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Commons Hansard for 3 December 2001 (Volume 376)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 25 February 2026 at 12.36pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 4c9e605a-9212-4838-a094-c74015962e04)

Oral Answers to Questions

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Points of Order (item number 3) (id 4101f552-1d49-4e80-a396-52247a457614)
Opposition Day (item number 4) (id da44e51d-14bf-485c-adea-36db041e4ab8)
Dissemination of Information (item number 5) (id 2dea4853-5929-442b-8939-4d6304bf217e)
Public Services (item number 6) (id a46d764c-d634-4574-b06b-ccfe23ff0347)
Land Registration Bill [Lords] (item number 7) (id cecad759-5245-4368-9591-e38e5bc6fda2)
Land Registration Bill [Lords] [Ways and Means] (item number 8) (id f49c4659-d2e8-4a09-bb27-85b7c699e57b)
Land Registration Bill [Lords] [Money] (item number 9) (id 0e48ec67-3fb3-45b5-bba9-584409036e93)
European Community Documents (item number 10) (id ef23cf62-2352-421b-8627-ffa9d0f2e5d4)
Delegated Legislation (item number 11) (id 06bc42f8-c5ad-4351-a6ed-94ed6a556c64)
Business of the House (item number 12) (id dbc5761c-e15b-4df2-b594-cb4bb293d7ff)
Adjournment (Christmas) (item number 13) (id 02becb8f-dcdb-4454-9d83-31ee54798f39)
Education and Skills (item number 14) (id 958c7211-b776-4af5-8d05-7fcd58f5ff7a)
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 (item number 15) (id 801c3650-77f1-4a78-a88e-1b73437e78dd)
Belmont Primary School (item number 16) (id aea414de-cfd5-4ca3-992a-93634eb2e5ae)

Written Answers

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Written Answers To Questions (item number 1) (id 52935e52-7661-4180-a349-e19c62240fc7)

Transport, Local Government And The Regions

Local Government Finance (item number 1) (id 37b67b98-da7e-4790-804f-b760af5c75a7)
Aviation Industry (item number 1) (id 738496d8-e264-4398-a6de-a40cb92a71ee)
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (item number 1) (id ae7f52be-b24e-48bb-bcdf-c20abf85ed6f)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id e18e9f14-5e56-4ae1-9375-227337ddc6eb)
Rail Regulator (item number 1) (id 2d3a4307-69ba-49df-91ef-4ce2c8ab9735)
London-Norwich Rail Line (item number 1) (id 5f4a1c8f-80a3-48b9-8806-a7f122509720)
Vehicle Design Standards (item number 1) (id c7efadef-494b-424d-889e-2a1a7667f09f)
Renewco (item number 1) (id 182c2e71-8884-4bf6-9987-b7dd63dd9447)
Rent Restructuring (item number 1) (id 742ecde0-38cd-4f31-82b2-7cf227b40140)
Best Value (item number 1) (id 8289159a-0a9c-4c4d-9c81-6adadb3603f0)
Light Rail Schemes (item number 1) (id 90c995a6-1afc-4934-8304-15a0aefd441b)
Railtrack (item number 1) (id 5cc96f58-7047-4f05-a289-11cf8b195c36)
Airtrack (item number 1) (id 74471d88-06ed-444f-9d45-5d828f9814c3)
Speeding (item number 1) (id d6463938-2dba-411e-a092-28c130649db3)
Local Authority Websites (item number 1) (id 1953c8b4-8669-4dca-8757-50c9fcb274c9)
Energy Saving (item number 1) (id 4a078330-def8-474c-abee-d875603c4ac6)
Special Advisers (item number 1) (id d4dcf469-e607-40e3-842c-c1cc9a46475c)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id 06ab9db7-8425-4420-8fac-383fa6ba4782)
Train Operating Companies (item number 1) (id 40a89f2f-b910-4fdb-a454-ccf08e008b9f)
Portable Buildings (item number 1) (id 45a4c69b-be5b-49f7-a585-4ccfe3c28112)
Bus Safety (item number 1) (id bcc01254-2f44-442c-bae2-9358181407d9)
Illegal Meat Imports (item number 1) (id c77bf779-2471-4f38-8584-e3a68588bba2)
Holiday Accommodation (item number 1) (id b6bdc57c-b8dd-4deb-ad3d-524565a9bf21)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id ef076413-12b3-465c-9cf8-ac0f61facf2c)
Right To Buy (item number 1) (id 19bce834-a8fb-471b-9e39-f59ea25a3041)
Road Schemes (item number 1) (id 764f940e-8622-45fb-828a-df50f61e2a65)
A41 (item number 1) (id 4c1c4e5e-ac01-4051-939b-1547ced61902)
Fire Authorities (Radio Systems) (item number 1) (id 6c17de6c-3395-415e-88da-6058ffebc824)
Roads (Ssas) (item number 1) (id b7e0893a-93bb-40be-8210-2640b320e5fc)
Road Safety (Horses) (item number 1) (id ae432802-9d41-438a-b713-48e4af69a4f8)
Air Traffic (item number 1) (id b0d64cc3-d47d-4665-9d83-d2bf226b64c3)
Radioactive Material (item number 1) (id cabcc3b5-4b71-4d0f-aabe-5f5df462d56b)
Rural White Paper (item number 1) (id 1a1ef953-1aab-474e-8eaa-5fe77e662a72)
Flood Defence Levy (item number 1) (id dc521e1f-02f8-4be6-aa5d-2c3d21f6815f)
Homelessness (item number 1) (id 9b9bf4fa-5286-46da-bb4a-347ce2cb579f)
Planning (item number 1) (id 17fdb525-1603-4736-afb0-60064c647df8)
Low-Carbon Transport (item number 1) (id 1e667104-eaf2-44bb-b9df-8e35fc9fadbe)

