Sitting of 22 November 1977

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Commons Sitting of 22 November 1977 Series 5 Vol. 939

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON BILL [Lords] 14 words
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2. ATHOLL INVESTMENTS (ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 8 words
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3. OFFENCES RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES 59 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Cuckfield Hospital 209 words
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2. Disabled Housewife Allowance 876 words
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3. Child Fostering (Boarding-out Allowances) 287 words
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4. Hospital Waiting Lists 821 words
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5. Disabled Persons (Campaign for Access) 564 words
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6. Mobility Allowance 475 words
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7. Supplementary Benefits Commission 645 words
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8. Frail Elderly Persons (Family Care) 612 words
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9. Mentally Handicapped Persons 526 words
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10. Geriatric Patients (Hospital Waiting Lists) 554 words
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11. Psychiatric Hospitals (Northumberland) 241 words
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12. Whooping Cough Vaccination 576 words
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2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 2,595 words
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3. GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND 757 words
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4. MOZAMBIQUE 369 words
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5. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 941 words
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5. MR. SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE ON ELECTORAL LAW 82 words
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6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 607 words
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7. SCOTLAND BILL (BUSINESS COMMITTEE) 198 words
8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SCOTLAND BILL 700 words
9. Clause 1
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1. EFFECT OF ACT 33,073 words, 2 divisions
10. Clause 2
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1. THE SCOTTISH ASSEMBLY 539 words
11. 'PART V
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1. ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS 505 words
12. PART VI
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1. REVISION OF PROPORTIONAL VOTING SYSTEM 26,654 words
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2. RATE SUPPORT GRANT 3,753 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 November 1977 Series 5 Vol. 939

