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Volume No. 541 Part No. 271

House of Commons Debates 29 February 2012

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

wales

inward investment

feed-in tariffs

the people’s rail

burdens on business

funding reductions (women)

public service delivery

st david’s day

high speed 2

crime

tourism

prime minister

engagements

points of order

financial institutions (reform)

treaty on stability, co-ordination and governance

water industry (financial assistance) bill

business without debate

SUPPLY AND APPROPRIATION (ANTICIPATION AND ADJUSTMENTS) BILL

delegated legislation

european union documents

business of the house (5 march)

business of the house (6 march)

private hire and hackney carriage vehicles


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Column: 271

Column: 271

House of Commons [29 Feb 2012]

Prayers [29 Feb 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [29 Feb 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [29 Feb 2012]

Wales [29 Feb 2012]

Inward Investment [29 Feb 2012]

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan):

Gavin Williamson:

Mrs Gillan:

Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 272

Mrs Gillan:

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

Mrs Gillan:

Mr Peter Hain (Neath) (Lab):

Mrs Gillan:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hain:

Column: 273

Mrs Gillan:

Feed-in Tariffs [29 Feb 2012]

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Mr Hanson:

Mr Jones:

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 274

Mr Jones:

Mr Llwyd:

Mr Jones:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

The People’s Rail [29 Feb 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Alun Michael:

Mr Jones:

Column: 275

Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC):

Mr Jones:

Burdens on Business [29 Feb 2012]

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan):

Fiona Bruce:

Mrs Gillan:

Chris Kelly:

Mrs Gillan:

Column: 276

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

Mrs Gillan:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mrs Gillan:

Funding Reductions (Women) [29 Feb 2012]

Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan):

Jessica Morden:

Mrs Gillan:

Column: 277

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con):

Mrs Gillan:

Public Service Delivery [29 Feb 2012]

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Stuart Andrew:

Mr Jones:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Column: 278

Mr Jones:

St David’s Day [29 Feb 2012]

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan):

Mr Speaker:

Kevin Brennan:

Mrs Gillan:

Mr Speaker:

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con):

Mrs Gillan:

Column: 279

High Speed 2 [29 Feb 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Jonathan Edwards:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Jones:

Crime [29 Feb 2012]

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Mr David:

Mr Jones:

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

Mr Jones:

Column: 280

Tourism [29 Feb 2012]

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mrs Cheryl Gillan):

Mr Speaker:

Stephen Mosley:

Mrs Gillan:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Mrs Gillan:

Prime Minister [29 Feb 2012]

Engagements [29 Feb 2012]

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 281

The Prime Minister:

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 282

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 283

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 284

The Prime Minister:

Hon. Members:

Edward Miliband:

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Ian Swales (Redcar) (LD):

Column: 285

The Prime Minister:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 286

The Prime Minister:

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Column: 287

The Prime Minister:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 288

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 289

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley) (DUP):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con):

Column: 290

The Prime Minister:

Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 291

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

Mr Speaker:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 292

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 293

Points of Order [29 Feb 2012]

12.36 pm

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 294

Mr Speaker:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 295

Financial Institutions (Reform) [29 Feb 2012]

12.40 pm

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 296

Column: 297


Column: 298

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance [29 Feb 2012]

12.51 pm

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Cash:

Column: 299

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Mr Cash:

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

Mr Cash:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Cash:

Column: 300


Michael Connarty (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (Lab):

The Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household (Mr Mark Francois):

Michael Connarty:

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Chris Bryant:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 301

Mr Cash:

Michael Connarty:

Mr Cash:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Column: 302

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP)

Mr Speaker:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Cash:

Column: 303

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Cash:

Column: 304

Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Column: 305

Mr Buckland:

Mr Cash:

1.20 pm

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Column: 306


Martin Horwood:

Emma Reynolds:

Mr Baron:

Emma Reynolds:

Mr Bone:

Emma Reynolds:

Mr Baron:

Column: 307

Emma Reynolds:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Emma Reynolds:

Mr Baron:

Emma Reynolds:

Andrew Percy:

Emma Reynolds:

Column: 308

Henry Smith:

Emma Reynolds:

Andrew Percy:

Emma Reynolds:

Column: 309

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Emma Reynolds:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Emma Reynolds:

Column: 310

1.35 pm

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Column: 311


Emma Reynolds:

Andrea Leadsom:

Column: 312


Bob Stewart:

Andrea Leadsom:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

1.43 pm

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 313


Mr Bone:

Mr MacShane:

Bob Stewart:

Mr MacShane:

Column: 314

Mark Reckless:

Mr MacShane:

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset) (Con):

Mr MacShane:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr MacShane:

Column: 315


1.51 pm

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 316


Mr MacShane:

Martin Horwood:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Column: 317

Martin Horwood:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Martin Horwood:

2 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 318


Column: 319


Martin Horwood:

Chris Bryant:

2.7 pm

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 320


Column: 321


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

2.14 pm

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 322

Mr Clappison:

Martin Horwood:

Mr Clappison:

Column: 323


Bob Stewart

Mr Clappison:

Column: 324

Martin Horwood:

Mr Clappison:

2.23 pm

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 325


Graham Stringer:

Mr Bone:

Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab)

Mr Bone:

Mr Spellar:

Mr Bone:

Column: 326

Bob Stewart:

Mr Bone:

Column: 327

2.32 pm

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Column: 328


2.39 pm

Column: 329

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 330

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Mr Buckland:

Mr Cash

Mr Buckland:

Mr Cash:

Column: 331

Mr Buckland:

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Mr Buckland:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Buckland:

2.49 pm

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset) (Con):

Mr Buckland

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 332

Mr Buckland:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Cash:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 333


Martin Horwood

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Martin Horwood:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 334


2.58 pm

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mark Reckless:

Neil Carmichael:

Column: 335

Mr Buckland:

Neil Carmichael:

Column: 336


3.8 pm

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 337


Mr Buckland:

Mrs Main:

Martin Horwood:

Mrs Main:

Mark Reckless:

Mrs Main:

Column: 338

Martin Horwood:

Mrs Main:

Martin Horwood:

Mrs Main:

Column: 339

3.16 pm

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

Column: 340


Emma Reynolds:

Column: 341

Stephen Phillips:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

3.24 pm

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 342


3.27 pm

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

3.29 pm

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

Column: 343


3.32 pm

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Mr Bone

Mr Lidington:

Column: 344

Mr Baron:

Mr Lidington:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lidington:

Column: 345


Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Lidington:

Column: 346


Stephen Phillips:

Mr Lidington:

Column: 347


3.49 pm

Mr Cash:

3.51 pm

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

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 348

Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill [29 Feb 2012]

3.51 pm

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Mrs Caroline Spelman):

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

Mrs Spelman:

Column: 349


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

Column: 350

Mrs Spelman:

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Mrs Spelman:

Column: 351


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

Mrs Spelman:

Column: 352


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

Mrs Spelman:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)

Mrs Spelman:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 353

Mrs Spelman:

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

Mrs Spelman:

Several hon. Members

Mrs Spelman:

Column: 354


Mr Slaughter

Mrs Spelman:

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

Mrs Spelman:

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras) (Lab):

Mrs Spelman:

4.15 pm

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 355

Miss McIntosh:

Mary Creagh:

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

Mary Creagh:

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con):

Mary Creagh:

Column: 356

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Mary Creagh:

Mrs Spelman:

Mary Creagh:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Richard Benyon):

Column: 357

Mary Creagh:

Frank Dobson:

Mary Creagh:

Andrew George:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 358


Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Mary Creagh:

Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Mary Creagh:

Mr Offord:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 359


Mrs Spelman:

Mary Creagh:

Alison Seabeck:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 360

Dan Rogerson:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 361

Simon Hughes:

Mary Creagh:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 362

Mary Creagh:

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

Column: 363

Mary Creagh:

4.45 pm

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

Column: 364

Simon Hughes:

Miss McIntosh:

Mr Love:

Miss McIntosh:

Neil Parish:

Column: 365

Miss McIntosh:

Mary Creagh:

Miss McIntosh:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Miss McIntosh:

Simon Hughes:

Miss McIntosh:

Column: 366


Stephen Gilbert:

Miss McIntosh:

Column: 367

David Mowat:

Miss McIntosh:

Column: 368


5.8 pm

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Column: 369


Column: 370

Frank Dobson:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 371

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Column: 372


5.22 pm

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Andrew George:

Column: 373


Sheryll Murray:

Andrew George:

Column: 374


Miss McIntosh:

Andrew George:

Simon Hughes:

Andrew George:

Mr Offord:

Andrew George:

Column: 375

Column: 376


5.42 pm

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

Column: 377


Column: 378


Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Column: 379

5.54 pm

Mr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Column: 380

Mr Slaughter:

Mr Offord:

Column: 381

Dan Rogerson:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Offord:

Column: 382


Column: 383

6.7 pm

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Column: 384

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Mr Bradshaw:

Column: 385

Richard Benyon:

Mr Bradshaw:

6.17 pm

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Gavin Shuker (Luton South) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 386

Anne Marie Morris:

6.21 pm

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

Column: 387


Column: 388


Column: 389


6.30 pm

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

Sheryll Murray:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 390

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 391

Simon Hughes:

Mr Slaughter

Simon Hughes:

Mr Slaughter:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 392


Column: 393


6.47 pm

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Column: 394

Column: 395


Column: 396


6.57 pm

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

7 pm

Column: 397

Business without Debate [29 Feb 2012]

SUPPLY AND APPROPRIATION (ANTICIPATION AND ADJUSTMENTS) BILL

Delegated legislation [29 Feb 2012]

Column: 398

European Union documents [29 Feb 2012]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (5 March) [29 Feb 2012]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (6 March) [29 Feb 2012]

Column: 399

Private Hire and Hackney Carriage Vehicles [29 Feb 2012]

7.2 pm

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Column: 400


Column: 401

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Richard Fuller:

Column: 402


Jonathan Lord (Woking) (Con):

Richard Fuller:

Column: 403

7.20 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Norman Baker):

Column: 404


Column: 405


Column: 406


7.31 pm