Commons Sitting of 22 October 1979 Series 5 Vol. 972

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  1. Preamble 7 words
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  2. PRAYERS 5 words
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  3. EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA 92 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. TRADE
        2. cc2-3
      1. Nationalised Industries (Consumer Protection) 278 words
        2. cc3-4
      2. Price Commission (Investigations) 387 words
        3. cc4-6
      3. Retail Prices 698 words
        4. cc6-8
      4. Retail Price Index 602 words
        5. cc8-9
      5. United Kingdom—European Community (Trade Balance) 219 words
        6. cc9-13
      6. Inflation 1,310 words
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      7. Scotch Whisky (Tariff Barriers) 259 words
        8. cc13-7
      8. Retail Price Index 1,125 words
        9. cc17-8
      9. Price Commission 339 words
        10. cc18-9
      10. Consumer Interests 330 words
        11. cc19-20
      11. Price Commission 270 words
        12. cc20-1
      12. Price Commission 386 words
        13. cc21-2
      13. European Community (Council of Ministers) 424 words
        14. cc22-3
      14. Price Increases (Notification) 236 words
        15. cc23-5
      15. Motor Vehicles and Components 709 words
        16. cc25-6
      16. Offshore Oil Spillage 246 words
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      17. Furniture 187 words
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    2. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES 210 words
    cc28-34
  5. CAMBODIA (AID) 2,159 words
    6. cc35-46
  6. FUEL COSTS (ASSISTANCE) 4,100 words
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    1. NEW MEMBER 15 words
    cc46-7
  7. POST OFFICE (REORGANISATION) 426 words
    8. cc48-50
  8. NORTHERN IRELAND (TERRORISM) 734 words
    9. cc50-1
  9. SCOTLAND (ECONOMIC SITUATION) 557 words
  10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      11. cc52-160
    1. COMPANIES BILL [Lords] 40,403 words
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      1. COMPANIES [MONEY] 94 words
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    2. BRITISH LEYLAND (PARK ROYAL VEHICLES FACTORY) 4,088 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 October 1979 Series 5 Vol. 972

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  1. KAMPUCHEA 171 words
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  2. PLANNING INSPECTORATE 70 words
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  3. EARL ATTLEE (MEMORIAL STATUE) 88 words
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  4. DOCTORS' AND DENTISTS' REVIEW BODY 138 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. cc2-3W
    1. Special Patrol Group 312 words
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    2. Gartree Prison 113 words
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    3. Sexual Offenders (Treatment) 85 words
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    4. Prisoners 96 words
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    5. Censorship 67 words
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    6. Prison Service 31 words
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    7. Jury Vetting 66 words
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    8. Arrestable Offences 626 words
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    9. Illegal Parking (Diplomatic Immunity) 133 words
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    10. Citizens Band Radio 169 words
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    11. Mr. David Bingham 72 words
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    12. European Assembly (South-East London By-election) 61 words
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    13. Wormwood Scrubs (Disturbances) 166 words
  6. DEFENCE
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    1. Whittington Barracks (Inquiry) 68 words
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    2. Nuclear Weapons 156 words
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    3. Flying and Safety Standards 101 words
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    4. Republic of Ireland (Overflying) 115 words
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    5. RHODESIA (OIL SUPPLIES) 65 words
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    6. JURY VETTING 208 words
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    7. DIVORCE LAWS (LAW COMMISSION REVIEW) 138 words
  7. CIVIL SERVICE
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    1. Race Relations 99 words
  8. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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    1. Official Opposition (Financial Assistance) 297 words
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    2. Members Dining Room 123 words
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    3. Minister's Office (Cost of Flowers) 108 words
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    4. PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT ACT 1979 62 words
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    5. WORKS OF ART (ADVISORY COMMITTEES) 132 words
  9. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
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    1. Pensions 81 words
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    2. FREE LIBRARY SERVICE 91 words
  10. INDUSTRY
      11. cc14-5W
    1. Steel Industry (State Aids) 310 words
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    2. Companies (West Midlands) 106 words
      cc15-6W
    3. Microbe Mining Research 162 words
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    4. Sperm Whale Oil 147 words
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    5. Concorde 102 words
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    6. Small Businesses 96 words
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    7. 3D Photography 55 words
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    8. Regional Development Grants 60 words
      cc17-8W
    9. Regional Selective Assistance 210 words
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    10. British Shipbuilders 123 words
      cc18-9W
    11. Post Office (Industrial Democracy) 62 words
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    12. Industrial Development Certificates 94 words
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    13. Car Repairs 108 words
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    14. Wool Textile Industry 120 words
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    15. Engineering Employers Federation (Report) 54 words
  11. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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    1. Nursery Education 82 words
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    2. Rural Schools 75 words
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    3. Sixth Forms (Closures) 80 words
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    4. Teacher—Administrator Ratios 60 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
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    1. Unemployment 42 words
