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Commons Hansard for 24 April 2006 (Volume 445)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 15 December 2025 at 10.30am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 83af1b52-271d-460b-ade0-706014175b2a)
Prayers (item number 2) (id fce58661-f9fa-49c2-a114-7a75f0ce66cb)
Points of Order (item number 4) (id ab3900d9-6b1b-4cfb-aa2a-6ff8d58be84e)
Orders of the Day (item number 5) (id 395adf99-a1cd-4cf0-ba85-b159df68750a)
Finance (No. 2) Bill (item number 6) (id 8ad7d758-114f-4294-b243-98f1bd5c2c3b)
Cash Deliveries (item number 8) (id 02f659d8-b171-4ee4-a099-7a5d085bffd7)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Trade and Industry

Business Links (item number 1) (id 1a363292-87c1-42d9-914b-3f0c8e735343)
Business Incorporation (item number 1) (id 99f0cb99-9a10-4238-aee1-0988a6201efd)
Computer Access (Disadvantaged Groups) (item number 1) (id e7a38052-0be9-4b71-9cb4-732131cd5732)
Conditional Fee Agreement Regulations 2000 (item number 1) (id f4e1e395-60e1-4765-9afa-7c75e10753fa)
Contracts (Voluntary Sector) (item number 1) (id 99dd5861-8102-478c-8a6d-78db11be0853)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 7649a990-e071-4fe6-9b7b-d17b5b3add0e)
Defence Export Services Organisation (item number 1) (id 432b7cd9-e866-4465-bc09-32364645c318)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 36c9df0a-b302-4799-b1d3-eaf492aabe50)
Astronomy Projects (item number 1) (id 1469e4f0-3534-44b1-8700-a91d2fd10f71)
Entrepreneurs (South-West) (item number 1) (id e48e603a-f356-44c7-b2e1-667c27f9ad97)
EU Social Chapter (item number 1) (id 98386880-a582-41cf-82fb-0796b3b1f202)
Consumer Protection (Holidays) (item number 1) (id eaec3830-6db2-4207-adc8-bd703a3175ee)
Home Computing Initiative Scheme (item number 1) (id 891d2cd9-fd9e-4de3-8666-709287d3b36c)
ICSTIS (item number 1) (id 29b5023b-4217-4b17-9f10-fcd7d1f3f0c7)
Invoicing (item number 1) (id 0f515a14-a92c-4df7-9c42-d49122fec3c7)
Minimum Wage (item number 1) (id 4de6870e-2cc2-4dfc-9355-dc58ba59c088)
Noise-induced Hearing Loss (Mining) (item number 1) (id 822a965c-d464-431e-b6f2-fea3a3df8e68)
Postal Services (item number 1) (id 8f936345-a2e6-4936-b029-a43068410d45)
Export Licences (item number 1) (id 4ceed8c6-d122-4224-a4cb-40e2d821bddf)
Regional Selective Assistance (item number 1) (id 6636dde4-0464-4917-b106-079faaf59c63)
Sellafield (item number 1) (id f9b2d8ae-d12d-4e5c-91bb-7a0931ea09df)
Sunday Working (item number 1) (id 76a0d1e3-c971-4b4a-bea0-2609c2336d3f)
Tidal Energy (item number 1) (id 4a5541c5-f8c3-4358-95d0-e673407372b3)

