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Commons Hansard for 15 December 2009 (Volume 502)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.39pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
(item number 1)
Prayers
(item number 2)
Oral Answers to Questions
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Treasury
High Frequency Share Trading
(item number 1)
Budget 2009
(item number 1)
Financial Services (Regulation)
(item number 1)
Remuneration Levels
(item number 1)
Banks (Penalty Charges)
(item number 1)
Financial Services (Regulation)
(item number 1)
Comprehensive Spending Review
(item number 1)
UK Budget Deficit
(item number 1)
UK Credit Rating
(item number 1)
Bank Recapitalisation
(item number 1)
Banks (Government Support)
(item number 1)
Economic Growth
(item number 1)
Comprehensive Spending Review
(item number 1)
Youth Unemployment
(item number 1)
Public Services
(item number 1)
Topical Questions
(item number 1)
Future Defence Programme
(item number 4)
Benefit Reform
(item number 5)
Point of Order
(item number 6)
Flood and Water Management Bill
(item number 7)
Business without Debate
(item number 8)
Constitutional Law
(item number 9)
Business without Debate
(item number 10)
Petitions
View all Petitions
Badman Report (Somerton and Frome)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (North Southwark and Bermondsey)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Vale of York)
(item number 1)
Climate Change
(item number 1)
Malta Cross/Africa Star
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Colchester)
(item number 1)
Health Care Centre (Burnage)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Ceredigion)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Blaydon)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Scarborough and Whitby)
(item number 1)
Dr Ghassemlou
(item number 1)
London City Airport
(item number 12)
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 Ministerial Statements
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Home Department
Community Safety Accreditation Schemes
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Control Order Powers
(item number 1)
Door Supervisors Training
(item number 1)
Hillsborough Disaster
(item number 1)
Identity Cards
(item number 1)
UK Border Agency (Chief Inspector's Report)
(item number 1)
Interim CCTV Regulator
(item number 1)
Petitions
Debates about petitions that have been submitted by the public.
Petitions
(item number 1)
PRESENTED PETITIONS
Badman Report (Hendon)
Badman Report (Harrow East)
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Badman Report (Old Bexley and Sidcup)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Hitchin & Harpenden)
(item number 1)
Equitable Life (Hitchin and Harpenden)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Walthamstow)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Gravesham)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Brentford and Isleworth)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Epsom and Ewell)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Forest of Dean)
(item number 1)
Badman Report (Bournemouth West)
(item number 1)
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Construction
(item number 1)
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
(item number 1)
Community Assets Programme
(item number 1)
Community Infrastructure Levy
(item number 1)
Community Relations: Elderly
(item number 1)
Council Housing
(item number 1)
Council Housing: Rents
(item number 1)
Council Tax: Empty Property
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Departmental Internet
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
Departmental Publicity
(item number 1)
Empty Dwelling Management Orders
(item number 1)
Empty Property
(item number 1)
Empty Property: Leeds
(item number 1)
Equality Bill 2008-09 then 2009-10
(item number 1)
Fire Services
(item number 1)
Fire Services: Contracts
(item number 1)
Fire Services: Finance
(item number 1)
Fires: Death
(item number 1)
Flats: Construction
(item number 1)
Floods: Cumbria
(item number 1)
Floods: Finance
(item number 1)
Gardens: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
Green Belt
(item number 1)
Historic Buildings: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
Homelessness: Young People
(item number 1)
Homes and Communities Agency: Assets
(item number 1)
Housing
(item number 1)
Housing: Autism
(item number 1)
Housing: Elderly
(item number 1)
Housing: Energy
(item number 1)
Housing: Floods
(item number 1)
Housing: Lighting
(item number 1)
Housing: Prices
(item number 1)
Housing: Research
(item number 1)
Housing: Sprinkler Systems
(item number 1)
Housing: Standards
(item number 1)
Local Government
(item number 1)
Local Government Finance
(item number 1)
Local Government Finance: Emergency Services
(item number 1)
Local Government Services: Elderly
(item number 1)
Local Government: Freedom of Information
(item number 1)
Local Government: Standards
(item number 1)
Mortgages
(item number 1)
Mortgages: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
Multiple Occupation
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Fire Services
(item number 1)
Ordnance Survey
(item number 1)
Recycling
(item number 1)
Regional Planning and Development
(item number 1)
Regional Planning and Development: Finance
(item number 1)
Rented Housing
(item number 1)
Repossession Orders: Rural Areas
(item number 1)
Sheltered Housing
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing: Asbestos
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing: Insurance
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing: Property Transfer
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
(item number 1)
Supporting People Programme
(item number 1)
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
(item number 1)
Tenant Services Authority: Manpower
(item number 1)
Travelling People: Republic of Ireland
(item number 1)
Valuation: Tribunals
(item number 1)
Energy and Climate Change
Biofuels: Power Stations
(item number 1)
Boilers
(item number 1)
Caparo Group
(item number 1)
Climate Change: International Cooperation
(item number 1)
Climate Change: Publicity
(item number 1)
Departmental Buildings
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Departmental Domestic Visits
(item number 1)
Departmental Freedom of Information
(item number 1)
Departmental Internet
(item number 1)
Departmental Official Hospitality
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
Departmental Security
(item number 1)
Departmental Taxis
(item number 1)
Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Energy Supply
(item number 1)
Energy Supply: Cybercrime
(item number 1)
Energy: Conservation
(item number 1)
Energy: Housing
(item number 1)
Energy: Meters
(item number 1)
Fuel Poverty
(item number 1)
Gas and Electricity Markets Authority: Public Relations
(item number 1)
Hotels
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Official Engagements
(item number 1)
Scientists
