The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Select a date
Go to today
Skip calendar selector
Legend for calendar days
Indicator for Days with content
Indicator for the Selected day
Indicator for a Weekend
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.
Commons Hansard for 25 March 2003 (Volume 402)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.51am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
(item number 1)
(id 7a8cab06-8abd-4cb1-a2f7-9b557e437197)
Prayers
(item number 2)
(id 2c0f66cf-d34b-4142-a561-e7c3f4c2084d)
Oral Answers To Questions
View all Oral Answers To Questions
Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Iraq
(item number 1)
(id 5de30657-1d0f-4028-83aa-c49ee63c39cb)
Middle East
(item number 1)
(id 8e551d78-2b11-4404-9253-f5c29d8a7efb)
Iraq
(item number 1)
(id 376f3518-175f-413e-a936-d60a8da2b4af)
Roma People
(item number 1)
(id 0536e055-3cc5-4641-84db-b435f796bddf)
United Nations
(item number 1)
(id ecb8a808-b20a-46a3-a5b6-b27860a1fe28)
Convention On The Future Of Europe
(item number 1)
(id a3dae920-d539-4170-97c4-58344b8d7f6f)
Anglo-French Relations
(item number 1)
(id 2521215c-5057-4ec5-8901-5fd4a85d9e1c)
British-German Relations
(item number 1)
(id ffeafd3a-345d-4270-b488-61cf704f9d77)
Extradition Bill (Programme) (No 2)
(item number 5)
(id 8df03aaa-4278-43aa-bf83-9242c0eaee70)
Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall debates give Members an opportunity to raise local or national issues and receive a response from a government minister.
Westminster Hall
(item number 1)
(id 3601a981-0483-4308-9fbd-58613ce028ea)
Workplace Bullying
(item number 2)
(id fd6ae42d-a537-4f7e-975a-8c92a3b06836)
Disability Living Allowance (Hospital Patients)
(item number 3)
(id 90c24a9f-40c3-43df-8037-d3a98d396482)
Rural Broadband Services
(item number 4)
(id 73cdb739-0bb0-4370-8af6-30d45b34c825)
Phoenix Traders
(item number 5)
(id f7469c05-f164-4ac6-babf-444051c152e7)
Tetanus Vaccinations
(item number 6)
(id 24320341-b080-4370-be56-2f4b02b2dc6b)
Written Statements
Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
(item number 1)
(id c21d4658-7e0e-4e77-96b6-74b1ccfb13f8)
Transport
A27
(item number 1)
(id 51bc7a31-3b2d-49a3-8c56-5f5f0bc4fe5b)
Air Travel (Health)
(item number 1)
(id 952448ce-11a6-4556-8bbc-8d136753b13c)
Correspondence
(item number 1)
(id a7d4279c-9c8d-452f-956b-25fb95a89150)
Driver And Vehicle Licensing Agency
(item number 1)
(id 00333507-7554-46d1-bbe8-1365d5e36682)
First Great Western
(item number 1)
(id 1cae9a84-1040-4f25-80da-1bf94f32c8de)
Household Spending
(item number 1)
(id f3f8d600-fb9d-4d78-831a-142faa1f9926)
London Underground
(item number 1)
(id dfc51959-667a-4282-92c3-7c81a63747b6)
Ministerial Transport
(item number 1)
(id 98157401-451c-4db7-a080-fabbd1462f15)
Motorway Congestion Charging
(item number 1)
(id 455e8218-7362-40dc-b675-c5c25d3e2408)
Motorways
