Sitting of 27 July 1978

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Commons Sitting of 27 July 1978 Series 5 Vol. 954

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (No. 2) BILL
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1. VALE OF GLAMORGAN (BARRY HARBOUR) BILL 4 words
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2. PRIVATE BILLS [Lords] (SUSPENSION) 70 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. TUC 684 words
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2. Taxation Levels 312 words
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3. Economic Trends 903 words
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4. Scotland (Devolution) 285 words
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5. Departmental Staff (Retirement) 397 words
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6. Inflation 421 words
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7. European Community Finance Ministers 476 words
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8. Taxation (Disabled Persons) 296 words
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9. International Monetary Fund 672 words
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10. Taxpayers 441 words
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11. Taxation (Married Women) 262 words
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12. European Monetary Proposals 1,227 words
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13. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,291 words
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14. TUC Annual Conference 491 words
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15. COMMISSIONER JENKINS 353 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,679 words
1. BILL PRESENTED
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1. COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF AUDITORS' SHAREHOLDINGS) 59 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. DIVIDENDS BILL 51,196 words, 1 division
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 19 words
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7. DIVIDENDS BILL 11 words
1. Clause 1
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1. CONTINUATION IN FORCE OF 1973 SECTION 10 20,452 words, 3 divisions
2. Clause 2
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1. SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT 6,259 words
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8. MR. D. P. MERFIELD (INJURY BENEFIT) 3,444 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 July 1978 Series 5 Vol. 954

