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Commons Hansard for 16 December 2004 (Volume 428)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 4 December 2025 at 11.14am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 22a334b6-f3f3-4cf4-8bf9-ab6dfc200e01)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 5e10a16c-f572-41bd-9cdf-69ab32db8bd0)
Future Infantry Structure (item number 4) (id 75ada45f-6a19-47d3-9ebc-2d42cd0ea148)
Business of the House (item number 5) (id 7e2ea1b1-7e5d-438d-94e4-eb85915485f0)
Points of Order (item number 6) (id 2128824d-48a1-4e78-8578-0dc94daf3ab9)
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 (item number 7) (id 6df42649-7add-4dc6-b007-0e7399f036f2)
Orders of the Day (item number 8) (id 4c849080-67d8-4b99-a095-080b5a9831a7)
School Transport Bill (item number 9) (id 830fd846-c355-43c7-a680-f0d821d1828a)
Royal Assent (item number 10) (id fc83b9ac-59bf-483c-a664-79d054d40f33)
School Transport Bill (item number 11) (id 062ac687-3b99-4be2-809a-60bff8228f08)
Adjournment (item number 13) (id 931180f7-195b-477c-a430-9cae074e0f2f)

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.

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Treasury

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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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Defence Attache (item number 1) (id 2b4dba58-6c96-4e5f-9b94-98f8b978267e)
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European Commission (item number 1) (id 1c93087e-75a4-4cb5-b854-7f5776c1da66)
European Constitution (item number 1) (id 0f9b116b-ab04-4ad3-9d49-25a8c435b4ac)
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Iran (item number 1) (id 9e8d041d-20bc-4fa6-973e-5b0dbb2a0149)
Israel (item number 1) (id 97619a10-d43f-483e-8e93-9bdfadb3a61e)
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Health

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Health Forum (item number 1) (id 0d07632e-f48e-4196-9211-6b3cf36bfe90)
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Heart Attacks (item number 1) (id 0bb06bde-d3a6-4e2b-8c3a-7d85ef0d426b)
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Human Rights Act (item number 1) (id 06bf5eed-fdd8-44fd-964e-fc66dd65af40)
IT Systems (GP Practices) (item number 1) (id 990ae48b-8df7-4fb3-bfb1-5a0eb7269b04)
LIFT Programme (Newcastle) (item number 1) (id 4ca9e6fe-fe40-4693-840f-5d93da86a73c)
Local Authorities/Primary CareTrusts (item number 1) (id c543e999-672e-4792-8ab1-10058a7b775c)
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Medical Imaging Records (item number 1) (id 6211d7ec-cb2b-4cf6-9ac2-ab32ff268b42)
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MRSA (item number 1) (id fe1d4348-3170-4048-a7b5-1c440cc7d171)
Neo-natal Hearing Screening (item number 1) (id 2f03a561-4fcb-4061-9654-25ff62842696)
Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id 28963e22-19b2-4697-929e-f58c3369681a)
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Treatment Funding (item number 1) (id 26814d27-0e5c-4e98-9a2e-53b2f961d1fe)

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