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Commons Hansard for 29 October 2008 (Volume 481)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.34pm.
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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Food Labelling
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Opposition Day
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Olympic Legacy
(item number 6)
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Manchester City Council Bill [Lords] (By Order)
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Bournemouth Borough Council Bill [Lords] (By Order)
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Canterbury City Council Bill (By Order)
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Rail Links (Halifax-London)
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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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Victims of Terrorism (Compensation)
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Sierra Leone
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Afghanistan
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Cancer Services (Kendal)
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Social Enterprise
(item number 6)
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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
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult Education
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Adult Education: Finance
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Aimhigher Programme
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Departmental Surveys
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GCE A-level
(item number 1)
(id 08102942000011)
Higher Education: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 08102942000012)
Higher Education: Research
(item number 1)
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Overseas Students
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Scholarships: Overseas Students
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Students: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
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Teachers: Training
(item number 1)
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Children, Schools and Families
Academies: Trade Unions
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Alderman Blaxhill School: Colchester
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Children: Asylum
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Children: Prisoners
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Official Visits
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Departmental Older Workers
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Departmental Pensions
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Diplomas
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Education: Assessments
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Further Education
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General Certificate of Secondary Education: North East
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Gifted Children
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Mentally Ill Staff
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Pre-school Education: Manpower
(item number 1)
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Pupils
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Schools
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Schools: Demolition
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Schools: Standards
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Secondary Education: Peterborough
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Specialised Diplomas
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Specialised Diplomas: Disadvantaged
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Specialised Diplomas: Rural Areas
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Teachers: Pay
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Teachers: Pensions
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Trade Unions
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Young People: Unemployment
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Written Answers to Questions
Scotland
Barnett Formula
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Defence Procurement
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Financial Services Sector
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Regional Airports
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Banking Sector
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Economic Situation
(item number 1)
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National Minimum Wage
(item number 1)
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Devolution
(item number 1)
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Mentally Ill Staff
(item number 1)
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agricultural Products: Imports
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Departmental Finance
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Staff
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Departmental Telephone Services
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Floods: Finance
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Food: Prices
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Pesticides
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Single Payment Scheme
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Wildlife: Pets
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Defence
Armed Forces: Complaints
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Armed Forces: Health Services
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Armed Forces: Housing
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Armed Forces: Postal Services
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Armed Forces: Recruitment
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Armed Forces: Safety
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AWE Sites: Floods
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Beryllium
(item number 1)
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Departmental Art Works
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Departmental Motor Vehicles
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Departmental Operating Costs
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Departmental Secondments
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Ex-servicemen: Advisory Services
(item number 1)
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Mediterranean Region: Navy
(item number 1)
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Plain English
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Turkey: Navy
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Transport
Access for All Scheme
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Cars: Exhaust Emissions
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Departmental NDPBs
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Departmental Parking
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Public Participation
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Departmental Recruitment
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Departmental Security
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Driving: Licensing
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Heathrow Airport
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Highways Agency: Consultants
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M1: Repairs and Maintenance
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Motor Vehicles: Licensing
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Motor Vehicles: Lighting
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Network Rail: Standards
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Railway Stations: Disabled
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Railway Stations: Gatwick
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Railway Stations: Security
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Railways: Fares
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Railways: Overcrowding
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Railways: Standards
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Rescue Services: Hope Cove
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Roads: Accidents
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Roads: Lighting
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Roads: Robin Cousins Centre
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Justice
Administration of Justice: ICT
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Approved Premises
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Coroners
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Corruption
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Electoral Commission: Standards
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Freedom of Information: Local Authorities
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Lancaster Farms Young Offender Institution
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Magistrates Courts: Kent
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Offenders: Rehabilitation
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Plain English