1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Income Tax Debts (Remission) 75 words
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2. Wage Increases 43 words
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3. Inflation 111 words
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4. Tax Revenue 74 words
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5. Widows 51 words
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6. Age Allowance 103 words
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7. Council of Ministers 34 words
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8. £1 Sterling (Value) 75 words
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9. Petrol 171 words
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10. Dividend Control 30 words
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11. North Sea Oil 42 words
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12. Pay Policy 42 words
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13. Tools and Clothing Allowances 107 words
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14. Bank of England 47 words
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15. Production 79 words
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16. Currency 66 words
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17. Maintenance Payments 101 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Lorries (Speeding) 76 words
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2. Pakistani Immigrant (Detention) 165 words
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3. Overseas Students (Residence Entitlement) 165 words
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4. Remanded Prisoners (Accommodation) 121 words
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5. Community Relations Council 325 words
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6. Race Relations Act (Convictions) 68 words
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7. Driving Offences, Shoplifting and Violent Crimes 98 words
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8. Commission for Racial Equality 105 words
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9. Religious Organisations (Accounts) 109 words
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10. Deportation Orders 125 words
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11. Immigrants (Appeals) 174 words
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12. Nationality Law 70 words
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13. Immigrant Population (Grants) 74 words
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14. Brixton Prison 114 words
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15. Citizenship 104 words
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16. Vandalism 78 words
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17. Citizenship Application (Member's Correspondence) 88 words
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18. Television Licences 43 words
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19. Official Secrets Act (White Paper) 141 words
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20. TUC AND CBI 92 words
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21. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 304 words
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22. SCOTLAND 26 words
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23. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES 43 words
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24. PRIME MINISTER (NUR CONFERENCE SPEECH) 99 words
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25. MALTA 27 words
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26. BERNE 23 words
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27. NORTH-WEST 25 words
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28. ORPINGTON 25 words
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29. SOUTHAMPTON 28 words
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30. COPPULL 24 words
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31. WORLD DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE 77 words
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32. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY (SPEECHES) 51 words
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33. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS 95 words
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34. ROYAL COMMISSIONS (CHAIRMEN) 120 words
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35. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE ANALYSIS 69 words
3. INDUSTRY
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1. Wool Textiles and Clothing 198 words
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2. Financial Assistance 134 words
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3. Advance Factories 126 words
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4. Lucas Aerospace (Corporate Plan) 116 words
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5. Energy Conservation 54 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Salaries 108 words
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2. DEPARTMENTAL PHOTOCOPYING MACHINES 1,242 words
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3. SHERIFF OFFICERS 66 words
5. TRADE
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1. South Africa 63 words
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2. Heathrow Airport (Passenger Complaints) 54 words
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3. China 79 words
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4. Developing Countries 417 words
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5. North Sea Oil (Foreign-registered Aircraft Operations) 67 words
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6. Calves (Exports) 58 words
6. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Food Prices 383 words
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2. Commodity Prices (Green Pound Devaluations) 115 words
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3. Explosive Novelties (Sale to Children) 152 words
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4. Petrol Prices (Garage Displays) 81 words
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5. SECRET PAPERS (EMBARGOES) 64 words
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6. CROWN COURT TRIALS 147 words
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7. JUDGES (PENSION SCHEME) 42 words
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8. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (LEGAL APPOINTMENTS) 78 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Development Education (Advisory Committee) 182 words
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2. Ugandan Refugees 183 words
8. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Salaries 399 words
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2. Special Advisers 56 words
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3. Civil Servants (Stockport) 143 words
9. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Forestry 193 words
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2. Fishing Industry 114 words
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3. Manufactured Food 164 words
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4. Agricultural Dwelling-house Advisory Committees 174 words
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5. Prices 62 words
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6. European Community (Surplus Foodstuffs) 304 words
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7. Animals (Export) 67 words
10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Milk 307 words
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2. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 302 words
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3. China (Minister's Visit) 62 words
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4. Retinitis Pigmentosa (Research) 98 words
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5. Expenditure Plans 275 words
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6. University Students 398 words
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7. Student Awards 152 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Financial Institutions (Control) 93 words
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2. Value Added Tax 301 words
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3. Incomes Policy 107 words
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4. Future Trends (Forecasts) 119 words
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5. Capital Gains Tax 39 words
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6. Back Duty (Inquiries) 231 words
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7. Capital Transfer Tax 72 words
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8. PAYE (Tax Tables) 79 words
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9. Gross National Product 114 words
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10. Departmental Information 237 words
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11. Gross Domestic Product 273 words
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12. Industrial Production 268 words
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13. National Insurance Surcharge 357 words
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14. Expenditure 287 words
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15. 714 Certificates 134 words
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16. Tax Yield 230 words
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17. Loans (Employees and Relatives) 153 words
12. TRANSPORT
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1. Driving Licences 57 words
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2. Railways (Track Maintenance) 108 words
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3. Motor Cyclists (Use of Headlights) 59 words
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4. Transport Supplementary Grant (West Midlands) 92 words
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5. Motorways 225 words
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6. Flexibus Experiment 49 words
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7. Dangerous Substances (Carriage by Road) 330 words
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8. Dangerous Substances (Safety Requirements) 109 words
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9. Concessionary Bus Fares 241 words
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10. Estuarial Crossings (Finance) 74 words
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11. Motorways (Service Areas) 66 words
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12. Motorways (Petrol Prices) 77 words
13. DEFENCE
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1. Northern Ireland 76 words
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2. NATO (Reserve Forces) 79 words
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3. Expenditure 54 words
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4. Air-defence Aircraft 107 words
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5. Territorial Army (Shapland Report) 58 words
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6. RAF Personnel 193 words
14. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Benefits and Training Measures (Expenditure) 103 words
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2. Health and Safety 126 words
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3. Sectoral Percentages 157 words
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4. Temporary Employment Subsidy 121 words
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5. Clergy (Pay) 80 words
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6. Employment Protection Act 70 words
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7. Work Permits (Footballers) 176 words
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8. Ford Motor Company (Pay) 65 words
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9. Noise Hazards 465 words
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10. Training Opportunities Scheme (Report) 618 words
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11. Unemployed Persons 49 words
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12. Careers Service 219 words
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13. Industrial Democracy 90 words
15. ENVIRONMENT
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1. North-West Water Authority 292 words
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2. Derelict Land 810 words
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3. Smoke Control Orders 64 words
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4. Official Car Drivers (Industrial Action) 63 words
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5. New Towns (Sale of Accommodation) 190 words
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6. Local Authority Trading Services 271 words
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7. National Building Agency 1,159 words
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8. Building Research Establishment 867 words
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9. Tenement Housing (Demolition) 204 words
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10. Noise Hazards 260 words
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11. Derelict Land 83 words
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12. Streets and Civic Buildings (Names) 87 words
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13. Vehicles (Lead Emissions) 173 words
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14. Rate Support Grant 158 words
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15. Agricultural Tenants (Rehousing) 90 words
16. ENERGY
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1. Oil 64 words
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2. Power Stations (Coal Burning) 151 words
17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. European Assembly (Members' Pay) 98 words
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2. Rhodesia (Lupone Massacre) 100 words
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3. Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (Conference) 100 words
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4. Leeds Castle (Middle East Talks) 77 words
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5. Passports 94 words
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6. Ambassadors and Embassies 94 words
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7. Ann Chapman 123 words
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8. Gilbert Islands 57 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Belfast (Urban Renewal) 600 words
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2. Judgment Enforcements Office (Lands Tribunal Judgments) 64 words
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3. Northern Ireland Economic Council 121 words
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4. Housing Executive Dwellings 157 words
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5. Department of Agriculture Housing (Rents) 191 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Peterborough (District Hospital) 77 words
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2. Disabled Persons (Accommodation) 262 words
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3. Population (International Comparisons) 558 words
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4. Offenders (After Care) 218 words
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5. Abortion (Rubella Cases) 388 words
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6. Detoxification Units 93 words
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7. Deafness 73 words
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8. Industrial Injury Benefit 1,518 words
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9. Lower Income Households 729 words
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10. Hospital Complaints Procedure 249 words
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11. Abortion Clinics 311 words
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12. Children in Care (Ipswich) 173 words
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13. Product Licences 614 words
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14. Spina Bifida (Screening) 50 words
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15. Camden and Islington Area Health Authority 193 words
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16. Hospitals (Ultrasonic Sound Facilities) 64 words
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17. Hair Dyes 70 words
20. WALES
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1. School Milk 75 words
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2. Urban Areas (Designated Districts) 564 words
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3. Welsh Development Agency 116 words
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4. Motorways 73 words
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5. Abattoirs (Closures) 21 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. Crime (Research) 123 words
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2. Motorways 21 words
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3. Sheep (Killing by Dogs) 196 words
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4. Fishery Protection Vessel "Brenda" 380 words
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5. Water Supplies 98 words
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6. Seals (Orkney) 21 words
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7. Abortions (Deaths) 120 words
22. TRADE
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1. Trade Figures (Leaks) 49 words

