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Volume No. 570Part No. 76

House of Commons Debates 18 November 2013

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

work and pensions

independent living fund

employment and support allowance (kettering)

full and part-time employment

benefit cap (employment outcomes)

youth contract wage incentives

pension charges

universal credit (lone parents)

work programme

mesothelioma

universal credit

benefit payments (post office)

youth employment

jobseekers (support)

employment and support allowance

working-age benefits

care leavers

medical services reports

topical questions

commonwealth meeting and the philippines

commission on devolution in wales

northern ireland (miscellaneous provisions) bill

energy bill (carry-over extension)

wellingborough prison site


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Column: 937

House of Commons [18 Nov 2013]

Prayers [18 Nov 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [18 Nov 2013]

Oral Answers to Questions [18 Nov 2013]

Work and Pensions [18 Nov 2013]

Independent Living Fund [18 Nov 2013]

Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning):

Hywel Williams:

Mike Penning:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Column: 938

Mr Speaker:

Employment and Support Allowance (Kettering) [18 Nov 2013]

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning):

Mr Hollobone:

Mike Penning:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Full and Part-time Employment [18 Nov 2013]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 939

Simon Hughes:

Esther McVey:

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Benefit Cap (Employment Outcomes) [18 Nov 2013]

Mr Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Column: 940

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

Mr Syms:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Youth Contract Wage Incentives [18 Nov 2013]

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North) (Lab):

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 941

Mr Reed:

Esther McVey:

Barbara Keeley:

Esther McVey:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Column: 942

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Pension Charges [18 Nov 2013]

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

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

David Mowat:

Steve Webb:

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

Column: 943

Steve Webb:

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

Steve Webb:

Universal Credit (Lone Parents) [18 Nov 2013]

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

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

Mr Bain:

Steve Webb:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 944

Steve Webb:

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

Steve Webb:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Steve Webb:

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

Steve Webb:

Work Programme [18 Nov 2013]

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 945

Chris Ruane:

Esther McVey:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Mesothelioma [18 Nov 2013]

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning):

Mr Hepburn:

Mike Penning:

Column: 946

Universal Credit [18 Nov 2013]

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

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

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

Emily Thornberry:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Nick Smith:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Column: 947

Mr Duncan Smith:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Benefit Payments (Post Office) [18 Nov 2013]

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

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

Mr Reid:

Steve Webb:

Column: 948

Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Youth Employment [18 Nov 2013]

Stephen McPartland (Stevenage) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Stephen McPartland:

Esther McVey:

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

Esther McVey:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Column: 949

Esther McVey:

Jobseekers (Support) [18 Nov 2013]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Paul Maynard:

Esther McVey:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 950

Esther McVey:

Employment and Support Allowance [18 Nov 2013]

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Chi Onwurah:

Esther McVey:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Working-age Benefits [18 Nov 2013]

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 951

Jeremy Lefroy:

Esther McVey:

Care Leavers [18 Nov 2013]

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

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

Fiona Bruce:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Medical Services Reports [18 Nov 2013]

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning):

Column: 952

Kevin Brennan:

Mike Penning:

Alex Cunningham (Stockton North) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Topical Questions [18 Nov 2013]

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

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

Andrew Bridgen:

Column: 953

Mr Duncan Smith:

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Rachel Reeves:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 954

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 955

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

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

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Sir John Randall (Uxbridge and South Ruislip) (Con):

Steve Webb:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 956

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Steve Webb:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Mike Penning):

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Esther McVey):

Column: 957

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 958

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 959

Commonwealth Meeting and the Philippines [18 Nov 2013]

3.31 pm

The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):

Column: 960

Column: 961


3.39 pm

Edward Miliband (Doncaster North) (Lab):

Column: 962


Column: 963

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 964


The Prime Minister:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 965

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 966

The Prime Minister:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mike Gapes (Ilford South) (Lab/Co-op):

The Prime Minister:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Column: 967

The Prime Minister:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister

Column: 968

Mr Speaker:

The Prime Minister:

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury) (Con):

Column: 969

The Prime Minister:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 970

Siobhain McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 971

Margot James (Stourbridge) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab):

Column: 972

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Column: 973

The Prime Minister:

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 974

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 975

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

The Prime Minister:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

Column: 976

The Prime Minister:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Column: 977

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

The Prime Minister:

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 978

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

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

The Prime Minister:

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 979

The Prime Minister:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Column: 980

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 981

The Prime Minister:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 982

The Prime Minister:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

The Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 983

[18 Nov 2013]

Commission on Devolution in Wales [18 Nov 2013]

4.43 pm

The Secretary of State for Wales (Mr David Jones):

Column: 984


4.49 pm

Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab):

Column: 985


Column: 986


Mr Jones:

Column: 987


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

Mr Jones:

Column: 988

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Mr Jones:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Mr Jones:

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con):

Column: 989

Mr Jones:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 990

Mr Jones:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Mr Stephen O'Brien (Eddisbury) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Jones:

Column: 991

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Mr Jones:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Jones:

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

Mr Jones:

Column: 992

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Mr Llwyd:

Kevin Brennan:

Mr Jones:

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

Mr Jones:

Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC):

Mr Jones:

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

Mr Jones:

Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr Jones:

Column: 993

Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill [18 Nov 2013]

5.19 pm

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 994

Mark Durkan:

Column: 995


Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind):

Mark Durkan:

Column: 996


Lady Hermon:

Mark Durkan:

Naomi Long (Belfast East) (Alliance):

5.30 pm

Column: 997

Mark Durkan:

Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North) (DUP):

Mark Durkan:

Dr William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 998

Mark Durkan:

Dr McCrea:

Mark Durkan:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Column: 999

Mark Durkan:

Naomi Long:

Mark Durkan:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 1000

Mark Durkan:

5.45 pm

Dr McCrea:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1001


Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1002

Lady Hermon:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1003

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1004


Lady Hermon:

Mark Durkan:

6 pm

Ian Paisley:

Column: 1005

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1006

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Naomi Long:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1007


6.15 pm

Jim Shannon:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1008


Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 1009


Naomi Long:

Ms Ritchie:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Ms Ritchie:

The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (Mr Andrew Robathan):

Column: 1010

Ms Ritchie:

Lady Hermon:

Ms Ritchie:

Dr McCrea:

6.30 pm

Column: 1011


Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Dr McCrea:

Column: 1012

Ian Paisley:

Dr McCrea:

Jim Shannon:

Column: 1013

Dr McCrea:

Mr Ivan Lewis (Bury South) (Lab):

Dr McCrea:

Mr Lewis:

Ms Ritchie:

6.45 pm

Column: 1014

Mr Lewis:

Lady Hermon:

Mr Lewis:

Naomi Long:

Mr Lewis:

Column: 1015


Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr Lewis:

Column: 1016


Lady Hermon:

Mr Lewis:

Column: 1017


Sammy Wilson:

Mr Lewis:

7 pm

Column: 1018


Mr Robathan:

Column: 1019


Mark Durkan:

Column: 1020

Mark Durkan:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Column: 1021

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1022

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Sammy Wilson:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1023


Naomi Long:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1024


Mr Dodds:

Column: 1025

Sammy Wilson

Mr Dodds:

Sammy Wilson:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1026

7.30 pm

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1027

Lady Hermon:

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1028

Dr McCrea:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1029


Mark Durkan:

Column: 1030

7.45 pm

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1031

Mr Speaker:

Mr Robathan:

Mr Dodds:

Mr Robathan:

Lady Hermon:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1032

Lady Hermon:

Mr Robathan:

Mr Ivan Lewis:

Mr Robathan:

Naomi Long:

Column: 1033


Column: 1034

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

8 pm

Column: 1035

Mr Dodds:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 1036

Mr Dodds:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 1037


Mr Robathan:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Mr Robathan:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Robathan:

Mr Ivan Lewis:

Mr Robathan:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1038


8.15 pm

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1039

Lady Hermon:

Mr Robathan:

Column: 1040


8.21 pm

Stephen Pound:

Column: 1041


8.28 pm

Mr Dodds:

Column: 1042

8.31 pm

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 1043


Column: 1044


Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Ms Ritchie:

8.42 pm

Naomi Long:

Column: 1045


Column: 1046


Column: 1047

Energy Bill (Carry-Over Extension) [18 Nov 2013]

8.48 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Michael Fallon):

8.51 pm

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

Column: 1048

8.55 pm

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 1049


Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Chope:

8.59 pm

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 1050

Sammy Wilson:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

9.2 pm

Michael Fallon:

Column: 1051


PetitionsRural Fair Share Campaign

9.6 pm

George Freeman (Mid Norfolk) (Con):

9.7 pm

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

Column: 1052

Wellingborough Prison Site [18 Nov 2013]

9.8 pm

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 1053


Column: 1054

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Bone:

Column: 1055

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Mr Bone:

Mr Hollobone:

Mr Bone:

Mr Hollobone:

Mr Bone:

Column: 1056

Mr Hollobone:

Mr Bone:

9.26 pm

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

Column: 1057

Column: 1058

Mr Hollobone:

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Hollobone

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Hollobone:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 1059


Column: 1060

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Chope:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 1061


Mr Bone:

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Bone

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Bone:

Jeremy Wright:

Column: 1062

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Hollobone

Jeremy Wright:

Mr Hollobone:

Column: 1063

Column: 1064

Jeremy Wright:

9.47 pm