Sitting of 8 November 1979

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Commons Sitting of 8 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 973

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
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3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 44 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Cash Limits 2,330 words
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2. National Savings Certificates 466 words
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3. Currency (Purchasing Power) 663 words
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4. Financial Targets 832 words
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5. International Monetary Fund (Substitution Account) 257 words
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6. Capital Gains Tax 243 words
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7. Exchange Controls 828 words
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8. Fiscal Policy 293 words
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9. Economic Growth 667 words
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10. Gross National Product 458 words
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11. Value Added Tax (Listed Buildings) 325 words
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12. Expenditure 634 words
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13. AVGAS 136 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,222 words
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3. QUESTIONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER 217 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,347 words
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6. MISS BETTY HARVIE ANDERSON 102 words
1. BILL PRESENTED
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1. BRITISH AEROSPACE 100 words
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7. STANDING ORDERS 164 words
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8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 14,605 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SOUTHERN RHODESIA BILL 34,804 words, 2 divisions
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1. SOUTHERN RHODESIA [MONEY] 102 words
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2. SOUTHERN RHODESIA BILL 17 words
1. Clause 1
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1. POWER TO PROVIDE CONSTITUTION FOR ZIMBABWE 17 words
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3. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 53 words
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1. CUSTOMS AND EXCISE 30 words
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2. SOCIAL SECURITY 68 words
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3. HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS 31 words
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4. FISHERY PROTECTION VESSELS 4,051 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 8 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 973

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1. USSR 80 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 224 words
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3. RHODESIA 42 words
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4. OFFICIAL CARS 69 words
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5. RURAL JOBS 76 words
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6. CBI 37 words
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7. POOLE 23 words
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8. CHAIRMAN HUA GUOFENG 275 words
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9. POLRUAN 25 words
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10. BRITISH BROADCASTING SERVICE 33 words
11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. University Teachers (Pay) 168 words
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12. School Meals 102 words
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13. NATO (Youth Project) 162 words
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14. Her Majesty's Inspectorate (Report) 79 words
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15. Private Schools (Replacement Costs) 142 words
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16. Head Teachers 72 words
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17. University Teachers (Pay) 86 words
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18. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT 155 words
19. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Parliamentary Questions 54 words
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20. "THE ADORATION OF THE SHEPHERDS" (EXPORT) 111 words
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21. LAND CERTIFICATES 59 words
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22. LAND TITLES 65 words
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23. CONVEYANCING 97 words
24. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Television Licences 140 words
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25. Prisoners (Statistics) 1,203 words
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26. Prison Medical Service 189 words
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27. Remembrance Service 84 words
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28. Divorce (Variation Applications) 45 words
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29. Mr. Mohammed Ahmed 874 words
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30. Purchasing Contracts 31 words
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31. Arrestable Offences 135 words
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32. Government Contractors (Racial Equality Policy) 56 words
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33. Concessionary Television Licences 58 words
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34. Secretary of State (Television Interview) 64 words
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35. Immigration 122 words
36. INDUSTRY
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1. Wool Textile Industry 172 words
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37. Meriden Co-operative 39 words
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38. British Leyland (Business Plan) 152 words
39. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Animal Welfare 145 words
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40. World Commodities Centre 41 words
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41. Metrication 66 words
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42. Trans-Siberian Railway 364 words
43. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Unemployment Benefit 42 words
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44. Nationalised Industries (Race Relations) 56 words
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45. Family Expenditure Survey 31 words
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46. Disabled Persons 731 words
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47. Job Release Scheme 86 words
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48. Trade Union Reform 57 words
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49. Employment Protection Act 87 words
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50. Textile Industry (Oldham and Kirklees) 151 words
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51. Factory Inspectors 631 words
52. DEFENCE
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1. Cadet Forces 60 words
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53. Defence Ministers (Discussions) 145 words
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54. British Army of the Rhine 130 words
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55. Widows (Pensions) 413 words
56. ENERGY
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1. British National Oil Corporation 213 words
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57. Employment 114 words
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58. Departmental Personnel 240 words
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59. District Heating 94 words
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60. Coking Coal 307 words
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61. Anthracite 153 words
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62. Oil-from-Coal Plants 316 words
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63. A810 and A809 Junction (Accidents) 166 words
64. SCOTLAND
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1. Health Boards (Staff Ratios) 57 words
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65. Cumbernauld Development Corporation 144 words
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66. Scottish Development Agency 61 words
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67. Mental Handicap Facilities (Gattonside) 167 words
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68. Schools (Pamphlet on Disruption) 48 words
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69. Crofter Housing 62 words
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70. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 197 words
71. TRANSPORT
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1. Mr. B. E. J. Smith (Printing Business) 177 words
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72. Traffic Management (Plastic Cones) 169 words
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73. Driving Tests 76 words
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74. Nuclear Waste (Transportation) 228 words
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75. Rail Sidings Grants (International Comparisons) 112 words
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76. Motorway and Trunk Road Schemes 166 words
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77. Cross-Channel Link 55 words
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78. Elderly Drivers (Medical Certificate Charges) 99 words
79. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Exchange Controls 75 words
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80. Economic Growth 39 words
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81. Inflation 138 words
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82. Life Assurance (Tax Relief) 26 words
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83. National Savings Bank, Glasgow 267 words
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84. Pension Funds 66 words
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85. Departmental Staff (Powers of Entry) 76 words
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86. Value Added Tax 309 words
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87. Monetary Aggregates 66 words
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88. Diesel Fuel (Duty) 42 words
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89. Interest Rates 27 words
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90. Exchange Control Act 1947 81 words
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91. Gross National Product 40 words
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92. Industrial Building Allowances 54 words
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93. European Community Budget (United Kingdom Contribution) 477 words
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94. European Community (Finance Ministers) 48 words
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95. Motor Vehicles (Taxation) 95 words
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96. Widows (Tax Relief) 47 words
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97. Subcontractors (Exemption Certificates) 72 words
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98. Index-linked Bonds 46 words
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99. Wage Settlements 74 words
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100. Public Officials (Government Cars) 99 words
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101. Foreign Loans 118 words
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102. "Investigation Work" (Pamphlet) 57 words
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103. Free Enterprise Zones 58 words
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104. Family Budget 108 words
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105. Motor Cars (Depreciation Allowances) 38 words
106. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Home Ownership (Finance) 152 words
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107. Domestic Electrical Wiring Systems (Replacement) 139 words
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108. Homeless Persons 45 words
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109. Rating 184 words
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110. Building Regulations 187 words
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111. Construction Industry (Codes) 68 words
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112. Civil Engineering (Codes) 57 words
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113. Lambeth Council 237 words
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114. Local Authorities (Publications) 117 words
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115. Rent Arrears 89 words
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116. Rent Collectors 102 words
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117. Council Houses (Allocation) 259 words
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118. Disabled Persons 134 words
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119. Council Houses (Sale) 58 words
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120. Local Authority Expenditure 180 words
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121. Rent Tribunals (Costs) 88 words
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122. Employment Transfer Scheme 102 words
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123. Oil Storage (Security) 99 words
124. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Stop Polio Campaign 174 words
125. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Purchasing Contracts 57 words
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126. Unification Church 87 words
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127. Rhodesia 128 words
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128. Foreign Gaols (British Prisoners) 103 words
129. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Road Accidents 65 words
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130. Ulster Polytechnic 202 words
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131. Taxation Powers 87 words
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132. Road Accidents (Uninsured Motorists) 63 words
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133. Republic of Ireland (Papal Visit) 60 words
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134. Commercial Property (Compensation Claims) 211 words
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135. Bus Shelters 116 words
136. WALES
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1. Welsh Development Agency (Dividend Capital) 56 words
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137. Road Accidents 67 words
138. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. St. Matthew's Psychiatric Hospital, Lichfield 217 words
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139. Darryn Clarke 625 words
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140. Unemployment Benefit 172 words
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141. Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 55 words
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142. General Household Survey 94 words
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143. Hospital Waiting Lists (Walsall) 87 words
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144. 1981 Census (Cost) 65 words
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145. Schoolchildren (Nutritional Levels) 111 words
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146. Purchasing Contracts 91 words
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147. Berkshire Area Health Authority 90 words
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148. Children Act 1975 130 words
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149. Medical Schools 163 words
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150. Disabled Persons 173 words
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151. National Health Service Premises (Restriction on Use) 499 words
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152. National Health Service 490 words
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153. Area Health Authorities 918 words
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154. Alcohol Sales 56 words
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155. Health and Personal Social Services 202 words
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156. Voluntary Work (Evaluation) 149 words
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157. Senile Dementia 108 words
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158. Psychiatric Care 112 words
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159. Self-employed Persons 422 words
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160. Non-emergency Operations (Suffolk) 158 words
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161. Contraceptive Pills 236 words
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162. Hospitals (Mixed Wards) 50 words
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163. Duchess of York Hospital, Manchester 46 words
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164. Road Accidents 189 words
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165. Employment of Children Act 1973 69 words
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166. Baby Milk (Overseas Sales) 63 words
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167. Constant Medication 139 words
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168. Hospital Waiting Lists (Scunthorpe) 49 words
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169. Attendance Allowance 89 words
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170. Pneumoconiosis 1,455 words
171. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pensions 121 words
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172. European Community (Meetings) 57 words

