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Volume No. 578Part No. 141

House of Commons Debates 24 March 2014

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

education

adoption

register of foster carers

holidays in term time

mathematics

shakespeare schools festival

apprenticeships

child care (norwich)

school funding (solihull)

primary school places

autism

regional school commissioners

vocational education

independent schools

engineering apprenticeships (16 to 18-year-old girls)

child care costs

topical questions

inherited social housing tenancies

high-speed rail

contaminated blood (support for infected and bereaved persons)

budget resolutions and economic situation

amendment of the law

safety of electrical appliances


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Column: 1

House of Commons [24 Mar 2014]

Prayers [24 Mar 2014]

[Mr Speaker] [24 Mar 2014]

Oral Answers to Questions [24 Mar 2014]

Education [24 Mar 2014]

Adoption [24 Mar 2014]

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Mr Edward Timpson):

Martin Vickers:

Mr Timpson:

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

Mr Timpson:

Column: 3

Mr Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr Timpson:

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Mr Timpson:

Register of Foster Carers [24 Mar 2014]

John Glen (Salisbury) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Mr Edward Timpson):

Column: 4

John Glen:

Mr Timpson:

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

Mr Timpson:

Holidays in Term Time [24 Mar 2014]

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

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Column: 5

Mr Turner:

Michael Gove:

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Mathematics [24 Mar 2014]

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Elizabeth Truss):

Sheryll Murray:

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 6

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Shakespeare Schools Festival [24 Mar 2014]

Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Column: 7

Nadhim Zahawi:

Michael Gove:

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

Michael Gove:

Apprenticeships [24 Mar 2014]

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

The Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock):

Iain Stewart:

Column: 8

Matthew Hancock:

John Healey (Wentworth and Dearne) (Lab):

Matthew Hancock:

Stuart Andrew (Pudsey) (Con):

Matthew Hancock:

Mr Speaker:

Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab):

Matthew Hancock:

Child Care (Norwich) [24 Mar 2014]

Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con):

Column: 9

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Elizabeth Truss):

Chloe Smith:

Elizabeth Truss:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Rob Wilson (Reading East) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

School Funding (Solihull) [24 Mar 2014]

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

The Minister for Schools (Mr David Laws):

Column: 10

Lorely Burt:

Mr Laws:

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Mr Laws:

Primary School Places [24 Mar 2014]

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op):

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

The Minister for Schools (Mr David Laws):

John Woodcock:

Column: 11

Mr Laws:

Gavin Shuker:

Mr Laws:

Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con):

Mr Laws:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Mr Laws:

Autism [24 Mar 2014]

Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston) (Lab):

Mr Laws:

Column: 12

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Mr Laws:

Regional School Commissioners [24 Mar 2014]

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op):

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Mr Thomas:

Michael Gove:

Vocational Education [24 Mar 2014]

Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton) (Lab):

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

The Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock):

Column: 13

Steve Rotheram:

Matthew Hancock:

Paul Blomfield:

Matthew Hancock:

Mr Marsden:

Matthew Hancock:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Matthew Hancock:

Independent Schools [24 Mar 2014]

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 14

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Mr Chope:

Michael Gove:

Mr James Clappison (Hertsmere) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Engineering Apprenticeships (16 to 18-year-old Girls) [24 Mar 2014]

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

The Minister for Skills and Enterprise (Matthew Hancock):

Column: 15

Mr Wright:

Matthew Hancock:

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

Matthew Hancock:

Julie Hilling (Bolton West) (Lab):

Matthew Hancock:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Matthew Hancock:

Column: 16

Child Care Costs [24 Mar 2014]

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Elizabeth Truss):

Mr Slaughter:

Elizabeth Truss:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

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

Column: 17

Elizabeth Truss:

Topical Questions [24 Mar 2014]

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Education (Michael Gove):

Lorely Burt:

Michael Gove:

Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Tristram Hunt:

Column: 18

Michael Gove:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

The Minister for Schools (Mr David Laws):

Mr Tom Watson (West Bromwich East) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Column: 19

Mr Laws:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con):

Column: 20

Michael Gove:

Mrs Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op):

Michael Gove:

Priti Patel (Witham) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Column: 21

Simon Wright (Norwich South) (LD):

Mr Laws:

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Elizabeth Truss):

Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con):

Michael Gove:

Column: 22

Ms Diane Abbott (Hackney North and Stoke Newington) (Lab):

Michael Gove:

Richard Fuller (Bedford) (Con):

Michael Gove:

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

Elizabeth Truss:

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

Mr Laws:

Mr Speaker:

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

Michael Gove:

Column: 23

Inherited Social Housing Tenancies [24 Mar 2014]

Mr Speaker:

3.33 pm

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)

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

Column: 24

Chris Bryant:

Esther McVey:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 25

Esther McVey:

Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 26

Esther McVey:

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

Esther McVey:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Lorely Burt (Solihull) (LD):

Esther McVey:

Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 27

Esther McVey:

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

Esther McVey:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Nicola Blackwood (Oxford West and Abingdon) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Esther McVey:

Column: 28

Toby Perkins (Chesterfield) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

Nick de Bois (Enfield North) (Con):

Esther McVey:

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Esther McVey:

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

Esther McVey:

Column: 29

High-speed Rail [24 Mar 2014]

3.53 pm

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

Column: 30


Column: 31


4.2 pm

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Column: 32


Column: 33

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 34


Mr Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 35

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 36

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 37

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Jack Straw (Blackburn) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Column: 38

