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Commons Hansard for 17 November 2005 (Volume 439)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 9 December 2025 at 12.02pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 2f5f631f-1d9f-48a7-b33f-f4ff554f67c5)
Prayers (item number 2) (id c0ebaba5-40f9-4bc5-9d0f-cefabc47805f)
Business of the House (item number 4) (id be197f1e-8ec6-4b46-bbd6-e0090b48e0d2)
Defence Airfields Review (item number 5) (id 8028f204-2b71-4ce2-a6d3-cf7ee4a39f57)
Points of Order (item number 6) (id e5c4ffeb-43cd-40e1-a142-ebd2cba71209)
Defence in the United Kingdom (item number 7) (id d5f47a89-9f4a-4e7e-ba22-9b6be0d89fee)
Michael Shields (item number 8) (id cd78fa94-1504-4980-83c7-b0082247e47e)

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 d1a9046c-c404-4384-a5f6-ea2ca18cc454)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Offshore Wind Turbines (item number 1) (id 31bc59bb-bb29-42e5-8162-720f5e9df73e)
Biodiesel (item number 1) (id 64407158-8c83-4cdb-815f-a59010dafbfe)
Energy Consumption (item number 1) (id cc21442a-3a59-47d4-a74c-d8f3accb0877)
Fish Stocks (item number 1) (id b6ff72db-c5fb-4bfc-8e58-73e6f575a291)
0870 Numbers (item number 1) (id 4be4fe11-7926-4094-9761-2c6d256b1d13)
Animal Snares (item number 1) (id b913d466-fba6-42a1-bd17-8b190bf64238)
Bee Hive Inspection (item number 1) (id f43b68e1-b897-4563-ab16-2d140d6beb03)
Bee Keeping/Research (item number 1) (id 3cbb9529-94e5-4ad5-8387-0d927a26612b)
Beef (item number 1) (id d6bcfbd3-b947-46f5-953b-ca6558d6666b)
Bottled Water (item number 1) (id 1f24b36d-8fe4-4b59-abf9-b019b8030087)
Bypasses (Aylesbury Vale) (item number 1) (id e188cd05-2200-4658-b59f-b2ed1af538a4)
Cattle Passports (item number 1) (id 4d491a13-01c1-41b3-a0d2-6593aabd096f)
Common Agricultural Policy (item number 1) (id 352321be-1ea4-48bd-82a1-c66008cae1be)
Departmental Estates (item number 1) (id 118c9125-7141-4fe6-8b43-5d8acc273b92)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 7e7d1004-45a8-4542-b932-d8d3a39c032f)
Endangered Species (item number 1) (id 56f5a899-c4d4-45ae-9759-9a1bc49e7799)
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Fruit Growing (item number 1) (id b211c41d-af5c-4fcb-82e9-414c14785471)
Horse Passports (item number 1) (id 5e287d41-4cd9-4c94-9e52-8c265ad16aa9)
Hunting (item number 1) (id 94b5e4d4-7d7e-4616-885b-329731e48f4d)
IT Projects (item number 1) (id f41b99fa-dea1-4abe-957a-f1c0f8a71f48)
Live Animal Imports (item number 1) (id 685e55fb-a05b-4b52-98e3-a03dac370ded)
Orchards (item number 1) (id 28d50a00-bb68-49f4-91a3-d72cc39bccc9)
Pet Travel Scheme (item number 1) (id bdf4b3ff-0fe7-431d-8893-8d5c38b3fb0f)
Poultry Industry (item number 1) (id c9c063a6-8237-41e0-a1b6-5ab6141f79d5)
Revenue Funding (Hemel Hempstead) (item number 1) (id acca7083-9ca1-4d14-8e51-868a66697898)
Rights of Way (item number 1) (id f8313306-1662-439a-814f-02daa8f6924c)
Roof-nesting Gulls (item number 1) (id 9ef8da7a-6e6f-4ad7-b054-b24edb0a4147)
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Stewardship Scheme (item number 1) (id 246adc51-321d-4cf6-b978-5c127c422edc)
Transport (Emissions) (item number 1) (id 470dd2ed-21fb-4098-a506-bffd179f6f22)
Water Voles (item number 1) (id fdb8d185-fac4-497b-9e4f-3d0010379339)
Wildfowl (item number 1) (id daba0d8b-a9fc-4991-a424-33bafe2410f4)

