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Volume No. 538 Part No. 249

House of Commons Debates 17 January 2012

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

foreign and commonwealth office

shaker aamer

international conference on afghanistan

national emergency

eu economy

brazil

middle east

middle east

russia

colombia

tunisia

burma

libyan assets

topical questions

point of order

sexual offences (amendment)

future of town centres and high streets

business without debate

delegated legislation

midwife and maternity services


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Column: 595

Column: 595

House of Commons [17 Jan 2012]

Prayers [17 Jan 2012]

Business Before Questions [17 Jan 2012]

London Local Authorities Bill [] () [17 Jan 2012]

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [] () [17 Jan 2012]

Transport for London (Supplemental Toll Provisions) Bill [] () [17 Jan 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Jan 2012]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [17 Jan 2012]

Shaker Aamer [17 Jan 2012]

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Jane Ellison:

Column: 596

Mr Hague:

International Conference on Afghanistan [17 Jan 2012]

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Susan Elan Jones:

Mr Hague:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 597

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

Mr Hague:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Hague:

National Emergency [17 Jan 2012]

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Mr Bone:

Mr Hague:

Column: 598

EU Economy [17 Jan 2012]

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Anne Marie Morris:

Mr Lidington:

Mr Spencer:

Mr Lidington:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 599

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 600

Brazil [17 Jan 2012]

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

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

Jo Swinson:

Mr Browne:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con):

Mr Browne:

Middle East [17 Jan 2012]

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

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Column: 601

Diana Johnson:

Mr Hague:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 602

Mr Alexander:

Mr Hague:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Middle East [17 Jan 2012]

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

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

Mrs Riordan:

Column: 603

Alistair Burt:

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

Alistair Burt:

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Column: 604

Alistair Burt:

Russia [17 Jan 2012]

Mr Dominic Raab (Esher and Walton) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Mr Raab:

Mr Lidington:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 605

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Colombia [17 Jan 2012]

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

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

Yvonne Fovargue:

Mr Browne:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Column: 606

Mr Browne:

Tunisia [17 Jan 2012]

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

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

Mr Roy:

Alistair Burt:

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

Alistair Burt:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 607

Alistair Burt:

Burma [17 Jan 2012]

Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey) (Con):

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Mr Gyimah:

Mr Hague:

Dr Huppert:

Column: 608

Mr Hague:

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 609

Libyan Assets [17 Jan 2012]

Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland) (Lab):

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

Mr Reed:

Alistair Burt:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Topical Questions [17 Jan 2012]

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Column: 610

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr William Hague):

Margot James:

Mr Hague:

Mr Douglas Alexander (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 611

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab):

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

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Column: 612

Mr Hague:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mr Henry Bellingham):

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

Mr Bellingham:

Column: 613

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Bellingham:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 614

Mr Hague:

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

Mr Bellingham:

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab):

Column: 615

Mr Hague:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Column: 616

Alistair Burt:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 617

Point of Order [17 Jan 2012]

3.35 pm

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 618

Sexual Offences (Amendment) [17 Jan 2012]

3.36 pm

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Column: 619


Column: 620

3.46 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 621


Column: 622

Backbench Business

Future of Town Centres and High Streets [17 Jan 2012]

3.52 pm

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Column: 623

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Column: 624


Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Mr Jones:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Jones:

John Howell (Henley) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Column: 625

Dan Byles:

Mr Jones:

Dame Joan Ruddock (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Column: 626

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Mr Jones

Mr Speaker:

Mr Jones:

Column: 627


Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

4.12 pm

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab):

Column: 628

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Simon Danczuk:

Column: 629


Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Simon Danczuk:

4.20 pm

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

Column: 630


Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con):

Mr Streeter:

Mary Macleod:

Mr Streeter:

Mary Macleod:

Mr Streeter:

Column: 631


Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Mr Streeter:

Column: 632


4.30 pm

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge) (Lab):

Column: 633

Robert Halfon:

Jim Dowd:

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Jim Dowd:

Column: 634


Column: 635

4.40 pm

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Gareth Johnson:

Robert Halfon:

Column: 636

Gareth Johnson:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Gareth Johnson:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Gareth Johnson:

Column: 637


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.49 pm

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Column: 638


Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab):

