Sitting of 4 February 1976

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Commons Sitting of 4 February 1976 Series 5 Vol. 904

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. MR. SPEAKER SELWYN LLOYD'S RETIREMENT 204 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing Corporation 581 words
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2. Land Acquisition and Management Schemes 445 words
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3. Water Survey 167 words
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4. Historic Cities and Towns (Heavy Traffic) 369 words
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5. Housing Land 461 words
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6. Railways 1,610 words
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7. Vehicle Testing Stations 266 words
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8. Development Land Tax 478 words
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9. Road Sign (Schoolchildren) 326 words
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10. Mortgages (Older Properties) 565 words
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11. M6 (Staffordshire) 285 words
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12. Lancashire (Transport Services) 666 words
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13. Improvement Grants 444 words
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14. Planning Appeals 286 words
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15. House Building 494 words
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16. New Palace Yard 182 words
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17. Direct Labour Departments 414 words
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5. ICELAND (FISHERIES DISPUTE) 2,242 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (MINISTERS' MEETINGS) 1,772 words
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7. PUBLIC GALLERY (ADMISSION) 58 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 22 words
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9. EDUCATION BILL (DEBATE) 43 words
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10. POST OFFICE (AMENDMENT) 2,645 words, 1 division
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. EDUCATION BILL 44,105 words, 1 division
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12. EDUCATION [MONEY] 2,992 words, 1 division
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13. LONDON COUNCILLORS 12,748 words, 1 division
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14. MEMBERS' INTERESTS 56 words
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15. CONSOLIDATION, &c., BILLS 27 words
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16. ADJOURNMENT 13 words
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17. SERVICE PENSIONS (COMMUTATION) 3,075 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 February 1976 Series 5 Vol. 904

