Sitting of 21 November 1978

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Commons Sitting of 21 November 1978 Series 5 Vol. 958

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL 6 words
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4. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL (By Order) 13 words
5. CUNNINGHAME DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL
1. MONKLANDS DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL
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1. THE DISTRICT COUNCIL OF RENFREW ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 8 words
6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. Developing Countries (Arms Exports) 363 words
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2. British Army of the Rhine 405 words
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3. Armed Forces (Work Experience Schemes) 274 words
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4. Air Defences 725 words
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5. Cruise Missile and Beam Technology 181 words
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6. Royal Ordnance Factories (Employment) 458 words
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7. BAOR (English Language Television Service) 489 words
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8. Recruitment Costs 705 words
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9. Army Recruitment 775 words
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10. Harrier Aircraft (China) 397 words
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11. Royal Naval Pay and Records Office 276 words
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12. China (Vice-Premier's Visit) 424 words
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13. Expenditure 560 words
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14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 713 words
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15. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE 809 words
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16. PAY POLICY (TUC TALKS) 1,004 words
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7. NORMANSFIELD HOSPITAL 4,062 words
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8. BENTLEY COLLIERY (ACCIDENT) 1,297 words
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9. VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY 778 words
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10. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, & c. 22 words
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 35,340 words
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2. SOCIAL SECURITY [MONEY] 313 words
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3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 91 words
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4. NON-CONTRIBUTORY INVALIDITY PENSION 4,614 words
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5. INLAND REVENUE (BLIND EMPLOYEE) 4,487 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 November 1978 Series 5 Vol. 958

1. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Civil Servants (Grades) 82 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Custodial Remands 194 words
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2. Firemen 132 words
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3. Isle of Man (Birching) 251 words
3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fishery Protection Measures 89 words
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2. Milk Marketing Board 171 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Comprehensive Schools (Lancashire) 54 words
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2. National Library 33 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 371 words
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4. DAGENHAM 25 words
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5. FRANCE (PRIME MINISTER) 34 words
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6. TUC AND CBI 218 words
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7. POTT SHRIGLEY 25 words
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8. PRATTS BOTTOM 26 words
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9. SECRET SERVICE 42 words
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10. BRIDGEND 25 words
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11. UNICAMERAL SYSTEM 65 words
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12. CABINET POLICIES 49 words
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13. CARSHALTON 25 words
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14. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE 42 words
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15. EUROPEAN MONETARY SYSTEM 40 words
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16. SOUTHERN AFRICA 26 words
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17. YUGOSLAVIA 38 words
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18. ABERDARON 25 words
5. TRANSPORT
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1. Vehicle Excise Duty 140 words
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2. Accidents (Costs) 201 words
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3. Motorways (Lighting) 91 words
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4. Disabled Persons (Concessionary Fares) 148 words
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5. A33 (Popham—Compton) 71 words
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6. Road Schemes (Inspectors' Reports) 63 words
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7. Port of London Authority 322 words
6. DEFENCE
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1. Aldermaston (Radiological Safety) 814 words
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2. Floating Arms Sales Exhibition 40 words
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3. Battle of Britain Collection 97 words
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4. Women's Armed Services 85 words
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5. Zambia (British Personnel) 43 words
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6. Low Level Strike Aircraft (European Collaboration) 84 words
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7. Anti-Aircraft Missiles 58 words
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8. Rhodesia 48 words
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9. Experimental Establishments (Noise Abatement) 156 words
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10. HMS "Ark Royal" 153 words
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11. NATO Defence Ministers 45 words
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12. China 52 words
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13. Forces Journal 97 words
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14. Mr. C. Pile 192 words
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15. Expenditure 166 words
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16. Territorial and Volunteer Reserve 75 words
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17. Redford Barracks, Edinburgh 31 words
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18. Defence Codification Authority 42 words
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19. Service Men (Allowances) 82 words
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20. War Medals 149 words
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21. "The Way Ahead" 46 words
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22. Nuclear Weapons 186 words
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23. Procurement Policy 88 words
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24. Armed Forces (Pay and Conditions) 217 words
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25. Royal Air Force (Operational Capability) 55 words
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26. Weapon Standardisation 61 words
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27. Disarmament 78 words
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28. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 178 words
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29. Zambia (Arms Supply) 57 words
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30. Northern Ireland 89 words
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31. Iran 44 words
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32. Armed Forces (Premature Retirement) 72 words
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33. Nuclear Deterrent 69 words
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34. Monitoring Buoys (Irish Sea) 63 words
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35. Aircraft Speed and Height Control 91 words
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36. Interceptor Aircraft 81 words
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37. Royal Air Force (Defensive Capabilities) 127 words
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38. Offshore Oil Installations 152 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. South Africa (Arms Supplies) 59 words
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2. Immigration Applications (India and Pakistan) 203 words
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3. Economic and Social Committee 428 words
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4. Southern Africa 141 words
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5. Zambia 89 words
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6. Mattiya Kambona 60 words
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7. Antigua 68 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Employed Persons and Benefit Recipients 773 words
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2. Industrial Disputes (Lost Days) 110 words
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3. Chorley and Leyland 216 words
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4. European Community (Employment Agencies) 96 words
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5. Manufacturing Industry 464 words
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6. Low-paid Workers 89 words
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7. Consett and Stanley 171 words
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8. Picketing Law 45 words
9. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Government Employment (Health and Safety) 273 words
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2. Taxation (Simplification) 81 words
10. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Allowances (Cost) 64 words
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2. Government Borrowing (International Comparisons) 309 words
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3. Gross Domestic Product 1,115 words
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4. "VAT News" 112 words
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5. Tax Threshold 246 words
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6. International Borrowing 79 words
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7. Hotel Construction 65 words
11. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Lead Pollution 184 words
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2. Planning Inquiries (Environmental Evaluation) 214 words
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3. Opencast Mining (Planning Applications) 164 words
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4. Rate Support Grant 270 words
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5. Liverpool Road (Compulsory Purchase Order) 51 words
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6. Waste Management Advisory Council 364 words
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7. New Town Corporation Boards 89 words
12. WALES
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1. Llangollen (Traffic Survey) 166 words
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2. Salmon (Radioactivity) 94 words
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3. Childbirth, Infant Mortality and Rubella 687 words
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4. Homes (Condensation) 68 words
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5. George Street Bridge, Newport 70 words
13. ENERGY
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1. Coal Imports 153 words
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2. Atomic and Nuclear Establishments (Monitoring) 64 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Statistical Office, Newport 156 words
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2. Special Steels Industry 93 words
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3. Shipbuilding 304 words
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4. British Shipbuilders 137 words
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5. Invested Capital 234 words
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6. "The Future of Information Technology" 76 words
15. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Widows' Pensions 59 words
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2. Autism (Yorkshire and Humberside) 70 words
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3. Cerebral Palsy and Perinatal Mortality 318 words
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4. Pensioners (Christmas Bonus) 112 words
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5. Doctors' Lists 183 words
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6. Blood Pressure Machines 184 words
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7. Dobroyd Castle School, Todmorden 389 words
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8. Geriatricians and Psycho-Geriatricians 1,196 words
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9. Smallpox 175 words
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10. Botulism 458 words
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11. Acupan Nefopam Hydrochloride 138 words
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12. Natural Childbirth Trust 65 words
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13. Kidney Donors 271 words
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14. Vaccinations and Inoculations 1,174 words
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15. Supervision Orders 107 words
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16. Retirement Pension 69 words
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17. Radiation 334 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Births and Perinatal Mortality 123 words
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2. Rubella (Inoculation) 371 words
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3. Infant Mortality 126 words
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4. Al (Penmanshiel Tunnel) 440 words
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5. Prisoners (Disciplinary Proceedings) 157 words
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17. Births 62 words
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18. Dental Services 75 words
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19. Road Accidents 195 words
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20. Emigration following Marriage 189 words

Lords Sitting of 21 November 1978 Series 5 Vol. 396

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. GENEVA CONFERENCE ON RACISM 625 words
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3. RACE RELATIONS ACT: POSSIBLE CONTRAVENTION 1,000 words
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4. ECONOMIC FORECASTING INSTITUTIONS: GRANT AID 1,104 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 192 words
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6. PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE 281 words
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7. SOUND BROADCASTING 152 words
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8. PENSIONERS PAYMENTS BILL 3,311 words
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9. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (VARIATION OF LIMITS) ORDER 1978 6,930 words
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10. UNFAIR DISMISSAL (INCREASE OF COMPENSATION LIMIT) ORDER 1978 28 words
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11. FOOD (PROHIBITION OF REPRICING) ORDER 1978 5,589 words
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12. ECC 31st REPORT: VAT ON SECOND-HAND GOODS 10,941 words
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13. TYNE AND WEAR PASSENGER TRANSPORT BILL 11 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 November 1978 Series 5 Vol. 396

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1. INCOME TAX: PERCENTAGE RATES 433 words
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2. FARMHOUSE CIDER: REGISTERED PRODUCERS 295 words
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3. SCOTTISH PRISONS: DIETS 71 words
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4. SEAL CULL: COMMUNICATIONS 191 words
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5. NHS: HOSPITAL IN-PATIENT WAITING LISTS 47 words
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6. NHS: IN-PATIENTS AND OUT-PATIENTS 140 words