Monday Volume 510 24 May 2010 No. 4

HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICIAL REPORT

PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD)

Monday 24 May 2010

£5·00 © Parliamentary Copyright House of Commons 2010 This publication may be reproduced under the terms of the Parliamentary Click-Use Licence, available online through the Office of Public Sector Information website at www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/ Enquiries to the Office of Public Sector Information, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU; e-mail: [email protected] 25 24 MAY 2010 Members Sworn 26 House of Commons Naomi Rachel Long, Belfast East Simon Christopher Danczuk, Rochdale Graham Peter Jones, Hyndburn Monday 24 May 2010 Emma Elizabeth Reynolds, Wolverhampton North East David Ward, Bradford East The House met at half-past Two o’clock , Falkirk Anas Sarwar, Glasgow Central PRAYERS Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng, Spelthorne Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, Richmond Park [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] Stephen David John Gilbert, St Austell and Newquay Timothy James Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale Members Sworn Gregory Thomas Mulholland, Leeds North West Anthony Edward Timpson, Crewe and Nantwich Mr Speaker: I remind the House that I will be in the Chair today until 4.30 pm or for as long as there are Ian Cameron Swales, Redcar Members wishing to take the oath this afternoon. There Mark Julian Francis Pawsey, Rugby will be further opportunities for Members to take the Oliver Newton Colvile, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport oath at 2.15 pm tomorrow. Will Members wishing to David Ian Jones, Clwyd West take their seats please come to the Table? Siobhain Ann McDonagh, Mitcham and Morden The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation, required by law: Mark John Reckless, Rochester and Strood Sir Stuart Bell, Middlesbrough Nadine Vanessa Dorries, Mid Bedfordshire Thomas Docherty, Dunfermline and West Fife Steven John Baker, Wycombe Right honourable John Whitaker Straw, Blackburn Sheila Gilmore, Edinburgh East Right honourable , Sheffield, Brightside Fiona O’Donnell, East Lothian and Hillsborough David Alan Heyes, Ashton-under-Lyne Right honourable Peter Gerald Hain, Neath Paul Singh Uppal, Wolverhampton South West Jake Berry, Rossendale and Darwen Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Wantage James Dobbin, Heywood and Middleton , Liverpool, West Derby Right honourable Kevin John Barron, Rother Valley Thomas David Simpson, Upper Bann Nigel Martin Evans, Ribble Valley , Bury South , Birmingham, Erdington David William St John Heath, Somerton and Frome Adam James Harold Holloway, Gravesham Margaret Ritchie, South Down Norman John Baker, Lewes John Martin McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington David Laurie Ruffley, Bury St Edmunds Russell Leslie Brown, Dumfries and Galloway Right honourable Sir Michael Leslie Rifkind, Kensington Right honourable Gregory Knight, East Yorkshire Robert John Walter, North Dorset Right honourable Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, Lagan Valley Laura Jane Sandys, South Thanet Richard James Shannon, Strangford Andrew John Stevenson, Carlisle Ian Christopher Austin, Dudley North Jacob William Rees-Mogg, North East Somerset Christopher Shaun Ruane, Vale of Clwyd Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles, Grantham and Stamford Stephen Rothwell O’Brien, Eddisbury Amber Rudd, Hastings and Rye Tessa Jane Munt, Wells Sarah Louise Newton, Truro and Falmouth James Patrick Dowd, Lewisham West and Penge Karen Patricia Buck, Westminster North Graham Eric Stringer, Blackley and Broughton Nicholas Dakin, Scunthorpe Karen Anne Bradley, Staffordshire Moorlands Diana Ruth Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper, West Lancashire 3.27 pm Linda June Riordan, Halifax Sitting suspended. David Hamilton, Midlothian Right honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot, North 4pm East Hampshire On resuming— Marsha Singh, Bradford West The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green and Bow, or made and subscribed the Affirmation, required by law: Shabana Mahmood, Birmingham, Ladywood Gary Nicholas Streeter, for South West Devon James Peter Brokenshire, Old Bexley and Sidcup Right honourable Margaret Eve Hodge, Barking David Stewart Havard, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Mary Helen Creagh, Wakefield 27 Members Sworn24 MAY 2010 Members Sworn 28

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CONTENTS

Monday 24 May 2010

Members Sworn [Col. 25]