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Volume No. 567Part No. 42

House of Commons Debates 3 September 2013

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

hertfordshire county council (filming on highways) bill

oral answers to questions

foreign and commonwealth office

syria

gibraltar

middle east peace process

serbia and kosovo

israel and palestine

jordan and lebanon

india (non-payment of invoices)

china (human rights)

trading with illegal israeli settlements

west africa

democratic republic of the congo

eu (role of national parliaments)

topical questions

points of order

young apprenticeships

transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill

transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill (programme)

Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill (Money)

Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill (Ways and Means)

business without debate

Delegated legislation

Sittings of the House

baroness thatcher's legacy


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Column: 143

House of Commons [3 Sep 2013]

Prayers [3 Sep 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [3 Sep 2013]

Business before Questions [3 Sep 2013]

Hertfordshire County Council (Filming on Highways) Bill [] [3 Sep 2013]

Oral Answers to Questions [3 Sep 2013]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office [3 Sep 2013]

Syria [3 Sep 2013]

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

John Glen (Salisbury) (Con):

Karl McCartney (Lincoln) (Con):

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 144

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

Sarah Newton:

Mr Hague:

John Glen:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Hague:

Karl McCartney:

Column: 145

Mr Hague:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 146

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 147

Mr Alexander:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Column: 148

Mr Hague:

Gibraltar [3 Sep 2013]

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

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

Jake Berry:

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con):

Column: 149

Mr Hague:

Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Middle East Peace Process [3 Sep 2013]

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

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

Mr Burrowes:

Mr Hague:

Serbia and Kosovo [3 Sep 2013]

Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 150

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Wayne David:

Mr Lidington:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mr Lidington:

Column: 151

Israel and Palestine [3 Sep 2013]

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

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

Mrs McGuire:

Alistair Burt:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

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

Alistair Burt:

Column: 152

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Alistair Burt:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

Jordan and Lebanon [3 Sep 2013]

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

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

Nicola Blackwood:

Column: 153

Alistair Burt:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Alistair Burt:

India (Non-payment of Invoices) [3 Sep 2013]

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

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

Mr Robertson:

Column: 154

Mark Simmonds:

China (Human Rights) [3 Sep 2013]

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

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

Nic Dakin:

Mr Hague:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Trading with Illegal Israeli Settlements [3 Sep 2013]

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Column: 155

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

Alex Cunningham:

Alistair Burt:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Alistair Burt:

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

Column: 156

Alistair Burt:

West Africa [3 Sep 2013]

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

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

Lyn Brown:

Mark Simmonds:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mark Simmonds:

Column: 157

Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

Mark Simmonds:

Democratic Republic of the Congo [3 Sep 2013]

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

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

Pat Glass:

Mark Simmonds:

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 158

Mark Simmonds:

EU (Role of National Parliaments) [3 Sep 2013]

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Andrea Leadsom:

Mr Lidington:

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

Mr Lidington:

Topical Questions [3 Sep 2013]

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

Column: 159

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

Mr Love:

Mr Hague:

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 160

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

The Minister for Europe (Mr David Lidington):

Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr Lidington:

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Column: 161

Mr Hague:

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

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

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

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

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 162

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Lidington:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 163

Mr Hague:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 164

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 165

Points of Order [3 Sep 2013]

12.36 pm

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 166

Young Apprenticeships [3 Sep 2013]

12.37 pm

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

Column: 167

Column: 168


Column: 169

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill [3 Sep 2013]

Mr Speaker:

12.47 pm

The Leader of the House of Commons (Mr Andrew Lansley):

Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford) (Con):

Column: 170

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 171

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

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Column: 172

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 173

Mrs Gillan:

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab)

Mr Lansley:

Mr Allen:

Column: 174

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab)

Mr Lansley:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 175

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Mr Lansley:

Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Column: 176

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)

Mr Lansley:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Lansley:

Column: 177


Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Caroline Lucas

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Lansley:

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Column: 178

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Chris Bryant:

Mr Lansley:

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 179

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 180

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 181

Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP):

Mr Lansley:

Pete Wishart:

Mr Lansley:

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 182

Mike Thornton (Eastleigh) (LD):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 183

Mr Allen:

Mr Lansley:

Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 184


Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Steve Brine:

Mr Lansley:

Steve Brine:

Mr Lansley:

Column: 185


Several hon. Members

Mr Lansley:

Column: 186


1.41 pm

Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 187

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Ms Eagle:

Several hon. Members

Ms Eagle:

Jack Dromey (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 188


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

Ms Eagle:

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 189

Pete Wishart:

Ms Eagle:

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

Ms Eagle:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Ms Eagle:

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

Ms Eagle:

Column: 190

Several hon. Members

Ms Eagle:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

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

Ms Eagle:

Column: 191


Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con)

Ms Eagle:

Sarah Newton:

Ms Eagle:

Column: 192

Mr Allen:

Ms Eagle:

Chris Bryant:

Ms Eagle:

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

Ms Eagle:

Column: 193

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Ms Eagle:

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

Ms Eagle:

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 194


Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Ms Eagle:

Andy Sawford (Corby) (Lab/Co-op):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 195

Caroline Lucas:

Ms Eagle:

Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton) (Con):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 196


Angie Bray:

Ms Eagle:

Stephen Doughty:

Ms Eagle:

Mr Charles Walker:

Ms Eagle:

Column: 197

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Fiona O’Donnell (East Lothian) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Column: 198

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

Ms Eagle:

Gavin Shuker:

Ms Eagle:

Column: 199

Dr Hywel Francis (Aberavon) (Lab):

Ms Eagle:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Column: 200

2.27 pm

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) (LD):

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

John Thurso:

Mr Tom Harris:

John Thurso:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Column: 201

John Thurso:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

John Thurso:

Column: 202

Duncan Hames:

John Thurso:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

John Thurso:

Thomas Docherty:

John Thurso:

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab):

Column: 203

John Thurso:

2.40 pm

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab):

Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind):

Column: 204

Mr Allen:

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

Mr Allen:

Column: 205


Mr David Davis:

Mr Allen:

Column: 206


Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Allen:

2.52 pm

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 207

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

Mrs Main:

Debbie Abrahams:

Mrs Main:

Sheila Gilmore:

Mrs Main:

Column: 208


Column: 210


3.4 pm

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) (Lab):

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Ian Lavery:

Column: 211


Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Ian Lavery:

Column: 212


Dr Francis:

Ian Lavery:

Dr Francis:

Ian Lavery:

Column: 213


3.16 pm

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con):

Fiona O'Donnell:

Stephen McPartland:

Dr Whitehead:

Column: 214

Stephen McPartland:

Lady Hermon:

Stephen McPartland:

Column: 215


Mrs Main:

Stephen McPartland:

Column: 216


Mr Tom Harris:

Stephen McPartland:

Column: 217


3.29 pm

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

Column: 218


Andrew Gwynne:

Cathy Jamieson:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Cathy Jamieson:

Column: 219


Column: 220


Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

3.43 pm

Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton) (Con):

Column: 221


Stephen Doughty:

Angie Bray:

Column: 222


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

Angie Bray:

Chris Bryant:

Angie Bray:

3.51 pm

John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab):

Column: 223


James Duddridge:

John Robertson:

Column: 224

Column: 225


4 pm

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

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

James Duddridge:

Sheila Gilmore:

Column: 226

James Duddridge:

Dr Whitehead:

James Duddridge:

Column: 227


Stephen Phillips (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

James Duddridge:

4.10 pm

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

Column: 228


Column: 229


Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Jonathan Edwards:

Column: 230

4.17 pm

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Sheila Gilmore:

Sarah Newton:

Sheila Gilmore:

Column: 231

Sarah Newton:

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

Sarah Newton:

4.25 pm

Column: 232

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 233

Paul Flynn:

John McDonnell:

Column: 234


4.33 pm

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

Paul Flynn:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 235

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Thomas Docherty:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 236

Lady Hermon:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

4.44 pm

Column: 237

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 238


Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Sammy Wilson:

Mr Lansley:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 239


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.55 pm

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Column: 240


Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Jenny Chapman:

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab):

Jenny Chapman:

Column: 241


5.1 pm

Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley) (Lab):

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley) (DUP):

Mr Barron:

Column: 243


5.8 pm

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test) (Lab):

Column: 244


Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Dr Whitehead:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

5.16 pm

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Column: 245

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Natascha Engel:

Paul Flynn:

Column: 246

Natascha Engel:

Mr Anderson:

Natascha Engel:

Column: 247

5.24 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Paul Farrelly:

Column: 248

Chris Bryant:

5.51 pm

Mr Tom Harris (Glasgow South) (Lab):

Column: 249

Mr Speaker:

Mr Harris:

Column: 250


Mike Thornton:

Mr Harris:

5.38 pm

Column: 251

Fiona O'Donnell (East Lothian) (Lab):

Column: 252



5.45 pm

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

Column: 253


Fiona O'Donnell:

Dr Whiteford:

Column: 254

5.52 pm

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

Column: 255


Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire) (Lab):

Mrs McGuire:

Mike Thornton:

Mrs McGuire:

Column: 256

6 pm

Column: 257

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

Mrs Main:

Thomas Docherty:

Column: 258


Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Thomas Docherty:

Column: 259


6.9 pm

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 260

6.14 pm

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

Column: 261


Mr Tom Clarke:

Stephen Doughty:

Mr Lansley:

Stephen Doughty:

Column: 262


Alok Sharma (Reading West) (Con):

Stephen Doughty:

Column: 263

Alok Sharma

Stephen Doughty:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

6.24 pm

Column: 264

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab):

Column: 265


6.29 pm

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Column: 266


6.34 pm

Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab):

Column: 267


6.38 pm

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

6.40 pm

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth) (Lab):

Column: 268

Column: 269


Column: 270


6.50 pm

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

Column: 271

Fiona O’Donnell:

Tom Brake:

Bob Stewart:

Tom Brake:

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

Column: 272

Tom Brake:

Mr Allen:

Tom Brake:

Mr Allen:

Tom Brake:

Mr Speaker:

Tom Brake:

Division No. 71 [Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill] [3 Sep 2013]

Division No. 72 [Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill]

Column: 279

[3 Sep 2013]

Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration Bill (programme) [3 Sep 2013]

Column: 281

Division No. 73 [Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill] [3 Sep 2013]

Column: 286

Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill (Money)

Transparency of lobbying, non-party campaigning and trade union administration bill (Ways and Means)

Business without Debate [3 Sep 2013]

Delegated legislation

Sittings of the House

Column: 287

Baroness Thatcher's Legacy [3 Sep 2013]

7.42 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Column: 288


Column: 289


Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Mr Amess:

Column: 290


Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Amess:

Column: 291


Column: 292


Column: 293


8.7 pm

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr Nick Hurd):

Column: 294


8.12 pm