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Commons Sitting of 9 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 931

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRADE
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1. Oil Slicks 605 words
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2. Concorde 902 words
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3. British Airways (Disputes) 348 words
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4. Exports 381 words
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5. Japan 993 words
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6. A. M. Devereux Ltd. 297 words
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7. European Community 688 words
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8. Investment (Heads of State) 208 words
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9. Trade Balance 795 words
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10. Car Imports 789 words
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11. Latin America 399 words
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12. Civil Aviation (Bermuda Agreement) 689 words
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13. Scotch Whisky Exports 394 words
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14. Company Directors (Statutory Obligations) 401 words
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15. British Airways (Chairman) 336 words
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16. Companies (Audit Committees) 224 words
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4. OFFICIAL REPORT (CORRECTION) 307 words
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5. HEADS OF GOVERNMENT (DOWNING STREET MEETING) 5,511 words
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6. DOWNING STREET SUMMIT CONFERENCE: DECLARATION 626 words
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7. APPENDIX TO DOWNING STREET SUMMIT DECLARATION 2,014 words
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8. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE 217 words
9. BILL PRESENTED
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1. CONTROL OF OFFICE DEVELOPMENT 72 words
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2. MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY CONVENTION) BILL [Lords] 17 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. FINANCE BILL 587 words
1. Clause 4
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1. HYDROCARBON OIL ETC. 37,124 words, 3 divisions
2. Clause 15
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1. CHARGE OF INCOME TAX FOR 1977–78 18,786 words, 1 division
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2. Mr. DENIS HAYDON 3,713 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 931