1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Employment Protection Act 201 words
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2. Job Creation 449 words
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3. Redundancy 173 words
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4. Hosiery and Knitwear 98 words
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5. PUBLIC TRUSTEE 559 words
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6. BATTERED WIVES 66 words
2. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Economists 154 words
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2. Pensions 142 words
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3. Ministerial Advisers 95 words
3. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Disabled Persons 91 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. BBC External Services 134 words
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2. Iceland (Fisheries Dispute) 49 words
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3. Angola 147 words
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4. Spanish Sahara 84 words
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5. Spain 51 words
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6. Fishing Limits 128 words
5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Drainage Rates 111 words
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2. Pony Sales 87 words
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3. Farm Tenancies 117 words
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4. Horticulture Industry 110 words
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5. Horticulture (Glasshouse Sector) 106 words
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6. Professional Fees 97 words
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7. Agricultural Production 104 words
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8. Sugar 169 words
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6. Fuel Costs 117 words
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7. Climate and Weather 111 words
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8. Cod Supplies 305 words
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9. Iceland (Fisheries Dispute) 174 words
10. INDUSTRY
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1. Waste Material (Recycling) 99 words
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2. Industrial Development Certificates 435 words
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3. Ferrous Foundries 257 words
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4. Local Authorities 38 words
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5. Telecommunications Equipment 70 words
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11. Shipbuilding and Repairing 401 words
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12. Planning Agreements 99 words
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13. Telephones and Recording Machines (Installation) 113 words
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14. HS146 39 words
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15. Aero-engines (Noise Suppression Research) 65 words
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16. Post Office (Banking Facilities) 81 words
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17. Advance Factories 591 words
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18. BAC111 Aircraft 30 words
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19. Concorde 54 words
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20. SOME MAJOR CONCORDE AIRFRAME SUB-CONTRACTORS 424 words
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21. SOME MAJOR CONCORDE ENGINE SUB-CONTRACTORS 167 words
22. DEFENCE
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1. Munitions Manufacture (Scotland) 105 words
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2. Postal Charges 56 words
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3. Land Use (Nugent Report) 1,115 words
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4. Lulworth Cove 128 words
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5. Jetstream Aircraft 154 words
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6. Argosy Aircraft 165 words
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7. Expenditure (Western Powers) 104 words
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23. Underdeveloped Countries (Services Aid) 82 words
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24. Open University 62 words
25. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Leisure Activities (School Premises) 49 words
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2. Medical Courses (Applicants) 81 words
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3. School Meals 48 words
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4. Universities (Finance) 171 words
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5. Students 73 words
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6. Essex (Comprehensive School) 277 words
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7. Assessment of Performance Unit 373 words
26. ENERGY
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1. Diesel Power 84 words
27. Central Electricity Generating Board
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1. (Coal Imports) 98 words
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2. Occidental Group (Petroleum Production Licences) 403 words
28. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Underdeveloped Countries 317 words
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29. Mozambique 95 words
30. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Consumer Safety 156 words
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2. Perambulators and Pushchairs 86 words
31. CENTRAL POLICY
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1. REVIEW STAFF 72 words
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2. MINISTERIAL ADVISERS 74 words
32. WALES
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1. Disabled Persons (Housing) 112 words
33. SCOTLAND
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1. Parliament Site (Perth) 60 words
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2. Devolution 85 words
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3. Balance of Trade 110 words
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4. Local Government Staffs 95 words
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5. Farm Tenancies (Purchasing) 140 words
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6. Lawyers 83 words
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7. Children's Panels (Procedure) 119 words
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8. Lawyers' Fees 371 words
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9. Football Rowdyism 104 words
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10. Foreign Students 107 words
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11. Housing 306 words
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12. Direct Works Departments 148 words
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13. Child Offenders (Accommodation) 136 words
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14. Meat Substitutes 286 words
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15. Disabled Persons (Housing) 163 words
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16. Improvement Grants 124 words
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17. Silicosis 53 words
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18. Teachers 145 words
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19. Bachelor of Education Degree Course 60 words
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20. Housing Waiting Lists 49 words
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21. Hospital Services (West Fife) 128 words
34. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members and Members' Secretaries 63 words
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2. "Official Paid" Envelopes 108 words
35. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Transport (Union Consultations) 74 words
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2. Railways 642 words
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3. Local Authority Mortgages 200 words
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4. Housing 131 words
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5. Builders (Discussions) 35 words
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6. Student Lettings 78 words
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7. Mortgages (Older Properties) 59 words
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8. London (New Towns) 81 words
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9. Local Government Staffs 385 words
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10. British Railways Board (Chairman) 47 words
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11. Housing Co-operatives 55 words
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12. Flood and Storm Damage 88 words
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13. Local Government Expenditure 115 words
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14. Railway Fares 118 words
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15. Car Pooling 53 words
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16. Kent (Transport Services) 138 words
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17. Rural Transport 53 words
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18. Local Authority Tenants 74 words
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19. Direct Labour 50 words
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20. Transport Policy 156 words
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21. Land Acquisition and Management Schemes 72 words
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22. Buntingford Bypass 94 words
