Sitting of 21 February 1978

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Commons Sitting of 21 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 944

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. CUSTOMS ANNUITY AND BENEVOLENT FUND BILL
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1. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON BILL [Lords] 46 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. United Nations Peacekeeping 240 words
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2. Island Class Patrol Vessels 585 words
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3. Chieftain Tanks 442 words
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4. Northern Ireland 736 words
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5. Recruiting (Wales) 329 words
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6. Empty Dwellings 636 words
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7. Pay Review Body 635 words
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8. Merchant Shipping (Protection) 231 words
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9. Neutron Bomb 425 words
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10. Queen's Flight 215 words
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11. RAF Personnel (Allowances) 579 words
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12. United States Air Force Bases 431 words
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13. Trade Unionism 502 words
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2. NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL 801 words
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3. TUC 947 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 390 words
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5. HONOURABLE MEMBERS (RULES OF BEHAVIOUR) 217 words
5. BILL PRESENTED
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1. SEA FISH (CONSERVATION) (AMENDMENT) 84 words
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6. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) 4,333 words, 1 division
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1. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) 84 words
7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SUPPLY 3 words
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2. TAXATION 49,863 words, 3 divisions
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3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 25 words
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4. MEMBERS' SECRETARIES AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS 15,729 words, 1 division
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5. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (OLDHAM) 2,955 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 944

