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Volume No. 481Part No. 149

House of Commons Debates 21 October 2008

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr. Speaker ]
Oral Answers To Questions
Transport
Ports
New London Airport
Waterloo International
A46
Seafarers’ Pay
Midland Main Line
Topical Questions
Women And Equality
Equality Bill
Public Service Employment
Adoption
Equality Panel
Trafficked Women
Driving Instructors Convicted Of Sexual Offences (Suspension)
Immigration Controls
Economic Performance And Business
Delegated Legislation
European Union Documents
Petition
Planning And Development (Dorset)
Energy Policy (Scotland)

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Column: 143

Column: 143

House of Commons [21 Oct 2008]

Prayers [21 Oct 2008]

[Mr. Speaker ] [21 Oct 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Oct 2008]

Transport [21 Oct 2008]

Ports [21 Oct 2008]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Mr. Binley:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Binley:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

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

Column: 144

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby) (Lab):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Column: 145

Jim Fitzpatrick:

New London Airport [21 Oct 2008]

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon):

Andrew Rosindell:

Mr. Hoon:

Ruth Kelly (Bolton, West) (Lab):

Column: 146

Mr. Hoon:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr. Hoon:

Mr. Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab):

Mr. Hoon:

Waterloo International [21 Oct 2008]

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 147

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Clark):

Dr. Cable:

Paul Clark:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Paul Clark:

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

Paul Clark:

Column: 148

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

Paul Clark:

A46 [21 Oct 2008]

Paddy Tipping (Sherwood) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Paul Clark):

Paddy Tipping:

Paul Clark:

Column: 149

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Paul Clark:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Paul Clark:

Column: 150

Seafarers’ Pay [21 Oct 2008]

Gwyn Prosser (Dover) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Gwyn Prosser:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

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

Column: 151

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Midland Main Line [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon):

Mr. Hollobone:

Mr. Hoon:

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

Mr. Hoon:

Column: 152

Mrs. Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) (Con):

Mr. Hoon:

Mrs. Villiers:

Mr. Hoon:

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

Column: 153

Mr. Hoon:

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

Mr. Hoon:

Topical Questions [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 154

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Geoffrey Hoon):

Mr. Prentice:

Mr. Hoon:

Mr. Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

Mr. Hoon:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Column: 155

Mr. Hoon:

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Jim Fitzpatrick):

Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

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

Column: 156

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Mr. Hoon:

Column: 157

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr. Hoon:

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

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Women and Equality [21 Oct 2008]

Equality Bill [21 Oct 2008]

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

The Parliamentary Secretary, Government Equalities Office (Maria Eagle):

Column: 158

Mr. Harper:

Maria Eagle:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

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

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 159

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Public Service Employment [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Hollobone:

Maria Eagle:

Adoption [21 Oct 2008]

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

Column: 160

Maria Eagle:

Paul Rowen:

Maria Eagle:

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

Maria Eagle:

Equality Panel [21 Oct 2008]

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

Column: 161

Maria Eagle:

Miss Begg:

Maria Eagle:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Column: 162

Trafficked Women [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Bone:

Maria Eagle:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Column: 163

Driving Instructors Convicted of Sexual Offences (Suspension) [21 Oct 2008]

3.37 pm

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

Column: 164

Column: 165

Immigration Controls [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Speaker:

3.46 pm

Damian Green (Ashford) (Con):

Column: 167

Column: 168

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab)

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

Damian Green:

Mr. Field:

Damian Green:

Dr. Starkey

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab)

Damian Green:

Mr. MacShane:

Column: 169

Damian Green:

Dr. Starkey:

Damian Green:

Several hon. Members

Damian Green:

Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking) (Con)

Damian Green:

Mr. Malins:

Column: 170

Damian Green:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab)

Damian Green:

Column: 171

4.3 pm

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

Column: 172

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) (Con)

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Grieve:

Jacqui Smith:

Several hon. Members

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 173

Jacqui Smith:

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby) (Lab):

Column: 174

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North) (Con):

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Scott:

Jacqui Smith:

Anne Main:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 175

Margaret Moran (Luton, South) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Anne Main:

Jacqui Smith:

Anne Main:

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 176

Mr. Field:

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Grieve:

Jacqui Smith:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con)

Jacqui Smith:

Patrick Mercer:

Column: 177

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. MacShane:

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Grieve

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 178

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. MacShane:

Jacqui Smith:

Several hon. Members

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 179

Fiona Mactaggart

Jacqui Smith:

4.29 pm

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Column: 180

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

Chris Huhne:

Mr. MacShane:

Chris Huhne:

Column: 181

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Chris Huhne:

Pete Wishart:

Chris Huhne:

Jacqui Smith:

Chris Huhne:

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

Column: 182

Chris Huhne:

Mr. Grieve:

Chris Huhne:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Chris Huhne:

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Column: 183

Chris Huhne:

Stephen Pound:

Chris Huhne:

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

Chris Huhne:

Column: 184

Anne Main:

Chris Huhne:

Column: 185

Damian Green:

Chris Huhne:

Mr. Davidson:

Column: 186

Chris Huhne:

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

Chris Huhne:

Fiona Mactaggart

Chris Huhne:

Column: 187

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

4.56 pm

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr. Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester) (Lab):

Column: 188

Mr. Field:

Chris Huhne

Mr. Field:

Column: 189

Chris Huhne

Mr. Field:

Column: 190

5.7 pm

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

Column: 191

Mr. Davidson:

Mr. Soames:

Chris Huhne:

Mr. Soames:

Column: 192

5.16 pm

Mr. Roger Godsiff (Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath) (Lab):

Column: 193

Mr. Davidson:

Mr. Godsiff:

5.23 pm

Column: 194

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con):

Chris Huhne:

Miss Widdecombe:

Chris Huhne:

Miss Widdecombe:

Chris Huhne:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 195

Miss Widdecombe:

Mr. Davidson:

Miss Widdecombe:

Paul Rowen:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 196

Paul Rowen:

Miss Widdecombe:

Paul Rowen:

Miss Widdecombe:

Mr. Frank Field:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 197

5.35 pm

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Miss Widdecombe:

Stephen Pound:

Column: 198

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

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Davidson:

Column: 199

Stephen Pound:

Mr. Davidson:

Stephen Pound:

Alistair Burt (North-East Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 200

Stephen Pound:

Miss Widdecombe:

Stephen Pound:

5.48 pm

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

Column: 201

Mr. Davidson:

Column: 202

Mr. Lilley:

Anne Main:

Mr. Lilley:

Stephen Pound:

Column: 203

Mr. Lilley:

6.1 pm

Column: 204

Colin Burgon (Elmet) (Lab):

Column: 205

6.9 pm

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

Column: 206

Column: 207

Column: 208

6.18 pm

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Column: 209

Column: 210

Mr. Andrew Pelling (Croydon, Central) (Ind):

Martin Salter:

Column: 211

6.30 pm

James Brokenshire (Hornchurch) (Con):

Column: 212

Column: 213

Column: 214

Column: 215

6.43 pm

The Minister of State, Home Department (Mr. Phil Woolas):

Column: 216

Alistair Burt:

Mr. Woolas:

Column: 217

Damian Green:

Mr. Woolas:

Mr. Frank Field:

Mr. Woolas:

Column: 218

Rob Marris:

Mr. Woolas:

Damian Green

Mr. Woolas:

Damian Green:

Mr. Frank Field:

Damian Green:

Mr. Woolas:

Column: 219

Division No. 277 [Immigration Controls] [21 Oct 2008]
Division No. 278 [Immigration Controls] [21 Oct 2008]

Column: 228

Economic Performance and Business [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

7.26 pm

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Column: 229

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 230

Stephen Hesford:

Alan Duncan:

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

Alan Duncan:

Column: 231

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Alan Duncan:

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

Alan Duncan:

Rob Marris

Alan Duncan:

Rob Marris:

Column: 232

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Alan Duncan:

Column: 233

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Alan Duncan:

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Alan Duncan:

Column: 234

Mr. Jamie Reed (Copeland) (Lab):

Alan Duncan:

Mr. Reed:

Alan Duncan:

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

Alan Duncan:

Column: 235

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Alan Duncan:

7.54 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. Pat McFadden):

Column: 236

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Mr. McFadden:

Anne Main:

Mr. McFadden:

Alan Duncan:

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 237

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Jamie Reed:

Mr. McFadden:

Stewart Hosie:

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 238

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford) (Con):

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 239

Alan Duncan:

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 240

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

Mr. McFadden:

Rob Marris:

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 241

Mr. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Mr. McFadden:

8.16 pm

Column: 242

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

Column: 243

Column: 244

Column: 245

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

8.34 pm

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab):

Column: 246

Column: 247

8.42 pm

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

Column: 248

Column: 249

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Mr. Binley:

Column: 250

8.52 pm

Margaret Moran (Luton, South) (Lab):

Column: 251

Lorely Burt:

Margaret Moran:

Column: 252

9.3 pm

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Column: 253

Barry Gardiner:

Anne Main:

Barry Gardiner:

Anne Main:

Column: 254

Barry Gardiner:

Anne Main:

9.9 pm

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab):

Column: 255

Mr. Andrew Pelling (Croydon, Central) (Ind):

Stephen Hesford:

Column: 256

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Stephen Hesford:

9.19 pm

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Walker:

Column: 257

Stephen Hesford

Mr. Walker:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Walker:

Column: 258

Mr. Pelling:

Mr. Walker:

Mark Durkan:

Mr. Walker:

9.27 pm

Mr. Mark Prisk (Hertford and Stortford) (Con):

Column: 259

Column: 260

Column: 261

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Prisk:

Rob Marris

Mr. Prisk:

Rob Marris:

Mr. Prisk:

Column: 262

Column: 263

9.43 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Column: 264

Mr. Binley

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Binley:

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Prisk:

Column: 265

Mr. Thomas:

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

Mr. Thomas:

Column: 266

Mr. Walker:

Mr. Thomas:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Thomas:

Column: 267

Division No. 279 [Economic Performance and Business] [21 Oct 2008]
Division No. 280 [Economic Performance and Business] [21 Oct 2008]

Column: 275

Delegated Legislation [21 Oct 2008]

Mr. Speaker:

Hon. Members:

European Union Documents [21 Oct 2008]

Petition [21 Oct 2008]

Planning and Development (Dorset) [21 Oct 2008]

10.27 pm

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Column: 277

Energy Policy (Scotland) [21 Oct 2008]

10.29 pm

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

John Mason (Glasgow, East) (SNP):

John Robertson:

Anne Moffat (East Lothian) (Lab):

Column: 278

John Robertson:

John Mason:

John Robertson:

Column: 279

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 280

John Robertson:

Column: 281

10.45 pm

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Mr. Mike O'Brien):

Column: 282

John Robertson:

Mr. O'Brien:

Column: 283

Column: 284

Column: 285

Column: 286

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