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Commons Hansard for 15 December 2008 (Volume 485)

From the bound volume. Last updated 13 May 2018 at 8.31pm.

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Defence

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (item number 1) (id 0812157000043)
Armed Forces: Animals (item number 1) (id 0812157000044)
Armed Forces: Dogs (item number 1) (id 0812157000045)
Armed Forces: Labour Turnover (item number 1) (id 0812157000046)
Armed Forces: Rescue Services (item number 1) (id 0812157000047)
Armoured Fighting Vehicles (item number 1) (id 0812157000048)
Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement (item number 1) (id 0812157000049)
Biological Weapons (item number 1) (id 0812157000050)
Colombia: Armed Forces (item number 1) (id 0812157000051)
Defence Equipment: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0812157000052)
Defence Estates: Nature Conservation (item number 1) (id 0812157000053)
Defence: Statistics (item number 1) (id 0812157000054)
Departmental Data Protection (item number 1) (id 0812157000055)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 0812157000056)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 0812157000057)
Departmental Offices (item number 1) (id 0812157000058)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 0812157000059)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 0812157000060)
Departmental Work Experience (item number 1) (id 0812157000061)
EC Defence Policy: Manpower (item number 1) (id 0812157000062)
EH101 Helicopters (item number 1) (id 0812157000063)
Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure (item number 1) (id 0812157000064)
Falkland Islands: Land Mines (item number 1) (id 0812157000065)
Falkland Islands: Warships (item number 1) (id 0812157000066)
Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (item number 1) (id 0812157000067)
Iraq: Politics and Government (item number 1) (id 0812157000068)
Iraq: Visits Abroad (item number 1) (id 0812157000069)
Met Office (item number 1) (id 0812157000070)
Military Aircraft (item number 1) (id 0812157000071)
Military Aircraft: Procurement (item number 1) (id 0812157000072)
Military Bases (item number 1) (id 0812157000073)
Nuclear Weapons (item number 1) (id 0812157000074)
Pakistan: al-Qaeda (item number 1) (id 0812157000075)
Princess Royal Barracks (item number 1) (id 0812157000076)
Supply Estimates (item number 1) (id 0812157000077)
Tornado Aircraft: Manpower (item number 1) (id 0812157000078)
Trident (item number 1) (id 0812157000079)

Communities and Local Government

Climate Change (item number 1) (id 08121513000002)
Community Development: Disabled (item number 1) (id 08121513000003)
Compulsory Purchase (item number 1) (id 08121513000004)
Council Housing: Repairs and Maintenance (item number 1) (id 08121513000005)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 08121513000006)
Departmental Marketing (item number 1) (id 08121513000007)
Departmental Temporary Employment (item number 1) (id 08121513000008)
Departmental Trade Unions (item number 1) (id 08121513000009)
Empty Property: Business Premises (item number 1) (id 08121513000010)
Fire Services: Floods (item number 1) (id 08121513000011)
Fire Services: Industrial Disputes (item number 1) (id 08121513000012)
Homelessness: Floods (item number 1) (id 08121513000013)
Homelessness: Hertfordshire (item number 1) (id 08121513000014)
Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme (item number 1) (id 08121513000015)
Housing: Low Incomes (item number 1) (id 08121513000016)
Housing: Overcrowding (item number 1) (id 08121513000017)
Housing: Repairs and Maintenance (item number 1) (id 08121513000018)
Housing: Thames Gateway (item number 1) (id 08121513000019)
Local Authorities: Small Businesses (item number 1) (id 08121513000020)
Local Government: Reorganisation (item number 1) (id 08121513000021)
Multiple Occupation: Licensing (item number 1) (id 08121513000022)
Non-Domestic Rates: Business (item number 1) (id 08121513000023)
Ordnance Survey: Copyright (item number 1) (id 08121513000024)
Planning Permission (item number 1) (id 08121513000025)
Property Development: Floods (item number 1) (id 08121513000026)
Public Lavatories: Disabled (item number 1) (id 08121513000027)
Regional Ministers: Official Engagements (item number 1) (id 08121513000028)
Regional Planning and Development: Coastal Areas (item number 1) (id 08121513000029)
Regional Planning and Development: South West (item number 1) (id 08121513000030)
Rented Housing: Private Sector (item number 1) (id 08121513000031)

