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Commons Hansard for 12 July 2005 (Volume 436)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 8 December 2025 at 9.32am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id ba144e5d-6593-45e2-b267-a93f2ce7b079)
Prayers (item number 2) (id f691ba06-7e3c-4501-a695-6f9e42afb5fa)
Computer Misuse (item number 4) (id 91b26c46-63cb-4545-a4e8-d1bab406b19c)
Opposition Day (item number 5) (id 57697f5a-df51-4b8f-b8f2-f843038a5331)
Licensing Act 2003 (item number 6) (id d85830a2-1849-4c1a-90b8-f51031ac44ef)
Identity Cards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (item number 7) (id 0de0aa4e-4fb8-4490-8b0f-bfbfb7e5b7a8)
Delegated Legislation (item number 8) (id ae5ccd7f-4541-45bd-8a29-613ae5b89092)
Met Office (Aberdeen) (item number 10) (id 8b4611a3-9a4f-42af-9f49-05ea609c31af)

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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Ahmadi Muslim Community (item number 1) (id d1b94d69-d0d1-4252-9985-48cd27e91f27)
Chechnya (item number 1) (id 1dbb115b-77ac-40ba-b639-6267103694b4)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id f6c1c9da-1158-468f-b7fc-a91380969890)
Corruption (item number 1) (id 2aca77af-87a0-4e2a-bfd0-679b9ffe7975)
Council of Europe Youth Foundation (item number 1) (id 2c369023-4680-4d9c-88c6-f009f498ac62)
Kyrgyzstan (item number 1) (id f20b94df-6610-4005-90ba-5e1f4f85aa32)
Eastern Europe (item number 1) (id d7b45ed8-480e-409a-8eef-44df11cc7ade)
EU Constitution (item number 1) (id 01173c04-b52c-4a18-85a4-591d6c5f59c8)
EU Membership (item number 1) (id 654d30b1-954d-4a70-82b1-291a3fbd0797)
EU Transparency (item number 1) (id 094b00f7-3fd6-46f3-89b0-3d5af9f1d0aa)
European Union (item number 1) (id 09cd00b0-588d-4f2f-bab8-104bbe0125e5)
Fissile Missile Cut-off Treaty (item number 1) (id ede4de5e-517a-4b90-84bc-28e7a9831700)
France (Gypsies) (item number 1) (id 23578657-0a9b-420d-96c9-96f4826768f8)
G8 Summit (item number 1) (id dedb8de7-ef1c-493a-b964-fe8cd7d626ac)
Human Rights Council (item number 1) (id 197ea1d5-6f27-4d52-bb07-8bd1badd2447)
Inter Institutional Agreement on Better Lawmaking (item number 1) (id 512f1a57-c89d-4296-bfc9-3eb71ee1da9f)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 81d56cbb-972e-4458-a459-15a005298c94)
Israel (item number 1) (id 853ca356-df4b-4325-9596-6afd1c56eb7d)
Middle East (item number 1) (id 14a34414-3dc8-4704-920d-81f1d4861918)
Sir Donald Tsang (item number 1) (id 94463896-833c-4a3a-9dde-e77f4ed21c92)
Sudan (item number 1) (id 5596d710-3325-4094-a271-510393b4e22a)
UK Consular Services (item number 1) (id dbb09b0f-f872-4cba-9d40-45769cb78932)
Uzbekistan (item number 1) (id 1474928f-4eb6-4073-9e54-9df4619bc306)

