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House of Commons Debates 5 March 2013

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

oral answers to questions

foreign and commonwealth office

tunisia

middle east

hezbollah

arms trade treaty

eu treaty change

middle east

chequers summit

repatriation of powers (eu)

mali

topical questions

romanians and bulgarians (benefits)

nhs commissioning board

army basing plan

new member

mid staffordshire nhs foundation trust

points of order

property blight compensation

supplementary estimates 2012-13

ministry of justice

budget and structure of the ministry of justice

department for communities and local government

new housing supply

business without debate

european union documents

delegated legislation

jg pears ltd

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Column: 801

House of Commons [5 Mar 2013]

Prayers [5 Mar 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [5 Mar 2013]

Business before Questions [5 Mar 2013]

Oral Answers to Questions [5 Mar 2013]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [5 Mar 2013]

Tunisia [5 Mar 2013]

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

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

Pat Glass:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 802

Graham Stringer:

Alistair Burt:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

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

Alistair Burt:

Column: 803

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Middle East [5 Mar 2013]

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree) (Lab/Co-op):

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Column: 804

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

Nia Griffith:

Mr Hague:

Ian Mearns:

Mr Hague:

Steve Brine:

Column: 805

Mr Hague:

Luciana Berger:

Mr Hague:

Chris Williamson:

Mr Hague:

Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife) (LD):

Column: 806

Mr Hague:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 807

Mr Hague:

Hezbollah [5 Mar 2013]

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

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

Mr Clappison:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 808

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

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Arms Trade Treaty [5 Mar 2013]

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

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

Column: 809

Sheila Gilmore:

Alistair Burt:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Alistair Burt:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 810

Alistair Burt:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

EU Treaty Change [5 Mar 2013]

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

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Seema Malhotra:

Mr Lidington:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Column: 811

Mr Lidington:

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Middle East [5 Mar 2013]

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Column: 812

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

Sir Bob Russell:

Alistair Burt:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con):

Column: 813

Alistair Burt:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Chequers Summit [5 Mar 2013]

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

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

Paul Uppal:

Column: 814

Mr Hague:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Repatriation of Powers (EU) [5 Mar 2013]

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

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Column: 815

Mr Bain:

Mr Lidington:

Shabana Mahmood:

Mr Lidington:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

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

Mr Lidington:

Mr Speaker:

Mali [5 Mar 2013]

Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 816

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Simmonds):

Mark Hendrick:

Mark Simmonds:

Topical Questions [5 Mar 2013]

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con):

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

Tim Loughton:

Mr Hague

Mr Speaker:

Column: 817

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Alexander:

Mr Hague:

Column: 818

Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

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

The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Mr Hugo Swire):

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Mark Simmonds):

Pamela Nash (Airdrie and Shotts) (Lab):

Column: 819

Mr Lidington:

Sarah Teather (Brent Central) (LD):

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

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

Mr Lidington:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 820

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Lidington:

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

Column: 821

Alistair Burt:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 822

Mr Lidington:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 823

Romanians and Bulgarians (Benefits) [5 Mar 2013]

12.35 pm

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab)

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

Column: 824

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 825

Mr Field:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 826

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 827

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 828

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 829

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 830

Mr Duncan Smith:

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Speaker:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 831

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 832

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Column: 833

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 834

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 835

NHS Commissioning Board [5 Mar 2013]

1.15 pm

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab)

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Norman Lamb):

Column: 836

Andy Burnham:

Column: 837

Norman Lamb:

Mr Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Column: 838

Norman Lamb:

Chris Skidmore (Kingswood) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Helen Jones:

Norman Lamb:

Column: 839

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Norman Lamb:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Column: 840

Norman Lamb:

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) (LD):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Column: 841

Norman Lamb:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

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

Norman Lamb:

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Column: 842

Norman Lamb:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Speaker:

Jim Shannon:

Norman Lamb:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Column: 843

Norman Lamb:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

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

Column: 844

Norman Lamb:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Norman Lamb:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 845

Army Basing Plan [5 Mar 2013]

1.47 pm

The Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Philip Hammond):

Column: 846

Column: 847

Column: 848

1.58 pm

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire) (Lab):

Column: 849

Mr Hammond:

Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

Column: 850

Mr Hammond:

Column: 851

Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Mr Hammond:

Sir Menzies Campbell (North East Fife) (LD):

Column: 852

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hammond:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 853

Mr Hammond:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

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

Mr Hammond:

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Column: 854

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Hammond:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Column: 855

Mr Hammond:

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Mr Hammond:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Sarah Champion (Rotherham) (Lab):

Column: 856

Mr Hammond:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Hammond:

Column: 857

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr Hammond:

Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr) (PC):

Mr Hammond:

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

Mr Hammond:

Stewart Hosie (Dundee East) (SNP):

Mr Hammond:

Column: 858

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

Mr Hammond:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Hammond:

Mike Crockart (Edinburgh West) (LD):

Mr Hammond:

John Glen (Salisbury) (Con):

Column: 859

Mr Hammond:

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

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

Column: 860

Mr Hammond:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

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

Mr Hammond:

Column: 861

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Column: 862

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Mr Hammond:

New Member [5 Mar 2013]

Column: 863

Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust [5 Mar 2013]

2.51 pm

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 864

Points of Order [5 Mar 2013]

2.54 pm

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Speaker:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Column: 865

Property Blight Compensation [5 Mar 2013]

2.58 pm

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con):

Column: 866

Column: 867

Column: 868

Estimates Day

supplementary estimates 2012-13 [5 Mar 2013]

Ministry of justice [5 Mar 2013]

Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice [5 Mar 2013]

3.7 pm

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

Column: 869

Column: 870

Column: 871

Column: 872

Column: 873

Column: 874

3.28 pm

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Column: 875

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Gareth Johnson:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Gareth Johnson:

Column: 876

3.38 pm

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Column: 877

Column: 878

Column: 879

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Jenny Chapman:

Column: 880

3.52 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Jeremy Wright):

Column: 881

Jenny Chapman:

Column: 882

Jeremy Wright:

Sir Alan Beith:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 883

Jenny Chapman:

Jeremy Wright:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 884

Jeremy Wright:

Jenny Chapman

Jeremy Wright:

Jenny Chapman:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 885

Jenny Chapman:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 886

Jenny Chapman:

Column: 887

Jeremy Wright:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Jeremy Wright:

Nick Smith:

Column: 888

Jeremy Wright:

Jenny Chapman:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 889

Column: 890

Department for Communities and Local Government [5 Mar 2013]

New Housing Supply [5 Mar 2013]

4.25 pm

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Don Foster):

Mr Betts:

Column: 891

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Mr Betts:

Column: 892

Mr Jackson:

Mr Betts:

Column: 893

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

Mr Betts:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mr Betts:

Column: 894

Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Mr Betts:

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (Con)

Mr Betts:

George Hollingbery:

Mr Betts:

Column: 895

Column: 896

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Mr Betts:

Column: 897

George Hollingbery:

Mr Betts:

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Mr Betts:

Column: 898

4.56 pm

George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (Con):

Column: 899

Mr Stewart Jackson:

George Hollingbery:

Mr Jackson:

George Hollingbery:

Column: 901

Mr Jackson:

George Hollingbery:

Column: 902

5.9 pm

Column: 903

Mr Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Column: 904

George Hollingbery:

Column: 905

Mr Raynsford:

George Hollingbery:

Mr Raynsford:

Mr Foster:

Mr Raynsford:

Mark Pawsey:

Mr Raynsford:

Column: 906

Column: 907

Mr Foster:

Column: 908

Mr Raynsford:

Column: 909

Mark Pawsey:

Mr Raynsford:

5.36 pm

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Column: 910

Column: 911

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Mark Pawsey:

Column: 912

Column: 913

Mr Slaughter:

Mark Pawsey:

Column: 914

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Nigel Evans):

5.56 pm

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 915

Column: 916

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 917

6.8 pm

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 918

Column: 919

Column: 920

6.19 pm

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Column: 921

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

Column: 922

Heidi Alexander:

Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk) (Con):

Heidi Alexander:

6.29 pm

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Column: 923

Column: 924

Column: 925

Column: 926

6.44 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Don Foster):

Column: 927

Column: 928

Column: 929

Mr Betts:

Mr Foster:

Mr Betts:

Column: 930

Mr Foster:

Business without Debate [5 Mar 2013]

European Union Documents [5 Mar 2013]

Delegated Legislation [5 Mar 2013]

Column: 931

JG Pears Ltd [5 Mar 2013]

7 pm

Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Column: 933

Column: 934

7.12 pm

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 935

7.15 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Richard Benyon):

Column: 936

Column: 937

Column: 938

Sir Edward Garnier:

Richard Benyon:

7.28 pm