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Commons Hansard for 24 April 2008 (Volume 474)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.33pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
(item number 1)
Prayers
(item number 2)
PRIVATE BUSINESS
(item number 3)
Business of the House
(item number 5)
Industrial Action (Grangemouth)
(item number 6)
Topical Debate
(item number 7)
Supermarkets
(item number 8)
Points-Based Immigration System
(item number 9)
Anti-Social Behaviour
(item number 10)
Basildon Golf Course
(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
Health
Breast Cancer: Screening
(item number 1)
Cardiovascular System: Screening
(item number 1)
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(item number 1)
Commission for Social Care Inspection: Pensions
(item number 1)
Continuing Care: Essex
(item number 1)
Dental Services: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
Departmental Legislation
(item number 1)
Developing Patient Partnerships Programme: Finance
(item number 1)
Eyesight: Testing
(item number 1)
Forced Marriage
(item number 1)
Health Professions: Training
(item number 1)
Health Services: Finance
(item number 1)
Medical Records: Disclosure of Information
(item number 1)
NHS: Pay
(item number 1)
NHS: Public Participation
(item number 1)
NHS: Reorganisation
(item number 1)
Nurses: Schools
(item number 1)
Nurses: Training
(item number 1)
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Perinatal Mortality
(item number 1)
Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
(item number 1)
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
(item number 1)
Asylum
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Dorset
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hertfordshire
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Market Harborough
(item number 1)
Criminal Records: Young People
(item number 1)
Departmental Alcoholic Drinks
(item number 1)
Departmental Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
Departmental Fixed Penalties
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
Departmental Sustainable Development
(item number 1)
Deportation: EU Countries
(item number 1)
Domestic Violence
(item number 1)
Entry Clearance: Employment
(item number 1)
Genetics: Databases
(item number 1)
Heathrow Airport: Security
(item number 1)
Illegal Immigrants: China
(item number 1)
Illegal Immigrants: Employment
(item number 1)
Immigrants: Personal Records
(item number 1)
Immigration: Detainees
(item number 1)
Immigration: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
Immigration: Forced Marriage
(item number 1)
Immigration: Forms
(item number 1)
Karian and Box
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Offensive Weapons
(item number 1)
Press
(item number 1)
Prisoners: Foreigners
(item number 1)
Rape
(item number 1)
Vandalism: Bus Services
(item number 1)
Zurich Financial Services
(item number 1)
Written Answers to Questions
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bluetongue Disease: Vaccination
(item number 1)
Coastal Areas: Access
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Flood Control: West Sussex
(item number 1)
Geographical Information Systems
(item number 1)
Health Services
(item number 1)
Natural England: Early Retirement
(item number 1)
Rabies: Disease Control
(item number 1)
Health
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(item number 1)
Dental Services: Stroud
(item number 1)
Disabled: Children
(item number 1)
Doctors
(item number 1)
Drugs: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
Eyes: Diseases
(item number 1)
HIV Infection
(item number 1)
Macular Degeneration
(item number 1)
Mental Health Services: Greater London
(item number 1)
Multiple Sclerosis
(item number 1)
NHS: Finance
(item number 1)
NHS: Leaflets
(item number 1)
Nurses: Uniforms
(item number 1)
Patient Choice Schemes: Costs
(item number 1)
Patients: Essex
(item number 1)
Prescriptions
(item number 1)
Psychiatry: Standards
(item number 1)
Defence
Armed Forces: Health Services
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
(item number 1)
Bombs
(item number 1)
European Security and Defence Policy
(item number 1)
HMS Argyll
(item number 1)
Iraq: Detainees
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Military Aircraft
(item number 1)
Military Exercises: Nuclear Weapons
(item number 1)
Nuclear Disarmament
(item number 1)
Somalia: Piracy
(item number 1)
Treasury
Fuel Taxes
(item number 1)
Energy Prices
(item number 1)
Government Borrowing
(item number 1)
Alcohol Duties
(item number 1)
Welfare Tax Credits
(item number 1)
Banking Sector: Bad Debt
(item number 1)
Higher Education: Expenditure
(item number 1)
Average Earnings
(item number 1)
Air Passenger Duty
(item number 1)
Capital Gains Tax
(item number 1)
Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles
(item number 1)
Income Tax: Tax Allowances
(item number 1)
Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
(item number 1)
Personal Income: Peterborough
(item number 1)
Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
Public Sector Debt
(item number 1)
Taxation
(item number 1)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Abkhazia: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Chevening Scholarships Programme
(item number 1)
Chile: Terrorism
(item number 1)
China: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Colombia: Armed Conflict
(item number 1)
Colombia: Uranium
(item number 1)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Ethnic Groups
(item number 1)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Departmental Marketing
(item number 1)
Departmental Sick Leave
(item number 1)
Disabled
(item number 1)
Fragile States
(item number 1)
Hamas
(item number 1)
Hezbollah
(item number 1)
Iran: Sanctions
(item number 1)
Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Kenya: Human Rights
(item number 1)
Kosovo: Nationality
(item number 1)
Middle East: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
(item number 1)
Peacekeeping Operations: Private Sector
(item number 1)
Russia: Foreign Relations
(item number 1)
Russia: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Russia: TNK-BP
(item number 1)
Somalia: Armed Conflict
(item number 1)
Somalia: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
South Ossetia: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Taiwan: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Timor Leste: Death
(item number 1)
Yemen: Armed Conflict
(item number 1)
Yemen: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Transport
A14: Lorries
(item number 1)
Airports: Baggage
(item number 1)
Bus Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Information Officers
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Marketing
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
Disabled
(item number 1)
Galileo
(item number 1)
