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§ —[Mr. Robert Ainsworth.]
§ Order for Third Reading read.—[Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.]
9.11 pm§ Mr. RaynsfordI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.
First, I am sure that I speak on behalf of the whole House in thanking all those hon. Members who served on the Standing Committee which considered this important Bill. Their efforts over a long period, from mid-January 3, to early April, and again in the past 48 hours, have provided the House with the opportunity to consider on Report a Bill that has received very careful and detailed scrutiny. I pay special tribute to the hon. Member for North Thanet (Mr. Gale), who chaired the proceedings of the Standing Committee in an exceptionally able way.
973 The Transport Bill is an historic piece of legislation which will be seen as a landmark in transport policy for years to come. It is all about improving this country's transport system. The Bill takes a comprehensive, integrated approach to transport and puts in place new and effective measures to tackle problems, local and national. It will go a long way to reversing the past years of decline, and will help all concerned to work together to give Britain a transport system fit for the demands of the 21st century, and one of which we can be proud.
§ Dr. Norman A. Godman (Greenock and Inverclyde)I take this opportunity to thank Ministers for responding so positively to the concerns that I raised about the Strathclyde passenger transport authority. I refer in particular to clauses 185 and 217. There is still a problem where Scottish Ministers and the Strategic Rail Authority are concerned, but I should like to write to the Minister about it. In the meantime, I offer my thanks to him and his colleagues.
§ Mr. RaynsfordI am very grateful for my hon. Friend's comments. Of course we will consider carefully any further representations that he makes.
Our proposals to establish a public-private partnership for National Air Traffic Services have not been entirely free from controversy. However, I believe that the whole House agrees that change is essential if our air traffic control system is to continue to meet ever-increasing demands on our airspace without prejudicing safety.
The operational capability of NATS is recognised as world class; the service already manages some of the world's most congested airspace. The number of flights that NATS handles continues to increase each year, however, and the public-private partnership is essential to bring in the funding and investment, as well as the project management skills, necessary to allow NATS to manage the increased volumes and densities safely and effectively.
We believe that the public-private partnership will provide the United Kingdom with the world's best air traffic services in terms of safety, efficiency and capacity to meet increasing demand. Safety, quite rightly, is at the front of everyone's minds. As my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister emphasised yesterday, there is no question of safety being compromised under the PPP. As he stressed, safety and national security are subject to fundamental and emphatic safeguards.
The PPP will free NATS' investment and management decisions from Government financing constraints, and introduce new funding and new project and financial management skills to deliver significant improvements to UK air traffic services. For these reasons, we believe that this innovative PPP is the best possible option for NATS, for the country and for airline users.
The Bill is also about providing better local transport, particularly buses. The Bill gives local authorities important new powers and duties.
§ Mr. Bill Rammell (Harlow)Like other Members, I have consistently pressed Ministers on the O-licence operator anomaly, which is that such drivers are not given 974 medical and police checks by local authorities. Will the Minister confirm that new clause 2 deals with that anomaly?
§ Mr. RaynsfordI am pleased to give my hon. Friend that assurance, and I congratulate him on his important role in campaigning for that change.
Local authorities will have important new powers and duties. They will be required to draw up local transport plans that examine all aspects of transport in their areas. They must also prepare a bus strategy. The Bill contains new powers on bus quality partnerships, quality contracts, integrated ticketing and timetable information. Those measures will help to give passengers a quality bus service that is reliable and easy to use. We are also fulfilling our pledge to make sure that local authorities give pensioners a cheap bus fare scheme that is at least as generous as half-fare, with a free bus pass.
We are determined to tackle the problems of road congestion and pollution, which are the scourge of so many of our towns. The Bill gives local authorities powers to introduce road user charging or a levy on parking at the workplace. Those powers are already available to London's mayor and boroughs.
Every penny of the net revenues raised from new charges will be retained locally and ring-fenced for at least 10 years for spending on improvements to local transport. Local authorities will also be able to ask the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales to introduce charges on trunk roads, if that would complement their own schemes. The Secretary of State and the Assembly will also be able to charge on large trunk road bridges and tunnels of at least 600 m where that will help to achieve integrated transport objectives or allow expensive structures to be built. Revenues from those charges will also be dedicated to spending on transport for at least 10 years.
