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Commons Hansard for 5 April 2005 (Volume 432)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 4 December 2025 at 9.24am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 0ca03cb6-256a-49fa-9ac7-fc2285c5fc59)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 7ab4f1d1-8777-44d9-ae28-7209eece00f8)
Private Business (item number 3) (id beb1777a-9c25-450a-b665-dbca5a3c1f47)
Business of the House (item number 5) (id 824d4c2b-ae7c-4060-830b-3b2616638d76)
Postal Voting (item number 6) (id cb0e3dff-6bde-4dfb-a5d7-70584fda3f57)
Point of Order (item number 7) (id 516df247-cb86-46c0-9bce-50a3f9c55176)
Computer Misuse Act 1990 (Amendment) (item number 8) (id dd9e5d0e-652d-418b-9e3c-beaec9305cc7)
Orders of the Day — Equality Bill (item number 9) (id 3575cc2e-27e7-405a-bdb2-1ed1218046d4)
Mental Capacity Bill (Programme) (No. 4) (item number 10) (id 9ae5d0f6-c74c-45cf-b48b-0c804f575b7f)
Mental Capacity Bill (item number 11) (id 749c7066-c1c5-43c0-bda7-0e07819b07c2)
HIV/AIDS (Africa) (item number 12) (id d23b38b4-1755-4b20-b46b-642a4034182a)

Written Statements

Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.

Written Ministerial Statements (item number 1) (id d7c932f0-cb47-474d-8a89-0eba854d3f7e)

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Written Answers to Questions

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Middle East (item number 1) (id 23d8db16-ec6b-4624-b32d-5dd4f679f780)
Darfur (item number 1) (id 4925d79a-40c8-4b82-bab3-2750ac955b8b)
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Cotonou Agreement (item number 1) (id a3c52af8-1a85-4bd9-bf59-5a5f70e51cce)
Cyprus (item number 1) (id 5b2854d3-c7d3-4555-be63-7c4270279822)
Departmental Structures (item number 1) (id 3953105c-7421-49a1-ac9c-aad7602569c3)
EU Presidency (item number 1) (id c3323a42-6105-4db4-a932-a19fd7d28dde)
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European Council (item number 1) (id 70769917-de0b-4565-bf47-6252aa8fe970)
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Iran (item number 1) (id 7d70e492-2730-4551-b99d-4dbcaf6b5e4d)
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Middle East (item number 1) (id 9fdfc040-7953-4bc3-a27b-c4ac6ff359a2)
Mr. Nick Baker (item number 1) (id ebfe241a-c41a-4594-a189-80aa1be8506f)
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Education and Skills

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Autism (item number 1) (id 976d1fa5-ce04-49cd-8dc6-6e48aec85648)
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Correspondence (item number 1) (id 2e90b196-8e1e-41a9-9ada-ac3917b254be)
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Immigration and Asylum Skills Body (item number 1) (id 3b55368e-66a4-4058-a89a-5213a929280f)
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Sure Start (item number 1) (id 8f006e4c-97b8-4753-8849-dc62c479365d)
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Home Department

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Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0df0c9b6-9b9b-4f1e-899c-350b5c1568f6)
Credit Card Fraud (item number 1) (id 1a698142-d847-4df4-92d2-963f57f761f0)
Deaths Abroad (item number 1) (id 2e51b263-92b2-4115-9bc9-c73bd7fd283c)
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Equip for Service (item number 1) (id 52881ddc-10ed-4e2e-a8b8-67eaeb7882b0)
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International Terrorism (item number 1) (id 509f5033-896b-4ac4-9d7a-12235f14e36e)
Members' Security (item number 1) (id 8135158e-183e-49a5-b1cc-1351f08ce37a)
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National Offender Management Service (item number 1) (id 8f5da007-464f-4b39-bf6e-311f42b47568)
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Police (item number 1) (id faa49410-17df-4d0a-83d3-7b0b6ee576e8)
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Prisons (item number 1) (id 65cfeba2-10d0-42c3-93d5-f75cd934c878)
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Targets (item number 1) (id 0a4f1b80-308d-4773-a55f-c606b2403da3)
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Transport Staff (Assaults) (item number 1) (id c64e0542-d984-44fb-8837-d9362dc9c453)
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Northern Ireland

