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Commons Sitting of 27 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON BILL [Lords] 7 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Installations 257 words
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2. Flight Safety 267 words
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3. Harrier AV8B Aircraft 507 words
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4. RAF Stanbridge, Bedfordshire 175 words
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5. Defence Codification Establishment 106 words
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6. Arms Control 649 words
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7. Low-flying Training 485 words
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8. Staff (Dispersal) 367 words
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9. NATO Ministers (Meetings) 603 words
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10. Territorial Army Soldiers (Widow's Compensation) 381 words
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11. Polaris 909 words
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12. Rapier Missiles 358 words
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13. Garvie Island 172 words
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14. Air Cadets 253 words
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15. Nuclear Capability 502 words
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16. Anti-Surface Ship Missile 334 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 716 words
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3. LIVERPOOL, SCOTLAND EXCHANGE 178 words
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4. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 1,114 words
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5. COUNCIL HOUSE SALES (WRITTEN QUESTIONS) 3,465 words
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6. PURCHASE AND SALE OF DWELLINGS (ADOPTION OF MODEL RULES) 681 words
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1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF DWELLINGS (ADOPTION OF MODEL RULES) 47 words
7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. TRANSPORT BILL 49,200 words, 1 division
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2. TRANSPORT [MONEY] 285 words
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3. HELENOR BYE 3,942 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 27 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

1. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Council Houses (Sale) 227 words
2. DEFENCE
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1. Regular Reservists (Mobilisation) 378 words
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2. PRIVY COUNCIL OFFICE 57 words
3. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees (Specialist Advisers) 526 words
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2. WORKS OF ART 336 words
4. ENERGY
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1. Coal Industry (EEC Funds) 147 words
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2. Electricity 61 words
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3. Wave Energy 347 words
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4. Diving Operations 130 words
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5. Coal-fired Power Stations 795 words
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6. GOVERNMENT POLICIES (CO-ORDINATION) 68 words
5. WALES
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1. Nuclear Waste (Dumping) 57 words
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2. TUC AND CBI 68 words
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3. WEST MIDLANDS 25 words
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4. USSR 49 words
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5. SPEKE 24 words
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6. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 434 words
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7. LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT 65 words
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8. SOUTH AFRICA 23 words
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9. PURINE LABORATORY 58 words
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10. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 96 words
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11. MARKET HARBOROUGH 26 words
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12. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT 36 words
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13. GWYNEDD 26 words
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14. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (MONETARY ARRANGEMENTS) 75 words
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15. LATIN AMERICAN REFUGEES 39 words
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16. PRIME MINISTER (BROADCAST) 15 words
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17. LOCAL AUTHORITY ASSOCIATIONS 26 words
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18. RHODESIA 33 words
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19. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE CUTS 31 words
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20. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (TREATIES) 109 words
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21. TELEPHONE TAPPING 31 words
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22. SECURITY SERVICES 51 words
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23. PRIME MINISTER (SPEECH) 39 words
6. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Universities 45 words
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2. Contraceptive Pills (Studies) 171 words
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3. School Transport 53 words
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4. Pupil-teacher Ratios 158 words
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5. Teachers 101 words
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6. School Buildings (Expenditure) 70 words
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7. Overseas Students 156 words
7. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Security 77 words
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2. Housing Executive (Information) 79 words
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3. School Grounds (Parking) 68 words
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4. Richmond Street, Londonderry 132 words
8. DEFENCE
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1. Nuclear Alert 292 words
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2. Killed and Injured Personnel (Financial Awards) 65 words
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3. Nuclear Deterrent 115 words
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4. Expenditure 247 words
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5. British Army of the Rhine 55 words
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6. Royal Navy 80 words
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7. Hong Kong 169 words
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8. Expenditure (Wales) 49 words
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9. Royal Dockyards 52 words
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10. Defence Capability 83 words
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11. Nuclear Explosions (Accidents) 103 words
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12. Northern Ireland 42 words
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13. Staff (Dispersal) 58 words
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14. Royal Air Force 58 words
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15. Europe (USSR Proposals) 326 words
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16. Royal Naval Reserve 91 words
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17. Recruitment (Wales) 81 words
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18. United States Secretary of Defence (Discussions) 72 words
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19. SALT II 106 words
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20. Polaris 49 words
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21. Civilian Personnel 102 words
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22. Terminal Grants 76 words
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23. Army Cadet Force 173 words
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24. Ships (Refits) 114 words
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25. East of Suez 89 words
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26. Ships' Companies (Overseas Allowances) 100 words
9. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Income and Wealth (Distribution) 280 words
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2. Incomes Division 48 words
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3. TUC 42 words
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4. Job Release Scheme 41 words
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5. Retail Prices (International Comparisons) 786 words
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6. Teachers 124 words
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7. Disabled Persons 141 words
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8. Standing Commission on Pay Comparability 129 words
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9. Special Temporary Employment Programme 93 words
10. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
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1. Foreign Ministers (Meeting) 704 words
11. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Albania 113 words
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2. Commonwealth Institute 116 words
12. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Immigration 332 words
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2. Electoral Arrangements (East Lindsey) 35 words
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3. Postal Voting 56 words
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4. Vandalism (Wales) 110 words
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5. Prison Officers (Overtime) 34 words
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6. Bail Hostels 160 words
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7. Lindop Committee 35 words
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8. Repatriation 35 words
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9. Cookham Wood Prison 117 words
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10. Styal Prison 56 words
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11. Risley Remand Centre 56 words
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12. Sexual Offences Act 1967 131 words
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13. Emergency Powers 41 words
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14. Cell Block Interchange Unit (Lambeth) 57 words
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15. Prison Buildings 87 words
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16. Drugs (Abuse) 90 words
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17. Community Radio 130 words
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18. Latin America (Refugees) 175 words
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19. Fire Services (Expenditure) 119 words
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20. Prison Officers (Grading) 261 words
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21. Iranian Nationals 48 words
13. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Marginal Tax 263 words
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2. Geriatric Beds 1,349 words
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3. Mill Road Maternity Hospital, Liverpool 187 words
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4. St. Benedict's Hospital, Tooting 67 words
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5. Pensions and Benefits (Payment) 148 words
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6. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital 64 words
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7. Rent and Rate Rebates 653 words
14. INDUSTRY
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1. Textile Industry (Assistance) 25 words
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2. Hospital Waiting List (Wolverhampton) 1,427 words
15. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 82 words
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2. Refuse Collection 302 words
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3. Rate Support Grant 209 words
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4. Development Control System 97 words
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5. District Council and Constituency Boundaries 72 words
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6. "Marjohn" Site 52 words
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7. Water Supplies (Conservation) 123 words
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8. Albert Colliery, Wigan 94 words
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9. Liverpool Urban Development Corporation 42 words
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10. Rating (Revaluation) 112 words
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11. Local Authority Housing 269 words
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12. Housing (Multiple Occupation) and Common Lodging Houses 740 words
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13. Kielder Reservoir 132 words
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14. Liverpool 61 words
16. TRANSPORT
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1. Driving Tests 271 words
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2. Road Widening 112 words
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3. Trunk Road and Motorway Schemes 109 words
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4. Bypasses 113 words
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5. Unadopted Roads 94 words
17. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Manpower Reductions (ACAS Code of Practice) 64 words
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2. Freedom of Information 76 words
18. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Interest Rates 87 words
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2. 15 per cent. Treasury Stock 83 words
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3. Value Added Tax 191 words
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4. Income Tax 461 words
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5. Family Incomes 190 words
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6. Tax Evasion 82 words
