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Volume No. 528 Part No. 163

House of Commons Debates 24 May 2011

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

deputy prime minister

disabled people (elected office)

house of lords

postal voting

voting facilities (service personnel)

police and crime commissioners

political and constitutional reform

topical questions

attorney-general

domestic and sexual violence

crown prosecution service

cps advocate panels

forced marriage

fraud and economic crime

transnational bribery

libya

green investment bank

points of order

autism (quality standards)

eurozone financial assistance

Royal Assent

eurozone financial assistance

spring adjournment

justice

foreign and commonwealth office

General Matters

business without debate

european union documents

school places (finchley)


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Column: 757

House of Commons [24 May 2011]

Prayers [24 May 2011]

[Mr Speaker] [24 May 2011]

Oral Answers to Questions [24 May 2011]

Deputy Prime Minister [24 May 2011]

Disabled People (Elected Office) [24 May 2011]

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Amber Rudd:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

House of Lords [24 May 2011]

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

Column: 758

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

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

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Love:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Charlie Elphicke:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 759

Mr Bradshaw:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Reid:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

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

Column: 760

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Postal Voting [24 May 2011]

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

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

Graham Evans:

Mr Harper:

Column: 761

Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

Mr Harper:

Voting Facilities (Service Personnel) [24 May 2011]

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

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

Lilian Greenwood:

Mr Speaker:

Lilian Greenwood:

Column: 762

Mr Harper:

Mr Speaker:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Harper:

Police and Crime Commissioners [24 May 2011]

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Nia Griffith:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Column: 763

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Political and Constitutional Reform [24 May 2011]

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Mr Bone:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Topical Questions [24 May 2011]

Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Column: 764

Graeme Morrice:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 765

Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Column: 766

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Chi Onwurah (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 767

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 768

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 769

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 770

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Attorney-General [24 May 2011]

Domestic and Sexual Violence [24 May 2011]

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab):

Column: 771

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Diana Johnson:

The Attorney-General:

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Crown Prosecution Service [24 May 2011]

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

Gavin Shuker (Luton South) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 772

The Solicitor-General (Mr Edward Garnier):

Luciana Berger:

The Solicitor-General:

Gavin Shuker:

The Solicitor-General:

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

Mr Speaker:

The Solicitor-General:

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

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 773

CPS Advocate Panels [24 May 2011]

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

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Stephen Phillips:

The Attorney-General:

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Forced Marriage [24 May 2011]

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Column: 774

The Solicitor-General (Mr Edward Garnier):

Emma Reynolds:

The Solicitor-General:

Mrs Glindon:

The Solicitor-General:

Fraud and Economic Crime [24 May 2011]

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

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

Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (Lab):

Column: 775

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Karl Turner:

The Attorney-General:

Steve McCabe:

The Attorney-General:

Lisa Nandy:

Column: 776

The Attorney-General:

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

The Attorney-General:

Mr Speaker:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

The Attorney-General:

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

Column: 777

The Attorney-General:

Transnational Bribery [24 May 2011]

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

The Solicitor-General (Mr Edward Garnier):

Column: 778

Hugh Bayley:

The Solicitor-General:

Column: 779

Libya [24 May 2011]

12.31 pm

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) (Lab)

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey):

Mr Murphy:

Column: 780

Nick Harvey:

Column: 781


Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

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

Column: 782

Nick Harvey:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

Column: 783

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

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

Column: 784

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Column: 785

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

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

Column: 786

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 787

Nick Harvey:

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

Nick Harvey:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Column: 788

Nick Harvey:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Nick Harvey:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 789

Green Investment Bank [24 May 2011]

1.5 pm

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable):

Column: 790


Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Column: 791


Column: 792


Mr Speaker:

Vince Cable:

Column: 793


Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West) (Lab/Co-op):

Vince Cable:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Column: 794

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Vince Cable:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Column: 795

Mr Speaker:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Column: 796

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

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

Column: 797

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Column: 798

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Vince Cable:

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

Column: 799

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

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Column: 800

Points of Order [24 May 2011]

1.39 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 801

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 802

Autism (Quality Standards) [24 May 2011]

1.42 pm

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 803


Column: 804


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

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 805

Backbench Business

Eurozone Financial Assistance [24 May 2011]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

2.53 pm

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Column: 806

Mark Reckless:

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mark Reckless:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 807

Mark Reckless:

2.2 pm

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Column: 808

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Kelvin Hopkins:

Column: 809


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

Kelvin Hopkins:

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con):

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mark Reckless:

Kelvin Hopkins:

2.10 pm

Column: 810

Joseph Johnson (Orpington) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Joseph Johnson:

Column: 811

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Joseph Johnson:

Column: 812


Royal Assent

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 813

Eurozone Financial Assistance [24 May 2011]

2.19 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 814


Mr Davidson:

Jim Shannon:

Column: 815


2.26 pm

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Stephen Williams:

Column: 816


Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Stephen Williams:

Column: 817


2.33 pm

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Graham Stringer:

Kate Hoey:

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

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con)

Kate Hoey:

Column: 818


2.39 pm

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 819


Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Cash:

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

Column: 820

Mr Cash:

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

2.48 pm

Column: 821

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab):

Column: 822


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

2.54 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 823

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mrs Main:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 824


George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Kate Hoey:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Column: 825

Chris Heaton-Harris:

3.2 pm

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

Column: 826


3.8 pm

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con):

Column: 827

3.12 pm

Column: 828

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

Mr Redwood

Michael Connarty:

Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)

Column: 829

Michael Connarty:

Mr Redwood:

Michael Connarty:

3.18 pm

Column: 830

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Margot James:

3.23 pm

Column: 831

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Column: 832


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

3.28 pm

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

3.30 pm

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

Column: 833


Mr Cash

Chris Leslie:

Mr Cash:

Chris Leslie:

Joseph Johnson:

Chris Leslie:

Column: 834


Mr Davidson:

Chris Leslie:

Column: 835


3.40 pm

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

Mr Redwood:

Column: 836

Mr Hoban:

Chris Leslie:

Mr Hoban:

Column: 837


Mr Cash:

Mr Hoban:

Column: 838


Mr Cash:

Mr Hoban:

Mr Cash:

Mr Hoban:

Mr Cash:

Mr Hoban:

3.50 pm

Mark Reckless:

Column: 839

Division No. 286 [ Eurozone Financial Assistance] [24 May 2011]

Column: 842

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

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Davidson:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 843

Spring Adjournment [24 May 2011]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.8 pm

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker:

JUSTICE [24 May 2011]

4.9 pm

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Column: 844


Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

John Hemming:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

John Hemming:

Column: 845


Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) (Con):

John Hemming:

John Cryer:

John Hemming:

Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con):

John Hemming:

Column: 846


4.17 pm

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 847

Anna Soubry:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

Column: 848


4.25 pm

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Column: 849

Nick Boles:

Andrew Percy:

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

Andrew Percy:

Column: 850


Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Andrew Percy:

Stephen Lloyd:

Andrew Percy:

Column: 851


4.35 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

John Hemming:

Mr Blunt:

Column: 852


Column: 853

Column: 854


Column: 855

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [24 May 2011]

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

4.49 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 856


4.54 pm

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 857


Column: 858


5.1 pm

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

Column: 859

Keith Vaz:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 860


Column: 861

General Matters

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

5.12 pm

Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

Column: 862


5.17 pm

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

Column: 863


Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Mr Evennett:

Column: 864


John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Mr Evennett:

Column: 865


5.25 pm

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Column: 866


5.31 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Column: 867


Column: 868


5.37 pm

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 869


Column: 870

5.42 pm

Jonathan Lord (Woking) (Con):

Column: 871


5.49 pm

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 872

Column: 873

5.54 pm

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con):

Column: 874


Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):

Justin Tomlinson:

5.59 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 875


Column: 876

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

6.5 pm

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

Column: 877


6.9 pm

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con):

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Column: 878


6.12 pm

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

Column: 879


6.17 pm

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con):

Column: 880


6.22 pm

Column: 881

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 882


6.27 pm

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

Column: 883


6.30 pm

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Column: 884


6.34 pm

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Column: 885


6.37 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 886


6.41 pm

The Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (Mr David Heath):

Column: 887


Column: 888


Column: 889


Column: 890


7 pm

Business without Debate [24 May 2011]

Column: 891

European Union Documents [24 May 2011]

PetitionParking Restrictions (Walsall)

6 pm

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 892

School Places (Finchley) [24 May 2011]

7.2 pm

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

Column: 893


Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mike Freer:

Column: 894


7.12 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Education(Mr Nick Gibb):

Column: 895


Column: 896


7.21 pm