(item number 1)
(id 526cd6bf-21e4-46a3-b4dd-2a2031c6741f)
No-Fly Zones (Scotland)
(item number 1)
(id af9c676b-5c47-4571-a660-021de7668919)
Rail Links (Edinburgh)
(item number 1)
(id 484675f8-a168-42df-a8d3-1def66c88ba8)
Road Safety
(item number 1)
(id c2d21386-03eb-4351-8ab2-79ad8a2c47bc)
Safety Regulation Group
(item number 1)
(id c19d55f1-04cd-4490-8ba2-7791e7dd64cb)
Traffic Commission (Licences)
(item number 1)
(id 7d32dcfa-122c-473d-bc41-65b8378b4909)
Websites
(item number 1)
(id b254ea92-5656-4d27-8e76-0ba7782dfe23)
West Coast Main Line (Atp)
(item number 1)
(id 458886e3-283a-40c9-bb81-e268504faa58)
Foreign And Commonwealth Affairs
Iraq
(item number 1)
(id 3c0fe10e-f70e-47f4-a9ae-f2b1fcfeaa11)
Middle East
(item number 1)
(id e5931b21-d299-405a-b681-adde63a25f7a)
Eu Asylum And Immigration Policy
(item number 1)
(id e8f498d4-03da-4ff2-853e-200182f9ac4f)
Uk-Turkish Relations
(item number 1)
(id 9bb622ec-1262-4f82-bef9-3f267e648e4c)
Sri Lanka
(item number 1)
(id 7d1a6fc1-e4e9-47f0-aa29-08350e712f38)
Cayman Islands
(item number 1)
(id 66d647e7-cf96-48c0-82ef-2371ef55764f)
Children (Interrogation)
(item number 1)
(id 9f9e0c9b-abf6-4254-927e-76b6d6d98b55)
Departmental Staff
(item number 1)
(id 5cd195ed-7718-4198-a93c-36179984cbc6)
External Reports
(item number 1)
(id cae7cdd3-4aa6-4f01-8fa8-29fa5e22c206)
France
(item number 1)
(id 6da70948-f184-487a-b265-a5b041f6281a)
Gibraltar
(item number 1)
(id c3badb06-b7ab-4386-9933-7b1bff887d13)
India
(item number 1)
(id 5f1418d7-aaaf-491f-96b4-dafbb3583750)
International Criminal Tribunal For The Former Yugoslavia
(item number 1)
(id 5a6e081b-4657-4761-a0e5-523ccbaa2e3c)
Zoran Djindjic
(item number 1)
(id 5b10d5f3-e000-40e4-9ce5-495209606c96)
Treasury
Aerospace Industry
(item number 1)
(id 4193c912-3b0c-4e92-9f07-7d7b3e965b55)
Bee Discuss Insurance Ltd
(item number 1)
(id e68f7808-145f-408e-8411-ab55ade70f75)
Certified Wood Products
(item number 1)
(id 8c8e7418-2ce2-42fc-90bd-a92fc53751f1)
Charities
(item number 1)
(id 756d87e6-fcf2-43b7-8105-e80c501d7f98)
Child Benefit
(item number 1)
(id d8fc7ea1-ad7d-4c20-8f97-8b558935d5b5)
Civil Contingency Planning
(item number 1)
(id 9b78b480-f170-486e-829f-82f7bd87d2c8)
Fisheries
(item number 1)
(id 10a89d51-d177-40f8-b0d2-6260894561af)
Departmental Crèche Facilities
(item number 1)
(id 19f4b7d7-7705-49c6-b831-7e397afa2286)
Departmental Events
(item number 1)
(id c1ba2247-a15a-4816-916c-c4e74dff2401)
Departmental Phone Directory
(item number 1)
(id 6dd18a46-5db6-4ac8-a60d-67c6540331c0)
Employment Status Definition
(item number 1)
(id 01a4027e-0b39-4bae-a075-09a3c3138d9a)
Euro
(item number 1)
(id 39b38301-8781-4055-8e6b-18a09c96b2b1)
Health Inspectorates
(item number 1)
(id 6260988e-b1c3-41ba-a823-72a60c35417a)
Landfill Tax
(item number 1)
(id 383620c8-3522-44da-a36a-4f6ec9ab57da)
National Insurance Contributions
(item number 1)
(id 29baa1e0-63e9-4696-a7c2-77c83feae216)
