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Commons Hansard for 8 July 2008 (Volume 478)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.21pm.
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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Transport
Haulage Industry
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A21
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Colchester Northern Approach Road
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Concessionary Fares
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High-speed Trains
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Rail Network
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A1
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Learner Drivers
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Regional Airports
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Multi-purpose Driving Test Centres
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Topical Questions
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Point of Order
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Public Contracts (UK Tax Requirements)
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Orders of the Day
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Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill
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Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (Allocation of Time)
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Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill
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petition
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Smoking Ban
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Building Schools for the Future
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Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall debates give Members an opportunity to raise local or national issues and receive a response from a government minister.
Westminster Hall
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Artists’ Resale Rights
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Human Trafficking
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Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007
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Recreational Fishing
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Lyndale Group Ltd
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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
Cervical Cancer: West Midlands
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Death: Children
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Death: Prostate Cancer
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Death: Weather
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Employment: Mothers
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Food: Prices
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Lone Parents: Greater London
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Personal Income
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Prostate Cancer
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Prostate Cancer: West Midlands
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Shipbuilding: Manpower
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Teenage Pregnancy
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Teenage Pregnancy: Infant Mortality
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
Apprentices
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Retirement
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Departmental Secondment
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council: Finance
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Essex University: INTO
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European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
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Graduates
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Higher Education: Admissions
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Higher Education: Greater London
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Labour Market
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Languages: Adult Education
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National Institute for Medical Research
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Overseas Students: Israel
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Students: Finance
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Students: Loans
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Students: North Yorkshire
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Surveying: Land
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Train to Gain Programme: Expenditure
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Vocational Education: Grants
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Vocational Training: Leeds
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Children, Schools and Families
Academies: Class Sizes
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Building Schools for the Future Programme
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Child Development Grant
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Children in Care
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Children in Care: Education
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Children in Care: General Certificate of Secondary Education
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Children: HIV Infection
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Children: Sports
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Children’s Centres: Staffordshire
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Children’s Fund
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Cowes High School
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Press
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Departmental Research
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Departmental Retirement
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Departmental Visits Abroad
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Dyscalculia
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Education Maintenance Allowance: Fraud
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Education: Assessments
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Extended Schools: Fees and Charges
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General Certificate of Secondary Education: Peterborough
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Higher Education: Admissions
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National College for School Leadership
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Playing Fields: West Midlands
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Pupils: Hearing Impairment
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Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: Information Officers
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Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: Manpower
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Schools: Asbestos
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Schools: Finance
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Schools: Hemsworth
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Schools: Medical Equipment
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Schools: Safety
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Science: Secondary Education
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Specialised Diplomas
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Specialised Diplomas: Assessments
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Specialist Schools
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Students: Finance
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Male Teachers
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Teachers: Sick Pay
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Teaching Methods
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Teaching Methods: Voluntary Organisations
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Westminster City Council
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Work Experience
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Young People: Mothers
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Youth in Action Programme
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Youth Services: Greater London
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Written Answers to Questions
Home Department
Asylum
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Asylum: Children
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Asylum: Zimbabwe
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Borders: Personal Records
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Departmental Expert Groups
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Departmental Home Working
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Visits Abroad
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Deportation: EU Nationals
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Deportation: Zimbabwe
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Driving Under Influence: Testing
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Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
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Food
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Immigrants: Tuberculosis
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Immigration Controls: France
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Immigration: Criminal Records
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Offenders: Deportation
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Official Visits
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Police: Dismissal
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Ports: Medical Examinations
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UK Border Agency: Wales
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Transport
Northampton Rail Services
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City Region Funding
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Street Works Regulations
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Driving Instructors
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London-South Wales Main Line
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Stoke-on-Trent: Integrated Transport
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Concessionary Fares
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Train Overcrowding
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Airport Security
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South Yorkshire Rail Services
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Cycling
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Departmental Food
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Departmental Information Communications Technology
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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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Motor Vehicles: Testing
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Transport: Consultants
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Transport: Voluntary Organisations
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Culture, Media and Sport
BBC
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BBC: Internet
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental NDPBs
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Digital Broadcasting
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Sports: Handguns
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Television: Hearing Impairment
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Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Armed Forces: Council Tax Benefit
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Armed Forces: Social Security Benefits
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Armed Forces: Training
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Armed Forces: Vehicles
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Sales
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Defence Export Services Organisation
