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Commons Hansard for 31 January 2008 (Volume 471)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.05pm.
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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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Low-Energy Light Bulbs
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Chewing Gum
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Energy Efficiency
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Food Pricing
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Cetaceans
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Food Security (Climate Change)
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Badgers
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Flood Defences
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Topical Questions
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Speaker’s Statement
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Business of the House
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Standards and Privileges
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Holocaust Memorial Day
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Orders of the Day
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National Insurance Contributions Bill
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petition
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Smoking Ban (Rossendale)
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Data Encryption (Child Abuse)
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Written Statements
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Duchy of Lancaster
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Crimes of Violence: Females
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Departmental ICT: Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Public Relations
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Departmental Records: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
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Emergency Services: Call Centres
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Higher Civil Servants: Females
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Ministerial Allowances
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Trade Unions
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Departmental Carbon Emissions
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EU Reform: Treaties
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Gaza: Electricity
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Gaza: Fuels
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Kenya: Politics and Government
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Sudan: International Assistance
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Sudan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Visas: Entry Clearances
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Home Department
Crime
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Detection Rates
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Immigration
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Internet
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Offensive Weapons
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Parliamentary Questions
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Police: Crimes of Violence
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Sweden
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult Education: Finance
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Departments: Committees
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Education: Prisoners
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Graduates: Debts
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Higher Education
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Vocational Training: Cost Effectiveness
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Defence
Armed Forces: Deployment
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Armed Forces: Pay
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Departmental Personal Records
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Iraq: Detainees
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Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
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Military Aircraft: Helicopters
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Nuclear Weapons: Operating Costs
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Official Engagements
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Olympic Games 2012: Aldershot
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Trident: Operating Costs
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Warships
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Culture, Media and Sport
BBC's Delivering Creative Future Programme
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Digital Broadcasting: Television
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ITV: Wales
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National Lottery: Grants
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National Lottery: Olympic Games 2012
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Television: Licensing
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Transport
Christmas
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Cycling: Norfolk
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental E-mails
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Departmental Recycling
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Emergency Services: Accidents
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Kent
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Members: Correspondence
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Merseytravel: Per Capita Costs
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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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Rail Passengers Council Report
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Railways: Concessions
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Roads: Construction
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Rolling Stock
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Speed Limits: Cameras
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Work and Pensions
Departmental Public Expenditure
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Health and Safety Executive: Complaints
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Incapacity Benefit
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Incapacity Benefit: Leicestershire
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Incapacity Benefit: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Incapacity Benefits: Industrial Diseases
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Job Creation: Bexley
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Job Creation: Essex
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National Insurance: Foreign Workers
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New Deal Schemes
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Pensioners
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Pensioners: Barnsley
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Pensioners: Paisley
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Pensions Act 2004
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Performance Appraisals
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Postal Services
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Social Security Benefits: Employment
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Social Security Benefits: Fraud
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Defences
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Pig Welfare
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Grain Farmers
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Whaling
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Carbon Emissions
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Coastal Access
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Food Production: Animal Welfare
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Flooding: Emergency Arrangements
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Nitrate-vulnerable Zones
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Food Production
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Bird Registration
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Food Pricing
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Shetland Islands
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Flood Defences: Budget
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Animal Welfare: Livestock
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Animals: Diseases
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Bovine Tuberculosis
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Climate Change
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Departmental Equality
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Dogs: Quarantine
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Landfill: Health Hazards
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New Forest Verderers
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Scrapie: Disease Control
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Swine Fever
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Swine Fever: East Anglia
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Swine Fever: Vaccination
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Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
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Waste Information Services Ltd: Finance
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Whales
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Justice
Compensation: Mining
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Coroners
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Custodial Treatment
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Democratic Engagement
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Electoral Register
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Judiciary: Complaints
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National Offender Management Service
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National Offender Management Service: Accountancy
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Offenders: Databases
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Prison Accommodation
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Prisoners Transfers: Costs
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Prisons: Military Bases
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Probation
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Rape: Sentencing
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Communities and Local Government
Capita
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Community Relations: Religion
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Council Tax: Empty Property
