Commons Sitting of 24 October 1978 Series 5 Vol. 955

    c1047
  1. Preamble 7 words
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  2. PRAYERS 5 words
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  3. WRITS ISSUED DURING THE ADJOURNMENT 159 words
  4. PROROGATION
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    1. HER MAJESTY'S MOST GRACIOUS SPEECH 1,984 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 October 1978 Series 5 Vol. 955

  1. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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    1. Food Prices 192 words
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    2. Fluorisis 78 words
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    3. Wine 123 words
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    4. Joint Consultative Organisation's Advisory Board on Agriculture (Fruit Committee) 144 words
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    5. Factory Farming 134 words
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    6. Animals (Export) 97 words
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    7. Land Purchase 255 words
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    8. Mackerel Fishery (Licensing Arrangements) 520 words
  2. WALES
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    1. Welsh Development Agency (Investment in Small Companies) 51 words
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    2. English-Welsh Border (Review by Boundary Commissions) 333 words
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    3. Llangollen Traffic Survey 70 words
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    4. Denbigh Relief Road Scheme 76 words
  3. CIVIL SERVICE
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    1. Official Publications (Avoidance of Political Bias) 152 words
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    2. Civil Servants 174 words
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    3. Civil Service Pensions (Unestablished Service) 117 words
  4. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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    1. Potatoes 124 words
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    2. Car Insurance and Car Repairs 125 words
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    3. Government Bodies (Cost) 121 words
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    4. Funeral Directors (Code of Practice) 100 words
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    5. Petrol Prices (Display) Order 1977 307 words
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    6. Consumer Credit Licences 83 words
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    7. Rochdale (Secretary of State's Visit) 106 words
  5. ENERGY
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    1. France (Electricity Link) 56 words
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    2. Fast Breeder Reactor 139 words
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    3. Motor Fuel 183 words
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    4. Wave Simulation Tank, Edinburgh University 231 words
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    5. Coal Exports 169 words
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    6. National Coal Board (Productivity Scheme) 145 words
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    7. Coal Production 72 words
  6. NORTHERN IRELAND
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    1. Halls (Rating) 57 words
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    2. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum 660 words
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    3. Social Security Frauds 340 words
  7. DEFENCE
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    1. RAF Biggin Hill 103 words
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    2. Recruitment 59 words
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    3. Ministry Buildings (London) 1,053 words
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    4. Expenditure 129 words
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    5. Travel Warrants 159 words
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    6. Landing Fees (Gibraltar) 156 words
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    7. Service Widows' Pensions 160 words
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    8. Her Majesty's Forces (Trade Union Organisation) 71 words
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    9. Turkey 114 words
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    10. Armaments (European Economic Commission Study) 99 words
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    11. Service Personnel (Resettlement) 707 words
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    12. Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich 258 words
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    13. Soundproofing (Grants) 112 words
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    14. Armed Forces (Scottish Personnel) 121 words
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    15. Departmental Relocation 74 words
  8. SCOTLAND
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    1. Speech Therapy (Mentally Handicapped Children) 201 words
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    2. Glasgow District Council Housing Department 45 words
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    3. Departmental Staff (Retirement) 140 words
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    4. Teachers' Widows (Pensions) 172 words
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    5. Doctors 112 words
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    6. Court Procedure (Witnesses' Citations) 80 words
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    7. Crown Estates 59 words
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    8. Gaelic Tuition 426 words
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    9. Hospitals (Electro-Convulsive Therapy) 292 words
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    10. European Community Institutions 44 words
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    11. Land Ownership 100 words
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    12. Hazardous Substances (Transportation) 137 words
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    13. Murders 196 words
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    14. Appeal Cases (Legal Aid) 141 words
  9. TRANSPORT
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    1. Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre (Circular) 310 words
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    2. Under-18s (Driving Qualifications) 173 words
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    3. Accidents (Motor Bicycles) 59 words
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    4. Environmental Damage (Heavy Lorries) 127 words
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    5. A21 (Hastings-Tonbridge) 250 words
