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Commons Hansard for 24 May 2006 (Volume 446)

From the corrected (daily) version. Last updated 17 December 2025 at 9.59am.

Commons Chamber

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

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Northern Ireland

Asbestos-related Cancer (item number 1) (id 53f06660-f133-4662-9ea1-e20be1747638)
Education Provision (item number 1) (id 5126a772-e398-4939-9032-4b2944f53015)
Power-sharing Initiatives (item number 1) (id d63023c6-ceaa-4a01-871b-2fd3c09fb662)
Provisional IRA (item number 1) (id c287b2aa-af66-492d-a15d-43391ab1a1d8)
Decommissioning (item number 1) (id 8eb1e4ac-fff5-4b8f-8d48-347f2d3f30d9)
Antisocial Behaviour Strategy (item number 1) (id 1dcb0cba-b2ee-44a5-9722-192084f8a772)
Arts Council (item number 1) (id d06c2885-8bbf-4de0-b173-2ec4d8748955)
Classroom Assistants (item number 1) (id e19106a3-337b-41a5-bc7d-fd4f97359151)
Credit Card Fraud (item number 1) (id 39fd6681-9996-4a5f-aa02-a22b15e0a318)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 22570de8-1a10-4f2f-a701-3e398d7d4c41)
Diversiton Multi-faith Calendar (item number 1) (id faabbc8b-ac27-43b8-96ac-ab9232763138)
Eid-ul-Adha Reception (item number 1) (id 3fb832a5-cda1-492e-81c8-2be32dcd38e8)
IRA Army Council (item number 1) (id 6ab48ac0-6481-4909-bd04-19271415f719)
National Stadium (item number 1) (id 8b79b758-3c7f-4c43-9ff8-84e10f2ec5d2)
Raymond McCord (item number 1) (id 35b80e80-868f-4762-85a1-0f0a54df3154)
South Eastern Music Centre (item number 1) (id d2118e13-fc1c-4c78-8fc0-c38e3e05920f)
Special Advisers (item number 1) (id 734d20bf-b9cd-41cb-a4f6-c28482c4b08e)
University of Ulster (item number 1) (id 5c569b34-b5a9-4d6d-839b-f7efcb3d98f5)
Unpaid Fines (Imprisonment) (item number 1) (id d349dce1-02a7-485a-8393-c9d0168a21ee)

Treasury

Average Incomes (item number 1) (id 6c8ab143-a9c5-4435-8bed-03a9649e5a84)
Bills (item number 1) (id 6e7919ee-f028-4c79-a464-5ba80b4e2333)
Bonuses (item number 1) (id 5f90022c-4123-4149-a1d2-9c7f4598834d)
Chinese Currency (item number 1) (id 188455a3-ca3d-4868-946d-7eaa77dad4ac)
Departmental Legislation (item number 1) (id 754e3b0a-b71e-4a0e-955a-66666687facd)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 68869e78-c92e-4a99-ade2-9ff047829d17)
Disability Access (item number 1) (id 3a27447f-df41-4611-a703-a4ad9ca39610)
EU Finance (item number 1) (id 3154380f-5212-4d58-923a-f0c7f0623072)
GDP Statistics (item number 1) (id 54ece7c4-46bc-4042-9620-938004e4c145)
HM Revenue and Customs (item number 1) (id 0f870938-2d70-4081-a664-5b2b56f1df54)
Improving Migration Population Statistics Programme (item number 1) (id d001f76a-f554-440f-8d83-5c9f84ac35c1)
Inheritance Tax (item number 1) (id 720f6e56-df1d-440a-b537-fc42c5d424da)
Migrants (item number 1) (id 29fda07a-69be-4b43-815c-deb6c0717215)
Ministerial Activities (item number 1) (id 329a642d-d6ea-4100-a591-2abc78179d11)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id e9134a88-09b8-4a17-9f25-4c6e07c61752)
Ministerial Visits (Accommodation) (item number 1) (id 3bd233fd-2d23-4643-9dfd-fcaa70599390)
Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id f6924123-9377-4fdb-adb6-dd76f55f567e)
Pensions (item number 1) (id a76c9bb5-bf4c-4cb6-b0bb-323a08169eec)
Population Statistics (Hartlepool) (item number 1) (id 7f0da59a-c337-4794-9aed-f2a8108c5e46)
Private Members' Bills (item number 1) (id 51a15063-f792-4cf1-abad-fafba4f48cac)
Private Office Costs (item number 1) (id 1ed937c5-3752-48f5-8dd3-1973c9717757)
Sovereign Strategy (item number 1) (id d8c810b8-0204-458d-a174-4c55af635e3f)
Tax Credits (item number 1) (id 7cc03782-2c42-439c-9b3c-5afc7a241df7)
Tax Revenues (item number 1) (id 689ed4a5-44b4-43bd-9862-f214183c8b0e)
Valuation Office Agency (item number 1) (id af12a854-e085-4897-a7db-ca882d26dd37)
VAT Registration (item number 1) (id 79c4e4cd-d2e4-462d-ae31-c8eb99fad832)

