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Volume No. 492Part No. 81

House of Commons Debates 21 May 2009

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr. Speaker ]
Oral Answers To Questions
Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Agricultural Labour
Common Agricultural Policy
Zero-grazing
Biodiversity Duty
Common Land
Pig Industry
Bovine Tuberculosis
Topical Questions
Solicitor-general
Human Trafficking
Victim And Witness Support
Cohabitation Bill
Rape
Royal Assent
Business Of The House
Gurkhas
Whitsun Adjournment
Council Tax Benefit

This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 21 May 2009

Volume No. 492Part No. 81

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Column: 1617

House of Commons [21 May 2009]

Prayers [21 May 2009]

[Mr. Speaker ] [21 May 2009]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 May 2009]

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [21 May 2009]

Agricultural Labour [21 May 2009]

Mr. John Whittingdale (Maldon and East Chelmsford) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jane Kennedy):

Mr. Whittingdale:

Jane Kennedy:

Column: 1618

Common Agricultural Policy [21 May 2009]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

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

Mr. Bone:

Hilary Benn:

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

Hilary Benn:

Column: 1619

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 1620

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

Hilary Benn:

Nick Herbert:

Hilary Benn:

Zero-grazing [21 May 2009]

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Column: 1621

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jane Kennedy):

Robert Key:

Jane Kennedy:

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

Jane Kennedy:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Column: 1622

Jane Kennedy:

Biodiversity Duty [21 May 2009]

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

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

Mr. Williams:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

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

Column: 1623

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Common Land [21 May 2009]

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

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

Mr. Sheerman:

Column: 1624

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Richard Ottaway:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Mr. Robathan:

Pig Industry [21 May 2009]

Paddy Tipping (Sherwood) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jane Kennedy):

Paddy Tipping:

Column: 1625

Jane Kennedy:

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

Jane Kennedy:

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Jane Kennedy:

Column: 1626

Bovine Tuberculosis [21 May 2009]

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

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

Mr. Jack:

Hilary Benn:

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

Column: 1627

Hilary Benn:

Topical Questions [21 May 2009]

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

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

David Taylor:

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Jane Kennedy):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 1628

John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD):

Jane Kennedy:

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

Jane Kennedy:

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 1629

Jane Kennedy:

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

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

Mr. Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Jane Kennedy:

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

Column: 1630

Hilary Benn:

SOLICITOR-GENERAL [21 May 2009]

Human Trafficking [21 May 2009]

Mr. Anthony Steen (Totnes) (Con):

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Solicitor-General (Vera Baird):

Mr. Steen:

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 1631

Mr. Bone:

The Solicitor-General:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

The Solicitor-General:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 1632

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

The Solicitor-General:

Victim and Witness Support [21 May 2009]

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General:

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 1633

The Solicitor-General:

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

The Solicitor-General:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General:

Cohabitation Bill [21 May 2009]

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 1634

The Solicitor-General:

Mary Creagh:

The Solicitor-General:

Rape [21 May 2009]

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General:

Julie Morgan:

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 1635

Royal Assent

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 1636

Business of the House [21 May 2009]

11.31 am

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

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

Alan Duncan:

Column: 1637

Column: 1638

Ms Harman:

Column: 1639

Angela E. Smith (Basildon) (Lab/Co-op):

Ms Harman:

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

Column: 1640

Mrs. Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

Mr. Heath:

Ms Harman:

Column: 1641

Patrick Hall (Bedford) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

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

Column: 1642

Ms Harman:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD):

Column: 1643

Ms Harman:

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Column: 1644

Ms Harman:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Column: 1645

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

Ms Harman:

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Column: 1646

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD):

Ms Harman:

Column: 1647

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Column: 1648

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Column: 1649

Gurkhas [21 May 2009]

12.13 pm

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

Column: 1650

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1651

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 1652

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Column: 1653

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Column: 1654

Jacqui Smith:

Martin Salter:

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Column: 1655

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Column: 1656

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 1657

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Column: 1658

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 1659

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

Jacqui Smith:

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

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 1660

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Mr. Andrew Dismore (Hendon) (Lab):

Jacqui Smith:

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Jacqui Smith:

Column: 1661

Whitsun Adjournment [21 May 2009]

12.53 pm

Mr. John Horam (Orpington) (Con):

Column: 1662

Column: 1663

Mr. Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con):

Mr. Horam:

Column: 1664

1.9 pm

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

Column: 1665

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

Column: 1666

Mr. Allen:

1.18 pm

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

Column: 1667

Mr. Allen:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 1668

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Horam:

Column: 1669

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Horam:

Mr. Heath:

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

Mr. Heath:

Column: 1670

1.32 pm

Mr. Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con):

Column: 1671

Column: 1672

1.41 pm

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 1673

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Bob Russell:

Column: 1674

Column: 1675

Column: 1676

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Bob Russell:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Bob Russell:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Bob Russell:

1.58 pm

Column: 1677

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

Column: 1678

Column: 1679

Column: 1680

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

Lynne Featherstone:

Mr. Vara:

Lynne Featherstone:

Column: 1681

Chris Bryant:

Lynne Featherstone:

Chris Bryant:

Lynne Featherstone:

Chris Bryant:

Lynne Featherstone:

2.18 pm

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

Column: 1682

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Amess:

Column: 1683

Column: 1684

Column: 1685

Column: 1686

Column: 1687

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

Mr. Amess:

2.48 pm

Column: 1688

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Column: 1689

Column: 1690

Column: 1691

3.2 pm

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

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 1692

Column: 1693

Bob Russell:

Mr. Vara:

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 1694

3.16 pm

Column: 1695

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

Column: 1696

Mr. Heath:

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Allen:

Column: 1697

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Vara:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1698

Bob Russell:

Column: 1699

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1700

Column: 1701

Mr. Vara

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1702

The Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household (Claire Ward):

Column: 1703

PetitionCouncil Tax Benefit
3.45 pm

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

Column: 1704

Council Tax Benefit [21 May 2009]

3.47 pm

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

Column: 1705

Column: 1706

3.58 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Kitty Ussher):

Column: 1707

Column: 1708

Mr. Burstow:

Kitty Ussher:

Column: 1709

Column: 1710

4.13 pm
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