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Volume No. 497Part No. 128

House of Commons Debates 21 October 2009

House Of Commons
Prayers
Oral Answers To Questions
International Development
Sri Lanka
East Africa
Ethical Investments
Copenhagen Summit
Hiv Vaccine (Funding)
Copenhagen Summit
Afghanistan
Moldova
Prime Minister
Engagements
Local Health Services And Democratic Involvement
Speaker's Statement
Opposition Day
Climate Change (Political Response)
Business Without Debate
Business Of The House
Perpetuities And Accumulations Bill []
Delegated Legislation
Business Of The House
Committees
War Memorials


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Column: 893

Column: 893

House of Commons [21 Oct 2009]

Prayers [21 Oct 2009]

[Mr. Speaker] [21 Oct 2009]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Oct 2009]

International Development [21 Oct 2009]

Sri Lanka [21 Oct 2009]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Michael Foster):

Mr. Cunningham:

Mr. Foster:

Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North) (Con):

Column: 894

Mr. Foster:

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):

Mr. Foster:

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Mr. Foster:

Mr. Eddie McGrady (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 895

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Foster:

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

Mr. Foster:

East Africa [21 Oct 2009]

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

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Column: 896

Mr. Reed:

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Robertson:

Mr. Thomas:

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

Column: 897

Mr. Thomas:

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

Mr. Thomas:

Ethical Investments [21 Oct 2009]

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

The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr. Gareth Thomas):

Column: 898

David Taylor:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Thomas:

Mr. Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con):

Mr. Thomas:

Copenhagen Summit [21 Oct 2009]

Helen Southworth (Warrington, South) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Helen Southworth:

Column: 899

Mr. Alexander:

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Speaker:

John Robertson (Glasgow, North-West) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con):

Column: 900

Mr. Alexander:

HIV Vaccine (Funding) [21 Oct 2009]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Michael Foster):

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Foster:

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

Mr. Foster:

Copenhagen Summit [21 Oct 2009]

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

Column: 901

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Mr. Kennedy:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Speaker:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr. Alexander:

Afghanistan [21 Oct 2009]

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

Column: 902

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Ann Winterton:

Mr. Alexander:

Moldova [21 Oct 2009]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr. Michael Foster):

Alun Michael:

Mr. Foster:

Prime Minister [21 Oct 2009]

Engagements [21 Oct 2009]

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 903

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mr. Blunt:

The Prime Minister:

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Column: 904

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Column: 905

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Cameron:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 906

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Clegg:

Column: 907

The Prime Minister:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Column: 908

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Jacqui Smith (Redditch) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

Column: 909

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Peter Robinson (Belfast, East) (DUP):

Column: 910

The Prime Minister:

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 911

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr. David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Column: 912

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 913

Points of Order [21 Oct 2009]

12.33 pm

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. MacShane:

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 914

Local Health Services and Democratic Involvement [21 Oct 2009]

12.35 pm

Dr. John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Column: 915

Column: 916

Column: 917

Speaker's Statement [21 Oct 2009]

12.44 pm

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 918

Opposition Day

Equitable Life
12.45 pm

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 919

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset) (Con):

Dr. Cable:

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Column: 920

Dr. Cable:

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

Dr. Cable:

Steve Webb (Northavon) (LD):

Dr. Cable:

Column: 921

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

Dr. Cable:

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con):

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Brian Binley (Northampton, South) (Con):

Dr. Cable:

Patrick Hall (Bedford) (Lab)

Dr. Cable:

Patrick Hall:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 922

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Dr. Cable:

Column: 923

Column: 924

Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West) (Con):

Dr. Cable:

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

Dr. Cable:

Column: 925

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 926

1.12 pm

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

Column: 927

Mr. Letwin:

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 928

Anne Milton (Guildford) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

Anne Milton:

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Mr. Byrne:

Anne Milton:

Column: 929

Mr. Byrne:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Mr. Byrne:

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 930

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Byrne:

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Byrne:

Patrick Hall:

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 931

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab)

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con)

Mr. Byrne:

Dr. Wright:

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Byrne:

Anne Main:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD)

Mark Lazarowicz

Mr. Byrne:

Column: 932

Mark Hunter:

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Hunter:

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Hunter

Dr. John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Mr. Byrne:

Several hon. Members

Column: 933

Mr. Byrne:

Mark Lazarowicz:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Mr. Byrne:

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

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham) (Con):

Column: 934

Mr. Byrne:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr. Byrne:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr. Byrne:

Several hon. Members

Column: 935

Mr. Byrne:

Mr. Binley:

Mr. Byrne:

Sandra Gidley (Romsey) (LD)

Mr. Byrne:

Sandra Gidley:

Mr. Byrne:

1.44 pm

Mr. Mark Hoban (Fareham) (Con):

Column: 936

Mr. Letwin:

Column: 937

Mr. Hoban:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Hoban:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Column: 938

Mr. Hoban:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr. Hoban:

Column: 939

Anne Main:

Mr. Hoban:

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Mr. Hoban:

Anne Milton:

Mr. Hoban:

Column: 940

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Mr. Hoban:

Column: 941

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

Mr. Hoban:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Ind):

Mr. Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Column: 942

2.5 pm

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab):

Mr. Heald:

Dr. Wright:

Column: 943

Mr. Byrne:

Dr. Wright:

Mr. Heald:

Dr. Wright:

Column: 944

2.18 pm

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

Column: 945

Mrs. Theresa Villiers (Chipping Barnet) (Con):

Susan Kramer:

Bob Spink:

Susan Kramer:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Susan Kramer:

Column: 946

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Susan Kramer:

Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

Susan Kramer:

Column: 947

2.28 pm

Mr. Fabian Hamilton (Leeds, North-East) (Lab):

Column: 948

Column: 949

Anne Milton:

Mr. Hamilton:

Column: 950

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Mr. Hamilton:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Column: 951

Mr. Hamilton:

2.45 pm

John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD):

Column: 952

Daniel Kawczynski:

John Barrett:

Column: 953

2.51 pm

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Column: 954

Column: 955

Robert Neill:

Dan Rogerson:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 956

Dan Rogerson:

John Barrett:

Dan Rogerson:

3.3 pm

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 957

Mark Lazarowicz:

Mark Durkan:

Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West) (Con):

Column: 958

Mark Durkan:

Daniel Kawczynski:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 959

3.15 pm

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 960

Column: 961

3.23 pm

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Column: 962

3.27 pm

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Column: 963

Dan Rogerson:

Daniel Kawczynski:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Daniel Kawczynski:

3.34 pm

Column: 964

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

3.37 pm

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD):

Column: 965

Sir John Butterfill:

Mr. Browne:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 966

Mr. Browne:

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

Mr. Browne:

Geraldine Smith

Mr. Browne:

Column: 967

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

Mr. Browne:

3.49 pm

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry):

Column: 968

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Sarah McCarthy-Fry:

Geraldine Smith:

Sarah McCarthy-Fry:

Column: 969

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Sarah McCarthy-Fry:

David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con)

John Barrett

Sarah McCarthy-Fry:

Column: 970

Division No. 228 [ Speaker's Statement]

Column: 975

[21 Oct 2009]

Column: 976

Climate Change (Political Response) [21 Oct 2009]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

4.17 pm

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

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

Simon Hughes:

Column: 977

Mr. Andrew Smith (Oxford, East) (Lab):

Simon Hughes:

Rob Marris:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 978

Mr. Andrew Smith:

Simon Hughes:

Several hon. Members

Simon Hughes:

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh, North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 979

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Simon Hughes:

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

Simon Hughes:

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

Column: 980

Simon Hughes:

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 981

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

Simon Hughes:

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

Simon Hughes:

Column: 982

4.38 pm

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Joan Ruddock):

Column: 983

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Joan Ruddock:

Mr. Peter Ainsworth (East Surrey) (Con):

Column: 984

Joan Ruddock:

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con):

Joan Ruddock:

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Joan Ruddock:

Rob Marris:

Column: 985

Joan Ruddock:

Rob Marris:

Joan Ruddock:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD)

Mr. Don Foster (Bath) (LD)

Joan Ruddock:

Mr. Foster:

Joan Ruddock:

Column: 986

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

Joan Ruddock:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Joan Ruddock:

Several hon. Members

Joan Ruddock:

Column: 987

Jo Swinson:

Joan Ruddock:

Column: 988

Simon Hughes:

Joan Ruddock:

Simon Hughes:

Joan Ruddock:

Several hon. Members

Joan Ruddock:

Column: 989

5.2 pm

Gregory Barker (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

Rob Marris:

Column: 990

Gregory Barker:

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Mr. Peter Ainsworth:

Column: 991

Gregory Barker:

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Gregory Barker:

Joan Ruddock:

Gregory Barker:

Several hon. Members

Gregory Barker:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 992

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Gregory Barker:

Several hon. Members

Gregory Barker:

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

Gregory Barker:

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Several hon. Members

Gregory Barker:

Column: 993

Mr. Chaytor:

Gregory Barker:

Simon Hughes:

Gregory Barker:

Column: 994

Hugh Bayley:

Gregory Barker:

Hugh Bayley:

Gregory Barker:

Hugh Bayley:

Gregory Barker:

Column: 995

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

Gregory Barker:

Colin Challen (Morley and Rothwell) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Colin Challen:

Gregory Barker:

Column: 996

Rob Marris:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Gregory Barker:

Column: 997

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

5.27 pm

Mr. John Prescott (Kingston upon Hull, East) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Mr. Prescott:

Column: 998

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Prescott:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. Prescott:

Column: 999

Mr. Heald:

Mr. Prescott:

5.36 pm

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Hugh Bayley

Column: 1000

Malcolm Bruce:

Ms Buck:

Malcolm Bruce:

Hugh Bayley

Malcolm Bruce:

Joan Ruddock:

Malcolm Bruce:

Hugh Bayley

Malcolm Bruce:

Column: 1001

Column: 1002

Barry Gardiner:

Malcolm Bruce:

5.46 pm

Column: 1003

Mr. Elliot Morley (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Mr. Morley:

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Column: 1004

Mr. Morley:

Simon Hughes:

Mr. Morley:

Column: 1005

5.56 pm

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

Mr. Heald:

Mr. Gummer:

Column: 1006

Joan Ruddock:

Mr. Gummer:

Column: 1007

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 1008

6.6 pm

Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South) (Lab):

Anne Main:

Nigel Griffiths:

Martin Horwood:

Nigel Griffiths:

Martin Horwood:

Nigel Griffiths:

Martin Horwood

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Nigel Griffiths:

Column: 1009

6.10 pm

Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

Column: 1010

6.14 pm

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Column: 1011

Gregory Barker:

Barry Gardiner:

6.19 pm

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Column: 1012

Lynne Jones:

Tim Farron:

Column: 1013

6.24 pm

Mr. Michael Meacher (Oldham, West and Royton) (Lab):

Column: 1014

6.27 pm

Chloe Smith (Norwich, North) (Con):

Column: 1015

6.31 pm

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Column: 1016

Lynne Jones:

Alan Simpson:

6.37 pm

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

Column: 1017

Lynne Jones:

Mr. Heath:

6.41 pm

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

Column: 1018

6.44 pm

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 1019

Hugh Bayley:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 1020

Column: 1021

6.53 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Mr. David Kidney):

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Mr. Kidney:

Column: 1022

Nia Griffith:

Mr. Kidney:

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD)

Division No. 229 [ Climate Change (Political Response)] [21 Oct 2009]

Column: 1027

Business without Debate [21 Oct 2009]

Business of the House [21 Oct 2009]

perpetuities and accumulations bill []

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [21 Oct 2009]

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Column: 1028

Business of the House [21 Oct 2009]

committees

Hon. Members:

Hon. Members:

Hon. Members:

petitionGaza
7.15 pm

David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

David Lepper:

Column: 1029

War Memorials [21 Oct 2009]

7.17 pm

Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes) (Lab):

Column: 1030

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

Shona McIsaac:

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

Shona McIsaac:

Column: 1032

Stephen Pound:

Shona McIsaac:

Column: 1033

7.35 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe):

Column: 1034

Shona McIsaac:

Column: 1035

Mr. Sutcliffe:

Column: 1036

7.47 pm

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