House of Commons Hansard Debates Index for 25 March 2008

Mr. Denis MacShane (Rotherham) (Lab):

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 3

Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Portsmouth, North) (Lab/Co-op):

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

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

Gaza [25 Mar 2008]

Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish) (Lab):

Column: 4

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband):

Column: 5

Mr. Malcolm Moss (North-East Cambridgeshire) (Con):

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Column: 6

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury) (Con):

Sir Gerald Kaufman (Manchester, Gorton) (Lab):

Dr. Ashok Kumar (Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland) (Lab):

Column: 7

India [25 Mar 2008]

The Minister for the Middle East (Dr. Kim Howells):

Dr. Kumar:

Paul Rowen (Rochdale) (LD):

Ann McKechin (Glasgow, North) (Lab):

Burma [25 Mar 2008]

Column: 8

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Meg Munn):

Ann McKechin:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

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

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 9

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk) (Con):

Sandra Gidley (Romsey) (LD):

Iran (Women’s Rights) [25 Mar 2008]

The Minister for the Middle East (Dr. Kim Howells):

Column: 10

Sandra Gidley:

Mr. David Drew (Stroud) (Lab/Co-op):

Miss Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove) (Con):

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

Column: 11

Mr. Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con):

Iran-Iraq Relations [25 Mar 2008]

The Minister for the Middle East (Dr. Kim Howells):

Mr. Dunne:

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

Column: 12

Tibet [25 Mar 2008]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband):

Mr. Gray:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Column: 13

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

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Column: 14

Mr. Andrew Robathan (Blaby) (Con):

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Darfur [25 Mar 2008]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Meg Munn):

Angus Robertson:

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 15

Mr. Mohammad Sarwar (Glasgow, Central) (Lab):

Topical Questions [25 Mar 2008]

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband):

Mr. Sarwar:

Column: 16

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con):

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

The Minister for Europe (Mr. Jim Murphy):

Colin Burgon (Elmet) (Lab):

Column: 17

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Meg Munn):

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks) (Con):

Column: 18

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

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

Mr. Jim Murphy:

Column: 19

Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab):

The Minister for the Middle East (Dr. Kim Howells):

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

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

Column: 20

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

The Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor (Mr. Jack Straw):

Column: 21

Constitutional Renewal [25 Mar 2008]

3.31 pm

Column: 22

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Nick Herbert (Arundel and South Downs) (Con):

Column: 24

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Column: 26

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Mr. Jim Devine (Livingston) (Lab):

Column: 27

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 28

Mr. Chris Mullin (Sunderland, South) (Lab):

Column: 29

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Mr. John Spellar (Warley) (Lab):

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

Column: 30

Mr. Michael Meacher (Oldham, West and Royton) (Lab):

Mr. Peter Robinson (Belfast, East) (DUP):

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford) (Lab):

Column: 31

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab):

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Column: 32

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

Mr. Cash:

Paul Flynn (Newport, West) (Lab):

Column: 33

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

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

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

Hon. Members:

Column: 34

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire) (Con):

Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab):

Column: 35

Mr. John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

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

Column: 36

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

Mr. Brian Binley (Northampton, South) (Con):

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Column: 37

Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (Con):

Mr. Graham Brady (Altrincham and Sale, West) (Con):

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 38

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

BILL PRESENTED [25 Mar 2008]

Iraq Inquiry [25 Mar 2008]

4.30 pm

Mr. William Hague (Richmond, Yorks) (Con):

Column: 40

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab)

Simon Hughes (North Southwark and Bermondsey) (LD)

Simon Hughes:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. David Hamilton (Midlothian) (Lab):

Column: 41

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

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op)

Rob Marris

Column: 42

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

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Mr. Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe) (Con):

Column: 43

Mr. Doug Henderson (Newcastle upon Tyne, North) (Lab)

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

Column: 44

Column: 45

Column: 46

Frank Cook (Stockton, North) (Lab):

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

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

Column: 47

Mr. Kevan Jones (North Durham) (Lab):

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

Column: 48

Mr. Ian Taylor:

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

Column: 49

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Column: 52

5.9 pm

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband):

Mr. Burns:

Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North) (Lab):

Column: 53

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con):

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 54

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD):

Column: 55

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

Peter Bottomley (Worthing, West) (Con):

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Mr. Keith Simpson (Mid-Norfolk) (Con):

Column: 56

Mr. Andrew Tyrie (Chichester) (Con):

Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex) (Con):

Mr. MacNeil

Column: 57

Column: 58

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway) (Lab):

Mr. Kenneth Clarke:

Patrick Mercer (Newark) (Con):

Column: 59

Mr. Keith Simpson:

Column: 60

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

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 61

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Sir Malcolm Rifkind:

Column: 62

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con)

Richard Ottaway:

Sir Menzies Campbell (North-East Fife) (LD)

