Sitting of 7 February 1978

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Commons Sitting of 7 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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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 43 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 21 words
1. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Whooping-cough Vaccine 960 words
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2. Disabled Pensioners (Mobility) 493 words
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3. Kidney Patients 577 words
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4. Nurses 628 words
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5. Mr. Joseph Hyland (Mobility Allowance) 278 words
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6. Disabled Persons (Vehicles) 356 words
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7. Pensioners (Benefits) 982 words
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8. Child Benefit 824 words
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9. Spina Bifida (Pregnancy Screening) 814 words
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10. Kidney Patients (Attendance Allowance) 428 words
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11. Hospital Beds 487 words
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2. FINCHLEY 582 words
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3. TUC 558 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 781 words
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5. SALE OF COUNCIL HOUSES 3,880 words, 1 division
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SUPPLY 3 words
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2. PAY POLICY (GOVERNMENT POWERS) 49,145 words, 1 division
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1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 21 words
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7. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS) BILL 7 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. CONSIDERATION BY SECRETARY OF STATE OF REPRESENTATIONS MADE BY CER TAIN OTHER SHIPBUILDERS AND SHIP-REPAIRERS IN GREAT BRITAIN. 8,051 words
2. Clause 2
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1. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO SCHEMES 6,158 words
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1. PRIVILEGES 34 words
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2. OPPOSITION PARTIES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 89 words
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3. ANGLIAN WATER AUTHORITY (AGRICULTURE QUESTIONNAIRE) 2,733 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 943

