Sitting of 5 August 1976

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Commons Sitting of 5 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 4 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. METHODJST CHURCH BILL [Lords] (By Order) 16 words
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2. ANGLIAN WATER AUTHORITY BILL [Lords] (By Order) 15 words
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3. CROMARTY PETROLEUM ORDER CONFIMATION BILL (By Order) 11 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Potatoes 763 words
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2. Agricultural Research 201 words
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3. Poultry Meat (Hygiene Regulations) 1,033 words
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4. Animals (Importation) 412 words
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5. Fishing Limits 546 words
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6. Pigs 797 words
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7. Green Pound 513 words
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8. Cane Sugar Refining 664 words
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9. Departmental Staff 145 words
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10. Rabies 509 words
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11. Common Agricultural Policy 388 words
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12. Fishing Industry 242 words
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13. LEICESTERSHIRE 587 words
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14. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW 1,229 words
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5. BRETHERTON 569 words
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6. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS (ABUSES) 143 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,352 words
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8. LONDON DOCKLANDS (REDEVELOPMENT) 3,703 words
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9. ADJOURNMENT (SUMMER) 34,717 words
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10. OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE (RETIREMENT) 1,687 words
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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12. DROUGHT BILL [Lords] 9 words
1. Clause 1
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1. PROVISION FOR MEETING WATER SHORTAGES—GENERAL 6,083 words
2. Clause 2
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1. PROVISION FOR MEETING WATER SHORTAGES IN AN EMERGENCY 354 words
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3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 20 words
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4. DROUGHT BILL [Lords] 2,058 words
13. Clause 3
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1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE POWERS CONFERRED UNDER SECTION 1 OR 2 797 words
14. Clause 5
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1. GENERAL 2,189 words
15. Schedule 1
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1. PROCEDURE FOR MAKING ORDERS 613 words
16. Schedule 2
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1. COMPENSATION 1,233 words
17. Schedule 3
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1. TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS 1,030 words
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18. STATUTORY INSTRUMENT AND COMMISSION DOCUMENT 46 words
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1. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 27 words
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2. STAMP DUTY ON SECURITIES 20 words
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19. INVALID VEHICLES AND MOBILITY ALLOWANCE 3,503 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

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1. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 99 words
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2. CANADA 46 words
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3. DEVOLUTION 51 words
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4. SAUDI ARABIA 35 words
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5. COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS (MEETINGS) 51 words
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6. TUC AND CBI 64 words
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7. ECONOMIC POLICY (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 54 words
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8. PRIME MINISTER (APPOINTMENTS) 231 words
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9. INCOME AND WEALTH (ROYAL COMMISSION) 180 words
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10. CABINET DOCUMENTS 69 words
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11. CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE 68 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Voluntary Services 297 words
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2. Civil Defence 140 words
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3. Immigrants 490 words
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4. Taxicab Fares 80 words
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5. Detectives 86 words
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6. Magistrates Courts' Powers (Committee Report) 64 words
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7. Crime 96 words
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8. Private Police Forces 101 words
13. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fishing Limits 73 words
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2. Sheepmeat 40 words
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3. Dairy Farming 324 words
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4. Butter and Cheese 296 words
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5. Forestry 84 words
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6. Beef and Butter Stocks 87 words
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7. Food Policy 73 words
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8. Potatoes 144 words
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9. Fodder 116 words
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10. Agricultural Land Commission 25 words
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11. Pigmeat Imports 349 words
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12. Farm and Horticulture Development Scheme 63 words
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13. Food Prices 175 words
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14. Plum Tree Disease 166 words
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15. Crop Farming Methods 167 words
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16. Marketing Subterfuges 80 words
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17. Fluorosis 128 words
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18. Marketing Schemes 63 words
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19. Pest Control 402 words
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20. Sugar 45 words
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21. Cereals 794 words
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22. Crab Claws 115 words
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23. Agricultural Investment 119 words
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24. Exports (Promotion) 152 words
14. WALES
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1. A55 (Colcon Inquiry) 62 words
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2. Land Authority for Wales 107 words
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3. School Meals 69 words
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4. Schools (Inspection) 74 words
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5. Llandough Hospital 73 words
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6. Sully Hospital 51 words
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7. School Examinations (Passes) 85 words
