Sitting of 4 August 1980

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Commons Sitting of 4 August 1980 Series 5 Vol. 990

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN
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1. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN MOTHER 88 words
4. MESSAGES FROM THE COUNCIL OF STATE
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1. DOUBLE TAXATION RELIEF 144 words
5. PRIVATE BUSINESS
1. BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BILL
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1. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 4 words
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2. SOUTHERN WATER AUTHORITY BILL [Lords] 12 words
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3. SOUTH YORKSHIRE BILL [Lords] 8 words
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4. LONDON TRANSPORT BILL (No. 2) BILL 7 words
5. ALEXANDRA PARK AND PALACE BILL [Lords]
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1. GREATER MANCHESTER BILL [Lords] 16 words
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6. FELIXSTOWE DOCK AND RAILWAY (No. 2) BILL 300 words
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7. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (No. 2) BILL 300 words
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8. GREATER MANCHESTER BILL [Lords] 313 words
6. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. INDUSTRY
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1. Industrial Growth Forecasts 610 words
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2. Paper Industry 424 words
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3. British Steel Corporation 722 words
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4. Northern Region 600 words
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5. Manufacturing Industry 480 words
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6. Post Office Equipment 275 words
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7. British Materials Handling Board 187 words
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8. Aid to Industry 861 words
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9. European Community (Membership Benefits) 623 words
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10. Manufacturing Industry 293 words
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11. Raw Materials (Stockpile) 241 words
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12. South Yorkshire 368 words
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13. South Yorkshire 358 words
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2. LAW OF CONFIDENCE 381 words
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3. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION 597 words
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4. MR. ALBERT DALE BRAEUNINGER 270 words
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5. BAIL (LEGAL AID) 622 words
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6. CLEGG COMMISSION 199 words
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7. ADJOURNMENT (SUMMER) 40,313 words
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8. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (NO. 2) BILL) 43 words
9. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) (No. 2) BILL 206 words
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2. MOTOR INDUSTRY 19,773 words
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3. FAMILY PLANNING GROUPS 7,348 words
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4. SCHOOL MEALS 9,897 words
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5. LONDON (GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE) 25,626 words
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6. MINISTERIAL PATRONAGE 4,888 words
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7. POLARIS REPLACEMENT 17,745 words
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8. SMALL BUSINESSES 5,413 words
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9. PATRICK JOSEPH CONLON 5,086 words
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10. PAPER AND BOARD INDUSTRY 3,527 words, 1 division
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1. Consolidated Fund 6 words
1. Clause 1
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1. ISSUE OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED FUND FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH 1981 26,878 words, 2 divisions
2. Clause 2
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1. APPROPRIATION OF SUMS VOTED FOR SUPPLY SERVICES 3,034 words
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11. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 20 words
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1. NORTH OF SCOTLAND HYDRO-ELECTRIC BOARD 25 words
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2. COMPANIES 23 words
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3. INCOME TAX 20 words
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4. CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS 53 words
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5. ADJOURNMENT 597 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 4 August 1980 Series 5 Vol. 990