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1. TUC 77 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 335 words
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3. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 76 words
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4. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 25 words
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5. PENYGROES 25 words
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6. WISBECH 24 words
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7. DERBY 23 words
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8. NEWTON LE WILLOWS 27 words
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9. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT 75 words
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10. PRESIDENT CARTER (MEETING) 39 words
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11. KING'S LYNN 25 words
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12. HATFIELD 25 words
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13. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (INTERVIEW) 31 words
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14. BLOXWICH 24 words
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15. NORTH-WEST REGION 25 words
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16. WEAVERHAM 25 words
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17. ISLE OF SHEPPEY 24 words
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18. CBI 27 words
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19. PRIME MINISTER (STAFF) 141 words
20. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Teachers 690 words
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2. School Meals 352 words
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3. University Teachers (Pay) 74 words
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4. CHILD HEALTH SERVICES 404 words
21. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Cheshire 1,275 words
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2. 60–65 Age Group 288 words
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3. Pay Policy 79 words
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4. Unemployed Persons 350 words
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5. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 155 words
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6. Young Persons 147 words
22. INDUSTRY
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1. Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) 1,012 words
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2. National Enterprise Board 140 words
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3. Government Aid 1,176 words
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4. Sir Peter Carey (Speech) 74 words
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5. Alpha Steel Co. Ltd. 45 words
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6. Post Office 496 words
23. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Industry (Discussions) 56 words
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2. Coal Stocks 97 words
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3. Gas Corporation (Finance) 85 words
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4. National Coal Board (Finance) 108 words
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5. Electricity Generating and Supply (Finance) 172 words
24. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Fair Play for Children 46 words
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2. Wormwood Scrubs Prison 71 words
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3. Palestine Liberation Organisation 131 words
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4. Cambodians 156 words
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5. Obscenity and Film Censorship (Report) 44 words
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6. Holloway Prison 150 words
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7. Postal Voting 109 words
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8. Floods (Warnings) 102 words
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9. Police (Resignations) 102 words
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10. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 263 words
25. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Cosmos 954 Satellite 134 words
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2. Space Satellites 101 words
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3. Anglo-Japanese Mixed Commission 150 words
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4. British Embassy Official (Address) 79 words
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5. East Africa (British Passport Holders) 122 words
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6. Argentina 106 words
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7. German Democratic Republic 74 words
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8. Nuclear Warheads 115 words
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9. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS AND COURTS STAFF 516 words
26. TRADE
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1. Export Credit Insurance 65 words
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2. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 130 words
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3. Sun Alliance and London Insurance Company 71 words
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4. Merchant Shipping 265 words
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5. South Africa 379 words
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6. Coal (Exports) 45 words
27. SCOTLAND
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1. Museums and Galleries 776 words
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2. Hospitals (Food) 94 words
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3. Mountain Rescue Teams 122 words
28. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Disabled Persons 128 words
29. WALES
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1. Commons Registration (West Glamorgan) 59 words
30. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Capital Gains Tax 118 words
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2. Child Tax Allowances 135 words
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3. Investment Income Surcharge 93 words
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4. Personal Incomes 358 words
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5. Corporation Tax 105 words
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6. Gross Domestic Product 87 words
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7. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 201 words
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8. Bank Rate 66 words
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9. Skateboards 78 words
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10. Income Tax 65 words
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11. Self-employed Persons 157 words
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12. Natural Disasters (European Community) 117 words
31. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Tenant Harassment (Convicted Landlords) 142 words
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2. Birmingham Inner City Partnership Committee 251 words
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3. Litter 65 words
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4. Floods (East Anglia) 75 words
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5. Planning 108 words
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6. Construction Industry Liaison Group 54 words
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7. Government Car Service 107 words
32. TRANSPORT
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1. Tarvin, Kelsall and Tarporley Bypasses 72 words
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2. Car Manufacturers (Type Approval) 185 words
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3. Ports (Motorway Access) 54 words
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4. National Freight Corporation 95 words
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5. Motorway Service Areas 174 words
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6. National Bus Company 98 words
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7. Vehicle Excise Duty 146 words
33. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Green Pound 186 words
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2. Warble Fly 166 words
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3. Flood Warnings (East Anglia) 119 words
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4. PARLIAMENT (REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN RELATIONSHIPS) 100 words
34. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Pay 147 words
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2. Members' Interests 84 words
35. DEFENCE
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1. Armaments 56 words
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2. Hovercraft 71 words
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3. Women's Royal Voluntary Service 47 words
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4. Ulster Defence Regiment 240 words
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5. Armed Forces (Allowances) 123 words
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6. BAOR (Social Work) 65 words
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7. Estimates 66 words
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8. Nuclear Weapons 91 words
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9. Helicopters 96 words
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10. Pave Spike 48 words
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11. Munitions Purchases (United States of America) 51 words
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12. Cruise Missiles 159 words
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13. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS (SLUSH FUNDS) 105 words
36. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Loans 84 words
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2. Retirements 605 words
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3. Government Hospitality 146 words
37. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. One-Parent Families 38 words
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2. Hospital Closures 95 words
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3. Medway (Health Service Financing) 89 words
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4. Medical School Graduates 118 words
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5. Mental Patients 48 words
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6. Voluntary Organisations 67 words
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7. Disabled Persons (Telephone Rebate) 122 words
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8. National Insurance Rates (Compilation) 112 words
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9. Firemen's Dispute (Overpayments) 88 words
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10. Benefits (Entitlement) 68 words
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11. Pensions (Payment) 83 words
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12. Wheelchairs 108 words
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13. Maternity Units 96 words
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14. Mobility Allowance 128 words
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15. Whitley Councils 57 words
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16. Poliomyelitis Vaccination 96 words
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17. Willesden General Hospital 145 words
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18. Child Benefit 406 words
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19. Invalid Care Allowance 45 words
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20. Prescription and Medical Charges 63 words
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21. Pension Scheme (Publicity) 136 words
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22. Health Education Council 158 words
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23. Nursing (Briggs Report) 75 words
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24. Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth 86 words
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25. National Insurance Fund 24 words
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26. Elderly Persons 864 words
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27. National Insurance Benefits (Disabled Spouses) 104 words
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28. Disablement Benefit (Married Women) 106 words
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29. Industrial Diseases (Research) 126 words
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30. Billericay Hospital (Burns Unit) 104 words
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31. Spectacle Frames 67 words
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32. Berwick-upon-Tweed Hospital 30 words
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33. Renal Dialysis Patients (Attendance Allowance) 108 words
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34. Means-tested Benefits 91 words
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35. Supplementary Benefit Recipients 66 words
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36. Tax Credit Scheme 80 words
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37. Age Allowance 56 words
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38. Death Grant 198 words
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39. Hospital Waiting Lists 578 words
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40. Personal Files (Security) 32 words
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41. Health Authorities (Functions) 61 words
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42. Pensioners (Capital) 104 words
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43. Family Income Supplement 46 words
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44. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 181 words
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45. Family Practitioner Committees 179 words
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46. Back Pain 65 words
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47. Marginal Tax Rates 201 words
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48. Year of the Child 203 words
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49. Children (Benefits) 1,075 words
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50. Self-Employed Persons 152 words
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51. Benefits (Repayment Claims) 194 words
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52. Middlesex Hospital Convalescent Home, Clacton-on-Sea 80 words
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53. Fraud 628 words
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54. Organ Transplants 186 words
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55. Invalidity Benefit 55 words
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56. Dentists 30 words
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57. Tranquillisers 138 words
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58. Royal Free Hospital Buildings 167 words
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59. Hospital Patients (Ulcers) 559 words
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60. Benefits Unclaimed 307 words
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61. Benefits Withheld 89 words
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62. Naudicelle 215 words
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63. Private Beds (Revenue) 131 words
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64. Disabled Persons (Vehicles) 77 words
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65. Benefit Recipients 398 words
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66. Hospital Treatment and Benefits 96 words
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67. Speech Therapist Adviser (Inner London Education Authority) 178 words
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68. Worksop and Retford Hospitals 168 words
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69. War Pensions 104 words
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70. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 90 words
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71. Christchurch and Lymington (Hospitals) 96 words
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72. Hay wards Heath (Hospital) 64 words
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73. Invalidity Pension 76 words
38. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Housing Council and Executive 59 words

Lords Sitting of 7 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. IRISH PRISONERS: VISITING FACILITIES 720 words
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3. PARKING ON FOOTWAYS AND VERGES 227 words
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4. CONSERVATION OF WILD BIRDS: EEC DIRECTIVE 331 words
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5. WELLINGTON BARRACKS 519 words
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6. SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM BILL [H.L.] 12,091 words
7. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1978
1. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1978
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1. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE (NORTHERN IRELAND) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1978 987 words
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8. ECC REPORTS: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 24,300 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 February 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. TAXATION: INVESTMENT INCOME 104 words
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2. INCOME TAX: YIELD OF HIGHER RATES 102 words
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3. RABBITS: POPULATION AND CONTROL 159 words
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4. TAXICABS: LONDON DISTRIBUTION 186 words
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5. NFU AND EXPORT OF LIVE FARM ANIMALS 73 words
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6. SPRAYS: FREON GAS PROPELLANTS 87 words
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7. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT 1975: TIME OFF PROVISIONS 119 words
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8. ADVANCED GAS-COOLED REACTOR: WORKING LIFE AND WASTE PRODUCTS 487 words
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9. EEC REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND AND UNITED KINGDOM GROSS RECEIPTS 423 words