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Commons Hansard for 8 July 2009 (Volume 495)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.11pm.
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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Northern Ireland
Inward Investment
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Saville Inquiry
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Equality Issues
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Crime Detection
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Immigrants (Attacks)
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Bill of Rights (Public Consultation)
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Equality Commission
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Reforming Financial Markets
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Point of Order
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Care Homes (Domestic Pets)
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Finance Bill
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Business without Debate
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Taxation of Pensions
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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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Human Rights (Iran)
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Bullied Children
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British Troops (Helmand Province)
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Vaccine Damage Compensation
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John Pitman
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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
Culture, Media and Sport
Departmental Carbon Emissions
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Departmental Energy
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Recycling
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Departmental Waste
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Departmental Water
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Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Armed Forces: Higher Education
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European Fighter Aircraft
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Gurkhas: Pensions
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Iraq and Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Met Office: Cost Effectiveness
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Military Aircraft
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Military Bases: Northern Ireland
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Trident
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Home Department
Asylum: Tibet
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Crime: Alcoholic Drinks
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Crimes of Violence: Hertfordshire
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Fraud: Credit Cards
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Homophobia: Crime
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Offensive Weapons
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Police: Pensions
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Northern Ireland
Public Safety: Dissident Terrorists
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Decommissioning: Loyalist Paramilitaries
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Serving Police Officers
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Romanian Nationals: Attacks
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Departmental Information Officers
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Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland
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Smuggling: Fuels
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Transport
A1: Speed Limits
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Aviation: Caribbean
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Driving Under Influence: Death
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Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Manpower
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Motorcycles: Testing
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Railway Network
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Railways
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Railways: Fares
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Railways: Franchises
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Railways: Greater Manchester
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Rolling Stock: Greater Manchester
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Shipping
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Shipping: Safety
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Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Sequestration
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Departmental Data Protection
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Departmental Public Consultation
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Energy: Meters
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Energy: Prices
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Fossil Fuelled Power Stations: Planning Permission
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Sizewell A Power Station
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Solar Power: Housing
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Buckinghamshire
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Agriculture: Hertfordshire
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Animals: Abuse
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Animals: Quarantine
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Avian Influenza: Poultry
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Avian Influenza: Vaccination
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Bees
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Carbon Emissions
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Dairy Farmers of Britain: Insolvency
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Departmental Energy
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Departmental Information Officers
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Dogs: Tagging
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Domestic Waste Disposal
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Farmers: Manpower
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Grants: Tamworth
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Grocery Trade: Competition
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Incinerators
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Pesticides Safety Directorate: Consultants
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Property Searches
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Recycling
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Regional Planning and Development: Finance
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Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Manpower
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Voluntary Organisations
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Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges
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Water Meters
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Cabinet Office
Charities: Essex
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Intelligence Services: Information and Communications Technology
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Lobbying
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Managing Diversity
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National School of Government
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Stress
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Water
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Work and Pensions
Apprentices
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Children: Maintenance
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Departmental Procurement
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Disability Living Allowance
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Drugs: Rehabilitation
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Ethnic Employment Taskforce
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Future Jobs Fund
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Jobcentre Plus: Manpower
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Local Employment Partnership Awards 2009
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New Deal Schemes
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Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
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Justice
Consultants: Ministry of Justice
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Crime: Justice
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Disability Living Allowance
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Driving Offences: Fines
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National Offender Management Service
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National Probation Service for England and Wales
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Political Parties: Finance
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Probation: Essex
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Probation: Finance
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Probation: Wales
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Young People: Remand in Custody
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Overseas Territories: Discrimination
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Colombia: Politics and Government
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Departmental Information Officers
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EU Budget
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Gibraltar: Territorial Water
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Gurkhas
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India
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Israel: Imports
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Members: Correspondence
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Middle East
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Nepal: Internally Displaced Persons
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Orissa
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Pakistan
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Pakistan: Overseas Aid
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Russia: Georgia
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South Ossetia: Abkhazia
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Taking Chess to the Townships Project
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USA: Africa
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Uzbekistan
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Health
Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
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Ambulances
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Dental Health: Children
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Dental Services
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Official Engagements
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Epilepsy: Medical Treatments
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Health Services: Hygiene
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Health Services: Volunteers
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Hospitals: Smoking
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Influenza: Drugs
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Kidneys: Health Education
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Local Involvement Networks: Stoke-on-Trent
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Medical Treatments: Pain
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NHS: Finance
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NHS: Standards
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Queen Mary's Sidcup Hospital NHS Trust: Accident and Emergency Departments
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Sick Leave: Hertfordshire
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Swine Flu
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Treatment Centres: Hygiene
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Treatment Centres: Regulation
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Waiting Lists: Hemel Hempstead
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Treasury
Andrew Hudson
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Departmental Correspondence
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Departmental Databases
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Fuels
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Inheritance Tax
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Non-Domestic Rates
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Students: Loans
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Taxation: Valuation Office
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Valuation Office
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Valuation Office: Contracts
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Valuation Office: Geographical Information System
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Valuation: Housing
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Children, Schools and Families
Better Regulation Unit
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Care Homes
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Children: Databases
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Children: Emigration
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Children: Protection
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Children: Sight Impaired
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Children's Play: Essex
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Day Care
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Departmental Advisory Bodies, Tribunals and Corporations
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Departmental Information Officers
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Departmental Work Experience
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Free School Meals: GCSE
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Gifted Children: Finance
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Health Education: Sex
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Pre-school Education: Finance
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Pupils: Special Educational Needs
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Schools
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Schools: Admissions
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Schools: Finance
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Science: Primary Education
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Teaching Methods
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Communities and Local Government
Allotments
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Audit Commission
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City-regional Government
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Council Housing
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Council Housing: Property Transfer
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Council Housing: Standards
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Council Tax
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Council Tax: Discounts
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Council Tax: Overpayments
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Council Tax: Valuation
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Councillors: Allowances
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Councillors: Pensions
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
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Eco-towns: Construction
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Empty Property
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Energy Performance Certificates and Home Information Packs
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Homelessness
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Housing and Planning Delivery Grant
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Housing: Construction
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Housing: Energy
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Housing: Finance
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Infrastructure Planning Commission: Recruitment
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Local Government Finance
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Local Government: Contracts
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Local Government: Debt Collection
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Local Government: Joint Ventures
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Local Government: Reorganisation
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Local Government: Standards
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Mortgages: Government Assistance
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National Policy Statements
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Non-domestic Rates
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Non-domestic Rates: Aerials
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Non-domestic Rates: Empty Property
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Non-domestic Rates: Ports
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North East Regional Assembly: Sovereign Strategy
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Shared Ownership Schemes
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Social Rented Housing: Finance
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Social Rented Housing: Torbay
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Travelling People: Caravan Sites
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Valuation Office: Local Government
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Working Neighbourhoods Fund
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