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Commons Hansard for 21 January 2008 (Volume 470)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.59pm.
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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Defence
Ex-service Personnel (Housing)
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Iraq
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School Places
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Educational Support
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Warships
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Patrol Vehicles
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European Security and Defence Policy
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Policy Development
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Mastiff Vehicle
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Topical Questions
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Northern Rock
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MOD (Data Loss)
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Points of Order
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Orders of the Day
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European Union (Amendment) Bill
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Petitions
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European Treaty Referendum
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Post Office Closures
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Post Office Closures (Northamptonshire)
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0844 Telephone Numbers
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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
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Birds of Prey
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Climate Change Committee: Public Appointments
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European Fisheries Fund
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Fisheries: National Income
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Fisheries: Penalties
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Floods
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Local Government Finance: Rural Areas
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Members: Correspondence
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National Parks
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New Forest
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Post Offices: Closures
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Renewable Energy: Public Buildings
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Rights of Way
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Waste Disposal: Domestic Wastes
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Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
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Waste Disposal: Fly Tipping
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Waste Information Services Ltd.: Finance
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Water Supply
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Whales: Conservation
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Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
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Bus Services: Fares
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Bus Services: Passengers
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Cars
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
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Driving Tests: Elderly
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Driving Under Influence: Death
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Driving: EC Action
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Enterprise and Economic Development
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Eurostar: Ebbsfleet International
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Eurostar: Fares
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Inland Waterways
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London and South Eastern Railway: Fares
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London and South Eastern Railway: Finance
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Motor Vehicles: Testing
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Network Rail: Repairs and Maintenance
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Road Length
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Roads: Lighting
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Roads: Taxation
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Safety Belts: Death
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Speed Limits: Driving Offences
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Trade Unions
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Transport: Coventry
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Culture, Media and Sport
Archaeology: Finance
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Arts Council of England: Grants
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Arts: Cumbria
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Big Lottery Fund: Grants
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Big Lottery Fund: Public Participation
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Corporate hospitality
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Departmental Recycling
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National Lottery
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Olympic Games 2012
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Sports: Databases
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Tourism: Cleethorpes
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Communities and Local Government
Allotments
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Arm's Length Management Organisations
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Cheshire County Council; Reorganisation
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Community Centres: Closures
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Community Relations: Emergency Services
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Departmental Marketing
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Home Information Packs
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Home Information Packs: Pilot Schemes
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Homes and Communities Agency
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Housing
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Housing Data Domain Group
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Housing: Carbon Emissions
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Housing: Elderly
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Housing: Energy
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Housing: Floods
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Housing: Inspections
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Housing: Torbay
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Land: Contamination
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Local Authorities: Rodents
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Local Government Finance: Leisure
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Local Government: Reorganisation
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Planning Permission
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Planning Permission: Biofuels
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Recycling: Christmas
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Regional Government: Ministers
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Regional Planning and Development
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Sustainable Development: Northstowe
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Urban Areas: Carbon Emissions
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Urban Areas: Sustainable Development
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International Development
ACP Countries: EU External Trade
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Africa: International Assistance
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Departmental Data Protection
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EU External Trade
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Palestinians: EU Aid
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Tanzania: Overseas Aid
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Trade Unions
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Zimbabwe: Migration
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Duchy of Lancaster
Departmental Email
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Departmental Flexible Working
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Departmental Official Residences
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Departmental Recycling
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Sustainable Development
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Telephone Services: Fees and Charges
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Trade Unions
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Voluntary Sector: Funding
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Work and Pensions
Business
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Child Support Agency: Manpower
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Departmental Cost Effectiveness
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Departmental Equality
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Recycling
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Departmental Sustainable Development
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English Language
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Health and Safety
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Health and Safety Executive: Accidents
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Health and Safety Executive: Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal
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Income Support: Lone Parents
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Industrial Accidents: Death
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Industrial Health and Safety: Animal Housing
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International Labour Organisation: Anniversaries
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Lighting
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Local Housing Allowance
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Means Tested Benefits: Personal Savings
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National Insurance: Migration
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Natural Gas: Safety Measures
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Pensions: Females
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Pensions: Married People
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Pensions: Teesside
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Personal Accounts: Consultants
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Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits: Administration
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Social Security Benefits: Prisoners
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Stockline/ICL Explosion
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Telephone Services: Social Fund and Jobcentre Plus
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Unum Provident
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Welfare Tax Credits: Employment
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Treasury
Absent Parents
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Alcoholic Drinks: Death
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Bank Services
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Child Benefit: Personal Records
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Death: Lincolnshire
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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EC Trade: Job Creation
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Employment: Wirral
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Income Tax
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Loans
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Lone Parents
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Low Incomes: Social Security Benefits
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National Debt
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Pay
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Pay: Public Sector
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Pensioners: Inflation
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Personal Income: Greater London
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Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
