House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 5 March 2008

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD):

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Anne Moffat (East Lothian) (Lab):

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 1729

Devolution [5 Mar 2008]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Des Browne):

Mr. Prentice:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Jim Hood (Lanark and Hamilton, East) (Lab):

Column: 1730

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

Column: 1731

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

David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) (Con):

David Mundell:

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Armed Forces (Health Care) [5 Mar 2008]

Column: 1732

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Des Browne):

Ann Winterton:

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Column: 1733

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

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

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

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

Column: 1734

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

Unemployment [5 Mar 2008]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (David Cairns):

Ann McKechin:

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

Column: 1735

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Devolution [5 Mar 2008]

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Des Browne):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Employment [5 Mar 2008]

The Minister of State, Scotland Office (David Cairns):

Column: 1736

Mr. Devine:

Mr. Fabian Hamilton (Leeds, North-East) (Lab):

Prime Minister [5 Mar 2008]

Engagements [5 Mar 2008]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mr. Hamilton:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Column: 1737

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1738

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Hon. Members:

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

Column: 1739

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Clegg:

Mr. Clegg:

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Column: 1740

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

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

Column: 1741

Mr. David Marshall (Glasgow, East) (Lab):

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister

Hon. Members:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1742

Chris McCafferty:

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

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

Column: 1743

Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West) (Con):

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

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

Column: 1744

Ministerial Visits [5 Mar 2008]

David Taylor:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Engagements [5 Mar 2008]

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 1745

Steve Webb (Northavon) (LD):

Column: 1746

Mr. Martin Caton (Gower) (Lab):

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

Column: 1747

Fireworks Act 2003 (Amendment) [5 Mar 2008]

12.31 pm

Column: 1748

Column: 1749

Orders of the Day [5 Mar 2008]

European Union (Amendment) Bill [5 Mar 2008]

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

12.40 pm

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

The Chairman:

Column: 1750

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

Column: 1761

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Mr. Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Column: 1762

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Column: 1763

Matthew Taylor (Truro and St. Austell) (LD)

Chris Huhne:

Column: 1764

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 1765

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD)

Matthew Taylor:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 1766

The Minister for the Middle East (Dr. Kim Howells):

1 pm

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

Column: 1767

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Column: 1769

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

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

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

Column: 1770

Column: 1771

Mr. Don Foster (Bath) (LD)

Mr. Davey

Mr. Foster:

Column: 1772

1.15 pm

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 1773

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

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

Mr. Bailey:

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

Column: 1774

Mr. Evans:

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

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

Column: 1775

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

Mr. Redwood

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con)

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

Column: 1776

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

1.30 pm

Column: 1777

Philip Davies:

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

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

Column: 1778

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

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

Column: 1779

Mr. James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Column: 1780

Mr. Field:

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab)

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con)

Column: 1781

Mr. Baron:

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 1782

1.45 pm

Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley) (Lab):

Column: 1783

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

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Column: 1784

Column: 1785

Chris Bryant:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 1786

Column: 1787

Jeremy Wright (Rugby and Kenilworth) (Con)

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

2 pm

Column: 1788

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Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 1790

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Column: 1791

Column: 1792

2.15 pm

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

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD):

Column: 1793

Angela Browning:

Column: 1794

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

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

Column: 1795

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

Column: 1796

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

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con)

Column: 1797

2.30 pm

Mr. Stephen Byers (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Column: 1798

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

Column: 1799

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South) (Lab):

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

Column: 1800

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

Column: 1801

Dr. Lewis:

2.45 pm

Column: 1802

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

Column: 1803

Column: 1804

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

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

Mr. Ancram:

Column: 1805

3 pm

Column: 1806

Mr. Ancram:

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

Column: 1807

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3.15 pm

Column: 1810

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

Column: 1811

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3.30 pm

Column: 1814

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Dr. Julian Lewis:

Mr. Davidson:

Column: 1817

3.45 pm

Column: 1818

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Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Column: 1820

Mr. Gerald Howarth:

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

Column: 1821

4 pm

Column: 1822

Column: 1823

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Column: 1825

4.15 pm

Mr. Redwood

Sir Peter Tapsell

Sir Peter Tapsell:

Mr. Redwood

Column: 1826

Column: 1827

Column: 1828

Mr. Hendrick:

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

4.30 pm

Column: 1829

Column: 1830

Column: 1831

Ms Angela C. Smith:

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

Column: 1832

Chris Huhne:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 1833

4.45 pm

Column: 1834

Mr. Jim Cunningham:

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

Column: 1835

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Stewart Hosie:

Column: 1836

Mr. Chaytor:

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

Column: 1837

5 pm

Column: 1838

Column: 1839

Column: 1840

Ms Gisela Stuart:

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

Column: 1841

Malcolm Bruce

Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab)

5.15 pm

Mr. Harper

Column: 1842

Mr. Harper:

Mr. Austin Mitchell:

Column: 1843

Chris Huhne

Mr. David Curry (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Column: 1844

Column: 1845

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

Mr. Curry:

5.30 pm

Column: 1846

Mr. Curry:

Column: 1847

Column: 1848

Mike Gapes:

Column: 1849

5.45 pm

Mr. Clappison:

Mike Gapes:

Hon. Members:

Column: 1850

Mike Gapes:

Column: 1851

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

Column: 1852

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1853

6 pm

Mr. Harper

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1854

Column: 1855

Column: 1856

Column: 1857

6.15 pm

Column: 1858

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

Column: 1859

Column: 1860

Angus Robertson

Column: 1861

Angus Robertson:

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 1862

6.30 pm

Column: 1863

Column: 1864

Division No. 117 [European Union (Amendment) Bill]
Column: 1866
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Column: 1877

Anne Main:

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

The Chairman:

Division No. 120 [European Union (Amendment) Bill] [5 Mar 2008]

Petitions [5 Mar 2008]

UK Foreign Policy (Israel and the Palestinians) [5 Mar 2008]

7.44 pm

Stephen Williams (Bristol, West) (LD):

Column: 1881

EU Constitution (Referendum) [5 Mar 2008]

7.46 pm

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Column: 1882

Madam Deputy Speaker: