Sitting of 14 December 1977

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Commons Sitting of 14 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 941

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
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1. Policy (White Paper) 788 words
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2. Rural Transport 411 words
cc470-2
3. National Bus Company 533 words
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4. Kidney Donor Cards 324 words
cc473-4
5. Supplementary Grant 289 words
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6. Drivers (Regulations) 1,085 words
cc477-80
7. British Railways 927 words
cc480-1
8. Shipping and Air Services 298 words
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9. Road Traffic Forecasts (Report) 254 words
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10. Trade Unions 694 words
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11. National Freight Corporation 473 words
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12. Car Parking 188 words
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13. Construction industry 240 words
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14. Traffic Commissioners (Licensing System) 104 words
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15. Vehicle Registration (Cherished Numbers) 220 words
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16. A27 (Worthing) 192 words
cc488-90
17. Tachographs 561 words
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18. Greenford (Flyover) 206 words
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19. Motorways (Maintenance) 416 words
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20. M40 312 words
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21. Lorries (Maximum Loads) 465 words
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22. Roads (Planning Inquiries) 383 words
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23. BALLOT FOR NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR FRIDAY 13th JANUARY 15 words
4. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. INNER URBAN AREAS 83 words
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2. TRANSPORT 128 words
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5. ADJOURNMENT (CHRISTMAS) 37,087 words
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6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL) 42 words
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7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 27 words
8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 19 words
cc595-630
2. BBC RADIO SERVICES 13,240 words
cc631-92
3. TRADE POLICY (MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT) 23,060 words
cc692-722
4. CIVIL AVIATION (SCOTLAND) 11,049 words
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5. EMPLOYMENT (YOUNG PERSONS) 10,020 words
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6. LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY 8,703 words
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7. ENERGY CONSERVATION 9,228 words
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8. AGRÉMENT BOARD 4,210 words
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9. AEROSPACE PROGRAMMES 13,129 words
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10. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 9,497 words
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11. MICHAEL MCMAHON 3,927 words
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12. HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL 38 words
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13. HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) [MONEY] 312 words
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14. HOUSE OF COMMONS (LIBRARY) 36 words
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15. JOHN ROY WILSON 2,622 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 941

