Sitting of 24 January 1977

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Commons Sitting of 24 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 924

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. MR. SPEAKER (LEAVE OF ABSENCE) 56 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO.QUESTIONS
1. WALES
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1. Regional Employment Premium 1,017 words
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2. Hospital Construction 78 words
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3. Welsh Language 837 words
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4. Newport 162 words
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5. Civil Servants (Housing) 840 words
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6. Porthmadog Cob Toll Gate 168 words
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7. Local Government 336 words
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8. Wales TUC 188 words
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9. Defence Establishments 391 words
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10. Government Departments (Dispersal) 394 words
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11. Water and Sewerage Rates 404 words
2. INDUSTRY
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1. British Aerospace 214 words
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2. CBI 824 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Civil Servants 526 words
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2. Expenditure Reductions 312 words
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3. Government Advertising 448 words
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4. EEC COUNCIL (MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS) 251 words
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5. PRIME MINISTER'S QUESTIONS 350 words
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6. DEVOLUTION 776 words
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5. LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL (VISITS) 443 words
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6. TEACHER TRAINING 8,112 words
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7. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE 194 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 58 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. WATER CHARGES EQUALISATION BILL 44,302 words, 1 division
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2. ROAD VEHICLES (REGISTRATION MARK TRANSFERS) 13,072 words, 1 division
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3. NORTHERN IRELAND 27 words
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4. SECOND STANDING COMMITTEE ON STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 23 words
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5. FOSTER CHILDREN.(ALLOWANCES) 3,797 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 924

