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Commons Sitting of 2 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 943

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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1. ROYAL ASSENT 51 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Parliamentary Constituencies (Boundaries) 416 words
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2. Drugs and Drink Offences 360 words
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3. Criminal Appeals 654 words
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4. Juvenile Crime 471 words
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5. Birching (Isle of Man) 373 words
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6. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis 823 words
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7. Mentally Disturbed Offenders 525 words
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8. Hooliganism and Vandalism 476 words
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9. Violent Crimes 848 words
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10. Race Relations 587 words
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11. Firemen (Strike) 371 words
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12. Chief Inspector of Constabulary 713 words
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13. CBI 626 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,361 words
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4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 4,330 words
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5. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 251 words
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6. RHODESIA 4,158 words
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7. HONOURABLE MEMBERS (DECLARATION OF INTEREST) 1,055 words
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8. SUN ALLIANCE AND LONDON INSURANCE COMPANY 570 words
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9. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BILL (INSTRUCTION) 1,231 words
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1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 29 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BILL 356 words
1. Clause 3
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1. METHOD OF ELECTION 11,990 words, 2 divisions
2. Clause 2
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1. NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES 13,958 words, 2 divisions
3. New Clause 8
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1. PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL OF TREATIES INCREASING ASSEMBLY'S POWERS 29,180 words, 1 division
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2. OPPOSITION PARTIES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 88 words
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3. SERVICE MEN'S FAMILIES (REGISTRATION FOR VOTING) 3,697 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 943

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1. LAND REGISTRATION 112 words
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2. MERCENARIES 59 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. South Africa (British Businesses) 95 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 255 words
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3. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ROYAL COMMISSION) 71 words
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4. ELTHAM 25 words
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5. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 53 words
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6. TUC AND CBI 121 words
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7. MINISTER OF STATE, CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT 61 words
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8. ALDGATE 23 words
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9. INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY 159 words
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10. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE 42 words
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11. SOUTHALL 21 words
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12. INDIA (PRIME MINISTER) 23 words
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13. PRESIDENT SADAT 32 words
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14. NEWTOWN, POWYS 34 words
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15. BRUSSELS 40 words
4. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Medical Laboratories (Health and Safety) 377 words
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2. Benefit Claimants 542 words
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3. Supplementary Benefit 450 words
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4. Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham (Inquiry) 367 words
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5. Unemployment and Sickness Benefits 41 words
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6. Disabled Persons 122 words
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7. Low-income Group 208 words
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8. Fluoridation 135 words
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9. Unemployed Persons 125 words
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10. Bronchitis and Emphysema 204 words
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11. Pensions (Canadian Reciprocity) 78 words
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12. Community Dentists 278 words
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13. Child Benefits 427 words
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14. Doctors and Dentists (Pay) 89 words
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15. One-parent Families 151 words
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16. Medical Professional Councils 95 words
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17. Denturism 106 words
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18. Dentist-Patient Ratios 104 words
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19. Dentures 41 words
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20. Environmental Health (Surrey) 72 words
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21. Day Nurseries 73 words
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22. National Health Service Pensions 196 words
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23. Abortion 103 words
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24. Petrol (Lead Content) 99 words
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25. Immigrants 69 words
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26. Pension Book (Mr. C. S. Elphinstone) 88 words
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27. Health Education Council 412 words
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28. Hypothermia 80 words
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29. Robert Edmunds 207 words
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30. Pay Beds (Debts) 201 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Police (Applicants) 66 words
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2. Pornography 121 words
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3. Prison and Probation (Costs) 150 words
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4. Charity Commission 79 words
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5. Barristers (Public Inquiries) 119 words
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6. Fires (Deaths) 72 words
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7. Commission on Racial Equality 25 words
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8. Refugees 70 words
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9. Television Licences (Disabled Persons) 83 words
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10. Criminal Damage (Bookshops) 119 words
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11. Remand Homes 84 words
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12. Judges' Rules 349 words
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13. Equal Opportunities Commission 116 words
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14. Criminal Incitement (Literature) 96 words
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15. Animals (Welfare) 25 words
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16. Police (University Graduates) 39 words
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17. Animals (Experiments) 175 words
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18. Immigration (Departmental Appeals) 89 words
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19. Police (United Kingdom and Netherlands) 59 words
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20. Maintenance Payments (Enforcement) 106 words
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21. Fire Brigades 401 words
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22. Custodial Sentences 102 words
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23. Public Order 100 words
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24. Mr. Liddle Towers 489 words
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25. Mugging 124 words
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26. Immigration (Indian Sub-Continent) 106 words
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27. Prisoners (Visits) 51 words
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28. Broadcasting (Annan Report) 53 words
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29. Grunwick Processing Laboratories Limited 97 words
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30. Crime Prevention 128 words
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31. Disasters (Warning Systems) 71 words
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32. Cinema Clubs (Licensing) 130 words
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33. Cashcade Lottery Scheme 113 words
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34. Mr. Stefan Tartaglia 19 words
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35. Rhodesians 181 words
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36. Horserace Totalisator Board 68 words
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37. Metropolitan Police 36 words
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38. Fire Engines 130 words
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39. Juvenile Offenders (Burton on Trent) 73 words
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40. Sunday Trading 169 words
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41. Immigration Control 301 words
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42. Hackney Carriage Licences 59 words
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43. Shoplifting 66 words
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44. Criminal Injuries Compensation 150 words
6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Farm and Horticulture Development Scheme 72 words
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2. Salmon Fishing 69 words
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3. Milk Marketing Board 72 words
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4. Prices 171 words
7. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployment and Vacancy Statistics 129 words
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2. Temporary Employment Subsidy 303 words
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3. Divers 81 words
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4. Suffolk 136 words
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5. Personal Incomes 345 words
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6. Training (Expenditure) 286 words
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7. Job Release Scheme 186 words
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8. Tachographs 157 words
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9. Pay Settlements 404 words
8. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Milk 261 words
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2. Further Education (Expenditure) 66 words
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3. London (Public Expenditure) 83 words
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4. Museums and Galleries 164 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Nuclear Reactors 154 words
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2. Divers 68 words
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3. Hinkley Point B Power Station 422 words
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4. Oil Refineries 878 words
10. TRADE
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1. Bankruptcies (Suffolk) 35 words
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2. Ivory and Skin Imports 903 words
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3. Overseas Delegations 199 words
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4. South Africa 336 words
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5. Japanese Cars 72 words
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6. Vanguard Aircraft Accident (Basle) 232 words
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7. Oil Leakage Wreck (Rathlin Island) 86 words
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8. Export Credits 88 words
11. TRANSPORT
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1. Brockworth By-pass 22 words
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2. Heavy Goods Vehicle Driving Tests 65 words
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3. Roads Maintenance (Bristol) 69 words
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4. Tachographs 193 words
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5. Poisons (Transportation) 107 words
12. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia 74 words
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2. COSMOS 954 Satellite 140 words
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3. Mercenaries 109 words
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4. Uganda 60 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Defence Sales Organisation 181 words
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2. Widows 101 words
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3. Chaplains 469 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Hong Kong Mass Transit Scheme 41 words
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2. Flying Accidents 148 words
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3. Nationalisation (Compensation) 99 words
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4. Department Statements 113 words
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5. British Steel Corporation 76 words
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6. National Enterprise Board 68 words
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7. Postal Collections 105 words
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8. Textiles (Employment) 194 words
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9. Planning Agreements 68 words
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10. Steel 93 words
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11. Shipbuilding 87 words
15. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Authorities 45 words
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2. Coast Protection 158 words
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3. Local Government 97 words
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4. Water Authorities (Revenue) 79 words
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5. Emergency and Disaster Relief 323 words
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6. Housing Associations 208 words
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7. House Building (Gloucestershire) 178 words
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8. Housing Finance (Gloucestershire) 372 words
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9. Local Government Borrowing 413 words
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10. Planning Inquiries 85 words
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11. Nuclear Waste 97 words
16. OVERSEAS DEPARTMENT
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1. Cambodian Refugees 85 words
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2. Falkland Islands 87 words
17. WALES
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1. House Building 106 words
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2. Local Government (Public Relations) 95 words
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3. Agriculture (Departmental Responsibilities) 156 words
18. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Bank Interest 169 words
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2. Budgeting (Consultations) 117 words
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3. Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act 1976 105 words
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4. Economic Growth 195 words
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5. Value Added Tax 162 words
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6. Gross Domestic Product 226 words
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7. Employment 106 words
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8. Pay Settlements 80 words
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9. Public Expenditure 121 words
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10. Profit Sharing 280 words
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11. Share Incentive Schemes 108 words
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12. Deposit-taking Institutions (Licensing) 71 words
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13. Child Allowances 158 words
19. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Firearms Certificates 226 words
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2. IRA Demonstration (Londonderry) 146 words

