Sitting of 20 November 1979

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Commons Sitting of 20 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 976

c847
1. Preamble 7 words
c847
2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
c847
1. BRITISH RAILWAYS (No. 2) BILL 4 words
c847
2. WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 27 words
c847
3. TYNE AND WEAR BILL [Lords] (By Order) 14 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Security Forces (Co-operation) 363 words
cc848-54
2. Constitutional Conference 2,260 words
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3. Terrorism 741 words
c857
4. Building Regulations 266 words
cc857-60
5. Extradition 771 words
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6. Irish Republic (Collaboration) 661 words
c862
7. Parole 277 words
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8. Security 705 words
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9. HELSINKI FINAL ACT 532 words
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10. WASHINGTON DC 633 words
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11. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,340 words
cc872-3
5. ROYAL ASSENT 121 words
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6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,159 words
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7. BRITISH LEYLAND 3,823 words
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8. NUCLEAR POWER 466 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL 46,172 words, 1 division
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2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 23 words
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3. SOCIAL SECURITY [MONEY] 144 words
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4. PROTECTION OF TRADING INTERESTS BILL 7 words
10. Clause 8
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1. DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION REQUIRED BY OVERSEAS COURTS AND AUTHORITIES 432 words
11. Clause 6
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1. RECOVERY OF AWARDS OF MULTIPLE DAMAGES 5,403 words
12. Clause 7
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1. SHORT TITLE, INTERPRETATION, REPEALS AND EXTENT 4,294 words
c1051
13. WELSH AFFAIRS 97 words
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14. CHURCH HILL HOUSE HOSPITAL, BRACKNELL 4,218 words

Commons Sitting of 20 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

c183
1. Preamble 7 words
c183
2. PRAYERS 5 words
c183
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 46 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 31 words
1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Transport 726 words
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2. School Closures 471 words
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3. Universities (Funding) 453 words
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4. Overseas Students 989 words
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5. School Meals 278 words
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6. School Buildings (Durham) 372 words
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7. Student Fees 449 words
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8. School Transport 638 words
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9. Universities (Engineering and Mining Departments) 475 words
cc198-9
10. Association of Metropolitan Authorities (Education Committee) 225 words
cc199-200
11. School Closures 653 words
cc200-2
12. Textbooks 400 words
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2. WEST YORKSHIRE 142 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,609 words
cc207-8
4. ENERGY SOURCES 216 words
c208
5. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 22 words
cc209-12
5. JURY VETTING (ABOLITION) 1,192 words
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1. JURY VETTING (ABOLITION) 88 words
6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. BRITISH AEROSPACE BILL 48,492 words, 1 division
c343
2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 21 words
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3. BRITISH AEROSPACE [MONEY] 100 words
c345
4. CHARGING ORDERS BILL [Lords] 38 words
cc345-56
5. MANCHESTER AIRPORT 3,768 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 20 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

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1. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 449 words
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2. BATLEY 23 words
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3. INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE DISABLED PERSON 104 words
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4. SCOTLAND (ECONOMIC POLICY) 60 words
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5. BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION 23 words
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6. EAST MIDLANDS 28 words
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7. GOVERNMENT POLICIES (IMPLEMENTATION) 23 words
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8. BURGESS HILL INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 26 words
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9. EDGE HILL 22 words
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10. IRISH CITIZENS (VOTING RIGHTS) 100 words
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11. CHINA 45 words
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12. MR. ANTHONY BLUNT 304 words
13. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Immigration (Japanese Nationals) 73 words
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2. Firearms 113 words
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3. Prison Service 337 words
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4. Dunkirk Fire Station, Nottinghamshire 95 words
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5. Metropolitan Police (Emergency Holding Centre) 319 words
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6. Prison Staffing 101 words
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7. Direct Works Department, Manchester (Picketing Incident) 77 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Fisheries 193 words
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2. Decca Navigation Chains 103 words
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3. Dog Licences 82 words
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4. Boatbuilding Industry 69 words
15. WALES
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1. Civil Service (Manning Levels) 63 words
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2. Aran Mountains (Access) 65 words
16. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Premises (Right of Entry) 46 words
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2. Small Firms 43 words
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3. Retail Trades 66 words
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4. Special Temporary Employment Programme 65 words
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5. Noise 131 words
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6. MR. ANTHONY BLUNT 289 words
17. INDUSTRY
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1. National Enterprise Board 80 words
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2. Chemical Industry 120 words
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3. Sewing Machine Industry 327 words
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4. Plastics Industry 67 words
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5. Special and Tubular Steels 109 words
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6. Petrochemical and Plastics Plant 119 words
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7. Public Holdings (Sale) 133 words
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8. Professional Engineers 166 words
c103W
9. Purchasing Contracts 47 words
18. DEFENCE
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1. Fleet Air Arm 159 words
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2. Aircraft 77 words
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3. Tornado Aircraft 71 words
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4. Personnel 176 words
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5. NATO and Warsaw Treaty Organisation (Arms Stocks) 61 words
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6. Arms Sales 118 words
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7. Expenditure 223 words
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8. Research and Development (Expenditure) 81 words
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9. Northern Ireland 244 words
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10. Ulster Defence Regiment 169 words
19. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Expenditure 390 words
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2. Education Cuts (Trade Union Consultation) 71 words
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3. Subsidies (Cambridgeshire) 68 words
c110W
4. School Premises (Scale of Charges) 128 words
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5. Grants 96 words
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6. Education Vouchers 55 words
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7. Overseas Students 128 words
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8. Mathematics 70 words
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9. Inner London Education Authority 30 words
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10. Kirklees Metropolitan District Council 92 words
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11. School Records (Parental Access) 70 words
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12. Education (No. 2) Bill 56 words
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13. Teachers' Unions (Meeting) 44 words
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14. Assessment of Performance 95 words
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15. Mathematics and Applied Science 112 words
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16. Pupil-Teacher Ratio 266 words
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17. University Teachers (Pay) 189 words
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18. School Transport 223 words
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19. Nursery Education 415 words
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20. School Building (Wolverhampton) 30 words
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21. 16 to 19-Year-Olds 110 words
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22. School Meals 180 words
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23. Financial Assistance (Pupils) 70 words
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24. Stockport (Assisted Places) 178 words
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25. Local Authorities (Guidance) 59 words
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26. Schoolchildren (Durham) 148 words
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27. Primary Schools 84 words
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28. Universities (Staff-Student Ratios) 78 words
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29. Subject Choice 75 words
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30. Adult Education 135 words
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31. Examination Results 61 words
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32. Equipment 102 words
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33. Ormskirk 106 words
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34. Teachers (Premature Retirement) 69 words
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35. Local Education Authority Awards 129 words
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36. Engineers (Degree Courses) 82 words
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37. Science Research Council 92 words
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38. Teachers and Students (Industrial Knowledge) 120 words
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39. School Uniform 96 words
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40. Student Unions (Financing) 30 words
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41. Classrooms (Open Plan Teaching) 47 words
20. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Kampuchea 491 words
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2. Chile 65 words
21. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Community Land Act 1975 32 words
22. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla 101 words
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2. Banabans 119 words
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3. Wilton Park Conference Centre 49 words
23. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Employment 59 words
24. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Press Gallery 108 words
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2. BRITISH LIBRARY 123 words
25. ENERGY
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1. British National Oil Corporation 69 words
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2. Oil (Recycling) 241 words
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3. Gas 168 words
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4. Electricity and Gas Disconnections 123 words
26. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Accidents 64 words
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2. M27 (Chilworth—Hedge End) 92 words
27. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Stoke Mandeville Hospital 89 words
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2. Bedfordshire Area Health Authority 67 words
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3. Death Grant 78 words
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4. Infant Mortality 188 words
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1. RESEARCH SUPPORTED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL 634 words
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5. Retail Chemists 103 words
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6. One-parent families 99 words
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7. Health Regions (Spinal Units) 207 words
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8. Greenbank Hospital 105 words
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9. Neural Tube Defects (Screening) 64 words
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10. Health Service (Expenditure) 152 words
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11. Value Added Tax 68 words
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12. Hospitals (Gynaecological Equipment) 69 words
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13. Clinics (Gynaelogical Equipment) 151 words
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14. Purchasing Contracts 43 words
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15. Ante-natal Care 65 words
28. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Nuclear Waste 130 words
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2. Second Homes 22 words
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3. Wales (Cash Limits) 46 words
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4. Wildlife and Countryside Bill 34 words
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5. Option Mortgage Scheme 33 words
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6. Structure Plans 148 words
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7. National Council of Building Material Producers 86 words
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8. Government Car Service 571 words
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9. Stated Case Procedure 85 words
29. SCOTLAND
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1. Inshore Fleet (Statistics) 61 words
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2. Firearms Act 1968 97 words
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3. Offshore Works (Hyperboric Complex) 84 words
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4. Crime Statistics 159 words
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5. Fishing Industry 337 words
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6. Dogs 96 words
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7. Community Nurses 101 words
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8. Scottish Fact Bank 28 words
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9. Housing 68 words
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10. Teachers 87 words
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11. Health Education 140 words
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12. Disabled Persons (Dundee) 68 words
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13. Chiropody 74 words
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14. Glasgow (Eastern Area Renewal) 1,126 words
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15. Solvent Inhalation 62 words
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16. Legal Advice Centres (Tayside) 91 words
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17. Travelling People 49 words
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18. Contempt of Court 81 words
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19. Criminal Law (Identification Procedure) 139 words
30. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. European Community (Budget Contributions) 327 words
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2. European Community (Budget Contributions) 44 words
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3. Giro 192 words
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4. Exchange Rates 293 words
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5. Money Supply (International Comparisons) 477 words
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6. £ Sterling 186 words
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7. Exchequer and Audit Department 62 words
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8. Expenditure 403 words
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9. Exports (Exchange Rate Risks) 162 words
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10. Departmental Forecasting Team 96 words
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11. Debt Interest 65 words
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12. Family Income 148 words
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13. Travel-to-work Costs 470 words
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14. Credit Cash Lending 124 words
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15. Double Taxation 39 words
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16. Gambling (Taxes) 107 words
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17. Tax Yields 254 words
31. TRADE
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1. Trade Returns (Computer Programmes) 369 words
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2. Lamb (Imports) 110 words
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3. Balance of Trade 551 words
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4. Statistics 406 words
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5. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 420 words
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6. Imports and Exports 108 words
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7. Textiles 816 words
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8. Overseas Engineering Contracts 61 words
c172W
9. Purchasing Contracts 44 words

