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Column: 721

Column: 721

House of Commons [14 Sep 2010]

Prayers [14 Sep 2010]

[Mr Speaker] [14 Sep 2010]

Business before questions [14 Sep 2010]

Hon. Members:

Oral Answers to Questions [14 Sep 2010]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [14 Sep 2010]

Middle East [14 Sep 2010]

Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Mr Offord:

Mr Hague:

Column: 722

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

Mr Hague:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Hague:

David Miliband (South Shields) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 723

David Miliband:

Mr Hague:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Sri Lanka (Detainees) [14 Sep 2010]

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

Column: 724

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

Katy Clark:

Alistair Burt:

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Human Rights [14 Sep 2010]

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Column: 725

Mr Umunna:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 726

South-East Asia [14 Sep 2010]

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham):

Paul Uppal:

Mr Bellingham:

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Bellingham:

Column: 727

EU Treaties [14 Sep 2010]

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Henry Smith:

Mr Lidington:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 728

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Kashmir [14 Sep 2010]

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

Steve Baker:

Alistair Burt:

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab):

Column: 729

Alistair Burt:

The Maldives [14 Sep 2010]

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

Karen Lumley:

Mr Speaker:

Karen Lumley:

Alistair Burt:

EU External Action Programmes [14 Sep 2010]

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 730

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Mr Chope:

Mr Lidington:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Lidington:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 731

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Ebrahim Hamidi [14 Sep 2010]

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

Mark Menzies:

Alistair Burt:

Zimbabwe [14 Sep 2010]

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con):

Column: 732

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham):

Damian Hinds:

Mr Bellingham:

Mr Spencer:

Mr Bellingham:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mr Bellingham:

Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 733

Mr Bellingham:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Gareth Johnson:

Mr Speaker:

UK-Iranian Relations [14 Sep 2010]

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Steve McCabe:

Mr Hague:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 734

Mr Hague:

Detention Camps (Sri Lanka) [14 Sep 2010]

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

Barry Gardiner:

Alistair Burt:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Column: 735

Alistair Burt:

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Iran's Nuclear Programme [14 Sep 2010]

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Mr Jackson:

Mr Hague:

Column: 736

Topical Questions [14 Sep 2010]

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Mr Cunningham:

Mr Hague:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Mr Hague:

David Miliband (South Shields) (Lab):

Column: 737

Mr Hague:

Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham):

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 738

Mr Hague:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Column: 739

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair Burt):

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

Mr Hague:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Column: 740

Mr Lidington:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Mr Bellingham:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Hague:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Column: 741

Mr Bellingham:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 742

Mr Hague:

Column: 743

Billy Wright Inquiry [14 Sep 2010]

3.33 pm

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Column: 744

Column: 745

Mr Shaun Woodward (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab):

Column: 746

Column: 747

Mr Paterson:

Column: 748

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Mr Paterson:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Column: 749

Mr Paterson:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 750

Mr Paterson:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 751

Mr Paterson:

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley) (DUP):

Column: 752

Mr Paterson:

Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind):

Mr Paterson:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 753

Mr Paterson:

Column: 754

Point of Order [14 Sep 2010]

4.14 pm

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 755

Apprenticeships and Skills (Public Procurement Contracts) [14 Sep 2010]

4.15 pm

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab):

Column: 756

Column: 757

Column: 758

Equitable Life (Payments) Bill [14 Sep 2010]

4.26 pm

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Mark Hoban):

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

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Column: 759

Dr Lewis:

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hoban:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 760

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

Column: 761

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab):

Mr Hoban:

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 762

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Esther McVey (Wirral West) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 763

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

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

Mr Hoban:

Mr Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP)

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab)

Mr Hoban:

Column: 764

Albert Owen:

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Column: 765

Mr Hoban:

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

Mr Hoban:

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hoban:

Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon) (Con):

Column: 766

Mr Hoban:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 767

Mr Weir:

Mr Hoban:

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Column: 768

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

Mr Hoban:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 769

Ms Gisela Stuart:

Mr Hoban:

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Column: 770

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hoban:

Column: 771

5.10 pm

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

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

Column: 772

Stephen Timms:

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Stephen Timms:

Nadhim Zahawi:

Stephen Timms:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:

Column: 773

Stephen Timms:

Mr Watts:

Stephen Timms:

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

Stephen Timms:

Mr Jenkin:

Stephen Timms:

Charlie Elphicke:

Stephen Timms:

Column: 774

Mr Hoban:

Stephen Timms:

Mr Hoban:

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Stephen Timms:

Column: 775

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Stephen Timms:

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Stephen Timms:

Dr Julian Lewis:

Stephen Timms:

Column: 776

Toby Perkins:

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Stephen Timms:

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Stephen Timms:

Column: 777

Mr Weir:

Stephen Timms:

Margot James:

Stephen Timms:

Mr Love:

Stephen Timms:

Column: 778

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Stephen Timms:

Sajid Javid:

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Stephen Timms:

Column: 779

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

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Stephen Timms:

Several hon. Members

Column: 780

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con)

Madam Deputy Speaker:

5.41 pm

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

Column: 781

5.47 pm

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras) (Lab):

Column: 782

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con):

Frank Dobson:

Column: 783

5.54 pm

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Column: 784

Column: 785

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

6.2 pm

Mr Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (PC):

Column: 786

Mr Weir:

Column: 787

Column: 788

6.11 pm

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Margot James:

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 789

6.16 pm

Mr Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (Lab):

Column: 790

Column: 791

6.23 pm

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Column: 792

6.28 pm

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

Column: 793

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Gordon Banks:

Alun Cairns:

Gordon Banks:

Column: 794

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

6.35 pm

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Column: 795

6.37 pm

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 796

Alun Cairns:

Ms Ritchie:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 797

6.44 pm

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Column: 798

6.50 pm

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 799

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

Cathy Jamieson:

Chris Skidmore:

Column: 800

Cathy Jamieson:

6.58 pm

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Column: 801

7.2 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 802

Sammy Wilson:

Jim Shannon:

Column: 803

Heather Wheeler:

Column: 804

Jim Shannon:

7.11 pm

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 805

Andrew Bingham:

7.15 pm

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Column: 806

Mel Stride:

Yasmin Qureshi:

Mel Stride:

Yasmin Qureshi:

7.19 pm

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

Column: 807

7.21 pm

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Column: 808

Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) (LD):

Nia Griffith:

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Nia Griffith:

Gavin Williamson:

Column: 809

Nia Griffith:

7.29 pm

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 810

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

David Rutley:

Column: 811

7.36 pm

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 812

Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central) (Con):

Sheila Gilmore:

Column: 813

7.42 pm

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

7.43 pm

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 814

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 815

7.48 pm

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (Con):

Column: 816

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Stephen Metcalfe:

7.55 pm

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 817

7.58 pm

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Column: 818

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Mel Stride:

Column: 819

8.5 pm

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Column: 820

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

8.9 pm

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 821

8.12 pm

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Column: 822

Column: 823

8.17 pm

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Column: 824

8.21 pm

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Column: 825

8.27 pm

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Column: 826

Dr John Pugh (Southport) (LD)

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con)

Chris Williamson:

8.32 pm

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Column: 827

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con):

Anne Marie Morris:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 828

8.37 pm

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 829

8.43 pm

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Column: 830

8.48 pm

Column: 831

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con):

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Column: 832

Simon Hart:

8.54 pm

James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (Con):

Column: 833

8.57 pm

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Column: 834

9.3 pm

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con):

Column: 835

9.7 pm

Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon) (Con):

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton) (Con):

Nicola Blackwood:

Column: 837

9.14 pm

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Guy Opperman:

Column: 838

Charlie Elphicke:

9.16 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 839

Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton) (Con):

Bob Blackman:

Column: 840

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

9.25 pm

Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con):

Column: 841

9.27 pm

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

9.29 pm

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 842

Column: 843

Charlie Elphicke:

Column: 844

Mr Thomas:

Andrew Percy:

Mr Thomas:

Mr Tyrie:

Mr Thomas:

Column: 845

9.42 pm

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Justine Greening):

Column: 846

Column: 847

Frank Dobson:

Justine Greening:

Mr Weir:

Column: 848

Justine Greening:

Column: 849

Column: 850

Equitable Life (payments) Bill (Programme) [14 Sep 2010]

Equitable Life (Payments) Bill (Money) [14 Sep 2010]

Column: 851

House of Commons Commission [14 Sep 2010]

9.59 pm

The Leader of the House of Commons (Sir George Young):

Column: 852

10.2 pm

Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central) (Lab):

10.4 pm

Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Peter Bottomley:

Column: 853

Mr Speaker:

Peter Bottomley:

Mr Speaker:

Peter Bottomley:

Column: 854

Mr Speaker:

Mr Speaker:

Business without Debate [14 Sep 2010]

Delegated legislation [14 Sep 2010]

Column: 855

Youth Employment (Wirral) [14 Sep 2010]

10.11 pm

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Column: 856

Esther McVey (Wirral West) (Con):

Column: 857

Alison McGovern:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Alison McGovern:

10.22 pm

Column: 858

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Chris Grayling):

Column: 859

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 860

Alison McGovern:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 861

Esther McVey:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 862

10.36 pm

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