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Prison Sentences
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Prisoners
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Re-offenders: Lancashire
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Repossession Orders
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Sentencing: Mentally Ill
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Health
Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling
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Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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Alcoholic Drinks: Research
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Alcoholic Drinks: Retail Trade
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Cancer: Health Services
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Care Homes: Fees and Charges
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Care Homes: Infectious Diseases
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Cholesterol
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Chronically Sick: Health Services
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Contraceptives
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Dementia: Drugs
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Dementia: Research
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Dental Services
(item number 1)
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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Departmental Private Finance Initiative
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Doctors: Disciplinary Proceedings
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Doctors: Manpower
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General Practitioners: Pharmacy
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Health Services
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Hospitals: Infectious Diseases
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Human Papilloma Virus: Vaccination
(item number 1)
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In Vitro Fertilisation: Finance
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Junior Doctors: Training
(item number 1)
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Maternity Services: Expenditure
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Medical Treatments
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NHS: Finance
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NHS: Managers
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Nurses: Manpower
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Nurses: Schools
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Patient Choice Schemes
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Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
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Schizophrenia
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
(item number 1)
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Social Services
(item number 1)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bangladesh: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
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Colombia: Armed Conflict
(item number 1)
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Security
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Sudan: Armed Conflict
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Sudan: Peace Negotiations
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Thailand: Borders
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Work and Pensions
Departmental Older Workers
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Employee Assistance Programme
(item number 1)
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Incapacity Benefit: Bexley
(item number 1)
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Jobseekers Allowance
(item number 1)
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Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
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Pensioners: Poverty
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Poverty: Children
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Social Security Benefits: Overseas Residence
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TICC Skill Centres: Redundancy
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Unemployment: Lone Parents
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Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Greater London
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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Hertfordshire
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Asylum
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Asylum: Finance
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Crime: Young People
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Departmental Postal Services
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Deportation: Offenders
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Dispersal Orders
(item number 1)
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Driving Offences: Fixed Penalties
(item number 1)
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Drugs: Crime Prevention
(item number 1)
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Firearms: Detection Rates
(item number 1)
(id 08102962000028)
Genetics: Databases
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Highly Skilled Migrant Programme
(item number 1)
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Human Trafficking
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Human Trafficking: Extradition
(item number 1)
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Human Trafficking: Lancashire
(item number 1)
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Illegal Immigrants
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Interception Modernisation Programme
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Members: Correspondence
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Offensive Weapons: Schizophrenia
(item number 1)
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Passports: Lost Property
(item number 1)
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Passports: Postal Services
(item number 1)
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Public Order Offences: Religion
(item number 1)
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Treasury
Bank Services
(item number 1)
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Banks: Finance
(item number 1)
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Banks: Pay
(item number 1)
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Credit Unions
(item number 1)
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Departmental Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
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Departmental Public Participation
(item number 1)
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Departmental Training
(item number 1)
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Dorneywood
(item number 1)
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Financial Services: Regulation
(item number 1)
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Government Securities
(item number 1)
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Personal Income
(item number 1)
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Plain English
(item number 1)
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Public Works Loan Board
(item number 1)
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Repossession Orders
(item number 1)
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Revenue and Customs: Manpower
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Rural Areas
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Energy and Climate Change
Coal: Prices
(item number 1)
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Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
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Natural Gas: Storage
(item number 1)
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River Severn: Tidal Power
(item number 1)
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Solar Power
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Water Power
(item number 1)
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Wind Power: Planning
(item number 1)
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Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Lost Property
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Press
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Departmental Public Participation
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Departmental Security
(item number 1)
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Departmental Temporary Employment
(item number 1)
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Horserace Totalisator Board
(item number 1)
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National Lottery
(item number 1)
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Olympic Games 2012: Cultural Heritage
(item number 1)
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Plain English
(item number 1)
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Remembrance Day
(item number 1)
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Tourism
(item number 1)
