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Commons Hansard for 20 October 2004 (Volume 425)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 15 December 2025 at 9.24am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 3021365b-a507-4ba0-950e-355a27b34cdf)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 6f3d653f-8463-4d8d-8ffd-32879be4a19e)
Point of Order (item number 4) (id 821ed8cf-0922-4f78-9e2c-8a690c495130)
Microtherm (item number 5) (id d6b9d1aa-edbb-4198-9d6a-3e49a45f883d)
Historic Counties (Traffic Signs and Mapping) (item number 6) (id 063ed49a-ed49-4fb4-9142-32e2a558c06b)
Delegated Legislation (item number 7) (id 7b80a882-eae7-42d2-8316-a312ed439556)
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 (item number 8) (id d8bdac90-7eee-4ef7-bc1b-abd4f3aef578)
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (item number 9) (id 4f7a03a2-eb37-43f5-8bf8-f2f594ed7ae0)
Orders of the Day (item number 10) (id b0472332-ace1-4994-9ad1-4880849b7738)
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill (item number 11) (id ef61bd52-f9f0-47c2-a5a2-8fa6cb18ed06)
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity (item number 12) (id 8a50ea7a-6e98-43ca-94a0-bf4c9156477a)
Gaelic Broadcasting (item number 13) (id 66eedcfb-66fe-4826-a590-d0fcf0c80155)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Transport

Signage/Street Furniture (item number 1) (id 01c7e2af-06b2-4431-b032-fcfd30b6f3ae)
Air Quality (Aircraft Cabins) (item number 1) (id d612af91-53b4-4efd-8792-f61cc35e5708)
Air Safety (Boscombe Down) (item number 1) (id fd535b28-2692-47b3-952a-2026c68748c5)
Air Traffic Organisers Licence Scheme (item number 1) (id 2f85d58e-a704-4ce4-a5f6-a52c2ce70b0f)
Aviation (item number 1) (id e8fbb90a-1bfa-4a6a-8ecd-614ca3430620)
Buses (item number 1) (id 63816828-83d7-45c0-8310-0b61d2e7b8bd)
Container Report (item number 1) (id c60eed89-d460-4fb3-83b5-b7eecbb616b0)
Cycle Lanes (item number 1) (id baa585c8-9b74-40d4-a43a-987eab53910e)
Energy Efficiency (item number 1) (id 54ec8f3d-9614-4e7a-9da9-7419e3ed3c7d)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id fc3ed678-5ae4-4043-8831-6f8f44733e1c)
Journeys (Alternative Transport) (item number 1) (id d1d16512-7d84-4d25-8f24-3c91b46db180)
Leeds Tram Network (item number 1) (id 3eee947b-7ced-4a7f-8278-d05141d30e65)
M1 (item number 1) (id 2954c124-a4e7-42d8-a6f5-1c8db8a843e5)
Ministerial Expenses (item number 1) (id 3b85d4ab-7654-4fcf-87e5-1bfff83bc05e)
Railways (item number 1) (id 262fd33f-16d0-4e32-a343-f922d7761874)
Rural Bus Challenge (item number 1) (id 107c9d3e-dba2-4152-9eb5-436f827255f7)
Rural Transport Partnership (item number 1) (id 9070668b-e2e7-4496-ba8f-3906197dea50)
Salisbury (Transport) (item number 1) (id f88d705d-5da1-4a46-b54e-e4ca36fd950c)
Speed Cameras (item number 1) (id 0a46aafa-8d12-402c-95aa-ddca0eca1ea6)
Trams (item number 1) (id c425a9b6-4ae7-4e29-a0ce-9226b030580a)