      cc21-2W
    2. Small Businesses 217 words
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    3. Manpower Services Commission 57 words
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    4. Engineering Industry (Training) 191 words
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    5. Overseas Labour 87 words
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    6. Lambeth 112 words
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    7. Disabled Persons 46 words
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    8. Social Discrimination 78 words
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    9. Social Equality 94 words
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    10. British Boxing Board of Control 260 words
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    11. Baking Industry 169 words
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    12. Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 26 words
      cc25-6W
    13. Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board 157 words
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    14. Ceramics, Glass and Minerals Products Industry Training Board 128 words
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    15. Employment and Training Act 1973 83 words
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    16. Construction Industry Training Board 120 words
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    17. Engineering Employers Federation (Report) 58 words
  13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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    1. Mr. Joshua Nkomo 56 words
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    2. Immigration (Islamabad) 121 words
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    3. Bahamas (Exhibition) 65 words
  14. EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
      15. cc28-30W
    1. Council of Foreign Ministers 774 words
      cc30-2W
    2. Foreign Affairs Council 614 words
  15. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      16. c32W
    1. Students 115 words
      cc32-3W
    2. Science and Technology (United Nations Conference) 78 words
  16. SCOTLAND
      17. c33W
    1. Concerts and Operas 59 words
      cc33-4W
    2. Prisoners (Sentences) 159 words
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    3. Intensive Care 98 words
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    4. Student Teachers 97 words
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    5. Pupil-Teacher Ratios 199 words
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    6. Rayner Project 280 words
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    7. School Meals 223 words
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    8. Teachers 307 words
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    9. European Investment Bank 126 words
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    10. Youth Opportunities Programme 65 words
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    11. Special Temporary Employment Programme 58 words
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    12. Training Opportunities Scheme 57 words
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    13. Silicon Chip Centre 188 words
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    14. Industry Act 1972 213 words
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    15. Key Workers Scheme 535 words
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    16. Non-Teaching Staff 160 words
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    17. Mackerel Licences 218 words
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    18. Unemployment 67 words
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    19. Scottish Development Agency 247 words
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    20. Western Isles 42 words
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    21. Extradition 105 words
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    22. Emigration 97 words
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    23. Sheltered Housing 121 words
  17. WALES
      18. c45W
    1. British Steel Corporation 61 words
  18. TRADE
      19. c45W
    1. Manufacturing Industry (Import Penetration) 92 words
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    2. Gas and Electricity (Price Commission's Report) 52 words
      cc45-6W
    3. Motor Fuel 116 words
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    4. Retail Price Index 188 words
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    5. Inflation 94 words
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    6. European Community 81 words
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    7. Secretary of State (Price Control Powers) 97 words
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    8. Third London Airport 25 words
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    9. Prices 183 words
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    10. Holiday Caravan Sites 122 words
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    11. London Chamber of Commerce 45 words
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    12. Company Law 60 words
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    13. United Kingdom—European Community (Trade Balance) 84 words
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    14. Fastnet Race 171 words
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    15. Rame Head Coastguard Station 51 words
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    16. Imports 90 words
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    17. Motor Insurance Premiums 65 words
      cc50-1W
    18. European Community 112 words
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    19. Bankruptcies 68 words
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    20. Price Commission 121 words
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    21. National Gas Consumers' Council 84 words
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    22. Consumer Campaign (Consultations) 85 words
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    23. Barnett Christie Limited 123 words
      cc52-3W
    24. Israel 82 words
  19. NATIONAL FINANCE
      20. c53W
    1. Trade Balance 69 words
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    2. Annuity Payments 56 words
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    3. Pension Schemes 74 words
      cc53-4W
    4. Life Assurance Premiums 37 words
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    5. Industrial Building Allowance 213 words
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    6. Personal Incomes 264 words
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    7. Exports (Manufactured Goods) 148 words
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    8. Clearing Banks (Profits) 61 words
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    9. Indices of Competitiveness 1,269 words
      cc60-1W
    10. Exports (Manufactured Goods) 173 words
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    11. Economic Forecasts 551 words
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    12. Money Supply 109 words
      cc63-5W
    13. Manufacturing Industry 795 words
