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Column: 511

House of Commons [21 Jul 2008]

Prayers [21 Jul 2008]

[Mr. Speaker] [21 Jul 2008]

Oral Answers to Questions [21 Jul 2008]

Defence [21 Jul 2008]

British Forces (Attacks) [21 Jul 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

Mr. Hands:

Des Browne:

Column: 512

Mr. David Crausby (Bolton, North-East) (Lab):

Des Browne:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (UKIP):

Des Browne:

Helicopters [21 Jul 2008]

Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield) (Con):

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

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

Sir Nicholas Winterton:

Column: 513

Des Browne:

Andrew Selous:

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Column: 514

Mr. Douglas Carswell (Harwich) (Con):

Des Browne:

Mr. David Laws (Yeovil) (LD):

Des Browne:

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

Des Browne:

Column: 515

Nick Harvey (North Devon) (LD):

Des Browne:

Nick Harvey:

Des Browne:

Mr. Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con):

Des Browne:

Defence Technical Academy [21 Jul 2008]

John Smith (Vale of Glamorgan) (Lab):

Column: 516

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

John Smith:

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

Column: 517

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Robert Walter (North Dorset) (Con):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Troops (Telephone Packages) [21 Jul 2008]

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

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

Column: 518

Sir Peter Soulsby:

Derek Twigg:

Robert Key (Salisbury) (Con):

Derek Twigg:

David T.C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con):

Derek Twigg:

Armed Forces (Recruitment and Retention) [21 Jul 2008]

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

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

Column: 519

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

Sir Robert Smith:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Miss McIntosh:

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Column: 520

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley) (Lab):

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 521

Laura Moffatt (Crawley) (Lab):

Mr. Ainsworth:

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

Mr. Ainsworth:

Afghanistan [21 Jul 2008]

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

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

Mr. Evennett:

Derek Twigg:

Column: 522

Dr. Andrew Murrison (Westbury) (Con):

Derek Twigg:

Reserve Forces [21 Jul 2008]

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield) (Lab):

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

Phil Wilson:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Column: 523

Mr. Julian Brazier (Canterbury) (Con):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Armed Forces (Recruitment and Retention) [21 Jul 2008]

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

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

Mark Hunter:

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

Column: 524

Mr. Ainsworth:

Topical Questions [21 Jul 2008]

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

The Secretary of State for Defence (Des Browne):

Mr. Evennett:

Des Browne:

Mark Hunter (Cheadle) (LD):

Des Browne:

Column: 525

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

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

Dr. Liam Fox (Woodspring) (Con):

Des Browne:

Column: 526

Dr. Fox:

Des Browne:

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

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

Column: 527

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

Des Browne:

Mr. Michael Jack (Fylde) (Con):

Mr. Bob Ainsworth:

Mrs. Ann Cryer (Keighley) (Lab):

Mr. Ainsworth:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Column: 528

Des Browne:

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con):

Des Browne:

Philip Davies (Shipley) (Con):

Des Browne:

Column: 529

Welfare Reform [21 Jul 2008]

3.32 pm

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (James Purnell):

Column: 530

Column: 531

Chris Grayling (Epsom and Ewell) (Con):

Column: 532

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Chris Grayling:

Column: 533

James Purnell:

Column: 534

Chris Grayling:

James Purnell:

Mr. Frank Field (Birkenhead) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 535

Jenny Willott (Cardiff, Central) (LD):

Column: 536

James Purnell:

Column: 537

Kali Mountford (Colne Valley) (Lab):

James Purnell:

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

Column: 538

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Column: 539

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

James Purnell:

Hilary Armstrong (North-West Durham) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 540

Mrs. Jacqui Lait (Beckenham) (Con):

James Purnell:

Tom Levitt (High Peak) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth, West) (Con):

James Purnell:

Mrs. Joan Humble (Blackpool, North and Fleetwood) (Lab):

