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Volume No. 604Part No. 93

House of Commons Debates 7 January 2016

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

energy and climate change

fuel poverty

paris climate conference

paris agreement on climate change

cop 21 climate conference

anaerobic digestion and biogas sector

shale gas drilling

national grid

small-scale solar sector

energy tariffs

smart meters

neart na gaoithe offshore wind farm

oil and gas industry

topical questions

business of the house

state pension age (women)

children in care

primary schools admissions criteria


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Column: 413

House of Commons [7 Jan 2016]

Prayers [7 Jan 2016]

[Mr Speaker] [7 Jan 2016]

Oral Answers to Questions [7 Jan 2016]

Energy and Climate Change [7 Jan 2016]

Fuel Poverty [7 Jan 2016]

Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

Marion Fellows:

Amber Rudd:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 414

Amber Rudd:

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Amber Rudd:

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

Mr Speaker:

David T. C. Davies:

Mr Speaker:

Amber Rudd:

Paris Climate Conference [7 Jan 2016]

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

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

Column: 415

Debbie Abrahams:

Amber Rudd:

Caroline Lucas:

Amber Rudd:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Amber Rudd:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab):

Column: 416

Amber Rudd:

Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP):

Amber Rudd:

Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South) (SNP):

Amber Rudd:

Callum McCaig:

Column: 417

Amber Rudd:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

Paris Agreement on Climate Change [7 Jan 2016]

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

Ms Ritchie:

Amber Rudd:

Column: 418

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

COP 21 Climate Conference [7 Jan 2016]

James Berry (Kingston and Surbiton) (Con):

David Mackintosh (Northampton South) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

James Berry:

Amber Rudd:

David Mackintosh:

Column: 419

Amber Rudd:

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

Amber Rudd:

Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Sector [7 Jan 2016]

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con):

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

Andrew Stephenson:

Column: 420

Andrea Leadsom:

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

Andrea Leadsom:

Mark Pawsey (Rugby) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom:

Shale Gas Drilling [7 Jan 2016]

Kevin Hollinrake (Thirsk and Malton) (Con):

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

Column: 421

Kevin Hollinrake:

Andrea Leadsom:

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Andrea Leadsom:

Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab):

Andrea Leadsom:

National Grid [7 Jan 2016]

Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 422

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

Liz Saville Roberts:

Andrea Leadsom:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Andrea Leadsom:

Small-scale Solar Sector [7 Jan 2016]

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

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

Daniel Kawczynski:

Column: 423

Andrea Leadsom:

Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab):

Andrea Leadsom:

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom:

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Andrea Leadsom:

Column: 424

James Heappey (Wells) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom:

Clive Lewis (Norwich South) (Lab):

Andrea Leadsom:

Energy Tariffs [7 Jan 2016]

Sir Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

Sir Oliver Heald:

Column: 425

Amber Rudd:

Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

Column: 426

Lisa Nandy:

Amber Rudd:

Smart Meters [7 Jan 2016]

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

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

Meg Hillier:

Amber Rudd:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Amber Rudd:

Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm [7 Jan 2016]

Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP):

Column: 427

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

Chris Law:

Andrea Leadsom:

Oil and Gas Industry [7 Jan 2016]

Hannah Bardell (Livingston) (SNP):

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

Hannah Bardell:

Andrea Leadsom:

Column: 428

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom:

Topical Questions [7 Jan 2016]

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Amber Rudd):

John Mann:

Amber Rudd:

David Warburton (Somerton and Frome) (Con):

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

Column: 429

Lisa Nandy (Wigan) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Andrea Leadsom:

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

Andrea Leadsom:

Column: 430

Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Amber Rudd:

Mr Douglas Carswell (Clacton) (UKIP):

Andrea Leadsom:

David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con):

Amber Rudd:

Column: 431

Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw) (SNP):

Amber Rudd:

Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Andrea Leadsom:

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

Andrea Leadsom:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Mr Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)

Mr Speaker:

Column: 432

Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP):

Amber Rudd:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Amber Rudd:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Amber Rudd:

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Amber Rudd:

Column: 433

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 434

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Amber Rudd:

Column: 435

Business of the House [7 Jan 2016]

