Sitting of 28 February 1978

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Commons Sitting of 28 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 945

c213
1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. CUSTOMS ANNUITY AND BENEVOLENT FUND BILL 6 words
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2. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON BILL [Lords] 8 words
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3. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL (By Order) 32 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployed Persons 751 words
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2. Employment Protection Act 437 words
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3. Temporary Employment Subsidy 403 words
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4. Closed Shop 395 words
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5. Productivity Schemes 183 words
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6. North-West Region 619 words
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7. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 806 words
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8. Job Release Scheme 265 words
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9. Young Persons 1,188 words
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10. Scotland 362 words
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11. Disabled Persons 1,224 words
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12. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,100 words
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5. ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY (LEGISLATION) 319 words
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6. WEATHER DAMAGE (WEST COUNTRY AND WALES) 591 words
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7. NORTHERN IRELAND COMMITTEE 27 words
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8. COMMUNITY LAND ACT (REPEAL) 3,940 words, 1 division
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9. CROWN AGENTS (TRIBUNAL OF INQUIRY) 7,674 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVI SIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL 7 words
11. Clause 1
cc274-88
1. HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS: FIXING OF AGGREGATE AMOUNT 5,476 words
12. Clause 2
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1. APPORTIONMENT OF HOUSING SUPPORT GRANTS 14,129 words, 1 division
13. Clause 8
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1. REPAIRS GRANT 2,846 words
14. Clause 15
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1. RESERVE POWER TO LIMIT RENTS 12,376 words, 2 divisions
15. Schedule 2
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1. MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 1,977 words
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16. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 55 words
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17. CIVIL AVIATION BILL 183 words
18. New Clause No. 2
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1. ADHERENCE TO TARIFFS 8,024 words
19. Clause 2
cc396-401
1. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FUND 1,523 words
20. Clause 4
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1. POWER TO WIND UP FUND 8,221 words, 1 division
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2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT 43 words
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21. BROADCASTING MATERIAL (PRESERVATION) 3,344 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 28 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 945

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1. TUC AND CBI 173 words
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2. EGYPTIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 29 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 280 words
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4. NORTHFLEET 25 words
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5. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 40 words
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6. UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL 32 words
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7. BELGIUM (PRIME MINISTER) 36 words
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8. ECONOMIC PROSPECTS (MINISTER'S SPEECH) 97 words
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9. LUXEMBOURG (PRIME MINISTER) 28 words
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10. GLASGOW 23 words
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11. HARTFORD 25 words
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12. "THE PENCOURT FILE" 34 words
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13. VAGABONDS 157 words
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14. HUXLEY 25 words
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15. THATCHAM 25 words
16. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Fire Sprinklers 71 words
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2. Consumer Advice Centres 179 words
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3. Trade Directories 254 words
17. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Latin American Refugees 57 words
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2. Unification Church 112 words
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3. Water Safety (Report) 171 words
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4. Illegal Immigrants 140 words
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5. Temporary Admissions 116 words
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6. Urban Deprivation Unit and Race Relations and Legislation Unit 210 words
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7. Immigration Personnel 167 words
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8. Race Relations Research 206 words
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9. Immigrants (European Community Countries) 115 words
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10. Mr. Geoffrey Harry Elliott 105 words
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11. International Social Service of Great Britain 116 words
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12. Equal Opportunities Commission 134 words
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13. Terrorist Activity (Arrested Persons) 164 words
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14. National Front (Meetings) 118 words
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15. Police (Attacks) 55 words
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16. Schoolchildren (Employment) 102 words
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17. Immigrants Advisory Service 61 words
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18. Ugandan Asians 138 words
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19. Schoolchildren (Non-attendance) 313 words
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20. Maintenance Payments 108 words
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21. European Community Membership (Referendum) 173 words
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22. Electoral Registration (Wales) 38 words
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23. General Election (Welsh Seats) 426 words
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24. Probation and After-care Service 63 words
