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Commons Hansard for 23 March 2010 (Volume 508)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 8.19pm.
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
View all Oral Answers to Questions
Justice
Short Custodial Sentences
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Retail Crime
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Reoffending
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Service Personnel (Voting)
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Members of Parliament (Recall)
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Settlements out of Court
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Libel Tourism
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Domestic Violence
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Prisons (Muslim Gangs)
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Crown Dependencies
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Prisoners (Republic of Ireland Nationals)
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FOI Request
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Prisoners Released in Error
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Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection
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Topical Questions
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UK Passports (Use in Dubai Murder)
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Points of Order
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Fire Safety (Schools)
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Cluster Munitions (Prohibitions) Bill [Lords]
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Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Bill [Lords]
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Business without Debate
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Delegated Legislation
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Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Money)
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Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill (Ways and Means)
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Personal Hearing Systems
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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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Disability Policy (Economic Downturn)
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Physics Research
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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High Speed 2 (Buckinghamshire)
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Luton Railway Station
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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.
Petitions
Debates about petitions that have been submitted by the public.
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Home Department
Dogs: Crime
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Crime: York
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Crimes of Violence: Crime Prevention
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Criminal Records: Vetting
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Departmental Publications
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Domestic Violence: Crime Prevention
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Immobilisation of Vehicles: Fees and Charges
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Independent Police Complaints Commission
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Passports
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Police
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Police: Harassment
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Terrorism: Detainees
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Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Community Development: Finance
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Environment Protection: Seas and Oceans
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Fish: Conservation
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Rodents
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Rural Development Programme: North West
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Children, Schools and Families
Children: Day Care
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Official Hospitality
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Teachers: City of York
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Teachers: Licensing
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Transport
Airports: Security
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Bus Services: Lancashire
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Channel Tunnel Railway Line: Construction
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Departmental Location
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Driving: Licensing
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Heathrow Airport: Aircraft
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Heathrow Airport: Passengers
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Heathrow Airport: Railways
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Immobilisation of Vehicles
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Maidstone East Railway Line
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Motorcycles: Driving Tests
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Parking Offences: Closed Circuit Television
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Railways: Construction
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Railways: Fares
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Railways: Fixed Penalties
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Railways: Freight
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Railways: Greater London
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Justice
Youth Offending
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Young Offenders
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Witness Protection
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Reoffending
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Jury Selection
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End of Custody Licence Scheme
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Prisoners: Literacy and Numeracy
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Antisocial Behaviour
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Courts: Video Conferencing
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Departmental Food
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George Kelly
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Lands Tribunal
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Prison Accommodation: Wales
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Prisons: Drugs
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Probation: Per Capita Costs
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Sexual Offences Act 2003
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Vetting: Charities
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Voting Rights: Armed Forces
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Voting Systems
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Youth Justice: Finance
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Treasury
Boilers: Government Assistance
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Departmental Computer Software
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Departmental Food
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Departmental Information Officers
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Departmental Publications
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Departmental Visits Abroad
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
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Industry: Private Sector Investment
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Infrastructure UK: Legal Opinion
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Members: Correspondence
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Non-Domestic Rates: Ports
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Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
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Public Sector: Pensions
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Revenue and Customs: Chorley
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Revenue and Customs: Debt Collection
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Smuggling: Tobacco
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Tax Allowances: Housing
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Taxation
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Taxation: Alcoholic Drinks
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Taxation: Self-assessment
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Valuation Office Agency: Contracts
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Valuation: Caravan Sites
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Work and Pensions
Departmental Food
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Departmental Legal Costs
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Departmental Lost Property
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Departmental Telephone Services
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Disability Living Allowance
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Greater Manchester
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Housing Benefit
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Jobcentre Plus: Redundancy Pay
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Jobseeker’s Allowance
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National Employment Savings Trust
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Pension Protection Fund
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Pensions
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Poverty: Children
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Poverty: Milton Keynes
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Remploy: Factories
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Social Security Benefits
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Social Security Benefits: Disabled
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Streatham
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Afghanistan: Drugs
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Afghanistan: Elections
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Afghanistan: Politics and Government
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Burma: Nuclear Power
