Sitting of 31 January 1978

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Commons Sitting of 31 January 1978 Series 5 Vol. 943

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL 14 words
4. BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BILL
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1. COMMONS REGISTRATION (CARDIGANSHIRE) BILL 6 words
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5. CUSTOMS ANNUITY AND BENEVOLENT FUND BILL 14 words
6. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (NO. 2) BILL
1. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON BILL
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1. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL 6 words
7. PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL BILL
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1. SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY BILL 14 words
8. TAMAR BRIDGE BILL
1. TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL
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1. VALE OF GLAMORGAN (BARRY HARBOUR) BILL 6 words
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9. ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL BILL (By Order) 14 words
10. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Young Persons 558 words
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2. Mexborough 354 words
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3. Protective Legislation (Women) 321 words
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4. Working Hours (Reductions) 630 words
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5. Days Lost 267 words
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6. Birmingham 455 words
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7. Employed Persons 820 words
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8. Unemployment 736 words
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9. Manufacturing 302 words
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10. Merseyside 314 words
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11. Training Opportunities Scheme Courses 227 words
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12. Young Persons 532 words
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13. Textile Industry 242 words
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14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,136 words
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11. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE (MR. SPEAKER'S RULING) 417 words
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12. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 1,017 words
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13. SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS (STORM DAMAGE) 2,536 words
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14. MEDICINES (PRESCRIPTION ONLY) ORDER 4,431 words
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15. AGE OF COMPULSORY RETIREMENT 1,228 words
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1. AGE OF COMPULSORY RETIREMENT 63 words
16. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SCOTLAND BILL 2,191 words
17. New Clause 1
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1. SPEAKER'S CONFERENCE 50,988 words, 1 division
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2. OPPOSITION PARTIES (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) 88 words
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3. TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY 4,162 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 31 January 1978 Series 5 Vol. 943

