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Commons Hansard for 3 March 2005 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
4 December 2025 at 8.56am.
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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Trade and Industry
Manufacturing
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Deep Coal Industry
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Data Protection Scams
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Solar Photovoltaics Programme
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Clear Skies Initiative
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Engineering (West Midlands)
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Work-life Balance
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Software Patents
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Minister for Women
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Parental Needs
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Equal Pay
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Clause 11 — Failure to give notice of sums in arrears
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Orders of the Day
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Consumer Credit Bill
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Delegated Legislation
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
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Avian Flu
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Beef Market
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Biofuels
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Cattle
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Cancer
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Committee on Radioactive Waste Management
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Climate Change
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Countryside Agency
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Deer
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Fallen Stock Scheme
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Farm Income
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FOI Requests
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Foot and Mouth
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Greenhouse Gases
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Marine Protection
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Single Farm Payments
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Soil
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UN Environment Programme
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Wheat
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Globalisation
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Nuclear Power
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Premium Telephone Numbers
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Radioactive Emissions
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Steel Industry
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Home Department
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Feltham Young Offender Institution
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Fresh Talent Initiative
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Judicial System
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Personation
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Culture, Media and Sport
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Deputy Prime Minister
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Northern Ireland
Asylum Seekers
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Education Funding
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Hearing Screening Programme
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Housing
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Homelessness (Intimidation)
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Interface Schools Initiative
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Transport
A74 (Improvement Scheme)
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Crossrail
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Gaelic Language
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Hauliers (Working Time Restrictions)
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Gibraltar
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Iraq
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Education and Skills
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Freedom of Information
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Council Tax Benefit
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Departmental Policies
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Departmental Expenditure
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Financial Assistance Scheme
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Growth Areas (Funding)
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Job Vacancies
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Pension Credit
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Pensions Act 1995
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Personal Advisers
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Prescribed Disease A11
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Private Pensions
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