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Volume No. 571Part No. 88

House of Commons Debates 4 December 2013

house of commons

prayers

business before questions

oral answers to questions

international development

philippines

development programmes

aid dependency

developing countries: tax collection

global fund to fight aids, tuberculosis and malaria

topical questions

prime minister

engagements

national infrastructure plan

recall of elected representatives

energy bill (programme) (no.3)

energy bill

business rates

business of the house (10 december)

sports funding (rural communities)


This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 4 December 2013

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Column: 897

House of Commons [4 Dec 2013]

Prayers [4 Dec 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [4 Dec 2013]

Business Before Questions [4 Dec 2013]

Hon. Members:

Oral Answers to Questions [4 Dec 2013]

International Development [4 Dec 2013]

Philippines [4 Dec 2013]

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

The Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening):

Mr Walker:

Justine Greening:

Column: 898

Graham Evans:

Justine Greening:

Steve Brine:

Justine Greening:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Justine Greening:

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

Column: 899

Justine Greening:

Gavin Shuker:

Justine Greening:

Sir Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Justine Greening:

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

Justine Greening:

Development Programmes [4 Dec 2013]

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

Column: 900

The Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening):

Paul Uppal:

Justine Greening:

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

Justine Greening:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Justine Greening:

Column: 901

Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Justine Greening:

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

Justine Greening:

Aid Dependency [4 Dec 2013]

Harriett Baldwin (West Worcestershire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening):

Harriett Baldwin:

Column: 902

Justine Greening:

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

Justine Greening:

Mrs Caroline Spelman (Meriden) (Con):

Justine Greening:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Justine Greening:

Developing Countries: Tax Collection [4 Dec 2013]

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

Column: 903

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

Stephen Gilbert:

Mr Duncan:

Anas Sarwar (Glasgow Central) (Lab):

Mr Duncan:

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria [4 Dec 2013]

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development (Lynne Featherstone):

Nic Dakin:

Column: 904

Lynne Featherstone:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Lynne Featherstone:

Topical Questions [4 Dec 2013]

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

The Secretary of State for International Development (Justine Greening):

Jeremy Lefroy:

Justine Greening:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 905

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Justine Greening:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Justine Greening:

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Justine Greening:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Column: 906

Justine Greening:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Justine Greening:

Mr David Ward (Bradford East) (LD):

Justine Greening:

Prime Minister [4 Dec 2013]

Engagements [4 Dec 2013]

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister (Mr Nick Clegg):

Column: 907

Julie Elliott:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Dame Angela Watkinson (Hornchurch and Upminster) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harriet Harman (Camberwell and Peckham) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

Column: 908

Mr Speaker:

Ms Harman:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

Column: 909

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Speaker:

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ms Harman:

Column: 910

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Column: 911

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 912

Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 913

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 914

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 915

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Column: 916

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

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

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

The Deputy Prime Minister:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 917

National Infrastructure Plan [4 Dec 2013]

12.34 pm

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op)

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Danny Alexander):

Column: 918


12.40 pm

Chris Leslie (Nottingham East) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 919


Danny Alexander:

Column: 920


Mr Speaker:

Danny Alexander:

Mr Speaker:

Danny Alexander:

Column: 921

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

Danny Alexander:

Mr Alistair Darling (Edinburgh South West) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 922

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 923

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Danny Alexander:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 924

Danny Alexander:

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

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

Column: 925

Danny Alexander:

John Glen (Salisbury) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Column: 926

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Ben Gummer (Ipswich) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 927

Danny Alexander:

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Danny Alexander:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 928

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Column: 929

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Andrew Griffiths (Burton) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Column: 930


Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

Column: 931

Danny Alexander:

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

Danny Alexander:

Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 932

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Column: 933

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

Danny Alexander:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 934

Danny Alexander:

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 935

Danny Alexander:

Mr Speaker:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Danny Alexander:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Column: 936

Danny Alexander:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Danny Alexander:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 937