Split Capital Investment Trusts
(item number 1)
(id b56f01d0-8806-4b46-80f9-14fcccf66b9c)
Subsidiarity
(item number 1)
(id 3a8bbbea-b772-412d-a78b-a2a98030addb)
Environment, Food And Rural Affairs
Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
(id 6bd5f6a3-ca89-4703-a00f-28cb0ba0a596)
Imported Chicken Products
(item number 1)
(id c4d2787f-5413-488c-855a-f34e1bdea7e3)
Nuclear Power
(item number 1)
(id 4659b695-94ac-47a0-9242-db884f18fcc8)
Public Service Agreements
(item number 1)
(id 7e270e48-12aa-49b1-831e-9e45c983bf15)
Recycling
(item number 1)
(id cba9b067-9033-42ef-b4c1-7dc661b2361b)
Special Advisers
(item number 1)
(id 850a45a2-4b2f-4fdf-bd35-6e539ce52cfb)
Volatile Organic Compounds
(item number 1)
(id b90701cd-6a02-4326-a9ca-1bcabef5de11)
Defence
Departmental Website
(item number 1)
(id 872bd7c2-7650-42b8-a99f-fa37f3364520)
Eu Defence Policy
(item number 1)
(id ad2627c8-9c91-4683-a129-86b4e105fa12)
Land Sales (Ashford)
(item number 1)
(id 3f56ae15-e9bc-4c4c-a4a9-496a3d4d7606)
Reserve Forces
(item number 1)
(id 9f4053d7-12a9-43ea-84da-9486895b27bf)
Serbian War Criminals
(item number 1)
(id f9c79e52-35ed-45ac-9462-4a04237dee0c)
Trade And Industry
Employment Protection
(item number 1)
(id 43d1d86c-9e23-487d-80dc-0e3c146fe19d)
Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 27c460ad-2c4e-4feb-bbc5-db4ab3e35edd)
Post Office
(item number 1)
(id 6dc2c367-bfa4-4cf1-ae3d-fb5cdc6a8a62)
Small Firms (Loan Guarantees)
(item number 1)
(id 5d47234c-b7cd-4d56-9f1f-f6d606472e7e)
Education And Skills
A-Level Courses
(item number 1)
(id 5c677752-3859-4ab1-9e37-176e9c95e915)
Database Access
(item number 1)
(id 91854926-dcb8-4045-bc35-7e516eeacfd3)
Departmental Website
(item number 1)
(id c5afd1af-0ee4-4be9-8e90-39515f1f4d65)
Excluded Children
(item number 1)
(id 8f705794-7568-482f-97e7-d4d215a887a7)
Internal Directorates (Costs)
(item number 1)
(id 819a3a3e-e15c-4881-a277-774a70c8d061)
Ministerial Visits (Scotland)
(item number 1)
(id 072aad17-dab8-4f46-9230-5626c19e4018)
Nursery Schools
(item number 1)
(id 4341246a-b9db-4825-b945-dc740186a365)
Public Sector Pension Schemes
(item number 1)
(id 902ae0b7-5ff3-4f9e-bea4-a6916dc3b4d9)
School Admissions Policy
(item number 1)
(id c1751954-6252-49d6-abf7-3284104d2e11)
School Bureaucracy
(item number 1)
(id 5a56c674-cf63-44cb-959a-db08b999a3ff)
Schools (Internet Access)
(item number 1)
(id b6033acc-952b-42a1-bba5-d486790d5f67)
Specialist Schools
(item number 1)
(id 5c2aa02b-df4d-4cf0-83b1-3353d7579c5a)
Home Department
Asylum Seekers (Portsmouth)
(item number 1)
(id cc4f8f20-d887-48df-9861-498ee9d3199a)
Census Accuracy
(item number 1)
(id cb254363-3f2a-40b8-8791-8cff74b468d3)
Community Punishment Orders
(item number 1)
(id 84527a29-c375-4d8e-94d6-afb464c23f5e)
Correspondence
(item number 1)
(id 491f08e5-c463-4552-b3dc-ce544e4f2506)
Criminal Injuries (Compensation)
(item number 1)
