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Commons Hansard for 25 October 2004 (Volume 425)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 15 December 2025 at 9.13am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id e04d5a8d-f811-495b-b653-7477349980ab)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 985bc9f6-7478-46b1-bf8b-ff071a10421d)
Opposition Day (item number 4) (id 5f3139b6-6b38-4ebf-bca9-b2f8387da7d1)
Delegated Legislation (item number 5) (id 1869ed73-24f9-4155-8d4d-9aa72fc56cef)
European Community Documents (item number 6) (id e36599af-3df8-4933-822e-a0c61f7f0fce)
Business of the House (item number 7) (id 477a8e45-8419-4630-97ae-5a08d28f4d3c)
Devon NHS Partnership Trust (item number 9) (id 8159c668-e0f9-481a-9d18-f4599fe5ac78)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Noise Disturbance (Merseyside) (item number 1) (id 0d5fa957-fdef-4977-8e76-8700c06cbe5f)
Battery Disposal (item number 1) (id 833817bc-bc99-41d3-b83b-06987042236f)
Calf Passport Scheme (item number 1) (id e46f3d45-b6ba-4a77-840a-da3130f7e295)
Chief Scientific Adviser (item number 1) (id b659af43-07d4-4493-bd9f-2df708e0367f)
Combined Heat and Power (item number 1) (id 11c24896-c349-4b75-8aa3-b1ae3d1d09c5)
Countryside and Rights of Way Act (item number 1) (id f2a0e491-314a-485c-80d4-187780a1e515)
Fisheries (item number 1) (id a4b2e221-70ff-4183-aec1-42b5266afe8d)
Egg Imports (item number 1) (id cc38df98-4039-48ea-a6e2-6b10377e605b)
Emissions (Fallen Stock) (item number 1) (id 9fa5d19a-fa4d-4a1a-8ad4-2eea6b38eeef)
Environmental Health Complaints (item number 1) (id 56391b88-920d-404e-b27e-04c5ab86d5b6)
Drinking Water Inspectorate (item number 1) (id bdf65699-32d5-416e-b77c-7177ea4abbe5)
EU Legislation (item number 1) (id 6251d433-7815-438a-adec-7875a38ffdd3)
Single Payment Scheme (item number 1) (id a3e18710-377b-4037-b369-929fca9f176a)
Farm Subsidies (item number 1) (id 25a86ce9-7c02-4bd8-9b90-51202b0f5e38)
Flies (item number 1) (id ba0d324d-5e20-43d0-abef-c65a122a84c5)
Gangmasters (item number 1) (id bdecbc85-8ca8-4123-ae7a-e307499b4b19)
GM Crops (item number 1) (id c63f17dc-a140-4d4a-bc16-8dde2d7ff25f)
Greenhouse Gases (item number 1) (id aae50846-6e14-40a4-95b3-5c40fbf88cc7)
Operation Noah (item number 1) (id 1e0a1d27-20c5-43a6-beb8-e4a674606ead)
Organic Farming (item number 1) (id 2f4e7050-250b-4ba5-b8d2-55126cd251f3)
Recycling (item number 1) (id 3969f8a0-9759-45e8-a9b0-12d604a6a7a9)
Red Squirrel (item number 1) (id b447c643-bbfc-4141-b099-94e942eab0ff)
Refrigerator Dumping (item number 1) (id 8369d352-120e-41d2-92f2-0a390a920d33)
Registered Agricultural Buildings (item number 1) (id 8a388406-6256-478b-8902-1c180d6b3f52)
Sea Fishing Boats (item number 1) (id 88325f44-ab54-431e-a0e3-84ff22fc67f0)
Set-aside (item number 1) (id 496b72c0-5ec5-469f-b63d-224ebe4ddb60)
Small Petrol Engine Emissions (item number 1) (id 47a95310-a738-4849-846e-314c54bead6b)
Somerset Farms (item number 1) (id 29e3cb43-e789-4956-8398-1a497ebbb5a1)
Tenancy Reform (item number 1) (id 2cc320f6-88ce-44e1-862b-450862cd1792)
Thames Barrier (item number 1) (id 5f859134-e8c0-45e1-a2e1-ebfc97a0dce8)
Theft and Fraud (item number 1) (id eb44aa73-2e52-4fa5-b834-1e65c479a09e)
Vegetable Oil (item number 1) (id 4011fcdb-74a5-41c6-aefa-293889616d90)
Voluntary Shops (item number 1) (id a9447232-9d8e-4eff-9869-0ecd5e3643bd)
Waste Disposal (Buckinghamshire) (item number 1) (id 13a5124e-2860-4003-af74-f319aa3aacb3)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (item number 1) (id 83325e07-83be-4642-8554-8d85740417cd)

