Sitting of 17 July 1979

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Commons Sitting of 17 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 970

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. SEVERN-TRENT WATER AUTHORITY BILL 9 words
4. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL (By Order)
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1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL (By Order) 13 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. EMPLOYMENT
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1. North-West 383 words
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2. Young Persons 374 words
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3. Enfield 276 words
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4. Times Newspapers Limited 145 words
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5. Jobcentres 286 words
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6. TUC 607 words
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7. Statistics 381 words
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8. European Community (Ministerial Meeting) 440 words
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9. Microprocessors 362 words
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10. Industrial Disputes (Finance) 468 words
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11. South Shields 192 words
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12. TUC 544 words
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13. Statistics 212 words
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14. Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers and Engravers 409 words
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15. Special Temporary Employment Programme 326 words
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16. Unemployed Persons 363 words
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17. Manpower Services Commission 476 words
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18. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,667 words
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19. CBI 524 words
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20. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 137 words
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6. REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY 6,960 words
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7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 264 words
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8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 69 words
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9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (SUPPLY) 98 words
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10. RETIREMENT 1,401 words
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11. RETIREMENT 63 words
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12. SHOTTON STEELWORKS 21,670 words
13. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SUPPLY 3 words
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2. PUBLIC SERVICES 22,213 words, 2 divisions
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3. DEFENCE AND CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1979–80 (OUTSTANDING VOTES) 1,561 words, 1 division
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4. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) 68 words
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5. EAST KILBRIDE DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL (By Order) 9,286 words, 1 division
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6. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL (By Order) 11 words
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7. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 11 words
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8. NORTHERN IRELAND (PNEUMOCONIOSIS) 4,391 words
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9. NORTHERN IRELAND (INHERITANCE) 2,897 words
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10. NORTHERN IRELAND (CAPITAL TRANSFER TAX) 30 words
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11. NORTHERN IRELAND (TATTOOING OF MINORS) 2,133 words
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12. SUNDAY MARKETS 3,525 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 970

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1. TUC 126 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 288 words
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3. ENFIELD 20 words
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4. HOME SECRETARY (SPEECH) 35 words
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5. MACCLESFIELD 22 words
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6. WOLVERHAMPTON 22 words
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7. PUBLIC HONOURS SYSTEM 56 words
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8. WALES 25 words
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9. GWENT 26 words
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10. NORTHERN REGION CBI 30 words
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11. SCOTTISH CBI AND SCOTTISH TUC 31 words
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12. GOSPORT 23 words
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13. SOCIAL SECURITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT (ABUSE) 39 words
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14. ZAMBIA 134 words
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15. CHILD BENEFIT 62 words
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16. EAST MIDLANDS 27 words
17. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Parliamentary Papers 300 words
18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft 87 words
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19. Somerset Wetlands 51 words
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20. Orf 81 words
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21. Enzootic Bovine Leukosis 117 words
22. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft 191 words
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23. Police (Pension Increases) 69 words
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24. Immigration 158 words
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25. Capital Punishment 153 words
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26. Affiliation Orders 139 words
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27. Television Licences 356 words
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28. Domestic and Magistrates Courts 76 words
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29. Horserace Totalisator Board 138 words
30. DEFENCE
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1. Skill Training 126 words
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31. Tornado Aircraft 98 words
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32. Anthrax (Island of Gruinard) 93 words
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33. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (LIVERPOOL) 105 words
34. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Student Loans 40 words
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35. Industry and Commerce (Pre-university Experience) 63 words
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36. Departmental Grants and Loans 500 words
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37. Gipsy Children 38 words
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38. Special Schools 367 words
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39. Co-education 62 words
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40. O-levels 105 words
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41. Teachers (Wolverhampton) 170 words
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42. Selection at 13 71 words
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43. Social Science Research Council 221 words
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44. School Meals 255 words
45. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Textile Industry 73 words
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46. Future Trends 262 words
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47. School Leavers (Greater London) 45 words
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48. Nottingham " Evening Post " 93 words
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49. Greater London 35 words
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50. Manpower Services Commission 154 words
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51. Industrial Tribunals 78 words
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52. Press Charter 71 words
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53. Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing Industries 147 words
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54. TUC 38 words
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55. Future Trends 46 words
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56. Disabled Persons 183 words
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57. Unfair Dismissal (Claims) 86 words
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58. Pay Policy 59 words
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59. Inner City Areas 106 words
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60. Statistics 39 words
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61. Handicapped Persons 98 words
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62. Picketing 55 words
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63. Wages, Prices and Output 81 words
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64. Skillcentres 94 words
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65. Northern Region 58 words
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66. Industrial Relations 65 words
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67. St. Helens College of Technology 171 words
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68. Manpower Committee (Isle of Wight) 134 words
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69. Job Creation (Walsall) 262 words
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70. Trade Union Labour 45 words
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71. Microbiological Hazards 197 words
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72. OUTSET Surveys 44 words
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73. Special Temporary Employment Programme 69 words
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74. Oil Prices (Employment Effects) 84 words
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75. Employee Participation 108 words
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76. R. W. McConnachie v Danckarts Woodworking Machinery Limited 108 words
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77. Industrial Training Boards (Grants) 242 words
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78. Occupational Cancers 700 words
79. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Building Research Establishment 1,523 words
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80. Homes Insulation Act 113 words
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81. Rate Support Grant 156 words
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82. Tenants (Compensation) 150 words
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83. Rent Review 77 words
84. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Cinema 136 words
85. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Baltic States 40 words
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86. European Co-operation 301 words
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87. Council of Europe (Police) 72 words
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88. Rita Nightingale 94 words
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89. Banabans 175 words
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90. Rudolf Hess 93 words
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91. Hong Kong (Expropriation) 702 words
92. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Capital Punishment 148 words
93. TRADE
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1. Bankruptcies and Liquidations 59 words
94. SCOTLAND
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1. Parliamentary Boundaries 60 words
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95. Water Mains (Wayleaves) 119 words
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96. Rating Revaluation 60 words
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97. Housing Associations 69 words
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98. Local Authority Manpower 77 words
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99. Murder 193 words
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100. Expenditure Cuts 170 words
101. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise 57 words
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102. Public Expenditure 170 words
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103. Heathrow (Customs) 61 words
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104. 714 Certificates 47 words
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105. Premium Bonds 98 words
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106. Value Added Tax 59 words
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107. Mortgage Interest 179 words
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108. Income Tax 225 words
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109. Personal Allowance 87 words
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110. Direct Taxation 258 words
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111. Capital Taxation 502 words
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112. Thresholds 127 words
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113. Personal Incomes 532 words
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114. Tax Revenue 122 words
115. ENERGY
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1. National Coal Board (Borrowing Powers) 88 words
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116. Coal Industry Act 1977 51 words
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117. Deep Duffryn Colliery 124 words
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118. Gas 192 words
119. TRANSPORT
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1. Rail Transport 128 words
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120. Rail and Freight Charges 157 words
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121. Road Fund Licence 83 words
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122. Southern Relief Road 93 words
123. INDUSTRY
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1. Triumph Motorcycles (Government Loan) 107 words
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124. Regional Industrial Policy 4,634 words
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125. Post Offices (Closures) 71 words
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126. Industry Act 1972 40 words
127. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. No-Strike Agreement 123 words
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128. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 71 words
129. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Banabans 91 words
130. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Unemployed Persons 87 words
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131. College of Speech Therapists 52 words
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132. National Insurance Sickness Claims 110 words
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133. Cancer and Related Diseases 112 words
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134. Child Benefit 83 words
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135. National Cancer Registration Scheme 67 words
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136. General Medical Council (Disciplinary Proceedings) 180 words
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137. Retirement Pensions 68 words
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138. Creaton Hospital 56 words
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139. Medical Certificates 97 words
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140. Tuberculosis 93 words
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141. Drugs 96 words
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142. Fazakerly Hospital, Liverpool 88 words
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143. Nurses (Pay) 73 words
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144. Disabled Persons 64 words
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145. Child Benefit 222 words
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146. Pharmacies (Closure) 147 words
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147. Appointments to Official Bodies 129 words

