Commons Journal 265

Session 2008-09
Chronological Index
Alphabetical Index - Part I


DEBATE

I. Debates Adjourned and Debates Resumed:

1. Addresses:

Address of Thanks (Queen's Speech):

_ordered to be adjourned, 3, 6.

_stood adjourned, 10, 17, 22.

_resumed, 6, 10, 17, 23, 26.

2. Bills, Public:

Second Reading of Private Member's Bill:

_stood adjourned, 166, &c.

3 Ways and Means motion:

Motion relating to Amendment of the Law:

_Debate adjourned, 290.

_Resumed and stood adjourned, 294, 298.

_Resumed and Question agreed to, 301.

II. General Debates

Afghanistan and Pakistan, 561.

Africa, 263.

Climate change, 697.

Defence in the UK, 259.

Defence in the world, 400.

Defence policy, 628.

Defence procurement, 278.

European affairs, 14, 429.

Food, farming and the environment, 445.

Gaza, 62.

Iraq: future strategic relationship, 56.

Intelligence and Security Committee, 342.

Matters to be considered before the forthcoming Adjournment, 44, 276, 383, 583.

Social Care Green Paper, 675.

Social mobility and fair access to the professions, 420.

Stroke services, 395.

Support for Women through the Economic Downturn and for the Future, 188.

Swine Flu, 364.

Tackling anti-social behaviour, 678.

The economy, 267.

Welsh Affairs, 162.

Debate:

Resolved, 56, &c.

Lapsed, 14, &c.

Withdrawn, 276, &c.

III. Topical Debates

Carers, 420.

Fireworks safety, 675.

Holocaust Memorial Day, 107.

Local and regional news, 239.

Preparation for the Copenhagen climate change conference, 561.

Preparing Britain's economy for the future, 445.

Securing economic recovery, 654.

Sri Lanka, 124, 364.

The economy: supporting business, 400.

UK Manufacturing, 529.

Debate:

Resolved, 239, &c.

Lapsed, 107, &c.

IV. Half Hour Adjournment Debates

Access to rail services for all (Martin Linton), 449.

Adverse reactions to vaccinations against cervical cancer (Mr Crispin Blunt), 359.

Armstrong Group pension fund (Mr Graham Stuart), 426.

Asbestos in homes (Mr Michael Clapham), 478.

Bank lending policies (Mr Tom Clarke), 493.

Barnet Council's sheltered accommodation warden service (Mr Andrew Dismore), 346.

Benefits for families with absent teenage fathers (Mr Graham Allen), 392.

Biofuels (Barry Gardiner), 617.

Blacklisting practices in the construction industry (Mr Michael Clapham), 246.

Case of Councillor Paul Buchanan (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 285.

Case of Dr Adrian Garfoot and the General Medical Council (Mr Henry Bellingham), 224.

Case of Nick Cousins (Mr Paul Goodman), 273.

Cervical cancer screening of young women (Fraser Kemp), 39.

City and Hackney Primary Care Trust and tuberculosis (Ms Diane Abbott), 240.

Civil liberties of Mole Valley constituents (Sir Paul Beresford), 342.

Clatteridge Centre for Oncology (Ben Chapman), 380.

Closure of outpatients' facilities in Rushden (Mr Peter Bone), 23.

Closure of Visteon factory in Basildon (Angela E. Smith), 331.

Conduct of the UK Border Agency (Miss Ann Widdecombe), 654.

Consular support for British prisoners in foreign jails and the case of Alistair Iain Campbell (Mrs Anne McGuire), 158.

Consultations on Post Office closures (Dr Richard Taylor), 10.

Controlling urban seagulls (Mr Don Foster), 294.

Coronary heart disease in East Lancashire (Janet Anderson), 80.

Council rents in Lambeth (Kate Hoey), 297.

Cyprus (Mr Andrew Dismore), 62.

Debt collection and the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (Mr Andrew Mackinlay), 290.

Detention of Aung San Suu Kyi, 409.

Domestic consumers in the energy market (Mr Mark Todd), 505.

Effect of recent rail timetable changes on Lewes constituents (Norman Baker), 334.

Effect on small businesses of recent changes to immigration rules (Mr Christopher Chope), 140.

Energy from food waste (Mr Philip Dunne), 184.

Enid Ruhango and the immigration system (Greg Mulholland), 562.

Extradition of Giles Carlyle-Clarke (Mr Robert Walter), 420.

Flooding and drainage in South Ribble (Mr David S. Borrow), 53.

Flooding in Somerset (Mr David Heath), 217.

Funding of national concessionary bus fares (David Howarth), 93.

Future of Bournemouth and Poole Further Education College (Mr Robert Syms), 542.

Future of public houses (Mr Laurence Robertson), 259.

Future of the Stourbridge Glass Collection and Broadfield House Museum (Lynda Waltho), 445.

Future of the under ten metre fishing fleet (Michael Jabez Foster), 364.

Future of three-tier education in Bedfordshire (Nadine Dorries), 509.

Government policy on regional and local government powers (Andrew George), 396.

Government policy on regulation of the legal profession (Nadine Dorries), 202.

Government policy on reported violence and corruption in Brazilian cities (Mr Mark Hendrick), 366.

Government support for the arts in Bassetlaw (John Mann), 210.

Gurkha pensions (Mr David Drew), 584.

Health services in Telford (David Wright), 3.

Hon. Members' addresses and personal security (Dr Julian Lewis), 320.

Housing and the construction industry in the current economic climate (Gordon Banks), 196.

Housing expenditure in Stoke-on-Trent (Joan Walley), 339.