Ann Coffey:

Rehman Chishti:

Column: 639

Ann Coffey:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.56 pm

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD):

Column: 640

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Mike Crockart:

Column: 641


5.3 pm

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Column: 642

Jim Shannon:

Chris Ruane:

Column: 643

5.9 pm

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Chris Ruane:

Mr Gray:

Column: 644

5.14 pm

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Column: 645


Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Derek Twigg:

Column: 646

5.20 pm

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Column: 647

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con):

Stephen Mosley:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 648

5.26 pm

Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 649

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Jonathan Reynolds:

Column: 650


5.33 pm

Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood) (Con):

Column: 651


5.38 pm

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

Column: 652

5.43 pm

Column: 653

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Column: 654


5.48 pm

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

Column: 655

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Meg Hillier:

Column: 656

5.54 pm

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Column: 657

Meg Hillier:

Mark Menzies:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Mark Menzies:

Column: 658

6.2 pm

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):

Column: 659


6.7 pm

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Column: 660


Mr David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Stuart Andrew:

Column: 661

Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con):

Stuart Andrew:

6.14 pm

Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan) (SNP):

Column: 662


Mr David Hamilton:

Dr Whiteford:

Mark Menzies:

Dr Whiteford:

Column: 663


6.20 pm

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 664

6.25 pm

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 665

Bob Stewart:

Nick Smith:

Column: 666

6.31 pm

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

Column: 667


6.36 pm

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 668


Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Sheila Gilmore:

Column: 669

Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston) (Lab/Co-op):

Sheila Gilmore:

6.43 pm

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con):

Column: 670


6.48 pm

Column: 671

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 672

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Duncan Hames:

Column: 673

6.54 pm

John Stevenson (Carlisle) (Con):

Column: 674


6.59 pm

James Wharton (Stockton South) (Con):

Column: 675

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

James Wharton:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

James Wharton:

Column: 676

7.6 pm

George Eustice (Camborne and Redruth) (Con):

Column: 677


Column: 678


7.11 pm

Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con):

Column: 679

7.15 pm

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

Column: 680


7.19 pm

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

Column: 681

7.24 pm

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Column: 682

7.29 pm

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (Con):

Column: 683


7.33 pm

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Column: 684


Column: 685

7.38 pm

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Peter Aldous:

Column: 686


7.43 pm

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con):

Column: 687

7.48 pm

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Column: 688


Column: 689


7.54 pm

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 690

Column: 691


7.59 pm

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con):

Column: 692

James Wharton:

Justin Tomlinson:

James Wharton:

Column: 693

Justin Tomlinson:

8.6 pm

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Column: 694

Nigel Mills:

Martin Vickers:

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

Column: 695

Martin Vickers:

8.14 pm

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

Column: 696

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Rory Stewart:

Mr Marcus Jones:

Rory Stewart:

Column: 697

8.21 pm

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

Column: 698

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Oliver Colvile:

Mr Marcus Jones:

Oliver Colvile:

Column: 699


8.29 pm

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 700


Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

8.34 pm

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Column: 701


8.39 pm

Column: 702

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con):

Column: 703


8.44 pm

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 704


8.49 pm

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

Column: 705

Column: 706


8.54 pm

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Column: 707


8.59 pm

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 708


9.4 pm

Column: 709

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

9.9 pm

Column: 710

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Column: 711


9.14 pm

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Column: 712


Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

Stephen Williams:

Column: 713


9.20 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Column: 714


9.25 pm

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 715


9.30 pm

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

Column: 716

Derek Twigg:

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Rory Stewart:

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Column: 717

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Roberta Blackman-Woods:

Column: 718


9.44 pm

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

Column: 719


Column: 720


Duncan Hames:

Grant Shapps:

Meg Hillier:

Grant Shapps:

Column: 721


Column: 722


9.58 pm

Mr Marcus Jones:

10 pm

Business without Debate [17 Jan 2012]

Delegated Legislation [17 Jan 2012]

Column: 723

Midwife and Maternity Services [17 Jan 2012]

10 pm

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Column: 724

Column: 725


Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Henry Smith:

Column: 726

10.13 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Anne Milton):

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

Column: 727

Anne Milton:

Column: 728


10.25 pm