Sitting of 29 November 1979

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Commons Sitting of 29 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. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 4 words
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2. WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCIL BILL [Lords] (By Order) 56 words
4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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1. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 19 words
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1. Lune Estuary 152 words
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2. Common Agricultural Policy 650 words
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3. Agriculture Industry (Profitability) 574 words
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4. European Community (Budget) 380 words
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5. Capital Taxation 374 words
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6. Milk (Imports) 464 words
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7. Cereals 370 words
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8. European Community (Council of Agriculture Ministers) 951 words
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9. Pigs (Breeding Herd) 205 words
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10. Food and Drink Industries Council 208 words
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11. Reciprocal Fishing Rights 448 words
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12. Agricultural Land 436 words
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13. Sugar Beet 399 words
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14. Liquid Milk 244 words
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15. Young Farmers 230 words
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16. Hill Farming 208 words
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17. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 500 words
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18. NUCLEAR SECURITY 416 words
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19. CROMER 242 words
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20. DALMELLINGTON 218 words
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21. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (DUBLIN MEETING) 376 words
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22. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 471 words
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5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 3,611 words
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6. DIEGO GARCIA (NAVAL FORCES) 539 words
1. BILLS PRESENTED
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1. SOCIAL SECURITY 77 words
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2. INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 51 words
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7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 63 words
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8. NORTHERN IRELAND (GOVERNMENT) 45,140 words
9. PETITION
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1. Scottish Old Age Pensions Association 230 words
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10. HOSTELS AND LODGING HOUSES 3,724 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 974

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1. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 310 words
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2. TUC 94 words
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3. PRIME MINISTER (SPEECH) 85 words
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4. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 64 words
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5. EDGE HILL 31 words
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6. NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL 37 words
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7. ECONOMIC POLICY 64 words
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8. ORMISTON 33 words
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9. CARRICKMORE ("PANORAMA" PROGRAMME) 51 words
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10. HOUSE OF COMMONS (DEROGATION OF POWERS) 125 words
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11. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS) 106 words
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12. NATIONAL SECURITY 70 words
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13. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (COMMITTEE MEETINGS) 137 words
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14. MR. ANTHONY BLUNT 88 words
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15. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LEGISLATION 72 words
16. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Fine and Maintenance Defaulters 183 words
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2. Public Order Act 1963 68 words
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3. Sexual Offences Act 1967 76 words
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4. Special Branch 104 words
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5. Concessionary Television Licence 32 words
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6. Second Commercial Television Channel 53 words
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7. Iran 55 words
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8. Iranians 107 words
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9. Prisoners (Release) 91 words
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10. Civil Defence 178 words
17. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Thames Flooding 170 words
18. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Information Bulletins 112 words
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2. European Community Business 88 words
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3. Parliamentary Questions 75 words
19. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. British Council (Guides) 102 words
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2. Brussels Treaty 32 words
20. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Tanzania 76 words
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2. Dominica 141 words
21. SCOTLAND
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1. Industrial Rentals 59 words
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2. Scottish Development Agency 206 words
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3. National Health Service 76 words
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4. "Are We Being Conned" 65 words
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5. Nursery Schools 294 words
22. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Meals and School Transport 405 words
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2. Direct Grant Grammar Schools 272 words
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3. Polytechnic School of Music, Birmingham 152 words
23. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Working Mothers (Maternity Pay) 157 words
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2. Sheltered Workshops 106 words
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3. River Tyne Area 514 words
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4. Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 153 words
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5. Textile and Clothing Industries 601 words
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6. River Tyne (Apprentices) 305 words
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7. Construction Industry (Safety) 339 words
24. INDUSTRY
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1. Semi-conductors 146 words
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2. Telephones (Installation) 42 words
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3. Blackburn 79 words
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4. British Leyland 276 words
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5. Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd. 98 words
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6. Wool Textile Industry 655 words
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7. Textiles and Clothing Industry 169 words
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8. Profitability and Productivity 61 words
25. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Terrorism 103 words
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2. Minors (Alcohol Prosecutions) 91 words
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3. Housing Executive 88 words
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4. De Lorean Car Company 43 words
26. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Unemployment Benefit (Overseas Residents) 174 words
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2. Supplementary Benefit 270 words
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3. Benefits 183 words
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4. Child Benefits 51 words
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5. Juvenile Justice 31 words
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6. Parkinson's Disease 693 words
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7. Disclosure of Files 481 words
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8. Census 65 words
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9. Benefits (Payment) 32 words
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10. Family Income Supplement 176 words
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11. Drug Rehabilitation Centres 116 words
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12. Disablement (Costs Allowance) 94 words
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13. Transfer Payments (Cost) 77 words
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14. Pay Awards 74 words
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15. Mobility Allowance 119 words
27. TRADE
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1. Price Increases (Notifications) 94 words
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2. Liquefied Gas (Sea Transportation) 205 words
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3. Advertising (Children) 173 words
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4. Textile and Clothing Products 445 words
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5. Man-made Fibres and Products 357 words
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6. Public Bodies (Appointments) 81 words
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7. Balance of Trade 69 words
28. WALES
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1. Area Health Authorities (Expenditure) 1,157 words
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2. Research 73 words
29. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. National Farmers Union 33 words
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2. Grimsby Fish Docks 41 words
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3. Common Fisheries Policy 179 words
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4. Apples 135 words
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5. Dairy Industry 94 words
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6. Fat Lamb Trade 219 words
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7. Country Landowners Association 48 words
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8. Horticulture 90 words
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9. Surplus Stocks 125 words
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10. Farmers (European Community Assistance) 86 words
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11. Timber Diseases 66 words
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12. Milk (Imports) 75 words
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13. Fruit (Intervention Buying) 160 words
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14. European Community Council of Agriculture Ministers 48 words
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15. Fishing Fleet 73 words
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16. Milk Marketing Board 70 words
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17. European Community (Council of Agriculture Ministers) 99 words
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18. Inshore Fisheries 53 words
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19. Hill Farming 95 words
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20. FEOGA Funds 67 words
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21. British Fishing Federation 38 words
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22. Liquid Milk 42 words
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23. Food Manufacturers Federation 52 words
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24. Potato Marketing Board 49 words
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25. Sheepmeat 121 words
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26. Milk Delivery 69 words
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27. Fisheries Protection 75 words
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28. Bread and Flour Regulations 1963 67 words
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29. Green Pound 61 words
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30. Sugar Beet 308 words
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31. North-West Water Authority (Licence Duties) 32 words
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32. Dairy Industry 375 words
30. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Value Added Tax 109 words
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2. Tax (Repayments) 95 words
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3. Stock Relief 286 words
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4. Schedule D 141 words
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5. National Debt 84 words
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6. Tobacco and Drink (Duty) 125 words
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7. Foreign Exchange Services 214 words
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8. Bureaux de Change 56 words
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9. Expenditure 114 words
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10. Economic Service (Head of Department) 46 words
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11. Unemployment 133 words
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12. Productivity (International Comparisons) 326 words
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13. Oil Companies (Taxation) 50 words
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14. Works of Art 246 words
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15. European Community (Balance of Trade) 85 words
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16. European Community (Investment) 75 words
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17. Tax Revenue 424 words
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18. Textile and Clothing Importers (Prosecutions) 141 words
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19. European Community (United Kingdom Benefit) 47 words
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20. European Community (Council of Finance Ministers) 873 words
31. TREASURY
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1. Mortgage Interest Rate 121 words
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2. European Community (Budget) 123 words
32. ENERGY
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1. Fuel Cycle 88 words
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2. Gas 368 words
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3. Solar Energy 103 words
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4. Coal 164 words
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5. Fuel Prices 788 words
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6. Crude Oil 178 words
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7. North Sea Oil 225 words
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8. Slot Meters 73 words
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9. Fuel Costs 329 words
33. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Countryside Commission 47 words
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2. High Rise Housing (Birmingham) 93 words
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3. Self-build Housing Groups 95 words
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4. Water Authorities (Employees) 108 words
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5. Water Rates 217 words
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6. Lambeth Council 43 words
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7. Service Family Accommodation (Squatting) 124 words
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8. Council Houses (Sale) 98 words
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9. Agrément Board 124 words
34. DEFENCE
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1. Equipment 215 words
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2. Royal Naval Ships 364 words
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3. Diego Garcia 51 words
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4. Army and Army Reserves (International Comparisons) 137 words
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5. Captain Carey (Court Martial Papers) 78 words
35. TRANSPORT
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1. Pensioners (Concessionary Travel) 74 words
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2. South-East (Road Investment) 72 words
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3. Random Breath Tests 90 words
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4. Motor Cyclists (Training) 134 words