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Stamp Duty Land Tax
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Taxation: Car Allowances
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Trade Unions
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Work for Change Programme
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Working Families Tax Credit
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Defence
Military Covenant
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Afghanistan
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Military Vehicles
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Selly Oak Hospital
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Aircraft Carriers
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Key Worker Status
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Postal Services
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Ex-service Personnel: Housing
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Defence Diversification
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Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Armed Forces: Driving
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Armed Forces: Foreigners
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Armed Forces: Housing
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Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
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Armed Forces: Pay
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Armed Forces: Schools
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Armed Forces: Vehicles
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Armed Forces: Widowed People
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Army: Admissions
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Colombia: Military Aid
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Defence Aviation Repair Agency
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Defence Aviation Repair Agency: Privatisation
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Defence Aviation Repair Agency: Standards
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Defence Equipment and Support Organisation: Manpower
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Defence Export Services Organisation
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Defence: Expenditure
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Defence: Procurement
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Departmental Capital Investment
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Procurement
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Departmental Vehicles
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European Fighter Aircraft
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Farnborough Aerodrome
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Helicopters: Crew
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Hercules Aircraft
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Hydrographic Office
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Marines
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Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability Programme
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Military Aircraft: Helicopters
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Military Attaches
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Military Equipment: Iraq
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Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency: Recruitment
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QinetiQ
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RAF Innsworth: NATO Rapid Reaction Corps
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Shipbuilding: Glasgow
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Territorial Army: Motor Vehicles
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Trident
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Vetting
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World War II: Prisoners of War
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Capita
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Colombia: Human Rights
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Departmental Databases
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Departmental Equality
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
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Derek Pasquill: Official Secrets
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Diplomatic Service: EU Nationals
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Disclosure of Information
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European Directorate
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Humanitarian Aid: Medals
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Indonesia: Export Credit Guarantees
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Industrial Disputes
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Legalisation Office: Milton Keynes
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Middle East: Diplomatic Service
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Military Attaches
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Republic of Ireland: Embassies
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Sri Lanka: Armed Conflict
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Tour Operators: Health Services
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Turkmenistan: Politics and Government
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USA: Diplomatic Service
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Uzbekistan: Elections
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Zimbabwe: Sanctions
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Zimbabwe: Sequestration of Assets
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Aerials
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Bankruptcy: Greater London
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Carbon Emissions: Utilities
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Certification Officer: Cost Effectiveness
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Certification Officer: Standards
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Certification Officer: Trade Unions
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Coal Fired Power Stations: Carbon Emissions
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Consumers: Finance
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Consumers: Protection
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
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Departmental Recycling
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Direct Selling
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Ecuador: Debt
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Electricity: Imports
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Electronic Equipment: Recycling
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Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
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Energy Bill
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Energy: Meters
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Energy: Prices
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Franco-British Nuclear Forum: Finance
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Fuel Poverty
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Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
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Liability: Construction
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Members: Correspondence
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Minimum Wage
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New Businesses
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News Corporation
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Nuclear Power
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Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
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Nuclear Power Stations: Costs
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Nuclear Power Stations: Radiation Exposure
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Nuclear Power: Inspections
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Nuclear Power: International Cooperation
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Political Impartiality
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Post Offices: Pensions
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Post Offices: Peterborough
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Power Failures: Kent
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Public Sector Index (Non-Housebuilding) (PubSec) Index
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Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management
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Recycling: Finance
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Regional Development Agencies: Finance
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Regulation
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Renewable Energy
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Renewable Energy: Contracts
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Renewable Energy: Planning
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Renewable Energy: Standards
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Solar Power
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Trade Unions
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Trading Schemes (Exclusion) Regulations 1997
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Utilities: Disadvantaged
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Utilities: Low Incomes
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Utilities: Meters
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Utilities: Standards
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Wind Power: Planning Permission
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Justice
Bail
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British Nationality: Armed Forces
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Children: Protection
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ClearSprings Management: Offenders
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Commission for Racial Equality
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Community Orders: Expenditure
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Community Orders: Per Capita Costs
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Marketing
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English Language
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Forced Marriage
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Harriet Harman
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HM Prison Service
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Homicide: Bail
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Honours
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Honours: Channel Islands
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Honours: Crown Dependencies
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Honours: Public Service
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Land Registry Direct
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000020)
National Offender Management Service: Border and Immigration Agency
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000021)
National Offender Management Service: Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000022)
National Offender Management Service: ICT
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000023)
Offenders: Accommodation
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000024)
Offenders: Rehabilitation
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000025)
Prison Service: Dismissal
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000026)
Prisoners Release
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000027)
Prisoners Release: Foreigners
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000028)
Prisoners: Australasia
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000029)
Prisoners: Foreigners
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000030)
Prisons
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000031)
Prisons: Drugs
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000032)
Prisons: Overcrowding
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000033)
Tasker Review: Freedom of Information
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000034)
Trade Unions
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000035)
Young Offenders: Body Searches
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000036)
Young Offenders: North East Region
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000037)
Young Offenders: Teesside
(item number 1)
(id 08012214000038)
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