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Volume No. 534 Part No. 217

House of Commons Debates 1 November 2011

house of commons

prayers

Business before Questions

london local authorities and transport for london (no. 2) bill

transport for london (supplemental toll provisions) bill

oral answers to questions

treasury

eurozone

long-term unemployment

tax avoidance and evasion

unemployment (women)

structural deficit

social impact bonds

government debt

green growth

national insurance holiday

economic growth

youth unemployment

economic policy

job creation (private sector)

regional growth fund

interest rates

topical questions

gangs and youth violence

points of order

education and training (young people with autism)

legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill

business without debate

sittings of the house

world vegan day


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Column: 739

Column: 739

House of Commons [1 Nov 2011]

Prayers [1 Nov 2011]

[Mr Speaker] [1 Nov 2011]

Business before Questions

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [] () [1 Nov 2011]

Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [] () [1 Nov 2011]

Oral Answers to Questions [1 Nov 2011]

Treasury [1 Nov 2011]

Eurozone [1 Nov 2011]

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

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne):

Dr Lewis:

Column: 740

Mr Osborne:

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr Osborne:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Column: 741

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Osborne:

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

Mr Osborne:

Long-term Unemployment [1 Nov 2011]

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Column: 742

Chris Williamson:

Danny Alexander:

Mr Barron:

Danny Alexander:

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Column: 743

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Tax Avoidance and Evasion [1 Nov 2011]

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne):

Stuart Andrew:

Hon. Members:

Mr Osborne:

David Miliband (South Shields) (Lab):

Column: 744

Mr Speaker:

Mr Osborne:

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

Mr Osborne:

Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Unemployment (Women) [1 Nov 2011]

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 745

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Miss Chloe Smith):

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mr Speaker:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mr Speaker:

Fiona Mactaggart:

Mr Speaker:

Miss Smith:

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Miss Smith:

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

Column: 746

Miss Smith:

Structural Deficit [1 Nov 2011]

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne):

Damian Hinds:

Mr Osborne:

Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Social Impact Bonds [1 Nov 2011]

Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest) (Con):

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Column: 747

Mark Garnier:

Danny Alexander:

Mr Speaker:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Government Debt [1 Nov 2011]

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

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke):

Jesse Norman:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Gauke:

Mr Buckland:

Mr Gauke:

Column: 748

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Mr Gauke:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Gauke:

Green Growth [1 Nov 2011]

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Miss Chloe Smith):

Andrew George:

Miss Smith:

Column: 749

Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab):

Miss Smith:

National Insurance Holiday [1 Nov 2011]

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab):

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke):

Rosie Cooper:

Mr Gauke:

Julian Smith:

Mr Gauke:

Economic Growth [1 Nov 2011]

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 750

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

Nick Smith:

Mr Hoban:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Hoban:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Youth Unemployment [1 Nov 2011]

Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 751

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke):

Mrs Riordan:

Mr Gauke:

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con):

Mr Gauke:

Economic Policy [1 Nov 2011]

John Howell (Henley) (Con):

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

Column: 752

John Howell:

Mr Hoban:

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Hoban:

Job Creation (Private Sector) [1 Nov 2011]

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Miss Chloe Smith):

Laura Sandys:

Miss Smith:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Column: 753

Miss Smith:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

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

Miss Smith:

Regional Growth Fund [1 Nov 2011]

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

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Tom Blenkinsop:

Danny Alexander:

Interest Rates [1 Nov 2011]

Oliver Colvile (Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) (Con):

Column: 754

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Miss Chloe Smith):

Oliver Colvile:

Miss Smith:

Topical Questions [1 Nov 2011]

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne):

Tony Lloyd:

Mr Osborne:

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Mr Osborne:

Column: 755

Ed Balls (Morley and Outwood) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Osborne:

Ed Balls:

Mr Osborne:

Ed Balls

Mr Osborne:

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

Column: 756

Mr Osborne:

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con):

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Mr David Gauke):

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

Mr Osborne:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Column: 757

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Mr Osborne:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 758

Mr Osborne:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Mr Osborne:

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

Mr Osborne:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 759

Mr Osborne:

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

Mr Osborne:

Column: 760

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Mr Osborne:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 761

Gangs and Youth Violence [1 Nov 2011]

3.32 pm

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May):

Column: 762


Column: 763

Yvette Cooper (Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford) (Lab):

Column: 764


Column: 765

Mrs May:

Column: 766


Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mrs May:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Column: 767

Mrs May:

Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mrs May:

Column: 768

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Column: 769

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

Mrs May:

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mrs May:

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 770

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Mrs May:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Column: 771

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Mrs May:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Column: 772

Mrs May:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Mrs May:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 773

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (Con):

Mrs May:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 774

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mrs May:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Column: 775

Mrs May:

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central) (Con):

Mrs May:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 776

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 777

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Column: 778

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Column: 779

Points of Order [1 Nov 2011]

4.32 pm

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 780

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 781

Education and Training (Young People with Autism) [1 Nov 2011]

4.36 pm

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

Column: 782


Column: 783

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Jonathan Djanogly):

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 784

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill [1 Nov 2011]

4.47 pm

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Kenneth Clarke):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 785

Mr Clarke:

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

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Blunkett:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Mr Blunkett:

Mr Clarke:

Column: 786

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab)