1. TRADE
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1. Dunlop 88 words
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2. North Thames Gas Consumers' Council 204 words
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3. Overseas Assets 136 words
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4. Engineering Industry (Warner Report) 213 words
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5. Tanker Safety 295 words
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6. Stansted Airport 140 words
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7. Textiles 130 words
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8. Coal 122 words
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9. Buy American Act 91 words
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10. Latin America (Ministerial Visits) 157 words
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11. British Airways 256 words
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12. Aluminium (Imports) 312 words
2. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Manpower Services Commission 214 words
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2. Young Persons (North-West) 107 words
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3. Careers Service 723 words
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4. Defence Sales 239 words
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5. Equal Opportunity 188 words
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6. Derbyshire 67 words
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7. Disabled Persons (Early Retirement) 117 words
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8. Lost Working Days 179 words
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9. Mobility of Labour 82 words
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10. Unemployment (International Comparisons) 74 words
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11. Health and Safety Inspectors 111 words
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12. Job Creation and Training Measures 103 words
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13. British Gas Corporation (Safety Arrangements) 43 words
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14. Wages Councils 48 words
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15. Training Opportunities Programme 808 words
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16. Job Mobility Allowance 51 words
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17. Farm Accidents 143 words
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18. Vacancies 81 words
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19. Apprenticeships 144 words
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20. European Community Citizens 166 words
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21. Woodworking Industry (Redundancies) 122 words
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22. Low Wage Earners 237 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Departmental Officials (Telephone Inquiries) 139 words
4. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Select Committees 176 words
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2. LIBRARIES 136 words
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3. RASHID AL-DIN'S WORLD HISTORY 100 words
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4. CONFAIT CASE 572 words
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5. COURT PROCEEDINGS. (ACCESS TO TRANSCRIPTS) 42 words
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6. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (SHORT TRANSCRIPTS) 108 words
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7. LEGAL AID 135 words
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8. PUBLIC RECORDS 86 words
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9. CIRCUIT JUDGES 174 words
5. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Prison Officers 163 words
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2. Parliamentary Elections (Deposits) 90 words
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3. Prison Population 53 words
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4. Suicides 40 words
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5. Lord Harris of Greenwich 44 words
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6. Police Manning Levels 382 words
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7. Republic of Ireland (Extradition) 304 words
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8. Boundary Commission (Merseyside and North-West) 70 words
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9. Prisoners (Drug Addiction) 113 words
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10. Listening Devices 69 words
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11. Prisoners (Suicides) 149 words
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12. Nationality 86 words
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13. Local Authorities (Production and Supply of Heat) 220 words
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14. Vietnamese Refugees 314 words
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15. Civil Defence 62 words
6. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Inspector John MacLennan (Commission of Inquiry) 129 words
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2. Departmental Officials (Telephone Inquiries) 133 words
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3. Angola 80 words
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4. Paraguay 93 words
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5. Uruguay 78 words
7. ENERGY
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1. Coal 160 words
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2. Gas and Electricity Prices 171 words
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3. Offshore Oil Drilling (Environmental Protection) 433 words
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4. Oil Field Development (Compensation) 91 words
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5. North Sea Oil (Depletion Policy) 262 words
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6. (Marginal Fields) 52 words
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7. Participation Agreements 349 words
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8. British National Oil Company (Exploration) 85 words
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9. Coal and Coal Products 464 words
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10. Nationalised Industry Officials (Telephone Inquiries) 58 words
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11. Gas Prices 430 words
8. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. Nationalised Industries 496 words
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2. Tax Allowances 58 words
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3. European Community Budget (United Kingdom Contribution) 270 words
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4. Self-Employed Persons (Retirement Annuity) 74 words
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5. Small Businesses 77 words
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6. Treasury Solicitor (Costs Department) 74 words
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7. Inflation 72 words
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8. Herbicide 245-T 64 words
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9. Equity Capital 56 words
9. SCOTLAND
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1. Forestry 60 words
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2. Local Authority Expenditure 170 words
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3. Glasgow (Housing) 289 words
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4. Argyll (Wooden Safety Barriers) 112 words
10. DEFENCE
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1. Compensation (Injuries and Damage) 254 words
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2. Manpower 119 words
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3. CLEGG COMMISSION 322 words
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4. SCOTLAND (SELF-DETERMINATION) 72 words
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5. PAY REVIEW BODIES 115 words
11. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Policy Implementation (Consultation) 141 words
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2. Departmental Posts (Advertising) 116 words
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3. Social Workers 96 words
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4. Cirrhosis of the Liver 42 words
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5. Social Security Advisory Committee 95 words
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6. Lead Level (Children) 257 words
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7. Medical Supplies 83 words
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8. Benefits 78 words
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9. War Pensioners' Vehicle Scheme 361 words
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10. Claimants (Confidential Information) 117 words
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11. Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality 132 words
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12. Leeds General Infirmary 196 words
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13. Dental Health 318 words
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14. Interferon 208 words
12. INDUSTRY
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1. Engineering Industry (Metrication) 63 words
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2. British Leyland 102 words
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3. Co-operative Development Agency 39 words
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4. Aid to Industry 198 words
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5. Blackburn and North-East Lancashire 63 words
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6. Motor Industry 90 words
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7. Rural Areas 79 words
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8. Departmental Purchasing Policy 83 words
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9. Regional Policy 80 words
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10. Manufacturing Industry 76 words
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11. English Industrial Estates Corporation 32 words
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12. Nationalisation (Compensation) 179 words
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13. Mineral Exploration 149 words
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14. Ford Engine Plant (Bridgend) 211 words
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15. Nationalised Industry Officials (Telephone Inquiries) 78 words
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16. Redundant Steel Workers (Wales) 96 words
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17. East Aberdeenshire 96 words
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18. Wigan 109 words
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19. Laboratory of the Government Chemist 50 words
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20. British Steel Corporation 37 words
13. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Compensation (Injuries and Damage) 156 words
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2. Lear Fan Project 73 words
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3. Business Closures 49 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Sheepmeat 1,563 words
15. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. University Teachers (Pay) 88 words
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2. Medical Research Council 187 words
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3. Further Education 182 words
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4. Schools (Articles of Government) 189 words
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5. Clegg Commission 67 words
16. WALES
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1. European Community (Convergence) 106 words
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2. Departmental Officials (Telephone Inquiries) 138 words
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3. Enterprise Zones 94 words
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4. Unemployment 174 words
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5. M4 51 words
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6. Welsh Water Authority 177 words
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7. Local Authority Expenditure 182 words
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8. Paper and Board Industry 142 words
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9. Deesside 53 words
17. TRANSPORT
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1. Motorists (Alcohol Level Testing) 96 words
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2. Motorway Service Areas 173 words
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3. M25 Motorway 332 words
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4. A41 116 words
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5. Dartford Tunnel 53 words
18. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Derelict Land (West Midlands) 259 words
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2. Rate Support Grant (Brent) 112 words
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3. National Parks (Mineral Reserves) 283 words
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4. Homes Insulation 251 words
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5. Coventry 47 words
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6. Houses (Central Heating) 121 words
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7. Council House Building 85 words
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8. Urban Programme 221 words
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9. House of Commons (Works of Art) 230 words
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10. Housing Investment Programme 49 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. St. George's Hospital, London 627 words

