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Column: 143

Column: 143

House of Commons [20 May 2008]

Prayers [20 May 2008]

[Mr. Speaker] [20 May 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [20 May 2008]

Communities and Local Government [20 May 2008]

Smoke Alarms [20 May 2008]

Mr. Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Parmjit Dhanda):

Mr. Hollobone:

Mr. Dhanda:

Column: 144

Ms Celia Barlow (Hove) (Lab):

Mr. Dhanda:

Mrs. Maria Miller (Basingstoke) (Con):

Mr. Dhanda:

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

Mr. Dhanda:

Column: 145

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

Mr. Dhanda:

Overcrowded Accommodation [20 May 2008]

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

The Minister for Housing (Caroline Flint):

Ms Taylor:

Caroline Flint:

Column: 146

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

Caroline Flint:

Dr. Phyllis Starkey (Milton Keynes, South-West) (Lab):

Caroline Flint:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Column: 147

Caroline Flint:

Council Tax [20 May 2008]

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Martin Horwood:

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

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

Column: 148

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con):

Hazel Blears:

Column: 149

Household Rubbish (Charges) [20 May 2008]

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

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Mr. Evennett:

John Healey:

Alan Simpson (Nottingham, South) (Lab):

John Healey:

Column: 150

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

John Healey:

Council Housing (Disrepair) [20 May 2008]

Ms Sally Keeble (Northampton, North) (Lab):

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright):

Ms Keeble:

Column: 151

Mr. Wright:

Mrs. Iris Robinson (Strangford) (DUP):

Mr. Wright:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Speaker:

Mr. Wright:

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield) (Con):

Mr. Wright:

Column: 152

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East) (Lab):

Mr. Wright:

Flooding [20 May 2008]

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

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Miss McIntosh:

Column: 153

John Healey:

Mr. Brian Jenkins (Tamworth) (Lab):

John Healey:

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

John Healey:

Community Groups [20 May 2008]

Linda Gilroy (Plymouth, Sutton) (Lab/Co-op):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Column: 154

Linda Gilroy:

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

Preventing Violent Extremism Programme [20 May 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Column: 155

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory:

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

Mr. Paul Goodman (Wycombe) (Con):

Column: 156

Hazel Blears:

Local Government Expenditure [20 May 2008]

Paddy Tipping (Sherwood) (Lab):

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Paddy Tipping:

John Healey:

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon) (Con):

John Healey:

Column: 157

Topical Questions [20 May 2008]

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Hazel Blears):

Andrew George:

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Iain Wright):

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

Column: 158

The Minister for Housing (Caroline Flint):

Mr. Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar) (Con):

Hazel Blears:

Mr. Pickles:

Hazel Blears:

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

Column: 159

Hazel Blears:

Julia Goldsworthy (Falmouth and Camborne) (LD):

Caroline Flint:

Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough) (Lab):

Caroline Flint:

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con):

Column: 160

Caroline Flint:

Richard Burden (Birmingham, Northfield) (Lab):

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

Column: 161

Ms Katy Clark (North Ayrshire and Arran) (Lab):

Caroline Flint:

Richard Younger-Ross (Teignbridge) (LD):

Hazel Blears:

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

Hazel Blears:

Mr. Iain Wright:

Column: 162

Hazel Blears:

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab):

Hazel Blears:

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

The Minister for Local Government (John Healey):

Column: 163

Adults with Autism [20 May 2008]

3.34 pm

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

Column: 165

Column: 166

Orders of the Day [20 May 2008]

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [20 May 2008]

[Sir Alan Haselhurst ] [20 May 2008]

3.46 pm

Mr. Iain Duncan Smith (Chingford and Woodford Green) (Con):

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 167

Mr. George Howarth (Knowsley, North and Sefton, East) (Lab):

Column: 168

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dr. Evan Harris (Oxford, West and Abingdon) (LD):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Column: 169

Mr. Duncan Smith:

The Minister of State, Department of Health (Dawn Primarolo):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mark Simmonds (Boston and Skegness) (Con):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry (Islington, South and Finsbury) (Lab):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 170

4 pm

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

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dr. Harris

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 171

Emily Thornberry:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

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

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mark Simmonds:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con):

Column: 172

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 173

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry

Column: 174

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Several hon. Members

Mr. Duncan Smith:

John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD):

Mr. Duncan Smith:

4.15 pm

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

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Ms Taylor:

Column: 175

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Several hon. Members

The Chairman:

Emily Thornberry:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Emily Thornberry:

Column: 176

Mr. William Cash (Stone) (Con):

Emily Thornberry:

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Emily Thornberry:

John Bercow:

Emily Thornberry:

Geraldine Smith:

Emily Thornberry:

Column: 177

Geraldine Smith:

The Chairman:

Emily Thornberry:

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

Column: 178

Emily Thornberry:

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

Emily Thornberry:

Several hon. Members

Emily Thornberry:

Mr. George Howarth:

Emily Thornberry:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Emily Thornberry:

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Column: 179

4.30 pm

Mr. Desmond Swayne (New Forest, West) (Con):

The Chairman:

Column: 180

Robert Key:

Dr. Evan Harris:

Robert Key:

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

Robert Key:

Column: 181

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

Robert Key:

Dr. Gibson:

Robert Key:

Dawn Primarolo:

Robert Key:

Dawn Primarolo:

Robert Key:

Column: 182

Dr. Desmond Turner (Brighton, Kemptown) (Lab):

Geraldine Smith:

Dr. Turner:

4.45 pm

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dr. Turner:

Column: 183

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

Dr. Turner:

Dr. Gibson:

Dr. Turner:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dr. Turner:

Column: 184

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

Dr. Turner:

Greg Clark

Dr. Turner:

Dr. Brian Iddon (Bolton, South-East) (Lab):

Dr. Turner:

Mr. Willis:

Dr. Turner:

Column: 185

Mark Simmonds:

Dr. John Pugh (Southport) (LD):

Mark Simmonds:

Column: 186

Mr. Andy Slaughter (Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush) (Lab):

Mark Simmonds:

5 pm

Column: 187

Dawn Primarolo:

Mark Simmonds:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mark Simmonds:

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

Mark Simmonds:

Mr. Edward Vaizey (Wantage) (Con):

Mark Simmonds:

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

Column: 188

Mark Simmonds:

Mr. Vaizey:

Mark Simmonds:

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

Mark Simmonds:

Pete Wishart

Mark Simmonds:

Dr. Tony Wright (Cannock Chase) (Lab):

Column: 189

Mark Simmonds:

Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate) (Lab)

Mark Simmonds:

John Bercow:

Mark Simmonds:

Glenda Jackson:

Mark Simmonds:

Pete Wishart:

Mark Simmonds:

Column: 190

John Bercow:

Mark Simmonds:

Mr. Willis:

The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sylvia Heal):

Mark Simmonds:

Column: 191

Dawn Primarolo:

5.15 pm

Mr. Gerald Howarth:

Dawn Primarolo:

Geraldine Smith:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Duncan Smith

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 192

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Duncan Smith

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Duncan Smith

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Dawn Primarolo:

Several hon. Members

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 193

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

Dawn Primarolo:

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

Dawn Primarolo:

Several hon. Members

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 194

Mrs. Iris Robinson (Strangford) (DUP):

Dawn Primarolo:

John Bercow:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Dawn Primarolo:

Ms Dari Taylor:

Dawn Primarolo:

Geraldine Smith

Mr. Gary Streeter (South-West Devon) (Con)

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 195

5.30pm

Geraldine Smith:

Mr. Streeter:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Streeter:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 196

Geraldine Smith:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Streeter:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 197

Mr. Streeter:

Dawn Primarolo:

Dr. Harris:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

The First Deputy Chairman:

Dr. Harris:

Column: 198

Sammy Wilson

Dr. Harris:

5.45 pm

Column: 199

Geraldine Smith:

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Column: 200

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Cash:

Dr. Harris:

Dr. Tony Wright:

Column: 201

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Burrowes:

Column: 202

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Vaizey:

Dr. Harris:

Mr. Vaizey:

Dr. Harris:

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

Dr. Harris:

6 pm

Geraldine Smith:

Column: 204

Ms Dari Taylor:

Geraldine Smith:

Mr. Slaughter:

Geraldine Smith:

Mr. Willis:

Column: 205

Geraldine Smith:

Stephen Williams (Bristol, West) (LD):

Geraldine Smith:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Geraldine Smith:

Column: 206

John Bercow:

Geraldine Smith:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Column: 207

6.15 pm

Mr. Vaizey:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Column: 208

John Bercow:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Chris Bryant:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Chris Bryant:

Sir Patrick Cormack:

Ms Dari Taylor:

Column: 209

Mr. David Blunkett (Sheffield, Brightside) (Lab):

Ms Taylor:

Column: 210

Andrew Selous:

Ms Taylor:

Tim Loughton:

Column: 211

6.30 pm

Column: 212

Mr. George Howarth:

Tim Loughton:

Mr. McGovern:

Tim Loughton:

Chris Bryant:

Column: 213

Mrs. Iris Robinson:

Column: 214

Mr. Duncan Smith:

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 223

Column: 224

Mr. Leigh:

Mr. Leigh:

Column: 225

7.15pm

Column: 226

Anne Moffat (East Lothian) (Lab):

Mr. Leigh:

Column: 227

Mr. Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury) (Con):

Mr. Leigh:

Mrs. Claire Curtis-Thomas (Crosby) (Lab):

Column: 228

7.30pm

Dr. Evan Harris:

Column: 229

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Ms Angela C. Smith (Sheffield, Hillsborough) (Lab):

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

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

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Column: 230

Susan Kramer (Richmond Park) (LD):

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham) (Con):

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Dr. Desmond Turner:

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Column: 231

Mr. Willis:

The Temporary Chairman:

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Dr. Pugh:

Hon. Members:

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Judy Mallaber (Amber Valley) (Lab):

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

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

Column: 232

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con):

7.45 pm

Column: 233

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Julie Morgan (Cardiff, North) (Lab):

Mark Pritchard:

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Mark Pritchard:

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Mark Pritchard:

Column: 234

Julie Morgan:

Mark Pritchard:

Dr. Nick Palmer (Broxtowe) (Lab):

Mark Pritchard:

Column: 235

The Temporary Chairman:

Mark Pritchard:

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

Mark Pritchard:

Hon. Members:

Mr. Reed:

The Temporary Chairman:

Column: 236

Mark Pritchard:

Chris McCafferty (Calder Valley) (Lab):

8 pm

Michael Jabez Foster:

Chris McCafferty:

Column: 237

Miss Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone and The Weald) (Con):

Chris McCafferty:

David Taylor:

Chris McCafferty:

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Chris McCafferty:

Column: 238

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Chris McCafferty:

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas:

Chris McCafferty:

Mrs. Iris Robinson:

Chris McCafferty:

Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP):

Chris McCafferty:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 239

Chris McCafferty:

Column: 240

8.15 pm

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con):

Column: 241

Stewart Hosie (Dundee, East) (SNP):

Mike Penning:

Mr. Swayne:

Column: 242

Mike Penning:

Mrs. Iris Robinson

Mike Penning:

Judy Mallaber

Mike Penning:

Column: 243

The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Michael Lord):

Mike Penning:

Mr. Cash:

Mike Penning:

Column: 244

Ms Angela C. Smith:

8.30 pm

Mike Penning:

Ms Angela C. Smith:

Mike Penning:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 245

Miss Widdecombe

Dawn Primarolo:

Miss Widdecombe:

Dawn Primarolo:

Miss Widdecombe

Mr. Charles Walker (Broxbourne) (Con)

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 246

Mr. Walker:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Walker

Dawn Primarolo:

Pete Wishart:

Dawn Primarolo:

Pete Wishart:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 247

Mr. Willis:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Willis:

Dawn Primarolo:

Miss Widdecombe:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Iris Robinson:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Dawn Primarolo:

Column: 248

Mrs. Robinson

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Robinson:

8.45pm

Dawn Primarolo:

Mark Durkan:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mr. Burrowes:

Column: 249

Dawn Primarolo:

Dr. Pugh:

Column: 250

Column: 251

Dr. Harris:

Dr. Pugh:

Column: 252

Mrs. Lait:

9 pm

Dr. Pugh:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 253

Mrs. Iris Robinson:

Judy Mallaber:

Mr. Cash:

Judy Mallaber:

Mrs. Iris Robinson

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

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 254

David Taylor:

Judy Mallaber:

Several hon. Members

Judy Mallaber:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 255

Judy Mallaber:

Dr. Palmer:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 256

Sandra Osborne:

9.15 pm

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 257

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Judy Mallaber:

Lynne Jones:

Judy Mallaber:

Column: 258

Mrs. Nadine Dorries (Mid-Bedfordshire) (Con):

Patrick Hall (Bedford) (Lab):

Mark Pritchard:

Patrick Hall:

Mrs. Dorries:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Dorries:

Column: 259

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Dorries:

Dr. Evan Harris:

Mrs. Dorries:

The Second Deputy Chairman:

Mrs. Dorries:

Column: 260

Dr. Harris:

Mrs. Dorries:

Mr. Slaughter:

Hon. Members:

Mrs. Dorries:

Column: 261

9.30 pm

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Dorries:

Dawn Primarolo

Mrs. Dorries:

The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 262

Mrs. Dorries:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Dorries:

Dr. Gibson:

Mrs. Dorries:

Dr. Gibson:

Mrs. Dorries:

Column: 263

Mr. Burrowes:

Mrs. Dorries:

Dawn Primarolo:

Mrs. Dorries:

Column: 264

Dr. Palmer:

Mr. Crispin Blunt (Reigate) (Con):

Dr. Palmer:

9.45 pm

Column: 265

Mr. Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) (Lab):

Dr. Palmer:

Mr. Blunt:

Dr. Palmer:

Mr. Hugo Swire (East Devon) (Con):

Dr. Palmer:

Column: 266

Richard Ottaway (Croydon, South) (Con):

Column: 267

Dr. Desmond Turner:

The Chairman:

Richard Ottaway:

Emily Thornberry

Richard Ottaway:

Emily Thornberry:

Richard Ottaway:

Column: 268

Julie Morgan:

10 pm

Mr. Mark Francois (Rayleigh) (Con):

Julie Morgan:

Mr. Francois:

Column: 269

Julie Morgan:

Mr. John Hayes (South Holland and The Deepings) (Con):

Julie Morgan:

The Chairman:

Julie Morgan:

Column: 270

Miss Widdecombe:

John Bercow:

Miss Widdecombe:

John Bercow:

Miss Widdecombe:

Column: 271

Mr. Leigh:

Column: 275

Delegated legislation [20 May 2008]

Column: 291

Northern Ireland Grand Committee [20 May 2008]

petitions [20 May 2008]

Post Office Closures (Cumbria) [20 May 2008]

11.17 pm

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

Time Limit for Abortion [20 May 2008]

11.19 pm

Mr. Edward Leigh (Gainsborough) (Con):

Column: 293

Military Radioactive Waste [20 May 2008]

11.20 pm

Willie Rennie (Dunfermline and West Fife) (LD):

Column: 294

Column: 295

Column: 296

Column: 297

11.38 pm

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Derek Twigg):

Column: 298

Column: 299

Column: 300