Sitting of 11 February 1980

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Commons Sitting of 11 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 978

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. ENERGY
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1. Oil and Gas (Depletion Policy) 628 words
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2. North Sea Oil 560 words
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3. Coal Industry 397 words
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4. Nuclear Power Policy 539 words
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5. Nuclear Power Policy 647 words
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6. Combined Heal and Power Scheme 409 words
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7. Fuel prices 572 words
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8. Nuclear Security 444 words
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9. Gas Prices 958 words
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10. British Gas Corporation 1,553 words
2. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. European Parliamentarians (Facilities) 509 words
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2. Members of Parliament (Insurance) 635 words
3. PAYMASTER GENERAL
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1. Government Policy (Press Coverage) 255 words
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2. Ministerial Broadcast 235 words
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3. Government Policy (Press Coverage) 135 words
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4. STEEL INDUSTRY 5,721 words
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5. STANDING ORDERS (BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE) 384 words
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6. BROADCASTING OF DEBATES 355 words
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7. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 24 words
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8. INSURANCE COMPANIES BILL [Lords] 14 words
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9. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 98 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. BRITISH AEROSPACE BILL 7 words
1. New Clause 6
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11. LOANS TO SUCCESSOR COMPANY TO RANK AS PRIORITY CREDITOR 14,829 words
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12. New Clause 11 11,619 words, 1 division
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13. New Clause 12 12,023 words, 1 division
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14. New Clause 15 2,339 words, 1 division
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15. New Clause 18 1,171 words
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16. Clause 1 126 words
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17. Clause 2 379 words
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18. Clause 3 673 words
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19. Clause 4 152 words
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20. Clause 5 647 words
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21. Clause 6 677 words
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22. Clause 7 46 words
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23. Clause 8 695 words
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24. Clause 10 76 words
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25. Clause 14 900 words
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26. Schedule 2 9,931 words, 1 division
27. PETITION
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1. Court Proceedings (Parliamentary Papers) 346 words
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28. SEX EQUALITY LEGISLATION 3,962 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 978

