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Commons Hansard for 15 September 2008 (Volume 479)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.27pm.
Written Statements
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Written Answers
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Written Answers to Questions
Culture, Media and Sport
Camelot: Cost Effectiveness
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Digital Broadcasting: Borders Region
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Digital Switchover Help Scheme: Borders Region
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Fast Track
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Heritage Lottery Fund: Miners’ Institutes
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Historic Buildings
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Horse Racing: Bookmakers
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Leisure: Blackpool
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National Lottery Promotions Unit: Finance
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National Lottery: Historic Buildings
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Sports
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Swimming Pools: Repairs and Maintenance
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VisitBritain: Finance
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World Heritage Sites
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Justice
Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Elections
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Electoral Administration in the United Kingdom
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Magistrates Courts: ICT
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Political Levy
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Political Parties and Elections Bill 2007-08
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Political Parties: Finance
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Prison Service: Ethnic Groups
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Prisons: Crime
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Prisons: Mental Health Services
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Secure Training Centres: Restraint Techniques
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Witnesses: Pilot Schemes
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bromine
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Carbon
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Departmental Alcoholic Drinks
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Compensation
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Inquiries
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Procurement
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Departmental Public Participation
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Energy Efficiency: Low Incomes
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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Flood Control: Fees and Charges
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Flood Control: Rural Areas
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Flood Control: Somerset
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Floods: River Derwent
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Home Information Packs
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Morning Star
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Pets Travel Scheme
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Rural Areas: Motor Vehicles
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Seas and Oceans: Nature Conservation
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Departmental Postal Services
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Economic and Monetary Union
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Higher Education: Admissions
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Lip Reading: Education
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Health
Alcoholic Drinks: Health Education
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Drugs: Finance
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Eculizumab
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Health Centres
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Health Professions: Pay
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Health Services: Finance
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Hospitals: Parking
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Hypothermia: Elderly
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Independent Reconfiguration Panel
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Members: Correspondence
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NHS: Dental Services
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NHS: Personnel
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Pharmacy: Rural Areas
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Tobacco
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Transport
Bus Services: Finance
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Departmental Cleaning Services
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Departmental Motor Vehicles
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Heavy Goods Vehicles
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Official Cars: Exhaust Emissions
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Official Cars: Taxation
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Public Transport: Access
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Railways: Contracts
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Railways: Electrification
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Roads
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Roads: Litter
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Roads: Tolls
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Speed Limits: Cameras
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Stations: Greater London
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Trains: York
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Transport: Exhaust Emissions
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Children, Schools and Families
Carbon Emissions
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Children in Care: Health
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Children: Databases
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Children: Disabled
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Children’s Centres: Parents
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Departmental Conferences
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Equality
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Head Teachers: Stress
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Personal Records: ContractPoint Database
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Schools: Finance
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Schools: Inspections
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Home Department
Biometrics: Fingerprints
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Closed Circuit Television: Bolton
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Criminal Records: International Cooperation
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Essex Police Authority: Data Protection
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Genetics: Databases
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National Identity Register
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Police: Finance
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Police: Sirens
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Sexual Offences
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Stop and Search: Ethnic Groups
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UK Border Agency: Patrol Craft
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Defence
Armed Forces: Cumbria
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Armed Forces: Housing
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Army: Foreigners
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Army: Manpower
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NATO
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Nuclear Weapons
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Poland: Ballistic Missile Defence
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Communities and Local Government
Boilers: Natural Gas
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Councillors: Codes of Practice
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Departmental Cleaning Services
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Departmental Overseas Visits
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Eco-Towns: Expenditure
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Energy Performance Certificates
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English Regions Network
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Fire Services
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Fire Services: Equipment
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Heating
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Heating: Solar Power
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Home Information Packs
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Housing: Waiting Lists
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Local Government: Maladministration
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Property Information Questionnaires
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Property: Sales
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Supporting People Programme
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Thermal Insulation
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Work and Pensions
Bereavement Benefits
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Care Homes: Winter Fuel Payments
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Children: Maintenance
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Paper
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Departmental Written Questions
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Employment and Support Allowance
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Industrial Health and Safety: EU Action
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Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
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New Deal Schemes: Disqualification
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Pension Credit
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Post Office Card Account
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Post Office Card Account: Sandwell
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
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Biofuels
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British Wind Energy Association: Finance
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Broadband
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Bromine
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Business: Females
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Carbon Emissions: Energy
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Carbon Sequestration
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Carers: Finance
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Climate Change: International Cooperation
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Coal
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Coal Fired Power Stations: Kingsnorth
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Companies
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Companies Investigation Branch
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Companies Investigations Branch
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Departmental Alcoholic Drinks
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Departmental Equality
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Official Cars
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Overtime
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Departmental Paper