Culture, Media And Sport

Sport (Rural Areas) (item number 1) (id 4b4903fd-ec1e-4edb-be57-eb8f35e825d4)
Digital Services (Wales) (item number 1) (id 81fd682b-a8c2-4753-9a7e-5acea99f6f0c)
Digital Boxes (item number 1) (id b0fbaa05-49ef-466c-bf9a-ac868954b697)
Supporters Direct Scheme (item number 1) (id 252ed169-eaa6-4660-bbb8-be45f1ba6149)
Swimming Pool (Upminster) (item number 1) (id bb144e6b-48c6-47e4-8ea1-dc791fabd53e)
Public Libraries (item number 1) (id dd5d411c-bd2d-42b7-8808-62a7e8ec3c60)
New Millennium Experience Company (item number 1) (id 7fd624f7-e9ae-4719-ba4a-2659ed5416bf)
Eden Centre (Cornwall) (item number 1) (id e5ca3f7d-31c0-4229-ad40-9aa226ad0f46)
Gambling (item number 1) (id 46531a7d-5d26-4424-aba5-d957671436de)
Sports (Yorkshire And The Humber) (item number 1) (id 88e3081e-3367-4e6c-bf2c-094202c13e53)
Sports Participation (Young People) (item number 1) (id e52a541f-5bf7-475b-97ee-811b607eff25)
Regional Theatres (item number 1) (id 9a6cc749-29fd-4e41-b014-ea36f56b7e4b)
Sports Facilities (Havering) (item number 1) (id 14a664ff-9c50-47c7-8025-2ea06aff0710)
Tourism (Balance Of Trade) (item number 1) (id 854a73a4-f13b-4a2d-9f65-ab2a97594cf1)
Bbc (Digital Services) (item number 1) (id 35a195e0-7fea-4b99-8e63-0677c598857f)
Football Association (item number 1) (id 5e558d52-e16f-4271-aea2-84f9cbe0eddc)
Channel 5 (item number 1) (id a8699c87-bcd9-4e45-bfc1-25f8753f66ae)
National Lottery (item number 1) (id 6f9856a6-d959-4b05-b007-8513ba486887)
Film Industry (item number 1) (id 43c9a572-80b7-4be4-adce-59989f630050)
Departmental Expenditure Limit (item number 1) (id 9b188e80-f98f-4711-a64e-1f2fcccb3552)
Derek Casey (item number 1) (id 8935f4d1-0d97-47f8-be62-074bd3dbf1fd)
Sports Action Zone (West Cumbria) (item number 1) (id af80f671-3a4f-474e-b2aa-b3b9d1077a94)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 434d99f9-e0fe-4871-ab4d-436b75c02269)
Sport Skills (item number 1) (id 5ac33e06-9da3-4aad-a1bb-219ec6411ede)
Sports Projects (item number 1) (id 4b2558c3-3915-45c4-b4e9-147278a9aaa2)
School Sports (item number 1) (id 24f3db4b-b8e8-4983-b67e-50a6b48b5a33)
Royal Palaces (item number 1) (id 6034803b-ed67-4699-8bee-4a9fcbf9e65b)

