Sitting of 28 February 1980

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Commons Sitting of 28 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 979

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. DARTMOOR COMMONS BILL [Lords] (By Order)
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2. TYNE AND WEAR BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. WELSH LANGUAGE BROADCASTING 732 words
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2. Firearms 350 words
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3. Television Licences (Sale) 115 words
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4. Remand Facilities 446 words
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5. Telephone Tapping 535 words
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6. Association of Chief Police Officers 846 words
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7. Television Programmes 361 words
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8. Juvenile Offenders 362 words
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9. Children and Young Persons Act 1969 587 words
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10. Prison Service (May Report) 612 words
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11. Kidney Transplants 214 words
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12. Prison Population 378 words
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13. British Broadcasting Corporation 578 words
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14. Civil Defence 454 words
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15. "Athina B" 347 words
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16. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 502 words
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17. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 494 words
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18. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 713 words
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19. RHODESIA 388 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,552 words
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6. LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK AND LEWISHAM AREA HEALTH AUTHORITY 730 words
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7. HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT (ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL POLICIES) 47,475 words, 1 division
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8. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL, DROITWICH 3,584 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 979

1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Industrial Disputes (Lost Working Days) 52 words
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2. Skill Shortage Mobility Experiment 252 words
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3. Disabled Persons (Concessionary Travel) 152 words
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4. Information Officers 157 words
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5. Industrial Training Boards 161 words
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6. Jobcentres and Employment Exchanges 78 words
2. ENERGY
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1. Atomic Energy Reactors 300 words
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2. Windscale (Contaminated Water Seepage) 472 words
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3. Information Officers 133 words
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4. INFORMATION OFFICERS 47 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Expenditure 52 words
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2. United Nations Conference, Delhi 459 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 581 words
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4. PUBLIC TRUSTEE 20 words
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5. COMMON FISHERIES POLICY 62 words
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6. CHILD BENEFIT 77 words
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7. WEST YORKSHIRE 22 words
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8. RHODESIA 29 words
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9. BELLS HILL 22 words
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10. ENGINEERING INDUSTRY 53 words
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11. SOUTH WALES 25 words
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12. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS 44 words
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13. NATIONAL ECONOMIC EVELOPMENT COUNCIL 23 words
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14. INFORMATION OFFICERS 278 words
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15. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 207 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Political and Publicity Organisations (NATO Grants) 216 words
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2. Information Officers 209 words
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3. USSR (Trade Inspectors) 169 words
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4. British Trade Inspectors (Communist Countries) 52 words
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5. Communist Countries (Trade Inspectors) 74 words
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6. USSR Officials (United Kingdom Residents) 112 words
5. TRADE
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1. Copyright Acts 352 words
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2. Information Officers 104 words
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3. Manufactures 122 words
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4. Imports and Exports 122 words
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5. Company Directors (Penalties) 49 words
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6. USSR (Exports) 68 words
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7. Lead Acid Batteries 64 words
6. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Social Security (Entitlement) 202 words
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2. INFORMATION OFFICERS 65 words
7. INDUSTRY
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1. Information Officers 108 words
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2. Industrial Assistance 458 words
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3. Shipyards 192 words
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4. Microelectronics 504 words
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5. Platt Saco Lovell 106 words
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6. Post Office Pension Fund 97 words
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7. European Community (Steel Production and Consumption) 1,137 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Mrs. Lillian Wilson 89 words
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2. Wormwood Scrubs 210 words
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3. Persons on Remand 39 words
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4. British Broadcasting Corporation 36 words
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5. Criminal Offences (Statistics) 127 words
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6. Citizenship Applications 118 words
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7. Telephone Tapping 128 words
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8. Parliamentary Candidates (Deposits) 59 words
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9. Metropolitan Police Force 62 words
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10. Electoral Rolls 71 words
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11. Jurors (Regina v. Bennett, Mills and Others) 87 words
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12. Chief Constable of Merseyside 35 words
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13. Police Photograph Albums 76 words
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14. Civil Defence 117 words
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15. Short Stay Visitors 81 words
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16. Parliamentary Candidates (Age) 52 words
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17. Vandalism and Violence (Powers of Punishment) 89 words
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18. Special Constables 97 words
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19. Police Complaints Board 37 words
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20. Diana Irons 33 words
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21. Demonstrations (Policing Costs) 53 words
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22. Association of Chief Constables 42 words
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23. Immigration 542 words
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24. Sinn Fein 31 words
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25. Citizens Band Radio 98 words
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26. Police (Complaints) 208 words
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27. Fingerprints 118 words
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28. Police (Use of Cameras) 46 words
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29. Picketing (Steel Dispute) 134 words
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30. Police Supervision (Payment) 111 words
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31. Winson Green Prison 159 words
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32. Horserace Totalisator Board 44 words
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33. Special Branch 85 words
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34. Information Officers 139 words
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35. Equal Opportunities Commission 45 words
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36. Broadcasting Criteria (Olympic Games) 250 words
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37. Young Offenders 80 words
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38. Animal Experiments (Inspection) 57 words
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39. Send Detention Centre 103 words
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40. Women Prisoners 338 words
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41. Michael McFadden 103 words
9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Apples and Pears 90 words
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2. Information Officers 161 words
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3. Cattle (Artificial Insemination) 1,315 words
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4. Untreated Milk 60 words
10. DEFENCE
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1. HMS "Hermes" (Visits by Schoolboys) 315 words
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2. Information Officers 173 words
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3. Royal Air Force (Aircraft Losses) 331 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. National Health Service (Scotland) Superannuation Scheme 406 words
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2. Glasgow Sheriff Court 69 words
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3. Car Accidents (Dundee) 86 words
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4. Jobs Creation (Dundee) 174 words
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5. River Tay 80 words
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6. Schools (Dundee) 160 words
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7. Local Authorities (Transfer of Powers) 36 words
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8. Parliamentary Boundary Commission (Report) 42 words
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9. Local Authority Rates 20 words
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10. O GRADE 84 words
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11. Information Officers 108 words
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12. Robroyston Hospital 107 words
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13. Strathclyde Regional Council 33 words
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14. Islands (Transport Services) 160 words
12. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Vacant Posts 85 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Interest Rate 1,198 words
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2. Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise (Powers of Inspection) 108 words
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3. Information Officers 53 words
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4. Tax Allowances 93 words
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5. Value Added Tax 233 words
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6. Stock Relief 54 words
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7. Family Income 557 words
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8. Exchange Controls 127 words
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9. Inland Revenue (Debt) 199 words
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10. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 65 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Benefits (Payment) 152 words
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2. Children's Medical Treatment (Parental Costs) 217 words
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3. Retirement Pensions (Payment) 111 words
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4. Chemist Contractors 75 words
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5. Breast Cancer 176 words
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6. Belgrave Children's Hospital 142 words
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7. Information Officers 98 words
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8. Family Income 376 words
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9. Communicable Diseases 58 words
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10. Cardiac Transplants 545 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit 387 words
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12. Long-term Unemployed (Supplementary Benefit) 426 words
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13. Unemployment 82 words
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14. Limbfitters 81 words
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15. Invalidity Benefits 74 words
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16. Heart Operations (King's College) 53 words
15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Meals 140 words
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2. Information Officers 152 words
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3. Welsh Language 177 words
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4. High Schools (Ealing) 224 words
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5. School Transport 253 words
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6. Natural Environment Research Council (Purchasing Policy) 108 words
16. WALES
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1. Hill and Upland Research and Development 255 words
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2. British Steel Corporation, Shotton 161 words
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3. Information Officers 233 words
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4. Welsh Development Agency 103 words
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5. Nuclear Waste Management 63 words
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6. Snowdonia National Park 56 words
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7. Radioactive Waste 466 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Cash Limits 216 words
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2. Job Sutpport 100 words
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3. Industry and Education 104 words
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4. Sludge Disposal 108 words
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5. Elderly Persons (Health Care) 67 words
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6. Information Officers 127 words
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7. Security 132 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Refuse Collection 241 words
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2. European Wildlife Convention 171 words
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3. Government Car Pool 375 words
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4. River Trent (Bridges) 73 words
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5. Rate Support Grant 1,313 words
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6. Council House Sales 40 words
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7. Local Authorities (Manpower) 119 words
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8. Disabled Persons (Central London) 122 words
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9. European Ministerial Conferences 72 words
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10. Sporting Fixtures (Ticket Distribution) 71 words
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11. Environmental Impact Analysis 176 words
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12. Local Authority Housing 305 words
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13. Radioactive Waste 361 words
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14. Information Officers 162 words
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15. Vitrification (Research) 169 words
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16. Housing Starts 144 words
19. TRANSPORT
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1. M4 (Chiswick-Heathrow) 68 words
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2. A1 (Felton Bypass) 212 words
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3. Transport Supplementary Grants 57 words
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4. Railway Sidings (Section 8 Grants) 93 words
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5. Lighting Regulations 96 words
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6. Bypasses 204 words
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7. M6—Perry Beeches, Birmingham 65 words
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8. Strategic Road Network 126 words
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9. Information Officers 152 words
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10. Nuclear Waste (Carriage) 201 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Currency 92 words

