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Commons Hansard for 11 December 2007 (Volume 469)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.49pm.
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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Oral Answers to Questions
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Justice
The Secretary of State was asked—
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Probation Trusts (Leicestershire)
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Adult Reoffending
(item number 1)
Donations (Political Parties)
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Carter Review
(item number 1)
Data Protection
(item number 1)
European Court of Human Rights
(item number 1)
Prison Service (Lancashire)
(item number 1)
Youth Reoffending
(item number 1)
Donations (Political Parties)
(item number 1)
Topical Questions
(item number 1)
Children’s Plan
(item number 4)
European Affairs
(item number 5)
Petitions
(item number 6)
Post Office Closures (Wirral)
(item number 7)
Family Courts (Reform)
(item number 8)
Post Office Closures (Northamptonshire)
(item number 9)
Post Office Closures (Brighton)
(item number 10)
School Funding (Shropshire)
(item number 11)
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
International Development
Afghanistan: Electricity
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Afghanistan: Reconstruction
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Afghanistan: Transport
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Bangladesh: Overseas Aid
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Bangladesh: Politics and Government
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Corporate Hospitality
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Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
Environmental Transformation Fund: Sustainable Development
(item number 1)
Ghana: Schools
(item number 1)
Howard Horsley
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Illegal Immigrants
(item number 1)
Postal Services
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Schools: Construction
(item number 1)
South East Asia: Rain Forests
(item number 1)
Sudan: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
Sudan: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Young People
(item number 1)
Zimbabwe: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Justice
Administrative Law
(item number 1)
Carter Report
(item number 1)
Compensation: Industrial Diseases
(item number 1)
Departmental Christmas
(item number 1)
Departmental Consultants
(item number 1)
Departmental Marketing
(item number 1)
Leeds Magistrates Court
(item number 1)
Offenders: Learning Disability
(item number 1)
Offenders: Saudi Arabia
(item number 1)
Penalty Notices: Alcoholic Drinks
(item number 1)
Peterborough Rape Crisis
(item number 1)
Police National Computer
(item number 1)
Prisoners: Video Games
(item number 1)
Prisons: Learning Disability
(item number 1)
Prisons: Manpower
(item number 1)
Prisons: Mental Health
(item number 1)
Reoffenders
(item number 1)
Sick Leave: Dismissal
(item number 1)
Stafford Prison: Learning Disability
(item number 1)
Television: Licensing
(item number 1)
Young Offender Institutions
(item number 1)
Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
(item number 1)
Christmas
(item number 1)
Departmental Conditions of Employment
(item number 1)
Departmental Food
(item number 1)
Departmental Industrial Disputes
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Departmental Redundancies
(item number 1)
Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
Employment
(item number 1)
Employment: Marfan Syndrome
(item number 1)
Employment: New Deal Schemes
(item number 1)
Incapacity Benefit: Inverness
(item number 1)
Incapacity Benefits: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(item number 1)
Job Creation
(item number 1)
Jobcentre Plus: Autism Spectrum Disorder
(item number 1)
Jobseeker’s Allowance
(item number 1)
Lone Parents: Work-Focused Interviews
(item number 1)
Minimum Wage
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New Deal Schemes
(item number 1)
Pensions: Finance
(item number 1)
Performance Appraisal
(item number 1)
Remploy
(item number 1)
Social Fund
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits: Eastbourne
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
(item number 1)
Staff Survey
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Stevenage
(item number 1)
Unemployment: Prisoners
(item number 1)
Westmorland
(item number 1)
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Aviation
(item number 1)
Climate Change
(item number 1)
Companies House: Disclosure of Information
(item number 1)
Departmental Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
Departmental Computers
(item number 1)
Departmental Consultants
(item number 1)
Departmental Data Protection
(item number 1)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
Departmental Labour Turnover
(item number 1)
Departmental Publicity
(item number 1)
Departmental Sick Leave
(item number 1)
Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
Energy: EU Action
(item number 1)
Energy: Meters
(item number 1)
Engineering: Manpower
(item number 1)
Engineering: Young People
(item number 1)
Fuel Poverty
(item number 1)
Fuel Poverty: North West Region
(item number 1)
Fuel Poverty: Tamworth
(item number 1)
Industrial Diseases: Compensation
(item number 1)
Insolvency: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
Macfarlan Smith Ltd
(item number 1)
National Nuclear Skills Academy: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
(item number 1)
Nuclear Power Stations
(item number 1)
Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning
(item number 1)
Nuclear Power Stations: Terrorism
(item number 1)
Political Levy
(item number 1)
Post Offices: Closures
(item number 1)
Post Offices: Sussex
(item number 1)
Postal Services
(item number 1)
Radioactive Materials: Transport
(item number 1)
Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management
(item number 1)
Railways
(item number 1)
Regional Planning and Development
(item number 1)
Renewable Energy
(item number 1)
Wi-Fi: Public Buildings
(item number 1)
Wylfa Power Station
(item number 1)
Children, Schools and Families
Academies: Admissions
(item number 1)
Academies: Pupil Exclusions
(item number 1)
Assessments: Standards
(item number 1)
Building Schools for the Future Programme
(item number 1)
Building Schools for the Future Programme: Closures
(item number 1)
Children: Disabled
(item number 1)
Children: Hyperactivity
(item number 1)
Children: Literacy
(item number 1)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(item number 1)
City Technology Colleges: Free School Meals
(item number 1)
Class Sizes
(item number 1)
Curriculum and Standards Framework: Greater London
(item number 1)
Education Maintenance Allowance
(item number 1)
Education: Expenditure
(item number 1)
Education: Gender
(item number 1)
Educational Psychology
(item number 1)
Foundation Schools
(item number 1)
Further Education: Absences
(item number 1)
General Certificate of Secondary Education
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General Certificate of Secondary Education: Mathematics
(item number 1)
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Standards
(item number 1)
Head Teachers: Qualifications
(item number 1)
Mathematics and Science: Teachers
(item number 1)
National Council for Educational Excellence
(item number 1)
Children’s Plan: Primary Education
(item number 1)
Primary Education: Admissions
(item number 1)
Primary Education: Teachers
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Children’s Plan: Public Participation
(item number 1)
Pupil Referral Units
(item number 1)
Pupils: Accidents
(item number 1)
Pupils: Attendance
(item number 1)
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(item number 1)
Reading: Teaching Methods
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School Leaving
(item number 1)
Schools: Biometrics
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Schools: Catering
(item number 1)
Schools: Closures
(item number 1)
Schools: Construction
(item number 1)
Schools: Crimes of Violence
(item number 1)
Schools: English Language
(item number 1)
Schools: Finance
(item number 1)
Schools: Standards
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Secondary Education: Standards
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Special Educational Needs
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Specialist Schools and Academies Trust National Conference
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Studio Schools
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Teachers: Labour Turnover
(item number 1)
Teaching: Standards
(item number 1)
Youth Unemployment and Training Greater London
(item number 1)
Vocational Education: Finance
(item number 1)
Young People: Employment
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Young People: Unemployment
(item number 1)
Treasury
Bank Services
(item number 1)
Breast Cancer
(item number 1)
Low-carbon vehicles: allowances for businesses
(item number 1)
Cancer: Death
(item number 1)
Capital Gains Tax
(item number 1)
Capital Gains Tax: Private Equity
(item number 1)
Child Benefit Office: Pay
(item number 1)
Child Benefit: Personal Records
(item number 1)
Child Benefit: Pregnant Women
(item number 1)
Defence: Expenditure
(item number 1)
Departmental Data Protection
(item number 1)
Departmental Expenditure
(item number 1)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Excise Duties: Fuels
(item number 1)
Government Departments: Wastes
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HM Revenue and Customs
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HM Revenue and Customs: Delivery Services
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HM Revenue and Customs: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
Home Responsibilities Protection
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Income Tax: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Inheritance Tax
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Office of Government Commerce