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Bangladesh (item number 1) (id 4acd957d-94e1-4752-a0cc-be9511bfe136)
British Passport Holders (item number 1) (id 31c40e6f-3814-4703-977f-9971025f18a6)
Charles Munyaneza (item number 1) (id 76a7a48a-f389-4e18-86d4-e4a1cc6dff37)
China (item number 1) (id dd805a83-3f7c-49ba-a914-d3c25ff28da5)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (item number 1) (id 597652a4-877a-48ee-a725-9b22323e4cda)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id 8bfb08f7-29ff-4ecf-be75-1dec4b3163d8)
EU Finance (item number 1) (id 37290c5c-f2a4-43d0-a1b0-1a1d4298cf07)
EU-Morocco Agreement (item number 1) (id ec0039c2-a0d7-4be4-92e7-c0482a96bc80)
European Entitlement Card (item number 1) (id fd2041fa-ebe8-49a1-8460-30c9c2f47143)
European Union (item number 1) (id d46c487d-283c-4f5b-bba7-37b1c97010a8)
Information Technology (item number 1) (id 47147425-e856-40d6-8896-2d57b7e7833b)
Iraq (item number 1) (id ffc383c5-e8ff-4865-b527-64c2c1f85496)
Israel (item number 1) (id 078bdd50-1008-4467-b828-d16d0b7bc5a7)
Leased Military Bases (item number 1) (id 50797040-06aa-466e-a5d8-1e6289ac7e35)
Military Technology (Belarus/Iran) (item number 1) (id 4e7dc565-3c2b-482a-b9a5-ba68aa955be9)
Miza Tahir Hussain (item number 1) (id df2580cd-0ad4-48a0-b74d-e20f90a9aac0)
Pensions (item number 1) (id 6a5b9475-e015-4da9-ab2b-b0571f8d348b)
Portland PR (item number 1) (id 46b82d91-0b45-4f16-8bb9-8defff39bf77)
Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (item number 1) (id 7aaa2a82-c6af-4f88-8b66-fd556da4b5c0)
Lebanon (item number 1) (id 8da291e6-0d9b-4504-87f5-f80aea65ab4c)
Russian Orchestras (item number 1) (id 13007344-b4d2-4c63-b42d-94529952abd3)
Sickness Absence (item number 1) (id 8753d847-f335-4d8f-b7ca-1369c4661cc0)
UN Compensation Committee (item number 1) (id dff91073-82f9-460e-8552-e39b979fbf11)
Vehicle Sharing (item number 1) (id 075cb52c-9aeb-4123-9a53-cfff08a1c86a)