(id cf012433-f683-44a0-bb2c-18107519b496)
Detention And Training Orders
(item number 1)
(id b9d8865e-8f44-4224-8443-b4c1381cd206)
Staff Shortages (Holloway Prison)
(item number 1)
(id 9effdbb0-eb8c-4544-924f-8866fda4534c)
Home Start Schemes
(item number 1)
(id e4b30a19-4553-4fee-8f04-93c1cf22ad1b)
Immigration And Nationality Directorate
(item number 1)
(id 521cd0bb-bd80-4a4b-a711-ef7a1a61c69a)
Inspections (Police)
(item number 1)
(id cb1410d5-a232-4d22-ba42-626acf25eb81)
Juvenile Establishments
(item number 1)
(id 1bfe3a66-1ec2-42e5-b1a7-4f21be5fa8d3)
Juvenile Crime
(item number 1)
(id 749345ab-f879-46b0-9410-2fa5967456b4)
Naturalisation
(item number 1)
(id 5562dcfb-a039-42f2-84b9-d23d2fe43fba)
Prisoners (Self-Injury)
(item number 1)
(id ccc66233-3ec7-4caa-b571-4d5285f2b1b0)
Prisons (Vandalism)
(item number 1)
(id a5aa0760-38a3-43e6-a89e-0f06c79d089d)
Terrorism
(item number 1)
(id 9eb4fb10-f833-4648-8bd4-8a37bc2472a9)
Thai Nationals
(item number 1)
(id 91448581-ad42-4700-b8b1-ad7ef31002a1)
Youth Offending Teams
(item number 1)
(id 42966fc3-f462-46dc-ab6e-ba4775e7971a)
Northern Ireland
Border Security
(item number 1)
(id 4bb21700-9a22-47b7-acb0-2b529e2ae521)
Enniskillen Massacre
(item number 1)
(id d1a76283-8c59-4ea4-9516-444fc4499873)
Police Numbers
(item number 1)
(id 80cd3ff5-2e97-410c-9002-1f817208f403)
Public Disorder
(item number 1)
(id c482b439-f761-4346-8488-fe05fea328d7)
Terrorism
(item number 1)
(id 8235fd1e-f3b9-4c38-8065-630c58e1c9e9)
Culture, Media And Sport
Correspondence
(item number 1)
(id d939acce-81ad-4007-b1c4-b43244a15d5c)
Departmental Crèche Facilities
(item number 1)
(id 67ec7c7e-0502-4fe1-a690-f78a0a5b6b1e)
Departmental Invoices
(item number 1)
(id f21219ea-204d-4397-8950-bff674d69246)
Departmental Website
(item number 1)
(id 0fc88935-52ed-414d-b7a4-7095030726cc)
Digital Services (Disabled Access)
(item number 1)
(id 83027bf5-95cd-47bc-bd1c-1f21919f4bd2)
Gibraltar
(item number 1)
(id a3cfc63c-6386-4dfd-a3d3-4ff4ee7d6f94)
Licensing Bill
(item number 1)
(id 08b5e4fd-3f81-4a36-910d-899461e2d5df)
Ministerial Travel
(item number 1)
(id 97478a38-de38-4df1-b807-a2f3d2058fec)
Olympic Games
(item number 1)
(id fe01e669-3313-4869-a4dd-1e8b6175d1dc)
Ministerial Vehicles
(item number 1)
(id 803e9314-e89f-41b5-bc72-86d006f20125)
Scotland
(item number 1)
(id 1c2ba0e8-c0d7-4246-a9d1-dc4dfdc95a96)
Sport Funding
(item number 1)
(id 4527be11-d698-48ea-a7a5-3743d2b0abd1)
Television Licence
(item number 1)
(id 362a9555-eb2e-433d-bbb6-46dfc8b198bc)
Work And Pensions
Pension Supplement
(item number 1)
(id 6b5d2f45-c0b4-42f3-a73b-ebf5b3cd0dcc)
Attendance Allowance
(item number 1)
(id 6390f6bf-e112-421e-8c6f-26901d16a986)
Benefits
(item number 1)
(id beee0ae6-06ac-474d-96b0-c1679646e286)
Computer Fraud
(item number 1)
(id 990e683c-03c4-45f8-b36b-196cacebc098)
Hepatitis C (Scotland)
(item number 1)
(id 86b0e043-e5b9-49e0-9967-d0b3dc167160)
Incapacity Benefit