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25. Marches (London) 102 words
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26. Prisoners 107 words
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27. Broadcasting 151 words
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28. Vagabonds 180 words
18. WALES
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1. Manpower Services Commission 138 words
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2. Flooding (North Wales) 99 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. National Parks (Access Agreements) 202 words
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2. Council Houses (Sale) 217 words
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3. Hampton Court (Gardeners) 41 words
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4. Treasury Grants (Ilford) 174 words
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5. Easter Recreation Projects 299 words
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6. Chiswick House 207 words
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7. Energy Conservation 116 words
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8. Construction Contracts 268 words
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9. Aircraft Noise 283 words
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10. Housing Survey 124 words
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11. Homeless Persons (Accommodation) 596 words
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12. Sports Council 62 words
20. TRANSPORT
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1. A66 (Stainmore Summit-Penrith) 123 words
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2. North Devon Link Road 78 words
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3. A590 (Levins Bridge-Barrow) 64 words
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4. Rural Areas Study 161 words
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5. Bus Services (London) 85 words
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6. Fares 54 words
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7. Concessionary Bus Fares 77 words
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8. Disabled Persons (Car Badges) 27 words
21. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Argentina (World Cup Visits) 108 words
22. SCOTLAND
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1. Devolution 157 words
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2. Electoral Registration 32 words
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3. Local Authority Elections (Voting) 146 words
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4. Building Society Special Fund (Applications) 88 words
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5. Clean Air Act 1956 181 words
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6. Local Authority Expenditure 142 words
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7. Rate Support Grant 434 words
23. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Veterinary Services (Cost) 105 words
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2. Green Pound 108 words
24. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Teachers 892 words
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2. Nursery Education 343 words
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3. Secondary School Expulsions 88 words
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4. Public Lending Right 323 words
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5. University Teachers (Pay) 71 words
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6. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 419 words
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7. Education Services (Ilford) 253 words
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8. Independent Schools (Academic Staff) 90 words
25. TRADE
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1. Heart of England Tourist Board 181 words
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2. Concorde 44 words
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3. Film Industry 47 words
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4. Wrecks 49 words
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5. Oil Pollution 87 words
26. INDUSTRY
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1. Aircraft and Shipbuilding Companies (Nationalisation) 173 words
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2. Micro-electronics 84 words
27. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployed Persons 189 words
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2. Royal Naval Pay and Records Office 119 words
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3. Employment Trends 280 words
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4. Cadbury Typhoo Ltd. 76 words
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5. Pay Settlements (Notification) 52 words
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6. Merseyside 66 words
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7. Gas, Electricity and Water Industries 66 words
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8. Youth Opportunities Scheme 123 words
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9. Engineering Apprenticeships 150 words
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10. Unemployed Persons 467 words
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11. European Community Ministers 199 words
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12. Yorkshire and Humberside 180 words
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13. Work Permits 131 words
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14. Pay Settlements (Scrutiny) 49 words
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15. North-West Region 151 words
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16. Young Persons 127 words
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17. Race Relations Employment Advisory Group 206 words
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18. Elderly Persons 96 words
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19. Norfolk 182 words
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20. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 81 words
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21. New Earnings Survey 96 words
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22. Wales and South-East England 130 words
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23. Newton 112 words
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24. Employment Subsidies 188 words
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25. Coventry 1,113 words
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26. Skillcentres 61 words
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27. Disabled Persons 652 words
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28. Disabled Persons (Training) 72 words
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29. Development Areas 96 words
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30. Chemical Plant Fire (Chatteris) 44 words
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31. European Social Fund (Applications) 84 words
28. DEFENCE
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1. Foreign Governments (Military Assistance) 83 words
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2. Civilian Pay and Record Office, Cheadle Hulme 230 words
