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Commons Hansard for 15 December 2005 (Volume 440)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 10.49am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 5a389959-f024-4826-88aa-ba0108571329)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 9df5ab13-9d38-4122-9961-d0fc8e350381)
Private Business (item number 3) (id 52cc9297-82a6-480e-93f2-e97dacc2d6e8)
Bovine Tuberculosis (item number 5) (id 878cd4ef-ecce-44a7-8620-7d40ddd47ad9)
Business Statement (item number 6) (id 2ce3d8d5-6d30-48c6-a8b2-54cd53554684)
Defence Industrial Strategy (item number 7) (id b948de8f-dd01-49e7-9c58-407526a0451d)
Section 5 of the European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 (item number 8) (id 68d2eae4-67f7-44db-9374-e9dbabb2db41)
Orders of the Day (item number 9) (id af5a53f7-83d9-489a-9cbb-4377aeade5cf)
National Insurance Contributions Bill (item number 10) (id 0c78bdb2-2432-446c-8db2-7ba41839abc5)
Civil Partnership (item number 11) (id 1226ae53-e766-4d99-926b-ac15d3bc94db)
Electoral Commission (item number 12) (id 84ab60f1-38ff-4b43-b31f-31c621373177)
Soft Drinks in Schools (item number 13) (id 141ff7ea-5b8b-4aca-8a79-1e0eff9b84af)

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 50f44550-9edc-4833-9701-fec41ef11ba3)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Commercial Waste (item number 1) (id 9944645e-ec04-4621-8aa0-0174f6e3d83d)
Common Agricultural Policy (item number 1) (id b451342f-1dd3-4f5b-b0b0-7d3e6cb23834)
Supermarkets Code of Practice (item number 1) (id ebd69add-4574-408b-b8b2-efcd3dfac88f)
Bovine Tuberculosis (item number 1) (id dd2058db-9611-43f9-a1ab-57bd8268b93e)
Christmas Trees (item number 1) (id b9b3ba7b-9338-43df-847c-81d213a80519)
Dog Registration Scheme (item number 1) (id 182228e0-1537-4924-95cf-4e6e3d0a43ce)
Environmental Crimes (item number 1) (id 2924b88d-e214-4c29-80b8-5d038a580d8c)
Exmoor National Park (item number 1) (id 6c21ecdb-ebdb-4099-8976-c6ef443dd7c5)
GM Crops (item number 1) (id d04b73ea-ecc5-42d8-94a1-51fc1157ee49)
Government Decontamination Service (item number 1) (id e8af83d3-94fa-4d34-8d6a-eab7509691b4)
Greenhouse Gas Emissions (item number 1) (id 454cff3d-6a42-4788-b608-88a1c604ee50)
Habitats Directive (item number 1) (id 7673b72c-4c00-40d4-82aa-edc6d45ac86e)
Home Energy Efficiency (item number 1) (id 4a7314f8-c495-4618-ba82-75fede76b967)
Pet Food (item number 1) (id 19831555-9e2c-4c1f-8af1-43840f0e3a4c)
Poultry (item number 1) (id 55cff060-3643-4067-b2fe-8f8c6d848b2b)
Research and Development (item number 1) (id 25fcb3e9-0acc-47cc-8c4e-fbc1228e5d37)
Rural Communities (item number 1) (id 657a9215-a873-47b8-9e8e-7811973b554f)
Rural Housing (item number 1) (id 9341ad4f-5ade-4530-89b7-5649dbacfa89)
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (item number 1) (id 4ae8e613-7656-45de-98bc-892bb120eded)
Waterways (item number 1) (id c6360c47-d836-4aa3-87c0-70e10d87512c)
World Water Forum (Mexico City) (item number 1) (id 9ddd69d6-1b78-4ab1-97a1-b8a30e466ec1)