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    6. Motor Bicycles (Noise Control) 161 words
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    7. Motorway Traffic (Uncovered Loads) 113 words
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    8. Dangerous Substances (Storage and Transport) 99 words
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    9. M27 (Hedge End—Chilworth) 95 words
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    10. Vehicles (Decibel Levels) 460 words
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    11. Vans (Open Doors) 128 words
  10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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    1. Members 293 words
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    2. Official Report 49 words
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    3. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (UNITED KINGDOM MEMBERSHIP) 75 words
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    4. TOP SALARIES REVIEW BODY 305 words
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    5. STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT (TELEVISION) 48 words
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    6. SCOTTISH LAW COMMISSION 149 words
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    7. LAW OFFICERS' DEPARTMENTS (STAFF RETIREMENT) 156 words
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    8. LAW COMMISSION 52 words
  11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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    1. Rhodesia 262 words
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    2. "Declaration of Liberated Europe" Treaty 189 words
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    3. Malta (Human Rights) 123 words
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    4. Chile 63 words
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    5. United Nations Sanctions Committee 86 words
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    6. USSR 100 words
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    7. Rhodesia 97 words
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    8. Uranium (Imports) 142 words
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    9. Security Organisations 56 words
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    10. Passport Applications 86 words
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    11. Foreign Diplomats 36 words
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    12. Diplomatic Immunity 65 words
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    13. Africa (Intervention Force) 112 words
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    14. Zambia (Blocked Bank Accounts) 79 words
  12. TRADE
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    1. European Community Trade Mark Office 169 words
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    2. South Africa (British Companies) 265 words
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    3. Sperm Oil 264 words
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    4. West Germany 107 words
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    5. Nigeria 69 words
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    6. Japan 65 words
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    7. Tourism (West Midlands) 117 words
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    8. Vehicle Components 177 words
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    9. Prestwick Airport 134 words
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    10. Air Services (Scandinavia) 173 words
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    11. South Africa 89 words
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    12. Wine Imports 1,306 words
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    13. Companies (Annual Returns) 73 words
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    14. Aircraft Accident Reports 87 words
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    15. Terms of Trade 59 words
  13. EMPLOYMENT
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    1. Jobs 158 words
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    2. Business Men (Overseas Companies) 126 words
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    3. Quangos (Member's Letter) 109 words
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    4. Ealing 74 words
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    5. Job Creation 127 words
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    6. Trade Union Officials 589 words
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    7. Co-operative Projects 194 words
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    8. North-West England 75 words
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    9. Enterprise and Co-operative Workshops 661 words
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    10. Trade Union Membership 385 words
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    11. Unemployed Persons 1,258 words
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    12. Employed Persons 1,084 words
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    13. Lost Working Days 57 words
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    14. Pay 120 words
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    15. Vacancies and Unemployed Persons 568 words
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    16. Productivity Schemes 612 words
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    17. Pay Settlements 313 words
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    18. Incomes Policy 382 words
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    19. Workshops for the Blind 151 words
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    20. Blind and Disabled Workers 159 words
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    21. Productivity 110 words
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    22. National Coal Board Employees (Medical Examinations) 119 words
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    23. Civil Employment (International Comparisons) 382 words
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    24. Unemployment Rates 239 words
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    25. Unemployed Persons (Percentage Rates) 972 words
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    26. Incomes Policy (Monitoring Committee) 67 words
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    27. Health and Safety 219 words
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    28. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 91 words
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    29. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED 25 words
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    30. COVENTRY 23 words
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    31. TEHERAN 32 words
