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Volume No. 543 Part No. 289

House of Commons Debates 17 April 2012

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

oral answers to questions

foreign and commonwealth office

afghanistan

ethiopia

uk economy

russian federation

syria

israel/palestine

iran

sri lanka

topical questions

abu qatada

point of order

surrogate parents (leave, pay and allowance arrangements)

legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill (programme) (no. 3)

legal aid, sentencing and punishment of offenders bill

business without debate

delegated legislation

european union documents

cigarette packaging


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Column: 151

House of Commons [17 Apr 2012]

Prayers [17 Apr 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [17 Apr 2012]

Business before Questions [17 Apr 2012]

Hon. Members:

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Apr 2012]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [17 Apr 2012]

Afghanistan [17 Apr 2012]

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con):

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

Column: 152

Bill Esterson:

Mr Hague:

Mr Evennett:

Mr Hague:

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 153

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Alexander:

Column: 154

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Iain McKenzie (Inverclyde) (Lab):

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

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

Mr McKenzie:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 155

Susan Elan Jones:

Alistair Burt:

Heidi Alexander:

Alistair Burt:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Column: 156

Alistair Burt:

Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Ethiopia [17 Apr 2012]

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

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

Column: 157

Mr Anderson:

Mr Bellingham:

Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon) (Con):

Mr Bellingham:

UK Economy [17 Apr 2012]

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Jeremy Browne):

David Rutley:

Column: 158

Mr Browne:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Mr Browne:

Russian Federation [17 Apr 2012]

Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Mrs Chapman:

Mr Lidington:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 159

Mr Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Syria [17 Apr 2012]

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) (Con):

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

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 160

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 161


Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

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

Ian Murray:

Mr Hague:

Column: 162

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

Mr Hague:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Israel/Palestine [17 Apr 2012]

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

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

Column: 163

Michael Connarty:

Alistair Burt:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Column: 164

Alistair Burt:

Mr Speaker:

Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (LD):

Alistair Burt:

Iran [17 Apr 2012]

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

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

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

James Morris:

Mr Hague:

Column: 165

Neil Carmichael:

Mr Hague:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Mr Hague:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 166

Mr Hague:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Sri Lanka [17 Apr 2012]

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

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

Seema Malhotra:

Alistair Burt:

Topical Questions [17 Apr 2012]

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

Column: 167

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

Steve Rotheram:

Mr Hague:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

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

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 168

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

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

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

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 169

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Jeremy Browne):

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

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

Alistair Burt:

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con):

Column: 170

Mr Hague:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Bellingham:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr Hague:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Column: 171

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Alistair Burt:

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 172

Mr Hague:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Alistair Burt:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 173

Abu Qatada [17 Apr 2012]

3.35 pm

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

Column: 174


Column: 175


3.43 pm

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

Column: 176

Column: 177


Mr Speaker:

Yvette Cooper:

Mrs May:

Column: 178


Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 179

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (LD):

Mrs May:

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):

Column: 180

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Keith Vaz:

Mrs May:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Column: 181

Mrs May:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

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

Column: 182

Mrs May:

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

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

Mrs May:

Column: 183

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mrs May:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mrs May:

Column: 184

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Mrs May:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Column: 185

Nick Boles (Grantham and Stamford) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mrs May:

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West) (Con):

Mrs May:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Column: 186

Mrs May:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD):

Mrs May:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 187

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mrs May:

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Mrs May:

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con):

Column: 188

Mrs May:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Mrs May:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Column: 189

Mrs May:

Kris Hopkins (Keighley) (Con):

Mrs May:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mrs May:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 190

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mrs May:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mr Speaker:

Mr David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con):

Mrs May:

Column: 191

Point of Order [17 Apr 2012]

4.34 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 192

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 193

Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements) [17 Apr 2012]

4.38 pm

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Column: 194


Column: 195

Legal Aid, sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill (Programme) (No. 3) [17 Apr 2012]

Division No. 509 [ Surrogate Parents (Leave, Pay and Allowance Arrangements)] [17 Apr 2012]

Column: 200

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill [17 Apr 2012]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.3 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Jonathan Djanogly):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 201


Column: 202

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

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

Column: 203

Mr Djanogly:

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

5.15 pm

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 204

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Mr Djanogly:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Column: 205


Column: 206


John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab):