(item number 1)
(id 341a7113-3e8e-4e34-82fe-1e1f291f8e41)
Incomes (Blackpool And Fleetwood)
(item number 1)
(id 2babd707-c9bf-4b02-a9f9-f599f866627f)
Invalid Care Allowance
(item number 1)
(id 5dde1a44-a90b-47c3-9e69-8d0a97a79674)
Jobseeker's Allowance
(item number 1)
(id cf9f242b-e5b7-4dad-8560-2eab6fdf2a52)
Medical Services
(item number 1)
(id 91e9fefe-d731-4cfd-a8cb-0d1835fa5cae)
Pension Credit
(item number 1)
(id 79914f42-9f1c-45b7-9e84-644c144f0128)
Company Pensions
(item number 1)
(id cf61272b-7733-4983-b6b2-6544f440436e)
Post Office Card Account
(item number 1)
(id 89b6851a-b2de-4df5-aeb8-aac089572dd5)
Deputy Prime Minister
Affordable Housing
(item number 1)
(id 22158f6d-fcd4-425f-8de5-fbefb2171028)
Council Tax
(item number 1)
(id 68d635d2-1b5c-47d7-a5f4-5ed702bec3b2)
Employment Records
(item number 1)
(id 8b924eb2-cdba-43a6-9322-f4fca6fb78e6)
Fire Services Act
(item number 1)
(id 2cd0fae7-f5a6-43b6-8234-b4039117aeef)
Firefighters' Dispute
(item number 1)
(id 080fe509-af8e-4737-bcb0-02c7ca804cf5)
Housing
(item number 1)
(id c551adf7-8d25-484c-8325-bba8d840b7c3)
Local Government
(item number 1)
(id 4702ad04-3983-46c6-8b22-9fdce9955ba0)
Parliamentary Questions
(item number 1)
(id b5e5af7b-fa6e-42ec-8920-a4297b8a43ec)
Rate Support Grant
(item number 1)
(id 8507a6fb-e5b5-48ff-a0a2-9d03b5aa8e49)
Regional Chambers
(item number 1)
(id ecf9f10a-f94f-44e5-86b8-b7da70d04078)
Right To Buy
(item number 1)
(id c8128f1b-97ab-4452-bdc0-ad3559519219)
Tunbridge Wells And Kent Councils
(item number 1)
(id 71d7f202-92ee-497f-9854-bf5fa1810cfc)
Health
Foundation Trusts
(item number 1)
(id 2f93ee5a-bdb7-4733-8f63-624003426009)
Imported Chicken
(item number 1)
(id 799bbdf6-2f6d-4a25-b3d6-c80dc4bba9a5)
Nhs Targets
(item number 1)
(id eeed4e77-e903-4d76-8fc4-9f3485ced474)
Advertising Campaigns
(item number 1)
(id 6a6f22ae-6e2f-4e03-8680-33bba76bf569)
A And E Waiting Times (Hull And East Yorkshire)
(item number 1)
(id 306138cb-3291-44d8-8b8b-b96ade0fc8df)
Age Concern
(item number 1)
(id 9d1cfafd-61f7-4c7c-8591-085052d1f7aa)
Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning
(item number 1)
(id dc61d2a0-1683-4be5-ac16-7c4b68b78142)
Smoking
(item number 1)
(id aa3fcb60-9439-4ccf-9b4e-9141881cc567)
Aspirin
(item number 1)
(id 7d8835c1-9f1f-4228-a8f3-6e7f984f63f0)
Cancer
(item number 1)
(id 6a2c7b58-f1e7-4e7c-8dc3-caa5665e38c0)
Department For Health And Social Care
(item number 1)
(id 49d47c33-a6c4-40ea-8443-910e1a7cc9fb)
Departmental Capital Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 3be62927-e3f8-4bfa-8bd4-43bf58bb00f4)
Cervical Cancer Screening
(item number 1)
(id 553b87a2-e4cc-4e9f-8883-cd2758967fe0)
Chorley Hospital
(item number 1)
(id e6b3ca0e-d2af-406f-9518-1f435c0f7b5d)
Digital Hearing Aids
(item number 1)
(id 009ee9cb-a4a4-4cc0-b041-4b4ec50755f6)
Drugs
(item number 1)
(id 439e7536-01b9-4a51-9504-64640b1ee65b)
Dyspepsia
(item number 1)
