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Volume No. 468Part No. 18

House of Commons Debates 5 December 2007

House Of Commons
Prayers
Oral Answers To Questions
International Development
Burma
Zimbabwe
Nuclear Weapons
Prime Minister
Engagements
Prisons (Carter Review)
Benefits Uprating
Bills Presented
Estimates Day
Supplementary Estimates, 2007-08
Standards Of Conduct In Public Life
Benefits Simplification
Supplementary Estimates, 2007-08
Supplementary Estimates And New Estimates, 2007-08
Estimates, 2008-09 (Vote On Account)
Consolidated Fund Bill
Delegated Legislation
Petitions
Carer’s Allowance
Post Office Closures (Brighton)
Post Office Closures (North-west Glasgow)
Scallop Dredging (Lyme Bay)


This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 5 December 2007

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Column: 807

Column: 807

House of Commons [5 Dec 2007]

Prayers [5 Dec 2007]

[Mr. Speaker] [5 Dec 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [5 Dec 2007]

International Development [5 Dec 2007]

Burma [5 Dec 2007]

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

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Shahid Malik):

Mr. Evennett:

Mr. Malik:

Column: 808

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Malik:

John Battle (Leeds, West) (Lab):

Mr. Malik:

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

Mr. Malik:

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Column: 809

Mr. Malik:

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

Mr. Malik:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Mr. Malik:

Column: 810

Lynne Featherstone (Hornsey and Wood Green) (LD):

Mr. Malik:

Mr. Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con):

Mr. Malik:

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Malik:

Zimbabwe [5 Dec 2007]

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

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Column: 811

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Mr. Amess:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Mackay:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 812

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 813

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Bill Olner (Nuneaton) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold) (Con):

Hon. Members:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 814

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Nuclear Weapons [5 Dec 2007]

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

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) (Lab):

Column: 815

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Prime Minister [5 Dec 2007]

Engagements [5 Dec 2007]

Mr. Brian Binley (Northampton, South) (Con):

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mr. Binley:

Column: 816

The Prime Minister:

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 817

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 818

Mr. Cameron:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 819

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 820

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley, East and Mexborough) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Dr. Cable:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 821

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 822

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Column: 823

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 824

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mrs. Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 825

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 826

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 827

Prisons (Carter Review) [5 Dec 2007]

12.31 pm

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

Column: 828

Column: 829

Column: 830

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

Column: 831

Mr. Straw:

Column: 832

Column: 833

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 834

Mr. Straw:

Column: 835

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Column: 836

Mr. George Howarth (Knowsley, North and Sefton, East) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 837

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr. Straw:

John Battle (Leeds, West) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 838

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 839

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 840

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

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 841

Benefits Uprating [5 Dec 2007]

1.17 pm

The Minister for Pensions Reform (Mr. Mike O’Brien):

Column: 842

Column: 843

Mr. Nigel Waterson (Eastbourne) (Con):

Column: 844

Column: 845

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 846

Column: 847

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Mr. O'Brien:

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (LD):

Column: 848

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 849

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. O'Brien:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 850

Mr. O'Brien:

Derek Conway (Old Bexley and Sidcup) (Con):

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 851

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

Mr. O'Brien:

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

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 852

Point of Order [5 Dec 2007]

1.59 pm

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 853

BILLs PRESENTED

Column: 854

Column: 855

Column: 856

Column: 857

ESTIMATES DAY

SUPPLEMENTARY eSTIMATES, 2007-08 [5 Dec 2007]

Standards of Conduct in Public Life [5 Dec 2007]

2.6 pm

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab):

Column: 858

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 859

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Cabinet Office (Gillian Merron):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 860

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 861

Column: 862

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

Dr. Wright:

Column: 863

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

Dr. Wright:

Column: 864

Mr. Winnick:

Dr. Wright:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Dr. Wright:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 865

Column: 866

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Dr. Wright:

Stewart Hosie:

Dr. Wright:

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Dr. Wright:

Column: 867

2.49 pm

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

Column: 868

Kelvin Hopkins:

Simon Hughes:

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

Column: 869

Simon Hughes:

Column: 870

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 871

Column: 872

Stewart Hosie:

Simon Hughes:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 873

3.14 pm

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 874

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mr. Prentice:

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 875

Mr. Prentice:

Mr. Winnick:

Mr. Prentice:

Column: 876

David Heyes (Ashton-under-Lyne) (Lab):

Mr. Prentice:

Column: 877

3.30 pm

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

Column: 878

Column: 879

Column: 880

3.40 pm

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Column: 881

3.47 pm

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Column: 882

Column: 883

Column: 884

3.58 pm

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Column: 885

Column: 886

Column: 887

Column: 888

Column: 889

Kelvin Hopkins:

Greg Clark:

4.17 pm

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Gillian Merron):

Column: 890

Column: 891

Greg Clark:

Gillian Merron:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Gillian Merron:

Greg Clark:

Gillian Merron:

Simon Hughes:

Gillian Merron:

Column: 892

Simon Hughes:

Gillian Merron:

Column: 893

Column: 894

Greg Clark:

Gillian Merron:

Mr. Gordon Prentice:

Gillian Merron:

Column: 895

Column: 896

Benefits Simplification [5 Dec 2007]

4.42 pm

Mr. Terry Rooney (Bradford, North) (Lab):

Column: 897

Column: 898

Column: 899

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West) (Lab):

Mr. Rooney:

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

Column: 900

Mr. Rooney:

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

Mr. Rooney:

Column: 901

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Rooney:

Column: 902

Rob Marris:

Mr. Rooney:

Column: 903

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 904

5.14 pm

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (LD):

Rob Marris:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 905

Mr. Rooney:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 906

Column: 907

Rob Marris:

Column: 908

Danny Alexander:

Rob Marris:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 909

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South) (Lab):

Column: 910

Danny Alexander:

Rob Marris:

Danny Alexander:

5.41 pm

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

Column: 911

Column: 912

Miss Begg:

Mrs. Humble:

Column: 913

5.55 pm

Column: 914

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

Column: 915

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

John Penrose:

Column: 916

Column: 917

Danny Alexander:

John Penrose:

Column: 918

Column: 919

6.17 pm

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen, South) (Lab):

Column: 920

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Miss Begg:

Column: 921

6.23 pm

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 922

6.29 pm

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

Column: 923

Column: 924

Mr. Rooney:

Mr. Harper:

Danny Alexander:

Mr. Harper:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 925

Mr. Harper:

Mr. Rooney:

Mr. Harper:

Column: 926

6.45 pm

The Minister for Employment and Welfare Reform (Caroline Flint):

Column: 927

Column: 928

Column: 929

Column: 930

Column: 931

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 2007-08 [5 Dec 2007]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES AND NEW ESTIMATES, 2007-08 [5 Dec 2007]

ESTIMATES, 2008-09 (VOTE ON ACCOUNT) [5 Dec 2007]

Column: 932

CONSOLIDATED FUND bILL [5 Dec 2007]

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [5 Dec 2007]

PETITIONS [5 Dec 2007]

Carer’s Allowance [5 Dec 2007]

7.2 pm

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

Column: 933

Post Office Closures (Brighton) [5 Dec 2007]

7.3 pm

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

Post Office Closures (North-West Glasgow) [5 Dec 2007]

7.4 pm

John Robertson (Glasgow, North-West) (Lab):

Column: 934

Scallop Dredging (Lyme Bay) [5 Dec 2007]

7.5 pm

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

Column: 935

Column: 936

7.19 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jonathan Shaw):

Column: 937

Column: 938

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

Jonathan Shaw:

Column: 939

Column: 940


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