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1. LICHFIELD MAGISTRATES 59 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Secretaries 289 words
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2. Costs 105 words
3. SCOTLAND
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1. Improvement Grants 100 words
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2. Croft Houses 63 words
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3. Cairngorms (Helicopter Services) 83 words
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4. Construction Industry (Public Contracts) 96 words
4. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Prisoners (Relatives' Visits) 285 words
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2. Rates (Expenditure Explanation) 131 words
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3. Gas Industry 99 words
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4. Property, Development (Compensation Repayments) 93 words
5. ENERGY
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1. Conservation 68 words
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2. Oil Rigs (Safety) 84 words
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3. Petroleum (Extraction from Coal) 79 words
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4. Nuclear Reactors 482 words
6. WALES
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1. Haverfordwest County Hospital 140 words
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2. Leukaemia 67 words
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3. Porthmadog Cob Tollgate 94 words
7. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. University College at Buckingham 149 words
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2. Disabled Persons 169 words
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3. Civil Service College 188 words
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4. Government Hospitality Fond 159 words
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5. Her Majesty's Stationery Office 66 words
8. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Albany Trust 118 words
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2. Police Interrogations (Tape Recordings) 113 words
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3. Firearms Certificates 116 words
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4. Football Cap Tie (Sheffield) 99 words
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5. Police (Pay) 130 words
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6. Animals (Welfare) 608 words
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7. Marriages of Convenience 59 words
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8. Play Projects 65 words
9. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Prescription Forms 162 words
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2. Handicapped Persons 151 words
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3. Police 57 words
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4. Ambulance Services 80 words
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5. Children 347 words
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6. Multiple Sclerosis 166 words
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7. Public Expenditure 98 words
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8. Student Grants 205 words
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9. Pensioners 109 words
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10. Marriage Guidance 98 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit 189 words
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12. Pensions (Reductions) 86 words
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13. Bank Accounts (Privacy) 91 words
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14. Sick Pay 35 words
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15. Departmental Work (Private Contractors) 70 words
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16. Hospital Kitchens (Hygiene) 133 words
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17. Mobility Allowance 346 words
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18. Disabled Persons' Vehicles 129 words
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19. Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Liverpool 445 words
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20. Health Authorities (South-East Region) 168 words
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21. Hospital Closures 95 words
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22. Liverpool Teaching Hospital 120 words
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23. National Health Service Staff 128 words
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24. Pension Rights (Home Responsibility) 264 words
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25. St. Marks Hospital, Finsbury 265 words
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26. Private Beds (London Hospitals) 82 words
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27. Cohabitation 107 words
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28. National Health Service (Expenditure) 49 words
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29. Child Allowances 115 words
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30. Pay Beds 127 words
10. TRADE
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1. Helicopters (Safety) 215 words
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2. Public Corporations (Board Vacancies) 49 words
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3. Export Credits Guarantee Department 252 words
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4. Chile 98 words
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5. Hong Kong 204 words
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6. Morgan Heating Services (South West) Ltd. 74 words
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7. Manufactures 165 words
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8. Trade 58 words
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9. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 116 words
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10. Catering (Statistical Inquiry) 268 words
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11. Cars 47 words
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12. Queen's Awards 79 words
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13. Concorde 136 words
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14. Bankruptcies and Liquidations 76 words
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15. Industrial Democracy 41 words
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16. Tourism 58 words
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17. Seafarers (Safety) 116 words
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18. Footwear 112 words
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19. Steel (Imports) 207 words
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20. Tools 127 words
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21. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 110 words
11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Lesotho 87 words
12. INDUSTRY
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1. Public Corporations (Board Vacancies) 73 words
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2. Footwear 62 words
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3. Post Office (Chairman) 65 words
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4. Iron and Steel Production 169 words
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5. British Steel Corporation 50 words
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6. Power Plant Manufacturing 53 words
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7. Government Aid 283 words
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8. Government Factories 695 words
13. EMPLOYMENT
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1. School Leavers 93 words
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2. Hertfordshire 778 words
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3. Disabled Persons 174 words
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4. Temporary Employment Subsidy 205 words
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5. Redundancies (Scotland) 142 words
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6. West Hampshire Water Company 112 words
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7. Tyneside 165 words
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8. Self-Employed Persons 558 words
14. TRANSPORT
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1. Rural Bus Services (Cumbria) 62 words
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2. Wages (Manufacturing) 124 words
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3. Transport Supplementary Grant (South Yorkshire) 440 words
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4. Brooklands Society 61 words
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5. Accountants 39 words
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6. Motorways (Diversion Signs) 141 words
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7. Dangerous Chemicals (Carriage by Road) 137 words
15. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. School Uniforms 37 words
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2. Shandies 110 words
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3. Retail Prices 410 words
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4. Food Prices 520 words
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5. Price Control Agencies 99 words
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6. Footwear 141 words
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7. Funerals 68 words
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8. Weights and Measures Acts (Enforcement) 116 words
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9. Wine 63 words
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10. Furniture 51 words
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11. Food Subsidies 43 words
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12. Small Businesses 154 words
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13. Credit Restriction 40 words
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14. Accountants 70 words
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15. Bread 35 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Empty Houses (London) 184 words
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2. Radioactive Waste 153 words
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3. Agricultural Land 103 words
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4. Urban Renewal 93 words
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5. Government Offices (Disabled Persons' Access) 115 words
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6. Dogs 181 words
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7. British Waterways Board 53 words
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8. Council Tenants (Security of Tenure) 60 words
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9. Play Projects 108 words
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10. Edinburgh Castle 128 words
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11. Construction Contractors 41 words
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12. Nine Elms Site, London 136 words
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13. Atmospheric Pollution 89 words
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14. Rate Support Grant 75 words
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15. European Community 140 words
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16. Government Leaseholds 77 words
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17. Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Procedure) 308 words
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18. Yorkshire and Humberside (Report) 59 words
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19. Gipsies 169 words
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20. Nuclear Waste (Isle of Man) 91 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Sugar 214 words
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2. Butter Subsidies 95 words
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3. Pigmeat 478 words
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4. Salmon (Conservation) 63 words
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5. Food Prices 182 words
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6. Horses and Ponies 310 words
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7. Blue Whiting and Ling 104 words
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8. Wine 123 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Rosyth Dockyard 32 words
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2. Recruitment 70 words
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3. Edinburgh Castle 63 words
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4. Contracts 58 words
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5. Northern Ireland 85 words
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6. Defence Codification Authority 150 words
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7. Oil Pollution 140 words
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8. Israeli Submarines 49 words
19. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Further Education (Fees) 93 words
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2. Student Grants 138 words
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3. Banding 83 words
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4. Schoolchildren (Records) 140 words
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5. Immigrants 151 words
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6. Adult Literacy 264 words
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7. North Riding College, Scarborough 49 words
20. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Maputo Conference 348 words
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2. Duke of Montrose 111 words
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3. South African Agencies 101 words
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4. Hong Kong 1,506 words
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5. Economic Commission for Europe 218 words
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6. Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 48 words
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7. Mercenaries 79 words
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8. Indian Ocean 224 words
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9. Namibia 93 words
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10. United Nations Committee of 24 424 words
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11. Rhodesia 113 words
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12. Africa (Political Movements) 101 words
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13. Diplomats (Cars) 266 words
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14. Passports 48 words
21. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Commission Members and Staff 216 words
22. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Housekeeper Allowance 88 words
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2. Tax Avoidance and Evasion 85 words
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3. Investment Income Surcharge 74 words
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4. Construction Industry (Tax Exemption Certificate) 378 words
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5. European Community Officials 108 words
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6. Nationalised Industries 165 words
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7. Industrial Democracy 61 words
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8. Charities 59 words
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9. Guardian's Allowance 36 words
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10. Inland Revenue Staff (Pay) 54 words
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11. Exports and Imports 404 words
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12. Value Added Tax 269 words
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13. Mobility Allowance 50 words
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14. MV "Crail" 108 words
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15. International Conference (Versailes) 88 words
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16. Child Allowance 37 words
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17. Death Benefit (Children) 55 words
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18. Mentmore Towers 138 words
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19. Income Tax 645 words
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23. PRICES 128 words

Lords Sitting of 9 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 383

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. THE POST OFFICE: LORDS' QUESTIONS 793 words
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3. BRITISH AIRWAYS: AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT 500 words
cc5-8
4. DARTMOOR STAFF: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 896 words
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5. POST OFFICE: SUNDAY COLLECTIONS 268 words
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6. THE DOWNING STREET SUMMIT MEETING 31 words
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7. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH (SCOTLAND) BILL 10 words
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8. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL 10 words
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9. FARRIERS (REGISTRATION) (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 5,749 words
cc24-37
10. THE DOWNING STREET SUMMIT 5,547 words
cc37-49
11. SALE OF MANORS BILL [H.L.] 4,769 words
cc50-125
12. PATENTS BILL [H.L.] 28,694 words
cc126-50
13. THE TORNADO MILITARY AIRCRAFT 9,176 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 May 1977 Series 5 Vol. 383

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1. BRITISH FISHERY LIMITS: INFRINGEMENTS 323 words
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2. RADIOACTIVE PRODUCTS: DISCHARGES AND EFFECTS 615 words
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3. NUCLEAR WASTE: "GLASSIFICATION" PROCESS 71 words
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4. EEC: MOVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK 108 words