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Commons Hansard for 8 December 2008 (Volume 485)

                From the bound volume. Last updated 
13 May 2018 at 8.02pm.
            

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 0812082000003)

Prayers (item number 2) (id 0812082000004)

Business of the House (item number 3) (id 0812082000001)

Speaker’s Committee on the Search of Offices on the Parliamentary Estate (item number 4) (id 0812082000002)

Debate on the Address (item number 5) (id 08120816000002)

Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing (item number 6) (id 08120816000001)

Business without Debate (item number 7) (id 0812096000001)

Petition

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Health Care (Sunderland) (item number 1) (id 0812096000112)

Consultations on Post Office Closures (item number 9) (id 0812096000002)

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 Ministerial Statements (item number 1) (id 0812089000001)

Petitions

Debates about petitions that have been submitted by the public.

Petition (item number 1) (id 08120815000001)

OBSERVATIONS

Treasury

Finance (Public Projects) (item number 1) (id 08120815000019)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Work and Pensions

Departmental ICT (item number 1) (id 0812081000016)

Employee Assistance Programme (item number 1) (id 0812081000017)

Incapacity Benefit: Bedfordshire (item number 1) (id 0812081000018)

Jobcentre Plus: Closures (item number 1) (id 0812081000019)

Olympics

Olympic Board (item number 1) (id 0812081000020)

Olympic Games 2012: Facilities (item number 1) (id 0812081000021)

Olympic Games 2012: Per Capita Costs (item number 1) (id 0812081000022)

Northern Ireland

Museums and Galleries: Royal Ulster Constabulary (item number 1) (id 0812081000023)

Scotland

Air Passenger Duty (item number 1) (id 0812081000024)

Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks (item number 1) (id 0812081000025)

International Development

Development Aid: Food (item number 1) (id 0812081000026)

Kenya: Internally Displaced Persons (item number 1) (id 0812081000027)

Health

Dairy Products: Imports (item number 1) (id 0812081000028)

Drugs: Misuse (item number 1) (id 0812081000029)

Food: Safety (item number 1) (id 0812081000030)

NHS: Pay (item number 1) (id 0812081000031)

Overseas Residence: Australia (item number 1) (id 0812081000032)

Transport

Air Routes (item number 1) (id 0812081000033)

Bus Services: Concessions (item number 1) (id 0812081000034)

Driving Offences (item number 1) (id 0812081000035)

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties (item number 1) (id 0812081000036)

Northern Rail: Rolling Stock (item number 1) (id 0812081000037)

Roads: Accidents (item number 1) (id 0812081000038)

Scanners (item number 1) (id 0812081000039)

Shipping: Noise (item number 1) (id 0812081000040)

Speed Limits: Cameras (item number 1) (id 0812081000041)

Treasury

Air Passenger Duty: Scotland (item number 1) (id 0812081000042)

Economic and Monetary Union (item number 1) (id 0812081000043)

Exchange Rates (item number 1) (id 0812081000044)

Income Tax (item number 1) (id 0812081000045)

Insurance (item number 1) (id 0812081000046)

Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0812081000047)

Public Private Partnerships (item number 1) (id 0812081000048)

VAT (item number 1) (id 0812081000049)

VAT: Clothing (item number 1) (id 0812081000050)

VAT: Financial Services (item number 1) (id 0812081000051)

Prime Minister

Damian Green (item number 1) (id 0812081000052)

Women and Equality

Disabled: Carers’ Benefits (item number 1) (id 0812081000053)

Females: Alternatives to Imprisonment (item number 1) (id 0812081000054)

Communities and Local Government

Housing: Low Incomes (item number 1) (id 0812081000055)

Housing: Overcrowding (item number 1) (id 0812081000056)

Mortgages (item number 1) (id 0812081000057)

Ordnance Survey (item number 1) (id 0812081000058)

Rents (item number 1) (id 0812081000059)

Innovation, Universities and Skills

Overseas Students (item number 1) (id 0812081000060)

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Overseas Trade: Australia (item number 1) (id 0812081000061)

Trade: Isle of Man (item number 1) (id 0812081000062)

Justice

Domestic Violence: Victims (item number 1) (id 08120810000003)

Young Offender Institutions: Religion (item number 1) (id 08120810000004)

Children, Schools and Families

Dartmoor Community College (item number 1) (id 08120810000005)

Education Maintenance Allowance: Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 08120810000006)

Pupil Exclusions: HIV Infection (item number 1) (id 08120810000007)

Pupils: Per Capita Costs (item number 1) (id 08120810000008)

Schools: Capital Investment (item number 1) (id 08120810000009)

Secondary Education (item number 1) (id 08120810000010)

Supply Teachers: Pay (item number 1) (id 08120810000011)

Teachers: Manpower (item number 1) (id 08120810000012)

Defence

Harrier Aircraft: Manpower (item number 1) (id 08120811000002)

Tornado Aircraft (item number 1) (id 08120811000003)

Veterans: Identity Cards (item number 1) (id 08120811000004)

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Health

Home Department

International Development

Justice

Northern Ireland

Transport

Petitions

OBSERVATIONS

Treasury

Written Answers

Written Answers to Questions

Work and Pensions

Olympics

Northern Ireland

Scotland

International Development

Health

Transport

Treasury

Prime Minister

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Innovation, Universities and Skills

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Justice

Children, Schools and Families

Defence

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