Sitting of 14 February 1978

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Commons Sitting of 14 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 944

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 37 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Schools (Curriculum) 484 words
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2. Parental Choice 949 words
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3. Disabled Children 771 words
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4. Special Schools (Unqualified Teachers) 462 words
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5. Advisory Board for Research Councils 431 words
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6. Arts Council 650 words
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7. Colleges (Closure) 322 words
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8. Correspondence Courses 583 words
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9. Technical Skills 332 words
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10. Teachers 914 words
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11. Buildings (Insulation) 246 words
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12. School Meals 285 words
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13. Higher Education Students 168 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,105 words
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3. SELECT COMMITTEES (MINISTERIAL WITNESSES) 852 words
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5. HOUSE OF COMMONS (TAPE RECORDING) 341 words
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6. GUN BARREL PROOF BILL [Lords] 18 words
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7. MEDICAL BILL [Lords] 16 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 63 words
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9. CRIMINAL OFFENCES (APPEALS) 3,310 words, 1 division
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10. SCOTLAND BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 290 words
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SCOTLAND BILL 6 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. PERIOD BETWEEN GENERAL ELECTION AND REFERENDUM 19,446 words, 1 division
2. New Clause 2
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1. CONTENTS OF ORDERS UNDER SECTION 44(2) 18,739 words
3. New Clause 4
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1. REFERENCE OF ASSEMBLY BILLS TO PRIVY COUNCIL 8,146 words
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
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3. SCOTLAND BILL 7,596 words, 1 division
4. WAYS AND MEANS
cc393-5
1. VALUE ADDED TAX ON SUPPLIES BY SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE 266 words
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5. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY (GLASGOW) 4,673 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 944

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Crime (London) 600 words
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2. Immigrants 758 words
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3. Police (Pay) 63 words
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4. Metropolitan Police 154 words
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5. Deportation 93 words
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6. Mr. W. Pratt Thompson 108 words
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7. Police (Merseyside) 95 words
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8. Taxi Fares 193 words
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9. Sunday Trading 117 words
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10. Animals (Experiments) 46 words
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11. Isle of Man (Penal Code) 71 words
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12. Prisoners 95 words
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13. Charitable Trusts 72 words
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14. Migration (European Community) 294 words
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15. Illegal Immigration 107 words
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16. Crown Agents 53 words
2. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Government (Structure) 24 words
3. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Health Authorities (Essex) 150 words
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2. Fuel Bills 286 words
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3. Hospitals (Dorset) 196 words
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4. Crawley Hospital 63 words
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5. Laboratories and Post-mortem Rooms 189 words
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6. Wigs 307 words
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7. Heating and Ventilation Contracts (East Anglia) 122 words
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8. Laboratories (Safety Officers) 78 words
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9. Migrant Workers 39 words
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10. Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Hull) 57 words
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11. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Walking Impediment) 149 words
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12. Maternity Services (Hull) 134 words
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13. Elderly Persons 345 words
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14. Hospitals (Hull) 68 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Guatemala 66 words
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2. Commonwealth Day 103 words
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3. Rhodesia 269 words
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4. Africa and Arabia (Soviet and Cuban Presence) 114 words
5. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. European Assembly Elections Bill 1,783 words
6. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Thames Barrage 29 words
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2. Cargo Vessels (Offloading and Reloading) 89 words
c121W
3. Beef Premiums 95 words
7. ENERGY
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1. National Oil Account 421 words
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2. Windscale (Storage Ponds) 70 words
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3. Electricity Supply Industry (Dispute) 91 words
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4. Oil (Sales) 87 words
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5. Research (Expenditure) 166 words
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6. Coal Miners (Pay) 56 words
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7. Conservation 450 words
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8. Marine Biology 199 words
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9. Coal Industry 51 words
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10. Sulphur Oil 170 words
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11. Coal Milling 267 words
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12. Pollution 149 words
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13. Oil Production Licences 82 words
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14. CBI AND TUC 220 words
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15. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (CHANCELLOR) 41 words
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16. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 67 words
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17. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 323 words
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18. ARMED FORCES PAY REVIEW BOARD 45 words
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19. INDUSTRIAL POLICY (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 150 words
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20. BARNTON 25 words
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21. GREECE (PRIME MINISTER) 58 words
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22. RACE RELATIONS (PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH) 41 words
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23. IRAN 25 words
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24. BONN 23 words
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25. PRIME MINISTER (APPOINTMENTS) 273 words
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26. BODMIN 25 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
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1. West Norfolk 139 words
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2. Statistics 1,627 words
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3. Safety Representatives 291 words
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4. Health and Safety (Costs) 494 words
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5. Holidays and Hours of Work 89 words
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6. Professional and Executive Recruitment 165 words
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7. Redundancy Fund 151 words
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8. West Midlands 65 words
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9. Redundancy Payments 709 words
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10. Power Stations 109 words
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11. Cambridgeshire 440 words
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12. Pay Settlements 73 words
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13. LEGAL ADVICE CENTRES 80 words
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14. EMPLOYMENT (STATISTICS) 144 words
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15. SMALL BUSINESSES 306 words
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16. SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS 113 words
9. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Government Property (Nicaragua) 39 words
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2. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 123 words
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3. Flood and Gale Damage 94 words
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4. Ordnance Survey 43 words
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5. Conservation 51 words
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6. Construction Exports Advisory Board 220 words
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7. Mortgage Review Board 179 words
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8. Rents 909 words
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9. Housing Finance 339 words
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10. Tenants' Enfranchisement 100 words
10. TRANSPORT
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1. British Railways Pension Fund (Art Acquisitions) 62 words
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2. Motorways (Service Stations) 237 words
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3. Vehicle Registration 107 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Child Tax Allowances 138 words
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2. Taxation 331 words
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3. Investment Income 130 words
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4. Widowers' Pensions 69 words
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5. External Debt 113 words
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6. Premium Bonds 100 words
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7. Rates 38 words
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8. Fuel Bills 50 words
cc158-9W
9. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 558 words
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10. Factories (Leases) 471 words
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11. Industrial Output 373 words
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12. Income Tax 166 words
12. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Paraguay 315 words
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2. United Nations Conference on Science and Technology 226 words
13. INDUSTRY
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1. Advance Factories 68 words
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2. British Aerospace 264 words
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3. Cars (Loans for Purchase) 161 words
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4. Steel 167 words
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5. Exports 461 words
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6. Statistics 1,971 words
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7. Shipbuilding (Anglo-Polish Contract) 95 words
14. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Houses 108 words
15. TRADE
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1. Aircraft Equipment 140 words
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2. Japan (Motor Cars) 139 words
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3. Airports (London) 85 words
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4. Unfair Competition (European Community Directives) 354 words
16. WALES
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1. Caravans 159 words
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2. Metals (Imports) 173 words
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3. Alcoholism 232 words
17. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Vocational Preparation 189 words
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2. Careers (Guidance) 236 words
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3. Race Relations 55 words
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4. Arts Council 74 words
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5. Nursery Schools 137 words
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6. Sixth Forms 65 words
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7. Legislation 50 words
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8. School Meals 236 words
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9. Comprehensive Education 131 words
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10. School Inspectors 71 words
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11. School Milk 40 words
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12. Overseas Students 198 words
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13. Fircroft College, Selly Oak 92 words
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14. School Transport 84 words
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15. English Language and Literacy 252 words
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16. Further Education Vacancies 76 words
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17. University Vice-Chancellors and Principals 86 words
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18. Polytechnics and Public Sector Institutions 125 words
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19. Student Accommodation 88 words
cc189-90W
20. Taylor Report 113 words
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21. Parental Choice 258 words
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22. School Uniforms 106 words
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23. Disruptive Pupils 170 words
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24. Social Priority Allowance Scheme 42 words
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25. New Towns 105 words
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26. Schools Council 79 words
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27. Museums and Galleries (London Collections) 158 words
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28. Victoria and Albert Museum 65 words
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29. May Day Bank Holiday 75 words
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30. Educational Buildings (Lighting and Heating) 172 words
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31. Teachers (Unsuitability) 63 words
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32. Chileans 170 words
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33. Immigrants 71 words
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34. Student Costs 150 words
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35. The Arts (Minister) 122 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Disabled Persons 110 words
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2. Employment 151 words
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3. Employment (Training) 108 words
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4. Dogs 268 words
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5. Traffic Wardens 166 words
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6. Shipbuilding and Aero-engineering 86 words
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7. Tourism 165 words
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8. Coleraine (Police Station) 80 words
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9. Housing (Londonderry) 106 words
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10. Redundancy Payments 288 words
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11. Housing Executive 97 words
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12. Migration 306 words
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13. Craigavon 329 words
19. DEFENCE
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1. Army (Electricity Generating) 35 words
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2. Tanks 65 words
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3. Royal Air Force (Redundancy Compensation) 125 words
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4. Service Personnel (Civilian Employment) 115 words
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5. Helicopters 61 words
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6. Nuclear Weapons 69 words
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7. Ulster Flag 90 words
20. SCOTLAND
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1. Schoolchildren (Examinations) 113 words
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2. Torness Nuclear Power Station 67 words
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3. Surplus Stores (Sales) 157 words
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4. Alcoholism 276 words
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5. School Closures (Fuel Shortage) 180 words
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6. Teachers 132 words
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7. Hospital Beds 155 words
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8. Mountain Rescue Costs 124 words
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9. Hospital Waiting Lists 118 words
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10. Water Authorities (Liability for Damage) 93 words
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11. Moss Morran (Industrial Development Project) 53 words
21. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Child Fostering (Boarding-out Scales) 6,085 words

