Sitting of 5 February 1979

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Commons Sitting of 5 February 1979 Series 5 Vol. 962

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 39 words
2. ENERGY
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1. Oil Construction Workers (Dispute) 313 words
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2. Electricity Generating Plant 474 words
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3. Electricity Discount Scheme 410 words
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4. National Coal Board 435 words
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5. Energy Industries (State Control) 827 words
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6. Energy (Alternative Sources) 572 words
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7. Offshore Operators' Association 191 words
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8. Coal (Exploration) 185 words
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9. Energy Supplies 379 words
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10. Energy Policy 1,263 words
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11. Atomic Energy Research Establishment Harwell 308 words
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12. Euratom Treaty 458 words
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13. National Nuclear Corporation 549 words
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14. Electricity Council 543 words
3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Lome Convention (STABEX) 368 words
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2. Zambia 1,128 words
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3. Aid Programme 460 words
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4. India 623 words
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4. INDUSTRIAL SITUATION 369 words
5. BILL PRESENTED
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1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 89 words
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2. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 21 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS BILL 20,748 words
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2. VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS [MONEY] 238 words
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3. LANARKSHIRE AREA HEALTH BOARD 3,682 words
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7. INDUSTRIAL SITUATION 26,289 words, 1 division
8. PETITION
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1. High Court Attendances (Officers of the House) 204 words
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2. FISHING INDUSTRY (SCOTLAND) 3,874 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 February 1979 Series 5 Vol. 962

