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Volume No. 531 Part No. 191

House of Commons Debates 20 July 2011

house of commons

prayers

speaker’s statement

public confidence in the media and police

points of order

business without debate

sittings of the house

public confidence in the media and police

adjournment


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Column: 917

Column: 917

House of Commons [20 Jul 2011]

Prayers [20 Jul 2011]

[Mr Speaker] [20 Jul 2011]

Speaker’s Statement [20 Jul 2011]

Mr Speaker:

Column: 918

Public Confidence in the Media and Police [20 Jul 2011]

11.35 am

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 919

Column: 920

Column: 921


Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 922

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 923


Mr Speaker:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 924


The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 925


Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 926

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Column: 928

The Prime Minister:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister

Keith Vaz:

The Prime Minister:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Column: 929

The Prime Minister:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 930

The Prime Minister:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

The Prime Minister:

Louise Mensch (Corby) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 931

Louise Mensch:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab):

Column: 932

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab):

Column: 933

Mr Speaker:

Mr Lammy:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Binley:

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 934

The Prime Minister:

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP):

The Prime Minister:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 935

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 936

The Prime Minister:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 937

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 938

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 939

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 940

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)

Column: 941

Mr Speaker:

John Cryer:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

The Prime Minister:

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 942

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Claire Perry:

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 943

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 944

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 945

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 946

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 947

The Prime Minister:

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Column: 948

The Prime Minister:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West) (Lab):

Column: 949

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Column: 950

The Prime Minister:

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 951

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Column: 952

The Prime Minister:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 953

Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Column: 954

The Prime Minister:

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Column: 955

The Prime Minister:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

Mr Speaker:

Angie Bray:

The Prime Minister:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 956

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Column: 957

The Prime Minister:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 958

The Prime Minister:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 959

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 960

Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Column: 961

The Prime Minister:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 962

Margaret Curran (Glasgow East) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Margaret Curran:

The Prime Minister:

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 963

Points of Order [20 Jul 2011]

1.54 pm

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 964

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr MacShane:

Mr Speaker:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Robert Halfon:

Mr Speaker:

Business without Debate [20 Jul 2011]

Sittings of the house [20 Jul 2011]

Column: 965

Public Confidence in the Media and Police [20 Jul 2011]

1.57 pm

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 966

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):

Column: 967

The Prime Minister:

Alan Johnson:

Mr Speaker:

Alan Johnson:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Column: 968

The Prime Minister:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 969

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

The Prime Minister:

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab)

The Prime Minister:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Cash:

Column: 970

The Prime Minister:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Ms Buck:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Winnick:

The Prime Minister:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Ms Buck

The Prime Minister:

Column: 971

Several hon. Members

The Prime Minister:

Robert Halfon:

The Prime Minister:

Several hon. Members

The Prime Minister:

Column: 972

Ms Buck:

The Prime Minister:

2.18 pm

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 973

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Edward Miliband:

Column: 974

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

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Edward Miliband:

John Howell (Henley) (Con):

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Column: 975

Edward Miliband:

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Edward Miliband:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Edward Miliband:

Keith Vaz:

Edward Miliband:

Ben Gummer (Ipswich) (Con)

Edward Miliband:

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

Edward Miliband:

Column: 976


Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Edward Miliband:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Column: 977

Edward Miliband:

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Edward Miliband:

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con)

Edward Miliband:

Column: 978

Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con)

Edward Miliband:

Oliver Heald:

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Edward Miliband:

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

Edward Miliband:

Nadhim Zahawi

Edward Miliband:

Nadhim Zahawi:

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Column: 979

Edward Miliband:

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Edward Miliband:

Several hon. Members

Edward Miliband:

Column: 980


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

2.43 pm

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con):

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab):

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 981

Chris Bryant:

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 982


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

Mr Whittingdale:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 983


Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr Whittingdale:

2.54 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 984


Mr Cox:

Column: 985

Keith Vaz:

Mr Cox

Keith Vaz:

Mr Graham Stuart:

Keith Vaz:

Column: 986


3.5 pm

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

Column: 987

Mr Straw:

Mr Cox:

Keith Vaz:

Oliver Heald

Mr Cox:

Oliver Heald:

Mr Cox:

Column: 988


Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mr Cox:

Column: 989

3.16 pm

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

Column: 990

Mr Whittingdale:

Andrew Miller:

3.25 pm

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

Column: 991


Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Simon Hughes:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 992


Mr Graham Stuart:

Simon Hughes:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 993

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Simon Hughes:

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 994


3.35 pm

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 995

Mr Whittingdale:

Mr Straw:

Mr Whittingdale:

Mr Straw:

Simon Hughes:

Mr Straw:

Column: 996


3.46 pm

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Column: 997

Mr Cox:

Mr Clappison:

Column: 998


Oliver Heald:

Mr Clappison:

Column: 999


Damian Collins:

Mr Clappison:

3.57 pm

Column: 1000

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 1001


Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1002


Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Chris Bryant:

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

Chris Bryant:

4.8 pm

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 1003

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Column: 1004

Damian Collins:

Ian Austin:

Damian Collins:

Column: 1005

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Damian Collins:

Mr Cash:

Damian Collins:

Column: 1006


4.19 pm

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

Column: 1007

Andrew Selous:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Column: 1008


4.28 pm

Mr Don Foster (Bath) (LD):

Column: 1009

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Mr Foster:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Mr Foster:

Damian Collins:

Column: 1010

Mr Foster:

Column: 1011

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

4.39 pm

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

Column: 1012


Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Cathy Jamieson:

Column: 1013


4.46 pm

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

John Mann:

Dr Coffey:

Column: 1014


Sheila Gilmore:

Dr Coffey:

4.52 pm

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

Column: 1015

Andrew Selous:

Steve McCabe:

Column: 1016


4.58 pm

Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con):

Column: 1017


Sheila Gilmore:

Mr Lilley:

Column: 1018


Louise Mensch (Corby) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Helen Goodman:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

5.7 pm

Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (Lab):

Column: 1019


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 1020

5.12 pm

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Column: 1021

5.17 pm

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 1022


5.22 pm

Alok Sharma (Reading West) (Con):

Column: 1023

Column: 1024

5.27 pm

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

Column: 1025


5.32 pm

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 1026

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.37 pm

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Column: 1027

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.42 pm

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Column: 1028


Column: 1029

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

Anna Soubry:

5.48 pm

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 1030

John Mann:

Column: 1031

Clive Efford:

5.55 pm

Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con):

Clive Efford:

Oliver Heald:

Column: 1032


6 pm

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 1033


Keith Vaz:

Barry Gardiner:

6.6 pm

Column: 1034

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Buckland:

Column: 1035

Mr Cash:

Mr Buckland:

6.13 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 1036

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Column: 1037

John McDonnell:

6.18 pm

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Column: 1038


6.21 pm

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

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

Yasmin Qureshi:

Column: 1039


Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Yasmin Qureshi:

6.27 pm

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Column: 1040

6.31 pm

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Column: 1041


6.34 pm

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Margot James:

Column: 1042


6.36 pm

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Column: 1043

Column: 1044


Mark Reckless:

Mr Lewis:

Alok Sharma:

Mr Lewis:

6.44 pm

The Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Jeremy Hunt):

Column: 1045

Mr Whittingdale:

Mr Hunt:

Column: 1046

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hunt:

Steve McCabe:

Mr Hunt:

Mr Ivan Lewis:

Mr Hunt:

Column: 1047

Mr Straw:

Mr Hunt:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hunt:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hunt:

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab)

Mr Hunt:

Column: 1048

Barry Gardiner

Angela Smith

Mr Hunt:

Column: 1049


Column: 1050


7 pm

adjournment [20 Jul 2011]

7 pm