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Whole Day Download the Hansard Wednesday Volume 669 18 December 2019 No. 2 HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) Wednesday 18 December 2019 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2019 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Open Parliament licence, which is published at www.parliament.uk/site-information/copyright/. 21 18 DECEMBER 2019 Members Sworn 22 House of Commons Julian Carlton Knight, Solihull Wera Benedicta Hobhouse, Bath Diana Ruth Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North Wednesday 18 December 2019 Anthony Edward Timpson, Eddisbury Andrew Campbell Bowie, West Aberdeenshire and The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock Kincardine Natalie Cecilia Elphicke, Dover PRAYERS David Melvyn Linden, Glasgow East Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands, Paisley and Renfrewshire North [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] Brendan O’Hara, Argyll and Bute Members Sworn Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Mr Speaker: I remind the House that I expect to be in Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Loudoun the Chair today until 1.30 pm and return at 2 pm, until Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline and West Fife 4 pm, and then again at 4.30 pm to 5.45 pm, with a later Marion Fellows, Motherwell and Wishaw session if necessary. If required, we will sit swearing in Stewart Malcolm McDonald, Glasgow South at 2 pm tomorrow. I invite the first Members elected prior to the current Parliament to take the oath and will Hannah Mary Bardell, Livingston make further announcements to invite Members first Right honourable James Jacob Gilchrist Berry,Rossendale elected to the present Parliament. Will Members wishing and Darwen to take their seats please come to the Table? Matthew James Offord, Hendon The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, Jessica Rose Phillips, Birmingham, Yardley or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Wesley Paul William Streeting, Ilford North Eleanor Claire Reeves, for Lewisham West and Penge Huw William Merriman, Bexhill and Battle Right honourable Sir Michael Penning, Hemel Hempstead Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham, Perry Barr Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Bridgwater and West Somerset Alison McGovern, Wirral South Stephen James Metcalfe,South Basildon and East Thurrock Lee Anderson, Ashfield Kevin Paul Hollinrake , Thirsk and Malton Christopher James Green, Bolton West Richard Grosvenor Drax, South Dorset Trudy Lynne Harrison, Copeland Ben Everitt, Milton Keynes North Caroline Elizabeth Johnson, Sleaford and North Hykeham William Peter Wragg, Hazel Grove Sarah Jane Olney, Richmond Park Felicia Jane Beatrix Drummond, Meon Valley Daisy Cooper, St Albans Daniel Rayne Kruger, Devizes Wendy Anne Chamberlain, North East Fife Alun Craig Williams, Montgomeryshire Christopher Murray Alexander Law, Dundee West Scott Leslie Mann, North Cornwall Peter Grant, Glenrothes Christine Anne Jardine, Edinburgh West Giles Francis Watling, Clacton Mark Rory Logan, Bolton North East Claire Aisling Hanna, Belfast South James Barry Daly, Bury North Mark Andrew Pritchard, The Wrekin Caroline Lucas, Brighton, Pavilion Alan Mak, Havant Right honourable Tobias Martin Ellwood, Bournemouth Nicola Jane Aiken, Cities of London and Westminster East Siobhan Kathleen Baillie, Stroud James Roger Cartlidge, South Suffolk Kirsty Ann Blackman, Aberdeen North Jamie Hume Stone, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns, Rutland and Melton Helen Elizabeth Hayes, Dulwich and West Norwood Ruth Rosamond Edwards, Rushcliffe Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous, South West Bedfordshire Joy Inboden Morrissey, Beaconsfield Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris, Castle Point Luke Morgan Evans, Bosworth Jonathan Neil Reynolds, Stalybridge and Hyde Julie Marson, Hertford and Stortford John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead Andrew Francis Slaughter, Hammersmith Gillian Keegan, Chichester Gareth Alan Johnson, Dartford Martin John Vickers, Cleethorpes Jane Fiona Catherine Stevenson, Wolverhampton North Andrew John Stevenson, Carlisle East Daniel Leonard James Poulter, Central Suffolk and Christopher Charles Stephens, Glasgow South West North Ipswich Alexander David Sobel, Leeds North West Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan, Chippenham Zarah Sultana, Coventry South 23 Members Sworn 18 DECEMBER 2019 Members Sworn 24 Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse Thomas Patrick Hunt, Ipswich Thomas Sheppard, Edinburgh East Abena Oppong-Asare, Erith and Thamesmead Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew, Broadland James Stewart Murray , Ealing North James Oliver Wild, North West Norfolk Marcus John Hudson Fysh, Yeovil Gareth Mark Davies, Grantham and Stamford Edmund Francis Hughes, Walsall North Stuart Paul Anderson, Wolverhampton South West Selaine Rachel Saxby, North Devon Felicity Christiana