Mr. Keetch

Sir Menzies Campbell:

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury) (Con)

Column: 63

Mr. Blunt:

Adam Price (Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr) (PC):

Column: 64

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

5.45 pm

Column: 65

Mr. John Randall (Uxbridge) (Con):

Mr. Keetch:

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

Column: 66

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth):

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

Column: 67

Column: 68

Column: 69

Column: 70

6.6 pm

Ann Clwyd (Cynon Valley) (Lab):

Column: 71

John Barrett (Edinburgh, West) (LD):

Column: 72

Column: 73

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield) (LD):

Mike Gapes:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire) (LD):

Column: 74

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal):

6.24 pm

Mr. Michael Howard (Folkestone and Hythe) (Con):

Column: 75

Column: 76

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

Mr. Howard:

Mr. Henderson:

Column: 77

Mr. Howard:

6.38 pm

Mike Gapes (Ilford, South) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 78

Mr. MacNeil:

Column: 79

Mike Gapes:

Mr. Gordon Prentice:

Column: 80

Column: 81

Sammy Wilson (East Antrim) (DUP)

Mike Gapes:

Mr. Blunt

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con)

Column: 82

6.56 pm

Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con):

Column: 83

Mr. Gordon Prentice:

Column: 84

Column: 85

Mr. MacNeil:

Stephen Pound (Ealing, North) (Lab):

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

Column: 86

7.12 pm

Column: 87

Column: 89

Dr. Ian Gibson (Norwich, North) (Lab):

Lynne Jones:

Column: 90

Sir Malcolm Rifkind (Kensington and Chelsea) (Con):

7.33 pm

Column: 91

Column: 92

Column: 93

Column: 94

7.47 pm

Mr. Robert Marshall-Andrews (Medway) (Lab):

Column: 95

Column: 96

Mr. Charles Kennedy (Ross, Skye and Lochaber) (LD):

Mr. Humfrey Malins (Woking) (Con):

Column: 97

Mr. Paul Keetch (Hereford) (LD):

Column: 98

8.5 pm

Mr. Keith Simpson:

Mr. Keetch:

Column: 99

Column: 100

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 101

Column: 102

Column: 103

8.23 pm

Frank Cook (Stockton, North) (Lab):

Column: 104

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Column: 105

Frank Cook:

Sammy Wilson:

Frank Cook:

8.35 pm

Column: 106

Column: 107

Column: 108

Column: 109

Column: 110

Mr. Bob Ainsworth:

Mr. Blunt:

8.53 pm

Mr. Quentin Davies (Grantham and Stamford) (Lab):

Column: 111

Column: 112

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 113

9.4 pm

Angus Robertson (Moray) (SNP):

Mr. Quentin Davies:

Column: 114

Column: 115

Jim Sheridan (Paisley and Renfrewshire, North) (Lab):

Column: 116

Column: 117

9.18 pm

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

Column: 118

9.27 pm

Column: 119

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

9.30 pm

Mr. David Lidington (Aylesbury) (Con):

Column: 120

Mr. Quentin Davies:

Mr. Lidington:

Column: 121

Mr. MacNeil:

Mr. Lidington:

Column: 122

Column: 123

9.45 pm

The Minister for the Armed Forces (Mr. Bob Ainsworth):

Column: 124

Mr. Keith Simpson:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Sir Peter Tapsell

Column: 125

Sir Peter Tapsell

Column: 126

Division No. 133 [Iraq Inquiry] [25 Mar 2008]Division No. 134 [Iraq Inquiry] [25 Mar 2008]

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 127

Column: 136

Local Government Finance [25 Mar 2008]

10.30 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Ms Rosie Winterton):

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

Column: 137

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

Mr. Burns:

Paul Holmes (Chesterfield) (LD)

Column: 138

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

Paul Holmes

Column: 139

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

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Column: 140

David Howarth (Cambridge) (LD):

Column: 141

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

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

Column: 142

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Column: 143

Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con):

11.2 pm

Column: 144

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

Stephen Hammond:

Column: 145

Column: 146

Richard Younger-Ross:

Stephen Hammond:

Column: 147

Column: 148

11.21 pm

Norman Baker (Lewes) (LD):

Column: 149

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD)

Mark Hunter:

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Column: 150

Mr. Adrian Sanders (Torbay) (LD):

Mr. Hollobone:

Column: 151

Mr. Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD):

Column: 152

Mr. Eric Martlew (Carlisle) (Lab):

11.36 pm

Column: 153

Column: 154

Julia Goldsworthy:

Column: 155

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

11.44 pm

Column: 156

11.49 pm

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

Column: 157

Mr. Beith:

Column: 158

Mr. Harper:

11.55 pm

Ms Rosie Winterton:

Column: 159

DELEGATED LEGISLATION [25 Mar 2008]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 160

committees [25 Mar 2008]