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Commons Hansard for 8 December 2005 (Volume 440)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 10.05am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id cade98ee-da2e-4952-96b0-f9d54033d36c)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 67eb0d38-1570-4f20-bee4-0e14ab8827c8)
Private Business (item number 3) (id d604e4ae-6580-495c-b44b-03fc407d0dd8)
Business of the House (item number 5) (id 3e2293e9-322b-42d0-981e-6bc8bb59df5c)
Hercules Crash (Board of Inquiry) (item number 6) (id 25f42be5-bb25-486a-9312-a2d3919688e7)
Points of Order (item number 7) (id e86d44f3-0ee0-4aaa-b114-03aa7504f35d)
Estimates Day (item number 8) (id 22615dc4-c281-4050-a9e3-f12552973747)
Delegated Legislation (item number 9) (id d186aec8-405a-4fad-a86c-f3a9e40fe7bb)
European Union Document (item number 10) (id e18ebdd8-d1e5-43d5-85a1-0e58ed850588)
Delegated Legislation (item number 11) (id edc027d9-00fd-48ea-b236-fd3cebfa0ea0)
Multiple Road Traffic Offences (item number 12) (id 8df3d4e1-28e6-4ac1-8267-6a2d4bd2fcf9)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Treasury

Tax Credit System (item number 1) (id 6e718227-e9f8-4154-b42a-84ba24aa161b)
UK Economy (item number 1) (id b24c105c-ec75-44dd-a43c-4273e7f83c98)
Biofuels (item number 1) (id 7d96f6a0-62b6-4485-9f9c-54534256085f)
Child Poverty (item number 1) (id 95d92d2a-7f2c-48ac-b8b7-eeb54ada0f25)
Pensions Commission (item number 1) (id 0fffa914-68c3-43e6-b947-aef233943e3a)
EU Budget (Rebate) (item number 1) (id a6102433-2be9-45d0-821f-dc9d1528dec4)
Work Force Skills (item number 1) (id 06fb2fa5-e44d-4b01-b6f0-c31b9372a661)
Job Creation (item number 1) (id 31d8a233-7f5f-46e8-8818-9cd384d90eaa)
Air Passenger Duty (item number 1) (id 66d780f2-a6fc-4885-83be-b1594941259a)
Companies Act Regulations (item number 1) (id f88b6efd-a6b1-4801-a035-93a6e9f45990)
Comprehensive Spending Review (item number 1) (id 02dae769-4f6a-4322-9762-33a44ae87ff4)
Construction Projects (Bank Accounts) (item number 1) (id 6b9b0179-d8cf-4564-b69d-9a2ad56a923d)
Debt (item number 1) (id b619b69c-cde8-479a-b1d8-45f87010f795)
Golden Rule (item number 1) (id 331ef47f-bf0b-4d41-afc1-d6a64b6e55e2)
HMRC (Investigations) (item number 1) (id 8b9fcec8-a72e-4140-b68d-f6d6a921df31)
Income Growth (item number 1) (id ea38e4c6-dedc-401b-beea-6ca45b9a95e5)
Interim Death Certificates (item number 1) (id b2977f8d-0416-4333-90c1-9757c5b81110)
Low-income Families (item number 1) (id e1139085-b465-43b1-982f-0c4d2f52506b)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id 5cd02cba-544a-4d7e-8818-92e6e8d40dac)
Older Workers (item number 1) (id a0d2b32e-21bc-42e9-a58b-847e5649d472)
Operating and Financial Review (item number 1) (id aad59636-addd-445f-add0-7859f340500a)
Private Members' Bills (item number 1) (id 14052397-c6ba-4f61-a422-0c32df1bf4f3)
R64–8 Forms (item number 1) (id c98b51da-e968-4293-a319-74802faa4aa8)
Research and Development (Tax Relief) (item number 1) (id 13a1bf6f-37b8-4b7c-aeca-0070a1bdb52b)
Small Businesses (item number 1) (id e0abeb1f-2a23-412f-95ee-28658b1d2043)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 8b4f60d7-27f9-4fdd-a1d4-bd02cd42ac6e)

