Sitting of 18 July 1979

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Commons Sitting of 18 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 970

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. TRANSPORT
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1. Material Damage (Insurance) 148 words
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2. British Railways Board 777 words
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3. Concessionary Travel 352 words
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4. Manchester-Sheffield Railway Line 514 words
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5. Fuel Consumption 666 words
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6. Channel Tunnel 486 words
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7. Nuclear Waste (Transportation) 608 words
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8. Commuter Railway Lines 639 words
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9. A39 (Wadebridge Bypass) 178 words
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10. Fuel Supplies 477 words
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11. Rural Transport 410 words
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12. Motor Cycle Training 239 words
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13. French Minister of Transport 444 words
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14. Roads 405 words
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15. Commuter Travel 412 words
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16. Lorries 353 words
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17. Driving Tests (Metropolitan Area) 396 words
2. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Reduction 596 words
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2. Retirement Bonuses 241 words
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3. No-Strike Agreement 407 words
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4. Dispersal Policy 431 words
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4. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES 3,777 words
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5. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (MERRISON REPORT) 5,685 words
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6. ABORTION (AMENDMENT) BILL 809 words
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7. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS 131 words
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8. VAGRANCY (AMENDMENT) 1,131 words
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9. VAGRANCY (AMENDMENT) 42 words
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 43 words
11. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. FINANCE BILL 59 words
12. New Clause 4
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1. COMPENSATION FOR DELAY IN NATIONAL SAVINGS PAYMENTS 1,530 words
13. New Clause 7
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1. EARNINGS FROM WORK DONE ABROAD (AMENDMENT OF FINANCE ACT 1977) 2,012 words
14. New Clause 8
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1. RELIEF FOR PREMIUMS UNDER RETIREMENT ANNUITY CONTRACTS 4,507 words, 1 division
15. New Clause 11
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1. STAMP DUTY: EXEMPTION FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS 8,163 words
16. New Clause 12
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1. CAPITAL ALLOWANCE FOR RETAIL PREMISES 5,114 words
17. New Clause 13
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1. ACCRUAL BASIS OF ASSESSMENT OF INTEREST ON COMPENSATION 1,745 words
18. Clause 1
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1. INCREASE OF VALUE ADDED TAX 13,750 words, 2 divisions
19. Schedule 3
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1. STOCK RELIEF 2,512 words
20. Clause 16
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1. UNITED STATES DOUBLE TAXATION CONVENTION 7,682 words
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2. COUNCIL HOUSE RENTS (CUMBERNAULD AND KILSYTH) 6,097 words, 2 divisions
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3. SOUND BROADCASTING 216 words
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4. SOUND BROADCASTING 65 words
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5. MEMBERS' INTERESTS 153 words
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6. MEMBERS' INTERESTS 58 words
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7. NURSERY EDUCATION (CLWYD) 3,932 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 18 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 970