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8. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 142 words
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9. Illiteracy 59 words
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10. Snowdonia 62 words
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11. School Transport 101 words
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12. Teachers (Employment) 116 words
15. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pensions 269 words
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2. Recruitment Methods 123 words
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3. Civil Servants 102 words
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4. Ministerial Advisers 76 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Mental Health Act 1959 713 words
17. DEFENCE
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1. Ministry Houses (Staffordshire) 150 words
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2. Personnel 212 words
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3. Ballistic Missiles (USSR) 149 words
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4. Ordnance Factory, Darwen 142 words
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5. Polaris Submarines 94 words
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6. Expenditure 142 words
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7. Zaire 83 words
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8. Angola 77 words
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9. Special Air Service Regiment 74 words
18. ENERGY
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1. Gas and Electricity Disconnections 75 words
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2. Retail Prices 74 words
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3. Electricity Generating Costs 50 words
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4. Coal Mines 197 words
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5. Pensioners (Domestic Heating) 99 words
19. ENERGY
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1. National Energy Conference 82 words
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2. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (APPOINTMENTS) 412 words
20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Uganda 282 words
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2. Arms Sales 77 words
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3. Cyprus 104 words
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4. Dioxin 208 words
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5. Commonwealth Conference 1977 38 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. Fish Stocks (Conservation) 117 words
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2. Garnock Valley (Industrial Development) 312 words
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3. Bute House 72 words
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4. Scottish Development Agency 64 words
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5. Hospital Beds 89 words
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6. Hunterston 46 words
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7. Scientology 40 words
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8. Housing and Local Government Finance 79 words
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9. Aberdeen (Fish Market) 103 words
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10. Burrell Collection 125 words
22. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Icelandic Fisheries Agreement (Compensation) 86 words
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2. Corby (Jobcentre) 277 words
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3. Trichlorophenol 372 words
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4. Croydon (Unemployment Benefit Payments) 102 words
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5. Toxic Chemicals 310 words
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6. Wage Rates 210 words
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7. Vacancies 1,065 words
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8. Toxic Gas Emission 114 words
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9. Unemployed Persons 1,424 words
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10. Job Creation (Scotland) 141 words
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11. Construction (Scotland) 275 words
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12. Redundancies (Scotland) 456 words
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13. Small Businesses 270 words
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14. Homeworkers 145 words
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15. School Leavers 88 words
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16. Teachers 53 words
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17. Cost of Living 127 words
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18. Automat (Swinton) 146 words
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19. Jobcentres 94 words
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20. Scotland 77 words
23. INDUSTRY
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1. National Enterprise Board 165 words
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2. Steel Consumption 141 words
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3. Redcar Steelworks 51 words
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4. Regional Development Grants 165 words
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5. Dental Materials 95 words
24. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Chloroform and Trichloroethylene 317 words
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2. Stock Appreciation 107 words
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3. Investments 336 words
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4. Nationalised Industries 82 words
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5. Tale and Lyle Ltd. 44 words
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6. Price Commission (Investigations) 191 words
25. TRADE
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1. British Airways (Industrial Disputes) 311 words
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2. Auditing 250 words
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3. Paté de Foie Gras 98 words
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4. Balance of Trade 427 words
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5. Pilotage 242 words
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6. Pearl Island Tours Limited 120 words
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7. Export Certificates 154 words
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8. Uganda (Radio Equipment) 85 words
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9. Duccio Painting 63 words
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10. Motor-cycle Imports 151 words
26. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Public Expenditure 84 words
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2. Immigration 68 words
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3. Paroles 229 words
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4. House Repair Contracts (Belfast) 148 words
27. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Road Network 628 words
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2. M67 (Denton) 90 words
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3. Councillors (Interests and Votes) 284 words
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4. Royal Ordnance Factory, Ranskill (Power Cable) 249 words
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5. Water Supply (Costs) 83 words
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6. Water Taps 61 words
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7. Bicycles (Accidents) 44 words
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8. Buses 89 words
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9. Transport Policy Consultative Document 346 words
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10. Road Accidents 123 words