Education and Skills

Child Care (item number 1) (id c3b25a87-2d04-438c-ae3e-0c052f1d0043)
Class Sizes (item number 1) (id ffd4d8f7-79a2-424b-bf35-280f2b346538)
Contact Centres (item number 1) (id 6c86cb1c-fabe-41dc-8a28-5643481767ae)
Disadvantaged Areas (item number 1) (id 404c3722-1468-4011-b08e-dd8a6c73e2d4)
Early Intervention Pilots (item number 1) (id 9f64fd85-aafc-489f-a94a-c6eaed8e58f1)
Further Education Funding (item number 1) (id 50c3feef-6962-4c85-9c18-9d2c7a1048e3)
Internet Access (Hounslow) (item number 1) (id 5621a13b-542b-48eb-a4e8-9bcac70b206a)
Lifelong Learning (item number 1) (id d9d8cb27-2063-4ee6-9ebc-5abb2b3059f5)
Male Teachers (item number 1) (id a1057f6e-6cf6-4693-ac70-7aab303d473a)
Ministerial Expenses (item number 1) (id 410bc17c-0f86-4911-bee7-8ade8f4c2e32)
Nursery Education (York) (item number 1) (id 7d7d4d77-822d-4834-9919-106c2bbdae04)
Out-of-school Clubs (item number 1) (id c178dff6-af46-46af-b21a-ad31c4163d27)
Parenting (item number 1) (id 4f88953e-0236-4e9c-a1a0-d0fa12e7e308)
Plumbing (item number 1) (id 9e6d63ec-2a30-46d3-a604-0f19524f619f)
Free Tuition (item number 1) (id 24713e94-57d7-469e-9cc2-0961dd76ebcc)
Romania (Adoptions) (item number 1) (id acdd9150-4a5e-4c1b-afa9-bc7871d30545)
Sector Skills Development Agency (item number 1) (id 1538f3c7-80ea-4dca-8df3-b07dfac1e3e9)
Separated Fathers (item number 1) (id 738cfa3b-0157-4047-83c7-9df061a714ba)
Skill Training (item number 1) (id 1862ba67-4067-47b2-987e-311212ab73c0)
Spending (Hounslow) (item number 1) (id 27e1a9cb-75b1-4ca0-8bd8-9f2df1c92cfa)
Sure Start (item number 1) (id 53ec2788-08a6-4489-87eb-8eeba5f76e4f)

Work and Pensions

Correspondence (item number 1) (id c800172a-74c1-4ac6-9f8a-7957d8132def)
Sure Start Maternity Grants (item number 1) (id 072cf039-605f-466b-96de-86d372f846a8)
Benefit Assessments (Appeals) (item number 1) (id 385001ca-1887-42be-97a4-880278a33131)
Benefit Payments/Overpayment (item number 1) (id 1472b199-f745-4ad6-a369-7034be070583)
Benefit Processing Centres (Wales) (item number 1) (id 594907b5-9e2d-40be-af0b-c1f87bf1b940)
Child Poverty (item number 1) (id a251e0d2-e7f0-4862-824f-bfe3e89a94a5)
Child Support (item number 1) (id 585c2979-3d96-441c-adab-b8eb30a34fb2)
Departmental Redundancies (item number 1) (id 7e5afc80-47be-4c64-afe8-3306dacb1650)
Disability Living Allowance (item number 1) (id 606146ac-e112-4a33-a710-9bcd66d221c3)
Disabled Access Rights (item number 1) (id 5e530e8d-1b22-4766-977f-cb05c1d1ba07)
Gypsies and Travellers (item number 1) (id 07e18682-b93a-498f-aa19-0944f1c00e12)
Incapacity/Severe Disablement Benefit (item number 1) (id 21121eee-2576-4e02-956d-75ce87d1dbbd)
Income Support (Carer Premium) (item number 1) (id 1f3a57a4-41e4-45f9-b1b5-39b19344d7dd)
Ministerial Expenses (item number 1) (id 643db088-ca0f-49d4-84ba-bb878a2d5d8b)
Mobile Phones (item number 1) (id 589f5ff4-47ed-4352-b409-d2397d6b8a31)
Parenting Skills (item number 1) (id e712e0fe-45e1-4b2b-b8fc-1645b918b222)
Pension Credit (item number 1) (id 9bdb3561-70fa-4dd9-b0d0-63f9bc1393de)
Pension/Benefit Payments (item number 1) (id ed2d962b-c1fd-45e7-bfc1-c9fdebe0a972)
Pensioner Income (item number 1) (id c3d4bf54-111c-4885-8c69-be09352eb9ed)
Refurbishment Costs (item number 1) (id bd675a79-917d-4269-bc91-c63d6a39144f)
Social Fund Loans (item number 1) (id 3263750a-baf2-4978-bac2-847f8b419319)
Staff Redeployment (item number 1) (id 029ee607-4533-44cc-8f60-38af7d214199)