Housing subsidy (Mr Paul Burstow), 162.

Housing subsidy in Barking and Dagenham (Jon Cruddas), 262.

Humber Bridge tolls (Mr Graham Stuart), 154.

Humberside Probation Service (Mr Elliot Morley), 325.

Illegal radio broadcasts (James Brokenshire), 387.

Independent mental health advocacy (Mr Charles Walker), 48.

Interception of the ship The Spirit of Humanity (Emily Thornberry), 536.

Lessons to be learned from the MSC Napoli incident (Mr Hugo Swire), 250.

Lloyds TSB and sanctions in Iran (Andrew Mackinlay), 144.

Local authority adoption of new residential roads (Mr Philip Hollobone), 713.

Low value consignment relief from value added tax (Mrs Janet Dean), 97.

Memorial for Tsunami victims (Mr Phil Willis), 263.

Men's health at work (Dr Howard Stoate), 189.

Ministerial answers to Parliamentary Questions (Norman Baker), 87.

Mobile home parks (Mr John Gummer), 171.

Mr Charles Stuart and the Ministry of Defence (Mr Marsha Singh), 133.

Naomi House Children's Hospice and eligibility for Financial Services Authority-governed compensation (Mrs Maria Miller), 7.

Neighbourhood renewal funding in Millfield and New England, Peterborough (Mr Stewart Jackson), 128.

NHS dentistry in Nottingham North constituency (Mr Graham Allen), 635.

NHS funding and services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (Andrew George), 439.

Nuclear weapons proliferation (Dr Gavin Strang), 530.

Oakington Immigration Removal Centre (Ms Diane Abbott), 404.

Pain management services in England (Miss Anne Begg), 278.

Peak oil (Barry Gardiner), 167.

Pedestrian crossing installations and Highways Agency costs (Mr Oliver Letwin), 299.

Pernicious anaemia (Mrs Madeleine Moon), 692.

Physical contact between teachers and pupils (Norman Baker), 32.

Police community support officer budget in Somerset (Mr Jeremy Browne), 686.

Post Office service provision in Rye (Michael Jabez Foster), 230.

Power cuts in Bexley and North West Kent (Mr David Evennett), 643.

Prejudice and mental health (Mr Charles Walker), 124.

Preparations for the 2011 Census in Southend (Mr David Amess), 116.

Preservation of traditional crafts (Tom Levitt), 470.

Preservation, protection and development in Eastham (Ben Chapman), 111.

Private James Smith and the First World War (Dr Brian Iddon), 176.

Process of the West Sussex Primary Care Trust review of health services for people in the north east of West Sussex (Laura Moffatt), 221.

Proposed closure of Diageo plants in Kilmarnock and Hurlford (Des Browne), 552.

Proposed Ford eco-town (Nick Herbert), 235.

Proposed workplace parking levy in Nottingham (Mr John Heppell), 148.

Protection from assault for taxi drivers (Mr Brian Binley), 461.

Provision of acute services for mental health patients (Mr Charles Walker), 703.

Provision of free fruit in schools (Mr Mark Todd), 709.

Public health benefits of 80 years of penicillin (Des Browne), 349.

Rail fare increases in the South-East (Gregory Barker), 70.

Recommendations of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into complementary and alternative medicines (David Tredinnick), 624.

Redevelopment of Edgbaston Cricket Ground (Mr Roger Godsiff), 454.

Reducing unplanned teenage pregnancy rates in Nottingham (Mr Graham Allen), 255.

Redundancies at Alfred Sargent and Sons Ltd (Mr Peter Bone), 193.

Regulation of the grocery sector (Andrew George), 26.

Revaluation of business rates in the Port of Liverpool (Mrs Louise Ellman), 66.

River Hall and River Humber flood risk management strategy (Mr Graham Stuart), 17.

Road deaths and obstructive sleep apnoea (Meg Munn), 354.

Royal Hospital Haslar (Sir Peter Viggers), 243.

Safeguarding business in private schools (Mrs Sally Keeble), 400.

Sales and promotions in the furniture industry (David Taylor), 676.

School bus safety (Malcolm Bruce), 500.

School nurture groups (Mr Jamie Reed), 415.

Science and innovation in Sedgefield (Phil Wilson), 276.

Self-balancing personal transporters (Lembit O­pik), 57.

Sri Lanka (Mr Andrew Pelling), 45; (Siobhain McDonagh), 424.

Standards Board for England (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 484.

Supermarkets and regional farming (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 679.

Support for black and minority ethnic victims of domestic violence (Ms Sally Keeble), 107.

Support for UK inventors (Mr David Heath), 669.

Swine influenza (Christopher Fraser), 572.

Take-up of council tax benefit (Mr Paul Burstow), 384.

Taxation of gambling (Philip Davies), 697.

Taxation of pensions (Barry Gardiner), 521.

Teaching of life skills to 11 to 16 year olds and the national curriculum (Graham Allen), 14.

Territorial Army (Mr Mark Lancaster), 659.

Todmorden Curve rail link between Burnley and Manchester (Kitty Ussher), 629.

Trading Standards, tooth whitening and the EU Cosmetics Directive (Sir Paul Beresford), 102.

Treatment of Fabio Alves-Nunes by the NHS (Mr Crispin Blunt), 663.

UK aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo (Eric Joyce), 267.

UK Government funding for the construction of a new crossing over the River Forth (Willie Rennie), 369.

UK Government policy on torture overseas (Mr David Davis), 513.

UK involvement in the United States missile defence shield (Mr Peter Kilfoyle), 120.

Vehicle scrappage scheme (Nadine Dorries), 427.

