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Commons Hansard for 29 October 2007 (Volume 465)

From the bound volume. Last updated 13 May 2018 at 7.32pm.

Commons Chamber

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

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 0710299000003)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 0710299000006)
Orders of the Day (item number 4) (id 0710299000005)
UK Borders Bill (item number 5) (id 0710299000001)
Burma (item number 6) (id 0710299000002)
Petitions (item number 7) (id 07102934000004)
Hit and Run Accidents (item number 8) (id 07102934000001)
Abortion Act 1967 (item number 9) (id 07102934000002)
Community Radio (item number 10) (id 07102934000003)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Duchy of Lancaster

Transport Links (item number 1) (id 07102929000002)
Skilled Local Workers (item number 1) (id 07102929000003)
North-East Derbyshire (item number 1) (id 07102929000004)
Olympic Contingency Fund (item number 1) (id 07102929000005)
North-West England: Support (item number 1) (id 07102929000006)
Citizens' Juries (item number 1) (id 07102929000007)
Civil Servants: Pay (item number 1) (id 07102929000008)
Civil Service: Codes of Practice (item number 1) (id 07102929000009)
Departmental Coordination (item number 1) (id 07102929000010)
Departmental Responsibilities: Publications (item number 1) (id 07102929000011)
Departments: Department of Health (item number 1) (id 07102929000012)
Departments: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07102929000013)
Departments: Manpower (item number 1) (id 07102929000014)
Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers (item number 1) (id 07102929000015)
Departments: Public Appointments (item number 1) (id 07102929000016)
Departments: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07102929000017)
Departments: Public Participation (item number 1) (id 07102929000018)
Departments: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 07102929000019)
Departments: Publications (item number 1) (id 07102929000020)
Departments: Resignations (item number 1) (id 07102929000021)
Departments: Secondment (item number 1) (id 07102929000022)
Departments: Security (item number 1) (id 07102929000023)
Departments: Written Questions (item number 1) (id 07102929000024)
National Security: Scotland (item number 1) (id 07102929000025)
Olympic Games: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07102929000026)

Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Licence Fee (item number 1) (id 0710301000002)
Sport England (item number 1) (id 0710301000003)
Public Service Broadcasting (item number 1) (id 0710301000004)
Digital Switchover (item number 1) (id 0710301000005)
Folk Dance and Song (item number 1) (id 0710301000006)
Heritage Funding (item number 1) (id 0710301000007)
Children’s Sport (item number 1) (id 0710301000008)
National Heritage (item number 1) (id 0710301000009)
Big Lottery Fund: Wirral, South (item number 1) (id 0710301000010)
Intellectual Property Rights (item number 1) (id 0710301000011)
Anti-Semitism (item number 1) (id 0710301000012)
Bookmakers (item number 1) (id 0710301000013)
British Waterways Board: Finance (item number 1) (id 0710301000014)
Culture: Marketing (item number 1) (id 0710301000015)
Departments: Assets (item number 1) (id 0710301000016)
Departments: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0710301000017)
Departments: Disabled People (item number 1) (id 0710301000018)
Departments: Internet (item number 1) (id 0710301000019)
Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers (item number 1) (id 0710301000020)
Departments: Overseas Workers (item number 1) (id 0710301000021)
Departments: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0710301000022)
Departments: Public Participation (item number 1) (id 0710301000023)
Departments: Retirement (item number 1) (id 0710301000024)
Departments: Standards (item number 1) (id 0710301000025)
English Heritage: Finance (item number 1) (id 0710301000026)
English Heritage: Greater London (item number 1) (id 0710301000027)
Gaming Machines (item number 1) (id 0710301000028)
Licensed Premises: Offenders (item number 1) (id 0710301000029)
Licensed Premises: Sales (item number 1) (id 0710301000030)
Local Broadcasting: Television (item number 1) (id 0710301000031)
Museums and Galleries: Finance (item number 1) (id 0710301000032)
National Lottery: Greater London (item number 1) (id 0710301000033)
Olympic Games: Greater London (item number 1) (id 0710301000034)
Radio: Grants (item number 1) (id 0710301000035)
Regional Cultural Consortiums (item number 1) (id 0710301000036)
Sports: Schools (item number 1) (id 0710301000037)
Stonehenge (item number 1) (id 0710301000038)
Television: Licensing (item number 1) (id 0710301000039)
Theatre: East Midlands (item number 1) (id 0710301000040)
Tourism (item number 1) (id 0710301000041)
Tourism: Finance (item number 1) (id 0710301000042)
Travel Information (item number 1) (id 0710301000043)
Video Games: Children (item number 1) (id 0710301000044)
Video Games: Safety (item number 1) (id 0710301000045)

