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Volume No. 604Part No. 101

House of Commons Debates 21 January 2016

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

culture, media and sport

small production companies: cornwall

subsidised satellite broadband programme

grassroots sport: deprived areas

amateur sports clubs: flooding

channel 4

first world war commemorations

children and young people: access to sport

tourism: yorkshire

bbc charter renewal

topical questions

house of commons commission

restoration and renewal

gender equality

leader of the house

evel

voting system

business of the house

litvinenko inquiry

infected blood

point of order

childhood obesity strategy

holocaust memorial day

vulnerable adults: transport


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Column: 1527

House of Commons [21 Jan 2016]

Prayers [21 Jan 2016]

[Mr Speaker] [21 Jan 2016]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Jan 2016]

Culture, Media and Sport [21 Jan 2016]

Small Production Companies: Cornwall [21 Jan 2016]

Scott Mann (North Cornwall) (Con):

The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Scott Mann:

Mr Vaizey:

Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)

Mr Speaker:

Column: 1528

Ian C. Lucas:

Mr Vaizey:

Subsidised Satellite Broadband Programme [21 Jan 2016]

Sue Hayman (Workington) (Lab):

The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Sue Hayman:

Mr Vaizey:

Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Column: 1529

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

Mr Vaizey:

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Vaizey:

Grassroots Sport: Deprived Areas [21 Jan 2016]

Damian Collins (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch):

Column: 1530

Damian Collins:

Tracey Crouch:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Tracey Crouch:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Column: 1531


Tracey Crouch:

Amateur Sports Clubs: Flooding [21 Jan 2016]

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch):

Mr Nuttall:

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 1532

Channel 4 [21 Jan 2016]

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr John Whittingdale):

Mr Bradshaw:

Mr Whittingdale:

Damian Green (Ashford) (Con):

Mr Whittingdale:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 1533

John Nicolson (East Dunbartonshire) (SNP):

Mr Whittingdale:

First World War Commemorations [21 Jan 2016]

Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central) (Lab):

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr John Whittingdale):

Dan Jarvis:

Mr Whittingdale:

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

Column: 1534

Mr Whittingdale:

Children and Young People: Access to Sport [21 Jan 2016]

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch):

Huw Merriman:

Tracey Crouch:

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

Column: 1535

Tracey Crouch:

Tourism: Yorkshire [21 Jan 2016]

Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr John Whittingdale):

Sir Greg Knight:

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 1536

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

Mr Whittingdale:

BBC Charter Renewal [21 Jan 2016]

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

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr John Whittingdale):

Patricia Gibson:

Mr Whittingdale:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 1537

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

Mr Whittingdale:

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

Mr Whittingdale:

Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood) (Lab):

Mr Whittingdale:

Column: 1538

Maria Eagle:

Mr Whittingdale:

Topical Questions [21 Jan 2016]

Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Mr John Whittingdale):

Mike Wood:

Mr Whittingdale:

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Column: 1539

The Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Edward Vaizey):

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Mr Nuttall:

Mr Vaizey:

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Tracey Crouch):

Richard Graham (Gloucester) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Column: 1540


Tracey Crouch:

Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (Con):

Mr Whittingdale:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Mr Whittingdale:

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

Column: 1541

Tracey Crouch:

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

Mr Vaizey:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Mr Whittingdale:

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

Mr Whittingdale:

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 1542

Steven Paterson (Stirling) (SNP):

Mr Whittingdale:

Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Vaizey:

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

Tracey Crouch:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Tracey Crouch:

Column: 1543

House of Commons Commission [21 Jan 2016]

Restoration and Renewal [21 Jan 2016]

Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP):

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

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington):

Peter Grant:

Tom Brake:

Dr Cameron:

Tom Brake:

Column: 1544

Jake Berry (Rossendale and Darwen) (Con):

Tom Brake:

Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con):

Tom Brake:

Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab):

Tom Brake:

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

Tom Brake:

Gender Equality [21 Jan 2016]

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Column: 1545

Tom Brake:

Mr Hollobone:

Tom Brake:

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

Tom Brake:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Tom Brake:

LEADER OF THE HOUSE [21 Jan 2016]

EVEL [21 Jan 2016]

Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP):

Column: 1546

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Dr Thérèse Coffey):

Chris Law:

Dr Coffey:

Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

Dr Coffey:

Voting System [21 Jan 2016]

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

Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP):

Column: 1547

The Deputy Leader of the House of Commons (Dr Thérèse Coffey):

Ms Ahmed-Sheikh:

Dr Coffey:

Martyn Day:

Dr Coffey:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Dr Coffey:

Column: 1548

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Dr Coffey:

Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby) (Lab):

Dr Coffey:

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

Dr Coffey:

Column: 1549

Business of the House [21 Jan 2016]

10.35 am

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

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

Chris Bryant:

Mr Speaker:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 1550


Column: 1551


Chris Grayling:

Column: 1552

Sir David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Column: 1553

Column: 1554


Chris Grayling:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 1555

Pauline Latham (Mid Derbyshire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Column: 1556

Chris Grayling:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 1557

Mr Speaker:

Chris Grayling:

Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley) (Con):

Column: 1558

Chris Grayling:

Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mike Wood (Dudley South) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1559

Craig Williams (Cardiff North) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1560

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1561

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1562

Chris Bryant:

Chris Grayling:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1563

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Stewart Malcolm McDonald (Glasgow South) (SNP):

Column: 1564

Chris Grayling:

Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Simon Danczuk (Rochdale) (Ind):

Chris Grayling:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

Column: 1565

Chris Grayling:

Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1566

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

Chris Grayling:

Chris Law (Dundee West) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1567

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

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Column: 1568

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Steven Paterson (Stirling) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 1569

Litvinenko Inquiry [21 Jan 2016]

11.32 am

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May):

Column: 1570


Column: 1571


11.43 am

Column: 1572

Andy Burnham (Leigh) (Lab):

Column: 1573


Column: 1574

Mrs May:

Column: 1575


Dr Liam Fox (North Somerset) (Con):

Mrs May:

Stuart C. McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) (SNP):

Column: 1576


Mrs May:

Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden) (Con):

Mr Speaker:

Column: 1577

Mrs May:

Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Column: 1578

Mrs May:

Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Mr Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mary Creagh (Wakefield) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Column: 1579

Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Mrs May:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Mrs May:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Column: 1580

Mrs May:

Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP):

Mrs May:

Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con):

Mrs May:

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Column: 1581

Mrs May:

Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Column: 1582

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) (Lab):

Mrs May:

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mrs May:

Column: 1583

Infected Blood [21 Jan 2016]

12.22 pm

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

Column: 1584

Column: 1585


12.30 pm

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 1586

Jane Ellison:

Column: 1587


Maggie Throup (Erewash) (Con):

Jane Ellison:

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

Column: 1588


Jane Ellison:

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con):

Jane Ellison:

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

Column: 1589

Jane Ellison:

Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con):

Jane Ellison:

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Column: 1590

Jane Ellison:

Mr Geoffrey Cox (Torridge and West Devon) (Con):

Jane Ellison:

Column: 1591

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

Jane Ellison:

Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab):

Jane Ellison:

Column: 1592

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Jane Ellison:

Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab):

Jane Ellison:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 1593

Jane Ellison:

Column: 1594

Point of Order [21 Jan 2016]

12.59 pm

Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Column: 1595

Backbench Business

Childhood Obesity Strategy [21 Jan 2016]

1 pm

Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con):

Column: 1596

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

Dr Wollaston:

Sir Paul Beresford (Mole Valley) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 1597

Norman Lamb (North Norfolk) (LD):

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 1598

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Dr Wollaston:

Maggie Throup (Erewash) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Geraint Davies

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

Geraint Davies:

Column: 1599

Dr Wollaston:

Several hon. Members

Mr Deputy Speaker:

1.18 pm

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

Column: 1600


Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mrs Hodgson:

Column: 1601

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

Mrs Hodgson:

Column: 1602


1.27 pm

Will Quince (Colchester) (Con):

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 1603

Will Quince:

Geraint Davies:

Will Quince:

Column: 1604

Dr Wollaston:

Will Quince:

Maggie Throup:

Column: 1605

Will Quince:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

1.38 pm

Keith Vaz (Leicester East) (Lab):

Column: 1606


David Rutley (Macclesfield) (Con):

Keith Vaz:

Column: 1607


Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel):

1.47 pm

Steve Double (St Austell and Newquay) (Con):

Column: 1608

Column: 1609


1.53 pm

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Column: 1610

Will Quince:

Jim Shannon:

Column: 1611


2.1 pm

Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 1612


Column: 1613

Helen Whately:

Nigel Huddleston:

2.7 pm

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

Column: 1614


Column: 1615


Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham) (Con):

Geraint Davies:

Column: 1616


2.16 pm

Dr Tania Mathias (Twickenham) (Con):

Geraint Davies:

Column: 1617

Dr Mathias:

2.22 pm

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

Column: 1618


2.28 pm

Column: 1619

Maggie Throup (Erewash) (Con):

Column: 1620


2.35 pm

Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP):

Column: 1621

Column: 1622

Mrs Hodgson:

Alison Thewliss:

Dr Wollaston:

Alison Thewliss:

Column: 1623


2.45 pm

Mrs Flick Drummond (Portsmouth South) (Con):

Column: 1624


Mrs Hodgson:

Mrs Drummond:

Column: 1625

Geraint Davies:

Mrs Drummond:

2.52 pm

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

Column: 1626

Column: 1627

Geraint Davies:

Dr Cameron:

2.58 pm

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 1628

Column: 1629


Geraint Davies:

Andrew Gwynne:

Column: 1630


Will Quince:

Andrew Gwynne:

3.10 pm

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

Column: 1631


Column: 1632


Geraint Davies:

Jane Ellison:

Column: 1633

Column: 1634

3.21 pm

Dr Wollaston:

Column: 1635

Holocaust Memorial Day [21 Jan 2016]

3.23 pm

Wes Streeting (Ilford North) (Lab):

Column: 1636


Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Wes Streeting:

Column: 1637


Column: 1638


Column: 1639


3.38 pm

Sir Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con):

Column: 1640


Sir William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Sir Eric Pickles:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Column: 1641

Sir Eric Pickles:

Bob Stewart:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Column: 1642

Sir Eric Pickles:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

3.55 pm

Joan Ryan (Enfield North) (Lab):

Column: 1643


Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North) (Lab):

Joan Ryan:

Column: 1644

4.1 pm

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

Column: 1645

4.6 pm

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

Column: 1646


Column: 1647

4.10 pm

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Column: 1648


4.15 pm

Peter Grant (Glenrothes) (SNP):

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

Column: 1649

Peter Grant:

Column: 1650

4.22 pm

Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell) (Con):

Column: 1651


4.27 pm

Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con):

Column: 1652


4.32 pm

Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire) (SNP):

Column: 1653

Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP):

Kirsten Oswald:

Column: 1654

Column: 1655

4.41 pm

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Column: 1656


Column: 1657

4.49 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Marcus Jones):

Column: 1658


Column: 1659


4.58 pm

Column: 1660

Wes Streeting:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Wes Streeting:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Column: 1661

Vulnerable Adults: Transport [21 Jan 2016]

5 pm

Rebecca Long Bailey (Salford and Eccles) (Lab):

Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) (Lab):

Rebecca Long Bailey:

Column: 1662


Column: 1663

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

Rebecca Long Bailey:

Column: 1664


5.12 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Sciences (George Freeman):

Column: 1665


Angela Rayner:

George Freeman:

Barbara Keeley:

George Freeman:

Barbara Keeley:

George Freeman:

Column: 1666


Rebecca Long Bailey:

George Freeman:

Column: 1667


Barbara Keeley:

George Freeman:

Rebecca Long Bailey:

George Freeman:

Column: 1668

Rebecca Long Bailey:

George Freeman:

5.28 pm