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Volume No. 542 Part No. 283

House of Commons Debates 21 March 2012

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

cabinet office

civil service

policy advice (outsourcing)

voluntary and community sector

voluntary sector funding

voluntary and community sector

government procurement

topical questions

prime minister

engagements

early intervention

engagements

financial statement

provisional collection of taxes

budget resolutions and economic situation

amendment of the law

business without debate

european union documents

sittings of the house

delegated legislation

pharmaceutical industry


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Column: 773

Column: 773

House of Commons [21 Mar 2012]

Prayers [21 Mar 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [21 Mar 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Mar 2012]

Cabinet Office [21 Mar 2012]

Civil Service [21 Mar 2012]

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op):

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr Oliver Letwin):

Mr Barron:

Mr Letwin:

Column: 774

Cathy Jamieson:

Mr Letwin:

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

Mr Letwin:

Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds) (Con):

Mr Letwin:

Column: 775

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth) (Lab):

Mr Letwin:

Jon Trickett:

Mr Letwin:

Policy Advice (Outsourcing) [21 Mar 2012]

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab):

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude):

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 776

Mr Maude:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr Maude:

Voluntary and Community Sector [21 Mar 2012]

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Nick Hurd):

Lilian Greenwood:

Mr Hurd:

Mr Speaker:

Phil Wilson

Column: 777

Mr Speaker:

Phil Wilson:

Mr Speaker:

Phil Wilson:

Mr Hurd:

Mr Speaker:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Mr Hurd:

Nicky Morgan (Loughborough) (Con):

Mr Hurd:

Column: 778

Voluntary Sector Funding [21 Mar 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Nick Hurd):

Seema Malhotra:

Mr Hurd:

Voluntary and Community Sector [21 Mar 2012]

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Mr Oliver Letwin):

Yvonne Fovargue:

Column: 779

Mr Letwin:

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr Letwin:

Government Procurement [21 Mar 2012]

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

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con):

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude)

Mr Speaker:

Mr Maude:

Simon Hughes:

Mr Maude:

David Morris:

Column: 780

Mr Maude:

Mr Speaker:

Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (Lab):

Mr Maude:

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East) (Lab):

Mr Maude:

Column: 781

Topical Questions [21 Mar 2012]

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Mr Francis Maude):

Jake Berry:

Mr Maude:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

Mr Maude:

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Mr Maude:

Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab):

Mr Maude:

Column: 782

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Mr Maude:

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

Mr Maude:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Mr Maude:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Mr Maude:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Column: 783

Mr Maude:

Prime Minister [21 Mar 2012]

Engagements [21 Mar 2012]

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Mark Menzies:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 784


Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 785

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 786

The Prime Minister:

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 787

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) (Lab):

Column: 789

The Prime Minister:

Mr Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Early Intervention [21 Mar 2012]

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Allen:

Column: 790

The Prime Minister:

Engagements [21 Mar 2012]

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

Mr Speaker:

Simon Hughes:

Column: 791

The Prime Minister:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth) (Lab):

Column: 792

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Hon. Members:

Mr Speaker:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 793

Ways and Means

Financial Statement [21 Mar 2012]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

12.32 pm

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne):

Column: 794

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Osborne:

Column: 795

Column: 796

Column: 797


Column: 798


Column: 799

Hon. Members:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Osborne:

Column: 800


Column: 801


Column: 802


Column: 803


Column: 804


Column: 805


Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

Mr Osborne:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 806

Mr Osborne:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Osborne:

Column: 807

Column: 808


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES [21 Mar 2012]

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 809

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [21 Mar 2012]

Amendment of the Law [21 Mar 2012]

1.32 pm

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Edward Miliband:

Column: 810


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Edward Miliband:

Column: 811

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Edward Miliband:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Edward Miliband:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Edward Miliband:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Column: 812

Edward Miliband:

Mr George Osborne:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 813


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Mr Tyrie:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

1.49 pm

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Column: 814

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr Tyrie:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Column: 815

Mr Tyrie:

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

Mr Tyrie:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Tyrie:

Column: 816


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

Mr Tyrie:

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr Tyrie:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Mr Tyrie:

Column: 817

2.1 pm

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab):

Ann McKechin:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Ann McKechin:

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Ann McKechin:

Column: 818

Dr Huppert:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Ann McKechin:

Column: 819


Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Column: 820

Ann McKechin:

2.13 pm

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 821

Mr Redwood:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr Redwood:

Column: 822


Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Redwood:

Column: 823

Column: 824

2.25 pm

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Several hon. Members

Derek Twigg:

Charlie Elphicke:

Derek Twigg:

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth) (Con):

Derek Twigg:

Column: 825


Column: 826


Column: 827


2.38 pm

Stephen Williams (Bristol West) (LD):

Column: 828


Dame Joan Ruddock:

Stephen Williams:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Stephen Williams:

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):

Stephen Williams:

Column: 829


Charlie Elphicke:

Stephen Williams:

Column: 830


Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Stephen Williams:

2.50 pm

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Column: 831

Teresa Pearce:

Mr Denham:

Column: 832

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Mr Denham:

Column: 833


Charlie Elphicke

Mr Denham:

Column: 834


3.2 pm

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 835


Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Stephen Mosley:

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Stephen Mosley:

Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Column: 836

Stephen Mosley:

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

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 837


3.13 pm

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 838

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 839

Ian Lucas:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 840


3.25 pm

Brandon Lewis (Great Yarmouth) (Con):

Jesse Norman:

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 841


Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab):

Brandon Lewis:

Andrea Leadsom:

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 842

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 843

3.35 pm

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Column: 844


Column: 845

Jesse Norman:

Stewart Hosie:

Andrea Leadsom:

Stewart Hosie:

Column: 846

Jake Berry

Stewart Hosie:

Jake Berry:

Stewart Hosie:

3.48 pm

Mr Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Column: 847


Column: 848

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Mr Syms:

Column: 849

3.55 pm

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

Column: 850


Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Diana Johnson:

Column: 851


Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Diana Johnson:

Column: 852


Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Diana Johnson:

4.8 pm

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

Column: 853


Debbie Abrahams:

Jesse Norman:

4.13 pm

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab):

Column: 854

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

Mr Lammy:

Column: 855


Column: 856


4.24 pm

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Column: 857


Column: 858

4.31 pm

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

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Meg Hillier:

Column: 859

Column: 860

Column: 861

4.43 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 862


Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

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

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 863


Meg Hillier:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 864

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

4.55 pm

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Column: 865

Barry Gardiner:

John Healey:

Austin Mitchell:

John Healey:

Column: 866


Column: 867


5.8 pm

Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Column: 868

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Gavin Williamson:

Column: 869


Mr Marcus Jones:

Gavin Williamson:

Mr Bailey:

Gavin Williamson:

Mr Bailey:

Gavin Williamson:

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

Column: 870

Gavin Williamson:

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Gavin Williamson:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

5.21 pm

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

Column: 871

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

Naomi Long:

Column: 872


Column: 873

5.31 pm

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Neil Carmichael:

Column: 874

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Neil Carmichael:

Column: 875


Column: 876


5.43 pm

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

Andrew Bridgen:

Column: 877

Mr Bailey:

Barry Gardiner:

Mr Bailey:

Column: 878


Column: 879


Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

5.56 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 880


Column: 881


6.4 pm

Austin Mitchell (Great Grimsby) (Lab):

Column: 882


Column: 883

6.12 pm

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Column: 884


Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Andrew Bridgen:

Mr Marcus Jones:

Column: 885

Andrew Bridgen:

6.20 pm

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 886

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Barry Gardiner:

Mr Jackson:

Column: 887

Barry Gardiner:

Column: 888


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 889

6.31 pm

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Column: 890


6.39 pm

Column: 891

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Column: 892

Column: 893

6.47 pm

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 894


6.54 pm

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

Column: 895

Column: 896

7 pm

Business without Debate [21 Mar 2012]

European Union Documents [21 Mar 2012]

Sittings of the House [21 Mar 2012]

Delegated Legislation [21 Mar 2012]

Column: 897

Pharmaceutical Industry [21 Mar 2012]

7.1 pm

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab):

Column: 898


Column: 899

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

Catherine McKinnell:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Catherine McKinnell:

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 900


Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 901


7.15 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Norman Lamb):

Column: 902


Column: 903


Chi Onwurah:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 904


Column: 905


Column: 906


7.30 pm