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Commons Hansard for 2 December 2004 (Volume 428)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
4 December 2025 at 11.00am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
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Education and Skills
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Winter Fuel Payments
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(id 52b83260-a953-4ec2-b421-e42bc914b386)
Deputy Prime Minister
Building Regulations
(item number 1)
(id 75df87ae-14e3-411e-9e2a-3c643fe2541f)
E-delivery
(item number 1)
(id 41d106bc-0108-443a-b8be-b479424258dd)
European Constitution
(item number 1)
(id 8daa00a7-2579-4858-b306-d1ddfeeecd90)
Gypsies and Travellers
(item number 1)
(id 0f50d4b8-c4b3-48ee-9e3f-e1e7ca5f4b21)
Home Information Packs
(item number 1)
(id 8fd56c1b-4275-4204-9f15-a48e3d0be67c)
House Prices (Bassetlaw)
(item number 1)
(id 3de68cd0-3c09-4d97-87fd-c1dbdb793dac)
Housing
(item number 1)
(id f89773be-85c7-4e56-b555-8a63f13a154e)
Local Government Finance
(item number 1)
(id 9b13c1d5-f493-47ef-a4f3-c8e1c2ba5ded)
Mersey Crossing
(item number 1)
(id ae54813e-626c-44d6-8f0a-fd3ca8270a9a)
Planning
(item number 1)
(id e0f5361c-fe87-4f86-83d1-6ea5bd9131d9)
Priority Estates Project
(item number 1)
(id 2e1c050f-62ea-4937-bc81-33f8b8c45049)
Regional Assemblies
(item number 1)
(id f43b3e0d-ec32-4ad5-baa7-9482897ec7c4)
Right to Buy
(item number 1)
(id 38163dd5-303f-4b00-ade1-a097a4ed3284)
Standards Board
(item number 1)
(id 3c8ce7e5-d6c2-4ebd-8d7f-24f254c590c8)
Superstores
(item number 1)
(id d959fc1b-dccf-440f-a640-b899708901c1)
Town Centres
(item number 1)
(id 91d37e9f-5ec3-45e6-9dba-95168fb6afc7)
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