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Volume No. 557Part No. 105

House of Commons Debates 28 January 2013

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

work and pensions

housing benefit

business start-ups (government support)

benefit cap

state pensions

disability living allowance

universal credit

welfare spending

jobseeker’s allowance (easington)

housing benefit

carer's allowance

long-term unemployment

topical questions

high speed rail

points of order

succession to the crown bill

business without debate

delegated legislation

committees

basketball (funding)


This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 28 January 2013

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Column: 649

House of Commons [28 Jan 2013]

Prayers [28 Jan 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [28 Jan 2013]

Oral Answers to Questions [28 Jan 2013]

Work and Pensions [28 Jan 2013]

Housing Benefit [28 Jan 2013]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Dr Whiteford:

Steve Webb:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Steve Webb:

Column: 650

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

Steve Webb:

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Business Start-ups (Government Support) [28 Jan 2013]

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mr Mark Hoban):

Mr Ellwood:

Column: 651

Mr Hoban:

Michael Fabricant:

Mr Hoban:

Mr Barry Sheerman (Huddersfield) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hoban:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 652

Mr Hoban:

Benefit Cap [28 Jan 2013]

Jackie Doyle-Price (Thurrock) (Con):

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

Jackie Doyle-Price:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 653

Gavin Barwell (Croydon Central) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

State Pensions [28 Jan 2013]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Mr McCann:

Column: 654

Steve Webb:

Amber Rudd (Hastings and Rye) (Con):

Steve Webb:

Gregg McClymont (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Steve Webb:

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

Steve Webb:

Disability Living Allowance [28 Jan 2013]

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

Column: 655

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Chi Onwurah:

Esther McVey:

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Universal Credit [28 Jan 2013]

Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 656

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

Jonathan Reynolds:

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 657

Mr Duncan Smith:

Ian Swales (Redcar) (LD):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Welfare Spending [28 Jan 2013]

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Ben Gummer (Ipswich) (Con):

Column: 658

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

Mel Stride:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Wilson:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Alun Cairns:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 659

Ben Gummer:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 660

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jobseeker’s Allowance (Easington) [28 Jan 2013]

Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mr Mark Hoban):

Grahame M. Morris:

Column: 661

Mr Hoban:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hoban:

Housing Benefit [28 Jan 2013]

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Mr Hepburn:

Steve Webb:

Column: 662

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Steve Webb:

David Wright (Telford) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

Steve Webb:

Carer's Allowance [28 Jan 2013]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 663

Barbara Keeley:

Esther McVey:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Long-term Unemployment [28 Jan 2013]

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mr Mark Hoban):

Emma Reynolds:

Mr Hoban:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Column: 664

Mr Hoban:

Topical Questions [28 Jan 2013]

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

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

Catherine McKinnell:

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Steve Webb):

Caroline Dinenage (Gosport) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mr Mark Hoban):

Column: 665

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

Steve Webb:

Mr Byrne:

Steve Webb:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Steve Webb:

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

Column: 666

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 667

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Mr Hoban:

Lindsay Roy (Glenrothes) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Jane Ellison (Battersea) (Con):

Column: 668

Mr Hoban:

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Steve Webb:

Column: 669

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne) (LD):

Esther McVey:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 670

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 671

High Speed Rail [28 Jan 2013]

3.31 pm

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Patrick McLoughlin):

Column: 672


Column: 673


3.40 pm

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood) (Lab):

Column: 674

Column: 675


Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 676

Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras) (Lab):

Column: 677

Mr McLoughlin:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 678

Mr McLoughlin:

Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 679

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 680

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 681

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Richard Harrington (Watford) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 682

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Mr McLoughlin:

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 683

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr McLoughlin:

John Stevenson (Carlisle) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Column: 684

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 685

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 686

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 687

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 688

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 689

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 690

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 691

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 692

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 693

Mr McLoughlin:

Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 694

Points of Order [28 Jan 2013]

4.47 pm

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 695

Succession to the Crown Bill [28 Jan 2013]

4.50 pm

Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 696

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 697

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Michael Ellis:

5 pm

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

Column: 698

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Michael Ellis:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 699

