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Commons Sitting of 16 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. LONDON LOCAL AUTHORITIES BILL [Lords] 10 words
4. Orders of the Day
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5. Traffic Management Bill 7 words
6. New Clause II
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7. POWER TO INSPECT BLUE BADGES 3,468 words
8. New Clause I
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9. CIVIL ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC CONTRAVENTIONS (GUIDANCE) 6,954 words
10. New Clause 2
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1. PERMITS ISSUED UNDER PART 3 (FEES) 10,585 words, 1 division
11. New Clause 4
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1. USE OF BUS LANES 7,769 words
12. New Clause 5
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1. TRAFFIC LIGHTS 6,640 words, 1 division
13. Clause 9
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1. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN VEHICLES BY TRAFFIC OFFICERS 3,617 words, 1 division
14. Clause II
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1. UNIFORM 16 words
15. Clause 84
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1. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 8,740 words, 1 division
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16. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 1,802 words, 1 division
17. Lords Amendment 1B
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18. LORDS DISAGREEMENT AND REASON 11,329 words, 2 divisions
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19. Nuclear Global Threat 3,862 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 16 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 6 words
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2. Farming 12,268 words
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3. Supermarket Code of Practice 4,272 words
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4. Water Framework Directive 12,346 words
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5. Wandsworth Council 3,868 words
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6. Pigswill 4,312 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 16 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. SCOTLAND
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1. Gourock Transport Interchange 51 words
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2. Economic Inactivity 43 words
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3. Employment 59 words
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4. Electoral Arrangements 179 words
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5. Affordable Housing 91 words
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6. Financial Sector 79 words
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7. Common Agricultural Policy 47 words
2. ADVOCATE-GENERAL
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1. Devolution 40 words
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2. Human Rights 102 words
3. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
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1. House of Lords Reform 136 words
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2. Lord Chancellor 194 words
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3. Witness Protection 89 words
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4. Supreme Court 64 words
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5. Bail (Northern Ireland) 253 words
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6. Magistrates Courts (Wales) 150 words
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7. Recruitment 67 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Smoking Room 82 words
5. CHURCH COMMISSIONERS
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1. Parliamentary Questions 75 words
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2. St. Giles, Imber 95 words
6. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Abattoirs 73 words
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2. Animal Welfare 261 words
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3. Carbon Emissions 318 words
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4. Cetaceans 815 words
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5. Dairy Farming 235 words
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6. Fishermen's Compensation 270 words
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7. Foot and Mouth 598 words
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8. Forestry Commission 62 words
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9. GM Crops 200 words
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10. Ligula Tapeworm 53 words
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11. Operation Artemis 114 words
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12. Pesticides 94 words
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13. Rights of Way (Motorcyclists) 85 words
7. TREASURY
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1. Civil Servants (Relocation) 211 words
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2. Job Vacancies (Crosby) 150 words
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3. Correspondence 35 words
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4. Computer Equipment (Tax Exemption) 47 words
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5. Housing Stock Transfers 33 words
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6. National Insurance 242 words
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7. Paddington Basin Hospital Project 75 words
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8. Parliamentary Questions 450 words
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9. Self-assessment Tax Returns 91 words
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10. Scottish Transport Group 99 words
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11. Secondees 164 words
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12. South Yorkshire Electorate 312 words
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13. Suspicious Transaction Reports 831 words
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14. Tax Credits 196 words
8. TRANSPORT
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1. Aviation Industry 250 words
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2. Computerised MOT Test 167 words
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3. Container Vehicles 139 words
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4. Carbon Emissions 78 words
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5. Cycle Lanes 213 words
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6. Lime Street Station 96 words
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7. Railways 133 words
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8. Road Safety 259 words
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9. Taxis 103 words
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10. Thames Bridges 109 words
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11. Transport Council 790 words
9. HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMISSION
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1. Big Ben 114 words
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2. Line of Route Tours 79 words
10. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Energy Supplies 260 words
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2. EU Social Chapter (Crosby) 237 words
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3. Flexible Working 426 words
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4. Insulation Costs 131 words
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5. British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. 115 words
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6. Paid Leave (Crosby) 96 words
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7. Recruitment 113 words
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8. Shredded Tyres 158 words
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9. Worker Registration Certificates 116 words
11. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Child Abuse 336 words
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2. Community Sentences 133 words
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3. Credit References 170 words
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4. Crime Reduction 53 words
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5. Criminal Assets 344 words
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6. Drugs Testing and Treatment 235 words
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7. Football 194 words
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8. Holocaust Memorial Day 108 words
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9. Identity Cards 495 words
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10. Internet Child Pornography 263 words
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11. Judicial Responsibility 67 words
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12. Justice and Home Affairs Council 43 words
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13. Police Officers (Early Retirement) 132 words
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14. Prisoners 387 words
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15. Probation Service 48 words
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16. Sentencing Powers 167 words
12. LEADER OF THE HOUSE
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1. Legislative Process 57 words
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2. Pre-legislative Scrutiny 88 words
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3. Sitting Hours 79 words
13. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Cinema-goers 152 words
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2. Gambling 241 words
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3. Libraries (Digitisation) 130 words
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4. Museums/Libraries (Funding) 201 words
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5. National Lottery 51 words
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6. Television Licence 172 words
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7. Sports (Participation) 173 words
14. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. Common Agricultural Policy 308 words
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2. EU Aid 474 words
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3. EU Development Finance 248 words
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4. Project Funding 241 words
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5. Sugar Regime 286 words
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6. Zambia 373 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Afghanistan 49 words
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2. Parliamentary Questions 51 words
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3. Royal Air Force 80 words
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4. Departmental Buildings 359 words
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5. Disposal Services Agency 256 words
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6. Drugs 91 words
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7. Environmentally Sustainable Procurement 148 words
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8. Future Rapid Effects System 55 words
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9. Gibraltar 513 words
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10. Military Bases(Contamination) 95 words
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11. Ministerial Speeches 106 words
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12. Defence Contracts (Wales) 207 words
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13. Defence Staff (Wales) 170 words
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14. Naval Personnel (Asbestos) 119 words
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15. Officer Numbers 98 words
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16. Procurement 246 words
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17. Regimental Unit Designations 122 words
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18. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 229 words
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19. Wind Farms 84 words
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20. Zimbabwe 46 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Afghanistan 107 words
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2. Bangladesh 62 words
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3. Beef 64 words
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4. Burma 438 words
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5. Butler Committee 81 words
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6. Cyprus 153 words
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7. EU Constitution 267 words
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8. Gender Equality 102 words
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9. Haiti 145 words
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10. Iraq 699 words
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11. Maldives 489 words
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12. Project Funding 435 words
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13. Serbia and Montenegro 144 words
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14. Sudan 125 words
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15. Venezuela 109 words
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16. Western Sahara 78 words
17. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Sure Start Maternity Grant 236 words
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2. Child Support Agency 71 words
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3. Council Tax Benefit 108 words
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4. Employers' Liability Insurance 180 words
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5. Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council 256 words
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6. Ethnic Minorities Policies 243 words
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7. New Deal 334 words
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8. Unemployment (Jarrow) 333 words
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9. Winter Fuel Allowance 405 words
18. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Regulatory Impact Assessments 137 words
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2. Telephones 98 words
19. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. Correspondence 43 words
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2. Departmental Staff 108 words
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3. Housing 394 words
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4. Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) 127 words
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5. Local Authority Housing 133 words
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6. Local Government Finance 229 words
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7. Project Funding 331 words
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8. Regional Assemblies 125 words
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9. Regional Government 138 words
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10. Regional Housing Boards 74 words
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11. Supporting People Initiative 436 words
20. EDUCATION
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1. Free School Meals 57 words
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2. Alcohol Education 413 words
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3. Capital Modernisation Fund 72 words
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4. Class Sizes 387 words
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5. Computers 571 words
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6. School Building (Sports) 83 words
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7. Drinking Water (Schools) 175 words
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8. Education Funding (Crosby) 452 words
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9. Excellence in Cities Programme 106 words
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10. Extended Schools 482 words
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11. Failing Schools (Buckinghamshire) 70 words
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12. Information and Communications Technology 273 words
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13. Mathematics/English 933 words
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14. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy 63 words
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15. National Childcare Strategy 154 words
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16. Qualified Teacher Status 257 words
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17. New Deal for Schools 92 words
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18. Random Drug Testing 491 words
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19. School Repairs 144 words
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20. School Sports Facilities 676 words
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21. School Year (Tourism) 113 words
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22. Schools (Lockers) 99 words
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23. Schools Science Budgets 39 words
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24. Sixth Forms 518 words
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25. Teacher Numbers/Vacancies 213 words
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26. University Bursaries 407 words
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27. Websites 474 words
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28. Youth Services (Funding) 75 words
21. HEALTH
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1. Ashford (Middlesex) Hospital 472 words
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2. Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection 127 words
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3. Correspondence 93 words
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4. Delayed Discharges 69 words
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5. Dentistry 798 words
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6. Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy 175 words
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7. EU Accession States (Medical Training) 379 words
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8. General Practitioners 158 words
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9. Hospices 60 words
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10. Hospital Construction (Lichfield) 168 words