Column: 541

James Purnell:

Angela Browning (Tiverton and Honiton) (Con):

James Purnell:

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

Column: 542

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Mr. Gordon Prentice (Pendle) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 543

Greg Clark (Tunbridge Wells) (Con):

James Purnell:

Barbara Keeley (Worsley) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Anne Main (St. Albans) (Con):

James Purnell:

Column: 544

Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab):

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Ms Karen Buck (Regent's Park and Kensington, North) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (UKIP):

Column: 545

James Purnell:

Kerry McCarthy (Bristol, East) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

James Purnell:

Column: 546

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

James Purnell:

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

James Purnell:

Geraldine Smith (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Lab):

James Purnell:

Column: 547

Points of Order [21 Jul 2008]

4.33 pm

Mr. John Baron (Billericay) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con):

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

BILL PRESENTED

Column: 548

Topical debate

Bercow Review [21 Jul 2008]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (Kevin Brennan):

Column: 549

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

Kevin Brennan:

Damian Green (Ashford) (Con)

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

Kevin Brennan:

Column: 550

Damian Green:

Kevin Brennan:

Mr. Scott:

Kevin Brennan:

Mr. Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con)

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (UKIP):

Kevin Brennan:

Bob Spink:

Kevin Brennan:

Mr. Hurd:

Column: 551

Kevin Brennan:

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

Kevin Brennan:

David Lepper (Brighton, Pavilion) (Lab/Co-op):

Kevin Brennan:

David Lepper:

Kevin Brennan:

Column: 552

Column: 553

Royal assent [21 Jul 2008]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 554

Bercow Review [21 Jul 2008]

4.53 pm

John Bercow (Buckingham) (Con):

Column: 555

David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con):

John Bercow:

Column: 556

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

John Bercow:

Column: 557

Column: 558

5.11 pm

Hilary Armstrong (North-West Durham) (Lab):

Column: 559

Column: 560

5.19 pm

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

Column: 561

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 562

5.26 pm

Mrs. Sharon Hodgson (Gateshead, East and Washington, West) (Lab):

Column: 563

Column: 564

5.36 pm

Mr. Nick Hurd (Ruislip-Northwood) (Con):

Column: 565

Column: 566

John Bercow:

Mr. Hurd:

5.41 pm

Column: 567

Column: 568

5.49 pm

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

Column: 569

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Tim Loughton:

Hilary Armstrong:

Tim Loughton:

Column: 570

Column: 571

Column: 572

6 pm

Kevin Brennan:

John Bercow:

Kevin Brennan:

Column: 573

Housing and Regeneration Bill (programme) (no. 2) [21 Jul 2008]

Column: 574

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

Column: 578

Orders of the Day [21 Jul 2008]

Housing and Regeneration Bill [21 Jul 2008]

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Alan Haselhurst):

6.23 pm

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

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 579

Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD):

Mr. Wright:

Column: 580

Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire) (LD):

Mr. Wright:

6.30 pm

Martin Horwood:

Column: 581

Mr. Wright:

Column: 582

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

Mr. Wright:

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Wright:

Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield) (Con):

Mr. Wright:

Column: 583

Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock) (Lab):

Mr. Wright:

Column: 584

Grant Shapps:

6.45 pm

Column: 585

Mr. Iain Wright:

Column: 586

Grant Shapps:

Mr. Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab):

Column: 587

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Raynsford:

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 588

Mr. Wright:

Lembit Öpik:

7 pm

Column: 589

Andrew Mackinlay:

Column: 590

Column: 591

Sir George Young:

7.15 pm

Mr. Iain Wright:

Column: 592

Mr. Stewart Jackson (Peterborough) (Con):

Mr. Wright:

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 593

Grant Shapps:

Mr. Wright:

Margaret Moran (Luton, South) (Lab):

Mr. Wright:

Margaret Moran:

Column: 594

Mr. Wright:

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Wright:

Andrew Mackinlay:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 595

7.30 pm

Mr. Iain Wright:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 596

Column: 597

Column: 598

Column: 599

Grant Shapps:

7.45 pm

Column: 600

Column: 601

Column: 602

Mr. Raynsford:

Grant Shapps:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 603

8 pm

Column: 604

Dan Rogerson (North Cornwall) (LD):

Column: 605

Grant Shapps:

Dan Rogerson:

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

Dan Rogerson:

Column: 606

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

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

Mr. Drew:

Linda Gilroy:

Mr. Drew:

8.15 pm

Column: 607

Mr. Iain Wright:

Linda Gilroy:

Column: 608

Mr. Wright:

Linda Gilroy:

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Iain Wright:

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Sir Michael Lord):

Column: 609

Mr. Wright:

Column: 610

8.30 pm

Column: 611

Mr. Love:

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Raynsford:

Column: 612

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Love:

Mr. Wright:

Grant Shapps:

Mr. Wright:

Bob Spink (Castle Point) (UKIP):

Column: 613

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Stewart Jackson:

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 614

Mr. Jackson:

8.45 pm

Column: 615

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 616

Grant Shapps:

Lembit Öpik:

Grant Shapps:

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Iain Wright:

Column: 617

Lembit Öpik:

Mr. Wright:

Lembit Öpik

Mr. Wright:

Lembit Öpik:

Column: 618

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Stewart Jackson:

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Wright:

Mr. Deputy Speaker:

Mr. Wright:

Column: 619

Lembit Öpik:

european documents [21 Jul 2008]

Column: 620

Petitions

Post Office Closures (Bedfordshire) [21 Jul 2008]

9.6 pm

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

9.7 pm

Andrew Selous:

9.8 pm

Andrew Selous:

9.9 pm

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

Column: 621

9.10 pm

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

Post Office Closures (Halifax) [21 Jul 2008]

9.11 pm

Mrs. Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op):

Parking (Halifax) [21 Jul 2008]

9.12 pm

Mrs. Linda Riordan (Halifax) (Lab/Co-op):

Column: 622

Post Office Closures (Staffordshire) [21 Jul 2008]

9.13 pm

Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) (Lab):

Post Office Closures (Essex) [21 Jul 2008]

9.15 pm

Mr. David Amess (Southend, West) (Con):

Column: 623

HMRC Workforce Change (Cornwall) [21 Jul 2008]

9.16 pm

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

Ankylosing Spondylitis [21 Jul 2008]

9.17 pm

Andrew George (St. Ives) (LD):

Post Office Closures (Manchester) [21 Jul 2008]

9.19 pm

Column: 624

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

Sentencing (Dangerous Driving) [21 Jul 2008]

9.20 pm

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Column: 625

Brass Bands [21 Jul 2008]

9.21 pm

Jeff Ennis (Barnsley, East and Mexborough) (Lab):

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

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 626

Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab):

Jeff Ennis:

David Taylor:

Jeff Ennis:

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

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 627

Michael Jabez Foster:

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 628

Chris Ruane:

Jeff Ennis:

David Taylor:

Jeff Ennis:

Chris Ruane:

Column: 629

David Taylor:

Chris Ruane:

Jeff Ennis:

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

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 630

Chris Ruane:

Jeff Ennis:

David Taylor:

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 631

Column: 632

Column: 633

David Taylor:

Jeff Ennis:

Column: 634

Jeff Ennis:

10.2 pm

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

Column: 635

David Taylor:

Mr. Drew:

Column: 636

10.8 pm

The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Margaret Hodge):

Jeff Ennis:

Margaret Hodge:

Column: 637

Michael Jabez Foster:

Margaret Hodge:

David Taylor:

Column: 638

Margaret Hodge:

Column: 639

Mr. Speaker:

Margaret Hodge:

Jeff Ennis:

Margaret Hodge:

Column: 640