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Commons Hansard for 1 December 2009 (Volume 501)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.36pm.
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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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Cyprus
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Afghanistan
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Afghanistan-Pakistan
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EU Budget Reform
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Falkland Islands
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Afghanistan
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Middle East (Nuclear Proliferation)
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Middle East Peace Process
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Foreign Prisoner Release
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EU Informal Meeting
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Zimbabwe
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Topical Questions
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Gary McKinnon (Extradition)
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European Financial Services Proposals
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Business without Debate
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Fisheries
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Business without Debate
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Sittings of the House
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Lloyds Group (Aylesbury Vale)
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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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Higher Education
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Proportional Representation
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Seaside Town Regeneration
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Super-strength Lager
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Offshore Dredging
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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
Transport
Arriva
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Aviation: Waltham Forest
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Bus Services: Fares
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East Coast Main Line
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Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties and Insurance
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National Express East Coast
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North Cotswold Line
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Norwich-London Railway Line
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Penzance-Plymouth Railway Line
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Public Transport: Tyne and Wear
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Railways: Penalty Fares
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Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
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Roads: Accidents
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Rolling Stock
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Transport: Weston-super-Mare
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Wales
Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Information Officers
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Travel
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Immobilisation of Vehicles
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Departmental Recycling
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Drinking Water: Pollution Control
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Food Supply
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Genetically Modified Organisms: Research
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Land Drainage: Urban Areas
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Pets: Animal Welfare
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Solicitor-General
BAE Systems
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Business: Corruption
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Departmental Air Travel
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Departmental Cost-effectiveness
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Departmental Domestic Visits
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Departmental Scientists
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Serious Fraud Office
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Vodafone Group: Ghana Telecom
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Justice
British Petroleum
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Debts: Advisory Services
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Departmental Contracts
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Legislation
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Departmental Scientists
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Domestic Violence
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Driving
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Driving Offences
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Driving Offences: Norwich
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National Offender Management Information System: Expenditure
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Peterborough Prison
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Prison: Drugs
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Prisoners Release
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Prisoners: Muslims
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Self-Harm: Prisoners
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Young Offenders: Remand in Custody
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Culture, Media and Sport
Capita
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Departmental Contracts
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Departmental Domestic Visits
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Digital Broadcasting: Complaints
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Digital Broadcasting: Radio
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Digital Switchover Help Scheme
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Driving
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UK School Games
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Northern Ireland
Children: Abuse
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Departmental Assets
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Departmental Cost Effectiveness
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Scientists
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Departmental Taxis
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Immobilisation of Vehicles
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Police Service of Northern Ireland
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Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Fraud
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Capital Gains Tax: Second Homes
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Child Benefit
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Child Care Vouchers
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Floods: Cumbria
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KBR
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Members: Correspondence
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Public Expenditure
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Public Expenditure: Wales
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Revenue and Customs
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Revenue and Customs: Labour Turnover
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Taxation: Holiday Accommodation
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Taxation: Pensions
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Tobacco
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VAT
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VAT: Postal Services
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Working Tax Credit
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Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
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Armed Forces: Cadets
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Armoured Fighting Vehicles
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Chelsea Barracks
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Chinook Helicopters
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Colombia: Military Aid
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Defence Support Group
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Defence: International Cooperation
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Scientists
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Hercules Aircraft: Training
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Immobilisation of Vehicles
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Iraq: Interpreters
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Merlin Helicopters: Training
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Military Aircraft
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Military Alliances
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Puma Helicopters
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
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Wildcat Helicopters
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Prime Minister
Christmas
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Commonwealth
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Departmental Meetings
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Departmental Rail Travel
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Trinidad and Tobago: Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference
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Uganda: Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference
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Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
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Departmental Visits Abroad
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Disability Living Allowance
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Disability Living Allowance: Lone Parents
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Employment and Support Allowance: Dartford
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Members: Correspondence
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Poverty
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Poverty: Children
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Poverty: Farmers
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Social Security Benefits: Elderly
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Winter Fuel Payments
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
EU Energy Security
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Gaza
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Nuclear Non-proliferation
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Zimbabwe
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Pakistan: Terrorism
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EU Membership: Referendum
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Middle East Peace Process
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St. Helena
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British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment Protection
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British Petroleum
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Colombia
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Convention on Cluster Munitions
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Democratic Republic of Congo
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Departmental Legislation
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Departmental Scientists
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
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Europe: Politics and Government
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Hanslope Park
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High Representative for Foreign Affairs: President of The European Council
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India: Religious Freedom
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Iran
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Iran: Arms Control
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Iran: Baha’i Faith
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Iran: Press Freedom
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Iraq and Afghanistan: Reconstruction