Culture, Media and Sport

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Tote (item number 1) (id 344d76ed-3c3a-417d-8924-4ae9871c5f06)
Peepul Centre (Leicester) (item number 1) (id 42582091-7a52-439e-82c9-e7b92a7276db)
Visitor Attractions (item number 1) (id 97801978-bc07-4459-83b5-084075f8eb2a)
Sport Participation (item number 1) (id 5a98f1a8-efa2-4ddb-9701-5b8b17f32440)
BBC (item number 1) (id 7386ddc9-ac00-41e0-b519-7ee2ab6c8561)
Contracts (Voluntary Sector) (item number 1) (id 6fbbd388-386c-4d41-8e7e-5efa8971349b)
Correspondence (item number 1) (id 8ae2148a-812e-414b-96e7-547444af9008)
Departmental Televisions (item number 1) (id 9330a6ac-e75c-4a4d-8244-8f1692bccacc)
Digital Television (Dundee) (item number 1) (id b9d0f0d1-0bb4-4d55-a3d6-68adcabfd32e)
Gambling (item number 1) (id e54f4160-f72e-4e89-9c26-24c1d8f1aa5a)
Licensing (item number 1) (id 7d1f3e05-8a92-4584-9191-a47115aa9c62)
Millennium Dome (item number 1) (id 08143a01-f388-486d-b829-aa2406e8c9ad)
Music Industry (item number 1) (id 0ceb4418-68c5-40f7-a171-b5c445f2dc40)
Queen's Birthday (item number 1) (id 5b5467d1-a0e1-453c-a2b6-c818e8d096b4)
Royal Ballet (item number 1) (id 693b6f64-a55f-428f-8a95-a9226288fc2e)
Television Advertising (item number 1) (id e30aa5d7-17ce-4a09-8723-9e434a7c8431)
Warships (item number 1) (id 325f3d2e-1897-40c8-bae9-54b5dfecdb5d)
Water Safety (item number 1) (id 459bad02-0492-4262-a2b3-80aa80d7e74c)
Departmental Policies (item number 1) (id de7c3f86-a5b1-4652-83a4-c05a36dcca06)
Wilberforce 2007 (Hull) (item number 1) (id 9671354f-c5f8-4554-a7f1-aaf408497f71)

Deputy Prime Minister

Anglian Water (item number 1) (id d42ce6fc-0527-4000-a9f5-a014bce67d22)
Anhydrite Mines (item number 1) (id 87c2706b-dcca-47db-9c4d-16f41dfd6e93)
Article 4 Directions (item number 1) (id 48384b45-cb0f-4507-a2ca-2c80c59721de)
Biodiversity (Mid-Sussex) (item number 1) (id 62eaf1bd-bcde-47a3-b46f-55248b5587a7)
Brixham Council (item number 1) (id 4fd719a4-57f7-49b0-a6f6-6d9bdeb16c47)
Council Property (Disabled Facilities) (item number 1) (id 050874e5-52ca-4b63-9383-dd9e1303d24d)
Council Housing (item number 1) (id 96c70855-c99e-44d9-951a-98164eac0bf4)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id 5d6da6e9-be46-4064-b505-bd8587a6a88c)
Departmental Circulars (item number 1) (id eda194ea-dad5-45df-a914-82a1ed777ebc)
Departmental Policies (item number 1) (id 5d962a75-68c2-49b3-aaa9-43d061695fcf)
E-enabling (item number 1) (id a6ac5bb7-2c6f-4967-a89c-c9ca2776b424)
Energy Efficiency (item number 1) (id 3b380e03-83c4-444c-b5f3-2c27dec99a30)
Fire Precautions (Workplace) Regulations 1997 (item number 1) (id 22b24c5e-2428-489d-ba5b-9bb66a0c0e2d)
House Building (item number 1) (id 78e9d376-fb56-4048-94a1-29d2be098a99)
Housing (item number 1) (id f080791c-9052-44f4-be04-b81e5a6227f0)
Local Authorities (Chief Executive Emoluments) (item number 1) (id 6d35288a-a134-413c-ae22-35c88b8a5a19)
Local Authority Publicity (item number 1) (id c3b6a2b0-1b64-4742-85bc-f0913cbc8758)
Local Government Pensions (item number 1) (id b8c5a33b-fdb5-40e6-b03a-9622b7ea6bb5)
Pathfinder Programme (item number 1) (id 7d04f6af-e403-4c5d-bf54-9c8b0efbe979)
Relative Need (item number 1) (id 89526b16-7e36-4eb7-905f-7845d73ded8a)
Retrospective Planning Applications (item number 1) (id 16c4de51-045e-4028-b885-37fc0a77bdd6)
Right To Buy (Yorkshire/Humber) (item number 1) (id 2c68089d-7ef0-422b-a093-d9379b67d01e)
Road Maintenance (Legal Proceedings) (item number 1) (id 2e85bec2-fd8b-42ad-bcd8-83938652f983)
Shared Equity Scheme (item number 1) (id 2a29ec08-3c05-4293-8a3b-ebe7ae39f150)
Shell Haven (item number 1) (id f22d7e09-0fed-40d4-a274-4b24b17e8339)
Smoke Alarms (item number 1) (id cc106e83-a898-416c-8dfc-bb0f2864513b)
Solar Power (item number 1) (id 4fb9eb65-e3d1-4ca0-b955-726f93d3d808)
Stock Transfers (item number 1) (id 8dee5d3f-b8a2-47bc-a724-845384442aa3)
Sustainable Buildings (item number 1) (id 9319b58a-5257-4efd-8e04-7b47b4967002)
Unregistered Social Landlords (item number 1) (id e2096d7f-946b-4a2c-9fa4-a0ae3a5da2a7)
Village Shops (Cornwall) (item number 1) (id 7c95a9bb-708d-4d46-8522-930929b66cad)
Waste Incinerators (item number 1) (id a6b0accb-3c06-440d-9943-b5b4a899be8a)
Departmental Policies (item number 1) (id f470bc02-b89c-4780-bc14-262ad24df11c)

