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Commons Hansard for 26 January 2006 (Volume 441)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 10 December 2025 at 12.43pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 1906109b-a99f-4147-b273-30b38d2148cc)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 3ccfb3d1-892c-4199-aa8b-d97bf94c77c6)
Business of the House (item number 4) (id b72abf97-f1f5-497a-ac5e-e55e8137f693)
Afghanistan (item number 5) (id c9acfb33-e911-428c-b63f-d44e5db96e9c)
Orders of the Day (item number 6) (id 090a82a6-3c83-4881-b1fc-7c4a439ba2a8)
Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2) (item number 7) (id a52f7ec3-6b6f-4cd5-83c5-906f5dd1ddc3)
Criminal Defence Service Bill [Lords] (item number 8) (id 89c6f371-12ae-4fe3-86f8-320101448f3c)
Public Accounts (item number 9) (id 5809bf89-cc0a-46a0-a16e-7790dbc8b06f)
Counterfeit Medicines (item number 11) (id 2d8c8494-acab-431f-a6ff-321768fe745a)

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 b42707d0-b031-41fe-8b74-dde9b99fea61)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Afghanistan (item number 1) (id d888af12-3821-4701-90b8-0435c4efd31a)
Bosnia (item number 1) (id 882be1c3-aa0c-489b-9edc-f5358ca0a64a)
Burma (item number 1) (id 969d9f37-68df-4da6-b9d8-a98fa51b616d)
China (item number 1) (id 8e07fb36-5395-4449-88c2-f39161f34fb7)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id a1fe00ea-46e1-4035-a01c-533aa65e99d6)
Cuba (item number 1) (id 184249bf-0f7e-4066-a975-b7c171e70d0e)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item number 1) (id 6835beac-ca46-4b92-a1e4-a915410853f5)
EU Council Meetings (item number 1) (id 2ec587f9-f678-4c94-94a9-231d41b97a52)
Fiji (item number 1) (id 0fec441d-0e8b-4ee5-bfa1-fe88cc764de2)
Holocaust Memorial Day (item number 1) (id a135c1bb-3b8c-4147-97c2-2349d27bb2ad)
Illegal Drugs (item number 1) (id 34fafcd4-6d8d-4829-9160-13b88f488ce5)
Iraq (item number 1) (id c26de190-de38-409b-8dbf-238b398b8f6c)
Israel (item number 1) (id e2cfc79b-a401-42ba-9d32-94ed2385737e)
Ivory Coast (item number 1) (id c94f3755-9f2f-4300-be73-5e770f488278)
Myanmar (item number 1) (id 17b89b40-72c0-4cb1-b9c8-0ccee18db473)
Russia (item number 1) (id da81d2cf-75f5-4d01-be88-24611b37fcd3)
Rwanda (item number 1) (id 16f84544-ebdd-446a-9878-2285ad3c2732)
Terrorist Suspects (Renditions) (item number 1) (id d430e20f-ce8f-4f92-a804-6fbb59184ea3)
Theresa McDermott (item number 1) (id 6891bbd9-a5e0-4ec0-9aec-8cd230e3a483)
Torture (item number 1) (id 6c14270c-dbb6-4f37-a4c1-070b3af65d24)
UK Citizens (Overseas Detention) (item number 1) (id aab7684b-f221-45c4-b06b-f14b5d372c8e)
United States (item number 1) (id 7b3bfa9b-5536-4abd-b548-45528d117d6c)
Western Sahara (item number 1) (id bc1e1f55-88fd-4f6b-911a-fb691a968f5c)

