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Commons Hansard for 20 January 2005 (Volume 429)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
2 December 2025 at 8.39am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Prayers
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Education and Skills
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Cancer Services
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Dentists
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Departmental Expenditure
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Diabetes
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Directors of Infection Prevention and Control
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Doctor Vacancies
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Flu/Pneumonia Vaccines
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Health Care-associated Infection
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Heroin Addiction
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Mobile Phones
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MRI Scanners/Scans
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MRSA
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Multiple Sclerosis
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No Secrets Guidance
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Out-of-hours Services
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Ovarian Cancer
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Paddington Basin Health Campus
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Prostate Cancer
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Special Advisers
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St. George's Hospital, Tooting
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Stolen Property
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Waiting Times
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