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Commons Hansard for 3 April 2008 (Volume 474)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.30pm.
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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PRIVATE BUSINESS
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Oral Answers to Questions
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Anglo-French Nuclear Co-operation
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Construction Industry
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National Minimum Wage
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Post Office Closures
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National Minimum Wage
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Small Business Regulation
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Post Office Closures
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Street Trading
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Mobile Ringtones
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Balance of Trade
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Topical Questions
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Business of the House
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Points of Order
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Drug Strategy
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April Adjournment
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petitions
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Post Office Closures (Bristol)
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Post Office Closures (Kingston and Surbiton)
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Charities
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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
Duchy of Lancaster
Bone Diseases: Death
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Charities: Fraud
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Employment: Houghton and Washington East
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Iraq: Documents
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Liverpool
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Non-profit Making Associations: Community Work
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Non-profit Making Associations: Special Educational Needs
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Public Participation
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Olympics
Departmental Advertising
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Legacy Action Plan
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Olympic Delivery Authority
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Olympic Delivery Authority: Disclosure of Information
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Olympic Delivery Authority: Manpower
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Olympic Games 2012: Training
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Olympic Games: China
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Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Fraud
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Consumer Goods: Nanotechnology
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Departmental Advertising
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Publications
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Employment: Learning Disability
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Housing Benefits
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Income Support: Mortgages
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Ministers: Pay
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Occupational Pensions
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Poverty: Disabled
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Rackspace
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Social Security Benefits: Spain
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees: Conservation
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Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control
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Carbon Emissions: International Cooperation
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Cement: Pollution
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Chemicals
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Climate Change
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Departmental Contracts
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Departmental Intranet
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Departmental Official Visits
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Plants
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Energy: EC Law
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Environment Protection: Television
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Fairtrade Initiative
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Flood Control: Finance
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Floods: Finance
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Floods: Housing
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Government Departments: Carbon Emissions
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Heating: EC Law
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Home Energy Efficiency Scheme
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Horses: Disease Control
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Incinerators: Pollution
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Ipsos MORI
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Local Government: Climate Change
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Northern Rock: Environment Protection
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Recycling: Batteries
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Sewage: Morecambe Bay
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Solar Power
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Justice
Bereavement Counselling
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Courts: Security
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Criminal Proceedings: Retail Trade
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Departmental Contracts
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Departmental Pay
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Drug Industry: Disclosure of Information
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Firearms Act 1968: Convictions
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Firearms: Sentencing
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Law Centres
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National Offender Management Service: Cost Effectiveness
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Prisoners
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Prisons
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Prisons: Wales
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Property Rights: Cohabitation
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Sexual Offences: Rehabilitation
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Tribunals: Employment
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Young Offender Institutions: Restraint Techniques
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Transport
Aircraft: Air Conditioning
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Biofuels: Imports
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Boats: Licensing
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Bus Services
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Bypasses: Construction
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Departmental Domestic Visits
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Departmental Internet
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Heathrow Airport: Environment Protection
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Lorries: Accidents
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Members: Correspondence
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Motorcycles: Exhaust Emissions
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Public Transport: Finance
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Public Transport: Tickets
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Railway Stations: Construction
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Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Road Traffic
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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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Transport: Capital Investment
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Woodhead Tunnel and Cross-Pennine Rail Link
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Written Questions: Government Responses
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Post Office
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Renewable Energy
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Alcohol
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Sub-Post Offices
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Energy Prices
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Post Office Closures
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Lending Practices
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Power Stations
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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Business: Regulation
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Consumer Goods: Health Hazards
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Minimum Wage: Females
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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Rackspace
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Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Ammunition
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Armed Forces: Females
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Armed Forces: Influenza
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Armed Forces: Transexuality
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Atomic Weapons Establishment: Manpower
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Contingencies Fund
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Defence Equipment: Finance
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Departmental Conflict of Interests
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Diego Garcia: Deployment
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Drinking Water
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Iraq: Security
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Military Aircraft
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Royal Irish Regiment: Manpower
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Sea King Helicopters
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Uniforms
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Wind Power
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Drugs
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Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Ballistic Missile Defence
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Chevening Scholarships Programme
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Colombia: Military Aid
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Colombia: Trade Unions
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Commonwealth: Overseas Students
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Departmental Contacts
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Diplomatic Service: Resignations
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EC Countries: Eastern Europe
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EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
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European Union: Public Relations
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France: Industrial Disputes
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Gaza: Borders
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International Cooperation: Bombs
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Israel: Armed Conflict