Transport

A1 (item number 1) (id 08121526000002)
A21: East Sussex (item number 1) (id 08121526000003)
Biofuels (item number 1) (id 08121526000004)
Blackwall Tunnel: Road Traffic (item number 1) (id 08121526000005)
Bus Services: Concessions (item number 1) (id 08121526000006)
Buses: London (item number 1) (id 08121526000007)
Civil Service: Pay (item number 1) (id 08121526000008)
Dartford Station (item number 1) (id 08121526000009)
Departmental Air Travel (item number 1) (id 08121526000010)
Departmental Consultants (item number 1) (id 08121526000011)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 08121526000012)
Departmental Manpower (item number 1) (id 08121526000013)
Departmental Official Hospitality (item number 1) (id 08121526000014)
Departmental Temporary Employment (item number 1) (id 08121526000015)
Departmental Training (item number 1) (id 08121526000016)
Driving Offences: Insurance (item number 1) (id 08121526000017)
Driving Tests (item number 1) (id 08121526000018)
Driving Tests: Motorcycles (item number 1) (id 08121526000019)
Driving: Licensing (item number 1) (id 08121526000020)
East London Line (item number 1) (id 08121526000021)
External Consultants (item number 1) (id 08121526000022)
Glasgow Airport: Noise (item number 1) (id 08121526000023)
Government Car and Despatch Agency (item number 1) (id 08121526000024)
London Underground: Renewable Energy (item number 1) (id 08121526000025)
Lorries: Accidents (item number 1) (id 08121526000026)
Lorries: Inspections (item number 1) (id 08121526000027)
Lorries: Registration (item number 1) (id 08121526000028)
Motor Vehicles: Navigation (item number 1) (id 08121526000029)
Motorways: Road Signs and Markings (item number 1) (id 08121526000030)
Railways: Fares (item number 1) (id 08121526000031)
Railways: Kent (item number 1) (id 08121526000032)
Railways: Standards (item number 1) (id 08121526000033)
Railways: Tickets (item number 1) (id 08121526000034)
River Thames: Bridges (item number 1) (id 08121526000035)
Roads: Accidents (item number 1) (id 08121526000036)
Roads: Peterborough (item number 1) (id 08121526000037)
Rolling Stock: Procurement (item number 1) (id 08121526000038)
Southeastern: Manpower (item number 1) (id 08121526000039)
Vehicle Number Plates (item number 1) (id 08121526000040)

Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme (item number 1) (id 08121543000002)
Carer’s Allowance: Overpayments (item number 1) (id 08121543000003)
Departmental Data Protection (item number 1) (id 08121543000004)
Departmental Disabled Staff (item number 1) (id 08121543000005)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 08121543000006)
Departmental ICT (item number 1) (id 08121543000007)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 08121543000008)
Departmental Manpower (item number 1) (id 08121543000009)
Departmental Official Hospitality (item number 1) (id 08121543000010)
Departmental Public Opinion (item number 1) (id 08121543000011)
Departmental Work Experience (item number 1) (id 08121543000012)
Disability Living Allowance (item number 1) (id 08121543000013)
Disability Living Allowance: Cancer (item number 1) (id 08121543000014)
Electronic Government: Consultants (item number 1) (id 08121543000015)
Hotels (item number 1) (id 08121543000016)
Housing Benefit (item number 1) (id 08121543000017)
Housing Benefit: Kent (item number 1) (id 08121543000018)
Housing Benefit: North West (item number 1) (id 08121543000019)
Income Support (item number 1) (id 08121543000020)
Jobcentre Plus (item number 1) (id 08121543000021)
Jobcentre Plus: Manpower (item number 1) (id 08121543000022)
Jobcentre Plus: Pay (item number 1) (id 08121543000023)
Jobseeker’s Allowance: North West (item number 1) (id 08121543000024)
Means Tested Benefits (item number 1) (id 08121543000025)
Mesothelioma: Compensation (item number 1) (id 08121543000026)
New Deal 50 Plus (item number 1) (id 08121543000027)
New Deal 50 Plus: Finance (item number 1) (id 08121543000028)
New Deal for Disabled People (item number 1) (id 08121543000029)
New Deal for Partners (item number 1) (id 08121543000030)
New Deal for Partners: Finance (item number 1) (id 08121543000031)
Pathways to Work (item number 1) (id 08121543000032)
Pensioners: Tendring (item number 1) (id 08121543000033)
Post Office Card Account (item number 1) (id 08121543000034)
Poverty: Children (item number 1) (id 08121543000035)
Social Fund (item number 1) (id 08121543000036)
Social Fund: Greater London (item number 1) (id 08121543000037)
Social Security Benefits (item number 1) (id 08121543000038)
Social Security Benefits: EC Nationals (item number 1) (id 08121543000039)
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations (item number 1) (id 08121543000040)
Social Security Benefits: Mentally Ill (item number 1) (id 08121543000041)
Social Security Benefits: Overseas Residence (item number 1) (id 08121543000042)
Vocational Training: Redundancy (item number 1) (id 08121543000043)
Voluntary Organisations (item number 1) (id 08121543000044)
Winter Fuel Payments: Greater Manchester (item number 1) (id 08121543000045)