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China: Religious Freedom
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Departmental Buildings
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Departmental Pay
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India: Christianity
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Middle East: Armed Conflict
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Sri Lanka
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Tibet: Politics and Government
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Togo: Politics and Government
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Zimbabwe: Human Rights
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Cabinet Office
Capacitybuilders
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Census
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Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay
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Deaths: Arthritis
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Deaths: Diabetes
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Departmental Computer Software
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Emigration
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Employment
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Government Departments: ICT
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Government Departments: Publications
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Insolvency
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Older People
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Pay
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Productivity
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UK Statistics Authority: Finance
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UK Youth Parliament
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Unemployment: Rural Areas
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Health
Arthritis
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Cancer: Drugs
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Cancer: Nurses
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Contraceptives: Health Education
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Dementia
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Departmental Consultants
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Departmental Written Questions
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Direct Payments
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Eating Disorders
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General Practitioners: Leeds
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Health Centres: Finance
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Home Care Services: Birmingham
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Hospitals: Consultants
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Hospitals: Waiting Lists
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Mental Health Services: Older People
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Methadone: Gloucestershire
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(id 100323121000021)
NHS: Compensation
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NHS: Crimes of Violence
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NHS: Parking
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NHS: Private Finance Initiative
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Primary Care Trusts
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(id 100323121000026)
Prosthetics
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(id 100323121000027)
Respite Care: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000028)
Respite Care: Leeds
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(id 100323121000029)
Skin Cancer: Greater London
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Stem Cells
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Written Questions: Government Responses
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Business, Innovation and Skills
Adult Education
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Apprentices
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000035)
Broadband
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000036)
Credit
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000037)
Departmental Food
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000038)
Departmental Languages
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000039)
Departmental Pay
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000040)
Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000041)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000042)
Estate Agents
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000043)
Government Assistance
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000044)
Higher Education: Anti-Semitism
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000045)
Housing: Sales
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000046)
Insolvency: Leeds
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000047)
Internet
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000048)
Learning and Skills Council
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000049)
Learning Disability
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000050)
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports
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(id 100323121000051)
Research: Diabetes
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(id 100323121000052)
RRS Discovery
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Sheffield Forgemasters: Loans
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Wi-Fi
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000055)
Written Questions: Government Responses
(item number 1)
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Communities and Local Government
Aerials: Planning Permission
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Affordable Housing
(item number 1)
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Allotments
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Audit Commission: Consolidated Communications
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Council Tax
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Council Tax: Greater London
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Council Tax: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Councillors: Codes of Practice
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Departmental Internet
(item number 1)
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Departmental Manpower
(item number 1)
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Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000067)
Departmental Senior Civil Servants
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Departmental Surveys
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Departmental Theft
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000070)
Departmental Written Questions
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000071)
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000072)
Empty Dwelling Management Orders
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000073)
Energy Performance Certificates
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000074)
Fire Services: Greater London
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000075)
Government Offices for the Regions
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000076)
Government Offices for the Regions: Finance
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000077)
Green Belt
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000078)
Home Information Packs
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Housing: Conferences
(item number 1)
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Housing: Construction
(item number 1)
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Housing: Regeneration
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Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme
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Local Government Finance
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Local Government: Bank Services
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Local Government: Standards
(item number 1)
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Mortgages: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000087)
Multiple Occupation: Licensing
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000088)
Non-Domestic Rates
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000089)
Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000090)
Non-Domestic Rates: Ports
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000091)
Non-Domestic Rates: York
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000092)
Public Footpaths
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000093)
Public Sector
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000094)
Regional Planning and Development
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000095)
Social Rented Housing: Databases
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000096)
Social Rented Housing: Tenants Rights
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000097)
Standards Board for England: Public Relations
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000098)
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000099)
Travelling People: Caravan Sites
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000100)
Written Questions: Government Responses
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000101)
Energy and Climate Change
Boilers: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000102)
Carbon Emissions: Buildings
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000103)
Carbon Emissions: Housing
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000104)
Carbon Emissions: Trees
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000105)
Departmental Consultants
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000106)
Departmental Energy
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000107)
Departmental Publications
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000108)
Domestic Appliances: Carbon Emissions
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000109)
Energy
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000110)
Energy Supply
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000111)
Energy: Meters
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000112)
Government Car and Despatch Agency
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000113)
Warm Front Scheme
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000114)
Wind Power
(item number 1)
(id 100323121000115)
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