Sitting of 25 June 1979

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Commons Sitting of 25 June 1979 Series 5 Vol. 969

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. INDUSTRY
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1. Small Businesses 225 words
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2. Insac and Inmos 101 words
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3. Consett and Stanley (New Industries) 325 words
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4. British Leyland 326 words
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5. Shipbuilding Industry (Clydeside) 963 words
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6. British Aerospace 594 words
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7. National Giro (Bootle) 333 words
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8. Fairey Engineering (Stockport) 208 words
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9. Industrial Decline (West Midlands) 531 words
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10. Employment (South Yorkshire) 321 words
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11. Mostek Project 208 words
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12. Manufacturing Industry (Production) 307 words
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13. Post Office 451 words
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14. Japan (Common Industrial Development) 256 words
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15. Industrial Development (East Midlands) 361 words
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16. Industrial Subsidies 303 words
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17. British Steel Corporation 296 words
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18. National Enterprise Board 395 words
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19. Assisted Areas 381 words
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20. CONSENT TO PROSECUTIONS 818 words
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21. DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS 803 words
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4. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 400 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 42 words
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6. NAZIM AKHTAR (IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE) 927 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 109 words
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8. SELECT COMMITTEES 80,982 words, 10 divisions
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9. EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE 25 words
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10. NOMINATION OF SELECT COMMITTEES (COMMITTEE OF SELECTION) 132 words
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11. PENSIONERS' PAYMENTS AND SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 38 words
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12. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 64 words
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13. DEATH GRANT 2,513 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 25 June 1979 Series 5 Vol. 969

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1. SKYLAB 212 words
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2. MOTABILITY 79 words
3. WALES
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1. Unemployment (Gwynedd) 39 words
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2. Psychiatric Beds 149 words
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3. Local Authority Finance 264 words
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4. Housing Starts 69 words
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5. Advance Factories 65 words
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6. Leasehold Houses 30 words
4. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. River Derwent Barrage 105 words
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2. Fishing (Fuel Costs) 54 words
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3. Pigmeat 87 words
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4. Bacon 185 words
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5. Forests (Public Access) 144 words
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6. Meat Products (Intra-Community Trade) 113 words
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7. Inflation 101 words
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8. Whales 249 words
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9. Crown-owned Farms and Smallholdings 38 words
5. INDUSTRY
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1. Regional Policies 45 words
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2. Engineering and Shipbuilding Industries (Tyneside) 35 words
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3. CBI 32 words
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4. Rolls-Royce Ltd. 23 words
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5. Industrial Assistance 66 words
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6. Industrial Development Certificates (West Midlands) 54 words
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7. Industrial Development (Northern Region) 38 words
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8. Engineering Profession 47 words
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9. Merseyside 62 words
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10. Telephone Accounts (Computer Dispute) 143 words
6. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Civil Servants (Transport) 54 words
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2. Boyle Report 2,265 words
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3. Civil and Public Servants (Salaries and Expenses) 77 words
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4. Public School Fees 192 words
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5. Scientists and Technologists (Pay Negotiations) 228 words
7. SCOTLAND
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1. Uranium Prospecting (Orkney) 53 words
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2. Housing Corporation 47 words
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3. Scottish Special Housing Association 64 words
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4. Munn and Dunning Reports 48 words
8. TRADE
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1. Shipping (Shetland and Foula) 94 words
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2. Oil Tankers (Scotland) 95 words
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3. Nigeria 114 words
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4. Aviation Fuel 88 words
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5. Tourism 221 words
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6. Sales Practices 163 words
9. DEFENCE
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1. British Bases 110 words
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2. Royal Ordnance Factories (Job Release Scheme) 89 words
10. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Modern Schools (Definition) 483 words
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2. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 1,665 words
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3. Further and Higher Education 147 words
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4. Teacher Training 92 words
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5. Nursery Education 39 words
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6. Grammar Schools 1,405 words
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7. Catchment Areas 116 words
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8. COMPANIES ACTS (PROSECUTIONS) 77 words
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9. PHOTOGRAPHS OF WITNESSES (COURT PRECINCTS) 69 words
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10. CONTEMPT OF COURT 162 words
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11. RHODESIA (SANCTIONS PROSECUTIONS) 117 words
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12. LANDLORD AND TENANT ACTS 84 words
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13. DIVORCE 83 words
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14. MR. RICHARD RASTALL (PROSECUTION COSTS) 80 words
11. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Vietnam 109 words
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2. Australia (Crown Agents' Property) 91 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Fast Breeder Reactor 86 words
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2. Public Works Departments 111 words
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3. House Building 248 words
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4. Central Lancashire New Town 72 words
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5. Somerset House 83 words
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6. Sunday Markets 150 words
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7. Private Landlords 76 words
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8. Charities (Water Supplies) 37 words
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9. Palace of Westminster (Central Heating) 84 words
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10. Public Servants (Transport) 183 words
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11. Rents 61 words
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12. Public Works Departments 123 words
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13. Housing Authorities (Financial Allocations) 143 words
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14. Structure Plans 57 words
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15. Housing Waiting Lists 34 words
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16. Council Houses (Sale) 350 words
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17. Tenants (House Purchase) 147 words
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18. Economic Planning Councils 70 words
13. ENERGY
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1. Pressurised Water Reactor Plant 122 words
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2. British National Oil Corporation (Ministerial Instructions) 41 words
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3. Fuel Bills 70 words
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4. Nuclear Capacity (International Comparisons) 147 words
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5. International Oil Supplies 253 words
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6. Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Imports (International Comparisons) 143 words
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7. Oil Supplies 423 words
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8. Solid Fuels 57 words
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9. Petrol Supplies 102 words
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10. Fast Breeder Reactor 50 words
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11. North Sea Gas 183 words
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12. Aviation Fuel 113 words
14. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Family Taxation (Reform) 63 words
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2. Earned Income Allowance (Married Women) 110 words
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3. Income Tax 487 words
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4. Railway Users (Tax Allowance) 51 words
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5. Value Added Tax 468 words
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6. Liverpool (Free Port Status) 55 words
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7. War Widows (Pensions) 45 words
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8. Inflation Forecasts 47 words
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9. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 109 words
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10. Export Licences (Wild Fauna and Flora) 72 words
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11. Investment Income 47 words
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12. Motability 78 words
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13. Overseas Students 236 words
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14. Exchange Control 132 words
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15. United Kingdom Companies (Overseas Subsidiaries) 201 words
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16. Widows' Pensions 66 words
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17. Community Nursing Staff 89 words
15. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Proceedings) 111 words
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2. Illegal Immigrants 186 words
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3. Street Crime 114 words
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4. Vietnamese Refugees 145 words
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5. Firemen (Insurance) 694 words
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6. Iranian Refugees 24 words
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7. Suspected Persons (Arrests) 140 words
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8. Nationality 42 words
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9. Woolworth's, Manchester (Fire) 77 words
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10. Parliamentary Constituencies (West Yorkshire) 74 words
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11. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board 694 words
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12. Local Government Boundaries 84 words
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13. Postal Votes 55 words
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14. Boundary Commission 51 words
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15. Her Majesty's Prison, Hull 367 words
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16. Immigration Appeal Tribunals 61 words
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17. Immigration Officers (Heathrow) 90 words
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18. General Elections (Free Post) 92 words
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19. NATIONAL HERITAGE FUND 43 words
16. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 721 words
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2. VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM 57 words
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3. WORKS OF ART (EXPORT) 257 words
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4. NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES 59 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Driving Age 43 words
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2. Trains (Fuel Consumption) 85 words
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3. Thirsk Bypass (Bridge Headroom) 131 words
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4. Road Markings 75 words
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5. A30 330 words
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6. River Rhine (Commission) 445 words
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7. Medallion Services 76 words
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8. PASSPORTS 101 words
18. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia 57 words
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2. Simonstown Agreement 139 words
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3. Helsinki Final Act (Implementation) 2,877 words
19. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Border Incidents 80 words
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2. Radio-detonated Bombs 91 words
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3. Terrorists 277 words
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4. Terrorism (Statistics) 162 words
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5. Harland and Wolff 43 words
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6. School Transport 61 words
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7. Expenditure Cuts 59 words
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8. Madams Bank Bridge 101 words
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9. Civil Service (Student Employment) 81 words
20. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Pay Beds 68 words
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2. Mental Handicap Nursing and Care (Jay Report) 282 words
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3. Heart Pacemakers 76 words
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4. Attendance Allowance 76 words
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5. Unemployment Benefit 189 words
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6. Chiropody 210 words
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7. Health Authorities (Chairmen's Pay and Expenses) 134 words
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8. Depo-Provera 187 words
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9. Pneumoconiosis 212 words
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10. Early Retirement 146 words
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11. Widows 70 words
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12. 1981 Census 108 words
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13. Supplementary Benefits Scheme (Review) 72 words
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14. Detoxification Centres 147 words
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15. Rheumatism and Arthritis (Children) 137 words
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16. Tobacco Smoking 79 words
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17. Dental Treatment 54 words
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18. Motability 69 words
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19. Kidney Transplants 105 words
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20. General Nursing (EEC Directive) 129 words
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21. St. George's Hospital, Tooting 137 words
21. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployment Benefit 65 words
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2. Retail Price Index 86 words
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3. Construction Industry (Safety) 102 words
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4. Training Opportunities 89 words
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5. Industrial Training Scheme 85 words
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6. Youth Opportunities Programme 53 words
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7. School Leavers (Penistone) 69 words
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8. Earnings (Pontefract and Castleford Constituency) 48 words
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9. Plate Glass (Safety Standards) 33 words
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10. Work Force (Greater London) 78 words
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11. Race Relations Employment Advisory Group 65 words
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12. Penistone (Employment Subsidy) 866 words

