Sitting of 3 August 1976

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Commons Sitting of 3 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL 4 words
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2. GREAT NORTHERN LONDON CEMETERY BILL [Lords] 40 words
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3. CROMARTY PETROLEUM ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 8 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Transport 583 words
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2. GCE O-level Passes 339 words
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3. Numeracy 707 words
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4. Comprehensive Schools (Parental Choice) 547 words
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5. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 1,009 words
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6. Unemployed School Leavers (Training) 245 words
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7. Young People 179 words
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8. Examinations (Schools Council's Proposals) 928 words
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9. Schools (Administrative Posts) 323 words
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10. Schools Council 458 words
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11. Old Primary Schools 413 words
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12. Comprehensive Education 524 words
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2. CROYDON 1,107 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 811 words
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4. TAMESIDE (SECONDARY EDUCATION) 1,040 words
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5. LASSA FEVER 1,924 words
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6. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 5,405 words
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7. DEVOLUTION (SCOTLAND AND WALES) 5,954 words
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8. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 425 words
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9. ADJOURNMENT (SUMMER) 387 words
10. BILL PRESENTED
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1. EDUCATION (No. 2) 47 words
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11. NATIONAL BUS COMPANY (DENATIONALISATION) 3,193 words, 1 division
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1. HEALTH SERVICES BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 45 words
12. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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13. BAIL BILL [Lords] 7 words
1. New Clause 2
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1. RIGHT OF PROSECUTION TO APPLY FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OF BAIL 1,072 words
2. Clause 10
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1. EXTENSION AND EXERCISE OF CORONERS' POWERS TO GRANT BAIL 141 words
3. Schedule 1
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1. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BAIL: SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS 18,804 words, 1 division
4. Schedule 3
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1. REPEALS 4,456 words
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14. RATING (CHARITY SHOPS) BILL [Lords] 43 words
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15. POLICE BILL 3 words
1. Clause 6
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1. COMPLAINTS REGULATIONS 232 words
2. Clause 7
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1. CONSTABULARIES MAINTAINED BY AUTHORITIES OTHER THAN POLICE AUTHORITIES 2,012 words
3. Clause 11
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1. DISCIPLINARY CHARGES IN CRIMINAL CASES 1,350 words
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16. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 3 words
1. Clause 1
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1. POWER TO ERECT FLAGPOLES ETC. ON HIGHWAYS 125 words
2. New Clause A
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1. TRADING NEAR HIGHWAYS 2,141 words
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17. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 42 words
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18. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 1,448 words
1. Clause 15
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1. POWER OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO OBTAIN PARTICULARS OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN LAND 1,525 words
2. New Clause B
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1. POWER OF CERTAIN COUNCILS WITH RESPECT TO DANGEROUS EXCAVATIONS 2,624 words
3. Clause 22
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1. ALTERATIONS OF SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS 159 words
4. Clause 23
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1. FUNDS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES ETC. 423 words
5. Clause 24
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1. REPAYMENT OF UNCLAIMED COMPENSATION ETC. PAID INTO COURT 219 words
6. New Clause D
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1. INDEMNITIES FOR OFFICERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES APPOINTED AS RECEIVERS OR ADMINISTRATORS 531 words
7. New Clause E
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1. RESTORATION OF SUPPLY OF WATER, GAS OR ELECTRICITY 1,534 words
8. New Clause G
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1. REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS FROM PRIVATE SEWERS 1,275 words
9. New Clause H
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1. CONTROL OF PARKING ON AREAS USED FOR LOADING OR UNLOADING GOODS VEHICLES 1,792 words
10. Clause 30
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1. USE OF SPARE CAPACITY OF COMPUTERS AND PRINTING EQUIPMENT OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES 413 words
11. Clause 41
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1. PROVISIONS AS TO PROPRIETORS 813 words
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19. BRITISH LEYLAND (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 12,039 words
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20. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE (BROADCASTING) 16,532 words, 1 division
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21. DROUGHT BILL [Lords] 41 words
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22. MORTGAGE FUNDS (URBAN AREAS) 3,788 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 3 August 1976 Series 5 Vol. 916

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1. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT 66 words
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2. POLITICAL PARTIES (PUBLIC FUNDS) 84 words
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3. HAMPSTEAD ESTATE 169 words
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4. THE ARTS 92 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Departmental Staff 102 words
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2. Birdsnesting 64 words
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3. Driving Offences (Macclesfield) 52 words
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4. Human Rights (Jersey and Guernsey) 169 words
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5. Dual Citizenship 31 words
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6. Air Guns 132 words
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7. Prisoners and Remanded Persons 61 words
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8. Bigamy 93 words
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9. Mercenaries 82 words
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10. Juvenile Offenders (Certificates of Unruliness) 193 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. 11-Plus Examination 56 words
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2. Trade Unions (Education and Training) 112 words
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3. Illiterates 74 words
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4. Examinations (Schools Council's Proposals) 253 words
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5. Vandalism 85 words
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6. Careers Counselling 45 words
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7. Infant Schools (Derbyshire) 69 words
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8. School Inspections 55 words
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9. Comprehensive Education (Kingswood) 33 words
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10. Teacher-Pupil Ratios 89 words
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11. William Tyndale School (Report) 101 words
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12. Truancy 81 words
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13. School Meals 163 words
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14. Secondary Reorganisation (West Yorkshire) 56 words
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15. Overseas Students 208 words