Defence

Consultants (item number 1) (id cdafd556-0fc9-48a6-b0f4-6cd25019e674)
Deepcut Barracks (item number 1) (id 1cab11d4-3270-4a6b-b210-ff5d476f926d)
Defence Bases (Scotland) (item number 1) (id c743b5ae-df07-4a18-a641-e12c59b95e0e)
Departmental Vehicles (item number 1) (id b6102950-ac51-455a-93b4-3c2844218b54)
English Regiments (item number 1) (id 89a89bf5-34c7-4393-a307-0928555c2de9)
Equipment Usage (item number 1) (id 59e2327c-5140-405f-90ad-4686cddfb6ee)
Eurocorps (item number 1) (id a9227b90-83c1-4a32-80f0-9c8f20b5c59f)
Firearms Rules (item number 1) (id 7bc6bbf6-3f47-4c65-8ceb-aaa6a261c2c2)
Former Service Personnel (Employment) (item number 1) (id 879c306b-9ea7-4ecd-926b-7c97c5d03f15)
Gibraltar (item number 1) (id 87b541ea-73da-496d-97f4-710bca0928a3)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id 036575aa-19ca-459a-a6bb-823a0f56b9d8)
Helsinki Headline Goal (item number 1) (id fef740a3-cae3-4dbe-91a2-1d54b98ebc03)
Infantry Battalions (item number 1) (id 37e5261d-780e-4cbb-a966-4370000d3ee1)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 5d4b99ec-4e65-4011-98f1-a6a3086b9290)
Land Disposals (item number 1) (id 4c53dd10-eb15-40d8-998c-cf0127f1ce4f)
Medical Testing (item number 1) (id 9ecfeac3-a134-4273-856c-f529423542fd)
Military Operating Structures (item number 1) (id 673a61a6-e859-4e54-86fd-442913fcb19e)
MOD Police and Guarding Agency (item number 1) (id ebe4c5dd-7ba1-4b83-af58-ac647ba694e4)
Operation Fresco Zulu 2 (item number 1) (id 1725fe49-1f21-4b67-a4d0-af942bf7a3c1)
Regimental Amalgamations (item number 1) (id ce542788-4cb8-4e5e-8211-43da198d271e)
Service Personnel (Asbestos-related Disease) (item number 1) (id 7b9816b4-4817-4c01-8703-e93299dccf40)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Brazil (item number 1) (id adefc3a2-46c4-4101-ad28-c680b630ef08)
British Council (item number 1) (id 01da115c-9a7d-43b1-ae2a-cfe1c0cc4433)
British Overseas Territories (Public Holidays) (item number 1) (id 13f71e15-612f-48d9-b0e2-5cd48d23327d)
Burma (item number 1) (id 08a5e8be-8165-4b98-9017-67f2e7c29df6)
Cambodia (item number 1) (id 46e625af-24d4-4e24-8775-d717aca069cc)
Chad (item number 1) (id ced503a0-7718-4d0a-a433-2b957bdb2fe1)
China (item number 1) (id 33381708-09fa-4c97-b1eb-30c537ae1530)
Consul-General's Residence (New York) (item number 1) (id 15101bd8-fcad-43d5-b18f-c7b72d65e209)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 276e3241-db19-47d0-9683-e84ce3f4527c)
Cyprus (item number 1) (id 9610406c-59de-4087-915d-5aaa468c1d35)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item number 1) (id 2ccc2b65-dc25-4ed8-acbf-1fbb31a6c7a3)
Eritrea (item number 1) (id f32235a1-fa58-42d7-8f7c-695026916189)
EU Committees (item number 1) (id 24b4a75c-eefa-4257-bacc-7a1c659fbce8)
EU Legislation (item number 1) (id c5250bf3-b64d-4321-b4d6-458baece3d94)
EU-Israel Association Agreement (item number 1) (id 8c41c6b0-77c8-472d-96fb-b43db76f0149)
European Constitution Referendum (item number 1) (id bea64aa0-e512-4a8a-8515-231b2c90c99e)
Former Soviet Republics (item number 1) (id 2c489678-a27f-472b-bc1c-a94de2fab2fc)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id 84e88d67-f949-4d88-bd98-95314ab9360b)
Guinea-Bissau (item number 1) (id 2474d65a-6710-4406-a31b-a2b9d4385101)
Information and Communication Specialists (item number 1) (id fe75fc55-3b56-4dcb-abb6-21623040e0c8)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 0802dd8a-6413-464d-af63-87aa9ba55341)
Kenneth Bigley (item number 1) (id 405ab24a-5890-4b36-8e46-0059f275dc3a)
Niger (item number 1) (id 19382ed2-c256-4c03-8583-72d3aad0839e)
Solomon Islands/Fiji (item number 1) (id dac8fd54-9b52-4a3a-8f62-3844cdb27584)
South Georgia/South Sandwich Islands (item number 1) (id d4dc998a-7551-4537-96d3-57e96a9e7292)
Sudan (item number 1) (id 83e9b6d6-7f4e-4209-af4c-b8fc5d0966f3)
Surinam/Guyana (item number 1) (id 523c04a7-bfb9-4fea-a4b9-61b363ee33e6)
Turkey (item number 1) (id 172e35a2-00d8-4f8e-91b4-cda80d5c014d)