1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. Nursery Schools 72 words
2. SCOTLAND
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1. Trunk Roads 190 words
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2. Partially-sighted Persons 138 words
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3. Hill Livestock (Allowances) 107 words
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4. Rating 135 words
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5. GRUNWICK STRIKE FUND 46 words
3. WALES
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1. Employment 60 words
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2. Welsh Development Agency 54 words
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3. Housing Investment Programmes 60 words
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4. Agriculture Land Prices 357 words
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5. Employment (Caernarfon-Bangor) 244 words
4. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Detention Centres (Regime) 139 words
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2. Knottingley Fire Station 107 words
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3. Civil Defence 316 words
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4. Patrick Joseph Conlon 199 words
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5. King Hussein of Jordan 47 words
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6. British Passport Holders 89 words
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7. Iranian Nationals 30 words
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8. Risley Remand Centre 437 words
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9. Police (Complaints) 104 words
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10. Hazardous Materials 266 words
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11. Equal Opportunities Commission 60 words
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12. Prisoners (Privileges) 159 words
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13. Jimmy Kelly 91 words
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14. MUFTI Squad 123 words
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15. Woolworths Store (Manchester) 69 words
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16. Compensation Payments 222 words
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17. Community Homes 102 words
5. ENERGY
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1. British Gas Corporation 122 words
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2. Gas-gathering Pipeline 45 words
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3. Electricity Supply Industry 40 words
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4. Coal Industry 48 words
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5. Gas Prices 603 words
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6. North Sea Oil 101 words
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7. Gas (Tariff Structure) 99 words
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8. Coal Industry 79 words
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9. Fuel Supplies (Rural Service Stations) 74 words
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10. Gas and Electricity (Savings Stamps) 47 words
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11. Fuel Prices 119 words
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12. OPEC 76 words
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13. North Sea Oil (Licences) 118 words
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14. European Community (Common Energy Policy) 81 words
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15. Combined Heat and Power Schemes 79 words
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16. Coal Board (Farmland Purchase) 71 words
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17. Nuclear Reactors 57 words
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18. Liquid Petroleum Gas 175 words
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19. Microprocessors 114 words
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20. Power Generation (Radioactivity) 96 words
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21. Common Energy Policy 67 words
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22. Energy Saving 257 words
6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Training 84 words
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2. Kampuchea 271 words
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3. Trades Union Congress 154 words
7. TRADE
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1. Fastnet Yacht Race 118 words
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2. Companies (Limited Liability Status) 98 words
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3. "Aeolian Sky" 296 words
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4. Birmingham and Midland Counties Trust 51 words
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5. Man-made Fibres 152 words
8. INDUSTRY
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1. Post Office 89 words
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2. Textile Industry 833 words
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3. Steel Industry 289 words
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4. Warren Spring Laboratory 59 words
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5. Profits and Money Supply 879 words
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6. British Shipbuilders 112 words
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7. National Enterprise Board 546 words
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8. Textile and Clothing Industries 467 words
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9. ELDERLY PERSONS (PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS) 185 words
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10. POLICE CUSTODY (DEATHS) 95 words
9. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Manpower Costs 183 words
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2. Press and Public Relations Officers 111 words
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3. Public Servants (Pensions) 37 words
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4. Racial Discrimination 94 words
10. HOUSE OF COMMONS
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1. Members' Secretarial Allowance 102 words
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2. Parliamentary Questions 329 words
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3. Westminster Hall 61 words
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4. Re-cycled Waste Paper 91 words
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5. Pay Structure and Grading 158 words
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6. Members' Salaries 78 words
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7. Library (Computer Indexing) 102 words
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8. Debates 125 words
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9. ARTS COUNCIL 140 words
11. EMPLOYMENT
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1. Petrol Storage 226 words
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2. Coal Mine Haulage Systems 91 words
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3. Employment Protection Act 320 words
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4. Unemployed Persons 128 words
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5. Press and Public Relations Officers 85 words
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6. Income Statistics 48 words
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7. Industrial Tribunals 809 words
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8. Hazardous Materials 451 words
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9. Closed Shop Legislation 103 words
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10. Radiation 346 words
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11. Jobcentres 160 words
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12. Womersley Boome Chemicals Ltd. 528 words
12. TRANSPORT
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1. Road Schemes 289 words
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2. Lorries (Noise Nuisance) 132 words
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3. European Community (Project Aid) 348 words
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4. Departmental Newspapers 144 words
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5. Tunnels (River Thames) 180 words
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6. Pelican Crossing, Ravensbourne 85 words
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7. National Freight Corporation (Staff Travel Concessions) 97 words
13. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Biotechnology (Spinks Report) 174 words
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2. Mykhaylo Osadchy 79 words
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3. Rhodesia 879 words
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4. USSR (Equipment Purchases) 66 words
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5. Grand Reef Air Base, Umtali 57 words
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6. United Kingdom-Ireland Continental Shelf 113 words
14. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Wines and Spirits 223 words
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2. Atlantic Salmon 124 words
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3. Departmental Newspapers 103 words
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4. Press and Public Relations Officers 109 words
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5. Sugar 573 words
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6. Agricultural Land 102 words
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7. Fishing (Foreign Catches) 303 words
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8. Mackerel Stocks 172 words
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9. Herring 99 words
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10. Fish Catches (British Waters) 53 words
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11. Unpasteurised Milk 124 words
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12. Horticulture (Assistance) 87 words
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13. Krill Stocks 97 words
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14. Glasshouse Growers (Fuel Costs) 122 words
15. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Family Incomes 91 words
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2. Class 4 National Health Contributions 77 words
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3. Mesothelioma and Asbestosis 113 words
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4. Population Statistics 83 words
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5. Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton 126 words
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6. Obstetric Services (Fees) 70 words
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7. Press and Public Relations Officers 184 words
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8. Biotechnology (Spinks Report) 63 words
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9. Benefits (Pregnant Women) 116 words
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10. Maternity Grant 160 words
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11. Private Nursing Homes (Terminations of Pregnancies) 194 words
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12. Prescription Charges 159 words
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13. Benefits (Payment) 152 words
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14. Nurses 91 words
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15. Pension (Uprating) 48 words
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16. Supplementary Benefit and Family Income Supplement 820 words
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17. Knowle Park Hospital 64 words
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18. Hospital Closures 112 words
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19. Foreign Nationals (Emergency Treatment) 48 words
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20. Supplementary Benefits Commission 1,647 words
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21. North-West Region 59 words
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22. One-Parent Families 195 words
16. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Press and Public Relations Officers 129 words
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2. Greater London Council (Property Transfers) 280 words
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3. Corby District Council 48 words
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4. Bessborough Gardens 100 words
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5. European Community (Legislation) 103 words
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6. National Housing Survey 53 words
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7. Home Insulation 70 words
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8. Industrial Estates (Leasehold Tenants) 86 words
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9. Housing Subsidies 56 words
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10. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 143 words
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11. Jubilee Hall, Covent Garden 361 words
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12. Merseyside Development Corporation 147 words
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13. Housing Stock (Statistics) 83 words
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14. Olympic Games 167 words
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15. Greater London (Taxpayer Support) 106 words
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16. Wolverhampton (Rate Support Grant) 72 words
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17. Council House Building 65 words
17. DEFENCE
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1. Air Training Corps (Scottish Council) 377 words
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2. Departmental Newspapers 193 words
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3. Courts Martial 323 words
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4. Military Custody (Deaths) 72 words
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5. Military Custody (Legal Aid) 130 words
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6. Death Penalty 153 words
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7. Service Wives (Employment) 120 words
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8. Strategic Commodities 93 words
18. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Primary Schoolchildren 93 words
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2. Departmental Newspapers 44 words
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3. New Town Developments (Housing Construction) 100 words
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4. Law and Order (Cash Limits) 64 words
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5. Constitutional Conference 52 words
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6. Irish Republican Army 367 words
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7. Unfair Dismissal 70 words
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8. Industrial Tribunals 109 words
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9. Concessionary Travel 186 words
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10. Personal Incomes 219 words
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11. Green Pound 287 words
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12. Income Tax 138 words
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13. Bank Lending 82 words
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14. External and Foreign Currency Finance 118 words
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15. Taxation 144 words
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16. Government Borrowing Requirement 145 words
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17. Money Supply and Domestic Credit 204 words
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18. Mr. Thomas Canning 75 words
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19. Borrowing Statistics 256 words
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20. National Debt 202 words
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21. Social Protection Expenditure 79 words
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22. Value Added Tax 373 words
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23. Balance of Payments 69 words
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24. Customs and Excise (Manpower) 50 words
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25. Output Forecast 51 words
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26. Customs and Excise Duties 158 words
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27. Free Enterprise Zones 55 words
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28. Public Sector Assets (Sale) 66 words
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29. Money Gross Domestic Product 260 words
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30. Capital Gains and Corporation Taxes 33 words
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31. Capital Transfer Tax 49 words
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32. Deposit Protection Scheme 67 words
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33. Social Security Benefits 70 words
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34. Northern Ireland 64 words
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35. Public Sector Debt Liabilities 88 words
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36. Krugerrands 139 words
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37. Public Contracts (Labour Terms) 76 words
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38. Development Land Tax 970 words
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39. Unemployed Persons 206 words