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Commons Hansard for 14 December 2009 (Volume 502)

From the bound volume. Last updated 13 May 2018 at 7.35pm.

Commons Chamber

Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.

House of Commons (item number 1) (id 0912147000003)
Prayers (item number 2) (id 0912147000005)
Afghanistan and the EU Council (item number 4) (id 0912147000002)
Personal Care at Home Bill (item number 5) (id 0912147000001)
PERSONAL CARE AT HOME BILL (PROGRAMME) (item number 6) (id 0912152000001)
personal care at home bill (money) (item number 7) (id 0912152000002)
Business without Debate (item number 8) (id 0912159000001)
Regional Select Committee (London) (item number 9) (id 0912159000002)
Business without Debate (item number 10) (id 09121510000001)
Freedom of Information Requests (item number 12) (id 09121511000001)

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.

Petitions

Debates about petitions that have been submitted by the public.

Petitions (item number 1) (id 09121513000001)

OBSERVATIONS

Treasury

Equitable Life (Bury St. Edmunds) (item number 1) (id 09121513000210)
Equitable Life (Carshalton and Wallington) (item number 1) (id 09121513000211)
Equitable Life (Daventry) (item number 1) (id 09121513000212)
Equitable Life (Gravesham) (item number 1) (id 09121513000213)
Equitable Life (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (item number 1) (id 09121513000214)
Equitable Life (Hampstead and Highgate) (item number 1) (id 09121513000215)
Equitable Life (Hemel Hempstead) (item number 1) (id 09121513000216)
Equitable Life (Hendon) (item number 1) (id 09121513000217)
Equitable Life (Hertford and Stortford) (item number 1) (id 09121513000218)
Equitable Life (Kingston and Surbiton) (item number 1) (id 09121513000219)
Equitable Life (Meriden) (item number 1) (id 09121513000220)
Equitable Life (Mid Worcestershire) (item number 1) (id 09121513000221)
Equitable Life (North Dorset) (item number 1) (id 09121513000222)
Equitable Life (Northavon) (item number 1) (id 09121513000223)
Equitable Life (Poole) (item number 1) (id 09121513000224)
Equitable Life (Portsmouth South) (item number 1) (id 09121513000225)
Equitable Life (Redbridge) (item number 1) (id 09121513000226)
Equitable Life (Reigate) (item number 1) (id 09121513000227)
Equitable Life (Shipley) (item number 1) (id 09121513000228)
Equitable Life (South Cambridgeshire) (item number 1) (id 09121513000229)
Equitable Life (South Staffordshire) (item number 1) (id 09121513000230)
Equitable Life (Stratford-on-Avon) (item number 1) (id 09121513000231)
Equitable Life (Wantage) (item number 1) (id 09121513000232)
Equitable Life (West Chelmsford) (item number 1) (id 09121513000233)

Written Answers

Content for Written Answers.

Written Answers to Questions

Transport

Civil Servants: Allowances (item number 1) (id 0912144000018)
Civil Servants: Pay (item number 1) (id 0912144000019)
Departmental Buildings (item number 1) (id 0912144000020)
Departmental Electronic Equipment (item number 1) (id 0912144000021)
Departmental Freedom of Information (item number 1) (id 0912144000022)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 0912144000023)
Departmental Mobile Phones (item number 1) (id 0912144000024)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 0912144000025)
Departmental Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0912144000026)
Departmental Rail Travel (item number 1) (id 0912144000027)
Departmental Scientists (item number 1) (id 0912144000028)
Departmental Security (item number 1) (id 0912144000029)
Departmental Travel (item number 1) (id 0912144000030)
Hotels (item number 1) (id 0912144000031)
Lorries: Licensing (item number 1) (id 0912144000032)
M6: Walsall (item number 1) (id 0912144000033)
Piracy (item number 1) (id 0912144000034)
Public Transport: Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0912144000035)
Railway Stations: Repairs and Maintenance (item number 1) (id 0912144000036)
Railways (item number 1) (id 0912144000037)
Road Traffic Control (item number 1) (id 0912144000038)
Roads: Accidents (item number 1) (id 0912144000039)
Roads: Construction (item number 1) (id 0912144000040)
Speed Limits: Cameras (item number 1) (id 0912144000041)
Transport: Planning (item number 1) (id 0912144000042)
Underground Railways: Tyne and Wear (item number 1) (id 0912144000043)

