Sitting of 12 February 1980

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Commons Sitting of 12 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 978

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1. Preamble 7 words
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2. PRAYERS 5 words
3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
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1. ISLE OF WIGHT BILL [Lords] 6 words
4. STEVENAGE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BILL (By Order)
1. GREATER LONDON COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) (No. 2) BILL (By Order)
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1. LONDON TRANSPORT (No. 2) BILL (By Order) 15 words
5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
1. DEFENCE
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1. Army Officers 354 words
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2. NATO 351 words
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3. Royal Navy (Recruiting) 308 words
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4. NATO 683 words
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5. RAF Strike Command 307 words
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6. Manpower 714 words
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7. Queen's Flight 521 words
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8. Soviet Strategy (Europe) 756 words
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9. Reserve Forces 361 words
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10. Her Majesty's Forces (Mobile Capability) 420 words
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11. Northern Ireland 439 words
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12. Self-loading Rifle 349 words
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13. Training (Overseas Personnel) 399 words
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14. French Minister of Defence 134 words
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2. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 2,525 words
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6. STANDING ORDERS (BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE) 112 words
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7. ADOPTION (SCOTLAND) 1,008 words
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1. ADOPTION (SCOTLAND) 48 words
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8. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL (ALLOCATION OF TIME) 82 words
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9. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL (BUSINESS COMMITTEE) 218 words
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1. TABLE 76 words
10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
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1. EDUCATION (No. 2) BILL 10 words
1. New Clause 1
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1. NURSERY EDUCATION: ENGLAND AND WALES 34,152 words, 1 division
2. New clause 2
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1. NURSERY EDUCATION: SCOTLAND 2,108 words, 1 division
3. New clause 3
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1. SCHOOL AND FURTHER EDUCATION REGULATIONS 2,134 words
4. Clause 2
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1. REQUIREMENTS AS TO GOVERNING BODIES 8,310 words, 1 division
5. Clause 3
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1. GROUPING OF SCHOOLS UNDER SINGLE GOVERNING BODY 362 words
6. Clause 4
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1. GOVERNORS' PROCEEDINGS AND TENURE OF OFFICE 680 words
7. Clause 6
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1. PARENTAL PREFERENCES 4,048 words, 1 division
8. Schedule 2
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1. SCHOOL ADMISSION APPEALS 195 words
9. Clause 9
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1. NURSERY SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS 7,955 words, 1 division
10. Clause 10
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1. DETERMINATION OF SCHOOL TO BE NAMED IN ORDER 49 words
11. Clause 11
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1. AMENDMENT OF ORDER 50 words
12. Clause 12
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1. ESTABLISHMENT, DISCONTINUANCE AND ALTERATION OF SCHOOLS BY LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES 210 words
13. Clause 13
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1. ESTABLISHMENT AND ALTERATION OF VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS 55 words
14. Clause 17
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1. ASSISTED PLACES AT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS 16,441 words, 1 division
15. Clause 17
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1. ASSISTED PLACES AT INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS 6,590 words, 1 division
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2. BARLINNIE SPECIAL UNIT 3,361 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 978

