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Volume No. 545

Part No. 4

House of Commons Debates 15 May 2012

house of commons

prayers

speaker’s statement

business before questions

oral answers to questions

justice

imprisonment (crime rate)

no win, no fee arrangements

victim support

european court of human rights

rehabilitation of offenders

probation services

private sector prisons

small claims courts

rape (victim anonymity)

defamation

prisons (literacy)

prisons (training)

magistrates hearings

bill of rights

pleural plaques

topical questions

foreign affairs and international development

delegated legislation (committees)

lowestoft train station

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Column: 391

House of Commons [15 May 2012]

Prayers [15 May 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [15 May 2012]

Speaker’s Statement [15 May 2012]

2.34 pm

Mr Speaker:

Business Before Questions [15 May 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [15 May 2012]

Justice [15 May 2012]

Imprisonment (Crime Rate) [15 May 2012]

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Column: 392

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Philip Davies:

Mr Blunt:

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

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

Column: 393

Mr Blunt:

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Sadiq Khan:

Mr Blunt:

No Win, No Fee Arrangements [15 May 2012]

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Column: 394

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

Bill Esterson:

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 395

Victim Support [15 May 2012]

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

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Diana Johnson:

Mr Blunt:

Nick Smith:

Mr Blunt:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Column: 396

Mr Blunt:

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

Mr Blunt:

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

Mr Blunt:

European Court of Human Rights [15 May 2012]

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

Column: 397

Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

David Rutley:

Mr Vara:

Harriett Baldwin:

Mr Vara:

Mr Marcus Jones:

Mr Vara:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mr Vara:

Column: 398

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr Vara:

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

Mr Vara:

Rehabilitation of Offenders [15 May 2012]

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Ann Clwyd:

Mr Speaker:

Ann Clwyd:

Mr Speaker:

Ann Clwyd:

Column: 399

Mr Vara:

Mr Speaker:

Probation Services [15 May 2012]

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Heidi Alexander:

Mr Blunt:

Mrs Glindon:

Column: 400

Mr Blunt:

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Mr Blunt:

Private Sector Prisons [15 May 2012]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Mr Ruffley:

Mr Blunt:

Column: 401

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Small Claims Courts [15 May 2012]

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

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

Eric Ollerenshaw:

Mr Djanogly:

Rape (Victim Anonymity) [15 May 2012]

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Kerry McCarthy:

Column: 402

Mr Vara:

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Anna Soubry:

Mr Vara

Mr Speaker:

Mr Vara:

Mr Speaker:

Defamation [15 May 2012]

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

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

Dr Huppert:

Column: 403

Mr Djanogly:

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Djanogly:

Prisons (Literacy) [15 May 2012]

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Neil Carmichael:

Mr Blunt:

Column: 404

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Prisons (Training) [15 May 2012]

Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Gordon Henderson:

Mr Blunt:

Magistrates Hearings [15 May 2012]

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Column: 405

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

Mr Cunningham:

Mr Djanogly:

Jessica Lee (Erewash) (Con):

Mr Djanogly:

Bill of Rights [15 May 2012]

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Fiona Bruce:

Mr Vara:

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

Column: 406

Mr Vara:

Pleural Plaques [15 May 2012]

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

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

Mr Hepburn:

Mr Djanogly:

Ian Swales (Redcar) (LD):

Mr Djanogly:

Topical Questions [15 May 2012]

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Column: 407

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

Mr Wilson:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt):

Mrs Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Mr Blunt:

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

Column: 408

Mr Blunt:

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Neil Carmichael:

Mr Shailesh Vara (North West Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 409

Mr Blunt:

Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Mr Djanogly:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Column: 410

Mr Djanogly:

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

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

Mr Blunt:

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

Mr Blunt:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 411

Mr Blunt:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mr Djanogly:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Mr Blunt:

Column: 412

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Mr Blunt:

Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)

Mr Speaker:

Diana Johnson:

Mr Blunt:

Foreign Affairs and International Development [15 May 2012]

3.33 pm

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

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Julian Smith:

Column: 414

Mr Hague:

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 415

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mark Lazarowicz:

Mr Hague:

Column: 416

Alex Cunningham:

Mr Hague:

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Column: 417

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Hague:

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Column: 418

Mr Hague:

Column: 419

Julian Smith:

Mr Hague:

Column: 420

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

Mr Hague:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 421

Mr Hague:

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Hague

Mr Speaker:

Column: 422

Mr Hague:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 423

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

Mr Hague:

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Hague:

Column: 424

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 425

Mr Hague:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 426

Mr Hague:

Column: 427

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

Mr Hague:

Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (Lab)

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Hague:

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green)

Mr Hague:

Column: 428

Several hon. Members

Mr Hague:

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Caroline Lucas:

Mr Hague:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 429

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 430

4.27 pm

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

Julian Smith:

Column: 431

Mr Alexander:

Column: 432

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

Column: 433

Mr Alexander:

Mr MacShane:

Mr Alexander:

Caroline Lucas:

Mr Alexander:

Column: 434

Column: 435

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mr Alexander:

Column: 436

Michael Ellis:

Mr Alexander:

Chris Heaton-Harris

Mr Alexander:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 437

Mr Alexander:

Mr MacShane:

Mr Alexander:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab)

Mr Alexander:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Mr Alexander:

Alec Shelbrooke

Mr Alexander:

Column: 438

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 439

Mr Alexander:

Fabian Hamilton:

Mr Alexander:

Alex Cunningham:

Mr Alexander

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Column: 440

Mr Alexander:

John Woodcock:

Mr Alexander:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Mr Alexander:

Column: 441

Mr Tom Clarke:

Mr Alexander:

Jeffrey Donaldson (Lagan Valley) (DUP):

Column: 442

Mr Alexander:

Jeffrey Donaldson:

Mr Alexander:

5.8 pm

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

Column: 443

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Stephen Gilbert:

Column: 444

Column: 445

5.18 pm

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

Column: 446

Column: 447

Caroline Lucas

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Caroline Lucas:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

5.29 pm

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Column: 448

Column: 449

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Alec Shelbrooke:

Column: 450

5.38 pm

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

Column: 451

Kate Hoey:

Mr McCann:

Column: 452

Daniel Kawczynski:

Mr McCann:

Column: 453

Mrs Grant:

Mr McCann:

5.50 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 454

Column: 455

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mr MacShane

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mr MacShane:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mr MacShane:

Column: 456

Chris Heaton-Harris:

6.1 pm

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Column: 457

Meg Munn:

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 458

Jeremy Corbyn:

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 459

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 460

6.14 pm

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Column: 461

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Pauline Latham:

Column: 462

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Pauline Latham:

Column: 463

Alex Cunningham:

Pauline Latham:

6.26 pm

Column: 464

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Column: 465

Mark Lazarowicz:

Angus Robertson:

Column: 466

Mr MacShane:

Angus Robertson:

6.36 pm

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

Column: 467

Mr MacShane:

James Morris:

Column: 468

6.46 pm

Column: 469

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr MacShane:

Bob Stewart:

Mr MacShane:

Bob Stewart:

Column: 470

Mr MacShane:

Column: 471

Column: 472

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Andrew Mitchell):

Mr MacShane:

Mr Mitchell:

Mr MacShane:

6.58 pm

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con):

Column: 473

Jeremy Corbyn:

Dr Murrison:

Column: 474

Bob Stewart:

Dr Murrison:

Mr MacShane:

Column: 475

Dr Murrison:

7.11 pm

Column: 476

Fabian Hamilton (Leeds North East) (Lab):

Dr Murrison:

Fabian Hamilton:

Column: 477

Column: 478

7.23 pm

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

Column: 479

Meg Munn:

Mrs Grant:

Column: 480

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mrs Grant:

Column: 481

7.32 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 482

7.42 pm

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Column: 484

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Christopher Pincher:

Column: 485

7.53 pm

Mark Lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 486

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central) (Lab):

Column: 487

Mark Lazarowicz:

Column: 488

8.2 pm

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Column: 489

Meg Munn:

Jeremy Lefroy:

Column: 490

Column: 491

Jeremy Corbyn:

Jeremy Lefroy:

8.13 pm

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 492

Tony Cunningham (Workington) (Lab):

Meg Munn:

Column: 493

Column: 494

8.24 pm

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

Column: 495

Column: 496

Mr Andrew Mitchell:

Dan Jarvis:

Column: 497

8.35 pm

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 498

Jeremy Lefroy:

Kate Hoey:

Column: 499

Column: 500

8.46 pm

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Mr MacShane:

Angela Smith:

Column: 501

Column: 502

8.56 pm

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Column: 503

Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Column: 504

Alex Cunningham:

Column: 505

9.6 pm

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 506

Column: 507

Column: 508

9.16 pm

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Nic Dakin:

Column: 509

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

9.23 pm

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

Column: 510

Column: 511

9.28 pm

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Column: 512

Column: 513

Mr Andrew Mitchell:

Mr Lewis:

Mr McCann:

Mr Lewis:

Column: 514

Column: 515

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Lewis:

Column: 516

9.44 pm

The Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Andrew Mitchell):

Column: 517

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Mr Mitchell:

Mr McCann:

Mr Mitchell:

Column: 518

Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Mitchell:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 519

Mr Mitchell:

Column: 520

Mr Speaker:

10 pm

Delegated Legislation (committees) [15 May 2012]

Column: 521

Lowestoft Train Station [15 May 2012]

10 pm

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Column: 522

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Peter Aldous:

Column: 523

Column: 524

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Peter Aldous:

Column: 525

10.17 pm

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

Column: 526

Column: 527

Column: 528

10.26 pm

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