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Volume No. 548Part No. 30

House of Commons Debates 11 July 2012

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

international development

bilateral aid review

development aid (legislation)

syrian refugees

overseas territories white paper

nepal

burma

topical questions

prime minister

engagements

care and support

points of order

united kingdom borders

sittings of the house

sittings of the house (tuesdays) (no change)

sittings of the house (tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm)

sittings of the house (wednesdays) (no change)

sittings of the house (thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm)

september sittings

sittings of the house (tuesdays) (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm)

vat on air ambulance fuel payments

london local authorities and transport for london (no. 2) bill

canterbury city council bill, leeds city council bill, nottingham city council bill and reading borough council bill

transport for london bill

business without debate

delegated legislation

european union documents

business of the house

high energy caffeine drinks


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Column: 291

Column: 291

House of Commons [11 Jul 2012]

Prayers [11 Jul 2012]

[Mr Speaker] [11 Jul 2012]

Oral Answers to Questions [11 Jul 2012]

International Development [11 Jul 2012]

Bilateral Aid Review [11 Jul 2012]

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Mr Stephen O'Brien):

David Rutley:

Mr O'Brien:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 292

Mr O'Brien:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr O'Brien:

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

Mr O'Brien:

Development Aid (Legislation) [11 Jul 2012]

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

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

Stephen Timms:

Column: 293

Mr Mitchell:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

Mr Mitchell:

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Mr Mitchell:

Mr Lewis:

Mr Mitchell:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 294

Mr Mitchell:

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr Mitchell:

Syrian Refugees [11 Jul 2012]

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD):

Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr Alan Duncan):

Jason McCartney:

Column: 295

Mr Duncan:

Tim Farron:

Mr Duncan:

Mr Gyimah:

Mr Duncan:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Mr Duncan:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Column: 296

Mr Duncan:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr Duncan:

Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Mr Duncan:

Overseas Territories White Paper [11 Jul 2012]

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr Alan Duncan):

Guy Opperman:

Mr Duncan:

Column: 297

Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr Duncan:

Nepal [11 Jul 2012]

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for International Development (Mr Alan Duncan):

Mr Jones:

Mr Duncan:

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

Mr Duncan:

Burma [11 Jul 2012]

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Column: 298

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

Yasmin Qureshi:

Mr Mitchell:

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

Mr Mitchell:

Topical Questions [11 Jul 2012]

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

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

Mr Speaker:

Tessa Munt:

Column: 299

Mr Mitchell:

Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab):

Mr Mitchell:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Mr Mitchell:

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr Mitchell:

Column: 300

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Mitchell:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Mr Mitchell:

Mr Sam Gyimah (East Surrey) (Con):

Mr Mitchell:

Prime Minister [11 Jul 2012]

Engagements [11 Jul 2012]

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab):

Column: 301

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Mr Sutcliffe:

The Prime Minister:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 302

The Prime Minister:

Hon. Members:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 303

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

The Prime Minister:

Edward Miliband:

Mr Speaker:

Edward Miliband:

Column: 304

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Hon. Members:

The Prime Minister:

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 305

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 306

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jim Dobbin (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 307

Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Clive Betts (Sheffield South East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 308

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 309

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 310

The Prime Minister:

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 311

Care and Support [11 Jul 2012]

12.34 pm

The Secretary of State for Health (Mr Andrew Lansley):

Column: 312


Column: 313


Column: 314

12.44 pm

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab):

Column: 315


Column: 316

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 317

Mr Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Column: 318

Mr Lansley:

Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 319

Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Column: 320

Mr Lansley:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Column: 321

Mr Lansley:

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Column: 322

Mr Lansley:

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Hazel Blears (Salford and Eccles) (Lab):

Column: 323

Mr Lansley:

Matthew Hancock (West Suffolk) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central) (Lab):

Column: 324

Mr Lansley:

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 325

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Lansley:

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Column: 326

Mr Lansley:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 327

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Column: 328

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Column: 329

Points of Order [11 Jul 2012]

1.34 pm

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 330

United Kingdom Borders [11 Jul 2012]

1.37 pm

Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con):

Column: 331


Column: 332


Column: 333

Backbench Business

Sittings of the House [11 Jul 2012]

1.48 pm

Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 334

Mr Knight:

Column: 336

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr Knight:

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

Mr Knight:

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

Column: 337

Mr Knight:

Sir Bob Russell:

Mr Knight:

Column: 338

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

Mr Knight:

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr Knight:

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Mr Knight:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Knight:

Column: 339

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

Mr Knight:

Column: 340

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

Mr Knight:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Knight:

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Mr Knight:

Column: 341

Mr Gray:

Mr Knight:

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

Mr Knight:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Mr Knight:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con)

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con)

Mr Knight:

Column: 342

Mr Burley:

Mr Knight:

Philip Davies:

Mr Knight:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Column: 343

Mr Knight:

Mr Straw:

Mr Knight:

2.16 pm

Column: 344

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

Sir Bob Russell:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Column: 345

Dan Byles:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Gray:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Gray

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Straw:

Column: 346

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

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

Dame Joan Ruddock:

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

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 347

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Kevin Brennan:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Mr Burley:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Dan Byles:

Column: 348

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Andrea Leadsom:

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Column: 349

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Dame Joan Ruddock:

Several hon. Members

Column: 350

Mr Speaker:

2.40 pm

Karen Bradley (Staffordshire Moorlands) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

Karen Bradley:

Column: 351

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

Karen Bradley:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Karen Bradley:

Column: 352

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

2.47 pm

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Mr Straw:

Several hon. Members

Mr Straw:

Column: 353


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

Mr Straw:

Iain Stewart:

Mr Straw:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

2.52 pm

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

Column: 354

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Heath:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)

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

Mr Heath:

Valerie Vaz:

Column: 355

Mr Heath:

2.58 pm

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Column: 356


Sir Bob Russell:

Angela Smith:

Column: 357


3.4 pm

Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con):

Column: 358

3.7 pm

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Column: 359


Mrs Grant:

Mr Winnick:

3.12 pm

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich) (Con):

Mr Burley:

Column: 360


Dan Byles:

Mr Burley:

Column: 361


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

3.18 pm

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Jo Swinson

Natascha Engel:

Column: 362

Jo Swinson:

Natascha Engel:

Mrs Grant

Natascha Engel:

Mrs Grant:

Natascha Engel:

3.22 pm

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 363

3.24 pm

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Mr Speaker:

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 364


3.29 pm

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 365


3.31 pm

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

Column: 366

Paul Blomfield:

Mr Speaker:

Paul Blomfield:

Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge) (Lab):

Paul Blomfield:

3.37 pm

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Column: 367


Mr Graham Stuart:

Iain Stewart:

3.40 pm

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

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 368

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

Jim Dowd:

Sir Gerald Kaufman:

3.45 pm

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab):

Column: 369


3.47 pm

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

Mr Speaker:

3.48 pm

Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (No change) [11 Jul 2012]

Division No. 48 [ United Kingdom Borders] [11 Jul 2012]

Sittings of the House (Tuesdays) (11.30 am to 7.00 pm) [11 Jul 2012]

Division No. 49 [ United Kingdom Borders] [11 Jul 2012]

Mr Speaker:

Column: 378

Sittings of the House (Wednesdays) (No change) [11 Jul 2012]

Mr Speaker:

Sittings of the House (Thursdays) (9.30 am to 5.00 pm) [11 Jul 2012]

Division No. 50 [ United Kingdom Borders] [11 Jul 2012]

September Sittings [11 Jul 2012]

Sittings of the house (Tuesdays) (7.00 pm to 10.00 pm) [11 Jul 2012]

Division No. 51 [ United Kingdom Borders] [11 Jul 2012]

Mr Speaker:

Column: 386

VAT on Air Ambulance Fuel Payments [11 Jul 2012]

4.42 pm

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 387


Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Guy Opperman:

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Guy Opperman:

Column: 388


Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Guy Opperman:

4.52 pm

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 389


Column: 390


Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Hugh Bayley:

Column: 391

5.3 pm

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 392


5.10 pm

Column: 393

Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab):

Column: 394

Mary Macleod:

Rushanara Ali:

Column: 395

5.19 pm

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Column: 396


Column: 397


5.27 pm

Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con):

Column: 398


Column: 399


5.36 pm

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Column: 400


5.41 pm

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Column: 401

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

Mark Pawsey:

Hugh Bayley:

Mark Pawsey:

Rory Stewart (Penrith and The Border) (Con):

Column: 402

Mark Pawsey:

Rory Stewart:

Mark Pawsey:

Column: 403


5.53 pm

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Richard Drax:

Column: 404

6 pm

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Column: 405

Tracey Crouch:

Dr Offord:

Column: 406

6.6 pm

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

Column: 407


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

Catherine McKinnell:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 408


Column: 409


6.17 pm

The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr Mark Hoban):

Column: 410

Column: 411


Rushanara Ali:

Mr Hoban:

John Healey

Mr Hoban:

John Healey:

Column: 412

Mr Hoban:

Hugh Bayley:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

6.29 pm

Guy Opperman:

Column: 413


Column: 414

London Local Authorities and Transport for London (No. 2) Bill [] [11 Jul 2012]

6.32 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

6.33 pm

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Canterbury City Council Bill, Leeds City Council Bill, Nottingham City Council Bill and Reading Borough Council Bill [11 Jul 2012]

6.33 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

6.33 pm

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Column: 415

Transport for London Bill [] [11 Jul 2012]

6.34 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

6.34 pm

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Business without Debate [11 Jul 2012]

delegated legislation [11 Jul 2012]

European Union documents [11 Jul 2012]

Business of the House [11 Jul 2012]

petitionVAT on Fuel for the Air Ambulance Service

6.35 pm

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 417

High Energy Caffeine Drinks [11 Jul 2012]

6.37 pm

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Column: 418

Column: 419


Column: 420


Column: 421

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr Wilson:

Column: 422


Column: 423


7 pm

Mr Wilson:

7.2 pm

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

Column: 424

Column: 425

Mr Rob Wilson:

Anne Milton:

Column: 426


Column: 427


Column: 428

7.15 pm