(item number 1)
Pensioners: Income
(item number 1)
Registration of Births Deaths Marriages and Civil Partnerships
(item number 1)
Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
(item number 1)
Tax Evasion
(item number 1)
Taxation: Domicil
(item number 1)
Taxation: Pensioners
(item number 1)
Taxation: Sports
(item number 1)
VAT: Nicotine Patches
(item number 1)
Video Games: Research
(item number 1)
Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
(item number 1)
Young People: Scotland
(item number 1)
Health
Accident and Emergency Departments
(item number 1)
Air Ambulance Services
(item number 1)
Ambulance Services: Shropshire
(item number 1)
Ambulance Services: Standards
(item number 1)
Ambulances: Hygiene
(item number 1)
Assura Group
(item number 1)
Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust: Finance
(item number 1)
Blood: Donors
(item number 1)
Care Homes: Complaints
(item number 1)
Care Homes: Inspections
(item number 1)
Chan Wheeler
(item number 1)
Chase Farm Hospital: Manpower
(item number 1)
Chiropody: Greater London
(item number 1)
Christmas
(item number 1)
Community Hospitals
(item number 1)
Dental Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Consultants
(item number 1)
Departmental Cost Effectiveness
(item number 1)
Departmental Data Protection
(item number 1)
Departmental Orders and Regulations
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Departmental Postal Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
Dermatology: Primary Health Care
(item number 1)
Emergency Services: Disciplinary Proceedings
(item number 1)
English Language
(item number 1)
General Practitioners
(item number 1)
General Practitioners: Databases
(item number 1)
General Practitioners: Greater London
(item number 1)
General Practitioners: Publications
(item number 1)
General Practitioners: Questionnaires
(item number 1)
General Practitioners: Working Hours
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Health and Social Care Information Centre
(item number 1)
Health Hazards: Asbestos
(item number 1)
Health Professions: Conditions of Employment
(item number 1)
Health Services
(item number 1)
Health Services: Armed Forces
(item number 1)
Health Services: EC Accession
(item number 1)
Health Services: Foreigners
(item number 1)
Health Services: Gloucestershire
(item number 1)
Health Services: NHS Direct
(item number 1)
Health Services: Private Sector
(item number 1)
Health Services: Publicity
(item number 1)
Health Services: Reform
(item number 1)
Health Services: Standards
(item number 1)
Hillingdon Hospital: Hospital Beds
(item number 1)
Hillingdon Primary Care Trust: Finance
(item number 1)
Hospital Wards: Closures
(item number 1)
Hospitals: Housing
(item number 1)
Hospitals: Parking
(item number 1)
Medical Equipment
(item number 1)
Medical Records: Databases
(item number 1)
Midwives: Greater London
(item number 1)
NHS Business Services Authority
(item number 1)
NHS Direct
(item number 1)
NHS Direct: Nurses
(item number 1)
NHS Treatment Centres: Cornwall
(item number 1)
NHS: Administration
(item number 1)
NHS: Data Protection
(item number 1)
NHS: Databases
(item number 1)
NHS: Finance
(item number 1)
NHS: ICT
(item number 1)
NHS: Negligence
(item number 1)
NHS: Personal Records
(item number 1)
NHS: Procurement
(item number 1)
NHS: Property
(item number 1)
NHS: Reform
(item number 1)
NHS: Repairs and Maintenance
(item number 1)
Nutrition: Medical Equipment
(item number 1)
Obesity
(item number 1)
Paramedical Staff: Private Sector
(item number 1)
Part IX Drug Tariff
(item number 1)
Patient Choice Schemes
(item number 1)
Pharmacy: Standards
(item number 1)
Prescriptions: Information and Communications Technology
(item number 1)
Primary Care Trusts: Finance
(item number 1)
Queen’s Hospital Romford: Food
(item number 1)
Queen’s Hospital Romford: Private Finance Initiative
(item number 1)
Retirement
(item number 1)
Social Services: Finance
(item number 1)
St. George’s Hospital Hornchurch: Hospital Beds
(item number 1)
Surgery: Greater London
(item number 1)
Written Answers to Questions
Treasury
Arthritis: Death
(item number 1)
Aviation
(item number 1)
Bank of England: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
Banks: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
Cancer
(item number 1)
Civil Servants
(item number 1)
Death
(item number 1)
Delivery Unit: Academies
(item number 1)
Departmental Corporate Hospitality
(item number 1)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Opinion Polls
(item number 1)
Departmental Orders and Regulations
(item number 1)
Departmental Procurement
(item number 1)
Departmental Recycling
(item number 1)
Departmental Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Financial markets
(item number 1)
Foreigners: Saudi Arabia
(item number 1)
Insurance: Public Participation
(item number 1)
International Monetary Fund: Iraq
(item number 1)
Meningitis: Death
(item number 1)
Northern Rock
(item number 1)
Northern Rock: Deutsche Bank
(item number 1)
Northern Rock: Finance
(item number 1)
Office of Government Commerce
