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Commons Hansard for 11 March 2009 (Volume 489)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.05pm.
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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Oral Answers to Questions
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Wales
Manufacturing
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Small Business Support
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Welsh Language Certificates
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Internet Crime Prevention
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Government Funding
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Unemployment Support
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Business Support
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Barnett Formula
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Point of Order
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Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder)
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Business Rate Supplements Bill (Programme No. 2)
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Business Rate Supplements Bill
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Criminal Law
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Business without Debate
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Use of Chamber (United Kingdom Youth Parliament)
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Petitions
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Health Services (Northamptonshire)
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Care Home Residents (Allowances)
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Planning and Development (Essex)
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European Union
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Planning and Development (Heathrow)
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Traffic Management (Somerset)
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Bassetlaw (Arts)
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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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HMRC (Office Closures)
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Abusive Images (Internet)
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Christianity in Public Life
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Police Interpreters
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Identity Cards
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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
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Detainees
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Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Balkans: EC Enlargement
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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Office of the High Representative
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Colombia: Armed Conflict
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Colombia: Land Mines
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Colombia: Military Aid
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Cyprus: USA
(item number 1)
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
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Departmental Compensation
(item number 1)
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Embassies: Foreign Workers
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Overseas Price Mechanism
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United Nations
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USA: Foreign Relations
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Treasury
Business: Credit
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Child Tax Credit
(item number 1)
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Departmental Rail Travel
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Departmental Training
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Equitable Life
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Excise Duties: Motor Vehicles
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Overseas Price Mechanism
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Public Works Loan Board
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Defence
Apprentices
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Armed Forces: Manpower
(item number 1)
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Armed Forces: Parades
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Armed Forces: Training
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Departmental Absenteeism
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Departmental Data Protection
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Met Office
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Naval Bases[Official Report, 20 April 2009, Vol. 491, c. 1-2MC.]
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Navy: Contracts
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Programme Belvedere
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Royal Regiment of Scotland: Manpower
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Shareholder Executive
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Trading Funds
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Written Questions: Government Responses
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
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Animal Welfare
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Beekeeping
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Bees: Disease Control
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
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Departmental Postal Services
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Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
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Food Supply: Research
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Incinerators: Health Hazards
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Insulation: Hazardous Substances
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Landfill Tax
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Milk: Imports
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National Parks: South Downs
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Pollution: Hertfordshire
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Recycling
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Recycling: Hampshire
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Trade Unions
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Water: Meters
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Western Sahara: Fisheries
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Wales
Devolution
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Welsh Economy
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Prisons: Drugs
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Digital Inclusion
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Flooding: Severn Plain
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Welsh Language
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Christmas
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
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Transport
A15
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BAA
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Press
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Heathrow Airport
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Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic
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Humber Bridge Board
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Humber Bridge: Tolls
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Railways: Fares
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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
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Rolling Stock
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Transport: Crimes of Violence
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Justice
Graveyards: Safety
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Legal Aid: Housing
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Legal Aid: Negligence
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Reoffenders: Essex
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Wetherby Young Offender Institution
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Wymott Prison: Manpower
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Culture, Media and Sport
Anniversaries
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British Library
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Broadcasting: EU Action
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Departmental Detergents
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisors
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Departmental NDPBs
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Departmental Postal Services
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Departmental Public Appointments
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Departmental Public Consultants
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Departmental Training
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Hotels: Greater London
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ITV Wales: Hearing Impaired
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Legal Deposit: Digital Technology
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National Library of Scotland
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Public Libraries
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Royal Parks Agency: Parking
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Sex Establishments
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Television: Licences
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Tourism
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Tourism: South West
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Home Department
Anti-Semitism
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Asylum: Zimbabwe
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Begging and Vagrancy
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Binyam Mohamed
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Contracts: Costs
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Crime: Internet
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Departmental Postal Services
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Domestic Violence
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Firearms
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Firearms: Chelmsford
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Forensic Science: Females
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Genetics: Databases
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Illegal Immigrants
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National Police Improvement Agency: Consultants
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Offensive Weapons: Convictions
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Police: Databases
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Prostitution
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Public Order Offences
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Serious Organised Crime Agency: Consultants
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Theft
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Vetting
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Victim Support Schemes: Finance
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Work Permits
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Communities and Local Government
Agriculture: Planning Permission
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Christmas
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Community Relations
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Community Relations: Finance
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Community Relations: Islam
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Council Housing: Construction
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Council Housing: Rents
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Council Housing: Tenants’ Rights
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Council Tax
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Public Appointments
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Departmental Surveys
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Empty Property
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Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund
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(id 09031193000050)
Fire Services: Contracts
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(id 09031193000051)
Fire Services: Working Hours
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(id 09031193000052)
Homebuy Scheme
