Sitting of 9 July 1979

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Commons Sitting of 9 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. BRITISH RAILWAYS (SELBY) BILL (By Order) 11 words
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2. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 10 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENERGY
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1. Coal Use (Nationalised Industries) 247 words
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2. European Community (Council of Energy Ministers) 617 words
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3. Coal Industry (South Wales) 658 words
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4. British National Oil Corporation 745 words
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5. Aquapet 432 words
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6. Coal Production 464 words
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7. Oil Supplies 912 words
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8. Electricity Discount Scheme 927 words
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9. Domestic Heating Oil (Supplies) 410 words
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10. Combined Heat and Power (Marshall Report) 672 words
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11. Coal-Fired Power Stations (Sulphur Emission) 210 words
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12. Turbine Generators (Torness and Heysham) 228 words
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13. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM 649 words
2. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
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1. Staff Pensions 382 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Administration (Bottomley Report) 373 words
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2. CASH LIMITS 497 words
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3. PAYMASTER GENERAL (PRESS MEETINGS) 142 words
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4. PAYMASTER GENERAL (ENGAGEMENTS) 540 words
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5. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 359 words
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5. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (SERVICES) 1,471 words
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6. WELSH AFFAIRS 51 words
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7. FINANCE BILL 12 words
8. Clause 5
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1. CHARGE OF INCOME TAX FOR 1979–80 40,405 words, 3 divisions
9. Clause 8
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1. ALTERATION OF PERSONAL RELIEFS 18,163 words
10. Clause 9
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1. EXEMPTION OF PENSIONS IN RESPECT OF DEATH DUE TO WAR SERVICE ETC. 2,163 words
11. Clause 11
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1. WITHDRAWAL OF CHILD TAX ALLOWANCES: CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS 3,566 words, 1 division
12. Schedule 3
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1. STOCK RELIEF 1,958 words
13. Clause 14
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1. CAPITAL ALLOWANCES: MOTOR VEHICLES 1,367 words
14. Clause 16
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1. UNITED STATES DOUBLE TAXATION CONVENTION 3,824 words
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2. HOUSE OF COMMONS MEMBERS' FUND 48 words
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3. PARLIAMENTARY CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS FUND 52 words
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4. CIVIL SERVICE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADES (PAY) 4,162 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 9 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 970

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Massage Parlours and Saunas 79 words
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2. Conditional Release Scheme 79 words
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3. Astrid Proll 70 words
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4. Immigration 699 words
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5. Absent Voters 61 words
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6. Ward Boundaries (Wirral) 69 words
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7. Arranged Marriages 261 words
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8. Animal Snares and Traps 121 words
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9. Police Pay 115 words
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10. Taxis 313 words
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11. West Midlands (Fire Brigade) 82 words
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12. Parliamentary Constituencies 80 words
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13. Immigrants (Wives) 213 words
14. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. European Parliament 136 words
15. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia 51 words
16. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Nicaragua 109 words
17. ENERGY
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1. Coal Imports 36 words
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18. Gas Act 1972 92 words
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19. Oil Companies 35 words
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20. Gas Supply (Rural Areas) 38 words
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21. Energy Shops 50 words
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22. European Community (Council of Energy Ministers) 104 words
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23. North Sea Oil (Exports) 181 words
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24. North Sea Oil (Development) 103 words
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25. Power Stations (Fuel Consumption) 187 words
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26. Power Stations (Waste Heat) 111 words
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27. British National Oil Corporation 907 words
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28. Power Station Design 120 words
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29. Resources (Priority Allocation) 109 words
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30. Cross-Channel Electricity Links 67 words
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31. European Atomic Energy Community Treaty 104 words
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32. National Coal Board 231 words
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33. Diesel Fuel Supplies (Sussex) 91 words
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34. Electricity Generation (Planning Margin) 248 words
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35. Nuclear Power 87 words
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36. Solid Fuel (Import Policy) 52 words
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37. Energy Saving Devices 154 words
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38. Electricity Generation 281 words
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39. Dual Fuel Burners 71 words
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40. Fuel Prices 144 words
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41. Vale of Belvoir (Coal Mining) 117 words
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42. Oil Supplies 107 words
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43. Nuclear Generation 321 words
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44. Tar-sand and Shale Oil 149 words
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45. Diesel Fuel Substitute (Research) 68 words
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46. Underwater Training Centre 135 words
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47. Turbo-generators 48 words