Treasury

Pre-Budget Report (item number 1) (id 6c5823ea-d35c-4686-8a78-7814710112d6)
Financial Services Authority (item number 1) (id 997aca47-78bf-4a57-ba9b-1b319b29759f)
London Underground (item number 1) (id e63fb6ea-7945-4473-a396-ed2393408a73)
Treasury Investment Appraisal Guidance (item number 1) (id d580f84e-b3c2-4eec-b92f-19b615be2cf6)
Cross-Border Bank Transfers (item number 1) (id 907b4513-e61c-4124-a576-d5174387e280)
Capital Assets (item number 1) (id 7ed547c0-0bcd-488d-810c-74b83b157880)
Regional Investment (item number 1) (id 84e23457-0fa9-470e-bd97-d8d0e791a69f)
Asian Community Events (item number 1) (id d4f01e41-4b47-4fa4-bd8a-cbd8d965a74b)
Residents (Tyne And Wear) (item number 1) (id 33ed5121-3d31-41a2-b929-7b42d5c2ddfa)
Teenage Pregnancy (item number 1) (id c83fd00a-eac7-4f7e-89f1-e4ad0a76114f)
House Sales (item number 1) (id 39956e11-163a-49ea-a4b8-5d4b9dfc293a)
Census (item number 1) (id c130ac4d-4537-433f-881c-e49b75630c7b)
Export Credit Guarantees Department (item number 1) (id 53d0571e-cf09-4c06-ac3d-713a7d06d476)
Public Service Pensions (item number 1) (id cce0fb18-7488-4fa5-b325-ed2fd78820db)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 94f78d32-1cb3-4c87-8a57-dc4d71e4708b)
Council Tax Payers (item number 1) (id b27f927c-0098-46d2-8fde-f8e41fbfb987)
Mortality Ratios (item number 1) (id afe30a5d-fb0f-4d89-8a7c-35014842e86b)
Economic Activity And Employment Rates (item number 1) (id 4ffea1c2-d580-42b4-a541-8d66b1fb905f)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 164a304b-4399-42fe-9e4d-c69164b8dc1d)
Landfill (item number 1) (id 92165322-5fc3-4fbc-b5e1-555f46975693)
Smuggling (item number 1) (id e1516924-9595-4731-96f0-fc34c78a42ba)
Vehicle Seizures (item number 1) (id 7ea709dc-2eef-4bad-85ec-98b0610013aa)
Scout Uniforms (Vat) (item number 1) (id 42ff03f1-93ab-4db0-b81d-afe73a9cdadd)
Parliamentary Commissioner For Administration (item number 1) (id 270d7745-4f6b-4871-9ba2-b6e39078d809)
Financial Services Authority (item number 1) (id 634e7452-ad74-41d1-9b12-170440ba956d)
Customs And Excise (item number 1) (id b37f4c4c-4287-4da5-8451-215b538eb9d0)
Equitable Life (item number 1) (id 4a0a38ef-6371-4a47-bc6e-805eb91ef192)
Aggregates Levy (item number 1) (id 1b647c8d-1ad7-42ff-aa5b-01dae99c29c9)

