The Economy

Alistair Carmichael Excerpts

Tuesday 6th December 2011 Commons Chamber

The House divided: Ayes 79, Noes 213.Division No. 408][9.59 pmAYESAdams, NigelAfriyie, AdamAldous, PeterAlexander, rh DannyBaker, SteveBaldry, TonyBaldwin, HarriettBeith, rh Sir AlanBlackman, BobBradley, Karen Bruce, FionaBurley, Mr AidanCarmichael, rh Mr AlistairCash, Mr WilliamClark, rh GregCoffey, Dr ThérèseCollins, DamianCrockart, MikeDavey, Mr EdwardDavies, David T. C. (Monmouth)Davies, GlynDavies, PhilipDorrell, rh Mr StephenDunne, Mr PhilipEllison, JaneEllwood, Mr TobiasElphicke, CharlieEvans, GrahamFarron, TimFrancois, rh Mr MarkFuller, RichardGauke, Mr DavidGeorge, AndrewGilbert, StephenHancock, MatthewHands, GregHarris, Rebecca Harvey, NickHaselhurst, rh Sir AlanHeaton-Harris, ChrisHinds, DamianHollingbery, GeorgeHollobone, Mr PhilipJackson, Mr StewartJavid, SajidJenkin, Mr BernardJohnson, GarethJones, AndrewKnight, rh Mr GregLamb, NormanLeigh, Mr EdwardMills, NigelMoore, rh MichaelMorris, DavidMosley, StephenMulholland, GregMunt, TessaMurrison, Dr AndrewOllerenshaw, EricOsborne, rh Mr GeorgePercy, AndrewPerry, ClairePrisk, Mr MarkRedwood, rh Mr JohnReid, Mr AlanRogerson, DanRuffley, Mr DavidRussell, BobRutley, DavidSelous, AndrewSkidmore, ChrisSmith, Miss ChloeStanley, rh Sir JohnStevenson, JohnStunell, AndrewTyrie, Mr AndrewVickers, MartinWatkinson, AngelaWilliams, StephenWright, SimonTellers for the Ayes:James Duddridge andMr Shailesh VaraNOESAbbott, Ms DianeAbrahams, DebbieAinsworth, rh Mr BobAlexander, HeidiAli, RushanaraAllen, Mr GrahamAnderson, Mr DavidAustin, IanBailey, Mr AdrianBain, Mr WilliamBalls, rh EdBanks, GordonBarron, rh Mr KevinBeckett, rh MargaretBegg, Dame AnneBenn, rh HilaryBenton, Mr JoeBerger, LucianaBetts, Mr CliveBlackman-Woods, RobertaBlears, rh HazelBlenkinsop, TomBlomfield, PaulBlunkett, rh Mr DavidBradshaw, rh Mr BenBrennan, KevinBrown, LynBrown, rh Mr NicholasBrown, Mr RussellBuck, Ms KarenBurnham, rh AndyByrne, rh Mr LiamCampbell, Mr AlanCampbell, Mr RonnieCaton, MartinChapman, Mrs JennyClark, KatyClarke, rh Mr TomClwyd, rh AnnCoaker, VernonCoffey, AnnCooper, RosieCooper, rh YvetteCorbyn, JeremyCrausby, Mr DavidCreagh, MaryCreasy, StellaCruddas, JonCryer, JohnCunningham, AlexCunningham, Mr JimCunningham, TonyCurran, MargaretDakin, NicDanczuk, SimonDarling, rh Mr AlistairDavid, Mr WayneDe Piero, GloriaDenham, rh Mr JohnDobbin, JimDobson, rh FrankDocherty, ThomasDodds, rh Mr NigelDonohoe, Mr Brian H. Doran, Mr FrankDowd, JimDoyle, GemmaDromey, JackDugher, MichaelDurkan, MarkEagle, Ms AngelaEagle, MariaEfford, CliveElliott, JulieEllman, Mrs LouiseEngel, NataschaEsterson, BillEvans, ChrisFlello, RobertFlint, rh CarolineFlynn, PaulFovargue, YvonneFrancis, Dr HywelGapes, MikeGilmore, SheilaGlass, PatGlindon, Mrs MaryGodsiff, Mr RogerGoggins, rh PaulGoodman, HelenGreatrex, TomGreen, Kate Greenwood, LilianGriffith, NiaHamilton, Mr DavidHanson, rh Mr DavidHarman, rh Ms HarrietHavard, Mr DaiHealey, rh JohnHendrick, MarkHermon, LadyHeyes, DavidHillier, MegHilling, JulieHodge, rh MargaretHodgson, Mrs SharonHoey, KateHopkins, KelvinHosie, StewartHowarth, rh Mr GeorgeHunt, TristramIrranca-Davies, HuwJamieson, CathyJarvis, DanJohnson, rh AlanJohnson, DianaJones, GrahamJones, HelenJones, Susan ElanJowell, rh TessaKeeley, BarbaraKendall, LizKhan, rh SadiqLammy, rh Mr DavidLavery, IanLazarowicz, MarkLeslie, ChrisLewis, Mr IvanLong, NaomiLove, Mr AndrewMacNeil, Mr Angus BrendanMactaggart, FionaMahmood, ShabanaMarsden, Mr GordonMcClymont, GreggMcDonagh, SiobhainMcDonnell, JohnMcFadden, rh Mr PatMcGovern, JimMcGuire, rh Mrs AnneMcKechin, AnnMcKenzie, Mr IainMcKinnell, CatherineMeacher, rh Mr MichaelMearns, IanMichael, rh AlunMiliband, rh DavidMiliband, rh EdwardMiller, AndrewMitchell, AustinMoon, Mrs MadeleineMorden, JessicaMorrice, Graeme (Livingston)Morris, Grahame M. (Easington)Mudie, Mr GeorgeMunn, MegMurphy, rh Mr JimMurphy, rh PaulMurray, IanNandy, LisaNash, PamelaO'Donnell, FionaOnwurah, ChiOsborne, SandraOwen, AlbertPearce, TeresaPerkins, TobyPound, StephenRaynsford, rh Mr NickReed, Mr JamieReeves, RachelReynolds, EmmaReynolds, JonathanRiordan, Mrs LindaRitchie, Ms MargaretRobertson, JohnRobinson, Mr GeoffreyRotheram, SteveRoy, LindsayRuane, ChrisRuddock, rh JoanSeabeck, AlisonShannon, JimSheerman, Mr BarrySheridan, JimShuker, GavinSkinner, Mr DennisSlaughter, Mr AndySmith, rh Mr AndrewSmith, AngelaSmith, NickSmith, OwenSpellar, rh Mr JohnStraw, rh Mr JackStuart, Ms GiselaTami, MarkThomas, Mr GarethTimms, rh StephenTrickett, JonTurner, KarlTwigg, StephenUmunna, Mr ChukaVaz, rh KeithVaz, ValerieWhiteford, Dr EilidhWhitehead, Dr AlanWilliamson, ChrisWilson, SammyWinnick, Mr David Winterton, rh Ms RosieWishart, PeteWood, MikeWright, DavidWright, Mr IainTellers for the Noes:Phil Wilson andJonathan AshworthQuestion accordingly negatived.

[The Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household (Mr Alistair Carmichael)]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I seek your guidance. Is there any means by which tomorrow’s record can record that the sort of meaningless gesture that we have just seen is as good as it gets?