Sitting of 7 March 1978

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Commons Sitting of 7 March 1978 Series 5 Vol. 945

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS BILL (By Order) 14 words
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2. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL (By Order) 16 words
4. ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
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1. SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY BILL (By Order) 14 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. MR. SPEAKER'S STATEMENT 309 words
2. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Secretary of State (Engagements) 184 words
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2. Benefits and Pensions (Local Payment Facilities) 583 words
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3. Breast Cancer Screening 543 words
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4. Battered Wives 550 words
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5. Staff (Winchester and Dorset) 549 words
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6. Personal Files 615 words
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7. Dentists (Payment) 501 words
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8. Mexborough Montagu Hospital (Casualty Department) 303 words
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9. Hospital Waiting Lists 602 words
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10. Crawley Hospital 216 words
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11. Supplementary Benefit (Fraud and Mistakes) 373 words
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12. Back Pain (Report) 224 words
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13. Child Benefit 348 words
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14. Ambulance Service 258 words
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15. Drug Safety (Warning System) 189 words
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16. Dentistry 509 words
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3. DENMARK (PRIME MINISTER) 520 words
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4. CBI and TUC 1,021 words
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5. BELFAST 309 words
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6. MOTOR VESSEL "ENTERPRISE" 1,464 words
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7. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 851 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 28 words
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9. NEW MEMBER 45 words
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10. DISABLED PERSONS (MOBILITY AFTER RETIREMENT) 1,260 words
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11. DISABLED PERSONS (MOBILITY AFTER RETIREMENT) 62 words
12. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. WALES BILL 1,253 words
13. Schedule 2
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1. EXISTING STATUTORY FUNCTIONS 24,576 words, 1 division
14. Clause 11
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1. CULTURAL AND RECREATIVE ACTIVITIES 1,546 words, 1 division
15. Clause 13
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1. REVIEW OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE 1,952 words, 1 division
16. Clause 16
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1. STANDING ORDERS 13,184 words
17. Clause 17
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1. PECUNIARY INTERESTS 2,250 words
18. Clause 18
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1. SUBJECT COMMITTEES 12,403 words, 2 divisions
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19. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (MEMBERSHIP) 52 words
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20. BRITISH LEYLAND (SPEKE PLANT) 3,574 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 7 March 1978 Series 5 Vol. 945