Treasury

ATMs (item number 1) (id fdcfe067-6b05-460e-8da4-d5831975d984)
Bedfordshire (Statistics) (item number 1) (id e6ee11c7-eb3d-4245-a609-cce36247c6cf)
Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates (item number 1) (id 3a75d964-48d3-43d4-bf2f-2cc55cc05f7b)
Breast Cancer (item number 1) (id 1d93512d-d62c-4038-bb76-f66aa369d580)
Census (item number 1) (id c058c5e7-783c-4581-80bd-7b61f9e53878)
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Hiatt Handcuffs (item number 1) (id 7891987b-a25a-4900-8961-e46d717e6132)
Hospital-acquired Infections (item number 1) (id 4a56bc55-0e26-4885-b9f1-98d5ce8cfb29)
Illegitimate Births (item number 1) (id 6968cd3a-481b-4687-a0b4-1b262c09533a)
Inland Revenue (item number 1) (id d75e80cc-94ca-41eb-8473-3b7d99b858bf)
Oil Prices (item number 1) (id b3256db0-96ad-4d6d-a152-b3f9663f9ef6)
Petrol Prices (item number 1) (id 541b36ab-e9c6-4278-b8c3-2b39d301ee90)
PFI Projects (item number 1) (id 4c4426f1-0b8d-4784-9c80-4133be679f25)
Population Statistics (item number 1) (id 7b8e2541-5aa4-4968-98b0-95b301b4672c)
Press Officers (item number 1) (id e4542acd-2665-4281-8c6e-94f7b6a509a1)
Procurement Directive (item number 1) (id 7ae04a18-c95b-4cf1-b5f7-a0ed54737b36)
Public Bills (item number 1) (id 1176352a-329f-4e56-ab2e-b3a806bd71d3)
Self-invested Personal Pensions (item number 1) (id 0353ee2a-348e-4b57-af99-6fddc96e25ab)
Single Mothers (item number 1) (id 346e2c2f-09dc-4136-9159-81e26512c3f3)
Substance Abuse (Scotland) (item number 1) (id b7513fd8-7f1e-4262-82ed-ef03b8e947bd)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 1b71e961-411d-49b1-80f9-a82a34df7773)
Testicular Cancer (item number 1) (id e02a7e7e-a2a5-42e9-824d-433737296b51)
Unleaded Petrol (item number 1) (id ff859a30-380c-4cc4-8d4b-905bceeb1326)

Home Department

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Airwave (item number 1) (id 609a1339-b275-466c-a19d-64ef079007c7)
ASBOs (item number 1) (id 230f6368-a288-463e-ae55-5d7d0d7457c8)
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Asylum Seekers (item number 1) (id 5f654ff0-fe8e-48e4-be41-adf84fffad2c)
Community Support Officers (item number 1) (id 6991383b-ca5b-4a1c-b091-e171029c1538)
Consultants (item number 1) (id 8dcb6fbf-3b7e-4e99-beb6-bd98e6933e09)
Extradition (item number 1) (id ccb5e4e8-ad9d-462a-972c-83cd8ce6d616)
Fine Defaulters (item number 1) (id 49fc591f-67f3-4975-b2f1-b54df75ba6ad)
Identity Cards (item number 1) (id eb15c62b-70b0-4fbb-be52-ff54bea3b824)
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Licensing (item number 1) (id 6ece27a7-91e0-41f5-9d8a-63a68be138f9)
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Mini-Motos (item number 1) (id cc3f55d6-5cc4-44d8-86f2-a84d6a48c333)
National Firearms Register (item number 1) (id e5a23558-09e8-4cd5-bdc3-cc0d843f59e7)
National Offender Management Service (item number 1) (id 03eec47f-2604-4166-901b-79cb7b57b220)
Off-licence Sales (item number 1) (id 16360847-dbf6-4dc5-a3c2-04e28a8b112c)
Passports (item number 1) (id 07a47b37-ecb6-4dee-9ead-7ce3aaed2056)
Prisons (item number 1) (id 6b6e5920-66f8-4bc2-ac5b-e2c64e6095c3)
Probation Service (item number 1) (id 29fc557e-094a-4541-aa26-e28f18562d56)
Proceeds of Crime Act (item number 1) (id 5bddd815-2ab9-43d2-be85-b72b6580eaba)
Rape Trials (item number 1) (id 770977a2-8555-4b00-912a-9a86a2f05b1a)
Sentencing (item number 1) (id ad291ed8-5aa0-4113-a42a-6e213f081587)
Target Shooting Ranges (item number 1) (id 04e9e8e6-2897-4c3d-add9-aa8150ac73ba)
Treatment/Rehabilitation of Offenders (item number 1) (id 8209337c-1c6a-46df-8dd4-db9c23540ac1)
Vandalism (item number 1) (id 3a12f886-5b89-456c-b1c7-9e67da845c18)
Volunteering (item number 1) (id f126a798-29a4-414c-b6c5-a8b7bc5f14e5)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Testing (item number 1) (id 2d16a9db-240e-4ffa-b26c-b770502d8752)
Bovine TB (item number 1) (id 7c5e31ac-f6ad-4150-9ff4-b5e68225785e)
Beef Imports (item number 1) (id 81efda32-7b4d-4a2b-9fa1-077a7c490ffd)
Biofuels (item number 1) (id 6919ef41-56fd-440b-883a-7bc866be7294)
Carbon Emissions (item number 1) (id 196cbb47-0683-4b97-a048-d7243e4a974f)
Cattle Ear Tags (item number 1) (id a9476c45-4ce6-4deb-ba13-aad4ae17c8d4)
Farm Plastics (item number 1) (id dbc898a3-2873-42ab-a2a9-eb6fb5d32565)
Fishing Licences (item number 1) (id d670b33f-6c9b-4239-bc3e-504988f81421)
Foot and Mouth (item number 1) (id 94f7cbc3-036d-4a6b-8b64-1588aaffaa66)
Nappies (item number 1) (id d46ec3dd-d9b1-42c2-9d71-902acfad94bc)
Neasden Goods Depot (item number 1) (id 627963f6-b306-4510-94c8-7bb3ec07c71d)
Oil Leakages (item number 1) (id 358e0b26-7211-4903-8fcc-8f8e8efb5d6b)
Pollution (item number 1) (id a977f44d-0247-4f56-9f9f-c82ce37cae3e)
Railway Line (Gerrards Cross) (item number 1) (id 6cd8e5d3-131e-4d34-92ad-6487e188e56c)
Red Tractor Logo (item number 1) (id 98e9c71c-0382-4573-9bf0-3f1c10f8bf1a)
River Itchen (Toxic Waste) (item number 1) (id 4e1aeb44-5bc4-4a00-b5f6-d8872c4a99dd)
Rural Payments Agency (item number 1) (id 8fcc02b8-2744-4fe2-b338-d2098b82a006)
Tallow (item number 1) (id 642f161f-8d5c-41ec-8d7d-11c6fbe14f72)
Tenant Farming (item number 1) (id 1909f6d0-26a1-4d17-b299-7dca3a477391)
Veterinary Surgeons (item number 1) (id 5a48adef-f9c0-428b-8f04-8a8403bee1e2)
Waste Disposal (item number 1) (id dfd3195a-202c-4a99-b671-1083d4f26c16)