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Mark Reckless (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 39

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Robin Walker (Worcester) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Cathy Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab/Co-op):

Mr McLoughlin:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Column: 40

Mr McLoughlin:

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 41

Helen Jones (Warrington North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Column: 42

Mr McLoughlin:

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 43

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con):

Column: 44

Mr McLoughlin:

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 45

Contaminated Blood (Support for Infected and Bereaved Persons) [24 Mar 2014]

4.49 pm

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

Column: 46


Column: 47


Column: 48

Ways and Means

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation [24 Mar 2014]

amendment of the law [24 Mar 2014]

5.1 pm

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Eric Pickles):

Column: 49


Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 50


Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab):

Mr Pickles:

Sheila Gilmore

Mr Pickles:

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 51

Mr Pickles:

Mr Redwood:

Mr Pickles:

Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

Column: 52


Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Mr Pickles:

5.18 pm

Hilary Benn (Leeds Central) (Lab):

Column: 53


Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 54

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Hilary Benn:

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 55

Column: 56


Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Hilary Benn:

Column: 57


Column: 58


Column: 59


Alec Shelbrooke:

Hilary Benn:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

5.41 pm

Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con):

Column: 60

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 61

5.47 pm

Mr John Denham (Southampton, Itchen) (Lab):

Column: 62

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

Mr Denham:

5.54 pm

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

Column: 63


Column: 64


6 pm

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

Column: 65


6.6 pm

John Howell (Henley) (Con):

Column: 66


Column: 67

6.12 pm

Mr Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab):

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) (Con):

Mr Campbell:

Robert Flello:

Mr Campbell:

Column: 68


Alec Shelbrooke:

Mr Campbell:

Column: 69


6.19 pm

Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con):

Alec Shelbrooke:

Paul Uppal:

Column: 70


Column: 71

6.26 pm

Ann McKechin (Glasgow North) (Lab):

Jonathan Evans:

Ann McKechin:

Column: 72

6.33 pm

Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con):

Column: 73

Column: 74


6.39 pm

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

Column: 75


6.44 pm

Column: 76

Jonathan Evans (Cardiff North) (Con):

Column: 77


6.50 pm

Mr Peter Hain (Neath) (Lab):

Column: 78

Robert Flello:

Mr Hain:

Column: 79


Mr Redwood:

Mr Hain:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Mr Hain:

6.58 pm

Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South) (Con):

Column: 80

Column: 81


7.4 pm

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

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

Mr McFadden:

Column: 82

Column: 83

7.12 pm

Sir Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con):

Column: 84


Frank Dobson:

Sir Edward Garnier:

Mr McFadden

Sir Edward Garnier:

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) (Con):

Sir Edward Garnier:

Column: 85


7.19 pm

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Column: 86


7.25 pm

Stephen Mosley (City of Chester) (Con):

Column: 87

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Stephen Mosley:

Column: 88

7.32 pm

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

Column: 89


7.39 pm

Gareth Johnson (Dartford) (Con):

Column: 90

7.44 pm

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

Column: 91

Column: 92


7.50 pm

Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) (Con):

Column: 93


Column: 94


7.56 pm

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

Column: 95


8.2 pm

Caroline Nokes (Romsey and Southampton North) (Con):

Column: 96

8.6 pm

John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 97


Column: 98


8.12 pm

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Column: 99


8.18 pm

Column: 100

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Column: 101


8.24 pm

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

Column: 102


Column: 103


8.30 pm

Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West) (Lab):

Column: 104


8.36 pm

Mr Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Mr Newmark:

Column: 105

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

Mr Newmark:

Column: 106


Alec Shelbrooke

Mr Newmark:

8.42 pm

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central) (Lab):

James Morris:

Paul Blomfield:

Column: 107

Column: 108


8.48 pm

Alec Shelbrooke (Elmet and Rothwell) (Con):

Column: 109

8.54 pm

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 110

Mr Newmark:

Barry Gardiner:

Column: 111

Mr Newmark:

Barry Gardiner:

9.3 pm

Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) (Con):

Column: 112


Alec Shelbrooke:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Mr Newmark:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Phil Wilson

Column: 113

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Phil Wilson:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Phil Wilson

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Phil Wilson:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Phil Wilson:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Column: 114


9.11 pm

Mike Kane (Wythenshawe and Sale East) (Lab):

Column: 115


Kwasi Kwarteng:

Mike Kane:

Kwasi Kwarteng:

Mike Kane:

Barry Gardiner:

Mike Kane:

Barry Gardiner:

Mike Kane:

9.17 pm

Column: 116

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Column: 117


9.24 pm

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Column: 118


Column: 119


9.30 pm

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

Column: 120


9.35 pm

Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle upon Tyne North) (Lab):

Column: 121


Column: 122

Mr Newmark:

Catherine McKinnell:

David Rutley:

Column: 123

Catherine McKinnell:

David Rutley:

Catherine McKinnell:

Column: 124


9.48 pm

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Nicky Morgan):

Column: 125

Column: 126


Mr McFadden:

Nicky Morgan:

Column: 127


Barry Gardiner:

Nicky Morgan:

Column: 128


Column: 129

Safety of Electrical Appliances [24 Mar 2014]

10 pm

Mike Wood (Batley and Spen) (Lab):

Column: 130


Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mike Wood:

Column: 131

10.13 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (Jenny Willott):

Column: 132

Column: 133


Column: 134

Jim Shannon:

Jenny Willott:

10.26 pm