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Departmental Information Officers
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Military Aircraft: Helicopters
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RAF Lakenheath
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Unmanned Air Vehicles: Procurement
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Biodiversity
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Agriculture: Young People
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Animals: Disease Control
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Arable Farming
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Cooperative Wholesale Society: Leicestershire
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Deca-BDE
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Departmental Assets
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Departmental Vetting
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Economic and Monetary Union
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Floods
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Forests: Nature Conservation
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Government Communications
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Grasslands: Nature Conservation
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Grey Squirrels: Pest Control
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Institute for Animal Health
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Leishmaniasis
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Nutrition
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Pesticides: EU Action
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Warm Front Scheme
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Treasury
Aviation
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Child Benefit: EC Nationals
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Debts
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Financial Action Task Force
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Fuels: Local Authorities
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Natural Gas: Prices
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Revenue and Customs: Buildings
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Revenue and Customs: Closures
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Revenue and Customs: Manpower
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Revenue and Customs: Scotland
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Revenue and Customs: Wales
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Tax Avoidance: British Overseas Territories
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Taxation: Rebates
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult Education: Hemsworth
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Copyright
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European Space Agency: Contracts
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European Space Agency: Finance
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European Space Agency: Job Creation
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European Space Agency: UK Contributions
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Learndirect
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Lung Cancer: Research
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Science: Research
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Service Industries: Research
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UK Intellectual Property Office
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
British Telecom: Billing
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Deca-BDE
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Departmental Co-ordination
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Electricity Generation
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Imports: Iran
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Nuclear Power: Foreign Investment in UK
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Renewable Energy: Nuclear Power
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Renewable Energy: Seas and Oceans
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Roads: Lighting
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Utilities: Billing
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Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Pensioners
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Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands
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Department for Communities and Local Government
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Departmental Information Officers
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Departmental Public Participation
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Government Communications
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Housing: Construction
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Housing: Standards
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Local Authorities: Transport
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Parks: Driving Offences
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Standard of Living: West Midlands
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Sustainable Communities Act 2007
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Thames Gateway Bridge
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Health
Bone Cancer: Staffordshire
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Bone Diseases: Medical Treatments
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Cancer: Health Services
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Cancer: Per Capita Costs
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Care Homes: Buckinghamshire
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Care Homes: Legislation
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Dementia: Per Capita Costs
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Dental Services: Staffordshire
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Diabetes
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Doctors: Housing
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Doctors: Working Hours
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General Practitioners: Staffordshire
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Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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Lung Cancer
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Lung Cancer: Research
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Medical Records: Data Protection
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Medical Treatments: Finance
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NHS: ICT
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre
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Organs: Donors
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Radiotherapy: Staffordshire
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Social Services
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Strokes: Health Services
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Justice
Approved Premises
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Coroners
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Drugs: Crime
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Fairtrade Initiative
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Firearms: Sentencing
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Judges: Official Residences
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Ministerial Duties
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Prisoners: Personal Property
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Prisons: Crimes of Violence
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Prisons: Drugs
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Prisons: Sign Language
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Armed Conflict: Cultural Heritage
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Departmental Marketing
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Developing Countries: Security
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Lebanon: Elections
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Lebanon: Security
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Religious Freedom: Christianity
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Retirement
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Somalia: Peacekeeping Operations
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Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes
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Torture
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Zimbabwe: British Nationality
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Zimbabwe: Deportation
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Zimbabwe: Elections
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Zimbabwe: Travel Information
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Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
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Departmental Standards
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Employment
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Housing Benefit
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Housing Benefit: Greater London
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Incapacity Benefit: Children
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Incapacity Benefit: Greater London
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Income Support: Children
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Income Support: Lone Parents
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Lone Parents: Social Security Benefits
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Pathways to Work: Finance
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Post Office Card Account: Clwyd
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Post Office Card Account: Newport Gwent
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Social Security
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Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits: Children
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Social Security Benefits: Warrington
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Unemployment Benefits
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Unemployment Benefits: Children
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Unemployment Benefits: Greater London
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International Development
Departmental Buildings
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Waste
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(id 08070866000168)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000169)
Developing Countries
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000170)
Developing Countries: HIV Infection
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000171)
Indonesia: Environment Protection
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000172)
Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000173)
Southern Perspectives
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000174)
Duchy of Lancaster
Cancer: Greater London
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000175)
Cost of Living
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000176)
Departmental Information Officers
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000177)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000178)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000179)
Departmental Sick Pay
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000180)
Employment: North East
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000181)
National Income: North East
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000182)
Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000183)
Teenage Pregnancy
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000184)
Teenage Pregnancy: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000185)
Trade Unions
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000186)
Training
(item number 1)
(id 08070866000187)
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