Deputy Prime Minister

Advertising (item number 1) (id 59812e0d-e60d-458b-9072-656da0bd45a8)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id 3699fb5c-b3ec-4703-bdff-0a1c698688d9)
Decent Homes Standard (item number 1) (id df66a0fd-2dfb-41c4-88b7-eb236ad28f02)
Departmental IT Projects (item number 1) (id 7fb72d70-71af-40a1-889a-b6b1d4a3b794)
Departmental Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 6a2ee00a-236e-49ba-a8e2-2417fbad9c22)
English Partnerships (item number 1) (id b16198e5-5581-4ef2-9388-b084358fde2d)
E-projects (Funding) (item number 1) (id a1e7c71a-8cb1-4d01-8fbf-24df2b442202)
Fire Control Centres (item number 1) (id 95c596c2-638e-4cbf-98fc-26a1f2ed595a)
Fire Extinguishers (item number 1) (id 5f19707e-21c4-4707-b013-2dc67cd12456)
Fire Stations (Essex) (item number 1) (id df72cc71-cd39-49ee-a7cd-d0373d7c9b0e)
Flood Risks (item number 1) (id 452108d5-a9cd-4300-b210-a12d08e56e93)
Floodplains (item number 1) (id bd047aaf-1581-4bca-9f6f-cbde5f3bc6f7)
House Fires (item number 1) (id f32fa054-1675-475c-b393-a876e20e49d6)
Housing (item number 1) (id e380ab3a-e1c4-474a-84f9-7e3ff5b70d0d)
Housing Development (Flood Risk) (item number 1) (id 4e5fd9cc-b7cb-442e-8c44-88ba726d3873)
Micro-bikes (item number 1) (id 4637d30f-6a98-457e-9eaa-ad24951d01d5)
Morecambe (item number 1) (id e52a661c-bc22-4132-8448-68f586159fd0)
Population Growth (item number 1) (id fe554c0c-0ce2-4e50-96b7-3f8097e931d4)
Right-to-buy Scheme (item number 1) (id 57b45280-f9f7-44b8-a94b-c0f7d17a2614)
Social Landlords (item number 1) (id c50be475-2ca1-42ba-ad23-77fd7fb8e83a)
Special Constables (item number 1) (id cc8b2a5e-210b-4ef2-9f60-bb5c38d6e1f5)
UK Accreditation Service (item number 1) (id 657e53c5-fd92-41d8-9890-ce11a93151eb)