Treasury

North West Region (item number 1) (id 60a4182d-8a7b-40ce-b91d-890be4b1a35b)
Immunisation (item number 1) (id cd4ec702-f90e-445a-980d-3566cb7717e8)
Futurebuilders Fund (item number 1) (id 433cffcd-6d9d-4016-93be-66d51cfaa7cd)
Capital Transfer Tax (item number 1) (id 54949e57-c6fb-46bb-b270-4501bb60459b)
Women's Finances (item number 1) (id 0d67cb0f-7443-4183-9e63-dfb5d8279c67)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 75c85272-bce2-45da-83f3-d3326843a64c)
Public Finances (Forecasts) (item number 1) (id f4d72ab1-43a3-47a8-bebb-2ab14ee39c68)
House Prices (item number 1) (id 77f027bc-daa3-4ea8-955f-e609fe52e3a0)
Pension Contributions (Tax Relief) (item number 1) (id d9ea1d72-5ff4-4a36-b2ff-5d5dd40fb552)
Manufacturing Industry (item number 1) (id 701de1d1-c373-437f-be1a-5ef27c8ecb6d)
Development Aid (item number 1) (id a8b6584c-ec06-4062-abbc-ff07f84a357a)
EU Budget (Rebate) (item number 1) (id f8672078-9613-4ae6-89ef-638011c6db2a)
Children's Trust Funds (item number 1) (id 6519eb7f-ddba-4dd1-a479-de9d6b87f615)
Construction Industry (Taxation) (item number 1) (id bc047bc7-3c66-41e0-a11c-7d2219213088)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id bc5e09ab-923f-405b-abec-80e7fbe0d886)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 85b7832d-5339-4975-bab8-2aa512f4e840)
Departmental Vehicles (item number 1) (id 14e05df4-b62c-46aa-9d8b-ca0dc775ee34)
EDS (item number 1) (id cc83dd18-fcb4-49e7-93f0-96254c4e3dad)
EU Committees (item number 1) (id cfa2b4a2-14f3-4668-87ba-4d06e5487c30)
Financial Services Authority (item number 1) (id 248b7ff8-3a6f-469a-8c49-167477ca55b5)
HMRC (item number 1) (id a7d58509-4bf0-47ef-abdf-bf1360de783b)
Identity Fraud (item number 1) (id d2dd1e5d-39b8-454c-8ba2-2e5cda8c070e)
Inheritance Tax (item number 1) (id 19297117-e070-42d2-9f8f-ae37c9690bbb)
Iraq (item number 1) (id e22df6ec-bfaa-4b06-a1ed-53e6e099c430)
London Congestion Charge Zone (item number 1) (id cf32cd66-15d3-4974-a6f5-570da960207c)
Long-term Savings (item number 1) (id 4c5ecfd0-10d7-4216-b878-01e4d0c05ae0)
Private Finance Initiative (item number 1) (id ab035912-008d-4c63-9e6a-04bf79808548)
Public Sector Pay (item number 1) (id 1c5eb818-1e2d-49ca-97aa-df20527a9857)
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth (item number 1) (id a7ab1b1a-7c6d-4df0-8700-069cbe7e7d62)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (item number 1) (id 5ecbd81a-c41a-4887-912a-a0bec4fa1ce7)
Special Compliance Office Staff (item number 1) (id 57a3ef31-0981-4123-9322-3a70405e966b)
Stamp Duty Land Tax (item number 1) (id 351cfe94-5baf-4883-82a9-0ceb8e1d1a17)
Unemployment (item number 1) (id 767a2916-9506-401f-a1f3-cf955c9d193b)
VAT (Commemorative Headstones) (item number 1) (id 15dd1887-2066-4d35-bbd4-4cef2de8366c)
VAT Fraud (item number 1) (id b68c8971-ad62-4b00-8610-91a046e35dd6)

Transport

A46 (Nottinghamshire) (item number 1) (id ce97679c-637d-472a-8ebd-a5025d8c9916)
Audible Fire Alarms (item number 1) (id ec2b2413-81f2-4b62-923b-3b8af2fd47f2)
Aylesbury North (Railway Station) (item number 1) (id f9a8e527-44bb-411d-adf9-52749088bd44)
C2C Rail Line (Benfleet) (item number 1) (id b0bfb78e-5fb2-4808-acb0-a691f1d9a6eb)
Concessionary Travel (item number 1) (id 5afbe9d2-73b9-478a-bb55-391853bb1723)
Consultancy Contracts (item number 1) (id 03a06b96-b203-463b-9aa4-c42a99c7748f)
Crossrail (item number 1) (id a83f8c46-f941-4a6a-b882-ffd41e0abbe8)
Cycling (item number 1) (id 46a8d2a2-8f19-4246-9603-91ed67863ae5)
Departmental Consultants (item number 1) (id 2b64a219-98b8-4a18-b7b1-6c4e722c3af9)
Departmental Estate (item number 1) (id 9d570741-0066-4405-bdd9-ba8758108308)
Insurance Certificates (Display) (item number 1) (id fffab186-1b07-4453-8921-1039c3e6d36f)
Ladbroke Grove Crash (item number 1) (id 199e1404-39fe-4ed2-8bb0-803833e06a67)
Marine Environment (item number 1) (id 38ecde60-b9c6-40b5-a0da-82d087bed5bb)
Maritime and Coastguard Agency (item number 1) (id 5e44228c-e7b1-4752-a9a4-3d03b13646cf)
P-plate Scheme (item number 1) (id b70bebba-3be2-477b-82eb-580274d8e6e7)
Road Building (item number 1) (id a93facfa-b6da-4269-bf3f-6d235ab97298)
Road Safety (item number 1) (id 4264cb8e-2e33-4ace-b2ac-7392a4e90bc5)
Romsey/Chandlers Fore/Eastleigh Railway Line (item number 1) (id 1363666d-5301-4044-9d76-f38b3e5501b8)
South West Trains (item number 1) (id bebd7c4c-6353-4fb7-9687-5ca25eca484c)
Thameslink 2000 (item number 1) (id b1fa96a2-9675-4b5c-a9f1-7fd2b55093a2)
Transport Expenditure (item number 1) (id b841b1e7-5505-4787-90a4-a22d1df35660)