War memorial protection, conservation and restoration (Shona McIsaac), 649.

Water charges (Richard Younger-Ross), 591.

Water charging in the South West (Mr Hugo Swire), 373.

Water metering and charging review (Linda Gilroy), 475.

V. Emergency Debates (Standing Order No. 24)

Healthcare Commission report on Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Speaker declines to put application to the House, 244.

Job losses at the Parker Pen factory, Speaker declines to put application to the House, 568.

Job losses at the missile-testing base run by QinetiQ Range Hebrides, Speaker declines to put application to the House, 433.

VI. Westminster Hall Debates

1. On Thursdays:

A Bill of Rights for the UK_Twenty-ninth Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 471.

A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities_Seventh Report from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 190.

A Surveillance Society?_Fifth Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, the Government's response and the Information Commissioner's response, 241.

Delivering a sustainable railway: a 30-year strategy for the railways?_Tenth Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 145.

Defra's Darwin Initiative, 332.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport Annual Report 2008, 87.

European Commission's Annual Policy Strategy, 501.

Future strategy on race equality, 218.

Global Security: Iran_Fifth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 531.

Health inequalities_Third Report from the Health Committee, and the Government's response, 721.

Housing and the credit crunch_Third Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, Session 2008-09, and the Government's response, 563.

Human Rights_Ninth Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 45.

Inter-Parliamentary Union, 108.

Investigating the oceans_Tenth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2006-07, and the Government's response, 277.

Meeting the Government's commitments to children affected by HIV/AIDS in developing countries, 344.

NHS Next Stage Review_First Report from the Health Committee, Session 2008-09, and the Government's response, 364.

Overseas Territories_Seventh Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 295.

Personal Carbon Trading_Fifth Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 447.

Policing and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland: the Cost of Policing the Past_Third Report from the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 63.

Policing for the 21 s tCentury_Seventh Report from the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 421.

Road safety, 401.

Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2008): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2006, Quarterly Reports for 2007, Licensing Policy and Review of Export Control Legislation_First Joint Report from the Committee on Arms Export Controls, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 260.

Scrutiny of Arms Export Control (2009): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2007, Quarterly Reports for 2008, Licensing Policy and Review of Export Control Legislation_First Joint Report from the Committee on Arms Export Controls, Session 2008-09, and the Government's response, 698.

Sure Start progression, 630.

The Licensing Act 2003_Sixth Report from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and the Government's response, 655.

The World Food Programme and Global Food Security_Tenth Report from the International Development Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 385.

Towards effective sentencing_Fifth Report from the Justice Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 125.

UK Offshore Oil and Gas_First Report from the Energy and Climate Change Committee, and the Government's response, 677.

Valuing and Supporting Carers_Fourth Report from the Work and Pensions Committee, Session 2007-08, and the Government's response, 164.

2. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays:

Abortion law in Northern Ireland (Martin Salter), 555.

Abusive images on the internet (Judy Mallaber), 214.

Addiction to prescription and over-the-counter medicines (Dr Brian Iddon), 432.

Aerosol technology and climate change (Tom Brake), 4332.

Affordable housing in Durham (Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods), 55.

Affordable housing in rural areas (Tim Farron), 688.

Agricultural building allowance (Mr Alistair Carmichael), 619.

Agriculture in the South West (Mr David Heath), 73.

Agriculture in West Dorset (Mr Oliver Letwin), 136.

Air quality in passenger aircraft (Mr Tobias Ellwood), 496.

Airport development on St Helena (Meg Munn), 233.

Allocation of school places (Anne Main), 382.

Ambulance services in Nantwich and Crewe (Mr Edward Timpson), 442.

Annual report of the Service Complaints Commissioner (Mrs Joan Humble), 293.

Application of Arbroath Abbey for UNESCO World Heritage Status (Mr Mike Weir), 100.

Application of sex discrimination legislation to religious organisations (Robert Key), 715.

Archer Inquiry report into contaminated blood and blood products (Jenny Willott), 496.

Armed forces veterans (Mr Roger Williams), 288.

Asbestos in schools (Paul Rowen), 257.

Assistance for small businesses in the current economic situation (Mr Philip Hollobone), 83.

Availability of land for renewable energy schemes (Natascha Engel), 269.

Availability of non-invasive ventilation to persons with motor neurone disease (Mr Mark Todd), 269.

BBC World Service (Mr Greg Hands), 35.

Benefit arrangements for older people living in extra care accommodation (Dr Stephen Ladyman), 458.

Betting on sport and the integrity of sport in the UK (Dr Ian Gibson), 362.

Biofuel from recycled cooking oils and recycled ethanol (Anne Main), 666.

Bristol barrage and Severn Estuary tidal lagoons (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 118.

Building Colleges for the Future programme (Dr John Pugh), 257.

Capital programme at Canterbury College (Mr Julian Brazier), 288.

Capital spending allocations for further education colleges (Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown), 142.

Car park charging in Richmond Park (Justine Greening), 233.

Cardiac and vascular health policy from 2010 onwards (Mr Malcolm Moss), 293.

Care of thalassaemia patients (Mr David Burrowes), 123.

Case of Alan Louthwaite Irwin and Helios Airways Flight ZU 522 (Nadine Dorries), 362.

Case of Mrs Masuma Jariwalla (Mr Edward Garnier), 418.

Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak (Ms Gisela Stuart), 711.

Charges for oxygen by airlines (Nick Ainger), 486.

Chase Farm Hospital (Mr David Burrowes), 61.

Choose and book appointments in the NHS (Andrew Stunell), 122.

Christianity in public life (Andrew Selous), 217.

Combat stress and the NHS (Sir Paul Beresford), 555.

