Commons Sitting of 9 December 2002 Series 6 Vol. 396

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  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c1
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
      4. cc1-4
    1. NATO Capabilities 983 words
      2. cc4-6
    2. BAE Systems 948 words
      3. cc6-7
    3. Nuclear Security 531 words
      4. cc7-8
    4. Missile Defence 795 words
      5. cc8-10
    5. Future Aircraft Carrier 554 words
      6. cc10-1
    6. Typhoon 733 words
      7. cc11-3
    7. Afghanistan 768 words
      8. cc13-4
    8. Iraq 920 words
      9. cc14-5
    9. Missile Defence 189 words
      10. cc15-6
    10. Service Leavers 652 words
      11. cc16-7
    11. Arctic Convoy Medal 445 words
      12. cc17-8
    12. Reservists 284 words
      13. cc18-9
    13. Territorial Army 266 words
      14. cc19-20
    14. Defence Fire Service 596 words
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  4. Speaker's Statement 145 words
    5. cc22-36
  5. Education and Skills (Spending Plans) 7,741 words
    6. cc37-8
  6. Points of Order 720 words
  7. Orders of the Day
      8. cc39-123
    1. Extradition Bill 45,466 words, 1 division
      2. cc123-7
    2. EXTRADITION BILL (PROGRAMME) 26 words
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      1. Committal 9 words
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      2. Proceedings in Standing Committee 38 words
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      3. Consideration and Third Reading 85 words
        4. cc123-7
      4. Other proceedings 1,949 words, 1 division
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    3. EXTRADITION BILL [MONEY] 105 words
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    4. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 57 words
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    5. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL 57 words
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    6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY DOCUMENTS 15 words
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      1. MAJOR ACCIDENT HAZARDS INVOLVING DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES 87 words
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    7. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
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      1. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 42 words
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      2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 25 words
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    8. INCOME TAX (EARNINGS AND PENSIONS) BILL 19 words
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  8. Thalidomide Trust 3,831 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 December 2002 Series 6 Vol. 396

  1. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
      2. c1W
    1. Employment Legislation 52 words
      2. c1W
    2. Licensing Provisions 189 words
  2. DEFENCE
      3. c1W
    1. Defence Aviation Repair Agency 85 words
      2. cc1-2W
    2. Challenger II 67 words
      3. c2W
    3. Gulf (Military Units) 298 words
      4. cc2-3W
    4. Al-Qaeda 121 words
      5. c3W
    5. Armed Forces Personnel (Non-combatant Deaths) 97 words
      6. c3W
    6. NATO Enlargement 103 words
      7. c3W
    7. Arctic Convoy Medal 65 words
      8. cc3-4W
    8. Aircraft Carriers 86 words
      9. c4W
    9. Afghanistan 94 words
      10. c4W
    10. Falkland Islands 174 words
      11. cc4-5W
    11. QinetiQ 111 words
      12. c5W
    12. Army Overstretch 58 words
      13. c5W
    13. NATO Rapid Response Force 165 words
      14. cc5-6W
    14. Missile Defence 182 words
      15. c6W
    15. Risk Reduction (New Equipment) 115 words
      16. c6W
    16. Equal Opportunities 79 words
      17. c6W
    17. Academic Conferences 87 words
      18. cc6-7W