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7. Minimum Lending Rate 83 words
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8. Productivity 300 words
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9. Public Sector Borrowing Requirement 85 words
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10. Money Supply 115 words
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11. North Sea Oil and Gas (Revenue) 166 words
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12. World Trade 400 words
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13. Betting Duty 49 words
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14. Currency Reserves 36 words
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15. Gross Domestic Product 117 words
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16. Credit 124 words
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17. Works of Art 76 words
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18. "Capital Taxation and the National Heritage" 160 words
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19. Tax Avoidance Schemes 52 words
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20. Exchange Rate 69 words
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21. Imports and Exports (International Comparisons) 728 words
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22. Nationalised Industries 160 words
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23. National Economy 135 words
19. SCOTLAND
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1. Local Authority Land 79 words
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2. Industrial Incentives 102 words
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3. Council Houses (Sale) 296 words
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4. Community Education 67 words
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5. Bridge Tolls 360 words
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6. Dundee Sheriff Court 147 words
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7. Approved Products (Farmers and Growers) 255 words
20. TRADE
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1. COMECON Countries (Treaties) 94 words
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2. Tourism 79 words
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3. Cash Limits 143 words
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4. Bankruptcies 64 words
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5. Companies Registration 589 words
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6. Safety at Sea 701 words
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7. Textiles and Clothing 494 words
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8. Civil Aviation Authority 238 words
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9. Companies Registration 83 words
21. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Aujeszky's Disease 108 words
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2. Swine Fever 197 words
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3. Approved Products (Farmers and Growers) 114 words
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4. Greengrocers (European Community Directives) 62 words
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5. Butchers (European Community Directives) 67 words
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6. Fishing Industry 130 words

Lords Sitting of 27 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

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1. Preamble 22 words
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2. CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES AND REPRESENTATION 1,181 words
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3. FISHING LIMITS: JURISDICTION ON CONTRAVENTION 865 words
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4. AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMMES: EEC REGULATION 355/77 321 words
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5. ZIMBABWE-RHODESIA: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER FORCE 763 words
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6. SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) BILL [H.L.] 61 words
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7. REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE BILL 10 words
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8. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) BILL 12 words
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9. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (MONEY) BILL 4 words
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10. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 52 words
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11. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL [H.L.] 70 words
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12. CHARGING ORDERS BILL [H.L.] 29 words
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13. COMMONS AMENDMENTS 274 words
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14. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (GREEK ACCESSION) BILL 11,001 words
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15. UNFAIR DISMISSAL (INCREASE OF COMPENSATION LIMIT) ORDER 1979 2,280 words
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16. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION (VARIATION OF LIMITS) ORDER 1979 30 words
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17. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION 62 words
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18. BUILDING SOCIETIES (SPECIAL ADVANCES) ORDER 1979 4,620 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 27 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

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1. ENERGY CONSERVATION CENTRES 119 words
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2. MANPOWER SERVICES COMMISSION JOBCENTRES 126 words
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3. PNEUMOCONIOSIS LEGISLATION: CLAIMS 230 words
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4. COINAGE DEVELOPMENT 58 words
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5. HOOLEY A.23 ROAD WIDENING SCHEME 124 words
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6. BBC EXTERNAL SERVICES: BROADCAST ON 8th NOVEMBER 150 words
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7. INDONESIAN INVASION OF EAST TIMOR 143 words
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8. IMMIGRATION: DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENTS 46 words
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9. ELECTRICITY METERS: EXPERIMENTS 164 words
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10. METRICATION BOARD: CONSULTATION ON ABOLITION 144 words
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11. ZAMBIA: PROVISION OF AID 196 words
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12. IMMIGRATION RULES: STUDENTS' WIVES 89 words
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13. THE HORSERACE BETTING LEVY BOARD 218 words
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14. OVERSEAS STUDENTS: FEES 284 words
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15. LULSGATE AIRPORT: POSSIBLE EXPANSION 139 words
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16. CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION FOR SCOTLAND: THOMSON RECOMMENDATIONS 120 words