Sitting of 14 November 1979

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Commons Sitting of 14 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. ROYAL ASSENT 41 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Council Houses (Sale) 492 words
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2. Rating System 409 words
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3. Council Houses (Condensation) 343 words
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4. Beckton District Plan 566 words
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5. Council House Building 617 words
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6. Urban Areas (Private Assistance) 1,062 words
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7. London Dockland 472 words
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8. Council Houses (Stockport) 304 words
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9. Peak District National Park 601 words
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10. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 1,040 words
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11. Houses (Internal Toilet Facilities) 365 words
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12. Water Rating System 603 words
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13. Gipsies 566 words
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14. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 425 words
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15. New International Airport 308 words
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16. Improvement Grants 243 words
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17. General Development Order 196 words
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18. Local Authorities (Cost-effectiveness) 379 words
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19. Housing Bill 77 words
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5. IMMIGRATION RULES 6,878 words
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6. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURE MINISTERS MEETING) 3,160 words
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7. IMMIGRATION RULES 908 words
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8. POLICE AUTHORITIES (POWERS) 1,504 words
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1. POLICE AUTHORITIES (POWERS) 64 words
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2. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (GREEKACCESSION) BILL 9 words
1. Clause 1
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1. EXTENDED MEANING OF "THE TREATIES" AND "THE COMMUNITY TREATIES" 11,666 words
2. New Clause 1
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1. OBLIGATION OF FOREIGN SECRETARY TO REPORT TO PARLIAMENT 4,137 words
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3. SHIPBUILDING BILL 9 words
1. Clause 1
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1. BRITISH SHIPBUILDERS: LIMIT ON BORROWING ETC. 15,708 words
2. Clause 2
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1. GUARANTEES IN RESPECT OF ALTERATIONS OF SHIPS, ETC. 4,636 words
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4. WELSH GRAND COMMITTEE 75 words
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5. DOGS 4,286 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 14 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 973

