House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 19 March 2008

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Column: 906

Mr. Speaker:

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

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

Column: 907

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Mr. Jamie Reed (Copeland) (Lab):

Third Sector Organisations [19 Mar 2008]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Edward Miliband):

Column: 908

Mr. Reed:

Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con):

Mr. Bill Olner (Nuneaton) (Lab):

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

Column: 909

Post Office Closures [19 Mar 2008]

Mr. David Heathcoat-Amory (Wells) (Con):

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Phil Hope):

Mr. Lancaster:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Mr. Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley) (Lab):

Column: 910

Derek Wyatt (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) (Lab):

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham) (Con):

Column: 911

Mr. Maude:

Mr. Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry) (DUP):

Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 912

Sports (Volunteering) [19 Mar 2008]

—The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Edward Miliband):

Mr. Reed:

Mr. Mark Harper (Forest of Dean) (Con):

Child Poverty [19 Mar 2008]

The Minister for the Cabinet Office (Edward Miliband):

Mr. Harper:

Column: 913

Mr. Francis Maude (Horsham) (Con):

Mr. John Heppell (Nottingham, East) (Lab):

Family Intervention Projects [19 Mar 2008]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Phil Hope):

Mr. Heppell:

Column: 914

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

Data Protection [19 Mar 2008]

The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Mr. Tom Watson):

Mrs. Madeleine Moon (Bridgend) (Lab):

Mr. Watson:

Prime Minister [19 Mar 2008]

Engagements [19 Mar 2008]

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Mrs. Moon:

Column: 915

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Andrew Miller (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab):

Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD):

Column: 916

Christine Russell (City of Chester) (Lab):

Column: 917

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

Column: 918

Mr. Andrew Love (Edmonton) (Lab/Co-op):

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Column: 919

John Mann (Bassetlaw) (Lab):

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD):

Helen Southworth (Warrington, South) (Lab):

Mr. Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con):

Column: 920

Albert Owen (Ynys Môn) (Lab):

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Graham Stringer (Manchester, Blackley) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Douglas Hogg (Sleaford and North Hykeham) (Con):

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

Column: 922

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

Ben Chapman (Wirral, South) (Lab):

Greg Mulholland (Leeds, North-West) (LD):

Mr. Martin Caton (Gower) (Lab):

Column: 923

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Jessica Morden (Newport, East) (Lab):

Column: 924

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York) (Con):

Mr. Gordon Marsden (Blackpool, South) (Lab):

The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):

Column: 925

National Security Strategy [19 Mar 2008]

12.31 pm

Column: 926

Column: 927

Column: 928

Column: 929

Column: 930

Mr. David Cameron (Witney) (Con):

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Jacqui Smith):

Column: 931

Column: 932

Mr. Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD):

Column: 933

Column: 934

Margaret Beckett (Derby, South) (Lab):

Column: 935

Column: 936

David Maclean (Penrith and The Border) (Con):

Keith Vaz (Leicester, East) (Lab):

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con):

Column: 937

Tony Lloyd (Manchester, Central) (Lab):

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

Column: 938

Gordon Banks (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Lab):

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Column: 939

Joan Walley (Stoke-on-Trent, North) (Lab):

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Column: 940

Nigel Griffiths (Edinburgh, South) (Lab):

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

Ms Dari Taylor (Stockton, South) (Lab):

Column: 941

Mr. Nigel Dodds (Belfast, North) (DUP):

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Mr. Speaker:

Column: 942

Point of Order [19 Mar 2008]

1.26 pm

Column: 943

Local Authority Powers (Election Campaigns) [19 Mar 2008]

1.28 pm

Mr. Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth, East) (Con):

Column: 944

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

1.33 pm

Simon Hughes:

Column: 945

Column: 946

Opposition Day [19 Mar 2008]

Post Office Closures [19 Mar 2008]

1.37 pm

Alan Duncan (Rutland and Melton) (Con):

Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con):

Mr. Michael Ancram (Devizes) (Con):

Sir Robert Smith (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD):

Column: 947

Hugh Bayley (City of York) (Lab):

Sir Robert Smith:

Column: 948

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) (Lab):

Column: 949

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Mr. Oliver Letwin (West Dorset) (Con):

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP):

Column: 950

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

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

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Column: 951

Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD):

Mr. Roger Gale (North Thanet) (Con):

Column: 952

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Hugh Bayley:

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (Lab):

Column: 953

Mr. Jeremy Hunt (South-West Surrey) (Con):

Mr. Andy Reed (Loughborough) (Lab/Co-op)

Mr. Reed:

Column: 954

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

Mr. Liddell-Grainger:

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

Column: 955

Jeremy Wright (Rugby and Kenilworth) (Con):

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Column: 956

Mr. David S. Borrow (South Ribble) (Lab)

Chris Ruane

Chris Ruane:

Column: 957

Mr. Nicholas Soames (Mid-Sussex) (Con):

The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Mr. John Hutton):

Column: 958

2.11 pm

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con):

Mr. Mike Weir (Angus) (SNP)

Mr. Baron

Mr. Borrow

Column: 959

Mr. Baron:

Mr. Borrow:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD)

