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Commons Hansard for 13 December 2005 (Volume 440)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 10.46am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id fb3bb5e3-dd27-4af3-9d88-00042b8b5f15)
Prayers (item number 2) (id b118132a-2e77-4a4a-b64f-bf54a5d49afb)
Points of Order (item number 4) (id ed893c55-df9c-4b23-a257-15f81955623c)
Road Traffic Signs (Enforcement Cameras) (item number 5) (id 4b571b67-3608-40bc-8c8f-3cc00ab3c2d1)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id 7b5b7e1d-758c-4bd0-9b56-06a5d309fe63)
Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords] (item number 7) (id 7294d3f4-2a08-48cd-8eaa-31682775a6af)
Consolidated Fund Bill (item number 8) (id cc877418-ceb1-44fa-8bb1-60a133ea6fc6)
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill [Money] (item number 9) (id 054966fc-2851-4f73-9714-73ed690c555c)
Delegated Legislation (item number 10) (id 7d816bf0-35ae-42ba-9824-257d14bc3cab)
European Union Documents (item number 11) (id 2f57e274-50af-4ba1-9b8f-0d5044ec8eb0)
Birtley Community Partnership (item number 13) (id 1ab56a2f-5b51-4cde-b73f-24f6f70ae319)

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Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Treasury

British Film Industry (item number 1) (id 45181f87-33f3-4de2-8491-015ab10f6aa1)
Cancer (item number 1) (id 6f381ad2-1b2b-49aa-9ace-6eca368e9d0b)
Child Poverty (item number 1) (id be425229-19c9-4f8e-85fc-283edc7c2a5f)
Child Tax Credit (item number 1) (id 71f7a2b5-00ef-4d55-8393-cbb17dbb80d1)
Children's Deaths (item number 1) (id 94fff827-41cd-41af-aee4-727eeb1d7483)
City Academies (VAT) (item number 1) (id 8c2ec917-106b-4165-a62b-906696c3d80b)
Citygate Public Affairs Ltd. (item number 1) (id 9889f86d-6eeb-4c01-b5aa-96fd4b9af2aa)
Company Regulations (item number 1) (id d389b6a8-a430-4408-8c93-080f244d5f8f)
Consumer Debt (item number 1) (id bb68e809-fcc6-4238-b802-0027fb42743c)
Death Rate (Lancashire) (item number 1) (id 030b81b7-84f2-4c12-b3ff-9fe7cf45c727)
Defined Benefit Schemes (item number 1) (id a9841eec-8121-4f2f-b73c-d9865b9fab2f)
Departmental Guidance (Evidence/Documentary Access) (item number 1) (id 1af5c911-419a-41d6-828c-0c26764b0b2d)
Departmental Relocation (item number 1) (id 645edbd5-d054-4fea-8834-1a2379087677)
Departmental Skills Development Plan (item number 1) (id ad273846-1e41-4b71-beb2-adcb41b3f7fc)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 7a4f374a-8a8b-4803-9164-ade40b301ff8)
Domestic Fuel Bills (item number 1) (id a6b6d207-99f6-4da3-9767-94c9a95137de)
Early Retirement (item number 1) (id 88747fc8-fd46-4546-aae0-62597d624e91)
e-Government (item number 1) (id bf5140a1-2691-497d-9168-85f5708f870c)
Employment (Forest of Dean) (item number 1) (id 4084e95f-fb7b-44c8-aad4-985489f576c4)
Equitable Life (item number 1) (id c16c94ef-246f-4b9c-8bd1-eb9518191767)
EU Budget (UK Rebate) (item number 1) (id 3b810553-c29a-4d8f-940b-65b023052920)
Game Rearing Farms (item number 1) (id 117f6a99-93e8-450a-90f0-bf197b7e6a82)
Gershon Review (item number 1) (id 00822944-7794-4480-8373-be8f0875da57)
Government Borrowing Requirements (item number 1) (id a6c69cb0-f4d7-4dfa-823e-7331bce94c37)
Insurance Premium Tax (item number 1) (id c133be4a-98f1-4892-8895-7df73096624d)
Nuclear Power (item number 1) (id a2c72df7-c7ac-4905-911e-ad8038d0966d)
Oil Tax (item number 1) (id 9d071c51-467f-44eb-b75c-b8cf6142d208)
Personal Debt (item number 1) (id 786b7ba2-7087-4dca-8e8e-9b1fba1490d7)
Public Appointments (item number 1) (id 16f0211a-b46d-4df3-8caa-4d3913499bef)
Science Cities (item number 1) (id d8bc63e2-dac1-40c4-8ac4-543c81f93ffa)
Self-invested Personal Pensions (item number 1) (id 758b0a30-bf15-4728-b1d1-37d8c3003a45)
Legislation (Sunset Clauses) (item number 1) (id 4680d542-1b57-41e9-beae-980ed4c5a257)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 32748518-51ec-4d93-b9d5-b6509fb961d7)
Tax Returns (item number 1) (id 51f2b4de-d6dd-4883-a555-6c636800c482)
Tender Specification Documents (item number 1) (id 0e49fa63-9b10-4c6b-b16a-46f45011f39b)
Trust Schools (VAT Status) (item number 1) (id 535fbdc9-b715-4e2f-9475-607c44fa4dfa)
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VAT (Charities) (item number 1) (id 8b847424-79f6-47e3-92a9-1271710ff8d2)
Working Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 03bc2e65-c575-401c-b02b-9063e09f51b8)