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Council Tax: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
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Departmental Co-ordination
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Departmental E-mail
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Recycling
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Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service: Finance
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Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service: Pensions
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Electoral Register
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Fire Services
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Fire Services: Eastern Region
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Fire Services: Finance
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Fire Services: Pensions
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Home Information Packs
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Home Information Packs: Floods
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Home Information Packs: Pilot Schemes
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Homes and Communities Agency
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Housing: Competition
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Housing: Inspections
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Housing: Local Government Finance
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Housing: Planning
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Housing: Renewable Energy
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Housing: Sales
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Local Government: Consent Regimes
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Non-domestic Rates
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Parish Councils: Finance
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Planning Permission: Floods
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Planning Permission: Opencast Mining
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Planning: Renewable Energy
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Regional Planning and Development: Finance
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Simplification Plan
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Tattooing: Licensing
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Thames Gateway
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Urban Areas: Sustainable Development
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Veolia Environmental Services
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Working Neighbourhoods Fund
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Working Neighbourhoods Fund: South-West Region
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Health
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust: Magnetic Resonance Imagers
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Benzodiazepines
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Breast Cancer: Screening
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Cancer: Screening
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Cervical Cancer: Screening
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Chlamydia: Screening
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Clostridium: Screening
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Dental Services
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Dental Services: Colchester
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Dental Services: Staffordshire
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Dentistry: Manpower
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Dentistry: Pensions
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Diabetes: Greater London
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Elderly
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General Practitioners: Colchester
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General Practitioners: Tamworth
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Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust: Palliative Care
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Health Services
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Healthy Living Centres
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Hearing Aids: Greater London
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Hospital Beds
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Hospital Wards: Gender
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Hospitals: Cleaning Services
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Hospitals: Independent Reconfiguration Panel
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Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust: Alcoholic Drinks
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Junior Doctors
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Learning Disability
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Lighting: Health Hazards
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Lipid Modification
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Lorazepam
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Maternity Matters Strategy
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Maternity Services
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MRSA: Death
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MRSA: Greater London
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NHS Chiropody Services
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NHS: Complaints
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NHS: Consultants
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NHS: Public Appointments
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NHS: Screening
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Nurses: Pay
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Obesity
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Patient Care
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Perinatal Mortality
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Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Nurses
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Plastic Surgery: Licensing
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Pregnancy: Health Services
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Primary Care Trusts
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Primary Care Trusts: Interpreters
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Queens Hospital Romford: Infectious Diseases
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Regional Development Agencies
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Smoking
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Tattooing
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Transplant Surgery: Kidneys
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York Hospitals NHS Trust: Manpower
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York Hospitals NHS Trust: Waiting Lists
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International Development
Millennium Development Goals
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China: Overseas Aid
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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Departmental Information Officers
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Developing Countries: Infrastructure
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Genetics
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HIV/AIDS Infection
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HIV Infection: Children
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HIV Infection: Finance
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Jordan: Animal Welfare
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Members: Correspondence
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Sudan: Overseas Aid
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Treasury
Adjudicator's Office
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Alcoholic Drinks: Death
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Child Benefit: Personal Records
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Children
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Conditions of Employment: Parking
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Construction Industry Scheme
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Council Tax: Valuation
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Customs Officers: Vacancies
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Departmental Public Relations
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Energy: Fees and Charges
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Members: Correspondence
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Migrant Workers
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Natural England: Databases
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Northern Rock: Nationalisation
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Official Residences
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Passengers: Surveys
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Property Information Systems Common Exchange Standard
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Property Information Systems Common Exchange Standard: Internet
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Public Bodies: Standards
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Public Sector: Pensions
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Revenue and Customs: Data Protection
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Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
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Revenue and Customs: Welshpool
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Stamp Duties
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Tax Avoidance
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Tax Credit Office: Administration
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Tax Relief: Exercise
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Taxation: Alcoholic Drinks
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Taxation: Construction
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Unemployment: Bexley
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Valuation Office: Press
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Valuation Office: Rightmove
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Welfare Tax Credits
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Welfare Tax Credits: Devon
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Welfare Tax Credits: EU Nationals
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Welfare Tax Credits: Fraud
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Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
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Welfare Tax Credits: Telephone Services
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