1. DEFENCE
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1. Naval Vessels 69 words
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2. NATO 62 words
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3. Expenditure 93 words
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4. Ethiopia and Somalia 41 words
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5. RAF Married Quarters (Heating Costs) 75 words
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6. Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Aircraft 97 words
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7. Service Personnel (Accommodation Charges) 70 words
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8. RAF Officers (Public Speeches) 24 words
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9. Soldiers (Release Applications) 88 words
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10. Royal Navy Pay and Records Office 69 words
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11. Trade Unionism 77 words
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12. Nuclear Missiles 137 words
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13. HMS "Caledonia" (Dinner) 129 words
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14. Pay 86 words
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15. Warsaw Pact Countries 169 words
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16. Military Functions 60 words
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17. Recruitment (Cost) 87 words
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18. Unidentified Aircraft (Interception) 42 words
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19. Members of Parliament 31 words
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20. West Germany (Defence Minister) 32 words
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21. Naval Construction 70 words
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22. Polaris Submarines 94 words
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23. Military Production (Civilian Conversion) 112 words
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24. Serving Officers (Premature Retirement) 99 words
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25. Indonesian Personnel (Training) 67 words
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26. NATO (Standardisation) 56 words
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27. United States Air Tanker Base 146 words
2. TRADE
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1. Wool Textiles 711 words
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2. Overseas Construction Projects 109 words
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3. Airports (Passenger Traffic) 214 words
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4. London Airports (Night Flights) 147 words
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5. QUIETER QUOTAS 104 words
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6. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 342 words
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7. CBI AND TUC 235 words
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8. CHINGFORD 28 words
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9. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 42 words
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10. SATELLITES (ACCIDENTAL LANDINGS) 128 words
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11. WALES TUC 32 words
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12. DORRINGTON 25 words
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13. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY 165 words
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14. ELDERLY PERSONS (SOCIAL SERVICES) 88 words
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15. DOCTORS AND DENTISTS (PAY) 64 words
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16. MINISTERIAL RESIDENCES 116 words
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17. ELECTORAL LAW (MR. SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE) 69 words
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18. MR. NORMAN SCOTT (NATIONAL INSURANCE RECORD) 54 words
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19. COUNCIL OF EUROPE (UNITED KINGDOM DELEGATION) 68 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Civil Servants (Broadcasts) 77 words
4. INDUSTRY
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1. Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) 421 words
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2. Small Firms' Counselling Service (Advertisements) 124 words
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3. Nationalisation (Company Assets) 388 words
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4. National Enterprise Boad (Investments) 166 words
5. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Beer 166 words
6. SCOTLAND
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1. Community Land 192 words
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2. Teaching Appointments 84 words
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3. Rent Arrears 102 words
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4. Planning Applications 159 words
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5. Industry (Public Investment) 94 words
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6. A92 (Aberdeen—Commachmore) 80 words
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7. Disabled Persons 67 words
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8. Glasgow Sheriff Court 269 words
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9. Wheelchair Service 127 words
7. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Polygamists 192 words
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2. Overseas Citizens 274 words
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3. Immigrants Advisory Service 166 words
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4. Immigration Control 210 words
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5. British Broadcasting Corporation (Members of Parliament) 122 words
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6. Illegal Immigrants 63 words
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7. Television (Closed Circuit Cameras) 238 words
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8. Race Relations 97 words
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9. Immigrants 98 words
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10. Lottery 78 words
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11. Illegal Immigrants (Deportation) 99 words
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12. Immigration 111 words
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13. Police (Car and Cycle Purchases) 1,320 words
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14. Prevention of Terrorism Act 330 words
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15. Security 68 words
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16. Commonwealth and Pakistani Immigrants 1,117 words
8. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Cancer Deaths 304 words
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2. Benefits 75 words
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3. Rush Green Hospital 138 words
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4. Merseyside (Detoxification Unit) 44 words
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5. Child Benefits 524 words
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6. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Case Reports) 533 words
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7. Pension Contributions 111 words
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8. One-Parent Families 192 words
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9. Dentists 122 words
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10. Dentures (Cost) 71 words
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11. Sixty-year-olds 489 words
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12. Chemists' Shops (Colne Valley) 72 words
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13. Benefits (Statistics) 103 words
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14. Invalidity Allowance (Housewives) 47 words
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15. Attendance Allowance 158 words
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16. Mobility Allowance 167 words
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17. Pension Scheme (Contracting Out) 119 words
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18. Midwifery Service (Hull) 178 words
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19. Benefit Claimants 374 words
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20. Barry Staines Factory, Newburgh 153 words
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21. Pay Beds 168 words
9. TRANSPORT
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1. Ministerial Travel 119 words
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2. Trunk Roads 96 words
10. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Pakistan 236 words
11. ENERGY
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1. Wave Power 166 words
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2. Oil Pipelines (Aberdeenshire-Fife) 148 words
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3. Coal Miners (Pay) 34 words
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4. Departmental Contracts 197 words
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5. Coal (Domestic Use) 94 words
12. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fishery Protection 161 words
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2. Lime 315 words
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3. Woods (Maintenance) 252 words
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4. Agricultural Fund Grants 95 words
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5. Fish Farming 84 words
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6. Arms Imports 160 words
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7. European Programme Group 73 words
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8. Expenditure 85 words
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9. Widows (Pensions) 101 words
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10. Overseas Allowances 101 words
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11. Microbiological Research Establishment, Porton 227 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Drinking Water (Nitrate Content) 293 words
14. ENVIRONMENT
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1. No. 10 Downing Street 56 words
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2. Government Car Service 96 words
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3. Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Case Reports) 127 words
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4. Local Government Borrowing 141 words
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5. Rates 147 words
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6. Metropolitan Districts (Services) 167 words
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7. House Building Contracts 131 words
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8. Post Offices (Rural Areas) 59 words
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9. Local Authority Mortgages 209 words
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10. Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (Overseas Earnings) 68 words
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11. Construction Exports Advisory Board 197 words
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12. Fuel Conservation (Palace of Westminster) 465 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Personal Incomes 214 words
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2. Construction Industry (714 Certificate) 220 words
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3. Money Supply 98 words
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4. National Lottery 53 words
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5. Taxation 141 words
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6. Living Standards (European Community) 273 words
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7. Industrial Production 291 words
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8. Tax Allowances 146 words
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9. Government Ministers' Expenses 696 words
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10. Income Tax 955 words
16. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Southern Africa 61 words
17. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Ulster Savings Movement 78 words
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2. Lough Erne 426 words
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3. Former Ministers and Legislature Members 123 words
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4. UNIFICATION CHURCH 91 words
18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Canaletto Paintings 190 words
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2. School Staffing Ratios 121 words
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3. Polytechnic Students 1,237 words
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4. Newham 147 words
19. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Redundancy and Retirement Payments (Government Money) 202 words
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2. Construction Workers (Cheshire) 102 words
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3. Coal Miners (Pay) 157 words
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4. Temporary Employment Subsidy 269 words
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5. HMS "Glasgow" (Fire) 482 words
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6. Minimum Wages (Enforcement) 35 words
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7. Coventry 156 words
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8. Wages Inspectors 53 words
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9. Training Opportunities Scheme 222 words
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10. Disabled Persons 186 words
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11. Short-time Working 212 words
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12. Homeworkers 311 words
20. WALES
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1. 11-plus Examinations 69 words
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2. Independent Schools 130 words
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3. Housing (Ceredigion) 134 words

Lords Sitting of 21 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. BRITAIN AND WEST GERMANY: INVESTMENT 1,027 words
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3. POLISH SHIPBUILDING CONTRACT 1,148 words
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4. NAMIBIA: INDEPENDENCE NEGOTIATIONS 620 words
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5. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BILL 17 words
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6. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 51 words
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7. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS BILL 6 words
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8. SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM BILL [H.L.] 21,598 words
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9. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS) BILL 15,660 words
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10. DISARMAMENT: UN SPECIAL ASSEMBLY 15,992 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. CORPORATION TAX 120 words
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2. CANCER OF THE BREAST 47 words
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3. PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS: SALES 79 words
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4. EEC STATE MONOPOLIES 145 words
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5. EEC AND THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY 159 words