Sitting of 25 January 1977

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Commons Sitting of 25 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 924

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. Admiralty Compass Observatory 378 words
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2. NATO (United Kingdom Forces) 370 words
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3. Northern Ireland (Armed Forces' Special Payment) 176 words
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4. Nuclear Weapons 270 words
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5. Service Hirings 360 words
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6. Expenditure 764 words
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7. Cyprus 391 words
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8. BAOR 414 words
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9. Travel Warrants 145 words
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10. Housing Stocks 418 words
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11. NATO Defence Ministers 1,434 words
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12. Defence Lands 185 words
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13. Arms Sales 886 words
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14. CHANNEL ISLANDS 1,247 words
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15. DEFENCE CHIEFS OF STAFF 698 words
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16. MOSCOW 567 words
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17. WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR (TALKS) 2,877 words
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18. RHODESIA 4,785 words
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19. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE (MR. SPEAKER'S RULING) 393 words
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20. BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS 390 words
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21. UNEMPLOYMENT 408 words
2. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. ROE DEER (CLOSE SEASONS) 43 words
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2. DEER (NIGHTLY CLOSE TIME) 44 words
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3. SALE OF VENISON 43 words
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4. COMPANIES (AUDIT COMMITTEES) 1,138 words
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5. COMPANIES (AUDIT COMMITTEES) 82 words
4. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SCOTLAND AND WALES BILL 13 words
5. Clause 2
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1. THE ASSEMBLIES 6,023 words
6. PART II
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1. DIVISIONS OF SCOTLAND AND WALES INTO ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES 477 words
7. Schedule
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1. ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS 39,046 words
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 21 words
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3. SCOTLAND AND WALES BILL 45,892 words, 3 divisions
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4. HOUSE OF COMMONS (SERVICES) 31 words
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5. MERSEY TUNNEL (TOLLS) 4,333 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 924

