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Volume No. 540 Part No. 264

House of Commons Debates 9 February 2012

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

culture, media and sport

local radio franchises

gaming machines

broadband

electronic communications (privacy)

olympics (domestic tourism)

sport england/uk sport

mountaineering, hill walking and climbing

woolf review

s4c

sport england/uk sport

creative industries

broadband (greater manchester)

football club licensing

child protection (internet)

topical questions

leader of the house

e-petitions

ministerial statements

statutory register of lobbyists

oral questions

feed-in tariffs

business of the house

afghanistan

point of order

somalia

business without debate

business of the house (22 february)

business of the house (23 february)

benefits (terminally ill patients)


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Column: 451

House of Commons [9 Feb 2012]

Prayers [9 Feb 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [9 Feb 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [9 Feb 2012]

Culture, Media and Sport [9 Feb 2012]

Local Radio Franchises [9 Feb 2012]

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

John Pugh:

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Speaker:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 452

Gaming Machines [9 Feb 2012]

Mr Don Foster (Bath) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (John Penrose):

Mr Foster:

John Penrose:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

John Penrose:

Column: 453

Broadband [9 Feb 2012]

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

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

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

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hunt:

Simon Hart:

Mr Hunt:

Adam Afriyie:

Column: 454

Mr Hunt:

Andrew Selous:

Mr Hunt:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr Hunt:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Hunt:

Column: 455

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Mr Hunt:

Electronic Communications (Privacy) [9 Feb 2012]

Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Eric Joyce:

Mr Vaizey:

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Olympics (Domestic Tourism) [9 Feb 2012]

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

Column: 456

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (John Penrose):

Mrs Laing:

John Penrose:

Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab):

John Penrose:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 457

John Penrose:

Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab):

John Penrose:

Sport England/UK Sport [9 Feb 2012]

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

Valerie Vaz:

Column: 458

Hugh Robertson:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Hugh Robertson:

Mountaineering, Hill Walking and Climbing [9 Feb 2012]

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

David Rutley:

Hon. Members:

Hugh Robertson:

Column: 459

Woolf Review [9 Feb 2012]

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (PC):

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

Jonathan Edwards:

Hugh Robertson:

S4C [9 Feb 2012]

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

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

Column: 460

Alun Michael:

Mr Hunt:

Sport England/UK Sport [9 Feb 2012]

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

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

Mr Brown:

Hugh Robertson:

Creative Industries [9 Feb 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Column: 461


Seema Malhotra:

Mr Vaizey:

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Speaker:

Broadband (Greater Manchester) [9 Feb 2012]

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

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

Column: 462

Mr Nuttall:

Mr Hunt:

Football Club Licensing [9 Feb 2012]

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

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

Tom Greatrex:

Hugh Robertson:

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

Hugh Robertson:

Child Protection (Internet) [9 Feb 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Column: 463

Mr Sheerman:

Mr Vaizey:

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con)

Mr Speaker:

Topical Questions [9 Feb 2012]

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

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

Mr Burley:

Mr Hunt:

Column: 464

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

Mr Hunt:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

The Minister for Sport and the Olympics (Hugh Robertson):

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Column: 465

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

Mr Jeremy Hunt:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Hugh Robertson:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Mr Jeremy Hunt:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 466

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Hunt:

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

Mr Hunt:

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

Mr Vaizey:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Hugh Robertson:

Column: 467

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

Mr Jeremy Hunt:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op):

Hugh Robertson:

Leader of the House [9 Feb 2012]

E-petitions [9 Feb 2012]

Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con):

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

Column: 468

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

Claire Perry:

Mr Heath:

Tom Greatrex:

Mr Heath:

Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

Column: 469

Mr Heath:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Mr Heath:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Heath:

Ministerial Statements [9 Feb 2012]

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

The Leader of the House of Commons (Sir George Young):

Mr Brown:

Column: 470

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

Statutory Register of Lobbyists [9 Feb 2012]

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

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

John Cryer:

Column: 471

Mr Heath:

Graham Jones:

Mr Heath:

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Mr Heath:

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Mr Heath:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Heath:

Column: 472

Oral Questions [9 Feb 2012]

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

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

Jonathan Ashworth:

Mr Heath:

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Mr Heath:

Column: 473

Feed-in Tariffs [9 Feb 2012]

11.34 am

Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (Lab)

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Gregory Barker):

