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Volume No. 524 Part No. 122

House of Commons Debates 28 February 2011

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

communities and local government

voluntary sector

sustainable rural development

local authority employment

local authority funding

antisocial behaviour (social housing)

community budget schemes

council tax

housing (north wiltshire)

social housing

departmental administration (spending)

new homes bonus (charnwood)

local authority funding

fire authorities

planning law reform

transparency in local government

topical questions

libya and the middle east

points of order

big society

library services (walsall south)


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Column: 1

House of Commons [28 Feb 2011]

Prayers [28 Feb 2011]

[Mr Speaker] [28 Feb 2011]

Oral Answers to Questions [28 Feb 2011]

Communities and Local Government [28 Feb 2011]

Voluntary Sector [28 Feb 2011]

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab):

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark):

Dr Whitehead:

Greg Clark:

Julie Hilling:

Column: 3

Greg Clark:

Mr Speaker:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Greg Clark:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Greg Clark:

Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (Lab):

Column: 4

Greg Clark:

Caroline Flint:

Mr Speaker:

Greg Clark:

Mr Speaker:

Sustainable Rural Development [28 Feb 2011]

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill):

Column: 5

George Freeman:

Robert Neill:

Local Authority Employment [28 Feb 2011]

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill):

Stephen Timms:

Robert Neill:

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con):

Robert Neill:

Column: 6

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Robert Neill:

Local Authority Funding [28 Feb 2011]

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

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

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Steve Rotheram:

Grant Shapps:

Luciana Berger:

Column: 7

Grant Shapps:

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab):

Grant Shapps:

Antisocial Behaviour (Social Housing) [28 Feb 2011]

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Mr Hollobone:

Grant Shapps:

Column: 8

Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Grant Shapps:

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Grant Shapps:

Mr Speaker:

Community Budget Schemes [28 Feb 2011]

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

George Hollingbery:

Column: 9

Mr Pickles:

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Council Tax [28 Feb 2011]

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Pickles

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 10

Mr Wilson:

Mr Speaker:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Housing (North Wiltshire) [28 Feb 2011]

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Mr Gray:

Column: 11

Grant Shapps:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Grant Shapps:

Social Housing [28 Feb 2011]

Jonathan Lord (Woking) (Con):

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Jonathan Lord:

Grant Shapps:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 12

Grant Shapps:

Departmental Administration (Spending) [28 Feb 2011]

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Matthew Hancock:

Mr Pickles:

New Homes Bonus (Charnwood) [28 Feb 2011]

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Nicky Morgan:

Column: 13

Grant Shapps:

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab):

Grant Shapps:

Local Authority Funding [28 Feb 2011]

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Column: 14

Heidi Alexander:

Mr Pickles:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

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

Mr Pickles:

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

Column: 15

Mr Pickles:

Fire Authorities [28 Feb 2011]

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill):

Rosie Cooper:

Robert Neill:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Robert Neill:

Column: 16

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Robert Neill:

Planning Law Reform [28 Feb 2011]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark):

Stephen Phillips:

Greg Clark:

Transparency in Local Government [28 Feb 2011]

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Column: 17

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Alun Cairns:

Mr Pickles:

Topical Questions [28 Feb 2011]

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Zac Goldsmith:

The Minister for Housing and Local Government (Grant Shapps):

Column: 18

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Grant Shapps:

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark):

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 19

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Pickles:

Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green) (Con):

Grant Shapps:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill):

Mr Speaker:

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Column: 20

Robert Neill:

Mr Speaker:

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Greg Clark:

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

Robert Neill:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 21

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border) (Con):

Greg Clark:

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Robert Neill:

David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):

Robert Neill:

Column: 22

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Robert Neill:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 23

Libya and the Middle East [28 Feb 2011]

3.32 pm

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 24


Column: 25


Column: 26


Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 27

Column: 28


The Prime Minister:

Column: 29


Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 30

The Prime Minister:

David Miliband (South Shields) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Column: 31

The Prime Minister:

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 32

The Prime Minister:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 33

David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

The Prime Minister:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Column: 34

The Prime Minister:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 35

The Prime Minister:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 36

The Prime Minister:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 37

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 38

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 39

The Prime Minister:

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 40

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 41

The Prime Minister:

Miss Anne McIntosh (Thirsk and Malton) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 42

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

The Prime Minister:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 43

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 44

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Column: 45

The Prime Minister:

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 46

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Andrew Bridgen

Mr Speaker:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 47

Points of Order [28 Feb 2011]

4.42 pm

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 48

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 49

Backbench Business

Big Society [28 Feb 2011]

