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Commons Sitting of 5 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 975

c395
1. Preamble 7 words
c395
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
cc395-6
1. Coach Safety 419 words
cc396-7
2. Transport and Road Research Laboratory 389 words
cc397-9
3. M6-Blackburn 515 words
cc399-400
4. Rural Areas 568 words
cc400-1
5. Traffic Surveys 155 words
cc401-3
6. Roads (Resurfacing Costs) 495 words
cc403-4
7. Road Programme 395 words
cc404-5
8. European Community (Council of Transport Ministers) 293 words
c405
9. M6-M61 161 words
cc405-6
10. Epping Forest (Road Schemes) 379 words
cc406-8
11. Railways (Electrification) 575 words
cc408-9
12. Departmental Expenditure 390 words
cc409-10
13. Road Programme 327 words
cc410-3
14. Passenger Railway Network 842 words
c413
15. Bicycles 316 words
cc413-5
16. M1-M62-A1 (Road Link) 479 words
cc415-6
17. Channel Tunnel 526 words
cc416-7
18. Port of London Authority 325 words
19. CIVIL SERVICE
cc417-9
1. Computers 480 words
cc419-20
20. Trade Unions 279 words
cc420-1
21. General Efficiency 383 words
cc421-2
22. Scottish Affairs 255 words
cc422-3
23. Industrial Disputes 232 words
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24. QUESTION TIME (POINTS OF ORDER 138 words
c423
25. DIVISION No. 117 112 words
cc423-9
26. RHODESIA 1,774 words
cc429-30
27. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EMPLOYMENT 257 words
c430
28. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 207 words
cc430-2
29. TENANTS' RIGHTS, ETC. (SCOTLAND) BILL 512 words
cc432-4
30. RHODESIA 530 words
31. BILL PRESENTED
c434
1. TENANTS' RIGHTS, ETC. (SCOTLAND) 129 words
c434
32. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 85 words
cc435-42
4. SCOTTISH ANGLERS TRUST 2,788 words, 1 division
c442
5. SCOTTISH ANGLERS TRUST 48 words
cc443-574
6. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 49,285 words, 2 divisions
c575
7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 22 words
8. WAYS AND MEANS
c575
1. PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX 98 words
c575
9. PETROLEUM REVENUE TAX 87 words
c575
10. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 73 words
cc576-86
11. PETROCHEMICAL PLANT (BRAEFOOT BAY AND MOSS MORRAN) 3,786 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 975