    18. Altcar Training Camp 148 words
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    19. Army Foundation College 129 words
      20. cc7-8W
    20. Army Welfare Service 362 words
      21. c8W
    21. Balkans (Troop Reductions) 58 words
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    22. Barracks Opening Hours 111 words
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    23. Barry Buddon Overspill Site 62 words
      24. c9W
    24. Bullying 117 words
      25. c9W
    25. Casualty Exercises 132 words
      26. cc9-10W
    26. Chemical Weapons Sites 246 words
      27. c10W
    27. Children (Armed Conflict) 90 words
      28. cc10-1W
    28. Decommissioned Submarines 162 words
      29. c11W
    29. Deepcut Army Barracks 143 words
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    30. European Security and Defence Policy 48 words
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    31. Fire Services 691 words
      32. c13W
    32. Helicopter Aircrew (Training) 86 words
      33. c13W
    33. Joint Services Comand and Staff College 85 words
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    34. Manning Control Reviews 82 words
      35. cc13-4W
    35. Medical Officers (Deployment) 212 words
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    36. Meteor Missile 94 words
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    37. Minehunters 172 words
      38. cc14-5W
    38. Missile Defence System 329 words
      39. cc15-6W
    39. NATO Costs 168 words
      40. c16W
    40. Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons 129 words
      41. c16W
    41. Offshore Medical Facilities (Gulf) 74 words
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    42. Operation Amber Fox 126 words
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    43. Operation Sandcastle 118 words
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    44. Parachute Training 91 words
      45. cc17-8W
    45. PFI 462 words
      46. c18W
    46. RAF (Grievances) 95 words
      47. c18W
    47. Separated Service 63 words
      48. cc18-9W
    48. Skill Force Scheme 399 words
      49. cc19-20W
    49. Strategic Sealift Programme 144 words
      50. c20W
    50. Tactical Nuclear Weapons 25 words
      51. c20W
    51. Tomahawk Missiles 66 words
      52. c20W
    52. UN (Culture of Impunity) 125 words
      53. c20W
    53. Virtual Air Traffic Control Tower 71 words
  3. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
      4. cc20-1W
    1. Correspondence 111 words
      2. c21W
    2. Legal Aid 323 words
      3. cc21-2W
    3. Sexual Assaults 66 words
  4. PRIME MINISTER
      5. c22W
    1. Iraq 170 words
  5. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
      6. c22W
    1. Access Rights 169 words
      2. cc22-3W
    2. Correspondence 81 words
      3. cc23-4W
    3. Farmed Salmon 472 words
      4. c24W
    4. Fats and Proteins(UK) Ltd 77 words
      5. c24W
    5. Long-distance Trails 136 words
      6. cc24-5W
    6. Organic Milk 334 words
  6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
      7. c25W
    1. Colombia (Trials) 38 words
      2. cc25-6W
    2. Iraq (Human Rights) 222 words
      3. c26W
    3. Official Travel 352 words
      4. cc26-8W
    4. Travel Advice 840 words
  7. TRANSPORT
      8. c28W
    1. A12/Colchester Northern Approach Road Junction 115 words
      2. cc28-31W
    2. Air Transport 1,074 words
      3. c31W
    3. Channel Tunnel Links 130 words
      4. c31W
    4. Cliffe Airport 119 words
      5. cc31-2W
    5. Disabled Access 136 words
      6. c32W
    6. European Ports 78 words
      7. cc32-3W
    7. Fatigue-Related Road Accidents 646 words
      8. cc33-4W
    8. Intelligent Traffic Control Systems 358 words
      9. c34W
    9. International Maritime Organisation 161 words
      10. cc34-5W
    10. Lane Rental Charges 83 words
      11. c35W
    11. Local Transport Plan 150 words
