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Volume No. 537 Part No. 244

House of Commons Debates 20 December 2011

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

london local authorities bill

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

transport for london (supplemental toll provisions) bill

oral answers to questions

deputy prime minister

lobbying

electoral registration (armed forces)

electoral register

electoral participation

lobbying

individual electoral registration

house of lords reform

topical questions

attorney-general

european court of human rights

corporate deferred prosecution arrangements

economic crime

undercover police operations

babar ahmad

domestic violence (legal aid)

specialist domestic violence courts

police charging responsibilities

public service pensions

points of order

national health service (right to treatment)

christmas adjournment

business, innovation and skills

communities and local government

energy and climate change

health

general matters

abduction of lydia hunt


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Column: 1177

Column: 1177

House of Commons [20 Dec 2011]

Prayers [20 Dec 2011]

[Mr Speaker] [20 Dec 2011]

business before questions [20 Dec 2011]

London Local Authorities Bill [] () [20 Dec 2011]

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No.2) Bill [] () [20 Dec 2011]

Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [] () [20 Dec 2011]

Oral Answers to Questions [20 Dec 2011]

Deputy Prime Minister [20 Dec 2011]

Lobbying [20 Dec 2011]

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

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

Bill Esterson:

Mr Harper:

Column: 1178

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr Harper:

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr Harper:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Harper:

Electoral Registration (Armed Forces) [20 Dec 2011]

Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Column: 1179

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Mr Hamilton:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Electoral Register [20 Dec 2011]

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

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Column: 1180

Tom Blenkinsop:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Electoral Participation [20 Dec 2011]

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Andrew Selous:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 1181

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Lobbying [20 Dec 2011]

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

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

Jim Sheridan:

Mr Harper:

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

Column: 1182

Mr Harper:

Mr Speaker:

Individual Electoral Registration [20 Dec 2011]

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

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

Katy Clark:

Mr Harper:

Mr Speaker:

House of Lords Reform [20 Dec 2011]

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

John Pugh:

Column: 1183

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Sadiq Khan:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Column: 1184

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Topical Questions [20 Dec 2011]

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Nigel Mills:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 1185


The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Toby Perkins:

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 1186

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mike Gapes:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

Column: 1187

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

Column: 1188

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 1189

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 1190

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Column: 1191

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Attorney-General [20 Dec 2011]

European Court of Human Rights [20 Dec 2011]

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Jeremy Corbyn:

The Attorney-General:

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

Column: 1192

The Attorney-General:

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

The Attorney-General:

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

The Attorney-General:

Corporate Deferred Prosecution Arrangements [20 Dec 2011]

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Column: 1193

Nic Dakin:

The Attorney-General:

Economic Crime [20 Dec 2011]

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

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Luciana Berger:

The Attorney-General:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

Column: 1194

The Attorney-General:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

The Attorney-General:

Undercover Police Operations [20 Dec 2011]

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Toby Perkins:

The Attorney-General:

Column: 1195

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Babar Ahmad [20 Dec 2011]

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Caroline Lucas:

The Attorney-General:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Column: 1196

The Attorney-General:

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

The Attorney-General:

Domestic Violence (Legal Aid) [20 Dec 2011]

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Lilian Greenwood:

The Attorney-General:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Column: 1197

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

The Attorney-General:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Attorney-General:

Specialist Domestic Violence Courts [20 Dec 2011]

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

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Column: 1198

The Attorney-General:

Police Charging Responsibilities [20 Dec 2011]

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

The Attorney-General (Mr Dominic Grieve):

Graham Jones:

The Attorney-General:

Yasmin Qureshi:

Column: 1199

Column: 1200

The Attorney-General:

Column: 1201

Public Service Pensions [20 Dec 2011]

12.36 pm

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Column: 1202


Column: 1203

Mr Speaker:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 1204


Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Column: 1205


Column: 1206


Danny Alexander:

Column: 1207

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 1208

Danny Alexander:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

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

Column: 1209

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Column: 1210

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Column: 1211

Danny Alexander:

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Column: 1212

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Column: 1213

Danny Alexander:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 1214

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Column: 1215

Danny Alexander:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Column: 1216

