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Commons Hansard for 13 October 2005 (Volume 437)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
8 December 2025 at 9.59am.
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
Self-invested Pension Plans
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Economic Performance
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Child Poverty
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Debt Relief
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Tax Credits
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Retail Banking
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Business of the House
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Northern Ireland
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Orders of the Day
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Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
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Combating Benefit Fraud
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Rapid Transit Scheme (Belfast)
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VAT
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Creative Innovation
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New Deal and Welfare to Work
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Economic Cycle
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International Finance Facility
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Government Borrowing
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Steel Prices
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Revenue and Customs Merger
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Transport
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General Lighthouse Fund
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Left-hand Drive Limousines
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M5
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Road Fatalities (Hornsey and Wood Green)
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Trade and Industry
Business Start-ups
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Commission for Racial Equality
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eContentplus Programme
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New Businesses
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Regional Government
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WarnTone System
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Home Department
Firearms
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Identity Cards
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Impact Nominal Index
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Payroll Giving
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Proceeds of Crime
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Sex Abuse Claims
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Substance Abuse
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Visas
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Weapons
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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Annajoy David Da-Bora
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Departmental Websites
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European Constitution
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Guantanamo Bay
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Nuclear-capable Countries
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Subsidiarity
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Culture, Media and Sport
Olympic Games
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Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
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Royal Charter for UK Sport
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Welsh Legislation
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Education and Skills
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Children (Bereavement)
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Construction Workers (London)
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Correspondence
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Freedom of Information
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Science Teaching
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Sector Skills Councils
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Skills Shortages
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Special Needs (London)
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Sure Start
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Health
Abortions
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Blood Donation
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Influenza
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Mifepristone
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Pesticides
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Smoking
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Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority
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Timber
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Work and Pensions
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Freedom of Information
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Winter Fuel Payments
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Constitutional Affairs
Commercial Court
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Freedom of Information Act
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Law Society
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Prisoners' Voting Rights
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Unsafe Gravestones
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Northern Ireland
Child Protection Services
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Dementia
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Education and Library Boards
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Enzyme Disorders
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Equal Opportunities
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