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    14. Export Forecasts 366 words
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    15. Exchange Rates 486 words
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    16. Economic Statistics 122 words
      cc68-9W
    17. Manual Workers (Earnings) 175 words
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    18. Stamp Duty 109 words
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    19. Oil Companies (Profits) 77 words
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    20. Inflation 123 words
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    21. Exports 140 words
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    22. Royal Mint 286 words
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    23. Government Expenditure (International Comparisons) 239 words
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    24. Excise Duty 122 words
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    25. Income Tax 86 words
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    26. North Sea Oil (Tax Revenue) 92 words
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    27. Home Improvements (Tax Exemption) 111 words
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    28. Tax Yields 110 words
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    29. Extra-statutory Tax Concessions 91 words
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    30. Depositors (Protection) 103 words
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    31. Public Sector Borrowing (Exchange Cover) 128 words
  20. ENERGY
      21. c75W
    1. Hard Water 194 words
      cc75-6W
    2. Three Mile Island Power Station (Accident) 139 words
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    3. Gas Flaring 84 words
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    4. Natural Gas 192 words
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    5. Euratom 115 words
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    6. Oil Exploration 107 words
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    7. Winter Fuel Discount Scheme 50 words
  21. NORTHERN IRELAND
      22. c78W
    1. Enterprise Ulster 161 words
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    2. Gas 106 words
  22. TRANSPORT
      23. c79W
    1. Motor Car Insurance 94 words
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    2. Vehicle Excise Licence 40 words
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    3. A127 (Great Warley) 85 words
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    4. Rural Bus Services 71 words
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    5. British Rail 25 words
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    6. Motorway Service Areas 178 words
      cc80-1W
    7. Land Compensation Act 1973 345 words
  23. ENVIRONMENT
      24. cc81-2W
    1. Dobry Report 112 words
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    2. Sperm Whale Oil 59 words
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    3. New House Building 115 words
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    4. Dartmoor (Military Training Areas) 117 words
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    5. Regional Planning Councils (Manpower) 73 words
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    6. Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 76 words
      cc83-4W
    7. Rented Accommodation 220 words
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    8. Housing (Homeless Persons) Act 1977 42 words
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    9. Office Floor Space 184 words
      cc84-5W
    10. High-Rise Dwellings (Newham) 141 words
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    11. Council Houses (Sale) 106 words
      cc85-6W
    12. Archaeological Work (Lichfield) 152 words
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    13. Agrément Board 69 words
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    14. Planning Permission 52 words
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    15. Town and Country Planning Act 1971 50 words
      cc86-7W
    16. Fisheries Organisation Society 90 words
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    17. Greater London Council (Sale of Dwellings) 48 words
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    18. Owner-Occupation 122 words
      cc87-8W
    19. Contraceptive Pills 194 words
  24. SOCIAL SERVICES
      25. c88W
    1. Hospital Waiting Lists 80 words
      cc88-9W
    2. Cottage and Community Hospitals 116 words
      cc89-90W
    3. Mobility Allowance 347 words
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    4. OUTSET 93 words
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    5. European Community (Reciprocal Medical Treatment) 136 words
      cc90-1W
    6. Hospital Service (Staffordshire) 63 words
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    7. Life Support Systems 48 words
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    8. Pensions 156 words
      cc91-2W
    9. Free Prescriptions 165 words
      cc92-4W
    10. Intensive Care Cots 601 words
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    11. Married Women's Non-contributory Invalidity Pensions 52 words
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    12. Benefits (Single Parents) 68 words
      cc94-5W
    13. Dangerous Pathogens Advisory Group 211 words
      cc95-6W
    14. Life Support Systems 461 words
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    15. Regional Health Authorities (Costs) 167 words
      cc96-7W
    16. Food Hygiene 83 words
      cc97-8W
    17. Benefits (Industrial Disputes) 300 words
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    18. Psychotropic Drugs 211 words
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    19. Engineering Employers Federation (Report) 36 words
  25. SOCIAL SERVICES
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    1. Fuel Bonus 439 words
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    2. Age Addition 100 words
      cc100-6W
    3. Perinatal and Infant Mortality 1,935 words
      cc106-9W
    4. Chiropody 1,136 words
      cc109-10W
    5. Family allowance (Order Books) 218 words
      cc110-1W
    6. Child Benefit 238 words
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    7. Departmental Expenditure 71 words
      cc111-2W
    8. Lone Parents 314 words
      c112W
    9. Benefits and Earnings 141 words
      cc112-3W
    10. Expenditure 146 words
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    11. Supplementary Benefit 136 words
      cc113-5W
    12. Unemployment Benefit 654 words
      cc115-6W
    13. Invalidity Pensions (Married Women) 175 words
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    14. Child Benefit (Order Books) 271 words
      cc116-7W
    15. National Health Service 171 words
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    16. Hearing Aids 242 words
      cc117-8W
    17. Radiotherapy 139 words
      cc118-9W
    18. Tuberculosis 189 words
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    19. Unemployed Persons (Supplementary Allowances) 155 words
      cc119-20W
    20. Benefits 347 words
      cc120-2W
    21. Invalidity Benefits 165 words