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Column: 141

Column: 141

House of Commons [17 Apr 2007]

Prayers [17 Apr 2007]

[Mr. Speaker] [17 Apr 2007]

Oral Answers to Questions [17 Apr 2007]

Transport [17 Apr 2007]

Roads (East Anglia) [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport(Dr. Stephen Ladyman):

Mr. Bellingham:

Dr. Ladyman:

Mr. Bellingham:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 142

Railways (Overcrowding) [17 Apr 2007]

Ann Winterton (Congleton) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Ann Winterton:

Mr. Alexander:

Ann Winterton:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Alexander:

Jessica Morden (Newport, East) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 143

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Danny Alexander (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 144

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

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD):

Mr. Alexander:

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 145

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Chris Grayling:

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. David Kidney (Stafford) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Night Flights [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Greg Hands (Hammersmith and Fulham) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Gillian Merron):

Mr. Hands:

Column: 146

Gillian Merron:

Mr. Mark Field (Cities of London and Westminster) (Con):

Gillian Merron:

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Gillian Merron:

Bus Services [17 Apr 2007]

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

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Gillian Merron):

Column: 147

Dr. Blackman-Woods:

Gillian Merron:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

Gillian Merron:

Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Graham Stringer:

Gillian Merron:

Mr. John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD):

Column: 148

Gillian Merron:

Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab):

Gillian Merron:

Eddington Report [17 Apr 2007]

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Douglas Alexander):

Tom Brake:

Mr. Alexander:

Column: 149

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

Mr. Alexander:

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Mr. Alexander:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Owen Paterson (North Shropshire) (Con):

Column: 150

Mr. Alexander:

Rail Services [17 Apr 2007]

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Mrs. Moon:

Mr. Harris:

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold) (Con):

Mr. Harris:

Column: 151

Mrs. Siân C. James (Swansea, East) (Lab):

Mr. Harris:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con):

Mr. Harris:

Rail Services [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent, South) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Mr. Tom Harris):

Mr. Flello:

Column: 152

Mr. Harris:

Mr. Mark Lancaster (North-East Milton Keynes) (Con):

Mr. Harris:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Mr. Harris:

Road Funding [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Neil Turner (Wigan) (Lab):

The Minister of State, Department for Transport(Dr. Stephen Ladyman):

Column: 153

Mr. Turner:

Dr. Ladyman:

Mr. Christopher Fraser (South-West Norfolk) (Con):

Dr. Ladyman:

Mr. David Clelland (Tyne Bridge) (Lab):

Dr. Ladyman:

Column: 154

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Dr. Ladyman:

Constitutional Affairs [17 Apr 2007]

Electoral Fraud [17 Apr 2007]

Tom Brake (Carshalton and Wallington) (LD):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Bridget Prentice):

Tom Brake:

Bridget Prentice:

Column: 155

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

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Bridget Prentice:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Bridget Prentice:

Column: 156

Mr. Oliver Heald (North-East Hertfordshire) (Con):

Bridget Prentice:

Royal Prerogative [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Jim McGovern (Dundee, West) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Bridget Prentice):

Mr. McGovern:

Bridget Prentice:

Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey) (LD):

Column: 157

Bridget Prentice:

Kelvin Hopkins (Luton, North) (Lab):

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold) (Con):

Bridget Prentice:

Column: 158

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Bridget Prentice:

Postal Voting [17 Apr 2007]

James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend, East) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Bridget Prentice):

James Duddridge:

Bridget Prentice:

Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab):

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Jonathan Djanogly (Huntingdon) (Con):

Bridget Prentice:

Mr. Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (LD):

Bridget Prentice:

Legal Aid [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs (Vera Baird):

Mr. Dunne:

Column: 160

Vera Baird:

David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) (Lab/Co-op):

Vera Baird:

Mr. Elfyn Llwyd (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) (PC):

Vera Baird:

Column: 161

Planning (Consultation) [17 Apr 2007]

3.33 pm

Mr. Ian Liddell-Grainger (Bridgwater) (Con):

Column: 162

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Liddell-Grainger:

Column: 163

Column: 164

Occupational Pensions [17 Apr 2007]

Mr. Speaker:

3.45 pm

Mr. George Osborne (Tatton) (Con):

Several hon. Members

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Osborne:

Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge) (Lab):

Column: 166

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 167

David Taylor (North-West Leicestershire) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Osborne:

David Taylor:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Field:

Mr. Osborne:

Several hon. Members

Column: 168

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Osborne:

John McFall (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op):

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

John McFall:

Mr. Osborne:

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 169

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 170

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Henry Bellingham (North-West Norfolk) (Con):

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Bellingham:

Mr. Osborne:

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Column: 171

Mr. Osborne:

Tom Levitt:

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Russell Brown (Dumfries and Galloway) (Lab):

Mr. Osborne:

The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ed Balls)

Column: 172

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Mr. Osborne:

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

Mr. Osborne:

Ed Balls

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 173

Mr. Bailey

Mr. Osborne:

Mr. Bailey:

Mr. Osborne:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Osborne:

Column: 174

Column: 175

4.17 pm

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Brown:

Column: 176

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Brown:

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Column: 177

Adam Afriyie (Windsor) (Con):

Hon. Members:

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Stuart

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 178

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con)

Hon. Members:

Mr. Clarke:

Mr. Brown:

Column: 179

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood) (Con)

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Dorrell:

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

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

Mr. Speaker:

Pete Wishart:

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough) (Con)

Column: 180

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Garnier:

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Column: 181

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Michael Fallon (Sevenoaks) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 182

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire) (Con):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Brown:

Andrew Selous:

Mr. Brown:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Brown:

Andrew Selous:

Column: 183

Mr. Brown:

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Brown:

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con):

Mr. Brown:

Column: 184

4.47 pm

Dr. Vincent Cable (Twickenham) (LD):

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 185

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab):

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Brooks Newmark (Braintree) (Con):

Dr. Cable:

Column: 186

Mr. Bailey:

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Bailey:

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Redwood:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 187

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab):

Dr. Cable:

Mr. Russell Brown:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 188

Mr. Mark Todd (South Derbyshire) (Lab):

Dr. Cable:

Pete Wishart:

Dr. Cable:

Column: 189

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

Dr. Cable:

Several hon. Members

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

5.7 pm

John McFall (West Dunbartonshire) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 190

Mr. Redwood:

John McFall:

Mr. Jim Cunningham (Coventry, South) (Lab):

John McFall:

Column: 191

Mr. Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton) (Con):

John McFall:

Column: 192

Column: 193

5.24 pm

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Column: 194

Column: 195

Mr. Ian Taylor:

Mr. Clarke:

Mr. Dunne:

Mr. Clarke:

Column: 196

Mr. Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Mr. Clarke:

Column: 197

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West) (Lab)

Mr. Clarke:

Column: 198

Madam Deputy Speaker:

5.41 pm

Mr. Geoffrey Robinson (Coventry, North-West) (Lab):

Column: 199

Mr. George Osborne

Mr. Robinson:

Column: 200

David Taylor:

Mr. Robinson:

David Taylor:

Mr. Robinson:

Column: 201

Mr. George Osborne:

Mr. Robinson:

Mr. Graham Stuart

Mr. Robinson:

Mr. Stuart

Mr. Robinson:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 202

Mr. Robinson:

Column: 203

5.57 pm

Mr. Peter Lilley (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con):

Mr. Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 204

Mr. Lilley:

David Taylor:

Mr. Lilley:

Column: 205

Mr. Dorrell:

Mr. Lilley:

Column: 206

Ed Balls:

Mr. Lilley:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Lilley:

Ed Balls

Mr. Lilley:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Lilley:

Column: 207

6.15 pm

Mr. Siôn Simon (Birmingham, Erdington) (Lab):

Column: 208

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Kenneth Clarke:

Mr. Simon:

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Column: 209

Mr. Simon:

Column: 210

Column: 211

6.30 pm

Mr. Stephen Dorrell (Charnwood) (Con):

Column: 212

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Dorrell:

Ed Balls:

Mr. Dorrell:

Column: 213

Ed Balls:

Mr. Dorrell:

Column: 214

Ed Balls:

Mr. Dorrell:

Column: 215

6.48 pm

Mr. Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab):

Column: 216

Mr. Jim Cunningham:

Column: 217

Mr. David:

Mr. Redwood:

Mr. David:

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. David:

Rob Marris (Wolverhampton, South-West) (Lab):

Mr. David:

Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab):

Mr. David:

Column: 218

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

Mr. David:

Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con):

Mr. David:

Mark Tami:

Mr. David:

Column: 219

7.3 pm

Mr. Ian Taylor (Esher and Walton) (Con):

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Taylor:

Column: 220

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Taylor:

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Mr. Taylor:

Column: 221

Column: 222

7.17 pm

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Column: 223

Justine Greening:

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Dorrell:

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Dorrell:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 224

Mr. Newmark:

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Newmark:

Column: 225

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Newmark:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 226

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Judy Mallaber:

7.34 pm

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 227

Mr. Newmark:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 228

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 229

Mr. Newmark:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 230

Lynda Waltho:

Mr. Redwood:

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Redwood:

Column: 231

Column: 232

7.51 pm

Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge) (Lab):

Column: 233

Justine Greening:

Lynda Waltho:

Column: 234

8.2 pm

Column: 235

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Column: 236

Column: 237

8.14 pm

Stephen Hesford (Wirral, West) (Lab):

Column: 238

Mr. Hammond:

Column: 239

Stephen Hesford:

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con):

Stephen Hesford:

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Stephen Hesford:

Mike Penning:

Column: 240

Stephen Hesford:

Mike Penning:

Stephen Hesford:

Column: 241

8.31 pm

Mr. David Gauke (South-West Hertfordshire) (Con):

Column: 242

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Mr. Gauke:

Column: 243

Mike Penning:

Mr. Gauke:

Column: 244

8.44 pm

Mr. Iain Wright (Hartlepool) (Lab):

Column: 245

Mr. Graham Stuart:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 246

Mr. Hammond:

Mr. Wright:

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Mr. Wright:

Column: 247

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 248

Column: 249

9 pm

Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con):

Column: 250

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 251

Column: 252

Hugh Bayley:

Mr. Stuart:

Column: 253

9.16 pm

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Column: 254

Column: 255

Column: 256

9.28 pm

Mr. Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge) (Con):

Column: 257

Column: 258

Column: 259

Column: 260

9.45 pm

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Mr. John Hutton):

Mr. Lilley:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 261

Mr. Lilley:

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Dorrell:

Column: 262

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Speaker:

Hon. Members:

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Hutton:

Column: 263

Mr. Kenneth Clarke:

Mr. Hutton:

Mr. Patrick McLoughlin (West Derbyshire) (Con)

Column: 272

petition [17 Apr 2007]

Pension Entitlement [17 Apr 2007]

10.31 pm

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Column: 273

Financial Education [17 Apr 2007]

10.32 pm

Mr. Phil Willis (Harrogate and Knaresborough) (LD):

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

Mr. Willis:

Column: 274

Column: 275

Mr. Bailey:

Mr. Willis:

Column: 276

10.46 pm

The Minister for Schools (Jim Knight):

Column: 277

Column: 278

Column: 279

Column: 280