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Commons Hansard for 9 May 2006 (Volume 446)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 17 December 2025 at 9.29am.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 99f37971-f31b-492c-88f8-f63e695a9230)
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Points of Order (item number 4) (id de1d008c-131a-4073-8364-13f567a5f109)
Misuse of Drugs (Reclassification of Methylamphetamine) (item number 5) (id 09ccaa18-080c-4f36-ac69-a73ab593f947)
Opposition Day (item number 6) (id b1549ed1-9bc3-40f1-b625-07ce05f5a90a)
Delegated Legislation (item number 7) (id 6004a902-1be2-477a-b3b3-0e6436ec5c60)
Proposed Closure of RAF Hythe (item number 9) (id fdcd6097-39ab-4796-ba71-138cd83ee309)

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Transient Families (item number 1) (id 5e7f116b-7dc0-4b66-8e4c-ff8388457f22)
Voluntary Organisations (Compact Agreements) (item number 1) (id 5971a786-112a-4adb-b91c-65b1c2af296b)
Wynne Lieberthal (item number 1) (id d87633a3-5449-479d-b2be-55401c577003)

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