The Bill establishes the Strategic Rail Authority and provides for more effective regulation of the railway industry. The SRA will put railways at the centre of an integrated transport system, with proper public accountability and investment, and that puts the passenger's interest at the top of the agenda. The SRA' s mission will be to promote use and development of the rail network, and to contribute to the development of an integrated transport system. It will give the industry the long-term strategic focus to plan for growth. The shadow SRA has already set to work on strategic planning. The Bill plugs the loopholes in the previous Government's shambolic rail legislation and provides tougher enforcement powers to protect the passenger.
The Government believe that Britain's stability and steady growth cannot be sustained without a safe, modern and efficient transport system. Our plans for transport are ambitious but straightforward: we intend to transform our transport system to make it rival any in Europe, and no one should doubt that commitment.
We have put in place the right policy framework. The Bill will provide the necessary powers, and investment is coming on-stream. Private investment by the rail industry has doubled since 1996–97. Some 1,300 extra services are being run daily to meet demand. Bus quality partnerships in 130 towns and cities are increasing bus usage by 10 to 20 per cent. Our new statutory provisions will make it possible to build on those successes. Bus industry 975 investment has doubled and is running at £380 million a year. Again, our measures will help ensure that that trend continues.
An extra £280 million for transport spending this year was announced in the Budget, and in the summer my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and my right hon. and noble Friend the Minister for Transport will publish a 10-year transport plan. The plan will set out the transport outcomes that we want to see over the next 10 years, together with the investment strategy for both the public and private sectors that is needed to deliver them.
The House tonight completes its consideration of an historic Bill that will play a crucial role in ensuring that the United Kingdom has the safe, modern, effective integrated transport system that it needs and deserves. I commend the Bill to the House.
§ Mr. JenkinThe Minister asked us not to doubt the Government's commitment to improving the transport infrastructure, but we do. We have seen the Deputy Prime Minister and even the Prime Minister trotting round the country to celebrate the opening of great Tory transport projects, such as the Heathrow Express, the Croydon tramlink and the Jubilee line extension. Those were the projects that we commenced and initiated.
Let us consider the commitment of this Government and their spending figures. In a Tory year, 1994–95, we were committed to spending £8.5 billion on transport. In the present year, the Government are spending less than £6 billion on transport, despite the punitive new levels of taxation that they have imposed on motorists.
Every transport line of expenditure has been cut. In the Tory year I cited, we were spending £1.2 billion on trunk road and motorway improvements; this Government are spending a mere £305 million. On local transport grants and credit approvals, we were spending £1.3 billion; this Government are spending barely £1 billion. We were spending £906 million on London Transport; this Government are spending a mere £251 million. On highways maintenance—the top priority of this Government—we spent £3.3 billion in 1994–95. The Government, with all the extra taxation that they are raising, are spending less than £3 billion. That underlines the scale of the Government's miserable commitment to improving the transport infrastructure.
As we near the end of our proceedings on the Bill, I must record my thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for North Thanet (Mr. Gale), the Chairman of the Standing Committee, and to his fellow Chairman, the hon. Member for Bootle (Mr. Benton)—and also my thanks for the inexhaustible patience of the Clerks and officials in the Box and the good humour of the Standing Committee in general.
My particular thanks go to my small but hard-working band of hon. Friends, because ours has been an arduous task. We brought the Bill to the House with 237 clauses, 27 schedules and 276 pages. In the past two days, we have added a small telephone directory of Government amendments and new clauses. That underlines the fundamental shambles that is this Bill. It has been substantially rewritten during its passage.
The Bill contains some good clauses—[HON. MEMBERS: "Name them."]—such as, the clauses that were inspired by my hon. Friend the Member for Epping Forest 976 Mrs. Laing) on the impounding of vehicles. However, despite such extensive redrafting, it remains a bad Bill—and a bad Bill that is made worse by the fact that, in essence, it is four Bills rolled into one. It reflects the Government's mud-pie political philosophy.
The transfer of National Air Traffic Services to the private sector was rightly dubbed by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (Mr. Redwood) as a punk privatisation. We support the separation of regulation and operation, but the Government's public-private partnership was rightly described in the report on NATS by the Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Committee as the worst of all possible options.
