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Commons Sitting of 2 April 1979 Series 5 Vol. 965

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. MR. AIREY NEAVE (TRIBUTES) 591 words
4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. PRIVATE BILLS (SUSPENSION) 1,113 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. INDUSTRY
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1. British Steel Corporation 362 words
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2. Inmos 314 words
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3. Post Office 646 words
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4. Manufacturing Industry 709 words
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5. United Medical Enterprises Limited 233 words
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6. British Leyland (Corporate Plan) 1,017 words
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7. Private Companies (Grant-aid) 500 words
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8. National Enterprise Board 854 words
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9. British Steel Corporation (Manning Levels) 836 words
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10. National Economic Development Council and National Enterprise Board 374 words
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11. Steel Industry (Road Haulage Dispute) 268 words
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12. Companies (Aid Applications) 436 words
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2. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 415 words
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3. SHOPLIFTING (SENTENCING POLICY) 638 words
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4. DIVORCED PERSONS (MAINTENANCE) 303 words
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6. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (SECURITY) 282 words
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7. SECURITY 2,251 words
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8. CIVIL SERVICE 573 words
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1. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 59 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL 31,151 words, 2 divisions
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2. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE [MONEY] 49 words
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10. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL 27 words
1. Clause 2
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1. POSTPONEMENT OF POLL AT PARISH OR COMMUNITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS 461 words
2. New Clause 1
1. USE OF FREE POSTAL DELIVERY SERVICE FOR CIRCULATION OF ELECTION
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2. LITERATURE RELATING TO DISTRICT COUNCIL ELECTIONS 5,924 words
3. Manuscript New Clause
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1. LATE ISSUE OF BALLOT PAPERS 997 words
4. Schedule
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1. MODIFICATION OF ELECTION RULES 5,340 words
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11. ARBITRATION BILL [Lords] 20 words
1. Clause 4
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1. EXCLUSION AGREEMENTS NOT TO APPLY IN CERTAIN CASES UNLESS ENTERED INTO AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF ARBITRATION. 2,026 words
2. New Clause 1
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1. ARBITRATION OF DIFFERENCES (CONSUMER DEALINGS) 1,995 words
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3. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 18 words
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12. ARBITRATION BILL [Lords] 1,512 words
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13. CROWN AGENTS BILL 41 words
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14. PNEUMOCONIOSIS ETC. (WOR KERS' COMPENSATION) BILL 15,481 words
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1. PNEUMOCONIOSIS ETC. (WORKERS' COMPENSATION) [MONEY] 126 words
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15. PNEUMOCONIOSIS ETC. (WORKERS' COMPENSATION) BILL 17 words
1. Clause 1
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1. LUMP SUM PAYMENTS 759 words
2. Clause 2
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1. CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT 939 words
3. Clause 3
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1. DEPENDANTS 346 words
4. Clause 4
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1. DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS 497 words
5. Clause 9
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1. SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, COMMENCE MENT AND EXTENT 231 words
6. New Clause 1
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1. PAYMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MINORS &C. 137 words
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16. TELEPHONE TAPPING 4,030 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 2 April 1979 Series 5 Vol. 965

1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Family-owned Small Businesses 281 words
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2. Civil Servants (Industrial Dispute) 170 words
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3. Personal Allowances 53 words
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4. Employment 50 words
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5. Government Payments (Industrial Action) 140 words
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6. Investment Allowances and Corporation Tax 51 words
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7. Corporation Tax 105 words
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8. Personal Incomes 197 words
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9. Income Tax 88 words
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10. Balance of Payments 135 words
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11. Unearned Income 58 words
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12. North Sea Oil and Gas 58 words
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13. Pensions 67 words
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14. Electric Vehicles 86 words
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15. M1 and M3 123 words
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16. Income Tax (Indexation) 384 words
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17. Numismatic Bureau 380 words
2. SCOTLAND
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1. White Fish Authority (Vessel Grants) 237 words
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2. Art Teachers (Qualifications) 36 words
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3. Quangos 166 words
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4. Roads and Transport (Expenditure) 66 words
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5. Rents 237 words
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6. Electricity Generating Capacity 96 words
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7. Roads 75 words
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8. Community Land 92 words
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9. Rent Rebates 175 words
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10. Bus Fares 121 words
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11. Housing (Public Sector Sales) 88 words
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12. Building Society Loans 118 words
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13. House Purchase and Improvement Loans 107 words
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14. Unemployment 216 words
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15. Housing Expenditure 1,241 words
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16. New Towns (Housing) 100 words
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17. Employment 1,025 words
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18. Housing Revenue Accounts 87 words
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19. European Funds 210 words
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20. Owner-occupation 335 words
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21. Scottish Development Agency 66 words
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22. Regional Assistance 375 words
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23. Highlands and Islands Development Board 222 words
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24. Rate Support Grant 98 words
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25. Local Government Expenditure 89 words
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26. Hospital Waiting Lists 46 words
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27. Abortion 264 words
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28. Secondary Schoolchildren 13 words
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29. Hospital Beds 301 words
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30. National Health Service (Finance) 149 words