Trade and Industry

Broadband (item number 1) (id c79acf2c-e38d-460f-8e18-ce9b27a12c78)
Business Start-ups (item number 1) (id 89de8091-8a32-43da-85e9-175cbeb2b26b)
Business Volunteers (item number 1) (id b0e58823-0f05-4045-b02e-430ca9abee9b)
Chemicals Industry (item number 1) (id f60fb472-ec0c-4c4e-a54e-d56ae83ea83c)
Civil Partnerships (item number 1) (id 0071adb3-d66d-48f0-af29-b7168f56e0f7)
Civil Servants (Yorkshire) (item number 1) (id bd90e01a-14d7-49ab-9bdd-e37d1cd039d2)
Consultants (item number 1) (id 32a01499-644c-4105-a2ae-40328ec20efe)
Earnings (Yorkshire) (item number 1) (id a2129aec-210f-4b1e-9d3f-9ba26e28a7e5)
Electricity Generation (item number 1) (id 9f7b0d74-6cec-4343-8963-8b562d606a16)
Employment (York) (item number 1) (id 60200571-a624-494e-a491-9e8670943710)
Entrepreneurship (item number 1) (id f60dab58-0055-4312-ad76-5327aaa6d300)
EU Committees (item number 1) (id ea7a0076-ff10-47de-8512-13621b45e870)
Foreign Investment (Yorkshire) (item number 1) (id de0cf897-c11c-462c-982d-d6d7fa21e32d)
Fuel Poverty (item number 1) (id 20ccfd62-d469-45f4-8119-77241cbaae84)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id 87260ffe-5aec-4056-b98e-a6ab7048530a)
Inward Investment (item number 1) (id b05126f6-3fa6-4181-9179-baf62cb0c575)
Mortgage Provision (Health Checks) (item number 1) (id 96fc81bc-7402-43a5-b098-5be839da82ea)
National Business Debtline (item number 1) (id 4ed1db83-610f-4e3f-8206-573e96db79b6)
PIN Pads (Post Offices) (item number 1) (id 94f5efca-c568-44e4-9c0b-32ce6d469fa5)
R and D Clusters (item number 1) (id 35d9c6dd-6777-4505-b1fe-183b1f052167)
Regional Government (item number 1) (id 092e36ce-eab8-4ebf-bdb3-d67333af0133)
SMEs (item number 1) (id 3eb67a4b-13ce-484b-9f02-60645863d67f)
Social Economy (item number 1) (id a5bb0162-43ca-4186-977e-3d086938c650)
University Spin-out Companies (item number 1) (id 54f918d6-0b7d-4037-a229-229fbb14acfe)
Yorkshire Forward (item number 1) (id c0dbb019-8d6e-4394-86bf-34f6ab2564f3)

Deputy Prime Minister

Disabled Facilities Grant (item number 1) (id 536bb635-71ac-4c48-b928-5fabadd00aa2)
Single Regeneration Budget (item number 1) (id 85a2b6ca-2bd7-4958-8c96-3e5bb0b72941)
Telecommunications Masts (item number 1) (id 2b6c4fdf-f5a9-4aaf-a954-1232a965d8f1)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id def45ac1-a01d-4be2-b6ac-d52d1af55ccf)
Housing Development Trusts (item number 1) (id 10a829f6-c716-4164-8afc-f5d9fcfe2c2e)
Devolution (item number 1) (id 3a1d92df-bcf5-41ec-a35b-550ed4ca6dfb)
Housing (item number 1) (id 428e764f-b8d0-4e5b-be9e-d1b1043c1070)
Sustainable Communities (item number 1) (id 242dfe54-00ea-4194-875e-a326f620b4df)
Regional Assemblies (item number 1) (id b1abdccf-49e4-4e8d-b26a-08524bc07d56)
Canvey Island (Development) (item number 1) (id 84f9a488-1f11-453f-adc6-a2c9c65386a6)
Firefighters (Diabetes) (item number 1) (id f85d82c7-97bf-49b0-8d7f-404a166517d2)
Government Office for London (item number 1) (id 7b62a4c1-e915-4c38-93fb-f6aa8523e0c2)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id 62e119b4-fbba-4653-ae29-b32c402b245c)
Gypsy/Traveller Sites (item number 1) (id 3596482d-ebaf-4e3a-8cb8-3ca9b5825f8b)
Havering Borough Council (item number 1) (id d002a88e-4b57-4f26-9541-7dee962bda84)
Housing (Southend) (item number 1) (id 89f23783-9765-4501-9c59-b868d2637583)
Housing above Shops (item number 1) (id ed9dec87-4dfb-40de-b336-addad6fd1304)
Local Authority Websites (item number 1) (id e372e94e-16b9-4407-ad1c-230e94832c02)
Local Government Finance (item number 1) (id 8bf7a6be-be87-410a-a6f4-97ebd1322cce)
Local Government Finance (York) (item number 1) (id da098bb0-5795-40c5-af79-1f45c9a99a06)
London Assembly (item number 1) (id d642b016-542b-4642-a41b-98e8adf48b65)
Park Homes (item number 1) (id feb3b4a2-2f9a-46aa-b98b-0a555cca8761)
Regional Government (item number 1) (id 49ce111b-bf82-4f11-be25-513231097705)
Rescue Control Centres (item number 1) (id 2f349ac1-c7ac-41a8-bc4c-4e9361d83386)
Revenue Support Grant (item number 1) (id 41290604-7e9c-4e8b-9666-981470ed3f07)
Theft and Fraud (item number 1) (id 65b8e7c0-e97b-4c65-ab4f-4b61061a30fb)
Yorkshire Regional Assembly (item number 1) (id 2dc448a1-fb64-4655-90ea-f1157f9f1bfe)