Far from being some great innovation, the introduction of local transport plans is merely the extension of state bureaucracy to local authorities. It will require large volumes of guidance and ever larger volumes of local authority transport plans. Local authorities will be mired in ever more compulsory bureaucratisation and centralisation, because local transport plans have to fit the bill laid down by the Secretary of State. If they do not do so, he will not give them his support. That is centralisation and that is why the Labour chairman of the Local Government Association has complained about the "silent and strange death" of local government.
Another part of the Bill deals with re-regulation of the bus industry, whose investment record and expansion in its privatised and deregulated form the Minister was celebrating a few moments ago. The Government are now re-regulating that industry. We support the principle of quality partnerships, but we fail to see what quality contracts will bring to the bus industry. Indeed, the conflict between the regulation of quality contracts and the competition legislation is a complete mess.
Then we have the introduction of yet further taxes on the motorist: congestion taxes and parking taxes—a tax on business. As if it were not enough that the Government are taxing the motorist £36 billion in the current financial year, so that £1 in every £7 that the Government now spend is raised from the motorist, they are insisting on carrying through this vendetta against the motorist.
There is some evidence that the Government realise that their policy is somewhat unpopular. That is why, when the hon. Member for Brent, East (Mr. Livingstone), during his mayoral campaign, said,
I am determined that congestion charging will come in by August 2001,the right hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) responded, in his manifesto:I will not impose congestion charges in my first term.The Government are trying to kick the policy into the long grass before and after the general election, but we now know that the new deputy mayor of London, Nicky Gavron, has openly defied the Prime Minister, who assured the House today that Labour Members of the London Assembly would honour their election pledges. Speaking on BBC News 24 this afternoon, Nicky Gavron said that congestion charges were "in principle" possible in the first term of the administration in London, and that it was only a matter of technicality. She refused to retract her comments when pressed over the Prime Minister's earlier commitment. In her own personal manifesto, she stated:I will renew our tube system by 2010…and oppose congestion charges—977 [Interruption.] Well, I wrote the press release—until the tube has been improved.That was the manifesto commitment given by the right hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras.That open defiance of the Prime Minister this afternoon—just hours after he gave that assurance to the House of Commons—is a humiliation; it shows that although the hon. Member for Brent, East may not be a member of the Labour party, he is taking over the Labour party in London.
The final part of the Bill is old Labour striking back at railway privatisation. There is a role for Sir Alastair Morton in helping the industry to develop, but not for the rebirth of the old British Railways Board; not for whole new powers to direct investment; not for new powers for unlimited fines; not for powers for the interference in access agreements; and not for the restoration of the ultimate control over the industry, once again, by the Secretary of State—the Fat Controller himself.
The Bill is founded on a fundamental misapprehension: the principle that the man in Whitehall knows best. The British people know that the current man in Whitehall has done nothing to contribute to the transport of this country. The Labour party's policy is discredited; it is all spin and no delivery, as evidenced by the Government's miserable commitments on spending.
The Bill is privatisation by stealth, centralisation by stealth, re-regulation by stealth and taxation by stealth, and it is renationalisation of the railways by the back door.
Labour's transport policy is fundamentally more taxation. The Bill does nothing to address the crisis in standstill Britain that Labour is creating.
§ Mr. Don FosterI add my voice to the thanks that have already been justifiably given to so many people who have been involved in the deliberations on the Bill so far.
I have been involved—as has my colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Mr. Moore)—in nearly 110 hours of deliberations on the Bill. I have had more than enough opportunity to say what I believe about the Bill. To summarise, there are many good things in it, but, sadly, the beginning of the Bill provides for the part privatisation of National Air Traffic Services, with which we fundamentally disagree. For that reason, we shall vote against the Bill on Third Reading.
§ Mr. SnapeThe series of sittings on the Bill has been strange and protracted. Let me start back in January. The hon. Member for North Essex (Mr. Jenkin) ambled into the Committee Room on the first day and said that he was going to—I paraphrase him—"fight the Bill tooth and nail". He said that the Bill was bare-faced effrontery. He said, "It is a flagship of the Labour Government and we are determined to oppose it". What in fact was bare-faced was the hon. Gentleman's effrontery in actually turning up and saying that, because that was the last we saw of him. The hon. Gentleman made the claim that the Bill has 230 clauses. I have counted them and he has missed some. If that represents a bare-knuckle fight even by his fairly elastic standard, no wonder the Tory party is on its knees.