(item number 1)
Solar Power
(item number 1)
Warm Front Scheme
(item number 1)
Business, Innovation and Skills
Broadband
(item number 1)
Broadband: South East
(item number 1)
Business: Eastbourne
(item number 1)
Business: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
Climate Change Projects Office
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Departmental Electronic Equipment
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Expenditure
(item number 1)
Electric Cables: Standards
(item number 1)
Energy and Climate Change Unit
(item number 1)
EU Law
(item number 1)
Freight
(item number 1)
Higher Education: Leeds
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Higher Education: Lewes
(item number 1)
Higher Education: Student Numbers
(item number 1)
Internet
(item number 1)
Internet: Copyright
(item number 1)
Internet: EU Law
(item number 1)
Internet: Security
(item number 1)
Invoices
(item number 1)
National Geoscience Data Centre
(item number 1)
Post Office
(item number 1)
Post Office: Disciplinary Proceedings
(item number 1)
Post Offices
(item number 1)
Post Offices: Information and Communications Technology
(item number 1)
Postal Services Commission: Hotels
(item number 1)
Postal Services Commission: Internet
(item number 1)
Public Sector: Information
(item number 1)
Students: Loans
(item number 1)
Transport
(item number 1)
Written Answers to Questions
Defence
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Air Force: Deployment
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Absence without Leave
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Cadets
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Manpower
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Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Sport
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Training
(item number 1)
Bailey Bridges
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Departmental Lost Property
(item number 1)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Military Bases: Browndown
(item number 1)
Naval Strike Wing
(item number 1)
Rescue Services: Pembrokeshire
(item number 1)
Transport
Buses: Injuries
(item number 1)
Departmental Travel
(item number 1)
EU Law
(item number 1)
Motor Sports Association
(item number 1)
Official Cars: Exhaust Emissions
(item number 1)
Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
(item number 1)
Severn Bridge: Tolls
(item number 1)
Taxis
(item number 1)
Taxis: Guide Dogs
(item number 1)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Departmental Electronic Equipment
(item number 1)
Departmental Energy
(item number 1)
Departmental Freedom of Information
(item number 1)
Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
(item number 1)
Drinks
(item number 1)
Fish
(item number 1)
Forestry Commission: Internet
(item number 1)
Incinerators
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Origin Marking: Israel
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Recycling
(item number 1)
Whales: Conservation
(item number 1)
Communities and Local Government
Caravan Sites: Travelling People
(item number 1)
Community Development: Finance
(item number 1)
Comprehensive Area Assessments
(item number 1)
Council Housing: Rents
(item number 1)
Council Tax
(item number 1)
Council Tax: Billing
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Public Relations
(item number 1)
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
(item number 1)
Fêtes
(item number 1)
Fire Services
(item number 1)
Floods: Cumbria
(item number 1)
Greenbelt
(item number 1)
Homelessness: Leeds
(item number 1)
Homelessness: Young People
(item number 1)
Housing
(item number 1)
Housing Benefit
(item number 1)
Housing Benefit: Lancashire
(item number 1)
Housing: Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
Housing: Expenditure
(item number 1)
Housing: Finance
(item number 1)
Housing: Prices
(item number 1)
ICE
(item number 1)
Litter
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Local Government: Pensions
(item number 1)
Local Government: Reorganisation
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Local Government: Standards
(item number 1)
Marinas: Planning Permission
(item number 1)
Mortgages: Repossession Orders
(item number 1)
National Policy Statements
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Churches
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Greater London
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Public Libraries
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
(item number 1)
Oikos Storage: Canvey Island
(item number 1)
Ordnance Survey
(item number 1)
Planning
(item number 1)
Private Rented Housing: Greater London
(item number 1)
Regional Planning and Development
(item number 1)
Scientists
(item number 1)
Sleeping Rough
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing
(item number 1)
Vacant Land
(item number 1)
Treasury
Mutual Building Societies
(item number 1)
Banks: Government Support
(item number 1)
Budget 2009
(item number 1)
International Finance Facility for Immunisation
(item number 1)
Comprehensive Spending Review
(item number 1)
Child Tax Credit
(item number 1)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
Employee Benefit Trusts
(item number 1)
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(item number 1)
Income Tax Personal Allowance
(item number 1)
National Insurance Contributions
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Microgeneration
(item number 1)
Taxation: Banks
(item number 1)
Unemployment: Young People
(item number 1)
Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: ICT
(item number 1)
Child Rearing
(item number 1)
Children: Maintenance
(item number 1)
Cold Weather Payments: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Crisis Loans
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Disability Living Allowance
(item number 1)
Housing Benefit
(item number 1)
Housing Benefit: Islington
(item number 1)
Jobseeker’s Allowance
(item number 1)
Personal Accounts
(item number 1)
Post Office Card Account: Castle Point
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits: Legal Aid
(item number 1)
Winter Fuel Payments: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Winter Fuel Payments: Leeds
(item number 1)
Winter Fuel Payments: West Yorkshire
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Work Capability Assessment
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Reconstruction
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Bermuda
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Bosnia-Herzegovina: Judiciary
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Christmas
(item number 1)
Departmental Carbon Emissions
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Departmental Conferences
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Departmental Co-ordination
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Departmental Cost Effectiveness
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Departmental Electronic Equipment
