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Volume No. 572Part No. 97

House of Commons Debates 19 December 2013

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

transport

east coast mainline company ltd

railway branch lines

high speed 2

railway electrification

high speed 2

station infrastructure

maritime rescue co-ordination centres

birmingham airport

thameslink

topical questions

leader of the house

parliamentary calendar

house of commons commission

running costs

factiva news services

leader of the house

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

oral statements

house of commons commission

speaker’s commission on digital democracy

business of the house

detainee inquiry

high-speed rail

point of order: rectification procedure

Bill Presented

christmas adjournment

criminal justice (north wales)


This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 19 December 2013

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Column: 869

House of Commons [19 Dec 2013]

Prayers [19 Dec 2013]

[Mr Speaker] [19 Dec 2013]

Oral Answers to Questions [19 Dec 2013]

Transport [19 Dec 2013]

East Coast Mainline Company Ltd [19 Dec 2013]

Grahame M. Morris (Easington) (Lab):

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

Grahame M. Morris:

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 870

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mary Creagh:

Column: 871

Mr McLoughlin:

Railway Branch Lines [19 Dec 2013]

Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Charlotte Leslie:

Stephen Hammond:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Stephen Hammond:

Column: 872

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Stephen Hammond:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Stephen Hammond:

High Speed 2 [19 Dec 2013]

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

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

Mrs Gillan:

Column: 873

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 874

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Mr Speaker:

Railway Electrification [19 Dec 2013]

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Stephen Mosley:

Stephen Hammond:

Diana Johnson:

Stephen Hammond:

Column: 875

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Stephen Hammond:

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

Stephen Hammond:

High Speed 2 [19 Dec 2013]

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

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

Karen Lumley:

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 876

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Station Infrastructure [19 Dec 2013]

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

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

Column: 877

Richard Graham:

Mr McLoughlin:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 878

Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres [19 Dec 2013]

Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Katy Clark:

Stephen Hammond:

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Column: 879

Stephen Hammond:

Birmingham Airport [19 Dec 2013]

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Mr Cunningham:

Mr Goodwill:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

Mr Goodwill:

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Mr Goodwill:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Column: 880

Mr Goodwill:

Thameslink [19 Dec 2013]

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Heidi Alexander:

Stephen Hammond:

Topical Questions [19 Dec 2013]

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

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

Column: 881

Eric Ollerenshaw:

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Karen Lumley (Redditch) (Con):

Column: 882


Mr Goodwill:

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Goodwill:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Column: 883

Mr Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) (Con):

Mr Goodwill:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr Goodwill:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Stephen Hammond):

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 884

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Stephen Hammond:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Column: 885

Mr McLoughlin:

Leader of the House [19 Dec 2013]

Parliamentary Calendar [19 Dec 2013]

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

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

Diana Johnson:

Tom Brake:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 886

Tom Brake:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Tom Brake:

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

Tom Brake:

House of Commons Commission [19 Dec 2013]

Running Costs [19 Dec 2013]

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):

Column: 887

Jeremy Lefroy:

John Thurso:

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

John Thurso:

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

John Thurso:

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

John Thurso:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 888

Factiva News Services [19 Dec 2013]

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

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

Michael Fabricant:

Mr Speaker:

John Thurso:

Leader of the House [19 Dec 2013]

Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill [19 Dec 2013]

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

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

Column: 889

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

Pat Glass:

Tom Brake:

Mr Bain:

Tom Brake:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Tom Brake:

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Tom Brake:

Column: 890

Oral Statements [19 Dec 2013]

Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

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

Heidi Alexander:

Mr Lansley:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

House of Commons Commission [19 Dec 2013]

Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy [19 Dec 2013]

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Column: 891

John Thurso (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross):

Pauline Latham:

Column: 892

John Thurso:

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op):

John Thurso:

Column: 893

Business of the House [19 Dec 2013]

10.36 am

Ms Angela Eagle (Wallasey) (Lab):

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

Ms Eagle:

Column: 894


Column: 895

Mr Lansley:

Column: 896


Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

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

Column: 897

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 898

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Column: 899

Mr Lansley:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater and West Somerset) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 900

Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 901

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Column: 902

Mr Lansley:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Mr Lansley:

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 903

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Speaker:

Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Column: 904

Mr Lansley:

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 905

Mr Lansley:

Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 906

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Column: 907

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 908

Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Andrew Miller:

Mr Lansley:

Column: 909

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Mr Lansley:

Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Lansley:

Column: 910

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

Mr Lansley:

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

Mr Lansley:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 911

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

Mr Lansley:

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 912

Mr Lansley:

Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Mr Lansley:

Column: 913

Detainee Inquiry [19 Dec 2013]

Mr Speaker:

11.43 am

The Minister without Portfolio (Mr Kenneth Clarke):

Column: 914


Column: 915


Column: 916


11.55 am

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Column: 917


Mr Clarke:

Column: 918


Column: 919


Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 920

Mr Clarke:

Column: 921

Mr Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

Margaret Beckett (Derby South) (Lab):

Column: 922

Mr Clarke:

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

Mr Clarke:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 923

Mr Clarke:

Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

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

Column: 924

Mr Clarke:

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

Mr Clarke:

Mr Speaker:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 925

Mr Clarke:

Mr Andrew Mitchell (Sutton Coldfield) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

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

Mr Clarke:

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Column: 926

Mr Clarke:

Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Clarke:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 927

High-speed Rail [19 Dec 2013]

Mr Speaker:

12.37 pm

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

Column: 928

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

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 929

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

Mr Speaker:

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 930


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

Mrs Ellman:

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

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 931

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mrs Ellman:

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

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 932

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mrs Ellman:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mrs Ellman:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 933

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mrs Ellman:

Mr Sheerman

Mr Speaker:

Mr Sheerman:

Column: 934

Mrs Ellman:

Mrs Gillan

Mr Speaker:

Mrs Gillan:

Mrs Ellman:

Column: 935

Point of Order: Rectification Procedure [19 Dec 2013]

Mr Speaker:

Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Bill Presented

Column: 936

Backbench Business

Christmas Adjournment [19 Dec 2013]

1.7 pm

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

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

Column: 937

Mr Amess:

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

Mr Amess:

Column: 938

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Mr Amess:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 939

Mr Amess:

Column: 940

1.27 pm

Column: 941

Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse) (Lab):

Column: 942


Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 943

Jim Fitzpatrick:

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 944

Jim Fitzpatrick:

1.40 pm

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

Column: 945


Column: 946

Column: 947

Column: 948


Jim Fitzpatrick:

Sir John Randall:

2.1 pm

Eric Joyce (Falkirk) (Ind):

Column: 949

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Eric Joyce:

Column: 950


2.7 pm

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Bob Stewart:

Jeremy Lefroy:

Column: 951


Column: 952


Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab):

Jeremy Lefroy:

Column: 953


Column: 954


Sir John Randall:

Jeremy Lefroy:

Column: 955


Column: 956


2.31 pm

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Bob Stewart:

Lyn Brown:

Column: 959

Bob Stewart:

Column: 960

Lyn Brown:

Bob Blackman:

Lyn Brown:

John McDonnell:

Lyn Brown:

Column: 961


2.51 pm

Bob Blackman

Column: 962


Jeremy Corbyn:

Bob Blackman:

Lyn Brown:

Bob Blackman:

Column: 963

Column: 964


Lyn Brown:

Bob Blackman:

Column: 965


Jeremy Corbyn:

Bob Blackman:

Column: 966


3.13 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Bob Blackman:

John McDonnell:

Column: 967


Sir John Randall:

John McDonnell:

Column: 968


Column: 969


Bob Blackman:

John McDonnell:

Jim Fitzpatrick:

John McDonnell:

Column: 970


Column: 971


Column: 972


3.37 pm

Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 973


John McDonnell:

Neil Parish:

Column: 974


Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Neil Parish:

Column: 975


Mr Newmark:

Neil Parish:

3.49 pm

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Column: 976


Column: 977


Column: 978


Column: 979

Bob Blackman:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.7 pm

Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Column: 980


Column: 981


Column: 982


4.17 pm

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

Jim Fitzpatrick

Tom Brake:

Column: 983

Jim Fitzpatrick:

Tom Brake:

Column: 984

Column: 985


Column: 986


Column: 987


Column: 988

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 989

Criminal Justice (North Wales) [19 Dec 2013]

4.43 pm

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Column: 990

Column: 991


Column: 992


4.57 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Shailesh Vara):

5 pm

Column: 993

Mr Vara:

Ian Lucas:

Mr Vara:

Column: 994


5.8 pm