Transport

Aircraft Emissions/Noise (item number 1) (id 542defb9-2c71-43ca-9d6f-9d2f39b697bf)
Departmental Energy Consumption (item number 1) (id 3396b329-f0f7-43be-9a55-a4cbaa2044a2)
Departmental Vacancies (item number 1) (id 75b90c87-c5b1-46f0-a8ec-362962047319)
DVLA (item number 1) (id d4428a45-177d-46a3-9dcf-28df9b46d6d5)
Fatal Road Accidents (item number 1) (id 6b9d57d0-d048-41e4-a319-6ae6a030858c)
Festivals (item number 1) (id c33726a6-4629-43db-94f6-8520f5d3fcf4)
Free Travel Provisions (item number 1) (id b0169da0-17db-41ac-8389-dab82146e60c)
Maladministration (item number 1) (id d96fe21e-09c5-4757-ad7d-b35f1c681fa4)
Public Transport (Disabled Access) (item number 1) (id 15170b86-0c64-4342-a047-0951735f2424)
Race Equality Impact Assessments (item number 1) (id 7ea312d9-9d74-453f-88c1-d3e9a5b60504)
Railways (item number 1) (id 6b6b8f96-d44d-4fc2-be2b-fe41e973700c)
Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 2cb67c31-ca44-4e20-8594-bf59a75d2387)
SRA (Former Staff) (item number 1) (id cb9471b4-95b9-4511-8b22-99ba34b218c7)
Statutory Instruments (item number 1) (id 42b138e5-c979-4de9-97c5-d1ec795f7323)
Tyne and Wear (Financial Bids) (item number 1) (id d8f054ac-c9f4-448e-b11d-36da54de54d4)
US Aircraft (item number 1) (id 0d5b836e-a88b-44ce-8abe-301f3888f3d1)
Vehicle Accidents (Airport Transport) (item number 1) (id 1cf9cb94-826a-488e-b41b-8f94bf74e030)
Vehicle Certification Agency (item number 1) (id b3ebd6e5-b0c1-4a59-9124-73bd68a76b04)
Violence Against Passengers (item number 1) (id 927d7b90-057a-4b71-b34d-50b99c15105a)

Deputy Prime Minister

Brownfield/Greenfield Land (item number 1) (id f3ce2d92-ddbb-4eec-9374-f49aba02a4dd)
Catalyst Corby-North Northants Together (item number 1) (id 2e412ff5-b905-40f2-b349-ecd10d66a198)
Council Tax Revaluation (item number 1) (id dbc9cbf3-55c5-4bb7-a793-b6a37b5d2d60)
Departmental Research (item number 1) (id 6440f54e-e582-4665-b5bf-89f684afdae3)
Designated Growth Areas (item number 1) (id 71e1ced3-0120-4835-b15a-44052aed4951)
Disabled Facilities Grant (item number 1) (id 79204499-3c06-46f0-b3a9-a57a6ef26a42)
Energy Efficiency (item number 1) (id 9635084d-ebf4-4b1a-a9fe-3e5370cd6bc2)
EU Funded Projects (North-east) (item number 1) (id d9c15b60-afee-479f-bb0f-b4d4a35c5d42)
Fire Service (item number 1) (id efbc25e4-85bc-4200-bc50-473e4169cb92)
Fire-prevention Sprinklers (item number 1) (id 472f09d2-2b57-44d3-9ade-441eb206165b)
Flooding (item number 1) (id 08b9d0c8-9f76-4630-8c73-7647f56e29dd)
Green Belt (item number 1) (id 5c55534b-41d2-4d15-a7fc-e76f9d76f556)
Growth Areas Directorate (item number 1) (id 5500c4b6-d620-4480-895d-3aeb1dd455f7)
High Hedges (item number 1) (id 1840d68d-efb5-436e-9d34-99ade550f9af)
Homelessness (item number 1) (id 409036bc-a28e-4788-a376-65f9273c88a5)
Householder Development Consents Review (item number 1) (id 522ab36d-d517-4738-bf83-edf27971ab39)
Housing (item number 1) (id 518f79d6-4993-4311-aa7c-f130f5889a3e)
London Borough of Croydon (Funding) (item number 1) (id 625fda56-26c9-4480-8286-acbc1f9be085)
London Mayor (item number 1) (id c27a0a34-b19b-427d-b5d1-055df5cf72f4)
Materials Recycling (West Sussex) (item number 1) (id 9d60d2ce-a59e-4298-912a-87cefbc90f3b)
Mining (item number 1) (id d31f4258-549c-44e2-9d33-efcda0a518da)
Mobile Homes (item number 1) (id 4bbd471f-3272-49fe-87e9-3e83559f21d2)
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (Leeds) (item number 1) (id b60260cf-6184-494a-b7cf-5df0fd4ed634)
Planning (item number 1) (id ef92fb20-fb6c-4182-96e5-b6fda672fd28)
Predictive Diallers (item number 1) (id 76590ff0-ab2e-430a-b8d4-be4e8e1998b4)
Regional Assemblies (item number 1) (id 2f7a56f9-05fa-4ba1-bbdc-f0d96e719e5e)
Resident Management Companies (item number 1) (id 51572ddb-ff50-408f-b50f-597bcec7e043)
Right-to-Buy Scheme (item number 1) (id c0999bae-6253-4481-bf2b-0e56a5c443ca)
Sick Leave (item number 1) (id b5d81a56-68e8-4405-994e-f06c8df904df)
Telecommunications Masts (item number 1) (id 8eae93cd-dd8d-489c-940c-16a9366dde10)
Thames Gateway (item number 1) (id 44f939d9-2dc2-4306-a243-c49e66098c9b)
Town and County Planning Act (item number 1) (id 8b389d70-fc47-4061-b689-106c84d5bd05)
Transport Innovation Fund (item number 1) (id bc69484d-a725-4a7b-a03a-d1e0d8131bbf)
Valuation Office Agency (item number 1) (id 65227625-66aa-406d-a481-321033620c6d)

