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Volume No. 541 Part No. 275

House of Commons Debates 7 March 2012

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

spoliation advisory panel

oral answers to questions

northern ireland

security situation

united kingdom

bill of rights

pat finucane review

inward investment

economic development

defence capability

prime minister

engagements

visits (central ayrshire)

engagements

diamond jubilee

points of order

speaker’s statement

changing perceptions of northern ireland

sergei magnitsky

employment support

business without debate

delegated legislation

european union documents

business of the house (12 march)

business of the house (13 march)

historical enquiries team


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Column: 827

Column: 827

House of Commons [7 Mar 2012]

Prayers [7 Mar 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [7 Mar 2012]

Business Before Questions [7 Mar 2012]

Spoliation Advisory Panel [7 Mar 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [7 Mar 2012]

Northern Ireland [7 Mar 2012]

Security Situation [7 Mar 2012]

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Pauline Latham:

Column: 828

Mr Paterson:

Robert Halfon:

Mr Paterson:

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

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

Mr Paterson:

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

Mr Paterson:

Column: 829

Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab):

Mr Paterson:

Vernon Coaker:

Mr Paterson:

United Kingdom [7 Mar 2012]

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Nigel Adams:

Mr Paterson:

Column: 830

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Paterson:

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Mr Paterson:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Column: 831

Mr Paterson:

Bill of Rights [7 Mar 2012]

Paul Murphy (Torfaen) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Paul Murphy:

Mr Swire:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Swire:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 832

Mr Swire:

Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind):

Mr Swire:

Pat Finucane Review [7 Mar 2012]

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Valerie Vaz:

Mr Paterson:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Column: 833

Mr Paterson:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Paterson:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

Mr Paterson:

Inward Investment [7 Mar 2012]

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Column: 834

Andrea Leadsom:

Mr Swire:

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

Mr Swire:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Swire:

Dr Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South) (SDLP):

Column: 835

Mr Swire:

Economic Development [7 Mar 2012]

Elizabeth Truss (South West Norfolk) (Con):

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mr Swire:

David Rutley:

Mr Swire:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Mr Swire:

Column: 836

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Swire:

Defence Capability [7 Mar 2012]

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Simon Kirby:

Mr Paterson:

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Paterson:

Column: 837

Prime Minister [7 Mar 2012]

Engagements [7 Mar 2012]

Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con):

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Nick Boles:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 838

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 839

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 840

The Prime Minister:

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

Mr Speaker:

Nadhim Zahawi:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 841

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Column: 842

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mark Pritchard:

The Prime Minister:

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con):

Column: 843

The Prime Minister:

Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 844

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

The Prime Minister:

Visits (Central Ayrshire) [7 Mar 2012]

Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Donohoe:

The Prime Minister:

Engagements [7 Mar 2012]

Louise Mensch (Corby) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Louise Mensch:

Column: 845


The Prime Minister:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Nigel Adams (Selby and Ainsty) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Column: 846

The Prime Minister:

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 847

The Prime Minister:

Column: 848

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 849

Diamond Jubilee [7 Mar 2012]

12.34 pm

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 850


12.40 pm

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 851

Column: 852


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

12.44 pm

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

Column: 853


12.52 pm

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 854


12.57 pm

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 855


Column: 856

1.4 pm

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

1.7 pm

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Column: 857


1.11 pm

Mr David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough) (Lab):

Column: 858

1.16 pm

Column: 859

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

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Simon Hughes:

Column: 860


1.22 pm

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 861

1.25 pm

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

1.26 pm

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

Column: 862


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

1.30 pm

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Column: 863

Column: 864

1.38 pm

Liz Kendall (Leicester West) (Lab):

Column: 865


1.39 pm

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Column: 866


1.43 pm

Sir Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Column: 867

Column: 868


1.51 pm

Mrs Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest) (Con):

1.51 pm

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

Column: 869


1.56 pm

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Column: 870


1.58 pm

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Column: 871

2.4 pm

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

2.7 pm

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

Column: 872

2.9 pm

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

2.9 pm

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

Column: 873

Column: 874


2.14 pm

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

Column: 875


2.18 pm

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

Column: 876

2.21 pm

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

2.23 pm

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 877


Mr Speaker:

2.26 pm

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 878


2.27 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Column: 879

Points of Order [7 Mar 2012]

2.29 pm

Mr Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill) (Lab):

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Column: 880

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Chris Bryant:

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

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 881

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 882

Speaker’s Statement [7 Mar 2012]

2.37 pm

Mr Speaker:

Column: 883

Opposition Day

Changing Perceptions of Northern Ireland [7 Mar 2012]

2.38 pm

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 884


Column: 885

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Dr McCrea:

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Dr McCrea:

Column: 886


Column: 887


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

2.56 pm

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Owen Paterson):