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1. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (PRESIDENT OF COMMISSION) 34 words
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2. CENTRAL LANCASHIRE NEW TOWN 28 words
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3. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 43 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 205 words
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5. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY 117 words
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6. TUC AND CBI 72 words
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7. WELWYN GARDEN CITY 27 words
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8. SHETLAND ISLANDS 28 words
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9. STECHFORD 23 words
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10. NATO HEADS OF GOVERNMENT 64 words
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11. PRETORIA 36 words
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12. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY 31 words
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13. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE 27 words
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14. FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY 59 words
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15. QUESTIONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER 59 words
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16. PRIME MINISTER (BROADCASTS) 39 words
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17. TATE GALLERY TRUSTEES 44 words
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18. MERSEYSIDE 25 words
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19. CHINA (FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER) 46 words
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20. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 62 words
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21. TUC 22 words
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22. DEVOLUTION 163 words
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23. LOCAL GOVERNMENT 29 words
24. SCOTLAND
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1. Conservation Areas 79 words
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25. Listed Buildings 69 words
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26. Areas of Natural Beauty 94 words
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27. Building Grants 94 words
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28. Planning 378 words
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29. Housing (Modernisation) 142 words
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30. Barley 102 words
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31. Fish Processing 93 words
32. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. House of Commons (Official Report of Debates) 82 words
33. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Uganda 42 words
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34. Western Sahara 105 words
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35. Environmental Modification Techniques (Convention) 115 words
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36. Departmental Abbreviations 110 words
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37. Morocco 42 words
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38. Hong Kong 175 words
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39. Mr. Richard White 68 words
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40. European Security and Co-operation 119 words
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41. Cyprus 163 words
42. TRADE
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1. Exports 53 words
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43. Heathrow Airport (Route Dispersal) 78 words
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44. Companies Registration Office (Postal Inquiry Service) 101 words
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45. Civil Aviation (Security Measures) 102 words
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46. Fishing Vessels (Surveys) 178 words
47. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Bedford Prison 73 words
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48. Prison Visitors 443 words
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49. Acklington Prison 73 words
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50. Incitement to Disaffection Act 40 words
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51. Firemen 62 words
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52. Television Licences 153 words
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53. Prisoners 106 words
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54. Metropolitan Police 95 words
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55. Police (Merseyside) 46 words
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56. Pay Settlements 73 words
57. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Departmental Abbreviations 75 words
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58. Butter Sales 108 words
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59. European Community Agricultural Council 45 words
60. ENERGY
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1. Secretary of State (Colliery Visit) 30 words
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61. Conservation Committee 80 words
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62. Merseyside 66 words
63. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Trades Union Congress 234 words
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64. Council for Education in World Citizenship 125 words
65. DEFENCE
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1. Departmental Abbreviations 107 words
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66. Courier Communications Service 103 words
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67. Ministerial Appointments 97 words
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68. Meteorology 186 words
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69. Meteorological Office 123 words
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70. Pay 177 words
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71. Aviation (Microwave Landing System) 111 words
72. INDUSTRY
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1. Industrial Development Certificates 80 words
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73. Shipbuilding 48 words
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74. Post Office Workers 55 words
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75. National Enterprise Board 128 words
76. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Government Finance 76 words
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77. Rents (Furnished Houses) 34 words
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78. Housing Expenditure 325 words
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79. Conservation Areas 112 words
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80. Listed Buildings 57 words
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81. Building Grants 71 words
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82. Planning (Staffs) 111 words
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83. Prince of Wales (Birthday) 76 words
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84. Waste Disposal 329 words
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85. Ministerial Residences 36 words
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86. Rate Support Grant 158 words
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87. Windscale 81 words
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88. Housing Associations 454 words
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89. Rate Support Grant 89 words
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90. Liverpool Street Station 62 words
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91. Bolton 243 words
92. TRANSPORT
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1. Roads (Channel Ports Routes) 79 words
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93. East Anglia 83 words
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94. Motorways (Service Areas) 294 words
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95. M6 (West Midlands) 172 words
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96. Road Construction 451 words
97. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Departmental Correspondence 45 words
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98. Gipsies 131 words
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99. Road Accidents 89 words
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100. Social Priority Allowance Scheme 54 words
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101. Bexley 184 words
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102. School Meals 138 words
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103. School Transport 80 words
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104. Dyslexia 129 words
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105. Open University 65 words
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106. Ministerial Appointments 1,389 words
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107. University Teachers (Pay) 127 words
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108. School Building 122 words
109. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Pensions 102 words
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110. Social Workers 139 words
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111. Departmental Staff 271 words
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112. Retirement Age 68 words
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113. St. Albans and Hemel Hempstead Hospitals 163 words
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114. Self-employed Persons 39 words
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115. Christmas Bonus 137 words
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116. Spinal Injuries Unit, Stoke Mandeville 45 words
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117. Hospitals (Single Room Allocation) 57 words
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118. Trent Regional Health Authority 48 words
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119. Anaesthetists 67 words
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120. Eastern Regional Health Authority 178 words
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121. Doctors 692 words
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122. Child Benefit 132 words
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123. Down's Syndrome (Child Sufferers) 84 words
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124. Area Health Authorities (Use of Allocations) 146 words
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125. Dental Profession (Dispute) 388 words
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126. Immigration Statistics 100 words
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127. Non-contributory Invalidity Pension 48 words
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128. Mental Hospitals 155 words
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129. Forest Hospital, Buckhurst Hill 52 words
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130. District Nurses 236 words
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131. Departmental Correspondence 116 words
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132. Special Hospital Patients 207 words
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133. Whooping Cough Vaccination 78 words
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134. Dental Treatment 156 words
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135. Hospital Nurses (Deployment) 98 words
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136. Asthma Sufferers (European Reciprocal Treatment) 68 words
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137. Hospital Waiting Lists (Plymouth) 74 words
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138. Hearing Aid Centres 64 words
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139. One-parent Families 281 words
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140. Wheelchairs 106 words
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141. Invalid Care Allowance 101 words
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142. District Nursing (Committee) 172 words
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143. Area Health Authorities (Membership) 115 words
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144. Vaccine-damaged Children 61 words
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145. Supplementary Benefit 175 words
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146. Mobility Allowance 109 words
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147. National Health Service (Royal Commission) 39 words
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148. Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth 139 words
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149. Hospitals (London) 223 words
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150. Psychiatric Hospitals (Electro-convulsive treatment) 129 words
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151. Supplementary Benefit Claimants (Home Visits) 87 words
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152. Pension Fund Boards 161 words
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153. Retirement Pensioners 92 words
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154. Hospital Service (Oxfordshire) 217 words
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155. Disabled Persons (Vehicles) 369 words
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156. Pay Beds 49 words
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157. Community Health Councils 51 words
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158. Abortion 100 words
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159. Benefit Applications (Northfield, Birmingham) 159 words
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160. East Somerset Ambulance Service (Dispute) 119 words
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161. Upney Hospital, Barking 40 words
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162. National Health Service (European Reciprocity) 102 words
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163. Watford General Hospital 84 words
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164. Pensions 903 words
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165. Food and Drugs Laws 93 words
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166. Hospital Medical Staff 57 words
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167. Supplementary Benefits Commission 191 words
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168. Departmental Investigators 51 words
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169. Health Authorities (Chairmen) 204 words
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170. Perinatal Deaths 120 words
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171. Unemployed Persons 81 words
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172. Clinical Thermometers 287 words
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173. Family Fund 627 words
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174. Sickness Benefit (Blackpool) 92 words
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175. Prescription Charges 131 words
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176. Students 118 words
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177. Fraudulent Claims 345 words
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178. Benefits (Service Men's Wives) 74 words
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179. Vibration White Finger 103 words
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180. Ministerial Appointments 242 words
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181. Personal Incomes 124 words
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182. Children in Care 2,638 words
183. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Payment of Debts Acts (Administration) 1,068 words
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184. Rents and Rates Arrears 75 words
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185. Fuel Bills (Arrears) 151 words
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186. Disabled Persons 142 words
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187. Sub-standard Housing 270 words
188. WALES
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1. Bangor Bypass 72 words
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189. Small Businesses (Development Agency Charges) 80 words
190. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Lonrho Limited and House of Fraser 90 words
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191. Monopoly Situations (Retailing) 101 words
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192. Departmental Abbreviations 82 words
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193. Ministerial Appointments 63 words
194. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Tax Revenue 2,533 words
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195. Sterling Currency 113 words
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196. Overseas Debt 1,006 words
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197. Chancellor of the Exchequer (Responsibilities) 154 words
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198. P 11 D Limit 246 words
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199. Income Tax 409 words
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200. Personal Incomes 861 words
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201. Development Land Tax Office 695 words
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202. Agricultural Investment 197 words
203. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Sunderland 49 words
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204. Industrial Tribunals (Regional Office, Southampton) 80 words
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205. Dismissal 358 words
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206. Unemployed Persons 108 words
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207. Professional and Executive Recruitment 135 words
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208. Temporary Employment Subsidy 2,277 words
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209. Au Pair Girls 77 words
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210. Disabled Persons 192 words
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211. Ministerial Responsibilities 207 words
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212. Manpower Services Commission 122 words
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213. Ministerial Appointments 289 words
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214. Northern Region 557 words
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215. Gateshead 144 words
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216. Redundancy Payments 131 words
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217. Blaydon 319 words
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218. City and Guilds Certified Persons 69 words
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219. Redundancies 199 words
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220. International Labour Organisation 89 words
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221. Hotels and Restaurants 206 words
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222. Industrial Tribunals (Appeals) 41 words