Northern Ireland

Ambulances (item number 1) (id 6c6a23c1-4fc0-4057-89a8-380b8a0e24c9)
Belfast Education and Library Board (item number 1) (id 52a13dd4-9a7e-43a3-a29c-22ac00bd97c8)
Cardiac Treatment (item number 1) (id ae2ec811-b35c-4e2d-9f24-a29f4cc0e38b)
Cardiology Services (item number 1) (id 1eb9dfd9-685d-49cb-a7e1-31bc893750ec)
Clinical Research Collaboration (item number 1) (id 58fdccb1-e948-45d2-aaf9-ec80577ae563)
Communicable Diseases (item number 1) (id f1536602-b1c6-4dd8-90fa-67abaca9e54f)
Continuing Care Arrangements (item number 1) (id 6f16c459-4432-4fc6-b02b-acfe30011338)
Development Funding (item number 1) (id 01802ccb-8bfa-425b-924b-f6f52c8861d7)
Eating Disorders (item number 1) (id 59ae77ae-f00f-488c-ac5e-ef0a74573edf)
Education Boards (IT Equipment) (item number 1) (id fe9f212a-d6f1-4677-a506-c6577da2999d)
Educational Underachievement (item number 1) (id 241276d1-fe89-4a57-b8fb-284527afcf1f)
Electricity Consumers (Aid Package) (item number 1) (id 7303e3f5-02fd-473c-8a1b-9feafa9b22e3)
Employment Discrimination (item number 1) (id 945d5acd-7897-48b4-9633-96d15f8afdf5)
Fixed Penalty Notices (item number 1) (id 131f331e-8a28-408c-bf89-adb6c3113595)
Invalid Care Allowance (item number 1) (id 51688c3c-3be2-4f8c-ab41-fbd3ac95b495)
Invest NI (item number 1) (id 3f880b4c-b2a7-4331-93d6-068bdfe4a8d8)
Nursery Places (North Belfast) (item number 1) (id 6081cb5d-2e33-4990-89e9-46ffa584aad2)
Pensions (item number 1) (id 61138f37-78a6-4d65-ad85-810148beef15)
Priority Spending Budget (item number 1) (id acf3bc37-7334-4299-84a9-77673a27d5a0)
Psychiatric Beds (item number 1) (id 290d8b20-2aa5-4aa2-9d1c-2445a4642a49)
Psychiatry Services (item number 1) (id b5c54144-0c38-4896-91d8-b731387412d3)
Regional Cancer Centre (item number 1) (id 40f731f5-67be-49b2-8519-d868c9b7aa19)
Regional Development Strategy (item number 1) (id 2283c619-ffea-4162-aa65-f7a1f621c819)
School Nurses (item number 1) (id 4f863061-7fd3-4a08-ad42-43c9af7ee196)
Theft and Fraud (item number 1) (id dfe20cb9-2900-4bf5-90e9-d79f1cda56d2)
Water Charges (item number 1) (id 6fe7dc2e-8290-45ab-a440-d8e58681b20b)
Water Metering (item number 1) (id b2976c53-db71-4c93-93e2-dcf15d6cf3f5)

Deputy Prime Minister

Beach Safety (item number 1) (id 70494602-5d02-4e7f-9084-9ec22dd0abe3)
Circular 1/94 (item number 1) (id b22d66e5-0d90-4503-b829-678a7c0442f8)
Council Housing (item number 1) (id bae86212-a257-46cf-8ee1-fed6a1e34a8c)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id aa8caa57-d8dc-4950-85b0-f8449b0eeddf)
Decent Homes Standard (item number 1) (id e088516a-223a-4ca1-a620-02bd35687cb7)
Departmental Consultants (item number 1) (id d5c77d26-d8d6-43b4-9e90-b8e26d0ab3d1)
Fire Service Pensions (item number 1) (id 7e355fff-7941-45bb-b8af-c27e81845956)
Gypsies/Travellers (item number 1) (id 0878d278-a427-477a-86a8-e97b127e5b22)
Homeless People (London) (item number 1) (id 220e8d57-1ff6-4ae4-af0a-3769f2dd3e26)
House Prices (item number 1) (id 4fbbd2fb-5e0d-4de1-91ed-6e715c4f0bfd)
Housing (item number 1) (id 03519991-c02a-4cd0-89f2-7be2fb8556bf)
Housing Renewal Pathfinder Areas (item number 1) (id ca12519b-ede1-42ae-b02a-8b63f39d29fe)
Local Authority Debt (item number 1) (id b1711a59-9197-4ef3-897e-09ccb9c7ce61)
Local Government (item number 1) (id 72109fc8-6593-42d8-a824-e9786f7c8634)
Local Government Finance (item number 1) (id 140ce790-81cd-4f78-b0d5-c009f4b7acf9)
Mobile Telephones (item number 1) (id 99d983e7-e523-4247-b534-ed0333de6de6)
Park Homes (item number 1) (id 1b73d3aa-5962-4792-8306-45eb077fc2c0)
Planning (Consultation) (item number 1) (id a6221492-939e-41ec-b65a-e228c5aa9092)
Regional Assemblies (item number 1) (id a3f02d74-856c-4533-8424-61b311aa1730)
Telecommunication Masts (item number 1) (id dd70962e-5dec-4c6e-9d84-19c9d59799fe)
Town and Country Planning Act (item number 1) (id 02b99fd8-319d-4c11-a408-1d15a6bb15b1)

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