Community land trusts and housing (Linda Gilroy), 122.

Commuter services on the West Coast Main Line (Mr Mark Lancaster), 252.

Compensation for pleural plaques victims (Jim Sheridan), 142.

Concessionary bus travel scheme and fraudulent issuing of tickets by bus companies (Rosie Cooper), 341.

Condition of rivers in England (Mr Oliver Heald), 362.

Conservation areas and character appraisal (Ms Gisela Stuart), 652.

Consumer rights (Mark Lazarowicz), 356.

Consumers and energy regulation (Mr John Barron), 418.

Co-operation and competition in the NHS (Dr Richard Taylor), 156.

Cost to the NHS of treating back pain (David Tredinnick), 399.

Council housing and rents (Mr Mike Hancock), 160.

Criteria for regeneration funding in Gloucester during a recession (Mr Parmjit Dhanda), 586.

Cyprus (Mr Andrew Dismore), 711.

Dartford river crossing (James Brokenshire), 673.

Dartford river crossing tolls (James Brokenshire), 41.

Death of Christopher Traynor (Mr Ian McCartney), 619.

Death of Simon Slade at Gidea Park railway station (Mr Iain Duncan Smith), 73.

Definition and procurement of identity cards (Mr Mark Todd), 214.

Delivery of the extended school programme (Ms Karen Buck), 293.

Dental services in Oxfordshire (Dr Evan Harris), 375.

Deployment of British troops in Helmand province (Paul Flynn), 526.

Detention of civilians in internally displaced persons camps in Sri Lanka (Joan Ryan), 673.

Digital switchover and audio description (Alun Michael), 238.

Diversity in public appointments (Meg Munn), 496.

Early voting (Mrs Linda Riordan), 143.

Economic aid to Palestinian territories (Martin Linton), 100.

Economic downturn and prospects for the UK economy (Gordon Banks), 105.

Effect of ballistic missile defence policies (Mr Peter Kilfoyle), 516.

Effect of changes to the police funding formula in Wales (Mark Williams), 105.

Effect of council tax capping in Surrey in 2009-10 (Sir Paul Beresford), 411.

Effect of European Court of Justice judgments on working people (Colin Burgon), 586.

Effect on local communities of Government policy on Gypsies and Travellers (Steve Webb), 545.

Effectiveness of the European union (Mr William Cash), 187.

Effects of English libel law on the reporting of parliamentary proceedings (Dr Evan Harris), 652.

Effects on the UK film industry of copyright theft (John Barrett), 204.

Electricity generation and consumption in Scotland (Gordon Banks), 322.

Energy production in the UK (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 619.

Energy security and nuclear non-proliferation (Mr Jamie Reed), 496.

England/Wales cross-border health services (Mr Mark Harper), 288.

Epilepsy services (Chris McCafferty), 156.

Exchange rate policy (Mr Christopher Chope), 61.

Extending selective licensing schemes (Phil Wilson), 694.

Fallen stock on the Isle of Wight (Mr Andrew Turner), 458.

Family finances in the recession (Ms Sally Keeble), 666.

Financial effects of early intervention policies (Mr Graham Allen), 54.

Financial Services Compensation Scheme levy on building societies (Mrs Ann Cryer), 204.

Financial services regulation (Mr David Heathcoat-Amory), 711.

Fire safety in schools (Mr Ian McCartney), 375.

Free school meals (Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods), 645.

Freeze on settlement building in the occupied Palestinian Territories (Martin Linton), 41.

Funding for building schools for the future programme in Dudley (Lynda Waltho), 136.

Funding for Coventry City Council services (Mr Jim Cunningham), 204.

Funding for home improvement agencies (Mr David Drew), 275.

Funding for the private rented housing sector (Lorely Burt), 356.

Funding of policing in Gloucestershire (Mr Mark Harper), 54.

Funding of UK Deaf Sport (Mr Iain Duncan Smith), 432.

Future of Devonport Naval Base (Mr Gary Streeter), 336.

Future of Dunfermline Building Society (Willie Rennie), 275.

Future of election observation (Mr Bruce George), 179.

Future of Heathrow Airport expansion (Mr Adam Afriyie), 432.

Future of local press (Dr Ashok Kumar), 73.

Future of the Forensic Science Service (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 486.

Future of the island of St Helena (Ann Winterton), 442.

Future of the Nimrod project (Mark Hunter), 382.

Future of the South London Line (Simon Hughes), 715.

Future of the UK steel industry (Mr Denis MacShane), 516.

Future regulation of the minerals and food supplement sector (Mr Mark Todd), 432.

G20 summit in London (Mr James Plaskitt), 233.

Gangmasters and the construction industry (Jim Sheridan), 362.

Garden land development (Andrew George), 118.

Gas storage in the UK (Mr Stephen Crabb), 156.

Global population growth (Mr David Kidney), 122.

Government funding for local authority support for adults with learning difficulties (Mr Andrew Smith), 545.

Government policy on Israeli settlements (Rob Marris), 586.

Government policy on Syria and the Middle East (Mr Richard Spring), 464.

Government policy on the abolition of the death penalty (Mr Alistair Carmichael), 672.

Government policy on the Islamic Republic of Iran (Mr Ben Wallace), 187.

Government policy on the islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs (Mr John Grogan), 411.

Government preparedness for extreme solar events (Graham Stringer), 411.

Government programmes to assist people facing repossession and mortgage arrears (Dr Vincent Cable), 486.

Government's Dying Well strategy (Mr Frank Field), 100.

Government's response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's report on Equitable Life (Steve Webb), 101; (Mr David Davis), 375.