Recall of Elected Representatives [4 Dec 2013]

1.34 pm

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

Column: 938


Column: 939

Division No. 150 [Recall of Elected Representatives] [4 Dec 2013]

Column: 941

energy bill (programme) (no.3) [4 Dec 2013]

Column: 942

Energy Bill [4 Dec 2013]

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

1.57 pm

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Michael Fallon):

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 943

Michael Fallon:

Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) (Lab):

Michael Fallon:

Mr Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Michael Fallon:

Column: 944


Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con):

Michael Fallon:

Column: 945

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

Mr Redwood:

Tom Greatrex:

Column: 946


Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Tom Greatrex:

2.15 pm

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Column: 947

Tom Greatrex:

David Mowat:

Tom Greatrex:

Column: 948

Ian Lavery:

Tom Greatrex:

Column: 949

David Mowat:

Tom Greatrex:

Column: 950


Mr Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

2.30 pm

Column: 951


Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Syms:

Bob Stewart:

Mr Syms:

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Mr Syms:

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

Column: 952

Mr Syms:

Dan Byles:

Mr Syms:

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

Column: 953


Ian Lavery:

Column: 954

Dr Whitehead:

2.45 pm

Angela Smith:

Dr Whitehead:

Mr Redwood:

Dr Whitehead:

Charles Hendry (Wealden) (Con):

Dr Whitehead:

Column: 955

Dan Byles:

Dr Whitehead:

David Mowat:

Dr Whitehead:

Michael Fallon:

Dr Whitehead:

Column: 956

Charles Hendry:

Column: 957

Caroline Lucas:

Column: 958

3 pm

Column: 959

Mr Redwood:

Caroline Lucas:

Mr Redwood:

Column: 960


David Mowat:

Dr Whitehead

David Mowat:

Column: 961


Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Column: 962


3.15 pm

Mr Redwood:

Mark Reckless:

Column: 963


Column: 964


Michael Fallon:

Ian Lavery

Michael Fallon:

Ian Lavery:

Michael Fallon:

Column: 965


Division No. 151 [ Energy Bill] [4 Dec 2013]

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Michael Fallon:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Michael Fallon:

Column: 970

3.45 pm

Column: 971

Column: 972


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

Michael Fallon:

Mr MacNeil:

Michael Fallon:

Column: 973


Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Michael Fallon:

Column: 974


4 pm

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

Michael Fallon:

Jonathan Reynolds:

Mr Weir

Jonathan Reynolds:

Column: 975

Column: 976


Column: 977


Caroline Lucas:

Column: 978


4.15 pm

Column: 979


Sammy Wilson:

Caroline Lucas:

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Column: 980


Column: 981

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Chris Williamson:

Mr Binley:

Chris Williamson:

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Gregory Barker):

Chris Williamson:

Gregory Barker:

Chris Williamson:

Mr Weir:

Column: 982


4.30 pm

Column: 983

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab):

Dr Whitehead:

Column: 984


Michael Fallon:

Column: 985


Mr Weir:

Michael Fallon:

Chris Williamson:

Michael Fallon:

4.45 pm

Column: 986


Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Mr Weir:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Hon. Members:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Hon. Members:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Division No. 152 [ Energy Bill] [4 Dec 2013]

5.3 pm

Column: 991

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab)

Mr Speaker:

Thomas Docherty:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 992

Opposition Day

Business Rates [4 Dec 2013]

Mr Speaker:

5.6 pm

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Column: 993

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Toby Perkins:

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Toby Perkins:

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

Toby Perkins:

Seema Malhotra:

Column: 994

Toby Perkins:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Toby Perkins:

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Toby Perkins:

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

Toby Perkins:

Column: 995

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Toby Perkins:

Several hon. Members

Toby Perkins:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Toby Perkins:

Richard Fuller:

Column: 996

Toby Perkins:

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

Toby Perkins:

Several hon. Members

Toby Perkins:

Nick de Bois

Toby Perkins:

Nick de Bois:

Toby Perkins:

Several hon. Members

Toby Perkins:

Column: 997


Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Toby Perkins:

Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab):

Toby Perkins:

Column: 998


Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Toby Perkins:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Toby Perkins:

Column: 999

Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Toby Perkins:

Tom Blenkinsop:

Toby Perkins:

Mr Newmark

Toby Perkins:

Mr Newmark:

Toby Perkins:

Column: 1000

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Toby Perkins:

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 1001

Toby Perkins:

5.37 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Brandon Lewis):

Column: 1002

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

Brandon Lewis:

Tom Blenkinsop:

Brandon Lewis:

Toby Perkins:

Brandon Lewis:

Mr Betts:

Column: 1003

Brandon Lewis:

Geraint Davies

Brandon Lewis:

Geraint Davies:

Brandon Lewis:

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

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 1004

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 1005


Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 1006


Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab):

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 1007

Geraint Davies:

Brandon Lewis:

Huw Irranca-Davies:

Brandon Lewis:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Brandon Lewis:

Mary Macleod:

Brandon Lewis:

Column: 1008

Mr Newmark:

Brandon Lewis:

Toby Perkins:

Brandon Lewis:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

6 pm

Column: 1009

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

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

Mr Betts:

Column: 1010


Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Mr Betts:

Column: 1011

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

6.8 pm

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

Column: 1012


6.14 pm

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

Column: 1013


Alison McGovern:

Tom Blenkinsop:

Column: 1014

Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con):

Tom Blenkinsop:

6.21 pm

Andrew Griffiths (Burton) (Con):

Column: 1015

Yasmin Qureshi:

Andrew Griffiths:

Column: 1016

Toby Perkins:

Andrew Griffiths:

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Andrew Griffiths:

6.28 pm

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

Alison McGovern:

Column: 1017


Column: 1018

Toby Perkins:

Alison McGovern:

6.35 pm

Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Column: 1019


6.41 pm

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Column: 1020

6.46 pm

Column: 1021

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Column: 1022

Simon Kirby:

Nick de Bois:

Simon Danczuk:

Nick de Bois:

Column: 1023

6.55 pm

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Nick de Bois:

Bill Esterson:

Nick de Bois:

Bill Esterson:

Column: 1024


Toby Perkins:

Bill Esterson:

Damian Collins:

Column: 1025

Bill Esterson:

Nick de Bois:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

7.4 pm

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 1026

7.10 pm

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab):

Column: 1027

Column: 1028

Bill Esterson:

Simon Danczuk:

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con):

Simon Danczuk:

Column: 1029


Brandon Lewis

Simon Danczuk:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

7.19 pm

Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con):

Column: 1030

7.24 pm

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 1031

7.28 pm

Column: 1032

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

Column: 1033

7.33 pm

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Column: 1034


Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

7.37 pm

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Column: 1035


Column: 1036

7.41 pm

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 1037


7.45 pm

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab):

Column: 1038

Column: 1039


7.53 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Kris Hopkins):

Column: 1040


Column: 1041


Division No. 153 [Business Rates] [4 Dec 2013]

Division No. 154 [Business Rates] [4 Dec 2013]

Column: 1049

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

Business of the House (10 December) [4 Dec 2013]

Hon. Members:

Column: 1050

Petitions Ennerdale Swimming Pool (Kingston upon Hull)

8.28 pm

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

Rural Fuel Rebate in Cornwall

8.30 pm

Andrew George (St Ives) (LD):

Column: 1051

Sports Funding (Rural Communities) [4 Dec 2013]

8.32 pm

Stephen Barclay (North East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Column: 1052


Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Stephen Barclay:

Column: 1053


Column: 1054

8.45 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mrs Helen Grant):

Column: 1055


Column: 1056


8.53 pm

Column: 1057

Division No. 148 [ Sports Funding (Rural Communities)]

Deferred Divisions [4 Dec 2013]

[4 Dec 2013]

Column: 1060

Division No. 149 [Deferred Divisions] [4 Dec 2013]