1. HOME DEPARTMENT
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1. Civil Defence 280 words
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2. Prisoners (Terrorists) 181 words
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3. Press and Public Relations Officers 137 words
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4. Police (Complaints) 415 words
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5. Police (Assaults) 80 words
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6. Borstal Detention 100 words
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7. Air Weapons 277 words
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8. Diplomatic Immunity (Vehicles) 118 words
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9. Squatting 106 words
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10. Mr. A. Mady 181 words
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11. Elections (Voting Rights) 573 words
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12. Murder (Life Sentences) 56 words
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13. London Prisons 97 words
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14. Young Offenders 102 words
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15. Prison Officers 145 words
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16. Detention Centre Training (Medical Reports) 183 words
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17. Television Licences 96 words
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18. Bomb Shelters 79 words
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19. Prisoners (Psychiatric Treatment) 447 words
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20. Immigration 199 words
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21. Taxi and Car Hire Businesses 37 words
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22. Equal Opportunities Commission 45 words
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23. Steel Dispute (Picketing) 377 words
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24. Nationalisation and Registration 46 words
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25. Telephone Tapping 58 words
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26. Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 118 words
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27. Suspected Persons (Metropolitan Police District) 927 words
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28. ISLE OF ELY 26 words
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29. OLYMPIC GAMES 65 words
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30. PRIME MINISTER (ENGAGEMENTS) 532 words
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31. PRESIDENT CARTER 37 words
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32. PRIME MINISTER (OFFICIAL VISITS) 50 words
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33. RUGBY 23 words
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34. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR INDUSTRY 18 words
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35. NATO 30 words
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36. USSR 24 words
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37. USSR (LEARNED SOCIETY CONTACTS) 103 words
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38. DUNDEE 23 words
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39. CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY 29 words
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40. TUC 52 words
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41. STEEL INDUSTRY 74 words
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42. POSTAL SERVICES 60 words
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43. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (SECRETARIAL AND RESEARCH ASSISTANCE) 54 words
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44. DOG LICENCE 133 words
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45. ELLON 31 words
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46. RAW MATERIALS (SUPPLY) 40 words
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47. ARMS EXPORTS 91 words
2. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
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1. School Meals 121 words
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2. School Population 109 words
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3. Press and Public Relations Officers 112 words
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4. Universities and Polytechnics 90 words
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5. Teachers 206 words
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6. Overseas Students 175 words
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7. Depo Provera 107 words
3. CIVIL SERVICE
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1. Public Service Pensions 260 words
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2. Manpower 65 words
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3. Parliamentary Papers 114 words
4. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
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1. Zambia 71 words
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2. Rhodesia 84 words
5. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
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1. Overseas Development Administration 38 words
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2. Dominica 58 words
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3. Uganda 264 words
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4. European Development Fund 58 words
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5. Pakistan 143 words
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6. Indonesia 47 words
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7. Chilean Refugees (Education Grants) 90 words
6. EMPLOYMENT
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1. "Employment News" 89 words
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2. One-parent Families 64 words
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3. Tate and Lyle, Liverpool 120 words
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4. Urban Development Corporations (Merseyside and London) 52 words
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5. Job Release Scheme 53 words
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6. Skillcentres 106 words
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7. Redundancies (Manchester) 68 words
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8. Apprenticeships 69 words
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9. Unemployed Persons 2,018 words
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10. Job Vacancies 492 words
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11. Kirklees and Oldham 286 words
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12. Manpower Services Commission (Publication's) 409 words
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13. Short-time Working Compensation Scheme 122 words
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14. Personal Incomes 180 words
7. DEFENCE
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1. Cruise and Pershing Missiles 132 words
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2. Territorial Army 157 words
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3. United States Defence Secretary 41 words
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4. Army Reservists 310 words
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5. China (Minister of Defence) 54 words
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6. Royal Yacht "Britannia" 90 words
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7. Arms Embargo 35 words
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8. Expenditure 282 words
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9. Military Staff College, Camberley 27 words
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10. Naval Shipbuilding 64 words
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11. Mr. T. E. Charlton 121 words
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12. Conscription 246 words
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13. Chemical Warfare 59 words
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14. Munitions (Rail Carriage) 66 words
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15. Soldiers (Radiation Poisoning) 45 words
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16. Low-level Flying 78 words
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17. Hydrographer to the Royal Navy 67 words
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18. North Sea 67 words
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19. New Aberpour (Missile Incident) 55 words
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20. Royal Naval Vessels (Repairs and Refits) 41 words
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21. Spitzbergen 116 words
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22. Jaguar Aircraft 68 words
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23. Service Personnel (Hypnotism) 39 words
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24. Fishing Fleet 108 words
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25. Quality Assurance Directorate, Woolwich 112 words
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26. Air Cadet Council 69 words
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27. Queen's Flight 113 words
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28. Polaris 45 words
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29. Army Recruitment 142 words
8. ENERGY
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1. Electricity Prices 148 words
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2. Conservation Policy 54 words
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3. Power Station, Grain 185 words
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4. Electricity Generation 202 words
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5. Home Insulation 226 words
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6. Oil and Gas Prices 578 words
9. ENERGY
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1. Departmental Newspapers 123 words
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2. Press and Public Relations Officers 115 words
