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Commons Sitting of 24 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 8 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. Oral Answers to Questions
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1. WALES 6 words
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2. Affordable Housing 404 words
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3. Special Constables 824 words
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4. Renewable Energy 647 words
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5. Sure Start 367 words
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6. Air Ambulances 516 words
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7. Community Support Officers 282 words
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8. Primary Legislation 149 words
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9. Employment 396 words
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10. Employment (Private Sector) 380 words
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11. Dee Estuary 247 words
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12. PRIME MINISTER 5 words
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13. Engagements 4,702 words
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14. Court Papers (Wrongful Disclosure) 4,656 words
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15. Points of Order 406 words
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16. Restricted Byways 1,073 words
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17. RESTRICTED BYWAYS 44 words
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18. Opposition Day 4 words
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19. Post Office Services 31,259 words, 4 divisions
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20. DEFERRED DIVISION 54 words
4. Orders of the Day
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1. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 5 words
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2. Lords amendment 1D 11,014 words, 2 divisions
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3. Equitable Life Inquiry 25,263 words
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4. DELEGATED LEGISLATION 17 words
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5. FEES AND CHARGES 26 words
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6. PUBLIC ACCOUNTS 19 words
5. PETITION
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1. Quiggins, Liverpool 222 words
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6. Participation in Elections 4,044 words
7. Deferred Division
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1. FISHERIES: CATCH QUOTAS AND EFFORT LIMITATION 2004 1,688 words, 1 division

Westminster Hall Sitting of 24 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

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1. Preamble 5 words
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2. Reserve Forces 12,115 words
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3. Disabled People (Assistance Dogs) 4,095 words
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4. Non-proliferation Treaty Review 12,561 words
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5. UK Citizens (Guantanamo Bay) 2,812 words
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6. EU Constitution 4,452 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
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1. Badgers/Bovine B 3,000 words
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2. Feline TB 307 words
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3. Fisheries 1,585 words
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4. Flood Defences 290 words
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5. Livestock 332 words
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6. Pig Industry 163 words
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7. Project Funding 132 words
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8. Severely Disadvantaged Areas 452 words
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9. Single Farm Payments 326 words
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10. Small Business Support 262 words
2. PRIME MINISTER
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1. Credit Card Debt 102 words
3. TRANSPORT
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1. Car Usage 60 words
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2. Hazardous Substances (Carriage at Sea) 110 words
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3. Speed Cameras 56 words
4. TREASURY
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1. Civil Service Jobs 127 words
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2. Accounting Officers 292 words
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3. Age-Related Allowances 124 words
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4. Financial Services 348 words
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5. Disposable Incomes 358 words
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6. European Council of Finance Ministers 411 words
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7. EU Budget 195 words
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8. Kenneth Norden 55 words
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9. Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome 117 words
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10. Pre-Budget Report 94 words
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11. Same-sex Couples 494 words
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12. Science Strategy 232 words
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13. Stamp Duty 89 words
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14. Strip Stamps 874 words
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15. Tax Receipts 55 words
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16. Unclaimed Deposits 70 words
5. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Better Regulation Task Force 119 words
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2. Computer Misuse 78 words
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3. e-Government 89 words
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4. Permanent Secretary of Government Communications 114 words
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5. Public Appointments 114 words
6. WALES
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1. University Students 129 words
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2. NHS Funding 93 words
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3. Welsh Development Agency 54 words
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4. Wind Farms 54 words
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5. Airbus 107 words
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6. Pensioners 60 words
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7. National Lottery 95 words
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8. Rail Passenger Council 85 words
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9. Supermarket Code of Practice 122 words
7. DEFENCE
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1. Bowman Radio System 84 words
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2. Brimstone Missile 180 words
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3. Deepcut Barracks 304 words
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4. Defence Employment (Essex) 227 words
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5. End-to-End Review 144 words
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6. Eurofighter 34 words
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7. Future Rapid Effects System 55 words
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8. Service Suicides (Reports) 339 words
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9. Information Technology 197 words
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10. Iraq 84 words
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11. Typhoon 63 words
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12. Warships 33 words
8. WORK AND PENSIONS
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1. Sure Start Maternity Grant 347 words
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2. Departmental Scientific Adviser 51 words
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3. Disability Living Allowance 128 words
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4. Incapacity Benefit 83 words
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5. Mental Health 174 words
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6. Pensions 589 words
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7. Retirement Age 316 words
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8. Science Strategy 167 words
9. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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1. Asbestos 702 words
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2. Bullying 150 words
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3. Civil Partnerships 426 words
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4. Coal Industry 237 words
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5. Foreign Investment (London) 120 words
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6. New Businesses (Crosby) 264 words
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7. E-Auctions 103 words
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8. Post Offices (Chelmsford and Mid-Essex) 127 words
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9. Postal Services 190 words
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10. Research and Development 68 words
10. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. "Managing Offenders, Reducing Crime: A New Approach" 175 words
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2. Animal Welfare 221 words
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3. Asylum Seekers 438 words
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4. Charities Bill 56 words
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5. Cheadle Royal Hospital 446 words
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6. Crime Statistics 250 words
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7. Criminal Assets 254 words
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8. Criminal Cases Review Commission 475 words
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9. Criminal Records Bureau 631 words
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10. Custody Suites (Cornwall) 157 words
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11. Firearms 78 words
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12. Historical Abuse Appeal Panel 83 words
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13. Immigration Appeals 76 words
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14. Computer Misuse Act 193 words
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15. Offender Management 347 words
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16. Prisons 295 words
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17. Quashed Convictions 233 words
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18. Racial Harassment 258 words
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19. Shooting 197 words
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20. Special Constables 217 words
11. CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
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1. Betting 48 words
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2. Computer Misuse 60 words
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3. Grants (Religious Buildings) 431 words
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4. National Lottery 144 words
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5. Sporting Contacts (Ban) 69 words
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6. Television Ownership 218 words
12. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. Afghanistan 214 words
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2. Brazil/Bolivia 326 words
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3. Drinking Water Wells 200 words
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4. Energy Systems 265 words
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5. EU Aid 132 words
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6. Food Aid 132 words
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7. Guatemala 161 words
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8. Iraq 228 words
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9. Malaria 264 words
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10. Press Officers 140 words
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11. Search and Rescue Dogs 195 words
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12. Water 353 words
13. EDUCATION AND SKILLS
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1. New Entrepreneur Scholarship 98 words
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2. "Funding of a Better Future" 127 words
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3. Education 1,202 words
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4. Education Funding 812 words
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5. Education/Training (Greater London) 892 words
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6. EU Accession State Students 146 words
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7. Pupil Funding 859 words
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8. In-service Training (Schools) 68 words
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9. Pupil Mobility 342 words
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10. Rewarding and Developing Staff Initiative 189 words
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11. Schools (West Suffolk) 278 words
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12. Teacher/Lecturer Salaries 153 words
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13. Teachers' Pensions 229 words
14. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. A-levels 63 words
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2. Costello Report 308 words
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3. Easter Uprising 129 words
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4. Energy Costs 185 words
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5. Fisheries 108 words
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6. Pay Dispute (Universities) 108 words
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7. Planning and Development 221 words
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8. School Lockers 42 words
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9. Seamus Ludlow 87 words
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10. Southern Education and Library Board 81 words
15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Afghanistan 484 words
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2. Cyprus 114 words
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3. Iran 131 words
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4. Lancaster House 428 words
16. CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
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1. Magistrates Courts 137 words
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2. Project Funding 299 words
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3. Supreme Court 97 words
17. LEADER OF THE HOUSE
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1. Bills (Timetabling) 219 words
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2. Petitions 128 words
18. DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
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1. Aggregates (Removal) 135 words
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2. Council Housing 149 words
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3. Council Tax 276 words
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4. Departmental Staff 93 words
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5. Housing 925 words
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6. Local Government Grants 55 words
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7. London Electorate 205 words
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8. Ministerial Meetings 106 words
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9. Regional Bodies 78 words
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10. Supporting People Initiative 428 words
19. HEALTH
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1. Agency Staff 384 words
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2. Biomedical Sciences 475 words
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3. Care Homes 73 words
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4. Clinical Staff Numbers 76 words
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5. Committee on Safety of Medicines 687 words
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6. Community Care Act 162 words
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7. Continuing NHS Care 74 words
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8. Delayed Discharges 83 words
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9. Dentistry 69 words
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10. Drinking Water 106 words
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11. Care Eligibility Criteria 116 words
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12. Energy Consumption 115 words
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13. Free Prescriptions 133 words
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14. General Medical Council 128 words
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15. General Practitioners 569 words
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16. Great Ormond Street Hospital 214 words
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17. Hand Hygiene Trial 473 words
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18. Hepatitis C 130 words
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19. Health Services (Chorley) 82 words
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20. Heroin Substitutes 138 words
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21. Hospital Food 178 words
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22. Immigrant Medical Inspections 168 words
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23. Medical Students 178 words
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24. MMR Vaccine 152 words
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25. National Programme for Information Technology 252 words
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26. National Service Frameworks 101 words
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27. Neurofibromatosis Association 64 words
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28. NHS Capital Use 66 words
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29. NHS Professionals 265 words
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30. NHS Staff (IT Qualifications) 520 words
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31. NHS University Helpline 151 words
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32. Non-consultant Career Grade Doctors 93 words
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33. Nursing and Midwifery Council 232 words
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34. Nursing 77 words
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35. Opticians (NHS Vouchers) 166 words
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36. Out-of-hours Provision 84 words
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37. Paddington Basin Hospital Project 82 words
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38. Parkinson's Disease 180 words
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39. Patient Education 190 words
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40. Personal Care Charges 101 words
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41. Pharmaceutical Packaging 470 words
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42. Radiographer Vacancies 60 words
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43. Seroxat 519 words
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44. Speech and Language Therapists 95 words
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45. Risperidone 100 words
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46. Student Midwives 173 words
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47. Staffing (London) 68 words
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48. Substance Misuse 131 words
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49. Training Costs 91 words
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50. Tuberculosis 73 words
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51. Waiting Lists/Times 326 words
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52. Training (EU Accession States) 250 words