Home Department

Assets Recovery Agency (item number 1) (id c1a2df2d-188d-44bf-8776-2db60d5cd98b)
Cannabis (item number 1) (id 06fcde66-56e5-4f74-abc6-68ce0b88479e)
Change Up Programme (item number 1) (id e4ba14b6-1d44-435f-8b56-d780079f10a5)
Closed Religious Orders (item number 1) (id 668d9fcc-2b93-468a-b9ee-21744e3641bf)
Countryside Alliance Protests (Parliament Square) (item number 1) (id 0b7e1a41-8d23-4cd1-b449-e63487d2edd2)
Cyclists (item number 1) (id 5234a6d5-4e73-46b3-a015-ef83b0acd302)
Departmental Estate (item number 1) (id 3c49fa57-b345-4923-b3bd-8e108e186aa4)
Departmental Guidance (Evidence/Documentary Access) (item number 1) (id 5dba42b2-14f0-4134-9e2e-1939d3d01cd1)
Departmental Publications (item number 1) (id 22dc65ad-38db-45d6-a173-f3a4493b4a13)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 353a9d64-b9e4-4841-b051-b37e529fd96b)
Departmental Underspending (item number 1) (id a5ae532a-a899-4cc3-8788-d539f96fd993)
Driving (Drugs) (item number 1) (id 46d383b8-fa79-4802-8a06-c4755994f97b)
Environmental Sustainability (item number 1) (id 034d0811-4f52-4260-bd27-89b77e0fbdbb)
Iran (item number 1) (id 95e6fd2e-05cf-4a76-b0f7-9c1f53a52c5a)
Khat Use (Somali Community) (item number 1) (id 2e433826-b286-4528-96ce-3d2afc58327b)
Maladministration (item number 1) (id ed47a4be-da92-45e9-966c-2b6d72ab1512)
National Minimum Wage (item number 1) (id 7fc651c8-3cf7-4c70-a660-37856b4c0750)
Organised Crime (item number 1) (id 8071655f-fddf-49ff-9e0f-97c5932f3183)
Sexually Explicit Print Media (item number 1) (id 1b4f25bc-3538-4173-8a64-6772c0163f60)
Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 3482c213-7105-4cf3-990b-ef4d7778b73a)
Social Enterprises (Milton Keynes) (item number 1) (id f524df77-2c39-4820-a91c-bbd86a67accc)
Speed Cameras (item number 1) (id fd6636ca-88b2-4666-9d8e-78eac49a4bd4)
Victims of Rape (item number 1) (id 5ea47899-6aee-4c17-837f-1196348044d4)

Northern Ireland

Arms Movement Certificates (item number 1) (id 2c33a6ea-979c-4048-ba22-e8c707dcb88b)
Belfast Hospitals (Security) (item number 1) (id aba52258-99be-4f75-8d8b-96ddd1d0ae23)
Business Rates (item number 1) (id 35d33ab0-f7fe-4956-a6d4-176491eff72f)
Civil Service (item number 1) (id 494e2756-cd8b-4fd5-a9fe-1f016e9c4c07)
Community Relations Council (item number 1) (id eb85e945-1b3a-4031-b0b7-c96757bcbdf1)
Disability (item number 1) (id fe27e16c-c29d-4746-b44a-0326af18149b)
Free School Meals (item number 1) (id 4e62eec7-4cd7-4b4e-b765-9d531aaedfe2)
Pensioner Households (item number 1) (id 9e4ae865-2f78-49c6-8743-183b6e9aa50f)
Playing Fields (item number 1) (id 1c0d4e9a-0d9b-4967-b16a-a3e98e63a53c)
Power Cuts (item number 1) (id f0434086-4dc1-4ab7-8bda-6573c0aa1715)
Restorative Justice Schemes (item number 1) (id 08059a9e-b268-49c9-99fc-4e33dc008d1c)
Roads Maintenance (item number 1) (id 2f110493-150d-4465-9dfb-adfd1a02ff28)
Sales (Under-age Children) (item number 1) (id 4a77360d-c70c-48f7-8477-db8ca55a423e)
Schools (Abuse Claims) (item number 1) (id e3c05b28-b73a-48b8-9692-2bab81066c06)
Secondary Teachers (item number 1) (id 01a9ae21-0cb2-4e85-9e56-05596d80250e)
Sex Offenders (item number 1) (id 633bc80f-eded-4f1b-9f79-b7469895c810)
Sexual Assaults (item number 1) (id e1df0080-d610-4914-9d49-f12405d33bbd)
Shared Future (item number 1) (id ca251dd9-4613-4f99-b5f7-9fa2c13aaee2)
Sinn Fein (Assembly Expenses) (item number 1) (id ffc0de88-88e1-4839-81c8-25704da973dd)
Sports Council (item number 1) (id b281e066-76e1-4c3f-b47a-fbd57d56bf72)
Terrorism (item number 1) (id 29e4688b-325c-4549-b65b-0bf524e9a7e0)
Tourism (item number 1) (id 0a4d9c20-4df3-4129-9268-01b95fa248a9)
US Visa Applications (item number 1) (id 8ebe41d8-88e0-4c0a-a445-f8795db7debe)