1. CIVIL SERVICE
c191W
1. Civil Servants (Political Activities) 78 words
c191W
2. Computers 203 words
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3. Civil Servants (Pensions) 90 words
c192W
4. Professional and Technical Civil Servants (Pay Dispute) 59 words
c192W
5. Manpower Reductions 43 words
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6. SEAGOING INLAND CRAFT 68 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
c193W
1. Aerosols 197 words
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2. Mr. R. Morgan 161 words
c194W
3. Fraud Detection (Listening Devices) 90 words
c194W
4. Citizens Band Radio 67 words
c194W
5. THE ARTS 49 words
cc194-5W
6. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN 62 words
c195W
7. THEATRE MUSEUM 77 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
c195W
1. Aid to Political Parties 45 words
4. TRADE
cc195-6W
1. Pilotage Commission 448 words
cc196-7W
2. Imports 69 words
c197W
3. Polyurethane Furniture 223 words
c197W
4. Textile and Clothing Products 64 words
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5. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY ACT 59 words
c198W
6. ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES (NORTHERN IRELAND) 122 words
c198W
7. DISREPAIR CERTIFICATES 40 words
5. DEFENCE
cc198-9W
1. Iranian Navy (Supply Ship) 79 words
c199W
2. Signal Equipment 82 words
c199W
3. Army Cadet Force 95 words
cc199-200W
4. Ferranti Ltd. 116 words
c200W
5. Kenya 21 words
6. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Jobcentres 381 words
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2. Job Creation 218 words
c202W
3. Redundancy Payments 224 words
c202W
4. Employment Transfer Scheme 29 words
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5. Antenatal Care 71 words
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6. Industrial Diseases 220 words
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7. Safety Regulations and Codes 179 words
c204W
8. Independent Trade Unions 70 words
c204W
9. Worker Participation 50 words
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10. Polyurethane Furniture 213 words
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11. Work Permits 49 words
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12. Merseyside 204 words
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13. Shipley and Bingley 173 words
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14. Airfix Limited 185 words
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15. Industrial Tribunals 101 words
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16. Shipbuilding, Ship Repairing and Marine Engineering 250 words
cc208-9W
17. Packaging and Labelling (EEC Directive) 267 words
c209W
18. Disabled Persons 255 words
cc209-10W
19. European Community 157 words
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20. Retail Price Index 238 words
c211W
21. Employers' National Insurance 286 words
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22. School Leavers (Bassetlaw) 151 words
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23. Workers (Housing) 106 words
7. WALES
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1. District General Hospital, Bangor 87 words
c213W
2. Unemployment 137 words
8. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Ivory Imports (Hong Kong) 128 words
c214W
2. East Timor 39 words
c214W
3. Official Secrets Act 137 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Petroleum Revenue Tax 135 words
c215W
2. Expenditure 68 words
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3. Treasury Model 154 words
cc215-6W
4. National Savings Bank, Glasgow 153 words
c216W
5. Nationalised Industries 157 words
cc216-7W
6. Money Supply 67 words
c217W
7. Citizens Band Radio 56 words
cc217-8W
8. National Debt 316 words
c218W
9. Competitiveness 157 words
cc218-9W
10. Incomes and Prices 169 words
c219W
11. Exchange Controls 92 words
10. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
c219W
1. IPSO Drops 125 words
cc219-20W
2. Common Fisheries Policy 157 words
c220W
3. Sugar Beet 62 words
11. ENERGY
cc220-2W
1. Offshore Petroleum Licensing 492 words
c222W
2. Gas Supplies 80 words
c222W
3. Windscale 134 words
cc222-3W
4. Coal-fired Power Stations 161 words
12. INDUSTRY
cc223-4W
1. Waste Management 501 words
c224W
2. British Steel Corporation 53 words
cc224-7W
3. Wool Textiles 916 words
cc227-30W
4. Textile Industry 1,427 words
cc230-1W
5. Ferranti Ltd. 228 words
13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
cc231-2W
1. School Meals 237 words
cc232-3W
2. Student Grants 174 words
c233W
3. Teachers (Pay) 249 words
cc233-4W
4. Secondary Schools (Survey) 100 words
14. NORTHERN IRELAND
c234W
1. Disrepair Certificates 92 words
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2. Rate Rebate 207 words
c235W
3. Rents 101 words
c235W
