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Commons Hansard for 28 January 2009 (Volume 487)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.49pm.
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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Opposition Day
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Heathrow (Third Runway)
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European Union documents
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Trading Standards (Tooth Whitening)
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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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Thames Valley Police
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Marston Vale Eco-town
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Retrospective Business Rates
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Economic Downturn
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Police Funding Formula (Wales)
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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
Scotland
Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Public Relations
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Departmental Training
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Departmental Travel
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Departmental Working Hours
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Official Cars
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Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
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Community Policing: Castle Point
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Crime: Business
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Extradition: EU Countries
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Identity Cards: Civil Proceedings
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Police Stations: Closures
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Police: Manpower
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Defence
Armed Forces: Defence Equipment
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Defence: Military Aircraft
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Public Relations
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Directorate of Management and Consultancy Services
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HMS Endurance
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Joint Strike Fighter
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Supply Estimates
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Badgers
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Bovine Tuberculosis
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Carbon Neutral Newcastle
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Departmental Regulations
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Flood Control: EC Law
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Genetically Modified Organisms: Somerset
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Marine Management Organisation: Finance
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Pesticides
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Water Supply
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Wales
Economic Inactivity
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Job Losses
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Banking Assistance: Small Businesses
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Defence Training Review
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Marine and Coastal Access Bill
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Manufacturing Companies
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Small Businesses
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Public Expenditure
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Departmental Correspondence
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Transport
Airwave Service: Maritime and Coastguard Agency
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Aviation
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Bus Services: Concessions
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Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
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Departmental Consultancies
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Driving: Licensing
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Heathrow Airport
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Heathrow Airport: Public Consultation
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Motor Vehicles: Registration
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Railway Electrification
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Railways: Bus Services
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Railways: Crimes of Violence
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Railways: Industrial Disputes
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Railways: Standards
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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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Roads: Safety
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Roads: Tolls
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Rolling Stock: Competition
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Speed Limits: Cameras
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Transport: Expenditure
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Prime Minister
Adela Mahoro Mugabo
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BAA
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Domestic Visits: Costs
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Intelligence Services
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Internet
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Ministers
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Ministers: Interests
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Ministers: Pensions
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Opposition
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Sir Fred Goodwin
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Sports: Finance
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House of Commons Commission
House of Commons: Television
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Members: Allowances
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Parliament: Heating
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Parliament: Repairs and Maintenance
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Portcullis House: Fire Alarms
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Justice
Cannabis: Fixed Penalties
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Conveyancing: Fees and Charges
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Coroners
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Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
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Data Protection
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Departmental Training
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Departmental Visits
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Judiciary
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National Offender Management Service: Apprentices
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Offenders
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Reparation by Offenders
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Repossession Orders: Uxbridge
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Speed Limits: South West
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Young Offender Institutions: Mental Health Services
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Young Offenders
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Young Offenders: Custodial Treatment
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Culture, Media and Sport
Alcoholic Drinks: Sales
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Apprentices
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Arts Council England: Grants
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Arts: Finance
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Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Training
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Departmental Working Hours
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Departmental Written Questions
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Legacy Trust: Finance
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Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
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Sport England: Property
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Sports: Facilities
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Sports: Sponsorship
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Swimming: Low Incomes
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UK Sport: Property
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Work and Pensions
Carers’ Benefits
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Child Support Agency: Cost-effectiveness
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Cold Weather Payments
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Departmental Correspondence
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Disability Living Allowance: Chronically Sick
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Disability Living Allowance: Sight Impaired
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Disabled: Social Security Benefits
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Employment Schemes: Contracts
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Employment Schemes: English Language
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Housing Benefit: Greater London
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Incapacity Benefit: Overpayments
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Income Support: Lone Parents
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Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Osteoarthritis
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Jobcentre Plus: Advertising
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Jobcentre Plus: Recruitment
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Pension Credit
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Pension Credit: Ashford Kent
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Pension Protection Fund
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Pensioners: Payments
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Post Office Card Account
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Poverty: Children
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Redundancy: Dartford
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Social Fund: Manpower
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State Retirement Pensions: Overpayments
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Support: Mortgages
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Territorial Army: Jobseeker’s Allowance
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Train to Gain Programme
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Winter Fuel Payments
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Winter Fuel Payments: Wansdyke
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Treasury
Adjudicator's Office: Complaints
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Adjudicator's Office: Correspondence
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Banks: Regulation
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Child Trust Fund: Wansdyke
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Corporation Tax
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Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental Disclosure of Information
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Security
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Departmental Television
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Departmental Training
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Departmental Written Questions
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Financial Services: Regulation
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Foreign Exchange
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Fraud: Currency
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Government Shareholding
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Members: Correspondence
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Public Expenditure
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Revenue and Customs: Complaints
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Revenue and Customs: Manpower
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Revenue and Customs: Standards
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Valuation Office: Databases
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Welfare Tax Credits
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Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
