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Commons Sitting of 1 April 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. CORY COLLUSION INQUIRY 45 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 1 April 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 5 words
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2. Cetaceans 18,211 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 April 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. WALES
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1. Civil Servants 158 words
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2. Wind Farms 50 words
2. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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1. Children in Care 1,207 words
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2. Adult Learning 81 words
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3. Arson 118 words
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4. Asbestos 313 words
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5. Bullying 143 words
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6. Children's Homes 82 words
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7. Citizenship Curriculum 126 words
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8. Computer Misuse 184 words
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9. Departmental Buildings 195 words
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10. Devon LEA 178 words
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11. Education (North Tyneside) 170 words
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12. Employment Agencies 170 words
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13. Free School Meals 45 words
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14. Gap Year 299 words
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15. Healthy Eating 61 words
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16. Individual Learning Accounts 80 words
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17. Isle of Wight Youth Trust 60 words
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18. Opinion Sampling 163 words
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19. Overseas Employees 59 words
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20. Overseas Students 400 words
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21. Parliamentary Questions 44 words
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22. School Building 163 words
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23. School Finance 239 words
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24. School Repairs (Stroud) 230 words
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25. Websites 162 words
3. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. CAP 298 words
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2. British Cattle Movement Service 137 words
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3. Department-sponsored Bodies 143 words
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4. Departmental Costs 97 words
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5. Illegal Hare Coursing 179 words
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6. Land Mapping 63 words
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7. Noble House 115 words
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8. Rural Payments Agency 267 words
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9. Science Strategy 134 words
4. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Fisheries 74 words
5. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. BACS 89 words
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2. Central America 395 words
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3. Congo 102 words
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4. EU Development Assistance 436 words
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5. Fairtrade 160 words
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6. Opinion Sampling 272 words
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7. Register of Interests 172 words
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8. Water Supplies (Africa) 389 words
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9. Wildlife Management 339 words
6. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
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1. District Judges 52 words
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2. Electronic Tagging 153 words
7. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Advertising and Obesity 154 words
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2. Community Fund 125 words
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3. Funding (Redbridge) 347 words
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4. Licensees 415 words
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5. National Lottery 147 words
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6. OFCOM Consultations 89 words
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7. Physical Activity 402 words
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8. Register of Interests 107 words
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9. Subtitling 162 words
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10. Ticket Touting 268 words
8. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Counter-terrorism (EU) 120 words
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2. Human Rights (China) 53 words
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3. Libya 287 words
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4. Lockerbie 77 words
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5. Majid Nawaz 50 words
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6. Postwatch 25 words
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7. Provisional IRA 44 words
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8. Rogue States 63 words
9. SCOTLAND
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1. Strip Stamps 48 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. Anonymous Tip-offs 129 words
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2. Buses 199 words
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3. Crossrail 98 words
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4. Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency 344 words
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5. Electronic Vehicle Licensing System 121 words
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6. Eurostar (Near Collision) 83 words
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7. Heavy Goods/Public Service Vehicles 239 words
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8. Jubilee Line 90 words
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9. Litterbugs 74 words
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10. M6 143 words
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11. My Travel 207 words
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12. Office of the Traffic Commissioner 91 words
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13. Port Security 138 words
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14. Powered Two-wheelers 80 words
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15. Rail Services (Kent) 96 words
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16. Regional Assemblies 92 words
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17. Register of Interests 743 words
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18. Seatbelts 124 words
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19. South Hampshire Rapid Transit Project 59 words
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20. Track Access Costs 59 words
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21. Traffic Calming 59 words
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22. Transport for London 87 words
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23. Urban Light Rail 88 words
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24. Vehicle Excise Duty 293 words
11. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Community Relations Core Funding Scheme 215 words
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2. Electricity 28 words
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3. Health Services 175 words
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4. Hospital Funding 96 words
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5. Illegal Dumping 151 words
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6. Invest NI 143 words
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7. Organ Retention 166 words
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8. Pulmonary Hypertension 123 words
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9. School Finance 379 words
12. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Bogus Traders 150 words
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2. Miners' Pension Schemes 181 words
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3. Rogue Traders 335 words
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4. Better Regulation Task Force 64 words
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5. Bridges Community Development 83 words
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6. Business Link 48 words
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7. Carbon Monoxide 93 words
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8. Child Poverty (Minimum Income Standards) 480 words
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9. Companies House/Insolvency Service 328 words
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10. Correspondence 51 words
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11. Departmental Buildings 150 words
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12. Departmental Officials 238 words
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13. Employment Agencies 212 words
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14. Energy Supplies 514 words
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15. Entrepreneurship 200 words
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16. Flexible Hours 337 words
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17. Miners' Compensation 76 words
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18. National Institute for Medical Research 179 words
