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Volume No. 472Part No. 50

House of Commons Debates 20 February 2008

House Of Commons
Prayers
Oral Answers To Questions
Northern Ireland
Paramilitary Organisations
Economic Prospects
Prisoners
Saville Inquiry
South Armagh
Prime Minister
Engagements
Earned Citizenship
Criminal Justice (Raves)
Business Of The House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4)
Treaty Of Lisbon (No. 5)
Deferred Division
Treaty Of Lisbon (No. 5)
Orders Of The Day
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Delegated Legislation
Welsh Grand Committee
Petitions
Planning (Bedfordshire)
Local Infrastructure (Northamptonshire)
Cyberbullying (Children)
Deferred Division


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Column: 331

House of Commons [20 Feb 2008]

Prayers [20 Feb 2008]

[Mr. Speaker] [20 Feb 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [20 Feb 2008]

Northern Ireland [20 Feb 2008]

Paramilitary Organisations [20 Feb 2008]

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward):

Mr. Mackay:

Mr. Woodward:

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 332

Mr. Woodward:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Mr. Woodward:

Mr. Peter Robinson (Belfast, East) (DUP):

Mr. Woodward:

Column: 333

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

Mr. Woodward:

Mr. Paterson:

Mr. Woodward:

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

Mr. Woodward:

Economic Prospects [20 Feb 2008]

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Column: 334

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward):

Ann Winterton:

Mr. Woodward:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr. Woodward:

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

Column: 335

Mr. Woodward:

Prisoners [20 Feb 2008]

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

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

Mr. Clifton-Brown:

Paul Goggins:

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

Column: 336

Paul Goggins:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Paul Goggins:

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Paul Goggins:

Saville Inquiry [20 Feb 2008]

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 337

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward):

Mr. Howarth:

Mr. Woodward:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Davies:

Mr. Woodward:

Column: 338

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

Mr. Woodward:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Woodward:

South Armagh [20 Feb 2008]

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr. Shaun Woodward):

Column: 339

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Woodward:

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mr. Woodward:

Prime Minister [20 Feb 2008]

Engagements [20 Feb 2008]

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

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Column: 340

Miss Begg:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 341

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD):

Column: 342

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Clegg:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 343

Mr. Neil Turner (Wigan) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 344

Hon. Members:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 345

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 346

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol, East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab):

Column: 347

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

Column: 348

The Prime Minister:

Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

John Battle (Leeds, West) (Lab):

Column: 349

The Prime Minister:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 350

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 351

Earned Citizenship [20 Feb 2008]

12.31 pm

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith):

Mr. Speaker:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 352

Column: 353

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

Column: 354

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 355

Mr. Speaker:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 356

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Column: 357

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 358

Mr. Marsha Singh (Bradford, West) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 359

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

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 360

Ms Abbott:

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 361

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 362

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

Gwyn Prosser (Dover) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 363

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

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester, South) (Lab):

Column: 364

Jacqui Smith:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 365

Criminal Justice (Raves) [20 Feb 2008]

1.20 pm

Mr. Christopher Fraser (South-West Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 366

Column: 367

Column: 368

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4) [20 Feb 2008]

Column: 369

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5) [20 Feb 2008]

Mr. Speaker:

1.28 pm

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband):

Column: 370

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

David Miliband:

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op):

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

David Miliband:

Column: 371

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

David Miliband:

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

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con)

Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough) (Lab)

David Miliband:

Ms Smith:

David Miliband:

Column: 372

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

David Miliband:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

David Miliband:

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 373

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 374

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

David Miliband:

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

David Miliband:

Several hon. Members

David Miliband:

Mr. Harper

David Miliband:

Mr. Harper:

David Miliband:

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

Column: 375

David Miliband:

Several hon. Members

David Miliband:

Mr. Cash:

David Miliband:

Column: 376

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Lilley:

David Miliband:

Mr. Clappison:

David Miliband:

Mr. MacShane:

David Miliband:

Column: 377

Mr. Clappison:

David Miliband:

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

David Miliband:

Mr. Francois:

David Miliband:

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 378

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Column: 379

Mr. Cash:

David Miliband:

Mr. Cash:

David Miliband:

Column: 380

Mr. MacShane:

David Miliband:

Mr. MacShane:

David Miliband:

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

Column: 381

David Miliband:

Mr. Ellwood:

David Miliband:

Mr. Henderson:

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Column: 382

2.8 pm

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks) (Con):

Column: 383

Gordon Banks:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 384

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 385

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Hague:

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD):

Mr. Hague:

Column: 386

Mr. Davey:

Mr. Hague:

Ms Gisela Stuart:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 387

Mr. Soames:

Column: 388

Mr. Hague:

Column: 389

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 390

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Hague:

Ms Gisela Stuart:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 391

Mr. Davey:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 392

Mr. Ellwood:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 393

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

2.42 pm

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

Column: 394

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Mr. Howarth:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Howarth:

Column: 395

2.50 pm

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD):

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Davey:

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Mr. Davey:

Ms Gisela Stuart:

Column: 396

Mr. Davey:

Mr. Harper:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 397

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

Mr. Davey:

Column: 398

Mr. Burns:

Mr. Davey:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 399

Mr. Burns:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 400

Column: 401

3.11 pm

Mr. Edward O'Hara (Knowsley, South) (Lab):

Column: 402

Deferred division [20 Feb 2008]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 403

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5) [20 Feb 2008]

3.18 pm

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con):

Mr. Lilley:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Mr. MacShane:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 404

Column: 405

Mr. Jenkin:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con)

Column: 406

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

3.28 pm

Sir Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Column: 407

Mr. Cash:

Sir Stuart Bell:

Column: 408

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Sir Stuart Bell:

3.38 pm

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

Column: 409

Column: 410

3.45 pm

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Column: 411

Sir Stuart Bell:

Ms Stuart:

Column: 412

3.51 pm

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Column: 413

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

Ann Winterton:

Column: 414

3.59 pm

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

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

Mr. MacShane:

Column: 415

4.4 pm

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Column: 416

Column: 417

Mr. Cash:

Dr. Fox:

Column: 418

Column: 419

4.15 pm

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Ann Winterton:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 420

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Swayne:

Mr. Murphy:

Ann Winterton:

Column: 421

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Clappison

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 422

Division No. 87 [Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5)] [20 Feb 2008]
Division No. 088 [Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5)] [20 Feb 2008]

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 431

Orders of the Day [20 Feb 2008]

European Union (Amendment) Bill [20 Feb 2008]

4.57 pm

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

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

Column: 432

Column: 433

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Column: 434

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Clarke:

Mr. Francois:

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

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

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Swayne:

Mr. Francois:

Column: 435

Mark Lazarowicz:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Francois:

Column: 436

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

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Henderson:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD):

Mr. Francois:

Column: 437

Mr. Davey:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Davey

Mr. Francois:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Francois:

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mr. Francois:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal) (Con)

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con)

Column: 438

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Francois:

Mark Pritchard:

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Francois:

Column: 439

Mr. Gummer:

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

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Francois:

5.15 pm

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Mr. Francois:

Mike Gapes

Mr. Francois:

Mike Gapes:

Column: 440

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) (Con):

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mr. Francois:

Mike Gapes:

Column: 441

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

Mike Gapes:

Mark Lazarowicz:

Column: 442

Mike Gapes:

Mark Pritchard:

Mike Gapes:

Column: 443

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mike Gapes:

5.30 pm

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 444

Mike Gapes:

Column: 445

Mr. Davey:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 446

Mr. Gummer

Mr. Davey

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Davey:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

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

Mr. Davey:

Column: 447

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Davey:

5.45 pm

Mr. Henderson:

Column: 448

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

Mr. Henderson:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Henderson:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Henderson:

Column: 449

Mr. Kenneth Clarke:

Column: 450

6 pm

Column: 451

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Clarke:

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means:

Mr. Clarke:

Column: 452

Rob Marris:

Mr. Bone:

Column: 453

Rob Marris:

Mr. Harper:

Rob Marris:

Column: 454

Mr. Redwood:

Rob Marris:

Column: 455

6.15 pm

Mike Gapes:

Rob Marris:

Column: 456

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 457

Column: 458

6.30pm

Column: 459

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

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

Column: 460

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

[Hon. Members:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 461

Mark Lazarowicz:

Column: 462

6.45 pm

Column: 463

Mr. Harper:

Mr. Henderson:

Column: 464

Mr. Harper:

Mike Gapes:

Mr. Harper:

Rob Marris

Mr. Harper:

Column: 465

Rob Marris:

Mr. Harper:

Column: 466

7 pm

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

Column: 467

Mark Lazarowicz:

Mr. Davies:

Column: 468

Column: 469

Mr. Gummer:

7.15 pm

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 470

Mr. Gummer:

Mark Pritchard:

Column: 471

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Gummer:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr. Gummer:

Column: 472

Column: 473

Mr. Clappison:

7.30 pm

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mr. Clappison:

Column: 474

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 475

Mr. Cash:

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means:

Mr. Gummer:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 476

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Column: 477

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 478

7.45 pm

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Gummer:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 479

Mr. Jenkin:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr. Jenkin:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr. Murphy:

Mark Pritchard:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Column: 480

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Francois:

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

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr. Francois:

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means:

Column: 481

Mr. Francois:

Division No. 089 [European Union (Amendment) Bill] [20 Feb 2008]

Column: 485

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Howarth:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [20 Feb 2008]

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Welsh Grand Committee [20 Feb 2008]

Column: 486

Petitions [20 Feb 2008]

Planning (Bedfordshire) [20 Feb 2008]

8.12pm

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

Column: 487

Local Infrastructure (Northamptonshire) [20 Feb 2008]

8.14pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 488

Cyberbullying (Children) [20 Feb 2008]

8.15 pm

Mrs. Siân C. James (Swansea, East) (Lab):

Column: 489

Column: 490

Column: 491

Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy) (Lab):

Mrs. James:

8.28 pm

The Minister for Children, Young People and Families (Beverley Hughes):

Column: 492

Column: 493

Column: 494

Column: 495

Division No. 86 [Cyberbullying (Children)]

Deferred Division [20 Feb 2008]

Column: 497

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