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)

Mr Clarke:

Derek Twigg

Mr Llwyd

Mr Clarke:

Column: 787

Several hon. Members

Mr Clarke:

Mr Llwyd:

Mr Clarke:

Derek Twigg:

Column: 788

Mr Clarke:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

5 pm

Column: 789

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Several hon. Members

Mr Clarke:

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

Column: 790

Mr Clarke:

Column: 791


Mr Straw

Mr Clarke:

Mr Straw:

Mr Clarke:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Column: 792


Sadiq Khan:

5.15 pm

Column: 793


Mr Kenneth Clarke:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 794


Mr Kenneth Clarke:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 795

Mr Clarke:

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Clarke:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 796


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

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 797

5.30 pm

Philip Davies:

Column: 798

Sadiq Khan:

Philip Davies:

Column: 799


Sadiq Khan:

Philip Davies:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con):

Column: 800

Kate Green:

Mr Kenneth Clarke:

Kate Green:

Sir Alan Beith:

Column: 801


5.45 pm

Mr Straw:

Column: 802

Mr Kenneth Clarke:

Mr Straw:

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

Mr Straw:

Column: 803

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Paul Goggins (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab):

Column: 804


Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 805

Mr Kenneth Clarke:

Mr Llwyd:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

6 pm

Division No. 383 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [1 Nov 2011]

Column: 810

Column: 811

Column: 812

Column: 813

Column: 814

Column: 815

Column: 816

Column: 817

Column: 818

Column: 819

Column: 820

Column: 821

Column: 822

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Jonathan Djanogly):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 823

Column: 824

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 825


Sir Alan Beith:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Straw:

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 826

Kate Green:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 827


6.30 pm

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 828

Column: 829

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mr Straw:

Column: 830


Column: 831

Sir Alan Beith:

6.45 pm

Mr Straw:

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con):

Mr Straw:

Column: 832

Mr Kevan Jones:

Mr Straw:

Mr Jones:

Mr Straw:

Mr Jones:

Mr Straw:

Column: 833

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

Mr Straw:

Sir Alan Beith:

Column: 834

Mr Straw:

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

7 pm

Column: 835


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

Column: 836

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Straw:

Bob Blackman:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 837

Bob Blackman:

Kate Green:

Column: 838

Mr Kevan Jones:

7.15 pm

Column: 839


Column: 840


Sir Alan Beith:

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 841


Column: 842

Mr Straw:

Mr Djanogly:

7.30 pm

Column: 843


Division No. 384 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill]

Column: 845

[1 Nov 2011]

Column: 848

Column: 849

Column: 850

Column: 851

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

Mr Speaker:

Mr Blunt:

Column: 852


Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Mr Blunt:

Column: 853

Mr Slaughter:

Sir Alan Beith:

Column: 854


Gareth Johnson:

Mr Blunt:

8 pm

Column: 855

Column: 856

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Mr Blunt:

Column: 857

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Mr Blunt:

Mr Llwyd:

Mr Blunt:

Column: 858

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

Mr Blunt:

Mr Llwyd:

Mr Blunt:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 859

Mr Cox:

Column: 860

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Cox:

Sadiq Khan:

8.15 pm

Mr Llwyd:

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 861


Column: 862

Mr Cox:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 863

Mr Blunt:

Column: 864


Sadiq Khan:

Mr Blunt:

Mr Blunt:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 865

8.30 pm

Mr Blunt:

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Column: 866

Mr Blunt:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 867

Mr Blunt:

Column: 868


Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Mr Blunt:

8.45 pm

Column: 869

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 870

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 871


Column: 872


Mike Weatherley (Hove) (Con):

Column: 873

9 pm

Column: 874


John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 875


Mike Weatherley:

John McDonnell:

Tracey Crouch:

John McDonnell:

Column: 876

Mr Blunt:

John McDonnell:

Jeremy Corbyn:

John McDonnell:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

John McDonnell:

Kelvin Hopkins:

John McDonnell:

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

John McDonnell:

Column: 877

9.15 pm

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 878

John McDonnell:

Column: 879


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

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

Column: 880


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 881

Column: 882

9.30 pm

Tom Brake:

Column: 883


Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire) (Con):

Tom Brake:

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

Tom Brake:

Kate Hoey:

Column: 884


Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 885

Caroline Lucas:

9.45 pm

Mike Weatherley:

Column: 886

Caroline Lucas:

Joan Ruddock

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 887

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (LD):

Column: 888


Mr Blunt:

Column: 889


10 pm

Division No. 385 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [1 Nov 2011]

Division No. 386 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [1 Nov 2011]

Business without Debate [1 Nov 2011]

Sittings of the House [1 Nov 2011]

Mr Speaker:

Column: 895

World Vegan Day [1 Nov 2011]

10.27 pm

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Column: 896


Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Kerry McCarthy:

Column: 897

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

Kerry McCarthy:

Simon Hart:

Kerry McCarthy:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Kerry McCarthy:

Column: 898

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

Kerry McCarthy:

Column: 899


Column: 900

10.42 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mr James Paice):

Kerry McCarthy:

Mr Paice:

Column: 901

Column: 902

Chris Williamson:

Mr Paice:

Kerry McCarthy:

Mr Paice:

Column: 903


Several hon. Members

Mr Paice:

Column: 904

10.56 pm