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11. Railways (Freight Material) 353 words
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12. Construction Contracts 488 words
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13. Management (Patocap System) 80 words
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14. Animals and Birds (Carriage) 128 words
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15. Property Services Agency 132 words
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16. Form P11 (Local Authorities) 47 words
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17. Road Gritting 116 words
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18. Local Authority Mortgages 60 words
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19. Rents (Liverpool) 131 words
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20. Local Authorities (Housing Revenue Accounts) 65 words
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21. Rent Rebates 102 words
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22. M25 and M63 107 words
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23. Local Government Finance 80 words
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24. Construction Industries (Wales) 58 words
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25. British Railways (Restaurant Charges) 88 words
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26. Oil Spills 224 words
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27. Housing (Expenditure) 796 words
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28. Houses (Heating Systems) 195 words
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29. Motor Rallies Advisory Committee (Report) 118 words
28. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Expenditure Statistics 134 words
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2. Immigrants (Benefit Claims) 139 words
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3. Income Tax 172 words
29. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Emigrants (Taxation Liabilities) 42 words
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2. Public Expenditure Proposals 46 words
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3. Rabies 154 words
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4. Public Sector Salaries 142 words
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5. Wealth Tax 128 words
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6. Inland Revenue (Administration) 173 words
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7. Companies (Tax Revenue) 476 words
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8. Public Sector (Employment and Gross Domestic Product) 141 words
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9. Domestic Credit 270 words
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10. Finance for Industry 109 words
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11. Finance Bills 94 words
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12. Economic Prospect 299 words
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13. Invisibles (European Community) 119 words
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14. House Mortgages and Improvements 147 words
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15. Film Imports 93 words
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16. Industrial Aid 56 words
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17. Public Sector Debt 52 words
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18. Companies (Publicity Campaigns) 52 words
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19. Finance Acts 114 words
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20. Personal Incomes 365 words
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21. Customs and Excise Staff 655 words
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22. National Economic Development Council 233 words
30. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Higher and Further Education 367 words
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2. Trades Union Congress (Grant) 473 words
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3. Departmental Staff (Mileage Allowance) 302 words
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4. School Meals 316 words
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5. Teachers (Salaries) 358 words
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6. European Community (Ministers' Meetings) 104 words
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7. Student Fees 254 words
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8. Overseas Students 53 words
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9. Arts Teachers 120 words
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10. Tameside 123 words
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11. School Premises (Standards) 57 words
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12. School Transport 69 words
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13. Liverpool Polytechnic 321 words
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14. Hospital Beds (Essex) 459 words
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15. Polytechnics 671 words
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16. Colleges of Education 122 words
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17. School Examinations 115 words
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18. Genetic Manipulation (Report) 363 words
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19. Hospital Buildings (Essex) 100 words
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20. Essex Area Health Authority 316 words
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21. Rabies 166 words
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22. Pay Beds (Croydon) 222 words
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23. Departmental Canteens 1,762 words
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24. TCDD 132 words
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25. Drugs (Sales Promotion) 203 words
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26. Members of Parliament 70 words
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27. Geriatric Hospital (Coventry) 173 words
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28. Psycho-Geriatric Beds (Coventry) 165 words
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29. Disabled Drivers 292 words
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30. War Pensioners (Invalid Vehicles) 51 words
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31. Dentists (Incomes) 124 words
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32. Medical Journals and Magazines 154 words
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33. Pregnancy Advisory Bureaux 283 words
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34. Students 86 words
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35. Seminars 703 words
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36. Fraudulent Claims 130 words
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37. Dantrolene 220 words
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38. Mr. Peter Hodson 67 words
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39. Regional Health Authorities 693 words
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40. Area Health Authorities 78 words
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41. Departmental Correspondence 109 words
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42. National Dried Milk 250 words
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43. Chiropodists 68 words
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44. "Destitute" (Definition) 213 words
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45. Institute of Medical Laboratory Sciences 60 words
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46. Hospitals (Cheshire) 404 words
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47. Export Certificates 312 words
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48. Rents 76 words
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49. Self-Employed Persons 57 words