Health

Autopsies (BSE) (item number 1) (id a749e982-64d0-4e78-8623-7dfdd7a9306c)
Cannabinoids (item number 1) (id ad3efddf-017d-4330-8c3b-e0fa70d5af45)
Chlamydia (item number 1) (id be52b55b-986e-4448-9813-e8087fae9472)
Chorley and South Ribble Hospital (item number 1) (id 89975031-6f20-4074-9e17-9471d27b4a71)
Departmental Grants (item number 1) (id f45e99d1-63fe-484b-b932-7bbb213f881a)
Drug Rehabilitation Places (item number 1) (id 0945b2f4-c24f-4174-ab9c-947901bc872e)
Epilepsy (item number 1) (id 537851eb-b8f0-4c4c-9091-488ba3f82745)
Foot Operations (item number 1) (id 3f680941-6344-488d-a5cc-63dfb28c0320)
Gender Dysphoria (item number 1) (id 2574b5f0-7d49-41eb-a071-fc7965f6aaa0)
Grapefruit Consumption (item number 1) (id 2ab2e267-d65d-48b7-ba80-ad704ea5ff0b)
GPs (Greater London) (item number 1) (id c4e0159d-c03c-43e2-a0bb-80184c31aa46)
Health Services (item number 1) (id 9ca56633-2f45-4571-8d0d-9e7d8d9a27ea)
Healthy Living (item number 1) (id edc05485-5253-4c02-a718-ac26657245a6)
Hospital Trusts (item number 1) (id 73bd68b1-3dca-46a4-ab65-9e01a08fcb17)
Human Genetics Commission (item number 1) (id ce97bc7b-19c6-42e7-b5f8-c244c1b5c730)
Infection Control (item number 1) (id 87ef0a44-b272-4796-b34f-f6709b8eec5d)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (item number 1) (id fd2f2d61-3789-4e0f-b571-b9bf7b0052e1)
Maternity/Children's Services (item number 1) (id 5b307a77-2d71-4498-8624-38d5ee9f2d48)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (item number 1) (id ec2dd788-fc87-4224-8416-6132c81e88ab)
Mental Health (Human Rights) (item number 1) (id c6cbbb16-0287-4d1f-b85c-73fe16559b4f)
MMR Vaccine (item number 1) (id 80a88cdf-116a-44f1-b104-6412efa43a8b)
National IT Programme (item number 1) (id d5a5f8f6-09a2-4293-a6ba-ac4fddc16209)
Non-NICE Appraised Treatments (item number 1) (id 6e68acf0-36a8-457f-a7cb-bc29e5271832)
Orthotic Footwear (item number 1) (id 529ab93f-11b5-430d-b630-a587052572a8)
Paramedic Ambulances (Chorley) (item number 1) (id 3b0e7fd8-1792-4d09-b5a1-94f726372cf5)
Petrol Filling Stations (item number 1) (id b562a8c0-96d7-4f6e-a469-e5b0665d5e37)
Primary Care Centres (item number 1) (id c18afb5b-6177-46ad-b72a-ede7128f95bd)
Royal Preston Hospital (item number 1) (id b13e0017-6ecf-4bee-b718-eda2e1de40c1)
Staff Numbers (York) (item number 1) (id c91cba24-ab99-4f55-815d-9e4b4fb8bc69)
Voluntary Hospices (VAT Relief) (item number 1) (id 80b98c95-1052-4f5f-bbee-31f5bfb3d17e)

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