      12. cc35-6W
    12. Montford Bridge Junction 339 words
      13. c36W
    13. Motorists (Mobile Phone Use) 93 words
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    14. Norwich Airport 104 words
      15. cc36-7W
    15. Roads 594 words
      16. cc37-41W
    16. Statutory Harbour Authorities 862 words
      17. c41W
    17. TAN21 Computer System 121 words
      18. cc41-2W
    18. Train Performance 100 words
      19. c42W
    19. Vehicle Standards 300 words
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND
      9. cc42-3W
    1. Airport/Port Security 84 words
      2. cc43-4W
    2. Baton Guns 498 words
      3. c44W
    3. Belfast Agreement 55 words
      4. c44W
    4. Civil Disturbance 163 words
      5. cc44-5W
    5. Cod Fishing 119 words
      6. c45W
    6. Decommissioning 321 words
      7. cc45-6W
    7. Fire Authority for Northern Ireland 130 words
      8. c46W
    8. Draft Harbours (Northern Ireland) Order 115 words
      9. cc46-7W
    9. European Funding 269 words
      10. c47W
    10. Fire Dispute 84 words
      11. cc47-8W
    11. Fishing 358 words
      12. c48W
    12. Home Expulsions 138 words
      13. cc48-9W
    13. IFI/Richardsons Plant 242 words
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    14. Marie Star Cafe 46 words
      15. cc49-50W
    15. Official Travel 306 words
      16. cc50-1W
    16. Organised Crime 679 words
      17. cc51-2W
    17. Parade's Commission 279 words
      18. cc52-3W
    18. Police 386 words
      19. c53W
    19. Prison Officers (Protection) 181 words
      20. cc53-4W
    20. Prison Service 73 words
      21. c54W
    21. Real IRA (Ceasefire) 79 words
      22. c54W
    22. Shooting Incidents 189 words
      23. c54W
    23. Transsexual Rights 100 words
      24. cc54-5W
    24. Trust Ports 127 words
      25. c55W
    25. Welfare Organisations (Grants) 108 words
      26. cc55-6W
    26. Written Questions 198 words
  9. SOLICITOR GENERAL
      10. c56W
    1. Departmental Budget 151 words
  10. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
      11. cc56-7W
    1. AIDS 345 words
      2. cc57-8W
    2. CDC Offices 202 words
      3. c58W
    3. Chocolate Producers 135 words
      4. cc58-9W
    4. Democratic Republic of Congo 574 words
      5. cc59-60W
    5. Economic Changes 288 words
      6. cc60-1W
    6. Education Fast Track 403 words
      7. c61W
    7. Eritrea 65 words
      8. c61W
    8. Ethiopia 161 words
      9. cc61-2W
    9. Malawi 169 words
      10. c62W
    10. Manufactured Goods (Tariffs) 106 words
      11. c62W
    11. Pakistan 131 words
      12. c62W
    12. River Congo (Flooding) 100 words
      13. cc62-3W
    13. Rwandan Refugees 69 words
      14. c63W
    14. Tanzania 92 words
  11. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      12. c63W
    1. VAT 79 words
      2. c63W
    2. Analogue Switch-off (Rural Areas) 53 words
      3. cc63-4W
    3. Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan and Baku-Tbilisi-Erzerum Pipelines 102 words
      4. cc64-5W
    4. Broadband 504 words
      5. c65W
    5. Chemicals Innovation and Growth Team Reports 41 words
      6. c65W
    6. Combined Heat and Power 54 words
      7. cc65-7W
    7. Commonwealth Countries (Trade) 983 words
      8. c67W
    8. Construction Industry 116 words
      9. c67W
    9. Departmental Grants 156 words
      10. cc67-8W
    10. India First 22 words
      11. c68W
    11. Manufacturing Summit 144 words
      12. c68W
    12. Post Offices 62 words
      13. c68W
    13. Post Offices (Wycombe) 61 words
      14. cc68-9W
    14. Process Centre for Manufacturing Excellence 140 words
      15. cc69-70W
    15. Quoted Companies Alliance Report 717 words
      16. cc70-1W
    16. Renewable Energy 449 words
      17. c71W
    17. Royal Mail 88 words
      18. cc71-2W
    18. Rural Post Office Network 59 words
      19. c72W
    19. Small Firm Loan Scheme 145 words
