

Mr. Winnick:

Mr. MacNeil:

Mr. Winnick:

Column: 734

Mr. MacNeil

Mr. Winnick:

6.26 pm

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

Column: 735

Ian Lucas:

Mr. Ruffley:

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Ruffley:

Column: 736

6.33 pm

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

Column: 737

Ian Lucas:

Adam Price:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Adam Price:

Ian Lucas:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Adam Price:

Column: 738

6.39 pm

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Column: 739

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Djanogly:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Djanogly:

Mr. Simon

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Djanogly:

Column: 740

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Djanogly:

Column: 741

6.48 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Bridget Prentice):

Column: 742

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Bridget Prentice:

Column: 743

Mr. Tyrie:

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Simon:

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Bridget Prentice:

Column: 744

Division No. 019 [Political Parties (Funding)] [4 Dec 2007]
Division No. 020 [Political Parties (Funding)] [4 Dec 2007]

Column: 753

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [4 Dec 2007]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

7.25 pm

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

Column: 754

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Martlew:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 755

Mr. Martlew:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 756

Mr. Martlew:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 757

7.38 pm

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary Benn):

Column: 758

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

Hilary Benn:

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

Hilary Benn:

Column: 759

Mr. Peter Ainsworth:

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West) (Con):

Column: 760

Hilary Benn:

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

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

Column: 761

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire) (Lab):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 762

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

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Column: 763

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Todd:

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset) (Con):

Column: 764

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Peter Ainsworth:

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Mr. Dunne:

Hilary Benn:

Column: 765

Column: 766

8.8 pm

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 767

Mr. Martlew:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 768

Column: 769

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

Martin Horwood:

Mr. Chaytor

Martin Horwood:

Column: 770

Several hon. Members

Column: 771

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

8.22 pm

Mr. Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Column: 772

Column: 773

8.32 pm

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Column: 774

Column: 775

Column: 776

8.41 pm

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Column: 777

Column: 778

Martin Horwood:

Mrs. Moon:

8.51 pm

Column: 779

Mr. Peter Atkinson (Hexham) (Con):

Martin Horwood:

Mr. Atkinson:

Column: 780

Mr. Morley:

Mr. Atkinson:

Mr. Morley

Mr. Atkinson:

Column: 781

Mr. Morley:

Mr. Atkinson:

9.1 pm

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

Mr. Morley:

Column: 782

Mr. Martlew:

Mr. Paice:

Mr. Martlew:

Column: 783

Column: 784

Mr. Paice:

Mr. Martlew:

9.12 pm

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con):

Column: 785

Column: 786

Column: 787

9.20 pm

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

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Mr. Cox:

Column: 788

Column: 789

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

9.32 pm

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Column: 790

Column: 791

9.40 pm

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

Column: 792

Column: 793

Mr. Morley

Mr. Paice:

Mr. Morley:

Mr. Paice:

Column: 794

9.50 pm

The Minister for the Environment (Mr. Phil Woolas):

Column: 795

Martin Horwood:

Column: 796

Mr. Woolas:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Woolas:

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire) (Con)

Division No. 021 [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] [4 Dec 2007]
Division No. 022 [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] [4 Dec 2007]

Column: 804

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [4 Dec 2007]

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTS [4 Dec 2007]

Petitions [4 Dec 2007]

Community Hospital (Braintree) [4 Dec 2007]

10.26 pm

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Column: 805

2012 Olympic Tax Levy [4 Dec 2007]

10.27 pm

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

Post Office Closures (Brighton) [4 Dec 2007]

10.29 pm

Column: 806

David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion) (Lab/Co-op):

ADJOURNMENT [4 Dec 2007]

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