Culture, Media and Sport

Children, Schools and Families

Better Communication Action Plan (item number 1) (id 09121430000002)
Building Schools for the Future Programme (item number 1) (id 09121430000003)
Capita (item number 1) (id 09121430000004)
Children: Databases (item number 1) (id 09121430000005)
Children: Day Care (item number 1) (id 09121430000006)
Children: Homelessness (item number 1) (id 09121430000007)
Children: Protection (item number 1) (id 09121430000008)
Christmas (item number 1) (id 09121430000009)
Community Relations: Religion (item number 1) (id 09121430000010)
Departmental Energy (item number 1) (id 09121430000011)
Departmental Finance (item number 1) (id 09121430000012)
Departmental Mobile Phones (item number 1) (id 09121430000013)
Departmental Press (item number 1) (id 09121430000014)
Departmental Recruitment (item number 1) (id 09121430000015)
Departmental Recycling (item number 1) (id 09121430000016)
Departmental Security (item number 1) (id 09121430000017)
Departmental Working Hours (item number 1) (id 09121430000018)
Education: Assessments (item number 1) (id 09121430000019)
Education: Class Sizes (item number 1) (id 09121430000020)
EU Law (item number 1) (id 09121430000021)
Every Child A Talker Programme (item number 1) (id 09121430000022)
Extracurricular Activities (item number 1) (id 09121430000023)
Foster Care (item number 1) (id 09121430000024)
Free School Meals (item number 1) (id 09121430000025)
Free School Meals: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 09121430000026)
GCSE (item number 1) (id 09121430000027)
GCSE: Greater London (item number 1) (id 09121430000028)
Gifted Children: Kent (item number 1) (id 09121430000029)
Graham Badman: Public Appointments (item number 1) (id 09121430000030)
Office for Criminal Justice Reform (item number 1) (id 09121430000031)
Physical Education: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121430000032)
Playgrounds: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121430000033)
Pre-School Education (item number 1) (id 09121430000034)
Pre-School Education: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121430000035)
Residence Orders: Guardianship (item number 1) (id 09121430000036)
Schools: Admissions (item number 1) (id 09121430000037)
Schools: Enfield (item number 1) (id 09121430000038)
Schools: Flooding (item number 1) (id 09121430000039)
Schools: Rural Areas (item number 1) (id 09121430000040)
Secondary Education: Per Capita Costs (item number 1) (id 09121430000041)
Secondary Education: Standards (item number 1) (id 09121430000042)
Special Educational Needs (item number 1) (id 09121430000043)
Special Educational Needs: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121430000044)
Special Educational Needs: Young Offenders (item number 1) (id 09121430000045)
Sure Start Programme (item number 1) (id 09121430000046)
Teachers: Armed Forces (item number 1) (id 09121430000047)
Teachers: Males (item number 1) (id 09121430000048)
Teachers: Science (item number 1) (id 09121430000049)
Teachers: Training (item number 1) (id 09121430000050)
Written Questions: Government Responses (item number 1) (id 09121430000051)
Young Offenders (item number 1) (id 09121430000052)

Home Department

Student Visas (item number 1) (id 09121432000010)
Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (item number 1) (id 09121432000011)
Animal Testing (item number 1) (id 09121432000012)
Violent Crime: Lincolnshire (item number 1) (id 09121432000013)
Anti-Semitism (item number 1) (id 09121432000014)
Asylum: Democratic Republic of Congo (item number 1) (id 09121432000015)
Asylum: Scotland (item number 1) (id 09121432000016)
Capita (item number 1) (id 09121432000017)
Christmas (item number 1) (id 09121432000018)
Crimes of Violence: Females (item number 1) (id 09121432000019)
Departmental Assets (item number 1) (id 09121432000020)
Departmental ICT (item number 1) (id 09121432000021)
Departmental Information Officers (item number 1) (id 09121432000022)
Departmental Manpower (item number 1) (id 09121432000023)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 09121432000024)
Departmental Research (item number 1) (id 09121432000025)
Departmental Security (item number 1) (id 09121432000026)
Departmental Written Questions (item number 1) (id 09121432000027)
Detention Centres: Children (item number 1) (id 09121432000028)
Detention Centres: Families (item number 1) (id 09121432000029)
Detention Centres: Manpower (item number 1) (id 09121432000030)
Entry Clearances (item number 1) (id 09121432000031)
Entry Clearances: Overseas Students (item number 1) (id 09121432000032)
Entry Clearances: Pakistan (item number 1) (id 09121432000033)
Heads of Government (item number 1) (id 09121432000034)
Identity and Passport Service: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 09121432000035)
Immigrants: Detainees (item number 1) (id 09121432000036)
Immigrants: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121432000037)
Immigration (item number 1) (id 09121432000038)
Immigration Controls (item number 1) (id 09121432000039)
Independent Police Complaints Commission (item number 1) (id 09121432000040)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 09121432000041)
Offenders (item number 1) (id 09121432000042)
Police Community Support Officers: North Yorkshire (item number 1) (id 09121432000043)
Police: Essex (item number 1) (id 09121432000044)
Population (item number 1) (id 09121432000045)
Radicalism (item number 1) (id 09121432000046)
UK Border Agency (item number 1) (id 09121432000047)

