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Commons Hansard for 1 December 2005 (Volume 440)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 9.42am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id f4e0b002-6cbb-47fe-9fa1-f012dcee4ed7)
Prayers (item number 2) (id d100b463-220c-4c8b-ae2a-e6941dd87b7e)
Business of the House (item number 4) (id 62ea6b51-3c4d-496e-a9a4-d35b33640610)
Points of Order (item number 5) (id 6cdcaa5d-854f-45df-9479-aa1be203e76b)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id 50316a24-4af5-4718-94bc-7da07f7869fc)
Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Bill (item number 7) (id 387a77da-b08a-4dd6-8356-0c816e728986)
Delegated Legislation (item number 8) (id 2705af04-9531-455e-ae4e-3968871c7a3b)
Estimates (item number 9) (id 7ecc9890-c297-47ea-bec1-a83441cbda57)
NHS Dentistry (Durham) (item number 10) (id 806d8392-6913-4574-ae79-ce88a14e9758)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Defence

Afghanistan (item number 1) (id beef7efd-da35-4585-83ba-dac3e8f7e90e)
Army Vehicle Repairs (item number 1) (id fc651294-1206-4382-8de9-e038e0398b32)
Astute-class Submarines (item number 1) (id 05ffbdf8-eb41-4924-85e7-5e942a2198e9)
Departmental Assets (item number 1) (id 734d3286-40fe-46f1-91be-7a816a3c85cf)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id 8537c10c-7e06-4ef2-b0cc-f4369e8956cb)
Departmental Finance (item number 1) (id f41a8457-531a-4633-a50a-e0c282339cf9)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 39c1cb92-3ff0-4c5c-ad32-d523c426a050)
Dundalk Bombing (item number 1) (id bf4b19c7-b60a-4c14-8025-43a37c4bac33)
European Rapid Reaction Force (item number 1) (id c6f04971-3f8d-42ff-b697-b9ab66297614)
Fixed-wing Aircraft (item number 1) (id 29246317-a819-482f-9649-ea6b898734f2)
Gibraltar (item number 1) (id d726e1ba-845d-42c7-bf6e-e0c0d194bd7f)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 8c0cb8db-00cf-4309-9ded-2bc115339900)
Joint Combat Aircraft (item number 1) (id 3f606a44-8ea6-4682-a1cc-3d8da4b9951e)
Kenya (item number 1) (id 3a6234ee-c789-4452-a93d-503fc876ee24)
Mutual Defence Agreement (item number 1) (id 6096bafa-2cc2-40df-89cd-be7e7b21c8a1)
Public Service Agreements (item number 1) (id 38b08d85-0ff2-4fc7-99ef-524fc00325ca)
Royal Navy (Shore Establishments) (item number 1) (id eb42f2fe-c05d-44a2-b79e-d3b15120b61d)
Submarines (item number 1) (id 3e2360cd-0c80-4d4a-9499-6f85775c9b17)
Unarmoured Road Vehicles (item number 1) (id df060136-e8a8-489e-8aef-c8dd61973e1e)
Warships (item number 1) (id efd0ebf0-8b20-4289-ae1a-97608fc8f74d)