Written Statements (Commons) of 24 March 2004 Series 6 Vol. 419

1. CABINET OFFICE
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1. Central Office of Information Targets 2003–04 91 words
2. HEALTH
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1. Dental Treatment Charges 170 words
3. DEFENCE
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1. Gulf Veterans' Illnesses 265 words
4. TREASURY
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1. The UK/IMF (Annual Report) 39 words
5. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. E-diplomacy 261 words
6. WALES
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1. Public Audit (Wales) Bill 373 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. Boys and Girls: Academic Achievement Gap 1,229 words
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3. Constitutional Reform: Ministerial Responsibilities 1,024 words
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4. Yarl's Wood 1,196 words
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5. Kosovo: Repatriation 682 words
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6. Foot and Mouth Disease Inquiry 1,409 words
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7. Business of the House: Debates this Day 63 words
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8. Business 277 words
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9. Defence 22,274 words
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10. Pensions 17,988 words
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11. Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 (Destination of Fixed Penalties in Scotland) Order 2004 3,090 words
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12. Primary Medical Services (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2004 55 words
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13. Harbours Bill [H.L.] 354 words
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14. Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) (Temporary Use in Great Britain) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 3,750 words
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15. European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill 36 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. Northern Ireland: Co-ownership Scheme 170 words
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2. Iraq: Prisoners Held by Allied Forces 184 words
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3. Bosnia-Herzegovina 113 words
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4. Belarus: Arms Exports 203 words
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5. County Councils: Multi-Member Wards 85 words
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6. Regional Assemblies 107 words
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7. Toxicology 724 words
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8. NHS: Working Time Directive 108 words
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9. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 110 words
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10. Working Holidaymaker Scheme 122 words
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11. Weapons Trafficking 191 words
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12. EU: Common External Tariff 116 words
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13. Cormorants 258 words
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14. Bees 59 words
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15. BSE: Forbes Report 114 words
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16. Mink Farming 97 words

Written Statements (Lords) of 24 March 2004 Series 5 Vol. 659

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1. e-diplomacy 260 words
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2. Dental Charges 190 words
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3. Public Audit (Wales) Bill: Clause 54 374 words
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4. IMF and UK 56 words
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5. Defence Estate Stewardship Report 339 words
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6. Kosovo: Deployment of British Forces 464 words
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7. Service Museums 105 words