Northern Ireland

Consultants (item number 1) (id 284d9374-8999-4c95-8b12-a0d731709b21)
Credit Card Fraud (item number 1) (id 18e0da2e-e0cb-4359-b4a0-68348b0b3c1a)
Crime (item number 1) (id 281650ee-feb1-4402-a1f1-b3e013838c99)
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Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 271c2991-e654-412b-9970-3d2732c178ba)
Integrated Schools (item number 1) (id f0615473-423e-4601-a5bd-3559158f99f9)
Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill (item number 1) (id 48217e83-9ac3-4cfa-b02e-d6a00e6dc9a9)
Police Officers (Sickness) (item number 1) (id e9456476-f5d0-4216-8f5f-0f3b69bdc53d)
Postal Voting (item number 1) (id 7c0094fa-8fd2-4614-ab77-bc0477149119)
Schools (Weapon Confiscation) (item number 1) (id c827f382-7114-4a1a-b891-2dca2c841955)
Prosecutions (item number 1) (id 19c65832-6df5-4bd0-9e1d-551c2e996b16)
Republican Violence Arrests (item number 1) (id e0c716a4-ec53-478d-9f56-fb327b34c34a)
Road Traffic Accidents (item number 1) (id 27600b6d-4f9e-419c-a1d5-acbcb8a627b6)
Roads Service (item number 1) (id 11c284e3-83b1-4011-82ec-613d6e8b53c4)
Alcohol Sales (Under-age Children) (item number 1) (id 73ca2fb3-dbcd-4243-be84-101fb39c5127)
Speed Cameras (item number 1) (id cbaf1ebc-dff0-499c-b336-9bee16fb469b)
Teachers (item number 1) (id 508d0c5a-8b28-41b6-9be4-9843f7a873f4)
Arlene Arkinson (item number 1) (id 0f382dce-f9cf-4e5a-a096-aa3baa0e5428)
University Students (Science) (item number 1) (id c6351a85-26c0-4fa9-af24-15bd0362bd83)
Vehicle Check Points (item number 1) (id 1e5725c4-3f20-453d-ba65-a14a7b6b84f3)