Health

Alzheimer's Disease (item number 1) (id 38ed1605-030c-4ec6-b5b4-8c9316837dcb)
Autism (item number 1) (id 2992198b-41a5-40e9-bbef-efe6efdcb4ca)
Bone Marrow Donation (item number 1) (id 53ad65a2-cfda-4b41-bd0e-a60a1c9ce921)
Breast Cancer (Shrewsbury and Atcham) (item number 1) (id 938142f5-98c3-4c61-8968-34fab4188b81)
Cancelled Appointments (item number 1) (id 9866c154-9eac-48dc-acf8-5e9ebe0f1284)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (item number 1) (id 577261db-4483-482c-96b6-5eef7452cc9d)
Children's Wards (item number 1) (id 53e2d837-fd1e-4467-a6d6-06750b6d82d3)
Commission for Social Care Inspection (item number 1) (id 4f6fd584-f5e8-4f2b-a372-9136432e37db)
Connecting for Health Computer System (item number 1) (id 002c5d29-e6de-45c0-baf4-d220147f52c8)
Departmental Responsibilities (item number 1) (id 11e9c5ca-9286-4874-8523-06e0b91217f8)
Disabled People (Assessments) (item number 1) (id 9372b3a2-e550-4bbb-b718-3501cab83362)
Elderly Mental Infirm Patients (item number 1) (id b0901d62-fc4b-4c61-a612-28ca0adcf42e)
Ex-service Personnel (item number 1) (id 29552226-9972-4f3f-8fb4-c112ceabcc4c)
General Practitioners (item number 1) (id 10344218-f68a-4c0d-8e16-b587fb0a4920)
Hospital Appointments (item number 1) (id 217a2f50-83d5-4129-8a16-8fef37bdfcd9)
Independent Treatment Centres (item number 1) (id 536fbd26-ac17-4561-a5dc-c10b3efe430f)
IT Reviews (item number 1) (id 77510c98-7ec3-431b-862a-dcdeb30f88d1)
Junior Doctors (item number 1) (id de3677a8-f9b9-4440-bb01-ef0e361081a5)
Long-term (Neurological) Conditions Framework (item number 1) (id f2bd6f85-7bfd-4870-9cc6-aae8e9b07f4b)
Long-term Care (item number 1) (id 5288a4a5-5613-4753-8368-25d9e1d866f3)
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (item number 1) (id 91154f41-d189-40a7-b75b-0de5d2fc334f)
Midwifery (item number 1) (id 7364a91f-52de-48c5-a5a4-59479b1c3045)
Neonatal Units (London) (item number 1) (id e58ae509-ad5e-4128-9ac2-45f320a81b77)
Neurology (item number 1) (id 83f7c779-0a40-4132-aecd-05b189874a9a)
NeuroMuscular Centre (item number 1) (id 3e6f3d8f-b882-4947-8789-6b213020ec20)
Non-emergency Treatment (item number 1) (id 2befaaf3-d476-46d7-bb76-150b4b957c8e)
Osteoporosis (item number 1) (id caf973eb-a7ad-4860-b774-e3ca80b3a91a)
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust (item number 1) (id b8ac205c-cabd-419c-a733-8d9e9e32bca7)
Parliamentary Questions (item number 1) (id 5a587046-a9d5-48cc-af55-97c95169be26)
Petitions (item number 1) (id 6b6ba289-ae5a-4105-ac1b-19e465ce27e4)
Portland PR (item number 1) (id ab9982eb-8ccf-47a7-94e5-828ab10f0aca)
Section 64 Grants (item number 1) (id 34af70d0-634b-43ff-a682-2bd2cfee200f)
Self-harm (item number 1) (id e6fb7bd3-2c22-487b-ac27-067a2944a3c9)
Spinal Injuries (item number 1) (id 58bf9bce-66b3-4552-af37-b6bbdaa2babb)
Student Nurses (item number 1) (id a86d62f5-0c30-451d-8383-9d0d9047e397)
Third Sector Funding (item number 1) (id 8df38abe-9f9f-4558-a7c1-50ccadbad2d4)