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Departmental Energy
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Departmental Internet
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Sick Leave
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Departmental Standards
(item number 1)
Departmental Taxis
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Departmental Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Gibraltar: Territorial Waters
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Government Departments: Wine
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Hakluyt
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Hotels
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Israel
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Olympic Games 2012
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Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Overseas Territories Consultative Council
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Palestinians
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Palestinians: Human Rights
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Panchen Lama
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Somalia
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Spain: EC Presidency
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Trade Unions
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Turks and Caicos Islands: Human Rights
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Justice
Ashwell Prison
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Christmas
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Courts: Physiotherapists
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Health Services: Channel Islands and Isle of Man
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Pleural Plaques
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Prisoners: Suicide
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Prisoners: Voting Rights
(item number 1)
Prisons: Visits
(item number 1)
Reintegration Support Scheme
(item number 1)
Written Questions: Government Responses
(item number 1)
Young Offenders: Children in Care
(item number 1)
Health
Abortion
(item number 1)
Cholesterol
(item number 1)
Christmas
(item number 1)
Chronically Sick
(item number 1)
Departmental Buildings
(item number 1)
Departmental Conferences
(item number 1)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Dietary Supplements: Health Hazards
(item number 1)
Drugs: Prisons
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Drugs: Rehabilitation
(item number 1)
Food Standards Agency: Hotels
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Food Standards Agency: Internet
(item number 1)
Health Education: Sex
(item number 1)
Health Services: Isle of Man
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Health Services: Leeds
(item number 1)
Hospitals: Food
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Hospitals: Inspections
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Hotels
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Leicestershire Primary Care Trust: Diabetes
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Mental Health Services
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NHS: Finance
(item number 1)
Prescription Drugs
(item number 1)
Smoking
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Smoking: Young People
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Social Security Benefits: Disabled
(item number 1)
Social Services
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Social Services: Public Consultation
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Sunbeds: Research
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Swine Flu: Disease Control
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Swine Flu: Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Tourette Syndrome
(item number 1)
Children, Schools and Families
Academies: National Curriculum Tests
(item number 1)
Academies: Sponsorship
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Antisocial Behaviour
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Building Schools for the Future Programme
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CAFCASS: Complaints
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Children: Video Games
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Children’s Centres
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Children’s Centres: Barnsley
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Departmental Electronic Equipment
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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Departmental Manpower
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Departmental Temporary Employment
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Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
Ecosystem Project
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Extracurricular Activities
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Free School Meals
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Free School Meals: Leeds
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Freud Communications: Public Relations
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Homosexuality
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MyCurriculum
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National Safeguarding Delivery Unit
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Pupil Exclusions
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Pupils: Bexley
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School Meals: Finance
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Schools: Energy
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Schools: Lancashire
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Schools: Leeds
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Schools: Rural Areas
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Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Special Educational Needs
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Specialised Diplomas: Rural Areas
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Teachers: Arts
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Teachers: Training
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Young Offenders
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Young People: Alcoholic Drinks
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices: Bexley
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Apprentices: Finance
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Apprentices: Staffordshire
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Business: Essex
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Business: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Competition Commission: Public Relations
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Construction: Economic Situation