Education and Skills

Adult Education (item number 1) (id 8604ba12-0798-4204-af14-a1595639ba80)
Autism (item number 1) (id 300347fc-4b5a-4455-a99f-4e3e1bc671fa)
Childminders (item number 1) (id be1a549c-2fbd-49a5-b7c9-06e750a34efc)
Employer Training (item number 1) (id b1dac3b0-1ac3-411a-8fda-c91c1105602c)
Every Child Matters Youth Board (item number 1) (id dbcaaa5d-21e0-4a53-88b9-d9623f428e60)
Free Nursery Places (item number 1) (id b25c87fd-fb66-4d2e-a8d3-94370b5eaa72)
Noise Pollution (item number 1) (id c1d6dd8c-7741-487e-9600-5bef388e620f)
Ofsted Reports (item number 1) (id d9ef7c06-f49e-479c-a3ba-d5a8031e51bb)
Online Message Boards (item number 1) (id a5d2bb21-ef90-4697-9160-65e37aa3a297)
Positive Action for Young People (Croydon) (item number 1) (id fb6981f1-3625-4bc9-a1eb-07e58a7340b8)
Prison Service (Learning and Skills) (item number 1) (id b355d130-e871-4b7d-a4af-7bf1e691e2c8)
School Deficits (Essex) (item number 1) (id 37b1ddc6-a05a-48f0-ac4c-dd83c5aa7b12)
Sexual Abuse (item number 1) (id 4267c468-d892-4c9b-beff-30e406ee3243)
Sick Leave (item number 1) (id b4f66dbc-ff2c-4b69-812a-3905b26126e2)
Sixth-form College (Shrewsbury) (item number 1) (id db137f21-bc42-4f63-8966-804b066c270a)
Special Advisers (item number 1) (id c3c7b4f1-0966-4d7c-aff8-b2c5029901f3)
Special Educational Needs (item number 1) (id efe7c508-bbcf-4511-903c-bbdd3f907bae)
Sure Start (item number 1) (id 82307e8e-eec5-41e7-be38-2cb0dc761e13)
University Staff (Salaries) (item number 1) (id 48067264-f4a6-4ce6-8e87-2007db7bee80)
Youth Services (item number 1) (id 56e007b5-fb96-40f6-be8d-8c0d797595f4)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Australia (Domestic Violence) (item number 1) (id 150aa3a7-e1ba-4a35-9cd7-b036181ff5af)
BBC World Service (item number 1) (id 1ae68f57-164f-4d0d-b95a-88d746a93b5c)
Broadcasting (Illegal Jamming) (item number 1) (id 1823f057-9cb7-41f8-a09e-4d5acb8935d1)
Burma (item number 1) (id 6b0ac090-0deb-460a-8580-81066f014d3e)
Cameroon (item number 1) (id 3c9e19a8-20fd-4735-b311-eedc7717600d)
Colombia (item number 1) (id f072b2ee-75f3-4bb3-a9c2-ec34de9c9a4d)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item number 1) (id d4801151-e6dc-41a3-8675-ff9dfab2f26c)
Departmental Victim Support (item number 1) (id 4351c2a6-39fc-4559-b6f3-caaf8eabe68d)
Diplomatic Residency (Cape Town) (item number 1) (id 8a9be547-14f6-40bd-970f-19bb4e374771)
European Court of Human Rights (item number 1) (id a87f9a17-7218-4b5a-bd9f-a3d51e7fc720)
Foreign Decorations (item number 1) (id c27164d4-5e2f-46bd-864d-fe412efba36b)
Indonesia (item number 1) (id 7c07bafa-bbd9-4ea0-8715-34afa67d6aff)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 832fe327-98e1-44d5-a75c-17dd863c4c88)
Kosovo (item number 1) (id cbae1114-ba3a-482a-a301-a8f3c2fa2b8e)
Legislative Consultation (item number 1) (id ea60cf48-cea7-49f8-961d-6d3ad23f0516)
Liberia (item number 1) (id d3d818f0-5725-464d-9b96-e0de648f83e0)
Palestine (item number 1) (id f152dc99-0226-483f-9e64-a80930212e2a)
Sanjar Umarov (item number 1) (id b056ca5e-5079-452a-9d53-b85b5fcdc7bb)
Uganda (item number 1) (id 0d2e8d7d-64a3-4a3e-a5e7-b500f515444f)
United States (Deportation) (item number 1) (id 313d090d-2423-4d92-ad98-63c17074bbda)
War Crimes Trial (Guantanamo) (item number 1) (id 7d9ef855-7738-44db-96dc-1ac0330d2f4c)
West Papua (item number 1) (id 7c6b7e16-d250-4fdd-a032-34c2349286d6)