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Israel: Borders
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Italy
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Middle East: Peace Negotiations
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Parliamentary Assemblies: Finance
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Shell
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South Africa: Chess
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Sudan: Armed Conflict
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Uganda: Homosexuality
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Western Sahara: Politics and Government
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Bankruptcy: East of England
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Pay
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Departmental Temporary Employment
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Departmental Travel
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Land Mines: Exports
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Lord Rothschild
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Research: Standards
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
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Strategic Investment Fund
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Telephone Services
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Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing
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Audit Commission: Public Relations
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Capita
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Departmental Domestic Visits
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Departmental Legislation
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Departmental Press Officers
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Travel
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Derelict Land
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Floods: Cumbria
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Floods: Finance
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Homes and Communities Agency
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Housing and Planning Delivery Grant
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Housing: Building Regulations
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Housing: Empty Property
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Housing: Energy
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Housing: Low Incomes
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Local Government Finance: Kent
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Local Government Services
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Operational Efficiency Programme
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Public Works Loans Board: Croydon
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Shared Ownership Schemes: East of England
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Sustainable Communities Act 2007
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Tenant Services Authority: Public Relations
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Health
Blood: Donors
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Botulinum Toxin
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Cancer: Health Services
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Meetings
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Railways
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Departmental Scientists
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Departmental Taxis
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Departmental Temporary Employment
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East of England Strategic Health Authority: Consultants
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Genetically Modified Organisms: Research
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Health Professions: Pay
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Influenza
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KBR
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Lung Cancer
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Medical Records: Data Protection
(item number 1)
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Medical Research: Expenditure
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Mentally Ill: Drugs
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National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Standards
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NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency: Contracts
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NHS: Disclosure of Information
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Nurses
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Primary Care Trusts: Finance
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Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup: Accident and Emergency Department
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Smoking
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Tranquilisers: Misuse
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Home Department
Animal Experiments
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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Young People
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Antisocial Behaviour: Crime Prevention
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Assaults on Police
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Asylum
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Closed Circuit Television
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Crime
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000010)
Crime and Disorder Act 1988
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000011)
Crime: Public Transport
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000012)
Crimes of Violence
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000013)
Crimes of Violence: North East
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000014)
Departmental Internet
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000015)
Deportation: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000016)
DNA
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000017)
Driving Offences: Insurance
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000018)
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000019)
Fingerprints: Databases
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000020)
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997
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(id 0912027000021)
Firearms: Crime
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000022)
Fires: Atherstone on Stour
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000023)
Human Trafficking
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000024)
Hunting
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000025)
Labour Migration
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000026)
Missing Persons
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000027)
Police: Bedfordshire
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000028)
Police: Databases
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000029)
Police: Road Traffic Control
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000030)
Radicalism
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000031)
Roads: Accidents
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000032)
Serious Organised Crime Agency
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000033)
Sexual Assault Referral Centres
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000034)
Sexual Offences: Alcoholic Drinks
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000035)
Terrorism
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000036)
Victim Support Schemes
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000037)
Victim Support Schemes: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000038)
Yvonne Fletcher
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000039)
Cabinet Office
Caparo Group
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000040)
Charities: Fundraising
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000041)
Charity Commission
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000042)
Charity Commission: Public Relations
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000043)
Childbirth: Poverty
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000044)
Departmental Internet
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000045)
Departmental Scientists
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000046)
Departmental Taxis
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000047)
Departmental Theft
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000048)
Driving
(item number 1)
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Employment
(item number 1)
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Foreign Workers
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Futurebuilders England: Public Relations
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Government Communications
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Government Strategic Marketing Advisory Board
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Information Commissioner
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Members: Allowances
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Ministers: Visits Abroad
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Senior Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings
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(id 0912027000058)
Third Sector: Finance
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(id 0912027000059)
Unemployment: Northern Ireland
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000060)
Young People: Northern Ireland
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(id 0912027000061)
Children, Schools and Families
Children in Care
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Children: Databases
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Children: International Co-operation
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(id 0912027000065)
Children's Centres: Enfield
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Education
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Extra-curricular Activities: North East
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Further Education: Enfield
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Gifted Children: North West
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Gifted Children: Staffordshire
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(id 0912027000071)
Holiday Play Schemes
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(id 0912027000072)
Pre-school Education: Finance
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(id 0912027000073)
Schools: Admissions
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Schools: Racism
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(id 0912027000075)
Specialised Diplomas: Enfield
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(id 0912027000076)
Specialised Diplomas: South Yorkshire
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000077)
Sure Start Programme: Bedfordshire
(item number 1)
(id 0912027000078)
Energy and Climate Change
Buildings: Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000002)
Carbon Emissions: Heating
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000003)
Carbon Emissions: Housing
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000004)
Climate Change Adaptation Sub-Committee
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000005)
Departmental Legal Costs
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000006)
Departmental Official Cars
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000007)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000008)
Exhaust Emissions: Shipping
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000009)
Fuel Poverty: Wales
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000010)
Nuclear Engineering: Training
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000011)
Nuclear Power
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000012)
Nuclear Power Stations: Cumbria
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000013)
Power Stations
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000014)
Power Stations: EU Law
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000015)
Renewable Energy: Wales
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000016)
Warm Front Scheme
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000017)
Warm Front Scheme: Disabled People
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000018)
Warm Front Scheme: Sunderland
(item number 1)
(id 09120211000019)
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