10.33 am

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

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

Chris Bryant:

Column: 436


Column: 437


Chris Grayling:

Column: 438


Column: 439


Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Column: 440


Column: 441

Chris Grayling:

Chris Bryant:

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Column: 442

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con):

Column: 443

Chris Grayling:

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Column: 444

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

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 445

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Column: 446

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Column: 447

Chris Grayling:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Alex Salmond (Gordon) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 448

Chris Grayling:

Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Column: 449

Chris Grayling:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Chris Grayling:

Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con):

Column: 450

Chris Grayling:

Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Column: 451

Chris Grayling:

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 452

Tom Blenkinsop (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South) (SNP):

Column: 453

Chris Grayling:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 454

Backbench Business

State Pension Age (Women) [7 Jan 2016]

11.33 am

Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (SNP):

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mhairi Black:

Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab):

Column: 455

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

Helen Goodman:

Mr Vara:

Mhairi Black:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mhairi Black:

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Mhairi Black:

Alison McGovern (Wirral South) (Lab)

Column: 456

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab)

Mhairi Black:

Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op):

Mhairi Black:

Column: 457

Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab):

Mhairi Black:

Column: 458


Column: 459


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

11.50 am

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con):

Alison McGovern:

Tim Loughton:

Column: 460

Robert Neill:

Tim Loughton:

Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab):

Tim Loughton:

Column: 461

Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP):

Tim Loughton:

11.59 am

Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab):

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Mr Howarth:

Column: 463

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Mr Howarth:

Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab):

Mr Howarth:

12.5 pm

Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con):

Column: 464


Helen Goodman:

Julian Knight:

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

Column: 465

Julian Knight:

Nusrat Ghani (Wealden) (Con):

Julian Knight:

Several hon. Members

Julian Knight:

Column: 466

12.13 pm

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

Column: 467

Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton) (Lab):

Barbara Keeley:

Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab):

Barbara Keeley:

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Column: 468

Barbara Keeley:

Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

Barbara Keeley:

Column: 469

12.23 pm

Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con):

Column: 470

Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con):

Chloe Smith:

Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire) (SNP):

Chloe Smith:

Column: 471


Mr Marsden:

Chloe Smith:

12.32 pm

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

Column: 472


Caroline Flint (Don Valley) (Lab):

Mrs Lewell-Buck:

Mr David Lammy (Tottenham) (Lab):

Mrs Lewell-Buck:

Column: 473


Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab):

Mrs Lewell-Buck:

12.39 pm

Marcus Fysh (Yeovil) (Con):

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

Marcus Fysh:

Column: 474


Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab):

Marcus Fysh:

Nusrat Ghani:

Marcus Fysh:

Column: 475

Victoria Prentis (Banbury) (Con):

Marcus Fysh:

12.47 pm

Mr David Anderson (Blaydon) (Lab):

Column: 476


Margaret Ferrier:

Mr Anderson:

Dr Huq:

Mr Anderson:

Column: 477

Caroline Flint:

Mr Anderson:

12.54 pm

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Several hon. Members

Richard Graham:

Column: 478

Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP):

Richard Graham:

Neil Gray

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)

Richard Graham:

Barbara Keeley

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP)

Richard Graham:

Gavin Robinson (Belfast East) (DUP)

Column: 479

Richard Graham:

Gavin Robinson:

Richard Graham:

Peter Aldous (Waveney) (Con):

Richard Graham:

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab):

Column: 480

Richard Graham:

1.3 pm

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

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

Yasmin Qureshi:

Column: 481


Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Yasmin Qureshi:

Column: 482

Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon) (Lab):

Yasmin Qureshi:

Mark Durkan:

Yasmin Qureshi:

1.12 pm

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP):

Column: 483

Huw Merriman:

Dr Philippa Whitford:

Huw Merriman:

Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con):

Huw Merriman:

Mhairi Black:

Huw Merriman:

Column: 484

Mhairi Black

Huw Merriman:

Mhairi Black:

Huw Merriman:

Mhairi Black

Huw Merriman:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

1.19 pm

Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab):

Column: 485


Peter Dowd:

Carolyn Harris:

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Carolyn Harris:

James Heappey (Wells) (Con):

