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Volume No. 540

Part No. 265

House of Commons Debates 20 February 2012

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

defence

departmental budget

contracts (small businesses)

medical emergency response team (helmand)

defence exports

olympics (security)

redundancies (armed forces)

defence munitions beith

falkland islands

falkland islands (argentine forces)

medals

defence science and technology

pakistan and afghanistan

aircraft carrier programme

topical questions

office for fair access

uk border agency

points of order

iran

future of biomass

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Column: 587

House of Commons [20 Feb 2012]

Prayers [20 Feb 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [20 Feb 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [20 Feb 2012]

Defence [20 Feb 2012]

Departmental Budget [20 Feb 2012]

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

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Nadhim Zahawi:

Mr Hammond:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 588

Mr Hammond:

Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Hammond:

Contracts (Small Businesses) [20 Feb 2012]

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Peter Luff):

Julian Smith:

Column: 589

Peter Luff:

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

Peter Luff:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Peter Luff:

Mr Speaker:

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

Peter Luff:

Column: 590

Medical Emergency Response Team (Helmand) [20 Feb 2012]

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey):

Mrs Moon:

Nick Harvey:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Nick Harvey:

Column: 591

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) (Lab):

Nick Harvey:

Defence Exports [20 Feb 2012]

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Gerald Howarth):

Charlie Elphicke:

Mr Howarth:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 592

Mr Howarth:

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East) (Lab):

Mr Howarth:

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

Mr Howarth:

Olympics (Security) [20 Feb 2012]

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

Column: 593

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Stephen Hammond:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Philip Hammond:

Mr Speaker:

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Mr Philip Hammond:

Stuart Andrew:

Column: 594

Mr Hammond:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr Hammond:

Redundancies (Armed Forces) [20 Feb 2012]

Mark Lancaster (Milton Keynes North) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Andrew Robathan):

Mark Lancaster:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 595

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr Robathan:

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

Defence Munitions Beith [20 Feb 2012]

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

Column: 596

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Peter Luff):

Katy Clark:

Peter Luff:

Gemma Doyle (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op):

Peter Luff:

Falkland Islands [20 Feb 2012]

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Mr Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con):

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Column: 597

Amber Rudd:

Mr Hammond:

Mr Swayne:

Mr Hammond:

Simon Kirby:

Mr Hammond:

George Freeman:

Mr Hammond:

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

Mr Hammond:

Column: 598

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Mr Hammond:

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Hammond:

Falkland Islands (Argentine Forces) [20 Feb 2012]

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

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Mr Raab:

Column: 599

Mr Hammond:

Medals [20 Feb 2012]

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Andrew Robathan):

Caroline Dinenage:

Mr Robathan:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mr Robathan:

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

Mr Robathan:

Defence Science and Technology [20 Feb 2012]

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Column: 600

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Peter Luff):

Henry Smith:

Peter Luff:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Peter Luff:

Pakistan and Afghanistan [20 Feb 2012]

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

Column: 601

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Gregg McClymont:

Mr Hammond:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Aircraft Carrier Programme [20 Feb 2012]

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Peter Luff):

Nick Smith:

Column: 602

Peter Luff:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Peter Luff:

Topical Questions [20 Feb 2012]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Ann McKechin:

Column: 603

Mr Hammond:

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

Mr Hammond:

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Andrew Robathan):

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con):

Column: 604

Mr Philip Hammond:

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Peter Luff):

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Mr Philip Hammond:

Mr Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

Column: 605

Mr Philip Hammond:

Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

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

Mr Philip Hammond:

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

Column: 606

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Nick Harvey):

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Mr Robathan:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Mr Philip Hammond:

Mr Speaker:

Jessica Lee (Erewash) (Con):

Mr Robathan:

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

Column: 607

Mr Philip Hammond:

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Column: 608

Mr Hammond:

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

Peter Luff:

Column: 609

Office for Fair Access [20 Feb 2012]

3.34 pm

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con)

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Vince Cable):

Column: 610

Mr Clappison:

Vince Cable:

Column: 611

Mr Chuka Umunna (Streatham) (Lab):

Column: 612

Vince Cable:

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West) (Lab/Co-op):

Vince Cable:

Column: 613

Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

Column: 614

Vince Cable:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab)

Column: 615

Mr Speaker:

Mr Barron:

Vince Cable:

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

Column: 616

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Vince Cable:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Column: 617

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Column: 618

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

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

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

Vince Cable:

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 619

Vince Cable:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Mr Speaker:

Stephen Lloyd:

Vince Cable:

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Column: 620

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Vince Cable:

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Vince Cable:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 621

UK Border Agency [20 Feb 2012]

4.12 pm

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

Column: 622

Column: 623

4.21 pm

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

Column: 624

Column: 625

Column: 626

Mrs May:

Column: 627

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 628

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mrs May:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Mrs May:

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

Column: 629

Mrs May:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Mrs May:

Mr Speaker:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mrs May:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Column: 630