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Kosovo: Politics and Government
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Nigeria: Politics and Government
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Palestinians: Economic Situation
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Palestinians: Overseas Aid
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Poland: Treaty of Lisbon
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Sudan: Peace Negotiations
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Terrorism
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Tibet: Human Rights
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Treaty of Lisbon
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UN World Conference Against Racism
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International Development
Burma: Famine
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CDC
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Departmental Coordination: Overseas Aid
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Standards
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Departmental Video Conferencing
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Gaza: Politics and Government
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Overseas Aid
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Pakistan: Asylum
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Rackspace
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Children, Schools and Families
Children in Care
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Curriculum
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Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental Public Bodies
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Intimidation: Internet
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Teachers: Educational Broadcasting
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Truancy
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Young People: Disadvantaged
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Communities and Local Government
Aggregates: South East
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Allotments
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Audit Commission: Pensions
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Carbon Emissions
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Casinos: Planning Permission
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Civil Service Appeal Board
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Community Relations: Elderly
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Council Tax
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Contracts
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Domestic Visits
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Public Participation
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Development: Standards
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Energy Performance Certificates
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Energy: Conservation
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: Public Appointments
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Fire Services
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Fire Services: Buildings
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Fire Services: Exhaust Emissions
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Fires: Death
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Floods: Fire Services
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Government Office for London: Finance
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Home Information Packs: Standards
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Homelessness: Leicestershire
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Housing: Local Government Finance
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Local Authorities: Non-Profit Making Associations
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Local Authorities: Pay
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Local Government and Regeneration Division
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Local Government Finance: Housing
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Maps: Energy
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Ordnance Survey: Cost Effectiveness
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Planning Inspectorate: Appeals
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Planning Permission: Compensation
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Planning Permission: Floods
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Rackspace
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Railways: Accidents
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Regional Government: Ministers
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Regional Planning and Development
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Roads: Accidents
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Slavery: Anniversaries
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Supporting People Programme: Essex
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Supporting People Programme: Gloucestershire
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Supporting People Programme: Leicestershire
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Tenants’ and Residents’ Association of England: Conferences
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Travelling People: Shipton-on-Stour
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Waste Management: Gloucestershire
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Wind Power: Planning Permission
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Health
Abortion
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Abortion: Gloucestershire
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AIDS: Finance
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Alcoholic Drinks: Accident and Emergency Departments
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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Aortic Aneurysm
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Bone Diseases
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Bone Diseases: Research
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Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments
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Chlamydia: Screening
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Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
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Dental Services: Peterborough
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Departmental Advertising
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Departmental Expenditure
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Departmental Sustainable Development
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Disease Control
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Drugs: Babies
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Drugs: Rehabilitation
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Epilepsy: Death
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Eyesight: Testing
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General Practitioners
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Health Services: Regulation
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Health Trainers
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Influenza: Vaccination
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Kidney Patients: Lancashire
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Learning Disability: Adults
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Mental Health Services: Training
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NHS Questionnaires
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NHS: Finance
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NHS: Recruitment
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NHS: Redundancy Pay
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Occupational Health
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Prescription Drugs: Addiction
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Prescriptions
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Risks, Rights and Recovery
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Yorkshire and Humberside
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X Rays: Maladministration
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Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Prosecutions
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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
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Antisocial Behaviour: Fixed Penalties
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Asylum
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British Nationality: Ex-servicemen
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Children: Protection
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Control Orders
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Credit Cards: Fraud
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Recruitment
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Departmental Sustainable Development
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Detention Centres: Offenders
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Drug Seizures
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Drug Seizures: Cannabis
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Entry Clearances: Kenya
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Foreign Workers
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Frontiers: Security
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Genetics: Databases
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Homicide: Greater London
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Human Trafficking
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Identity Cards: Banks
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Police Custody: Expenditure
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Police Stations
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Police: Dismissal
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Police: Pensions
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Police: Resignations
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Police: Sick Leave
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Prosecutions
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Rackspace
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Security: ICT
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Serious Organised Crime Agency
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Sexual Offences: Disclosure of Information
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Stowaways
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000036)
Terrorism: Convictions
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000037)
Terrorism: Internet
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000038)
Terrorism: Prosecutions
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000039)
Work Permits
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000040)
Treasury
Car Allowances
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000042)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000043)
Departmental Working Hours
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000044)
Housing
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000045)
Housing: Prices
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000046)
Income: Gold
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000047)
Landfill Tax: Tax Yields
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000048)
National Savings and Investments: Marketing
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000049)
Northern Rock
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000050)
Northern Rock: Freedom of Information
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000051)
Northern Rock: Nationalisation
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000052)
Northern Rock: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
(id 08040443000053)
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