4. Restricted Drivers (Motor Cycles) 99 words
cc235-6W
5. Government Assets (Sale) 113 words
c236W
6. Stevenson Primary School, Dunmurry 85 words
15. TRANSPORT
cc236-7W
1. Bus Services 215 words
c237W
2. Blennerhassett Report (Drinking and Driving) 33 words
c237W
3. Minibus Act 1977 51 words
cc237-8W
4. M25 74 words
c238W
5. British Railways 220 words
cc238-9W
6. Supplementary Grant 47 words
c239W
7. Traffic Surveys 49 words
c239W
8. Rural Railway Services 136 words
cc239-40W
9. Bypass (Louth) 49 words
c240W
10. Trunk Roads 132 words
c240W
11. M1. and M6 59 words
c240W
12. Departmental Land 47 words
cc240-1W
13. Liverpool Inner Ring Road 77 words
c241W
14. Motor Cars (Fuel Consumption) 46 words
c241W
15. Quangos 50 words
cc241-2W
16. Tachographs 141 words
c242W
17. Traffic Offences 46 words
c242W
18. Car Sharing 140 words
cc242-3W
19. M27 115 words
c243W
20. Road Transport (International Agreement) 147 words
cc243-4W
21. Oil Conservation 115 words
c244W
22. Road Signs 55 words
c244W
23. Experimental Safety Vehicles 102 words
c244W
24. Supplementary Grant 53 words
cc244-5W
25. Lorry Permits 126 words
c245W
26. Driving Tests 68 words
cc245-6W
27. Road Development Orders 259 words
c246W
28. Motorway Telephones 228 words
cc246-7W
29. A57 135 words
c247W
30. London Transport 30 words
c247W
31. Research 88 words
c247W
32. Jubilee Line 40 words
cc247-8W
33. National Freight Corporation 101 words
c248W
34. British Railways (Hotels) 50 words
c248W
35. Motorway Service Areas 98 words
cc248-9W
36. Trunk Road Programme 254 words
c249W
37. Vehicle Excise Duty 81 words
cc249-50W
38. M57 65 words
c250W
39. Construction and Use Regulations 86 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
c250W
1. Albert Square, Manchester (Planning Proposals) 122 words
cc250-1W
2. Public Sector Housing 147 words
c251W
3. Land Compensation Act 1973 57 words
cc251-2W
4. Lambeth 171 words
c252W
5. Research 90 words
c252W
6. Local Government (Manpower) 104 words
cc252-3W
7. Housing Survey 221 words
c253W
8. Rate Rebates 54 words
cc253-4W
9. Construction and Materials Supply Industry 84 words
c254W
10. Local Authorities (Housing) 99 words
c254W
11. Commission for the New Towns 57 words
c254W
12. Greater London Council Houses (Sale) 114 words
17. SOCIAL SERVICES
cc255-6W
1. Health and Personal Services 622 words
cc256-7W
2. Spina Bifida 224 words
cc257-8W
3. Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton Area Health Authority 178 words
c258W
4. National Health Service (Resources) 96 words
c258W
5. Vaccine Compensation Scheme (Scottish Proceedings) 125 words
cc258-9W
6. Spectacle Frames 180 words
c259W
7. St. John's Hospital, Lincoln 93 words
cc259-60W
8. Research 178 words
c260W
9. Long Reach Hospital 199 words
cc260-1W
10. London Health Planning Consortium 258 words
cc261-2W
11. Rent Allowance (Direct Payment) 136 words
c262W
12. Salford Royal Infirmary 60 words
c262W
13. Public Expenditure 58 words
c262W
14. Cash Limits 78 words
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15. Team Practices 79 words
c263W
16. Family Practices (Ancillary Staff) 96 words
c263W
17. Senior Hospital Staff 66 words
cc263-4W
18. Pharmacists (Dispensing) 95 words
c264W
19. School Leavers 122 words
cc264-5W
20. Benefit Additions 171 words
c265W
21. Administration Costs 233 words
cc265-6W
22. Intensive Care 176 words
c266W
23. Psychogeriatric Provision 128 words
cc266-7W
24. Clinical Injuries Compensation Board 116 words
c267W
25. Botley's Park Hospital 28 words
cc267-8W
26. Family Income Supplement 357 words
cc268-9W
27. Homeless Persons 305 words
cc269-71W
28. Alcoholism 758 words
c271W
29. Radiotherapy 65 words
c271W
30. Medical Oncologists 54 words
c271W
31. Unemployment Benefit 52 words
cc271-2W
32. Disabled Persons 314 words
c272W
33. Mobility Allowance 82 words
cc272-3W
34. Supplementary Benefits (Irregularities) 274 words
c273W
35. Family Spending Power 279 words
cc273-4W
36. Listening Devices 111 words

Lords Sitting of 5 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

c687
1. Preamble 34 words
cc687-8
2. TRADE UNION RECRUITMENT 247 words
cc688-90
3. STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL: SERVICE LEVEL 747 words
cc690-3
4. ROAD SAFETY AND WHEEL SPRAY 1,177 words
cc693-5
5. USSR: JEWISH CITIZENS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 385 words
c695
6. RHODESIA: CEASE-FIRE AND INDEPENDENCE PROPOSALS 28 words
cc695-712
7. INFLATION AND EMPLOYMENT: POLICIES 6,816 words
cc712-7
8. RHODESIA: CEASE-FIRE AND INDEPENDENCE PROPOSALS 2,106 words
cc717-856
9. INFLATION AND EMPLOYMENT: POLICIES 54,548 words
c856
10. DARTMOOR COMMON BILL [H.L.] 10 words
c856
11. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL [H.L.] 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 December 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

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1. AFRICAN COUNTRIES: FOOD AID 97 words