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Volume No. 516Part No. 53

House of Commons Debates 18 October 2010

House Of Commons
Prayers
[mr Speaker]
Oral Answers To Questions
Work And Pensions
Work Programme
Jobcentre Plus
Incapacity Benefit
Winter Fuel Allowance
Work Capability Assessment
Benefit Fraud
Child Support
Benefit Dependency
Equality (Disabled People)
Carer's Allowance
Mortgage Interest Payments
Child Support
Workplace Pensions (Automatic Enrolment)
Work Capability Assessment
Topical Questions
Education Policy
Parliamentary Voting System And Constituencies Bill
[mr Lindsay Hoyle
Education Psychology


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Column: 607

Column: 607

House of Commons [18 Oct 2010]

Prayers [18 Oct 2010]

[Mr Speaker] [18 Oct 2010]

Oral Answers to Questions [18 Oct 2010]

Work and Pensions [18 Oct 2010]

Work Programme [18 Oct 2010]

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk) (Con):

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

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

Elizabeth Truss:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 608

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Chris Grayling:

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 609

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Jobcentre Plus [18 Oct 2010]

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith):

Column: 610

Rehman Chishti:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Andrea Leadsom:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Miss Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Column: 611

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Incapacity Benefit [18 Oct 2010]

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

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

Tony Baldry:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 612

David Cairns (Inverclyde) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Winter Fuel Allowance [18 Oct 2010]

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Mr Cunningham:

Steve Webb:

Column: 613

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Steve Webb:

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Work Capability Assessment [18 Oct 2010]

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD):

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

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 614

Chris Grayling:

Mike Crockart:

Chris Grayling:

Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 615

Chris Grayling:

Benefit Fraud [18 Oct 2010]

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith):

Mr Jones:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Several hon. Members

Column: 616

Mr Speaker:

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Child Support [18 Oct 2010]

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Jo Swinson:

Maria Miller:

Malcolm Wicks (Croydon North) (Lab):

Column: 617

Maria Miller:

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Benefit Dependency [18 Oct 2010]

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

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

Jim McGovern:

Column: 618

Chris Grayling:

Equality (Disabled People) [18 Oct 2010]

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Mr Burley:

Maria Miller:

Margaret Curran (Glasgow East) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Column: 619

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Carer's Allowance [18 Oct 2010]

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Gregg McClymont:

Maria Miller:

Mortgage Interest Payments [18 Oct 2010]

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Dr Coffey:

Column: 620

Steve Webb:

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Child Support [18 Oct 2010]

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Stephen Barclay:

Maria Miller:

Column: 621

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Workplace Pensions (Automatic Enrolment) [18 Oct 2010]

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Stuart Andrew:

Steve Webb:

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Column: 622

Work Capability Assessment [18 Oct 2010]

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

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

James Morris:

Chris Grayling:

Topical Questions [18 Oct 2010]

Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith):

Karl Turner:

Column: 623

Mr Duncan Smith:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Column: 624

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

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Column: 625

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow South West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 626

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 627

Mr Duncan Smith:

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Jenny Willott (Cardiff Central) (LD):

Maria Miller:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 628

Mr Duncan Smith:

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 629

Education Policy [18 Oct 2010]

3.32 pm

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab)

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab):

Column: 630

Michael Gove:

Column: 631

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

Michael Gove:

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Column: 632

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

Simon Wright (Norwich South) (LD):

Michael Gove:

Column: 633

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Column: 634

Michael Gove:

Mike Gapes (Ilford South) (Lab/Co-op):

Michael Gove:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Michael Gove:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 635

Michael Gove:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Michael Gove:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

Column: 636

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op):

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Michael Gove:

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 637

Michael Gove:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Michael Gove:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Column: 638

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 639

Points of Order [18 Oct 2010]

4.1 pm

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Column: 640

Mr Speaker:

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 641

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill [18 Oct 2010]

[Mr Lindsay Hoyle [18 Oct 2010]

4.7 pm

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Mark Harper):

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 642

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 643

Mr Harper:

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):

Mr Harper:

Thomas Docherty:

Mr Harper:

Column: 644

Chris Bryant:

4.15 pm

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 645

Mr Harper:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Harper:

Column: 646

Mr Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Mr Harper:

Thomas Docherty:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Column: 647

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Thomas Docherty:

Mr Harper:

Column: 648

Chris Bryant:

4.30 pm

Column: 649

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con):

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 650

Nick Boles:

Chris Bryant:

Nick Boles:

Chris Bryant:

Nick Boles

Chris Bryant:

Nick Boles:

Thomas Docherty:

Column: 651

Nick Boles:

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Chris Bryant:

Thomas Docherty:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 652

Nick Boles:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 653

Mr Harper:

4.45 pm

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

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

Column: 654

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Mr MacNeil:

Mr Harper:

Column: 655

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

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Mr Hoyle):

Column: 656

Alun Michael:

Column: 657

Chris Bryant:

Alun Michael:

Column: 658

5 pm

Column: 659

Column: 660

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 661

Mr Harper:

Alun Michael:

5.15 pm

Column: 662

Mr Harper:

Column: 663

Chris Bryant:

Column: 664

Column: 665

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

5.30 pm

Alun Michael:

Column: 666

Division No. 77 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]

Chris Bryant:

Column: 671

The Temporary Chair (Mr Roger Gale):

Chris Bryant:

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

Chris Bryant:

Column: 672

Mr Jenkin:

Column: 673

6 pm

Column: 674

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Jenkin:

Column: 675

Mark Durkan:

Mr Jenkin:

Mark Durkan:

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

Mark Durkan:

Column: 676

Ms Louise Bagshawe (Corby) (Con):

Mark Durkan:

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth) (Con):

Mark Durkan:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 677

6.15 pm

Mr Jenkin:

Mr Redwood:

Column: 678

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

Mr Redwood:

Column: 679

George Eustice:

Mr Redwood:

Mr Harper:

Column: 680

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Harper:

Mr Jenkin:

Mr Harper:

Column: 681

Column: 682

Mr Jenkin:

Mr Harper:

6.30 pm

Column: 683

Chris Bryant:

Column: 684

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 685

The Temporary Chair (Mr Roger Gale):

Division No. 78 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]

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

Column: 690

The Temporary Chair (Mr Roger Gale):

Mr Brady:

7 pm

Column: 691

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

Mr Brady:

Column: 692

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Brady:

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

Column: 693

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Brady:

Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Column: 694

Mr Brady:

Mr MacNeil:

7.15 pm

Mr Brady:

Mr MacNeil:

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 695

Mr Brady:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Brady:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Brady:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Column: 696

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Jeremy Browne):

Natascha Engel:

Mr Mark Field:

Natascha Engel:

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Natascha Engel:

Column: 697

Mr MacNeil:

Natascha Engel:

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Natascha Engel:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Natascha Engel:

Mr Charles Walker:

Natascha Engel:

Column: 698

7.30 pm

Mr MacNeil:

The Temporary Chair (Mr Roger Gale):

Natascha Engel:

Mr Harper:

Natascha Engel:

Mark Durkan:

Natascha Engel:

Mr Harper:

Column: 699

Natascha Engel:

Mr MacNeil:

Natascha Engel:

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Natascha Engel:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mark Durkan:

Sammy Wilson:

Natascha Engel:

Column: 700

Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Natascha Engel:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Natascha Engel:

Column: 701

Mr Shepherd:

7.45 pm

Column: 702

Mr MacNeil:

Mr Shepherd:

Mr MacNeil

Mr Shepherd:

Mr MacNeil:

Mr Shepherd:

Column: 703

Sammy Wilson:

Mr Shepherd:

Column: 704

Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby) (Lab/Co-op):

Mark Durkan:

Stephen Twigg:

Mark Tami:

Column: 705

Stephen Twigg:

8 pm

Chris Bryant:

Mr Charles Walker:

Column: 706

Chris Bryant:

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 707

Mr Brady

Chris Bryant:

Mr Brady:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Charles Walker:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 708

Mr MacNeil:

Column: 709

Chris Bryant:

8.15 pm

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Mr Charles Walker:

Graham Jones:

Column: 710

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (Lab):

Graham Jones:

Mr Charles Walker:

Graham Jones:

Column: 711

Mr Harper:

Mr Brady:

Mr Harper:

Column: 712

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon) (Con):

Mr Harper:

Mr Cox:

Mr Harper:

Mr Brady:

8.30 pm

Column: 713

Mr Harper:

Mr Brady:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Column: 714

Mr Shepherd:

Mr Harper:

Mr Shepherd:

Mr Harper:

Natascha Engel:

Column: 715

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Column: 716

Natascha Engel:

Mr Harper:

Mr Brady:

Mr Harper:

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Dawn Primarolo):

Column: 717

Natascha Engel:

8.45 pm

Mr Brady:

Division No. 79 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]
Division No. 80 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill]

Column: 722

[18 Oct 2010]
9.15 pm

Column: 726

Mr Harper:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Mr Harper:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 727

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Column: 728

Chris Bryant:

Column: 729

9.30 pm

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset) (Con):

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 730

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 731

Division No. 81 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]

Mr Cash:

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means(Mr Nigel Evans):

Mr Harper:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr Harper:

Column: 736

Column: 737

Chris Bryant:

10 pm

Mr Harper:

Column: 738

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Column: 739

Chris Bryant:

Column: 740

Mr MacNeil:

Chris Bryant:

Mark Tami:

Chris Bryant:

Mr MacNeil:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 741

Mr MacNeil:

Chris Bryant:

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

Chris Bryant:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 742

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Mr Harper:

10.15 pm

Column: 743

Chris Bryant

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab)

Mr Harper:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

Ms Abbott:

Column: 744

Mr Harper:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Harper:

Column: 745

Ms Abbott:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 746

Division No. 82 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means(Mr Nigel Evans):

Iain Stewart:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Iain Stewart:

Column: 751

Chris Bryant:

Iain Stewart:

10.45 pm

Mr Cash:

Column: 752

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Column: 753

Mr Nuttall:

Mr Cash:

Column: 754

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Philip Davies:

Mr Cash:

Column: 755

11 pm
Division No. 83 [ Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill] [18 Oct 2010]

Column: 760

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr Chope:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr Chope:

Column: 761

The First Deputy Chairman:

Column: 762

Column: 763

Column: 764

Column: 765

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

Column: 766

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

Mr Cash:

Several hon. Members

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr Chope:

Column: 767

Chris Bryant:

Mr Harper:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Mr Chope:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Column: 768

Education Psychology [18 Oct 2010]

11.28 pm

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

Column: 769

Column: 770

Stephen Gilbert (St Austell and Newquay) (LD):

Annette Brooke:

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

Annette Brooke:

Column: 771

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Annette Brooke:

Mr Hollobone:

Annette Brooke:

Column: 772

11.46 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Education (Sarah Teather):

Column: 773

Column: 774

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op):

Sarah Teather:

Column: 775

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

Sarah Teather:

Column: 776

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Sarah Teather:

Stephen Gilbert:

Sarah Teather:

11.58 pm

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