Defence

Al-Jamiyat Prison (item number 1) (id 17537667-9fdb-455f-a90d-d3755fdd5100)
Anthrax Vaccines (item number 1) (id a773f167-898c-4066-9352-607ebf4fac9d)
Armed Forces (Morale) (item number 1) (id d690cd86-4eff-402d-bce7-059836b305cf)
Army Regiments (item number 1) (id 40830d9a-018b-494a-9893-09d904b74fd0)
Asian Earthquake (item number 1) (id e8a9a0e8-f416-4ecb-9ef2-2d87739352d6)
British Armed Forces (Fijians) (item number 1) (id fb1cbcd0-da8d-4810-b768-3cf867964262)
British Troop Deaths (Iraq) (item number 1) (id 36e0c3ec-e2c0-4a10-83f8-92441347b14e)
Building/Refurbishment Projects (item number 1) (id 8c1a9931-e5ef-4695-9ed1-4aded41eaddf)
C17 Aircraft (item number 1) (id 6c766ef6-54e7-4a04-b211-d6c7bffa28a6)
Colchester Garrison (item number 1) (id 002b7530-3521-49d7-a2dc-eeebf52619bb)
Commonwealth Second World War Veterans (item number 1) (id e2ecd297-d0df-472b-8f5a-abe069333b23)
Deepcut Barracks (item number 1) (id 3a9d67a2-9f7d-4420-bf99-de409ce3dd66)
Defence Headquarters (item number 1) (id 006219fd-31e9-41ce-8164-96249f8b1d3d)
Departmental Call Centres (item number 1) (id 2022e86b-6c67-4cda-a4fe-3c566269c3ba)
Dr. Dafydd Alun Jones (item number 1) (id c8643a44-1d6b-49e1-b767-2e0de59aac14)
Helmand, Afghanistan (item number 1) (id 1e8edfb1-2b9e-4d61-9a50-ad786de6df95)
Inquests (item number 1) (id 572dc3cc-b7b2-47a3-93ca-741ec6e3804c)
Iraq (item number 1) (id cd76f1d2-e0a8-43b1-a91b-87dbea48f108)
Kenya (Military Training) (item number 1) (id 6d5a37c7-51d8-4146-bc56-21ecf96ab813)
Military Establishments (Wales) (item number 1) (id 17c33fd5-db92-4048-a5d7-01fa2857bac7)
Naval Pensions (item number 1) (id 2928e483-1c75-4d3c-afa3-820aa29a4086)
Overseas Military Bases (item number 1) (id aac5ab8a-4e69-473f-8825-8b1d05d9348b)
Parliamentary Question (item number 1) (id 6e3cbfbc-5472-4412-b0a6-b3b4e59e5a79)
Royal Irish Regiment (item number 1) (id 02879154-568b-435b-bb92-2ac7e25688f8)
Stevens Express Leasing (item number 1) (id 3ef1a732-ec53-48ac-ac2a-6f213da082a9)
Thermobaric Weapons (item number 1) (id db303303-1737-4b47-a8fd-b05f9bf2922c)
Underwater Storage (item number 1) (id 13ed67f7-d5ee-45da-b809-2f0438f30db2)
US Air Force (item number 1) (id 74703d45-8ab2-46f2-8003-43098b0161f1)
US-registered Aircraft (item number 1) (id 93a8c6ed-a656-4423-b4c5-4a88eabe4dac)

Home Department

Air Weapons (item number 1) (id bbc37571-28f0-4e65-9037-8ed4b6fa4b81)
Antisocial Behaviour (item number 1) (id f7747403-6d87-4828-946c-957d5607a78f)
Breastfeeding (item number 1) (id 59e71b09-6a9f-4722-8310-b497faf6f0b3)
Building Safer Communities Fund (item number 1) (id dc39b413-9794-4be2-9d26-a24f03f3f4e5)
Cannabis Possession (item number 1) (id 0d5b2292-dc68-4670-bd4f-902844946e0d)
Commission for Integration (item number 1) (id 4127d20e-e903-442a-adaf-fd65853ed353)
Crime Statistics (item number 1) (id 623e7436-d73b-4977-98a1-97e9ce868abc)
Criminal Records Bureau Checks (item number 1) (id 9c164b02-64d8-4c62-9cc1-7a54754c92bd)
Crystal Meth (item number 1) (id 68f56150-4482-4782-9649-39696f049849)
Drugs (Recreational Use) (item number 1) (id f321cbaa-d610-461b-b125-2a44e4338ec8)
Drunk and Disorderly (item number 1) (id 4402f028-f359-4d8c-b237-34e4ce59d7d5)
European Anti-crime Measures (item number 1) (id 9637262b-35d2-403e-8f0d-73f1635cd798)
Fireworks (Penalty Notices) (item number 1) (id 4a526d23-725b-4758-bcbb-3613581c3458)
Injury on Duty Awards (item number 1) (id 4ec0fa86-77da-4b8f-916a-a59e4b7b10da)
Independent Police Complaints Commission (item number 1) (id 921aea9b-9a05-40d6-b642-09ccdf1b5f2c)
Football Hooliganism (item number 1) (id 7905e58a-1465-497d-81c5-2b251430598f)
Identity Cards (item number 1) (id f47ebcf1-e4d3-44a2-b81c-b5710b4b6ce2)
Knives (item number 1) (id f3af8438-d2fa-4863-b056-3d4ed02956ad)
KPMG Review (item number 1) (id 87027f4b-ed51-420c-b236-ce73c4592a54)
London Bombings (item number 1) (id 4fa08db2-bad0-4ff9-9e8e-2ec782341a38)
Mobile Phone Theft (item number 1) (id 29d8a220-a7a1-4e11-b018-b4a8665fe012)
Murder Statistics (item number 1) (id 89db58a4-8a85-4ebb-9751-83aaa0b282b5)
Offences against the Person (item number 1) (id e11fc488-b5dc-45ed-9b4d-829b47c32e91)
Overseas Confiscation Orders (item number 1) (id 70804dd5-2e00-414e-9688-e7f24edd8769)
Passports (item number 1) (id 3b2efcad-4267-4bfd-8b84-ba13bd5f3d71)
Police (item number 1) (id ce7b97a2-6844-4b5a-af01-2815cf18a1c0)
Religious Cults (item number 1) (id 81348fe2-129d-4d34-b61d-0d104041c4b9)
Schedule 1 Offenders (item number 1) (id 750b146b-f3d9-4c52-ade5-8ac1161d9043)
Speed Cameras (item number 1) (id 9c4a7e63-e0ce-4ecb-8d00-8317b7691f72)
Stonehenge (item number 1) (id 15b22e93-8271-43c6-ba19-47d78e0aa83a)
Strategic Police Forces (item number 1) (id 22c5d632-8575-434d-b0be-e59f167882d2)
Substance Abuse Offences (item number 1) (id 2d77960d-e110-483f-af36-1b2cb8d8729f)
Tasers (item number 1) (id 5ba46998-8fc6-4dc8-b83d-f2eaca9d6946)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