Lords Sitting of 29 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

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1. Preamble 26 words
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2. MAGNIFYING LENSES: PURCHASE IN SHOPS 778 words
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3. CAP PRICE FIXING AND PRODUCTION IN THE UK 1,105 words
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4. GATWICK AIRPORT SECOND TERMINAL: PUBLIC INQUIRY 1,205 words
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5. CONSUMER AFFAIRS: CONSULTATIONS 515 words
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6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PLANNING AND LAND BILL [H.L.] 256 words
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7. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY BILL 12 words
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8. SEVERN-TRENT WATER AUTHORITY BILL 4 words
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9. LABORATORY ANIMALS PROTECTION BILL [H.L.] 151 words
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10. UNEMPLOYMENT 138 words
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11. CHILD CARE BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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12. FOSTER CHILDREN BILL [H.L.] 9 words
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13. RESIDENTIAL HOMES BILL [H.L.] 97 words
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14. ISLE OF MAN BILL 2,699 words
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15. BILL OF RIGHTS BILL [H.L.] 2,480 words
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16. FURSKINS BILL [H.L.] 8,961 words, 1 division
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17. DUMBARTON DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL GREATER GLASGOW PASSENGER TRANSPORT ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL KILMARNOCK AND LOUDOUN DISTRICT COUNCIL ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL SCOTS EPISCOPAL FUND ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 28 words
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18. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, WESTERN SAMOA AND NAURU (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 10 words
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19. BETTING, GAMING AND LOTTERIES (AMENDMENT) BILL [H.L.] 7,570 words
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20. THE TORNADO: DEVELOPMENT AND POTENTIAL SALES 4,357 words
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21. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 9 words
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22. SALE OF GOODS BILL [H.L.] 6 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 November 1979 Series 5 Vol. 403

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1. HOSPITAL TREATMENT FOR VISITORS TO LONDON 140 words
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2. UGANDA: SECURITY SITUATION 49 words
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3. TANZANIA: DEBT TO UK SUBJECTS 71 words
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4. NAMIBIA: THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE 111 words
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5. PRESIDENT BREZHNEV: BERLIN SPEECH 83 words
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6. SOUTHERN RHODESIA ACT 1979: AMNESTY 118 words
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7. KENNET: EFFECTS OF MILITARY BY-LAWS 161 words
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8. TRANSPLANT ORGANS: PROCEDURES TO INCREASE DONORS 79 words
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9. CAR MILEAGE ALLOWANCE: PUBLIC BODIES 123 words