Lorries: Safety Belts
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Petrol Alternatives
(item number 1)
Personal Location Beacons: Licensing
(item number 1)
Press
(item number 1)
International Development
Africa: AIDS
(item number 1)
Corruption: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
Departmental Research
(item number 1)
Developing Countries: Diseases
(item number 1)
Developing Countries: Terrorism
(item number 1)
Developing Countries: Transport
(item number 1)
Ipsos MORI
(item number 1)
Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
Overseas Aid: Expenditure
(item number 1)
Children, Schools and Families
Adoption
(item number 1)
Child Poverty Unit
(item number 1)
Children: Abuse
(item number 1)
Children: Asylum
(item number 1)
Children: Poverty
(item number 1)
Departmental Marketing
(item number 1)
Dyslexia
(item number 1)
Free School Meals
(item number 1)
Parents
(item number 1)
Parents: Advisory Services
(item number 1)
Pre-School Education
(item number 1)
Pupil Exclusions: Deviance and Behaviour Disorders
(item number 1)
Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
(item number 1)
Schools
(item number 1)
Schools: Sports
(item number 1)
Secondary Education: Absenteeism
(item number 1)
Teachers: Pay
(item number 1)
Youth Services: Finance
(item number 1)
Justice
Approved Premises
(item number 1)
Courts: Cells
(item number 1)
Courts: Limavady
(item number 1)
Crime
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Home Detention Curfews
(item number 1)
Departmental Sick Leave
(item number 1)
Departmental Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Working Hours
(item number 1)
Euthanasia
(item number 1)
Fines: Surcharges
(item number 1)
Freedom of Information: Private Sector
(item number 1)
Homicide
(item number 1)
Karian and Box
(item number 1)
Offenders
(item number 1)
Police Custody: Essex
(item number 1)
Prisoners: Rehabilitation
(item number 1)
Prosecutions: Drugs
(item number 1)
Terrorism: Prisoner Release
(item number 1)
Young Offenders Institutions: Counselling
(item number 1)
Communities and Local Government
Aerials: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
Bellwin Scheme
(item number 1)
Council Tax: Parish Councils
(item number 1)
Departmental Pensions
(item number 1)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Disability Essex: Buildings
(item number 1)
Eco-Towns
(item number 1)
Fire Services
(item number 1)
Fire Services: Manpower
(item number 1)
Fire Services: South West
(item number 1)
FireBuy Limited
(item number 1)
Housing Associations: Borrowing
(item number 1)
Local Government Finance: Planning
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Planning: Flood Control
(item number 1)
Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund
(item number 1)
Home Department
Crimes of Violence
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Aldridge
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Altrincham
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Beaconsfield
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Bexley
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Billericay
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Bournemouth
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Bromsgrove
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Bury
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Cambridgeshire
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Charnwood
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Chichester
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: City of Westminster
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Cotswold Hills
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Croydon
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Daventry
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Devizes
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Dorset
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Eastbourne
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Epping Forest
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Essex
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Faversham
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Folkestone
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Greater London
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hampshire
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Harwich
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hastings and Rye
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hemel Hempstead
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hertford
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Hitchin
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Isle of Wight
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Macclesfield
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Maidenhead
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Meriden
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Milton Keynes
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Monmouth
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: New Forest
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Newbury
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Norfolk
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Northampton
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Orpington
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Poole
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Preseli
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Rayleigh
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Reading
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Romsey
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Sevenoaks
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Crimes of Violence: Shipley
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Crimes of Violence: Skegness
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Somerset
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Southend
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Spelthorne
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Stratford-on-Avon
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Sutton
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Tunbridge Wells
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Upminster
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Wantage
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Wiltshire
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Windsor
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Witney
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Woking
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Worcestershire
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Worthing
(item number 1)
Crimes of Violence: Wycombe
(item number 1)
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