Lords Sitting of 14 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. Preamble 51 words
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2. SMOKING: TOBACCO CONSUMPTION 879 words
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3. RHODESIA: SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 342 words
cc1245-7
4. UN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-APARTHEID YEAR 730 words
cc1247-9
5. THE NEUTRON BOMB: SOVIET LETTER 647 words
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6. SOUND BROADCASTING: SELECT COMMITTEE 61 words
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7. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS BILL 65 words
cc1250-336
8. DOMESTIC PROCEEDINGS AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS BILL [H.L.] 32,553 words
cc1336-44
9. BEEF PREMIUMS (PROTECTION OF PAYMENTS) ORDER 1978 3,003 words
c1344
10. ABINGDON MARKET PLACE BILL [H.L.] 8 words
c1344
11. CHRIST CHURCH WOBURN SQUARE AND SAINT MATTHEW OAKLEY SQUARE BILL [H.L.] 7 words
c1344
12. KENDAL MARKET BILL [H.L.] 8 words
c1344
13. MILE END GARDENS (PORTSMOUTH) BILL [H.L.] 10 words
c1345
14. UNION THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND BILL [H.L.] 10 words
cc1345-404
15. RHODESIA: SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS 23,451 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. BRITISH EMBASSY, MOSCOW: DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY AND CAR STATISTICS 142 words
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2. UN HEADS OF STATE AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENT 303 words
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3. CORBY NEW TOWN 209 words
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4. QUESTIONS FOR WRITTEN ANSWER 172 words
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5. THE HOUSING ACT 1974: SECTION 121 125 words
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6. SUICIDE ACT 1961: SECTION 2 SENTENCES 91 words
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7. POLICE INTERROGATION: TAPE RECORDING EXPERIMENT 103 words
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8. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE: ROYAL COMMISSION TERMS OF REFERENCE 90 words