Education and Skills

Northern Ireland

Aimspro (item number 1) (id 9bf61755-6a43-43c9-ac0f-8938ed74eba3)
Child Care (item number 1) (id fb2e003e-4b28-42e3-ad82-9f72a254701d)
Civil Service (item number 1) (id ccbd3b03-4bcb-405b-bcd0-24cdfedb9855)
Civil Service Relocation (item number 1) (id 5f7cafa8-d30d-4fc1-ae89-392757ab998b)
Communication Aids Project (item number 1) (id 84a3fe9b-c4a7-4721-86fa-f542c73afea5)
Crime (item number 1) (id dba8b623-6a60-42f7-81f0-1692a5e6252e)
Departmental Equipment (item number 1) (id faf54ea6-699c-4fc4-b70c-7cd7a563d996)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id 43795bc5-9d0e-489f-8dd6-d960d6594819)
Departmental Finance (item number 1) (id ffbc413e-3a01-4ef5-bac1-f8aa82de4aa0)
Education and Library Boards (item number 1) (id 7c62ce55-3084-40af-989e-9f78c54c4307)
Education Finance (item number 1) (id 8dc2c3c7-8fa7-4b18-bc99-c39b1f345d43)
Firearms (item number 1) (id 65f90a08-a5c1-4553-8c41-70d65023ba5f)
Hospitals (Delayed Discharges) (item number 1) (id f59e8a2d-7656-4e7d-a506-d07e4ddc9fd2)
Inter-community Projects (item number 1) (id fb7206c9-d09a-4e2f-910b-887d0fd8ca30)
Interuterine Insemination (item number 1) (id f636dfc2-47c7-4086-9f25-68e468494467)
IRA Decommissioning (item number 1) (id 93d35c90-a54c-4aa3-8ff0-a99ae799aac8)
IRA Prisoners (Early Release) (item number 1) (id 900e447d-458f-40f4-b9bb-b4fb2e38f0a9)
IVF Treatment (item number 1) (id f535bc59-7f44-4aa7-9e7a-a03297d0d764)
Jobcentres (item number 1) (id 77bfb1b1-53f0-4024-96fd-68fbee97e1a2)
Kidney Transplants (item number 1) (id d6c17e0f-3f5f-4b6a-8d51-97cbf4f557e2)
Lavery Report (item number 1) (id 20873357-055c-47a8-a226-de8b4f3b2650)
Measuring Public Opinion (item number 1) (id 2db54077-f788-4e6e-8d27-23afeb1095b0)
Ministerial Meetings (item number 1) (id cb41c4d9-af49-4f39-999d-e1dc6d4086bf)
Missed Outpatient Appointments (item number 1) (id aebc9628-8d13-4b1c-847e-5661822e3933)
Multiple Sclerosis (item number 1) (id e21d748b-43b6-4ea6-a3e6-3028e8962e67)
New Books (item number 1) (id faf72470-e8f7-43a3-9a7a-f36df8bdf055)
Orange Hall (Attacks) (item number 1) (id 57044ed4-f1b4-421b-b62d-679e4d2f7248)
Organised Crime (item number 1) (id b4378436-4232-49ab-81de-a5fed051dc3d)
Police (item number 1) (id d841df17-563f-48fe-8667-5b80e1b41d7d)
Private Sector Jobs (item number 1) (id db1bb8ac-d1ec-4c9f-ae05-58fd789c5383)
Sexual Violence Strategy (item number 1) (id b2df161f-5a34-42ba-aae4-f8c4f89a0e00)
Shorts/Bombardier (item number 1) (id 0423c7e8-cb5c-4776-b1fd-803a334b094d)