Column: 960

Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)

Column: 961

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate) (Lab):

Column: 962

Mr. David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con)

Mr. Evennett:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 963

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

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

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con)

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire) (Con)

Column: 964

Mr. Paice

Anne Snelgrove (South Swindon) (Lab):

Column: 965

James Brokenshire (Hornchurch) (Con):

Column: 966

Malcolm Bruce (Gordon) (LD):

Alan Duncan

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

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

Column: 967

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

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

Mr. David Jones (Clwyd, West) (Con):

Column: 968

Column: 969

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Column: 970

Rob Marris:

Column: 971

Mr. Simon Burns (West Chelmsford) (Con):

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley) (Lab)

Mr. Davey

Malcolm Bruce

Kali Mountford:

Frank Dobson (Holborn and St. Pancras) (Lab):

Column: 972

Mr. Baron:

Column: 973

Sarah Teather (Brent, East) (LD):

3 pm

Column: 974

Mr. Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op)

Column: 975

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (Lab):

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab)

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Column: 976

Column: 977

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (Con)

Annette Brooke (Mid-Dorset and North Poole) (LD)

Column: 978

Mr. Francois:

Column: 979

Mr. Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD):

Chris Huhne (Eastleigh) (LD):

Column: 980

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Column: 981

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

3.22 pm

Column: 982

Barry Gardiner (Brent, North) (Lab):

Column: 983

Column: 984

Justine Greening (Putney) (Con):

Justine Greening

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

Deferred Division [19 Mar 2008]

Column: 985

Post Office Closures [19 Mar 2008]

3.36 pm

Mr. James Paice (South-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Column: 986

Bill Wiggin (Leominster) (Con):

Mr. Paice:

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD)

Mr. Paice:

Dan Rogerson:

Column: 987

Mr. Paice:

Column: 988

3.50 pm

Mr. Ian Cawsey (Brigg and Goole) (Lab):

Column: 989

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

Mr. Cawsey:

Column: 990

Justine Greening:

Mr. Cawsey:

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

Mr. Cawsey:

Column: 991

Column: 992

Column: 993

4.4 pm

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

Column: 994

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Richard Younger-Ross:

Richard Younger-Ross

Mr. Michael Clapham (Barnsley, West and Penistone) (Lab):

Column: 995

4.13 pm

Column: 996

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con):

Mr. Weir:

Mr. Lee Scott (Ilford, North) (Con):

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

Column: 997

4.27 pm

Column: 998

Column: 999

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

Mr. Scott:

Justine Greening:

Column: 1000

John Hemming:

Michael Jabez Foster (Hastings and Rye) (Lab):

4.37 pm

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Column: 1001

Ms Dawn Butler (Brent, South) (Lab):

Column: 1002

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

Column: 1003

4.47 pm

Column: 1004

Column: 1005

Column: 1006

4.59 pm

Martin Salter (Reading, West) (Lab):

Column: 1007

Mr. Andy Reed:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 1008

Ms Butler:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 1009

Column: 1010

5.14 pm

Mr. Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute) (LD):

Column: 1011

Column: 1012

5.20 pm

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Geraldine Smith:

Column: 1013

David Taylor:

Mr. Nick Gibb (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton) (Con):

Geraldine Smith:

5.27 pm

Column: 1014

Mr. James Arbuthnot (North-East Hampshire) (Con):

Mr. Gibb:

Mr. Boris Johnson (Henley) (Con):

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

Mr. Gibb:

Column: 1015

Column: 1016

5.34 pm

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Mr. Clifton-Brown:

Column: 1017

Column: 1018

5.43 pm

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall) (Lab):

Column: 1019

5.45 pm

Mr. David Evennett (Bexleyheath and Crayford) (Con):

Column: 1020

Greg Mulholland (Leeds, North-West) (LD):

Mr. Evennett:

5.53 pm

Mr. Richard Benyon (Newbury) (Con):

Column: 1021

Column: 1022

6 pm

Column: 1023

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

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

Mr. Prentice:

Mr. Burrowes:

Mr. Prentice:

6.3 pm

Column: 1024

Mr. David Heath (Somerton and Frome) (LD):

Column: 1025

Column: 1026

6.10 pm

Mr. David Jones (Clwyd, West) (Con):

Column: 1027

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

6.17 pm

Mr. Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 1028

6.20 pm

Angela Watkinson (Upminster) (Con):

Column: 1029

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Angela Watkinson:

6.24 pm

Mark Williams (Ceredigion) (LD):

Column: 1030

Greg Mulholland:

Mark Williams:

6.28 pm

Column: 1031

Sir Peter Soulsby (Leicester, South) (Lab):

6.30 pm

Charles Hendry (Wealden) (Con):

Column: 1032

Column: 1033

Column: 1034

Column: 1035

Column: 1036

6.45 pm

The Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs (Mr. Pat McFadden):

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Miss Anne McIntosh (Vale of York) (Con):

Column: 1037

Mr. James Gray (North Wiltshire) (Con):

Column: 1038

Dr. William McCrea (South Antrim) (DUP):

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

Mr. Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) (Con):

Column: 1039