Sitting of 24 March 1977

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Commons Sitting of 24 March 1977 Series 5 Vol. 928

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL (By Order) 14 words
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2. ST. PAUL'S PLAYING FIELD (TRUST) BILL (By order) 17 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Retirement Age (Men) 666 words
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2. "Accountancy Age" 846 words
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3. Commuter Rail Fares 1,249 words
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4. Tax Codings (Widows) 721 words
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5. Taxation and Benefits 705 words
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6. Public Expenditure 437 words
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7. Miners (Early Retirement Scheme) 550 words
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8. Building Contractors (Tax Exemption Certificates) 611 words
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9. Widows (Taxation) 403 words
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2. GRAVESEND 461 words
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3. UNITED STATES AND CANADA (PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT) 1,007 words
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4. PRESS (ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT) 558 words
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5. MR. SPEAKER (CALLING OF MEMBERS) 362 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,515 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 3 words
7. New Clause A
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1. AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS FOR CREDITING CONTRIBUTIONS 9,828 words, 1 division
8. New Clause B
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1. REVIEW OF EARNINGS RULE OPERATION 5,111 words
9. Clause 11
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1. MOBILITY ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR INVALID CARRIAGES 619 words
10. Clause 12
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1. AMENDMENTS OF SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS ACT 1976 3,012 words
11. New Clause D
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1. CALCULATION OF GUARANTEED MIMIMUM PENSIONS PRESERVED UNDER APPROVED ARRANGEMENTS 1,393 words
12. Clause 18
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1. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 790 words
13. Clause 18
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1. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS 248 words
14. Clause 21
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1. CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND EXTENT 1,439 words
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2. SOCIAL SECURITY 2,702 words
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3. MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 19,053 words
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4. SOCIAL SECURITY 13,187 words, 1 division
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5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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6. COUNTY COURTS (No. 2) 26 words
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7. ADJOURNMENT 16 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 March 1977 Series 5 Vol. 928

1. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Funerals 288 words
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2. Pilkington Brothers Ltd. and UKO International Ltd. 297 words
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3. Price Increases 321 words
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4. Food Prices 321 words
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5. COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE 69 words
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6. PETERBOROUGH 25 words
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7. DENMARK (PRIME MINISTER) 54 words
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8. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 190 words
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9. CBI 85 words
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10. NORTH COTES 26 words
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11. TUC 64 words
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12. ROME 26 words
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13. UGANDA 55 words
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14. REGIONAL POLICY 66 words
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15. HERTFORDSHIRE 25 words
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16. HELSINKI FINAL ACT 85 words
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17. NATO 82 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police Cadets 141 words
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2. Police (Mortgage Interest Relief) 75 words
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3. Police (Broxbourne) 77 words
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4. Firearms 121 words
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5. Attendance Centres, Leicester 77 words
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6. Messrs, Poulson, Cunningham and Smith 83 words
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7. Voluntary Organisations (Pre-school Children) 70 words
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8. Departmental Correspondence 58 words
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9. Bail 168 words
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10. Immigration Officers (Languages) 260 words
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11. Legal Aid 168 words
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12. Parking (Diplomatic Immunity) 3,151 words
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13. Mr. Mark Hosenball 54 words
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14. Immigrants 104 words
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15. Crime 97 words
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16. Broadcasting (Annan Report) 948 words
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17. Standing Advisory Council on Race Relations 483 words
3. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Terrorism (Tyrone Presbytery's Representations) 137 words
4. DEFENCE
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1. Gratuities 104 words
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2. Personnel (Numbers) 110 words
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3. Riot Control (Conferences) 53 words
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4. Expenditure 156 words
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5. Nimrod Airborne Early Warning System 69 words
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6. LIBEL LAW 113 words
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7. LAWYERS' FEES 110 words
5. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. "Conservative Monthly News" 38 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Greece (Convicted British Subjects) 121 words
7. ENERGY
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1. Offshore Installations (Life-Saving Appliances) 236 words
8. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Central Film Library 949 words
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2. European Community Commission 138 words
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3. Public Appointments 46 words
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4. Civil Servants 58 words
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5. Her Majesty's Stationery Office 137 words
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6. Dispersal 64 words
9. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. "Industry, Education and Management" 75 words
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2. Under-Fives 342 words
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3. Stirling University 155 words
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4. School Meals 201 words
10. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Gas and Postal Charges 78 words
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2. Statutes (Enforcement) 100 words
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3. Employment Protection Act (Claims) 101 words
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4. Job Creation Programme 257 words
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5. Unemployed Persons 62 words
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6. New Year Bank Holiday 51 words
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7. Aliens (Statistics) 25 words
11. INDUSTRY
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1. Small Businesses 162 words
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2. Industrial Development Certificates 110 words
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3. British Shipbuilders (Acquisitions) 265 words
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4. Government Aid 187 words
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5. British Steel Corporation (Development Strategy) 178 words
12. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. International Monetary Fund 151 words
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2. Charities 520 words
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3. Public Bodies (Staff Perquisites) 77 words
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4. Inflation 637 words
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5. Value Added Tax 49 words
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6. Fares and Fuel Charges 67 words
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7. European Community (Taxation Harmonisation) 100 words
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8. Benefits Taxation (Report) 58 words
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9. Income Tax 127 words
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10. Social Contract 95 words
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11. Customs and Excise Evasion 101 words
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12. Disabled Housewives 54 words
13. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. "Scotland is British" 25 words
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2. Widows 196 words
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3. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 91 words
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4. Governor of the Bank of England 65 words
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5. Interest Rates 74 words
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6. Tax System 143 words
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7. Budget Statement 37 words
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8. Equities 54 words
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9. Nationalised Industries 112 words
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10. Child Allowances 123 words
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11. Economic Prospects 80 words
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12. Government Shareholdings 548 words
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13. National Savings Certificates 243 words
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14. Manufactures 219 words
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15. Capital Transfer Tax 221 words
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16. Regional Employment Premium 160 words
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17. Conservative "Monthly News" 36 words
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18. Inland Revenue (Staff) 51 words
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19. £ Sterling 255 words
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20. Public Sector Debt 136 words
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21. Construction Industry (Tax Exemption Certificates) 135 words
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22. Chancellor of the Exchequer 54 words
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23. Invisible Earnings 234 words
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24. Tax Allowances 94 words
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25. Income Tax 98 words
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26. Public Expenditure 451 words
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27. Tax Demands (Postal Delays) 87 words
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28. Cars (Form P522) 112 words
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29. Luncheon Vouchers 127 words
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30. Personal Incomes 112 words
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31. Incomes Policy 196 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Radiologists 133 words
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2. Pay Beds 957 words
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3. London Hospitals (Bed Costs) 62 words
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4. Dextropropoxyphene 188 words
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5. Hospitals (Costs) 132 words
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6. Widows' Pensions 41 words
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7. Disabled Persons (Vehicles) 112 words
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8. Epilepsy 176 words
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9. Handicapped Persons 71 words
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10. Students 329 words
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11. National Health Service (Staff) 201 words
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12. Supplementary Benefit 89 words
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13. Lytham Hospital 199 words
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14. Medical Consultant-Population Ratios 119 words
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15. Dentist-Patient Ratios 99 words
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16. Maternity Beds 158 words
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17. Doctor-Patient Ratios 94 words
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18. Regional Health Authorities (Expenditure) 109 words
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19. Deaf Persons 152 words
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20. Benefits (Discretionary Allowances) 439 words
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21. Caravans (Purchase or Hire) 129 words
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22. Giro Cheques 115 words
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23. Unemployment and Sickness Benefits 73 words
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24. Cigarettes 211 words
15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Departmental Dispersal 81 words
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2. India 177 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Kidney Units 292 words
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2. Potatoes 129 words
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3. Lime 178 words
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4. Scottish Development Agency 76 words
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5. Education 51 words
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6. Teachers 113 words
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7. Mrs. Rachel Ross 627 words
17. TRADE
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1. Tourist Industry 59 words
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2. Oil Pollution (Convention) 175 words
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3. Tea 180 words
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4. Overseas Relatives Reunion Club, Scarborough 69 words
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5. Retail Trading (Inquiry) 120 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing (Dampness) 62 words
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2. Water Rating 252 words
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3. Yorkshire and Humberside 68 words
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4. Ramsgate (Land Purchase) 116 words
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5. Empty Houses (South London) 266 words
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6. Gipsies 213 words
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7. Animals (Endangered Species) 114 words
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8. Cromwell's Green 45 words
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9. Northgate House, Derby 172 words
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10. Rented Housing 125 words
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11. Derelict Houses (Knowsley and Kirkby) 124 words
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12. Local Government Expenditure 70 words
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13. Hospital Kitchens (Report) 72 words
19. WALES
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1. Advance Factory, Pentwyn, Cardiff 32 words
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2. Schools Reorganisation (Llangollen and Chirk) 45 words
20. TRANSPORT
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1. Railways 144 words
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2. M1, Yorkshire (Safety Fence) 315 words
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3. Seat Belts 134 words
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4. Severn Bridge 298 words
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5. Roads (Economic Assessment) 78 words
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6. Road Construction Programme 93 words
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7. Road Accidents 97 words
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8. Concessionary Fares 299 words
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9. Road Fund Licences 37 words

Lords Sitting of 24 March 1977 Series 5 Vol. 381

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. CONSULTANT ANAESTHETISTS AND RADIOLOGISTS 925 words
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3. TYNE AND WEAR TRANSPORT PROJECT 494 words
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4. ARTS COUNCIL GRANTS 1,395 words
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5. POSTAL CHARGES 935 words
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6. SHORT DEBATES 56 words
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7. PEERS' EXPENSES 403 words
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8. CRIMINAL LAW BILL [H.L.] 23,247 words, 1 division
cc696-715
9. INTERNATIONAL FINANCE: TRADE AND AID BILL 7,264 words
cc715-32
10. NUCLEAR INDUSTRY (FINANCE) BILL 6,242 words
cc732-49
11. PAY RESEARCH UNIT 6,852 words
12. BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BILL
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1. CITY OF LONDON (VARIOUS POWERS) BILL [H.L.] 3 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 March 1977 Series 5 Vol. 381

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1. COASTAL WATERS: DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES 421 words
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2. IMPORT OF BATS 104 words
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3. PACKAGED MILK: RETAIL PRICE 55 words