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19. National Minimum Wage 437 words
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20. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority 196 words
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21. R and D (Crosby) 126 words
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22. Regional Development Agencies 81 words
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23. Phoenix Fund 504 words
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24. Regeneration (Hampshire) 319 words
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25. Register of Interests 135 words
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26. Research Funding 259 words
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27. Self-employment 130 words
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28. Small Businesses 322 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Alcohol Misuse 115 words
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2. Animal Experiments 289 words
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3. Cannabis 73 words
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4. Civil Servants 127 words
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5. Community Development Exchange 163 words
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6. Credit Card Fraud 108 words
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7. Dalit Community 291 words
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8. Project Funding 175 words
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9. Recruitment 450 words
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10. Sentencing Statistics 250 words
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11. Speed Cameras 86 words
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12. Substance Misuse 187 words
14. DEFFNCE
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1. Accommodation Costs 123 words
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2. Defence Contractors 216 words
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3. Departmental Buildings 89 words
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4. European Convention on Human Rights 56 words
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5. Iraq 366 words
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6. Joint Force Harrier Study Group 74 words
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7. Mahon Road Base 174 words
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8. Medical Services 70 words
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9. MOD Properties 576 words
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10. Opinion Sampling 149 words
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11. Personnel Numbers 520 words
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12. Public Private Partnerships (Specialist Reviews) 95 words
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13. Royal Irish Regiment (3rd Battalion) 64 words
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14. Works Projects 93 words
15. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Carbon Monoxide 112 words
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2. Gas Appliance Safety 623 words
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3. Workplace Safety 237 words
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4. Amanda Bufferey 142 words
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5. Benefit Payments 697 words
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6. Child Support Agency 2,476 words
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7. Civil Servants 243 words
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8. Construction Industry 307 words
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9. Correspondence 46 words
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10. Department-Sponsored Programmes 183 words
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11. Departmental Buildings/Contracts 71 words
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12. Ethnic Minority Outreach 709 words
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13. Departmental Expenditure (Sittingbourne and Sheppey) 62 words
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14. Departmental Policies (Older People) 57 words
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15. Direct Payments 675 words
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16. E-business Strategy 85 words
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17. Employment Agencies 109 words
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18. Endometriosis 418 words
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19. Incapacity Benefit 316 words
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20. Jobcentre Plus 1,747 words
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21. Maternity Allowance 167 words
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22. New Deal 1,162 words
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23. Opinion Sampling 407 words
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24. Pensioners 1,330 words
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25. Population Increase (London) 198 words
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26. Post Office Card Account 408 words
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27. Prescribed Disease A 77 words
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28. Redundancies/Staff Reduction 208 words
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29. Register of Interests 139 words
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30. Vaccine Damages Payments 230 words
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31. Working at Height 146 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights 149 words
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2. Burma 160 words
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3. China 119 words
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4. Cyprus 223 words
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5. European Constitution 261 words
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6. Iran and Syria 144 words
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7. Iraq 366 words
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8. Ministerial Visits 78 words
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9. Register of Interests 140 words
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10. Taiwan 83 words
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11. Turkey 110 words
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12. Venezuela 105 words
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13. Visas 59 words
17. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. Council Tax 96 words
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2. Fire Service 529 words
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3. Government Offices for the Regions 372 words
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4. Home Information Packs 461 words
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5. Home Initiatives 201 words
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6. Houses in Multiple Occupation 123 words
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7. Key Workers 69 words
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8. Local Authority Standards (Training) 113 words
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9. Local Government (Local Labour Agreements) 31 words
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10. M11/Stansted Corridor 96 words
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11. Regional Assemblies 84 words
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12. Regional Government Staff 227 words
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13. Robson Brown 81 words
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14. Shell Haven Port 76 words
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15. Sites of Special Scientific Interest 161 words
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16. Street Furniture 174 words
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17. Your Say Campaign 57 words
18. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
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1. Anti-social Behaviour Orders 150 words
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2. Correspondence 66 words
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3. Departmental Buildings 507 words
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4. District Judges (Vacancies) 60 words
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5. Divorces 67 words
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6. Easter Uprising 133 words
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7. Electoral Registration 467 words
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8. National Referendum 65 words
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9. Organ Retention 94 words
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10. Postal Voting 197 words
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11. Review of Tribunals 91 words
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12. Small Claims 1,215 words
19. HEALTH
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1. Access to Medical Notes 123 words
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2. Ambulance Staff 86 words
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3. Blood Transfusion 399 words
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4. Cancer Services 192 words
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5. Child Alcohol-Related Problems 610 words
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6. Chorley Hospital 241 words
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7. Community Hospitals 114 words
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8. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 121 words
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9. Ethical and Environmental Investment Policies 116 words
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10. Foundation Trusts (Governorship Elections) 481 words
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11. General Medical Services Contract 86 words