(item number 1)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Israel
(item number 1)
Private Equity
(item number 1)
Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
(item number 1)
Self-employed: Herefordshire
(item number 1)
Self-employed: Income
(item number 1)
Self-employed: Suffolk
(item number 1)
Self-employed: Tamworth
(item number 1)
Stamp Duties
(item number 1)
Strokes: Suffolk
(item number 1)
VAT: Fraud
(item number 1)
Welfare Tax Credits
(item number 1)
Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Winter: Death
(item number 1)
World Customs Organisation
(item number 1)
Written Questions
(item number 1)
Justice
Royal Prerogative
(item number 1)
Young People Reoffending
(item number 1)
Adult Reoffending
(item number 1)
Community Sentences
(item number 1)
Forced Marriages
(item number 1)
Party Funding
(item number 1)
Burglary: Assault
(item number 1)
Sentencing Policy
(item number 1)
Youth Custody: Education and Training
(item number 1)
Corston Report
(item number 1)
Prison Overcrowding
(item number 1)
Anthony Sweeney
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Procurement
(item number 1)
Disclosure of Information: Government Departments
(item number 1)
Legal Representation: Armed Forces
(item number 1)
Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
(item number 1)
Political Parties: Finance
(item number 1)
Prisoners Release
(item number 1)
Prisons
(item number 1)
Rape: Convictions
(item number 1)
Young Offenders: Learning Disability
(item number 1)
Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Deployment
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Housing
(item number 1)
Departmental Conditions of Employment
(item number 1)
Departmental Coordination
(item number 1)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Nuclear Weapons
(item number 1)
RAF Menwith Hill
(item number 1)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
(item number 1)
Angling: Welsh Assembly Government
(item number 1)
Avian Influenza: Disease Control
(item number 1)
Avian Influenza: Pigeons
(item number 1)
Avian Influenza: Suffolk
(item number 1)
Climate Change: United Nations
(item number 1)
Departmental Data Protection
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Departmental Postal Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Participation
(item number 1)
Energy: Conservation
(item number 1)
Fisheries: EU Law
(item number 1)
Fisheries: Protection
(item number 1)
Fisheries: Subsidies
(item number 1)
Foot and Mouth Disease: Compensation
(item number 1)
Foot and Mouth Disease: Wiltshire
(item number 1)
Gleadthorpe Farm
(item number 1)
Health Insurance
(item number 1)
Livestock: Disease Control
(item number 1)
Opinion Leader Research
(item number 1)
Poultry Meat: Labelling
(item number 1)
Radioactive Materials: Waste Management
(item number 1)
Sugar Beet
(item number 1)
Young People
(item number 1)
International Development
Afghanistan: Airports
(item number 1)
Africa: Health Services
(item number 1)
AIDS: Children
(item number 1)
Christmas
(item number 1)
Ethiopia: Foreign Exchange
(item number 1)
Indonesia: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
Iraq: Electricity
(item number 1)
Kuwait
(item number 1)
Microcredit Summit Campaign
(item number 1)
Reviews
(item number 1)
Sierra Leone: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Transport
Biofuels
(item number 1)
Crossrail Line
(item number 1)
Departmental Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
Departmental Christmas
(item number 1)
Departmental Consultants
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
Departmental Procurement
(item number 1)
Departmental Publicity
(item number 1)
Departmental Relocation
(item number 1)
Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
Fisheries: Compensation
(item number 1)
Fishing Vessels
(item number 1)
Great Western Trains
(item number 1)
Heathrow Airport: Noise
(item number 1)
Heathrow Airport: Publicity
(item number 1)
Heathrow Airport: Security
(item number 1)
Level Crossings: Frinton-on-Sea
(item number 1)
Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
(item number 1)
Newcastle A1 Western Bypass
(item number 1)
Oxford-Cambridge Railway Line
(item number 1)
Passports: Postal Services
(item number 1)
Railway Stations: Greater London
(item number 1)
Railway Stations: Reading
(item number 1)
Railways: Consultants
(item number 1)
Railways: Fares
(item number 1)
Railways: Franchises
(item number 1)
Railways: Land
(item number 1)
Railways: Public Holidays
(item number 1)
Railways: Southampton
(item number 1)
Railways: Standards
(item number 1)
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
(item number 1)
Roads: Rural Areas
(item number 1)
Roads: West Midlands
(item number 1)
Rolling Stock: Expenditure
(item number 1)
South West Trains: Rolling Stock
(item number 1)
Southeastern Railway Company: Franchises
(item number 1)
Southeastern Railway Company: Public Participation
(item number 1)
Transport Act 1981
(item number 1)
Transport: Exhaust Emissions
(item number 1)
West Coast Railway Line: Rolling Stock
(item number 1)
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