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11. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 343 words
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12. Mental Health 86 words
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13. General Practitioners 170 words
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14. NHS (Complaints) 117 words
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15. NHS Budgets 505 words
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16. NHS Treatment (Accession Citizens) 54 words
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17. NHS Treatment 321 words
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18. Nursing Home Costs 66 words
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19. Osteoporosis 267 words
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20. Out-of-hours Provision 157 words
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21. Self-harm/Suicide (Young People) 457 words
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22. Seroxat 140 words
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23. Smoking 205 words
22. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Ambulance Services (Lisburn) 159 words
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2. Asthma 132 words
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3. Birth Statistics 120 words
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4. Blood Donors 143 words
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5. Civil Service 148 words
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6. Class Sizes 92 words
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7. Compulsory Retirement (NHS) 380 words
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8. Consultant Obstetricians 123 words
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9. Counterfeit Crime 78 words
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10. Drug Addicts 162 words
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11. Fire Stations 195 words
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12. Infant Deaths 102 words
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13. Invest Northern Ireland 102 words
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14. Irish Fertilizer Industries 112 words
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15. Irish Republican Army 70 words
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16. Male Teenage Suicides 102 words
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17. Manufacturing 175 words
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18. Medical Negligence 113 words
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19. Mental Health 153 words
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20. Midwives 509 words
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21. Newpin 503 words
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22. Northern Ireland Assembly 118 words
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23. Nursing 161 words
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24. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 114 words
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25. Teenage Pregnancies 89 words
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26. Voluntary Sector 690 words
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27. Waiting Times 370 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 16 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Water Cannon 86 words
2. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. e-Innovations Fund 643 words
3. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Annual Report on Progress towards Sustainable Development 231 words
4. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Referendum Guidance 108 words
5. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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1. Degree Awarding Powers and University Title Criteria 320 words
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2. School Teachers Review Body Recommendations 2,634 words

Lords Sitting of 16 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Circuses: Entertainment Licences 793 words
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3. Wind Generators: Low-flying Aircraft 1,355 words
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4. Palestinian Communities Healthcare 1,414 words
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5. Zimbabwe: Assets Freeze and Travel Ban 1,345 words
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6. Science 942 words
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7. Fire and Rescue Services Bill 13 words
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8. Business of the House: Standing Order 47 59 words
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9. Consolidated Fund (No. 2) Bill 58 words
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10. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 72 words
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1. LORDS AMENDMENT NO. 1 13 words
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1. Piloting conduct at European and local elections 7,585 words, 1 division
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2. LORDS AMENDMENT 3,853 words
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11. Business 131 words
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12. Agricultural Statistics (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 723 words
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13. Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill 25,677 words, 2 divisions
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14. Abortion 7,876 words
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15. Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill 13,617 words

Grand Committee Report of 16 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

1. Official Report of the Grand Committee on the
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1. Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Bill [H.L.] 2 words
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1. The Committee met at half past three of the clock. 29,564 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 16 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Peers: House of Commons Select Committees 117 words
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2. Armed Forces: Cannabis 51 words
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3. Speed Cameras 188 words
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4. Railways: Selective Door Opening 266 words
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5. Channel Tunnel: Train Paths 133 words
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6. Railways: Bridge Strengthening at Plumpton and Salwick 43 words
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7. Playing Fields 65 words
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8. Elite Sport Funding Review 405 words
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9. Licensing Act 2003: Premises Licences 183 words
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10. Community Sports Coaches 91 words
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11. Biodiesel: Duty Income 208 words
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12. National Insurance Contributions: Deficiency Notes 556 words
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13. National Lottery: Proposed Olympic Games 448 words
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14. Trading Balances 180 words
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15. Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: Sports Expenditure 41 words
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16. Colchester City Council: Sports Expenditure 339 words
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17. Horserace Betting Levy Board: Assets 116 words
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18. Teenage Pregnancies 150 words
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19. Boundary Committee: Lancashire Recommendations 138 words
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20. Planning Appeals: Knotts Drive, Colne 123 words
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21. Adventure Capital Fund 184 words
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22. Fire Safety: Legislation 153 words
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23. NAO Report: Success in the Regions 49 words
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24. Accident and Emergency Departments: Violent Patients 213 words
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25. Intermediate Care for the Elderly 131 words
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26. Cormorants and Fisheries 219 words
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27. Coastal Protection Schemes 94 words
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28. Pesticides: Withdrawn Products 306 words
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29. Imidacloprid and Bees 66 words

Written Statements (Lords) of 16 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Water Cannon 103 words
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2. School Teachers' Review Body 2,663 words
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3. Universities 346 words
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4. Consolidated Fund Bill 46 words
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5. Patent Office: Performance Targets 2004–05 307 words