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48. Maclellan Rubber Limited 42 words
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49. Drax B 112 words
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50. Fuel Supplies 72 words
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51. URENCO 78 words
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52. North Sea Oil 134 words
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53. Fishing Vessels (Fuel Supplies) 130 words
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54. Motor Fuel (Research) 119 words
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55. Coal Stocks 446 words
56. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Strangers' Gallery 135 words
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57. Morning Sittings 36 words
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58. MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (PAY) 182 words
59. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
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1. European Assembly Members 74 words
60. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Staff Pensions 89 words
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61. European Community (Business Statements) 32 words
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62. Parliamentary Papers 205 words
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63. Register of Members' Interests 78 words
64. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Direct Taxation 125 words
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65. Unemployment (Costs) 125 words
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66. EEC Audit Court 130 words
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67. Capital Gains Tax and Capital Transfer Tax 69 words
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68. Expenditure Cuts (Wales) 59 words
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69. National Income 59 words
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70. Cash Limits (Wales) 44 words
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71. Motability 54 words
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72. Excise Duty 69 words
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73. Family Income 101 words
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74. Income Tax 102 words
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75. Value Added Tax 284 words
76. TRADE
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1. Steel 137 words
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77. Warren Spring Laboratory 139 words
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78. France 368 words
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79. Price Commission 136 words
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80. Nuclear Weapons 108 words
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81. Hotel Development and Improvement Scheme 132 words
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82. Christmas Cards 184 words
83. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Social Science Research Council 350 words
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84. Advisory Board for Research Councils 317 words
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85. Nursery Education 140 words
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86. School Meals 286 words
87. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Government Information (Co-ordination) 37 words
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88. Value Added Tax 252 words
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89. Toxocara Canis Infection 165 words
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90. Mental Illness 178 words
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91. Croydon Area Health Authority 197 words
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92. Cigarettes 151 words
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93. Children in Hospital 194 words
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94. Health Services Board 105 words
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95. Smoking 251 words
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96. One-parent Families 313 words
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97. Prescription Charges 101 words
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98. Pay Beds 46 words
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99. Departmental Advertising 78 words
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100. Nurse Training 186 words
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101. X-ray Equipment 298 words
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102. Child Benefit 79 words
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103. Infant Mortality 290 words
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104. Quangos 141 words
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105. Sheffield (Debts) 164 words
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106. Mobility Allowance 54 words
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107. Health Service (Legislation) 92 words
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108. Pension Books 55 words
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109. Pregnancy (Smoking) 211 words
110. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Potatoes (Support Arrangements) 155 words
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111. European Community (Sugar) 174 words
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112. Northfield Committee 101 words
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113. Lead Content of Food 97 words
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114. Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Co-operation 1,191 words
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115. Household Expenditure Comparisons 171 words
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116. Whaling 320 words
117. SCOTLAND
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1. Power Stations 326 words
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118. New Towns 57 words
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119. Local Authority Expenditure 162 words
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120. School Places (Transfers) 89 words
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121. Airguns 490 words
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122. Scottish Development Agency 113 words
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123. Manpower Services Commission 121 words
124. DEFENCE
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1. Value Added Tax 54 words
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125. Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (Health and Safety) 250 words
126. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Police Forces (Pay) 121 words
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127. Parliamentary Papers 456 words
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128. Official Report 166 words
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129. Scientific Officers (Dispute) 147 words
130. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Divers (Offshore Operations) 101 words
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131. " No Strike " Agreements 47 words
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132. Home Workers 119 words
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133. Manpower Services Commission (Wales) 47 words
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134. Trade Union Membership 132 words
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135. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 78 words
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136. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 121 words
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137. Long-term Unemployment 158 words