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23. Ferndown-Wimborne Bypass 58 words
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24. Planning Procedures 50 words
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25. Housing Estates (Town Perimeters) 92 words
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26. Local Government Finance (Consultative Council) 30 words
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27. Industrialised and System Building 54 words
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28. Lancashire (Transport Services) 154 words
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29. Buses and Coaches (Safety) 957 words
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30. Local Authority Functions 97 words
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31. Local Government Finance 73 words
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32. Advanced Passenger Train 38 words
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33. London (Overspill Policy) 66 words
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34. Seat Belts 81 words
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35. Pollution (Sulphur Dioxide) 91 words
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36. House Purchase (Costs) 46 words
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37. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, Swansea 87 words
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38. Denton Bypass 61 words
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39. Litter 117 words
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40. Louth Bypass 25 words
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41. Leicestershire (Transport Services) 138 words
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42. Heavy Commercial Vehicles 101 words
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43. Tied Cottages 61 words
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44. London Rail Committee 47 words
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45. Warwickshire (Transport Services) 139 words
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46. Council House Sales (London) 48 words
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47. Ports 58 words
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48. House Building (Cost Yardstick) 87 words
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49. Sewage (Power Utilisation) 107 words
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50. M4, Dorney (Sound Insulation) Grants 94 words
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51. London Rate Equalisation Scheme 99 words
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36. Kew 113 words
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37. Parish and Community Councils 97 words
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38. M27 (Portsmouth-Windhover) 89 words
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39. Departmental Advisers (Transport) 132 words
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40. Birmingham (Commonwealth Games) 77 words
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41. Government Property (Kings Langley) 46 words
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42. Departmental Circulars 72 words
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43. Central Lancashire New Town 67 words
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44. Manchester (Transport Grant) 92 words
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45. Betterment Levy 35 words
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46. Local Authorities 49 words
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47. Roads 90 words
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48. Liverpool Housing 73 words
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49. Kirkby 115 words
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50. Noise (Research) 109 words
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51. Leven Bypass (Yorkshire) 74 words
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52. Folkestone (School Crossing) 82 words
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53. Local Authorities' Postage 46 words
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54. Disabled Persons 115 words
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55. Housing Waiting Lists 48 words
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56. Hertfordshire (Compensation Payments) 120 words
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57. A64 (Leeds—A1) 172 words
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58. Palace of Westminster 137 words
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59. Road Accidents (A58) 104 words
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60. Improvement Grants 1,129 words
61. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Equal Opportunities Commission 68 words
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2. Prisoners 295 words
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3. Highpoint Prison 304 words
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4. Police (Tape Recordings) 69 words
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5. Parliamentary Constituencies 85 words
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6. Alimony (Defaulters) 72 words
62. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Value Added Tax 130 words
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2. Exchange Rates 136 words
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3. Personal Allowances 99 words
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4. Bank Notes 54 words
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5. Minting Costs 66 words
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6. Economic Information 179 words
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7. Budgeting 68 words
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8. Double Taxation (United States of America) 53 words
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9. Unearned Income (Taxation) 46 words
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10. £ Sterling 104 words
63. TRADE
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1. Birmingham Airport 60 words
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2. Ships (Collisions) 486 words
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3. Manufacturing Firms (Liquidity Ratios) 846 words
64. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Doctors and Nurses (Thanet) 277 words
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2. Supplementary Benefit 178 words
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3. Mental Patients (Lancashire) 145 words
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4. Fraudulent Claims 312 words
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5. Professional Services (Fees Costs) 101 words
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6. Doctors 356 words
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7. Regional Health Authorities' Funds 658 words
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65. Pensions 43 words
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66. Demographic Study 179 words
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67. Reserve Pension Board Chairman 102 words
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68. Hospitals (South-East Region) 108 words
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69. Local Authorities 87 words
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70. Attendance Allowance 76 words
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71. Heating Allowances 39 words
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72. Emigration 97 words
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73. Aliens 174 words
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74. Silicosis 181 words
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75. Departmental Forms 158 words
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76. Battered Wives 118 words
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77. Dental Charges 146 words
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78. Disabled Persons (Employers' Insurance Contributions) 191 words

Lords Sitting of 4 February 1976 Series 5 Vol. 367

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1. Preamble 26 words
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2. LORD WINSTANLEY 30 words
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3. NHS: SERVICEMEN AND DEPENDANTS 1,413 words
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4. SOVIET UNION: DETENTE 1,265 words
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5. GLASGOW SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 373 words
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6. BUSINESS 73 words
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7. EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: FEBRUARY BUSINESS 318 words
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8. RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES BILL [H.L.] 50 words
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9. RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES COURT BILL [H.L.] 51 words
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10. THE HORSERACING INDUSTRY 4,731 words
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11. ICELAND: FISHERIES DISPUTE 3,200 words
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12. THE HORSERACING INDUSTRY 28,959 words
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13. FAIRFORD FLIGHT TEST CENTRE 6,572 words
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14. STATUTE LAW (REPEALS) BILL [H.L.] 219 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 February 1976 Series 5 Vol. 367

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1. PARA-MEDICAL PROFESSIONS: TRAINING COURSES 466 words