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12. General Practitioners 342 words
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13. Health Promotion England 427 words
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14. Health Visitors 49 words
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15. Isolation Facilities 89 words
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16. Mental Health Services 911 words
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17. MRSA Bacterium 108 words
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18. National Care Standards Commission 132 words
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19. Dentistry 593 words
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20. NHS Trust Boards 95 words
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21. NHS University 230 words
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22. Out-of-Hours Services 146 words
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23. Public Health 341 words
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24. Semiconductor Industry (Cancer) 118 words
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25. Skin Disease 87 words
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26. Smoking 99 words
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27. Speech Therapy 863 words
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28. St. Jude Silzone Heart Valve 262 words
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29. Suicide Bereavement 81 words
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30. Tuberculosis 301 words
20. TREASURY
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1. World Debt 309 words
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2. Millennium Development Goals 76 words
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3. Employment (North-east) 49 words
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4. Gershon Review 205 words
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5. National Insurance 131 words
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6. Energy Efficiency 130 words
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7. Disabled People 48 words
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8. Landfill Levy 204 words
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9. Global Fund 119 words
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10. Heroin Smuggling 88 words
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11. Civil Servants (Relocation) 307 words
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12. Civil Service 182 words
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13. Close Company Dividends 45 words
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14. Correspondence 103 words
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15. Debt Relief 145 words
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16. Departmental Buildings (Asbestos) 325 words
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17. Departmental Communications 205 words
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18. Departmental Policies (Sustainable Development) 235 words
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19. Horse Passports 70 words
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20. Illegal Meat Imports 221 words
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21. Inheritance Tax 105 words
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22. Iraq 164 words
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23. London 512 words
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24. Lyons Report 237 words
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25. Minimum Wage 206 words
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26. Manufacturing (Wales) 476 words
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27. Miners' Pensions 64 words
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28. Office for National Statistics 2,015 words
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29. Pet Passports 111 words
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30. Pre-owned Assets 83 words
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31. Premium Bonds 68 words
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32. Public Services 107 words
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33. Register of Interests 79 words
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34. Self-Assessment (Late Submission) 84 words
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35. Spirits Tax 570 words
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36. T Element 275 words
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37. Tax 392 words
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38. Unemployment (Crosby) 190 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 1 April 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Safety Strategy 109 words
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2. Maritime and Coastguard Agency 193 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Independent Police Complaints Commission 109 words
3. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Local Authority Fees 2004–05 329 words
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2. Farm Animal Welfare Report 322 words
4. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
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1. Land Registry 27 words
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2. HER MAJESTY'S LAND REGISTRY KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND TARGETS 2004–05* 308 words
5. DEFENCE
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1. Reservists (Former Yugoslavia) 101 words
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2. Veterans Agency 281 words
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3. Deepcut (Surrey Police) 157 words
6. HEALTH
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1. Clinical Trials Directive 424 words
7. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Pathways to Work 509 words
8. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. Arm's Length Management Organisations 237 words
9. TREASURY
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1. EU Enlargement (Tobacco Products) 363 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Cyprus 1,028 words

Lords Sitting of 1 April 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Preamble 30 words
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2. Armed Forces: Gallantry Medals 517 words
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3. Stansted Airport 1,561 words
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4. Tobacco Growing: Subsidies 851 words
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5. Abu Qatada 699 words
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6. Business 44 words
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7. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 36 words
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1. COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU OF AN AMENDMENT ON WHICH THE LORDS HAVE INSISTED 16 words
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2. LORDS AMENDMENT 9,202 words, 1 division
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8. Higher Education Bill 15 words
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9. Public Audit (Wales) Bill [H.L.] 13,021 words
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10. Education (Pupil Exclusions) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) Regulations 2004 7,123 words
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11. Energy Bill [H.L.] 10,494 words, 1 division
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12. Royal Assent 38 words
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13. Cory Report 5,720 words
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14. Business 85 words
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15. Traffic Management Bill 17,128 words
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16. Merchant Shipping (Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims) (Amendment) Order 2004 933 words
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17. Stoke Heath Prison: Joseph Scholes 10,116 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 1 April 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Council of Europe and ECHR: UK Contribution to Budget 379 words
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2. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Philippines Ratification 229 words
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3. Libya 153 words
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4. Somaliland 48 words
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5. Bridges: Reconstruction 102 words
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6. Iraq: Legal Advice 123 words
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7. Citizen Information: Central Government Databases 346 words
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8. Private Pensions 99 words
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9. Conservation Areas: North-west England 120 words
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10. Olympic Games 2012: London Bid 199 words
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11. Sport England 521 words
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12. Private Finance Initiative 241 words
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13. Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life 88 words
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14. Food Labelling: Sugar 144 words

Written Statements (Lords) of 1 April 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Cyprus 1,023 words
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2. Deepcut: Surrey Police Final Report 176 words
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3. Chemical Protection Programme 116 words
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4. Afghanistan: Expansion of ISAF 443 words
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5. Clinical Trials Directive 427 words
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6. Her Majesty's Land Registry: Key Performance Indicators and Targets 2004–05 335 words
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7. Tobacco: EU Enlargement 381 words