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1. SOLICITORS (SOLE PRACTITIONERS) 375 words
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2. Members' Pay 96 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. European Community Documents 402 words
4. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Metrication 227 words
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2. Soft Drinks 337 words
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3. Toys 448 words
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4. Unsolicited Goods 235 words
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5. Price Commission 62 words
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6. Citizens Advice Bureaux 860 words
5. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Public Expenditure (Administration) 91 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Secondary Schools (Avon) 77 words
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2. Immigrant Children 194 words
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3. Degrees and Diplomas 55 words
7. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Bills (Arrears) 250 words
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2. Nuclear Reactors 434 words
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3. Radioactive Material (Reprocessing and Storage) 177 words
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4. Plutonium 95 words
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5. Uranium 149 words
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6. Coal Mining 53 words
8. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Cigarettes 308 words
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2. Fraudulent Claims 212 words
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3. Hospital Beds (Greenwich) 48 words
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4. Retirement Age 91 words
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5. Unemployment Benefit 400 words
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6. Benefits 362 words
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7. Sickness Certificates 106 words
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8. Ambulance Services 156 words
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9. Local Authorities (Completion of Forms) 74 words
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10. Staffing Statistics 41 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit 102 words
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12. Personal Social Services (Statistics) 260 words
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13. Death Grant 50 words
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14. Burials 93 words
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15. Unemployed Persons 171 words
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16. Health Districts 57 words
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17. Fuel Debts 416 words
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18. Boreatton Park Community Home 321 words
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19. Family Practitioner Committees 222 words
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20. One-parent Families 133 words
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21. Child Adoption 484 words
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22. Family Income Supplement 65 words
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23. Christmas Bonus 192 words
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24. Benefits and Allowances (Statistics) 374 words
9. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Human Rights 160 words
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2. Hong Kong 77 words
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3. Western European Union 141 words
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4. War Laws (Geneva Conventions) 630 words
10. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Fire Service (Dispute) 296 words
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2. Metropolitan Police 146 words
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3. Police Department CIB2 90 words
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4. Prison Officers (Dispute) 240 words
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5. Kidney Donor Forms 42 words
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6. Illegal Immigrants 66 words
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7. Police (University Graduates) 109 words
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8. Terrorism Prevention 1,999 words
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9. Exclusion Orders 136 words
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10. Judges' Rules 90 words
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11. Auxiliary Fire Service 103 words
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12. Textiles (Departmental Purchases) 84 words
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13. Citizens Advice Bureaux 82 words
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14. MINISTERIAL MEMOIRS 130 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Slaughterhouses 180 words
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2. Council of Ministers (Meeting) 344 words
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3. Whisky 151 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Job Creation 232 words
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2. Torrington 106 words
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3. Training 154 words
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4. Hours of Work 59 words
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5. Equal Pay 102 words
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6. Giro 197 words
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7. Employed Persons 75 words
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8. Draughtsmanship (Training) 52 words
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9. Clacton on Sea 63 words
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10. Potters 327 words
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11. Dye Workers 244 words
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12. Hours of Work 192 words
13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Crown Agents 570 words
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2. World University Service 200 words
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3. Voluntary Organisations 184 words
14. TRADE
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1. National Film Finance Corporation 153 words
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2. Aircraft Safety 68 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Unemployed Persons 52 words
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2. Gilt-Edged Stocks (Yield) 150 words
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3. Fuel Duties 267 words
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4. Government Holdings (United States) 258 words
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5. Cigarettes 94 words
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6. International Monetary Fund and World Bank 132 words
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7. Personal Incomes 216 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Prison Costs 137 words
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2. Housing Associations (Glasgow Properties) 50 words
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3. Prisoners 105 words
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4. Crime 57 words
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5. Dual Carriageways 55 words
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6. Road Construction Programme 89 words
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7. Derelict Land 72 words
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8. Prison officers (Housing) 301 words
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9. Electricity Pumped Storage Scheme (Craigroyston) 141 words
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10. Terrorism Prevention 188 words
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11. Murder 102 words
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12. Kidney Dialysis 124 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Gatwick-London (Railway) 32 words
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2. Railway Freight 110 words
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3. North-East Lancashire 58 words
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4. Lorries 204 words
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5. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 63 words
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6. Railways Subsidy 100 words
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7. Railways (Investment) 62 words
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8. Traffic and Parking Facilities 97 words
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9. Drinking and Driving 93 words
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10. M20 (Folkestone-Ashford) 63 words
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11. Road Markings 101 words
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12. Policy (White Paper) 27 words
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13. M1-M40 Link Road 83 words
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14. Roads (Cost-Benefit Analysis) 45 words
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15. National Bus Company 47 words
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16. Supplementary Grant 34 words
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17. British Railways Board 46 words
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18. Cycle Routes 202 words
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19. Freightliners 75 words
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20. A1 (Gateshead) 78 words
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21. Inner Cities (Bypasses) 42 words
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22. Lorry Drivers 158 words
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23. M63 (Cheadle-Stockport) 66 words
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24. Highway Inquiries 47 words
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25. New Towns 50 words
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26. Staffordshire 60 words
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27. M40 45 words
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28. Railways (Costs) 65 words
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29. Pensioners 77 words
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30. Railway Workshops 100 words
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31. M180 (Barnetby Top) 64 words
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32. Local Authority Expenditure 103 words
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33. Trunk Road Assessments (Advisory Committee) 25 words
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34. National Travel Survey 60 words
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35. British Transport Docks Board 68 words
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36. Heavy Commercial Vehicles Act 1973 104 words
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37. Transport and Road Research Laboratory 110 words
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38. Immingham Spur Road 148 words
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39. Burringham Bridge 42 words
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40. Concessionary Bus Fare Schemes 79 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Sport and Recreation 204 words
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2. Government Property 276 words
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3. Cricket 67 words
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4. Hostels 186 words
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5. Housing Subsidies 104 words
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6. Town and Country Planning General Development (Amendment) Order 1977 79 words
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7. United Nations Environment Fund 64 words
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8. Housing Finance 106 words
19. INDUSTRY
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1. Engineering (Committee of Inquiry) 287 words
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2. Motorways 129 words
20. WALES
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1. Water Charges (Direct Billing) 126 words
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2. Brussels 84 words
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3. Giro 77 words
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4. Planning Appeals 106 words
21. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Ministerial Appointments 1,865 words
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2. School Meals 87 words
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3. Housing Executive 142 words
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4. Education and Health (Expenditure) 231 words
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5. Excluded Persons 358 words
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6. Social Security Offices 82 words
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7. Terrorism Prevention 308 words
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8. Young Offenders 1,104 words

Lords Sitting of 14 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

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1. Preamble 45 words
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2. CONTINENTAL SHELF: DRILLING RIGS 617 words
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3. AIRCRAFT: DRINK REGULATIONS 786 words
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4. TAXATION OF AIRCREW EXPENSES 350 words
cc2113-6
5. AID TO EGYPT 1,190 words
cc2116-9
6. HOUSE OF LORDS OFFICES 1,037 words
cc2119-72
7. THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY 20,601 words
cc2172-94
8. DOGS AND PUBLIC HEALTH 8,873 words
cc2194-217
9. HORSEMEAT TRADE WITH EEC COUNTRIES 9,068 words
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10. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 22 words
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11. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL [H.L.] 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 December 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

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1. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE 123 words
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2. MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS 431 words
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3. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES 214 words
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4. SS "FREE ENTERPRISE VIII" 112 words
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5. NATIONAL INSURANCE: ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT 330 words
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6. FIRE-FIGHTING: BREATHING APPARATUS 157 words
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7. UFOs: FRENCH RADIO BROADCAST 105 words
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8. GENEVA CONVENTIONS: ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS 623 words
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9. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING GENERAL DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1977 87 words