Sitting of 5 December 1978

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Commons Sitting of 5 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 959

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 33 words
1. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Secure Units (Expenditure) 366 words
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2. Pensioners (Telephone Rentals) 666 words
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3. Benefits (Industrial Disputes) 302 words
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4. Secure Units (Trent) 511 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 817 words
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6. Myoelectric Hand 450 words
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7. Disabled Persons 783 words
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8. Mobility Allowance 478 words
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9. National Health Service (Industrial Relations) 758 words
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10. Local Authority Social Services 682 words
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11. Pension Fund Boards (Trade Union Representatives) 297 words
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12. Hospital Waiting Lists (Cheshire) 244 words
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13. Hospital Services, Romford 407 words
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14. Child Minders 186 words
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15. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 893 words
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16. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT 480 words
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17. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,186 words
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18. HOUSE OF COMMONS (PICKETING) 228 words
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4. SEEL HOUSE PRESS, LIVERPOOL 565 words
5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. EDUCATION BILL 51,738 words
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2. EDUCATION [MONEY] 226 words
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3. SOCIAL SECURITY (CONTRIBUTIONS) 6,782 words
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4. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND) BILL 27 words
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5. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (SCOTLAND) BILL 17 words
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6. HUCKNALL (EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRY) 3,785 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 959