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138. Underwater Training Centre 239 words
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139. Training Opportunities Scheme 186 words
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140. Vocational Assessment and Reorientation 156 words
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141. Trade Union Elections (Postal Ballots) 239 words
142. TRANSPORT
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1. Taxation Revenue and Road Costs 79 words
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143. Vehicle Excise Duty (Lorries and Buses) 64 words
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144. Roads (Ramps) 69 words
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145. Seat Belts 36 words
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146. Heckington Bypass 96 words
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147. British Transport Police 91 words
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148. Crash Helmets 44 words
149. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Kilbroney River (Pollution) 62 words
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150. Post Office Contravision Service 43 words
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151. Housing Executive 148 words
152. WALES
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1. Public Expenditure 79 words
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153. Shop and Distributive Workers 99 words
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154. Nuclear Waste (Disposal) 89 words
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155. Nursery Education 69 words
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156. Welsh Development Agency 523 words
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157. Nursery Education 116 words
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158. Local Authorities and New Towns (Expenditure) 76 words
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159. Council Houses (Sale) 62 words
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160. National Health Service 106 words
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161. Roads 61 words
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162. Central Heating (Government Departments) 99 words
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163. Rate Support Grant 79 words
164. INDUSTRY
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1. Microprocessor Technology 128 words
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165. Microelectronics 98 words
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166. British Steel Corporation 31 words
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167. Steel Industry (EEC Aid) 85 words
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168. Shipbuilding (Overseas Orders) 190 words
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169. Mail Charges 35 words
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170. Sector Working Parties 138 words
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171. Regional Development Grants 119 words
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172. Waste Management Advisory Council 424 words
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173. National Enterprise Board 392 words
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174. British Steel Corporation (Chairman) 45 words
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175. Microprocessors 60 words
176. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Homes Insulation Act 55 words
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177. Palace of Westminster 81 words
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178. Council Houses (Sale) 276 words
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179. Council Rents and Mortgage Interest Rates 305 words
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180. Local Government Finance 51 words
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181. Flats (Maintenance and Repair Costs) 46 words
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182. Government Cars (Fuel Consumption) 92 words
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183. Water Charges 221 words
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184. Bathing Water 127 words
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185. Oil Recovery Equipment 138 words
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186. Housing Corporation 347 words
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187. Design Guides 167 words
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188. Trade Refuse (Charges) 77 words
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189. Community Land Act (Advisory Team) 76 words
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190. Land Economy Directorate 113 words
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191. Environmental Board 259 words
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192. Housing Development Directorate 196 words
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193. Gipsies 85 words
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194. Rent and Rate Rebates 147 words
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195. Advance Nursery Factories 96 words
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196. Rate Support Grant (Wales) 65 words
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197. Development Commission 210 words
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198. Oil (Spot Market) 67 words

Lords Sitting of 9 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. PAKISTAN: NUCLEAR INSTALLATION 617 words
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3. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: UN CONFERENCE 1,537 words
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4. RHODESIA: SANCTIONS-BREAKING 601 words
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5. NATIONAL ENTERPRISE BOARD: ACCOUNTS 1,016 words
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6. IPCS: PAY DISPUTE 1,133 words
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7. NORTHERN IRELAND ACT 1974 (INTERIM PERIOD EXTENSION) ORDER 1979 12,491 words
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8. NORTHERN IRELAND (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) ACT 1978 (CONTINUANCE) ORDER 1979 41 words
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9. SAINT VINCENT TERMINATION OF ASSOCIATION ORDER 1979 3,774 words
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10. EEC BUDGET AND FINANCE PAPERS 15,098 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 9 July 1979 Series 5 Vol. 401

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1. SEED VEGETABLES: EEC REGULATIONS 129 words
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2. FACTORY FARMING: BBC FILM AND MINISTRY STAFF 75 words
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3. INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND THE CIVIL SERVICE 135 words
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4. V.O.N.S. CASES 147 words
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5. INCOME TAX: PERCENTAGE PAYMENTS 556 words
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6. EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: MEMBERS' REMUNERATION 298 words
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7. POST OFFICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ADVERTISING COSTS 53 words
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8. POLICE ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS 34 words
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9. WHALING: MORATORIUM AND FUTURE POLICY 344 words
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10. BNOC AND BGC: LICENSING PROCEDURE 113 words
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11. ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY: SPECIAL CONSTABLES 77 words