Sitting of 22 March 1979

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Commons Sitting of 22 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 964

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. Preamble 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 50 words
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1. SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION 49 words
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2. LERWICK HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION 48 words
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3. GAIRLOCH PIERS ORDER CONFIRMATION 48 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Premium Bonds (Gift Vouchers) 413 words
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2. Gross National Product 457 words
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3. European Community (Finance Ministers) 679 words
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4. Defence Expenditure 183 words
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5. Budget (Representations) 698 words
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6. National Debt 470 words
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7. Corporation Tax 615 words
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8. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 233 words
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9. Working Widows (Taxation) 310 words
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10. Inflation 768 words
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11. Gilt Edged Security Market 573 words
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12. Value Added Tax 475 words
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13. North Sea Oil and Gas 175 words
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14. SOUTHERN AFRICA 416 words
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15. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,636 words
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5. DEVOLUTION 4,817 words
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6. BRITISH AMBASSADOR, THE HAGUE 943 words
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7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,509 words
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8. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 25 words
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9. ORDERS OF THE DAY 15,627 words
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10. ROYAL ASSENT 95 words
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11. ROAD TRAFFIC (SEAT BELTS) BILL 28,539 words, 1 division
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12. FIREARM CERTIFICATES 10,106 words, 1 division
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13. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 18 words
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1. LEGAL AID AND ADVICE 48 words
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2. ELECTRICITY 29 words
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3. PROCEDURE 32 words
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4. DIVORCE LAWS 4,336 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 964

1. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Prestel/Viewdata System 105 words
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2. European Assembly (Elections) 84 words
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3. Pay 67 words
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4. Official and Public Statements (Attribution) 66 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Traffic Wardens (London) 80 words
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2. Overseas Visitors (Refusal Rates) 347 words
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3. Immigrant Populations (Ministerial Visits) 143 words
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4. Rape 86 words
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5. European Assembly (Elections) 132 words
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6. Television Reception (New Cheltenham) 86 words
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7. Political Asylum 47 words
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8. Radio Stations (Signal Strength) 253 words
3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Animals (Oil Cleansing) 106 words
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2. Agricultural Land (Sulphur Deposits) 74 words
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3. Lime 63 words
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4. Elm Trees 186 words
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5. Fish Stocks 194 words
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6. Horse Sales 185 words
4. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Deputations 61 words
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2. Ethnic Minority Groups 157 words
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3. University Technicians (Terms and Conditions) 108 words
5. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Community Land Act 142 words
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2. Baddesley Clinton (Manor House) 68 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Namibia 164 words
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2. Diplomatic Relations 72 words
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3. Uist Builders Limited 104 words
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4. Rhodesia 64 words
7. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Indonesia 122 words
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2. Palestine Police Service Pensioners 202 words
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3. Companies (Government Shareholding) 491 words
8. TRANSPORT
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1. Concessionary Fares 63 words
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2. Driving Instructors 112 words
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3. Driving Tests 123 words
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4. Dangerous Substances 203 words
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5. British Railways 22 words
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6. Lorry Weights 63 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor Turbines 62 words
10. TRADE
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1. Textile Agreement (China—EEC) 58 words
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2. Seal Skins (Imports) 363 words
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3. South Africa 148 words
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4. European Community (Enlargement) 96 words
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5. Alumina 42 words
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6. Customs and Excise (Industrial Dispute) 97 words
11. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Child Allowance 22 words
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2. Cash Limits 58 words
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3. Dollar-Sterling Exchange Rate 112 words
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4. Industrial Action (Financial Effects) 86 words
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5. Mileage Allowances (Taxation) 151 words
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6. International Monetary Fund 44 words
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7. Budget 67 words
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8. Income Tax 76 words
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9. Taxation 211 words
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10. Income Tax and National Insurance 56 words
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11. Isle of Man (Financial Contribution) 76 words
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12. Widows and One-parent Families 74 words
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13. Inflation 102 words
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14. North Sea Oil (Tax Revenue) 80 words
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15. Chancellor of the Exchequer (Engagements) 50 words
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16. Defence Expenditure 135 words
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17. Government Finance (Borrowing Procedures) 52 words
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18. Employment Prospects 99 words
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19. Cider (Tax Yield) 52 words
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20. Divorced Women (Mortgage Relief) 114 words
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21. Tax Amnesty (Fleet Street Workers) 117 words
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22. Tax-free Daily Allowances 126 words
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23. International Monetary System 60 words
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24. Wage Settlements 82 words
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25. Stamp Duty 59 words
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26. Money Supply 299 words
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27. European Community Budget (Personal Contributions) 223 words
12. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Area Health Authorities 95 words
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2. Burnley (Geriatric Care) 373 words
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3. Health and Safety (X-Ray Departments) 54 words
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4. Medicines Advertising (EEC Directive) 116 words
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5. Myoelectric Limbs 190 words
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6. Dentures 497 words
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7. Research (Financial Allocation) 161 words
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8. Benefits (Advertising) 154 words
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9. Limbless Children 120 words
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10. Reciprocal Agreements 419 words
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11. General Practitioners 160 words
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12. Pensionable Age 40 words
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13. Physically and Mentally Handicapped Services (Expenditure) 277 words
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14. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 617 words
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15. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES 45 words
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16. NAMIBIA 49 words
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17. TUC AND CBI 116 words
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18. CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER (SPEECH) 58 words
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19. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD 49 words
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20. WELSH ASSEMBLY 44 words
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21. DERBY 17 words
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22. STANDING COMMISSION ON PAY COMPARABILITY 124 words
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23. FLEET STREET (VISIT) 30 words
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24. ANIMAL WELFARE 199 words
13. INDUSTRY
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1. Teesside 198 words
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2. Microprocessor Applications Project (Grants) 213 words
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3. Industry Act 1972 (Grants) 306 words
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4. Appropriation Accounts (Abandoned Claims) 181 words
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5. National Giro 111 words
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6. National Enterprise Board 781 words
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7. Sector Working Parties 375 words
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8. Itabira Iron Ore Company 178 words
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9. Merseyside Special Development Area 55 words
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10. DOCUMENTS (PUBLIC SCRUTINY) 159 words
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11. MANORIAL DOCUMENTS 428 words
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12. LEGAL AID (DIVORCE) 258 words
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13. LAND REGISTRATION 145 words
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14. THOMAS KEATING (PROSECUTION COSTS) 39 words
14. SCOTLAND
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1. Pine Beauty Moth 202 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. European Community (Budget) 69 words
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2. European Community (Finance Council) 390 words
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3. Tax Amnesty (Fleet Street Workers) 82 words
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4. House of Lords (Members' Fares and Allowances) 195 words
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5. Public Expenditure 180 words
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6. European Economic Community 215 words
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7. VAT (Art Dealers) 69 words
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8. Inland Revenue Offices (Birmingham) 129 words
16. DEFENCE
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1. Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich 354 words
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2. Equipment (Cancellations) 342 words
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3. Non-British Subjects (Commissions) 106 words
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4. Baggage Scales 96 words
17. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Employment Protection Act 113 words
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2. Shipbuilding Industry 141 words
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3. Steel Industry 111 words
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4. Manpower Services Commission 210 words
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5. Trade Unions 315 words
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6. Race Relations 188 words
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7. Escalators (Young Children) 58 words
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8. Fishing Industry (Decasualisation) 36 words
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9. Industrial Diseases (Quarrying) 335 words
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10. Pay Increases (Job Loss) 150 words
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11. Apprentices 177 words
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12. Inflation 59 words
18. WALES
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1. A5 (Pentrefrelas—Llangollen) 39 words
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2. Tan-yr-Unto Corner, Ruthin 66 words
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3. Road Signs 73 words
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4. Industrial Diseases (Quarrying) 63 words
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5. Rates 194 words
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6. Air Wales 67 words
19. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Elderly and Handicapped Persons 787 words
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2. Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons 96 words
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3. Rents (Housing Executive) 91 words
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4. Strathearn Audio Ltd. 66 words
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5. Homosexuality 66 words
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6. De Lorean Company 143 words
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7. Electricity Service 220 words
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8. Foyle Area (Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations 103 words
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9. Coleraine Hospital 150 words
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10. Foyle Fisheries Commission 266 words
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11. Gas Pipeline (Construction) 88 words
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12. Road Improvement Works 148 words
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13. Elections (Alleged Corrupt Practices) 145 words