978 It is a pleasure to follow the speech of the hon. Member for Bath (Mr. Foster), who provided some opposition in Committee. One could not say that about the Tories. In fact, two of them—the hon. Members for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) and for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth)—have demonstrated their consistency tonight. They missed most sittings of the Committee, and they are missing the Bill's Third Reading.
The Conservative Opposition said that they were going to fight the Bill tooth and nail. Judging by the performance that they have put up so far, they have neither the teeth nor the nails to fight it with.
§ Mr. JenkinWill the hon. Gentleman give way?
§ Mr. SnapeThe hon. Gentleman must be joking. I have not seen him for months, so I am not going to give way to him now.
I compliment my right hon. and hon. Friends on the Front Bench for the way in which they have handled the opposition of the Liberal Democrats, whom I commend for providing it.
The Labour party has been talking about integration for many years. I remember voting for integration in the 1960s, at the first party conference that I attended. I am not sure whether we defined the term particularly well then or have done so since, but the Bill will achieve for the first time the integration of transport that the country so badly needs.
With or without the opposition of Conservative Members—it has largely been without it—I commend the Bill to the House. What the Government are trying to do is essential if we are to have the sort of transport system and the alleviation of congestion about which we have long talked. It is a pity that the hon. Member for North Essex has proved himself, once again, to be like so many of the occupants of the Tory Front Bench—all mouth and no trousers.
§ Question put, That the Bill be now read the Third time:—
§ The House divided: Ayes 304, Noes 159.
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| AYES | |
| Adams, Mrs Irene (Paisley N) | Bradley, Keith (Withington) |
| Ainger, Nick | Bradley, Peter (The Wrekin) |
| Ainsworth, Robert (Cov'try NE) | Bradshaw, Ben |
| Alexander, Douglas | Brown, Rt Hon Gordon (Dunfermline E) |
| Allen, Graham | |
| Anderson, Donald (Swansea E) | Brown, Rt Hon Nick (Newcastle E) |
| Anderson, Janet (Rossendale) | Brown, Russell (Dumfries) |
| Armstrong, Rt Hon Ms Hilary | Browne, Desmond |
| Ashton, Joe | Buck, Ms Karen |
| Atkins, Charlotte | Burden, Richard |
| Austin, John | Burgon, Colin |
| Barnes, Harry | Byers, Rt Hon Stephen |
| Bayley, Hugh | Caborn, Rt Hon Richard |
| Beard, Nigel | Campbell, Mrs Anne (C'bridge) |
| Bermingham, Gerald | Campbell, Ronnie (Blyth V) |
| Berry, Roger | Cann, Jamie |
| Betts, Clive | Casale, Roger |
| Blackman, Liz | Caton, Martin |
| Blears, Ms Hazel | Cawsey, Ian |
| Blizzard, Bob | Chapman, Ben (Wirral S) |
| Blunkett, Rt Hon David | Chaytor, David |
| Boateng, Rt Hon Paul | Clapham, Michael |
| Borrow, David | Clark, Rt Hon Dr David (S Shields) |
| Clark, Dr Lynda (Edinburgh Pentlands) | Hepburn, Stephen |
| Heppell, John | |
| Clark, Paul (Gillingham) | Hesford, Stephen |
| Clarke, Charles (Norwich S) | Hewitt, Ms Patricia |