Government support for the Maldives (Mr David Amess), 628.

Government support for the steel industry (Mr Ian Cawsey), 252.

Government support for the textile industry (Mr Michael Moore), 652.

Grooming of children for prostitution (Mr Barry Sheerman), 73.

Growth in the Milton Keynes/South Midlands sub-region (Mr David Lidington), 54.

Hajj pilgrims and UK tour operators (Mr Roger Godsiff), 257.

Haringey pupil funding (Lynne Featherstone), 694.

Health and safety in the North Sea oil and gas industry (Mr Frank Doran), 619.

Health inequalities and primary care trust funding (Mr Neil Turner), 238.

Health problems for thalidomide victims (Mr Martin Caton), 269.

Healthcare services in Shropshire (Mr Philip Dunne), 545.

Heart of Wales railway line (Mr Martin Caton), 375.

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Middle East peace process (Andrew Gwynne), 356.

HM Prison Wellingborough (Mr Peter Bone), 545.

HM Revenue and Customs office closure programme (Mr Anthony Wright), 213.

Home education (Mr Mark Field), 411.

Home repossessions (Dr Vincent Cable), 54.

Honey bee health (John Penrose), 327.

Human rights in Iran (Lembit O­pik), 526.

Impact of the City of London on the UK economy (Mr John Grogan), 627.

Impact of UK grocery market regulation on developing countries (Andrew George), 627.

Implementation of Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (Mr Anthony Steen), 118.

Implementing the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (Paddy Tipping), 35.

Implications for UK policy of relations between China and the West (Mr Mark Field), 619.

Implications of the EU Working Time Directive for retained fire-fighters (Mr Alistair Carmichael), 142.

Implications of the Rose Report (Dr Ian Gibson), 136.

Importation of health food products from the Channel Islands (Dr Brian Iddon), 336.

Inbound tourism (Hugh Bayley), 160.

Incineration of waste in Gloucestershire (Mr Parmjit Dhanda), 179.

Independent inspectors' report into the collapse of MG Rover (Richard Burden), 688.

India (Mr David Amess), 358.

Integrity of the electoral register (Mr Simon Burns), 645.

Jobcentre services in the highlands (Danny Alexander), 136.

Learning and Skills Council funding for school sixth forms (Mike Penning), 341.

Legal Services Commission in Cardiff (Julie Morgan), 83.

Levels of achievement of white disadvantaged pupils in Birmingham (Richard Burden), 375.

Liability of central London businesses (Mr Mark Field), 666.

Light dues, lightships and lighthouses (Mr Andrew Turner), 393.

Livestock industry and its effect on climate change (Kerry McCarthy), 257.

Lobbying Whitehall and Westminster (Mr Gordon Prentice), 143.

Local and regional newspapers (Mark Williams), 555.

Local authorities' role in promoting apprenticeships (Mr George Howarth), 555.

Local regulation of private landlords (Graham Stringer), 652.

London Metropolitan University (Jeremy Corbyn), 382.

Management of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the case of Mr John Pitman (Dr Andrew Murrison), 526.

Manufacturing and employment (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 411.

Marketing of structured products backed by Lehman Brothers (Mr Edward Vaizey), 516.

Military vehicle design (Ann Winterton), 73.

Military vehicles and aircraft (Anne Winterton), 666.

Mountain rescue teams (Dr Brian Iddon), 83.

National Dementia Strategy (Jeremy Wright), 275.

National Parks in England (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 35.

Network Rail's employment practices (Mr Jim Devine), 187.

Nitrate vulnerable zones (Christopher Fraser), 464.

Nuclear energy (Mr David Heathcoat-Amory), 269.

Office of Government Commerce and green procurement (Mr David Kidney), 341.

Ofsted's supervision of fostering services (Mr James Plaskitt), 652.

Operation of libel laws (Mr Denis MacShane), 41.

Operation of Mitcham Jobcentre Plus (Siobhain McDonagh), 516.

Operation of the United Nations (Simon Hughes), 418.

Pardon for Mr Michael Shields (Mrs Louise Ellman), 555.

Parliamentary Ombudsman's report into Equitable Life (Mr Fabian Hamilton), 464.

Payment protection insurance (Harry Cohen), 100.

Pedestrian crossing at Wareham railway station (Annette Brooke), 673.

Pemberton homicide review (Anne Snelgrove), 442.

Performance of Thames Valley Probation Service (Tony Baldry), 322.

Pet passport schemes (Andrew Selous), 465.

Pharmacy payments and clawbacks (Mr Adrian Sanders), 61.

Photography in public places (Mr John Randall), 275.

Planning consideration for wind farms in Northamptonshire (Mr Philip Hollobone), 486.

Plymouth City Bus and sustainable transport (Linda Gilroy), 628.

Police crowd control techniques (Ms Diane Abbott), 356.

Policing in Croydon (Mr Andrew Pelling), 327.

Policy implications of the termination of police force contracts: the case of Thames Valley Police and Wessex Recovery Limited (Mr Richard Benyon), 688.

Policy on pensioners (Bob Spink), 187.

Primary care trust criteria for allocating beds to elderly patients (Miss Anne McIntosh), 382.

Primary school places in London (Mr Edward Davey), 179.

Prisoner release decisions (Dr Nick Palmer), 645.

Probation Service (Mr Elfyn Llwyd), 694.

Procedures for appeals against school governing body decisions (Rosie Cooper), 465.

Progress of Better Healthcare Closer to Home strategy (Siobhain McDonagh), 382.

Proposals for a football team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Pete Wishart), 204.

Proposals for a strategic development area north and north east of Hedge End (Chris Huhne), 486.