Education and Skills

Adult Education (Tooting) (item number 1) (id 2cb70159-2573-4385-b572-d01fd0857867)
Asbestos Insulating Board (item number 1) (id 12c68dd2-cee9-492c-9511-8f420fbfc1f2)
Brokerage Services (item number 1) (id 1056f38c-f147-44b1-8624-0051b03420fd)
Child Protection (item number 1) (id 2ee359c7-f57e-41db-b8c1-e067c517ca30)
China (Inter-country Adoption) (item number 1) (id 35aae758-df58-4ac6-aa19-600f6f57be22)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 0c636838-9fab-462c-9eab-f87d5996ba14)
Education Maintenance Allowance (item number 1) (id 56b8f71e-f940-465b-b479-5365102ba55b)
Educational Standards (item number 1) (id 10a4958d-4035-4808-8229-819f4eb57818)
Employer Training Pilots (item number 1) (id 49cc65d2-280a-4974-aba8-51482c5d9e03)
Head Teachers/Principals (item number 1) (id 09afee2d-6aa9-4a0e-a6df-0367aaceb555)
Liverpool Learning Service (item number 1) (id 35344e18-efb0-403b-af5b-910813279328)
Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities Fund (item number 1) (id db835eff-708a-4aa0-9cd2-c6a1f8aab16c)
Pupil Referral Units (item number 1) (id 66e21733-b63e-4391-9bd2-b725b0b9f9bf)
School Exclusions (item number 1) (id ee1f9efe-1b63-4ed8-aea8-e88c931aa3c5)
Specialist Schools (item number 1) (id faa5e2a7-4512-4473-af39-b0d28f1872ea)
Student Finance (item number 1) (id 65da93fd-399c-4c89-83e7-02556833af6e)
Sunday Trading (item number 1) (id c911c33a-3d86-4a3a-9f8a-2a7e8b8b677a)
Teacher Pensions (item number 1) (id 6c2cdd22-0d2f-4982-a753-0d58783b4279)
Trust Schools (item number 1) (id b11244e6-fb7a-410b-8750-9d70bdfca68f)
World Cup (Complimentary Tickets) (item number 1) (id d79c9d28-8cc6-4c51-b37c-987a19827976)