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 631

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

Mrs May:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 632

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

Mrs May:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 633

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 634

Points of Order [20 Feb 2012]

4.55 pm

Mr Speaker:

Mark Simmonds (Boston and Skegness) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 635

Backbench Business

Iran [20 Feb 2012]

Mr Speaker:

4.59 pm

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con):

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 636

Mr Baron:

Robert Halfon:

Mr Baron:

Robert Halfon:

Mr Speaker:

Robert Halfon:

Mr Baron:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD)

Mr Baron:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 637

Mr Baron:

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Mr Baron:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Baron:

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Mr Baron:

Column: 638

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

Mr Baron:

Mike Gapes:

Mr Baron:

Column: 639

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

Mr Baron:

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

Mr Baron:

Column: 640

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Baron:

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Baron:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 641

Mr Baron:

Column: 642

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.24 pm

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

Mr Baron:

Mr McCann:

Column: 643

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr McCann:

Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Mr McCann:

Column: 644

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr McCann:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.33 pm

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Column: 645

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 646

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Paul Flynn:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 647

Mr Baron:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 648

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker:

5.44 pm

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 649

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Straw:

Column: 650

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con):

Mr Straw:

Paul Flynn:

Mr Straw:

Column: 651

5.56 pm

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

Paul Flynn:

Mr Hague:

Column: 652

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 653

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Roy

Mr Hague:

Mr Baron:

Column: 654

Mr Hague:

Mike Gapes:

Mr Hague:

Mr Redwood:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) (Lab)

Mr Hague:

Column: 655

Sajid Javid:

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hague:

Mr Tom Clarke:

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Column: 656

Mr Hague:

Mr MacNeil:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Tom Clarke:

Mr Hague:

Column: 657

Sajid Javid:

Mr Hague:

Sajid Javid

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)

Mr Hague:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:

Column: 658

Mr Hague:

Sajid Javid:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Column: 659

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 660

6.26 pm

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

Column: 661

Column: 662

Mr Baron:

Mr Alexander:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Mr Alexander:

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

Column: 663

Mr Alexander:

Mr Stewart Jackson:

Mr Alexander:

Paul Flynn:

Mr Alexander:

Sir Menzies Campbell:

Column: 664

Mr Alexander:

Column: 665

Mr Leigh:

Mr Alexander:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Column: 666

Mr Alexander:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

6.48 pm

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Column: 667

Mr Straw:

Richard Ottaway:

Column: 668

Angie Bray:

Richard Ottaway:

6.57 pm

Column: 669

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 670

Zac Goldsmith:

Mr Llwyd:

Paul Flynn:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 671

7.7 pm

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 672

Mr Straw:

Nicholas Soames:

Mr Straw:

Nicholas Soames:

Column: 673

Paul Flynn:

Nicholas Soames:

7.15 pm

Column: 674

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

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 675

7.22 pm

Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North) (Con):

Column: 676

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 677

Mr Wallace:

Mike Gapes:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 678

7.33 pm

Mr Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East) (Lab):

Column: 679

Bob Stewart:

Mr Ainsworth:

Column: 680

7.41 pm

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Baron:

Martin Horwood:

Column: 681

Mr Baron:

Martin Horwood:

Alec Shelbrooke:

Column: 682

Martin Horwood:

7.52 pm

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 683

Column: 684

Martin Horwood:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 685

Mr Baron:

Mr Dodds:

8.4 pm

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

Column: 686

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con)

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:

Mr Baron:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown:

Column: 687

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

8.13 pm

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

Column: 688

Alec Shelbrooke

Mike Gapes:

Bob Stewart:

Mike Gapes:

Column: 689

8.22 pm

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 690

Mr Dodds:

Patrick Mercer:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Patrick Mercer:

Column: 691

Bob Stewart:

Column: 692

Patrick Mercer:

8.33 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 693

Column: 694

8.40 pm

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Column: 695

8.48pm

Mr William Bain (Glasgow North East) (Lab):

Column: 696

Column: 697

8.57 pm

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Column: 698

Mr Leigh:

Mr Binley:

Column: 699

9.6 pm

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Column: 700

Column: 701

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Paul Flynn:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

9.14 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 702

Mr Stewart Jackson:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 703

Paul Flynn:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 704

9.23 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Baron:

Column: 705

Chris Bryant:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Column: 706

Chris Bryant:

Martin Horwood:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 707

9.35 pm

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Column: 708

9.43 pm

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 709

Column: 710

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

9.50 pm

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

Column: 711

9.54 pm

Column: 712

Mr Baron:

Division No. 471 [ Points of Order] [20 Feb 2012]

Column: 715

Future of Biomass [20 Feb 2012]

10.15 pm

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Column: 716

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Graham Stringer:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Graham Stringer:

Column: 717

Column: 718

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Graham Stringer:

10.26 pm

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

Column: 719

Column: 720

Graham Jones:

Gregory Barker:

Column: 721

Column: 722

Graham Jones:

Gregory Barker:

10.42 pm

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