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31. Housing Subsidies 68 words
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32. School Leavers (Certificate of Education) 81 words
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33. Rates 186 words
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34. Nursery Education 123 words
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35. Crime (Detection Rate) 204 words
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36. Scottish Transport Group 104 words
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37. Legal Aid 61 words
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38. Environmental Services (Expenditure) 205 words
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39. Police 231 words
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40. Fishing Vessels (Grants and Loans) 168 words
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41. Teachers 129 words
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42. Administration of Justice 111 words
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43. Criminal Statistics 96 words
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44. Rate Fund Services (Expenditure) 92 words
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45. Pupil-teacher Ratios 95 words
3. INDUSTRY
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1. British Leyland (Corporate Plan) 476 words
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2. Industry Act Assistance 103 words
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3. Departmental Scientists 41 words
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4. British Shipbuilders 28 words
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5. British Leyland 29 words
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6. East Midlands 87 words
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7. British Steel Corporation 45 words
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8. HS146 99 words
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9. Fork-lifts 119 words
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10. Secretary of State for Industry (Visit to China) 280 words
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11. Foundry Industry 80 words
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12. British Council of Productivity Associations 62 words
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13. Special Steels 99 words
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14. Cable and Wireless Limited 60 words
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15. Profitability 172 words
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16. Post Office 45 words
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17. Commissioner D'Avignon 31 words
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18. Northern Region 128 words
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19. Teesside Travel-to-work Area 46 words
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20. Scunthorpe 362 words
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21. Tyres 99 words
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22. National Enterprise Board 150 words
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23. Microelectronics 218 words
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24. European Community (Grants and Loans) 109 words
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25. Industry Act Assistance (Aberdeen) 322 words
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26. Advanced Computer Technology Project 113 words
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27. Cornwall Development Area 228 words
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28. Multinational Companies 317 words
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29. Shipbuilding Redundancy Scheme 136 words
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30. Vietnam 87 words
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31. CBI 34 words
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32. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY (ELECTIONS) 81 words
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33. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY (MEMBERS' SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) 160 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Pay and Allowances 82 words
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2. Refreshment Department (Food Prices) 456 words
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3. Refreshment Department (Industrial Dispute) 170 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Industrial Training 109 words
6. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Consumer Prices 469 words
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2. Retail Food Prices (International Comparisons) 150 words
7. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Satellites (Crash Hazards) 233 words
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2. Rhodesia (British Airways Activities) 164 words
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3. Rhodesia (Elections) 57 words
8. TRADE
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1. Import Restrictions 64 words
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2. Manufactured Goods 69 words
9. DEFENCE
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1. Service Personnel (Salaries) 142 words
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2. Expenditure (International Comparisons) 117 words
10. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Jury System 32 words
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2. Criminal Action Victims 94 words
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3. Violent Crime Statistics (International Comparisons) 162 words
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4. Extradition 89 words
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5. Nationality Laws 107 words
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6. Prison Service 63 words
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7. "Children of God" 87 words
11. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Supplementary Benefit Recipients (Housing Costs) 284 words
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2. Geriatrics 53 words
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3. Leprosy 158 words
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4. Motability 58 words
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5. Wanstead Hospital 218 words
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6. General Practitioners (Crewe Area) 81 words
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7. Pharmacists 175 words
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8. National Insurance Contributions 147 words
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9. Civil Servants (Industrial Dispute) 99 words
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10. Tarporley War Memorial Hospital 42 words
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11. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, KEW 30 words
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12. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (CLOSED SHOP PROCEEDINGS) 328 words
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13. PUBLIC RECORDS 229 words
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14. INDUSTRIAL TRIBUNALS 84 words
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15. PAY RESEARCH UNIT 54 words
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16. CROWN SERVANTS (OUTSIDE BUSINESS APPOINTMENTS) 343 words
12. WALES
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1. Job Creation 209 words
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2. Civil Servants (Industrial Dispute) 101 words
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3. "Parents for Optional Welsh" 80 words
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4. Secondary Education 79 words
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5. Education Act 1944 (Parental Consultations) 53 words
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6. Inner Urban Areas Act 72 words
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7. Hospital Waiting Lists 215 words
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8. Deer Fanning 57 words
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9. Road Repairs 81 words
13. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Manufacturing Companies (Northern Region) 454 words
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2. Unemployment Statistics 383 words
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3. Health and Safety 90 words
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4. Unemployed Persons (Cornwall) 301 words
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5. Leek 704 words
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6. Disabled Persons 188 words
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7. Immigrant Populations (Ministerial Visits) 186 words
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8. Disabled Unemployed (Bury and Rochdale) 199 words