Health

Acute Hospitals (item number 1) (id a12f6504-cc33-433b-8595-a30e2056293a)
Alcohol (item number 1) (id 8d15baa8-ba1f-4644-8807-56b7c614d659)
Allergy Specialists (item number 1) (id 3dd6184e-f497-4b05-a4bb-ccc059acb82e)
Antidepressants (item number 1) (id f92e53aa-eb40-4bc8-8d92-1d6de2646a5b)
Audiology (item number 1) (id a8db53bb-71f2-434f-83f9-1c4ec842ee01)
Children's Hospices (item number 1) (id f27fe8ca-276f-4082-8f08-f82689c00c0f)
Departmental PSAs (item number 1) (id 3f92c064-92c2-4b2e-b681-273d201b1c5f)
Departmental Resources (item number 1) (id 94b2fa69-cfd8-4f15-a7de-2702ea6b77db)
East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust (Chief Executive) (item number 1) (id f2705458-314b-40da-988d-fdc6e91ddcf7)
Epilepsy (item number 1) (id 9e5a161d-899b-4834-90f3-df4458f86953)
Fertility Treatment (item number 1) (id a5799b5f-5009-4742-ada1-0b0516191b03)
Health Services (Uxbridge) (item number 1) (id 2f4f3941-6c6c-4bcf-a27f-0782f060959d)
Health Warnings (Cigarette Packets) (item number 1) (id bc30af61-f1a0-4bb7-a87e-95741881a5ca)
Hepatitis C (item number 1) (id 887620ef-f0db-4b25-a4f9-381e83028ec8)
HIV/AIDS (item number 1) (id 51d58e16-ca46-46d1-8aec-ecedd50553be)
Hospitals (item number 1) (id 1345459a-8ac2-4c01-a6cb-a2973fd70ecd)
Influenza Vaccinations (item number 1) (id 85385fde-704a-45bc-be57-417cd59efdd9)
IVF Treatment (item number 1) (id abf27ac4-c09a-4b2a-b73e-5dbed0d135af)
Lupus (item number 1) (id 97e2bf8a-ca1b-43c5-997f-a31bbe70f6f3)
Mental Health (item number 1) (id cd8925d3-7ba2-4a87-8611-709d481424c8)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id e3e270b7-0be9-44b2-af05-1dcfdafde881)
NHS Finance (item number 1) (id 63c2fda2-f533-429d-85a7-172028d09e14)
NHS Logistics (item number 1) (id da17c46f-d405-41ff-9ee8-5c6a3ec4c159)
NICE (Drug Approvals) (item number 1) (id 9be92167-b9b3-4d69-a208-0dcdc0460044)
Obesity (item number 1) (id 2d2640cd-ed41-4813-a81b-0adcb6b67da2)
Premature Babies (item number 1) (id e84be381-a8df-4cfd-a31b-a5f9675f734e)
Primary Care Trusts (Oxfordshire) (item number 1) (id cb93c3cd-42d5-40a3-be33-4a58652491b1)
Private Patients (item number 1) (id d19f0ab4-1473-403c-981f-2e551f7e7835)
Public Interest Disclosure Act (item number 1) (id fabb62aa-6be5-4db5-a5e3-d49848ab1a82)
Tuberculosis (item number 1) (id dafc8b15-16ac-44cf-8bdf-5deaa6863cd9)
Waiting Times (item number 1) (id b2ec03f0-ff40-4476-a9e0-d615f8e719a3)
X-ray Equipment (item number 1) (id 1128c147-9318-4c17-b6ff-7294e2c6c522)

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