Lords Sitting of 4 August 1980 Series 5 Vol. 412

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1. Preamble 27 words
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2. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN MOTHER 1,890 words
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3. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN: DISABILITY ALLOWANCE 681 words
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4. OFFICE OF MANPOWER ECONOMICS: TEACHERS' PAY 231 words
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5. HEATHROW-VICTORIA: COACH SERVICES 1,694 words
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6. TEXTILES: IMPORT DUTIES AND FAIR TRADING 1,366 words
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7. THE CHAMBER: REPAIR OF CEILING 1,431 words
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8. DEER BILL 401 words
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9. SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS (UP-RATING) ORDER 1980 12,665 words
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10. FAMILY INCOME SUPPLEMENTS (COMPUTATION) REGULATIONS 1980 36 words
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11. CHILD BENEFIT (UP-RATING) REGULATIONS 1980 33 words
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12. PENSIONERS' LUMP SUM PAYMENTS ORDER 1980 35 words
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13. SOCIAL SECURITY (BENENFIT) (MARRIED WOMEN AND WIDOWS SPECIAL PROVISIONS) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1980 42 words
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14. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT (RESOURCES) REGULATIONS 1980 34 words
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15. SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT (REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS 1980 34 words
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16. ANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICES (EXCLUSIONS) ORDER 1980 4,376 words
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17. DUNDEE PORT AUTHORITY CONFIRMATION BILL 114 words
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18. PIER AND HARBOUR ORDER (GREAT YARMOUTH WELLINGTON PIER) CONFIRMATION BILL 17 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 4 August 1980 Series 5 Vol. 412

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1. CORONERS: POWERS AND REQUIREMENTS 199 words
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2. THE COMMISSION FOR RACIAL EQUALITY 82 words
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3. RITUAL SLAUGHTER: EXPORT OF CARCASES 97 words
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4. HORSES AND DONKEYS: POLICY ON FATTENING FOR SLAUGHTER 148 words
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5. THE DRAFT AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE GRANT REGU- LATIONS 1980 531 words
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6. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL CAPITAL GRANTS 195 words
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7. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE GRANT SCHEMES: POLICY 103 words
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8. AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE: SAVINGS ON GRANT-AIDED WORKS 115 words