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3. Pay Review Body 59 words
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4. Island Class Ships 71 words
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5. Helicopters 124 words
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6. 8-tonne Load Carrier 52 words
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7. Harpoon Missile 61 words
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8. Belize (Official Visits) 56 words
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9. Submarines (Armament) 34 words
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10. Infantry Demonstration Battalion 47 words
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11. Royal Navy Coastal Division 162 words
29. ENERGY
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1. Public Inquiries 163 words
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2. Fuel Prices 35 words
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3. War Reserve Stocks 681 words
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4. Departmental Staff (Travel) 188 words
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5. Gas Explosion (Brentford) 115 words
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6. Participation Agreements 149 words
30. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Employment Forecasts 114 words
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2. Bank and Public Holidays 90 words
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3. Immigrants 156 words
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4. Low-income Families 114 words
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5. Divers 67 words
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6. Personal Incomes 366 words
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7. Value Added Tax 304 words
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8. Commercial Vessels (Boarding Procedures) 352 words
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9. Personal Incomes 61 words
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10. Government Grants (Job Creation) 269 words
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11. Personal Allowances 64 words
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12. Nationalised Industries 202 words
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13. Taxation 402 words
31. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Development Land 165 words
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2. Craigavon New City (Crematorium) 55 words
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3. Constitution 228 words
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4. Handicapped Persons 115 words
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5. Social Services 93 words
32. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Immigration Personnel 149 words
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2. Early Retirement Schemes 131 words
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3. Abortion 71 words
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4. Huntington's Chorea 126 words
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5. Population Statistics 436 words
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6. Social Workers (Training) 217 words
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7. Calderdale and Kirklees 66 words
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8. Drug Abase (Deaths) 108 words
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9. Community Nurses (Yorkshire) 350 words
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10. Attendance Allowance 263 words
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11. Consultants 845 words
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12. Hospitals (Mixed Wards) 181 words
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13. Training Centres (Remuneration) 62 words
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14. Dentistry 64 words
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15. Area Health Authorities 86 words
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16. Pay Beds (Leeds) 205 words
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17. Child Benefit 90 words
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18. Microbiological Research Establishment 316 words
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19. Sterilisation 142 words
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20. Personal Social Services (Expenditure) 161 words
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21. Vagabonds 198 words
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22. Pregnancy Tests 464 words
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23. Low Income Groups and Children 1,567 words

Lords Sitting of 28 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. DEFENCE EXPENDITURE: FORCES' PAY 516 words
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3. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION 358 words
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4. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE: URGENT ADMISSIONS 954 words
cc363-6
5. FORD WAGE INCREASES AND THE GUIDELINES 1,119 words
cc366-7
6. EEC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS: MARCH BUSINESS 308 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 63 words
c367
8. REFUSE DISPOSAL (AMENITY) BILL [H.L.] 7 words
cc367-94
9. CHESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.] 10,498 words
cc394-5
10. COUNTY OF MERSEYSIDE BILL [H.L.] 150 words
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11. WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [H.L.] 173 words
cc395-6
12. WEST YORKSHIRE BILL [H.L.] 164 words
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13. TRIBUNALS OF INQUIRY (EVIDENCE) ACT 1921 3,388 words
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14. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES BILL [H.L.] 2 words
cc405-43
15. DOMESTIC PROCEEDINGS AND MAGISTRATES' COURTS BILL [H.L.] 14,037 words
cc443-66
16. WHITEHALL: NEW BUILDING AND MODERNISATION 8,985 words
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17. CUSTOMS ANNUITY AND BENEVOLENT FUND BILL 11 words
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18. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON BILL [H.L.] 15 words
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19. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 28 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. ADVANCED GAS COOLED REACTORS 112 words
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2. ILLICIT NUCLEAR MATERIALS: CARRIAGE BY SEA 142 words
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3. PAY AS PERCENTAGE OF NATIONAL INCOME 142 words
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4. WAGES AND SALARIES STATISTICS 218 words
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5. PAY AGREEMENT GUIDELINES 50 words
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6. HUMAN RIGHTS: EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOURTH PROTOCOL 50 words
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7. SECOND LONDON HELIPORT 126 words
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8. EEC CIVIL AIRCRAFT SECTOR COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES 164 words
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9. RHODESIA: AVAILABILITY OF WORKING DOCUMENTS 100 words