Treasury

Bank Services (item number 1) (id 08121551000002)
Banking: Iceland (item number 1) (id 08121551000003)
Child Care Vouchers (item number 1) (id 08121551000004)
Child Trust Fund (item number 1) (id 08121551000005)
Clothing: Children (item number 1) (id 08121551000006)
Debt (item number 1) (id 08121551000007)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 08121551000008)
Departmental ICT (item number 1) (id 08121551000009)
Departmental Marketing (item number 1) (id 08121551000010)
Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers (item number 1) (id 08121551000011)
Departmental Procurement (item number 1) (id 08121551000012)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 08121551000013)
Departmental Temporary Employment (item number 1) (id 08121551000014)
Economic and Monetary Union (item number 1) (id 08121551000015)
Economic Situation: Crown Dependencies (item number 1) (id 08121551000016)
Equitable Life (item number 1) (id 08121551000017)
EU Budget (item number 1) (id 08121551000018)
Excise Duties: Alcoholic Drinks (item number 1) (id 08121551000019)
Industrial Buildings Allowances (item number 1) (id 08121551000020)
Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property (item number 1) (id 08121551000021)
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports (item number 1) (id 08121551000022)
Northern Rock (item number 1) (id 08121551000023)
Office of Government Commerce: Zanzibar (item number 1) (id 08121551000024)
Possessor of the Duchy of Cornwall (item number 1) (id 08121551000025)
Public Finance (item number 1) (id 08121551000026)
Revenue and Customs: Closures (item number 1) (id 08121551000027)
Revenue and Customs: Security (item number 1) (id 08121551000028)
Royal Mint (item number 1) (id 08121551000029)
Small Brewers Relief Scheme (item number 1) (id 08121551000030)
Small Businesses: Beer (item number 1) (id 08121551000031)
VAT: Christmas Cards (item number 1) (id 08121551000032)
VAT: Housing (item number 1) (id 08121551000033)
VAT: Registration (item number 1) (id 08121551000034)
Working Tax Credit (item number 1) (id 08121551000035)