Antrim Hospital (item number 1) (id 62f27631-1de2-4149-9f45-37c1019db51f)
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Damage to Commercial Property (item number 1) (id 228c822c-d38d-445f-aa94-30900bfaa465)
Dentists (item number 1) (id 9d2ee650-bff8-4f75-b4da-c23290c11b16)
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Fishing (item number 1) (id 57da4b2c-8e90-451c-ada8-a8f02f4c80ea)
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Human Rights Commission (item number 1) (id a6ea2398-32fc-4d6b-a0b9-1f20f21da282)
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Legionnaire's (item number 1) (id 0f872b9c-66e2-4dc2-9eb6-7506b9119736)
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Methotrexate (item number 1) (id 2509527b-629b-4511-82d6-b44ba8f5a53d)
MRSA (item number 1) (id 6261a188-8509-4c86-ac5f-36cc107d1971)
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School Buildings (item number 1) (id 4ba8c31a-21ec-4270-a28f-e8492c40b3ed)
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Teaching (item number 1) (id 1ff14eb5-dfd1-4940-b714-573053aca0e7)
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Health

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Arthritis (item number 1) (id 5184618f-17c6-4865-b7e8-23076151ac1a)
Bed Occupancy (item number 1) (id 8369791f-bd07-4122-87f1-a8d03a89b0de)
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Clean Hospitals Summit (item number 1) (id d7663770-88a3-4cc5-8c2f-a50a48b8a4ee)
Commission for Social Care Inspection (item number 1) (id f861a76b-0907-4d73-b375-2b5dcb8bd3e9)
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Dementia (item number 1) (id b8ff64cd-fd4a-40b2-a662-39a1a267175f)
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Diabetes (item number 1) (id 969d53d3-6b82-4e66-8d59-178ccbfc37eb)
Direct Payments (item number 1) (id 7155171f-4c3a-4f7a-a163-87509fa71c62)
Drugs (item number 1) (id 0b6b6b9d-a326-4814-be93-5ce14ea18eec)
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Health Promotion (item number 1) (id 01a8dd87-39dd-4d2b-ad15-b7d4c09953ee)
Health White Paper (item number 1) (id 9e16e88d-6058-4535-9206-b7d65b089a4f)
HIV (item number 1) (id a81bb68b-777a-4b23-a118-3cdac8a95915)
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IVF (item number 1) (id 96181d2f-c2a8-4f62-ba47-9e9a818938df)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (item number 1) (id 1f13c02b-27c5-4b4a-b481-c68fc2fc2257)
Mental Health (item number 1) (id a4e0f17c-96ab-4299-b4a1-6c282500044d)
Ministerial Duties (item number 1) (id 24d649f6-5d19-4297-a142-3da85320fe15)
Mrs. A. Murphy (item number 1) (id dbb1e9e6-8d51-4024-82d6-88207eb50bba)
MRSA (item number 1) (id 1b6ff2a8-8607-4514-9853-a31845d197cd)
Neo-natal Care (item number 1) (id def1139a-428b-4278-8d67-6ecd40a12003)
NHS Finance (item number 1) (id d6fc067c-8cd5-4e57-a2e2-149f3835b154)
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Obesity (item number 1) (id 9991d45c-8f00-476e-af36-d23e073cc1aa)
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SANE (item number 1) (id 2d32cd4c-411e-4ccb-98b7-4aee42bdea9a)
Scanning (Waiting Times) (item number 1) (id ca59328a-d18a-411b-a67b-49cf82f1957f)
Schizophrenia (item number 1) (id 83cb2f22-14cb-4777-8ce1-6aeb5c713012)
Stroke Care (item number 1) (id f3650ca0-1878-4b0f-9ceb-124c15465e42)
Tuberculosis (item number 1) (id 06b876b6-5f82-44ad-b989-9100abca63c0)
University Hospital, North Durham (item number 1) (id 04f2d6ab-6dc1-46f9-847c-052671deaf7d)
Waiting Times (North-west) (item number 1) (id bee6aad8-dac4-4c77-b2c9-96aecdc8e942)
Social Care (Direct Payments) (item number 1) (id dc7a2499-df9e-4467-97cc-0fe4437fe7c8)

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