African Peace Facility (item number 1) (id add235c8-46ef-45a8-b312-9a9e6ea554be)
African Union (item number 1) (id 290809b8-b181-4533-b200-a4886825ac8d)
Assets (Corruption) (item number 1) (id 1ccfb749-2c21-40bb-991c-ef4cc295449c)
Commonwealth Summit (item number 1) (id 9b657780-6b0f-43d5-89cf-18d30675812e)
Convergence Fund (item number 1) (id 21cb3c7b-6f4f-49c7-86b9-e9741ccb3c40)
Departmental Costs (item number 1) (id cc4cd2d1-dee1-4ff9-ae74-e8889fa43e43)
Departmental Estate (item number 1) (id f4b89de8-460b-4ee8-acf1-b1c588098bf1)
Departmental Policy (item number 1) (id e8a92c51-7648-452d-9139-c9a37dc6c32b)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id e2d11741-dc74-4e2b-b0a3-8c2af1b7dbf1)
Eritrea/Ethiopia (item number 1) (id 82e0c68b-2dc1-4003-bb15-e8c61ce27927)
Francophone Africa (item number 1) (id 69a78887-4545-4d14-ad5e-3f9eeb5a25d6)
Haiti (item number 1) (id a43fbbe4-85a2-40f3-a0d4-e2a5e48ed829)
Indonesia (item number 1) (id f07a256e-c8e1-49b9-aff4-1186e0702881)
Iraq (item number 1) (id 6f89f763-ba6d-4aa9-ad34-428b86555403)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id 8ea5bc6f-443d-497c-9927-428883a9b45a)
Nigeria (item number 1) (id f60f324d-88b9-414e-86b3-4ef2a80b72c6)
Non-departmental Public Bodies (item number 1) (id 47696df7-b866-4b75-84b1-b9ada9cde499)
Public Relations (item number 1) (id 22828e77-d1fe-4dea-8d39-7219b709396d)
Rates (item number 1) (id 8fd1fd4e-118d-4e8f-9557-acb801185d4e)
Somaliland (item number 1) (id 132f0638-8374-48f3-926c-7813fafae744)
Torture (Third Party Countries) (item number 1) (id 76644aed-26df-45dd-9eb7-dbffe641385c)
Uganda (item number 1) (id e9c3e8ca-ffd2-4dd7-93fd-fe9feac9f22e)
UN Peacebuilding Commission (item number 1) (id 9e5b134a-2a94-49a0-a8d9-bf183c891b34)
United Arab Emirates (item number 1) (id 36bf9bd7-d687-499e-a4c9-117e96174cf3)
Zimbabwe (item number 1) (id 0cf4b7b1-0a12-4c58-a264-a3630a409294)

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