Lords Sitting of 8 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 402

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1. Preamble 34 words
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2. NIGERIA: OIL NATIONALISATION COMPENSATION 181 words
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3. SPECTACLE FRAME PRICES 765 words
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4. INSULATION GRANTS: LOFT ACCESSIBILITY 807 words
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5. ARAB BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL 1,192 words
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6. FURSKINS BILL [H.L.] 53 words
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7. BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 83 words
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8. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL 2 words
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9. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 12 words
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10. SALE OF GOODS BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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11. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE BILL [H.L.] 2 words
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12. GAMING (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 3,265 words
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13. BILL OF RIGHTS BILL [H.L.] 15,524 words
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14. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 575 words
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15. BILL OF RIGHTS BILL [H.L.] 12,467 words
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16. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS UP-RATING (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1979 3,949 words
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17. FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENTS (COMPUTATION) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1979 29 words
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18. SOCIAL SECURITY (EARNINGS-RELATED ADDITION TO WIDOW'S ALLOWANCE) (SPECIAL PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS 1979 29 words
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19. SOCIAL SECURITY (MAXIMUM ADDITIONAL COMPONENT) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1979 29 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 8 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 402

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1. EEC COMPETITION POLICY: DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY 84 words
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2. EEC REGULATION 17/62: INTERPRETATION OF "CONSULTATION" 64 words
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3. EEC REGULATION 17/62: REPRESENTATIVES 120 words
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4. EEC: INVESTIGATIONS UNDER REGULATION No. 17 215 words
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5. BRITISH AIRWAYS: CAPITAL 111 words
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6. SOUTHERN RHODESIA BILL: ORDERS-IN-COUNCIL 110 words
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7. INVESTMENT PROTECTION AGREEMENTS 153 words
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8. SCOTLAND: PROPOSED CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION 143 words
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9. IMMIGRATION: ENTRY CLEARANCE REFUSAL APPEALS 104 words
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10. LATIN AMERICAN REFUGEE APPLICATIONS 84 words
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11. PORTON DOWN AIR MOVEMENT STUDIES 99 words