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16. GCE A-level Examinations 153 words
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17. Teacher Training (Cost) 65 words
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18. Careers Advice 43 words
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19. Public Schools 41 words
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20. Teachers (Employment) 248 words
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21. Inner London Education Authority 25 words
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22. Teaching Methods 42 words
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23. School Transport 293 words
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24. Postgraduate Students 109 words
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25. Teachers (Stoke-on-Trent) 153 words
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26. Victoria and Albert Museum 178 words
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27. Shipwrecks (Licensed Excavations) 128 words
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28. Teachers (Social Priority Schools) 229 words
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29. Disabled Students 168 words
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30. GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 21 words
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31. NATIONALISED INDUSTRY PRICES 34 words
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32. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY 30 words
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33. CYPRUS 23 words
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34. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 115 words
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35. SERVICE SECTOR 53 words
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36. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 41 words
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37. BIRMINGHAM 24 words
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38. MINISTERIAL BROADCASTS 46 words
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39. TUC AND CBI 66 words
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40. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (SPEECH) 34 words
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41. LIVERPOOL 23 words
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42. MALTA 27 words
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43. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE (EMPLOYMENT) 37 words
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44. ITALY (LOANS) 73 words
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45. CIVIL LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION FOR PERSONAL INJURY 39 words
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46. INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR WOMEN 156 words
7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Poultry Hygiene Regulations 61 words
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2. Rent (Agriculture) Bill 70 words
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3. Irrigation 112 words
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4. Rainham Creek (Flood Barrier) 84 words
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5. Field Drainage Pipes 130 words
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6. Wild Oats 194 words
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7. Beef Marketing 57 words
8. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pensions 427 words
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2. Travel Security (Former Prime Ministers) 56 words
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3. Pay 301 words
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4. Civil Servants 132 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Children's Earned Income (Tax Allowance) 107 words
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2. Sex Discrimination (Taxation) 68 words
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3. Inland Revenue Staff 126 words
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4. Ashfield House, Liverpool (Rating Appeals) 270 words
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5. Income Tax Allowances 87 words
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6. Social Security Benefits and Allowances 466 words
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7. Corrupt Practices 50 words
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8. Vehicle Excise Duty 44 words
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9. Low-Income Families 96 words
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10. National Debt 70 words
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11. Wealth Tax 151 words
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12. Balance of Payments 138 words
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13. Invisible Exports 169 words
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14. Coinage 119 words
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15. Child Tax Allowances 676 words
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16. Value Added Tax 216 words
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17. Local Government Grants 62 words
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18. Credit Unions 688 words
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19. Tax Yields (European Community) 189 words
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20. Works of Art 33 words
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21. Inflation 62 words
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22. Banks (Licensing and Supervision) 39 words
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23. War Widows 87 words
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24. Public Expenditure 87 words
10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Vietnam 118 words
11. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Electrical Goods (Advertising Costs) 76 words
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2. Telephones (Promotional Activity) 80 words
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3. Petrol Retailing 384 words
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4. Nationalised Industries 229 words
12. ENERGY
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1. North Sea Oil 129 words
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2. Oil Extraction (Method) 96 words
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3. Ethane 79 words
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4. Natural Gas Liquids 167 words
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5. Pipelines 36 words
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6. Insulation 76 words
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7. British National Oil Corporation 42 words
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8. Concessionary Fuel Allowance 135 words
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9. Opencast Coal Mining 378 words
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10. Nuclear Reactors 161 words
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11. Continental Shelf (Area Designation) 63 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Homeless Persons (Report) 314 words
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2. Family Income Supplement 77 words
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3. Newham (Hospital Services) 222 words
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4. Liverpool Teaching Hospital 63 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 74 words
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6. Cheshire (Health Service Employees) 251 words
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7. Crewe Hospitals 160 words
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8. Community Health Councils (West Midlands) 86 words
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9. Drugs (Costs) 270 words
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10. Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Liverpool 518 words
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11. National Health Service Staffs 70 words
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12. Maternity Services (Liverpool) 142 words
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13. Mobility Allowance 430 words
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14. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 78 words
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15. Invalid Vehicles (Petrol Allowance) 66 words
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16. Doctors (Designated Area Allowance) 696 words
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17. Personal Social Services (Expenditure) 617 words
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18. Doctors (Pay) 570 words
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19. Oakmere Rehabilitation Centre, Cheshire 74 words
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20. Benefit Repayments 128 words
