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Commons Hansard for 22 February 2005 (Volume 431)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 4 December 2025 at 8.46am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 5d8410e2-553b-4890-a1d2-5928b142dab5)
Prayers (item number 2) (id c09521e6-eed6-47d9-906a-6651722215c5)
Prevention of Terrorism (item number 4) (id fe6e6ba9-2cf6-4252-97c8-93d35807ad6e)
Northern Ireland (item number 5) (id b5240177-31dc-4f6d-8465-43766cef2ff8)
Points of Order (item number 6) (id 18b03b7d-a9d3-4f02-b92a-f09b1f538fcc)
Regulation of Laser Eye Surgery (item number 7) (id 210c2fbf-f4da-4220-af5d-f913d10eb0d3)
Social Security (item number 8) (id 91a566d3-d64e-4c31-ae7d-9aabf2f23e42)
Pensions (item number 9) (id 363de13f-e05c-4744-a002-d7816dc9be87)
Drugs Bill (Programme) (No.2) (item number 10) (id 85382152-c025-4150-a72d-0180aed731bf)
Orders of the Day (item number 11) (id 622055b1-6d61-4a64-bf29-09e88b124dd8)
Drugs Bill (item number 12) (id e8b580c2-ab8a-42d2-bd84-771edb06e174)
Delegated Legislation (item number 13) (id db6a5a47-cf23-44cc-b374-6dea903ae121)
Northern Ireland Grand Committee (item number 14) (id 6cd34817-d239-4155-80b8-375a1edfd925)
Church Schools (Dorset) (item number 15) (id 6b0a3d38-ec81-41d1-8888-32507f5e39c9)

Written Statements

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Written Answers to Questions

Health

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Dentistry (item number 1) (id 2d5a352a-9695-4670-84ff-2bf53eacdd2e)
South Gloucestershire PCT (item number 1) (id c92d4789-90ed-4029-9588-962238bae2e1)
New Community Hospitals (item number 1) (id 6a08a07c-3b78-4127-b29e-41b66b65c7c8)
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Private Sector Services (item number 1) (id bff9cf34-9d7d-43ee-bceb-fa210f6e95ae)
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Dorset and Somerset Strategic Health Authority (item number 1) (id 855a9af3-69d0-43ea-991e-320dbf322732)
Ambulances (item number 1) (id 0455abec-29d9-423c-80ff-9261eb288e56)
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Cervical Cancer (item number 1) (id 36eb32be-3796-4735-943b-1a89f51c13c0)
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Co-Proxamol (item number 1) (id bf233852-342e-48ca-a290-67a4985a3555)
Departmental Policies (item number 1) (id dfc9433d-2e36-4a57-9328-4500bcbd7cba)
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Enbrel (item number 1) (id f1e916cc-fa88-43d2-9983-e90d6c3f3ed5)
EU Committees (item number 1) (id 5aac6750-d0b1-44a8-aaba-bb9694774143)
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Education and Skills

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EU Committees (item number 1) (id 78f8a25b-bb13-4d9f-a5a8-e1b530b306eb)
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Sure Start (item number 1) (id 4468724b-0e95-4bc0-b859-e5f2080e6ef7)
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Trade and Industry

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EU Committees (item number 1) (id 7320f175-86ab-4031-8b15-baa7d87365d6)
European Constitution (item number 1) (id c8d040a8-aee7-415d-8395-b9138e43dff0)
External Consultants (item number 1) (id 99b38058-c7d6-43fd-9486-b34e7562a548)
Homeworkers (item number 1) (id 9e6958a5-90ba-46e8-b7f3-858c59b9f7d0)
Human Rights Act (item number 1) (id d0a60081-cab5-4176-89d6-3b7f96559027)
Labour Statistics (Greater London) (item number 1) (id e00bef7d-12aa-4f50-860c-e3655b96b906)
Halliburton (item number 1) (id 77fbb5d2-b1de-4694-9d87-f358fa148d69)
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Sickness Absence (item number 1) (id 4654d219-9104-4109-a0bc-c8985a7205d5)
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Targets (item number 1) (id a73247ae-0701-4a62-a8bc-8070aee2cbb9)
Textiles (item number 1) (id 9f188cef-8b85-4cac-b5d5-319ff04a94b7)
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World Trade Organisation (item number 1) (id a2a86898-f2c1-450b-8d5a-7da708677a3a)

Northern Ireland

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Defence

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QinetiQ (item number 1) (id ca42a873-26bd-4723-8c62-e45afa7b337b)
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Work and Pensions

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