Home Department

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At-risk Children (item number 1) (id 43fc2f84-1963-47f8-ac93-0c4bb9306c5c)
Bail Hostels (item number 1) (id e1fb5751-1602-4e71-b5fb-c5c964f0bbd7)
Community Service Offenders (item number 1) (id 5ddea9ae-34cc-43d9-8f37-2d135cbfc7e6)
Counter-terrorism (item number 1) (id dfebbf44-ea0e-47eb-aaf6-22c4d2b27fa2)
Criminal Records Bureau (item number 1) (id 228ee308-5fa9-4417-a6d6-92b0eccb46ac)
De-activated Firearms (item number 1) (id 8bd8f70f-1b9b-44a8-983b-d082e542e419)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 22e569cf-f425-4215-ba8c-692568ac57fa)
DNA Database (item number 1) (id 558a346e-6ff3-417b-9ec7-7021a5a7272c)
Government Telecommunications (item number 1) (id cff43555-e5a8-460b-b42e-3b3a50fdbfe9)
Influenza Pandemic (item number 1) (id bd91434b-f839-4c19-8446-0ca15bac0469)
Malicious Damage Act (item number 1) (id 1393f498-8a5c-4232-911f-4b44a6fe9578)
Mental Health (item number 1) (id 09316584-441e-43fd-8c97-3c62d372fe1f)
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Neighbourhood Watch (item number 1) (id 7c90dbb8-0d2f-4014-be52-80d40cb31dd1)
Offences Against the Person Act (item number 1) (id fa811eca-4aa5-4670-b36f-fa8ced7564a4)
Police (item number 1) (id cc0329e7-c4e6-4368-b652-4c2b21440fc0)
Prison Service (item number 1) (id ef77b432-3ab7-435c-b568-6cd527463d29)
Prisoner Release (item number 1) (id b2d4f8e8-3d79-4347-aaa1-8c9e8575885e)
Prisons (item number 1) (id dc46d7df-bbb2-4809-9dbb-e3b854b4e060)
Probation Service (item number 1) (id 8cb2a12c-dd50-4f42-927e-1262a95a14cc)
Prostitution (item number 1) (id ce973a2e-a6c4-45f8-841a-776a2a9e6f52)
Protection from Harassment Act (item number 1) (id 2207dfcc-01bb-45f9-a01d-1e76850b144f)
Relocation (item number 1) (id 35ee2a88-6194-4337-8ec6-035c357da667)
Reoffenders (item number 1) (id 7669e480-f020-4261-9b4b-62cf8da93a6f)
Sexual Offenders (item number 1) (id 7681c33e-45bb-46c9-8dd8-103ac67fba64)
Terrorism (item number 1) (id 9536c77f-8563-4f78-8855-899df91ea46a)
Women Prisoners (item number 1) (id 795544ab-c637-4351-a011-b0cd4fe875e5)
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act (item number 1) (id ea614689-9ad5-4a26-aa52-e55afdf50e59)

Health

Auto-immune Diseases (item number 1) (id 4ce5d9c0-3fff-4ba2-b45a-c31b7014c4e7)
Cancelled Operations (item number 1) (id 6cabd6ca-e896-4e9f-837c-bfb27fbc9ec5)
Cancer (item number 1) (id 0606ed97-f224-43cf-ba25-285a54fd4fa0)
Capital Investment (Liverpool Hospitals) (item number 1) (id 050cd804-bf99-427e-b636-23791e94dccb)
Clinical Negligence Payments (item number 1) (id b1f25cf9-549b-49d2-9e0e-efab02900890)
Dentistry (item number 1) (id 5238d084-5366-425b-91e8-e136ae9f62bb)
Diagnostic Scans (item number 1) (id ef24d9aa-76d1-4599-b79d-530147964ba7)
Health Services (Contractors) (item number 1) (id 448b1db6-4954-41b2-8bfd-40e6574396c9)
Housing (item number 1) (id 7ca4b4b8-51d2-470c-9dee-b7ed856ec985)
Medway Primary Care Trust (item number 1) (id 67fe7817-a22d-475a-bddf-a80ed943e614)
Midwifery (item number 1) (id 3461e37e-bd46-4c1b-9f50-e3522817ef1b)
Morecambe Bay Hospital Trust (item number 1) (id 8c2e0beb-f053-4e0a-a962-93cdeef55b54)
National Service Framework for Older People (item number 1) (id a27b3f8b-d32f-4ff8-804c-613098548959)
NHS Employers (item number 1) (id e88a6cbe-d4fc-44e1-afa3-b63698038962)
NHS Finance (item number 1) (id 9d19026b-b9af-4136-b7c5-dba51dde4002)
Nurses (item number 1) (id 82204359-cc05-45fc-ae15-7c9843d6bf0d)
Primary Care Trust (Funding) (item number 1) (id 88d21f46-0a54-4136-8c85-5650176aec54)
Radiotherapy (item number 1) (id 6417e2aa-ed89-47dc-8ed3-561e84898a53)
Rehabilitation Services (item number 1) (id 983a7341-4d5b-4389-a2d3-f9101f270672)
School Nurses (item number 1) (id 7ddcc8b4-1743-49a8-88c8-612f0e5d4750)
Sleep Apnoea (item number 1) (id b60ae055-eeb2-4010-b41d-4518a5188d25)
Vaccinations (item number 1) (id 34b1372f-9c71-4150-a6f6-729f5bb71fcf)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Arms Trade (item number 1) (id 31b82572-339a-49e2-8e34-9b9ab32cc41f)
Burma (item number 1) (id d77b2a18-94ad-44f8-a875-83ffa8b756f2)
Call Centres (item number 1) (id d65d5def-0b48-415a-85ee-b68c567a7bf8)
China (item number 1) (id 2e92895d-c3b0-41ca-adbb-0e78b8935709)
Farm Subsidies (item number 1) (id 013b17c9-2835-455f-859f-8a8a71babccd)
Damages (item number 1) (id fcf4c7c0-6e9f-484a-8ca0-6217f1e12e64)
Departmental Assets (item number 1) (id 42c6a07f-43df-44be-8172-902e57489683)
Departmental Salaries (item number 1) (id eac7ec05-0e85-452d-95f3-e6c94d51430e)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 7106eaf3-5f45-49ec-9300-c470a45e6291)
EU Presidency (item number 1) (id 546cd1d2-1885-4541-80b5-2ef02dbbffc0)
Holy See (item number 1) (id b2895d43-cbbb-4535-9802-e18424d609ec)
Iraq (item number 1) (id aad571ef-2d7d-4621-ad81-c1d07a7aa10d)
Italy (item number 1) (id 2ad74044-6bbd-4ce8-aaf4-99f8aba1fcc0)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id 036d39ad-d442-44a8-8d15-76e72d45312b)
Nepal (item number 1) (id 35b0f2dd-65ed-476b-bdaa-af5774aedb20)
Nuclear Non-proliferation (item number 1) (id 611c5656-25f4-4a55-b509-353210e968ea)
Private Militia (item number 1) (id d4121c8d-8c34-4936-8e97-666dff31da96)
Retired Officers (item number 1) (id 0abfd05e-4bc3-45fd-9435-26402ebd6884)
South America (item number 1) (id 6e3b01e3-730a-4ab8-a55e-244408db219e)
Sudan (item number 1) (id 210d3200-7773-48d3-a786-6e09902e3064)
UK Ambassadors (item number 1) (id d4f53754-09ca-47d5-8365-626da2c455db)
UK Presidency (item number 1) (id 8f7437e1-01e0-4e61-9d85-0bae209f9068)
United States (Prince of Wales's Visit) (item number 1) (id 46eecc65-dc68-44d9-9d6d-6e85bc75004c)
Zanzibar (item number 1) (id 59cb5fe3-437f-41be-8858-2ca37abeaa31)