Health

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse (item number 1) (id 09121436000003)
Ambulance Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000004)
Ambulance Services: Equipment (item number 1) (id 09121436000005)
Ambulances (item number 1) (id 09121436000006)
Animals: Health Hazards (item number 1) (id 09121436000007)
Autism (item number 1) (id 09121436000008)
Back Pain: Waiting Lists (item number 1) (id 09121436000009)
Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (item number 1) (id 09121436000010)
Cancer: Health Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000011)
Consultants: Greater London (item number 1) (id 09121436000012)
Dementia (item number 1) (id 09121436000013)
Departmental Electronic Equipment (item number 1) (id 09121436000014)
Departmental Information Officers (item number 1) (id 09121436000015)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 09121436000016)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 09121436000017)
Departmental Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 09121436000018)
Departmental Public Relations (item number 1) (id 09121436000019)
Departmental Publicity (item number 1) (id 09121436000020)
Departmental Responsibilities (item number 1) (id 09121436000021)
Departmental Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000022)
Drugs: Misuse (item number 1) (id 09121436000023)
Family Nurse Partnership Programme (item number 1) (id 09121436000024)
Health Services: Inspections (item number 1) (id 09121436000025)
Health Visitors: East Sussex (item number 1) (id 09121436000026)
Health Visitors: Training (item number 1) (id 09121436000027)
Hearing Aids: Waiting Lists (item number 1) (id 09121436000028)
Hospital Beds: Greater London (item number 1) (id 09121436000029)
Hospital Beds: Surrey (item number 1) (id 09121436000030)
Hospitals: Admissions (item number 1) (id 09121436000031)
Hospitals: Crimes of Violence (item number 1) (id 09121436000032)
Hospitals: Death (item number 1) (id 09121436000033)
Impact Assessments (item number 1) (id 09121436000034)
Knives: Injuries (item number 1) (id 09121436000035)
Lancashire Primary Care Trust (item number 1) (id 09121436000036)
Legislation (item number 1) (id 09121436000037)
Maternity Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000038)
Mental Capacity Act 2005 (item number 1) (id 09121436000039)
Mental Health Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000040)
MMR Vaccine: Basingstoke (item number 1) (id 09121436000041)
NHS Business Services Authority (item number 1) (id 09121436000042)
NHS Direct: Marketing (item number 1) (id 09121436000043)
NHS: Drugs (item number 1) (id 09121436000044)
NHS: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121436000045)
NHS: Greater London (item number 1) (id 09121436000046)
NHS: ICT (item number 1) (id 09121436000047)
NHS: Procurement (item number 1) (id 09121436000048)
NHS: Standards (item number 1) (id 09121436000049)
Nurses: Temporary Employment (item number 1) (id 09121436000050)
Nurses: Training (item number 1) (id 09121436000051)
Oesophagectomy (item number 1) (id 09121436000052)
Patient Choice Schemes (item number 1) (id 09121436000053)
Plastic Surgery: Internet (item number 1) (id 09121436000054)
Prescription Drugs (item number 1) (id 09121436000055)
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges (item number 1) (id 09121436000056)
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Finance (item number 1) (id 09121436000057)
Social Services (item number 1) (id 09121436000058)
South East Coast Strategic Health Authority (item number 1) (id 09121436000059)
South East Coast Strategic Health Authority: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 09121436000060)
South East Coast Strategic Health Authority: Pay (item number 1) (id 09121436000061)
Surgery: Technology (item number 1) (id 09121436000062)
Swine Flu: Vaccination (item number 1) (id 09121436000063)
Therapy: Domestic Violence (item number 1) (id 09121436000064)