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Disabled Persons 103 words
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2. Professional Association of Teachers 135 words
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3. Polytechnics (Self-Catering Accommodation) 184 words
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4. Self Catering Accommodation 130 words
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5. Ford Motor Company 409 words
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6. Handicapped Children 93 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Data Protection 407 words
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2. Physically Handicapped Persons (Gaol Sentences) 112 words
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3. Vagrancy 179 words
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4. Prison and Probation Service 220 words
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5. Rhodesian Students 131 words
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6. Hoax Calls 80 words
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7. Jersey Honorary Police Force 45 words
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8. Isle of Man (European Assembly Representatives) 71 words
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9. Isle of Man (Human Rights) 109 words
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10. Juvenile and Adult Courts, London 206 words
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11. Extradition (West Germany) 133 words
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12. South African Refugees 146 words
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13. Radio Reception (Birmingham) 104 words
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14. Ford Motor Company Limited 110 words
3. DEFENCE
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1. Motor Car Purchases (Government Departments and Nationalised Industries) 305 words
4. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pay Research Unit 339 words
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2. Pensions 179 words
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3. Permanent Secretaries (Pay) 116 words
5. ENERGY
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1. National Coal Board (Productivity Scheme) 68 words
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2. Ford Motor Company Limited 57 words
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3. Oil Rigs (Helicopter Pilots) 36 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Uganda 78 words
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2. " Europe and Our Food " (Pamphlet) 136 words
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3. Ford Motor Company Limited 110 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Aid (International Comparisons) 222 words
8. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Ford Motor Company Limited 104 words
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2. Citizens Advice Bureau Service 176 words
9. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Disability 84 words
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2. Society of Radiographers 69 words
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3. Birth Control Pill 151 words
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4. Disabled Persons 177 words
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5. Community Hospitals 55 words
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6. Departmental Staff (Discretionary Powers) 73 words
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7. Trent Regional Health Authority 29 words
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8. Death Grant 76 words
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9. South-East Thames Regional Health Authority 50 words
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10. National Insurance (Unemployment Postulation) 73 words
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11. National Health Service (Royal Commission Report) 44 words
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12. Long-term Unemployed (National Insurance Cover) 126 words
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13. Former Tuberculosis Visitors (Backdated Payments) 114 words
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14. Births (Artificial Insemination by Donor) 75 words
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15. Supplementary Benefits Commission 113 words
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16. Hospital Waiting Lists 317 words
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17. Ambulance Personnel 112 words
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18. Maternity Grant 33 words
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19. Psychiatric Medicine 274 words
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20. Hillingdon 28 words
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21. Common Waiting Lists 69 words
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22. Pay Beds 74 words
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23. One-Parent Families 74 words
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24. Bromley Area Health Authority 68 words
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25. Benefits (Qualification) 110 words
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26. Teaching Hospitals 76 words
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27. National Health Service (Additional Resources) 78 words
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28. Mobility Allowance 68 words
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29. European Community (Ministerial Meetings) 70 words
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30. Home Confinements 142 words
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31. European Community (Self-Employed Persons) 62 words
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32. Derbyshire 118 words
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33. West Midlands Regional Health Authority 67 words
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34. Ambulance Service (Industrial Relations) 136 words
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35. East European Countries (Reciprocal Arrangements) 65 words
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36. Hospitals (Managerial Authority) 100 words
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37. Oxytocin 192 words
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38. Nurses (Pay) 62 words
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39. Health Visiting, Education and Training 134 words
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40. Transcendental Meditation (Postgraduate Courses) 105 words
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41. Handicap (Prevention) 82 words
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42. Doctors and Unorthodox Practitioners 137 words
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43. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 421 words
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44. TUC AND CBI 261 words
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45. SLOUGH 35 words
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46. GARSTON 36 words
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47. EAST MIDLANDS 36 words
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48. EUROPEAN COUNCIL 75 words
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49. DERBY 35 words
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50. FORMER HEADS OF STATE (VISITS) 47 words
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51. RHODESIA 32 words
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52. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 49 words
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53. MALTA (PRIME MINISTER) 56 words
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54. CHINA 38 words
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55. UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL 43 words
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56. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 106 words
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57. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY 72 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. International Sugar Agreement 86 words
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2. Ford Motor Company Ltd. 102 words
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3. " Europe and Our Food"(Pamphlet) 85 words
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4. Dogs (Livestock Worrying) 75 words
11. INDUSTRY
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1. Ford Motor Company 110 words
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2. Textiles (Investment) 205 words
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3. Companies (Responsibilities) 196 words
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4. Ford Motor Company Limited 138 words
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5. European Regional Development Fund 1,173 words
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6. British Leyland 52 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Employment Prospects (Scientific and Technological Developments) 86 words
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2. School Leavers (Sunderland) 150 words
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3. Health and Safety 886 words
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4. Wages 301 words
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5. Petroleum(storage) 214 words
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6. Male Earnings and Unemployment (West Midlands) 418 words
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7. Sabbatical Leave 139 words
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8. Low Paid Workers 175 words
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9. Small Firms 242 words
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10. Youth Opportunities Programme 148 words
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11. Wages Councils 530 words
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12. Ford Motor Company Ltd. 141 words
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13. National Health Service (Foreign Nationals) 52 words
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14. Manpower Services Commission 212 words
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15. Job Placing (Government and Private Agencies) 126 words
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16. Low Paid Workers 188 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. First World War (Menin Gate Ceremony) 365 words
14. EMPLOYMENT
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1. British Leyland (Pay Settlement) 85 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Aircraft Flights (South-East Scotland) 164 words
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2. Ford Motor Company Ltd. 81 words
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3. RAF Squadron (Buccaneer Aircraft) 83 words
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4. Flag Officer Carriers and Amphibious Ships (Title) 73 words
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5. Married Quarters (Heating) 221 words
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6. Shipbuilding 91 words
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7. HMS"Invincible 87 words
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8. Fleet Air Arm 423 words
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9. Armed Forces (Pensions) 94 words
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10. Chemical Research Establishment 90 words
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11. Defence Establishments 61 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Benefit Entitlement 254 words
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2. Benefit Recipients 81 words
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3. Mr. Bernard Bramall 146 words
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4. Fluoridation 148 words
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5. Disabled Persons (Day Centres) 63 words
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6. Child Benefit 117 words
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7. Hospital Consultants 143 words
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8. Pharmaceuticals (Price) 137 words
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9. National Health Service 292 words
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10. Supplementary Benefit (Lone Parents) 38 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit (Entitlement) 144 words
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12. Cystic Fibrosis 68 words
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13. Consultants (Mersey) 143 words
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14. Benefits (Information Booklet) 123 words
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15. Artificial Hands 632 words
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16. Births (Induction) 213 words
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17. International Year of the Child 377 words
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18. Retinitis Pigmentosa 166 words
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19. Ford Motor Company Ltd. 105 words
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20. Social Workers (Qualification) 226 words
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21. White Hart Training Centre, Harrogate 147 words
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22. Psychiatric Services, Lancashire 71 words
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23. Organ Donors 60 words
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24. Poliomyelitis 103 words
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25. Elderly Persons (Private Homes) 65 words
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26. Geriatric and Psychiatric Beds (North-West England) 401 words
17. TRADE
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1. Helicopters (Licence Holders) 57 words
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2. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 151 words
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3. Ford Motor Company 134 words
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4. Cargo Liner Trade (USSR) 109 words
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5. Concorde (Operating Costs) 77 words
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6. Textiles 237 words
18. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Vehicle Excise Duty 81 words
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2. Petrol 38 words
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3. British Petroleum 82 words
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4. Premium Bonds (Unclaimed Prizes) 134 words
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5. Pay Settlement (Government Action) 182 words
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6. Value Added Tax 302 words
19. SCOTLAND
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1. Construction Workers 71 words
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2. Improved Houses (Sale) 87 words
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3. Urban Aid Grant 235 words
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4. Urban Aid Programme 61 words
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5. Prison Costs 94 words
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6. Fines 485 words
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7. Ford Motor Company Limited 143 words
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8. Concessionary Fare Schemes 58 words
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9. Stonehaven (Bypass) 165 words
20. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Oil Pollution 142 words
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2. Waste Disposal Companies 60 words
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3. Toxic Waste 383 words
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4. Inland Waterways 63 words
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5. Home Insulation 153 words
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6. " An Office in Britain"Campaign 105 words
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7. Churchill Street-Ellen Street, Stockport 128 words
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8. Land (Crownhold Status) 31 words
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9. North-West Region 137 words
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10. Urban Aid Programme 276 words
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11. Council Houses 99 words
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12. Planning Representations 106 words
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13. Community Land Act (Multi-disciplinary Team) 124 words
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14. Ford Motor Company Limited 106 words
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15. Regional Water Authorities 151 words
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16. Estates Services Directorate 110 words
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17. Rate Rebates 244 words
21. TRANSPORT
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1. Railways (Season Ticketholders) 230 words
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2. Archway Road (Inquiry) 163 words
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3. A21 (Traffic Flows) 225 words
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4. Concessionary Travel 123 words
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5. Ford Motor Company 104 words
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6. Regional Traffic Area Headquarters 27 words
22. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Ford Motor Company Limited 161 words
23. WALES
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1. Ford Motor Company 133 words
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2. Ministerial Appointments 341 words
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3. Advance Factories 420 words
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4. Employed Persons 315 words
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5. Rate Support Grant 87 words