Lords Sitting of 2 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. EAST GERMANY: MILITARY INFORMATION 220 words
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3. POLITICAL PARTIES—AID: HOUGHTON REPORT 203 words
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4. RHODESIA: CURRENT NEGOTIATIONS 222 words
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5. BRITISH RAIL: NIGHT SLEEPERS 403 words
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6. RHODESIA 34 words
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7. ROYAL ASSENT 38 words
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8. GUN BARREL PROOF BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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9. MEDICAL BILL [H.L.] 366 words
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10. COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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11. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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12. JUDICATURE (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL [H.L.] 6,564 words
cc874-86
13. RHODESIA 4,422 words
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14. JUDICATURE (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL [H.L.] 9,916 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 2 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. NAVAL EXERCISES AND WEAPON TESTS 168 words
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2. THE SEABED: EMPLACEMENT OF EQUIPMENT 109 words
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3. INTERNATIONAL STRAITS 94 words
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4. NAVAL EXERCISES NEAR THE USSR 94 words
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5. OVERFLIGHT OF TERRITORIAL WATERS 131 words
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6. FISH TRANSHIPMENTS TO SOVIET VESSELS 111 words
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7. DOMINICA: GENERAL ELECTIONS 111 words
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8. CONTROL OF POLLUTION ACT 1974: IMPLEMENTATION 154 words
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9. UNIVERSITY TEACHERS' PAY 77 words
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10. SCOTLAND BILL: GUILLOTINED AMENDMENTS 146 words