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Commons Sitting of 21 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 964

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1. Preamble 12 words
2. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Rhodesia 1,381 words
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2. Middle East 769 words
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3. Oman 622 words
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4. Hong Kong 462 words
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5. Vietnam 565 words
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6. Uganda 261 words
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7. Iran (Foreign Minister) 510 words
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8. Zambia 372 words
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9. Gibraltar 375 words
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10. Cyprus 646 words
2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Council of Ministers 550 words
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2. Directives and Regulations 493 words
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3. Brussels 842 words
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4. European Assembly 464 words
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5. Council of Foreign Ministers 520 words
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3. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 308 words
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3. NATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (BIRMINGHAM) 956 words
4. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. SHORT-TIME WORKING COMPENSATION 100 words
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2. HOUSING 126 words
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5. AGRICULTURAL TIED HOUSING REFORM (SCOTLAND) 714 words
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6. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM DEBATE (MR. SPEAKER'S RULING) 699 words
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7. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (SHACKLETON REPORT) 45,589 words
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8. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 (CONTINUANCE) ORDER 1979 718 words, 1 division
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9. EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES 11,063 words
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10. MR. S. McKINNELL (RAF CADETSHIP) 3,516 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 21 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 964

1. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Gulf States (Military Assistance) 88 words
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2. Turkey 29 words
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3. Mr. Anatoly Shcharansky 56 words
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4. World Commodities Centre, London 66 words
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5. Persian Gulf 37 words
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6. Rhodesia 114 words
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7. Kiribati 99 words
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8. Iran 44 words
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9. Mothers' Passports (Children's Names) 108 words
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10. Namibia 272 words
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11. David Kitson 166 words
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12. Rhodesia 59 words
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13. Uganda 61 words
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14. South Yemen 32 words
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15. Federal Republic of Germany 60 words
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16. Republic of Ireland (Foreign Minister) 81 words
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17. Rhodesia 209 words
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18. Harrier Aircraft 67 words
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19. Nuclear Stockpiles 98 words
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20. Iran 89 words
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21. NATO 49 words
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22. Ethiopia 78 words
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23. China (Arms Supplies) 77 words
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24. Gibraltar 100 words
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25. Persian Gulf 83 words
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26. Mr. Z. A. Bhutto 73 words
2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. President of the European Commission (Ministerial Meetings) 40 words
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2. Enlargement 110 words
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3. Foreign Ministers (Meetings) 105 words
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4. Turkey 54 words
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5. Council of Ministers 50 words
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6. European Monetary System 99 words
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7. QUANGOS (EXPENDITURE) 93 words
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8. PROSECUTIONS 858 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Salaries 65 words
4. EUROPEAN ASSEMBLY
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1. Elections 83 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Parliamentary Constituencies 168 words
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2. Heterosexual and Homosexual Behaviour (Prosecutions) 149 words
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3. Lewes Prison 79 words
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4. Borstal (Girl Detainees) 57 words
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5. Women Prisoners 107 words
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6. Stolen Cars (Merseyside) 74 words
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7. European Community Nationals 216 words
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8. Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 112 words
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9. Extradition Act 1870 127 words
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10. Winson Green Prison, Birmingham 110 words
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11. Walton Prison, Liverpool (Industrial Action) 527 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Esperanto 133 words
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2. School Records 80 words
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3. Student Grants (Local Authority Bids) 179 words
7. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Scientists (Training and Recruitment) 183 words
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2. Government Services (Industrial Dispute) 207 words
8. DEFENCE
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1. Premature Voluntary Retirement 104 words
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2. Flying Accidents 153 words
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3. NATO Armed Forces (Pay Comparisons) 105 words
9. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 90 words
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2. Disablement Resettlement Service 108 words
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3. Disabled Persons 56 words
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4. Departmental Office Staff (Birmingham) 80 words
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5. Assisted and Non-Assisted Areas (Comparisons) 398 words
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6. Job Centre Advertisements (Cost) 100 words
10. TRADE
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1. Merchant Shipping Bill 99 words
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2. British Overseas Trade Board 60 words
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3. European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation 62 words
11. TRANSPORT
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1. Railways (Southern Region) 98 words
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2. Driving Licence Holders 197 words
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3. Rail Link (Sheffield-Manchester) 143 words
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4. Seat Belts 166 words
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5. Penmanshiel Tunnel (Collapse) 198 words
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6. Liverpool and Merseyside (Road Accidents) 100 words
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7. Concessionary Fares 164 words
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8. Police Act 1976 79 words
12. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Listed Buildings 110 words
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2. Radioactive Waste 57 words
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3. Council Houses (Chimneys) 128 words
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4. Sports Clubs (Rates) 104 words
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5. Refuse Collection 46 words
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6. Domestic Rates 147 words
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7. Rate Support Grant 65 words
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8. Industrial Development 514 words
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9. Local Authorities (Statutory Duties) 187 words
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10. Homes (Conversions) 56 words
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11. Sewers and Water Mains 89 words
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12. Inner City Improvements 334 words
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13. " Agriculture and the Countryside " 571 words
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14. Ribble Estuary (Land Reclamation) 239 words
13. INDUSTRY
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1. West Coast of America Telegraph Company Limited 81 words