| Clarke, Eric (Midlothian) | Hill, Keith |
| Clarke, Rt Hon Tom (Coatbridge) | Hinchliffe, David |
| Clarke, Tony (Northampton S) | Hodge, Ms Margaret |
| Clelland, David | Hoey, Kate |
| Clwyd, Ann | Hoon, Rt Hon Geoffrey |
| Coaker, Vernon | Hope, Phil |
| Coffey, Ms Ann | Hopkins, Kelvin |
| Coleman, Iain | Howarth, Alan (Newport E) |
| Colman, Tony | Howells, Dr Kim |
| Corbett, Robin | Hoyle, Lindsay |
| Corston, Jean | Hughes, Ms Beverley (Stretford) |
| Cousins, Jim | Hughes, Kevin (Doncaster N) |
| Cox, Tom | Humble, Mrs Joan |
| Cranston, Ross | Hurst, Alan |
| Crausby, David | Hutton, John |
| Cryer, Mrs Ann (Keighley) | Iddon, Dr Brian |
| Cummings, John | Illsley, Eric |
| Cunningham, Jim (Cov'try S) | Jackson, Ms Glenda (Hampstead) |
| Dalyell, Tam | Jackson, Helen (Hillsborough) |
| Darling, Rt Hon Alistair | Jamieson, David |
| Darvill, Keith | Jenkins, Brian |
| Davey, Valerie (Bristol W) | Johnson, Alan (Hull W & Hessle) |
| Davidson, Ian | Johnson, Miss Melanie (Welwyn Hatfield) |
| Davies, Rt Hon Denzil (Llanelli) | |
| Davies, Geraint (Croydon C) | Jones, Mrs Fiona (Newark) |
| Davis, Rt Hon Terry (B'ham Hodge H) | Jones, Helen (Warrington N) |
| Jones, Martyn (Clwyd S) | |
| Dawson, Hilton | Jowell, Rt Hon Ms Tessa |
| Dean, Mrs Janet | Kaufman, Rt Hon Gerald |
| Denham, John | Keeble, Ms Sally |
| Dismore, Andrew | Keen, Alan (Feltham & Heston) |
| Donohoe, Brian H | Kelly, Ms Ruth |
| Dowd, Jim | Kennedy, Jane (Wavertree) |
| Drew, David | Khabra, Piara S |
| Dunwoody, Mrs Gwyneth | Kidney, David |
| Eagle, Angela (Wallasey) | Kilfoyle, Peter |
| Eagle, Maria (L'pool Garston) | King, Andy (Rugby & Kenilworth) |
| Edwards, Huw | King, Ms Oona (Bethnal Green) |
| Ennis, Jeff | Ladyman, Dr Stephen |
| Field, Rt Hon Frank | Lawrence, Mrs Jackie |
| Fisher, Mark | Laxton, Bob |
| Fitzpatrick, Jim | Leslie, Christopher |
| Fitzsimons, Mrs Lorna | Levitt, Tom |
| Flint, Caroline | Lewis, Ivan (Bury S) |
| Flynn, Paul | Lewis, Terry (Worsley) |
| Foster, Rt Hon Derek | Liddell, Rt Hon Mrs Helen |
| Foster, Michael Jabez (Hastings) | Linton, Martin |
| Foster, Michael J (Worcester) | Lloyd, Tony (Manchester C) |
| Fyfe, Maria | Lock, David |
| Gapes, Mike | Love, Andrew |
| George, Bruce (Walsall S) | McAvoy, Thomas |
| Gilroy, Mrs Linda | McCabe, Steve |
| Godman, Dr Norman A | McCafferty, Ms Chris |
| Godsiff, Roger | McDonagh, Siobhain |
| Goggins, Paul | Macdonald, Calum |
| Golding, Mrs Llin | McFall, John |
| Gordon, Mrs Eileen | McGuire, Mrs Anne |
| Griffiths, Jane (Reading E) | McIsaac, Shona |
| Griffiths, Nigel (Edinburgh S) | McKenna, Mrs Rosemary |
| Griffiths, Win (Bridgend) | McNamara, Kevin |
| Grocott, Bruce | Mactaggart, Fiona |
| Grogan, John | McWalter, Tony |
| Gunnell, John | McWilliam, John |
| Hall, Mike (Weaver Vale) | Mahon, Mrs Alice |
| Hall, Patrick (Bedford) | Mallaber, Judy |
| Hamilton, Fabian (Leeds NE) | Marsden, Gordon (Blackpool S) |
| Hanson, David | Marshall, David (Shettleston) |
| Harman, Rt Hon Ms Harriet | Martlew, Eric |
| Heal, Mrs Sylvia | Maxton, John |
| Healey, John | Meacher, Rt Hon Michael |
| Henderson, Doug (Newcastle N) | Michael, Rt Hon Alun |
