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Volume No. 485Part No. 5

House of Commons Debates 10 December 2008

House Of Commons
Prayers
Oral Answers To Questions
Scotland
Calman Commission
Energy
Post Office Card Account
Calman Commission
Uk Fishing Quota
Great Britain Football Team
Prime Minister
Engagements
Welfare Reform
Foreign Affairs And Defence
Business Without Debate
Business Of The House (Consolidated Fund Bill)

Petitions
Flooding (Northamptonshire)
Planning And Development (Northamptonshire)
Rivers Hull And Humber (Flood Risk)


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Column: 517

Column: 517

House of Commons [10 Dec 2008]

Prayers [10 Dec 2008]

[Mr. Speaker] [10 Dec 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [10 Dec 2008]

Scotland [10 Dec 2008]

Calman Commission [10 Dec 2008]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Robathan:

Mr. Murphy:

John McFall (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 518

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

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

Column: 519

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 520

Energy [10 Dec 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Miss Begg:

Mr. Murphy:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 521

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

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

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 522

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

Mr. Murphy:

Post Office Card Account [10 Dec 2008]

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Ann McKechin):

Mr. Hamilton:

Ann McKechin:

Column: 523

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Ann McKechin:

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

Ann McKechin:

Calman Commission [10 Dec 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Mr. Harper:

Mr. Murphy:

Column: 524

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

Mr. Murphy:

UK Fishing Quota [10 Dec 2008]

Mrs. Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (Ann McKechin):

Mrs. McGuire:

Ann McKechin:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 525

Ann McKechin:

Dr. Gavin Strang (Edinburgh, East) (Lab):

Ann McKechin:

Great Britain Football Team [10 Dec 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Pete Wishart:

Column: 526

Mr. Murphy:

Prime Minister [10 Dec 2008]

Engagements [10 Dec 2008]

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport) (Lab):

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Alison Seabeck:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Column: 527

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 528

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 529

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister

Column: 530

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Clegg:

Column: 531

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Clegg:

The Prime Minister:

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West) (Con):

Column: 532

The Prime Minister:

Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD):

Column: 533

The Prime Minister:

Emily Thornberry (Islington, South and Finsbury) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 534

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Column: 535

The Prime Minister:

Column: 536

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 537

Welfare Reform [10 Dec 2008]

12.32 pm

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell):

Column: 538

Column: 539

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con):

Column: 540

Column: 541

James Purnell:

Column: 542

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 543

Jenny Willott (Cardiff, Central) (LD):

Column: 544

James Purnell:

Column: 545

Roger Berry (Kingswood) (Lab):

James Purnell:

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

Column: 546

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Column: 547

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

James Purnell:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

James Purnell:

Column: 548

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

James Purnell:

Column: 549

Mr. Peter Hain (Neath) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Column: 550

Mr. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge) (Lab):

James Purnell:

John Mason (Glasgow, East) (SNP):

Mr. Speaker:

James Purnell:

Column: 551

James Purnell:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

James Purnell:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 552

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

James Purnell:

Mr. James Plaskitt (Warwick and Leamington) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

James Purnell:

Column: 553

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Sandra Gidley (Romsey) (LD):

James Purnell:

Mrs. Betty Williams (Conwy) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 554

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

James Purnell:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Column: 555

James Purnell:

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 556

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol, East) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 557

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

James Purnell:

Column: 558

Points of Order [10 Dec 2008]

1.38 pm

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Foreign Affairs and Defence [10 Dec 2008]

1.40 pm

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

Column: 560

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

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Ellwood:

David Miliband:

Column: 561

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

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Column: 562

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

David Miliband:

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

Column: 563

David Miliband:

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab)

David Miliband:

Mr. Hamilton:

David Miliband:

Column: 564

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 565

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

David Miliband:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

David Miliband:

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 566

David Miliband:

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

David Miliband:

Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD):

David Miliband:

Nick Harvey:

David Miliband:

Column: 567

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset) (Con):

David Miliband:

Jeremy Corbyn:

David Miliband:

Mr. Davey

Column: 568

David Miliband:

Mr. Davey:

David Miliband:

Column: 569

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

David Miliband:

Column: 570

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

David Miliband:

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 571

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

David Miliband:

Column: 572

Column: 573

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

David Miliband:

Column: 574

2.26 pm

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

Column: 575

Mr. Ancram:

Mr. Hague:

Harry Cohen:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 576

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Mr. Hague:

Column: 577

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Mr. Hague:

Column: 578

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Hutton)

Mr. Hague:

Patrick Mercer:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 579

Column: 580

Column: 581

Column: 582

Column: 583

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Hague:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Mr. Hague:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 584

Mr. Hague:

Harry Cohen:

Mr. Hague:

Harry Cohen

Mr. Hague:

Harry Cohen:

Mr. Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

3.3 pm

Column: 585

Dr. Kim Howells (Pontypridd) (Lab):

Column: 586

Column: 587

Column: 588

3.18 pm

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

Column: 589

Column: 590

Column: 591

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

Mr. Davey:

Column: 592

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 593

Column: 594

Dr. Howells:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 595

Mr. Ancram:

Mr. Davey:

Column: 596

3.51 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 597

Kate Hoey:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 598

Column: 599

Column: 600

4.6. pm

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

Column: 601

Column: 602

Jeremy Corbyn:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 603

Column: 604

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

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 605

4.23 pm

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Column: 606

Column: 607

Column: 608

Column: 609

4.37 pm

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

Column: 610

Column: 611

Column: 612

4.49 pm

Column: 613

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 614

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD):

Kate Hoey:

Column: 615

Column: 616

Mr. Hendrick:

Kate Hoey:

Column: 617

5.6 pm

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset) (Con):

Patrick Mercer:

Mr. Walter:

Column: 618

Column: 619

Column: 620

5.19 pm

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

Column: 621

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Hendrick:

Column: 622

Column: 623

5.35 pm

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 624

Column: 625

Column: 626

Mr. Hendrick:

Patrick Mercer:

5.48 pm

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 627

Column: 628

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West) (Lab):

Column: 629

Andrew Gwynne:

Column: 630

6 pm

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Column: 631

Column: 632

6.11 pm

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

Column: 633

Column: 634

Column: 635

6.21 pm

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

Column: 636

Column: 637

6.29 pm

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Column: 638

Column: 639

Column: 640

Column: 641

Column: 642

6.45 pm

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. John Hutton):

Column: 643

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 644

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 645

Column: 646

7 pm

Dr. Fox:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 647

Business without Debate [10 Dec 2008]

Business of the House (Consolidated Fund Bill) [10 Dec 2008]

Hon. Members:

[10 Dec 2008]

Petitions [10 Dec 2008]

Flooding (Northamptonshire) [10 Dec 2008]

7.1 pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Planning and Development (Northamptonshire) [10 Dec 2008]

7.3 pm

Mr. Bone:

Column: 649

Rivers Hull and Humber (Flood Risk) [10 Dec 2008]

7.4 pm

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

Column: 650

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

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 651

Column: 652

Mr. Greg Knight:

Column: 653

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 654

7.24 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Huw Irranca-Davies):

Column: 655

Column: 656

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Mr. Stuart:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

7.34 pm

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