Health

Ambulance Services (item number 1) (id b869b382-5144-4749-82af-83826172f2c9)
Audiology Tests (item number 1) (id 2b112320-38f3-4694-9378-0934d91e7811)
Cancer (item number 1) (id e20a1493-d9cd-4793-8e27-d50178f6528b)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (item number 1) (id 819d753d-60e9-4d8b-b0fc-3c0d73411d87)
Cholesterol (item number 1) (id 92f83d4f-e07a-4761-9e78-1c2fa9cf4579)
Choose and Book System (item number 1) (id 5f63e0ef-0b6e-4539-8d6c-a45afeaca84f)
Consultancy Fees (item number 1) (id 64f29eac-9823-4bc7-a45f-d43acf264c89)
Dentistry (item number 1) (id 15117c6f-b7ac-4352-bdb7-35356c40464f)
Departmental Expenditure (item number 1) (id b2d1b050-c9d4-4a61-9c4b-4194c122a3aa)
Departmental Policies (item number 1) (id c48af22a-d6e2-421f-8a7f-724cd28cac0a)
Diabetes (item number 1) (id d41eee62-411b-4af2-b333-8645488b9125)
Grievance Procedures (item number 1) (id 4d79bc3b-bb47-414e-8753-760931a34f62)
Harassment Complaints (item number 1) (id 9a671413-dd09-47ec-a90b-c8a11d6c7f2c)
Health Services (North Northamptonshire) (item number 1) (id b82f83d0-6ab9-4cfa-a36a-dcdaf8e9a1e3)
Health Treatment Centres (item number 1) (id af723ebe-2eac-4adb-ae71-cdbbd7e3d668)
Hearing Aids (item number 1) (id 807dfa2c-5758-485f-9bc8-b93e911854b8)
Infant Formula (item number 1) (id 3fcca5cc-2fc5-45c9-b758-0d78a1730acf)
Malnutrition (item number 1) (id b010490a-1f9f-4ea1-aff5-e4524e22258f)
Mary Seacole Award (item number 1) (id 28c2336f-b87a-4506-a083-d2deb26c49c1)
Maternal and Child Health (item number 1) (id aafb5225-5ae1-48da-9b60-2f0e5addb7f5)
Medical Students (Jobs) (item number 1) (id cec918c6-d394-4f3c-b3af-a957d44f6503)
Multiple Sclerosis (item number 1) (id ab109938-8d9e-405a-95fa-86b6e1f1addf)
NHS and Mental Establishments (Visits) (item number 1) (id f214120f-5d30-45a2-918c-e68ce9249f85)
NHS Direct (item number 1) (id c7f474d3-6cce-4663-b666-7a7819c9e4bd)
NHS Expenditure (item number 1) (id 9115dd14-e3da-4c43-99de-a14ea700d190)
NHS Finance (Hospitals) (item number 1) (id 661716d8-b512-4f8f-8954-6d8e9be4648f)
NHS Redress Scheme (item number 1) (id ce6924c4-8441-4bfd-9cbb-57543a04bca8)
Patient Transfers (item number 1) (id d66f3a23-54f7-40d7-81e1-dfe484b80ee3)
Payment-by-results (item number 1) (id 7a10386c-fd10-4fb5-abd0-e3e507a2f9db)
Pension Provision (item number 1) (id 0cfb9734-3341-4140-b3d3-4749adebc244)
Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (item number 1) (id d8d24b20-b157-4ac8-b954-1b4a1dd971a3)
Potters Bar Community Hospital (item number 1) (id 9fab98ec-c312-45c0-9a3f-b0e331ae6a88)
Prostate Cancer (item number 1) (id 81abb741-c327-4f94-aab4-d57307af6735)
Radiotherapy (item number 1) (id 6fc21e0c-964c-4d3e-9fb5-300ba0fea54d)
Salt Intake (item number 1) (id a6669ee7-b793-4479-b4a6-2dd5ef03d95b)
Section 64 Funding (item number 1) (id 4e91bccb-154c-4097-b516-396111468ea6)
Social Exclusion (item number 1) (id cf29026f-9224-41d9-9803-b28e027d0f9f)
Suppliers (Bill Payments) (item number 1) (id 8dad02f4-d1c1-4a00-a5fc-e6956aede26f)
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Temporary/Agency Staff (item number 1) (id c1211c81-a8f3-4b46-ba24-e991f72f1aa8)
Wider Partnerships Initiative (item number 1) (id feb529de-5b83-46b5-a2de-7171e2fdeb56)
Worcestershire Royal Hospital (item number 1) (id 0a4a0c09-98ba-41d8-93e6-8d727d15b2bc)
York Hospital (item number 1) (id 0d5fe11d-9c85-46cb-ab28-f4b423cc2b8c)

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