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1. IDI AMIN 28 words
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2. REGINA v. DEAKIN 307 words
3. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prison Officers (Injuries) 88 words
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2. Vietnamese Refugees 55 words
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3. Polygamous Marriages 86 words
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4. Gambling 153 words
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5. Equal Opportunities Commission 133 words
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6. Speed Detection Equipment 275 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Belize (Banana Industry) 108 words
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2. Caribbean (Aid) 147 words
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3. Aid Programme 79 words
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4. Uganda 92 words
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5. Chilean Refugees (Education Grants) 78 words
5. TRADE
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1. Consumers (Rights) 270 words
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2. Utilities (Prices) 163 words
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3. Coastguard Service 70 words
6. INDUSTRY
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1. British Shipbuilders 60 words
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2. Public Expenditure (South Yorkshire) 71 words
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3. Electric Vehicles 149 words
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4. Industrial Assistance 174 words
7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Glasshouse Producers 88 words
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2. Butter 212 words
8. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Departmental Grants and Loans 856 words
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2. Unemployed Persons 102 words
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3. South Yorkshire 63 words
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4. Special Programmes 181 words
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5. OUTSET Surveys 87 words
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6. Unemployed Persons (International Comparisons) 446 words
9. DEFENCE
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1. Provost Aircraft 448 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Refugees 93 words
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2. Banaba 314 words
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3. British Phosphate Commission 72 words
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4. Oil Prices 186 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Exchange Controls 269 words
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2. Income Tax 94 words
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3. Taxpayers 79 words
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4. Government Debt 134 words
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5. Estate Duty and Capital Transfer Tax 201 words
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6. Gross Domestic Product 114 words
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7. Government Stocks (Interest Payments) 94 words
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8. Company Cars 43 words
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9. Public Expenditure (Wales) 76 words
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10. Secondary Banking (Safeguards) 186 words
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11. Premium Bonds 271 words
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12. National Savings 77 words
12. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 45 words
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2. Regional Industrial Policy 170 words
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3. Criminal Injuries (Compensation) 467 words
13. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Universities (Research) 138 words
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2. Universities (Staff) 127 words
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3. School Meals 185 words
14. WALES
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1. A487 (Penygroes) 221 words
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2. Public Expenditure 92 words
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3. Chiropodists 221 words
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4. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 51 words
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5. Wales Tourist Board 54 words
15. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Recruitment 79 words
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2. Institution of Professional Civil Servants 270 words
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3. Industrial Relations 230 words
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4. Staff (Overseas Duty) 87 words
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5. Senior Staff 23 words
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6. Government Departments (Transfer) 42 words
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7. Scientific Staff (Dispute) 48 words
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8. Independent University, Buckingham 83 words
16. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Abortion 245 words
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2. Children Act 1975 81 words
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3. Supplementary Benefits (Contribution Orders) 231 words
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4. Chiropody (Ince) 55 words
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5. Smoking and Drinking 427 words
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6. Rampton Hospital 75 words
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7. Pensions and Family Allowances 47 words
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8. National Health Service 123 words
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9. Elderly Patients 172 words
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10. Pension Books 337 words
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11. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 135 words
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12. Chiropody 207 words
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13. Broadmoor Hospital 169 words
17. ENERGY
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1. Gas Prices 121 words
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2. Opencast Coal Production (Oil Supply) 89 words
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3. Private Mines 81 words
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4. Coal Production (Comparative Costs) 212 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. Railways (Government Support) 84 words
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2. Private Rail Sidings 38 words
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3. Rail Electrification 259 words
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4. Road Traffic Offences 65 words
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5. Public Road Transport 56 words
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6. Transport Costs (Value Added Tax) 89 words
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7. M62 (Lighting) 75 words
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8. Bypasses 91 words
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9. Railway Stations (Closures) 68 words
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10. Vehicle Excise Duty 140 words
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11. British Railways (Capital Expenditure) 97 words
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12. Jubilee Line 74 words
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13. Traffic Commissioner Licensing System 41 words
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14. Motorised Two-Wheelers (Training) 38 words
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15. River Thames (Transport System) 90 words
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16. Transport Services (Private Enterprise) 47 words
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17. Concessionary Travel 66 words
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18. Scheduled Services (Fuel Supplies) 53 words
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19. Lorries (Safety Standards) 102 words
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20. Roads 72 words
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21. International Permits 65 words
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22. 44-ton Vehicles 53 words
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23. Buntingford Bypass 139 words
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24. Port of London Authority 53 words
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25. Road Transport (Legislation) 51 words
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26. Public Transport (Fuel Supplies) 53 words
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27. Lorry Weights 105 words
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28. National Union of Railwaymen 46 words
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29. British Railways 159 words
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30. Trolleybuses 98 words
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31. Nationalised Undertakings 57 words
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32. Public Transport (Use) 45 words
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33. Car Sharing 37 words
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34. Transport Policies and Programmes (Cheshire) 40 words
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35. Cycle Schemes 51 words
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36. M23 (Extension) 241 words
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37. River Rhine (Control Commission) 63 words
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38. Railways (Forms of Propulsion) 88 words
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39. Roads (Maintenance) 53 words
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40. Ml-Al (Road Link) 89 words
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41. Tachographs 97 words
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42. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Authority 306 words
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43. Road Construction Units 94 words
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44. Passenger Transport Authorities 105 words
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45. Cycling 41 words
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46. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Parking Facilities) 357 words
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47. Road Traffic Accidents 465 words
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48. M3 (Extension) 86 words
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49. Transport Modes 126 words
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50. South Docks Road, Hull 53 words
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51. Seat Belts 318 words
19. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Authorities (Functions) 647 words
20. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing (Rotherham) 112 words
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2. Joint Advisory Committee on Building Society Mortgage Finance 127 words
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3. Homes (Insulation) 70 words
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4. Rates 153 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. Petrol Supplies 94 words
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2. Planning 64 words
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3. Poultry Meat 389 words
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4. Teachers (Contracts of Service) 57 words
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5. Gaelic 131 words
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6. Kidney Transplants (Inquiry) 110 words
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7. Public Expenditure 484 words
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8. Hampden Park 278 words
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9. School Transport and School Meals 90 words
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10. Chiropodists 118 words
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11. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 243 words
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12. Public Bodies (Budgets) 102 words
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13. Health and Safety 49 words

Lords Sitting of 18 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. Preamble 24 words
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2. LORD GODBER OF WILLINGTON 36 words
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3. LORD CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS 44 words
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4. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION: FUTURE 1,131 words
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5. DOMINICA: DEVELOPMENT AID 489 words
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6. MERCENARIES: ALLEGED RECRUITMENT 212 words
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7. MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION: DISPERSAL 403 words
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8. THE INDO-CHINA REFUGEE PROBLEM 2,611 words
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9. NHS: ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT 45 words
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10. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL [H.L.] 79 words
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11. FAMILY PROPERTY: LAW COMMISSION REPORT 6,255 words
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12. NHS: ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT 2,629 words
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13. FAMILY PROPERTY: LAW COMMISSION REPORT 3,852 words
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14. HEATHROW: BAGGAGE HANDLING ARRANGEMENTS 11,926 words
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15. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL [H.L.] 22 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 18 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. NUCLEAR ENERGY: PRIME MINISTER'S STATEMENT 61 words
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2. NORTH SEA OIL WELLS: GAS FLARING POLICY 116 words
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3. MR. P. BESSELL AND PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 356 words
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4. GREATER HORSESHOE BAT: DORSET COLONY 87 words
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5. THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER 136 words