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 207

Simon Hughes:

Mr Llwyd:

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Llwyd:

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

Column: 208


5.30 pm

Division No. 510 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Division No. 511 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

6 pm

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Kenneth Clarke):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Column: 217

Mr Clarke:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Column: 218

Mr Clarke:

Column: 219


Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Column: 220


Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Mr Llwyd:

6.15 pm

Mr Clarke:

Column: 221


Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Column: 222

Column: 223


Mr Llwyd:

Mr Clarke:

Glenda Jackson:

Mr Clarke:

Column: 224


Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

6.30 pm

Mr Clarke:

Column: 225


Yvonne Fovargue:

Mr Clarke:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mr Clarke:

Column: 226


Mr Llwyd:

Mr Clarke:

Column: 227

Simon Hughes:

Mr Clarke:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD)

Glenda Jackson

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)

Column: 228

Mr Clarke:

Andrew George:

Mr Clarke:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr Clarke:

Glenda Jackson:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

6.45 pm

Column: 229

Mr Clarke:

Helen Goodman

Mr Clarke:

Helen Goodman:

Mr Clarke:

Column: 230


Column: 231


Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Clarke:

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Clarke:

Helen Goodman

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab)

Mr Clarke:

John McDonnell:

Column: 232

Mr Clarke:

John McDonnell:

Mr Clarke:

John McDonnell:

Mr Clarke:

John McDonnell:

Mr Clarke:

Column: 233


7 pm

Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Column: 234


Column: 235

Helen Goodman:

Mrs Chapman:

Column: 236

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mrs Chapman:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Mrs Chapman:

7.15 pm

Column: 237

Column: 238


Bill Esterson:

Mrs Chapman:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 239

Mrs Helen Grant (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con):

Column: 240


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

7.30 pm

Column: 241


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

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 242

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Catherine McKinnell:

Mrs Grant:

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 243

Tom Brake:

Column: 244

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Tom Brake:

Simon Hughes:

7.45 pm

Tom Brake:

Column: 245


Mr Llwyd:

Column: 246


Dr Wollaston:

Column: 247


Helen Goodman:

Column: 248

Mr Buckland:

8 pm

Sheila Gilmore:

Column: 249

Mr Buckland:

Column: 250

Yvonne Fovargue:

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Column: 251

Several hon. Members

8.15 pm

Column: 252

Division No. 512 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Division No. 513 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Division No. 514 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Mr Djanogly:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr Djanogly:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 265


Ian Lucas:

Mr Djanogly:

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Helen Jones:

9 pm

Mr Djanogly:

Helen Jones:

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 266


Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Mr Djanogly:

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 267

Kate Green:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 268

Mr Djanogly:

Helen Jones:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 269


9.15 pm

Column: 270


Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Mr Slaughter:

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

Mr Slaughter:

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Column: 271


Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 272


John Woodcock:

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 273

John Woodcock:

Toby Perkins:

9.30 pm

Column: 274


Anna Soubry:

Column: 275

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Anna Soubry:

Ian Lucas:

Column: 276


Mr Llwyd:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 277


9.45 pm

Column: 278

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

Column: 279


Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Column: 280

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Mr Anderson:

Column: 281

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

10 pm

Division No. 515 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Division No. 516 [ Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill] [17 Apr 2012]

Helen Jones:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Djanogly

Mr Speaker:

Business without Debate [17 Apr 2012]

Delegated Legislation [17 Apr 2012]

Column: 291

Mr Speaker:

European Union Documents [17 Apr 2012]

PetitionsEmergency Fire Control Services in Cumbria

10.30 pm

Column: 292

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Olympic Transport Arrangements

10.31 pm

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

Column: 293

Cigarette Packaging [17 Apr 2012]

10.32 pm

Mr Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry North West) (Lab):

Column: 294

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

Mr Robinson:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Robinson:

Column: 295

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab):

Mr Robinson:

Column: 296

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Robinson:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Robinson:

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Mr Robinson:

Mr Barron:

Mr Robinson:

Column: 297

10.48 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Anne Milton):

Column: 298

Mr Sutcliffe:

Anne Milton:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

Anne Milton:

Column: 299


Jim Sheridan:

Anne Milton:

Column: 300


Ian Paisley

Anne Milton:

Ian Paisley:

Anne Milton:

11 pm