      20. c72W
    20. Solar PV Projects 124 words
      21. cc72-3W
    21. Thompsons Solicitors 141 words
      22. c73W
    22. Wind Generators 202 words
  12. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
      13. cc73-6W
    1. Departmental Initiatives 1,025 words
      2. c76W
    2. Licensing Bill 59 words
      3. c76W
    3. Official Travel 184 words
      4. cc76-8W
    4. Wembley Stadium 198 words
  13. TREASURY
      14. cc79-80W
    1. Alcohol Sales 642 words
      2. c80W
    2. Child Care Tax Credit 46 words
      3. c80W
    3. Corporation Tax 69 words
      4. cc80-1W
    4. Council Tax 206 words
      5. cc81-5W
    5. Earnings Statistics 2,463 words
      6. cc85-7W
    6. Economic Cycles 279 words
      7. c87W
    7. Economic Growth 300 words
      8. cc87-8W
    8. Economic Tests 147 words
      9. c88W
    9. Employers' Liability Premiums 74 words
      10. cc88-9W
    10. Equitable Life 490 words
      11. c89W
    11. Gateway and Child Trust Fund 96 words
      12. c89W
    12. Global Economic Slowdown 112 words
      13. cc89-90W
    13. Growth Rates 134 words
      14. c90W
    14. Higher Rate Taxpayers 154 words
      15. cc90-1W
    15. Inward Migration 397 words
      16. c91W
    16. Money Laundering 86 words
      17. c91W
    17. Pension schemes 84 words
      18. cc91-2W
    18. Procurement 110 words
      19. c92W
    19. Productivity Growth 215 words
      20. c92W
    20. Savings 76 words
      21. cc92-3W
    21. Skills Budgets 132 words
      22. c93W
    22. Tax Credits 178 words
      23. c93W
    23. Tax Receipts 128 words
      24. cc93-4W
    24. VAT 124 words
      25. c94W
    25. Vehicle Fuel 72 words
  14. CABINET OFFICE
      15. c94W
    1. E-Envoy 82 words
      2. c94W
    2. Ministerial Performance 129 words
  15. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
      16. c95W
    1. Medical Students 294 words
      2. c95W
    2. Asset Management Plans 108 words
      3. cc95-6W
    3. Autism 154 words
      4. c96W
    4. Craft Subjects 220 words
      5. cc96-7W
    5. Degrees 555 words
      6. c97W
    6. Further Education Lecturers 137 words
      7. c97W
    7. Graduate Incomes 33 words
      8. cc97-8W
    8. Education Provision (Buckinghamshire) 119 words
      9. cc98-9W
    9. Higher Education Students (Warrington) 258 words
      10. c99W
    10. Inspection 86 words
      11. cc99-100W
    11. Literacy 153 words
      12. c100W
    12. Mature Students 339 words
      13. c100W
    13. NVQs 67 words
      14. cc100-1W
    14. Performing Arts 240 words
      15. cc101-2W
    15. Reception Classes 347 words
      16. c102W
    16. School Closures 171 words
      17. cc102-4W
    17. School Laboratories 1,194 words
      18. cc104-5W
    18. School Leavers (Careers) 329 words
      19. c105W
    19. Student Exchange Programmes 124 words
      20. cc105-6W
    20. Students (Benefits) 138 words
      21. c106W
    21. Surplus School Places 216 words
      22. cc106-7W
    22. Technology and Science College Status 104 words
      23. cc107-8W
    23. University Entrants 639 words
  16. HOME OFFICE
      17. c108W
    1. Anti-asbestos Campaign 99 words
      2. c108W
    2. Antisocial Behaviour 99 words
      3. cc108-10W
    3. Asylum Seekers 749 words
      4. cc110-1W
    4. Cannabis 347 words
      5. c111W
    5. Child Abuse 194 words
      6. cc111-2W
    6. Civil Contingency Planning 151 words
      7. c112W
    7. Correspondence 198 words
      8. cc112-3W
    8. Criminal Injuries 168 words
      9. c113W
    9. Criminal Records Bureau 58 words
      10. c113W
    10. Custody Plus 181 words
      11. cc113-4W
    11. Domestic Violence 134 words
      12. c114W
    12. Drug Testing (Prisoners) 41 words
      13. cc114-5W
    13. Drug Treatment Orders 228 words
      14. c115W
    14. Drugs Trade 282 words
      15. c115W
    15. Hepatitis C 106 words
      16. cc115-6W
    16. Khawaja Badar Rauf 46 words