4.48 pm

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Charlie Elphicke:

Column: 51

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Charlie Elphicke:

Column: 52


Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Charlie Elphicke:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Column: 53

Charlie Elphicke:

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Charlie Elphicke:

5.4 pm

Jon Cruddas (Dagenham and Rainham) (Lab):

Column: 54

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Jon Cruddas:

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

Jon Cruddas:

Column: 55


Column: 56


Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey) (Con):

Jon Cruddas:

Column: 57


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.15 pm

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border) (Con):

Column: 58


Column: 59

5.23 pm

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Rory Stewart:

Paul Flynn:

Jesse Norman:

Paul Flynn:

Robert Halfon:

Paul Flynn:

Robert Halfon:

Paul Flynn:

Column: 60


Column: 61

Charlie Elphicke:

Paul Flynn:

5.33 pm

Column: 62

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Column: 63

Rehman Chishti:

Mr Williams:

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Mr Williams:

Column: 64


Column: 65

5.44 pm

Liz Kendall (Leicester West) (Lab):

Column: 66

Rory Stewart:

Liz Kendall:

Column: 67


Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Liz Kendall:

Henry Smith:

Liz Kendall:

Rehman Chishti:

Liz Kendall:

Column: 68


5.54 pm

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Column: 69


Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Margot James:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Margot James:

Liz Kendall:

Column: 70

Margot James:

Mr Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con)

Margot James:

6.5 pm

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

Column: 71


Column: 72


6.12 pm

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Column: 73

6.17 pm

Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab):

Column: 74

Mel Stride:

Tristram Hunt:

Jesse Norman:

Tristram Hunt:

Column: 75

Jesse Norman:

Tristram Hunt:

Column: 76


6.29 pm

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Column: 77


Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Henry Smith:

Chris Ruane:

Henry Smith:

Column: 78

Tristram Hunt:

Henry Smith:

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Henry Smith:

Column: 79

6.39 pm

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

Column: 80


Jesse Norman:

Stella Creasy:

Jesse Norman:

Stella Creasy:

Jesse Norman

Stella Creasy:

Richard Fuller

Stella Creasy:

Column: 81

Column: 82

Column: 83


6.49 pm

Jessica Lee (Erewash) (Con):

Column: 84


6.57 pm

Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Column: 85


Chris Ruane:

Mrs Chapman:

Column: 86

7.5 pm

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

Column: 87


Tristram Hunt:

Jesse Norman:

Tristram Hunt:

Jesse Norman:

Column: 88

Tristram Hunt:

Jesse Norman:

7.13 pm

Column: 89

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

Column: 90


7.21 pm

Column: 91

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (Con):

Column: 92


Charlie Elphicke:

Charlotte Leslie:

Column: 93


7.30 pm

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Column: 94


Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Chris Ruane:

Stephen Pound:

Chris Ruane:

Column: 95


7.37 pm

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 96


Mrs Chapman:

Damian Collins:

Column: 97


Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Column: 98

Damian Collins:

7.48 pm

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Column: 99


Column: 100


7.56 pm

Column: 101

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

Column: 102


8.2 pm

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Column: 103

Column: 104


8.9 pm

Mr Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Column: 105


Column: 106


Column: 107


8.17 pm

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Column: 108


Chris Ruane

Albert Owen:

Chris Ruane:

Albert Owen:

Column: 109


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

8.27 pm

Alok Sharma (Reading West) (Con):

Column: 110


Column: 111

8.32 pm

Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con):

Column: 112

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Column: 113

Chris White:

8.40 pm

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Stephen Pound:

Richard Fuller:

Column: 114


Column: 115

8.47 pm

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

Column: 116

Stephen Pound:

Eric Ollerenshaw:

Column: 117


8.56 pm

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Column: 118


Several hon. Members

Column: 119

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

9.1 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 120


9.5 pm

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

Column: 121


Stephen Pound:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

9.9 pm

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 122

Column: 123

9.16 pm

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 124


9.22 pm

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Column: 125

9.26 pm

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Column: 126


9.30 pm

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 127

9.31 pm

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Column: 128

9.35 pm

Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab):

Column: 129


Damian Collins:

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Column: 130

Damian Collins:

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Column: 131

9.46 pm

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Nick Hurd):

Column: 132


Albert Owen:

Mr Hurd:

Column: 133


Column: 134

9.55 pm

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 135

Mr Speaker:

Column: 136

Library Services (Walsall South) [28 Feb 2011]

10 pm

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 137


Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Valerie Vaz:

Column: 138


10.9 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Column: 139

Column: 140


Column: 141


Mr Winnick:

Column: 142

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 143


Column: 144


10.29 pm