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Volume No. 607Part No. 130

House of Commons Debates 10 March 2016

house of commons

prayers

oral answers to questions

transport

road investment strategy

local transport projects (funding)

public transport (cost to passengers)

frequency of trains (birmingham and telford)

uk spaceport

bus services (rural communities)

railway station refurbishment

laser pens

network rail: privatisation

rail electrification programme

high speed 2

driving test centres: waiting times

topical questions

pubs code adjudicator

business of the house

apprenticeships

northern ireland (stormont agreement and implementation plan) bill

flexible ticketing: rail transport


This Table of Contents lists column numbers, headings, time lines and names of Members in the Commons Hansard Debates text for 10 March 2016

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Column: 403

House of Commons [10 Mar 2016]

Prayers [10 Mar 2016]

[Mr Speaker] [10 Mar 2016]

Oral Answers to Questions [10 Mar 2016]

Transport [10 Mar 2016]

Road Investment Strategy [10 Mar 2016]

Suella Fernandes (Fareham) (Con):

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

Suella Fernandes:

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 404

Sir Simon Burns (Chelmsford) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Kit Malthouse (North West Hampshire) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 405

Sir Alan Haselhurst (Saffron Walden) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Local Transport Projects (Funding) [10 Mar 2016]

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Mr Jackson:

Mr Goodwill:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Column: 406

Rebecca Harris (Castle Point) (Con):

Mr Goodwill:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Drew Hendry:

Mr Goodwill:

Column: 407

Public Transport (Cost to Passengers) [10 Mar 2016]

Imran Hussain (Bradford East) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones):

Imran Hussain:

Andrew Jones:

Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Andrew Jones:

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

Column: 408

Andrew Jones:

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con):

Andrew Jones:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Andrew Jones:

Mr Speaker:

Frequency of Trains (Birmingham and Telford) [10 Mar 2016]

Lucy Allan (Telford) (Con):

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

Lucy Allan:

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 409

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

UK Spaceport [10 Mar 2016]

Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Brendan O’Hara:

Column: 410

Mr Goodwill:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Bus Services (Rural Communities) [10 Mar 2016]

Craig Tracey (North Warwickshire) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones):

Craig Tracey:

Andrew Jones:

Derek Twigg (Halton) (Lab):

Column: 411

Andrew Jones:

Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con):

Andrew Jones:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Andrew Jones:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Andrew Jones:

Railway Station Refurbishment [10 Mar 2016]

Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry):

Column: 412

Mr Cunningham:

Claire Perry:

Mr Speaker:

James Berry (Kingston and Surbiton) (Con):

Claire Perry:

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

Claire Perry:

Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con):

Column: 413

Claire Perry:

Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) (Lab):

Claire Perry:

Laser Pens [10 Mar 2016]

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

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

Greg Mulholland:

Mr McLoughlin:

Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con):

Column: 414

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Network Rail: Privatisation [10 Mar 2016]

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

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

Dr Whitehead:

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 415

Mr McLoughlin:

Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Lilian Greenwood (Nottingham South) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Rail Electrification Programme [10 Mar 2016]

Christian Matheson (City of Chester) (Lab):

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

Column: 416

Christian Matheson:

Mr McLoughlin:

Chris Green (Bolton West) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 417

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

High Speed 2 [10 Mar 2016]

Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Mr Baker:

Mr Goodwill:

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

Mr Goodwill:

Driving Test Centres: Waiting Times [10 Mar 2016]

Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South) (SNP):

Column: 418

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones):

Callum McCaig:

Andrew Jones:

Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con):

Andrew Jones:

Topical Questions [10 Mar 2016]

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

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

Steve Double:

Column: 419

Mr McLoughlin:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Mr Robert Goodwill):

Richard Burden:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones):

Column: 420

Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con):

Mr Goodwill:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Mr McLoughlin:

Jeremy Quin (Horsham) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab):

Column: 421

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry):

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

Claire Perry:

John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Mr McLoughlin:

Mr Robert Syms (Poole) (Con):

Mr Goodwill:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Column: 422

Mr McLoughlin:

Graham Evans (Weaver Vale) (Con):

Claire Perry:

Mr Speaker:

Danny Kinahan (South Antrim) (UUP):

Mr Goodwill:

David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con):

Mr McLoughlin:

Column: 423

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood) (Con):

Claire Perry:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Mr McLoughlin:

Matt Warman (Boston and Skegness) (Con):

Column: 424

Claire Perry:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

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

Mr McLoughlin:

Several hon. Members

Mr Speaker:

Column: 425

Pubs Code Adjudicator [10 Mar 2016]

10.36 am

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD)

The Minister for Small Business, Industry and Enterprise (Anna Soubry):

Greg Mulholland:

Column: 426


Anna Soubry:

Greg Mulholland:

Anna Soubry:

Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab):

Anna Soubry:

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

Anna Soubry:

Column: 427

Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab):

Mr Speaker:

Anna Soubry:

Column: 428

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Anna Soubry:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

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

Column: 429

Anna Soubry:

Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con):

Anna Soubry:

Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West) (Lab/Co-op):

Anna Soubry:

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet) (Con):

Column: 430

Anna Soubry:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Anna Soubry:

Mr Speaker:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Hon. Members:

Mr Speaker:

Mr Nuttall:

Anna Soubry:

Mr Speaker:

Column: 431

Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC):

Anna Soubry:

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

Anna Soubry:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Anna Soubry:

Column: 432

Business of the House [10 Mar 2016]

10.58 am

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

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

Column: 433

Chris Bryant:

Column: 434

Chris Grayling:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 435

Chris Grayling:

Chris Bryant:

Chris Grayling:

Column: 436

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Mr Speaker:

Pete Wishart:

Column: 437


Chris Grayling:

Column: 438

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Speaker:

Ian Mearns (Gateshead) (Lab):

Column: 439

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Paula Sherriff (Dewsbury) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

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

Column: 440

Chris Grayling:

Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Christopher Chope (Christchurch) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 441

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Chris Grayling:

Sir David Amess (Southend West) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Mr Speaker:

Dawn Butler (Brent Central) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle) (Con):

Column: 442

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 443

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 444

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

Chris Grayling:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Chris Grayling:

Chris Davies (Brecon and Radnorshire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 445

Steven Paterson (Stirling) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 446

Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Greg Mulholland (Leeds North West) (LD):

Chris Grayling:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Christina Rees (Neath) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 447

Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Chris Grayling:

Column: 448

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Alex Chalk (Cheltenham) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

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

Column: 449

Chris Grayling:

Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab):

Chris Grayling:

Andrew Stephenson (Pendle) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 450

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

Chris Grayling:

Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 451

Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 452

Apprenticeships [10 Mar 2016]

11.57 am

The Minister for Skills (Nick Boles):

Column: 453

Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South) (Lab):

Column: 454


Nick Boles:

Column: 455

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP):

Column: 456

Nick Boles:

Richard Drax (South Dorset) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Mr Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Column: 457

Nick Boles:

Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 458

Nick Boles:

Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Stephen Timms (East Ham) (Lab):

Nick Boles:

Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con):

Column: 459

Nick Boles:

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Nick Boles:

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con):

Nick Boles:

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

Column: 460


Nick Boles:

Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

Column: 461

Nick Boles:

Kelly Tolhurst (Rochester and Strood) (Con):

Nick Boles:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Nick Boles:

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

Column: 462

Nick Boles:

Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab):

Nick Boles:

Amanda Milling (Cannock Chase) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Nick Boles:

Column: 463

Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab):

Rishi Sunak

Liz McInnes:

Nick Boles:

Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con):

Column: 464

Nick Boles:

Gavin Robinson (Belfast East) (DUP):

Nick Boles:

Karin Smyth (Bristol South) (Lab):

Nick Boles:

Column: 465

Andrea Jenkyns (Morley and Outwood) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Royston Smith (Southampton, Itchen) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing):

Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con):

Nick Boles:

Madam Deputy Speaker:

Column: 466

Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill [10 Mar 2016]

[Mr David Crausby ] [10 Mar 2016]

12.44 pm

Tom Elliott (Fermanagh and South Tyrone) (UUP):

The Temporary Chair (Mr David Crausby):

Tom Elliott:

Column: 467


Lady Hermon (North Down) (Ind):

Tom Elliott:

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP):

Tom Elliott:

Column: 468

Sammy Wilson:

Tom Elliott:

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson (Lagan Valley) (DUP):

Column: 469


Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP):

Column: 470

1 pm

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson:

Column: 471

Mark Durkan:

Tom Elliott:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 472


Column: 473

Tom Elliott:

Mark Durkan:

Nigel Mills (Amber Valley) (Con):