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2. New Hebrides International Telecommunications Company 75 words
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3. Investment (Leasing) 183 words
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4. International Tin Council 172 words
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5. Station Road Industrial Estate, Liskeard 57 words
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6. Post Office (Statutory Monopoly) 63 words
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7. British Shipbuilders 62 words
14. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Prescriptions 98 words
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2. Ambulance Personnel (Earnings) 168 words
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3. Warwickshire Area Health Authority (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) 246 words
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4. Hospital Charges 157 words
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5. Self-Employed Persons 150 words
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6. St. Nicholas Hospital, Plumstead 77 words
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7. Toluene Di-isocyanate 177 words
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8. Death Grant 213 words
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9. Pension Payments 188 words
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10. Fentem Report 57 words
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11. National Health Service (Nurses) 150 words
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12. Supplementary Benefits A Code 263 words
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13. Race Relations 102 words
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14. Birmingham (Departmental Offices) 108 words
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15. Hospital Waiting Lists 268 words
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16. Deprived Areas (Redistribution of Resources) 92 words
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17. Resources (Redistribution) 152 words
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18. Nurses' Pay 295 words
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19. Mrs. Frieda Keen 215 words
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20. Area Health Authorities (Wages Auditing) 55 words
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21. National Radiological Protection Board 281 words
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22. National Health Service Hospitals (Laundries) 235 words
15. ENERGY
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1. National Coal Board (Imports) 82 words
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2. Coal Industry Act 78 words
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3. Coal (Prices) 136 words
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4. British National Oil Corporation 98 words
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5. Coal Mining Subsidence 310 words
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6. Electricity Bill Discount Scheme 78 words
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7. Electricity Prices (Freeze) 105 words
16. SCOTLAND
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1. Uranium (Orkney and Shetland) 60 words
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2. Geriatric and Psychogeriatric Care 379 words
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3. Tertiary Education 95 words
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4. School Teachers (Pay) 92 words
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5. Electro-convulsive Therapy 71 words
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6. Handicapped Children (Specialist Tuition) 93 words
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7. Secondary Schools 46 words
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8. Stirlingshire (M8 and M876 Motorways) 99 words
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9. Disabled Persons (Facilities) 178 words
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10. Council Houses (Sales) 484 words
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11. Film Production 139 words
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12. Primary and Secondary School Teachers 183 words
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13. A80 (Mollinsburn and Cumbernauld) 79 words
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14. Sexual Offences 66 words
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15. Rape 304 words
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16. District Councils (House Building Assistance) 89 words
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17. Orkney and Shetland (Freight Subsidy) 68 words
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18. European Assembly Elections (Returning Officers) 134 words
17. PRICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
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1. Cement Prices 201 words
18. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Civil Servants (Industrial Dispute) 300 words
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2. European Monetary System 284 words
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3. Personal Allowances 60 words
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4. Divorce (Maintenance) 123 words
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5. Channel Islands Residents (Taxation) 106 words
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6. Dunlop International 80 words
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7. European Community (United Kingdom Contribution) 208 words
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8. Newspaper Industry (Casual Workers) 233 words
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9. Departmental Staff (Birmingham) 55 words
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10. Northern Ireland Capital Taxes Office 75 words
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11. Parliamentary Questions 121 words
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12. Tax Refunds (Charities) 98 words
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13. Mortgage Interest Relief (Retired Persons) 106 words
19. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Inshore Fishing Industry (European Community Directive) 107 words
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2. Intervention Buying 207 words
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3. Foodstuffs (EEC Policy) 188 words
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4. Imported Flowers 531 words
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5. Cotton Growing 99 words
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6. Glasshouse Growers (Oil Supplies) 195 words
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7. " Agriculture and the Countryside " 563 words
20. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Elderly and Handicapped Persons 182 words
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2. Stevenson's School, Dunmurry 45 words
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3. Housing 139 words
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4. Gas Pipeline (Construction) 56 words
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5. Timber Planting 162 words
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6. Housing (Improvement Grants) 80 words
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7. Coleraine Hospital 213 words
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8. Forestry 161 words
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9. EEC Assurance (Beekeepers) 219 words
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10. Craigavon Bridge, Londonderry 253 words
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11. Nominated Public Authorities 51 words
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12. Arfon (Employment) 91 words
21. WALES
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1. Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport 120 words
22. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Immigrants (Gynaecological Examinations) 148 words
23. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. European Assembly (Members' Pay and Allowances) 182 words
24. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Hong Kong 542 words
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2. Central Treaty Organisation 108 words
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3. Rhodesia 288 words

Lords Sitting of 21 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. LORD HILL-NORTON 51 words
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3. TRADE UNION IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES 962 words
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4. VICTIMISATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN 960 words
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5. CENTO AND DEFENCE POLICY 395 words
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6. EGYPT/ISRAEL: PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 1,217 words
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7. AGRICULTURE AND THE COUNTRYSIDE: STRUTT REPORT 17,599 words
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8. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL 10 words
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9. SECOND LAND UTILISATION SURVEY 12,784 words
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10. LICENSED PREMISES (EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS) BILL. 8,666 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 21 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. GNP: PERCENTAGE EXPENDITURE BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES 184 words
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2. INVESTMENT INCOME SURCHARGE: ESTIMATED YIELD 182 words
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3. EEC: MEMBERSHIP AND THE COST OF LIVING 96 words
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4. STERLING AND INFLATION— 1885–1979 65 words
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5. FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENT: CLAIMS STATISTICS 180 words