Health

Electronic Data (item number 1) (id 86eba945-205b-451c-b10a-f6c572bf7bb5)
Patients' Needs (Lichfield) (item number 1) (id dc848f97-2136-405b-97ce-c29b83a083e0)
Dentistry (item number 1) (id de074e8d-982d-4b58-b3d9-e18fc5d9ee26)
Junior Doctors (Working Time Directive) (item number 1) (id 0fc43a67-3a39-461a-bba8-b7c53738e60b)
Myeloma (item number 1) (id a6e5b802-ba1d-404e-845a-49f60545515e)
Cervical Smear Tests (item number 1) (id d79cd38d-c9b8-45b5-83e0-059612f8a5f4)
Primary Care Trusts (item number 1) (id c0a1f850-f23a-474b-a998-570933014a0c)
Digital Hearing Aids (item number 1) (id 7705c558-c253-4f3c-b7d0-64416e8e800a)
Coronary Bypass Grafts (item number 1) (id 7efbf06c-65ff-4c8d-86cd-7559abbfe18e)
Alzheimer's/Dementia (item number 1) (id 6085110c-1293-49a3-9ce9-0075672c860a)
Hepatitis C (Prison Inmates) (item number 1) (id 00f8931c-510f-443c-bac7-e335e67ed4c5)
GP Practices (item number 1) (id 7907134c-21cb-461e-b2a8-eadd21ae1d2c)
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Bowel Diseases (item number 1) (id 694af1a3-a199-43d1-9451-5b999ac8207b)
Care Assistants (item number 1) (id 103f5612-925c-43c8-a2d2-8cee952ef9aa)
Community Equipment Services (item number 1) (id af857b8d-fe1a-4994-9498-046ecead5924)
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Financial Deficits (Trusts) (item number 1) (id 72f3e341-661a-4dbe-a799-50e7d8e14953)
Health Care Expenditure (item number 1) (id 696a1615-b062-4b4f-87ab-ba05c83b8c8d)
Health Outside Hospitals (item number 1) (id f93a57b5-83cf-4577-9276-ea0ca9bb55d4)
Waiting lists (item number 1) (id cc94d925-f3d4-4231-a02d-56ac45e351d1)
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Mental Health (item number 1) (id 44c692a6-b126-428b-8286-bfe2083edbd8)
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (item number 1) (id a41f6f06-74f0-4dfa-9308-54d815ad9c55)
NHS (Independent Providers) (item number 1) (id f8508567-f722-4ee5-a0a8-d679fd41419c)
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Occupational Therapists (item number 1) (id 8f615d6d-21b6-4e43-9166-3b17c1b73ce1)
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Primary Care (item number 1) (id 4b05c3e1-b298-4b1f-8743-7be145d8fa65)
Private Finance Initiative (item number 1) (id 61a5d380-abf2-4542-9527-390cd66b0989)
Public Engagement Contracts (item number 1) (id 453d765d-7c18-4f0b-8c97-0da7455a2814)
Radiographers (item number 1) (id 6e5aed32-19d8-4d8f-a4dd-b1c9abeaa06e)
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Solpaflex (item number 1) (id 2c3e85a4-7e28-4806-a833-5edc0e14ce8e)
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Walk-in Centres (item number 1) (id 0be2eb1f-4e5b-47b6-9f8a-3850905e7b48)

Education and Skills

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A-levels (item number 1) (id 7c7a6729-1c95-4bed-a96d-ac6bb65bf41e)
Children's Trusts (item number 1) (id 9450694c-22b2-4426-8e3e-ee68d374a47b)
Conferences (item number 1) (id 9c72e9aa-b772-4ee9-8a83-b8e37baa9668)
Dance and Drama Awards Scholarships (item number 1) (id e4952346-152b-4add-acc0-38dd65f5ae20)
Education (Sutton) (item number 1) (id db06f909-eee8-4ebb-8e62-854343dcc7b1)
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Free School Milk (item number 1) (id 7e3fc6b0-6060-4123-ba84-482fdee1563e)
Higher Education Initial Participation Rate (item number 1) (id 6a27de6d-5769-40f1-b387-c2b6ac544dfa)
Homework (item number 1) (id 0ff79d9b-bb95-4b6c-90bf-c804cc68536a)
Korean Studies (item number 1) (id 73254312-5a6c-464e-8052-d4f89704f5b5)
Private Finance Initiative (item number 1) (id a67364ca-c540-4725-b831-d7d09ed90780)
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Secondary Education (item number 1) (id cac2bfc7-0e19-4239-a05d-e108e7e031e8)
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Uxbridge Academy (item number 1) (id 622fcfef-0435-40d6-9e5d-58c53b1a64e3)

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