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Commons Hansard for 23 February 2005 (Volume 431)

                From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 
4 December 2025 at 8.47am.
            

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons

Prayers

Westminster Hall

Westminster Hall debates give Members an opportunity to raise local or national issues and receive a response from a government minister.

Westminster Hall

House of Lords Reform

Gardening Equipment (Safety)

Milton Keynes/South Midlands

Forestry Commission

International Criminal Tribunal (Former Yugoslavia)

Written Statements

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Written Ministerial Statements

Treasury

Budget Statement

Constitutional Affairs

Community Legal Service (Asylum and Immigration) Regulations

Home Department

Animals (Scientific Procedure Licences)

Solicitor-General

Spring Supplementary Estimate

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Prime Minister

Helicopter Flight Cost

Honours

Iran

Northern Ireland

Cross-border Trade (Motor Vehicles)

Education Action Zones

Suicides (North Belfast)

Waiting Lists/Times

International Development

Common Agricultural Policy (Africa)

Targets

Education and Skills

Pupil Referral Units

Pupil:Teacher Ratios (York)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

Environmental Protection

EU Committees

European Emissions Trading Scheme

Transport

Treasury

Council Tax (Chorley)

Departmental Policies (Huddersfield)

EU Committees

Mobile Phones (Tax Benefits)

Stamp Duty

Tax Credit (Overpayment)

Deputy Prime Minister

Business Improvement Districts

Departmental Policies (Warrington, South)

EU Grants

Fire Service

Homes for All Initiative

Housing Assistance (South Lancashire)

Local Government

Trade and Industry

Correspondence

European Constitution

Fireworks

Manufacturing Advisory Service

Manufacturing Investment

Minimum Wage

Nuclear Power

Plumbing Industry (Black Country)

Solicitor-General

Northern Ireland (Collusion Investigation)

House of Commons Commission

Cleaners

Passes

Defence

A400M

Air Crash (Board of Inquiry)

Allied Rapid Reaction Corps

Army Deployment

Chinook Helicopter

Colombia

Defence Estate (Chorley)

Defence Export Services Organisation

Departmental Policies (Blackpool)

Depleted Uranium Waste

Gloucestershire Regiment

Infantry Regiments

Iraq

Maritime Coherency Study

MRSA

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Culture, Media and Sport

Composers (Television Programmes)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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European Public Bodies

Gibraltar

International Criminal Tribunal

Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information

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Staff Training

Targets

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Incapacity Benefit

Income-related Benefits

Constitutional Affairs

Judicial Appointments

Sickness Absence

Health

Animal Insulin Supplies

Anti-depressants

Assertive Outreach Teams

Care Standards

Children's Burns Unit (Newcastle)

Departmental Policies (Chorley)

Diamorphine

Fertility Treatment

Fluoride

General Practitioners

Health Expenditure (Chorley)

Health Funding (Huddersfield)

Health Funding (North Yorkshire)

Illegal Organ Trafficking

Medical Devices Agency

Home Department

Alcohol-related Disorder

Al-Takfir wa al-Hijra

Anti-terrorism Measures

Correspondence

Crime Statistics

Criminal Cases Review Commission

Criminal Offences

Departmental Costs

Departmental Credit Cards

Departmental Polices

Forensic Medical Examiners

Imitation Firearms

Immigration Status (Notification)

Ministerial Residence

Miscarriages of Justice (Compensation)

National Offender Management Service

Neighbourhood Watch Scheme

Opinion Polling

Parliamentary Questions

Police

Police Finance

Police Funding

Police Vehicle Collisions

Police/Crime Statistics (Durham)

Police/Media

Policing

Prison Information Booklets

Prison Service Intranet

Prisoners (Communication Costs)

Prisons

Sexual Assault Referral Centres

Staff Custody Officers

Stolen Property

Student Visa Charges

Violent Crime (Northumbria)

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