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Commons Hansard for 24 March 2005 (Volume 432)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 4 December 2025 at 9.20am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 4dda94be-8b75-4998-bb43-c1200bd22f30)
Prayers (item number 2) (id adce3098-a2ca-4ba0-b341-c4127001dd5b)
Attorney-General (Advice on Iraq) (item number 4) (id df19050b-e405-4383-afd8-4acde6458b46)
European Council (item number 5) (id 396d9b71-8bcd-466a-88dd-a3ab3fe15420)
Business of the House (item number 6) (id 920bba19-b3aa-497f-817c-8a18464dec89)
Point of Order (item number 7) (id 28dd0dcc-1a9f-44d6-9185-ff8aecf35217)
Royal Assent (item number 8) (id 114d55a5-8c86-44dc-99bf-77193e993b42)
Bill Presented (item number 9) (id 9d02972a-ce7b-4878-9e2c-fb920bdf2a6e)
Adjournment (Easter) (item number 10) (id ecbd295f-0c1f-4792-8d43-8bc4124a9bf2)
Mr. Giles Carlyle-Clarke (item number 11) (id ae999b72-291a-4542-ad65-7bab23b1feca)

Written Statements

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Written Ministerial Statements (item number 1) (id 66885ba4-4a9f-4476-a6ac-1d4f0657e58b)

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Written Answers to Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Area Aid (item number 1) (id c22dd835-80a6-4300-a846-9716110c1a44)
Bees (item number 1) (id b6f37053-1e2f-44db-9814-405fa42b510c)
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Departmental Budget (item number 1) (id 2e9b2a04-8d4c-41da-b8fb-822fd74f95eb)
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Trade and Industry

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Defender Sale (item number 1) (id 47f5b94f-4f07-4d2e-8fbf-c21fcd5bfbb3)
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EU Committees (item number 1) (id 8b065c27-df59-46d2-b685-c19643cdfe90)
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Gas Appliances (item number 1) (id 9b0876b1-7491-48c8-858e-23ff7f967a1b)
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Plutonium (item number 1) (id ad6676f8-a238-4034-bb69-5a2b39adf9de)
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Road Safety (item number 1) (id c8e758af-d1c7-40df-8bbd-63c84cd28320)
Sheffield Europe Week (item number 1) (id 06d8a4ca-a3d9-486e-b06c-c96396669c4e)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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China (item number 1) (id 367ebee0-40ad-4d73-a74b-1579ccd67feb)
Death Penalty (item number 1) (id 4ae73028-1c6d-4c94-9466-bdd34fb9b064)
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European Constitution (item number 1) (id 7735fbc3-58bb-4492-b7f4-004e080fb3a9)
European Union (item number 1) (id f5e5481f-b555-4a52-a3b1-72a7a71eb378)
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Holy See (item number 1) (id a5e28d2f-59ea-4e03-bc52-b61a90f38df9)
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Mr. Peter Dun (item number 1) (id 03f79f63-2b6e-4cf2-830f-2ce53d5f3da9)
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Education and Skills

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Accidents (item number 1) (id eeefe3ac-0df3-4561-bf2d-77a4659776ed)
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Children's Commissioner for England (item number 1) (id 218dad84-9577-44ef-a75d-f3493c781436)
Stourbridge (item number 1) (id c824126f-1ffe-465f-b3fb-3ee5ee6d53f3)
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Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id 6caaf64b-b615-4ccd-a818-013b3ad50b18)
Physical Education (SEN Pupils) (item number 1) (id 7e403ca6-5d93-4c74-b821-c2e5f61ba3b7)
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Targets (item number 1) (id 44b17874-c8fd-45b6-b840-84b23e3cb87e)
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Health

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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (item number 1) (id e36e778b-bf4d-4abd-a3f2-ba0ab673a523)
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Targets (item number 1) (id fe294f79-5750-4496-9a09-4b269fa2f65c)
Telephone Numbers (item number 1) (id 2f7c9cce-a472-4dcd-9db8-e7600030c299)
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