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Volume No. 501Part No. 6

House of Commons Debates 26 November 2009

House Of Commons
Prayers
Business Before Questions
Oral Answers To Questions
Church Commissioners
Parish Priests
Stipendiary Priests
Christian Minorities Abroad
Electoral Commission Committee
Spending Limits (General Elections)
Church Commissioners
Grant Applications
Public Accounts Commission
National Audit Office
Electoral Commission Committee
Vote Counting (General Elections)
Solicitor-general
Assisted Suicide
Bribery Bill
Transnational Bribery
Pro Bono Work
Prosecution Policy (Burglaries)
Domestic Violence
Crown Prosecution Service
Leader Of The House
Modernisation Committee
Expenses And Allowances
Parliamentary Questions
House Of Commons Commission
Microphones (Chamber)
Leader Of The House
Programming (Bills)
Select Committee Reports
House Of Commons Commission
Energy Efficiency (House Of Commons)
Business Of The House
Corporation Tax Bill
Taxation (International And Other Provisions) Bill
Business Without Debate
Standards And Privileges
Sittings Of The House
Select Committees (Election)


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Column: 659

Column: 659

House of Commons [26 Nov 2009]

Prayers [26 Nov 2009]

[Mr. Speaker] [26 Nov 2009]

Business before questions

Oral Answers to Questions [26 Nov 2009]

Church Commissioners [26 Nov 2009]

Parish Priests [26 Nov 2009]

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

The Second Church Estates Commissioner (Sir Stuart Bell):

Column: 660

David Taylor:

Sir Stuart Bell:

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Sir Stuart Bell:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Sir Stuart Bell:

Stipendiary Priests [26 Nov 2009]

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

Sir Stuart Bell:

Column: 661

Miss McIntosh:

Sir Stuart Bell:

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab):

Sir Stuart Bell:

Christian Minorities Abroad [26 Nov 2009]

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

Sir Stuart Bell:

Mr. Pelling:

Column: 662

Sir Stuart Bell:

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

Sir Stuart Bell:

Electoral Commission Committee [26 Nov 2009]

Spending Limits (General Elections) [26 Nov 2009]

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

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon):

Mr. Allen:

Column: 663

Mr. Streeter:

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

Mr. Streeter:

Church Commissioners [26 Nov 2009]

Grant Applications [26 Nov 2009]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

The Second Church Estates Commissioner (Sir Stuart Bell):

Michael Fabricant:

Sir Stuart Bell:

Column: 664

Public Accounts Commission [26 Nov 2009]

National Audit Office [26 Nov 2009]

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

Mr. Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby):

John Robertson:

Mr. Mitchell:

Electoral Commission Committee [26 Nov 2009]

Vote Counting (General Elections) [26 Nov 2009]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Column: 665

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon):

Mr. Robathan:

Mr. Streeter:

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

Mr. Streeter:

Solicitor-General [26 Nov 2009]

Assisted Suicide [26 Nov 2009]

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

The Solicitor-General (Vera Baird):

Column: 666

Mr. Harper:

The Solicitor-General:

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

The Solicitor-General:

Bribery Bill [26 Nov 2009]

John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD):

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

The Solicitor-General:

John Barrett:

Column: 667

The Solicitor-General:

Malcolm Bruce:

The Solicitor-General:

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

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Speaker:

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 668

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

The Solicitor-General:

Transnational Bribery [26 Nov 2009]

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General:

Hugh Bayley:

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 669

Pro Bono Work [26 Nov 2009]

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

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Amess:

The Solicitor-General:

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

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

The Solicitor-General:

Prosecution Policy (Burglaries) [26 Nov 2009]

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 670

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Bellingham:

The Solicitor-General:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General:

Domestic Violence [26 Nov 2009]

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

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 671

Mr. Allen:

The Solicitor-General:

Crown Prosecution Service [26 Nov 2009]

Mr. David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con):

The Solicitor-General:

Mr. Evennett:

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 672

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

The Solicitor-General:

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

The Solicitor-General:

Leader of the House [26 Nov 2009]

Modernisation Committee [26 Nov 2009]

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

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

Column: 673

Mr. Robathan:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Robathan:

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Ian McCartney (Makerfield) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 674

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 675

Expenses and Allowances [26 Nov 2009]

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

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

Mr. Harper:

Barbara Keeley:

Parliamentary Questions [26 Nov 2009]

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

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

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

Mr. Turner:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Dunne:

Column: 676

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

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

Column: 677

Barbara Keeley:

House of Commons Commission [26 Nov 2009]

Microphones (Chamber) [26 Nov 2009]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Michael Fabricant:

Nick Harvey:

Leader of the House [26 Nov 2009]

Programming (Bills) [26 Nov 2009]

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 678

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

Mr. Bone:

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

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

Barbara Keeley:

Select Committee Reports [26 Nov 2009]

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

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

Column: 679

Mr. Amess:

Barbara Keeley:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Barbara Keeley:

House of Commons Commission [26 Nov 2009]

Energy Efficiency (House of Commons) [26 Nov 2009]

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

Column: 680

Nick Harvey (North Devon):

David Taylor:

Nick Harvey:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

Column: 681

Business of the House [26 Nov 2009]

11.31 am

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

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

Sir George Young:

Column: 682

Ms Harman:

Column: 683

Column: 684

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

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

Column: 685

Ms Harman:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 686

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Gwyn Prosser (Dover) (Lab):

Column: 687

Ms Harman:

Mr. Mark Lancaster (North-East Milton Keynes) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Ian McCartney (Makerfield) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Column: 688

John Battle (Leeds, West) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Column: 689

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

Ms Harman:

Mr. Tom Watson (West Bromwich, East) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

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

Column: 690

Ms Harman:

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Column: 691

Ms Harman:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Christopher Fraser (South-West Norfolk) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Column: 692

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. MacShane:

Column: 693

Mr. Speaker:

Ms Harman:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 694

Ms Harman:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Ms Harman:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Ms Harman:

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

Column: 695

Ms Harman:

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield) (LD):

Ms Harman:

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Ms Harman:

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Column: 696

Ms Harman:

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Ms Harman:

Column: 697

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

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Harper:

Ms Harman:

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

Column: 698

Ms Harman:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

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

Ms Harman:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 699

Points of Order [26 Nov 2009]

12.27 pm

Mrs. Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Several hon. Members

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Andrew Mackay (Bracknell) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 700

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Alistair Darling):

Column: 701

Mr. Speaker:

John McFall (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Dr. Harris

Column: 702

Mr. Speaker:

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Speaker:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Corporation Tax Bill [26 Nov 2009]

Taxation (international and other Provisions) Bill [26 Nov 2009]

The Economy and Business, Innovation and Skills

Mr. Speaker:

12.40 pm

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Column: 704

Mr. Jeremy Browne (Taunton) (LD)

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Browne:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South) (Lab):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 705

Column: 706

Column: 707

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 708

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr. Osborne:

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

Column: 709

Mr. Osborne:

The Minister for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs (Kevin Brennan):

Mr. Osborne:

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Alistair Darling):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 710

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 711

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

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 712

Mr. Osborne:

1.10 pm

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Alistair Darling):

Column: 713

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

Mr. Darling:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Column: 714

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Jeremy Browne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Bellingham:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Bellingham

Mr. Darling:

Column: 715

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Darling:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Bellingham:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)

Mr. Darling:

Column: 716

Mr. George Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 717

Mr. Darling:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Jeremy Browne:

Mr. Darling:

Column: 718

Rob Marris:

Mr. Darling:

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

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Bone:

Mr. Darling:

Column: 719

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

Mr. Darling:

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

Mr. Darling:

Column: 720

Mr. Pelling:

Mr. Darling:

Column: 721

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

Mr. Darling:

Column: 722

Mr. George Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Darling:

Column: 723

Rob Marris:

Mr. Darling:

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

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con)

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP)

Mr. Darling:

Mr. Clarke:

Mr. Darling:

Justine Greening:

Mr. Darling:

Column: 724

Dr. McCrea:

Mr. Darling:

1.48 pm

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Column: 725

Column: 726

Column: 727

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Mark Field:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 728

Column: 729

Several hon. Members

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

2.5 pm

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

Column: 730

Column: 731

2.13 pm

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 732

Column: 733

2.22 pm

Column: 734

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

Column: 735

2.31 pm

Peter Luff (Mid-Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 736

Column: 737

Column: 738

2.41 pm

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

Column: 739

Column: 740

2.50 pm

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 741

Mr. Mark Field:

Mr. Bellingham:

Column: 742

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD)

Mr. Bellingham:

Lorely Burt:

Column: 743

Mr. Bellingham:

3.3 pm

Column: 744

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South) (Lab):

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Mr. Mullin:

Column: 745

Stewart Hosie:

Mr. Mullin:

Column: 746

Column: 747

3.15 pm

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Column: 748

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

Column: 749

Lorely Burt:

3.25 pm

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

Column: 750

Mr. Bellingham:

Mr. Meacher:

Column: 751

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD):

Mr. Meacher:

Column: 752

3.38 pm

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Column: 753

Column: 754

Dr. McCrea:

David Simpson:

3.49 pm

Column: 755

Mrs. Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

Column: 756

David Simpson

Dr. McCrea

Mrs. McGuire:

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

Column: 757

Mrs. McGuire:

4 pm

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Column: 758

Column: 759

4.9 pm

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

Column: 760

Column: 761

Column: 762

4.19 pm

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Column: 763

Column: 764

4.29 pm

Column: 765

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

Column: 766

Column: 767

Lorely Burt:

Mr. Cunningham:

4.41 pm

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

Column: 768

Column: 769

Column: 770

4.50 pm

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

Column: 771

Column: 772

Column: 773

5.1 pm

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West) (Lab):

Column: 774

Column: 775

5.10 pm

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Column: 776

Column: 777

Column: 778

5.20 pm

Mr. David Jones (Clwyd, West) (Con):

Column: 779

5.25 pm

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Column: 780

5.31 pm

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Column: 781

Column: 782

Column: 783

Column: 784

5.46 pm

The Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Mr. Pat McFadden):

Column: 785

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 786

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. McFadden:

Mr. Pelling:

Column: 787

Mr. McFadden:

Column: 788

Division No. 3 [ Points of Order] [26 Nov 2009]
Division No. 4 [ Points of Order]

Column: 793

[26 Nov 2009]

Business without Debate [26 Nov 2009]

standards and privileges [26 Nov 2009]

Sittings Of the house [26 Nov 2009]

Hon. Members:

Column: 797

petitionsEquitable Life (Shipley)
6.29 pm

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Equitable Life (Reigate)
6.30 pm

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 798

Equitable Life (Poole)
6.32 pm

Mr. Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Equitable Life (South Staffordshire)
6.34 pm

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Column: 799

Select Committees (Election) [26 Nov 2009]

6.35 pm

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

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con)

Mr. Allen:

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Mr. Allen:

Column: 800

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Mr. Allen:

Mr. Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 801

Mr. Allen:

Column: 802

6.49 pm

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

Column: 803

Column: 804

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Barbara Keeley

Mr. Allen:

Column: 805

Barbara Keeley:

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 806

Martin Salter:

Barbara Keeley:

Mr. Allen:

Barbara Keeley:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 807

Column: 808

Mr. Allen:

Barbara Keeley:

7.4 pm

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