Lords Sitting of 27 July 1978 Series 5 Vol. 395

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. NHS: DISCUSSIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ACTION 1,355 words
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3. AIR TRANSPORT USERS' COMMITTEE: STATUS 895 words
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4. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 947 words
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5. RHODESIA: NON-RECOGNITION OF ADMINISTRATION 1,734 words
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6. SUMMER RECESS 34 words
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7. HOUSE OF LORDS' OFFICES 414 words
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8. SCOTLAND BILL 35 words
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9. COMMONS REASON FOR DISAGREEING TO LORDS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU OF LORDS AMENDMENTS DISAGREED TO BY THE COMMONS AND A COMMONS AMENDMENT IN LIEU OF A LORDS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 11 words
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10. LORDS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU 2,125 words
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11. LORDS AMENDMENT 4,576 words
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12. WALES BILL 38 words
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13. COMMONS REASON FOR DISAGREEING TO LORDS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU OF LORDS AMENDMENT DISAGREED TO BY THE COMMONS, AND COMMONS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU OF CERTAIN OTHER LORDS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU, AND A COMMONS AMENDMENT TO A LORDS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 11 words
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14. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,842 words
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15. LORDS AMENDMENTS IN LIEU 2,026 words
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16. LORDS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 368 words
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17. LORDS AMENDMENT IN LIEU 1,592 words
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18. CHRONICALLY SICK AND DISABLED PERSONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) BILL 456 words
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19. MINISTERIAL AND OTHER SALARIES ORDER 1978 1,031 words
20. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS SCHEME) (GREAT BRITAIN) ORDER 1978
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21. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS SCHEME) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 6,304 words
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22. SHIPBUILDING (REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS SCHEME) (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 34 words
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23. OIL POLLUTION: CONTROL AND COMPENSATION 19,263 words
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24. PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS BILL 24 words
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25. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (No. 2) BILL 9 words
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26. VALE OF GLAMORGAN (BARRY HARBOUR) BILL 9 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 July 1978 Series 5 Vol. 395

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1. QUANGOS: INFORMATION ON MEMBERSHIP AND REMUNERATION 131 words
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2. NUTRITION OF CHILDREN 314 words
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3. THE JAY COMMITTEE: COMPLETION OF REPORT 59 words
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4. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1966: SECTION 11 108 words