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Commons Hansard for 15 July 2008 (Volume 479)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.23pm.
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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Justice
Court House (Colchester)
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Pleural Plaques
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Homicide
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Drugs (Prisons)
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Shoplifting
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Court Fees (Child Protection)
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Coroners’ System
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Private Sector Prisons
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Employment (Prisoners)
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Court Reports
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Topical Questions
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Points of Order
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Press Complaints Commission (Breaches of Code of Practice)
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Orders of the Day
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National Insurance Contributions Bill
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Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2)
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Health and Social Care Bill
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Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
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DELEGATED LEGISLATION
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European Union Documents
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Petitions
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Digital Television Switchover
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HMRC Workforce Change
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Listing Buildings
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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.
Petitions
Debates about petitions that have been submitted by the public.
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Transport
Aviation: Carbon Emissions
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Buses: Passengers
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Cycling
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Official Cars
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Driving Tests
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M3: Surrey
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M66
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Motor Vehicles: Greater London
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Motor Vehicles: Safety Measures
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Motorways: Closures
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Official Cars
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Parking
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Parking: Schools
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Road Traffic Offences: Cameras
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Road Accidents: Outside Schools
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan and Australia: Morphine
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Bosco Ntaganda
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China: Taiwan
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Early Retirement
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Departmental Surveys
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Members: Correspondence
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Personal Injury
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Republic of Ireland: Treaty of Lisbon
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Sri Lanka: Overseas Trade
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Westminster Foundation for Democracy: Finance
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Treasury
Bank Melli plc
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Capital Allowances: Rural Areas
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Council Tax: Valuation
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Council Tax: Wales
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Research
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Financial Capability Action Plan
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Foreign Investment in UK: India
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Housing: Valuation
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Income Tax
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PAYE
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Personal Injury
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Revenue and Customs: North West
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Revenue and Customs: Rightmove
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Revenue and Customs: Weston-Super-Mare
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Taxis
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Valuation Office
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Valuation Office Agency Local Authority Liaison Group
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Valuation Office: Cole Layer Trumble
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Valuation Office: ICT
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Valuation Office: Standards
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Valuation Office: Travel
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agricultural Shows
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Agricultural Land
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Agriculture: Public Sector
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Bees: Diseases
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Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
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Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccines
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Cumbria
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Departmental Aviation
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Conferences
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Official Cars
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Secondment
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Visits Abroad
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Departmental Wastes
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Fishing Vessels: Fuels
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Food Supply
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Geographical Information Systems
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Hunting
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Members: Correspondence
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Nature Conservation: Finance
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Nature England: Environment Protection
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River Thames: Transport
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Shellfish
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Environment Protection
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Home Department
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Wales
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Burglary: Wales
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Skunk Cannabis
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Crime
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Crimes of Violence: Cambridgeshire
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Crimes of Violence: East of England
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Domestic Violence
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Drugs: Burma
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Female Genital Mutilation
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Fraud: Crime Prevention
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Human Trafficking
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Human Trafficking: Arrests
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Human Trafficking: Children
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Human Trafficking: Repatriation
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Robbery: Wales
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Squatting
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Stalking
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Communities and Local Government
Community Development: Wales
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Departmental Car Allowances
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Departmental Film
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Records: Lost Property
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Wastes
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Digital Broadcasting
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Digital Switchover Help Scheme
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European Union Solidarity Fund
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Fire Services: Finance
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Fire Services
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Fish
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Fraud
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Home Information Packs
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Housing
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Housing: Construction
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Housing: Heating
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Housing: Standards
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Local Government Ombudsman: Freedom of Information
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Ordnance Survey: Telephone Services
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Planning Permission: National Parks
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Planning Permission: Rural Areas
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Prisons: Planning Permission
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Property Development
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Regional Development Agencies: Fraud
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Regional Development Agencies: Standards
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Social Conditions
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Business: Rural Areas
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China
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Public Bodies
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Training
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Family Businesses
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Food
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Foreign Investment in UK: China
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Global Coal Management Resources
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Medical Treatments: Lasers
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Oil: Prices
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Post Offices: Closures
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Public Holidays
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Street Trading: Regulation
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Culture, Media and Sport
Advertising: EU Action
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Arts: Finance
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BBC
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BBC Trust: Accountability
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BBC: Internet
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BBC: Manpower
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Festivals and Special Occasions: Finance
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Festivals and Special Occasions: Religion