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Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Banks: Competition
(item number 1)
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Departmental Reorganisation
(item number 1)
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Departmental Secretarial Staff
(item number 1)
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Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
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Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
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Exports: Israel
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Fisheries: Compensation
(item number 1)
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Flexible Working
(item number 1)
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Maternity Leave
(item number 1)
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Postal Services
(item number 1)
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Powers of Entry
(item number 1)
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Duchy of Lancaster
Debts
(item number 1)
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Departmental Procurement
(item number 1)
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Departmental Recruitment
(item number 1)
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Government Departments: Data Protection
(item number 1)
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Immigrants
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000009)
Young People: Hampshire
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000010)
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult Education
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000011)
Apprentices
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000012)
Apprentices: Redundancy
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000013)
Christmas
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000014)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000015)
Departmental NDPBs
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000016)
Departmental Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000017)
Departmental Recruitment
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000018)
Departmental Security
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000019)
Departmental Temporary Employment
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000020)
Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000021)
National Vocational Qualifications
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000022)
Taxis
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000023)
Communities and Local Government
2008 Annual Report
(item number 1)
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Audit Commission: Costs
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000025)
Best Value
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000026)
Buildings: Electronic Government
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000027)
Caravans
(item number 1)
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Community Infrastructure Levy
(item number 1)
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Community Relations
(item number 1)
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Compensation
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000031)
Council Tax
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000032)
Council Tax: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000033)
Council Tax: Students
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000034)
Council Tax: Tax Yields
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000035)
Council Tax: Valuation
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000036)
Councillors
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000037)
Departmental Accountancy
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000038)
Departmental Contracts
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000039)
Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000040)
Departmental Information Officers
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000041)
Departmental Mass Media
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000042)
Development of English Regions Programme
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000043)
Eco-towns
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Eco-towns: Curborough
(item number 1)
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Eco-towns: Finance
(item number 1)
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Empty Property
(item number 1)
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English Regions Network
(item number 1)
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Fire Services: Pensions
(item number 1)
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Fixed Penalties
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000050)
Greenbelt: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000051)
Householder Development Consents Review
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000052)
Housing
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000053)
Housing: Low Incomes
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000054)
Housing: Prices
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000055)
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000056)
Housing: Sustainable Development
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000057)
Interreg Programme
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000058)
Local Authorities
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000059)
Local Authorities: Public Relations
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000060)
Local Government Services: Sports
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000061)
Local Government: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000062)
Non-Domestic Rates
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000063)
Non-domestic Rates: Empty Property
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000064)
Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000065)
Ordnance Survey
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000066)
Ordnance Survey: Databases
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000067)
Ordnance Survey: Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000068)
Parish Councils: Public Participation
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000069)
Planning Permission
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000070)
Preventing Violent Extremism Programme
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000071)
Regional Efficiency Improvement Partnerships
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000072)
Regional Empowerment Consortia
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000073)
Regional Planning and Development: Canvey Island
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000074)
Retail Trade: Planning
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000075)
Right to Buy Scheme
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000076)
State of the Cities Database
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000077)
Trees: Chorley
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000078)
Valuation Office: Council Tax
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000079)
Valuation Office: ICT
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000080)
Waste Disposal
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000081)
Children, Schools and Families
Departmental Information Officers
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000082)
Health Education: Sex
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000083)
Plain English
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000084)
Primary Education: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000085)
Pupil Exclusions: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000086)
Pupil Referral Units
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000087)
Pupil Referral Units: General Certificate of Secondary Education
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000088)
Pupil Referral Units: Head Teachers
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000089)
Pupil Referral Units: Teachers
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000090)
Schools: Disabled
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000091)
Schools: Discipline
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000092)
Truancy: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000093)
UK Council for Child Internet Safety
(item number 1)
(id 08102969000094)
International Development
Afghanistan: Reconstruction
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000002)
Burma: Ethnic Groups
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000003)
Burma: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000004)
Burma: Storms
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000005)
Departmental Fraud
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000006)
Departmental Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000007)
Departmental Recruitment
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000008)
Developing Countries: HIV Infection
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000009)
Voluntary Work
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000010)
Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
(item number 1)
(id 0810301000011)
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