Northern Ireland

Adoption (item number 1) (id 4ffa542b-23de-494c-8532-98abd50c11bd)
Adult Illiteracy (item number 1) (id 6e3d7ac6-3961-4232-9f87-228519157794)
All-Ireland Free Travel Scheme (item number 1) (id ab34aae8-1de6-4110-b6db-ab653182fdaf)
Bankruptcies (item number 1) (id 957afa87-00be-44d8-99c8-1b7783bf4254)
Blue Badge Thefts (item number 1) (id 8ad72901-8a9e-43d4-a891-680688b5f178)
Bullying (item number 1) (id 4161f618-0eb3-4cf8-9626-f4c0f9b90052)
Consumer Debt (item number 1) (id 068de222-5b0e-4790-a568-fd99f85619c1)
Doctors and Nurses (item number 1) (id de80cb2a-a0dd-4a7f-90d1-1f5d1b8d9c57)
Emergency Contraception (item number 1) (id 2a1a349d-cfd1-4566-8b97-fc0bebbcfba0)
Family Planning Clinics (item number 1) (id e2f6a0b2-9fe2-46ff-9301-e3333a533f66)
Freelance Musicians (item number 1) (id 1db398cf-fecd-4ad0-9e7b-4d4b35676074)
Fugitives from Justice (item number 1) (id 3e8b33bc-9a4e-47f9-88f6-ca5a570743e1)
Hip Replacements (item number 1) (id 57becf9a-3f28-4830-a625-0f8c246ee8aa)
Hospitality Budgets (item number 1) (id 1cac6b3c-9895-4f2d-8d6b-1269549bc2d0)
Inward Investment (item number 1) (id 1dca0ff6-6013-415a-a79d-20bddd979201)
Mental Health Bill (item number 1) (id 912bf322-eae0-4d3b-a779-68e9deb14a08)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id c7cb0e9a-76c9-456e-bc6b-0844bd5dbb6e)
Murders (item number 1) (id fefb9476-7929-4dbb-8877-f0519437ee3b)
NHS (Elderly Staff) (item number 1) (id 7719094c-03e8-4632-8ca8-ea282e87ee7f)
Northern Ireland Assembly (Land Use Powers) (item number 1) (id 4a1cf819-4c8b-457e-a99c-8a25a7bdd409)
Nursing (item number 1) (id 9add19b1-5d54-454e-a64b-b47a53267b7b)
Parole (item number 1) (id 1db2059b-cb5c-42b6-8a26-6fe594a667c0)
Police (item number 1) (id 008ee356-c074-41a9-845b-1ef63e7861f6)
Prescriptions (item number 1) (id 5d0d4652-4eae-454a-a2d6-603f4c6d932c)
Prisons (item number 1) (id e75f8927-99c6-482c-b44d-27a6e3290866)
Magilligan Prison (item number 1) (id 67b5e077-f710-4c0c-9b0c-66382e0216ee)
Public Bodies (item number 1) (id 2a9e793a-aabb-4c21-8b6b-65f8dd89c73d)
Sentencing (item number 1) (id edff0215-4ba1-4cbb-b4a6-bb4b31986ebb)
Smoking (item number 1) (id e31c05c5-8abf-422f-ba60-00a01e492be6)
Stun Guns (item number 1) (id aadb1837-963f-479e-92ca-2542f90f9b30)
Translink (item number 1) (id cc69c0e0-c70b-44c8-80c1-62b1d5952fc6)

Health

Avian Influenza (item number 1) (id be140cf7-8745-4a8e-8568-a4d466d943a0)
Bed Occupancy (Dacorum) (item number 1) (id ead87bca-9c69-483d-901d-dd2cd49ed3ce)
Blood Transfusion Service (item number 1) (id f4df0702-8c56-42c0-81be-99f8f6364946)
Breast Cancer (item number 1) (id b7b2f126-478a-41b0-b4d8-d7b357efe753)
Dr. Ann David (item number 1) (id 6f23ed94-8ef2-410f-8580-f1bb88110d6c)
Dentistry (item number 1) (id 3958bfa3-5283-4147-bc01-9f0a2e7ba74b)
Health Protection Agency (item number 1) (id d21dfdf4-92bf-4d36-99f9-1670d32228cd)
Community Pharmacies (Uxbridge) (item number 1) (id 9cb4ecc8-3323-4d7b-bd9a-d3e18d7e08a2)
Influenza (item number 1) (id e1483cbf-cc9b-439e-a4ab-99d170a31149)
Mixed Sex Wards (item number 1) (id 9ff8e490-07f5-4725-90c4-5530c44f8648)
Northian and Broad Oak Surgeries (item number 1) (id fa11da73-e190-4961-a84f-a5bd7428e9c8)
Nutrition and Health Claims Directive (item number 1) (id 5de3896c-eca9-40bc-823e-bd071ad3f892)
Obesity (item number 1) (id 7d3dd4d5-4965-4298-81a9-3a30f714f0e0)
Organ Donation (item number 1) (id 875bef6d-0420-4193-b51b-2aa908d47517)
Patient and Public Involvement (item number 1) (id 14251682-2342-480e-952e-1c92df04cb79)
Pesticides (item number 1) (id b8c85a2e-0c6e-41dc-ab6d-4a082b6f8f5f)
Premature Babies (item number 1) (id 48b92c53-3cf9-4cca-9bc7-511b0fd56970)
Primary Care Trusts (item number 1) (id 12987262-77d8-401f-994c-0c50e99b7ea2)
Prostate Cancer (item number 1) (id cc653f6a-c25b-48d5-9141-fc1e46f76d59)
Public Service Agreement (item number 1) (id 1fcafeaa-b85a-4711-b8ed-efe3aa9734a8)
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (item number 1) (id abfcfdc8-3d19-479b-927f-a4a16fbe8593)
Skin Cancer (item number 1) (id c1b1f556-d670-4934-b9cd-e118d0b4b1eb)
Smoking (item number 1) (id 8fb54348-f629-476b-9b69-b1a07e77c0d2)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Afghanistan (item number 1) (id 5f6d44ca-1a9f-4624-9b02-6f49b5563adc)
Bribery (item number 1) (id 70eea520-b1fe-4912-926e-845bb410183a)
Caribbean Countries (item number 1) (id c35bbf12-908d-4e2b-9808-a8af74c69ba5)
Chagos Islands (item number 1) (id 2f83f848-dcda-4a8d-abab-4e2bda14a495)
China (item number 1) (id 91a7b5a2-bf47-4656-8ae4-6ae8170bb1e9)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item number 1) (id 64fb2e52-484c-4a31-898e-79b4c90ca2da)
Diego Garcia (item number 1) (id 41abe28e-c9ce-4298-9aea-705cef8c92ed)
Ecuador (item number 1) (id 671d2cb8-af1d-45b2-b8d8-678e4f0cb252)
EU Directives (item number 1) (id cf21069e-eba8-4f9f-a70c-c8c1fc1ad6fd)
EU Reform (item number 1) (id afe4f785-bffd-4940-a696-1d76723d037c)
European Parliament (item number 1) (id f8689784-1d42-435d-bc74-e2bdc4f33515)
European Union (Opt-outs) (item number 1) (id 66880c6a-6b2b-4018-ae03-d9f822889296)
India (item number 1) (id ca986f41-4684-4724-ab06-4b67de2d777d)
Iran (item number 1) (id 6b7b2be3-795b-41eb-82b3-4e41a03724c9)
Iraq (item number 1) (id c3f5657c-ae78-4af9-be40-fffbf9b51230)
Israel (item number 1) (id ab4d1a54-3319-4a77-84ff-0003035e2097)
Latin America (Trade Disputes) (item number 1) (id 86eb64d5-40f5-48cd-8617-d34121c390c1)
Liberia (item number 1) (id 974fe4db-b259-4f47-83cf-05cee0ccf9c8)
Nuclear Proliferation (item number 1) (id 6d178179-b0db-4196-bb31-a87b9e74ec07)
Security Personnel (item number 1) (id d0188c44-d115-4d82-a77c-550e5941a8b3)
Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 9d8087d7-5dde-4889-8c37-149bd5b94252)
Terrorism (Human Rights) (item number 1) (id 6608e6f7-ffa7-4803-919a-f18fea845742)
Uzbekistan (item number 1) (id d2121ed0-2d14-4ecb-93f4-ce2ad9423aaf)
West Papua (item number 1) (id 5abe5fe5-144c-495b-ae26-027c9465cd52)
Zimbabwe (item number 1) (id a442b4bf-aeac-4ecc-9e00-59354f2448b1)