Lords Sitting of 22 November 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. EXPORT OF ANIMAL TRAPS 333 words
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3. PEST CONTROL: FLEAS AND WARBLE FLY 525 words
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4. NURSERY EDUCATION CUTS 717 words
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5. GUIDE DOGS IN SLEEPING COMPARTMENTS 1,015 words
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6. DINNERS 30 words
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7. FOREIGN BOYCOTTS BILL [H.L.] 48 words
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8. FINANCE (INCOME TAX RELIEFS) BILL 32 words
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9. PENSIONERS PAYMENTS BILL 10 words
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 110 words
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11. HYBRID INSTRUMENTS COMMITTEE 95 words
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12. STANDING ORDERS (PRIVATE BILLS) 78 words
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13. ABERDEEN SHOEMAKERS INCORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 3 words
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14. CITY OF GLASGOW DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 1,026 words
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15. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 132 words
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16. PENSIONERS PAYMENTS BILL 5,545 words
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17. LEGAL AID (FINANCIAL CONDITIONS) REGULATIONS 1977 786 words
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18. LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE (FINANCIAL CONDITIONS) (No. 4) REGULATIONS 1977 46 words
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19. LEGAL AID (SCOTLAND) (FINANCIAL CONDITIONS) REGULATIONS 1977 122 words
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20. LEGAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE (SCOTLAND) (FINANCIAL CONDITIONS) (No. 4) REGULATION 1977 50 words
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21. LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 4,257 words
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22. ECC: FORTY-FIRST REPORT— CONTRACTS 11,543 words
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23. ECC: FIFTY-FIRST REPORT —COMMERCIAL AGENTS 6,478 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 November 1977 Series 5 Vol. 387

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1. INCOME RETAINED AFTER TAX: STATISTICS 595 words
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2. SURRENDER REQUIREMENT YIELD 65 words
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3. EXCHANGE RESERVES AND OVERSEAS EARNINGS 160 words
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4. VISIT OF SOVIET MINISTER FOR THE GAS INDUSTRY 176 words
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5. CHESHAM PLACE: ACCESS 100 words
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6. RUDOLF HESS 144 words
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7. CPRS REPORT: STAFF MEMBERS 360 words
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8. UK/ITALIAN AIR SERVICES 51 words
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9. AU PAIR: DEFINITION AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 564 words
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10. TELEVISING AND RECORDING OF PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS 112 words