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Immigrants 185 words
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2. Parliamentary Constituencies 75 words
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3. Fines 120 words
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4. Race Relations (Expenditure) 78 words
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5. Member's Correspondence 133 words
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6. Women Prisoners (Children) 288 words
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7. Police (Attacks) 86 words
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8. Police (Disciplinary Offences) 178 words
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9. Isle of Man 190 words
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10. Police (South Yorkshire) 92 words
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11. Police Constable Glastonbury 509 words
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12. Indictable Offences 111 words
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13. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 319 words
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14. LUXEMBOURG 40 words
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15. ILFORD 23 words
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16. CBI 101 words
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17. SPAIN 29 words
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18. WINDHOEK 22 words
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19. TUC 74 words
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20. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 61 words
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21. SCARBOROUGH 25 words
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22. TARVIN 25 words
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23. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT (SPEECH) 194 words
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24. WEST GERMANY 25 words
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25. WILLENHALL 23 words
2. WALES
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1. Unemployed Persons 40 words
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2. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (PAY, ALLOWANCES AND PENSIONS) 1,010 words
3. TABLE 2
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1. PENSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS IN EEC COUNTRIES 454 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Refreshment Department 254 words
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2. Refreshment Facilities 135 words
5. TRADE
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1. Japan (Motor Cars) 426 words
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2. Securities Industry 64 words
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3. Mail Order Firms (Statistics) 103 words
6. EMPLOYMENT
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1. EEC Advisory Committee of the Asbestos International Association 135 words
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2. Unemployed Persons 87 words
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3. Earnings (Cheshire) 374 words
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4. Pay (Statistics) 107 words
7. ENERGY
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1. British Gas Corporation 109 words
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2. North Sea Gas 112 words
8. TRANSPORT
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1. Breathalysers 195 words
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2. Concessionary Fares 82 words
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3. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre 84 words
9. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Commonwealth Development Corporation 536 words
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2. India (Ships) 50 words
10. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Community Relations Expenditure 58 words
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2. Housing Density 134 words
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3. Improvement Grants (Television Advertisements) 42 words
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4. Urban Aid (Walsall) 56 words
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5. Weather Damage (Compensation) 253 words
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6. Rates (Differentials) 208 words
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7. Rents (Cannock Chase) 98 words
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8. Construction Contracts 325 words
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9. Substandard Housing (Oldham) 96 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Agriculture and Farms 247 words
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2. Sandwich Courses (Wales) 274 words
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3. Awards (Residence Qualifications) 164 words
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4. Evening Institutes 90 words
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5. Sir Benjamin Truman (Gainsborough Painting) 116 words
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6. British Library 207 words
12. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. National Health Service (Industrial Relations) 119 words
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2. Consultants (South-Western Region) 72 words
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3. Hospitals (Private Beds) 69 words
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4. National Health Service 106 words
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5. Retirement Age 108 words
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6. National Insurance Contributions 126 words
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7. Kidney Dialysis and Donors 310 words
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8. Pensions 163 words
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9. Alcoholism 185 words
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10. Hospital Waiting Lists 75 words
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11. One-Parent Families 55 words
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12. Low Income Groups (Fuel Costs) 72 words
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13. Supplementary Benefits Commission (Report) 64 words
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14. Personal Files 112 words
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15. Community Homes (Unruly Juveniles) 69 words
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16. Private Patients (Debts) 165 words
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17. Hospital Advisory Service (Report) 95 words
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18. Hospitals (Wisbech) 60 words
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19. Consultants (Regional Allocation) 57 words
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20. Supplementary Benefit (Bus Fares) 72 words
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21. Sickness Benefit (Married Women's Dependants) 133 words
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22. Supplementary Benefit (Polygamous Households) 69 words
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23. Elderly Persons 72 words
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24. National Insurance Advisory Committee Referrals 117 words
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25. Departmental Fuel Costs 215 words
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26. Animals (Experiments) 73 words
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27. Family Doctors 24 words
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28. Disabled Persons (Telephones) 109 words
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29. Supplementary Benefit Claimants 128 words
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30. Supplementary Benefits 47 words
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31. Disables Persons 146 words
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32. Ealing (New Hospital) 83 words
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33. Death Grant 260 words
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34. Child Benefit 51 words
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35. National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville 117 words
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36. Hospitals (Birmingham) 71 words
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37. Invalidity Benefit 143 words
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38. Cremation Certificates 79 words
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39. Hospices (Terminal Patients) 276 words
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40. Invalidity Pensions 51 words
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41. Dentists 597 words
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42. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 1,652 words
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43. Retired Persons 145 words
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44. Children (Medical Examinations) 72 words
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45. Abortion (Preston and South Ribble) 232 words
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46. Funerals 337 words
13. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pay 114 words
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2. LEGAL AID 138 words
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3. TRIAL COSTS 75 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Industrial Development Grants 1,334 words
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2. Industrial Development Certificates 86 words
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3. Diesel Engines 111 words
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4. Special Development Areas 110 words
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5. Giro 75 words
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6. Planning Agreements 1,021 words
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7. Shipbuilding (Polish Contract) 85 words
15. SCOTLAND
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1. Geriatrics 279 words
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2. Hospital Sheeting 59 words
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3. Nurses 38 words
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4. Nursery Education 238 words
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5. Haddo House, Aberdeenshire 76 words
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6. Weather Damage (Compensation) 134 words
16. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Tractors (Cost) 184 words
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2. Wheat (European Community Regulations) 188 words
17. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Earnings (OECD Countries) 128 words
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2. Imports and Exports 157 words
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3. Taxation Forecasting 125 words
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4. Whisky 123 words
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5. Mortgages (Tax Relief) 105 words
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6. European Community 86 words
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7. Taxation 184 words
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8. Personal Incomes 499 words
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9. £ Sterling (Purchasing Power) 66 words
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10. Industrial Production 46 words
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11. Dependent Relative Allowance 159 words
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12. Pension Funds, Life Assurance and Retirement Annuities 124 words
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13. Heritage 130 words
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14. Tax Allowances 84 words
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15. Capital Transfer Tax 149 words
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16. Age Allowance 66 words
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17. Productivity 206 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. NATO 254 words
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2. Armed Forces (Pay) 83 words
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3. Fuel Allowances 79 words
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4. Expenditure 124 words
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5. Balance of Payments Costs 124 words
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6. Missiles (Research) 84 words
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7. Service Men (Family Allowances) 530 words
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8. Chemical Warfare 60 words
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9. BAOR (Civil Servants and Teachers) 203 words
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10. USSR (Aircraft Carriers) 43 words
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11. USSR (Tank and Motor Rifle Divisions) 82 words
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12. Guns and Helicopters 113 words
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13. RAF Officers (Voluntary Release) 171 words
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14. Milan Anti-tank Weapon 103 words
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15. NATO (Military Manoeuvres) 45 words
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16. Royal Navy (Mines) 36 words
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17. Seadart and Seawolf 67 words
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18. Blowpipe 43 words
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19. Civilian Manpower 69 words
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20. Chieftain Tank 30 words
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21. Army (Manpower) 57 words
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22. Munitions (Stocks) 50 words
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23. Anti-armour Weaponry 42 words
19. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Price Indices 197 words

Lords Sitting of 7 March 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. ANTI-RABIES EXERCISE IN HALESOWEN 870 words
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3. BLACKBUSHE AERODROME 276 words
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4. TERRORISTS: SANCTIONS 679 words
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5. REFUSE DISPOSAL (AMENITY) BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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6. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BILL 33,141 words
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7. CUSTOMS ANNUITY AND BENEVOLENT FUND BILL 15 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 7 March 1978 Series 5 Vol. 389

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1. LEGISLATION: RENTON RECOMMENDATIONS 83 words
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2. TERRORISM AND HIJACKING: ICAO ASSEMBLY 170 words
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3. HIJACKING: SANCTIONS 80 words
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4. HIJACKING AND TERRORISM: OVERFLYING RIGHTS 118 words
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5. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: SANCTIONS 131 words
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6. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BILL: GUILLOTINED AMENDMENTS 101 words