Buchan, Kensington Mohammad Saqib Bhatti, Meriden James Michael Davies, Vale of Clwyd Sue-Ellen Cassiana Braverman, Fareham Andrew Theakstone Percy, Brigg and Goole Caroline Ansell, Eastbourne Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy, Streatham Jamie Hamilton Wallis, Bridgend Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Hampstead and Kilburn Sarah Elizabeth Atherton, Wrexham Virginia Ann Crosbie, Ynys Môn Mr Speaker: The sitting is suspended until 2 pm. The Miriam Joy Cates, Penistone and Stocksbridge bells will ring five minutes before the sitting resumes. Thanks, everybody. Duncan Charles Baker, North Norfolk Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw 1.33 pm Kate Elizabeth Griffiths, Burton Sitting suspended. Suzanne Webb, Stourbridge Shaun Stephen Bailey, West Bromwich West 2 pm Gary William Sambrook, Birmingham, Northfield On resuming— Deidre Leanne Brock, Edinburgh North and Leith The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Robert Joseph Roberts, Delyn Mary Kelly Foy, for City of Durham Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin, Harwich and North Essex Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan, Tooting Munira Wilson, Twickenham Michael Whitley, Birkenhead Joanna Catherine Cherry, Edinburgh South West Paula Barker, Liverpool, Wavertree Grahame Mark Morris, Easington Kim Marie Johnson, Liverpool, Riverside Anthony Howe Browne, South Cambridgeshire Navendu Prabhat Mishra, Stockport Cherilyn Mackrory, Truro and Falmouth Carla Rebecca Lockhart, Upper Bann Mhairi Black, Paisley and Renfrewshire South Ian Robert Byrne, Liverpool, West Derby Angela Crawley, Lanark and Hamilton East Bethan Winter, Cynon Valley Elizabeth Anne McLaughlin, Glasgow North East John Luther Mercer, Plymouth, Moor View Laura Rose Farris, Newbury Sarah Elizabeth Dines, Derbyshire Dales Ian Levy, Blyth Valley Steven Bonnar, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Katherine Fletcher, South Ribble Allan Hopkins Dorans, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Alexander James Jorden Norris, Nottingham North Alyn Edward Smith, Stirling Sara Alice Britcliffe, Hyndburn David Michael Doogan, Angus Antony Higginbotham, Burnley Kenny Wright MacAskill, East Lothian Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho, East Surrey Richard Gordon Thomson, Gordon Amy Callaghan, East Dunbartonshire Darren George Henry, Broxtowe Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire Gareth Thomas, Harrow West Alexandra Mary Davies-Jones, Pontypridd Rupa Asha Huq, Ealing Central and Acton Rachel Louise Hopkins, Luton South Michael Alex Burghart, Brentwood and Ongar Stephen Anthony Farry, North Down Thomas Georg John Tugendhat, Tonbridge and Malling Sarah Deborah Champion, Rotherham Robert Butler, Aylesbury Scott Lloyd Benton, Blackpool South David TimothySimmonds, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw,Exeter Rachel Helen Maclean, Redditch Charles George Eustice, Camborne and Redruth Matthew Alexander Vickers, Stockton South Michael Jon Wood, Dudley South Robert Peter Moore, Keighley Helen Grant, Maidstone and The Weald Stephanie Louise Peacock, Barnsley East Katharine Helen Osborne, Jarrow Louise Margaret Haigh, Sheffield, Heeley Gagan Mohindra, South West Hertfordshire Holly Mumby-Croft, Scunthorpe Nadia Edith Whittome, Nottingham East Lia Nici-Townend, Great Grimsby Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley Right honourable Yvette Cooper,Normanton, Pontefract James Neale Hanvey, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath and Castleford Neil John O’Brien, Harborough Simon James Jupp, East Devon Lucy Allan, Telford 25 Members Sworn 18 DECEMBER 2019 Members Sworn 26 Jeffrey Smith, Manchester, Withington Simon Richard James Fell, Barrow and Furness Taiwo Owatemi, Coventry North West Lee Benjamin Rowley, North East Derbyshire Rosemary Clare Duffield, Canterbury Laura Trott, Sevenoaks James Sunderland, Bracknell Layla Michelle Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon John Charles Baron, Basildon and Billericay Theodora Roosevelt Clarke, Stafford Fleur Anderson, Putney Samuel Peter Tarry, Ilford South Neil Coyle, Bermondsey and Old Southwark Mathew Richard Allen Rodda, Reading East Florence Eshalomi, Vauxhall Neil Peter Hammerton Hudson, Penrith and The Border Sarah Mei Li Owen, Luton North Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green and Bow Mr Speaker: Order. The sitting is suspended until Elliot Colburn, Carshalton and Wallington 3.40 pm. The bells will ring five minutes before the sitting is resumed. Thanks, everybody. Mr Speaker: The sitting is suspended until 4.30 pm. The bells will ring five minutes before the sitting resumes. 2.58 pm Thanks, everybody. Sitting suspended. 4.2 pm 3.40 pm Sitting suspended. On resuming— The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, 4.28 pm or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: On resuming— Andrew Griffith, for Arundel and South Downs The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, Claudia Naomi
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