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Listed Buildings: Schools
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Sport: Community Development
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Sports
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Sports: Commonwealth
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Strip Clubs
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Tourism: Career Structure
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Travel Information: Human Rights
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World Book Day: Finance
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World Heritage Sites
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World Heritage Sites: Climate Change
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Defence
7 Regiment
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Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Air Force: Training
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Aircraft Carriers
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Armed Conflict: Medals
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Armed Forces: Delivery Services
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Armed Forces: Disability Living Allowance
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Armed Forces: Food
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Armed Forces: Housing
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Armed Forces: Manpower
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Armed Forces: Scotland
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Army: Recruitment
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AWE Management: Manpower
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Defence: Foreign Investment in UK
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Defence: Procurement
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Departmental Internet
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Exservicemen: Pensions
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Home Information Packs
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Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
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Military Aircraft: Training
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Military Attaches
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Military Bases
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Navy: Fuels
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Navy: International Waters
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Nuclear Submarines
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RAF Halton
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RAF St. Athan
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Submarines: Manpower
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Swiftsure Class Submarines
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Type 42 Destroyers
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USA: Ministry of Defence Guarding and Police Agency
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International Development
Africa: Energy
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Africa: Fisheries
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Bangladesh: Storms
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Departmental Early Retirement
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Languages
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Pakistan: Earthquakes
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Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
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Employment: Finance
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Income Support: Lone Parents
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Jobcentre Plus: Breast Feeding
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National Insurance: Immigrants
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Pensioners: Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits: Manpower
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Social Security Benefits: Overpayments
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Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services
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Health
Abortion
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Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
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Brain Cancer
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Cannabis: Nicotine
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Dental Services: Cumbria
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Dentistry: Carlisle
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Departmental Early Retirement
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Planning Permission
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Dietary Supplements: EU Law
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Drugs: Misuse
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Food: Genetically Modified Organisms
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General Practitioners
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General Practitioners: Gloucestershire
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General Practitioners: Pharmacy
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Health Centres
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Health Services: Overseas Aid
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Health Services: Private Sector
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Health: Equality
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Hemel Hempstead Hospital: Hospital Beds
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Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
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Human Papilloma Virus
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Incontinence: Medical Equipment
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Maternity Services
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Medical Records: Lost Property
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Medical Treatments Abroad
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Medical Treatments: Finance
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National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
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NHS: Standards
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NHS: Training
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Obesity: Children
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Organs: Donors
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Out-Patients: Bedfordshire
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Overseas Visitors
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Pain: Health Services
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Prescription Drugs
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Sex: Health Education
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Smoking
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Smoking: Bexley
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Smoking: Young People
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Justice
Young People: Reoffending
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Circuit Judges
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Voting Rights
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Reoffending
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Community Sentences
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Foreign Prisoners: Deportation
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Restraint: Secure Accommodation
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Offenders: Rehabilitation
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Sharia Law
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Community Justice
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Restorative Justice
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Knife Crime
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Electoral Systems
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Crime: Victims
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Crimes of Violence: Pregnant Women
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Departmental Manpower
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Human Trafficking
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Legal Services Commission: Complaints
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Members: Correspondence
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Motor Vehicles: Registration
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Parole
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Parole Board: Civil Proceedings
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Parole Board: Correspondence
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Parole Board: Lost Property
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Parole Board: Manpower
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Political Parties: Finance
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Prisoners Release: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Prisons: Construction
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Road Traffic Offences: Foreigners
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Womens Prisons: Young Offenders
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Children, Schools and Families
Arabic Language: Education
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Building Schools for the Future Programme
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Children in Care: Young Offenders
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Children: Disadvantaged
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Class Sizes: Primary Education
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Wastes
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Education: Assessments
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Extended Schools
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Fair Trade Initiative
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000044)
Food
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000045)
GCE A-level
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000046)
General Certificate of Secondary Education
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000047)
General Certificate of Secondary Education: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000048)
Mathematics: General Certificate of Secondary Education
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000049)
Music: Education
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000050)
Primary Education: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000051)
Pupil Exclusions
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000052)
Pupil Referral Units: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000053)
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000054)
Schools: Cadets
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000055)
Schools: International Cooperation
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000056)
Schools: Safety
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000057)
Schools: Sanitation
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000058)
Schools: Sports
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000059)
Secondary Education: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000060)
Teachers
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000061)
Teachers: Age
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000062)
Teachers: Vacancies
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000063)
Truancy: Gloucestershire
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000064)
Writing
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000065)
Youth Services: Advisory Bodies
(item number 1)
(id 08071631000066)
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