Education And Skills

Public Service Agreements (item number 1) (id 6268efa4-423f-4324-a05d-a38604e790cd)
Women Role Models (item number 1) (id 11ff55a3-bffa-4bf7-84e9-8fbad9b0ccc3)
Supply Teachers (item number 1) (id fc31ea4f-e638-49b1-b24e-193a09da5393)
Hardship Funds (item number 1) (id 9be08c70-a70b-41a0-b669-7657f5f96f53)
Further Education Funding (item number 1) (id b07a6542-50a0-48c2-9cee-b3a5044fe0b1)
Higher Education (item number 1) (id f1df4380-ef78-422e-b9a6-43b4551c09f7)
School Trips (Risk Assessment) (item number 1) (id cbc32c3e-1b4a-46d4-9bf0-24fa82008b6e)
National Curriculum Tests (item number 1) (id e8401101-d33c-4206-9ab6-72f1bdee7b98)
Streaming (item number 1) (id 8ac5c45f-0add-4e95-bfd2-41a4bc50f441)
School Sport (item number 1) (id 3a6b79ff-b469-4f58-be5e-4f3224214cdc)
Nursery Places (item number 1) (id e546c1d0-646f-4464-ac5d-b5c3c90dac7b)
Early Years Development Partnerships (item number 1) (id a1dea9a1-07a4-4373-9ded-2cfa4fa39179)
Teacher Vacancies (item number 1) (id 62cf1101-6960-4600-b08b-5aea1d940215)
School Finance (item number 1) (id 9a12ef61-9922-4a15-8762-c7f726a8dd26)
Teacher Housing (item number 1) (id 99f2b50a-63e7-4287-bb81-5958edd72bac)
Autistic Spectrum Disorders (item number 1) (id a043ae10-e5d3-40d7-b2d3-bdd255000209)
Domestic Violence (item number 1) (id 68fce1ce-84d4-4e29-945d-190c71153e2a)
Education Action Zones (item number 1) (id 82928537-8cb2-4962-84e4-60911b779933)
Student Loans (item number 1) (id 1983412c-0c3f-419a-9494-a5510080701b)
Education Initiatives (item number 1) (id 7e65edd1-29c0-4a5e-9490-e0d85860108f)
Sex Discrimination (Single-Faith Schools) (item number 1) (id bb810208-0997-4cd9-acba-e3d41916775c)
Departmental Underspend (item number 1) (id 26554127-9ca0-418d-b52f-4592b633e344)
"Curriculum Online" (item number 1) (id c66ca4b7-e20a-4721-9231-06a2822bf396)
Departmental Expenditure Limit (item number 1) (id 8d494783-7866-4f33-af2c-7198a56996e3)
University Resources (item number 1) (id 743faf28-858c-412a-bf50-e947a482ea4c)
Student Drop-Outs (item number 1) (id 306cac8d-93f3-4ed3-a7d9-04da9b7dfde8)
Primary Schools (item number 1) (id d1164447-ff23-42c9-beac-aa35406810f9)
Higher Education Review (item number 1) (id 23c68b00-251e-4872-b9d6-488194f2403d)
Class Sizes (item number 1) (id 0741b175-9ec4-4c46-babc-9c37c9e9e34f)
Teachers' Pensions (item number 1) (id 9a50813b-b4f1-44c8-817e-c051bc713240)
Specialist Schools (item number 1) (id 7ca2455d-01e5-4c9e-9cdd-b3073a6fedc7)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0f0c92c9-90bb-4151-8e09-220626fd5d40)
Recruitment And Retention Fund (item number 1) (id 3c46dd94-2ba0-4849-9457-0943d0028d68)
Terrorism (item number 1) (id e4ccf126-d3c5-4d40-a214-87d74109a6f0)