Lords Sitting of 22 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. Preamble 21 words
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2. SOUTH AFRICA: BRITISH AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH 1,438 words
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3. THE CLOSED SHOP: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION 1,360 words
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4. ARTS COUNCIL EXHIBITION: WITHDRAWN PICTURES 571 words
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5. MALTA AND DEFENCE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN 977 words
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6. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS 65 words
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7. DEVOLUTION: PROPOSED FURTHER ACTION 1,459 words
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8. CHILD CARE BILL [H.L.] 72 words
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9. FOSTER CHILDREN BILL [H.L.] 57 words
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10. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 130 words
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11. CONSOLIDATED FUND (NO. 2) BILL 50 words
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12. CONSERVATION OF WILD CREATURES AND WILD PLANTS (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 752 words
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13. AMBASSADOR TO THE NETHERLANDS: ASSASSINATION 650 words
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14. CONSERVATION OF WILD CREATURES AND WILD PLANTS (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 1,205 words
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15. NATIONAL HERITAGE FUND (No. 2) BILL [H.L.] 4,171 words
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16. VACCINE DAMAGE PAYMENTS BILL 386 words
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17. KIRIBATI BILL [H.L.] 683 words
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18. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 30 words
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19. COMMONS AMENDMENT TO ONE OF THE LORDS AMENDMENTS 19 words
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1. LORDS AMENDMENT 1,564 words
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20. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (EMERGENCY PROVISIONS) (SCOTLAND) BILL 8,474 words
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21. PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1976 (CONTINUANCE) ORDER 1979 9,547 words
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22. ROYAL ASSENT 75 words
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23. THE PAROLE SYSTEM 18,786 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 22 March 1979 Series 5 Vol. 399

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1. IMMIGRATION: SETTLEMENT APPLICATIONS BY MALE SPOUSES 154 words
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2. IMMIGRATION: APPLICATIONS FOR REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 101 words
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3. FLIGHT CREW LICENSING: PILOTS' AGE 59 words
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4. FARM AND HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS: TAX LIABILITY 90 words
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5. FRENCH SHEEP MARKET CONTROLS 195 words
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6. WORLD SHIPPING CONFERENCE AND UNCTAD PROPOSALS 157 words
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7. NON-PATRIALS: EXCLUSION FROM UNITED KINGDOM 133 words
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8. UNEMPLOYED CLAIMANTS: SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS 350 words
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9. THEFTS OF DOMESTIC PETS 169 words
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10. HORSE SALES AND AUCTIONS: SURVEY REPORT 225 words
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11. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT AND NATIONAL INSURANCE: CLAIMANTS 684 words