Lords Sitting of 5 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 397

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. INFORMATION ON PUBLIC POLICY 828 words
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3. ROUGH'S TOWER GUN PLATFORM: OCCUPATION 999 words
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4. GREY AREA WEAPONS: ARMAMENT REDUCTIONS 1,107 words
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5. TERRORISM AND HIJACKING 1,555 words
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6. MARRIAGE (ENABLING) BILL [H.L.] 62 words
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7. TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL 9 words
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8. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL 12 words
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9. CUNNINGHAME DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 573 words
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10. MONKLANDS DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 3 words
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11. DISTRICT COUNCIL OF RENFREW ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 3 words
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12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (SERVICES OF LAWYERS) ORDER 1978 2,415 words
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13. SCOTLAND ACT 1978 (REFERENDUM) ORDER 1978 18,497 words
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14. LAND REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 5,851 words
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15. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (PRIVILEGES) ORDER 1978 3,194 words
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16. INTERNATIONAL LEAD AND ZINC STUDY GROUP (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) ORDER 1978 49 words
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17. HOVERCRAFT (APPLICATION OF ENACTMENTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1978 1,031 words
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18. FISHING VESSELS (ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT) (GRANTS) (VARIATION) SCHEME 1978 812 words
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19. COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE) (PROTECTION OF COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1978 930 words
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20. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL 15 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 December 1978 Series 5 Vol. 397

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1. A.23 ROAD WIDENING: COST 44 words
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2. AGRICULTURAL LAND: WATER AUTHORITIES 158 words
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3. WATER AUTHORITIES' PROFITS 222 words
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4. ROAD CONSTRUCTION UNITS 267 words
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5. SKIPTON/GRASSINGTON ROAD: ACCIDENTS 129 words
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6. SRI LANKA CYCLONE: AID 98 words