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Construction: Government Assistance
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Dietetics
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Employment Schemes
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Higher Education: Leeds
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Higher Education: Qualifications
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Hospitality Industry: Training
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Learning and Skills Council for England
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Office of Fair Trading: Hotels
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Office of Fair Trading: Training
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Older Workers: Vocational Training
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Policy Objectives
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Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government
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Regulations: Audit
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Students: Disabled
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Students: Loans
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Tax
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Trade Agreements: Peru
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UK Trade and Investment: Hotels
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Vocational Training: East of England
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Vocational Training: Expenditure
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Voting Rights: Public Companies
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Home Department
Animal Experiments: Wales
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Antisocial Behaviour Orders: West Yorkshire
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Borders: Personal Records
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Christmas
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Crimes of Violence: Schools
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Freedom of Information
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Departmental ICT
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Departmental Meetings
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Departmental Official Cars
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Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Publicity
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Departmental Security
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Departmental Taxis
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Departmental Telephone Services
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Departmental Training
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Deportation
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Entry Clearances: Iran
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Entry Clearances: Pakistan
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Entry Clearances: Republic of Ireland
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Entry Clearances: Skilled Workers
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Foreign Workers
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Fraud: Internet
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Human Trafficking
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Immigration
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Immigration: Children
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Internet
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Internet: Advertising
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National Policing Improvement Agency: Public Relations
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Passports
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Repatriation
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Serious Organised Crime Agency: Manpower
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Sexual Offences
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Shoplifting
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UK Border Agency
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Victim Support Schemes: Sexual Offences
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West Yorkshire Police
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Work Permits
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Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Emissions
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Climate Change: Publicity
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Manpower
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Driving
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Electricity
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Energy Efficiency Schemes
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Energy Supply
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Fuel Poverty: Pensioners
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Gilmerton Core Store
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Innovation Investment Fund and Carbon Trust's Venture Capital Scheme
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Nuclear Power
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Nuclear Power Stations: Oldbury
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Opinion Leader Research
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Power Failures
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Renewable Energy
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Renewable Energy: EU Law
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Sellafield
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Wind Power
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Cabinet Office
Charity Commission: Conferences
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Charity Commission: Operating Costs
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Death: Dietary Supplements
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Death: Leeds
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Death: Pressure Sores
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Departmental Publicity
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Diseases: Leeds
(item number 1)
Employment: Leeds
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Gift Aid
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National Income: Leeds
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Population: Leeds
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Private Life: Bexley
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UK Statistics Authority: Conferences
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Unemployment
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Voluntary Organisations
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