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 700


Michael Ellis:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Michael Ellis:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

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

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 701

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

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

5.15 pm

Dan Rogerson:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 702

Sir Alan Beith:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Sir Alan Beith:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 703

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Michael Ellis:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Column: 704

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

John McDonnell:

Column: 705


Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

John McDonnell:

5.30 pm

Michael Ellis:

Column: 706

John McDonnell:

Paul Flynn:

John McDonnell:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 707


Bob Stewart:

Mr Leigh:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 708

Mr Leigh:

John McDonnell:

Mr Leigh:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 709

Mr Leigh:

Dan Rogerson:

Mr Leigh:

Michael Ellis:

Mr Leigh:

5.45 pm

Column: 710

Sir Alan Beith:

Mr Leigh:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 711


Paul Flynn:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Paul Flynn:

Column: 712

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Paul Flynn:

Chris Bryant:

Paul Flynn:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Paul Flynn:

Column: 713


6 pm

Michael Ellis:

Paul Flynn

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Paul Flynn:

Column: 714

Dan Rogerson:

Paul Flynn:

Martin Horwood:

Paul Flynn:

Column: 715

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Paul Flynn:

Sir Alan Beith:

Bob Stewart:

Sir Alan Beith:

Mr Leigh:

Column: 716

Sir Alan Beith:

Michael Ellis:

Sir Alan Beith:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 717


6.15 pm

Column: 718


Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 719

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Wayne David:

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Miss Chloe Smith):

Column: 720


Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

Miss Smith:

6.30 pm

Dan Rogerson:

Miss Smith:

Column: 721

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Miss Smith:

Sir Alan Beith:

Column: 722

Miss Smith:

Mr Leigh:

Miss Smith:

Mark Durkan:

Miss Smith:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 723

Miss Smith:

Wayne David:

Miss Smith:

Column: 724

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

6.45 pm

Division No. 143 [ Succession to the Crown Bill] [28 Jan 2013]

7 pm

Paul Flynn:

Column: 728


Miss Chloe Smith:

Michael Ellis:

Column: 729

Miss Smith:

Paul Flynn:

7.8 pm

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Tom Brake):

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

Tom Brake:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 731

Tom Brake:

7.14 pm

Wayne David:

Column: 732


7.20 pm

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 733

7.22 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 734



7.27 pm

Michael Ellis:

Keith Vaz:

Michael Ellis:

Column: 735


Column: 736

Wayne David:

Michael Ellis:

7.39 pm

Chris Bryant:

Column: 737


Michael Ellis:

Chris Bryant:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Chris Bryant:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Chris Bryant:

7.44 pm

Column: 738

Mr Wallace:

Column: 739

7.49 pm

Miss Chloe Smith:

Wayne David:

Miss Smith:

Wayne David:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Miss Smith:

Business without Debate [28 Jan 2013]

Delegated Legislation [28 Jan 2013]

Division No. 144 [Business without Debate] [28 Jan 2013]

Column: 743

Committees [28 Jan 2013]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 744

Basketball (Funding) [28 Jan 2013]

8.4 pm

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

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

Stephen Mosley:

Oliver Colvile:

Stephen Mosley:

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

Column: 745

Stephen Mosley:

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

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 746


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

Stephen Mosley:

Oliver Colvile:

Stephen Mosley:

Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

Column: 747

Stephen Mosley:

Mr Leech:

Stephen Mosley:

Oliver Colvile:

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 748

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 749


8.24 pm

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

Catherine McKinnell:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 750

Mrs Hodgson:

Chi Onwurah:

Mrs Hodgson:

The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Hugh Robertson):

Mrs Hodgson:

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 751

Mrs Hodgson:

Hugh Robertson

Mrs Hodgson:

Hugh Robertson:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mrs Hodgson:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Mrs Hodgson:

Column: 752


Oliver Colvile:

Mrs Hodgson:

8.39 pm

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

8.41 pm

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Column: 754


Stephen Mosley:

Mr Howarth:

Column: 755


8.50 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Hugh Robertson):

Column: 756


Column: 757


Column: 758


Mr George Howarth:

Hugh Robertson:

9.3 pm