| Henderson, Ivan (Harwich) | Michie, Bill (Shef'ld Heeley) |
| Milburn, Rt Hon Alan | Smith, Rt Hon Andrew (Oxford E) |
| Miller, Andrew | Smith, Angela (Basildon) |
| Mitchell, Austin | Smith, Rt Hon Chris (Islington S) |
| Moffatt, Laura | Smith, Jacqui (Redditch) |
| Moonie, Dr Lewis | Smith, John (Glamorgan) |
| Moran, Ms Margaret | Smith, Llew (Blaenau Gwent) |
| Morgan, Ms Julie (Cardiff N) | Snape, Peter |
| Morley, Elliot | Southworth, Ms Helen |
| Morris, Rt Hon Ms Estelle (B'ham Yardley) | Spellar, John |
| Squire, Ms Rachel | |
| Mountford, Kali | Starkey, Dr Phyllis |
| Mowlam, Rt Hon Marjorie | Steinberg, Gerry |
| Mudie, George | Stevenson, George |
| Mullin, Chris | Stewart, David (Inverness E) |
| Murphy, Denis (Wansbeck) | Stewart, Ian (Eccles) |
| Murphy, Jim (Eastwood) | Stinchcombe, Paul |
| Murphy, Rt Hon Paul (Torfaen) | Straw, Rt Hon Jack |
| Naysmith, Dr Doug | Stringer, Graham |
| Norris, Dan | Stuart, Ms Gisela |
| O'Brien, Bill (Normanton) | Taylor, Rt Hon Mrs Ann (Dewsbury) |
| O'Brien, Mike (N Warks) | |
| O'Hara, Eddie | Taylor, Ms Dari (Stockton S) |
| Organ, Mrs Diana | Taylor, David (NW Leics) |
| Osborne, Ms Sandra | Temple—Morris, Peter |
| Palmer, Dr Nick | Thomas, Gareth (Clwyd W) |
| Pearson, Ian | Timms, Stephen |
| Pendry, Tom | Tipping, Paddy |
| Pickthall, Colin | Todd, Mark |
| Pike, Peter L | Trickett, Jon |
| Plaskitt, James | Truswell, Paul |
| Pollard Kerry | Turner, Dennis (Wolverh'ton SE) |
| Pond Chris | Turner, Dr George (NW Norfolk) |
| Pope, Greg | Turner, Neil (Wigan) |
| Prentice, Ms Bridget (Lewisham E) | Twigg, Derek (Hatton) |
| Twigg, Stephen (Enfield) | |
| Prentice, Gordon (Pendle) | Tynan Bill |
| Prescott, Rt Hon John | Vaz, Keith |
| Primarolo, Dawn | Ward, Ms Claire |
| Purchase, Ken | Wareing, Robert N |
| Quinn, Lawrie | Watts, David |
| Radice, Rt Hon Giles | White, Brian |
| Rammell, Bill | Whitehead, Dr Alan |
| Rapson, Syd | Wicks, Malcolm |
| Raynsford, Nick | Williams, Rt Hon Alan (Swansea W) |
| Reed, Andrew (Loughborough) | |
| Reid, Rt Hon Dr John (Hamilton N) | Williams, Alan W (E Carmarthen) |
| Robinson, Geoffrey (Cov'try NW) | Williams, Mrs Betty (Conwy) |
| Roche, Mrs Barbara | Wills, Michael |
| Rooker, Rt Hon Jeff | Winnick, David |
| Rooney, Terry | Wood, Mike |
| Ross, Ernie (Dundee W) | Woolas, Phil |
| Rowlands, Ted | Worthington, Tony |
| Roy, Frank | Wright, Anthony D (Gt Yarmouth) |
| Ruane, Chris | Wright, Dr Tony (Cannock) |
| Ryan, Ms Joan | Wyatt, Derek |
| Salter, Martin | |
| Sarwar, Mohammad | Tellers for the Ayes: |
| Shipley, Ms Debra | Mr. Don Touhig and |
| Singh, Marsha | Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe. |
| NOES | |
| Ainsworth, Peter (E Surrey) | Brand, Dr Peter |
| Allan, Richard | Brazier, Julian |
| Arbuthnot, Rt Hon James | Brooke, Rt Hon Peter |
| Atkinson, Peter (Hexham) | Browning, Mrs Angela |
| Baker, Norman | Bruce, Ian (S Dorset) |
| Baldry, Tony | Bruce, Malcolm (Gordon) |
| Ballard, Jackie | Burns, Simon |
| Bell, Martin (Tatton) | Burstow, Paul |
| Bercow, John | Butterfill, John |
| Beresford, Sir Paul | Cable, Dr Vincent |
| Body, Sir Richard | Cash, William |
