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Volume No. 496Part No. 115

House of Commons Debates 21 July 2009

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr. Speaker ]
Business Before Questions
Oral Answers To Questions
Justice
Diversity (Judiciary)
Magistrates Courts
Probation Service
Young Offenders
Licence Breaches
Electoral Reform
Youth Justice
Prisons
Pleural Plaques
National Security And Intelligence Services
Foreign National Prisoners
International Criminal Jurisdiction
Shoplifting
Drugs (Prisons)
Topical Questions
Equitable Life
Bills Presented
Parliamentary Standards Bill (Programme) (No. 2)
Parliamentary Standards Bill
Summer Recess Adjournment
Royal Assent
Business Without Debate
Access To Parliament (United Kingdom Members Of The European Parliament)
Regional Select Committee (West Midlands)
Regional Select Committee (Yorkshire And The Humber)
Regional Select Committee (South West)
Gurkha Pensions


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Column: 731

Column: 731

House of Commons [21 Jul 2009]

Prayers [21 Jul 2009]

[Mr. Speaker ] [21 Jul 2009]

Business before questions [21 Jul 2009]

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Nicholas Brown):

Mr. Speaker:

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Jul 2009]

Justice [21 Jul 2009]

Diversity (Judiciary) [21 Jul 2009]

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

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

Keith Vaz:

Column: 732

Mr. Straw:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Speaker:

Magistrates Courts [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Bridget Prentice):

Mr. Cunningham:

Column: 733

Bridget Prentice:

Probation Service [21 Jul 2009]

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

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

David Taylor:

Mr. Straw:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 734

Mr. Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 735

Mr. Straw:

Young Offenders [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Stephen Crabb (Preseli Pembrokeshire) (Con):

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle):

Mr. Crabb:

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Column: 736

Mr. David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate) (Con):

Maria Eagle:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Licence Breaches [21 Jul 2009]

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Column: 737

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) (Con):

Maria Eagle:

Mr. Grieve:

Column: 738

Maria Eagle:

Electoral Reform [21 Jul 2009]

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

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Mr. Michael Wills):

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Wills:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 739

Mr. Wills:

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Mr. Wills:

David Howarth:

Mr. Wills:

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

Column: 740

Mr. Wills:

Youth Justice [21 Jul 2009]

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Claire Ward):

Ms Keeble:

Claire Ward:

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

Claire Ward:

Prisons [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 741

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle):

Mr. Bone:

Maria Eagle:

Pleural Plaques [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

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

Mr. Hepburn:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 742

Mr. Nigel Dodds (Belfast, North) (DUP):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

National Security and Intelligence Services [21 Jul 2009]

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Mr. Michael Wills):

Andrew Mackinlay:

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

Column: 743

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Wills:

Foreign National Prisoners [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle):

Mr. Hollobone:

Maria Eagle:

International Criminal Jurisdiction [21 Jul 2009]

Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD):

Column: 744

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Claire Ward):

Sarah Teather:

Claire Ward:

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

Claire Ward:

Shoplifting [21 Jul 2009]

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

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

Miss McIntosh:

Column: 745

Mr. Straw:

Drugs (Prisons) [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon) (Con):

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Maria Eagle):

Mr. Streeter:

Maria Eagle:

Topical Questions [21 Jul 2009]

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

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

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Straw:

Column: 746

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Bridget Prentice):

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (LD):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 747

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend, East) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

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

Column: 748

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Claire Ward):

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

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Jessica Morden (Newport, East) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 749

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 750

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Mr. Michael Wills):

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Wills:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 751

Equitable Life [21 Jul 2009]

3.31 pm

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Liam Byrne):

Susan Kramer:

Column: 752

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham) (Con):

Column: 753

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 754

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD):

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 755

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 756

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 757

Issue of Writ
3.52 pm

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Column: 758

Mr. Speaker:

Stewart Hosie:

3.57 pm

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

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Ms Harman

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 759

Ms Harman:

4.1 pm

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

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Wallace:

4.2 pm

Sir Patrick Cormack

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 760

Sir Patrick Cormack:

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

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Tom Harris (Glasgow, South) (Lab):

Column: 761

Sir Patrick Cormack:

4.8 pm

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

Column: 762

4.11 pm

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

4.11 pm

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 763

4.14 pm

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

4.14 pm

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Division No. 206 [ Equitable Life] [21 Jul 2009]

Bills Presented

PARLIAMENTARY STANDARDS BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 2) [21 Jul 2009]

Column: 767

Division No. 207 [ Equitable Life] [21 Jul 2009]

Column: 770

Parliamentary Standards Bill [21 Jul 2009]

4.40 pm

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Cash:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Mr. Cash:

Column: 771

Mr. Dominic Grieve (Beaconsfield) (Con):

4.45 pm

Mr. Cash:

Column: 772

Column: 773

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

Mr. Cash:

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

Column: 774

Mr. Cash:

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

Mr. Cash:

5 pm

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

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Straw:

Column: 775

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

Mr. Straw:

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

Mr. Straw:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Column: 776

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Straw:

Angus Robertson:

Column: 777

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Grieve:

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Jenkin:

Column: 778

Mr. Straw:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr. Straw:

Mr. Cash

Philip Davies

Mr. Straw:

Column: 779

5.15 pm

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Column: 780

Mr. Jenkin:

Alan Duncan:

Column: 781

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Alan Duncan:

Mr. Cash:

Alan Duncan:

Column: 782

Mr. Straw:

Alan Duncan:

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

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 783

5.30 pm

Alan Duncan:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 784

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Heath:

Mr. Jenkin:

Mr. Heath:

Column: 785

Sir Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Sir George Young:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 786

Sir George Young:

5.40 pm
Division No. 208 [ Parliamentary Standards Bill] [21 Jul 2009]

Column: 789

Summer Recess Adjournment [21 Jul 2009]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

5.54 pm

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab)

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Hoyle:

Column: 790

Column: 791

6.2 pm

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

Mr. Hoyle:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Hoyle:

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 792

Column: 793

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Sir Robert Smith:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

6.11 pm

Column: 794

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 795

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

Mr. Prentice:

6.17 pm

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Column: 796

6.23 pm

Column: 797

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Devonport) (Lab):

Column: 798

Column: 799

6.30 pm

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend, East) (Con):

Column: 800

Column: 801

Royal ASsent

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

6.37 pm

Colin Burgon (Elmet) (Lab):

Column: 802

6.43 pm

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

Column: 803

Column: 804

6.50 pm

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Column: 805

6.54 pm

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

Column: 806

6.59 pm

Harry Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 807

Column: 808

7.6 pm

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 809

Column: 810

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Chope:

7.13 pm

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Column: 811

Madam Deputy Speaker:

7.20 pm

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

Column: 812

Column: 813

7.27 pm

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Column: 814

Column: 815

7.34 pm

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Column: 816

7.41 pm

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North) (Lab):

Column: 817

Column: 818

7.48 pm

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

Column: 819

7.54 pm

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

Column: 820

Column: 821

8.1 pm

Mr. Mark Oaten (Winchester) (LD):

Column: 822

Column: 823

8.8 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 824

Column: 825

8.15 pm

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

Column: 826

Column: 827

8.22 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 828

Column: 829

8.29 pm

Mr. Colin Breed (South-East Cornwall) (LD):

Column: 830

8.36 pm

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

Column: 831

Column: 832

8.45 pm

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Column: 833

Column: 834

8.50 pm

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

Mr. Drew:

Greg Mulholland:

Column: 835

Column: 836

8.59 pm

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

Column: 837

Mr. Gale:

Mr. Burstow:

Column: 838

9.7 pm

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

Column: 839

Dr. Julian Lewis:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 840

Column: 841

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Vara:

Column: 842

9.21 pm

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

Barry Gardiner:

Barbara Keeley:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 843

Mr. Vara:

Barbara Keeley:

John McDonnell:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

John McDonnell:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 844

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Amess:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 845

Mr. Drew:

Barbara Keeley:

Barry Gardiner:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 846

Mr. Chope:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Moore:

Barbara Keeley:

John McDonnell:

Barbara Keeley:

Sir Robert Smith:

Barbara Keeley:

John McDonnell:

Column: 847

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Hoyle:

Barbara Keeley:

Alison Seabeck:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Drew:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 848

Mr. McLoughlin:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Gale:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Barbara Keeley:

Colin Burgon:

Column: 849

Barbara Keeley:

Harry Cohen:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Chope:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 850

Barry Gardiner:

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

Alison Seabeck:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 851

Ms Keeble:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Slaughter:

Mr. Speaker:

Barbara Keeley:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 852

Harry Cohen

Mr. Slaughter

Barbara Keeley:

John McDonnell:

Barbara Keeley:

Several hon. Members

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 853

10 pm

Business without Debate [21 Jul 2009]

ACCESS TO PARLIAMENT (UNITED KINGDOM MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT) [21 Jul 2009]

Hon. Members:

Column: 854

REGIONAL SELECT COMMITTEE (WEST MIDLANDS) [21 Jul 2009]

Hon. Members:

REGIONAL SELECT COMMITTEE (YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER) [21 Jul 2009]

Hon. Members:

REGIONAL SELECT COMMITTEE (SOUTH WEST) [21 Jul 2009]

Hon. Members:

PetitionsSurface Mining (Shropshire)
10.1 pm

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Mark Pritchard:

Column: 855

Decent Homes Programme (Funding)
10.2 pm

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

Column: 856

Storage of Embryos
10.4 pm

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

Column: 857

Gurkha Pensions [21 Jul 2009]

10.7 pm

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

Column: 858

Column: 859

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Mr. Drew:

Column: 860

10.22 pm

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

Column: 861

Column: 862

Mr. Drew:

Mr. Jones:

Column: 863

Column: 864

10.37 pm

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