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House of Commons Debates 7 December 2015

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

work and pensions

workless households

youth unemployment

work and health programme

jobcentre advisers: food banks

low pay and training

benefit reforms

universal credit

universal credit (payment arrangements)

earnings limits

benefit overpayments

youth unemployment

unemployment

work capability assessments: veterans

people with disabilities in work

work capability assessments

housing benefit

topical questions

flooding

point of order

cities and local government devolution bill

house of commons members’ fund

business without debate

delegated legislation

european union documents

domestic oil purchasing syndicates

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Column: 687

House of Commons [7 Dec 2015]

Prayers [7 Dec 2015]

[Mr Speaker] [7 Dec 2015]

Oral Answers to Questions [7 Dec 2015]

Work and Pensions [7 Dec 2015]

Workless Households [7 Dec 2015]

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

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

Dr Lee:

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Column: 688

Mr Duncan Smith:

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

Mr Duncan Smith:

Dr Whiteford:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab):

Column: 689

Mr Duncan Smith:

Youth Unemployment [7 Dec 2015]

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Mr Allen:

Priti Patel:

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Column: 690

Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (SNP):

Priti Patel:

Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Work and Health Programme [7 Dec 2015]

Kate Hollern (Blackburn) (Lab):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Kate Hollern:

Priti Patel:

Column: 691

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Priti Patel:

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

Priti Patel:

Column: 692

Jobcentre Advisers: Food Banks [7 Dec 2015]

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

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Shailesh Vara):

Diana Johnson:

Mr Vara:

Mr Hanson:

Mr Vara:

Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Mr Vara:

Column: 693

Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con):

Mr Vara:

Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr Vara:

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab):

Mr Vara:

Low Pay and Training [7 Dec 2015]

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr Shailesh Vara):

Column: 694

Neil Carmichael:

Mr Vara:

Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab):

Mr Vara:

Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South) (SNP):

Mr Vara:

Benefit Reforms [7 Dec 2015]

Mr Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow) (Lab):

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

Mr Hepburn:

Column: 695

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Speaker:

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

Mr Speaker:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Column: 696

Mr Duncan Smith:

Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Owen Smith:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Universal Credit [7 Dec 2015]

Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con):

Column: 697

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

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

Helen Whately:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Cunningham:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Cunningham:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Nigel Mills:

Column: 698

Mr Duncan Smith:

Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Universal Credit (Payment Arrangements) [7 Dec 2015]

Owen Thompson (Midlothian) (SNP):

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

Owen Thompson:

Column: 699

Mr Vara:

Earnings Limits [7 Dec 2015]

Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Kirsten Oswald:

Priti Patel:

Benefit Overpayments [7 Dec 2015]

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson):

Kevin Brennan:

Column: 700

Justin Tomlinson:

Youth Unemployment [7 Dec 2015]

Mr Alan Mak (Havant) (Con):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Mr Mak:

Priti Patel:

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Priti Patel:

Unemployment [7 Dec 2015]

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

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Column: 701

Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab):

Priti Patel:

James Morris:

Priti Patel:

Shabana Mahmood (Birmingham, Ladywood) (Lab):

Priti Patel:

Work Capability Assessments: Veterans [7 Dec 2015]

Jo Churchill (Bury St Edmunds) (Con):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Column: 702

Jo Churchill:

Priti Patel:

People with Disabilities in Work [7 Dec 2015]

William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson):

William Wragg:

Justin Tomlinson:

Work Capability Assessments [7 Dec 2015]

Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East) (SNP):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Tommy Sheppard:

Column: 703

Priti Patel:

Housing Benefit [7 Dec 2015]

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson):

Teresa Pearce:

Justin Tomlinson:

Topical Questions [7 Dec 2015]

Jo Stevens (Cardiff Central) (Lab):

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

Jo Stevens:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Column: 704

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel):

Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen) (Lab):

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

Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People (Justin Tomlinson):

Column: 705

Kate Osamor (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op):

Priti Patel:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Michael Tomlinson (Mid Dorset and North Poole) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab):