Trade and Industry

Agricultural Tariffs (item number 1) (id 2bab5eaa-f087-4241-bca6-0e280d922319)
Annual Leave (item number 1) (id 6d83d85b-7452-4836-8c7a-7e9f0c4cdd0b)
Career Development (Women) (item number 1) (id 6e904aae-e9e9-4d00-8145-e4c2242c1b71)
Coal Aid Scheme (item number 1) (id 0dcae344-38e0-41ee-882d-49c4cb95d9d7)
Company Rankings (item number 1) (id a03c5e88-a143-49a3-a57d-ac31db883612)
Dentistry (item number 1) (id 560124c8-95f1-42e4-b84b-c2bc1e493ff3)
Energy Review (item number 1) (id 305e2113-cf00-4939-b3e7-9b2734ecdc58)
Energy Supply (item number 1) (id 3a789c58-85df-45b0-8209-69448f3ca736)
Engagements (Nuclear Industry) (item number 1) (id 9f5b75e0-6b43-4ffa-8c58-e9f4a2d35a62)
Export Credits Guarantee Department (item number 1) (id 669fe8df-05eb-4c68-931a-2989c2f6ad61)
Exports (item number 1) (id 18b09a86-7eeb-4951-ae98-2b5cdee15437)
Fairtrade (item number 1) (id baa345bd-19ce-44b2-bd6d-9ec551bf39d8)
Gas Prices (item number 1) (id d1cb92de-a803-4489-ae50-4a81b77092cd)
Green Ministers (item number 1) (id 82133780-cfd5-423b-a469-8483b8d392e4)
India (item number 1) (id 63c002ce-0c2d-4174-8113-9332bdd968af)
Miners' Compensation (item number 1) (id 3edd9c36-28f5-4fa9-bd6e-160967adec76)
Mobile Telecommunications (London) (item number 1) (id 4856df32-403a-410b-829c-d1973a070b56)
Nuclear Power (Wales) (item number 1) (id ddb71b47-33bd-47f8-9b71-2935446f8e9f)
Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id c552434a-e65a-4657-afca-d86d50b3ecb8)
Post Office Closures (item number 1) (id e6133f31-d422-4784-a4da-a21850f021b8)
Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 3ba6b1c2-6ef1-49e9-aee6-c2603e2670ff)
SITPRO (item number 1) (id 9ab3d0b7-257a-4c67-b573-5486ab792c09)
Small Business Research Initiative (item number 1) (id 5e1ec1ce-ea7f-41fb-bb10-6cc3c6fddaca)
Spent Nuclear Fuel (item number 1) (id 8fffd671-f0ac-4e96-9a94-d4e1f0451f88)
Telephone Preference Service (item number 1) (id 2642f1d2-201e-4d74-899e-e17620fc33c1)
THORP (item number 1) (id 5a62de10-ae2d-4f15-ab7c-1661892aed2d)
Union of Democratic Mineworkers/Vendside (item number 1) (id 5c00eba8-00a3-425a-be77-016c7f577085)
Wind Power (item number 1) (id dc460f0f-cea0-4ccc-8fc0-e4e7c0febdd8)
World Trade Organisation (item number 1) (id bf00fd71-95db-446b-940a-87e3bbc2535e)

Home Department

Animal Welfare (item number 1) (id 915246d4-0a88-4f1d-b2ff-d15e9aa2869c)
Asylum Seekers (item number 1) (id 4908bba7-71b9-41eb-bc2e-cd968e6e6614)
British Citizenship (item number 1) (id 80fc5144-e2a9-44d9-955c-80e52f89c12f)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 71babbfd-4da1-4ebf-abad-870d3c13ba39)
Crime Statistics (item number 1) (id 08fdd17d-287b-42de-9901-db5c1e451cc7)
Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (item number 1) (id 3d822a83-3617-414b-b2d7-89cff30ef762)
Engagements (item number 1) (id c911a17b-fc24-425e-ace9-76a0247fed4d)
EU Accession State Workers (item number 1) (id 9d7ff503-1036-4588-96f4-f691ae5eee1e)
IRIS Project (item number 1) (id 4adc1636-3fe9-46de-ac6a-67caab0f74b0)
National Offender Management Service (item number 1) (id a4ecdda6-6420-4925-87d5-e0d4a6b18a87)
Offenders' Children (item number 1) (id 536dbb5c-b347-46d4-9533-740312cc824b)
Prison Service (Pay) (item number 1) (id 9bec2b9e-10a4-46b2-bea7-1a916b7e576c)
Prisons (item number 1) (id 8f27a03f-9708-424a-9237-bb7ac09bceaf)
Probation Service (item number 1) (id 093c8452-644e-42da-b07f-f12153eb57e2)
Prostitution (item number 1) (id 6c69619c-d986-464b-b1f1-a3ed091d5a39)
Rates (item number 1) (id cea76425-fffb-437f-b2d5-55c5f91e6a14)
Remand Prisoners (item number 1) (id 8b634394-e4fa-4a40-baac-4f1a7bfd3856)
Inspectorates (Rental Costs) (item number 1) (id 6e7e5b2a-4a65-465f-bfaa-d169d2a15797)
Reoffending (item number 1) (id 469d267e-075d-4e93-b315-d2444669b978)
Security (Small Ports) (item number 1) (id 3f0ffed0-4f5a-46f1-95bd-4ae4da8a1d37)
Tax Credit Fraud (item number 1) (id 77550373-d22f-41bc-82d7-82f34f3d80e5)
Young Offenders (item number 1) (id a06a79be-5ee4-4c62-9a07-6409ea53bbf9)

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