      17. c116W
    17. Opioid Addiction 132 words
      18. c116W
    18. Osama bin Laden 123 words
      19. cc116-7W
    19. Outreach Programmes 111 words
      20. cc117-9W
    20. Paedophiles 1,093 words
      21. cc119-20W
    21. Parenting Orders 315 words
      22. c120W
    22. Persistent Offenders 94 words
      23. c120W
    23. Police and CPS 205 words
      24. cc120-1W
    24. Prisoners 136 words
      25. c121W
    25. Prisons 361 words
      26. cc121-5W
    26. Sexual Offences 2,741 words
      27. cc125-8W
    27. Women Prisoners 1,157 words
      28. c128W
    28. Young Offenders 269 words
      29. c128W
    29. Young Offenders Institutions 67 words
  17. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      18. c129W
    1. Bain Inquiry 176 words
      2. c129W
    2. British Fire Service 67 words
      3. c129W
    3. Affordable Housing (Chesham and Amersham) 129 words
      4. cc129-30W
    4. Brownfield Land 93 words
      5. c130W
    5. Concealed Telephone Masts 43 words
      6. c130W
    6. Fire Service 322 words
      7. cc130-1W
    7. Government Offices for the Regions (Staff) 160 words
      8. c131W
    8. Large Scale Voluntary Transfers 86 words
      9. c131W
    9. Local Government Finance Settlement 115 words
      10. cc131-2W
    10. Planning 97 words
      11. cc132-3W
    11. Regional Assemblies 574 words
      12. c133W
    12. Regional Co-ordination Unit 88 words
      13. cc133-4W
    13. Urban Design Skills 264 words
      14. c134W
    14. Young Runaways 231 words
  18. WORK AND PENSIONS
      19. c134W
    1. Automated Credit Transfer 74 words
      2. cc134-5W
    2. Benefit Fraud 184 words
      3. cc135-6W
    3. EU Employment Barriers 429 words
      4. c136W
    4. Incapacity Benefit 109 words
      5. cc136-7W
    5. Jobcentre Plus 416 words
      6. c137W
    6. National Insurance 146 words
      7. cc137-9W
    7. New Deal 889 words
      8. cc139-40W
    8. Pensions 235 words
      9. cc140-1W
    9. New Deal Costs 322 words
      10. cc141-3W
    10. Post Office Card Accounts 775 words
      11. cc143-4W
    11. Statistics 580 words
      12. c144W
    12. Sustainability Strategy 186 words
  19. HEALTH
      20. cc144-5W
    1. Youth Provision (Battersea) 119 words
      2. cc145-6W
    2. Food Supplements 466 words
      3. c146W
    3. Mobile Phones 223 words
      4. cc146-7W
    4. GM Foods 148 words
      5. cc147-8W
    5. Adoptions 674 words
      6. cc148-9W
    6. Agency Staff 79 words
      7. c149W
    7. Ambulance Personnel 230 words
      8. cc149-50W
    8. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 212 words
      9. cc150-2W
    9. BCG 919 words
      10. c152W
    10. Care Expenditure 91 words
      11. cc152-3W
    11. Care Home Inspectors 233 words
      12. c153W
    12. Carers Grant 101 words
      13. c153W
    13. Change Agent Team 57 words
      14. cc153-5W
    14. Children 941 words
      15. c155W
    15. Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health 124 words
      16. cc155-6W
    16. Community Health Councils 111 words
      17. c156W
    17. Correspondence 76 words
      18. c156W
    18. Deafness 74 words
      19. cc156-7W
    19. Delayed Discharges 296 words
      20. c157W
    20. Duplex Scans 72 words
      21. cc157-60W
    21. Herbal Medicines 1,312 words
      22. c160W
    22. Food Standards Agency 125 words
      23. cc160-2W
    23. Foster Care (Recruitment) 718 words
      24. cc162-4W
    24. General Practitioners 767 words
      25. c164W
    25. Health Protection Agency 92 words
      26. cc164-5W
    26. Home Help 235 words
      27. c165W
    27. Hospital and Nursing Home Costs 154 words
      28. cc165-6W
    28. Medical Degrees 150 words
      29. cc166-7W
    29. Mental Health 736 words
      30. c167W
    30. National Institute for Clinical Excellence 84 words
      31. cc167-9W
    31. NHS Staff (Reservists) 893 words
      32. cc169-70W