1. WALES
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1. Welsh Development Agency 43 words
2. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Continental Shelf Convention 223 words
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2. Moscow Embassy (Greek Employee) 72 words
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3. Rhodesia (Geneva Conference) 88 words
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4. Terrorism 188 words
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5. Law of the Sea (Uninhabited Islands) (Economic Zones) 76 words
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6. Territorial Waters (Economic Zones) 281 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Scotland 49 words
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2. Pensions 101 words
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3. Departmental Responsibilities 93 words
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4. Industrial Dispute 62 words
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5. Ministry of Defence (Chief Police Officers) 130 words
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6. West Midlands 111 words
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7. Computers 146 words
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8. Civil Servants 876 words
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9. Parliamentary Press 100 words
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10. Government Offices (Scotland) 111 words
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11. OPPOSITION PARTIES (FINANCIAL AID) 59 words
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12. DEVOLUTION 48 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Procedures 67 words
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2. Interview Rooms 89 words
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3. Select Committees 2,583 words
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4. Newspapers 64 words
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5. Room 10 (Upper Committee Corridor) 223 words
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6. Official Report 138 words
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7. Members' Pensions 110 words
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8. Wine Sales 91 words
5. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Teachers (Employment) 275 words
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2. School Classes (Size) 30 words
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3. Teacher-pupil Ratios 66 words
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4. Universities (Overseas Students) 299 words
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5. School Meals 306 words
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6. Students 460 words
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7. National Youth Service 58 words
6. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Public Sector Borrowing 1,084 words
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2. Taxpayers (Questionnaires) 20 words
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3. Personal Incomes 135 words
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4. Tax Allowances 137 words
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5. Company Transactions (Capital Notes) 71 words
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6. International Monetary Fund 74 words
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7. Regional Employment Premium (Abolition) 107 words
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8. Government Purchases 82 words
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9. Personal Allowances 142 words
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10. Child Allowances 267 words
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11. Wives' Incomes (Tax Assessment) 139 words
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12. Multinational Companies 138 words
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13. Mobility Allowance 51 words
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14. Travellers on Business 65 words
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15. Wine 115 words
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16. Inland Revenue Department (Parliamentary Commissioner) 83 words
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17. Tax Returns (Postage) 42 words
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18. Public Expenditure 112 words
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19. Child Benefit 124 words
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20. Income Tax Thresholds 399 words
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21. Unemployment Benefit (Tax-Free Allowances) 142 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Falkland Islands (Airfield) 182 words
8. SCOTLAND
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1. Caravan Sites (Rating) 83 words
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2. Summary Convictions (Appeals) 74 words
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3. Council House Sales 40 words
9. INDUSTRY
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1. Government Aid 345 words
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2. Chrysler UK Limited 166 words
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3. Nationalised Industries Chairmen's Group 21 words
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4. National Enterprise Board 33 words
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5. Worker Co-operatives 134 words
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6. Moderna (Witney) Ltd 107 words
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7. Motor Cars 117 words
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8. British Shipbuilders 91 words
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9. Scrap Steel 256 words
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10. Wales (Industrial Production) 85 words
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11. Clothing Industry Scheme 139 words
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12. Power Plant (Manufacture) 141 words
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13. Sector Working Parties (Recommendations) 1,914 words
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14. Steel 155 words
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15. Marine Engineering (Greenock) 155 words
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16. Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering Co. Ltd. 111 words
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17. Queen's Silver Jubilee 71 words
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18. White Child and Beney 52 words
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19. Info-Line Ltd. 63 words
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20. National Enterprise Board 68 words
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21. Small Businesses 211 words
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22. "Buy British" 101 words
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23. Postal Packets (Indecency and Obscenity) 185 words
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24. Small Businesses 105 words
10. ENVIRONMENT
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1. House of Commons (Lady Members' Room) 49 words
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2. Devolution 144 words
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3. Ealing (Town Centre) 58 words
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4. Water Charges 93 words
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5. Departmental Staff 290 words
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6. Radioactive Waste 90 words
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7. Property Services Agency (Staff) 141 words
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8. Structure Plans 586 words
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9. Directorate-General of Design and Services 353 words
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10. Direct Labour 132 words
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11. Housing Finance Review 82 words
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12. Constructional Steelwork Industry 126 words
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13. Departmental Investigation (Parliamentary Commissioner) 143 words
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14. Government Buildings (London) 75 words
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15. Squatting 46 words
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16. Rate Support Grant 686 words
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17. Central Lancashire 144 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. River Wey (Flood Alleviation Scheme) 213 words
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2. Food and Drinks Industry 102 words
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3. Annual Reviews Indices 183 words
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4. European Community Levies 244 words
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5. LEGAL AID 363 words
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6. CIVIL ACTIONS (PERSONAL INJURY) 91 words
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7. JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS 45 words
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8. LAW ENFORCEMENT 76 words
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9. TRIBUNALS 154 words
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10. TRIALS (WAITING TIMES) 234 words
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11. ATTORNEY-GENERAL 194 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Temporary Employment Subsidy 666 words
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2. Training 124 words
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3. Industrial Disputes 42 words
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4. Training Opportunities Scheme 130 words
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5. Wages Inspectors (Visit to Wrexham) 72 words
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6. Community Projects 943 words
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7. Wages Councils 466 words
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8. Surrey 94 words
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9. Yorkshire 68 words
13. ENERGY
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1. Oil Refinery Proposals 184 words
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2. Oil Refining Capacity 156 words
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3. Power Stations (Construction Orders) 62 words
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4. Nuclear Waste 122 words
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5. Windscale 361 words
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6. British National Oil Corporation 160 words
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7. Fuel Additive 103 words
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8. Institute of Workers Control 36 words
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9. Plutonium Nitrate (Transport) 223 words
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10. Electricity Generation 89 words
14. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. National Lottery 37 words
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2. European Assembly (Elections) 213 words
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3. Blundeston Prison 51 words
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4. Rhodesia (United Kingdom Passport Holders) 87 words
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5. Remanded Persons 193 words
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6. Prison Service 53 words
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7. Police 705 words
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8. Television Licences 60 words
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9. Police Federation 73 words
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10. Epileptic Prisoners 391 words
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11. Strangeways Prison 214 words
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12. Departmental Investigation (Parliamentary Commissioner) 121 words
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13. European Assembly (Direct Elections) 92 words
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14. Acquittals 203 words
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15. Prisons 49 words
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16. Prison Costs (Non-Payment of Rates) 89 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Energy Supply (Charges) 59 words
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2. Andersonstown Co-operative Limited (Chairman) 97 words
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3. Housing Executive 252 words
16. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Hair-Dryers (Asbestos) 90 words
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2. Estate Agents (Registration) 72 words
17. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Departmental Inquiries 83 words
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2. DISABLED PERSONS 1,182 words
18. TRADE
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1. South Africa 472 words
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2. Export Orders (Performance Bonds) 138 words
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3. Inventions 105 words
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4. Visible Trade Gap 782 words
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5. Aircraft Noise (Heathrow) 159 words
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6. Steel 171 words
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7. Cars (Imports) 150 words
19. TRANSPORT
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1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre, Swansea 184 words
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2. Motor Cars (Safety) 82 words
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3. Tay Railway Bridge (Maintenance) 117 words
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4. Forth Railway Bridge (Maintenance) 116 words
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5. Radioactive Fuel 497 words
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6. Road Lighting 171 words
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7. Air Bags 125 words
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8. Motor Vehicle Testing 133 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. St. Benedict's Hospital, Tooting 69 words
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2. Fairfield Nursing Home, Buckhurst Hill 72 words
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3. Community Health Councils 110 words
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4. Cigarettes (Gift Coupons) 64 words
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5. Pharmaceutical Industry 227 words
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6. Kidney Donors (Young Persons) 255 words
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7. Supplementary Benefit (Disregards) 68 words
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8. Fines 80 words
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9. X-Ray Equipment 411 words
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10. Centenarians 65 words
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11. Maternity Services (Newham) 271 words
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12. Poor Families 76 words
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13. Family Incomes 749 words
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14. Smoking (Health Warning) 85 words
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15. Fraud Officers 52 words
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16. Regional Allocations 112 words
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17. Hospitals (Private Patients) 97 words
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18. Regional Health Authorities (Per Capita Expenditure) 284 words
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19. Immigrants (Grants) 117 words
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20. Computer Data (Benefit Claimants) 208 words
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21. Sickness Benefit 63 words
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22. POSSUM 78 words
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23. Hospital Building 152 words
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24. Cohabitation Rule Investigations 194 words
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25. Vaccination 279 words
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26. Electricity Charges 76 words
21. DEFENCE
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1. Northern Ireland 111 words
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2. Airborne Warning and Control System 35 words
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3. United States Air Force 234 words
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4. HMS "Fittleton" 316 words
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5. Arms Sales 314 words

Lords Sitting of 24 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 379

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1. Preamble 25 words
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2. TERRORISM: EUROPEAN CONVENTION 1,493 words
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3. BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES PROPOSED CUTS 573 words
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4. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DIRECT ELECTIONS 1,444 words
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5. BANABAN COMMUNITY: FUTURE WELFARE 833 words
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6. PATENTS BILL [H.L.] 32,403 words
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7. COUNTER-INFLATION (PRICE CODE) ORDER 1976 (AMEND- MENT) ORDER 1976 2,194 words