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9. Guaranteed Week 49 words
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10. Cornwall 172 words
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11. Adoptive Mothers (Employment Protection Rights) 79 words
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12. Canvey Island and Thurrock 89 words
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13. Trustee-controlled Bodies 36 words
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14. Penistone 54 words
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15. West Norfolk 51 words
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16. Bulk Storage Silos (Safety Standards) 127 words
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17. Male Unemployment 62 words
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18. Special Employment and Training 112 words
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19. Southern England 59 words
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20. Walsall, Willenhall and Darlaston 53 words
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21. Short-time Working (Compensation) 67 words
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22. Unemployment 349 words
14. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Expenditure (Cornwall) 117 words
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2. Industrial Management Education 224 words
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3. Primary and Secondary Schools 127 words
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4. Professional Association of Teachers 161 words
15. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Oil Supplies 229 words
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2. Public Services (Abuses) 233 words
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3. Social Security Benefit (Falls Road) 327 words
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4. Strathearn Audio Ltd. 129 words
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5. Rents 69 words
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6. Civil Service (Staff Absences) 96 words
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7. Ulster Special Constabulary 61 words
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8. Moneylenders Act 1933 290 words
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9. Street Lighting, Belfast (Cost) 94 words
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10. Benefits (Redactions) 496 words
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11. Housing Executive 115 words
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12. Rent Order 1978 89 words
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13. De Lorean Motor Co. Ltd. 251 words
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14. De Lorean Research Partnership Ltd. 214 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Quangos (Members' Allowances) 70 words
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2. Housing Costs (Supplementary Benefit Claimants) 76 words
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3. Rent and Rate Rebates and Allowances 410 words
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4. Immigrant Populations (Ministerial Visits) 107 words
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5. Option Mortgage Scheme 49 words
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6. Footpaths (Herefordshire) 158 words
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7. Housebuilding (Cambridgeshire) 126 words
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8. Departmental Conferences 56 words
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9. Royal High School, Edinburgh (Television Sets) 149 words
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10. European Community (Expenditure on Sport) 44 words
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11. European Community (Indoor Sports Arenas) 46 words
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12. Voluntary Sports Clubs 254 words
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13. Sports Council (Technical Unit) 59 words
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14. Fish Processing Vessels (Code of Conduct) 167 words
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15. Rate Support Grant (Cornwall) 73 words
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16. Inner Urban Areas Act 68 words
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17. Method of Building Scheme (Window Frame Suppliers) 79 words
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18. Sport (Expenditure) 83 words
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19. Northern Region Strategy Plan 111 words
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20. Water Birds (Lead Poisoning) 99 words
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21. Otters 86 words
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22. Council Dwellings (Sales) 107 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. M40 (Oxford-Birmingham) 101 words
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2. Great West Road (Crossing Facilities) 89 words
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3. Road Maintenance 445 words
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4. Vehicle and Driver Licensing Centre 164 words
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5. Quangos (Members' Allowances) 175 words
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6. Road Construction 126 words
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7. Stoke-Derby Road 39 words
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8. Roads (Investment) 158 words
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9. Rail Fares 510 words
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10. Railways (Passenger Traffic) 272 words
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11. British Rail (Industrial Dispute) 40 words
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12. Driving Tests 74 words
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13. Railway Electrification 61 words
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14. Railway Closures (Wales) 24 words
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15. Channel Tunnel 36 words
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16. Freight Haulage 39 words

Lords Sitting of 2 April 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. MR. AIREY NEAVE: TRIBUTES 1,812 words
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3. QUANGOS: NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS 1,211 words
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4. ROYAL LONDON HOMOEOPATHIC HOSPITAL 225 words
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5. MRS AILEEN MORGAN 995 words
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6. EGYPT AND ISRAEL: PEACE TREATY 1,208 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 734 words
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8. CREDIT UNIONS BILL 12 words
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9. INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHORITY BILL 17 words
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10. PRIVATE BUSINESS 342 words
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11. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 93 words
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12. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 82 words
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13. INDUSTRY BILL 1,716 words
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14. SECURITY 402 words
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15. GENERAL SECURITY 2,856 words
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16. NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS BILL 1,391 words
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17. BANKING BILL 5,457 words
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18. ESTATE AGENTS BILL 5,945 words
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19. CREDIT UNIONS BILL 2,189 words
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20. INDEPENDENT BROADCASTING AUTHORITY BILL 792 words
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21. WHITE FISH SUBSIDY (DEEP SEA VESSELS) (SPECIFIED PORTS) SCHEME 1979 2,420 words
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22. AIR NAVIGATION (NOISE CERTIFICATION) ORDER 1979 2,364 words
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23. CARRIAGE BY AIR ACTS (APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS) (SECOND AMENDMENT) ORDER 1979 557 words
24. LAND REGISTRATION (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.]
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25. LEGAL AND BILL [H.L.] 34 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 2 April 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. VOCATIONAL ASSESSMENT CENTRES: VERNON REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS 122 words
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2. ELECTIONS AND SPECIAL ADVISERS 99 words