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21. National Health Service (Administrative Staff) 106 words
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22. National Insurance Contributions 93 words
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23. Fluoridation 71 words
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24. Area Health Authorities (Expenditure) 1,384 words
14. DEFENCE
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1. Clothing (Member's Correspondence) 57 words
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2. Coastal Survey Vessels 51 words
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3. Harrier Aircraft and Sea Wolf Weapon System (Sale) 94 words
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4. Multi-rôle Combat Aircraft 54 words
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5. Kenya 53 words
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6. German Federal Republic 88 words
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7. Chaplains 66 words
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8. Army Chaplains' Department Centre 148 words
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9. Civil Servants—Service Personnel (Ratios) 120 words
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10. Meteor Tank Engine 97 words
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11. Unexploded Objects (Beaches) 87 words
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12. Expenditure 55 words
15. INDUSTRY
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1. Lonrho Limited 118 words
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2. Advance Factories 330 words
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3. Post Office 120 words
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4. International Telegraph and Telecommunications Consultative Committee 73 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Scottish Assembly 48 words
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2. Foxes 169 words
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3. Doctors (Pay) 362 words
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4. Killearn (Hospital) 65 words
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5. Scottish Development Agency 56 words
17. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Direct Elections 176 words
18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Immigrants (Statistics) 139 words
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2. Gilbert Islands 162 words
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3. South Africa (Mental Patients) 70 words
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4. Gibraltar 274 words
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5. East-West Co-operative Activities 171 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. National Water Council 88 words
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2. Railways (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 72 words
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3. National Freight Corporation (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 81 words
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4. Road Tankers (Accidents) 119 words
20. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Docks (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 162 words
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2. Rent Arrears 81 words
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3. Inland Waterways (Industrial Disputes and Absenteeism) 199 words
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4. Road Haulage 103 words
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5. Road Maintenance (Hauliers) 159 words
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6. Vehicle Excise Duty 102 words
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7. Roads (Employment) 128 words
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8. M62 58 words
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9. A51 (Tarporley) 99 words
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10. Disabled Persons (House Insulation) 85 words
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11. Tied Cottages 140 words
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12. Houses (Insulation) 79 words
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13. Government Cars (Former Prime Ministers) 136 words
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14. Railways (Closures) 267 words
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15. Water Authorities and District Councils 78 words
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16. Road Studs 112 words
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17. M25 (Essex) 52 words
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18. Local Government Staffs 87 words
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19. Mobile Homes 104 words
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20. Rent Rebates and Allowances 74 words
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21. Rate Rebates 47 words
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22. Water Authorities 77 words
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23. Otters 69 words
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24. Gipsies 149 words
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25. Toxic Waste Disposal 237 words
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26. Housing Associations 288 words
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27. Disabled Persons' Car Badge Scheme 53 words
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28. Buses (West Yorkshire) 87 words
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29. Motorways (Mileage) 45 words
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30. Local Government Finance 218 words
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31. Minibuses (Schools and Charities) 53 words
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32. Dartmoor 116 words
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33. Local Government Staffs (Pay) 94 words
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34. Merseyside (Construction Industry) 144 words
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35. Water Conservation (House Cisterns) 108 words
21. TRADE
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1. Supermarkets (Trolleys) 39 words
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2. Manufacturing (Investment) 83 words
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3. Motor Cars 81 words
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4. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 96 words
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5. Japanese Television Sets 255 words
22. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Trade Unions 105 words
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2. Rolls-Royce (Northern Ireland) Ltd. 114 words
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3. School Leavers 106 words
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4. Housing (Completions and Starts) 173 words
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5. Housing Contracts 137 words
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6. Cattle Slaughtering (Veterinary Charges) 244 words
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7. Sport and Recreation 695 words
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8. Terrorist Activities 3,912 words
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9. European Regional Development Grant 330 words
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10. Harbours 250 words
23. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Youth Unemployment 154 words
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2. Small Businesses 1,251 words
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3. Fishing Industry 64 words
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4. Unemployment Benefit (Holidays) 73 words
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5. Macclesfield 569 words
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6. Graduates 97 words
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7. Unemployment 142 words
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8. Wage Rates 113 words
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9. Earnings 1,081 words
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10. Employment Protection (Costs) 118 words
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11. Leicester 159 words
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12. Job Creation 191 words
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13. Ince 154 words
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14. Skelmersdale New Town 49 words
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15. Departmental Staff 1,836 words
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16. Strikers (Swinton) 124 words
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17. Harrow 64 words
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18. School Leavers 185 words
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19. Disabled Persons 178 words