Column: 888


Column: 889


Column: 890


Column: 891


3.9 pm

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Column: 892


Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mr Campbell:

Dr McCrea:

Mr Campbell:

Column: 893


3.18 pm

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

Column: 894


3.23 pm

Column: 895

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 896


Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 897


Column: 898


3.39 pm

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Column: 899

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

David Simpson:

Mr Dodds:

David Simpson:

Jim Shannon:

David Simpson:

Column: 900


Jim Shannon:

David Simpson:

Column: 901

Column: 902

Mr Dodds:

David Simpson:

Column: 903


4.4 pm

Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab):

Dr McCrea:

Vernon Coaker:

Column: 904

Column: 905


Column: 906


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

4.15 pm

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 907


Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Dodds

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Dodds:

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Dodds:

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 908


Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Dodds:

Ms Ritchie:

Dr McCrea:

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 909


4.27 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Vernon Coaker:

Jim Shannon:

Column: 910


Column: 911

Column: 912


Ms Ritchie:

Jim Shannon:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Jim Shannon:

Column: 913


Column: 914

Ian Paisley

Sammy Wilson

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

4.46 pm

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 915


Mark Durkan:

Sammy Wilson:

Mark Durkan:

Ms Ritchie:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 916

Mr Dodds:

Sammy Wilson:

4.55 pm

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 917


Dr McCrea:

Ian Paisley:

Column: 918

5.6 pm

Column: 919

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 920


Column: 921


Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Mr Dodds:

Column: 922


5.20 pm

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Column: 923


Column: 924


Column: 925


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

Mr Swire:

Column: 926


Column: 928

Backbench Business

Sergei Magnitsky [7 Mar 2012]

5.37 pm

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

Column: 929


Column: 930

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Mr Raab:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Mr Raab:

5.45 pm

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Column: 931


Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Emma Reynolds:

Column: 932

Column: 933

5.54 pm

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

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 934

Alistair Burt:

Chris Bryant:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 935


Column: 936


6.3 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Chris Bryant:

Column: 937

Mr Burley:

Chris Bryant:

Alistair Burt:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 938

Alistair Burt:

Chris Bryant:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

6.11 pm

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Column: 939


Column: 940

6.17 pm

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 941

6.23 pm

Column: 942

Nadine Dorries (Mid Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 943


Nadine Dorries:

6.30 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 944


Column: 945

6.35 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 946


Chris Bryant:

Mr Leigh:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Leigh:

Column: 947

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Mr Leigh:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

6.44 pm

Column: 948

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

6.48 pm

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 949


6.52 pm

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Column: 950


6.55 pm

Mr Raab:

Column: 951


Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Iain Duncan Smith):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 952

Employment Support [7 Mar 2012]

6.59 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Maria Miller):

Column: 953


Column: 954


7.7 pm

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mrs McGuire:

Column: 955

Column: 956

Mr Speaker:

Mrs McGuire:

Maria Miller:

Column: 957

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Column: 958

Maria Miller:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Maria Miller:

Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Column: 959

Maria Miller:

Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC):

Maria Miller:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Column: 960

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Hon. Members:

Mr Speaker:

Maria Miller:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 961

Mr Speaker:

Ann Clwyd

Mr Speaker:

Maria Miller:

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 962

Maria Miller:

Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South) (LD):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hancock:

Maria Miller:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Column: 963

Maria Miller:

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

Maria Miller:

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Column: 964

Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North) (Lab):

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Mr Doran:

Maria Miller:

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 965

Maria Miller:

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

Maria Miller:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Column: 966

Maria Miller:

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Maria Miller:

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Maria Miller:

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

Column: 967

Maria Miller:

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 968

Maria Miller:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Maria Miller:

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) (LD):

Maria Miller:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Column: 969

Maria Miller:

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con):

Maria Miller:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Maria Miller:

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

Column: 970

Maria Miller:

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

Maria Miller:

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Column: 971

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Maria Miller:

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

Column: 972

Maria Miller:

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

Maria Miller:

Sir Alan Meale (Mansfield) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

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

Maria Miller:

Column: 973

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Maria Miller:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Maria Miller:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Business without Debate [7 Mar 2012]

Delegated Legislation [7 Mar 2012]

European Union Documents [7 Mar 2012]

Column: 974

Business of the House (12 March) [7 Mar 2012]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (13 MARCH) [7 Mar 2012]

PetitionsPost Office Services (Torphichen, West Lothian)

8.17 pm

Column: 975

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

Health and Social Care Bill

8.19 pm

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

Column: 976

Historical Enquiries Team [7 Mar 2012]

8.20 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 977


Column: 978

Column: 979

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Stephen Pound:

Jim Shannon:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Jim Shannon:

Column: 980

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 981

Jim Shannon:

8.39 pm

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Column: 982


8.43 pm

Column: 983

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