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Column: 145

Column: 145

House of Commons [30 Jun 2009]

Prayers [30 Jun 2009]

[Mr. Speaker] [30 Jun 2009]

Business Before questions

Oral Answers to Questions [30 Jun 2009]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [30 Jun 2009]

Afghanistan [30 Jun 2009]

Mr. Adam Holloway (Gravesham) (Con):

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

Mr. Holloway:

Column: 146

David Miliband:

Iran [30 Jun 2009]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

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

Mr. Hollobone:

David Miliband:

Tom Brake:

Column: 147

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 148

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

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Hague:

Column: 149

David Miliband:

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) (Lab):

David Miliband:

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

Column: 150

David Miliband:

EU Regional Aid Programmes [30 Jun 2009]

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Chris Bryant):

Andrew George:

Chris Bryant:

Tibet [30 Jun 2009]

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Ivan Lewis):

Harry Cohen:

Column: 151

Mr. Ivan Lewis:

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

Mr. Lewis:

Sri Lanka [30 Jun 2009]

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op):

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Ivan Lewis):

Mr. Love:

Column: 152

Mr. Lewis:

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

Mr. Lewis:

Middle East [30 Jun 2009]

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

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Illsley:

David Miliband:

Column: 153

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

David Miliband:

Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

David Miliband:

Column: 154

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

David Miliband:

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury) (Con):

David Miliband:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 155

Helmand Province [30 Jun 2009]

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

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

Mr. Ellwood:

David Miliband:

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

Column: 156

David Miliband:

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk) (Con):

David Miliband:

Sri Lanka [30 Jun 2009]

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Ivan Lewis):

Column: 157

Mr. Moss:

Mr. Lewis:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Mr. Lewis:

Lisbon Agenda [30 Jun 2009]

Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Chris Bryant):

Nadine Dorries:

Column: 158

Chris Bryant:

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Chris Bryant:

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

Chris Bryant:

Topical Questions [30 Jun 2009]

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

Column: 159

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

Mr. Carmichael:

David Miliband:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Column: 160

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con):

David Miliband:

Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (LD):

Column: 161

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 162

Mr. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne, North) (Lab):

David Miliband:

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

David Miliband:

Martin Linton (Battersea) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr. Ivan Lewis):

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

David Miliband:

Column: 163

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

David Miliband:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds, North-West) (LD):

Column: 164

David Miliband:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

David Miliband:

Column: 165

21st Century Schools [30 Jun 2009]

3.32 pm

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

Column: 166

Column: 167

Column: 168

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Column: 169

Ed Balls:

Column: 170

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Column: 171

Ed Balls:

Column: 172

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

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

Ed Balls:

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

Column: 173

Ed Balls:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

Mr. Parmjit Dhanda (Gloucester) (Lab):

Column: 174

Ed Balls:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Ed Balls:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Column: 175

Ed Balls:

Mr. John Gummer (Suffolk, Coastal) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Column: 176

Mr. Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd’s Bush) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 177

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

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

Column: 178

Ed Balls:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Speaker:

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

Ed Balls:

Column: 179

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Ind):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Speaker:

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab):

Ed Balls:

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

Ed Balls:

Column: 180

Mr. Ken Purchase (Wolverhampton, North-East) (Lab/Co-op):

Ed Balls:

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Ed Balls:

Column: 181

Points of Order [30 Jun 2009]

4.24 pm

Michael Gove (Surrey Heath) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Slaughter

Column: 182

Mr. Speaker:

Damian Green (Ashford) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Slaughter

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 183

Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation [30 Jun 2009]

4.29 pm

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 184

Column: 185

Column: 186

Parliamentary Standards Bill [30 Jun 2009]

[Sylvia Heal ] [30 Jun 2009]

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal):

4.41 pm

The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Jack Straw):

Column: 187

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 188

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

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire) (Con):

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 189

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Cash:

Column: 190

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 191

5 pm

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 192

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) (PC):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Cash:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 193

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

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 194

Mr. Jenkin:

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 195

5.15 pm

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 196

The Chairman:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

The Chairman:

Column: 197

Sir Patrick Cormack:

The Chairman:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

The Chairman:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Column: 198

Mr. Jenkin:

5.30 pm

Mr. Garnier:

Column: 199

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) (Con):

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 200

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 201

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 202

Mr. Straw:

5.45 pm

Mr. Garnier:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 203

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

The Chairman:

Sir George Young:

Sir Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 204

Mr. Jenkin:

The Chairman:

Sir George Young:

Column: 205

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Garnier:

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Leigh:

Mr. Grieve:

6 pm

Column: 206

Mr. Straw:

Column: 207

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 208

Mr. Garnier:

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 209

6.15 pm

Mr. Cash:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Column: 210

Sir George Young

Sir Patrick Cormack:

The Chairman:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 211

The Chairman:

Mr. MacShane:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. MacShane:

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

Mr. MacShane:

Column: 212

Mr. Leigh:

The Chairman:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Garnier:

6.30 pm

Column: 213

Mr. Hogg:

Mr. Garnier:

Mr. Straw

Mr. Garnier:

Sir George Young:

Column: 214

Mr. Garnier:

Sir George Young:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 215

Sir George Young:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Sir George Young:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Hogg:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Hogg:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 216

6.45 pm

Mr. Hogg:

Column: 217

Mr. Straw:

Column: 218

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Column: 219

Column: 220

7 pm

Alan Duncan:

Column: 221

Mr. Shepherd:

Column: 222

Alan Duncan:

Mr. Shepherd:

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

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr. Tyrie:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 223

Alan Duncan:

7.15 pm

Mark Durkan:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (Barbara Keeley):

Mr. Tyrie:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 224

Mr. Tyrie:

Column: 228

Mr. Tyrie:

The Temporary Chairman: (Mr. Roger Gale)

Mr. Tyrie:

Column: 229

Mr. Grieve:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 230

Mr. Grieve:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 231

Mr. Grieve:

7.45 pm

Mark Durkan:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 232

Column: 233

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) (PC):

Column: 234

Mark Durkan:

Mr. Llwyd:

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

Column: 235

Sir Robert Smith:

8 pm

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 236

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

The Chairman:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 237

Mr. Leigh:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 238

8.15 pm

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 239

Barbara Keeley:

Sir George Young:

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 240

Sir George Young:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Grieve:

Sir George Young:

Mr. Straw:

The Temporary Chairman:

Column: 241

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 242

Mr. Straw:

8.30 pm

Sir George Young:

Mr. Straw:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Straw:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 243

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 244

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Frank Field:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 245

Mr. Field:

Mr. Straw:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Llwyd:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 246

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Gerald Howarth:

8.45 pm

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 247

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Walker:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 248

Mr. Grieve:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 249

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Grieve:

9 pm

Column: 250

Mr. Llwyd:

Mr. Grieve:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 251

Mr. Walker:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 252

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Jenkin:

9.15 pm

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Cash:

Column: 253

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Cash:

Mr. Grieve:

Sir Stuart Bell:

Sir George Young:

Column: 254

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Sir George Young:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Column: 255

Angus Robertson:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Column: 256

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

9.30 pm

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Sir Robert Smith:

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

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 257

Mr. Gerald Howarth:

Column: 258

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 259

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 260

9.45 pm

Mr. Paul Goodman:

Column: 261

Column: 262

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

Column: 263

Mr. Straw:

10.16 pm

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire) (Con):

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. McLoughlin:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Column: 268

Column: 272

Business without Debate [30 Jun 2009]

delegated legislation [30 Jun 2009]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Regulatory Reform [30 Jun 2009]

European Union Documents [30 Jun 2009]

Adjournment (Summer) [30 Jun 2009]

Column: 273

Notices of Questions Etc During September 2009 [30 Jun 2009]

Estimates [30 Jun 2009]

10.33 pm

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Column: 274

Standards Board for England [30 Jun 2009]

10.34 pm

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

Column: 275

Column: 276

Column: 277

Column: 278

Column: 279

10.53 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Ian Austin):

Column: 280

Column: 281

Column: 282

11.3 pm

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