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(id 09031193000053)
Homelessness: Greater London
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(id 09031193000054)
Housing North West
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(id 09031193000055)
Housing: Construction
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(id 09031193000056)
Affordable Housing
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(id 09031193000057)
Land: Databases
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Legal Opinion
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Licensed Premises: Planning Permission
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Local Government
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Local Government Finance
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Local Government: Bank Services
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(id 09031193000063)
Local Government: Pay
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(id 09031193000064)
Local Government: Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000065)
Mortgages
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(id 09031193000066)
Mortgages: Government Assistance
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(id 09031193000067)
Multiple Occupation: Fire Prevention
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000068)
National Community Forum
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(id 09031193000069)
Non-Domestic Rates: Business
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(id 09031193000070)
Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property
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(id 09031193000071)
Non-Domestic Rates: Greater London
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000072)
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000073)
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000074)
Owner Occupation
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(id 09031193000075)
Planning Permission
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000076)
Planning Permission: Fees and Charges
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000077)
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
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Recycling
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(id 09031193000079)
Rented Housing
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Rented Housing: Rent Deposit Schemes
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(id 09031193000081)
Social Rented Housing
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(id 09031193000082)
Social Rented Housing: Standards
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(id 09031193000083)
Sustainable Development
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(id 09031193000084)
Travelling People
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Travelling People: Plymouth
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Urban Areas: Regeneration
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Valuation Office: Rightmove
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Health
Autism: Hertfordshire
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Broomfield Hospital: Cancer
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Broomfield Hospital: Manpower
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Dental Services
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Dental Services: Peterborough
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(id 09031193000093)
Diabetes
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(id 09031193000094)
Drugs: Rehabilitation
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Gynaecology
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Heart Diseases
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Hospital Wards
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Malnutrition
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Maternity Services: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000100)
Mental Health Services
(item number 1)
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NHS: Lost Property
(item number 1)
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NHS: Negligence
(item number 1)
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NHS: Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000104)
NHS: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
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NHS: Redundancy Pay
(item number 1)
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NHS: Temporary Employment
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000107)
Nurses: Manpower
(item number 1)
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Pharmacy: Chelmsford
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Social Services
(item number 1)
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Social Services: Finance
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Strokes
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Energy and Climate Change
Air Pollution: Scotland
(item number 1)
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British Plastics Federation
(item number 1)
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Carbon Challenge Programme
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000115)
Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000116)
Christmas
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000117)
Climate Change
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000118)
Electricity Generation
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000119)
Energy Saving Trust
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000120)
Fossil Fuels: North Sea
(item number 1)
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Fuel Poverty
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000122)
Kingsnorth Power Station
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000123)
Natural Gas
(item number 1)
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Wind Power: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000125)
Work and Pensions
Carers' Benefits
(item number 1)
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Children: Maintenance
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000127)
Cold Weather Payments: Leyton
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000128)
Community Care Grants
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000129)
Council Tax Benefits
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000130)
Departmental Aviation
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000131)
Departmental Surveys
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000132)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000133)
Incapacity Benefit: North East
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000135)
Jobcentre Plus
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000136)
Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000137)
Mortgages: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000138)
Nuclear Power Stations
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000139)
Pension Protection Fund
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000140)
Pensioners
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000141)
Pensions: Forecasts
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000142)
Repossession Orders
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000143)
Social Fund
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000144)
Social Fund: Bexley
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000145)
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000146)
Widowed Parents Allowance
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000147)
Innovation, Universities and Skills
Departmental Art Works
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000148)
Departmental Visits Abroad
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000149)
Foreign Students: USA
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000150)
Higher Education
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000151)
Higher Education: Anti-Semitism
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000152)
Higher Education: Research
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000153)
Research: Small Businesses
(item number 1)
(id 09031193000154)
Children, Schools and Families
Building Schools for the Future Programme
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000004)
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service: Standards
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000005)
Children In Care
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000006)
Children: Day Care
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000007)
Children: Protection
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000008)
Departmental Absenteeism
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000009)
Departmental Art Works
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000010)
Departmental Scientists
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000011)
Departmental Surveys
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000012)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000013)
Education Maintenance Allowance: Lancashire
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000014)
Education: Young Offender Institutions
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000015)
GCE A-Level: Disadvantaged
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000016)
GCSE
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000017)
GCSE: North Yorkshire
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000018)
GCSEs: Lancashire
(item number 1)
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General Certificate of Secondary Education
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Members: Correspondence
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Orders and Regulations
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Primary Education: Admissions
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Pupil Referral Units
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Pupils: Absenteeism
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Religion: Curriculum
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Schools: Admissions
(item number 1)
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Schools: Anti-Semitism
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000028)
Schools: Warnings
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000029)
Science: GCSE
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(id 09031197000030)
Secondary Education: Chelmsford
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000031)
Social Services: Co-operation
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000032)
Special Educational Needs
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Special Educational Needs: Disadvantaged
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Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions
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(id 09031197000035)
Teachers: Sick Leave
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000036)
Duchy of Lancaster
Central Office of Information: Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000037)
Disclosure of Information: Home Office
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000038)
Eco-towns
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000039)
Government Departments: Manpower
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000040)
Government Departments: Publicity
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000041)
Iraq: Weapons
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000042)
Media Monitoring Unit
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000043)
Ministerial Responsibility
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000044)
Public Sector: Internet
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000045)
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bankruptcy: Cleveland
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000046)
Business
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000047)
Business: Wales
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000048)
Departmental Art Works
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000049)
Departmental Data Protection
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000050)
Departmental ICT
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000051)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000052)
Departmental Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000053)
Fire Services: Working Hours
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000054)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000055)
Redundancy
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000056)
Regional Development Agencies: Consultants
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000057)
Regional Development Agencies: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000058)
Union Modernisation Fund
(item number 1)
(id 09031197000059)
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