Northern Ireland

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Cancer Patients (Benefits) (item number 1) (id aa4a0d9a-c751-47dd-857d-37bb53ccf94a)
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Disabled Access (item number 1) (id f242b62c-7041-47f1-8ae5-fe3de44176bf)
Electronic Human Resources (item number 1) (id 86a99815-a70e-4c1f-87ae-35efdceddd60)
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Marine Bill (item number 1) (id b1545c66-029e-453f-9481-c1931cf96432)
Parades Commission (item number 1) (id 2234bdb1-3d66-4965-9fb9-19869ae74a16)
Pensioners Parliament (item number 1) (id d00c9676-17db-48c6-93bb-13f522caab54)
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Race Crimes (item number 1) (id d2e4974e-db90-461c-b8ae-5d744411eee9)
Retail Market (item number 1) (id f461d4ad-8ecc-413f-971d-fca5c66d54bf)
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Youth Funding (item number 1) (id 27a27646-9d2f-4b91-a99a-83c730ce0c7c)

Trade and Industry

Charities (item number 1) (id 791b40c4-0ec3-4a8e-8ee5-c6a1892fbaf7)
Clear Skies Programme (item number 1) (id 56eb4022-686d-48f4-a9ea-4954cef17e92)
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Criminal Offences (item number 1) (id 6c8634d3-1722-49d1-8492-36e6d2d73c6e)
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Departmental Sickness Absence (item number 1) (id 6d506e0c-db21-49a9-bf72-75097f0625d9)
Departmental Skills Development Plan (item number 1) (id 62af198c-7fc8-4515-8da7-ed564d9a7dd2)
Electricity Supply (item number 1) (id aa156c70-c3fe-49e8-9b59-66757e2eb5fd)
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Gender Equality (item number 1) (id ad0d388d-6b07-4ef5-a0dc-be5f0b81ef58)
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IT Projects (item number 1) (id bfe332d9-90ae-4501-a03d-ed2ebf3e373c)
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Medical Research Council (item number 1) (id e2de1696-5d97-4cfd-9adc-dd9e5ab8d103)
Microgeneration (item number 1) (id 0af1ff32-c698-4a7f-bb28-abc353c1efa6)
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Skills Sector (National Co-ordination) (item number 1) (id 28ccd22c-746b-49e0-a7de-9856c8b48521)
Solar Photovoltaics (item number 1) (id 58a401fa-d51a-48e7-9121-75f2360696c1)
Statistics of Trade Act (item number 1) (id 775dc14a-9be4-4d7f-b2ec-17089feaea19)
Two Roof Strategy (item number 1) (id 0a2ff27f-9ed5-4450-baf7-f12896012faa)

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