Column: 706

Mr Duncan Smith:

Michelle Donelan (Chippenham) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (SNP):

Mr Vara:

Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con):

Justin Tomlinson:

Column: 707

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Priti Patel:

Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil and South Perthshire) (SNP):

Priti Patel:

Column: 708

Heidi Allen (South Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP):

Mr Duncan Smith:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Duncan Smith:

Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 709

Flooding [7 Dec 2015]

3.35 pm

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Elizabeth Truss):

Column: 710

Column: 711

3.42 pm

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East) (Lab):

Column: 712

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 713

Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 714

Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (SNP):

Elizabeth Truss:

Seema Kennedy (South Ribble) (Con):

Column: 715

Elizabeth Truss:

Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 716

Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 717

Angela Smith (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Nuttall:

Mr Speaker:

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Column: 718

Elizabeth Truss:

David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Elizabeth Truss:

Edward Argar (Charnwood) (Con):

Column: 719

Elizabeth Truss:

Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

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

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 720

Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

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

Elizabeth Truss:

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 721

Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 722

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Tom Tugendhat (Tonbridge and Malling) (Con):

Elizabeth Truss:

Column: 723

Point of Order [7 Dec 2015]

4.21 pm

Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 724

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [] [7 Dec 2015]

Column: 725

Column: 726

4.23 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (James Wharton):

Mr Speaker:

James Wharton:

Column: 727

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

James Wharton:

Column: 728

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

James Wharton:

Column: 729

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Column: 730

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Liz McInnes:

James Wharton:

Column: 731

Liz McInnes:

Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Con):

Liz McInnes:

Steve Brine (Winchester) (Con):

Liz McInnes:

Several hon. Members

Liz McInnes:

Column: 732

Robert Neill

Peter Heaton-Jones (North Devon) (Con)

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)

Mr Speaker:

4.45 pm

Robert Neill:

Steve Brine:

Column: 733

Robert Neill:

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Robert Neill:

Column: 734

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

Jon Trickett (Hemsworth) (Lab):

Mr Betts:

Column: 735

James Wharton:

Mr Betts:

James Wharton:

Mr Betts:

Dr Julian Lewis

Peter Heaton-Jones

Mr Speaker:

Peter Heaton-Jones:

Column: 736

5 pm

Column: 737

Dr Julian Lewis:

Column: 738

James Wharton:

Division No. 141 [ Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]] [7 Dec 2015]

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 743

Column: 744

Column: 745

Column: 746

Mr Allen:

Column: 747

John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Mr Allen:

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Mr Allen:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Allen:

Column: 748

5.30 pm

Column: 749

James Wharton:

Mr Allen:

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

Mr Allen:

Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab):

Column: 750

Mr Allen:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Mr Allen:

Column: 751

5.45 pm

James Wharton:

John Redwood:

James Wharton:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

James Wharton:

Column: 752

Mr Betts:

Column: 753

Column: 754

Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con):

Mr Betts:

James Wharton:

Mr Betts:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Column: 755

Mr Betts:

Graham Stringer (Blackley and Broughton) (Lab):

6 pm

Mr Betts:

Mr Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale West) (Con):

Column: 756

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Brady:

Column: 757

Norman Lamb:

Column: 758

Mr Nuttall:

Norman Lamb:

6.15 pm

Sir Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

Column: 759

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Norman Lamb:

Graham Stuart:

Norman Lamb:

Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP):

Column: 760

Norman Lamb:

William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (Con):

Column: 761

Mr Betts:

William Wragg:

Alison Thewliss:

Mr Graham Allen:

Alison Thewliss:

Mr Allen:

Alison Thewliss:

Column: 762

6.30 pm

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Column: 763

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

William Wragg:

Column: 764

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Nigel Mills:

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Mr Brady:

Column: 765

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Mr Skinner:

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Mr Graham Allen:

Column: 766

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Nigel Mills:

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Alison Thewliss:

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Norman Lamb:

6.45 pm

Column: 767

Mr Rees-Mogg:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Sir Edward Leigh:

Column: 768

Column: 769

Nigel Mills:

Column: 770

7 pm

Column: 771

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 772

Sir Edward Leigh:

Mr Chope:

James Wharton:

Column: 773

Mr Chope:

James Wharton:

Mr Chope:

Sir Edward Leigh:

Mr Chope:

Column: 774

James Wharton:

Mr Chope:

7.15 pm

Conor Burns (Bournemouth West) (Con):

Column: 775

Mr Chope:

Mr Skinner:

Mr Chope:

Column: 776

Graham Stuart:

Mr Chope:

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

Mr Chope:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Chope:

Column: 777

Graham Stuart:

Jon Trickett:

Graham Stuart:

Column: 778

7.30 pm

Sir Greg Knight:

Graham Stuart:

Mr Chope:

Graham Stuart:

Mr Steve Reed (Croydon North) (Lab):

Column: 779

Column: 780

Graham Stuart:

Mr Reed:

Column: 781

Column: 782

7.45 pm

James Wharton:

Column: 783

Mr Skinner:

James Wharton:

Mr Graham Allen:

James Wharton:

Column: 784

Column: 785

Column: 786

Mr Rees-Mogg:

James Wharton:

Mr Rees-Mogg:

James Wharton:

Column: 787

8 pm

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

James Wharton:

Column: 788

Norman Lamb:

James Wharton:

Column: 789

Mr Skinner:

James Wharton:

Julian Sturdy:

James Wharton:

Mr Skinner:

James Wharton:

Column: 790

Jon Trickett:

James Wharton:

Mr Allen:

James Wharton:

Column: 791

Sir Edward Leigh:

James Wharton:

8.15 pm

Graham Stuart:

James Wharton:

Column: 792

Mr Chope:

James Wharton:

Mr Allen:

Column: 793

Mr Graham Brady:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Brady:

Column: 794

Mr Graham Allen:

Column: 795

The Minister for Community and Social Care (Alistair Burt):

Mr Allen:

Mr Graham Brady:

Column: 796

Mr Allen:

8.30 pm

Alistair Burt:

Column: 797

Mr Brady:

Alistair Burt:

Mr Brady:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 798

Mr Brady:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Brady:

Mr Deputy Speaker:

Alistair Burt:

Mr Graham Allen:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 799

8.45 pm

Mr Allen:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 800

Alistair Burt:

Mr Allen

Alistair Burt:

Mr Allen:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 801

Mr Allen:

Alistair Burt:

Column: 802

Liz McInnes:

Column: 803

Mr Brady:

Liz McInnes:

Mr Brady:

9 pm

Column: 804

Division No. 142 [ Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]] [7 Dec 2015]

Column: 808

Division No. 143 [ Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]] [7 Dec 2015]

Column: 812

Column: 813

Column: 814

Column: 815

Column: 816

Column: 817

Column: 818

Column: 819

Column: 820

Column: 821

9.27 pm

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark):

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

Greg Clark:

Column: 822

Mr Chope:

Greg Clark:

Column: 823

Sir Edward Leigh:

Greg Clark:

Column: 824

Julian Sturdy:

Greg Clark:

9.40 pm

Jon Trickett:

Column: 825

Column: 826

9.48 pm

Mr Betts:

Column: 827

Column: 828

9.52 pm

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 829

House of Commons Members’ Fund [7 Dec 2015]

9.57 pm

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

9.58 pm

The Leader of the House of Commons (Chris Grayling):

Column: 830

Business without Debate [7 Dec 2015]

Delegated Legislation [7 Dec 2015]

European Union Documents [7 Dec 2015]

Column: 831

Domestic Oil Purchasing Syndicates [7 Dec 2015]

10.1 pm

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Andrea Leadsom)

Mr Williams:

Column: 832

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Williams:

Column: 833

Column: 834

Column: 835

10.18 pm

The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change (Andrea Leadsom):

Column: 836

Jim Shannon:

Andrea Leadsom:

Column: 837

Column: 838

Mr Mark Williams:

Andrea Leadsom:

10.28 pm