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Commons Hansard for 17 March 2006 (Volume 443)
From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated
17 December 2025 at 9.15am.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
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Prayers
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Orders of the Day
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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill
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Remaining Private Members' Bills
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EU-Morocco Fishing Agreement
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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 Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Avian Influenza
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Bovine TB
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Cetacean By-catch
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Dangerous Dogs Act
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Illegal Meat Imports
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Landfill (Hazardous Waste)
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Nappies
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Rats
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Recycling (Herefordshire)
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Transport
A47 Multi-modal Study
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A47/A11
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Aicraft Landings
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Greater Manchester (Roads)
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Mersey Gateway Project
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Railways
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Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation
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Severn Tunnel
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Speed Limits
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Defence
Air Traffic Control
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Armed Forces Pay Review
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Cluster Munitions
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Fleet Apache Helicopters
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Fort Halstead
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Meat Sourcing
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Merlin Helicopters
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Mine Clearance (Falkland Islands)
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Treasury
Call Centres
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Continental Shelf Receipts
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Obstacles to Mobility Study
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Tax Credits
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Tuberculosis
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Culture, Media and SportT
English Institute of Sport
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Financial Irregularity
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Gambling
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Iran
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Public Libraries
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Sport
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Work and Pensions
Benefits (Fife)
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Carers
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Disability Living Allowance
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Health-related Benefits
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Hearing Disabilities
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Incapacity Benefit
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Jobcentre Plus
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Pathways to Work
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State Pension
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Welfare Reform Green Paper
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Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Africa
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Alcoholic Beverages (Government Stock)
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Chad
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Chad-Cameroon Pipeline
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Departmental Security Staff
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Eritrea/Ethiopia
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Iran
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Jericho Prison
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Nigeria
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Sudan
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World Bank
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Zimbabwe
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Trade and Industry
Corporate Behaviour
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Default Retirement Age
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Domestic Electricity Generation
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Energy Bills
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Exports/Inward Investment
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Fuel Poverty
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ICI (Child Labour)
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Imported Manufactured Goods
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Industrial Diseases
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Internet
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Job Relocation (Wales)
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Low Carbons Building Programme
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North West Regional Development Agency
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Nuclear Decommissioning
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Nuclear Power
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Pandemic Influenza
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Professional Institutes
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Renewable Electricity
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Renewable Energy
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Scottish Illegal Money Lending Unit
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South West Regional Development Agency
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Sustainable Building
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Vanity Publishing Industry
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Wind Farms
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Health
Audiology
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BRCA1 Testing
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Breast Cancer
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Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust
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Children's Hospices
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Colon Cancer
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Colorectal Cancers
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Coronary Heart Disease
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Dentistry
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Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Geneticists (Waiting Times)
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Haemodynamic Fluid Optimisation
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Health Care (Tamworth)
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Health Education
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Herceptin
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Hospital Admissions (Alcohol-related)
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Infertility Treatments
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Macular Degeneration
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Mal de Debarquement Syndrome
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National Radiotherapy Advisory Group
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PCT Finances
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Prostate Cancer
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Reconstructive Breast Surgery
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Section 64 Funding
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Surgical Procedures
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International Development
Afghanistan
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India
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Prime Minister
Alistair Campbell
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Deputy Prime Minister
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Homelessness
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Northern Ireland
Bullying
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Children and Young People
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Race Relations (Amendment) Act
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Safer Cells Programme
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Security Industry
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UK Airports
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