Lords Sitting of 28 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. LENGTH OF SPEECHES AND PROCEDURE 1,620 words
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3. PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS: STAFF/PATIENT RATIO 434 words
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4. INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS: MSC REVIEW 528 words
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5. PETROLEUM: PRICES AND TAXATION 289 words
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6. PROCEDURE OF THE HOUSE 547 words
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7. WATER (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 108 words
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8. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL [H.L.] 27 words
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9. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 388 words
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10. PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL 2,223 words
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11. NATIONAL HERITAGE BILL 34,440 words, 1 division
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12. FARM CAPITAL GRANT (VARIATION) SCHEME 1980 5,364 words
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13. HORTICULTURE CAPITAL GRANT (VARIATION) SCHEME 1980 29 words
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14. FAST BREEDER NUCLEAR REACTOR 16,561 words
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15. BANGOR MARKET BILL [H.L.] 25 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. BAIL AND PROBATION: HOSTELS AND INFORMATION 142 words
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2. IMMIGRATION APPEALS AND ADJUDICATIONS 747 words
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3. GAS CARRIER ACCIDENTS: FINANCIAL LIABILITY 213 words
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4. GAS PROCESSING PLANTS: APPLICATIONS 242 words
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5. NATIONAL COAL BOARD: GRANTS AND LOANS 176 words
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6. ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND AGRICULTURAL YIELDS 160 words
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7. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE 64 words