Proposals for a university for North Northamptonshire (Mr Philip Hollobone), 252.

Proposed closure of HM Revenue and Customs Office in Chorley (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 160.

Proposed closure of mental health in-patients units in the New Forest (Dr Julian Lewis), 645.

Proposed eco-town development in Marston Vale, Bedfordshire (Mrs Nadine Dorries), 105.

Prospects for a 2010 nuclear non-proliferation treaty review conference (Tony Lloyd), 715.

Provision for bullied children (David Howarth), 526.

Protection of Ashraf residents under the Geneva Convention (Andrew Mackinlay), 257.

Provision of motorcycle testing in rural Wales (Mark Williams), 293.

Pub ownership and the brewing industry (Dr John Pugh), 322.

Public Analysts Service (Dr Brian Iddon), 394.

Public procurement and farm animal welfare (Mr Chris Mullin), 688.

Public transport accessibility for young disabled persons (Mr David Anderson), 394.

Public transport and the disabled (Mr John Randall), 711.

RAF Allied Memorial Plymouth Hoe (Linda Gilroy), 418.

Rail industry during the recession (John McDonnell), 399.

Rail service on the East Coast Main Line (Hugh Bayley), 545.

Rail services to Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Shona McIsaac), 442.

Rape crisis centres (Lynda Waltho), 711.

Recent developments in financial markets (Mr Andrew Pelling), 123.

Recognition of British heroes of the Holocaust (Mr Russell Brown), 327.

Re-doubling of the Swindon to Kemble railway line (Mr David Drew), 666.

Reducing female mortality in Africa (Mr Phil Willis), 715.

Reference to the county of Pembrokeshire on the Royal Mail database (Mr Stephen Crabb), 458.

Regional aviation policy (Phil Wilson), 442.

Regional Development Agency support for Gloucester (Mr Parmjit Dhanda), 362.

Regulation and funding issues concerning community sports clubs (Ms Angela C. Smith), 238.

Regulation of local bus services (Steve Webb), 336.

Regulation of private car parking companies (Mrs Anne McGuire), 399.

Regulation of online gambling (Robert Neill), 238.

Residential and nursing care homes (Richard Younger-Ross), 233.

Responsible banking practices (Mrs Linda Riordan), 288.

Retrospective levying of business rates (Mr Austin Mitchell), 105.

Review of listed sporting events (Mr John Grogan), 322.

Role and function of the Audit Commission in local government (Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger), 204.

Rural economy during the recession (Mr James Gray), 252.

Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation (Mr Anthony Steen), 458.

School buildings in Alnwick, Northumberland, 586.

Secondary school registration in Colchester (Bob Russell), 35.

Sexual health in Middlesbrough (Dr Ashok Kumar), 293.

Single and double summer time (Mr David Kidney), 41.

Situation in Gaza (Clare Short), 83.

Skills and training for the British curry industry (Anne Main), 187.

Skills gap in older industrial areas (Mr David Anderson), 458.

Skills initiatives and strategy for economic recovery in Lancashire (Mr Gordon Marsden), 336.

Social housing in central London (Mr Mark Field), 61.

Specialist care for muscular dystrophy patients (Mrs Caroline Spelman), 688.

Spending on railways in the North of England (Ms Angela C. Smith), 496.

Sri Lanka and the Commonwealth (Siobhain McDonagh), 252.

Stafford Hospital (Mr David Kidney), 275.

Statistics on scientific procedures on living animals (Bill Etherington), 156.

Stroke services in Ealing and Southall (Mr Virendra Sharma), 399.

Support for cancer survivors (Laura Moffatt), 394.

Support for people with fibromyalgia (Mr Rob Wilson), 336.

Support for persons disabled by thalidomide (Charlotte Atkins), 694.

Support for the British motor industry (Sandra Gidley), 41.

Sustainable housing strategies for Marton Moss, Blackpool (Mr Gordon Marsden), 694.

Tall buildings and planning policy (Martin Linton), 327.

Tax avoidance and evasion and global financial flows (David Taylor), 341.

Tax credits (Jo Swinson), 118.

Tax credits, childcare tax credit and working parents (Ms Karen Buck), 61.

Taxation of bingo clubs (John Hemming), 160.

Teaching standards in schools in England (Mr Graham Stuart), 516.

Thames Valley Police (Tony Baldry), 105.

Transport in Pudsey (Mr Paul Truswell), 673.

Transport in the North West (Mr Lindsay Hoyle), 288.

Treatment of Christians in Iraq (Mr Edward Leigh), 35.

Treatment of small businesses by the Reading office of HBOS (Mr James Paice), 394.

UK aid for North African countries (Daniel Kawczynski), 399.

UK aid to Gaza (Mr Andy Slaughter), 160.

UK energy policy and the role of coal (Mr David Anderson), 233.

UK relations with Latin America (Jeremy Corbyn), 179.

UK relations with Libya (Daniel Kawczynski), 327.

UK relations with Nepal (Sir John Stanley), 179.

UK relations with Nigeria (John Robertson), 83.

UK relations with Russia (Mr Greg Hands), 627.

UK relationship with the European Union (Daniel Kawczynski), 586.

United Nations conference on anti-racism in Geneva (John Mann), 322.

United States of America (Mr Mark Pritchard), 136.

Unitary authority proposals for Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon (Mr Keith Simpson), 156.

Use of interpreters by police forces (Mr John Leech), 214.

Use of NHS resources (Dr Richard Taylor), 238.

Value added tax on child seat bases (Bob Russell), 269.

Wardens in sheltered housing (Mr Geoffrey Cox), 645.