1. ENERGY
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1. Power Stations 40 words
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2. Electricity Prices 65 words
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3. Participation Agreements 875 words
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4. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 29 words
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5. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY 56 words
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6. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 98 words
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7. TAMWORTH 25 words
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8. TUC AND CBI 139 words
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9. DEFENCE CHIEFS OF STAFF 96 words
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10. MR. ANDY BEVAN 45 words
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11. NEW WALTHAM 26 words
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12. SHETLAND 24 words
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13. CORNWALL 25 words
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14. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 41 words
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15. GENERAL HAIG 25 words
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16. NEWPORT (MIDDLESBROUGH) 27 words
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17. CENTRAL POLICY REVIEW STAFF (REPORT) 37 words
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18. PRIME MINISTER (VISITS) 108 words
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19. ROYAL COMMISSION ON DISTRI BUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH 65 words
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20. STATUTES (1950–1976) 472 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Kiosk Sales 102 words
3. DEFENCE
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1. Civil Defence 25 words
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2. Expenditure 193 words
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3. NATO (Expenditure) 79 words
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4. Scientists and Engineers 82 words
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5. Army Firing Range (Pentlands) 109 words
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6. Naval Review 110 words
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7. Attack Capability 102 words
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8. Nuclear Weapons 202 words
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9. North Sea 25 words
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10. Anti-submarine Cruisers 60 words
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11. Warships 62 words
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12. Officers (Speeches and Publications) 114 words
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13. Central Ordnance Depots 123 words
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14. Gibraltar (Industrial Dispute) 132 words
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15. Northern Ireland 161 words
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16. Missiles 118 words
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17. Training 107 words
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18. Army Communications Equipment 65 words
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19. Armoured Vehicles 113 words
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20. Dockyards 83 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Life Sentences 181 words
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2. Drinking and Driving 138 words
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3. Open Prisons 268 words
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4. Fines (Non-Payment) 118 words
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5. Prisons 112 words
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6. Drunkenness 122 words
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7. Fraud 130 words
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8. Theft 136 words
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9. Vagrancy 178 words
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10. Police 241 words
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11. Bill of Rights 301 words
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12. Bookmakers 80 words
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13. Police (Pay) 298 words
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14. Mr. Richard Nixon 50 words
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15. Commission for Racial Equality 93 words
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16. Metropolitan Police Recruitment 103 words
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17. Deportation 73 words
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18. Standards of Conduct in Public Life 64 words
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19. Cannabis 72 words
5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Parliamentary Questions 104 words
6. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Christmas Parole 61 words
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2. High Court (Civil Actions) 95 words
7. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Corporal Punishment 561 words
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2. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 88 words
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3. Medical Students 388 words
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4. Arts Council 174 words
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5. Calthorpe School, Birmingham 175 words
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6. Teachers (Mentally Handicapped Children) 140 words
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7. Headmasters and Headmistresses 71 words
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8. Nursery Schools 182 words
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9. Departmental Studies 99 words
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10. Commonwealth Day 65 words
8. WALES
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1. A494 (Llanbedr) 209 words
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2. Industrial Investment and Expenditure 158 words
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3. Roads (Expenditure) 75 words
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4. Local Government Reorganisation 57 words
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5. Pigmeat 55 words
9. ENVIRONMENT
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1. R. and D. Richardson Ltd (Planning Application) 64 words
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2. Rate Rebates 62 words
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3. Housing (Elderly Persons) 164 words
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4. Local Government Staffs 136 words
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5. Homeless Persons 259 words
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6. Departmental Inspectorate 126 words
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7. Departmental Correspondence 85 words
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8. Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court 60 words
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9. Local Councillors (Attendance Allowance) 208 words
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10. Departmental Estates Division 107 words
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11. Community Land 152 words
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12. Planning (Public Participation) 196 words
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13. British Urban Development Services Unit 175 words
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14. Cesspools 48 words
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15. Departmental Staff 118 words
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16. Location of Offices Bureau 105 words
10. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Houghton Regis (Chimney Demolition Proposal) 294 words
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2. Work Experience Programme 76 words
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3. Industrial Disputes 95 words
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4. Job Creation 151 words
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5. Youth Employment Subsidy 84 words
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6. Community Industry 97 words
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7. Closed Shop 81 words
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8. Professional and Executive Recruitment Service 186 words
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9. Jobcentres (Salary Costs) 49 words
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10. Energy Sector 73 words
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11. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 71 words
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12. Construction Industry 157 words
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13. Wages Council (Unlicensed Places of Refreshment) 170 words
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14. Wages Council (Retail Foods) 196 words
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15. Reduction of Redundancy Rebates Bill 179 words
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16. Training Opportunities Scheme 78 words
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17. Merseyside 311 words
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18. Employers and Employees 77 words
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19. Chemical Factory, King's Lynn (Explosion) 114 words
11. INDUSTRY
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1. Post Codes 41 words
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2. Employment (Wales) 176 words
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3. Nationalised Industries 81 words
12. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Endowment Mortgages 170 words
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2. Consumer Advice and Protection Service (Wales) 127 words
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3. Spectacles and Contact Lenses 91 words
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4. Bread Delivery (Industrial Action) 29 words
13. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Unit Pricing 122 words
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2. Accidental Poisoning 170 words
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3. Prices Information 70 words
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4. Pharmaceutical Products 186 words
14. SCOTLAND
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1. Ambulance Services 169 words
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2. Homelessness 124 words
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3. Corporal Punishment in Schools 69 words
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4. Smokeless Zones 156 words
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5. Prefabricated Houses 101 words
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6. John Hastie Factory 68 words
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7. Environment Conservation (Inspectorate) 76 words
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8. Re-Chem International 720 words
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9. Industrial Pollution 362 words
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10. Scottish Certificate of Education Examination Board 272 words
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11. Overseas Students 106 words
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12. Teachers 97 words
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13. Dunfermline College, Cramond 147 words
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14. Teacher Training 119 words
15. TRADE
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1. Newsprint (Belgian Imports) 61 words
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2. Aircraft Noise 97 words
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3. South Africa (British Employers) 59 words
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4. Potatoes 269 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Elderly Persons (Hospital Beds) 105 words
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2. Naproxen 172 words
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3. Fraudulent Claims 278 words
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4. Brent Health District 91 words
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5. Bookmakers 59 words
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6. Alcoholics 667 words
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7. Prescriptions 118 words
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8. Earnings Disregard 115 words
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9. One-Parent Families 232 words
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10. Classified Documents 76 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit 205 words
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12. Occupational Pensioners 114 words
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13. Departmental Staff 68 words
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14. Unemployment Benefit 85 words
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15. Unemployed Persons 147 words
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16. Cirrhosis of the Liver 124 words
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17. Employees' Earnings 108 words
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18. Medical Consultants 392 words
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19. Whooping Cough 736 words
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20. Child Benefit 216 words
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21. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital 91 words
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22. Drugs 131 words
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23. Vaccination 601 words
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24. Tax Refunds 219 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Construction Programme 47 words
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2. Roads (Expenditure) 83 words
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3. Service Licences 48 words
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4. Commuter Associations (Vehicle Licensing) 168 words
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5. Traffic Commissioners 62 words
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6. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 58 words
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7. Road Accidents (Preston) 97 words
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8. Preston Dock 61 words
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9. Kirkhamgate-Dishforth Road 54 words
18. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pay 351 words
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2. Pensions 204 words
19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Barclays Bank International 176 words
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2. Passports 64 words
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3. Foreign Visitors (Official Tours) 162 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Income Tax 1,071 words
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2. Tax Allowances 158 words
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3. Company Taxation (Stock Relief) 84 words
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4. Alcohol (Tax Yield) 60 words
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5. Tobacco (Tax Yield) 24 words
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6. School Fees (Insurance) 50 words
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7. Discount Rates 207 words
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8. Regional Employment Premium 124 words
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9. Borrowing Costs 64 words
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10. Tax Arrears (Interest) 65 words
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11. Public Expenditure (White Paper) 58 words
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12. Allowances (Departmental Staff) 246 words
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13. Travellers on Business 141 words
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14. Inland Revenue Department (Parliamentary Commissioner) 205 words
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15. Investment Capital 215 words

Lords Sitting of 25 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 379

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1. Preamble 25 words
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2. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE EEC 406 words
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3. THE ROMANOV FAMILY: HISTORICAL RECORDS 921 words
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4. FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS 408 words
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5. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS 53 words
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6. RENT (AGRICULTURE) AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.] 66 words
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7. DEER BILL [H.L.] 87 words
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8. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT BILL [H.L.] 51 words
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9. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 2,754 words
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10. MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 2,713 words
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11. FEDERAL GERMAN CHANCELLOR'S VISIT 1,848 words
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12. RHODESIA 4,966 words
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13. MARRIAGE (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 13,491 words
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14. SCHEDULE 1 DEGREES OF RELATIONSHIP 306 words
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15. CRIMINAL LAW BILL [H.L.] 18,377 words
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16. SOCIAL SECURITY (CONTRIBUTIONS, RE-RATING) ORDER 1976 4,680 words
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17. CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL [H.L.] 62 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 January 1977 Series 5 Vol. 379

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1. LONDON TAXI: PUBLIC HOLIDAY SURCHARGE 113 words
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2. CYPRUS: MOVEMENT OF NATIONALS 127 words