Home Department

Asylum Seekers (item number 1) (id 3ebe45fd-3eb8-4848-a235-5a8d353c5bcb)
Community Support Officers (item number 1) (id b3084565-a0db-423b-be48-524e5bf8b409)
Countryside Alliance Protests (item number 1) (id a7d640f7-5fff-4fea-b49c-93813d1af1dd)
County Councils Legislation (item number 1) (id 296bf08c-d921-4c5f-99f9-7c8ab59b1fb2)
Criminal Records Bureau Checks (item number 1) (id 443ba793-bf7c-4a18-aba4-06bca9553041)
Crime Statistics (item number 1) (id dc52c2d4-b79f-4039-97b1-1fb213dcac6f)
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (item number 1) (id ed14bac2-a576-48b9-bfb8-7bca265ab94e)
Criminal Justice Act (item number 1) (id 325c9228-e88d-47a0-a654-f65924335996)
Custodial Sentences (Women) (item number 1) (id 43aa30b1-62c2-43a7-adc3-f016c2493085)
DNA Profiles (item number 1) (id c40cbc54-4169-47e3-9a2d-709ab7254dd5)
Electronic Monitoring Contract (item number 1) (id 268ce2bd-dbc8-41e4-82ff-72117ca27a21)
Holding Cells (Medical Practitioners) (item number 1) (id cf88df38-eb79-4045-a4e0-11bcfe19b88b)
Horses (Protective Headgear) (item number 1) (id 8af7e7dc-1c2c-48c3-a81e-f68cf62ddd78)
Hunting with Dogs (item number 1) (id 26031c9d-5c3f-46bd-84c7-dc5c5258b4c6)
Imitation Firearms (item number 1) (id 4f0a89ba-5604-4c80-a5f3-31249b1dd4d1)
Independent Police Complaints Commission (item number 1) (id cd1d0c4a-b09a-4992-b0f7-d26e2f3f7989)
National Criminal Justice Board (item number 1) (id bc9f316e-575c-4446-abd7-f9647ebe296a)
National Policing Improvement Agency (item number 1) (id e1419537-002d-43ac-86f1-1b8afa66c7da)
New Technology (Crime Prevention) (item number 1) (id c9be196a-f056-4259-8df3-9295a80d7700)
Non-reported Crime (item number 1) (id 73bc1ec8-16e1-41d8-ad77-cf5d3065231e)
O'Connor Report (item number 1) (id de88e751-cf18-48e0-aec6-43bfa71ff4cb)
Philip Lawrence (item number 1) (id e25ff15e-84b5-4e95-8ec0-fad39f3cdc73)
Police (item number 1) (id b18f1099-5f5b-4a7f-8b10-711a1fb18e0c)
Prisoners (item number 1) (id 2fab014f-1b4e-4c96-bca0-1a7c1b5329c3)
Prisons (item number 1) (id 48fdc1b4-2746-4c82-8925-8531e63041a5)
Schedule 1 Offenders (item number 1) (id ec606a8d-215e-4567-89ea-bb159fdb7548)
Terrorism (item number 1) (id 59794f4b-adc3-40bf-ac41-03389570dfe2)
Victim Support (item number 1) (id dd28815a-b79d-40af-82bb-25971968a1c8)
Young Offenders (item number 1) (id 439ee38a-5dc4-4b24-8967-ffe37658424c)
Youth Offending Teams (item number 1) (id a8a0c201-0e59-44b9-a1f2-6491be493ee4)

