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Volume No. 472Part No. 53

House of Commons Debates 25 February 2008

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr. Speaker ]
Private Business
Oral Answers To Questions
Home Department
Student Visas
Police Numbers
Alcohol Restriction Zones
Wheel-clamping
Cannabis
Inward Migration
Gangs/gun Crime
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Terrorism Legislation
Topical Questions
Business Of The House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5)
Treaty Of Lisbon (No. 6)
Orders Of The Day
European Union (Amendment) Bill
Delegated Legislation
Belarus (Children's Visas)


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Column: 745

Column: 745

House of Commons [25 Feb 2008]

Prayers [25 Feb 2008]

[Mr. Speaker ] [25 Feb 2008]

PRIVATE BUSINESS [25 Feb 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [25 Feb 2008]

Home Department [25 Feb 2008]

Student Visas [25 Feb 2008]

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

The Minister for Borders and Immigration (Mr. Liam Byrne):

Mrs. Humble:

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 746

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Police Numbers [25 Feb 2008]

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

Column: 747

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

Mr. Harper:

Jacqui Smith:

John Reid (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Column: 748

Jacqui Smith:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Alcohol Restriction Zones [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Vernon Coaker):

Column: 749

Mr. Kidney:

Mr. Coaker:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Coaker:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Mr. Coaker:

James Brokenshire (Hornchurch) (Con):

Column: 750

Mr. Coaker:

Wheel-Clamping [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Meg Hillier):

Mr. John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

Meg Hillier:

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

Meg Hillier:

Column: 751

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab):

Meg Hillier:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Meg Hillier:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Meg Hillier:

Cannabis [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Vernon Coaker):

Mr. Brady:

Column: 752

Mr. Coaker:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Coaker:

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

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Mr. Coaker:

Column: 753

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

Mr. Coaker:

Inward Migration [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

The Minister for Borders and Immigration (Mr. Liam Byrne):

Mr. Jackson:

Mr. Byrne:

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

Column: 754

Mr. Byrne:

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Mr. Byrne:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Mr. Byrne:

Damian Green (Ashford) (Con):

Column: 755

Mr. Byrne:

Gangs/Gun Crime [25 Feb 2008]

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

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

Stephen Pound:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 756

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Antisocial Behaviour Orders [25 Feb 2008]

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Vernon Coaker):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Mr. Coaker:

Column: 757

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

Mr. Coaker:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr. Coaker:

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab):

Column: 758

Mr. Coaker:

Terrorism Legislation [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. Ben Wallace (Lancaster and Wyre) (Con):

The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing (Mr. Tony McNulty):

Mr. Wallace:

Mr. McNulty:

Topical Questions [25 Feb 2008]

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

Column: 759

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

Mr. Carmichael:

Jacqui Smith:

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Vernon Coaker):

Column: 760

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Meg Hillier):

Column: 761

Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland) (Lab):

The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing (Mr. Tony McNulty):

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 762

David Davis:

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con):

Column: 763

Mr. Coaker:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Column: 764

Jacqui Smith:

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

Mr. McNulty:

Column: 765

Points of Order [25 Feb 2008]

3.33 pm

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

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 766

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5) [25 Feb 2008]

Column: 767

Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6) [25 Feb 2008]

Mr. Speaker:

3.35 pm

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

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab)

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 768

Mrs. Dunwoody:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Bone

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

Mr. Alexander:

Mark Pritchard:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Bone

Bob Spink

Mr. Alexander:

Bob Spink:

Column: 769

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab)

Mr. Bone

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Alexander:

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

Column: 770

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 771

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Tony Baldry:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 772

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend, East) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

James Duddridge:

Column: 773

Mr. Alexander:

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West) (Con)

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Brady:

Column: 774

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 775

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

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Streeter:

Column: 776

Mr. Alexander:

David Wright (Telford) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

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

Column: 777

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 778

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 779

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

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 780

Rob Marris:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 781

Column: 782

4.19 pm

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

Column: 783

Ms Patricia Hewitt (Leicester, West) (Lab):

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 784

Tony Baldry:

Mr. Mitchell:

Tony Baldry:

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Douglas Alexander:

Column: 785

Mr. Mitchell:

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Mitchell:

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 786

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Mitchell:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Douglas Alexander:

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Cash:

Column: 787

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 788

Ms Keeble:

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 789

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Mitchell:

David Wright:

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 790

Column: 791

Column: 792

Rob Marris:

Mr. Mitchell:

Column: 793

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Mr. Mitchell:

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Mitchell:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

4.56 pm

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Mr. Andrew Mitchell:

Column: 795

Hugh Bayley:

Tony Baldry:

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Cash:

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 796

Column: 797

5.10 pm

Mr. Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (LD):

Column: 798

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Moore:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Moore:

Column: 799

Column: 800

Mr. Streeter:

Mr. Moore:

Tony Baldry:

Column: 801

Mr. Moore:

5.28 pm

Column: 802

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Mr. Andrew Mitchell:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 803

Column: 804

Mr. Streeter:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 805

5.42 pm

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

Column: 806

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Streeter:

Column: 807

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Streeter:

Column: 808

Column: 809

5.58 pm

Column: 810

Colin Burgon (Elmet) (Lab):

Column: 811

Mr. Cash:

Column: 812

Colin Burgon:

Tony Baldry:

Colin Burgon:

6.11 pm

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 813

Column: 814

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Tony Baldry:

Column: 815

Mr. Cash:

Tony Baldry:

Column: 816

6.25 pm

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

Column: 817

Mr. Gareth Thomas:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 818

Mr. Cash:

Column: 819

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

6.40 pm

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Cash:

Column: 820

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Cash:

Column: 821

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mr. Cash:

Column: 822

6.54 pm

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

Column: 823

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Hancock:

Column: 824

Rob Marris:

Mr. Hancock:

Column: 825

7.5 pm

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

Column: 826

Column: 827

7.13 pm

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

Column: 828

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Lancaster:

Column: 829

Column: 830

Column: 831

7.23 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Column: 832

Column: 833

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. Thomas:

Column: 834

Division No. 95 [Points of Order] [25 Feb 2008]

Column: 838

Division No. 096 [Points of Order] [25 Feb 2008]

Column: 842

Orders of the Day [25 Feb 2008]

European Union (Amendment) Bill [25 Feb 2008]

8.2 pm

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

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

Column: 843

Mr. Francois:

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Francois:

Column: 844

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

Mr. Francois:

Column: 845

Column: 846

Mr. Michael Moore (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (LD):

8.15 pm

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mr. Peter Bone

Column: 847

Mr. Clappison:

Column: 848

Column: 849

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Mr. Clappison:

8.30 pm

Column: 850

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Clappison:

Column: 851

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

Column: 852

Mr. Francois:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Francois:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Francois:

Rob Marris:

Column: 853

Mr. Bone:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Bone:

Rob Marris:

Column: 854

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

8.45 pm

Rob Marris:

Mr. Bone:

Column: 855

Bob Spink:

The Chairman:

Column: 856

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Jim Murphy:

Mr. Bone:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Bone:

Column: 857

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Bone:

9 pm

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 858

The Chairman:

Hugh Bayley:

Rob Marris:

Hugh Bayley:

The Chairman:

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 859

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 860

Bob Spink:

Mr. Vara:

The Chairman:

Mr. Vara:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Vara:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 861

9.15 pm

Column: 862

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Carswell:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Carswell:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Carswell:

Column: 863

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. Carswell:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Carswell:

Mr. Jim Murphy:

Column: 864

9.30 pm

Column: 865

Mr. Vara:

Column: 866

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 867

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 868

9.45 pm

Column: 869

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Moore:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Moore

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Francois:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Francois:

Column: 870

Rob Marris:

Column: 871

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Clappison:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Jim Murphy:

Mr. Francois:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Francois:

Column: 872

Mr. Francois:

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

Mr. Francois:

Column: 873

10 pm

Column: 874

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [25 Feb 2008]

Column: 875

Belarus (Children's Visas) [25 Feb 2008]

10.2 pm

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Willie Rennie:

Column: 876

Column: 877

Column: 878

Column: 879

10.20 pm

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Column: 880

Column: 881

Column: 882

Willie Rennie:

Mr. Murphy:


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