Welsh-language text on identity cards (Nia Griffith), 118.

Whistleblowing in the NHS (Dr Richard Taylor), 341.

Work of the Department for Work and Pensions in Plymouth (Linda Gilroy), 715.

Workers damaged by vaccines and Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (Ian Stewart), 526.

Youth crime (Ms Karen Buck), 418.

VII. Miscellaneous:

Debates stood adjourned, at:

_6.00 pm, 217, 675, 697.

_10.00 pm, 678.

_After 10.00 pm, 10.

Debates ordered to be adjourned, 3, &c.

Debates to be resumed on a future day, 3, &c.

Debate adjourned and resumed (for announcement of result of deferred Divisions):

_On a prayer to annul a Statutory Instrument, 37, 208.

_Opposition Day debate, 77, 101, 550.

_Second Reading of a Bill, 271.

_Committee of the whole House, on Question, That the Amendment be made, 358.

_Consideration of Lords Amendments, on Question, That this House agrees with the Lords Amendment, 437.

_Consideration of a Bill, New Clause having been read the first time, 490.

_Half-hour adjournment debate (Taxation of pensions (Barry Gardiner)), 521.

Defence: Draft Armed Forces Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 524. Reported, 543. Approved, 551.

Draft Armed Forces (Alignment of Service Discipline Acts) (No. 2) Order 2008, allocated to the First Delegated Legislation Committee, 18. Reported, 27. Approved, 31.

Draft Armed Forces, Army, Air Force and Naval Discipline Acts (Continuation) Order 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Armed Forces (Civilian Courts Dealing with Service Offences) (Modification of the Criminal Justice Act 2003) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 524. Reported, 553. Approved, 570.

Draft Armed Forces (Court Martial) Rules 2009, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 524. Reported, 553. Approved, 569.

Draft Armed Forces (Enlistment) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Armed Forces (Part 5 of the Armed Forces Act 2006) Regulations 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 440. Reported, 455. Approved, 460.

Draft Armed Forces (Powers of Stop and Search, Search, Seizure and Retention) Order 2009, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 524. Reported, 543. Approved, 551.

Draft Court Martial (Prosecution Appeals) Order 2009, allocated to the Seventh Delegated Legislation Committee, 524. Reported, 553. Approved, 570.

Draft International Headquarters and Defence Organisations (Designation and Privileges) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 58. Reported, 71. Approved, 78.

Draft Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) (Amendment) Order 2008, allocated to the Sixth Delegated Legislation Committee, 58. Reported, 71. Approved, 79.

DELEGATED LEGISLATION:

I. Resolutions to Approve Statutory Instruments and Other Delegated Legislation:

Banks and Banking Draft Orders 32(3), 250(2), 492, 513 Orders 230(3) Draft Regulations 702 Regulations 230(2) Betting, Gaming and
Lotteries Draft Orders 79(2)
Draft Regulations 120, 285 Building Societies Draft Orders 158, 334(2), 492 Child Trust Funds Draft Regulations 133 Children and Young Persons Draft Order 551 Draft Regulations 38, 520 Climate Change Draft Orders 373(2) Draft Regulations 373 Companies Draft Orders 483, 535(3) Draft Regulations 91, 92, 430, 483, 508, 551(2), 678 Regulations 678 Constitutional Law Draft Orders 139, 363, 368, 492, 541 Contracting Out Draft Order 139

DELEGATED LEGISLATION_ continued:

Council Tax Draft Order 529* Countryside Draft Orders 404(2) Criminal Injuries
Compensation (Northern
Ireland) Draft Alterations 246
Draft Scheme 246 Criminal Law Draft Orders 92*, 477, 649(2) Draft Regulations 520 Dangerous Drugs Draft Order 685 Data Protection Draft Order 492 Defence Draft Orders 31, 78, 79, 460, 537(2), 570 Draft Regulations 460(2), 570 Draft Rules 569 Electricity Draft Orders 235, 541(2) Electronic Communications Draft Regulations 229* Employment Draft Order 438 Employment and Training Draft Orders 158(2) Employment Tribunals Draft Order 184 Environmental Protection Draft Regulations 460**, (490), 658 European Communities Draft Orders 96, 290, 411, 492 Excise Orders 65(3) Family Law Draft Regulations 208*, 460 Family Proceedings Draft Order 263 Financial Services and
Markets Draft Order 116
Orders 454, 483 Draft Regulations 116 Regulations 334 Freedom of Information Draft Regulations 320 Government Resources and Accounts Draft Order 170 Government Trading Funds Draft Orders 47, 461 Hallmark Draft Order 570 Health Care and Associated Professions Draft Order 285 Housing Draft Regulations 38 Draft Order 320

DELEGATED LEGISLATION_ continued:

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Draft Order 541 Draft Regulations 541(2) Identity Cards Draft Order 508**, (521) Draft Regulations 508(2)**, 513(2)**, (521(4)) Immigration Draft Order 170 Draft Regulations 246, 250 Income Tax Draft Order 229 Draft Regulations 669 Industrial Development Draft Orders 189, 353(2) Insurance Premium Tax Order 229 International Development Draft Orders 290, 648 International Immunities and Privileges Draft Orders 80, 460 International Monetary
Fund Draft Order 508
Justice and Security Draft Order 508**, (521) Landfill Tax Order 663 Legal Profession Draft Orders 403(2) Legal Services Draft Order 409 Legal Services Commission Draft Regulations 148, 520 Limited Liability
Partnerships Draft Regulations 460
Local Government Draft Orders 92, 230(2) Local Government Finance Reports 120(2) Magistrates' Courts Order 709 Mental Capacity Draft Regulations 229 Merchant Shipping Draft Regulations 79 National Election
Expenditure Draft Order 96
National Health Service Draft Regulations 120 Northern Ireland Draft Orders 66**, (77), 93, 128, 230, 658(2) Pensions Draft Orders 144 246(2) Draft Regulations 234, 272, 520 Regulations 415 Police Report 121