Education and Skills

Access to Learning (item number 1) (id c5c18556-4fa9-48d1-b364-fbdd152ee41f)
A-level Grades (item number 1) (id ac7d3f9a-4285-4caa-bf32-dc7f4974c319)
Apprenticeships (item number 1) (id 0c0ed5ab-ed7d-4b16-8e02-f930d81a4eb6)
Basic Skills Agency (item number 1) (id 11f35cd0-cce8-45aa-85ea-98a18b4525f1)
Bournemouth Schools (item number 1) (id 52e22194-804e-405a-ae4d-0e6fb04f8219)
Bullying (item number 1) (id b6fa89b0-441d-48b6-9b80-cc17d6b22bc9)
Child Care (item number 1) (id 89fb9b19-94d5-41d9-82a5-90989e19009c)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id a7ef644c-ce74-49f8-a89c-fef91c2dbc91)
Education White Paper (item number 1) (id de504c1e-277b-4750-9b4a-4d4d4811473c)
Examination Results (item number 1) (id 88046b3b-98bb-47e5-abca-fe44bdb366a6)
Examination Standards (item number 1) (id 14d3ff05-fbe0-4c97-ba57-4b02bf33da77)
Failing Schools (item number 1) (id b1d82a2f-f301-4ff4-8de5-12b4859d8d96)
Falling School Rolls (item number 1) (id 63c691e1-fb61-41a1-a7b0-bb751a0aaac7)
Independent Schools (item number 1) (id 143f50f5-4573-4b8f-8733-4a8f02ce6126)
Investors in People (item number 1) (id 05a3f92e-8fc7-4402-95bf-d0ca7ae1db4d)
Key Stage Grades (item number 1) (id 9b053a7c-27ef-455e-8c82-ec7b52dd2b61)
Learning and Skills Council (item number 1) (id f7ee6b60-f8cc-43b9-a678-b10d66d7e1df)
Learning Difficulties (Schools) (item number 1) (id 9acb4db8-b982-4699-9e6e-a966b1130069)
Local Education Authority Employees (item number 1) (id 11df5c76-bc84-43dc-acc0-6a7f7df36b24)
Local Education Authority Schools (Newcastle) (item number 1) (id 16bed67b-d7b9-457e-a9ff-5c4b1a66790b)
Local Education Partnerships (item number 1) (id 9ed73772-bbf6-4f32-b5b5-9289eadafaf2)
Management Allowances (item number 1) (id 751e47f6-2ec4-452f-b920-7c0a910ba4d6)
Public Service Worker Skills (item number 1) (id 8ab40465-0709-43df-8941-58d8a8d165e0)
Qualifications (Newcastle) (item number 1) (id 604d6209-0cb6-4611-9bdd-377be69a4391)
Race Equality Impact Assessments (item number 1) (id f5b94ca3-dbb4-462a-b2f6-5bd365549f2a)
School Finance (item number 1) (id 359ff167-0c4d-461a-a1b2-5a582706f0f9)
School Nursing (item number 1) (id 030433fc-0425-4bf4-b2d9-dde03a8686d9)
School Sport (item number 1) (id 8eb83061-d82c-44c7-84cb-86202042fef3)
Science A-levels (item number 1) (id e2c416c2-a44b-46ee-a669-0292314508cd)
Special Educational Needs (item number 1) (id 29b996ab-a4a9-4a97-8447-92822cf0f051)
Specialist Schools (item number 1) (id 5d4396ed-2342-4ae1-b3ee-0d49d5748da9)
Student Numbers (item number 1) (id 7ad6e05b-b436-4cf9-b0c6-2bc887578642)
Teachers (item number 1) (id 13cce051-f769-4f3a-a63c-0eaabb3f5d32)
Vocational Training (item number 1) (id 5b2ce068-a6be-4268-9d15-177e86818df3)
Westgate College, Newcastle (item number 1) (id 16c006a9-b8ad-46b0-83d7-5c94e09032c6)

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