Health

Health Authority Modernisation (item number 1) (id 099cabc2-0025-4412-8796-10528c62e24a)
Hearing Aids (item number 1) (id c9778946-aed9-4742-a36f-3b9faee91d53)
Religious Circumcision (item number 1) (id 661fdba2-5356-441f-88d6-2aef1e6b43b1)
Associate Specialists (item number 1) (id af0669ee-2a96-448f-93bf-40b1ff94333f)
Statins (item number 1) (id 120ca0f5-7594-40c0-8d26-65fad2503e4d)
Health Service Staff (Leicestershire) (item number 1) (id 65812b80-7fec-4799-acb6-53c17f7a001e)
Nurses' Allowance (item number 1) (id e6049cca-b3e7-4a3b-bcde-b751f39c9bec)
Blood (Cancer Patients) (item number 1) (id edbabe83-9425-446b-8dad-a86b09dae4bd)
Anti-Tnf Drug Treatment (item number 1) (id 824956c8-9c99-401a-8aa9-a7622cf4f983)
Head Injury Patients (item number 1) (id 928148af-a583-43f8-86cd-b0e7cd1d55dc)
Acquired Brain Injury (item number 1) (id 80e2edd8-acc2-470a-aa13-2ef1975267c4)
Cancer (item number 1) (id 24648c96-be1c-441e-96ef-87bce9131065)
Years Of Life Lost (item number 1) (id ae9af1a9-a5a1-4bb2-bbb3-d6695c072094)
Macfarlane Trust (item number 1) (id d06fa5ae-231e-4a10-a9c5-ea4652df74dc)
Local Bodies (item number 1) (id c0b5f744-38c8-465d-921e-340f15e760b2)
Nurses (item number 1) (id 7b97686c-aeaf-42da-9510-8183ab175777)
Primary Care Groups (item number 1) (id 8a60eb5c-1c6a-4f2f-becc-2ccd2a325c40)
Waiting Lists (item number 1) (id 055a3ae3-932c-4965-84cb-46ddf4e88924)
Social Services (item number 1) (id 5128c68a-f340-468e-a490-671cdff70b91)
General Practitioners (item number 1) (id 6df6231a-4baf-4d20-88e1-c0b707c94ed1)
It Expenditure (item number 1) (id 750ec084-3c49-46ca-af4b-1513cbcb7390)
Multiple Sclerosis (item number 1) (id e4286566-0f3b-4c55-bd67-9ca07f0ec5c8)
Dentists (item number 1) (id 980f32ec-01f4-4f32-9f2b-9226ab2b8091)
Labels And Leaflets (item number 1) (id 5fa73a5b-48d7-417d-b279-17d6d4060982)
Smear Tests (item number 1) (id 1bc5a0c6-b036-4683-b6ac-3077d27b3093)
Bed Blocking (item number 1) (id e3bfe2b2-777d-47fe-8287-e91124d2c0d8)
Dentistry (Fareham) (item number 1) (id a4de4739-8985-4474-a7ec-3345ef0b73a9)
Prescription Pricing Authority (item number 1) (id 7df8d195-6e74-4f23-a8bb-059516697e15)
Health Care (Performance) (item number 1) (id d13bd94c-8b1c-4e1a-9db0-808d5815454e)
Acute Beds (item number 1) (id 4d3839a3-6cd1-4511-a38c-f9e07329b6d1)
Accident And Emergency Departments (item number 1) (id b227480f-7b7c-466f-954d-68417dbe9fed)
Children (Local Authority Care) (item number 1) (id 9eff301d-1f1d-4de9-b431-823f4a375529)
Adoption (item number 1) (id 9b4618c3-6ed2-479d-be41-bfba3f1b868f)
Attendance Allowance (item number 1) (id 4f797bdb-870f-4547-8646-532bd2627f14)
Nurses (Portsmouth) (item number 1) (id e1e7041f-15cc-4a4c-91f6-2acb1a4ff78f)
Waiting Times (Cosham) (item number 1) (id 4371f348-1088-4451-ac9d-5ff590ec7d49)
Accident And Emergency Units (Portsmouth) (item number 1) (id d3d72686-b6cc-4f02-a16b-3d94334549c4)
Social Care Charges (item number 1) (id 47bf4546-84b1-4784-8fc9-c4bf331960ab)
Health Authority Funding (item number 1) (id 73e88244-5240-4a8c-856e-6d9be050eb23)
Acute Beds (Portsmouth) (item number 1) (id b9c74822-43ca-4d24-a44d-2db09a4ce80b)
Motor Racing (Tobacco Sponsorship) (item number 1) (id 50247043-fde0-4053-9553-d49e08996217)
Nice Review (item number 1) (id 31ab8d72-dbbf-4a90-a3de-bc639b8249ae)
Non-Tobacco Goods (item number 1) (id db696da8-694b-4ddd-ade5-d43eb1b78f5b)
Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry (item number 1) (id a7820702-c3b1-4dae-82e7-d209d1ad4871)
Nhs Direct (item number 1) (id e08f48a9-6f05-4cf1-8aa0-45cd6e00e746)
Preserved Rights (item number 1) (id d85ad510-ddc8-4bc6-80bc-f6a50b68b3bf)
Older People (item number 1) (id eaf1a1b1-69fc-4a06-93e6-db0b5535408b)
Carers (item number 1) (id 6445b0a2-0b78-4c0a-abb9-c9c48d85aae2)
Care For The Elderly (item number 1) (id a39b7775-9a6b-4080-92ec-8ca01761d0ea)
Ct/Mri Scanners (item number 1) (id 8ce527f9-72ed-4c69-bae9-34062e623d6e)
Young Carers (item number 1) (id d744bec1-9ef7-4654-a985-74f569d9bb1d)
Diabetes (item number 1) (id 4da3df6a-636e-43e6-b011-0d439bb4f395)

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