Health

Abortion (item number 1) (id 08121553000004)
Allergies: Food (item number 1) (id 08121553000005)
Cancer: Medical Treatments (item number 1) (id 08121553000006)
Dental Services (item number 1) (id 08121553000007)
Dental Services: Enfield (item number 1) (id 08121553000008)
Dental Services: Greater London (item number 1) (id 08121553000009)
Departmental Disabled Staff (item number 1) (id 08121553000010)
Departmental Gifts (item number 1) (id 08121553000011)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 08121553000012)
Departmental Official Hospitality (item number 1) (id 08121553000013)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 08121553000014)
Departmental Procurement (item number 1) (id 08121553000015)
Departmental Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 08121553000016)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 08121553000017)
Departmental Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 08121553000018)
Departmental Work Experience (item number 1) (id 08121553000019)
Depressive Illnesses: Drugs (item number 1) (id 08121553000020)
Diabetes: Children (item number 1) (id 08121553000021)
Doctors: Career Structure (item number 1) (id 08121553000022)
Drugs: Rehabilitation (item number 1) (id 08121553000023)
Food: Safety (item number 1) (id 08121553000024)
General Practitioners: Pharmacy (item number 1) (id 08121553000025)
Health Services: EU Countries (item number 1) (id 08121553000026)
Health Services: Private Sector (item number 1) (id 08121553000027)
Hospitals: Closures (item number 1) (id 08121553000028)
Malnutrition (item number 1) (id 08121553000029)
Maternity Services (item number 1) (id 08121553000030)
Medical Treatments (item number 1) (id 08121553000031)
Medical Treatments Abroad (item number 1) (id 08121553000032)
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: Standards (item number 1) (id 08121553000033)
Mental Health: Unemployed (item number 1) (id 08121553000034)
Neurology (item number 1) (id 08121553000035)
NHS Direct (item number 1) (id 08121553000036)
NHS: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 08121553000037)
NHS: Finance (item number 1) (id 08121553000038)
NHS: Internet (item number 1) (id 08121553000039)
NHS: Manpower (item number 1) (id 08121553000040)
NHS: Training (item number 1) (id 08121553000041)
Nurses: Pay (item number 1) (id 08121553000042)
Nurses: Schools (item number 1) (id 08121553000043)
Obesity: Children (item number 1) (id 08121553000044)
Pharmacy (item number 1) (id 08121553000045)
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges (item number 1) (id 08121553000046)
Teenage Pregnancy (item number 1) (id 08121553000047)
Thalidomide: Compensation (item number 1) (id 08121553000048)

Justice

Appeals: Incapacity Benefit (item number 1) (id 0812165000004)
Bradley Review (item number 1) (id 0812165000005)
Burglary: Sentencing (item number 1) (id 0812165000006)
Cannabis: Crime (item number 1) (id 0812165000007)
Children: Maintenance (item number 1) (id 0812165000008)
Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000009)
Departmental Higher Education (item number 1) (id 0812165000010)
Driving Offences: Fines (item number 1) (id 0812165000011)
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (item number 1) (id 0812165000012)
Gifts (item number 1) (id 0812165000013)
Government Departments: Information and Communications Technology (item number 1) (id 0812165000014)
Judicial Appointments Commission: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000015)
Judicial Appointments Ombudsman: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000016)
Misconduct in Public Office (item number 1) (id 0812165000017)
Northern Ireland Court Service: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000018)
Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000019)
Offenders: Foreigners (item number 1) (id 0812165000020)
Political Parties: Finance (item number 1) (id 0812165000021)
Prisoners (item number 1) (id 0812165000022)
Prisoners On Remand (item number 1) (id 0812165000023)
Prisons: Children (item number 1) (id 0812165000024)
Prisons: Electronic Surveillance (item number 1) (id 0812165000025)
Public Records: Access (item number 1) (id 0812165000026)
Rape: Criminal Proceedings (item number 1) (id 0812165000027)
Rape: Victims (item number 1) (id 0812165000028)
Small Claims: Compensation (item number 1) (id 0812165000029)
Tribunals: Witnesses (item number 1) (id 0812165000030)
Young Offender Institutions (item number 1) (id 0812165000031)
Youth Justice Board (item number 1) (id 0812165000032)

Children, Schools and Families

Children in Care (item number 1) (id 0812165000034)
Children in Care: Free School Meals (item number 1) (id 0812165000035)
Children in Care: GCSE (item number 1) (id 0812165000048)
Children in Care: GCE A-level (item number 1) (id 0812165000036)
Children in Care: Gifted Children (item number 1) (id 0812165000037)
Children in Care: National Curriculum Tests (item number 1) (id 0812165000052)
Children in Care: Oxbridge Admissions (item number 1) (id 0812165000053)
Children in Care: Pupil Referral Units (item number 1) (id 0812165000055)
Children in Care: Truancy (item number 1) (id 0812165000061)
Children: Diabetes (item number 1) (id 0812165000038)
Children: Protection (item number 1) (id 0812165000039)
Departmental Disabled Staff (item number 1) (id 0812165000040)
Departmental Electronic Equipment (item number 1) (id 0812165000041)
Departmental ICT (item number 1) (id 0812165000042)
Departmental Official Hospitality (item number 1) (id 0812165000043)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 0812165000044)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 0812165000045)
Departmental Responsibilities (item number 1) (id 0812165000046)
Further Education: Sittingbourne (item number 1) (id 0812165000047)
Learning Disability: Primary Education (item number 1) (id 0812165000049)
Local Authorities: Disabled (item number 1) (id 0812165000050)
National Curriculum Tests (item number 1) (id 0812165000051)
Primary Education: Curriculum (item number 1) (id 0812165000054)
Pupils: Bullying (item number 1) (id 0812165000056)
Schools: Uniforms (item number 1) (id 0812165000057)
Science: GCSE (item number 1) (id 0812165000058)
Single Level Tests (item number 1) (id 0812165000059)
Teachers: Pay (item number 1) (id 0812165000060)
Truancy: Wiltshire (item number 1) (id 0812165000062)
Young People: Drugs (item number 1) (id 0812165000063)

