House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 2 April 2009

Mr. Frank Doran (Aberdeen, North) (Lab):

Column: 1034

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

Mr. Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con):

Column: 1035

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

Bees [2 Apr 2009]

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary Benn):

Richard Ottaway:

Mr. Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Column: 1036

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

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

Pitt Report [2 Apr 2009]

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary Benn):

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 1037

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

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

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab):

Column: 1038

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Column: 1039

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

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

Surface Water Charges [2 Apr 2009]

Column: 1040

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

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Column: 1041

Mr. Hoyle:

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

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

Column: 1042

Water Shortages [2 Apr 2009]

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary Benn):

David Taylor:

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

Column: 1043

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

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

Topical Questions [2 Apr 2009]

Column: 1044

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Hilary Benn):

Mr. Stuart:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

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

Column: 1045

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

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

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

Column: 1046

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

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

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

Solicitor-General [2 Apr 2009]

Rape (Victim Support) [2 Apr 2009]

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General (Vera Baird):

Mr. Chaytor:

Column: 1048

Julie Morgan:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 1049

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

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

Serious Fraud Office [2 Apr 2009]

David Taylor:

Column: 1050

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

Torture [2 Apr 2009]

David Davis:

Column: 1051

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

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Crown Prosecution Service [2 Apr 2009]

Column: 1052

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes) (Con):

Prosecutions (Children) [2 Apr 2009]

Mr. Steen:

Column: 1053

Column: 1054

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Column: 1055

Business of the House [2 Apr 2009]

11.35 am

The Leader of the House of Commons (Ms Harriet Harman):

Alan Duncan:

Column: 1056

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Column: 1057

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1058

Dr. Kim Howells (Pontypridd) (Lab):

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome) (LD):

Column: 1059

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Column: 1060

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Column: 1061

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

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

Column: 1062

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

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 1063

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

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Column: 1064

Mr. Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD):

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 1065

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con):

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

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

Column: 1067

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

Column: 1068

North Sea Helicopter Crash [2 Apr 2009]

2.18 pm

Column: 1069

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

Column: 1070

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

Column: 1071

Column: 1072

Mr. Frank Doran (Aberdeen, North) (Lab):

Column: 1073

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Des Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab):

Column: 1074

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

Column: 1075

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

Column: 1076

Sir Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife) (LD):

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

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

Column: 1077

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 1078

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

David Wright (Telford) (Lab):

Column: 1079

Easter Adjournment [2 Apr 2009]

12.59 pm

Column: 1080

Column: 1081

Column: 1082

Column: 1083

1.15 pm

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

Column: 1084

Column: 1085

Column: 1086

1.29 pm

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

Column: 1087

Column: 1088

Column: 1089

1.42 pm

Mr. Rob Wilson (Reading, East) (Con):

Column: 1090

Column: 1091

Column: 1092

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

1.53 pm

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

Column: 1093

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 1094

Mr. Allen:

Column: 1095

Column: 1096

Column: 1097

2.19 pm

Column: 1098

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

Column: 1099

Column: 1100

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Column: 1101

Shona McIsaac:

Sir Robert Smith:

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant):

Mr. Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

Column: 1102

2.41 pm

Column: 1103

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Joyce:

Column: 1104

Column: 1105

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Joyce:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)

Mr. Joyce:

Column: 1106

Column: 1107

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 1108

3.3 pm

Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD):

Column: 1109

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

Sarah Teather:

Column: 1110

Column: 1111

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

Column: 1112

Sarah Teather:

Column: 1113

3.22 pm

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Column: 1114

Column: 1115

Column: 1116

Column: 1117

Column: 1118

Column: 1119

royal assent [2 Apr 2009]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 1120

Easter Adjournment [2 Apr 2009]

3.51 pm

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

Column: 1121

Column: 1122

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

Mr. Randall:

Column: 1123

4.5 pm

Column: 1124

Mr. John Horam (Orpington) (Con):

Mr. Drew:

Column: 1125

Column: 1126

Column: 1127

4.22 pm

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 1128

4.28 pm

Column: 1129

4.31 pm

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

Column: 1130

Column: 1131

Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household (Mr. John Spellar):

Mr. Vara:

Column: 1132

Column: 1133

4.52 pm

Column: 1134

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Bryant):

Column: 1135

Helen Jones (Warrington, North) (Lab):

Column: 1136

G20 Summit [2 Apr 2009]

5 pm

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Alistair Darling):

Column: 1137

Column: 1138

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Column: 1139

Column: 1140

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 1141

Column: 1142

Column: 1143

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 1144

Several hon. Members

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

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

Column: 1145

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West) (Lab):

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Ian McCartney (Makerfield) (Lab):

Column: 1146

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

Alun Michael (Cardiff, South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 1147

Sir Michael Spicer (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

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

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

Column: 1148

Sir Peter Viggers (Gosport) (Con):

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Column: 1149

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Lab):

Column: 1150

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

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 1151

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

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West) (Con):

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 1152

Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD):

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Mr. John Maples (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con):

Column: 1153

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

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

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

David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):

Column: 1154

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Column: 1155