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Commons Hansard for 10 March 2005 (Volume 431)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
29 January 2026 at 9.40am.
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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TREASURY
New Deal
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International Finance Facility
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Environment
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G7 Presidency
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European Union Budget
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Government Borrowing
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Child Tax Credit
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Minimum Wage
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Employment
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G7 Presidency
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First-time Buyers
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Tax
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Business of the House
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CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL
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Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
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Prevention of Terrorism Bill
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Heather Bell
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Written Statements
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ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Bridleways (Bolton)
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Air Pollution
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Animal By-Products Regulation
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Bovine Artificial Insemination
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Bovine TB
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Correspondence
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EU Committees
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Farm Subsidies
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Fisheries
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Flood Defences
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Food Safety (Imports)
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Foodstuff Importation
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Foot and Mouth
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Footpaths
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Harmful Cargoes
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Horse Exports
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Mr. David Blunkett
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Peat-free Soil Improvers
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Regional Bodies
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Regional Offices
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Sewerage
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Sudan 1
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Wind Farms
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Bird Control
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Cross-compliance
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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EU Export Refunds
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EU LIFE Directive
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Greenhouse Gases
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Milk Forum
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Departmental Costs
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Rendering
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Shooting Licences
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TREASURY
Tax Credits
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Unemployment
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Education
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Government Staffing
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Borrowing
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Tax Compliance
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Pre-owned Assets
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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Capping Criteria
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Car Parking
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Council Tax
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English Partnerships
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Growth Areas
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London Safety Plan
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RAF Aston Down
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CAMFED Projects
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Drug Treatments
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Iraq
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Palestine
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Relief Initiatives (HIPC)
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HOME DEPARTMENT
Antisocial Behaviour
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Asylum Seekers
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Correspondence
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Hunting
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Burglary (Hartlepool)
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Mental Health (Lancashire)
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Overseas Students
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Police/Crime Statistics (Durham)
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Police
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Prisons (Drug Testing)
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Special Constables
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West Mercia Police
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Alcohol
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Call Centres
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Economic Partnership Agreements
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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Energy Policy
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EU Committees
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Fuel Poverty
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Minimum Wage
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National Radiological Protection Board Report
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Parliamentary Questions
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Post Offices
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Vehicle Pricing
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EDUCATION AND SKILLS
A2-levels
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Capital Funding
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Regional Bodies
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Replacement Secondary Schools
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Retirement Awards
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Teachers (Student Loans)
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Teaching and Administrative Staff
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Tuition Fees
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HEALTH
Alcohol-related Deaths
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Avian Influenza
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Bone Marrow Donors
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Breast Cancer
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Dentistry
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Doctor Retention
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Healthy Eating
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Insect-borne Diseases
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Mental Health
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MRSA
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Obesity
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Patients' Information
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Pharmacy Contracts
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Residential Care (London)
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Saneline
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Staff Abuse (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals)
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Sudan 1
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Surplus Assets Sales
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Targets
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Transsexuals
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Trumpington House
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DEFENCE
Air Tanker Programme
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Atomic Weapons Establishment
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Camp Cropper
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Civil Servants (Gibraltar)
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Cluster Munitions
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Death in Service
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Gibraltar
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Iraq
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Military Police
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Military Tanker Capacity
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Naval Refit Contracts
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Naval Shipbuilding Implementation Study
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RAF
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RAF Flights (Ascension Island)
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Regiments
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RFA Argus
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Rosyth Dockyard
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Submarine Acquisition Study
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Surface Combatants
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Surface Ship Refits
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Targets
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Tornado Aircraft
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Trident
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UK Nuclear Capability
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Union Flag (Gibraltar)
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US National Ignition Facility
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Vice Chief of Defence Staff
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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
Cocaine (South America)
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European Constitution
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Oil for Food Programme
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Poppy Cultivation
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Sudan
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Surplus Assets Sales
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Suspected Terrorists
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UK Nuclear Weapons
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CABINET OFFICE
Butler Committee
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EU Rapid Reaction Civil Emergency Force
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Asbestos (Trains)
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Cabra Towers
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Mobile Phones
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Alzheimer's Disease
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Children's Fund
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Crohn's Disease
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Planning (Strangford)
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Psychiatry
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Sewerage
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Social Workers
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WORK AND PENSIONS
Dementia Benefits
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EU Committees
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European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
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Social Fund Applications
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Targets
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Unemployment Programme
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