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Commons Sitting of 5 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 969

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL 13 words
2. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL (By Order)
3. EAST KILBRIDE DISTRICT COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
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4. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] (By Order) 14 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Irish Republican Army (Terrorist Conspiracy) 293 words
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2. Security 1,770 words
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3. Northern Ireland Housing Executive 802 words
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4. Totalisator 274 words
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5. Young Persons (Training) 362 words
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6. Public Expenditure 256 words
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7. Political Initiative 1,024 words
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8. Political Consultations 608 words
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9. Rates 350 words
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10. Terrorism 286 words
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2. EDGE HILL 218 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,855 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 5,817 words
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6. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS &c. 64 words
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7. SCOTTISH ESTIMATES 107 words
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8. FINANCE BILL 12 words
1. Clause 4
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1. CONTINUATION OF REGULATOR POWERS 44,630 words
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9. ST. VINCENT (TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATION) 3,733 words
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10. PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER FOR ADMINISTRATION 39 words
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11. JOINT COMMITTEE ON CONSOLIDATION, &c., BILLS 131 words
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12. POLYURETHANE FOAM 3,889 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 5 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 969

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1. TUC AND CBI 348 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 256 words
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3. OXFORD 28 words
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4. ROMFORD 23 words
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5. SYDENHAM 21 words
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6. TOKYO SUMMIT MEETING 24 words
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7. KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS 146 words
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8. NORTHERN REGION 46 words
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9. FAST-BREEDER REACTOR 64 words
10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Travel Allowances 523 words
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2. School Meals 170 words
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3. Derby County Council (Grant) 147 words
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4. Dyslexia 52 words
11. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Firearms Control 220 words
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2. Postal Voting 56 words
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3. European Assembly (Members' Salaries and Expenses) 311 words
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4. Open Prisons 82 words
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5. Refugees 54 words
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6. Closed Prisons 37 words
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7. Skylab 339 words
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8. Parliamentary Boundary Commissions 775 words
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9. Arrestable Offences 86 words
12. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Professional and Technical Grades (Salaries) 533 words
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2. Pensions 81 words
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3. Parliamentary Papers (Printing) 95 words
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4. Government Mail (Delivery) 55 words
13. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. African Front-line States 69 words
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2. British Shipbuilders (Vietnamese Orders) 127 words
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3. DRUM ARTS CENTRE 104 words
14. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Vietnamese Refugees 255 words
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2. Passports 79 words
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3. Rhodesia 94 words
15. WALES
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1. School Buildings (Dyfed) 107 words
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2. Single Person Accommodation 48 words
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3. After-School Care 68 words
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4. Social Services 53 words
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5. Welsh Development Agency (Factory Development) 95 words
16. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Bishop Auckland 198 words
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2. Northern Region 84 words
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3. Departmental Staff 90 words
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4. Industrial Training Boards 81 words
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5. Training Opportunities Scheme 84 words
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6. Small Firms Employment Subsidy 86 words
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7. Youth Opportunities Programme 647 words
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8. Staflex International Ltd. 75 words
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9. Manpower Services Commission 136 words
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10. Homeworking Advisory Committee 27 words
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11. Retail Prices Index 65 words
17. SCOTLAND
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1. Visually Handicapped (Optical Charges) 57 words
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2. Grant-aided Schools 156 words
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3. Employment (Dundee) 265 words
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4. School Leavers (Dundee) 48 words
18. TRADE
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1. USSR (Christmas Cards) 101 words
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2. Whaling 42 words
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3. Staflex International Limited 144 words
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4. Imported Footwear 54 words
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5. Film Industry 224 words
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6. Eady Money (Soft Porn Films) 82 words
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7. Price Commission 94 words
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8. Gatwick Airport (Passenger Movements) 217 words
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9. Multi-Fibre Arrangement 91 words
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10. Price Increases (Value Added Tax) 268 words
19. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Powered Submarines 67 words
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2. Service Personnel (Boarding School Allowance) 161 words
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3. Press Correspondents (Briefing) 73 words
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4. Air Defence Aircraft 58 words
20. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. United Kingdom—Irish Republic (Border Controls) 108 words
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2. Retirement Pensions 37 words
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3. Value Added Tax 839 words
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4. Mortgage Interest Rate 174 words
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5. Third Country Trade 56 words
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6. Pilots' National Pension Fund 148 words
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7. Inland Revenue (Freephone) 155 words
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8. Gross Domestic Product (International Comparisons) 287 words
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9. Customs Entry Processing (Felixstowe) 185 words
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10. Married Man's Allowance 101 words
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11. Widows' Pensions 68 words
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12. Family Income 133 words
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13. Direct Taxation 309 words
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14. National Land Fund 54 words
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15. Housing (Expenditure) 96 words
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16. NORTHERN IRELAND (ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE) 87 words