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1. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 268 words
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2. WALTON, LIVERPOOL 28 words
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3. TUC AND CBI 127 words
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4. LADYWOOD, BIRMINGHAM 24 words
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5. PUBLICLY OWNED INDUSTRIES 111 words
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6. ANTI-APARTHEID YEAR 71 words
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7. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 138 words
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8. EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE 26 words
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9. CITY OF WESTMINSTER 28 words
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10. COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES 31 words
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11. TEXTILE IMPORTS 49 words
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12. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ROYAL COMMISSION) 133 words
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13. VIETNAM 19 words
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14. PRESIDENT CARTER 36 words
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15. WELLING 24 words
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16. WALES 37 words
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17. NORTHERN IRELAND 22 words
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18. ISLE OF MAN 27 words
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19. EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND 90 words
20. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Judges' Rules and Administrative Directions 364 words
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2. Prisoner's Letter (Newspaper Publication) 75 words
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3. Mr. Mohammed Iqbal 157 words
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4. Banderists 82 words
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5. Myra Hindley and Ian Brady 61 words
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6. Mentally Disturbed Prisoners 57 words
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7. Lord Longford (Prison Visits) 65 words
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8. Prison Visitors 68 words
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9. Public Defender System 90 words
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10. Grunwick Processing Laboratories Limited 72 words
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11. Television Licences 113 words
21. TRANSPORT
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1. Bromham Bridge, Bedford 164 words
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2. A1101, Wisbech (Speed Limit) 95 words
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3. Ferries (Charges) 31 words
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4. Driving Instructors 101 words
22. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Devolution Referendums 48 words
23. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Old Farmhouse (Birchington) 89 words
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2. Salford (Housing Action Area) 88 words
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3. Council House Sales 61 words
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4. House Building 88 words
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5. Fuel Conservation (Palace of Westminster) 167 words
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6. Architects' Services (European Community Directive) 86 words
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7. Freehold Houses (Rent Charges) 122 words
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8. Price Rings 183 words
24. EMPLOYMENT
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1. London 31 words
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2. Skillcentres 117 words
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3. Youth Opportunities Programme 163 words
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4. Closed Shop 93 words
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5. Pay Settlements 110 words
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6. Unemployed Persons 179 words
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7. School Leavers 290 words
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8. Working Week, Working Year and Working Life 231 words
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9. Subsidies 124 words
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10. Employment Opportunities 103 words
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11. Industrial Disputes (Merseyside) 65 words
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12. Disabled Persons (Quota) 93 words
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13. Industrial Training 129 words
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14. Skilled Workers 88 words
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15. Manufacturing Industry 112 words
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16. Bristol 171 words
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17. Employment Promotion Expenditure 73 words
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18. Temporary Employment Subsidy 871 words
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19. Apprenticeship 197 words
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20. Grunwick Processing Laboratories Ltd. 105 words
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21. Prices 420 words
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22. Health and Safety 2,323 words
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23. Homeworkers 78 words
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24. Job Creation Scheme 135 words
25. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Unemployment Benefit (Ineligibility) 133 words
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2. Alcoholism 101 words
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3. Expenditure Programmes 219 words
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4. Pensioners (Hospital Costs) 147 words
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5. Supplementary Benefit 146 words
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6. Unemployment Benefit 45 words
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7. Unemployed Persons 53 words
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8. Elderly Persons 80 words
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9. War Pensions 559 words
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10. Migraine 101 words
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11. Hospital Beds 96 words
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12. Poliomyelitis 171 words
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13. Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry 158 words
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14. Fraud 78 words
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15. Unemployed Persons 119 words
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16. Eraldin 135 words
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17. Cancer 544 words
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18. Social Worker (Frauds) 238 words
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19. Hospitals (Wolverhampton) 113 words
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20. Supplementary Benefit 105 words
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21. Stephen Menheniott 168 words
26. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. University Teachers (Pay) 476 words
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2. Special Schools 782 words
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3. Science Research Council 90 words
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4. Teacher-pupil Ratios 51 words
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5. Adult Literacy 88 words
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6. Local Education Authority Staffs (Criminal Convictions) 72 words
27. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Unemployed Persons 70 words
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2. National Economic Development Office 43 words
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3. Income Tax 652 words
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4. Personal Allowances 132 words
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5. Interest Payments (Republic of Ireland) 81 words
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6. Police Provident Benefit Funds 49 words
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7. Price Indices 651 words
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8. Customs and Excise Duties 90 words
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9. Value Added Tax 129 words
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10. Wines and Spirits 40 words
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11. Reserves 89 words
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12. Tax Exemption (Compensation for Nazi Persecution) 167 words
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13. Income Tax and National Insurance 174 words
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14. Sector Working Parties 55 words
28. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Commission Management Committees 442 words
29. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Rabies Control 408 words
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2. Sewage Sludge 116 words
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3. Food Prices 111 words
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4. Farmers (Efficiency) 143 words
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5. Badgers 210 words
30. ENERGY
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1. Waste Gases 199 words
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2. Oil Refining 91 words
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3. Crude and Refined Oil 186 words
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4. Octane 102 words
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5. British National Oil Corporation 112 words
31. INDUSTRY
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1. Value Added Tax and Vehicle Excise Duty 190 words
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2. Shipbuilding 90 words
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3. Ethylene Cracking 61 words
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4. Coke Production 97 words
32. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Electrical Appliances 117 words
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2. Scrap Metal 74 words
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3. Mersey Tunnel (Tolls) 58 words
33. TRADE
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1. Films 176 words
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2. Mandarin Oranges 95 words
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3. Distribution Statistics Advisory Committee 106 words
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4. Fish 137 words
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5. Seamen (Pay) 87 words
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6. Pay Settlements (Guideline Breaches) 63 words
34. SCOTLAND
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1. Badgers 29 words
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2. Multiple Sclerosis 53 words
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3. Kidney Machines and Donors 174 words
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4. Homeless Persons 46 words
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5. Elderly People (Hostels) 100 words
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6. Firemen (Pay) 290 words
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7. Aberdeen College of Education (Entry Quota) 119 words
35. WALES
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1. Vocational Preparation 48 words
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2. Work Experience Programme 46 words
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3. Employment (Training) 44 words
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4. Job Creation 46 words
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5. Youth Opportunities Programme 63 words
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6. Pensioners (Pembroke) 56 words
36. DEFENCE
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1. Racal Corruption Trial 66 words
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2. Service Personnel (Foreign Armed Forces) 252 words
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3. Aviation Jersey Limited 150 words
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4. Fire-fighting 102 words
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5. Helicopters 100 words
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6. Separation Allowance 161 words
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7. Chilean Armed Forces 68 words
37. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 328 words
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2. Paraguay 107 words
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3. Laos 212 words
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4. Overseas Students 109 words
38. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Lough Neagh 109 words
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2. Schools (Literature) 195 words
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3. Telephones (Handicapped Persons) 622 words
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4. Grammar Schools 1,428 words
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5. Child Benefit Scheme 110 words
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6. Disabled Persons (Aids) 160 words
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7. Accident Reports 172 words
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8. Social Services (Expenditure) 153 words

Lords Sitting of 31 January 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. Preamble 35 words
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2. LILIAN BAYLIS: NATIONAL THEATRE MEMORIAL 414 words
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3. FALKLAND ISLANDS: HYDROCARBONS 535 words
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4. CONSUMERS AND THE NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 449 words
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5. GIBRALTAR: SPANISH MEASURES 1,085 words
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6. COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES 49 words
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7. EUROPEAN PATENT ORGANISA TION (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) ORDER 1977 3,881 words
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8. THEFT BILL [H.L.] 19,341 words
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9. INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES BILL [H.L.] 2,084 words
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10. PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS BILL 5,215 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 31 January 1978 Series 5 Vol. 388

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1. ZAMBIA: AID 215 words
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2. TAXATION REVENUE 376 words
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3. IMMIGRANTS AND THE POLICE FORCE 172 words