Mark Durkan:

Column: 474


1.15 pm

Stephen Pound (Ealing North) (Lab):

Lady Hermon:

Stephen Pound:

Column: 475


The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mr Ben Wallace):

Column: 476


Nigel Mills:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 477

Nigel Mills:

Mr Wallace:

Lady Hermon:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 478

Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab):

Mr Wallace:

1.30 pm

Column: 479

Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr Wallace:

Danny Kinahan (South Antrim) (UUP):

Column: 480

Mr Wallace:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Wallace:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 481

Mr Wallace:

Lady Hermon:

Danny Kinahan

Mr Wallace:

Danny Kinahan:

Column: 482

Mr Wallace:

Mark Durkan:

Mr Wallace:

1.45 pm

Tom Elliott:

Column: 483

Mark Durkan:

Tom Elliott:

The Temporary Chair (Mr David Crausby):

Column: 484

Column: 485

Mr Wallace:

Column: 486


Column: 487


Column: 488


Column: 489

Nigel Mills:

Mr Wallace:

2 pm

Lady Hermon:

Column: 490

Sammy Wilson:

Lady Hermon:

Sammy Wilson:

Column: 491

Lady Hermon:

Tom Elliott:

Lady Hermon:

Jim Shannon:

Lady Hermon:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 492

Lady Hermon:

Mr Wallace:

2.15 pm

Lady Hermon:

Sammy Wilson:

Lady Hermon:

Column: 493

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 494


Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 495

2.30 pm

Column: 496

Column: 497

Column: 498

Sammy Wilson:

Mark Durkan:

Column: 499


Danny Kinahan (South Antrim) (UUP):

2.45 pm

Column: 500


Nigel Mills:

Column: 501


Sammy Wilson:

Nigel Mills:

Sammy Wilson:

Nigel Mills:

Column: 502


Stephen Pound:

Column: 503


Jim Shannon:

Stephen Pound:

Lady Hermon:

Stephen Pound:

Column: 504

Mr Wallace:

3 pm

Column: 505

Division No. 212 [ Northern Ireland (Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan) Bill] [10 Mar 2016]

Mark Durkan:

Column: 507

The Temporary Chair (Sir Edward Leigh):

Mark Durkan:

Column: 508

Mr Wallace:

Column: 509


Column: 510

Mark Durkan:

The Temporary Chair:

Column: 511

Column: 512

Column: 513

Mr Wallace:

Column: 514


3.30 pm

Column: 515


Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

Mr Wallace:

Jim Shannon:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 516


Tom Elliott:

Mr Wallace:

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 517


Column: 518


Stephen Pound:

Column: 519

Danny Kinahan:

3.44 pm
3.46 pm

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Mrs Theresa Villiers):

Column: 520


Column: 521


3.55 pm

Column: 522

Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson:

Gavin Robinson (Belfast East) (DUP):

Column: 523

Mr Donaldson:

Mr Wallace:

Column: 524

Mr Donaldson:

Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle):

4.3 pm

Mark Durkan:

Column: 525


4.8 pm

Danny Kinahan:

Column: 526


4.10 pm

Ms Ritchie:

Mr Wallace:

Ms Ritchie:

Column: 527


4.15 pm

Jim Shannon:

Bob Stewart:

Column: 528

Jim Shannon:

David Simpson (Upper Bann) (DUP):

Jim Shannon:

Column: 529


4.22 pm

Stephen Pound:

Column: 530


Tom Elliott:

Stephen Pound:

Column: 531

Column: 532


PetitionNewark Free School

4.31 pm

Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con):

Column: 533

Flexible Ticketing: Rail Transport [10 Mar 2016]

4.34 pm

James Cartlidge (South Suffolk) (Con):

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 534

Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Robert Jenrick (Newark) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 535


Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South) (Lab):

James Cartlidge:

Mr Alan Mak (Havant) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 536

Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 537

Robert Jenrick:

James Cartlidge:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry):

James Cartlidge:

Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 538


Mr Jayawardena:

James Cartlidge:

Craig Mackinlay (South Thanet) (Con):

Column: 539

James Cartlidge:

Wendy Morton (Aldridge-Brownhills) (Con):

James Cartlidge:

Column: 540


Robert Jenrick:

James Cartlidge:

4.59 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Claire Perry):

5 pm

Claire Perry:

Column: 541


Column: 542


Column: 543


Column: 544


5.12 pm