Home Department

Illegal Immigrants (item number 1) (id 0812167000002)
Police: Beat (item number 1) (id 0812167000003)
Police: Public Confidence (item number 1) (id 0812167000004)
Alcohol-related Crime (item number 1) (id 0812167000005)
Kingsnorth Climate Camp (item number 1) (id 0812167000006)
Policing Pledge (item number 1) (id 0812167000007)
Police Entry, Search and Seizure Powers (item number 1) (id 0812167000008)
Early Intervention Strategies Violent Crime (item number 1) (id 0812167000009)
DNA (item number 1) (id 0812167000010)
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse (item number 1) (id 0812167000011)
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People (item number 1) (id 0812167000012)
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Kent (item number 1) (id 0812167000013)
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts: Young People (item number 1) (id 0812167000014)
Asylum: Interpreters (item number 1) (id 0812167000015)
Belmarsh Prison (item number 1) (id 0812167000016)
Climate Change (item number 1) (id 0812167000017)
Closed Circuit Television: Crime Prevention (item number 1) (id 0812167000018)
Crimes of Violence: Kent (item number 1) (id 0812167000019)
Departmental Disabled Staff (item number 1) (id 0812167000020)
Departmental Marketing (item number 1) (id 0812167000021)
Departmental Pensions (item number 1) (id 0812167000022)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 0812167000023)
Departmental Recruitment (item number 1) (id 0812167000024)
Departmental Temporary Employment (item number 1) (id 0812167000025)
Deportation: Illegal Immigrants (item number 1) (id 0812167000026)
Driving Under Influence: Kent (item number 1) (id 0812167000027)
Drugs: Corruption (item number 1) (id 0812167000028)
Dungavel House Immigration Removal Centre (item number 1) (id 0812167000029)
Entry Clearances (item number 1) (id 0812167000030)
Entry Clearances: Kyrgyzstan (item number 1) (id 0812167000031)
Forced Marriage (item number 1) (id 0812167000032)
National DNA Database (item number 1) (id 0812167000033)
Human Trafficking (item number 1) (id 0812167000034)
Human Trafficking: Deportation (item number 1) (id 0812167000035)
Identity Cards (item number 1) (id 0812167000036)
Identity Cards: EU Nationals (item number 1) (id 0812167000037)
Identity Cards: Interviews (item number 1) (id 0812167000038)
Immigration Status (item number 1) (id 0812167000039)
Immigration and Nationality Directorate: Disciplinary Proceedings (item number 1) (id 0812167000040)
Immigration: Females (item number 1) (id 0812167000041)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0812167000042)
Offenders: Cambridgeshire (item number 1) (id 0812167000043)
Offenders: Peterborough (item number 1) (id 0812167000044)
Offensive Weapons: Young People (item number 1) (id 0812167000045)
Police Authorities (item number 1) (id 0812167000046)
Police Raids (item number 1) (id 0812167000047)
Prostitution (item number 1) (id 0812167000048)
Racial Harassment (item number 1) (id 0812167000049)
Speed Limits: Motorcycles (item number 1) (id 0812167000050)
Theft: Greater London (item number 1) (id 0812167000051)
War Crimes: Entry Clearances (item number 1) (id 0812167000052)
Wildlife: Crime (item number 1) (id 0812167000053)

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