Communities and Local Government

Adoption: Babies (item number 1) (id 07103010000002)
Buildings: Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000003)
Climate Change (item number 1) (id 07103010000004)
Coalfields Regeneration Trust: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103010000005)
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (item number 1) (id 07103010000006)
Community Development: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07103010000007)
Council Housing: Property Transfer (item number 1) (id 07103010000008)
Council Tax (item number 1) (id 07103010000009)
Council Tax: East Midlands (item number 1) (id 07103010000010)
Council Tax: Eastern Region (item number 1) (id 07103010000011)
Council Tax: Emergency Services (item number 1) (id 07103010000012)
Council Tax: Fire Services (item number 1) (id 07103010000013)
Council Tax: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07103010000014)
Council Tax: Parish Councils (item number 1) (id 07103010000015)
Council Tax: Second Homes (item number 1) (id 07103010000016)
Council Tax: Valuation (item number 1) (id 07103010000017)
Departments: Cost-effectiveness (item number 1) (id 07103010000018)
EU Grants and Loans (item number 1) (id 07103010000019)
Festivals and Special Occasions (item number 1) (id 07103010000020)
Freedom of Information: Standards (item number 1) (id 07103010000021)
Home Condition Reports (item number 1) (id 07103010000022)
Home Information Packs (item number 1) (id 07103010000023)
Home Information Packs: Consultants (item number 1) (id 07103010000024)
Home Information Packs: Europe Economics (item number 1) (id 07103010000025)
Home Information Packs: Pilot Schemes (item number 1) (id 07103010000026)
Home Information Packs: Prices (item number 1) (id 07103010000027)
Homelessness: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07103010000028)
Hometrack (item number 1) (id 07103010000029)
Housing Benefit: Sandwell (item number 1) (id 07103010000030)
Housing Low Incomes (item number 1) (id 07103010000031)
Housing: Carbon Emissions (item number 1) (id 07103010000032)
Housing: Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000033)
Housing: Floods (item number 1) (id 07103010000034)
Housing: Foreigners (item number 1) (id 07103010000035)
Housing: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07103010000036)
Housing: Immigrants (item number 1) (id 07103010000037)
Housing: Immigration (item number 1) (id 07103010000038)
Housing: Low Incomes (item number 1) (id 07103010000039)
Housing: Rural Areas (item number 1) (id 07103010000040)
Local Area Agreements (item number 1) (id 07103010000041)
Local Authorities: Equal Pay (item number 1) (id 07103010000042)
Local Authorities: Grants (item number 1) (id 07103010000043)
Local Government Finance (item number 1) (id 07103010000044)
Local Government Finance: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07103010000045)
Local Government Finance: Oxfordshire (item number 1) (id 07103010000046)
Local Government Finance: Schools (item number 1) (id 07103010000047)
Local Government: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07103010000048)
Local Government: Standards (item number 1) (id 07103010000049)
Local Planning Authorities: Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000050)
Local Strategic Partnerships (item number 1) (id 07103010000051)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 07103010000052)
Microgeneration (item number 1) (id 07103010000053)
Parish Councils: Audit (item number 1) (id 07103010000054)
Planning Permission: Flood Control (item number 1) (id 07103010000055)
Planning Portal (item number 1) (id 07103010000056)
Planning: Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000057)
Planning: Supermarkets (item number 1) (id 07103010000058)
Poverty: Leeds (item number 1) (id 07103010000059)
Public Expenditure: Valuation (item number 1) (id 07103010000060)
Regeneration (item number 1) (id 07103010000061)
Regional Authorities: Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000062)
Regional Government (item number 1) (id 07103010000063)
Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 07103010000064)
Second Homes: Devon (item number 1) (id 07103010000065)
Second Homes: Greater London (item number 1) (id 07103010000066)
Solar Power (item number 1) (id 07103010000067)
Taxation: Business (item number 1) (id 07103010000068)
Thames Gateway Bridge (item number 1) (id 07103010000069)
Unitary Councils: Public Participation (item number 1) (id 07103010000070)
Urban Areas: Regeneration (item number 1) (id 07103010000071)
Valuation Office (item number 1) (id 07103010000072)
Valuation Office: Nimbus Partners (item number 1) (id 07103010000073)