Defence

Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations (item number 1) (id 0912153000003)
Afghanistan: Armed Forces (item number 1) (id 0912153000004)
Afghanistan: Detainees (item number 1) (id 0912153000005)
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (item number 1) (id 0912153000006)
Armed Forces (item number 1) (id 0912153000007)
Armed Forces: Deployment (item number 1) (id 0912153000008)
Armed Forces: Health (item number 1) (id 0912153000009)
Armed Forces: Health Services (item number 1) (id 0912153000010)
Armed Forces: Manpower (item number 1) (id 0912153000011)
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services (item number 1) (id 0912153000012)
Armed Forces: Northern Ireland (item number 1) (id 0912153000013)
Armed Forces: Weapons (item number 1) (id 0912153000014)
Armoured Fighting Vehicles (item number 1) (id 0912153000015)
Caparo Group (item number 1) (id 0912153000016)
Christmas (item number 1) (id 0912153000017)
Defence Estates Byelaws Review: Manpower (item number 1) (id 0912153000018)
Defence Nuclear Weapons Regulator (item number 1) (id 0912153000019)
Defence: Equipment (item number 1) (id 0912153000020)
Defence: Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0912153000021)
Departmental Art Works (item number 1) (id 0912153000022)
Departmental Buildings (item number 1) (id 0912153000023)
Departmental Empty Property (item number 1) (id 0912153000024)
Departmental Energy (item number 1) (id 0912153000025)
Departmental Freedom of Information (item number 1) (id 0912153000026)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 0912153000027)
Departmental Lost Property (item number 1) (id 0912153000028)
Departmental Pay (item number 1) (id 0912153000029)
Departmental Public Relations (item number 1) (id 0912153000030)
Departmental Publicity (item number 1) (id 0912153000031)
EU Law (item number 1) (id 0912153000032)
Eurocorps (item number 1) (id 0912153000033)
Game and Wild Birds Ordinance 2008 (item number 1) (id 0912153000034)
Hebrides Range (item number 1) (id 0912153000035)
Helicopters (item number 1) (id 0912153000036)
Improvised Explosive Devices (item number 1) (id 0912153000037)
Iraq Committee of Inquiry (item number 1) (id 0912153000038)
Kentigern House (item number 1) (id 0912153000039)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0912153000040)
Middle East: Armed Conflict (item number 1) (id 0912153000041)
Military Aircraft: Helicopters (item number 1) (id 0912153000042)
Official Engagements (item number 1) (id 0912153000043)
Rescue Services: Pembrokeshire (item number 1) (id 0912153000044)
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (item number 1) (id 0912153000045)
Shoeburyness (item number 1) (id 0912153000046)
St. Kilda (item number 1) (id 0912153000047)
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (item number 1) (id 0912153000048)
University Officer Training Corps (item number 1) (id 0912153000049)

Treasury

Bank Services: Pensioners (item number 1) (id 0912158000003)
Banks: Loans (item number 1) (id 0912158000004)
Budget April 2009 (item number 1) (id 0912158000005)
Child Benefit (item number 1) (id 0912158000006)
Child Care Vouchers (item number 1) (id 0912158000007)
Child Trust Fund (item number 1) (id 0912158000008)
Child Trust Fund: Operating Costs (item number 1) (id 0912158000009)
Crown Estate Commissioners: Internet (item number 1) (id 0912158000010)
Crown Estate: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 0912158000011)
Debt Management Office: Internet (item number 1) (id 0912158000012)
Departmental Buildings (item number 1) (id 0912158000013)
Departmental Conferences/Training Courses (item number 1) (id 0912158000014)
Departmental Energy (item number 1) (id 0912158000015)
Departmental Freedom of Information (item number 1) (id 0912158000016)
Departmental Internet (item number 1) (id 0912158000017)
Departmental Sick Leave (item number 1) (id 0912158000018)
Departmental Telephone Services (item number 1) (id 0912158000019)
Departmental Training (item number 1) (id 0912158000020)
Financial Services Authority: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 0912158000021)
Government Actuary's Department: Hotels (item number 1) (id 0912158000022)
Government Actuary's Department: Internet (item number 1) (id 0912158000023)
Hotels (item number 1) (id 0912158000024)
Members: Correspondence (item number 1) (id 0912158000025)
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation (item number 1) (id 0912158000026)
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports (item number 1) (id 0912158000027)
Northern Rock: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 0912158000028)
Origin Marking: Israel (item number 1) (id 0912158000029)
Public Expenditure (item number 1) (id 0912158000030)
Public Sector: Pensions (item number 1) (id 0912158000031)
Revenue and Customs (item number 1) (id 0912158000032)
Revenue and Customs: Hotels (item number 1) (id 0912158000033)
Revenue and Customs: Internet (item number 1) (id 0912158000034)
Revenue and Customs: Somerset (item number 1) (id 0912158000035)
Royal Mint: Public Relations (item number 1) (id 0912158000036)
Stamp Duty Land Tax (item number 1) (id 0912158000037)
Taxation: Banks (item number 1) (id 0912158000038)
Taxation: Business (item number 1) (id 0912158000039)
Taxation: Health Professions (item number 1) (id 0912158000040)
Taxation: Holiday Accommodation (item number 1) (id 0912158000041)
Valuation (item number 1) (id 0912158000042)
Welfare Tax Credits: Grandparents (item number 1) (id 0912158000043)
Welfare Tax Credits: Lancashire (item number 1) (id 0912158000044)
Working Tax Credit (item number 1) (id 0912158000045)

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