Lords Sitting of 25 June 1979 Series 5 Vol. 400

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. CAREERS TEACHERS: TRAINING 396 words
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3. MORGAN CRUCIBLE SITE: BATTERSEA MURAL 978 words
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4. FISH FARMING: MEASURES TO ASSIST 457 words
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5. THE GENEVA COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT 473 words
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6. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS: INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE 178 words
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7. LIMITATION AMENDMENT BILL [H.L.] 8,394 words
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8. COMPANIES BILL [H.L.] 17,780 words
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9. THE NORTH SEA: ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES 12,111 words
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10. CRIMINAL JUSTICE (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 65 words
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11. DEALINGS WITH WITNESSES BILL [H.L.] 51 words
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12. IPSWICH PORT AUTHORITY BILL 8 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 25 June 1979 Series 5 Vol. 400

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1. NEW STATESMAN ARTICLE: "PENSIONS, PERKS AND THE PRINTERS" 84 words
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2. WAR PENSIONERS: ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CHRISTMAS BONUS 240 words
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3. TRADE UNIONS: IMMUNITY FROM COURT PROCEEDINGS 122 words
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4. THE HELSINKI CONFERENCE FINAL ACT: MONITORING OF IMPLEMENTATION 104 words
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5. EX-DETAINEES AND CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 140 words
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6. THE RHODESIAN ELECTION: CAMPAIGN FOR ABSTENTION 145 words
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7. THE DISABLED: VEHICLE PARKING BADGES 91 words
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8. PLANNING INQUIRY DECISIONS AND SECRETARIES OF STATE 113 words
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9. LAND RECLAMATION FUNDS 77 words