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Commons Sitting of 18 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words

Westminster Hall Sitting of 18 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 3 words
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2. The Scientific Response to Terrorism 23,126 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. DEFENCE
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1. Arctic Campaign Veterans 119 words
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2. AWE Aldermaston 124 words
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3. Correspondence 80 words
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4. Drugs 290 words
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5. Submarine Crew 171 words
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6. Websites 140 words
2. LEADER OF THE HOUSE
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1. Single European Currency (Referendum) Bill 35 words
3. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Civil Defence Grant 517 words
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2. Civil Service Training 60 words
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3. Lord Birt 59 words
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4. Websites 63 words
4. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. Sugar 160 words
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2. West African Refugees 136 words
5. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Sir David King 25 words
6. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
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1. Katharine Gun 124 words
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2. Rape 137 words
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3. Fraud 48 words
7. TRANSPORT
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1. Bus Interchange (Chorley) 46 words
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2. Car Ownership 85 words
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3. Crossrail 110 words
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4. Cycle Helmets 164 words
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5. Heathrow 134 words
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6. High-speed Rail Lines 52 words
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7. Motorised Scooters 36 words
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8. Network Rail 206 words
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9. Powered Two-wheelers 80 words
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10. Project Funding 200 words
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11. Public Transport 182 words
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12. Railways 245 words
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13. Road Accidents (Lincolnshire) 181 words
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14. Speed/Safety Camera Partnerships 320 words
8. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Carers Grant 95 words
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2. Departmental Computer Misuse 252 words
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3. Departmental Sickness Absence 465 words
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4. IT Contracts 1,125 words
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5. Jobseeker's Allowance 131 words
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6. Pensions 347 words
9. CHURCH COMMISSIONER
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1. Parish Priests 65 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Chevening Scholarships 177 words
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2. Colombia 305 words
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3. Correspondence 136 words
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4. Guinea 142 words
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5. International Law 247 words
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6. Iraq 513 words
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7. Kyrgyzstan 138 words
11. TREASURY
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1. Citizen Information Project 254 words
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2. Employment (Chorley) 240 words
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3. Income Statistics 114 words
12. CONSTITUTIONAL, AFFAIRS
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1. Access to Government (Code of Practice) 116 words
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2. Data Protection 483 words
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3. Enforcement Agents 158 words
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4. Legal Aid (Northern Ireland) 138 words
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5. Northern Ireland Court Service 714 words
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6. Websites 331 words
13. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Village Halls 468 words
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2. Animal Health Act 138 words
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3. Badgers/Bovine TB 3,651 words
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4. Deer (TB Testing) 135 words
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5. GM Crops 279 words
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6. Livestock Movements 122 words
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7. Pesticides 522 words
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8. Ragwort 234 words
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9. Rights of Way (Vehicle Access) 172 words
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10. Rural Payments Agency 602 words
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11. Sheep Tagging 101 words
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12. Single Farm Payments 162 words
14. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Digital Television 158 words
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2. Equal Opportunities 235 words
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3. Fair Share Initiative 155 words
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4. Game Plan Target 299 words
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5. Horseracing 419 words
15. HEALTH
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1. Ambulances (Accidents) 273 words
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2. Care/Nursing Homes 376 words
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3. Defibrillators 264 words
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4. Direct Payments 75 words
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5. Domiciliary Care 278 words
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6. Emergency Services 112 words
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7. NHS Treatment (Age Limits) 141 words
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8. Osteoporosis 146 words
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9. Parkinson's Disease 104 words
16. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. Council Housing 406 words
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2. Disabled Facilities Grant 435 words
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3. Fire Service 38 words
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4. Housing 263 words
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5. Local Government Representation 132 words
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6. Parliamentary Boundary Commission 113 words
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7. Parliamentary Questions 48 words
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8. Regional Assemblies 501 words
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9. Social Housing 166 words
17. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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1. Primary School Funding 67 words
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2. Information and Communications Technology 111 words
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3. Standard Spending Assessments 54 words
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4. A-level Mathematics/Physics 222 words
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5. Adult Residential Colleges 155 words
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6. Apprenticeships 1,301 words
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7. Asbestos 127 words
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8. Capital Modernisation Fund 45 words
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9. Child Care 749 words
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10. Child Employment Report 90 words
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11. Computers 173 words
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12. Connexions 2,056 words
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13. Drugs/Alchohol Misuse (Schools) 140 words
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14. Education Funding 168 words
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15. Examination Grades 468 words
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16. Free Pre-school Places 288 words
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17. Further Education 764 words
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18. Building Schools for the Future Initiative 62 words
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19. Learning and Skills Council 369 words
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20. Legal Judgments 213 words
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21. Literacy Rates 288 words
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22. New Opportunities Bursaries 136 words
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23. Nurseries 247 words
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24. Parliamentary Questions 42 words
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25. Pathfinder Schools (Additional Staff) 113 words
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26. Prisoner Education 624 words
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27. Pupil/Teacher Contact 137 words
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28. Project Funding 148 words
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29. Railways 140 words
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30. Return-to-work Training 268 words
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31. School Exclusions 271 words
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32. School Field Trips 290 words
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33. School Innovation 218 words
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34. School Meals 147 words
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35. School Staff Redundancies 81 words
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36. Sector Skills Councils 79 words
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37. Security Passes 126 words
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38. Skills Courses (London) 197 words
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39. Schools Funding 62 words
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40. Skills Shortages 130 words
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41. Small Businesses (Support) 605 words
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42. Student Finance 98 words
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43. Teacher Vacancies 157 words
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44. Teaching Assistants 220 words
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45. Teenage Pregnancy 100 words
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46. Temporary Classrooms 1,058 words
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47. Youth Services 39 words
18. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Asylum/Immigration 2,632 words
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2. Child Seatbelts 67 words
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3. Detention Centres 310 words
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4. Drug Testing 332 words
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5. Drug Users (Greater London) 84 words
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6. Environmentally Sustainable Procurement 157 words
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7. EU Accession Countries 265 words
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8. EU Enlargement 122 words
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9. Home Security Service 228 words
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10. Immigration Appeals 156 words
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11. Immigration Service 80 words
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12. Immigration Tribunals (Training) 204 words
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13. Intelligence and Security Service Tribunals 217 words
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14. Mobile Phones 148 words
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15. Official Secrets Act 57 words
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16. Police 193 words
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17. Police Cars 33 words
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18. Police Officers 222 words
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19. Representations (MSPs) 55 words
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20. Royal Pardons 90 words
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21. Temporary Staff 105 words
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22. Travel Documents 66 words
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23. Work Visas 81 words
19. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. "The Impact of Increasing International Competition in Services" 1,059 words
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2. Bankruptcies and Liquidations 546 words
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3. BBC 116 words
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4. Call Centre Services 117 words
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5. Common Agricultural Policy 173 words
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6. Connectivity Technologies 105 words
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7. Correspondence 85 words
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8. Electricity Network 328 words
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9. International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor 86 words
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10. National Minimum Wage 211 words
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11. Policy Veto 60 words
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12. Project Funding 380 words
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13. Radioactive Waste 98 words
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14. Renewable Energy 397 words
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15. Secondments 147 words
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16. Small Businesses 133 words
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17. Uzbekistan 22 words
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18. Websites 318 words
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19. Working Time Directive 121 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 18 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Haulage Modernisation Fund 324 words
2. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Northern Ireland Housing Executive 72 words
3. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Fisheries 265 words
4. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Pension Protection Fund 176 words
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2. Housing Benefit 339 words
5. DEFENCE
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1. Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency 432 words
6. SOLICITOR-GENERAL
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1. Crown Prosecutors 352 words
7. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Comprehensive Review of Parole and Lifer Processes 1,133 words
8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Equal Pay 270 words
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2. Taxis/Private Hire Vehicles 1,955 words
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3. Cottam Power Station 91 words
9. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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1. Budget Statement 1,271 words

Lords Sitting of 18 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. European Constitution 1,266 words
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3. Army: Compulsory Drugs Test 498 words
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4. Afghanistan 1,183 words
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5. Probation Service: Regional Offender Managers 1,156 words
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6. Business of the House: Tuesday, 6 April 36 words
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7. Patents Bill [H.L.] 68 words
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8. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 8,975 words, 1 division
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9. Energy Bill [H.L.] 4,076 words
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10. Social Security (Basic Skills Training Pilot) Regulations 2004 4,140 words
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11. Social Security (Intensive Activity Period 50 to 59 Pilot) Regulations 2004 4,344 words
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12. Social Security (Intensive Activity Period 50 to 59 Pilot) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 47 words
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13. Jobseeker's Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004 1,422 words
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14. Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004 109 words
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15. Energy Bill [H.L.] 36,489 words, 2 divisions

Grand Committee Report of 18 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Official Report of the Grand Committee on the Child Trust Funds Bill 29,091 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Supreme Court 111 words
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2. Supreme Court (Offices) Act 1997: Repeal 169 words
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3. National Centre for Policing Excellence 327 words
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4. Imitation Firearms 96 words
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5. War Widows 66 words
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6. Late Payment of Debts 117 words
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7. Dental Services 59 words
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8. TOXBASE 165 words
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9. Food: Country of Origin Labelling 130 words
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10. NHS: Consultant Toxicologists 107 words
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11. vCJD Compensation Scheme 1,238 words
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12. Alcohol 83 words
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13. Mixed-sex Wards 209 words
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14. Rimonabant 107 words
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15. Genetically Modified Food 89 words
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16. Data Protection Act 1998: Notifications by Agents 179 words
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17. British-Irish Council: Minority Languages 128 words
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18. Suez 1956: Law Officers' Advice 66 words
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19. Cuba: Exports Credits Guarantee Department 240 words
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20. Playing Fields and Community Green Spaces 259 words
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21. School Sport 198 words
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22. International Rail Regulator 81 words
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23. West Coast Main Line 128 words

Written Statements (Lords) of 18 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Northern Ireland Housing Executive: Accounts 2002–03 90 words
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2. Code for Crown Prosecutors 342 words
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3. Service Personnel Process Review 213 words
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4. Cottam Flue Gas Desulphurisation Plant 112 words
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5. Equal Pay 288 words