Danny Alexander:

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 1217

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 1218

Points of Order [20 Dec 2011]

1.29 pm

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

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Mr Heath:

Mr Speaker:

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

Column: 1219

Mr Speaker:

Column: 1220

National Health Service (Right to Treatment) [20 Dec 2011]

1.33 pm

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 1221

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 1222

Column: 1223

Backbench Business

Christmas Adjournment [20 Dec 2011]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

1.42 pm

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Column: 1224


Column: 1225


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 1226

Business, Innovation and Skills [20 Dec 2011]

1.48 pm

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Column: 1227


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

1.54 pm

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Column: 1228


Column: 1229

1.59 pm

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

Column: 1230


2.5 pm

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 1231


Column: 1232


2.11 pm

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Column: 1233

Column: 1234

2.17 pm

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Column: 1235

2.22 pm

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Column: 1236

2.27 pm

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

Column: 1237

Column: 1238

2.33 pm

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Column: 1239


Column: 1240


2.39 pm

Mr Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Column: 1241

Column: 1242


Column: 1243


Column: 1244

Communities and Local Government [20 Dec 2011]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

2.52 pm

Esther McVey (Wirral West) (Con):

Column: 1245


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

2.58 pm

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 1246


Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Valerie Vaz:

Column: 1247

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

3.4 pm

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

Column: 1248


Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Stephen Gilbert:

Column: 1249


3.10 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 1250


Stephen Gilbert:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 1251


3.17 pm

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Column: 1252


3.24 pm

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 1253

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Duncan Hames:

Column: 1254

Jeremy Corbyn:

Duncan Hames:

Column: 1255

3.32 pm

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con):

Column: 1256

Column: 1257


3.38 pm

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Column: 1258

Column: 1259

Column: 1260


Column: 1261

Energy and Climate Change [20 Dec 2011]

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

3.51 pm

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Column: 1262

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Column: 1263

3.57 pm

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Column: 1264


4.3 pm

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 1265


Column: 1266


4.9 pm

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Column: 1267

Glyn Davies:

David Mowat:

Column: 1268

4.17 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Glyn Davies:

Column: 1269

Chris Heaton-Harris:

4.24 pm

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Column: 1270

Caroline Lucas:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1271

David Mowat:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1272


Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Norman Lamb:

Column: 1273

Column: 1274

Health [20 Dec 2011]

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

4.39 pm

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Column: 1275


4.45 pm

Column: 1276

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

Column: 1277

4.50 pm

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Column: 1278


Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 1279

Pauline Latham:

4.57 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 1280


5.3 pm

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Column: 1281

Column: 1282

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

5.10 pm

The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Angela Watkinson):

Column: 1283

Column: 1284


Column: 1285


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 1286

General matters [20 Dec 2011]

5.21 pm

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

5.24 pm

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 1287

Column: 1288


5.29 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Column: 1289

5.34 pm

Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

Column: 1290


Mr MacShane:

Eric Joyce:

Column: 1291


5.39 pm

Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 1292

5.44 pm

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Column: 1293


Column: 1294

5.49 pm

Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (Con):

Column: 1295


5.54 pm

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

Column: 1296


5.58 pm

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 1297

6.2 pm

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con):

Column: 1298

6.6 pm

Column: 1299

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Martin Vickers:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 1300

Martin Vickers:

6.12 pm

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 1301


6.16 pm

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Column: 1302


6.21 pm

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Column: 1303

Several hon. Members

Column: 1304

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

6.26 pm

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 1305


6.30 pm

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Column: 1306

6.34 pm

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 1307


6.38 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 1308


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

6.42 pm

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Column: 1309

6.46 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 1310


6.50 pm

Column: 1311

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

Column: 1312


Column: 1313


Column: 1314


Mr Speaker:

7 pm

PetitionPlanning (Woodside Close, Walsall)

7 pm

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Column: 1315

Abduction of Lydia Hunt [20 Dec 2011]

7.1 pm

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Column: 1316


Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 1317

Stephen Timms:

Column: 1318

Column: 1319


7.19 pm

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

Column: 1320


Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr Browne:

Column: 1321

Column: 1322


Mr Speaker:

7.30 pm