Transport

Aircraft Safety (item number 1) (id 0e954e19-b9a7-4164-b465-d88ea001d89a)
Beverley Integrated Transport Plan (item number 1) (id 0b753217-ef21-45ec-95ad-8253b2c8a8c3)
British Airports Authority (item number 1) (id 17ba5754-9e4b-4159-bfd5-ef9a37426e3f)
Buses (item number 1) (id 4d1bac72-720a-48e0-abd0-d6b2e8bb6f56)
Consultants (item number 1) (id e2f2e04f-2d04-44f4-bd16-2f09e44d675f)
Cycling Proficiency (item number 1) (id 24bec83b-48f8-4bbf-bb39-9b6af6e2f174)
Damages (item number 1) (id 5cf98646-3c06-4f45-b135-564e71fda68d)
Departmental Staff (item number 1) (id ffe7df18-2839-4f32-8efe-ca5b50cda0ed)
Dredging (item number 1) (id 03e2bf77-57a0-4d6d-bb75-dc1ba7c4086e)
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (item number 1) (id 2970b338-2a31-4262-98dd-2516f0f03282)
Equal Pay (item number 1) (id d0da5601-64d7-4189-b071-1cfe8f9dcb8d)
European Maritime Safety Agency (item number 1) (id b2f31092-3dc1-407f-8379-e2c899f88f87)
Illegal Taxi Drivers (item number 1) (id f46a402b-1bda-4f55-9188-5b6ee8e52c73)
Level Crossings (item number 1) (id e58a70be-83e7-4352-926e-9259e58b5bef)
London Underground (item number 1) (id 9a866d20-d60b-4545-a0b0-68b9a13aa37e)
M25 (item number 1) (id aa19ec96-2056-4533-a375-8115544b50c9)
Milton Keynes South Midlands Growth Area (item number 1) (id de8f7b3f-d315-45b0-9afc-92e7c39516a1)
Ministerial Travel (item number 1) (id f7dbed88-6323-4567-a7e1-956cb8c2371c)
MOT Computer System (item number 1) (id 2001e781-9ef3-4dfa-b96e-0b24455ad5e2)
Oystercard (item number 1) (id 8bf63c1f-7ac6-451f-adb9-11558f3b6b6f)
Private Members' Bills (item number 1) (id a24acb1c-5bbf-43bf-a211-c90f70076280)
Private Office Staff (item number 1) (id afcee184-1d6f-4f08-8b86-33512eba7592)
Private Sector Fund Recipients (item number 1) (id 25518e0a-6cb5-4d04-96e2-1912455bfb3e)
Public Consultations (item number 1) (id dcf86331-8b51-48aa-a794-03ffc194f1ec)
Public Transport (item number 1) (id b970e615-021d-4044-9d6d-ee25ee3d455b)
Railways (item number 1) (id 4863fc2b-ada4-4179-8177-f59de261bff1)
Resilience Exercises (item number 1) (id dc3790a1-a921-4f79-a1ba-c3c313c39446)
Road Pricing (item number 1) (id be8e2452-d5ef-4451-925c-077a658e57bd)
Roads (item number 1) (id a6cad08b-0325-469d-8140-50720b43afe8)
Rolls-Royce Engines (item number 1) (id f9f13701-4d37-44ca-bd26-3b053c8420b2)
Ryanair (item number 1) (id cf6bbccb-58ca-4495-be91-dd59560fe367)
South East Manchester Multi-modal Study (item number 1) (id bab53fd9-ae77-4824-98fd-8b64b38aea85)
Southampton Tunnel (item number 1) (id 85915d29-35c7-4d6c-a9c3-a28db1921aae)
Staff Surveys (item number 1) (id c26d4033-500d-43d0-bacd-6e551ae379fc)
Staff Team Building (item number 1) (id 11cc1f37-f736-4d70-9ad1-678ad4ecc5dd)
Terrorist Threats (item number 1) (id 197fbdd4-f083-4c79-8115-2684c36e0a90)
Transport Improvements (Hackney, North and Stoke Newington) (item number 1) (id 84cee748-52fc-4db6-8b28-2b4aadcbf400)
Transport Infrastructure Projects (item number 1) (id a09f766c-586c-4500-8df8-54356396009d)

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