Ms Rosie Winterton (Doncaster Central) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Column: 474


Caroline Flint:

Column: 475


Gregory Barker:

Mr Tim Yeo (South Suffolk) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Column: 476

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Column: 477

Gregory Barker:

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

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

Gregory Barker:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Column: 478

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

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

Gregory Barker:

Column: 479

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

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

Gregory Barker:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 480

Gregory Barker:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Gregory Barker:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Column: 481

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Gregory Barker:

Column: 482

Business of the House [9 Feb 2012]

12.1 pm

Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

The Leader of the House of Commons (Sir George Young):

Column: 483


Ms Eagle:

Column: 484


Sir George Young:

Column: 485

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Column: 486

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Ian Austin:

Mr Speaker:

Ian Austin:

Sir George Young:

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Column: 487

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Mr Don Foster (Bath) (LD):

Sir George Young:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Column: 488

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Column: 489

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

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

Column: 490

Sir George Young:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

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

Column: 491

Sir George Young:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Column: 492

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Column: 493

Sir George Young:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Sir George Young:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Column: 494

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

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

Sir George Young:

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Column: 495

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Sir George Young:

Column: 496

Afghanistan [9 Feb 2012]

12.42 pm

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

Column: 497


Column: 498

Column: 499


12.54 pm

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

Column: 500

Column: 501


Mr Hague:

Column: 502


Column: 503

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 504

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 505

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 506

Mr Hague:

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):

Mr Hague:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 507

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 508

Point of Order [9 Feb 2012]

1.22 pm

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

Column: 509

Somalia [9 Feb 2012]

1.22 pm

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

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

Column: 510

Mr Hague:

Column: 511


Tony Cunningham (Workington) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 512

Mr Hague:

Column: 513


Column: 514


Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 515

Mr Hague:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 516

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 517


1.51 pm

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

Column: 518

Column: 519


Column: 520


Column: 521


Column: 522


2.9 pm

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Column: 523


Alun Michael:

Richard Ottaway:

Alun Michael:

Richard Ottaway:

Column: 524


Column: 525


Column: 526

2.25 pm

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

Column: 527


Laura Sandys:

Alun Michael:

Column: 528

Bob Stewart:

Alun Michael:

Column: 529


Column: 530


Column: 531


Column: 532


2.51 pm

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 533


Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Tony Baldry:

Column: 534

Column: 535


Column: 536


Column: 537


3.15 pm

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

Column: 538


Column: 539

Column: 540

3.33 pm

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 541


Column: 542


Bob Stewart:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 543


Alun Michael:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 544

Alun Michael:

Column: 545

Martin Horwood:

3.51 pm

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

Alun Michael:

Jonathan Ashworth:

Column: 546


Column: 547


Jeremy Corbyn:

Jonathan Ashworth:

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

Jonathan Ashworth:

Column: 548


4.4 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 549


Alun Michael:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 550


Martin Horwood:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 551


Column: 552


Column: 553

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

4.23 pm

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

Column: 554


Column: 555

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

4.31 pm

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Jeremy Corbyn:

Column: 556

Sarah Newton:

Column: 557

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

4.39 pm

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

Column: 558

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Seema Malhotra:

Jane Ellison:

Seema Malhotra:

Column: 559


4.45 pm

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

Column: 560


Bob Stewart:

Oliver Colvile:

4.53 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 561

Column: 562

Column: 563


5.4 pm

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

Column: 564


Column: 565


5.10 pm

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 566


Column: 567


Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

Penny Mordaunt:

5.19 pm

Column: 568

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 569

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.27 pm

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

Column: 570

5.32 pm

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 571


Column: 572

Column: 573


5.46 pm

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

Column: 574

Mr Leigh:

Mr Bellingham:

Column: 575


Alun Michael:

Mr Bellingham:

Column: 576


Column: 577


Business without Debate [9 Feb 2012]

Business of the House (22 February) [9 Feb 2012]

Business of the House (23 February) [9 Feb 2012]

Column: 578

Benefits (Terminally Ill Patients) [9 Feb 2012]

6 pm

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

Column: 579

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

Meg Hillier:

Column: 580


Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Meg Hillier:

Column: 581

Column: 582

6.16 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Column: 583


Tom Greatrex:

Steve Webb:

Column: 584


Meg Hillier:

Steve Webb:

Column: 585

Meg Hillier:

Column: 586

Steve Webb:

6.29 pm