Treasury

0870 Numbers (item number 1) (id 1704b54d-3eb3-45b0-ae3a-e5efc7242409)
Administrative Savings (item number 1) (id 432573e3-4798-45e9-a0f1-abb54465be7f)
Average Wage (item number 1) (id ed2c53f8-46ab-4f78-ad62-6d6d0013b8ba)
Biofuels (Tax Revenue) (item number 1) (id 2e241db4-47b7-4258-8b77-3a85df7a87f9)
Budget Reports (item number 1) (id a8627d23-b57f-4b8c-ac14-716142b64410)
Building/Refurbishment Projects (item number 1) (id 1191ea44-fb4a-455d-811f-4068137920f0)
Catering/Entertainment Contracts (item number 1) (id b71e2cde-a612-4fd8-a6c7-6302b660cd36)
Consumer Debt (item number 1) (id b6ad3b4c-5a7a-4d37-ba8b-a463b6e4ab67)
Contracts (item number 1) (id 5ef5d612-d87b-45aa-9b2f-f2022c61cda7)
Cooking Oil (Duty) (item number 1) (id cf41dd14-ec59-48f4-817e-7cd6e1c46726)
Correspondence/Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id 2d48ee23-9aab-4051-9fa4-044d8b3d7ecd)
Death Statistics (item number 1) (id 1dcff91c-1907-45d6-bcb1-7859a284751b)
Department Staff (item number 1) (id c0cd10fa-0815-4d4f-b295-d35e9e1c9139)
Departmental Consultants (item number 1) (id 67676d01-2008-41fe-ab4f-293f01327e05)
Disability (item number 1) (id ebfff522-411a-4399-8b61-e4117d39d10c)
Domestic Central Heating (item number 1) (id 829e37b2-4087-4d7a-9b15-78b5a9935f76)
Excise Duties (Receipts) (item number 1) (id 746125d1-b49b-4dae-abbe-e90f947e5139)
Gifts (item number 1) (id 09e065e0-b096-42dc-bd51-e0697f07a970)
Illegal Meat Imports (item number 1) (id bcceccc4-5ad5-40af-a2b1-c6921d517697)
Legal Aid (item number 1) (id bc54116a-f6e9-453d-9ba8-1aa8bb97f220)
Local Authority Grants (item number 1) (id fd7df85a-1c26-4bbe-bb47-a38f968600e7)
National Insurance (item number 1) (id 7cd9f2c2-ef0a-4cb1-96f9-0f62523a3a4b)
Official Travel Costs (item number 1) (id c3fe7759-b0f0-48bb-baff-7e1c73c14c30)
Overseas Visits (item number 1) (id 4e107acd-81e8-465a-bddb-2ae8836359f9)
PILOT (item number 1) (id 4456ee15-1a79-401e-a7ce-a8dc93048adf)
Red Diesel (item number 1) (id 45966fb6-8b94-4a50-9067-87354ef21a9d)
Regional Aid (item number 1) (id 6440097c-7f9e-4a65-ad04-08cf3e1a03d4)
Southend (item number 1) (id 39151e86-4217-4d7f-885d-6dadec4331ac)
Sustainability Symposia (Harlow) (item number 1) (id 5ce3e970-ec76-4ccf-bc26-0937e2f6c0a0)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 38536392-3eb5-4f45-83e9-1a0058ec8ace)
Tax Returns (item number 1) (id 43951107-6965-4521-b85d-8e2b7670c2cb)
Taxis (item number 1) (id ee0e0f34-35b1-4e84-a015-bd37a3d15d8a)
VAT (Gravestones) (item number 1) (id 92190c84-655d-49e5-a50f-9ed9a28e5b5d)
Wanless Report (item number 1) (id c1b3ee8a-a56c-4299-b9eb-cee50c06ee0d)

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