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Activities (Children's Participation) 88 words
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2. School Curriculum 164 words
2. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prisoners (Drug Treatment) 68 words
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2. Prison Service 322 words
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3. Citizens of the Irish Republic (Voting Rights) 180 words
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4. Immigration 205 words
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5. Trunk Road Schemes (Public Inquiries) 50 words
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6. Prison Department (Lifers' Unit) 83 words
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7. Local Authority Reception Centres (Costs) 105 words
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8. Camp Hill Prison 155 words
3. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Sheepmeat 152 words
4. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Population Projects 86 words
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2. Public Officials (Powers of Entry) 70 words
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3. European Community (Council of Agriculture Ministers) 44 words
5. INDUSTRY
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1. Chrysler (UK) Ltd. 152 words
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2. Post Office 102 words
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3. Industrial Development Advisory Board 199 words
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4. Returnable Bottles and Containers 59 words
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5. National Enterprise Board 41 words
6. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Work Permits 1,529 words
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2. Trade Union Law 470 words
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3. Public Officials (Powers of Entry) 183 words
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4. Subcontractors 72 words
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5. Hotels and Catering Industry 116 words
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6. Maternity Leave 303 words
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7. Asbestos (Simpson Report) 94 words
7. WALES
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1. Roads 136 words
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2. Local Planning Authorities (Income) 105 words
8. ENERGY
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1. Coal 199 words
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2. Electricity and Gas (Disconnections) 35 words
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3. Electrical Goods (Labelling) 142 words
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4. Coking Coal Subsidy 66 words
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5. British National Oil Corporation 115 words
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6. Liquefied Petroleum Gas 41 words
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7. Uranium (Security) 355 words
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8. J. H. Sankey & Sons Ltd. 51 words
9. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Production and Unemployment Statistics 136 words
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2. Income Tax 160 words
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3. Maintenance Payments 64 words
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4. Unemployment 230 words
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5. Labour Costs 211 words
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6. Money Supply 416 words
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7. Exports 146 words
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8. Companies (Government Holding) 296 words
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9. Hotel and Catering Industry 103 words
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10. EEC Levies 115 words
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11. Personal Income Tax 195 words
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12. Expenditure 121 words
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13. Isle of Man 326 words
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14. Income and Corporation Taxes Act 41 words
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15. Value Added Tax 53 words
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16. Taxation 348 words
10. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. British Council 379 words
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2. Western Sahara 74 words
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3. British Petroleum (Nigeria) 96 words
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4. Kashmir 77 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Educational Topics 91 words
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2. South of Scotland Electricity Board (Membership) 126 words
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3. Electricity (Demand) 59 words
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4. Tayside, Fife and Grampian Regions (Aid) 294 words
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5. North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (Membership) 223 words
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6. Coal Burn 58 words
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7. Electricity Generating Capacity 54 words
12. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Pay Research Unit 174 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Disabled Persons (Wheelchairs) 227 words
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2. Hotel and Catering Industry 126 words
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3. Departmental Staff (Binoculars) 74 words
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4. Staffordshire Area Health Authority (Ambulance Service) 57 words
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5. Welfare Milk 44 words
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6. Romsley Hill Hospital, West Midlands 187 words
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7. Frauds 123 words
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8. Retirement Pension 202 words
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9. Greenwich and Bexley 237 words
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10. Humberside Area Health Authority (Staff) 99 words
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11. Brook Hospital, Woolwich 191 words
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12. Social Assistance 61 words
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13. Supplementary Benefit Review 126 words
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14. Births 100 words
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15. Stoke Mandeville Hospital 137 words
14. TRADE
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1. Metrication Board 310 words
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2. Metrication 177 words
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3. Tourism 98 words
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4. Air Services 128 words
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5. Hotels (Grants) 247 words
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6. Nederland Spinnerij 56 words
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7. Vehicles (Imports and Exports) 62 words
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8. Home Purchase (Insurance and Surveys) 121 words
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9. Oil Lamps 148 words
15. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Alert 252 words
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2. Service Accommodation 262 words
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3. Northern Ireland (Terrorist Trends) 173 words
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4. Naval Defence 95 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Rate Support Grant 191 words
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2. Private Property (Lettings) 70 words
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3. Council Houses (Sale) 431 words
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4. Local Authorities (Staff Holidays) 78 words
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5. Sitting Tenants (House Purchase) 103 words
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6. Commercial Properties (New Towns) 41 words
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7. Park Lane Estate, Bootle 72 words
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8. Gatwick Airport 64 words
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9. Improvement Grants 57 words
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10. Building Societies Association 46 words
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11. Public Waste Land (Development) 31 words
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12. Water Rates 50 words
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13. Co-operatives 67 words
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14. Visiting Sports Teams 121 words
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15. Mortgage Rates 75 words
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16. Housing Stock 79 words
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17. London Docklands 119 words
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18. Urban Areas 66 words
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19. Leicester 56 words
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20. Homes (Insulation) 45 words
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21. Local Authorities (Expenditure) 172 words
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22. Mortgages 146 words
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23. Heathrow Airport 64 words
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24. Local Authorities (Land Surveys) 74 words
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25. Housing Cost Yardstick 54 words
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26. Council Houses (Insulation) 103 words
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27. House Purchase (First-time Buyers) 123 words
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28. Tenants' Charter 128 words
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29. Local Authorities (Employment) 94 words
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30. Council Houses (Repair Costs) 66 words
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31. Inner Cities 189 words
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32. Towns and Cities 67 words
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33. Planning Applications 86 words
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34. Direct Labour Departments 117 words
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35. Rent Rebates 77 words
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36. Local Government (Control) 99 words
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37. Housing Corporation 45 words
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38. Local Authorities (House Building) 144 words
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39. Domestic Property (Compulsory Purchase) 28 words
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40. College of St. Mark and St. John, Chelsea 138 words
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41. Green Belt (Definition) 85 words
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42. New Towns (Assets) 104 words
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43. Armed Services (Accommodation) 76 words
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44. Council House Stock (Sandwell) 96 words
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45. Crown Employees (Accommodation) 189 words
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46. Local Authority Properties (Repairs) 129 words
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47. Bloomsbury Estate 241 words
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48. Tenants' Charter 171 words
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49. Leasehold Reform 235 words
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50. Liverpool Docks 88 words
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51. Heather Moorland (Protection) 37 words
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52. Local Planning Authorities (Charges) 103 words
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53. Housing Action Areas 127 words
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54. Council Estates (Housing Co-operatives) 60 words
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55. Countryside (Designation) 63 words
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56. Housing Service 80 words
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57. Owner-Occupation 55 words
17. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Press Catering Facilities 95 words
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2. Press Gallery Accreditation 58 words
18. TRANSPORT
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1. Trunk Roads 107 words
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2. A1 (Hatfield) 64 words
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3. Rail Closures (Scotland) 82 words
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4. British Railways 148 words
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5. Ayr-Stranraer Rail Link 52 words
19. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Lough Erne (Rescue Services) 117 words
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2. Ulster College 133 words
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3. De Lorean Car 153 words
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4. Royal Ulster Constabulary (Firearms) 55 words
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5. Education (Expenditure) 225 words
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6. Health and Social Services (Expenditure) 205 words
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7. Housing Executive (Housing Costs) 254 words
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8. Housing Executive (Rents) 166 words
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9. Industrial Stoppages 88 words
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10. Union Flag 54 words
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11. Royal Visit (1977) 309 words
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12. School Placements (Appeals) 132 words
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13. School Buildings 133 words
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14. Rural Cottages (Improvement) 257 words

Lords Sitting of 14 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 402

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1. Preamble 23 words
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2. LORD HOLDERNESS 35 words
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3. LORD DACRE OF GLANTON 34 words
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4. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN 65 words
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5. ROYAL ASSENT 37 words
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6. IMMIGRATION: EQUALITY 1,136 words
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7. CITIZENSHIP: BRITISH WOMEN 715 words
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8. RHODESIA: ACTIONS AGAINST ZAMBIA 737 words
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9. THE INDO-CHINESE REFUGEE PROBLEM 570 words
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10. IMMIGRATION RULES 39 words
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11. RESERVE FORCES BILL [H.L.] 78 words
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12. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL 9 words
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13. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL 9 words
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14. THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 4,743 words
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15. IMMIGRATION RULES 4,757 words
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16. THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE 38,594 words
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17. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 11 words
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18. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL [H.L.] 23 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 14 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 402

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1. THE STING RAY ANTI-SUBMARINE TORPEDO 369 words