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Procurement
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Departmental Public Buildings
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Departmental Public Participation
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Written Questions
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Electricity Generation: Renewable Energy
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Electronics Industry
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Energy: Manpower
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Exports
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Exports: Middle East
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Fair Trade Initiative
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Firearms: Exports
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Flexible Working
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Flexible Working: Tribunals
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Fluoride
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Fuel Poverty: Scotland
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Gambling: USA
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Government Communications
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Hazardous Substances: Textiles
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Homeworking
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Hydroelectric Power
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Imports: Israel
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Industry
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Members: Correspondence
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Microgeneration
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Minimum Wage
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Motor Sports: Finance
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National Grid: Standards
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Natural Gas: Prices
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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Nuclear Power
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Nuclear Power Stations
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Nuclear Reactors
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Nuclear Reactors: Decommissioning
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Overseas Trade: Israel
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Overseas Trade: Middle East
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Parental Leave
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Photovoltaics
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Post Office
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Post Offices
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Post Offices: Cash Dispensing
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Post Offices: Closures
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Post Offices: Competition
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Post Offices: Cornwall
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Post Offices: Stoke on Trent
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Public Houses
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Radioactive Wastes: Waste Management
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Regional Development Agencies: Pay
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Regional Planning and Development: Finance
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Renewable Energy
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Renewable Energy: Nuclear Power
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Severn Barrage: Railways
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Shropshire
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Small Businesses: Video Games
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Small Businesses: West Midlands
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Solar Power: Housing
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Trade Fairs
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Trade Unions: Finance
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Trading Funds
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UK Trade and Investment: Manpower
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UK Trade and Investment: Public Appointments
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Unionlearn: Finance
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Video Games
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Welsh Language
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Wind Power
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Wind Power: Planning Permission
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Treasury
Crosby Report
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Economic Situation
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Emissions Trading Scheme
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
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Excise Duties: Fuels
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Excise Duties: Imports
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Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles
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Import Controls
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Northern Rock: Repossession Orders
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Public Buildings: Empty Property
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Public Expenditure
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Stamp Duty Land Tax
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Tax Credits
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Taxation
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Taxation: National Lottery
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Tobacco: Smuggling
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International Development
Afghanistan: Education
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Africa: Overseas Aid
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African Development Bank
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Asylum
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Burma: Overseas Aid
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Departmental Computers
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Departmental Home Working
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Departmental Marketing
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Departmental Pay
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Developing Countries: Health
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Gaza: Food
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Governance and Transparency Fund
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India: Floods
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International Health Partnership
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Iraq: Reconstruction
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Namibia: Territorial Waters
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Overseas Aid
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Overseas Aid: International Cooperation
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Renewable Energy: Finance
(item number 1)
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United Nations Development Fund for Women
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(id 08091537000040)
United Nations: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
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Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
(id 08091537000042)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan
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Afghanistan: Drugs
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Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Afghanistan: Police
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China: Earthquakes
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China: Politics and Government
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Commonwealth Scholarships
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Diplomatic Service
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Departmental Alcoholic Drinks
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Departmental Computers
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Departmental Furniture
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Public Participation
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Departmental Research
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Departmental Responsibilities
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Developing Countries: Charities
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Diego Garcia: Detainees
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Diplomatic Service: Education
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France: Embassies
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Gaza: Energy
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Iceland: Whales
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Iran: Nuclear Weapons
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Iran: Politics and Government
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Iran: Sanctions
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Iraq: Asylum
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Israel: EU External Relations
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Israel: EU Trade
(item number 1)
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Israel: Human Rights
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Israel: Law
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Israel: Overseas Students
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Kosovo
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Kosovo: Diplomatic Service
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Kosovo: Overseas Aid
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Kosovo: Politics and Government
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Kosovo: Recognition of States
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Languages
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Middle East: Peace Negotiations
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Nigeria: Armed Conflict
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Nigeria: Oil
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Occupied Territories: Housing
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(id 08091537000084)
Pakistan: Christianity
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(id 08091537000085)
Rendition
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(id 08091537000086)
Saudi Arabia: Prisoners
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(id 08091537000087)
Somalia: Armed Conflict
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(id 08091537000088)
Somalia: Conflict Prevention
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(id 08091537000089)
South Africa: Chemical and Biological Warfare
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(id 08091537000090)
Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
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(id 08091537000091)
Terrorism: Victim Support Schemes
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(id 08091537000092)
Tibet: Politics and Government
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(id 08091537000093)
Turks and Caicos Islands: Politics and Government
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(id 08091537000094)
Venezuela: Drugs
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(id 08091537000095)
Western Sahara: Politics and Government
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(id 08091537000096)
Zimbabwe: Embassies
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(id 08091537000097)
Zimbabwe: Foreign Relations
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(id 08091537000098)
Zimbabwe: Overseas Students
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(id 08091537000099)
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