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Volume No. 576Part No. 124

House of Commons Debates 24 February 2014

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

work and pensions

welfare reform (sick and disabled people)

youth unemployment

work capability assessments

work experience programme

single-tier pension

benefits cap

discretionary housing payments

automatic pension transfers

personal independence payments

capita

universal credit

incapacity benefit

jobseeker’s allowance

zero-hours contracts

trussell trust

topical questions

new member

ukraine, syria and iran

criminal justice and courts bill

criminal justice and courts bill (programme)

criminal justice and courts bill (money)

criminal justice and courts bill (ways and means)

criminal justice and courts bill (carry-over)

business without debate

business of the house (25 february)

business of the house (26 february)

estimates

delegated legislation

committees

national parks


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Column: 1

House of Commons [24 Feb 2014]

Prayers [24 Feb 2014]

[Mr Speaker] [24 Feb 2014]

Oral Answers to Questions [24 Feb 2014]

Work and Pensions [24 Feb 2014]

Welfare Reform (Sick and Disabled People) [24 Feb 2014]

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

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

Stephen Twigg:

Mike Penning:

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mike Penning:

Roberta Blackman-Woods (City of Durham) (Lab):

Column: 3

Mike Penning:

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

Mike Penning:

Mr Peter Hain (Neath) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

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

Mike Penning:

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

Column: 4

Mike Penning:

Youth Unemployment [24 Feb 2014]

Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

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

Mr Robertson:

Esther McVey:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Column: 5

Work Capability Assessments [24 Feb 2014]

Anne Marie Morris (Newton Abbot) (Con):

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

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

Anne Marie Morris:

Mike Penning:

Mr Bellingham:

Mike Penning:

Dame Anne Begg (Aberdeen South) (Lab):

Column: 6

Mike Penning:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Mike Penning:

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

Mike Penning:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Column: 7

Mike Penning:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Work Experience Programme [24 Feb 2014]

Mr David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

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

Mr Amess:

Esther McVey:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 8

Esther McVey:

Single-tier Pension [24 Feb 2014]

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

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

Lorely Burt:

Steve Webb:

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

Steve Webb:

Benefits Cap [24 Feb 2014]

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

Column: 9

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

Mr Turner:

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 10

Discretionary Housing Payments [24 Feb 2014]

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

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

Annette Brooke:

Steve Webb:

Ms Karen Buck (Westminster North) (Lab):

Steve Webb:

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

Column: 11

Steve Webb:

Automatic Pension Transfers [24 Feb 2014]

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire) (Con):

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

Andrea Leadsom:

Steve Webb:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Steve Webb:

Personal Independence Payments [24 Feb 2014]

Jessica Morden (Newport East) (Lab):

Column: 12

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

Jessica Morden:

Mike Penning:

Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con):

Mike Penning:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mike Penning:

Duncan Hames (Chippenham) (LD):

Column: 13

Mike Penning:

Mr Speaker:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Capita [24 Feb 2014]

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

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

Kevin Brennan:

Mike Penning:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Column: 14

Mike Penning:

Universal Credit [24 Feb 2014]

Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab):

Laura Sandys (South Thanet) (Con):

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

Nick Smith:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Speaker:

Laura Sandys:

Mr Speaker:

Laura Sandys:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 15

Laura Sandys:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Incapacity Benefit [24 Feb 2014]

Graeme Morrice (Livingston) (Lab):

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

Graeme Morrice:

Column: 16

Mike Penning:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mike Penning:

Jobseeker’s Allowance [24 Feb 2014]

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

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

Mr Nuttall:

Esther McVey:

Zero-hours Contracts [24 Feb 2014]

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

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

Column: 17

Chi Onwurah:

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Trussell Trust [24 Feb 2014]

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Column: 18

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

Susan Elan Jones:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Topical Questions [24 Feb 2014]

Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 19

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

Steve Baker:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Rachel Reeves (Leeds West) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Rachel Reeves:

Mr Speaker:

Rachel Reeves:

Column: 20

Mr Duncan Smith:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

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

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab):

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

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 21

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Column: 22

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

Mike Penning:

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

Esther McVey:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Mike Penning:

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

Column: 23

Mr Duncan Smith:

Tessa Munt (Wells) (LD):

Mike Penning:

Column: 24

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

Mike Penning:

Column: 25

NEW MEMBER [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 26

Ukraine, Syria and Iran [24 Feb 2014]

3.34 pm

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

Column: 27


Column: 28


Column: 29


3.46 pm

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

Column: 30


Column: 31

Mr Hague:

Column: 32


Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Column: 33

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 34

Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Hugh Bayley (York Central) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 35

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

Mr Hague:

Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 36

Mr Hague:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Liz Kendall (Leicester West) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Sir Richard Ottaway (Croydon South) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Column: 37

Mr Hague:

Mr Skinner:

Mr Hague:

Mr Speaker:

Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 38


Mr Hague:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Column: 39

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Mr John Whittingdale (Maldon) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 40

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

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Column: 41

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

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

Mr Hague:

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Column: 42

Mr Hague:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Penny Mordaunt (Portsmouth North) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Column: 43

Mr Hague:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr Hague:

Column: 44

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Ben Wallace (Wyre and Preston North) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Sir Bob Russell (Colchester) (LD):

Mr Hague:

Michael Ellis (Northampton North) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 45

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 46

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mr Hague:

Column: 47

Criminal Justice and Courts Bill [24 Feb 2014]

4.50 pm

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling):

Column: 48


Column: 49

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 50


Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 51


Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Column: 52

Chris Grayling:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Dr Huppert:

Column: 53

Chris Grayling:

Kate Green:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 54


Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Jeremy Corbyn:

Chris Grayling:

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 55

Mr Robert Buckland (South Swindon) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Kate Green:

Chris Grayling:

Sir Edward Garnier:

Column: 56

Chris Grayling:

Dr Huppert:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 57

Kate Green:

Chris Grayling:

Keith Vaz:

Chris Grayling:

Robert Neill:

Column: 58

Chris Grayling:

5.28 pm

Sadiq Khan (Tooting) (Lab):

Column: 59

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

Sadiq Khan:

Sir Alan Beith:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 60


Column: 61

Chris Grayling:

Sadiq Khan:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Sadiq Khan:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 62

Sadiq Khan:

Chris Grayling:

Sadiq Khan:

Chris Grayling:

Sadiq Khan:

Dr Huppert:

Sadiq Khan:

Keith Vaz:

Column: 63

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 64


Column: 65


Kate Green:

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 66

Chris Grayling:

Sadiq Khan:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Sadiq Khan:

Robert Neill

Sadiq Khan:

Column: 67


6.1 pm

Column: 68

Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Column: 69


Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Mr Djanogly:

Column: 70


6.12 pm

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 71


Dr Huppert:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 72

Column: 73


Column: 74


Chris Grayling:

Mr Llwyd:

Column: 75

Column: 76


6.35 pm

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

Sadiq Khan:

Nick Herbert:

Column: 77


Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Nick Herbert:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Column: 78

Nick Herbert:

Guy Opperman:

Column: 79

Nick Herbert:

Keith Vaz:

Nick Herbert:

Column: 80


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

Nick Herbert:

Column: 81

Guy Opperman:

Nick Herbert:

Column: 82


7.2 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Guy Opperman:

Keith Vaz:

Column: 83

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Simon Hughes)

Keith Vaz:

David T. C. Davies:

Column: 84

Keith Vaz:

Guy Opperman:

Keith Vaz:

Guy Opperman:

Keith Vaz:

Column: 85


Guy Opperman

Column: 86

Keith Vaz:

Guy Opperman:

Keith Vaz:

Column: 87

7.21 pm

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

Column: 88


Guy Opperman:

Sir Alan Beith:

Guy Opperman:

Sir Alan Beith:

Column: 89


Column: 90

Column: 91


7.36 pm

Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab):

Keith Vaz:

Karl Turner:

Column: 92


Kate Green:

Karl Turner:

Column: 93

7.46 pm

Simon Reevell (Dewsbury) (Con):

Karl Turner:

Simon Reevell:

Column: 94


Kate Green:

Simon Reevell:

Column: 95


Column: 96

7.57 pm

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Column: 97


Column: 98


8.7 pm

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab):

Column: 99


Column: 100


Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)

John McDonnell:

Mr Slaughter:

John McDonnell:

8.17 pm

Column: 101

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Dr Huppert:

Philip Davies:

Column: 102

Dr Huppert:

Robert Neill:

Philip Davies:

Dr Huppert

Philip Davies:

Column: 103


Kate Green:

Philip Davies

Kate Green:

Column: 104

Philip Davies:

Column: 105


Column: 106


Column: 107


8.41 pm

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

Column: 108


Column: 109


8.47 pm

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Sadiq Khan

Robert Neill:

Column: 110


Column: 111

Column: 112


Column: 113


Column: 114

9.8 pm

Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD):

Philip Davies:

Dr Huppert:

Column: 116


Column: 117


9.18 pm

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 118


Sadiq Khan:

Mr Slaughter:

Column: 119


Column: 120

Column: 121


Philip Davies:

Mr Slaughter:

9.33 pm

Column: 122

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

Karl Turner:

Mr Vara:

Column: 123

Dr Huppert:

Mr Vara:

Kate Green

Mr Vara:

Kate Green:

Mr Vara:

Column: 124


John McDonnell:

Mr Vara:

Column: 125


Column: 126


CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL (PROGRAMME) [24 Feb 2014]

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL (MONEY) [24 Feb 2014]

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL (WAYS AND MEANS) [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 127

CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS BILL (CARRY-OVER) [24 Feb 2014]

Business without Debate [24 Feb 2014]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (25 FEBRUARY) [24 Feb 2014]

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (26 FEBRUARY) [24 Feb 2014]

ESTIMATES [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 128

Delegated Legislation [24 Feb 2014]

Committees [24 Feb 2014]

Column: 129

National Parks [24 Feb 2014]

9.52 pm

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Column: 130


Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Mr Gary Streeter (South West Devon) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) (Con):

Column: 131

Dr Wollaston:

10 pm

Dr Wollaston:

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

Dr Wollaston:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 132


Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 133

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

Dr Wollaston:

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

Dr Wollaston:

Mr Speaker:

10.9 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Nick Boles):

Dr Julian Lewis:

Nick Boles:

Column: 134

Dr Julian Lewis:

Nick Boles:

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con)

Nick Boles:

Column: 135

Andrew Bingham:

Nick Boles:

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Column: 136


Miss McIntosh:

Nick Boles:

Mel Stride:

Nick Boles:

Mel Stride:

Nick Boles:

Column: 137

Dr Wollaston

Nick Boles:

Dr Wollaston:

Nick Boles:

Nick Herbert:

Nick Boles:

Column: 138

Oliver Colvile:

Nick Boles:

Simon Hart:

Nick Boles:

Several hon. Members

Nick Boles:

Column: 139

Jim Shannon:

Nick Boles:

Column: 140

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Nick Boles:

10.30 pm