(id 8899e9ab-729a-4f63-960a-70209a44f74a)
Emergency Departments (Waiting Times)
(item number 1)
(id b2c5198f-b350-410b-9ea2-a3b24dee58c3)
Employee Statistics
(item number 1)
(id d30c1ee7-2d6e-4e80-872e-464d56b4e905)
Expenditure (Thames Valley)
(item number 1)
(id f5c985eb-70b0-4c92-84af-08ba441f4694)
External Consultants
(item number 1)
(id 8c3ee392-9f62-4a5a-8524-ca4392e5b207)
Food Labelling
(item number 1)
(id aaa005e9-2a72-487b-aef8-790933445b83)
Food Standards Agency
(item number 1)
(id 9cbc847e-89bc-434d-8c5b-5d4c15ed59f7)
Foundation Hospitals
(item number 1)
(id 71c6b3e0-6d52-43b4-9001-d34c426074a0)
Fruit And Vegetable Consumption
(item number 1)
(id 2e412cbb-4551-4a82-88da-92376121acec)
Fsa (Illegal Imports)
(item number 1)
(id 3dca8e8d-82af-4ba2-a035-7d64eff6b410)
Haemophilia
(item number 1)
(id 36fc7610-dcea-4973-b431-7b233aa465ef)
Health Services (Children)
(item number 1)
(id 93bb462d-acaa-4883-a832-44d0b18cca8a)
Hiv/Aids
(item number 1)
(id ec0cc56d-4a9a-485e-a83f-b4e5cb6bf99c)
Home Care
(item number 1)
(id e409968b-7113-4332-b484-f0acab50a8ae)
Hospital Food
(item number 1)
(id 09906800-7b19-4c75-9065-4ca2a4eb1bbd)
Human Cloning
(item number 1)
(id fd43400b-5c2c-41e6-b072-b0a9413a0181)
International Nurse Recruitment
(item number 1)
(id b09852ac-2d49-4a20-967f-38b49c284174)
Midwifery
(item number 1)
(id 66615f57-32dd-474a-bee8-beece806988e)
Military Service (Salisbury)
(item number 1)
(id c726d082-1c4f-43fc-bf45-7e3723b24395)
Mobile Phone Masts
(item number 1)
(id f89e21a9-c211-46cc-86d4-c271c968947b)
Neonatal Intensive Care
(item number 1)
(id 82ffc9e9-7947-43f9-a33a-c1e59fa84ed5)
Nhs Dentists (Buckinghamshire)
(item number 1)
(id 13a4c40a-2d1e-4124-9e9f-5e454c687977)
North Staffordshire Hospital
(item number 1)
(id 173622f3-df03-4dce-8989-d83a4495b280)
Nursing Care (Elderly)
(item number 1)
(id cefef0c0-6364-418b-bdb9-376c118a0eea)
Nursing Vacancies (Thames Valley)
(item number 1)
(id 6080c1d4-3888-4fc3-95e4-81bc9070f7a2)
Obesity
(item number 1)
(id ebcdf9fb-b8f6-4596-9398-ea2a156c0a44)
Orthodontic Treatment (Buckinghamshire)
(item number 1)
(id 9df0906c-9616-4be1-9575-15b21cae48d7)
Peto Institute
(item number 1)
(id 1a009e60-4f37-4246-9bc6-06a7a575323b)
Pharmacies
(item number 1)
(id 0f1c9475-4f7f-4c96-bda4-4610b2cbb58c)
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
(item number 1)
(id ce7e6e85-e0a9-444e-845d-6c0e3cc4a444)
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Contingency Provisions)
(item number 1)
(id a7a2856e-20c7-46bb-9659-07377ea978dc)
Special Advisers
(item number 1)
(id d1813d6a-e750-4f41-adf5-5d6ae9120a5a)
Seroxat
(item number 1)
(id 90046a6f-0f5e-40b8-a076-935a3886f446)
Sexual Assault
(item number 1)
(id d1ea9470-8bc1-45fa-9a66-dbd17dc2c336)
Urological Cancers (Nice Guidance)
(item number 1)
(id 63bb8ef5-275f-4e4c-9db6-90b6c96a9f92)
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.