DELEGATED LEGISLATION_ continued:

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism Draft Orders 173*, 529* 324 Draft Regulations 535 Prevention of Nuclear Proliferation Order 678 Regulatory Reform Draft Order 685 Rehabilitation of Offenders Draft Orders 32, 492 Representation of the People Draft Regulations 96, 170(2), 235(2) Draft Orders 96, 202**, (208) Road Traffic Draft Order 184 Security Industry Draft Orders 702(2) Social Security Draft Orders 144 36 Draft Regulations 36, 195(3) Social Security, Northern Ireland Draft Order 255 Statistics Draft Regulations 79 Statistics Board Draft Regulations 648 Supreme Court of England and Wales Rules 92 Supreme Court, Northern Ireland Rules 92 Tax Credits Draft Regulations 255 Terms and Conditions of Employment Draft Regulations 492 Trade Union and Labour Relations Draft Code of Practice 649 Transport Draft Order 234 Tribunals and Inquiries Draft Orders 36, 246, 324, 460(3), 477 Value Added Tax Orders 65, 685

*on Division, ** on deferred Division.

II. Questions Negatived for Presenting Addresses for Annulment of Statutory Instruments:

_Value Added Tax, 37.

_Criminal Law, 208.

III. Questions, That Statutory Instruments be revoked, Negatived on Division:

_Rating and Valuation, 272.

_Electronic Communications, 380.

IV. Statutory Instruments Referred to Standing Committees on Delegated legislation:

Subject: Description ofInstrument: Referred: Reported:

Banks and Banking Order 255 320

Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Regulations 56 120

Subject: Description ofInstrument: Referred: Reported:

Family Proceedings Order 649 709

Housing Regulations 56 93

Immigration Rules 14 57

Local Government Order 97 134

Magistrates Courts Order 649 709

Pensions Regulations 349 415

Public Passenger Transport Order 348 410

Social Security Regulations 14(2), 111 , 196(2), 617 62, 202, 273(2), 676

Supreme Court of England and Wales Order 649 709

Tribunals and Inquiries Rules 115 210

Committee did not sit.

V. Miscellaneous:

Delegated legislation allocated by the Speaker to particular Delegated Legislation Committees, 18, &c.

Delegated legislation referred to a Delegated Legislation Committee, 14, &c.

Delegated legislation reported from a Delegated Legislation Committee, 27, &c.

Delegated legislation approved, 120, &c.

_after Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees), 31, &c.

_after deferred Division, 66, ( Result reported77), &c.

Motion to annul delegated legislation negatived:

_after Question put after one and a half hours, pursuant to Standing Order No. 16 (Proceedings under an Act or on European Community documents), 37, &c.

Orders, providing that certain documents be treated as if they were instruments subject to the provisions of Standing Order No. 118 (Delegated Legislation Committees):

_Government's Assessment as set out in the Pre-Budget Report 2008, 14.

_Motions relating to Financial Assistance for Industry, 294, 330, 658.

_Motion relating to Rule 56 of the Parliamentary Election Rules, 642.

Communications declaring that specified Statutory Instruments had come into operation before copies were laid before the House of Lords, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, 242, 270(4), 682, 699.

Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery) Bill: Ordered, presented and read the first time, 338.

Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [ Lords]: Brought from the Lords, 354. Read the first time, 396.

DIVISIONS:

I. Deferred divisions

Speaker's opinion as to the decision of a Question being challenged, Division deferred (Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions):

_until following Wednesday, 66, 79, 184, 255(2), 348, 414, 460, 508(4).

_until tomorrow, 32, 202(2), 483(2), 513(3), 542.

Speaker announces results of Divisions which had been deferred, 37, 77, 101, 208(3), 271(2), 358, 437, 490, 491(2), 521(6), 522, 550.

Order that provisions relating to deferred Divisions are not to apply (as part of wider Order), 9, 85, 133, 174, 176, 324, 368, 466, 649.

Order that provisions of Standing Order No. 41A (Deferred divisions) shall not apply to specified Motions at current sitting, 65, 91, 551, 570, 623.

II. Miscellaneous:

It appearing on the report of a Division than fewer than forty Members had taken part, the Speaker declared that the Question was not decided, and the business under consideration stood over until the next sitting of the House:

_Motion to sit in private, 192, 422.

_Second Reading of a Private Member's Bill, 423.

No Member being willing to act as Teller for the Noes, Deputy Speaker declares that Ayes have it, 491.

Only one Member being willing to act as Teller for the Ayes, Deputy Speaker declares that Noes have it, 365.

It appearing on the report of a Division than fewer than one hundred Members had voted in the majority in support of the motion, the Deputy Speaker declared that the Question was not decided in the affirmative, 243.

Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill: presented and read the first time, 157. Explanatory notes ordered to be printed, 246. Read a second time and stood committed to a public bill committee, 366. Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Bill Committee, 415. Reported, with Amendments, 438. As amended, considered; read the third time and passed, 473. Agreed to by the Lords, without Amendment, 676. Cited as Driving Instruction (Suspension and Exemption Powers) Act 2009) Royal Assent, 718.

Money Resolution, 427.

Ways and Means Resolution, 427.

Drugs (Roadside Testing) Bill: Presented and read the first time, 90.


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