Carolyn Harris:

Column: 486


1.26 pm

Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab):

Column: 487


Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Marie Rimmer:

Column: 488


1.31 pm

Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP):

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) (Green):

Deidre Brock:

Column: 489

Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP):

Deidre Brock:

1.36 pm

Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP):

Column: 490


Hannah Bardell (Livingston) (SNP):

Neil Gray:

Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East) (SNP):

Neil Gray:

Column: 491

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

1.43 pm

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 492

Barbara Keeley:

Andrew Gwynne:

1.47 pm

Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP):

Column: 493

Drew Hendry:

Gavin Newlands:

Patricia Gibson:

Gavin Newlands:

Column: 494


Alison Thewliss:

Gavin Newlands:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

1.53 pm

Column: 495

Dr Philippa Whitford (Central Ayrshire) (SNP):

Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) (SNP):

Dr Whitford:

Column: 496

1.57 pm

Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

2 pm

Column: 497

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

2.4 pm

Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP):

Drew Hendry:

Angela Crawley:

Column: 498


2.8 pm

Sue Hayman (Workington) (Lab):

Column: 499

2.10 pm

Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) (SNP):

Column: 500


2.14 pm

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Column: 501


2.17 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 502

2.20 pm

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Column: 503


2.23 pm

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

Column: 504


Column: 505


2.33 pm

Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen) (Lab):

Column: 506


Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Nick Thomas-Symonds:

Column: 507

Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab):

Nick Thomas-Symonds:

Column: 508


2.43 pm

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

Column: 509

Barbara Keeley:

Mr Vara:

Ian Blackford:

Mr Vara:

Ian Blackford

Mr Vara:

Nick Thomas-Symonds

Column: 510

Mr Vara:

Nick Thomas-Symonds:

Mr Vara:

Mhairi Black:

Mr Vara:

Ian Blackford

Mr Vara:

Alan Johnson

Mr Vara:

Column: 511

Alan Johnson:

Mr Vara:

2.45 pm

Mhairi Black:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

Division No. 159 [State Pension Age (Women)] [7 Jan 2016]

Alex Salmond (Gordon) (SNP):

Column: 514


Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

Alex Salmond

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Alex Salmond:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Column: 515

Children in Care [7 Jan 2016]

3.9 pm

Lucy Allan (Telford) (Con):

Anna Turley (Redcar) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 516

Lucy Allan:

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Lucy Allan:

Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham) (Con):

Lucy Allan:

Column: 517

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Lucy Allan:

Column: 518

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire) (Con):

Lucy Allan:

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Column: 519

Lucy Allan:

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

Lucy Allan:

Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con):

Lucy Allan:

Mrs Moon:

Lucy Allan:

Column: 520


3.29 pm

Alan Johnson (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab):

Kit Malthouse:

Alan Johnson:

Column: 521


Kit Malthouse:

Alan Johnson:

Column: 522


Column: 523


Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

3.44 pm

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Column: 524


3.49 pm

Ann Coffey (Stockport) (Lab):

Column: 525

Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab):

Ann Coffey:

Column: 526

3.55 pm

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire) (Con):

Column: 527

Lucy Allan:

Kit Malthouse:

Column: 528


Alan Johnson:

Kit Malthouse:

Lucy Allan:

Column: 529

Kit Malthouse:

4.4 pm

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Column: 530


4.9 pm

Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con):

Column: 531

Mr Speaker:

4.14 pm

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 532

4.19 pm

Column: 533

Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East) (Lab):

Column: 534


4.24 pm

Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North) (Lab):

Column: 535

4.29 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 536


Column: 537


4.34 pm

Patricia Gibson (North Ayrshire and Arran) (SNP):

Column: 538


4.40 pm

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

Column: 539


Column: 540


Column: 541


4.50 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Mr Sam Gyimah):

Column: 542


Column: 543


4.58 pm

Lucy Allan:

Column: 544

Primary Schools Admissions Criteria [7 Jan 2016]

4.59 pm

Suella Fernandes (Fareham) (Con):

Column: 545


Column: 546


Column: 547


5.12 pm

The Minister for Schools (Mr Nick Gibb):

Column: 548


Column: 549


Column: 550


5.21 pm