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Innovation, Universities and Skills
Apprentices
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Departmental Written Questions
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Educational Institutions: Construction
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GCE A-Level
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Members: Correspondence
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Students: Finance
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Vocational Training: Finance
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Reconstruction
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Armed Conflict: Reconstruction
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Charities
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Climate Change
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Commonwealth Scholarships
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Travel
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Departmental Working Hours
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Diplomatic Service: Education
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Diplomatic Services: Equality
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Faroe Islands: Whales
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Gaza: Overseas Visitors
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Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
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Iraq: Weapons
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Languages
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Nigeria: Oil
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Nigeria: Violence
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Nuclear Fuels
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Nuclear Weapons: Arms Control
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Rashid Rauf
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Russia: Broadcasting
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Sight Impaired
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Somalia: Peacekeeping Operations
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St. Helena: Airports
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Students: Finance
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Terrorism
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Thailand: Politics and Government
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Treaty of Lisbon
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Ukraine: Anti-Semitism
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Northern Ireland
Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Working Hours
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Official Cars
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Police Service of Northern Ireland: Recruitment
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Prisoners
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International Development
Afghanistan: Reconstruction
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Burma: Overseas Aid
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Departmental Data Protection
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HIV Infection
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Middle East: Peace Negotiations
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Palestinians: Overseas Aid
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Zimbabwe: Overseas Aid
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Health
Air Pollution
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Brain Tumours: Research
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Breast Cancer
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Cancer: Children
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Clinical Physiologists: Regulation
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Colonoscopy
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Departmental Allowances
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Departmental Catering
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Public Relations
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Departmental Surveys
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Departmental Temporary Employment
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General Practitioners: Pharmacy
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Health Services: Merseyside
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Hospitals: Construction
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Hospitals: Food
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Knee/Hip Replacements
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Maternity Services: Disadvantaged
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Medical Treatments: EC Countries
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Mobile Phones: Health Hazards
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NHS: Debts
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NHS: Drugs
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NHS: Public Participation
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NHS: Standards
(item number 1)
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Oxygen: Medical Equipment
(item number 1)
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Patient Choice Schemes
(item number 1)
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PatientPak
(item number 1)
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Pharmacy: Hampshire
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000030)
Pigmeat: Labelling
(item number 1)
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Tomography
(item number 1)
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Communities and Local Government
Business Community Safety Forum
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Chief Fire Officers' Association
(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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Departmental Correspondence
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000037)
Departmental Expenditure Limit
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000038)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000039)
Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000040)
Departmental Temporary Staff
(item number 1)
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Departmental Training
(item number 1)
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Deprivation Indicators
(item number 1)
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Derelict Land
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Domestic Waste
(item number 1)
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Fire Services
(item number 1)
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Fire Services: Industrial Disputes
(item number 1)
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Fire Services: Military Aid
(item number 1)
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Fire Services: Vaccination
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FiReBuy
(item number 1)
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FiReBuy: Pay
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000051)
FireGuard
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000052)
Green Belt: Windsor and Maidenhead
(item number 1)
(id 09012889000053)
Home Information Packs
(item number 1)
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Homebuy Scheme
(item number 1)
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Homelessness: Hampshire
(item number 1)
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Housing: Regeneration
(item number 1)
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Interreg Programme
(item number 1)
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Land Use: Castle Point
(item number 1)
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Legal Opinion
(item number 1)
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Local Government Finance
(item number 1)
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Local Government: Elections
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Local Government: Shrewsbury
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Mortgages: First-Time Buyers
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Regional Planning and Development: South East
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Rented Housing: Private Sector
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Rented Housing: Repossession Orders
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Supporting People Programme
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Urban Areas: Parking
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Waste Disposal
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Children, Schools and Families
Academies: Essex
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Boosting Language Auditory Skills and Talking Programme
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Building Schools for the Future Programme: Finance
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Care Proceedings
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Castle View School: Playing Fields
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Children In Care
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Children in Care: Reading
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Children: Abuse
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Children: Cancer
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Children: Databases
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Children: Day care
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Children: Obesity
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Children: Protection
(item number 1)
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Departmental Cost Effectiveness
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Higher Civil Servants
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Departmental Supply Estimates
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Education Maintenance Allowance: Kent
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000020)
Education Maintenance Allowance: Wansdyke
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000021)
Education: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000022)
GCSE: Cleethorpes
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000023)
Mathematics: Teaching Methods
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000024)
National Assessment Agency: Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000025)
Parents: Hearing Impaired
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000026)
Pre-School Education
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000027)
Pre-School Education: Labour Turnover
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000028)
Pre-School Education: Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000029)
Pre-School Education: Teachers
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000030)
Primary Education
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000031)
Pupils: Diabetes
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000032)
Pupils: Mental Health Services
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000033)
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000034)
Religion: Education
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000035)
Schools: Admissions
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000036)
Schools: Sport
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000037)
Schools: Wansdyke
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000038)
Secondary Education
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000039)
Sight Impaired
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000040)
Social Services: North East
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000041)
Special Educational Needs
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000042)
Special Educational Needs: Children in Care
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000043)
Young People: Homelessness
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000044)
Duchy of Lancaster
Birth Rate
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000045)
Children: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000046)
Death: Carbon Monoxide
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000047)
Departmental Buildings
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000048)
Departmental Marketing
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000049)
Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000050)
Departmental Research
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000051)
Employment
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000052)
Government Departments: Training
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000053)
Life Expectancy
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000054)
Public Bodies: Lobbying
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000055)
Risk Capital Fund
(item number 1)
(id 0901292000056)
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