    32. Patient Discharge 243 words
      33. c170W
    33. Patients Forums 59 words
      34. cc170-1W
    34. Prison Cells 239 words
      35. cc171-2W
    35. Public Heallth Laboratories 402 words
      36. c172W
    36. Retention of Hospital Doctors 157 words
      37. c172W
    37. Temporary Nursing Staff (Wages) 99 words
      38. cc172-4W
    38. Theatre Staff 482 words
      39. c174W
    39. Vulnerable Adults 75 words
      40. cc174-6W
    40. Waiting Times 622 words
      41. c176W
    41. Wycombe Hospital 30 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 9 December 2002 Series 6 Vol. 396

  1. TREASURY
      2. c1WS
    1. Container Security 473 words
  2. OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
      3. cc2-4WS
    1. National Non-domestic Rates 701 words
  3. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      4. cc4-6WS
    1. Science Budget 672 words

Lords Sitting of 9 December 2002 Series 5 Vol. 642

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  1. Preamble 22 words
    2. cc1-4
  2. Ballistic Missiles 1,000 words
    3. cc4-6
  3. Housing: Right-to-Buy Scheme 944 words
    4. cc6-8
  4. English Heritage: "Images of England" Project 951 words
    5. cc8-10
  5. Electricity Supplies 961 words
    6. c11
  6. Business 70 words
    7. cc11-2
  7. Tax Law Rewrite Bills: Select Committee 445 words
    8. c12
  8. Standing Orders (Private Bills): Select Committee 85 words
    9. cc12-3
  9. Arms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill [H.L.] 162 words
    10. cc13-28
  10. Courts Bill [H.L.] 7,987 words
    11. cc28-41
  11. Education and Skills Spending Plans 6,612 words
    12. cc42-84
  12. Courts Bill [H.L.] 22,164 words
    13. cc84-98
  13. Recycling 6,721 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 December 2002 Series 5 Vol. 642

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  1. Belfast Agreement: Food Safety Promotion Board 91 words
    cc1-2WA
  2. Belfast Agreement: Cross-Border Bodies 408 words
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  3. Northern Ireland Civil Service: Security 90 words
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  4. Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure: Linguistic Diversity Branch 224 words
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  5. Northern Ireland Policing Board: Members' Remuneration 141 words
    cc3-4WA
  6. North/South Ministerial Council 551 words
    cc4-5WA
  7. Tourism Ireland Limited 208 words
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  8. North/South Ministerial Council Secretariat 73 words
    cc5-6WA
  9. Northern Ireland Ambulance Service 213 words
    c6WA
  10. Northern Ireland: Boarding Pupils 150 words
    cc6-7WA
  11. Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission 227 words
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  12. Crown Prosecution Service: Damilola Taylor Murder Trial 215 words
    cc7-8WA
  13. Mark 1 Rolling Stock 113 words
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  14. Senior Civil Servants: Parliamentary Training 90 words
    cc8-9WA
  15. Cyclists 197 words
    c9WA
  16. London Underground: Public/Private Partnership 124 words
    c9WA
  17. Cyprus 82 words
    cc9-11WA
  18. Science Budget 713 words
    c11WA
  19. Morley College 139 words
    cc11-2WA
  20. NHS: Delayed Discharges 215 words
    cc12-3WA
  21. Passive Smoking 351 words
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  22. NHS Professionals 201 words
    cc13-4WA
  23. Hospital Consultants under Suspension 52 words
    c14WA
  24. Hospices 224 words
    c14WA
  25. Cancer Services 102 words
    cc14-5WA
  26. Foot and Mouth: Local Roles and Recovery Responsibilities 298 words
    cc15-6WA
  27. Rural Proofing 283 words
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  28. Defra: Spending 108 words
    cc16-8WA
  29. Pet Travel Scheme 302 words