| Bottomley, Peter (Worthing W) | Chidgey, David |
| Bottomley, Rt Hon Mrs Virginia | Chope, Christopher |
| Brady, Graham | Clappison, James |
| Brake, Tom | Clark, Dr Michael (Rayleigh) |
| Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey | May, Mrs Theresa |
| Collins, Tim | Michie, Mrs Ray (Argyll & Bute) |
| Cotter, Brian | Moore, Michael |
| Cran, James | Morgan, Alasdair (Galloway) |
| Davey, Edward (Kingston) | Moss, Malcolm |
| Dorrell, Rt Hon Stephen | Nicholls, Patrick |
| Duncan Smith, Iain | Norman, Archie |
| Emery, Rt Hon Sir Peter | Oaten, Mark |
| Evans, Nigel | O'Brien, Stephen (Eddisbury) |
| Faber, David | Öpik, Lembit |
| Fabricant, Michael | Ottaway, Richard |
| Fallon, Michael | Page, Richard |
| Fearn, Ronnie | Paice, James |
| Forth, Rt Hon Eric | Paterson, Owen |
| Foster, Don (Bath) | Pickles, Eric |
| Fowler, Rt Hon Sir Norman | Portillo, Rt Hon Michael |
| Fraser, Christopher | Prior, David |
| Garnier, Edward | Randall, John |
| George, Andrew (St Ives) | Redwood, Rt Hon John |
| Gibb, Nick | Rendel, David |
| Gill, Christopher | Robathan, Andrew |
| Gillan, Mrs Cheryl | Robertson, Laurence |
| Gorman, Mrs Teresa | Roe, Mrs Marion (Broxbourne) |
| Gray, James | Rowe, Andrew (Faversham) |
| Green, Damian | Ruffley, David |
| Greenway, John | Russell, Bob (Colchester) |
| Gummer, Rt Hon John | St Aubyn, Nick |
| Hamilton, Rt Hon Sir Archie | Sanders, Adrian |
| Hammond, Philip | Shephard, Rt Hon Mrs Gillian |
| Hancock, Mike | Shepherd, Richard |
| Harris, Dr Evan | Simpson, Keith (Mid-Norfolk) |
| Hawkins, Nick | Smith, Sir Robert (W Ab'd'ns) |
| Hayes, John | Spelman, Mrs Caroline |
| Heald, Oliver | Spicer, Sir Michael |
| Heath, David (Somerton & Frome) | Spring, Richard |
| Heathcoat-Amory, Rt Hon David | Stanley, Rt Hon Sir John |
| Heseltine, Rt Hon Michael | Steen, Anthony |
| Hogg, Rt Hon Douglas | Streeter, Gary |
| Howarth, Gerald (Aldershot) | Stunell, Andrew |
| Hughes, Simon (Southwark N) | Swayne, Desmond |
| Hunter, Andrew | Syms, Robert |
| Jack, Rt Hon Michael | Tapsell, Sir Peter |
| Jackson, Robert (Wantage) | Taylor, Ian (Esher & Walton) |
| Jenkin, Bernard | Taylor, John M (Solihull) |
| Key, Robert | Taylor, Sir Teddy |
| Kirkbride, Miss Julie | Tonge, Dr Jenny |
| Townend, John | |
| Kirkwood, Archy | Trend, Michael |
| Lait, Mrs Jacqui | Tyler, Paul |
| Lansley, Andrew | Tyrie, Andrew |
| Letwin, Oliver | Viggers, Peter |
| Lewis, Dr Julian (New Forest E) | Walter, Robert |
| Lidington, David | Waterson, Nigel |
| Lilley, Rt Hon Peter | Webb, Steve |
| Livsey, Richard | Wells, Bowen |
| Lloyd, Rt Hon Sir Peter (Fareham) | Whitney, Sir Raymond |
| Llwyd, Elfyn | Whittingdale, John |
| Luff, Peter | Wilkinson, John |
| MacGregor, Rt Hon John | Willetts, David |
| Maclean, Rt Hon David | Willis, Phil |
| Maclennan, Rt Hon Robert | Winterton, Mrs Ann (Congleton) |
| McLoughlin, Patrick | Winterton, Nicholas (Macclesfield) |
| Madel, Sir David | Yeo, Tim |
| Major, Rt Hon John | |
| Malins, Humfrey | Tellers for the Noes: |
| Maude, Rt Hon Francis | Mr. Stephen Day and |
| Mawhinney, Rt Hon Sir Brian | Mrs. Eleanor Laing. |
§ Question accordingly agreed to.
§ Bill read the Third time, and passed.