House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 15 January 2008

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

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 773

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

London Development Agency/Mayor of London [15 Jan 2008]

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Mr. Randall:

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 774

Mr. Boris Johnson (Henley) (Con):

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

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

Column: 775

Housing (Stoke-on-Trent) [15 Jan 2008]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright):

Joan Walley:

Mr. Wright:

Housing Revenue Account Subsidies [15 Jan 2008]

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Tom Brake:

Column: 776

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

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

Local Government Funding [15 Jan 2008]

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Column: 777

Simon Hughes:

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

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

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 778

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 779

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

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

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Home Information Packs [15 Jan 2008]

Column: 780

Philip Davies:

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

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Column: 781

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield) (Con):

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Council Tax [15 Jan 2008]

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

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Column: 782

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

Mr. Field:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 783

Agencies (Appointments) [15 Jan 2008]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Parmjit Dhanda):

Tony Baldry:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

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

Column: 784

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

Energy-efficient Homes [15 Jan 2008]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright):

Mr. Love:

Mr. Wright:

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

Mr. Wright:

Column: 785

New-build Social Housing [15 Jan 2008]

Dr. Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab):

Dr. Whitehead:

Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent, Central) (Lab):

Mark Fisher:

Column: 786

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con):

Topical Questions [15 Jan 2008]

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Peter Luff:

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

Column: 787

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD):

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

Column: 788

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

Mr. Pickles:

Column: 789

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Column: 790

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Parmjit Dhanda):

Mr. Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con):

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

Column: 792

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright):

Column: 793

Planning (Location of Hazardous Sites) [15 Jan 2008]

3.32 pm

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Column: 794

Column: 795

Column: 796

Health and Social Care Bill [15 Jan 2008]

3.42 pm

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Mr. Ben Bradshaw):

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Column: 797

John Bercow:

Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking) (Con):

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

Column: 798

3.49 pm

Column: 799

Column: 800

Column: 801

Column: 802

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

Mr. O'Brien:

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 803

4.9 pm

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

4.11 pm

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 804

Mr. Stephen O'Brien:

Angela Browning:

4.13 pm

Division No. 043 [Planning (Location of Hazardous Sites)] [15 Jan 2008]

Column: 809

National Lottery [15 Jan 2008]

4.29 pm

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (James Purnell):

Column: 810

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

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

Adam Price:

Mr. John Grogan (Selby) (Lab):

Column: 811

Adam Price

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

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

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

Column: 812

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

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Column: 813

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 814

Greg Clark:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)

Mr. Mark Field:

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

Column: 815

4.48 pm

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 816

Column: 817

Michael Fabricant:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 818

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):

Mr. Don Foster (Bath) (LD):

Column: 819

Column: 820

Column: 821

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

Column: 822

Column: 823

5.13 pm

Mr. Don Foster (Bath) (LD):

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

Column: 824

Column: 825

Column: 826

Column: 827

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

5.28 pm

Mr. John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford) (Con):

Column: 828

Column: 829

5.37 pm

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

Column: 830

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab)

Pete Wishart:

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

Column: 831

Column: 832

5.45 pm

Hugh Robertson (Faversham and Mid-Kent) (Con):

Column: 833

Column: 834

5.51 pm

The Minister for the Olympics (Tessa Jowell):

Barry Gardiner:

Tessa Jowell:

Column: 835

Division No. 044 [Planning (Location of Hazardous Sites)] [15 Jan 2008]

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (FINANCE) BILL (PROGRAMME) (NO. 2) [15 Jan 2008]

Orders of the Day [15 Jan 2008]

European Communities (Finance) Bill [15 Jan 2008]

[Sir Alan Haselhurst ] [15 Jan 2008]

6.16 pm

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Andy Burnham):

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Ian Davidson (Glasgow, South-West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 840

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con):

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 841

Mr. Shepherd:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Column: 842

6.30 pm

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

Column: 843

Mr. Mike Hancock (Portsmouth, South) (LD):

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con):

Column: 844

Mr. Lilley

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

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Column: 845

Column: 846

6.45 pm

Column: 847

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 848

Column: 849

Several hon. Members

The First Deputy Chairman:

Stewart Hosie:

Column: 850

Stewart Hosie:

7 pm

Column: 851

Column: 852

Column: 853

Mr. Jenkin:

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

7.15 pm

Column: 854

Column: 855

Column: 856

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means:

Column: 857

The First Deputy Chairman:

Rob Marris

Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab):

Column: 858

7.30 pm

Column: 859

Column: 860

Dr. Cable:

Column: 861

Mr. Davidson:

7.45 pm

Column: 862

Column: 863

Column: 864

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings) (Con):

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 865

8 pm

Column: 866

Column: 867

Column: 868

8.15 pm

Column: 870

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 871

Column: 872

Column: 873

8.30 pm

Column: 874

Mr. Lilley:

Column: 875

Column: 876

8.45 pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 877

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Column: 878

Column: 879

Column: 880

Division No. 045 [European Communities (Finance) Bill]
Column: 882
[15 Jan 2008]

9.15 pm

Column: 885

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 886

Column: 887

9.59 pm

Column: 888

Mr. Hollobone:

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

Column: 889

9.36 pm

Dr. Cable:

Column: 890

9.41 pm

Mr. Bone:

9.43 pm

Mr. Walker:

Column: 891

9.45 pm

Column: 892

Column: 893

Column: 894

9.55 pm

Mr. Shepherd:

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Shepherd:

Column: 895

Division No. 046 [European Communities (Finance) Bill] [15 Jan 2008]

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [15 Jan 2008]

Column: 900

Regional Ministers [15 Jan 2008]

10.14 pm

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Column: 901

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con):

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

Column: 902

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr. Leigh:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 903

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

Mr. Paterson:

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Parmjit Dhanda):

10.30 pm

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Column: 905

Column: 906

Column: 907