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    32. RHODESIA 64 words
  14. INDUSTRY
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    1. British Leyland and Sigma Motor Corporation (Proposed Merger) 110 words
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    2. Postmen (Vacancies) 34 words
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    3. Microprocessor Applications Project 104 words
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    4. Engineering 47 words
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    5. Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University (Report) 96 words
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    6. Cobalt 101 words
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    7. British Leyland 442 words
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    8. Industrial Energy Thrift Scheme 40 words
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    9. Companies (Return on Capital) 454 words
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    10. Manufacturing Industry (Return on Capital) 74 words
  15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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    1. Library Facilities 69 words
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    2. Unemployed Teachers 105 words
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    3. Books and In-Service Training 223 words
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    4. Birth Impairments 42 words
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    5. Anti-Hypertensive Drug Therapy 126 words
  16. ENVIRONMENT
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    1. Asbestos (Palace of Westminster) 290 words
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    2. Local Councillors (Allowances) 58 words
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    3. House Building (Ealing) 68 words
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    4. South Yorkshire Navigation 40 words
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    5. Dogs (Licensing) 117 words
      cc851-2W
    6. Planning Appeals 64 words
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    7. Sports (Sponsorship) 91 words
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    8. Tied Cottages (Rents) 165 words
      cc852-3W
    9. LIVERPOOL STREET AND BROAD STREET STATIONS 122 words
      c853W
    10. Rate Support Grant 179 words
      cc853-4W
    11. Noise Abatement Zones 114 words
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    12. Housing Revenue Accounts (Rate Fund Contributions) 76 words
      cc854-5W
    13. Nuclear Waste Disposal 243 words
      c855W
    14. House Prices 109 words
      c855W
    15. Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 75 words
      cc855-6W
    16. Local Government (Rules of Conduct) 178 words
      c856W
    17. Pedestrian Crossings 178 words
  17. HOME DEPARTMENT
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    1. Parking Offences (Diplomatic Immunity) 2,044 words
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    2. Seals (Slaughter) 120 words
      cc861-2W
    3. Local Radio Stations 357 words
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    4. Entry Restrictions (Evasion) 203 words
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    5. Hunting 117 words
      cc863-6W
    6. Animals (Experiments) 875 words
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    7. Cruelty to Animals Act 1876 78 words
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    8. Fire Services (Dispute) 86 words
      cc866-7W
    9. Zoos and Wildlife Parks (Licensing) 108 words
      c867W
    10. Murders 122 words
      cc867-8W
    11. London Taxi Cabs (Fares) 180 words
      c868W
    12. Prisoners (Petitions) 135 words
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    13. Deaf Persons (Television Licence Concessions) 35 words
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    14. Immigration 65 words
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    15. Animals (Consolidation of Statutes) 86 words
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    16. Departmental Staff 42 words
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    17. Certificates of Disposal 153 words
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    18. Broadcast Frequencies 153 words
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    19. Terrorism 101 words
      cc870-1W
    20. Fire Precautions 162 words
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    21. Motor Vehicle (Construction and Use) Regulations 1973 152 words
      cc871-2W
    22. Electoral Arrangements 73 words
      cc872-3W
    23. Political Refugees 270 words
  18. NATIONAL FINANCE
      19. cc873-4W
    1. Value Added Tax 368 words
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    2. £ Sterling and Irish Pound 42 words
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    3. PAYE 88 words
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    4. Personal Incomes and Capital 578 words
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    5. War Loan 59 words
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    6. Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation 461 words
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    7. Personal Incomes 179 words
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    8. Research (Subsidies and Grants) 688 words
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    9. Excise Duty (Wines and Spirits) 245 words
      cc880-1W
    10. Income Tax (Yield) 340 words
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    11. Growth Rates 216 words
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    12. Domestic Credit Expansion 302 words
      c883W
    13. Capital Transfer Tax 338 words
      cc883-4W
    14. Inland Revenue Staff 248 words
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    15. Foreign Currency Borrowing 89 words
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    16. North Sea Oil 323 words
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    17. Nationalised Industries 521 words
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    18. Personal Taxation (International Comparisons) 293 words
      cc887-8W
    19. Minimum Lending Rate 211 words
      c888W
    20. Industrial Production 104 words
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    21. Output (International Comparisons) 758 words
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    22. Retail Prices 303 words
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    23. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 67 words
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    24. Tax Revenue 66 words
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    25. Prices and Incomes 67 words
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    26. Government Expenditure 589 words
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    27. Employed Persons and Earnings 808 words