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Aerials (item number 1) (id 07103018000002)
Bank Services: Security (item number 1) (id 07103018000003)
Bankruptcy (item number 1) (id 07103018000004)
Bermuda (item number 1) (id 07103018000005)
Conditions of Employment (item number 1) (id 07103018000006)
Departments: Assets (item number 1) (id 07103018000007)
Departments: Civil Proceedings (item number 1) (id 07103018000008)
Departments: Closures (item number 1) (id 07103018000009)
Departments: Cost Effectiveness (item number 1) (id 07103018000010)
Departments: Disabled People (item number 1) (id 07103018000011)
Departments: Flint Bishop (item number 1) (id 07103018000012)
Departments: Official Visits (item number 1) (id 07103018000013)
Departments: Performance Appraisal (item number 1) (id 07103018000014)
Departments: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07103018000015)
Departments: Written Questions (item number 1) (id 07103018000016)
Energy: Conservation (item number 1) (id 07103018000017)
Export Credit Guarantees (item number 1) (id 07103018000018)
Foreign Workers (item number 1) (id 07103018000019)
Fuel Poverty (item number 1) (id 07103018000020)
Fuels: Prices (item number 1) (id 07103018000021)
Heathrow Airport: Standards (item number 1) (id 07103018000022)
Industrial Diseases: Compensation (item number 1) (id 07103018000023)
Industrial Disputes: Arbitration (item number 1) (id 07103018000024)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 07103018000025)
Microgeneration: Climate Change (item number 1) (id 07103018000026)
Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment (item number 1) (id 07103018000027)
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103018000028)
Nuclear Power Stations (item number 1) (id 07103018000029)
Nuclear Power Stations: Repairs and Maintenance (item number 1) (id 07103018000030)
Nuclear Power: Public Participation (item number 1) (id 07103018000031)
Oil: Cardigan Bay (item number 1) (id 07103018000032)
Overseas Trade: Milk (item number 1) (id 07103018000034)
Parental Leave (item number 1) (id 07103018000035)
Post Office: Reorganisation (item number 1) (id 07103018000036)
Post Offices (item number 1) (id 07103018000037)
Post Offices: Closures (item number 1) (id 07103018000038)
Post Offices: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103018000039)
Postal Services: Industrial Disputes (item number 1) (id 07103018000040)
Postal Services: Strikes (item number 1) (id 07103018000041)
Public Houses: Rural Areas (item number 1) (id 07103018000042)
Regional Electricity Companies: Licensing (item number 1) (id 07103018000043)
Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 07103018000044)
Renewable Energy: Standards (item number 1) (id 07103018000045)
Royal Mail: Fines (item number 1) (id 07103018000046)
Solar Power: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103018000047)
Trade Unions: Ballots (item number 1) (id 07103018000048)
Trade: Barbados (item number 1) (id 07103018000049)
UK Trade and Investment: Defence Export Services Organisation (item number 1) (id 07103018000050)
Union Modernisation Fund (item number 1) (id 07103018000051)
Utilities: Billing (item number 1) (id 07103018000052)
Utilities: Meters (item number 1) (id 07103018000053)

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare (item number 1) (id 07103020000002)
Biofuels: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (item number 1) (id 07103020000003)
British Waterways Board: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103020000004)
Commons Councils (item number 1) (id 07103020000005)
Conservation: Devolved Matters (item number 1) (id 07103020000006)
Contamination: Grants (item number 1) (id 07103020000007)
Domestic Wastes: Waste Disposal (item number 1) (id 07103020000008)
Energy: Conservation (item number 1) (id 07103020000009)
Environment Protection: Territorial Waters (item number 1) (id 07103020000010)
Export Credit Guarantees (item number 1) (id 07103020000011)
Fisheries (item number 1) (id 07103020000012)
Fisheries: Subsidies (item number 1) (id 07103020000013)
Floods: Boscastle (item number 1) (id 07103020000014)
Floods: EC Grants and Loans (item number 1) (id 07103020000015)
Fly Tipping (item number 1) (id 07103020000016)
Foot and Mouth Disease (item number 1) (id 07103020000017)
Genetically Modified Organisms (item number 1) (id 07103020000018)
Genetically Modified Organisms: Crops (item number 1) (id 07103020000019)
Gyrodactylus Salaris (item number 1) (id 07103020000020)
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (item number 1) (id 07103020000021)
Home Energy Efficiency Scheme: Standards (item number 1) (id 07103020000022)
Institute of Animal Health: Manpower (item number 1) (id 07103020000023)
Interdepartmental Working Group on British Waterways (item number 1) (id 07103020000024)
Land Drainage: Crops (item number 1) (id 07103020000025)
Pesticides (item number 1) (id 07103020000026)
Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management (item number 1) (id 07103020000027)
Waste Disposal (item number 1) (id 07103020000028)
Waste Management: Surveillance (item number 1) (id 07103020000029)
Yorkshire Derwent Catchment Flood Management Plan (item number 1) (id 07103020000030)

