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Commons Hansard for 19 December 2005 (Volume 440)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 10.50am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 74fc1d07-c16f-470a-aacb-47638d37e12a)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 7d5845c7-6f2f-460c-8aa4-da2d4e7a1974)

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European Council (item number 4) (id bb8c7e89-0db1-457a-95eb-3f7aea0b4fe9)
Police Restructuring (item number 5) (id 9605a42a-f938-4534-b022-5aa9a155fd7c)
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Foreign Affairs (item number 8) (id 4c64bbbe-ebce-4fc6-9e62-f9fe0ba331dd)
Armed Forces Bill (item number 9) (id 298267f6-ea01-447d-a516-2e0536081063)
Internet (Rogue Dialling) (item number 11) (id 1293dc91-565b-49b2-a288-759e51ac3f8c)

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Nurses (item number 1) (id 4bbb0766-3a2a-4bfe-a649-385c50cc3efa)
Obesity (item number 1) (id 7c79b3fa-a696-4f1d-b4db-d73d8c48991d)
Ophthalmic Services (item number 1) (id 4caa9ace-8692-47aa-82b5-da75941baf7b)
Podiatrists (item number 1) (id 07c3e04d-0890-439e-a15f-02084e951ccf)
Primary Care Trusts (item number 1) (id 361ae126-349c-4997-8b4c-18882ef04c5d)
Smoking/Alcohol (item number 1) (id f45cdc11-be95-441b-92bd-d2466ff37b48)
Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust (item number 1) (id c017d704-59c9-4061-935e-2c85b471c7c0)
Tuberculosis (item number 1) (id 629ac030-9c7f-4cbd-b7a8-a5d846283ea8)
Turnaround Teams (item number 1) (id c06aa0db-c9e7-415c-8d8e-a25cf9a338f5)
Velcade (item number 1) (id c00d4d7f-2ca2-4f48-9252-529773141130)
Warrington Primary Care Trust (item number 1) (id a06e755a-05d6-4002-8adb-04dc62106b70)
Your Health, Your Care, Your Say (item number 1) (id d51f7590-08bd-4854-ba91-6cbb32240249)

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