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    28. Estate Duty (Single Women) 93 words
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    29. Exports and Imports 71 words
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    30. Exchange Rates 443 words
      c898W
    31. Productivity Schemes 47 words
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    32. Money Supply 500 words
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    33. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 551 words
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    34. Public Orders and Contracts 89 words
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    35. Pay Policy 54 words
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    36. Pay Settlements (Government Action) 271 words
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    37. Incomes Policy (Monitoring Committee) 48 words
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    38. Capital Taxes Office 342 words
  19. SOCIAL SERVICES
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    1. Blind Persons 139 words
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    2. Motability 195 words
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    3. Adoption 88 words
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    4. Hospital Wards (Closures) 73 words
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    5. Pension Scheme (Contracting Out) 62 words
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    6. National Health Service 346 words
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    7. Chiropody 258 words
      cc907-8W
    8. Whooping-cough Vaccination 298 words
      cc908-9W
    9. Pregnancy Consultation Services 218 words
      c909W
    10. Acton Hospital 223 words
      cc909-10W
    11. Maternity Beds 83 words
      c910W
    12. One-parent Families 162 words
      cc910-1W
    13. Medical Manpower 207 words
      c911W
    14. Family Income Supplement 98 words
      cc911-2W
    15. Supplementary Benefit and Pensions 79 words
      c912W
    16. Supplementary Benefit Leaflets 179 words
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    17. Hospital Out-patients (Travelling Expenses) 196 words
      c913W
    18. Huddersfield (Minister's Visit) 112 words
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    19. Pharmacists 157 words
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    20. Drugs Industry 115 words
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    21. Doctors 114 words
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    22. Hospital Broadcasting 398 words
      cc915-7W
    23. Patients' Records (Confidentiality) 396 words
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    24. Smoking and Health (Leaflet) 487 words
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    25. Registrars 1,659 words
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    26. Hospital Laundry Supervisors (Dispute) 77 words
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    27. Doctors' Lists 102 words
      c924W
    28. Overseas-trained Doctors 91 words
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    29. Birth Control Pill Deaths 219 words
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    30. "Help Yourself to Health" 109 words
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    31. Supplementary Benefit Staff 391 words
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    32. Ante-Natal Clinic Attendance 271 words
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    33. Drugs (Clinical Trials) 75 words
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    34. Doctors (Emigration) 170 words
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    35. Hypnosis 141 words
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    36. Journals and Periodicals 205 words
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    37. Agoraphobia 131 words
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    38. Regional Health Authorities (Chairmen) 692 words
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    39. War Widows 225 words
      cc932-5W
    40. Retirement and Widows' Pensions 1,235 words
      cc935-6W
    41. Leamington Park Hospital 84 words
      c936W
    42. Central Middlesex Hospital (Porters) 146 words
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    43. Doctors (Certificate Fees) 121 words
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    44. Computers and Confidentiality 61 words
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    45. Health Boards and Management Teams 90 words
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    46. Hospital Administrators/Patients Ratio 122 words
      cc937-8W
    47. Prescription Charges 73 words
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    48. Amoxycillin (Patent Rights) 109 words
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    49. Casualty Services (Redditch) 80 words
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    50. Disabled Housewives 292 words
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    51. Earnings Rule 52 words
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    52. Doctor's Bill (Personal Case) 125 words
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    53. Hospital Waiting Lists 86 words
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    54. Marginal Tax Rates 766 words
  20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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    1. European Community (United Kingdom Contribution) 496 words
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    2. £ Sterling (Value) 109 words
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    3. Inflation (International Comparisons) 117 words
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    4. Personal Grants and Transfer Payments 332 words
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    5. Sterling Funds (Blocking) 512 words
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    6. "Investigation Work" (Pamphlet) 449 words
      c948W
    7. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 67 words

Lords Sitting of 24 October 1978 Series 5 Vol. 395

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  1. Preamble 27 words
    2. c1309
  2. Preamble 53 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 24 October 1978 Series 5 Vol. 395

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  1. TANKERS: CODES OF PRACTICE 189 words
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  2. AIRPORTS POLICY: ADVISORY BODY 216 words
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  3. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: DEBT RELIEF 298 words
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  4. THIRD WORLD DEBTS 768 words
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  5. ROYAL COMMISSION PROROGATION: HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH 8 words
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  6. TAXATION OF FAMILY MAN: WESTERN WORLD COMPARISONS 2,045 words