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Volume No. 488

Part No. 31

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This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 23 February 2009

Volume No. 488

Part No. 31

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Column: 1

House of Commons [23 Feb 2009]

Prayers [23 Feb 2009]

[Mr. Speaker] [23 Feb 2009]

Oral Answers to Questions [23 Feb 2009]

Defence [23 Feb 2009]

Afghanistan (Troop Deployment) [23 Feb 2009]

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire) (Con):

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

Andrew Selous:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 3

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 4

Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Column: 5

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Column: 6

Mr. Hutton:

Dr. Fox:

Mr. Hutton:

Armed Forces Personnel [23 Feb 2009]

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Kevan Jones):

Mr. Marsden:

Column: 7

Mr. Jones:

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

Mr. Jones:

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Mr. Jones:

Column: 8

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr. Jones:

Amphibious/Littoral Military Capability [23 Feb 2009]

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

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth):

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 9

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Joint Combat Aircraft [23 Feb 2009]

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Quentin Davies):

Bill Wiggin:

Mr. Davies:

Column: 10

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

Mr. Davies:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Davies:

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

Mr. Davies:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Mr. Davies:

Mr. David Crausby (Bolton, North-East) (Lab):

Mr. Davies:

Iran (Missile Development) [23 Feb 2009]

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

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

Angela Watkinson:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 12

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Super Garrisons [23 Feb 2009]

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth):

Column: 13

Tony Baldry:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 14

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Afghan Public Opinion [23 Feb 2009]

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

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

Malcolm Bruce:

Column: 15

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. David Drew (Stroud) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

Column: 16

Mr. Hutton:

Topical Questions [23 Feb 2009]

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

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

Gregory Barker:

Mr. Hutton:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Kevan Jones):

Column: 17

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr. Quentin Davies):

Ben Chapman (Wirral, South) (Lab):

Mr. Hutton:

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Eric Illsley (Barnsley, Central) (Lab):

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth):

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 18

Mr. Hutton:

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Mr. Kevan Jones:

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Mr. Kevan Jones:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr. Bob Ainsworth:

Column: 19

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Mr. Kevan Jones:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 20

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Mr. Hutton:

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

Mr. Hutton:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Kevan Jones:

Column: 21

Points of Order

3.32 pm

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 22

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Bill Presented

Column: 23

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill [23 Feb 2009]

3.38 pm

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Ed Balls):

Column: 24

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry) (Con)

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

Ed Balls:

Mr. Boswell

Ed Balls:

Mr. Boswell:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 25

Ed Balls:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Ed Balls:

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

Column: 26

Ed Balls:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 27

Ed Balls:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Laws:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Ed Balls:

Column: 28

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Ed Balls:

Column: 29

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Mrs. Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con):

Column: 30

Ed Balls:

Mrs. Gillan:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con):

Column: 31

Ed Balls:

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Column: 32

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Paul Truswell (Pudsey) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Willis

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

Ed Balls:

Column: 33

Joan Walley:

Ed Balls:

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Mr. David Willetts (Havant) (Con)

Ed Balls:

Mr. Willetts:

Ed Balls:

Column: 34

Mr. Willis:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op):

Ed Balls:

Column: 35

4.22 pm

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 36

Column: 37

Mr. Graham Stuart

Michael Gove:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 38

Michael Gove:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Column: 39

Michael Gove:

Mr. Laws:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 40

Michael Gove:

Mr. Sheerman:

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

The Minister for Schools and Learners (Jim Knight):

Column: 41

Michael Gove:

Mr. Chaytor:

Michael Gove:

Column: 42

Ms Dari Taylor:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Column: 43

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Jim Knight

Michael Gove:

Jim Knight:

Column: 44

Michael Gove:

Mr. Redwood:

Michael Gove:

Column: 45

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Ed Balls:

Michael Gove:

Column: 46

Mr. Boswell:

Michael Gove:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Sheerman:

Michael Gove:

Column: 47

Mr. Sheerman

Michael Gove:

Mr. Sheerman:

Michael Gove:

Mr. Boswell

Michael Gove:

Mr. Boswell:

Column: 48

Michael Gove:

The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Mr. John Denham):

Michael Gove:

Column: 49

Column: 50

Mr. Dhanda:

Michael Gove:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 51

Michael Gove:

5.12 pm

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South) (Lab):

Column: 52

Column: 53

Column: 54

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

Column: 55

Mr. Marsden:

Column: 56

5.31 pm

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Column: 57

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mr. Laws:

Mr. Willis:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 58

Column: 59

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Laws:

Column: 60

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con):

Column: 61

Mr. Laws:

Column: 62

Column: 63

Column: 64

6.3 pm

Mr. Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 65

Column: 66

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Gibb

Column: 67

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Willis:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Laws

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Gibb

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 68

Mr. Sheerman:

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 69

Dr. Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab):

Mr. Sheerman:

Jim Knight:

Column: 70

Mr. Sheerman:

6.32 pm

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Column: 71

Column: 72

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

John Bercow:

Mr. Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent, South) (Lab):

Column: 73

John Bercow:

Mr. Willis:

John Bercow:

Column: 74

Column: 75

Mr. Laws:

John Bercow:

The Minister of State, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Mr. David Lammy):

John Bercow:

Column: 76

6.54 pm

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

Column: 77

Column: 78

Column: 79

7.7 pm

Mr. Tim Boswell (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 80

Column: 81

Column: 82

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Boswell:

Mr. Lammy

Mr. Boswell:

Column: 83

Column: 84

7.26 pm

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 85

Mr. Boswell

Mary Creagh:

Mr. Boswell:

Column: 86

Mary Creagh:

Alison Seabeck:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 87

Mrs. Hodgson:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 88

Column: 89

Column: 90

7.48 pm

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

Column: 91

Alison Seabeck:

Column: 92

Mr. Willis:

John Bercow:

Mr. Willis:

Column: 93

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Willis:

Column: 94

John Bercow:

Mr. Willis:

John Bercow:

Mr. Willis:

Column: 95

8.12 pm

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

Column: 96

Column: 97

Mr. Willetts:

Mr. Chaytor:

John Bercow:

Mr. Chaytor:

Column: 98

Column: 99

8.27 pm

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

Column: 100

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (Lab)

Mr. Stuart:

Michael Jabez Foster

Mr. Stuart:

Michael Jabez Foster:

Mr. Stuart:

Michael Jabez Foster:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 101

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Mr. Siôn Simon):

Column: 102

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 103

Column: 104

John Bercow:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 105

Column: 106

John Bercow:

Mr. Stuart:

8.53 pm

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Column: 107

Column: 108

9.3 pm

Mr. Dai Davies (Blaenau Gwent) (Ind):

Column: 109

Column: 110

9.8 pm

Dr. Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab):

Column: 111

Column: 112

9.21 pm

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Column: 113

Column: 114

9.25 pm

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

9.28 pm

Column: 115

Mr. David Willetts (Havant) (Con):

Column: 116

Column: 117

Dr. Blackman-Woods

Mr. Willetts:

Dr. Blackman-Woods:

Mr. Willetts:

Column: 118

Column: 119

9.45 pm

The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (Mr. John Denham):

Column: 120

Column: 121

Mr. Marsden:

Mr. Denham:

Column: 122

Mr. Willetts:

Mr. Denham:

Column: 123

Mr. Willetts:

Mr. Denham:

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (PROGRAMME)

Column: 124

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (Money) [23 Feb 2009]

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (Ways and means) [23 Feb 2009]

Business without Debate

Business of the House [23 Feb 2009]

Hon. Members:

Delegated Legislation [23 Feb 2009]

Legal Services CommissionLicenses and Licensing

Column: 125

Workplace Parking Levy (Nottingham) [23 Feb 2009]

10 pm

Mr. John Heppell (Nottingham, East) (Lab):

Mr. Graham Allen (Nottingham, North) (Lab):

Mr. Heppell:

Column: 126

Column: 127

Column: 128

Mr. Allen:

Mr. Heppell:

10.16 pm

Column: 129

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

Column: 130

Column: 131

Column: 132

10.28 pm

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