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17. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS 835 words
21. INDUSTRY
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1. TUC (Employment and Technology) 34 words
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2. Microprocessors 136 words
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3. Staflex International Limited 100 words
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4. Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Sector Working Party 110 words
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5. Meriden Co-operative 50 words
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6. Steel 49 words
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7. Aircraft and Shipbuilding (Nationalised Companies) 476 words
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8. Industrial Development Certificates 35 words
22. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Office Development Control 135 words
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2. Construction Industry 182 words
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3. Sprinkler Installations 85 words
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4. Northern Region 142 words
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5. Rating 56 words
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6. Metropolitan District Councils 37 words
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7. General Housing Subsidies 71 words
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8. Subsidies, Grants and Allowances 225 words
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9. Metropolitan County Councils (Directives) 36 words
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10. British American Tobacco Company (Planning Application) 88 words
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11. Council House Sales (Discounts) 92 words
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12. Gatwick Airport (Planning Applications) 182 words
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13. Land Development (Registers) 61 words
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14. Ordnance Survey 67 words
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15. Inner City Areas (Small Firms) 53 words
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16. British Waterways Board 145 words
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17. Rates 154 words
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18. Water Charges 151 words
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19. Cesspool Drainage 45 words
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20. Refuse Collection 80 words
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21. Centre for Environmental Studies 197 words
23. TRANSPORT
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1. Trunk Roads 62 words
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2. M3 (Winchester) 116 words
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3. Road Humps 88 words
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4. Roadworks 239 words
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5. Highway Code 95 words
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6. A38 127 words
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7. Taxation Revenue and Road Costs 76 words
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8. Road Maintenance (Expenditure) 38 words
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9. Heavy Lorries 166 words
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10. Roads 112 words
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11. Driving Tests 33 words
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12. Mopeds 32 words
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13. Taxation Revenue and Road Costs 182 words
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14. Port of London Authority 47 words
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15. School Bus Services 125 words
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16. IMPORTED TINNED FOODS 88 words
24. ENERGY
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1. Oil Heating (Commercial Sector) 143 words
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2. Fuel Prices 50 words
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3. North Sea Gas 698 words
25. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Political Consultations 63 words
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2. Oil Imports and Usage 166 words
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3. De Lorean Project 43 words
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4. Shipyards 38 words
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5. Sea Ferry Services 69 words
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6. British Troops 76 words
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7. Dr. De Lorean 42 words
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8. Criminal Injuries (Compensation) 75 words
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9. Constitutional Convention 42 words
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10. Secondary Education 93 words
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11. Vehicle Excise Licence 317 words
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12. Security 41 words
26. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Mileage Allowances 481 words
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2. Free Milk 112 words
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3. Vaccine Damage 90 words
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4. X-ray Equipment 564 words
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5. Mobility Allowance 243 words
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6. Camberwell Reception Centre 102 words
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7. Invalidity Pensioners 59 words
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8. Visual Handicap (Optical Charges) 70 words
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9. Welsh Language (Registration of Births) 525 words
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10. Abortion 704 words
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11. Nurses (Pay) 158 words
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12. Pharmaceutical Societies (Code of Practice) 53 words
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13. Minor Surgery 128 words
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14. Child Benefit 315 words
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15. Contraceptives 196 words
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16. Child Care 126 words
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17. Elderly Persons (Drug Schedules) 113 words
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18. Prosthetics 58 words
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19. Drugs 173 words
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20. Mental Illness 138 words
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21. Childbirth 148 words
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22. Non-contributory Invalidity Pension 142 words
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23. Supplementary Allowances 138 words
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24. London Ambulance Service 71 words
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25. Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 100 words
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26. Noise Levels (Mining) 170 words
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27. Cyclamates 50 words
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28. Coal Miners (Deafness) 125 words
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29. Arthritis and Rheumatism 109 words
27. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Common Agricultural Policy 45 words
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2. Fishing Industry 68 words
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3. Whales 188 words
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4. Hill Livestock Producers 265 words
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5. Brazilian Corned Beef (Canning Standards) 210 words
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6. Bacon 157 words
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7. Pigmeat 158 words

Lords Sitting of 5 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. Preamble 33 words
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2. AIR WEAPONS AND THE EXISTING LAW 607 words
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3. TWYFORD HIGH SCHOOL: SALE TO THE CHURCH 611 words
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4. RHODESIA: HARLECH MISSION 396 words
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5. FOREIGN BOYCOTTS: CERTIFICATION REVIEW 1,081 words
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6. WALES ACT 1978 (REPEAL) ORDER 1979 5,177 words
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7. EEC 14th REPORT—CULTURAL SECTOR: AND PROPOSED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 20,721 words
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8. OVERSEAS STUDENTS: POLICY ON UNIVERSITY ADMISSION 22,024 words

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

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1. BRITISH EMBASSY IN PARIS: STAFF 269 words
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2. NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINE ORDERS 64 words
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3. FALKLAND ISLANDS: SHACKLETON RECOMMENDATIONS 2,074 words