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3. Gas Refinery (Peter head and St. Fergus) 111 words
10. INDUSTRY
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1. Press and Public Relations Officers 114 words
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2. Company Assets and Liabilities 387 words
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3. Spinks Report 147 words
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4. Arfon and Dwyfor 53 words
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5. Industrial Policy (Assessment) 31 words
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6. Postal Union (Ballots) 76 words
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7. Manufacturing and Service Businesses (Loans and Grants) 107 words
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8. Aluminium Foundry and Casting Plants 80 words
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9. Steel Industry (Pay Dispute) 76 words
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10. Textile and Clothing Industries 157 words
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11. Steel Workers (Earnings) 266 words
11. SCOTLAND
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1. Speech Therapists 95 words
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2. Police 89 words
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3. Rent Allowance 183 words
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4. Social Services (Dundee) 121 words
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5. Homes Insulation Scheme 69 words
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6. Prison Officers (Vacancies) 752 words
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7. Mentally-ill Prisoners 58 words
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8. Scottish Cities 137 words
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9. Unemployed Persons 246 words
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10. Public Expenditure (Education) 61 words
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11. Murthly Hospital 102 words
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12. Scottish Transport Group 353 words
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13. Bernard Wardle Everflex Factory 60 words
12. WALES
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1. Area Health Authorities 69 words
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2. Welsh Development Authority (Factories) 94 words
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3. Depo Provera 116 words
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4. Second Homes 45 words
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5. Education Expenditure 102 words
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6. School Meals 80 words
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7. Housing Investment Programmes 69 words
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8. School Building 124 words
13. ENVIRONMENT
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1. Local Authorities (Accounts) 79 words
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2. Departmental Newspapers 175 words
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3. Whale Products 102 words
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4. Vacant Properties 167 words
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5. Housing Investment Programmes 92 words
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6. Norfolk County Council (Manpower) 94 words
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7. Exchange Building, Cardiff 118 words
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8. Rates 55 words
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9. British Railways (Planning Permission) 125 words
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10. Crown and County Court Accommodation 89 words
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11. Centre for Environmental Studies 132 words
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12. Stress Housing Areas 96 words
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13. Home Ownership (Mortgage Finance) 102 words
14. TRANSPORT
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1. Soviet Vessels (Port Facilities) 38 words
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2. Press and Public Relations Officers 107 words
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3. Walking Children (Protection) 63 words
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4. London Transport (Expenditure) 89 words
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5. M3—Winchester 94 words
15. NATIONAL FINANCE
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1. North Sea Oil and Gas (Licences) 93 words
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2. Money Supply 347 words
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3. Income Tax Threshold 113 words
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4. Income Tax 103 words
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5. National Savings Stock Register 37 words
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6. Taxes and Duties 416 words
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7. Public Sector Assets (Sales) 78 words
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8. Taxes and Duties 292 words
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9. Estate Duty (Property in Lieu) 355 words
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10. Public Expenditure 182 words
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11. Benefits (Taxation) 211 words
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12. Export Credits 308 words
16. NORTHERN IRELAND
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1. Social Democratic and Labour Party 90 words
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2. Security 3,109 words
17. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
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1. Whales 125 words
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2. Foreign Fishing Boats (Small Mesh Nets) 66 words
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3. Brambell Committee 69 words
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4. Land Prices 362 words
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5. Sugar 169 words
18. TRADE
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1. Overseas Investment 57 words
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2. USSR 122 words
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3. Birmingham and Midland Counties Trust 73 words
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4. Anti-Dumping Complaints 924 words
19. SOCIAL SERVICES
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1. Obstetric Services (Fees) 169 words
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2. Residential Homes (Heating) 78 words
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3. Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels 114 words
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4. National Health Service (Lotteries) 110 words
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5. Family Practitioners 170 words
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6. Nurses 183 words
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7. German Measles (Immunity) 138 words
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8. Benefits 1,148 words
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9. Private Health Insurance 161 words
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10. Christmas Bonus 104 words
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11. Family Incomes 75 words
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12. Post Office (Payment for Services) 50 words
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13. Expenditure 244 words
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14. Child Accident Prevention Committee 631 words
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15. Disabled Persons (Insurance) 82 words
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16. Depo Provera 73 words
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17. Elderly Persons 525 words
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18. Over-eighties (25p pension) 97 words
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19. Pay Beds 113 words
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20. Pregnancy (Alcohol Dangers) 185 words
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21. Cigarettes (Lung Cancer) 76 words
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22. Hospital Waiting Lists 53 words
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23. Republic of Ireland Residents (Benefits) 63 words
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24. Fazakerly Hospital 221 words

Lords Sitting of 12 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. Preamble 29 words
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2. BUILDING REGULATIONS: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS 1,133 words
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3. NATIONAL SERVICE AND DEFENCE REQUIREMENTS 1,594 words
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4. WIDOWS' PENSIONS: WITHDRAWAL OF BENEFIT 1,209 words
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5. RENT ASSESSMENTS AND SCARCITY VALUES 993 words
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6. INDUSTRY BILL 17 words
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7. NEW HEBRIDES BILL [H.L.] 65 words
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8. NATIONAL HERITAGE BILL 37,995 words
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9. BRITISH AEROSPACE BILL 10 words
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10. MATRIMONIAL HOMES (CO-OWNERSHIP) BILL [H.L.] 16,834 words
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11. EDWARD BERRY AND DORIS EILLEEN WARD (MARRIAGE ENABLING) BILL [H.L.] 39 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 12 February 1980 Series 5 Vol. 405

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1. TAXATION ON PERSONAL INCOME 145 words
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2. ZAMBIA: PROVISION OF AID 82 words
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3. REFUGEES IN JIBUTI 169 words
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4. THE SPECIAL CONSTABULARY: WORKING PARTY REPORT 65 words