Lords Sitting of 17 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. Preamble 24 words
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2. LORD STEWART OF FULHAM 34 words
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3. LORD UNDERHILL 49 words
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4. OVERSEAS AID AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 429 words
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5. CRUDE OIL IMPORTS IN MAY 1979 732 words
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6. OIL RESERVES OF THE FORTIES FIELD 315 words
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7. HOTEL BILLS AND VAT 862 words
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8. REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY 39 words
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9. CHILD CARE BILL [H.L.] 67 words
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10. FOSTER CHILDREN BILL [H.L.] 57 words
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11. EDUCATION BILL 888 words
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12. ROSS AND CROMARTY (COASTAL WATERS POLLUTION) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 3 words
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13. LAW REFORM (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 1,666 words
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14. EDUCATION BILL 2,058 words
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15. REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY 4,924 words
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16. EDUCATION BILL 24,174 words
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17. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY (PAY AND PENSIONS) BILL 32 words
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18. AIR NAVIGATION (NOISE CERTIFICATION) ORDER 1979 1,798 words
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19. CARRIAGE BY AIR ACTS (APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS) (SECOND AMENDMENT) ORDER 1979 38 words
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20. LLOYD'S (GENERAL BUSINESS) REGULATIONS 1979 1,576 words
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21. HYPNOTISM BILL [Hi.] 5,884 words
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22. DIOXIN AND SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS: HAZARDS 6,843 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 17 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. HOME OFFICE BAIL CIRCULAR: MEDICAL RECOMMENDATION 164 words
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2. PRISONS: VISITS BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT 155 words
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3. MOTOR CYCLISTS AND BLOOD GROUP DISPLAY 51 words
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4. LEAD: DHSS WORKING PARTY REPORT 64 words
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5. HOMOEOPATHY AND THE NHS 123 words
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6. OGADEN AND UNHCR: REFUGEE PROGRAMMES 181 words
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7. KIDNAPPERS AND PAYMENTS OF RANSOM 65 words
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8. COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS AND EMPLOYMENT 80 words