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Immigrants (Gynaecological Examination) 424 words
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2. Immigration Laws (Prosecutions) 76 words
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3. Licensing Laws 84 words
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4. Local Government Elections 578 words
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5. Liquor Licences (Carlisle) 94 words
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6. Picketers (Arrest by Metropolitan Police) 33 words
2. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. European Community (Commissioners) 56 words
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2. Falkland Islands (Airport) 59 words
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3. Ex-colonial Civil Servants (Pensions) 36 words
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4. Directorate of Overseas Surveys 51 words
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5. Zambia 311 words
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6. Year of the Child 211 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Open Government (Overseas Experience) 73 words
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2. Computers (Preferential Procurement Policy) 123 words
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4. GLUE SNIFFING 94 words
5. WALES
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1. Referendum (Poll Staff) 59 words
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2. Small Firms 84 words
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3. Building Societies (Loans) 49 words
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4. County Councils (Expenditure) 52 words
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5. Economic and Industrial Problems 59 words
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6. Hospitals (Industrial Disputes) 218 words
6. TRADE
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1. China 193 words
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2. Software Industry 76 words
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3. Companies Act 1948 56 words
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4. India 98 words
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5. Bicycles 112 words
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6. Asbestos 301 words
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7. Imports 180 words
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8. Iran 97 words
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9. Films (Exhibitors' Quota) 99 words
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10. Gatwick (Scheduled Air Services) 98 words
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7. COMECON 318 words
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8. Mexico 48 words
9. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Direct Elections 235 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Lomé Convention 54 words
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2. Expenditure 73 words
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3. Departmental Documents 131 words
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4. Banabans 204 words
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5. Rhodesia 124 words
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6. Margaret Lewis 101 words
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7. Iran 107 words
11. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Afforestation 253 words
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2. Thames Flood Barrier 120 words
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3. European Community (Commodity Surpluses) 78 words
12. EMPLOYMENT
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1. British Approval Service (Electrical Equipment) 186 words
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2. Industrial Relations 449 words
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3. Enforcement and Prosecution (Crown Immunity) 117 words
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4. Small Firms 55 words
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5. Homeworkers Advisory Committee 311 words
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6. Vacancies (Notification) 130 words
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7. Construction Industry (Greater London) 326 words
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8. Central Arbitration Committee 237 words
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9. Job Creation 110 words
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13. PICKETING 118 words
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14. LAW OF NUISANCE 116 words
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15. MR. JOHN BOYLE AND MR. JIM TAYLOR 282 words
16. INDUSTRY
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1. Seel House Printing Company 127 words
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2. Naphtha and Polymers 79 words
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3. Microelectronics 90 words
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4. Microprocessor Production (Wales) 129 words
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5. Software Skills 104 words
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6. British Shipbuilders Limited 223 words
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7. Burndept Electronics Limited 90 words
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8. International Computers Limited 228 words
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9. Kirkby Manufacturing (Engineering) Co. Ltd. 51 words
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10. European Regional Development Grants 77 words
17. ENERGY
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1. Oil Rigs (Security) 104 words
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2. Energy Conservation 158 words
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3. Inert Gas Systems (Tankers) 68 words
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4. National Coal Board (Grants and Subsidies) 83 words
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5. Stirlingshire—Clackmannan Coalfield 59 words
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6. European Community (Fusion Programme) 120 words
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7. Construction Site, Portavadie 72 words
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8. Coal Industry (South Wales) 78 words
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9. Coal Output 81 words
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10. Gas Cookers 59 words
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11. Coal (Production and Consumption) 58 words
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12. Coal Mining 47 words
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13. Oil (Continental Shelf) 101 words
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14. Petrol Consumption (Test Procedures) 151 words
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15. Secretary of State (Discussions) 58 words
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16. Nuclear Power Station (Druridge Bay, Northumberland) 47 words
18. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Students 182 words
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2. 16 to 19-Year-Olds (Grant) 100 words
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3. Grants (Parental Contribution) 92 words
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4. University College, Buckingham 85 words
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5. Software Skills 117 words
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6. University of Birmingham 43 words
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7. University Grants Committee 84 words
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8. Universities (Industrial Democracy) 123 words
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9. Cheshire 274 words
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19. LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 47 words
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20. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (DIRECT ELECTIONS) 62 words
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21. REFERENDUM CAMPAIGNS 186 words
22. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Capital Transfer Tax 147 words
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2. Taxation and National Insurance Contributions 1,701 words
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3. Corporation and Income Tax 70 words
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4. Child Tax Allowances 1,030 words
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5. Financial Institutions (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) 78 words
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6. Industrial Innovation 118 words
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7. Tax Allowances and Reliefs 358 words
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8. Tax Relief (Business Expenses) 262 words
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9. Inflation and Exchange Rates 59 words
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10. Isle of Man 270 words
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11. Self-Employed Persons 122 words
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12. Taxation (International Comparisons) 164 words
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13. Stock Relief 87 words
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14. Government Expenditure (Departmental Breakdown) 533 words
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15. Personal Allowances 193 words
23. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Supplementary Benefit (Scotland) 132 words
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2. Leukaemia 105 words
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3. Cancer (Adrenal Gland) 108 words
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4. Cancer 104 words
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5. Ambulance Service 74 words
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6. Supplementary Benefit 158 words
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7. Poverty Trap 47 words
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8. National Health Service Employees (Pay Structure and Negotiating Machinery) 76 words
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9. Mentally III and Mentally Handicapped (Cornwall) 223 words
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10. Maternity Homes (Hull) 83 words
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11. Ambulance Drivers 88 words
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12. Hospital Beds (Carlisle) 69 words
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13. Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality Rates (Cheshire) 107 words
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14. Year of the Child 121 words
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15. Nurses (Pay) 73 words
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16. Stoke Mandeville Hospital 56 words
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17. Family Incomes 781 words
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18. Seasonal Workers (Unemployment Benefit) 188 words
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19. Death Grant 66 words
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20. Cigarette Packets (Health Warning) 75 words
24. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Water Charges 68 words
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2. Regional Price Variations 102 words
25. SCOTLAND
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1. Petrochemicals 99 words
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2. Woodlands 51 words
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3. Employment 154 words
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4. Less Favoured Areas (Livestock Compensatory Amounts) 78 words
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5. Glue Sniffing 106 words
26. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Oil (Onshore Extraction) 102 words
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2. House Building (Resource Allocation) 142 words
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3. West Cross Route (Access to Papers) 127 words
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4. Public Inquiries (Papers) 55 words
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5. A283 100 words
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6. Cleansing Services (Croydon) 56 words
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7. Land Use Planning 82 words
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8. Palace of Westminster (Heating) 214 words
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9. Refuse Disposal (Greater London Council) 62 words
27. TRANSPORT
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1. Oil Tankers 166 words
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2. Railway Crossing Barriers 109 words
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3. A436 Bypass, Cheltenham 74 words
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4. Level Crossings (Accidents) 293 words
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5. M25 (Beaconsfield) 52 words
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6. British Railways Board (Company Holding) 227 words
28. DEFENCE
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1. New Frigate (Gosport) 79 words
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2. Pay and Pensions 448 words
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3. Biological and Virological Research 222 words
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4. Ulster Defence Regiment 158 words
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5. Military Personnel (Civil Tasks) 148 words
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6. Iran 199 words
29. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Valuations (Dwellings) 99 words
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2. Distributive and Allied Trades 61 words
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3. Electricity (Disconnections) 127 words
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4. Planning Applications 115 words
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5. Cockcroft Report 119 words
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6. Disabled Civil Servants 61 words
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7. Population Figures 600 words
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8. Tenants (Access to Rent Tribunals) 52 words
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9. Electricity Payments (Overdue Bills) 111 words
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10. Council Housing (Sales) 217 words
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11. Mentally Handicapped Persons (Carrickfergus) 54 words

Lords Sitting of 5 February 1979 Series 5 Vol. 398

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE 1,181 words
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3. PRIVATE TENANTS: RENTS 1,278 words
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4. WAR CRIMES AND STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS 326 words
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5. TANZANIA/UGANDA DISPUTE AND WHISKY EXPORTS 584 words
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6. ANTIQUITIES BILL [H.L.] 63 words
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7. ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AREAS BILL [H.L.] 15,312 words
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8. PRICE COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) BILL 14,072 words
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9. ARBITRATION BILL [H.L.] 17,136 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 5 February 1979 Series 5 Vol. 398

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1. SCHEDULE E TAX: FEES AND EXPENSES RELIEF 291 words
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2. WAGES COUNCILS: WAGE INCREASE AWARDS 395 words
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3. EARLS COURT EXHIBITION CENTRE: PICKETING 161 words