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House of Commons Debates 13 January 2014

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

work and pensions

work capability assessment

personal independence payments

discretionary housing payments

benefit cap

personal independence payments

oecd disability spend

employment statistics

employment and support allowance

auto-enrolment

basic state pension inheritance

funeral payments

under-occupancy penalty

habitual residence test

universal credit

kettering jobcentre plus

topical questions

syria

point of order

european union (approvals) bill

european union (approvals) bill

welfare reforms and poverty

business without debate

speaker’s committee for the independent parliamentary standards authority

oral cancer

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Column: 561

Column: 561

House of Commons [13 Jan 2014]

Prayers [13 Jan 2014]

[Mr Speaker] [13 Jan 2014]

Oral Answers to Questions [13 Jan 2014]

Work and Pensions [13 Jan 2014]

Work Capability Assessment [13 Jan 2014]

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

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

Ian Mearns:

Mike Penning:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 562

Mike Penning:

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

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

Mike Penning:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Mike Penning:

Personal Independence Payments [13 Jan 2014]

John Robertson (Glasgow North West) (Lab):

Column: 563

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

John Robertson:

Mike Penning:

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Mike Penning:

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Column: 564

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Mike Penning:

Discretionary Housing Payments [13 Jan 2014]

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Dr Thérèse Coffey (Suffolk Coastal) (Con):

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

Bill Wiggin:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 565

Mr Duncan Smith:

Dr Thérèse Coffey:

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Column: 566

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Heather Wheeler (South Derbyshire) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Benefit Cap [13 Jan 2014]

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

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

Column: 567

Andrew Bridgen:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Personal Independence Payments [13 Jan 2014]

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

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

Mrs Moon:

Mike Penning:

Column: 568

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

Mike Penning:

Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Ian Lucas:

Mike Penning:

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Mike Penning:

OECD Disability Spend [13 Jan 2014]

Fiona Bruce (Congleton) (Con):

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

Column: 569

Fiona Bruce:

Mike Penning:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Employment Statistics [13 Jan 2014]

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

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

Bob Blackman:

Esther McVey:

Column: 570

Michael Ellis:

Esther McVey:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

Column: 571

Esther McVey:

Employment and Support Allowance [13 Jan 2014]

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

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

Ann McKechin:

Esther McVey:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Auto-enrolment [13 Jan 2014]

Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (Con):

Column: 572

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

Andrew Jones:

Steve Webb:

Basic State Pension Inheritance [13 Jan 2014]

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

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

Dr Offord:

Steve Webb:

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

Column: 573

Steve Webb:

Funeral Payments [13 Jan 2014]

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

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

Mrs Lewell-Buck:

Steve Webb:

Under-occupancy Penalty [13 Jan 2014]

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

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

Nic Dakin:

Esther McVey:

Column: 574

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

Esther McVey:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):

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

Teresa Pearce:

Column: 575

Esther McVey:

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

Esther McVey:

Habitual Residence Test [13 Jan 2014]

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

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

Nigel Mills:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Universal Credit [13 Jan 2014]

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

Column: 576

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

Steve Rotheram:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Kettering Jobcentre Plus [13 Jan 2014]

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

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

Mr Hollobone:

Esther McVey:

Topical Questions [13 Jan 2014]

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Column: 577

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

Neil Carmichael:

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

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Rachel Reeves:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Steve Webb:

Column: 578

Mr David Crausby (Bolton North East) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Marcus Jones (Nuneaton) (Con):

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

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Column: 579

Mr Duncan Smith:

Sir Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove) (LD):

Mike Penning:

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 580

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

Mike Penning:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Simon Kirby (Brighton, Kemptown) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 581

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

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

Column: 582

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Steve Webb:

Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 583

Syria [13 Jan 2014]

3.33 pm

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

Column: 584

Column: 585

Column: 586

3.44 pm

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

Column: 587

Mr Hague:

Column: 588

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 589

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 590

Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Meg Munn (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr Hague:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 591

Mr Hague:

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Hague:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Column: 592

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Alistair Burt (North East Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 593

Mr Hague:

Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 594

Sarah Teather (Brent Central) (LD):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 595

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 596

Mr Hague:

Mr Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mrs Anne Main (St Albans) (Con):

Column: 597

Mr Hague:

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Ian Paisley (North Antrim) (DUP):

Column: 598

Mr Hague:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 599

Mr Hague:

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Column: 600

Mr Hague:

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 601

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 602

Point of Order [13 Jan 2014]

4.43 pm

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 603

European Union (Approvals) Bill [] [13 Jan 2014]

Mr Speaker:

4.45 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Cash:

Column: 604

Mr Vaizey:

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

Mr Vaizey:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Vaizey:

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Richard Drax:

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 605

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 606

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Vaizey:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Vaizey:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Lee Scott (Ilford North) (Con):

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 607

Mr Vaizey:

Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Richard Drax:

Mr Vaizey:

Richard Drax:

Mr Vaizey:

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

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 608

Mr Turner:

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 609

5.5 pm

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Richard Drax:

Mr Vaizey:

Helen Goodman:

Column: 610

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Helen Goodman:

Column: 611

Mr Cash:

Helen Goodman:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Helen Goodman:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 612

Helen Goodman:

Richard Drax:

Helen Goodman:

Mr Cash:

Helen Goodman:

5.21 pm

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 613

Column: 614

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Cash:

Column: 615

Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Mr Vaizey:

Mr Cash:

Column: 616

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr Cash:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Mr Cash:

Column: 617

5.40 pm

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

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mr Kennedy:

Column: 618

Column: 619

Mr Cash:

Mr Kennedy:

Column: 620

5.52 pm

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Column: 621

6 pm

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Column: 622

Column: 623

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Richard Drax:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 624

Mr Cash:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Mr Cash:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 625

Richard Drax:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Kelvin Hopkins:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 627

Mr Cash:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 628

Mr Bernard Jenkin (Harwich and North Essex) (Con):

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 629

Mr Cash:

Chris Heaton-Harris:

Column: 630

6.37 pm

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

Column: 631

Chris Bryant:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 632

Column: 633

Richard Drax:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 634

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

Jacob Rees-Mogg:

Column: 635

6.53 pm

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 636

Column: 637

Division No. 174 [ European Union (Approvals) Bill [Lords]]

Column: 640

European Union (Approvals) Bill [] (Programme) [13 Jan 2014]

Column: 641

Backbench Business

Welfare Reforms and Poverty [13 Jan 2014]

7.14 pm

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

Column: 642

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

Mr Meacher:

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

Mr Meacher:

David T. C. Davies:

Mr Meacher:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Column: 643

Mr Meacher:

Column: 644

Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab):

Column: 645

Mr Meacher:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Mr Meacher:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

7.35 pm

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

Column: 646

Hugh Bayley:

David T. C. Davies:

Column: 647

Hugh Bayley:

David T.C. Davies:

Hugh Bayley:

David T.C. Davies:

Column: 648

Stephen Mosley:

David T. C. Davies:

7.43 pm

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Column: 649

Column: 650

Andy Sawford:

Mr Winnick:

7.53 pm

Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con):

Column: 651

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

Jeremy Lefroy:

Column: 652

Column: 653

8.3 pm

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

Column: 654

Stephen Twigg (Liverpool, West Derby) (Lab/Co-op):

Steve Rotheram:

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

Steve Rotheram:

Mike Penning:

Steve Rotheram:

Column: 655

Column: 656

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

8.17 pm

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Column: 657

Jeremy Lefroy:

John Hemming:

Column: 658

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

John Hemming:

8.25 pm

Chris Williamson (Derby North) (Lab):

Column: 659

Column: 660

Steve Rotheram:

Chris Williamson:

8.33 pm

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Column: 661

Column: 662

Jeremy Lefroy:

Sir Peter Bottomley:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)

Sir Peter Bottomley:

8.40 pm

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

Column: 663

Column: 664

Chris Williamson:

Katy Clark:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

8.48 pm

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Lab):

Column: 665

Column: 666

Chris Williamson:

Simon Danczuk:

8.56 pm

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

Column: 667

Column: 668

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

9.3 pm

Lyn Brown (West Ham) (Lab):

Column: 669

9.10 pm

Column: 670

Nia Griffith (Llanelli) (Lab):

Column: 671

9.17 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 672

Column: 673

David T. C. Davies:

John McDonnell:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo):

9.24 pm

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Column: 674

Column: 675

9.29 pm

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

Column: 676

9.33 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 677

Column: 678

Column: 679

9.44 pm

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

Column: 680

Sheila Gilmore

Mike Penning:

Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind)

Mike Penning:

Lady Hermon:

Column: 681

Mike Penning:

Chris Williamson:

Mike Penning:

Chris Williamson:

Mike Penning:

Chris Bryant

Mike Penning:

Column: 682

Column: 683

9.56 pm

Mr Meacher:

Division No. 175 [Welfare Reforms and Poverty] [13 Jan 2014]

Column: 685

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

Mr Speaker:

Business without Debate [13 Jan 2014]

Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority [13 Jan 2014]

Column: 686

Oral Cancer [13 Jan 2014]

10.11 pm

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley) (Con):

Column: 687

Column: 688

10.20 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Jane Ellison):

Column: 689

Column: 690

Column: 691

Column: 692

10.31 pm