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Commons Hansard for 18 March 2005 (Volume 432)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
4 December 2025 at 9.11am.
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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Orders of the Day
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Smoking in Public Places (Wales) Bill
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Telecommunications Masts (Planning Control) Bill
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Remaining Private Members' Bills
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Community Websites
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Written Statements
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Written Answers to Questions
Transport
Airport Security Staff
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Cycle Lanes (York)
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Driving Licences
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Heathrow Airport
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Kerrier Home Zone Project
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Local Authority-sponsored Schemes
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London Underground
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Speed Cameras
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Train Cancellations
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Treasury
Accidents
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Drug Deaths
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Economic Growth
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EU Finances
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School-age Children (Essex)
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Energy Policy
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Home Department
Alcohol Confiscation
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Correspondence
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Passports
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Police Training
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Prevention of Terrorism
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Work Permits
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Defence
2 Princess of Wales Regiment
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AWE Aldermaston
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Civil Servants (Gibraltar)
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Iraq
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RAF Manual of Flight Safety
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Resource Account Codes
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Trade and Industry
Accidents
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Bank Charges
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Corporate Responsibility
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Gas Market
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Industrial Disease (Compensation Claims)
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Nuclear Decommissioning
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Photovoltaics
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Renewables
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Unsolicited Phone Calls
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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Burma
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Burundi
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Cuba
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Cyprus
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India
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Nuclear Weapons
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Deputy Prime Minister
Council Tax (North Somerset)
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Departmental Accounts
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Fire Service
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Local Government
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal By-Product Regulation
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Avian Flu
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Bovine Tuberculosis
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Cetaceans
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Chemicals (EU Authorisation)
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Climate Change
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Countryside Stewardship Scheme
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Emissions
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Fallen Stock
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Fisheries
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Flood Defences (Sheerness)
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Fuel Poverty
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Pet Animals
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Radiation Risks
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Radioactive Waste
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"Securing the Future"
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State Veterinary Service
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Wildlife Crimes
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Work and Pensions
Benefit Fraud
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Council Tax Benefit
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Fuel Direct
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Homeless People (Education)
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Income Statistics
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Jobseeker's Allowance
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Low-income Households (Weston-super-Mare)
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New Deal
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Skills Training (Over-50s)
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Income Support (Tamworth)
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Northern Ireland
Businesses (Strangford)
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Cross-border Bodies
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Downpatrick Regional Planning Office
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Inward Investment
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NHS (Private Operations)
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Health
Cancelled Operations
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Childhood Leukaemia
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Children's Hospices
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Community Hospitals
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Doctors
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Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
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Food Labelling
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Forensic Medical Examiners
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Health Promotion
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Health Spending
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Hepatitis
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Hospital Waiting Times
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Lancashire Ambulance Trust
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Medical Treatment (European Countries)
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Midwifery
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Paddington Health Campus
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