Lords Sitting of 20 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

c1
1. Preamble 22 words
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2. BARONESS McFARLANE OF LLANDAFF 37 words
c1
3. PERSONAL STATEMENT BY THE LORD DOUGLAS OF BARLOCH 44 words
cc2-4
4. VICTIMS OF CRIME: RIGHT TO COMPENSATION 599 words
cc4-5
5. BRITISH CALEDONIAN: LONG-RANGE ROUTES 445 words
cc5-7
6. PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS: REVIEW BODY'S CONSIDERATION 557 words
cc7-8
7. THE BINGHAM REPORT: INQUIRIES 173 words
c8
8. SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY BILL 12 words
cc8-9
9. TYNE AND WEAR BILL [H.L.] 231 words
c9
10. RESERVE FORCES BILL [H.L.] 161 words
c9
11. CHILD CARE BILL [H.L.] 115 words
c10
12. FOSTER CHILDREN BILL [H.L.] 37 words
cc10-54
13. BAIL ETC. (SCOTLAND) BILL 17,232 words
c54
14. ISLE OF MAN BILL 10 words
cc54-7
15. HYPNOTISM BILL [H.L.] 1,070 words
cc57-99
16. ENERGY AND THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY 16,214 words
c99
17. SEVERN-TRENT WATER AUTHORITY BILL 8 words
c99
18. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL 8 words
c99
19. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL 8 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 20 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

cc99-100WA
1. X-RAY EXAMINATION FOR IMMIGRANTS: PREGNANCY 96 words
c100WA
2. MULTI-HANDICAPPED BLIND PERSONS: CARE PROVISION 122 words
cc100-1WA
3. HANDICAP REGISTRATION: AMENDMENT OF DHSS FORM 7 128 words
c101WA
4. MOTORWAY INQUIRIES: AUTHORITY 83 words
c101WA
5. CIGARETTES: LOW TAR YIELD 72 words
cc101-2WA
6. BLACKHEATH VILLAGE PARKING SCHEME 104 words
c102WA
7. MARITIME POLICY: CO-ORDINATION ARRANGEMENTS 86 words
c102WA
8. SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL: FUNDING 32 words
c103WA
9. PARIS MISSION: COST AS A PROPORTION OF REDUCED BBC VOTE 148 words
c103WA
10. WASHINGTON MISSION IN 1977: COST 71 words
c104WA
11. WASHINGTON: AREA OF UK GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS 61 words
c104WA
12. WASHINGTON MISSIONS: STAFFING 179 words
c105WA
13. NON-BRITISH STUDENTS 343 words
cc105-6WA
14. UNIVERSITY TEACHERS: PAY OFFER 200 words
cc106-8WA
15. BABRAHAM AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE 652 words
cc108-9WA
16. TEST BAN TREATY: NEGOTIATIONS 54 words
c109WA
17. CIDER AND EEC TAX 76 words
cc109-10WA
18. YARE BASIN FLOOD CONTROL SCHEME 211 words
c110WA
19. WORLD ECONOMIC ISSUES: UN CONSIDERATION 102 words