International Development

Work and Pensions

Armed Forces: Multiple Sclerosis (item number 1) (id 07103022000002)
Cemeteries (item number 1) (id 07103022000003)
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (item number 1) (id 07103022000004)
Child Support Agency (item number 1) (id 07103022000005)
Child Support Agency: ICT (item number 1) (id 07103022000006)
Children: Maintenance (item number 1) (id 07103022000007)
Children: Poverty (item number 1) (id 07103022000008)
Council Tax Benefits: Pensioners (item number 1) (id 07103022000009)
Crimes of Violence: Public Sector (item number 1) (id 07103022000010)
Departments: Assets (item number 1) (id 07103022000011)
Departments: Contracts (item number 1) (id 07103022000012)
Departments: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 07103022000013)
Departments: Cost Effectiveness (item number 1) (id 07103022000014)
Departments: Disabled (item number 1) (id 07103022000015)
Departments: Location (item number 1) (id 07103022000016)
Departments: Manpower (item number 1) (id 07103022000017)
Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers (item number 1) (id 07103022000018)
Departments: Orders and Regulations (item number 1) (id 07103022000019)
Departments: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 07103022000020)
Departments: Public Participation (item number 1) (id 07103022000021)
Departments: Retirement (item number 1) (id 07103022000022)
Departments: Written Questions (item number 1) (id 07103022000023)
Disability Living Allowance: East Midlands (item number 1) (id 07103022000024)
Discrimination: Age (item number 1) (id 07103022000025)
Employee Assistance Programme (item number 1) (id 07103022000026)
Employers' Liability: East Midlands (item number 1) (id 07103022000027)
Employment (item number 1) (id 07103022000028)
Financial Assistance Scheme (item number 1) (id 07103022000029)
Housing: Carbon Monoxide (item number 1) (id 07103022000030)
Incapacity Benefit (item number 1) (id 07103022000031)
Incapacity Benefit: Eastern Region (item number 1) (id 07103022000032)
Maintenance: Children (item number 1) (id 07103022000033)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 07103022000034)
National Insurance Contributions (item number 1) (id 07103022000035)
New Deal for Young People: Shepway (item number 1) (id 07103022000036)
New Deal Schemes (item number 1) (id 07103022000037)
New Deal Schemes: Gwent (item number 1) (id 07103022000038)
Occupational Pensions (item number 1) (id 07103022000039)
Pension Credit (item number 1) (id 07103022000040)
Pension Protection Fund (item number 1) (id 07103022000041)
Pension Protection Fund: Sickness Benefits (item number 1) (id 07103022000042)
Pension Service: Equality (item number 1) (id 07103022000043)
Pension Service: Finance (item number 1) (id 07103022000044)
Pension Service: Hotels (item number 1) (id 07103022000045)
Pension Service: ICT (item number 1) (id 07103022000046)
Pension Service: Interpreters (item number 1) (id 07103022000047)
Pension Service: Marketing (item number 1) (id 07103022000048)
Pension Service: Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 07103022000049)
Pension Service: Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 07103022000050)
Pension Service: Translation Services (item number 1) (id 07103022000051)
Pension Service: Travel (item number 1) (id 07103022000052)
Pensioners: Income (item number 1) (id 07103022000053)
Pensioners: Poverty (item number 1) (id 07103022000054)
Pensioners: Social Security Benefits (item number 1) (id 07103022000055)
Pensions (item number 1) (id 07103022000056)
Pensions: Carers (item number 1) (id 07103022000057)
Pensions: Financial Assistance Scheme (item number 1) (id 07103022000058)
Pensions: Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 07103022000059)
Post Office Card Account: Overpayments (item number 1) (id 07103022000060)
Remembrance Day (item number 1) (id 07103022000061)
Remploy: Closures (item number 1) (id 07103022000062)
Remploy: Factories (item number 1) (id 07103022000063)
Social Fund (item number 1) (id 07103022000064)
Social Security Benefits (item number 1) (id 07103022000065)
Social Security Benefits: Fraud (item number 1) (id 07103022000066)
Social Security: Private Sector (item number 1) (id 07103022000067)
State Retirement Pensions: East Midlands (item number 1) (id 07103022000068)
State Retirement Pensions: Overseas Residence (item number 1) (id 07103022000069)
Winter Fuel Payments (item number 1) (id 07103022000070)
Winter Fuel Payments: Bolsover (item number 1) (id 07103022000071)
Winter Fuel Payments: Ribble Valley (item number 1) (id 07103022000072)
Worklessness (item number 1) (id 07103022000073)

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